Soubry, Anna Filmography

• The Great Escape
  1990, role: actress , character name: Herself - 'On The Outside' tour presenter

• Lyrics: play full screen play karaoke
• You Say I Say - Jane Siberry
• You Will Be Born - Jane Siberry
• What Is This Lovely Fragrance Stealing? - Jane Siberry
• Would You Go? - Jane Siberry
• Up The Loggin' Road - Jane Siberry
• We Should Be There By Morning - Jane Siberry
• Trumpeter Swan - Jane Siberry
• The Vigil (The Sea) - Jane Siberry
• The Mystery At Ogwen's Farm - Jane Siberry
• She's Like The Swallow - Jane Siberry
• The Long Pirouette - Jane Siberry
• Temple - Jane Siberry
• The Bird In The Gravel - Jane Siberry
• Shir Amami - Jane Siberry
• Sweet Incarnadine - Jane Siberry
• See The Child - Jane Siberry
• Pontchartrain - Jane Siberry
• Ol' Man River - Jane Siberry
• Oh My My - Jane Siberry
• O Holy Night - Jane Siberry
• Nasty And Delicious - Jane Siberry
• Grace Hospital - Jane Siberry
• Flirtin' Is A Flo-Thing - Jane Siberry
• Caravan - Jane Siberry
• Bound By The Beauty - Jane Siberry
• At The Beginning Of Time - Jane Siberry
• As I Roved Out - Jane Siberry
• Adam And Eve - Jane Siberry
• All Through the Night - Jane Siberry
• An Angel Stepped Down (And Slowly Looked Around) - Jane Siberry
• Angel Voyeur - Jane Siberry
• Wildwood Carol - Jane Siberry
• Jane Siberry - Jane Siberry
• The Strange Well - Jane Siberry
• The Sky Is So Blue - Jane Siberry
• The Magic Beads - Jane Siberry
• The Lobby - Jane Siberry
• The Life In The Red Wagon - Jane Siberry
• The Gospel According To Darkness - Jane Siberry
• Above The Treeline - Jane Siberry
• Barkis Is Willin' - Jane Siberry
• Broken Birds - Jane Siberry
• All The Candles In The World - Jane Siberry
• Caravan (alternate Version) - Jane Siberry
• Puppet City - Jane Siberry
• Streets Of Laredo - Jane Siberry
• Swing Low Sweet Chariot - Jane Siberry
• The Water Is Wide - Jane Siberry
• The Very Large Hat - Jane Siberry
• BESSIE - Jane Siberry

You say, you are standing alone in the middle of a vast emptiness
That stretches as far as you can see, there are no signs of life
Only a grainy blue sea that moves around you
Like some kind of drunken ocean around you but not me
The word you used, I believe was desolate
I say, you are in a waiting room full of people
Your mother is talking to the woman at the desk
And on the bench under the clock is an Italian family
They all have brown eyes, they are looking at us
You say, you are standing alone in a barren landscape
You have scanned the blue emptiness countless times
And found nothing, you have raised your voice to the ceiling
Of the vast expanse and it has held no recognition
I say, you are in a waiting room full of people
And I am holding your right hand
We are all watching the woman at the desk
Her shoes sigh as she moves about
It is exactly 3: 10 in the morning
You say, you are standing alone.
What is this loneliness that you feel?
What is this loneliness that you cannot seem to shake?
You say, you are standing alone in the blue tinge of an unfixed photo
And the only voices you hear are grainy and urgent
And grate across your soul in a series of moving lines like sandbars
You have stopped calling out because you called out
And your voice never came back
And I say, you are in a waiting room full of people
We are all looking at the clock and now the woman at the desk
Is speaking to your mother, the Italian family is looking at you

[One:] You will be born into a Strange and Desolate place
[Two:] It will be called "The Average Home"
[Three:] The times will be Restless and full of Uncertainty.
[Four:] It will be full of violence. The end of the century.
[Five:] You will silently question this of your mother as you drink your milk, and you watch her move away
[Six:] And there will be no answer
[Seven:] You will begin the long process of shutting down
[Eight:] Your countenance will reflect less light and later when you look at pictures of yourself
[Nine:] You will wonder
[Ten:] You will give up your backbone to the T.V. and you will accept a value system
[Eleven:] Putting forth Lies and Hatred and Intolerance as acceptable in the name of Love
[Twelve:] No one will step forward from the Shadows saying, "Expect this. It's Part of the Path"
[Thirteen:] You will discover Drugs and Alcohol
[Fourteen:] And you will have a good time
[Fifteen:] You will have a good time for a long, long time
[Sixteen:] And you will have a good, good time for a long, long, oh way too long time
[Seventeen:] And you will rush headlong towards your
[Eighteen:] Bottom Line in an Instinctive attempt to Heal yourself
[Nineteen:] You will finally go to AA to learn what you should have learned in Sunday School
[Twenty:] And then you will give yourself permission to cry. And you will cry and cry
[Twenty-One:] And your friends will move away nervously
[Twenty-Two:] And you'll feel like a Fool
[Twenty-Three:] And you will be alone,
and no one will step forward
from the Shadows saying
"The Journey Forward Includes Movement
Through Despair and Darkness"
And you will be gathering Strength
even if you don't understand
And certain words like LOVE and...
Integrity and Intensity
will be drawn into your Spine.
And Then One Day...
You will look up
And you will look over
You will look up
and you will look over
And you will get up
And you will go over
And You Will Turn Off the T.V...
Precious Candles

What is this lovely fragrance stealing?
Shepherds that fills the winter air
Never was sweetness so appealing
Never were flowers of spring so fair
What is this lovely fragrance stealing?
Shepherds that fills the winter air
What is this light so fair, so tender
Breaking upon our wond'ring eyes
Never the morning star so radiant
Followed his course o'er eastern skies
What is this light so fair, so tender
Breaking upon our wond'ring eyes
What is this wonder all around us
Filling the air with music light?
Shepherds, some magic here hath found us
Never mine ears knew such delight
What is this wonder all around us
Filling the air with music light?
What is this lovely fragrance stealing?
Shepherds, it sets my heart astir
Never was sweetness so appealing
Never were flowers of spring so fair
What is this lovely fragrance stealing?

There's a hole in the roof
Where the rain comes in
Would you go?
Or say it is a long and dusty road
And your feet are bare
And your throat is parched
And you don't know where to go
And a man stepped forward
And said, "Would you go? Would you go?"
Or it was a foreign land
And the oars were dropped
And a voice said, "Will you walk?"
And you saw nothing, would you go?
Oh, my sweet, sweet, darling
It's been a long long way down
And it's been a long long long long time
Oh but I have found you
And I cannot stand here and watch you go
Or say it was a long and winding path
And your feet are bare
And the road is rocky
And you don't know where
And you want water
There's a hole in the roof

I hate to see you go
You're goin' up the loggin' road
Bless my soul, it's starting to snow
I hate to see you go
You're goin' up the loggin' road
You're moving out so slow
Swing your partner do-si-do
Goodbye goodbye goodbye
Don't forget your hat, my love
I just won't have you goin' out
Looking like that, my love
Look out for the bears
There's going to be a lot of strangeness there
And whatever you do don't go to sleep
Don't lie down don't do the final thing
Oh, and if I come looking for you
Up the loggin' road
And if I find you fallen down should I fall?
Should I kneel? Should I cover you?
Should I keep you from the cold?
Goodbye goodbye goodbye
What's that?
You say you forgot the sweet familiar?
Tears are a-clinking?
Yeah, it's getting pretty cold
And as you move up into the forest
As you move between the thin the trees
You'll be in good hands
You can do whatever you please
Anything you say, anything you do
Anything you say, anything you do

look at me, babe, look at me
am I special or not?
I love you do you love me?
am I special or not?
I'm combing your words for compliments
am I special or not?
I love you do you love me?
am I special or not?
we should be there by morning
we've done so well so far
we should be there by morning
we've done so well so far
won't we?
I woke one night in Wales
and this cow was bellowing across the hills
I didn't know you then
but I felt the same loss
we should be there by morning
we've done so well so far
we should be there by morning
we've done so well so far
don't we?
I don't want the hurt to leave
just through time or a new man's faith
I want the hurt to leave
because my heart's a better place
so I'm gonna stand here in this empty room
and wait for it to come
I'm never going to leave this room
until we all are one
we should be there by morning
we've done so well so far
we should be there by morning
we've done so well so far
we love don't we?
we love don't we?

will you wipe the flour from your hands
and look this way?
perfect
now hold your apron by your side
perfect
no, no... your hair's just fine
perfect
will you let me paint you?
I'll take such pride
many sorrows, many ways life could be kinder
but you laugh a lot - life is still a surprise
meeting you and greeting you is always an armful
"oceans of love" crinkling in your eyes
neck white and eager
my Trumpeter Swan
gliding through the ferns the fronds
we feel your love
oh Trumpeter Swan
oh love on
now I see you kneeling amidst the fiddle-heads
and ferns at the side of the pond
weaving 13 magic flaxen shirts
for 13 brother swans
and never once in your sweet thoughts
do you ever think maybe you might fail
in your unknowing way your love is strong
me - I fear the 13 brother swans are going
me - I curse them when they've gone
but you will never know for we will rearrange
the ferns and fronds to re-surround you
the devil makes us see more
and you don't see more
but somehow you go beyond
neck white and eager
my Trumpeter Swan
gliding through the ferns the fronds
we feel your love
oh Trumpeter Swan
oh love on
when I think of you I think of Christmas
of oranges and mangers on the mantelpiece
of red and greens and velvets
of stars that twinkle on the Christmas tree
I don't know if trumpeter swans are immortal
but if ever from this beautiful pond you should fly
the reason would be... the reason would be
you were loved too much by them by I
neck white and eager
my Trumpeter Swan
gliding through the ferns the fronds
we feel your love
oh Trumpeter Swan

Sail ho heave ho come on let go
Your time on earth is over
I watch you sleeping on the bed
I'm talking to your soul
Did you ever think it'd be like this?
Did you ever think you'd laugh so much?
Did you ever think you'd have to try so hard?
Oh...
I'm watching my sweet mama
From my vigil on this chair
I close my eyes I feel a change...
Is this my lover here?
Did you ever think it'd be like this?
Did you ever think you'd walk away?
You and me running through
The back streets of the world
Like a pack of hounds of two
Wanting more and more love
And how much is too much?
Did you ever think we'd love so hard?
Fighting hard and hurting worse
Oh... you're sailing away...
Go away. just ignore them.
Next time I open my eyes.
Is this my father here?
I know it's you because
I recognize the smiling little boy
On the sunny front porch
Holding his mama's hand
Remember when your mama said
"we all need love"?
Well... we ALL need love...
Did you ever think you'd refuse love after all?
Did you ever think you'd give love
And then take it away?
And leave the lives around you
In such shame and disarray and pain
It's all right
Put your arms around my neck
Hold me tight as we drift out now
While I have the strength of ten men
Hold me close as we drift out into the darkness
Pigeons rushing up past our heads
People in doorways
I think this is Europe somewhere
You're so thin you're so light
Don't let go hold me
...are these yours? or mine?
There is nothing I'd rather have
Than for you to put your hand upon my forehead
Just keep it there DON'T TAKE IT AWAY
And tell me that even though you may not like
All the things I do but say that you love my soul
And remember me.
Remember me?
Hold me close put your arms around my neck
As we drift out I've finished it
Into the darkness you're so thin
It's only a movie...
Run Bambi run it's only a movie
And when I came up to the tree...
Run Bambi run
Brothers and sisters... FIRE!...
I'm there and there's a body
Lying at the foot of it
Hold me close we're moving out
Across the water now
And you're lying on this beach. sleeping
And a tyger's watching you
From the edge of the jungle
And the sun through the leaves...
And his stripes... and it's...
And you're sleeping
And I'm watching and he's watching
And... you're so... beautiful...
Sail ho heave ho come on let go
Your time on earth is over
You have done well it's time to rest
I'm talking to your soul
Did you ever think it'd be like this?
Do you ever think we'll meet again?
How will I ever know it's you?
Maybe will it be the love that I'll feel
When I look into a stranger's eyes
When I look into a stranger's eyes...
Oh... you're sailing away
I keep my vigil on this chair
Is this my lover here?
Is this my brother here?
Is this my baby?

Ogwen--Bessie's gone
Bessie's gone away
I looked in the high meadow for her
I think she's gone
I looked down by the river
And I looked behind the barn
Ogwen--Bessie's gone
Bessie's gone away
I saw this girl down by the fence
In the morning mist
She was telling things to Bessie
It looked strange--I wonder if...
Ogwen--Bessie's gone
Bessie's gone away
Well, maybe it's a blessing
What with winter coming on
Because the man who owns this farm
Was going to sell her to the yards
Oh, I hope she really got away
Ogwen--we are old
I guess nothing is ever ours
So much that we don't know
Ogwen--Bessie's gone

she's like the swallow that flies so high
she's like the river that never runs dry
she's like the sunshine on the lee shore
I love my love and love is no more
'twas out in the garden this fair maid did go
a-pickin' the beautiful, primerose
the more she plucked, the more she pulled
until she got her apron full
it's out of the roses she made a bed
a stoney pillow for her head
she lay her down, no word she spoke
until this fair maid's heart was broke
she's like the swallow that flies so high
and she's like the river that never runs dry
she's like the sunshine on the lee shore

sun shine on the moon shine on the lake
moon shine on the snow shine on my face
winter birds go in and out the stars
Okanagan arrowheads under lace
my shining skates still on the ground
silver web go across the mountain top
mountains lift the hem of the horizon
pinholes in the black
some call them stars
call a little louder - they will answer you
my shining skates burst into stars
it is a long pirouette
that sends me through
this shining night
sun shine on the moon shine on the lake
velvet comes when all the edges are erased
hang out the night it is much rounder here
roll off the night onto the ice
my shining skates still on the ground
crease the earth- the snow fall out of sight
soft midnight herds go cross the valley
valley deepen so there comes a lake
lake go to ice so I can skate
my shining skates burst into stars
it is a long pirouette
that brings me through

mmm... gimme
mmm... gimme
mmm... gimme
mmm... gimme
mmm... gimme
mmm... gimme
you call that hard?
mmm... gimme
you call this cold?
mmm... gimme
that's nothing
come on come on come on come on come on
come on come on come on come on come on
let me into your temple
come on come on come on come on come on
come on come on come on come on come on
I want into your temple
mmm... gimme
mmm... gimme
mmm... gimme
come on come on
mmm... gimme
you call that far?
mmm... gimme
you call that hot?
you call that darkness?
mmm... gimme
well, it's not
come on come on come on come on come on
come on come on come on come on come on
let me into a temple
come on come on come on come on come on
come on come on come on come on come on
I want into the temple
the temple
the temple
the temple
come on come on
come on come on
stop.
mmm... gimme
I mean... go
mmm... gimme
mmm... gimme
you call that loving?
mmm... gimme
you call that rain?
mmm... gimme
you call that giving?
mmm... gimme
you call this pain?
mmm... gimme
you call that rough?
mmm... gimme
you call that sad?
mmm... gimme
you call that tough?
well, it's not tough enough
come on come on come on come on come on
come on come on come on come on come on
let me into your temple
come on come on come on come on come on
come on come on come on come on come on
I want into your temple
come on come on come on come on come on
come on come on come on come on come on
let me into the temple
come on come on come on come on come on
come on come on come on come on come on

the master:
I was dreaming in the steam room
everything was so clear for a minute
and I thought...
and the dripping tiles and...
and I said I'll confess everything
yes. I own this land
I own these forests surrounding my
...my estate
this is my tea coming
everything I can - I confess
the servant:
bend
now I have the bend
the best I ever
place the tea just so
then release and turn
oh no not yet
then release and turn
turn away then go
better try again
looking at me he's
wait 'til tomorrow
don't want him to know
next time he orders tea
release and turn
turn and limp away
turn and limp away
the maid:
I was walking through the forest
on my break today
I had this funny feeling
something was going to change
I was walking through the dry leaves
it was very strange
they hadn't changed their colour
all the leaves were green
I don't mind when it's over
I don't mind when it's all done
it's just the moments in between
just before it's gone
something's going to happen
something's going to change
I know I know I know...
the pantry:
and when autumn comes
well, there's lots of work to do
bill - that means you
time to clean the kettles
and the pots on the wall
pickling and preserving
all the vegetables
stop kicking the apples
are we pickling this year?
yes-you know we are
and when autumn comes
well, there's lots of work to do
bill - that means you
time to get the twigs up
you know, all those stick things
time to trim back the roses
so next year even more grow
does it hurt them to do that?
does it hurt them? no.
(Francesco the truck driver arrives)
and when autumn comes
well, deliveries start to go
here he is now
down into the valley
to the market he goes
down along the tiny roads
that wind along the vineyards
and people lean on their rakes
and they say hello
hello there Francesco!
Francesco there hello!
the bird:
(high sustain)
a boy coming home from lesson:
another boy:
and those are my swans
believe me...
there's no light.
and there isn't because...
it's so dark.
because it's so dark.
because it's so dark.
the maid:
I was walking through the dry leaves
it was very strange
the leaves fell without changing
no yellows and no reds
something's going to happen
something's going to change
and just then as I looked up
I remembered what you said
I'm crying because I love you
I know that things must change
I can't be there when you leave
what if you're afraid?
you said something about the leaving
the moments in between
the yawning when the world shifts
the clanging of the trains
and a dog sits up and growls
and a cow begins to bawl
and a nun nearby stops to listen
cross herself and then move on
I was laughing in the forest
I fell down in the leaves
and I watched the trees above me
crossing in the breeze
I love the bare branches
I love the healing bells
the bareness in the last sun
the greyness and the gold
and a flock of geese flew over
and I laughed harder still
I laughed 'til I was heaving
then everything was still
the servant:
bend
now I have the bend
place the tea just so
then release and turn
oh not yet
turn away then go
better try again
he's looking at me
wait until tomorrow
don't want him to know
next time...
time he orders tea
release and turn
turn and limp away...
limp away just go
turn away just go
just go... just go...

I look into the well
In the light of the morning sun
Perhaps within the jug I draw
I'll find the bliss of yesterday
Oh fill my jug up for me
Oh fill it up for me
fill it with happiness
Oh fill it to the brim
The flocks have quenched their thirst
Now quench mine
I am as the lonely palm
In the hills of Canaan
My heart calls out

And when he came I fell into his deepest eyes
And begged the difference between love and open...
Come on give your love to me
The first time I leaned over you
And looked into your eyes
I said to myself this is what it must be like
To have everything you'd ever want
And a voice inside my head said... GO...
I AM...
I give you everything
Kaikobad, Kaliere, Pehlevi and in-between
Sweet sweet Incarnadine
Sweet sweet sweet Incarnadine
Come on let your love rain down on me again
When you said that it would feel like this
The love potion
The razor's edge
The open sesame of the kiss
I swear it was all I felt
And I swear it was all I heard
And then we began to pray
Bless this union, make us whole
Give me strength to let him go
Give us fire and give us flow
To always love like this
The never idle pressing
Silent confessing
The endless versions of the lonely heart
When we love like we love
And we want like we want
And then we cry like a child
Never like this
Never like this
Never like this
And when he came I fell into his deepest eyes

A child was lost at sea today
Afloat on an ice floe
They floated away
A white cloud
A carpet
A white sleigh
See the child
That chases the dog
That jumps for the butterfly
Yeah, yeah
See the child
That chases the dog
That jumps for the butterfly
Yeah, yeah
See the yellow dress
On the child
That chases the dog
That jumps for the butterfly
Yeah, yeah
See the yellow dress
On the child
That chases the dog
That jumps for the butterfly
Yeah, yeah
See the blue sky
Behind the yellow dress
On the child
That chases the dog
That jumps for the butterfly
Yeah, yeah
See the blue sky
Behind the yellow dress
On the child
That chases the dog
That jumps for the butterfly
Yeah, yeah
See the sun up
High in the sky
Behind the yellow dress
On the child
That chases the dog
That jumps for the butterfly
Yeah, yeah
See the sun up
High in the sky
Behind the yellow dress
On the child
That chases the dog
That jumps for the butterfly
Yeah, yeah
See the grass growin'
Up to the bright sun up
High in the blue sky
Behind the yellow dress
On the child
That chases the dog
That leaps for his happiness
See the grasses growin' taller and taller and
Taller and taller and taller and taller
Until you cannot find the child that
Chases the dog that
Chases the dog that
Where is the child that?
Where is the child that?
And they say it was a, it was a yellow sun
And it was a blue sky
And it was a sweet child
And it was a happy dog
And the grass was a growin'
And the bees were a buzzin'
And through all this
The butterfly simply flies
Simply flies
It's the pull of life
It's the pull of life
It's the pull of life
It's the pull of life
Pull of life
Pull of life
Pull of life
Humble bee, humble bye
Humble dog, humble child
Humble grass, humble sky
Humble me, humble my
Humble earth's lullaby
Earth's lullaby, earth's lullaby
Lullaby, lullaby
Ohh, how time flies by
How time flies by
How time flies by
A child was lost at sea today
Afloat on an ice floe
They floated away
No one in the village will leave these shores
Until the child is safe once more
So if you see that child in someone's eyes

O it was one fine morning
I bid New Orleans adieu
And took the road to Jackson Town
My fortune to renew
I cursed all foreign money
No credit could I gain
Which had my heart a-longing
For the lakes of Pontchartrain
I stowed aboard a railroad car
Beneath the morning sun
And I rode the rails 'til eventide
'Til I finally lay me down
No stranger would befriend me
'Til a dark girl toward me came
And I fell in love with a Creole girl
On the Lakes of Pontchartrain
I said, my bonnie Creole lass
My money 'tis no good
And if it weren't for the alligators
I'd sleep here in the wood
You're welcome here kind stranger
Our house is very plain
But we never turn a stranger out
On the Lakes of Pontchartrain
She took me into her mama's house
And she treated me right well
The hair upon her shoulders
In jet black ringlets fell
To try to paint her beauty
That would surely be in vain
So handsome was my Creole lass
On the lakes of Pontchartrain
I asked her if she'd marry me
She said that ne'er could be
For she had a lover
Who was far away at sea
She said that she would wait for him
And true she would remain
'Til he returned to his Creole lass
On the lakes of Pontchartrain
So fare thee well, my Creole lass
I'll ne'er see you no more
And I'll ne'er forget your kindness
In the cottage by the shore
And at each social gathering
A flowing bowl I'll drain
I'll raise a glass to my Creole lass
On the lakes of Pontchartrain
I'll raise a glass to my bonnie lass

Here we all work 'long the Mississippi
Here we all work while the white folks play
Pullin' them boats from the dawn 'til sunset
Gettin' no rest 'til the judgment day
Don't look up, don't look down
You don't dare make the bossman frown
Bend your knees, bow your head
Pull that rope until you're dead
Let me go 'way from the Mississippi
Let me go 'way from the white man boss
Show me that stream called the River Jordan
That's the ol' stream that I long to cross
Ol' Man River, that Ol' Man River
He don't say nothin', but he must know somethin'
He just keeps rollin', he keeps on rollin' along
He don't plant taters and he don't plant cotton
And then what plants 'em are soon forgotten
But Ol' Man River, he just keeps rollin' along
You and me, we sweat and strain
Body all achin' and racked with pain
Tote that barge and lift that bale
You get a little drunk and you land in jail
I gets weary and sick of tryin'
I'm tired of living but I'm scared of dyin'
And Ol' Man River, he just keeps rollin' along
Ol' Man River, that Ol' Man River
He don't say nothin', but he must know somethin'

EVERYTHING YOU SAY
EVERYTHING YOU DO
WILL COME BACK
TO STAND WITH YOU
EVERYTHING YOU TRUST
EVERYTHING YOU FEEL
WILL COME BACK
TO KNEEL WITH YOU
EVERYTHING YOU SAY
EVERYTHING YOU TRY
WILL COME OUT
SOUNDING LIKE A LIE
EVERYTHING YOU TRUST
EVERYTHING YOU KNOW
WILL TURN TO DUST
WILL BLOW
AWAY
...Oh My My...
I'm cracking
I'm cracking
cracking
I'm cracking into a thousand pieces
OPEN UP YOUR EYES
mama mama please come quick
something's wrong I'm feeling sick
mama mama I'm in a mess
I can't lose this heaviness
oh my... oh my my my... oh my Mother
mary had a little lamb
little lamb
little lamb
mary had a little lamb
its fleece was... oh...
mama mama
I searched these hills for my sweet lamb
I carried myself up the mountain
And 5 men came out
And I laid myself down
And I looked around
And I couldn't find my sweet lamb
I'm looking for my Bottom Line
And as soon as I find it
I'm gonna turn my life around
oh my... oh my my my... oh my Mother
oh my... oh my my my... oh my Brother
YOU'RE FLOATING IN A HARBOUR
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT
AND YOU'RE LOOKING ALL AROUND YOU
AND YOU CAN'T SEE ANY LIGHT
AND THE BLACK AND STARLESS HEAVENS
WEIGH DOWN UPON YOUR SOUL
AND YOU FACE THE OPEN SEA
AND YOU'RE NOT SURE THAT YOU WANNA GO
AND YOU SCAN THE HORIZON
BUT THE ONLY LIGHT YOU FIND
IS IN THE PLACE YOU CAME FROM
THE PLACE YOU LEFT BEHIND
OH SO YOU'RE MOVING OUT
MOVING OUT
MOVING OUT
CUTTING THE CORDS
YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING
AND YOU DON'T HAVE ANY MAPS
AND THE ONLY THING YOU'RE SURE OF
IS YOU AIN'T... GOING... BACK
1. YOU WILL BE BORN INTO A STRANGE AND DESOLATE PLACE.
2. IT WILL BE CALLED "THE AVERAGE HOME."
3. THE TIMES WILL BE RESTLESS AND FULL OF UNCERTAINTY.
4. YOU WILL SILENTLY QUESTION THIS OF YOUR MOTHER AS YOU WATCH HER MOVE AWAY.
Precious Candles
YOUR LIGHT IS YOUR OWN
Is LIFE not Precious?...
YOUR LIGHT IS YOUR OWN
mama mama
please come quick
take me home from school
I feel so sick
mama mama
something's wrong
my heart is breaking
but I don't know why
oh my... oh my my my... oh my Mother
oh my... oh my my my... oh my Brother
5. THERE WILL BE NO ANSWER.
6. YOU WILL BEGIN THE LONG PROCESS OF SHUTTING DOWN.
7. YOUR COUNTENANCE WILL REFLECT LESS LIGHT AND LATER WHEN YOU LOOK
AT PICTURES OF YOURSELF YOU WILL WONDER.
8. YOU WILL GIVE UP YOUR BACKBONE TO THE T.V. AND ACCEPT A VALUE SYSTEM
9. PUTTING FORTH LIES, HATRED AND INTOLERANCE IN THE NAME OF LOVE AS ACCEPTABLE.
10. NO ONE WILL STEP FORWARD FROM THE SHADOWS SAYING: "EXPECT THIS, IT IS PART OF THE PATH."
11. YOU WILL DISCOVER DRUGS AND ALCOHOL.
12. YOU WILL INSTINCTIVELY MOVE TOWARDS YOUR OWN BOTTOM LINE.
Precious Candles
YOUR LIGHT IS YOUR OWN
Precious Candles
YOUR LIGHT IS YOUR OWN
mama mama please come quick
hold my head I feel so sick
mama mama let me come home
wrap me up I can't get warm
oh my... oh my my my... oh my Mother
oh my... oh my my my... oh my Brother
13. YOU WILL RUSH HEADLONG TOWARDS YOUR BOTTOM LINE IN AN INSTINCTIVE ATTEMPT TO HEAL.
14. YOU WILL GO TO AA TO LEARN WHAT YOU SHOULD HAVE LEARNED IN SUNDAY SCHOOL.
15. AND THEN YOU WILL GIVE YOURSELF PERMISSION TO CRY. AND YOU WILL CRY AND CRY AND CRY.
16. AND YOUR FRIENDS WILL MOVE AWAY NERVOUSLY AND YOU'LL FEEL LIKE A FOOL.
17. AND NO ONE WILL STEP FORWARD FROM THE SHADOWS SAYING
18. "THE JOURNEY FORWARD INCLUDES MOVEMENT INTO DESPAIR."
19. AND YOU WILL BE GATHERING STRENGTH
20. EVEN AS YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.
21. AND CERTAIN WORDS LIKE LOVE AND...
22. INTEGRITY WILL BE DRAWN INTO YOUR SPINE.
23. AND THEN ONE DAY...
24. YOU WILL TURN OFF THE T.V.
Precious Candles
YOUR LIGHT IS YOUR OWN
Precious Candles
YOUR LIGHT IS YOUR OWN
mama mama something's wrong
there's only silence where there once was song
I keep hearing all these bells
am I healing or dying? I can't tell.
hey ho
sail on out
sail all night
sail on with all your might
land ahead
land ho
land ho
land ho
I sure miss that little lamb
that little lamb called Puff
or... was it... Poof? or...
well, anyways, I sure miss that sweet lamb
lay down upon your pillow...
just live all you can knowing that's all
you have to give
mama mama I almost did it
I almost carried myself up the mountainside
In my own arms
And laid myself down
there a New Strength nearby, I know
And as soon as I find my Bottom Line
I'm gonna turn my life around
I sure miss that little lamb...

O Holy Night! The stars are brightly shining,
It is the night of the dear Saviour's birth;
Long lay the world in sin and error pining
Till He appeared and the soul felt its worth.
A thrill of hope
the weary world rejoices,
For yonder breaks
a new and glorious morn;
Fall on your knees,
oh, hear the angel voices!
O night divine, O night when Christ was born!

These are songs both nasty and delicious.
Speeches as facts and
speeches as wishes.
About closing up the gap between
What we say and what we mean
And the force that can come
Through a human being

I'm walkin' down the corridor
Of the seventh floor of the Grace Hospital
I'm gonna make it to the end
I'm gonna smoke a cigarette, the cigarette is my only friend
I can hear my slippers a-slappin'
I can feel my gown a-flappin'
I've got my whole being set into making it to the end
Of the seventh floor corridor of the Grace Hospital
These are my people, hello Joe, how ya doin'?
Don't I take good care of you, Joe?
Mrs. Bergman, how you doin'? What? No, I don't have your mail
I'm not the friggin' mailman
I'm going to make it to the end
And when I make it to the end I will smoke my cigarette
They make it very hard to smoke here
But I've got it all figured out
They make it hard and that builds up your strength
And then they want you to check out
There's a man in traffic below
He's all revved up with nowhere to go
He's a-cursin' and a-swearin' and watchin' the rain drops roll
Roll down his windshield
He's stuck in rush hour traffic and he's sayin'
"Oh, I shoulda bought that farm in the country
I woulda been home by now
I woulda been milkin' cows and sloppin' pigs
And sayin' benign things to my benign wife"
"Instead of sittin' here lookin' up the tail-pipe
Of someone I do not even know and probably wouldn't like
And lookin' up at the face at the end
Of the seventh floor of the Grace Hospital"
I'm walking down the corridor
Of the seventh floor of the Grace Hospital
Everything's green here, like a green nightmare
They come every Thursday morning
They spend an hour in the boardroom making decisions like this
They say, "Oh yes, green like the grass, like the trees
That'll make everyone brighten up and feel so happy
Make 'em feel so pleased"
Well, I'm so pleased that when I get out of here
I'm gonna write fuckin' greeting cards
Tellin' everyone how sweet it is here
Green, it just reminds everybody of their own shit
And their own puke and oh, the blonde, she pats her hair
And she tastes aluminum chlorohydrate on her fingertips and oh
"Daniel" Yes, "Would you come into the office please?"
I'm walkin' down the corridor
Of the Grace Hospital
I'm gonna look out at the rain
At the sweet, sweet rain
There's a man in traffic below
Instead I'm sitting here in rush hour traffic lookin' up the tail pipe
Of someone I do not know and probably would not even like
And watchin' this face at the end
Of the seventh floor corridor of the Grace Hospital
Lookin' out at the goddamn rain
I'm walkin' down the corridor
I'm startin' to get withdrawal but I'm gonna make it to the end
I can feel my gown a-flappin' and I can hear my slippers a-slappin'
Hello Mrs. Bergman, no, I don't have the goddamn mail
And if you don't keep your dog tied up
I'm gonna have the dog catcher come
I don't care if you're ninety years old and he's sixteen
And you've been together all this time
He's gonna take him away, don't ask me for the mail
"Daniel, will you come into the office?"
I'm walking down the corridor of the Grace Hospital
Me and my bride, there's gonna be a wedding today
I'm feeling so happy inside, oh, me and my rolling bride
Here we go hand in hand, needle in arm, she is my only friend
When I get to the end I will look out at the traffic below
And I will smile sort of sweetly and tilt my head
And everyone will look up and think that I'm lookin' out at the rain
As if it's the sweetest thing I've ever seen
The Grace Hospital is a terminal hospital
And everybody knows that and
And maybe that's why the food's so bad and
And can I see your fucking boarding passes please, oh?
Last night someone came into my room
And they took my bag of sugar water
And they must have changed it for some strange potion
'Cause now I feel like I'm floatin' on some strange ocean
There's a man in traffic
Instead I'm sittin' here in traffic
Lookin' up at this white balloon at the end of a liquid string
At the end of the seventh floor of the Grace Hospital
Lookin' out at the goddamn rain
Like it's the sweetest thing that he's ever seen
O, I'm gonna save myself
I'm running down the corridor
Of the seventh floor of the Grace Hospital
Me and my family, come on everybody
We're heading down the runway, we're gonna kick this thing
Come on Mrs. Bergman, there'll be so much mail
I'm taking off of the runway
I'm moving out into the rain, out into the rain

I like to keep the fires hot
I like to keep the coals a-glowin'
I like to keep the furnace a-burnin'
I like to keep the engine a-hummin'
To take home to my baby
(Or not)
Flirtin' is a flo-thing...
I like to flirt with men
I like to flirt with women
I like to flirt with old folks, young folks
I think I even like to flirt with trees
I like to flirt with rocks, birds, bees
I like to flirt with a good plate of linguini
I like to flirt with a good suit,
double-stitched, good linen
I guess that what I'm saying
what I'm gettin' at is
I like to flirt with everything
I like to keep the fires hot ...

O - it was a snowy night
The caravan traveling across the desert land
The stars were hanging heavy in the absence of light
And you were there and I
And something in our hearts told us to keep moving
Because there was something about that star
That Star ...
How far is the nearest place to kneel?
How far is the nearest throne?
How far how far can you go with only a dream?
With only a hope?
You take the vision and you hold it steady
Right ahead of you across the ranges across the plains
The desert land the gaze of strangers
That is how ... Hold It Steady
There was always someone who would
Take the children and keep them entertained
There was always someone who would
Lay down their work to play the children's games
There was always someone who would
know how things worked
They'd say ...THERE. Where? OVER THERE.
And now as we sit on the steps
at the side of the square
There are three wise men
sitting in their chairs
If anyone wants to know
which way any of us should go
They will hold they will contain
they will cup the refrain
Hold It Steady - take the vision - Hold It Steady
right ahead of you right between the eyes.
THAT is how.
O - It was a snowy night
and our caravan moved along
through this yet unholy land -
you were there and I was there
two desert boys - we did not understand
we only knew that something grand was happening

I'm bound by the fire
I'm bound by the beauty
I'm bound by desire
I'm bound by the duty
I'm coming back in 500 years
And the first thing I'm gonna do
When I get back here
Is to see these things I love
And they'd better be here, better be here
Better be here
And first I'm going to find a forest
And stand there in the trees
And kiss the fragrant forest floor
And lie down in the leaves
And listen to the birds sing
The sweetest sound you'll hear
And everything the dappled
Everything the birds
Everything the earthiness
Everything the verdant, the verdant, the verdant
The verdant dream
I'm bound by the fire
I'm bound by the beauty
I'm bound by desire
I'm bound by the duty
I'm coming back in 500 years
And the first thing I'm gonna do
When I get back here
Is to see these things I love
And they'd better be here, better be here
Better be here
And then I'm going to find an open field
And lie down in the flowers
And then I'm going to find a guitar
And play, play, play for hours
And then I'm going to find a river
To see what kind of body in
And everything the granite
Everything the kiss
Everything the earthiness
Everything the verdant, the verdant, the verdant
The verdant dream
I'm bound by the beauty
I'm bound by desire
I'm bound to keep returning
I'm bound by the beauty of the light
The slightest change, the constant rearrange
Of light upon the land
I'm bound by the beauty of the wind
That blows across the earth
The unfetteredness the wheatness
And through the flying hair
The slowness of the falling leaves
Across this warm November door
And the geese the flying southness

at the beginning of time
before there were waves
we'd sit in our boats
we'd float there all day
and there weren't any waves
'cause there wasn't any wind
'cause there wasn't any sun
we were waiting for the world to begin
we were waiting in the darkness
each in our own boat
each in our own thoughts
sometimes you could hear people
talking amongst themselves but...
(someone had a boat with wheels and I said
you're a bit early but I know how you feel)
but mostly it was just silence
and the silence only broken by
the absence of the clinking of the masts
and every now and then a bird would not fly by
and someone would look up and say
what wasn't that?
we were waiting in the darkness
and one night (or was it day?)
I was awoken from a dream
I was dreaming of someplace like I'd never been
and I heard someone say
someone's fallen in and they can't swim
so I leaned out and I pulled them in
and he was holding his head
and it was huge and shaped like a fish
and he slid down to the crook of the keel
and when I was sure he'd fallen asleep
I fell back to my reverie
we were waiting waiting waiting
waiting in the darkness
and you know what I miss most about that time?
it was the quality of blackness
it was soft somehow
in the absence of fear
you could take it into your mouth
and send it out through your teeth
my dear
but the silence...
oh, if I could go back to those times
I'd take that silence there
I'd take it into myself and bring it back to you
and this is what I'd say
waiting in the darkness
at the beginning of time
before there were waves
we'd sit in our boats
we'd float there all day
(or was it night?)
and there weren't any waves
'cause there wasn't any wind
'cause there wasn't any sun
we were waiting for the world to begin
we were waiting for the world to begin
now?

As I roved out one bright May morning
To view the purple heather and flowers gay
Who should I spy but my own true lover
As she sat under yon willow tree
I took off my hat and I did salute her
I did salute her most courageously
When she turned around and the tears fell from her eyes
Saying, "False young man, you have deluded me"
Three diamond rings for love I gave you
Three diamond rings to wear on your right hand
But the vows you made, love, you went and broke them
And married the lassie that had the land
If I married the lassie that had the land, my love
'Tis that I'll rue until the day I die
But when fortune calls few men can shun it
I was a blind fool was I
Now at night when I go to my bed of slumber
The thoughts of my true love run in my mind
When I turned around to embrace my darling
Instead of gold 'tis brass I find
And I wish the Queen would call home her armies
From the West Indies, America and Spain
And every man to his homeland would run
And I in hope that we'd meet again
As I roved out one bright May morning
To view the purple heather and flowers gay
Who should I spy but my own true lover

I will have a cup of tea
I will wash the cup
I will place it on the dish-rack
I will wait for it to dry
I will have another cup of tea
I'll drink it up, I'll wash the cup
I'll place it on the drainboard
I wonder if it's dry
Oh, give me a home
Where the buffalo roam
And the apples go rolling the other way
There are ten neighbors
Walking up my driveway
All dressed in black
Carrying carnations and waving recipes
And I tell each of them
If I could only have
Everything they have
Then I know that I'd finally be happy
Oh, give me a home
Did someone call the police?
And Adam would never have had

Sleep, my child and peace attend thee
All through the night
Guardian angels God will send thee
All through the night
Soft the drowsy hours are creeping
Hill and dale in slumber sleeping
I my loving vigil keeping
All through the night
While the moon her watch is keeping
All through the night
While the weary world is sleeping
All through the night
Over thy spirit gently stealing
Visions of delight revealing
Breathes a pure and holy feeling
All through the night
Though I roam a minstrel lonely
All through the night
My true harp shall praise sing only
All through the night
Love's young dream alas is over
Yet my strains of love shall hover
Near the presence of my lover
All through the night
Hark, a solemn bell is ringing
Clear through the night
Thou, my love, art heavenward winging
Home through the night
Earthly dust from off thee shaken
Soul immortal shalt thou awaken
With thy last dim journey taken
Home through the night
Sleep, my child and peace attend thee
All through the night
Guardian angels God will send thee
All through the night
Soft the drowsy hours are creeping
Hill and dale in slumber sleeping
I my loving vigil keeping

Come on baby ah come on give me
Come on baby ah come on give me
Come on baby come on give me
Come on baby come on give me
Come on baby come on give me
Come on baby come on give me
come on give me
uh uh
come give your love to me again
send me across the water
an angel stepped down
touched lightly to the ground
an angel: Is THERE SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVEN'T SAID?
THAT YOU HAVEN'T SAID?
Um-hum, yeah
Um-hum, yeah, yeah
Come on baby come on give me
Come on baby come on give me
Come on baby come on give me
Come on baby come on give me
SOMEONE HELP ME SOMEONE HELP ME
SOMEONE HELP ME SOMEONE HELP ME
an angel: I'M HOLDING YOU
come give your love to us again
and send us across the water
an angel stepped down...
and slowly looked around
an angel: IS THERE SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVEN'T SAID?
we stared at her soul
an angel: THAT YOU HAVEN'T SAID?
i, i, i can't
I BELIEVE
an angel: HAVEN'T SAID
I BELIEVE THAT LOVE... I BELIEVE
THAT LOVE,
um hum, yeah, yeah
I BELIEVE THAT LOVE IS THE ONLY THING
...THE ONLY THING THAT CAN HEAL
um hum,
...US ALL
yeah, yeah
...is equal to... the love... you make
the love you take (the love you take)
the love you make (the love you make)
the love you take (the love you take)
and so we give, give, give again
again
an angel stepped down...
touched lightly to the ground
we stared at his... soul
Come on baby come on give me...
Come on baby come on give me...
Come on baby come on give me...
Come on baby come on give me...
SOMEONE HELP US SOMEONE HELP US
SOMEONE HELP US SOMEONE HELP US
SOMEONE HELP US SOMEONE HELP US
an angel: WE'RE HOLDING YOU
an experiment in longing
I BELIEVE THAT LOVE IS THE ONLY THING THAT WE WILL HEAL US ALL
an angel: IS NO ONE ASKING FOR THIS DANCE?
WERE YOU NOT ASKING FOR THIS CHANCE?
COME ON ...(i can't)
COME ON ...(i, i can't)
COME ON
COME ON
COME ONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!
come give your love again again
again again
again again
again again
again again
again again

the hounds are running in the alley-way below
underlining all her sins
across the alley
there is a rented room
there is a girl
I watch I watch her
yellow cotton curtains
the tiles are black and white
why are you home early?
is this another one of those nights?
straighten up the lilacs
straighten up your hair
over to the mirror
what do you see there?
you know why he is living
on a separate street away from you
usually you can forget
but tonight the hounds they get to you
the hounds are running in the alley-way below...
underlining all her sins
magnets in the mirror
usually you croon
but tonight you are no beauty
in your rented room
he knows why he is living
on a separate street away from you
usually he can forget
but tonight the hounds they get to him
the mirror shows a man in a chair
she sees him sway
he's falling to the floor
his lines they crack away
who is this man?
you know him you know him you know him
his being is your being
his scent is on your skin
his mind is on your mind
his breathing is your breathing
so she goes to her own chair
I see her sway
she's falling to the floor
her lines they crack away
she shatters on the tiles
like the mirror that she shatters
like the mirror that she shadows
the street it's night it's dark
I cannot see too well
but a fog descended on her room
that much I can tell
and every drop of water
drew salts across her soul, Lord
and every bead of water
made the beaded bodies roll
a cat stopped by to listen
'til her breathing ceased to toil
and on a separate street
well, that man he ceased to moil
yellow dawn is yellowing
now I can see the girl
now I can see her face
on the tiles I see her curled
breeze - it blows the curtains
across the wayward tiles
across the sleeping ones
on separate streets - I have to smile
they still will not understand
why they awaken so new
but their sleep was close to... holy
my darlings
we're watching over you
across the alley
there is a rented room
there is a girl
I watch I watch her
I watch I watch her

Sing o the wild wood, the green holly
The silent river and barren tree
The humble creatures that no man sees
Sing O the wild wood
A weary journey one winter's night
No hope of shelter, no rest in sight
Who was the creature that bore Mary?
A simple donkey
And when they came into Bethl'hem town
They found a stable to lay them down
For their companions that Christmas night
An ox and an ass
And then an angel came down to earth
To bear the news of the Saviour's birth
The first to marvel were shepherds poor
And sheep with their lambs

I live in the hills
You live in the valleys
And all that you know
Are these blackbirds
You rise every morning
Wondering what in the world
Will the world bring today
Will it bring you joy or will it take it away?
And every step you take is guided by
The love of the light upon the land
And the blackbird's cry
You will walk in good company
The valley is dark
The burgeoning holding
The stillness obscured by their judging
You walk through the shadows
Uncertain and surely hurting
Deserted by the blackbirds
And the staccato of the staff
And though you trust the light
Towards which you wend your way
Sometimes you feel all that you wanted
Has been taken away
You will walk in good company
I love the best of you
You love the best of me
Though it is not always easy
Lovely? Lonely?
We will walk in good company
The shepherd upright and flowing

One time I saw Canada fall through a hole in the sky
I do not know if I was really sad to see her go
For in her place there was a herd of early morning cows
They moved in one direction
They knew where, when, how, why not
There is a strange well I go to
And each time
I lean, I look
I learn, I leave
I go back to town
Saying things I don't believe
My words they're just pebbles under water
They rise like flocks of birds
They are discontinued because the well has overhead and said
Are your opinions not confirmed until you tell them to someone
And is this the lonely night not real until it has been framed as one
There is a strange well I go to...
I spoke about the rosewood proud and I said this river is wise
And I said these mountains are all-seeing
Said the well--you must realize
That once again your words have pulled the universe out of place
To exist it need not have a human face
There is a strange well I go to...
And sometimes when I go there and my heart is clear
There are no visions--there are no sounds to hear
Oh strange well--does your voice rise and fall
When I am away
And do your watercolours run like they're doing today
There is a strange well I go to
And each time
I lean, I look
I learn, I leave
I go back to town

We're going to the seashore
Gonna burst upon the brine
From a car that's full of babies
And dogs and food and wine
Sand in our suits and salt in our hair
And everyone feeling so fine
The sky is so blue
You can see right through
My heart is so big
I can't get through the door
That's what I'm here for
We're going to the country
And we're gonna plant some wheat
We're gonna steal some cow corn
And drive across the fields
Dance around the scarecrows
And do whatever we please
We're going to the country
In our little deux-chevaux
We're gonna put the top down
Crank the radio up full
Honk at all the cars we meet
And let them know we know
The sky is so blue...
We're going to the mountains
If there's still a little snow
Gonna do some spring-skiing
Go as fast as we can go
Give instructions from the chairlift
And tell all those tourists to go for it
See the shorts and t-shirts
Go whizzing through the trees
With their Hollywood sunglasses
And the scratches on their knees
Yodelling on the mountainside
And cutting the air like chickadees
The sky is so blue...
We're going to the cliffs now
To see if we can fly
I think I could do better
With your wing out of my eye
You can see for miles up here
Open heart in open sky
The sky is so blue
You can see right through
Our hearts they are so big
We can't get through the door

I reached the desert as the sun was rising
On the day that you were passing through
The caravan you travelled in was crowded
I didn't like the people around you
Those people hushed me when I tried to call you
The pushed me back and would not let me through
And these thin arms weren't strong enough to part them
So back into the roadside rocks I withdrew
Sometimes I am nervous when the night comes
I hear so many noises that are new
But I try not to think of you too often
I try not to use the beads you threw
Oh babe I conjured you up by mistake
I know that I'm supposed to wait
But when will I see you again
In daytime I do dances for the tourists
I strike a pose I hope they can't ignore
My hope is to attract your caravan to me
And then beat them to your side before they know
Oh babe I'm really sitting by the road
I hug my knees and hope that I'll see you
I made up that bit about the dances
But it keeps me from using the beads you threw
Oh babe I conjured you up by mistake
I know that I'm supposed to wait
But when will I see you again
Your caravan told me I was not one of them
Because the way I talked was not part of their school
I made too much fun of California
Well--I made too much fun of paper tools
You yourself--you told me not to join them
You said I would do better where I was
But is this really true--I get so lonely
The only wine that fills me up is you
Oh babe I conjured you up by mistake
I know that I'm supposed to wait
But when will I see you again
I am not as nervous when the night comes
And darkness falls among these desert rocks
Even though I still touch your beads and wish for you
Waiting becomes easier than not
Oh babe I conjured you up by mistake
I know that I'm supposed to wait
I just wanted to see you again
But when will I see you again

so I go down to the lobby
and everybody stares
they say take off that foolish hat
what man? I say
so I go down to the lobby
and everybody stares
they say take off that foolish hat
put down that chair
so I go down to the lobby
and everyone's still there
and they say the snow is getting deeper
don't go out there
you can't leave him like that
go back upstairs
so I run down the fire-escape
I leap into the air
and I say - I thought I'd like to fly
I needed air
so I run down the main street
I knock some people down
and they say... I know their lips are moving
I hear no sound
five geese flew down beside me
I ran along
I don't know what you're saying
I'm not unfair
so I go down to the lobby
and everyone's still there
and they say take off that foolish hat
put down that chair
and they say this is your darkest hour
this is my finest moment
you can't leave him like that
he'll be okay.
so I go down to the lobby
I know it...

you watch the slow train moving through the city late at night
adjusting back and forth against the darkness and street lights
i know that you're feeling bad but i'm glad you didn't lie
easy to get caught up... but you know,
you can always you can always
you can always walk away
the life in the red wagon rolling along
the life in the red wagon simple and strong
the life in the red... is the red... oh, it's no big deal
but when the feet are draggin'
you pull me
and i pull you
you pull me
and i pull for you
past the teeming marketplace and the blur of faces there
past the silent dockyards and the darkness looming there
maybe it won't work this time but that's the risk you take(and you want to
take it)
and just as long as it feels right doesn't matter
just as long as... doesn't matter
gotta feel good though you don't know why
the life is the red wagon rolling along
the life is the red wagon keeps the feet upon the ground
the life is the red... is the red... oh, it's no big deal
but when the feet are draggin'
you pull me
and i pull for you
you pull me
and i pull for you

I know there's a place that you call your own
And you're safe and warm and you feel like you're home
And the peace of it and the faith involved
And you go to say... but there's no need to explain it
Still you try
And then you see
That it's okay
You're on your own
I see you lookin' around
At the people on the street
Well, things aren't what they seem
If you push them hard enough
You'll find that most of them
Do not feel worthy of love
Now how did this come to be?
Oh, my sweet sweet darlin'
Yes?
Look at me
You're telling me you can't pierce
The darkness into the light?
Can you see me?
No, I cant...
Can you see the figure standing on your right?
Nobody. it's just darkness...
It's just darkness...
Come on, I know you understand.
I'm trying...
Love, will you let us know when it's time
When we can leave this darkness behind?
Oh, my sweet sweet darlin'...
Wait...
What? you know when you open up your eyes?
Oh, I'm afraid there wont be anyone there
I'm beaming you all this light
Wait.
Something's happening...
Who is it?
I'm holding my sweet mama in my arms
Is she dying?
No, I think she's just been born
And she looks so... sweet...
And she looks so... hopeful
And she looks so... trusting
She doesn't know how hard...
I know there's a place
That you call your own
And you're safe and warm
And you feel like you're home
I see you lookin' around
At the people on the street
Well, things aren't what they seem
If you push them hard enough
You'll find that most of them
Do not feel worthy of love
Now how did this come to be?

I went out with Wolf tonight, I had so many worries on my mind
I was feeling lost, feeling confused, feeling afraid--I wanted to hide
But when I got home after work Wolf would not let me stay inside
So I put on my heavy coat and kerchief and closed the door behind us
I followed Wolf across the road,
he took a trail that leads up through the forest
I saw Wolf's shadow moving through the trees ahead of me
--don't go too fast Wolf
And finally we got to the other side
--it was so still, it was so bright and clear
For there stretched before us
like a ballroom glove in the moonlight lay the snowfields
It was a starry night
And the snow had stopped falling
And I feel that I heard someone singing
Fly us to the moon
High above our upturned faces
Booming in the bright
Send some good things down on this earth tonight
Wolf ran out into the glittering fields
--I stood and watched him from the treeline
The starry heavens danced down on the snow
then up again like gateways gathering
Then somehow I was out there with Wolf
--I stared at him--he looked so different
Oh Wolf I can't stop laughing
but I feel somehow that everything is all right
I don't know how many miles we traced across the snow--maybe a thousand
I followed Wolf in peace and I don't even know if we were breathing
And part of me never went home after that night--I think it stayed there
But it is in good care beneath the stars

So I'm walking down the road
No one else will take my load
So I will
Everyone is laughing, baby.
And everyone is patting their own backs
But every stone and every stick
And every bone
And every half-hearted
But at least half-attempted half-truth
Will come back to stand with you
When you're alone
There is one thing I forgot to tell you
There is one thing I forgot to say
But if I have the guts to say it
I'm afraid the place where we go to get lost
Would get lost
And so I'm walking down the road
I'm crying, baby
I walked all the way to Whitby
People honk at me.
I shake my fist, sometimes give them the finger
I don't know why I always lie to you
Barkis always tells the truth
Barkis never lies.
Barkis is always willing

holding your amber to the light
I see centuries of you
and you find me kind
you find me tall
you find me crazy like you
and while I fight my own words
you're off saving those broken birds
sometimes I wonder if you'll survive
we are kindred spirits but not kindred people
in this world for now
we are both too strong we are both too weak
we are both too young
so you go sing your songs
and I'll go sing mine
but I never really go away
no, I never really go away
I know you hear me
you always hear me
on the run to the sun
your kind will get far
if you don't burn
I hear the echo of our voices
hopeful in the church of the morning sun
asking - how far away from love are we?
are we far enough to keep us apart?
oh, I really really really don't know
you said - come to the window
I said - no you don't
we promised we'd never sing of pain or of losing
or how beautiful people look when they are dying
but clichés come so easily
and your tears run through me again and again
forget those broken birds
forget those broken birds
I know you hear me
you always hear me
on the run to the sun
your kind will get far
if you don't burn
holding your amber to the light

And how many of us will there be?
More than we are now
And where will we come from?
The rivers, the oceans, the ends of the darkest inlets
The lightest-coloured seas
Would not, would not be enough
Would not be enough to match the fever in my soul
And the fervour in my heart
And the darkness that I feel
As I'm goin' goin' goin' goin' goin' goin' down
And how many of us
And how many of us will there be?
All the candles in the world
Would not be enough to match the burning in my soul
And the fever in my heart
Count the places of devotion
Count the altars of despair
As we're goin' goin' goin' goin' goin' goin' down
And how many of us will there be?
And how many of us?
All the candles in the world would not be enough
To match the burning in our souls
And the fever in our hearts
And the fervour in our eyes
As we're hopin' and we're prayin'
And we're settin' out into the streets
The back streets of the world
And a prayer goin' up and a prayer goin' down
And the darkened eaves the pigeons
And the candlelight processions
On the streets down below
As we're searchin' and we're seekin'
And we're goin' goin', forgive us Lord
We're goin' goin' down, goin' down on our knees