2005-03-30 New York, NY | Bowery Ballroom

(with Sean Lennon opening)

Recorded by pattivill:

intro
Ain't No Cover
interlude
Edit with Chris Kuffner on bass and Ben Kalb on cello
interlude
Ode to Divorce with Chris Kuffner on bass and Ben Kalb on cello
interlude
Loveology with Chris Kuffner on bass and Ben Kalb on cello
interlude
Blue Lips with Chris Kuffner on bass and Ben Kalb on cello
interlude
Ghost of Corporate Future with Chris Kuffner on bass and Ben Kalb on cello
interlude
Hero + Bartender with Chris Kuffner on bass and Ben Kalb on cello for "Hero"
interlude
Rejazz
interlude
Pound of Flesh
interlude
Folding Chair
interlude
Baby Jesus
interlude
Ave Maria
interlude
Sailor Song
interlude
"begin to hope"
interlude
Après Moi
interlude
Prisoners
interlude
Summer in the City
interlude
Time Is All Around
interlude
Somedays
interlude
Carbon Monoxide
interlude
Poor Little Rich Boy
interlude
The Flowers
interlude
"open"
interlude
Silly Eye-Color Generalizations
interlude
Samson
interlude
Hotel Song with Chris Kuffner and Ben Kalb on backing vocals
interlude
Your Honor with Chris Kuffner on bass, Ben Kalb on cello, Elliot Jacobson on drums, and Andy Graziano on guitar
interlude
That Time
interlude
Bobbing for Apples
interlude
Reginasaurus
closing

Related: 2005-06 Spin magazine

2003-05-05 New York, NY | C-Note

Recorded by Dan Herman (radiocrystalblue.com) and available for download from RespektOnline:

Düsseldorf
Happy Hooker
Lacrimosa
Sailor Song
Ode to Divorce
Poor Little Rich Boy
Ave Maria
Prisoners
Your Honor
Somedays
Making Records
Carbon Monoxide
Dance Anthem of the 80s

2003-02-15 New York, NY | C-Note

Recorded by pattivill:

opening
Dusseldorf
interlude
Prisoners
interlude
Carbon Monoxide
interlude
Oh, Marcello!
interlude
Ave Maria
interlude
Dance Anthem of the 80s
interlude
Better
interlude
Your Honor
interlude
'the floor heard everything'
interlude
Sailor Song
interlude
Us
interlude
Ghost of Corporate Future
interlude
Samson
closing

2002-12-19 New York, NY | Tonic

This show featured the debut of The Flowers (written earlier that same cold day) and was the occasion of producer Gordon Raphael seeing Regina perform for the first time.  There is no recording of this show as far as I know:

The Flowers
Poor Little Rich Boy
Ave Maria
Chemo Limo

2002-11-30 New York, NY | Sidewalk Cafe

Recorded by pattivill:

01)
02) Ave Maria
03)
04) Düsseldorf
05)
06) Ghost of Corporate Future
07)
08) Prisoners
09)
10) Chemo Limo
11)
12) Carbon Monoxide
13)
14) Poor Little Rich Boy
15)
16) Twenty Years of Snow
17)
18) Just like the Movies
19)
20) Us
21)
22) The Soup
23)

2002-09-18 New York, NY | Knitting Factory

I believe this was the night drummer/producer Alan Bezozi was first introduced to Regina (Bezozi would go on to record with Regina and bring producer Gordon Raphael to her show at Tonic on 12/18/2002).   I also believe these may have been the debut performances of Ave Maria and Somedays.

Recorded by pattivill:

01) Ave Maria (partial)
02)
03) Poor Little Rich Boy
04)
05) Somedays
06)
07) Just like the Movies
08)
09) Music Box
10)
11) Samson
12)

Ave Maria

Written by: regina spektor

Available Recordings: Click to view

Lyrics (fan transcription):

a boy on a train with a birthmark on his forehead
listening to language tapes and all he hear is birds
everyone laughs cause he brings his own chair to the office
convinced that the cushions will give him steadier thoughts

the muscles of the intellectuals are atrophying
nobody’s running, nobody’s hiding
they’re lit by a light that isn’t even the sun
lit by a light that isn’t even the moon
ave maria…

now how many times have I told you not to go there?
how many times have I begged you not to go?
and how many times have you snuck down to that cellar
just to watch how the roots begin to grow straight up through our floor?