Joshua Tree - Ben Harper

I'm selfish I always made your problems 'bout me I can't help it I wish I had a little empathy for ya But that night that you told me that I don't work hard enough Told me I cracked too much ripped me to pieces and then called it love Oh and I never handled it like I wanted to what was I supposed to do? Knowing that both of us had enough But when you think of me I hope you think of Joshua Tree That summer, where the road went on forever No one in sight for us When you think of me I hope you think of the letters that I sent ya From across town, just cause I missed ya When the worst was yet to come And you know I do, when I think of you Yeah you know I do, when I think of you You're careless Always saying things you didn't mean Took me for granted Expecting me to find the in-between But that night that I told you that I wouldn't marry you Swear I could feel from the floor to the ceiling Your walls came up So then I pulled you closer, and you pushed me further And nothing would matter We kept getting sadder and called it love But when you think of me I hope you think of Joshua Tree That summer, where the road went on forever No one in sight for us When you think of me I hope you think of the letters that I sent ya From across town, just 'cause I missed ya When the worst was yet to come And you know I do, when I think of you Yeah you know I do, when I think of you I think of New Year's in San Fransisco Drunk on my roof looking at you Wrapped up in your coat So tell me, my dear What do you think of? Don't you remember why we fell in love Oh, and when you think of me I hope you think of Joshua Tree That summer, where the road went on forever No one in sight for us When you think of me I hope you think of the letters that I sent ya From across town, just 'cause I missed ya When the worst was yet to come And you know I do, when I think of you Oh baby Yeah you know I do, when I think of you I think of you, I think of you, baby Are you thinking about me, baby? I'm thinking about you

I used to be a patriot New England family portrait Wood panel walls and shag carpet Hot chocolate suicide That was so many lifetimes ago And I still remember your house Mice in the traps Wood on the stove You and me stoned Joshua Tree in the headphones Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh Now I can't see those bad movies Not anything from the seventies They bring me back to everything I'd rather not recall That was so many lifetimes ago And I still remember your house Mice in the traps Wood on the stove You and me stoned Joshua Tree in the headphones Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh I'm so far out I'm so far out now Too far to swim back to forgotten shores 'Forgot' is a lie, I'm just too tired to swim In those waters no more Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh I told my sons the story of Those shells we found, the treasure trove You and me and the frogs we loved High school princes, oh That was so many lifetimes ago And I still remember your house Mice in the traps Wood on the stove You and me stoned Joshua Tree in the headphones (da-da-da) Oh-oh-oh (da-da-da) Joshua Tree in the headphones (da-da-da) Oh-oh-oh (da-da-da) Joshua Tree in the headphones (da-da-da) Oh-oh-oh (da-da-da) Joshua Tree in the headphones (da-da-da) Oh-oh-oh (da-da-da) Joshua Tree in the headphones (da-da-da) Oh-oh-oh (da-da-da) (Da-da-da) (Da-da-da) (Da-da-da)

What I've got I don't want All it does is hover and taunt Reminding me what I used to be What I may never be again Turns out what I'm good at doin Is making something out of the ruin Borrow this wasted space that could never be replaced Learn it all again tomorrow, learn it all again tomorrow Nothing I have you can borrow or steal Yes I think we have a deal. If my wheels were square, but the earth was jagged I rode along, it'd be no less ragged And seems to be the day I'm usually this way Learn it all again tomorrow, learn it all again tomorrow Nothing I have you can borrow or steal Yes I think we have a deal. I wish every harder day only took an hour And I'm not just like the people I resent I wish someday I could truly be a power Say exactly what it is I meant All I have that's in abundance Is my perpetual redundance It's hard for me to say, I face it everyday Learn it all again tomorrow, learn it all again tomorrow Nothing I have you can borrow or steal Learn it all again tomorrow, learn it all again tomorrow Nothing I have you can borrow or steal Yes I think we have a deal.

Won me in a poker game Lost me in a bet Then you got the nerve To turn around and get upset Movin' on Movin' on You practice law without a license Psychology too But your PHD is in giving me the blues Movin' on Movin' on Go to third world countries Kicking three-legged dogs And by three PM You're living high on the hog Held out for so long Movin' on You may have learned to hustle But you never learned to dance When you fight the law You don't get a second chance I may be right I may be wrong Movin' on You get away with murder You got a way with words Speaking in a language That nobody's ever heard Just singin' that same old song Movin' on Ten reasons to stay here Eleven to leave Not waiting around For you to give me a reprieve No more stringing this along Movin' on