| Song w link to Lyrics | LP/CD & link to Discography (release date) | Details including played live info if known |
| 200 More Miles | The Trinity Session 1988 200 more miles 1995 Journeys 2000 Time Before Llamas 2003 Long Journey Home 2005 Trinity Revisited 2007 | |
| 32-20 Blues | Long Journey Home 2005 | A Robert Johnson song |
| A Brides Price | Sing In My Meadow 2011 | Draft first available Feb 9, 2011 only on Latent Recordings as a stream. First played live Oct 29, 2011 in Toronto |
| A Common Disaster | Lay It Down 1996 Live at the World Cafe Vol 4 1996 Studio 1996 BBC Radio Sessions 2002 | |
| A Few Bags of Grain | Renmin Park 2010 | First played live Apr 15, 2010 in Buffalo, NY |
| A Few Simple Words | Rarities, B-Sides… 1999 | Written during Lay It Down, the chorus is written by Margo |
| A Good Heart (You’ve Got To Get) | Renmin Park 2010 | No record of being played live. |
| A Horse in the Country | Black Eyed Man 1992 A Horse In the Country CD Single 1992 Studio 1996 Best of 2003 Platinum & Gold 2003 Long Journey Home 2005 Acoustic Junk CD 2009 Acoustic Junk 2009 | On the UK Best of Only |
| A Walk In The Park | Renmin Park 2010 | No record of being played live. |
| All That Reckoning (Parts 1 & 2) | All That Reckoning 2018 Music Is The Drug 2020 | First played live Mar 29, 2017 at the Monarch Tavern, Toronto, ON. Part 1 and Part 2 have the same lyrics with different arrangements |
| Also One | Notes Falling Slow 2015 | Written during At The End of Paths Taken but never recorded until Notes Falling Slow. No record of being played live. |
| Angel Mine | Lay It Down 1996 Music for Lawn 1996 broadcasts vol. 4 KGSR 107.1 1996 Live from the Music Hall Vol Three 1996 Truth About Cats & Dogs 1996 | Written for Lay It Down, it’s the continuation of Misguided Angel |
| Angels In The Wilderness | The Wilderness 2012 | First played live Apr 25, 2008 in Sparks, Nevada. There is a version by Lee Harvey Osmond from the CD ‘A Quiet Evil’. Inspired by the novel Gilead by Marilynne Robinson |
| Anniversary Song | Pale Sun, Crescent Moon 1993 Pale Sun Single 1993 Anniversary Song Single 1993 The Post CD Single (1994) Essential Junk 1994 Live from the Archives 1 KFOG 1994 Live at the World Cafe Vol One 1995 Studio 1996 Kink Live 1998 Live in Toronto VHS 2001 Best of 2001 Open Road CD & DVD 2002 Platinum & Gold 2003 | |
| Any Other Rainy Day aka Distant Star | In Concert Only | First performed live Apr 9, 2015 Hugh’s Room in Toronto at a David Wiffen tribute concert |
| At the end of the Rainbow | Miles From Our Home 1998 Songs From Maiden’s Mill Promo CD 1998 | Hidden track at the end of Miles From Our Home. First performed live Feb 6, 2003 in Ottawa, ON |
| Baby Please Don’t Go | Whites Off Earth Now 1986 | |
| Bad Boy | 200 more miles 1995 | Recorded at their first show Nov 7, 1985 at the Beverley Tavern in Toronto. Unlisted, Disc 2, track 10. |
| Bea’s Song (River Song Trilogy Part 2) | Lay It Down 1996 E-Town Live Volume 1 1997 Waltz Across America 2000 Open Road DVD 2002 | |
| beneath the gate | Open 2001 Coast to Coast 2002 | First performed live Nov 26, 1999 in Brampton, ON |
| Betty Lonely | Demons 2010 | Written by Vic Chestnutt. No record of being played live. |
| Black Eyed Man | Black Eyed Man 1992 BBC Radio Sessions 2002 Time Before Llamas 2003 Long Journey Home 2005 | |
| Blue Eyed Saviour | The End of Paths Taken 2007 | First performed live Apr 7, 2006 in Toronto, ON. Partially inspired by Joan Didion’s book The Years of Magical Thinking (Hope – the belief that loved ones will never die) |
| Blue Guitar | Miles From Our Home 1998 Waltz Across America 2000 Live in Toronto VHS 2001 Open 2001 | Part of the lyrics (Goodbye to the highway, goodbye to the sky, I’m headed out, goodbye, goodbye) are from an unfinished song by Townes Van Zandt. Blue Guitar appears on the Open CD only in Japan |
| Blue Moon Revisited (Song for Elvis) | It Came From Canada 4 1988 The Trinity Session 1988 Soundtrack – Flesh and Bone 1993 Essential Junk 1994 200 more miles 1995 Blue Moon Revisited Single 1995 Studio 1996 Soundtrack – Hotel de Love 1997 Best of 2001 Open Road DVD 2002 Platinum & Gold 2003 Time Before Llamas 2003 Trinity Revisited 2007 | This song was not on the original vinyl Latent version of The Trinity Session. It was first released on It Came From Canada 4 and then it was added to the RCA/BMG reissue of The Trinity Session. |
| Blue Sky | In Concert Only | Shown for the first time on October 6, 2021 on a webcast that had been recorded earlier in the year. |
| Brand New World | The End of Paths Taken 2007 Uncut Magazine May 2007 2007 Brand New World Single 2007 | First performed live Apr 21, 2006 in Montclair, NJ |
| bread and wine | Open 2001 In The Open 2001 Rounder New Release Sampler 2001 Open Road CD & DVD 2002 | First performed live Nov 26, 1999 in Brampton, ON. Michael: It’s “your standard mid-life crisis adultery song.” He notes the religious images: “I guess that’s the guilt brought on by my Catholic upbringing. I can’t even write about these types of things without feeling like I’ve sinned.” |
| Breathing | Ghosts 2020 | No record of being played live. |
| Brothers Under The Bridge | Early 21st Century 2005 Delicatessen 7 2006 | A cover of a Bruce Springsteen song, first performed live on Jun 2, 2005. |
| Captain Kidd | Cause Cheap is How I feel CD Single 1990 Sun Comes Up 10″ Vinyl 1990 They Came, They Played, They Blocked the Driveway 1993 Sharon 2007 ‘neath your covers, part 2 2008 | A traditional song arranged by Margo & Michael |
| Carmelita | Angel Mine CD Single 1996 Maple Music One 2002 ‘neath your covers, part 2 2008 | A Fred Eaglesmith song about migrant workers on Southern Ontario farms |
| Cause Cheap Is How I Feel | The Caution Horses 1990 Essential Junk 1994 200 more miles 1995 Studio 1996 Best of 2001 Live in Toronto VHS 2001 BBC Radio Sessions 2002 Time Before Llamas 2003 Long Journey Home 2005 Sharon 2007 | |
| Cicadas | Renmin Park 2010 | First performed live May 12, 2010 in Providence, RI |
| Circe and Penelope | In Concert Only | Shown for the first time on October 6, 2021 on a webcast that had been recorded earlier in the year. |
| Close My Eyes | Open 2001 In The Open 2001 Live in Toronto VHS 2001 | In 2003 when played live an additional verse was added: “Turmoil took love’s dusty book. Cracked her spine in two. Read aloud her simple lines. Cracked a wicked smile.” |
| Clothes Line Saga | Canadian Celebration of The Band 2010 | Featuring Garth Hudson on keyboards. No record of being played live. |
| Coast of Peru | Time Before Llamas 2003 | Listed as Whalers on In The Time Before Llamas. Performed as an introduction to Mariner’s Song |
| Cold Evening Wind | Written, Recorded & Unreleased 2007 Acoustic Junk CD 2009 Acoustic Junk 2009 Notes Falling Slow 2015 | First performed live Feb 6, 2003 in Ottawa, ON |
| Cold Tea Blues | Pale Sun, Crescent Moon 1993 Best of 2001 | There is no indication this song had been performed live before May 27, 2004. |
| Come Calling (her song) | Lay It Down 1996 | |
| Come Calling (his song) | Lay It Down 1996 Live from the Archives 3 KFOG 1996 Live from the River Music Hall Vol. 1 1998 Live in Toronto VHS 2001 | |
| Coney Island Baby | In Concert Only | Written by Lou Reed. First played live Mar 22, 2017 at the Monarch Tavern, Toronto, ON featuring Tom Wilson on vocals with Margo |
| Confessions of Georgie E | The Wilderness 2012 | First performed live Jul 12, 2008 in Boulder, CO. This is a follow up song from Murder, Tonight, In The Trailer Park and reveals that George Evans committed the murder. |
| Continental Drift | Sing In My Meadow 2011 | First available Feb 9, 2011 only on Latent Recordings as a stream. Inspired by the book Continental Drift by Russell Banks. First played live Oct 29, 2011 in Toronto |
| Cortez The Killer | ‘neath your covers, part 2 2007 | Written by Neil Young and performed live on Jun 2, 2005 (early show). |
| Cowboy Junkies Lament | Black Eyed Man 1992 Best of 2001 | Written by Townes Van Zandt during the time before Black Eyed Man when Townes’ was opening for the Junkies shows. |
| Crescent Moon | Pale Sun, Crescent Moon 1993 Anniversary Song Single 1993 Live in Toronto VHS 2001 | |
| Crossroads | Whites Off Earth Now 1986 | Written by Robert Johnson |
| Cutting Board Blues | The End of Paths Taken 2007 Acoustic Junk CD 2009 Acoustic Junk 2009 | First performed live Apr 7, 2006 in Toronto, ON |
| Damaged From The Start | The Wilderness 2012 | First performed live Feb 28, 2012 in Annapolis, MD |
| Dark Hole Again | Waltz Across America 2000 Open 2001 | First performed live Nov 26, 1999 in Brampton, ON |
| Darkling Days | Miles From Our Home 1998 | |
| Darkness, Darkness | ‘neath your covers pt 1 2004 ‘neath your covers, part 2 2008 | Cover of the 1969 song by The Youngbloods on Elephant Mountain. First performed live Nov 11, 2006 on the Junkies Train in Ontario |
| Dead Flowers | Cause Cheap is How I feel CD Single 1990 Sun Comes Up Cassette Single 1990 Uncut Vol 2. Gimme Shelter 2001 Sharon 2007 ‘neath your covers, part 2 2007 | Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards |
| December Skies | Early 21st Century 2005 Rounder New Music Sampler 2005 Acoustic Junk 2009 | Inspired by the news of the day and the Timothy Finley novel “The Wars”. First performed Nov 8, 2002 in Austin, TX |
| Decoration Day | Whites Off Earth Now 1986 The Cities Sampler Volume 2 1990 | Written by John Lee Hooker |
| Demons | Nomad Series Extras 2012 | No record of being played live. |
| Desire Lines | Ghosts 2020 | No record of being played live. |
| Disintegrating | Kennedy Suite 2013 | First performed live Oct 26, 2013 in Chicago, IL |
| Do It Again (You Don’t Get To) | Ghosts 2020 | No record of being played live. |
| Don’t Let It Bring You Down | ‘neath your covers, part 2 2009 Songs of the Recollection 2022 | A Neil Young cover, first performed live Jun 10, 2009 at Massey Hall. Available for download starting Jul 8, 2009 at Latent Recordings |
| Don’t Need You | POR VIDA: A Tribute to Alejandro Escovedo 2004 ‘neath your covers, part 2 2008 | Written by Alejandro Escovedo. No record of being played live. |
| Done Your Time | Notes Falling Slow 2015 | Written during At The End of Paths Taken but never recorded until Notes Falling Slow. No record of being played live. |
| dragging hooks (river song trilogy: part 3) | Live in Toronto VHS 2001 Open 2001 Open Road CD & DVD 2002 Soundtrack: Suspicious River DVD/VHS 2002 | The River Song Trilogy was originally written for Lay It Down. Michael says, “The river is the ultimate image for life. The first part of the trilogy is about the river’s beauty and it goes downhill from there to part three where they’re dragging the river for bodies.” |
| Dreaming My Dreams with You | The Trinity Session 1988 Platinum & Gold 2003 Trinity Revisited 2007 | |
| Escape is so Simple | The Caution Horses 1990 Best of 2001 Open Road CD 2002 Sharon 2007 | |
| Fairytale | The Wilderness 2012 Music Is The Drug 2020 | First played live Apr 25, 2008 in Sparks, Nevada |
| First Recollection | Pale Sun, Crescent Moon 1993 First Recollection CD Single 1994 Live in Toronto VHS 2001 | |
| Five Room Love Story | A Horse In the Country CD Single 1992 Rarities, B-Sides… 1999 Waltz Across America 2000 The Riversound Cafe 2001 Time Before Llamas 2003 | Played live first back in 1990, recorded during Black Eyed Man. When you see credits as ‘Margo and Michael Timmins’ as in this song, it generally means Margo’s lyrics and Mike’s music. |
| Five Years | Music Is The Drug 2020 Songs of the Recollection 2022 | Written by David Bowie. First played live Mar 29, 2017 at the Monarch Tavern, Toronto, ON |
| Flirted With You All My Life | Demons 2010 | Written by Vic Chestnutt |
| Floorboard Blues | Pale Sun, Crescent Moon 1993 First Recollection CD Single 1994 200 more miles 1995 | |
| Flyin’ Shoes | ‘neath your covers, part 2 2007 | Written by Townes Van Zandt. First performed live Mar 9 or 10, 2007 |
| Follower 2 | The End of Paths Taken 2007 Sing In My Meadow EP 2011 | First performed live May 20, 2006 (early show) in Kirkland, WA. Inspired by the Seamus Heaney poem “Follower” |
| For Free | In Concert Only | First performed live Jun 28, 2010 at Hugh’s Room in Toronto by Mike & Margo at the launch of a CD for Greenpeace. Written by Joni Mitchell. |
| Forgive Me | Whites Off Earth Now 1986 200 more miles 1995 | |
| Forthright | Demons Bonus EP 2010 Nomad Series Extras 2012 | Written by Vic Chestnutt. No record of being played live. |
| From Hunting Ground to City | One Soul Now 2004 | First performed live Feb 28, 2003 in Brampton, ON |
| Fuck, I Hate The Cold | The Wilderness 2012 | First performed live Feb 23, 2012 in Ithaca, NY |
| Girl Behind The Man Behind The Gun, The | Nomad Series Extras 2012 | First played live Apr 28, 2008 in Oakland, CA |
| Gone Away | In Concert Only | |
| Good and the Bad, The | In Concert Only – Never Released | Written by Ted Hawkins, this song appeared at a number of live shows in 1996. |
| Good Friday | Miles From Our Home 1998 Songs From Maiden’s Mill Promo CD 1998 Waltz Across America 2000 Live in Toronto VHS 2001 Long Journey Home 2005 Music Is The Drug 2020 | |
| Grace Descends | Ghosts 2020 | No record of being played live. |
| Guilty By Association | Demons Bonus EP 2010 Nomad Series Extras 2012 | Written by Vic Chestnutt. No record of being played live. |
| Handouts In The Rain | Early 21st Century 2005 | A Richie Havens song, first performed live Nov 12, 2006 on the Junkies train near the Ontario/Manitoba border. |
| Hard to Explain | Pale Sun, Crescent Moon 1993 Pale Sun Single 1993 Essential Junk 1994 Best of 2001 Open Road DVD 2002 | Written by Ray Agee |
| He Will Call You Baby | One Soul Now 2004 Long Journey Home 2005 Acoustic Junk CD 2009 Acoustic Junk 2009 | First performed live Mar 1, 2003 in Brantford, ON |
| Heaven | ‘neath your covers, part 2 2007 | Written by David Byrne, available for download starting Apr 17, 2007 exclusively at Latent Recordings. No record of being played live. |
| Helpless | ‘neath your covers pt 1 2004 Take Root Festival DVD 2004 Long Journey Home 2005 ‘neath your covers, part 2 2008 | Written by Neil Young and first performed live by the full band May 22, 2002 in Northampton, MA. Michael & Margo performed the song with Blue Rodeo in Jul 1998 |
| Highway Kind | POET: a tribute to Townes van Zandt 2001 Open Road DVD 2002 ‘neath your covers, part 2 2008 | Performed live back in 1998, the studio version appeared on a Townes Van Zandt tribute CD. |
| Hold on to Me | Lay It Down 1996 Soundtrack: Homegrown 1998 | |
| Hollow As A Bone | Miles From Our Home 1998 Waltz Across America 2000 MapleMusic Collection 2000 Live in Toronto VHS 2001 Open (Japan Only) 2001 Open Road DVD 2002 | Although the lyrics are the same, this song has been dramatically slowed down and reworked since MFOH. The subsequent versions are listed as Hollow As A Bone (Revisited) |
| Hot Burrito #1 | Live! 1992 Time Before Llamas 2003 | Written by Gram Parsons & Christopher Ethridge |
| House in the Forest | From a VH1 Television Special ‘At Home with Cowboy Junkies’ in 1990 | Performed by Michael & Margo Timmins, originally to be included on an album of lullabies, this song has never been released. No record of being played live. |
| House on the Horizon | House: Canadian Movie 1995 | No record of being played live. |
| Human Heart, The | Written, Recorded & Unreleased 2007 | Written, recorded and mixed at Maiden’s Mill during the Miles From Our Home sessions. Added to Latent Recordings Sept 2007. No record of being played live. |
| Hunted | Pale Sun, Crescent Moon 1993 200 more mile 1995 Waltz Across America 2000 Live in Toronto VHS 2001 Sing In My Meadow 2011 | |
| I Believe I’ll Dust My Broom | In Concert Only | |
| I Cannot Sit Sadly By Your Side | Renmin Park 2010 | First performed live Mar 18,2010 in Saugatuck, MI |
| i did it all for you | Open 2001 | No record of being played live. |
| I Don’t Get It | The Trinity Session 1988 Long Journey Home 2005 | |
| I Don’t Want To Be a Soldier | Early 21st Century 2005 | A cover of the John Lennon song taken from the classic album Imagine. |
| I Let Him In | The Wilderness 2012 | No record of being played live. |
| I Move On | Sing In My Meadow 2011 | No record of being played live. |
| I Saw Your Shoes | Rarities, B-Sides… 1999 Uncut Volume 10 1999 Waltz Across America 2000 | Written during Lay It Down, re-recorded and first released on Rarities. |
| I’ll Never Get out of These Blues Alive | Whites Off Earth Now 1986 | A John Lee Hooker cover |
| I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry | The Trinity Session 1988 Spring Breakers 1989 200 more miles 1995 Best of 2001 Platinum & Gold 2003 Trinity Revisited 2007 | A cover of the Hank Williams song, only instead of on 78 like the original, slowed down to 33 1/3. Known to some as the saddest song of all time. |
| I’m So Open | Open 2001 In The Open 2001 Rounder New Release Sampler 2001 Live in Toronto VHS 2001 On The Mountain 7 KMTT 2001 Open Road DVD 2002 Broadcasts vol. 9 KGSR 2002 Delicatessen 4 2002 | Margo: “Mike seems to write songs that so perfectly express where I’m at,” she says. “It freaks me out. It explains how I feel at this point in my life. It’s become my song. When I sing it, it makes me feel so sad but at the end relieved – the way you feel after a good cry.” |
| Idle Tales | The Wilderness 2012 | No record of being played live. |
| If I Needed You | In Concert Only | Written by Townes Van Zandt. |
| If You Gotta Go, Go Now | Black Eyed Man 1992 Southern Rain CD Single 1992 Rarities, B-Sides… 1999 Time Before Llamas 2003 | A Bob Dylan cover from the Black Eyed Man tour days. Appeared on the Japanese CD of Black Eyed Man only. |
| If you were the Woman and I was the Man | Black Eyed Man 1992 Live! 1992 Soundtrack: Cadillac Girls VHS 1993 Essential Junk 1994 200 more miles 1995 | Featuring vocals by John Prine, the band has done the song in concert with Margo doing all the vocals herself. Jimmie Dale Gilmour did a version in the studio before John Prine, but the band decided his voice just didn’t work with Margo’s. |
| IKEA Parking Lot | Written, Recorded & Unreleased 2007 Notes Falling Slow 2015 | First performed Feb 6, 2003 in Ottawa, ON. Written and recorded for One Soul Now, released on Latent early Sept 2007. |
| In My Time Of Need | Acoustic Junk CD 2009 Acoustic Junk 2009 | Written by Ryan Adams, first performed live October 6, 2007 in Edinburgh, Scotland |
| In the Long Run | A Common Disaster Promo CD 1996 ‘neath your covers, part 2 2007 | Written by Brodie Lodge of the Corndogs. No record of being played live. |
| Isn’t It a Pity | Early 21st Century 2005 Long Journey Home 2005 | Written by George Harrison. First performed live on May 27, 2004 at The Revival in Toronto, ON |
| It Really Doesn’t Matter Anyway | The End of Paths Taken 2007 | No record of being played live. |
| It’s Heavy Down Here | Sing In My Meadow 2011 | No record of being played live. |
| I’ve Made Up My Mind to Give Myself to You | Dylan Revisited 2021 Songs of the Recollection 2022 | Cover of a Bob Dylan song for Uncut Magazine’s Bob Dylan 80th Birthday release in June 2021. |
| Jesus Is Coming Soon | God Don’t Never Change 2016 | Cover of a song written by Blind Willie Johnson about the Flu epidemic of 1918. No record of being played live. |
| Just want to see | Lay It Down 1996 BBC Radio Sessions 2002 | |
| Ladle | Demons 2010 | Written by Vic Chestnutt, first played live Nov 2012 |
| Last Drop, The | Latent Recordings 2007 | Added to Latent Recordings Sep 2007. The opening lyrics are the same as You Can Be Loved Too Much. Mike: We started working on a version of this song during the Pale Sun, Crescent Moon sessions. We finally recorded it during the Miles sessions and, just for good measure, put the LSO on it. The most expensive track that we never released. No record of being played live. |
| Last Spike, The | Black Eyed Man 1992 BBC Radio Sessions 2002 | |
| Late Night Radio | Sing In My Meadow 2011 | First played live Oct 29, 2011 in Toronto |
| Lay It Down | Lay It Down 1996 BBC Radio Sessions 2002 Open Road CD & DVD 2002 Sing In My Meadow EP 2011 | |
| Leaving Normal | Anniversary Song Single 1993 Rarities, B-Sides… 1999 | The original was written and recorded during Black Eyed Man, the song was re-recorded for Rarities. |
| Let Me Call You Sweetheart | Soundtrack – The Sadness of Sex 1995 ‘neath your covers, part 2 2007 | This was one of the hardest Junkies songs to find, available only a promo soundtrack CD, until it was made available for download in 2007. No record of being played live. |
| License to Kill | Early 21st Century 2005 | First performed Mar 31, 2005 in Toronto, ON. A cover of a Bob Dylan song. |
| Little Dark Heart | Renmin Park 2010 | First performed live Nov 19, 2009 in Montreal, Quebec |
| Lo | The Wilderness Bonus Tracks 2012 | No record of being played live. |
| Lonely Sinking Feeling | Lay It Down 1996 BBC Radio Sessions 2002 | |
| Lost My Driving Wheel | Black Eyed Man 1992 Southern Rain CD Single 1992 Born to Choose 1993 200 more miles 1995 Studio 1996 ‘neath your covers, part 2 2007 | Written by David Wiffen, the Junkies version was inspired by the Tom Rush cover. It appeared only the Japanese CD version of Black Eyed Man. |
| Love In Mind | ‘neath your covers, part 2 2009 Songs of the Recollection 2022 | A Neil Young cover, first performed live Jun 10, 2009 at Massey Hall. Available for download starting Jul 8, 2009 at Latent Recordings |
| Love Is All | ‘neath your covers, part 2 2007 | Written by Greg Clarke and Brodie Lodge of The Corndogs, available for download starting Apr 17, 2007 exclusively at Latent Recordings. No record of being played live. |
| Love’s Still There | Pale Sun Single 1993 Earth Day ’96 1996 Rarities, B-Sides… 1999 | Written and recorded during Pale Sun, Crescent Moon, lyrics from Margo and music from Michael. No record of being played live. |
| Lungs | First Recollection CD Single 1994 ‘neath your covers pt 1 2004 ‘neath your covers, part 2 2008 | Written by Townes Van Zandt, first performed live Dec 12, 1993 in Northglenn, CO on KBCO-FM |
| Marathon | Demons Bonus EP 2010 Nomad Series Extras 2012 Songs of the Recollection 2022 | Written by Vic Chestnutt. No record of being played live. |
| Marie | ‘neath your covers, part 2 2007 | Written by Townes Van Zandt, first performed live Mar 9 or 10, 2007 |
| Mariner’s Song | The Caution Horses 1990 Time Before Llamas 2003 Sharon 2007 | |
| Maybe It’s Your Heart | In Concert Only | Shown for the first time on October 6, 2021 on a webcast that had been recorded earlier in the year. |
| Me and the Devil | Whites Off Earth Now 1986 Soundtrack – Pump Up the Volume 1990 It’s Blues Vol III 1992 200 more miles 1995 Time Before Llamas 2003 | Pump Up the Volume is a different studio version than from Whites Off Earth Now!! |
| Miles from Our Home | Miles From Our Home 1998 Cities 97 Cities Sampler Volume 10 1998 Live from the Archives 5 KFOG 1998 Miles From Our Home Single 1998 World Cafe Volume 8 WXPN 1999 Lilith Fair, Volume 2 1999 Live in Toronto VHS 2001 | |
| Mining for Gold | The Trinity Session 1988 Trinity Revisited 2007 | This is the only song from Trinity not recorded on Nov 27, 1987. This song was ‘forgotten’ and Margo Timmins returned to Trinity several days later to record it. |
| Misery | Ghosts 2020 | No record of being played live. |
| Misguided Angel | The Trinity Session 1988 Spring Breakers 1989 The Best of Mountain Stage Volume 3 1992 Essential Junk 1994 Canadians Live from Mountain Stage 1994 200 more miles 1995 Oh What A Feeling 1996 Studio 1996 Waltz Across America 2000 Kink Live 3 2000 Loose New Sounds Vol 3 2001 Best of 2001 Live in Toronto VHS 2001 Open Road DVD (2002) Platinum & Gold 2003 Long Journey Home 2005 Other Voices 3 (2005) Trinity Revisited 2007 | |
| Missing Children | All That Reckoning 2018 | First performed live Sep 29, 2017 at the Flying Monkey, Plymouth, NH. Inspired by The Tyger by William Blake |
| Moonlight Mile | Paint It Black (2011) | First performed live Jun 23, 2009 in Northampton, this is a cover of the Rolling Stones song from the album Sticky Fingers |
| Morning Cried | Written, Recorded & Unreleased (2007) Notes Falling Slow 2015 | First performed live Oct 5, 2003 in Ferndale, MI. Written and recorded for One Soul Now, released early Sep 2007 on Latent. |
| Mountain | The End of Paths Taken 2007 Sing In My Meadow EP 2011 | First performed live Jan 19, 2007 in Buffalo, NY at The Tralf. The background is the Timmins’ father reading from a book he wrote about his life entitled ‘I Don’t Know Where I Am, But I’m Making Good Time’. |
| Mountain Stream | All That Reckoning 2018 | First performed live Mar 29, 2017 at the Monarch Tavern, Toronto, ON. Inspired by The Angel by William Blake |
| Murder, Tonight, In the Trailer Park | Black Eyed Man 1992 Essential Junk 1994 200 more miles 1995 The Bridge Collection 1996 Best of 2001 Open Road CD & DVD 2002 Platinum & Gold 2003 Time Before Llamas 2003 | The murder is revealed in The Confession of Georgie E. |
| Musical Key | Lay It Down 1996 | There is no indication this song had been performed live before Oct 27, 2006 in Newport, KY. |
| My Boy Burns | Nomad Series Extras 2012 | No record of being played live. |
| My Fall | Renmin Park 2010 | First performed live May 9, 2010 in Bellows Falls, VT |
| My Father’s House | Rarities, B-Sides… 1999 | Written by Bruce Springsteen and recorded at Sharon Temple, 1989 |
| My Little Basquait | The End of Paths Taken 2007 Sing In My Meadow EP 2011 | First performed live Jan 19, 2007 in Buffalo, NY at The Tralf |
| My Only Guarantee | The End of Paths Taken 2007 | Partially inspired by the Philip Larkin poem “This Be the Verse”, first performed live Oct 3, 2015 in Newton, NJ |
| My Wild Child | One Soul Now 2004 | First performed live Mar 1, 2003 in Brantford, ON |
| New Dawn Coming | Miles From Our Home 1998 American Eagle Outfitters 1998 Everything is Beautiful 1998 Songs From Maiden’s Mill Promo CD 1998 | |
| No Birds Today | Miles From Our Home 1998 | |
| No Expectations | ‘neath your covers, part 2 2009 Songs of the Recollection 2022 | A cover of a Rolling Stones from 1968’s Beggars Banquet. Available for download starting Jul 8, 2009 at Latent Recordings, first performed live Oct 3, 2009 in Lexington, MI (early show). Recorded at the same time as Moonlight Mile for a Rolling Stones tribute record. Featuring Aaron Goldstein on pedal steel. |
| No Long Journey Home | One Soul Now 2004 | First performed live May 29, 2003 in Northampton |
| No More | Early 21st Century 2005 | A cover of a traditional song, performed live by the band first in 1985. |
| Nose Before Ear | All That Reckoning 2018 | First performed live Nov 10, 2019 in Albany, NY |
| Notes Falling Slow | One Soul Now 2004 Long Journey Home 2005 | First performed live Feb 28, 2003 in Brampton, ON |
| Now I Know | Lay It Down 1996 Acoustic Junk 2009 | First performed live Jun 2, 2005 |
| Old Hotel | Demons Bonus EP 2010 Nomad Series Extras 2012 | Written by Vic Chestnutt. No record of being played live. |
| Once I Was | The Village 2009 | First performed May 2, 2009 in Hamilton, ON, a cover of a Tim Buckley song, released early November 2009 |
| One | Early 21st Century 2005 | First performed Mar 31, 2005 in Toronto, ON. A cover of the classic U2 song. |
| One Soul Now | One Soul Now 2004 | First performed live Mar 5, 2003 in North Bay, ON |
| Ooh Las Vegas | Return of the Grevious Angel 1999 Ooh Las Vegas Single 1999 ‘neath your covers, part 2 2008 Songs of the Recollection 2022 | Featuring the band plus David Houghton on percussion. First performed live Nov 11, 2006 on the Junkies Train in Ontario. |
| Oregon Hill | Black Eyed Man 1992 A Horse In the Country CD Single 1992 200 more miles 1995 | Oregon Hill is in Richmond, Virgina |
| Ornette Coleman | Ghosts 2020 | No record of being played live. |
| Pale Sun | Pale Sun, Crescent Moon 1993 Pale Sun Single 1993 200 more miles 1995 Take Root Festival DVD 2004 Long Journey Home 2005 | |
| Possessed, The | All That Reckoning 2018 Ghosts 2020 | No record of being played live. |
| Post, The | Pale Sun, Crescent Moon 1993 Essential Junk 1994 The Post CD Single 1994 Platinum & Gold 2003 | Written by J. Mascis of Dinosaur Jr. |
| Postcard Blues | The Trinity Session 1988 Trinity Revisited 2007 | |
| Powderfinger | The Caution Horses 1990 Studio 1996 Live in Toronto VHS 2001 BBC Radio Sessions 2002 Platinum & Gold 2003 Sharon 2007 | Written by Neil Young |
| Punching Holes Through | Nomad Series Extras 2012 | No record of being played live. |
| Rake | ‘neath your covers, part 2 2007 Acoustic Junk CD 2009 Acoustic Junk 2009 | Written by Townes Van Zandt, first performed live Mar 9 or 10, 2007 |
| Renmin Park | Renmin Park 2010 | First performed live on May 7, 2009 in Belleville, ON |
| Ring on the Sill | Pale Sun, Crescent Moon 1993 Studio 1996 Best of 2001 | |
| Ritual | Theme from TV show “Liberty Street” | There is no known release of this short song. No record of being played live. |
| River | ‘neath your covers, part 2 2007 Acoustic Junk 2009 | First performed live on Feb 1, 2006 at Carnegie Hall at a Joni Mitchell Tribute Show, this song appeared on Joni’s classic 1971 album Blue. |
| River Waltz (river song trilogy part 1) | Rarities, B-Sides… 1999 Open Road DVD 2002 | The River Song Trilogy was originally written for Lay It Down but the songs were ultimately released on 3 separate albums. |
| Rock and Bird | The Caution Horses 1990 Rock and Bird Single – remix 1990 Best of 2001 Acoustic Junk 2009 | The single remix features Bruce Hornsby on Piano. |
| Run for Your Life | This Bird Has Flown 2005 ‘neath your covers, part 2 2008 | Released as part of a Beatles 40th Anniversary Tribute to Rubber Soul. No record of being played live. |
| Sad Peter Pan | Demons Bonus EP 2010 Nomad Series Extras 2012 | Written by Vic Chestnutt. No record of being played live. |
| Sad To See The Season Go | 30 Hour Famine, World Vision 1998 Rarities, B-Sides… 1999 | These are two slightly different studio versions of the song, written during Miles From Our Home, the Rarities version was recorded at Maiden’s Mill. |
| See You Around | Demons 2010 | Written by Vic Chestnutt, first performed live Feb 7, 2011 in New York, NY |
| Seven Years | Pale Sun, Crescent Moon 1993 Platinum & Gold 2003 | |
| Seventeen Seconds | ‘neath your covers pt 1 2004 ‘neath your covers, part 2 2008 Songs of the Recollection 2022 | Cover of The Cure, released originally as a download only in 2003. No record of being played live. |
| Shadows 2 | In Concert Only | Shown for the first time on October 6, 2021 on a webcast that had been recorded earlier in the year. |
| Shining Moon | Whites Off Earth Now 1986 Essential Junk 1994 Studio 1996 | |
| Shining Teeth | All That Reckoning 2018 | First performed live Mar 29, 2017 at the Monarch Tavern, Toronto, ON |
| Shrike | Latent Recordings 2007 Notes Falling Slow 2015 | First performed live Apr 7, 2006 in Toronto, ON. Originally released as a bonus song on U.S. ITunes with At The End of Paths Taken (originally written and recorded for ATEOPT) and then available on Latent early Sep 2007 |
| Simon Keeper | One Soul Now 2004 | First performed live Nov 26, 1999 in Brampton, ON |
| Sing In My Meadow | Sing In My Meadow 2011 | First performed May 2, 2009 in Hamilton, ON |
| Sing Me A Song | All That Reckoning 2018 Music Is The Drug 2020 | First performed Mar 29, 2107 at the Monarch Tavern, Toronto, ON |
| Sir Francis Bacon At The Net | Renmin Park 2010 | First performed Apr 15, 2010 in Buffalo, NY |
| Slide, The | One Soul Now 2004 Long Journey Home 2005 Notes Falling Slow 2015 | First performed Nov 8, 2002 in Austin, TX, this song was rerecording for Notes Falling Slow |
| small swift birds | Open 2001 In The Open 2001 Live in Toronto VHS 2001 Small Swift Birds Single 2001 Open Road DVD 2002 | The single contains the modified lyrics: “Forgetting how very lucky you are to have found her in such a crowd”. First performed live Nov 26, 1999 in Brampton, ON. Michael: “This song goes to heart of the album’s theme. It’s all about learning how to appreciate what you have, while you have it.” |
| So They Say | Notes Falling Slow 2015 | First performed live Oct 3, 2015 in Newton, NJ, original written for At The End of Paths Taken and re-recorded for Notes Falling Slow |
| Someday Soon | The End of Paths Taken 2007 | First performed live in Mar 2007, Michael sings on the CD but so far not live. |
| Someone Out There | Miles From Our Home 1998 | No record of being played live. |
| Something more besides you | Lay It Down 1996 Soundtrack – Niagara Niagara 1998 Open Road CD 2002 Soundtrack – Maudie 2016 | The version from Maudie is acoustic |
| Southern Rain | Black Eyed Man 1992 Southern Rain CD Single 1992 Essential Junk 1994 Studio 1996 Waltz Across America 2000 Best of 2001 Time Before Llamas 2003 | |
| Speaking Confidentially | Lay It Down 1996 Buy Product 2 – Brief Encounters 1996 Huckleberry House 30th Anniversary 1997 | First performed live Mar 26, 2009 in Rochester, NY |
| Spiral Down | The End of Paths Taken 2007 Acoustic Junk CD 2009 Acoustic Junk 2009 Sing In My Meadow EP 2011 | First performed live Apr 7, 2006 in Toronto, ON |
| Square Room | Demons 2010 Music Is The Drug 2020 | Written by Vic Chestnutt |
| Staring Man | The Wilderness 2012 | First performed live Nov 18, 2009 in Montreal, Quebec, the song takes inspiration and several lines from the poem ‘To Be Written On The Mirror in Whitewash’ by Elizabeth Bishop |
| Stars of Our Stars, The | One Soul Now 2004 Tracks #4 (2004) | First performed live Feb 28, 2003 in Brampton, ON |
| State Trooper | Whites Off Earth Now 1986 200 more miles 1995 Bruce Springsteen Songbook 1996 Rare on Air Vol 3 1997 | Written by Bruce Springsteen |
| Stay Inside | Demons Bonus EP 2010 Nomad Series Extras 2012 | Written by Vic Chestnutt. No record of being played live. |
| Still Lost | The End of Paths Taken 2007 | First performed live Mar 9 or 10, 2007 |
| Strange Language | Demons 2010 | Written by Vic Chestnutt. No record of being played live. |
| Stranger Here | Renmin Park 2010 | First performed live Nov 18, 2009 in Montreal, Quebec |
| Summer Of Discontent, The | Miles From Our Home 1998 | |
| Sun Comes Up, It’s Tuesday Morning | The Caution Horses 1990 Sun Comes Up Cassette Single (1990) The Truth About The Caution Horses (1990) Essential Junk 1994 200 more miles 1995 Studio 1996 Best of 2001 BBC Radio Sessions 2002 Open Road DVD (2002) Time Before Llamas 2003 Long Journey Home 2005 The Bridge Collection 1996 Sharon 2007 Acoustic Junk CD (2009) Acoustic Junk (2009) | |
| Supernatural | Demons 2010 | First performed live Jul 22, 2010 in Knoxville, TN. Written by Vic Chestnutt |
| Sweet Jane | The Trinity Session 1988 Live! 1992 Soundtrack – Prelude to a Kiss 1992 Soundtrack – Natural Born Killers 1994 Essential Junk 1994 200 more miles 1995 Modern Rock 1988, Hang the DJ (1996) New Folk Generation (1996) Studio 1996 The Tarantino Connection (1996) Waltz Across America 2000 Best of 2001 Platinum & Gold 2003 Time Before Llamas 2003 Long Journey Home 2005 Trinity Revisited 2007 | Written by Lou Reed, the Cowboy Junkies based their version on the Velvet Underground’s live version which appeared on the album 1969. They recorded a version for Whites Off Earth Now!! but weren’t happy with it so it was never released. |
| Take Heart | Kennedy Suite 2013 | Vocals and Guitar by Reid Jamieson on the CD with background vocals by Margo. First performed by the Cowboy Junkies Oct 24, 2013 in Buffalo, NY |
| Take Me | Whites Off Earth Now 1986 | This was the first song Michael and Margo wrote during the Whites Off Earth Now recording session. It was played live infrequently during the early days and was performed live in St. Catharines on Oct 27, 2016 for the first time since then |
| The Things We Do To Each Other | All That Reckoning 2018 | No record of being played live. |
| Third Crusade | Sing In My Meadow 2011 Music Is The Drug 2020 | First performed Feb 7, 2011 in New York, NY. |
| Thirty Summers | The Caution Horses 1990 BBC Radio Sessions 2002 Time Before Llamas 2003 Sharon 2007 | |
| This Dog Barks | Ghosts 2020 | First performed live Sep 28, 2017 at Club Helsinki, Hudson, NY |
| This Street, That Man, This Life | Black Eyed Man 1992 Live! 1992 Studio 1996 Open Road CD 2002 Platinum & Gold 2003 Joey’s Song Vol 1 2011 | |
| This World Dreams Of | Early 21st Century 2005 Written, Recorded & Unreleased (2007) | The line “more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of” is from a Tennyson poem called “The Passing of Arthur”. First performed May 29, 2003 in Northampton |
| Those Final Feet | Miles From Our Home 1998 Acoustic Junk CD (2009) Acoustic Junk (2009) | |
| thousand year prayer | Open 2001 In The Open 2001 Open Road CD & DVD 2002 Long Journey Home 2005 | First performed live Nov 26, 1999 in Brampton, ON |
| Three Girls (A Smile to my Eyes) | Written, Recorded & Unreleased (2007) | First performed Mar 4, 2003 in Barrie, ON. Released on Latent in early Sep 2007 with Michael’s vocals, written and recorded for One Soul Now. Margo sang during the live performances. This song evolved into Three Wishes |
| Three Wishes | Notes Falling Slow 2015 | Many of the lyrics are the same as Three Girls (A Smile to my Eyes) but the song was changed a bit and became Three Wishes. Released on Notes Falling Slow. No record of being played live. |
| Thunder Road | ‘neath your covers pt 1 2004 ‘neath your covers, part 2 (2008) | Written by Bruce Springsteen and first performed live Jun 10, 2001 in Hamilton, ON |
| Tired Eyes | Out of the Blue:Tribute to Neil Young 1994 The Post CD Single 1994 Uncut Magazine Dec 2007 Acoustic Junk CD (2009) Acoustic Junk (2009) | Written by Neil Young |
| To Lay Me Down | Deadicated: Tribute to the Grateful Dead 1991 Rarities, B-Sides… 1999 ‘neath your covers, part 2 (2008) | A Grateful Dead cover, first performed live on May 27, 2004 at The Revival, Toronto, ON |
| To Live is to Fly | Black Eyed Man 1992 Best of 2001 | Written by Townes Van Zandt |
| To Love Is to Bury | The Trinity Session 1988 Time Before Llamas 2003 Trinity Revisited 2007 Acoustic Junk CD (2009) Acoustic Junk (2009) | |
| Townes’ Blues | Black Eyed Man 1992 Waltz Across America 2000 BBC Radio Sessions 2002 Time Before Llamas 2003 | Written by Michael about touring with Townes Van Zandt |
| Two Soldiers | Early 21st Century 2005 | A traditional song arranged by the band, first performed live in Huntington, NY on Nov 24, 2007. |
| Unanswered Letter | The Wilderness 2012 | The last song written for the Nomad Series |
| upon still waters | Open 2001 | Written by starting with Alan’s bass line. |
| Waitin’ Around To Die | In Concert Only | Written by Townes Van Zandt |
| Walking After Midnight | The Trinity Session 1988 200 more miles 1995 Trinity Revisited 2007 Music Is The Drug 2020 | |
| Water Is Wide, The | Soundtrack: The River Wild 1994 Water Is Wide Single: The River Wild 1994 Rarities, B-Sides… 1999 | The Rarities version is different than that of the soundtrack, both versions recorded in 1994. |
| Way I Feel, The | Beautiful – A Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot 2003 ‘neath your covers, part 2 2008 Songs of the Recollection 2022 | Written by Gordon Lightfoot. First played live April 8, 2022 in Homer, NY. According to Mike it is loosely based on a cover version of the song done by John Bottomley which is quite different musically than the original. Mixed by Jeff Wolpert. |
| We Are The Selfish Ones | The Wilderness 2012 | We Are The Selfish Ones is a paraphrase of a Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quote. |
| We Hovered With Short Wings | Demons 2010 | Written by Vic Chestnutt. No record of being played live. |
| West of Rome | Demons 2010 | Written by Vic Chestnutt, West of Rome was worked on during the Lay It Down sessions but a final version was never released at that point. |
| Whalers (Coast of Peru) | Time Before Llamas 2003 | Performed as an introduction to Mariner’s Song |
| What I Lost | In Concert Only | Shown for the first time on October 6, 2021 on a webcast that had been recorded earlier in the year. |
| What Remains | In Concert Only | Shown for the first time on October 6, 2021 on a webcast that had been recorded earlier in the year. |
| When The Bottom Fell Out | Demons 2010 | Written by Vic Chestnutt. No record of being played live. |
| When We Arrive | All That Reckoning 2018 | No record of being played live. |
| Where are you Tonight? | The Caution Horses 1990 200 more miles 1995 Live in Toronto VHS 2001 Sharon 2007 | |
| White Sail | Pale Sun, Crescent Moon 1993 Soundtrack – Over Canada 1999 | |
| Why This One | One Soul Now 2004 Long Journey Home 2005 | First performed Mar 4, 2003 in Barrie, ON |
| Winter’s Song | Black Eyed Man 1992 | First performed Mar 14, 2013 in Alexandria, VA |
| Witches | The Caution Horses 1990 Sun Comes Up Cassette Single 1990 Open Road CD 2002 | |
| Withering | Demons Bonus EP 2010 | Written by Vic Chestnutt. No record of being played live. |
| Wooden Stairs | All That Reckoning 2018 | First performed live Sep 28, 2017 at Club Helsinki, Hudson, NY |
| Working on a Building | The Trinity Session 1988 Come Calling Promo CD 1996 Trinity Revisited 2007 Music Is The Drug 2020 | This song did not appear on the original vinyl Latent version of The Trinity Session, it first appeared on the reissue by RCA/BMG |
| Wrong Piano | Demons 2010 | First performed Oct 1, 2010 in Edmonds, WA. Written by Vic Chestnutt. |
| You Can Love Too Much | In Concert Only – Not released on CD but available from The Clubhouse on Cookie Crumbs 3 | This song was written for Open, was performed several times in Oct 2000 and hasn’t been heard since. The opening lyrics appeared in ‘The Last Drop’. |
| You Took Tomorrow | Written, Recorded & Unreleased (2007) | Written, recorded and mixed at Maiden’s Mill during the Miles From Our Home sessions. Featuring Alan Anton on keyboards. Added to Latent Recordings Sep 2007. No record of being played live. |
| You Will be Loved Again | The Caution Horses 1990 BBC Radio Sessions 2002 Time Before Llamas 2003 | A Mary Margaret O’Hara song, from her CD Miss America. |
| You’re Missing | Early 21st Century 2005 Thunder Road 2005 | First performed Mar 31, 2005 in Toronto, ON. Written by Bruce Springsteen |
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