Little Thing
Whittemore Center, Durham NH
02.19.96
David and Tim


[strumming starts]

So um ...

So y?all, uh, I?ve been telling, I told this story every night so far, so it?s changed a little bit, just as
the nights go on. But anyway, I know I?m a, I?m a talking son of a bitch aren?t I? Just talk my ass off.
Actually, I don?t, I?m not a son of a bitch ?cause, my mom is my favorite person in the world, and --
so maybe I?m just the son of a sea cook.

Anyway, back to the, back to the, back to the, I was recording -- we were finishing off the album up
in New York City, in the Big Apple. In between sessions I was walking down the street in uh, in uh,
SoHo, and, I was looking for some bookstore, some clothing, some antiques, I can?t remember what I
was looking for. Anyway, there was this uh, there was this girl who looked like she knew what she
was doing, so I went up to her and I said, uh, excuse me, um, I?m looking for -- whatever it was, I
don?t remember, but, and she said, oh you just take a left, take a right ??

She told me how to get there. I said thank you very much and I walked away. And as I was walking
away, I thought to myself,

[falsetto]

damn she was so fine.

[storytelling]

And so I turned around again
and I went back to her
or where she was, and she was gone.

[singing]

And I didn?t even get her name I
didn?t even ask her maybe
if she wanted a cup of coffee
or to see me sometime.
And I fear I?ll never find her
I fear I?ll never see her again
she had tiny lips
and tiny fingers
and big eyes
and I thought
I can?t get her out of my mind
I can?t forget about her
her voice echoes through my head
echo, echo, echo, echo, echo, echo
at night when the walls are creeping in
the walls are creeping in around me
and she haunts me like a ghost in a castle
she does
and I beg if I may will she return to me someday
on the streets in a coincidental way
the way
I fear that I would not see you again
oh ?? on my head
would you
could you
find your way back to me again
I ?? wait out
and your mouth is on mine and
I fear you?re nowhere to be found
while I stand here on the street
where we met
you and me
the girl who instructed me on
how to get where
I don?t know where
don?t disappear
the weight ??
oh I hope you think of me this way
maybe I am
maybe I?m haunting you the way you consume me so
in my day
well I have ??
?? I have dreams about you
and you alone
oh I beg
I beg you
would you find your way to this again
oh
the little girl
little woman
little wonder

please don?t go
wait forever
please don?t go
away from
please don?t go
away from
please don?t go
and please don?t
wait on
I must find you
some weight on my head
the weight on my shoulders
greater than the weight of the world
little girl
that I have
that I have
oh yeah I did
I did
that I ??
hold me
hold me
will you be back
will you come back
will you be back
oh will you come back