Listen old soldier wherever you are
The hills or the valleys
Come near or come far
They say youth's a treasure
We waste when we're young
So come down from the place
Where your medals are hung
You're forever returning and learning to fight
And you feel just like an old soldier tonight
Listen old soldier 'cause time doesn't wait
The moon's on your shoulder
The hour is late
There's something there inside you
Still calls out to you
And you won't fade away
Whatever you do
You're forever beginning
Barely winning the fight
And you feel just like an old soldier tonight
You're not getting any younger
That much is true now
But you've still got that hunger
Burning in you now
So what do you do now
What do you do now
Listen old soldier
To the sound in your ears
Of too many battles
For too many years
There's only one thing
You've learned in defeat
Losing is bitter
And victory is sweet
You're always unravelling
Traveling light
And you feel just like an old soldier tonight
Feel just like an old soldier tonight
First time I saw her
She was still in school
Chewin' on a pencil
Playin' pool
Stayin' up all night
Full of dreams
I've known her family
Ever since we were small
Gettin' in trouble
Drivin' our folks up the wall
Wastin' time
Yeah....but we had fun
She was gonna
Ride her bike to China
Sail away on a bottle top
And as the years passed by
One night I held her close to me
That was the first time I
Said I love you
To Natalie
Carousel was crowded
So we talked for a while
Natalie said, Baby,
You know I miss your smile...
Whenever you go away
From me.
You know that time starts tickin'
When a love starts to fade
I knew something was wrong but still
I thought we had it made
The first time I
Said I love you
To Natalie
That was the first time I
Said I love you
To Natalie
Now I look at her pictures
And I talk to these walls
Call out her name
But
She don't hear
Me at all
And she got wild and restless
Tried everything
She could take
One night I tried to stop her
But I was too late
That was the last time I
Said I love you
To Natalie
And that was the last time I
Said I love you
To Natalie
That was the last time I
Said I love you
That was the last time I
Said I love you
That was the last time I
Said I love you
To Natalie
Better keep your distance from this whale
Better keep your boat from going astray
Find yourself a partner and treat them well
Try to give them shelter night and day
'Cause here in the blue light
Far away from the fireside
Things can get twisted and crazy and crowded
You can't even feel right
So I dream of columbus
Every time the panic starts
I dream of columbus
With your maps and your beautiful charts
I dream of columbus
There's an ache in a traveling heart
See how the cormorant swoops and dives
Must be a thrill to go that deep
Down to the basement of this life
Down to where the mermaid gently sleeps
Not like here in the blue light
Far away from the fireside
Where things get twisted and
Haunted and crowded
You can't even feel right
So I dream of columbus
Every time the panic starts
I dream of columbus
With your maps and your beautiful charts
I dream of columbus
There's an ache in a traveling heart
As the tide must ebb and flow
I am dragged down under
I wait the livelong day
For an end to my hunger
So I dream of columbus
Every time the panic starts
I dream of columbus
With your maps and your beautiful charts
I dream of columbus
There's an ache in a traveling heart
[Instrumental]
Drop down mama
Let your daddy see
you got something down there
that keeps on worryin' me.
But my mama don't allow me
to fool around
She's sayin' son you're too young now.
some woman might put you down.
Go `way from my window
Stop scratchin' `round my screen
you're so evil woman
And I know what you mean.
Any my mama don't allow me
To fool around
She's sayin' son, you're too young now,
some woman might put you down.
I got three women livin'
on the same damn road
one does my cookin'
one does my washin'
one pays my room and board.
And my mama don't allow me
to fool around
She's sayin' son, you're too young now,
some woman might put you down.
Drop down mama
Let your daddy see
You got something down there
that keeps worryin' me
And my mama don't allow me
to fool around
She's sayin' son you're too young now,
some woman might put you down.
Son you're to young no,
some woman might put you down.
You know what I miss
Small things, like
textures and flavors
How close up everything
used to feel
Till this distance came
in our lives...distance
came in our lives
It always happens
when you're trying to
get next to someone
When you want to reach
their heart.
You cannot get close
enough...to start
Talking.
Talking straight to
one another.
Do you remember
The things you used
to write on the dashboard
in the dust?
And the way we never, never
we never thought
this car would rust
Till this distance
came in our lives.
Distance came in our lives.
It always happens
when you're trying
to get next to someone
When you want to reach
her heart.
You cannot get close, close,
close enough to start
Talking...talking straight
to one another
Talking and talking and talking
Across these distances
in our lives.
distances in our lives
distances in our lives.
Intro. (Bass + Electric Guitar and Organ)
Well, it's night time and the long cars
Were arriving at the door
The general is having another party
There's a congressman or three
And some guys you never see outside the bank
There's a laughing clink of glasses
And a polished click of boots
Bitter talk of our country
With a weakness in its roots
It's night time for the generals and the boys at the C.I.A.
Power gone mad in the darkness
Thinking they're God on a good day
They giveth, they taketh but they like, like to take it away
Instrumental (Organ)
Well, a fool won't know the difference
It's for their own good they said
And they shot blind Lady Liberty
In the back of her head
And it's night time for the generals and the boys at the C.I.A.
Power gone mad in the darkness
Thinking they're God on a good day
They giveth, they taketh but they like, like to take it away
Instrumental (Electric Guitar)
Night time
I said it's night time oh, oh, oh
Night time yeah, yeah, yeah
Night time
They giveth, they taketh but they like, like to take it
They giveth, they taketh but they like, like to take it
They giveth, they taketh don't let them take it away
Ending (Guitars and Organ)
Intro. (Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar and Electric Piano)
If I had ever been here before I would pro'bly know just what to do
Hey, don't you?
If I had ever been here before on another time around the wheel I would pro'bly know just how to deal
With all of you
And I feel like I've been here before
Feel like I've been here before
And you know it does make me wonder
What's going on under the ground
Do you know?
Don't you wonder?
What's going on
Down under you
Na, na, na ...
Instrumental (Bass + Harmonica + Electric Piano + Electric Guitar)
We have all been here before
We have all been here before
We have all been here before
We have all been here before
Ending (Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar and Organ)
I have wasted ten years in a [unverified] blind-fold
Ten-fold more than I've invested now in sight
I have traveled beveled mirrors in a fly crawl
Losing the reflection of a fight
But like a compass seeking North
There lives in me a still sure spirit part
Clouds of doubt are cut asunder
By the lightning and the thunder
Shining from the compass of my heart
I have flown the frantic flight of the bat-wing
And only known the dark because of that
I have seized death's door-handle
Like a fish out of the water
Waiting, waiting for the mercy of the cat
But like a compass seeking North
There lives in me a still sure spirit part
Clouds of doubt are cut asunder
By the lightning and the thunder
If you smile at me you know I will understand
'Cause that is something everybody
Everywhere does in the same language
Well I can see by your coat my friend
That you're from the other side
There's just one thing I got to know
Can you tell me please who won?
You must try some of my purple berries
I been eating them for six or seven weeks now
Haven't got sick once
Probably keep us both alive, yeah
Wooden ships on the water very free and easy
You know the way it's supposed to be
Silver people on the shoreline leave us be
Very free and easy
Sail away where the mornin' sun goes high
Sail away where the wind blows sweet, young birds fly
Take a sister by her hand
Lead her far from this barren land
Horror grips us as we watch you die
All we can do is echo your anguished cry
Stare as all your human feelings die
We are leaving you don't need us
Go and take a sister by her hand
Lead her far from this foreign land
Somewhere where we might laugh again
We are leaving you don't need us
No, you don't need us
Sailing ships on the water very free and easy
Easy you know the way it's supposed to be
Silver people on the shoreline leave us be
Very free and gone
No, no, no
No, no, no
No, no, no
Ride the music
Go ride the music
Go ride the music
Go ride the music
Go ride the music
Go ride the music
I wonder who they are
The men who really run this land
And I wonder why they run it
With such a thoughtless hand
What are their names
And on what streets do they live?
I'd like to ride right over
This afternoon and give
Them a piece of my mind
About peace for mankind
Peace is not an awful lot
You want to know
How it will be
Me and him
Or you and me
You both stand there your long hair flowin'
Eyes alive your mind still growin'
Sayin' to me, "What can we do now that we both love you?"
I love you too
I don't really see why can't we go on as three
You are afraid
Embarrassed too
No one has ever said such a
Thing to you
Your mother's ghost stands at your shoulder
Face like ice a little bit colder
Sayin' to you, "You can not do that, it breaks all the rules
You learned in school"
I don't really see
Why can't we go on as three
We love each other
It's plain to see
There's just one answer
That comes to me
Sister lovers water brothers
And in time maybe others
So you see what we can do is to try something new
If you're crazy too
I don't really see
It's hard enough, I know
To find the strength to go
Back to where it all began
It's hard enough to gain
Any traction in the rain
You know it's hard for me to understand
Hard to find a way
To get through another city day
Without thinking about
Gettin' out
Now the strangest thing I've seen
Was a T-shirt turning green
In envy of a turtle dove
The dove's lady was the cause
Or maybe it was the olive branch she held in her claws
Or maybe he could see they were in love
You know it's hard for me to find a way
To get through another city day
Without thinking about
I recall my so called misspent youth
It seems more worthwhile, every single day
Cruisin' Van Nuys and actin' so uncouth
All the joys of runnin' away
There was no speed limit on the Nevada state line
The air was red wine on those top down nights
Just you and me my old rollarskate
And the common sense to know our rights
Sweet old racin' car of mine
Roarin' down that broken line
I never been so much alive
Too fast for comfort, too low to fly
Too young to die
You say, a man can't love a material thing
With aluminum skin and a cast iron soul
But they never heard your engine sing
Ah, there's peace in losing control
Sticky fingers, turned up real loud
Ah, we were flirtin' with catastrophe
We were doin' everything that's not allowed
Life didn't come with a warranty for you and me
Sweet old racin' car of mine
Roarin' down that broken line
I never been so much alive
Too fast for comfort, too low to fly
Too young to die
There is peace in losing control
When I die I don't wanna go to Heaven
I just wanna drive my beautiful machine
Up north on some Sonoma country road
With Jimmy Dean and Steve McQueen
All the boys be singin', singin'
Sweet old racin' car of mine
Roarin' down that broken line
I never felt so much alive
Too fast for comfort, too low to fly
Too young to die
Just a little bit too young
You were dreamin' on a park bench
About a broad highway somewhere
When the music from the carillon
Seemed to hurl your heart out there
Past the scientific darkness
Past the fireflies that float
To an angel bending down
To wrap you in her warmest cloak
And you ask, "What am I not doing?"
She says, "Your voice cannot command"
She says, "In time you will move mountains
It will come through your hands"
Still you angle for an option
Still you argue for your cause
Like you wouldn't know a burning bush
Till it blew up in your face
We dream about the future
We memorize the past
When just a simple reaching out
Could build a bridge that lasts
And you ask, "What am I not doing?"
She says, "Your voice cannot command
In time you will move mountains
And it will come through your hands"
So whatever your hands find to do
You must do with all your heart
There are thoughts enough to
Blow men's minds and tear great worlds apart
There's a healing touch to find you
Out on that broad highway somewhere
Gonna lift you as high as music
Running through an angel's hair
And don't worry what you are not doing
'Cause your voice cannot command
And in time you will move mountains
And it will come through your hands
Well, I used to walk around with my eyes on fire
Well, I used to walk around with my eyes on fire
My nerves real close to my skin
Had a fist full of questions a brand on my cheek
And we would skate where the ice got thin
And the smoke blowin' down from a cabin on a hilltop
Smoke blowin' down in the street
Some kind of sweet smellin' mystical backdrop
To the story unfoldin' at my feet, my feet
There's an edge to the twist of an acrobat in the air
There's an edge to the twist of the knife
There they hard heart of darkness
Hovering there just around-the corner from life
I have no answers
I got no patented path to set you free
Besides I wouldn't know where you wanted to go
And it's probably not the same place as me
There's a thousand roads up this mountain
You can get lost in a minute if you try
And it's probably enough that I was laughin' today
Lookin' this close in your eye
I said, there was a thousand roads up this mountain
You can get lost if you try
It's probably enough that I was laughin' today
Lookin' this close in your eye
In your eye
In your eye
You are walking, you've always been walking
Stumbling half blinded and dry as the wind
That strafes you and leaves you to lie in the sand
And the wall stretches endless beside you to nowhere
This wall that you've been trying to cross for years
This fence made of tears no one hears
You see a door, ah, such a great open door
You know that your eyes tellin' lies still you chance
A shambling run, a ridiculous dance
Like a scarecrow that's hung up to dry on a fence pole
And there's a place like vacuum waiting inside you
For you to get through to the blue
You scent the water, fresh green grass, food and water
Your breath is scraping your brain into dust
Your rusty old engine is ready to bust
You cannot believe it that they would not trust you
The door is wavering, is that your eyes?
My eyes were full of morning
And my mouth was full of night
I was in a strangers room
And I couldn't find the light
I rose to use a different bathroom
Than the one before
And what it is I'm running from
Is what it is I'm running for
Where do I go from here?
Help me
I wish I could disappear and go away
From the knowing that you've known me far too long
When I find a different tune
I guess I'll sing a different song
Where do I go from here?
Help me
Wish I could disappear and go away from the morning
'Cos my eyes are full of flight
I am in a strangers room
Look around again
It's the same old story
You see, it's got to be
It says right here on page 43
That you should grab a hold of it
Else you'll find it's passed you by
Rainbows all around
Can you find the silver and gold?
It'll make you old
The river can be hot or cold
And you should dive right into it
Else you'll find it's passed you by
Pass it round one more time
I think I'll have a swallow of wine
Life is fine
Even with the ups and downs
And you should have a sip of it
Everybody's sayin' that music is love
Everybody's sayin' it's, you know it is
Every one yes every one
Everybody's sayin' music, music is love
Everybody's sayin' that music is love, everybody's sayin' it's love
Everybody's sayin' that music is love, everybody's sayin' it's love
Everybody's sayin' that music is love, everybody's sayin' it's love
Everybody's sayin' that music is love, everybody's sayin' it's love
Everybody's sayin' that music is love, everybody's sayin' it's love
Everybody's sayin' that music is love
Everybody's sayin' that music is love, everybody's sayin' it's love
Put on your colors and run come see
Everybody's sayin' that music's for free
Take off your clothes and lie in the sun
Melody
You are my reason for being
In my life's coldest season
I keep on seeing you, melody
I am such a patchwork of a man
Out here trying to catch
Every whisper that I can
Of you, melody
Wander, you know you wander
Through my life, all the time
Follow, you know I'll follow
And when I do
Then my life starts to rhyme
Sometimes I lose it
I abuse it, and I fall
Into the worst damn places of all
Sometimes I even
Start to close my eyes
And then silence
Comes to claim me as its prize
Suddenly, suddenly nearly
A song rises up to fly
Oh melody, oh melody
Oh music, oh music of my life
I love you, I love you
It's been a long time comin'
Goin' to be a long time gone
And it appears to be a long
Appears to be a long
Appears to be a long time
Such a long, long time before the dawn, yeah
Turn, turn any corner
Turn and hear
What your friends and your neighbors might have to say, yeah
Something, something, something's goin' on around here
Surely, surely, surely will not stand the light of day
And it appears to be a long
Appears to be a long, yeah
Appears to be a long time
Such a long, long time before the dawn, yeah, yeah, yeah
Speak out, speak out against the madness, yes, yeah, yeah
All I'm sayin' is speak your mind
That is if you still can and you still have the guts to
Don't, don't, don't, don't, don't, don't, don't, don't, don't, don't
Try to get yourself elected, no, no
And if you do forsake this child you'd better cut your hair
It appears to be a long, yes it does now
Appears to be a long, yeah, yeah
Appears to be a long such a long, a long
Such a long, long time before the dawn
It's been a long time comin'
It'll be a long time gone
But you know, the darkest hour, yeah
It is always, just before your dawn, yes it is
And it appears to be a long, oh, oh
Appears to be a long, oh, oh, oh
Appears to be a long time
Such a long, long time
I thought I met a man who said
He knew a man who knew what was going on
I was mistaken, only another stranger that I knew
And I thought that I'd found the light
To guide me through my nights and all this darkness
I was mistaken, only reflections of a shadow that I saw
And I thought I've seen someone
Who seemed at last to know the truth
Our lady of the harbor
Lady of the light
An immigrant like all
Who came before
She says, "Give me your homeless
Your landless, and your poor
Come see, what we believe
Behind this open door"
That all are created equal
And given half a chance
They can work out all their differences
Their distance in the dance
How many eyes
Through how many tears
Saw the Promised Land
When they saw you for how many years?
This country's got so big
We hardly know one another
It's hard to think someone you don't know
Could really be your brother
But wasn't that the idea
When we started out
In school that's what they said
The constitution was about
And many good men died
Maybe more next week
So, we could have the freedom
To believe and think and speak
And anyway sweet lady
I just wanted you to know
There's a lot of us out here
Who like to see your torch's glow
Wasn't that the idea
When we started out?
In school that's what they said
The constitution was about
Guinnevere, had green eyes
Like yours, mi'lady like yours
She'd walk down through the garden
In the morning after it rained
Peacocks wandered aimlessly
Underneath an orange tree
Why can't she see me?
Guinnevere, drew pentagrams
Like yours, mi'lady like yours
Late at night when she thought
That no one was watching at all
On the wall
She shall be free
As she turns her gaze
Down the slope to the harbor where I lay
Anchored for a day
Guinnevere had golden hair
Like yours, mi'lady like yours
Streaming out when we'd ride
Through the warm wind down by the bay
Yesterday, seagulls circle endlessly
I sing in silent harmony
Waking stream of consciousness
On a sleeping street of dream
Thoughts like scattered leaves
Slowed in mid fall into the streams
Of fast running rivers of choice and chance
And time stops here on the delta
While they dance, while they dance
I love the child who steers this riverboat
But lately he's crazy for the deep
And the river seems dreamlike in the daytime
And someone keeps thinking in my sleep
Of fast running rivers of choice and chance
And time stops here on the delta
While they dance, while they dance
While they dance, while they dance
While they dance, while they dance
Me and my good partners we were riding back to our camp
We were feeling very fine air was clear and slightly damp
We were riding back to have ourselves a party
To celebrate the robbing of the train
We were talking kind of low and lazy
About not having to go out soon again, oh yeah
You know we hadn't been back home two hours
We heard a hawk cry out in the night
And you know that's a signal from young Billy, who's our sentry
He's saying something here ain't exactly right, oh
So we quick grabbed some of our hardware
Stumbled out of our home
Two minutes flat we had found her an Indian girl all alone
And Eli said, "Let's take her back to the cabin"
I said, "You don't know she might be the law, yeah"
He said, smiling kind of nasty
"It ain't too damn likely she'll beat me to the draw", Oh yeah
We were walking back through the darkness
I heard the Duke, he's our dynamiter, say
He said, "What's your name, sweet little Indian girl?"
She said, "Raven" and she looked away
Right then I didn't trust her, no and I said so, oh no
Now, Eli, he's our fastest gunner
He's kind of mean and young from the South
He said, "Fat Albert, you're getting kind of old and weird now"
You'd better get your twelve gauge or shut your mouth and ass now?
And I [Incomprehensible]
Now Eli and the Duke they got down to it
They each wanted the Indian girl for their own
But when they finally got around to asking her
You know she said, ?She'd come to take young Billy home?
Eli said, ?He'd kill young Billy he'd kill the Duke
And probably me too, yeah?, the Indian girl said, "Go ahead now do it"
I said, "Stop it", and she bit my thumb nearly clean through
And when they finally started to break down the door
I smeared my face up with blood from my thumb, yeah
I laid down on the floor and played real good possum
You know I'm crazy but I ain't real dumb, oh no
Now I'm dying here in Albuquerque
I must be the sorriest sight you ever saw
You know the reason I'm the only man here to tell it
When I was a young man I found an old dream
Was as battered and worn a one as you have ever seen
But I made it some new wings and I painted a nose
And I wished so hard up in the air I rose, singing
Carry me, carry me, carry me above the world
Carry me, carry me, carry me
And I once loved a girl
She was younger than me
Her parents kept her locked up in their life
And she was crying at night
She was wishing she could be free
'Course mostly I remember her laughing
Standing there watching us play
For a while there, the music would take her away
And she'd be singing
Carry me, carry me, carry me above the world
Carry me, carry me, carry me above the world
And then there was my mother
She was lying in white sheets there and she was waiting to die
She said if you'd just reach underneath this bed
And untie these weights
I could surely fly
She's still smiling but she's tired
She'd like to hear that last bell ring
You know if she still could she would
Stand up, and she could sing, singing
Carry me, carry me, carry me above the world
I'm sitting here at my piano
I'm wondering how this battle can be won
The woman I was sure I was in love with
Seems to feel that the deal is done
But I don't, no, I don't
And I want you to understand
Oh yes, I can
Still be the man you fell in love with
Oh yes, I can
Fire and ice, fire and ice, water
Well, I'm sittin' here in my kitchen
But food is not on my mind
I love you so much, I don't want to see you go
And I think this must be what it feels like to be going blind
And I need, you know I need
And I need you to understand
Oh yes, I can
Still be the man you fell in love with
Oh yes, I can
Fire and ice, fire and ice, water
And I'm sittin' here in the sand dunes
Asking the ocean what to do
I found my life again and it's you I want to share it with
But I'm so afraid of losing you
And I know, you know I know
And I want you to understand
Oh yes, I can
Still be the man you fell in love with
Oh yes, I can
You see, I'm talking about fire and ice
Well, I went out for my evenin' stroll
All along the boulevard
It's familiar turf from the hills to the surf
I treat it like my front yard
Well, I right away ran into a girl I know
She said, "You gotta come with me tonight
The word is out that the underdog
And the monkey gonna finally fight"
I've been fightin', fightin'
Fightin' just to stay alive
And I've been fightin', fightin'
Fightin' to get from four o'clock to five
Well, now I'm not what you'd call a violent man
But the news brought a smile to my face
'Cause the underdog is a friend of mine
I'd just love to see him put that monkey in his place
You may think I'm crazy
The odds are against the dog, you understand
This monkey is as strong as a gorilla
He'd stretch a tire like a rubber band
But I've been fightin', fightin'
Fightin' just to stay alive
I've been fightin', oh, oh, fightin'
Fightin' to get from four o'clock to five
Now, he's sneaky and he'll smile on
Right at you, pretend to lick your boots
And all the while, he'd be thinking
How to rip your soul out by the roots
When we got there, my old underdog
He didn't really look too good, no
But his eyes met mine and he said, "I'll kick his ass"
I knew right then he would
Oh, been fightin', yeah, I've been fightin', yeah
Fightin' just to stay alive
I've been fightin', oh, oh, oh, oh, fightin'
Fightin' to get from four o'clock to five
Well, now I don't want to bore you
With a bunch of dialog
It's not how much dog is in the fight
It's how much fight is in my dog
And I've been fightin', oh, fightin'
Fightin' just to stay alive
I've been fightin', yeah, fightin'
Fightin' to get from four o'clock to five
Oh, fightin', oh, fightin', yeah
Fightin' just to stay alive
Fight, fightin', fightin'
Fightin' to get from four o'clock oh, oh, oh, oh
Fightin', oh, fightin'
Fightin' just to stay alive
I've been fightin', yeah, oh, fightin'
Almost cut my hair
It happened just the other day, it's gettin' kinda long
I could-a said, "It wasn't in my way"
But I didn't and I wonder why
I feel like letting my freak flag fly
Yes I feel like, I owe it to someone
Must be because I had the flu' for Christmas
And I'm not feelin' up to par, it increases my paranoia
Like lookin' at my mirror and seein' a police car
But I'm not givin' in an inch to fear
'Cause I, I missed myself this year
I feel like, I owe it to someone
When I finally get myself together
I'm goin' to get down
In that sunny southern weather
And I find a place inside to laugh
Separate the wheat from the chaff
Four of us were having dinner
And I threw down the paper with a curse
And my wife said, "Complaining doesn't get it
You got to do something or you can bet it
Will get worse"
And my friend said, "You've been watching TV too much
And all that hippie hopefulness is just a crutch"
But if thinkin' that way helps you
To make it through the night
Then who am I to say what's wrong and right
But I think, we're passing through here kind of fast
Did you think these tracks in the dust would last
I think, we're passing through here kind of fast
Did you think these tracks in the dust would last
So you think we should just sit here
And have another glass of wine
While the world goes to hell
Which you know damn well
It's going to do just down the line
And his lady said, "I don't know how can you be so sure
I mean some things seem to get better
You know the hero still saves the
Damsel in distress, the villain doesn't get her
And I said, "Where have you been living
I mean they're selling death in the streets"
Cheap and the lying politicians
Are rolling in the profits they reap.
And he said, "He's right honey
But I think it's always been that way"
And he smiled kind of patiently
And I knew he was going to say
I think, we're passing through here kind of fast
Did you think these tracks in the dust would last
I think, we're passing through here kind of fast
Did you think these tracks in the dust would last
How can I sweep these words into a cluster
Put 'em in a pile like feathers on your floor
Voyages and sea forests deep blue and rusty
Sew 'em in a satchel 'n leave 'em at your door
People's lives, people's whose lives
They fascinate me
All my life, all my life
I've wanted to understand
There's a man on the corner he's got the moon in his eyes
He just comes here to visit and he wears a disguise
And I wonder if he's looking for friends or for truth
I think he's calling for some in that telephone booth
And the smiling woman answers
She defeats fear with her eyes
She thinks life's fine so I think she's wise
And my heart wants to give her a gift so grand
That it will speak for me and tell her just where I stand
And I stand on a pillar and it's melting like ice
Of years that I've lived and some I've lived twice
And I have all these feathers and leaves on my floor
That I don't want just blowing around loose anymore
And I feel a need to gather to rummage and fetch
To shake out my life and give it a stretch
To bring shells to the surface, give 'em to you
Gifts from the sea floor rusty and blue
Now these two lives hold my attention quite well
You see lives almost never run parallel
Like the boards in the flooring all deep grained and worn
Fated and fitted long before we were born
People's lives, people's whose lives
They fascinate me
All my life, all my life
I've wanted to understand
Look at those dancers gliding around
Seems if their feet
Don't hardly touch the ground
Look at them smiling
Like they knew one another
And they never would come down
Turn around and hold me
I'd like to see your face alone
I'm hoping there's someone home
I'd like to meet you
Who do you see?
Introduce yourself to
Whichever of me is nearby
Close behind your eyes
You're laughing at me
And I'm stuck here with no instructions
That I can see to steer by
Stick around it's tricky ground
I'd like to see your face alone
I'm hoping there's someone home
Two or three people fading in and out
Like a radio station that I'm thinking about
But I can't hear
Who gets breakfast? Who gets the lunch?
Who gets to be the boss of this bunch?
Who will steer?
Turning, turning
To see your face alone
I'm hoping there's someone home
Dream
Do you dream
Dreaming
Do you?
Dream
Do you dream
Dreaming
Do you?
In my dreams
I can see, I can
I can see a love
That could be
In my dreams
I can see, I can
I can see a love
That could be
Ba, ba, da, da
Ah, ah
In my dreams
I can see, I can
I can see a love
That could be
In my dreams
I can see, I can
I can see a love
That could be
In my dreams
I can see, I can
I can see a love
That could be
In my dreams
I can see, I can
There I was at the immigration scene
Shining and feeling clean, could it be a sin?
I got stopped by the immigration man
He said he doesn't know if he can let me in
Let me in, immigration man
Can I cross your line and pray?
I can stay another day, won't you let me in, immigration man?
I won't toe your line today, I can't see it anyway
There he was with his immigration face
Giving me a paper chase but the sun was coming
'Cos all at once he looked into my space
And stamped a number all over my face and he sent me running
Come on and let me in, immigration man
Can I cross your line and pray?
I can stay another day, won't you let me in, immigration man?
I won't toe your line today, I can't see it anyway
Here I am with my immigration form and it's big enough to keep me warm
When a cold wind's coming, go where you will
As long as you think you can, you'd better watch out
Watch out for the man anywhere you're going
Come on and let me in, immigration man
Can I cross your line and pray?
I can stay another day, won't you let me in, immigration man?
It was one of those great stories
That you can't put down at night
The hero knew what he had to do
And he wasn't afraid to fight
The villian goes to jail
While the hero goes free
I wish it were that simple for me
And the reason that she loved him
Was the reason I loved him too
And he never wondered what was
Right or wrong
He just knew
He just knew
Shadow and shade mix together at dawn
But by the time you catch them
Simplicity's gone
So we sort through the pieces
My friends and I
Searching through the darkness to find
The breaks in the sky
And the reason that she loved him
Was the reason I loved him too
And he never wondered what was
Right or wrong
He just knew
He just knew
And we wonder yes we wonder
How do you make sense of this
When the hero
Kills the maiden
With his kiss
With his kiss
Well it was one of those great stories
That you can't put down at night
The hero knew what he had to do
And he wasn't afraid to fight
The villian goes to jail
While the hero goes free
I wish it were that simple
For me
I'm sitting here inside this stranger's place
and time is racing by
I've been way out here for a month or more
Tongiht I'm wonderin' why
you try to understand the things that i feel
maybe this time I'll find a way to explain it
Cause there is a dream deep inside my head
And it may seem liek it's breaking the thread
that hold me to you
still you have never wanted to change me
But darling i know throught we're far apart
the signal is strong
this helpless heart will always belong to you .. to yu
This power takes me from the place i belong
To where only the strong get throught
You've got to keep on believeing or you'll lose your way
Cause it slips right out of view
Thought there are days the light can flicker and fade
here in this place tongiht a fire is burning
Cause there is a dream deep down inside my head
and it may seem liek it's breaking the thread
that holds me to you
still you have never wanted to change me
But belive me i know thought we're far apart
the signal is strong
this helpless heart will alway belong to you
this helpless hear will always belong to you
will always belong to you
to you
only to you
It was one of those nights when you drive
Right by your own street and you wonder who's running
Your hands and your feet and your car becomes a capsule
Sometimes you can hide
Last night I just wanted, I wanted to ride
I wanted to drive my car
Didn't really care how far
I wanted to roam alone
I wanted to drive my car
Didn't really care how far
I wanted to roam alone
I was not out looking for honeys
Oh, I noticed them like usual but not as strong
And the distance between me and my pavement
Seemed to get a hundred yards long
I still feel the wind on my elbow
But I'm driving by the seat of my pant
I keep on tryin' to tune in, tune in on the radio
Trying to tune me out of my trance
I wanted to drive my car
I didn't really care how far
I wanted to roam alone
I wanted to drive my car
Didn't really care how far
I wanted to roam alone
At least a car goes where you steer it
Sometimes that's the only thing it does
So I get in it and I drive it, just to hear it
And remember this feeling that there was
I wanted to drive my car
I didn't really care how far
I wanted to roam alone
I wanted to drive my car
I didn't really care how far
(by Bonnie Hayes)
The TV is talkin' to me
It's positive identification
But maybe I'm mistaken
I talk to my radio
I keep it tuned to the all night show
I'd give my last dime for coverage
But you will not cover me
I got a penchant for the printed page
I got a mention in the Monday news
I was on my last leg
When it came through
I talk to my radio
I keep it tuned to the all night show
I'd give my last dime for coverage
But you will not cover me
No no no no
Tune it in to the pale blue light
Whispers to me through the night
Better love
Better lovers
Cover cover cover cover
Cover cover cover cover
Coverage
I would have made it sooner see
But I got caught up in the dream traffic
Blew the demographics
I talk to my radio
I keep it tuned to the all night show
I'd give my last dime for coverage
But you will not cover me
No. You will not cover me
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