Original SD Songs
‘Round The World (ca. 1997, unfinished/unreleased, never performed live)
About A Train / ’bout A Train [1991-01-10]
After Dawn Blues 1995-04-04
Airport Song (TIUD sessions, 1994, unfinished. Parts of it later became “If Wishes Were Horses”)
At This Hour [1989-04-15]
Back And Forth 1994-11-05
Bad Man Blues 1993-02-28
Bags of Dirt [1990-07-20]
Beasts In The Woods 1994-02-26
Because The World 1995-04-04
Ben’s Looking Out The Window Blues [1989-04-15]
Big Fat Funky Booty [1989-04-15]
Biscuit Head 1994-02-26
Blue Eyed Dilemma 1994-10-27
Boombox 2022-02-25
Breakfast In Bed 1992-02-16
Buddha On The Lawn 2022-05-13
Cannonball Jive [1989-04-15]
Can’t Say No [1989-11-24]
Can’t Kick The Habit [2005-03-xx]
Checking Up On My Baby [1994-08-27]
Cheeseburger Deluxe [1989-11-24]
Chicken Piss^ 1994-11-03
Chip of Blue 1994-10-16
Cleopatra’s Cat [1989-08-23]
Circumlocution [1989-04-15]
Cop That The Robber [1989-11-25]
Creation [1991-08-10]
Dart Tossin’ Blues [1991-01-16]*
Diamond [1997-06-20]
The Doctors Are Def [1990-09-02]
Dodging Assassins [1999, never played live]
Dogs On A Doe [1995-04-25]
Double Parked 2022-04-02
Down To New Orleans# 1995-04-04
The Drop [1989-11-24]
Feels Like The Real Deal [1995-09-05]
Fire Escape Mothers [1989-04-15]
Fisherman’s Delight [1999-04-25]
Fly In My Glue [1997-11-04]
Flying Behind Myself (ca. 2003, recorded, never performed live)
Forever Collapses [1990-07-02]
Forty or Fifty [1989-05-26]
Four Years (ca. 2003, unfinished)
Freeway Of The Plains [1989-11-24]
Funk Me^ 1994-10-27
Gestalt’s Blues [1989-11-24]
Genuine [2003-05 Spin Doctors debut, originally performed by Cork]
Girl Down South# [1994-11-01]
Girl In The Garden [1995-09-05]
Gone Mad [1997-06-09]
Gorilla Boy [1989-04-15]
Got Me A Girl^ [1994-10-24]
Gunsmith’s Waltz [1991-04-21]
Hambone [1990-06-23]
Hand Bag Boogie [1988? – the band itself mentioned the song title, probably an early days blues original]
Happily Ever After [2003-05, reworked during the 2004 NTTM recording sessions]
Hard To Exist [1989-04-15]
Heart Of The Highway 2022-04-02
Hello Cruel World (ca. 1997, unfinished/unreleased, never performed live)
Here Comes The Bride [1999-04-25]
Hey Dick [1990-06-25]
High and Dry (ca. 1997, unfinished/unreleased, never performed live)
Homebelly Groove [1989-04-15]
House [1989-11-24]
Hungry Hamed’s [1989-11-25]
Hurricane [1997-06-09]
How Could You Want Him (When You Know You Could Have Me)? [1989-11-25]
I Can’t Believe You’re Still With Her [1995-07-20]
I Liked You Better When Your Butt Was Big 2022-02-25
I Must Be The King (ca. 2003/04, recorded during the NTTM sessions, never released or played live)
I Never Thought It Would Be You [1995-04-11]
I’d Like To Love You (But I Think You Might Be Crazy) [2004]
I’m The Man You Got 2022-02-26
If I Was The One (Who Made You Sigh) (ca. 1997, unfinished/unreleased, never performed live)
If The River Was Whiskey [2013-07-18]
If Wishes Were Horses [1995-02-18]
If You Ever Need A Friend [1994-10-24]
Indifference [1991-04-21]
In The House [1994-10-10, more a jam than a song, but performed regularly]
Ivan’s Tired Ass Blues 1997-08-29
Jimmy Olsen’s Blues [1989-04-15]
Keep Your Head High (ca. 1997, unfinished/unreleased, never performed live)
Keep Your Man 1994-11-05
Key To The Kingdom [1997]
Kick My Ass (ca. 1997, unfinished/unreleased, never performed live)
Kissing (ca. 1997, unfinished/unreleased, never performed live)
Lady Kerosene [1989-11-24]
Laraby’s Gang 1993-06-20
Let’s Try Again [1997-11-04]
Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong [1990-05-26]
The Love of Love (ca. 2003, recorded, never performed live with Spin Doctors)
The Man [1997-11-04]
Margarita [2003-05]
Marcy of the Air [1995-04-18]
Mary Jane [1994-02-26]
Mean Mama Blue [1988? – the band itself mentioned the song title, probably an early days blues original]
Miss America [1996-05-29 ??]
Missing In Action (ca. 1997, unfinished/unreleased, never performed live)
More Than She Knows [1989-08-24]
More Than Meets the Ear [1994-02-26]
My Heroine (ca. 1997, unfinished/unreleased, never performed live, also known as “Heroine”)
My Problem Now [2003-05]
New Love (ca. 1997, unfinished/unreleased, never performed live)
Nice Talking To Me [1994-02-16, completely reworked in ca. 2004]
Off My Line [1989-04-15]
Out Of The Wool [1995-05-09]
Pandora’s Box [1989-06-15]
Piece of Glass [1989-11-24]
Pillow Fight (ca. 1997, unfinished/unreleased, never performed live)
Prey To Bears [1990-05-26]
Prince of Doom^ [1991-11-15]
Prisoner of Time [1989-04-15]
Refrigerator Car [1989-11-25]
Revolving Blue Yonder [1995-04-11]
Rhinestone [1997-11]
Rock And Roll Heaven 2022-02-25
Rosetta Stone [1989-11-24]
Safety Pin [2005-03-xx]
Same Old World (ca. 1997, unfinished/unreleased, never performed live)
Say Goodnight [1995-04-04]
Scotch and Water Blues [1990-07-24]
She’s Not You [1995-07-25]
She Don’t Love Me Anymore 2021-07-04
She Used To Be Mine 1994-10-19
Shinbone Alley [1989-11-25]
Shuffle in C 1996-05-25
Siren Dress [1997-11-04]
Sister Sisyphus [1990-06-23]
So Bad [1991-07-27]
Some Other Man Instead [2013-07-18]
Someday All This Will Be Road [1990-07-20]
Spin Doctor (1995, unfinished/unreleased, never performed in concert)
Stepped On A Crack [1989-04-15]
Still a Gorilla 2022-02-25
Sugar [2004, including a guitar riff from a Chrysalids tune from 1997]
Surprise 1994-10-27
Sweet Widow [1989-04-15]
Sweetest Portion [1989/2012]
The Bigger I Laugh, The Harder I Cry 1997-06-09
To Make Me Blue 1995-01-27
Tomorrow Can Pay The Rent [1999, never played live]
Tonight You Could Steal Me Away [2005-03-xx]
To See Them Burn 1994-11-02
Traction Blues [1990-10-29]
Turn It Upside Down [1989-08-23]
Two Princes [1989-11-24]
Underdog 1997-06-09 (only performance ever)
Up For Grabs [1989-11-24]
Uranium Century [1990-10-11]
Vampires In The Sun [1999, never played live]
Waiting For The Blow [1997-06-09]
What My Love [1990-10-29]
What Time Is It? [1989-08-23]
Where Angels Fear To Tread [1995-07-20]
While You’re Holding The Moon (Over Me) 2024-02-17
Wolf In Sheep’s Clothing (ca. 1997, unfinished/unreleased, never performed live)
Wow [1997-11-04]
Yo Baby [1989-04-15]
Yo Mama’s A Pajama [1989-11-24]
You Let Your Heart Go Too Fast [1994-02-26. debut of new version]
You’ve Got To Believe In Something [1995-04-04]
[date in brackets] indicate the first known version of the song (= the first version on tape, the first found in the setlist file, etc.) In some cases (especially in the early days) the song may have been played before this date.
^ indicates that the song may not be a Spin Doctors original, although it is believed to be.
# indicates that this song was played only once and was most likely a song just made up on the spot.
Bold song names indicate that the song was released officially on a studio or live album or an early demo / independently released tape.
Italic song titles indicate that it is known that the song exists (e.g. as a demo or unreleased studio recording) but was never finished or performed live.
Hyperlinked song names lead to the song’s lyrics. Lyrics from offcially released songs used by permission from the band’s mgmt, lyrics from unreleased songs transcribed from live recordings by fans.