songs: TOUCH OF MASCARA
availability
anecdotes
"What is the chorus now was originally just a bridge that popped up at the end of it and Peter Collins (the producer) suggested that it be the chorus and that you hear it more than once." - interview, October 30 2001
lyrics

to quote a great young poet
"love is not a joke"
i'm lighting up a smoke
i pull onto the freeway
past and present tense
tryin' to make some sense
as sunset fades again this twilight's dreams begin
what happens in between the start and end
'cos i look at myself in the rearview mirror
big hair and a broken bone
i wonder out loud why it's hard to breathe
inside a world of smoke
and what i could use is a touch of mascara
another name and a foreign home
i wanna cry but i'm prone to laughter
inside this rolling joke

and miles will make you notice
all you dream is real
spinning off your wheels
i have a friend in jesus
i have a friend in maine
i have a friend in me
and i was once like him with no need to pretend
what happens in between the start and end
'cos i look at myself in the rearview mirror
big hair and a broken bone
i wonder out loud why it's hard to breathe
inside a world of smoke
and what i could use is a touch of mascara
another name and a foreign home
i wanna cry but i'm prone to laughter
inside this rolling joke

and miles will make you notice all you dream is real, all you bleed you'll feel
i pull up at the exit, i turn the car around, i turn the car around
yeah...

live tuning
live recordings
DATE
LOCATION
TYPE
Asbury Park, NJ - The Saint
solo/acoustic
Philadelphia, PA - Tin Angel
solo/acoustic
Philadelphia, PA - Tin Angel
solo/acoustic
Pittsburgh, PA - Club Cafe
solo/12str
Philadelphia, PA - The Trocadero
solo/acoustic
Nashville, TN - 12th & Porter (show 1)
band/acoustic
Nashville, TN - 12th & Porter (show 2)
band/acoustic
Nashville, TN - 12th & Porter
band/acoustic
Philadelphia, PA - Tin Angel
band/acoustic
Asbury Park, NJ - The Saint
band/acoustic
Pittsburgh, PA - Club Cafe
solo/acoustic
Arlington, VA - Iota
solo/acoustic
Nashville, TN - 3rd & Lindley
Asbury Park, NJ - The Saint
solo/12str
Philadelphia, PA - Tin Angel
solo/12str
Adrian, MI - Flying Otter Vineyards
solo/12str
New York, NY - Living Room
solo/acoustic

Decatur, GA - Eddie's Attic

band/acoustic
Phoenixville, PA - Steel City Coffeehouse
solo/electric*

* the performance on 2005-11-05 features a false start on this song.