• Speeding Ticket and a Valentine
    1. Bird in Hand

      BIRD IN HAND
      By Monica Pasqaul

      She was young and you were, too,
      but your heart was cold and gray
      A pretty lass, as clear as glass, a diamond for a day
      You held her hand, the promised land,
      her fears you did allay
      Babe you had a bird in hand and in that hand she strayed

      The sweetest words she'd ever heard,
      they made her trip and sway
      You took her down to the old red town
      and had your wicked way
      Morning came, nothing the same,
      her feet had turned to clay
      Babe you had a bird in hand and in that hand she lay

      Time did pass, and she alas,
      felt something that did weigh
      A sad-eyed girl, your country pearl
      had fallen, as they say
      And when she cried, you turned aside,
      you pushed her love away
      Babe you had a bird in hand and in that hand she stayed

      She was young and you were too,
      but your heart was cold and gray
      When the summer breeze turned to autumn leaves
      you took yourself away
      You never thought of her sad lot,
      she faced a judgment day
      Babe you had a bird in hand, a bird that hand betrayed

      Years went by, (& all that implies)
      And with age came dismay
      Your thoughts transformed, your heart grew warm,
      you changed your wicked ways
      Remembered love, a simple dove,
      your diamond in the hay
      Babe you had a bird in hand, a hand you overplayed

      You went down to the old red town,
      the streets in dust now paved
      Your pretty thing, a memory,
      had long since slipped away
      They said she died by the riverside
      on a chilly autumn day
      Babe you had a bird in hand but the bird has flown away

    2. Big Big Bed

      Big Big Bed
      By Jane Selkye

      I need a big big bed
      to save the dreams that I've dreamt
      Catch 'em in this linen net
      and keep 'em so I don't forget

      I've seen my auntie's bed she lives in Amarillo
      There's room to lie down but they ain't no room to spare
      So Auntie's dreams fell to the floor and got lost in the night
      I don't believe her when she says she don't mind

      Better make my ceilings high
      and keep the windows open deep into the night
      Because I'll float up and cast off the sheets
      and drift into the midnight trees

      When he's here my bed's gonna have to be bigger
      'Cause my love runs wide, my love runs wider than a Texas river

      I want the whole cake I won't settle for the crumbs
      Gimme room to the side and room up above
      Because I'm in such a big big love
      it's just too big to fall out of

      When he's here my bed's gonna have to be bigger
      'Cause my love runs wide, my love runs wider than a Texas river
      My bed's gonna have to be bigger
      'Cause my love runs wide, my love runs wider than a Texas river

    3. Living Without You

      LIVING WITHOUT YOU
      By Renee Harcourt

      I'm a hacker I'm a con, I can't even write a song
      I can't sing a note if you paid me
      No one home, always gone, never right always wrong
      And I haven't got a God who can save me

      But I'm living without you, living without you
      I'm living without you, living without you

      I'm a loner, I'm unkind, I'm a prisoner in my mind
      I'm exhausted long before the sunrise
      I'm a skeptic and dissatisfied with everything I find
      I'm as bitter as a gin and quinine

      But I'm living without you, living without you
      I'm living without you, living without you

      Sweet and sour at the same time
      Mink and a porcupine
      Speeding ticket and a valentine

      I'm a liar, I'm a cheat, I don't say what I mean
      I used to care about the world around me
      Lost to a thief on a dry winter leaf
      I wouldn't know love if it found me

      But I'm living without you, living without you
      I'm living without you, living without you
      But I'm living without you, living without you
      I'm living without you, living without you

      Sweet and sour at the same time
      Mink and a porcupine
      Speeding ticket and a valentine
      Acid and alkaline

    4. Mona Lisa Smile

      MONA LISA SMILE
      By Monica Pasqual

      Here I am, I'm trying to be fair
      It falls apart, but baby I still care
      The love's not gone
      But I'm not strong

      And on one ever said I'd have to be
      The Mona Lisa with a smile
      I can't get out of bed, oh, can't you see?
      This misery is not my style

      There you are, blameless, that's for sure
      You did not get the life that you deserved
      And time's been cruel
      And sad, it's true

      But no one ever said I'd have to be
      The Mona Lisa with a smile
      I can't get out of bed, can't you see
      This misery is not my style

      Here we are, we don't know what to say
      It falls apart, now we can't go – or stay
      The love's not gone
      But I'm not strong

      And on one ever said I'd have to be
      The Mona Lisa with a smile
      I can't get out of bed, oh, can't you see?
      This misery is not my style

      No one ever said I'd have to leave
      The part of me that was on fire
      I used to feel the edge, now all I see
      Is holding me from what is wild

      And on one ever said I'd have to be
      The Mona Lisa with a smile
      I can't get out of bed, oh, can't you see?
      This misery is not my style

    5. Pajaros Sin Alas

      PAJARO SIN ALAS
      By Monica Pasqual

      I'm a bird that doesn't fly
      When I go, is it earth or is it sky?
      Pajaro sin alas, pez que no nada
      I'm a fish that doesn't swim
      When I sink, am I out or am I in?

      I'm a rose without a garden
      I'm a brush without an artist
      Almost done before I started
      Almost done before I started

      I'm a bird that doesn't fly
      When I go, is it earth or is it sky?
      Pajaro sin alas, pez que no nada
      I'm a fish that doesn't swim
      When I sink, am I out or am I in?

      I'm afraid I haven't tried it
      I'm the maid, I'm not the bride
      I Always tried to justify it
      Always tried to justify it

      I'm a bird that doesn't fly
      When I go, is it earth or is it sky?
      Pajaro sin alas, pez que no nada
      I'm a fish that doesn't swim
      When I sink, am I out or am I in?

      I'm a king without a nation
      I'm a house with no foundation
      I'm a flashy imitation
      I'm a flashy imitation

      I'm a bird that doesn't fly
      When I go, is it earth or is it sky?
      Pajaro sin alas, pez que no nada
      I'm a fish that doesn't swim
      When I sink, am I out or am I in?

       

      I'm a song without a player
      I'm a card without a wager
      I'm a minor not a major
      I'm a minor not a major

      I'm a bird that doesn't fly
      When I go, is it earth or is it sky?
      Pajaro sin alas, pez que no nada
      I'm a fish that doesn't swim
      When I sink, am I out or am I in?

      Un tambor sin su ritmo
      Una cancion sin pajarito
      Un dolor sin su grito
      Un dolor sin su grito

      I'm a bird that doesn't fly
      When I go, is it earth or is it sky?
      Pajaro sin alas, pez que no nada
      I'm a fish that doesn't swim
      When I sink, am I out or am I in?

      Un balcon sin la vista
      Un pallaso siempre triste
      Solamente una chispa
      Solamente una chisp

      I'm a bird that doesn't fly
      When I go, is it earth or is it sky?
      Pajaro sin alas, pez que no nada
      I'm a fish that doesn't swim
      When I sink, am I out or am I in?

    6. Throw me a Bone

      THROW ME A BONE
      By Renee Harcourt

      I don't want to compromise, I want to look into your eyes
      I don't want to be in my head, let's make love in the bed
      I don't want to cause you pain, speak your truth and let it rain
      Let it rain, let it rain...

      I try, but I can't get the wings to fly
      I learn, but I can't get the wheels to turn
      So I go it alone where nothing is known
      Throw me a bone, throw me a bone

      I don't want to work all day, I need a lot more time to play
      I don't want to see the shrink at three, maybe there's nothing wrong with me
      Wrong with me, wrong with me...

      I try, but I can't get the wings to fly
      I learn, but I can't get the wheels to turn
      So I go it alone where nothing is known
      Throw me a bone, throw me a bone

      Floating out to sea, engine dead, no sail to set , a broken wing and a prayer
      Hands tied behind my back, watch the train run off the track,
      Do you want your money back, do you want

      I don't want to waste your time, I just want to blow your mind
      I don't want to lose more sleep, I just want to feel you deep
      Feel you deep, feel you deep

      I try, but I can't get the wings to fly
      I learn, but I can't get the wheels to turn
      So I go it alone where nothing is known
      Throw me a bone, throw me a bone

    7. Back in the Saddle

      (by Pam Delgado, Jeri Jones, Renee Harcourt, Kendall Harcourt and Monica Pasqual)

      Every thing's changing but Sally's still trying
      She gets up at five, just ahead of the morning
      Feathers are flying
      You won't catch her falling behind

      Swinging from trees it's a cold city jungle
      Take what you need or get left in the rubble
      Don't look behind
      It's just dust and a pile of dreams

      Then it’s back in the ring
      Batter up taking a swing
      Walk toward the beast and get
      Back in the saddle again

      Every day Sally's supposed to look younger
      Can't let them see desperation or hunger
      Feathers are flying
      But everything’s running on time

      Swinging from trees but the branches seem higher
      Afraid to look down, situation is dire
      Falling behind
      Just like dust and a pile of dreams

      Then it’s back in the ring
      Batter up taking a swing
      Walk toward the beast and get
      Back in the saddle again

       

      Just like an hour glass glued to the table, time passing by
      Just like an hour glass glued to the table, time passing, time passing by

      Sometimes when Sally feels sad in the evening
      She remembers a girl with a paintbrush and reason
      Feathers were flying
      Couldn't catch her then if you tried

      Then it’s back in the ring
      Batter up taking a swing
      Walk toward the beast and get
      Back in the saddle again

      Verse

      E G E G E G A
    8. Countdown

      COUNTDOWN
      By Monica Pasqaul

      I'm sick of the news they're talking at me
      Everybody's killing everybody,
      everybody's killing everybody
      Countdown every night

      I'm sick of the pills they're pushing at me
      Everybody get stoned, get happy, happy,
      everybody get stoned, get happy, happy
      Countdown every night

      I just want to love ya baby, baby
      Love, love, love, love ya baby, baby
      I just want to love ya baby, baby
      Love, love, love, love ya baby, baby
      Countdown every night

      I'm sick of the spin they're putting on me
      Everybody get young, get skinny, skinny (x2)
      Countdown every night

      I'm sick of this dogma coming at me
      Sex, terror and God and money, money (x2)
      Countdown every night

      I just want to love ya baby, baby
      Love, love, love, love ya baby, baby
      I just want to love ya baby, baby
      Love, love, love, love ya baby, baby
      Countdown every night

      I'm sick of the lies they're throwing at me
      Gotta spit in their eye before they get me (x2)
      Countdown every night

      I'm sick of this dogma coming at me
      Sex, terror and God and money, money (x2)
      Countdown every night

    9. Wide Open Spaces

      WIDE OPEN SPACES
      By Renee Harcourt

      Old habits do die hard and the family tree will play it's card
      It draws from deep inside that ancient room
      Words rattle on the line, bitter hooks and vicious rhyme
      I just want to watch the flowers bloom

      Wide open spaces. I can't wait 'til I can go
      I see wide open spaces. Where there's a little room to grow

      If just one thing would change, just one link in this dead end chain
      Then dominoes would stop tumbling over
      Nose to the old grindstone, I'll find the roots and crack the code
      So I can hold that pretty 4 leaf clover

      Wide open spaces. I can't wait 'til I can go
      I see wide open spaces. Where there's a little room to grow

      You might not want to take this melody apart
      But I feel changes coming on
      I've been forgiven and I'm making my new start
      I'd just as soon you come along

      You might be all snuffed out, night and day drenched in doubt
      But I know at least one thing that could free ya
      This kettle's boiling hot, sardines are swirling in the pot
      And I think Jane, she's got the right idea

      Wide open spaces. I can't wait for us to go
      I see wide open spaces. Where there's a lot room to grow
      Wide open spaces. See the sunlight dancing through
      Wide open spaces. Days of gold and skies of blue

    10. Take Me There

      TAKE ME THERE
      By Monica Pasqual

      Take me there, take me with care
      Take me out where the land ends
      Fingers in hand, toes in the sand
      I want to stand where it all begins again

      Time is strange, all disarranged
      and I am un-caged and falling
      into these dreams, they're running like streams
      outside the seams and calling

      Where the atmosphere is sweet and heavy
      I could disappear right now,
      I'm ready, I could disappear

      Take me there, we'll lie down and stare
      at clouds and compare our follies
      Stretched on the sand, the sweet motherland
      the air that I am recalling

      Life is strange, we lose and regain
      and sometimes remain just standing
      Notions and schemes, like broken machines
      with no gasoline lie abandoned

      Where the atmosphere is sweet and heavy
      I could disappear right now, I'm ready, I could disappear

      Take me there, take me with care
      Take me out where the land ends
      Fingers in hand, toes in the sand
      I want to stand where it all begins again

  • Live at Stern Grove
    1. Fillmore Street
      I took up breathing this morning
      It hurts, but still, at least there's pain
      My feet were flying off the pavement
      I turned down Fillmore Street again

      I think I'm onto something, baby
      You can't tell me I'm not changed
      The woolen blankets won't console me
      I turned down Fillmore Street again

      Feel more, Feel
      Feel, Feel
      Feel more, Feel
      I turned down Fillmore Street again

      And like the earth that's week with water
      I'm a mudslide coming down, down, down
      But underneath this ruined monster
      Something green is pushing up
      Something green is pushing up
      Something green is pushing

      Feel more, Feel
      Feel, Feel
      Feel more, Feel
      I turned down Fillmore Street again

      All the world
      And I'm alive in it
      All the world
      And I'm alive, I'm alive

      Feel more, Feel
      Feel, Feel
      Feel more, Feel
      I turned down Fillmore Street again
    2. Jump Start
      I live inside a magazine. I’m a juggler, balancing routine
      Smoke and mirrors, wood, steel, skin and rock ‘n roll
      You see that world in my eyes. I work to keep it safe and alive.
      Some place in between restless and secure

      I stood out in left field watching
      Birds painting the clear blue sky
      When I stood out in left field watching

      You snuck up on me like a wildfire
      Sparks and flames flashing and flying
      And I felt the light inside jumpstart

      They train wild tigers to heel. Make devices to stop a rolling wheel.
      And junkies get clean, make amends and start anew
      I could ask the universe for wealth. Pray to God I’ll always have my health
      But I’ll wait a long, lonely night for you

      I stood out in left field watching
      Birds painting the clear blue sky
      When I stood out in left field watching

      You snuck up on me like a wildfire
      Sparks and flames flashing and flying
      And I felt the light inside jumpstart

      You jump started every little feeling that I’ve pushed away,
      compromised, isolated, memorized
      You jump started every little fantasy I’ve entertained to
      go insane, I can’t contain, baby you’re to blame

      I stood out in left field watching
      Birds painting the clear blue sky
      When I stood out in left field watching

      You snuck up on me like a wildfire
      Sparks and flames flashing and flying
      And I felt the light inside jumpstart
    3. Trouble
      Well, I’m in trouble…
      Well you come up from the fire
      and you’re calling out my name
      I can’t hide in holy water
      Feel the heat right through the rain
      I got pleasure double
      I’m in trouble and it’s heaven
      I like misbehavin’
      and your pastures look so green
      I’m about to show you
      what I don’t want you to see
      I got pleasure double
      I’m in trouble and it’s heaven

      There’s a place for me
      between the heavens and the deep
      that’s sometimes dark and sometimes sweet
      I’m gonna take this ride for a little while
      You know what I mean

      You say rules are just for reference
      So take me across that yellow line
      You provide the inspiration
      That I need to feel inclined
      I got pleasure double
      I’m in trouble and it’s heaven

      There’s a place for me
      between the heavens and the deep
      That’s sometimes dark and sometime sweet
      I’m gonna take this ride for a little while
      You know what I mean

      Well I’m not afraid of wisdom
      but I like flying blind
      I still want my salvation
      but I’m gonna take my time
      I got pleasure double
      I’m in trouble and it’s heaven

      There’s a place for me
      between the heavens and the deep
      That’s sometimes dark and sometime sweet
      I’m gonna take this ride for a little while
      You know what I mean
    4. La Llorona
      Todos me dicen El Negro, Llorona,
      negro pero cariñoso
      Todos me dicen El Negro, Llorona,
      negro pero cariñoso

      Yo soy como el chile verde, Llorona,
      picante pero sabroso
      Yo soy como el chile verde, Llorona,
      picante pero sabroso

      Ay de mi Llorona
      Llorona de ayer y hoy
      Ay de mi Llorona
      Llorona de ayer y hoy

      Ayer maravilla fuí, Llorona,
      y ahora ni sombra soy
      Ayer maravilla fuí, Llorona,
      y ahora ni sombra soy

      Dicen que no tengo duelo Llorona,
      porque no me ven llorar
      Dicen que no tengo duelo Llorona,
      porque no me ven llorar

      Hay muertos que no hacen ruido Llorona,
      y es mas grande su penar
      Hay muertos que no hacen ruido Llorona,
      y es mas grande su penar

      Ay de mi Llorona,
      Llorona de azul celeste
      Ay de mi Llorona,
      Llorona de azul celeste

      Y aunque la vida me cueste Llorona,
      no dejaré de quererte
      Y aunque la vida me cueste Llorona,
      no dejaré de quererte
    5. All Rise
      First they took me down a road
      Not a road I’d ever seen, it was dark and it was cold
      Mortal end, mortal gold
      Fight or flight, this crazy ride, I’m better letting go
      CHORUS
      All rise. All rise hear the recommendation
      All rise. Sometimes the guide’s disguised in pain
      All rise. All rise hear the recommendation
      Meet the guide with an open light, all rise

      And then they came into my home
      They knocked me down and took everything I owned
      I tried to see beyond alone
      Where empty makes room for something new and unknown

      CHORUS

      Then they showed me to a shrine
      Tall and shimmering, it illuminated time
      My eyes followed up the line
      And I could not conform, and I could not confine

      CHORUS
    6. Pass the Buddha
      Green tea, green tea, I gave up coffee look at me
      Corn fed family freak, next is alcohol and meat
      Cramp cage, free range, victimize, assimilate
      Dairy gone, wheat, weight, everybody clean your plate

      Please, pass the Buddha. A hit of Mr. B, open eye number three
      Pass the Buddha, please. I’m ready to land, I gotta get him in my hand
      Pass the Buddha, please. I need a little calm, the west has gone so wrong

      Big house, fast car, what you drive is who you are
      Nest egg, five star, Joie de vivre and caviar
      Breath deep, water leak, oxygen supply is weak
      Wise seed, noble deed, impermanent created thing

      Please, pass the Buddha. A hit of Mr. B, open eye number three
      Pass the Buddha, please. I’m ready to land, I gotta get him in my hand
      Pass the Buddha, please. I need a little calm, the west has gone so wrong

      You can tell yourself you’re living pretty conscious and clean
      Turn around to find you’ve fallen straight down into the hands of the machine

      H-D-T-V, prescription drug for everything
      Quick fix, awakening, side effects are gonna sting
      Read the label, redefine, buy local from the vine
      Never steal, never lie, downward dog and you’ll be fine

      Please, pass the Buddha. A hit of Mr. B, open eye number three
      Pass the Buddha, please. I’m ready to land, I gotta get him in my hand
      Pass the Buddha, please. We need a little calm, the west has gone so wrong
    7. Night of 1000 Stars

      The fragile eyes of a man with a gun who stands for nothing
      And all he wants is a little peace and quiet, but she keeps talking
      Now he ain't sure if he heard right, but she sounds like leaving
      He puts his hands on his ears and says, 'I don't believe this'

      16 months, his last tour, and he walked through fire
      When Captain said 'Sergeant jump', he'd just ask 'how high, sir?'
      Now he ain't sure if he heard right, but she sounds like leaving
      He puts his hands on her arms and says, 'you must be dreaming'

      Night of a thousand stars, miles from the ground
      World spinning round and round

      Days of slaughter and rage, he'd dream of Angel
      And in her arms he would rise high above the turmoil
      Now he ain't sure if he heard right, but she looks like leaving
      He puts his hand on his gun and says, not while I'm breathing

      Night of a thousand stars, miles from the ground
      World spinning round and round
      Night of a thousand stars, miles from the ground
      World spinning round and round

      The fragile eyes of a man with a gun who stands for nothing
      And all he wants is a little peace and quiet

    8. Hurricane

      She's almost a hurricane
      I'll tell you what that means
      It means she isn't quite as strong as she wants you to believe

      She'll spin on through the tangled trees
      Her tears blend with the rain
      She's almost a hurricane...
      She's almost a hurricane

      She's knows you're enjoying the weather
      The way it changes and blows you to the ground
      She can call it in to come
      She can call it in to go...

      She's almost a hurricane
      I'll tell you what that means
      It means she isn't quite as strong as she wants you to believe
      She'll spin on through the tangled trees
      Her tears blend with the rain
      She's almost a hurricane...
      She's almost a hurricane

      Feel her rising from far away
      Mostly blue skies mixed with gray
      She's got that slow build forward
      To forever in a day...

      She's almost a hurricane
      I'll tell you what that means
      It means she isn't quite as strong as she wants you to believe
      She'll spin on through the tangled trees
      Her tears blend with the rain
      She's almost a hurricane...
      She's almost a hurricane

      touch her she'll be silent
      touch her she'll be stronger
      touch her she'll break open
      And be falling all around you

      She'll move you from bitter to end
      Waterfalls of sweetness and sin
      Lay you down And begin to build again...
      She's almost a hurricane
      I'll tell you what that means…

  • Night of 1000 Stars
    1. Night of 1000 Stars

      The fragile eyes of a man with a gun who stands for nothing
      And all he wants is a little peace and quiet, but she keeps talking
      Now he ain't sure if he heard right, but she sounds like leaving
      He puts his hands on his ears and says, 'I don't believe this'

      16 months, his last tour, and he walked through fire
      When Captain said 'Sergeant jump', he'd just ask 'how high, sir?'
      Now he ain't sure if he heard right, but she sounds like leaving
      He puts his hands on her arms and says, 'you must be dreaming'

      Night of a thousand stars, miles from the ground
      World spinning round and round

      Days of slaughter and rage, he'd dream of Angel
      And in her arms he would rise high above the turmoil
      Now he ain't sure if he heard right, but she looks like leaving
      He puts his hand on his gun and says, not while I'm breathing

      Night of a thousand stars, miles from the ground
      World spinning round and round
      Night of a thousand stars, miles from the ground
      World spinning round and round

      The fragile eyes of a man with a gun who stands for nothing
      And all he wants is a little peace and quiet

    2. Over You
      OVER YOU (Renee Harcourt)

      I had a taste. I had a bite. And now I’m hungry every night.
      My plate is empty. My cupboard’s bare. You left me hanging without a prayer.
      I know we said it never should have happened. It might have been the cool night air.

      CHORUS
      I can’t get over you. I can’t forget no matter what I do.
      I can’t get over you. I can’t find the will or the fortitude.

      It’s like a test inside my head. I wake up wet in an empty bed.
      You’re in my dreams. You’re on my mind. I can’t escape you. I’m crucified.
      I know we said never again. Sensible discipline.

      I can’t get over you. I can’t forget no matter what I do.
      I can’t get over you. I can’t find the will or the fortitude.

      BRIDGE
      Time takes care of every little thing. Only time ticking by, only time ticking by
      Every minute’s like a God damn day, only time ticking by, only time ticking by

      Deadly sin. Attempted virtue. May prudence and faith divert you.
      It’s always messy and never clean. A can of worms Saint Augustine.
      I know we said it felt so right. Wrong is enticingly nice.

      I can’t get over you. I can’t forget no matter what I do.
      I can’t get over you. I can’t find the will or the fortitude.
    3. Vera Chiesa
      The air was ripe with the city’s ancient artistry
      the night I went to see
      the witch of Turin, Italy
      She said he’s soon to be born another entity
      She said he’d come to me
      a second time a boy of three
      She spoke about the man that I was
      meant to marry
      She spoke about the man who’s love
      I always carry

      Vera Chiesa, Vera Chiesa
      His body was taken but his soul is reborn
      Vera Chiesa, Vera Chiesa
      His body was taken but his soul is reborn

      Before he left me we lived in Central Italy
      Before he left me we shared a
      million secrecies
      A thousand kisses as the sun was
      setting amber
      A thousand thoughts
      I try often to remember
      Years beyond our prime the moths
      came to the flame
      For years beyond our fears
      the cancer had its way
      It makes you beg for answers

      Vera Chiesa, Vera Chiesa
      His body was taken but his soul is reborn
      Vera Chiesa, Vera Chiesa
      His body was taken but his soul is reborn

      Four years passed and quite by chance
      or so it seemed
      A woman made her way to me with
      her son of three
      They had also been
      to see the witch of Turin, Italy
      who spoke to them of my lost love
      now his soul she sees
      I lay before the boy all his things I’d kept
      The way they prove the
      Dalai Lama in Tibet
      He clutched them to his heart

      Vera Chiesa, Vera Chiesa
      His body was taken but his soul is reborn
      Vera Chiesa, Vera Chiesa
      His body was taken but his soul is reborn
    4. Hurricane

      She's almost a hurricane
      I'll tell you what that means
      It means she isn't quite as strong as she wants you to believe

      She'll spin on through the tangled trees
      Her tears blend with the rain
      She's almost a hurricane...
      She's almost a hurricane

      She's knows you're enjoying the weather
      The way it changes and blows you to the ground
      She can call it in to come
      She can call it in to go...

      She's almost a hurricane
      I'll tell you what that means
      It means she isn't quite as strong as she wants you to believe
      She'll spin on through the tangled trees
      Her tears blend with the rain
      She's almost a hurricane...
      She's almost a hurricane

      Feel her rising from far away
      Mostly blue skies mixed with gray
      She's got that slow build forward
      To forever in a day...

      She's almost a hurricane
      I'll tell you what that means
      It means she isn't quite as strong as she wants you to believe
      She'll spin on through the tangled trees
      Her tears blend with the rain
      She's almost a hurricane...
      She's almost a hurricane

      touch her she'll be silent
      touch her she'll be stronger
      touch her she'll break open
      And be falling all around you

      She'll move you from bitter to end
      Waterfalls of sweetness and sin
      Lay you down And begin to build again...
      She's almost a hurricane
      I'll tell you what that means…

    5. Constance No More

      Silent She comes
      To the red room with the mirror on the door
      And her name is Constance, no more

      Silent She comes
      When our eyes close but the blankets are down
      And her name is Constance, no more

      We hide, though we see it like it is
      We hide, though we see it like it is

      Silent She comes
      When the night falls but the curtain's not drawn
      And her name is Constance, no more

      Silent She comes
      Like a prophet, like a storm on the calm
      And her name is Constance, no more

      We hide, though we feel it like it is
      We hide, though we feel it like it is

      Silent She comes
      With her fortunes, with her omens and smiles

      Silent She comes
      With her beauty, with her potions and vials
      Constance, no more

      Silent She comes
      Like a specter, like a shadow too soon
      And She comes through the mirror on the door of our room
      Constance, no more

      We hide, though we see it like it is
      We hide, though we see it like it is
      We hide, though we feel it like it is
      We hide, though we feel it like it is

    6. All Rise
      First they took me down a road
      Not a road I’d ever seen, it was dark and it was cold
      Mortal end, mortal gold
      Fight or flight, this crazy ride, I’m better letting go
      CHORUS
      All rise. All rise hear the recommendation
      All rise. Sometimes the guide’s disguised in pain
      All rise. All rise hear the recommendation
      Meet the guide with an open light, all rise

      And then they came into my home
      They knocked me down and took everything I owned
      I tried to see beyond alone
      Where empty makes room for something new and unknown

      CHORUS

      Then they showed me to a shrine
      Tall and shimmering, it illuminated time
      My eyes followed up the line
      And I could not conform, and I could not confine

      CHORUS
    7. Jump Start
      I live inside a magazine. I’m a juggler, balancing routine
      Smoke and mirrors, wood, steel, skin and rock ‘n roll
      You see that world in my eyes. I work to keep it safe and alive.
      Some place in between restless and secure

      I stood out in left field watching
      Birds painting the clear blue sky
      When I stood out in left field watching

      You snuck up on me like a wildfire
      Sparks and flames flashing and flying
      And I felt the light inside jumpstart

      They train wild tigers to heel. Make devices to stop a rolling wheel.
      And junkies get clean, make amends and start anew
      I could ask the universe for wealth. Pray to God I’ll always have my health
      But I’ll wait a long, lonely night for you

      I stood out in left field watching
      Birds painting the clear blue sky
      When I stood out in left field watching

      You snuck up on me like a wildfire
      Sparks and flames flashing and flying
      And I felt the light inside jumpstart

      You jump started every little feeling that I’ve pushed away,
      compromised, isolated, memorized
      You jump started every little fantasy I’ve entertained to
      go insane, I can’t contain, baby you’re to blame

      I stood out in left field watching
      Birds painting the clear blue sky
      When I stood out in left field watching

      You snuck up on me like a wildfire
      Sparks and flames flashing and flying
      And I felt the light inside jumpstart
    8. I’m Waiting
      Bridges are falling, my savior's not calling,
      Something appalling could happen today
      Caught in the traffic, the wrong demographic,
      I guess I could laugh or I could just go away
      There was a time when I walked in the light
      When I walked in the light, I walked in the light
      I was a dreamer, a sure-footed schemer
      A devil, redeemer, an angel in flight
      Now I'm Waiting

      Dark night on a lonely road
      Tail lights show me where to go
      I won't fight, I won't pretend to know
      Dark night, show me where to go

      Hours keep passing, I'm chasing the last thing
      What's really happening? What's happening?
      Every thing's beeping, it’s flashing or speaking
      Attention-seeking, what does it mean?
      When I was younger there was a hunger
      An urge and a wonder, a fear and delight
      Life was a stage and I was a player
      Not just some tax-payer with no end in sight

      (Chorus)

      Everything's burning but nobody's learning
      We twist and we turn and we clutch and we slide
      Faster and faster, avoiding disaster
      No question, no answer, no spirit, no guide
      When I was younger there was a hunger
      An urge and a wonder, a fear and delight
      All I could see, the earth and the trees
      I could believe in truth and in light
    9. Pass the Buddha
      Green tea, green tea, I gave up coffee look at me
      Corn fed family freak, next is alcohol and meat
      Cramp cage, free range, victimize, assimilate
      Dairy gone, wheat, weight, everybody clean your plate

      Please, pass the Buddha. A hit of Mr. B, open eye number three
      Pass the Buddha, please. I’m ready to land, I gotta get him in my hand
      Pass the Buddha, please. I need a little calm, the west has gone so wrong

      Big house, fast car, what you drive is who you are
      Nest egg, five star, Joie de vivre and caviar
      Breath deep, water leak, oxygen supply is weak
      Wise seed, noble deed, impermanent created thing

      Please, pass the Buddha. A hit of Mr. B, open eye number three
      Pass the Buddha, please. I’m ready to land, I gotta get him in my hand
      Pass the Buddha, please. I need a little calm, the west has gone so wrong

      You can tell yourself you’re living pretty conscious and clean
      Turn around to find you’ve fallen straight down into the hands of the machine

      H-D-T-V, prescription drug for everything
      Quick fix, awakening, side effects are gonna sting
      Read the label, redefine, buy local from the vine
      Never steal, never lie, downward dog and you’ll be fine

      Please, pass the Buddha. A hit of Mr. B, open eye number three
      Pass the Buddha, please. I’m ready to land, I gotta get him in my hand
      Pass the Buddha, please. We need a little calm, the west has gone so wrong
    10. The Golden Gate
      Paint a dream yellow, gold and green
      Live inside a work of art
      Write a song of loving someone long
      And spill the wine
      right from your heart
      You can live a lot of little lies
      They bend your twisted
      mind around you
      And turn your back
      on all the little signs
      of a vision going blind

      Save away
      You can never have
      enough for a rainy day
      Save away
      Standing naked staring into space
      I almost flew off the Golden Gate

      Feel the water
      looking at your daughter
      Touch the light upon her face
      Hope that one day
      she’ll know why you went away
      Forgive yourself your fall from grace
      You can see a lot of little lines
      grow around your eyes without you
      Make a place for all the little times
      you might have done it right

      Save away
      You can never have enough for a rainy day
      Save away
      Standing naked staring into space
      Empty, hollow
      I gave it all away
      I almost flew off the Golden Gate

      Standing naked staring into space
      Forgive yourself
      You had a fall from grace
      Watch the lines growing on your face
      Save them up, save a space
      Cut the flowers, drop them in a vase
      Watch your daughter run another race
      Love will go, gone without a trace
      Save it up, save a space

      Save away
      You can never have enough for a rainy day
      Save away
      You never know when
      you need it for a rainy day
      Save away
      Save away
    11. Fear of Flying
      Who will hold my hand
      when I take off and land
      Who will hold my hand
      when I take off and land
      Who will hold my hand
      Who will hold my hand

      So I see your rooftop fade below me
      I’m free but I’m not all together me
      And they say true changes come
      from blue skies and thunder
      but I wonder

      Who will hold my hand
      when I take off and land
      Who will hold my hand
      when I take off and land
      Who will hold my hand
      Who will hold my hand

      So I keep your music in my headphones
      All my safety’s just above your beat
      And I fly above the fear and over
      and over

      Who will hold my hand
      when I take off and land
      Who will hold my hand
      when I take off and land
      Who will hold my hand
      Who will hold my hand

      So I keep your music in my
      headphones
      All my safety’s just above your beat
      And they say true changes come
      from blue skies and thunder
      but I wonder

      Who will hold my hand
      when I take off and land
      Who will hold my hand
      when I take off and land
      Who will hold my hand
      Who will hold my hand
    12. Wood, a Hammer and a Nail

      Wood, a hammer and a nail
      And a fare-thee-well
      Truth, sharper than a knife
      In the face of lies

      Sweet as rain on a summer night
      Sweet as rain on a summer night

      Love, a rose that's made of steel
      And you keep it real
      Time, it hasn't changed a thing
      Because the bells still ring

      Sweet as rain on a summer night
      Sweet as rain on a summer night

      Give until you give away
      The price you'll pay
      Truth, stronger than the blight
      Where you shine your light

      Sweet as rain on a summer night
      Sweet as rain on a summer night
      Sweet as rain on a summer night

  • Severland
    1. Severland
      I’m lost in Severland, I’ll never make my way home even though I try
      Grief stuck on me, I can’t cut her loose, she only lets me cry

      I was advised and warned to have my pain, then wash it clean
      I did not take heed now that wicked thing... it lives it me.

      Aaahhh. I’ll never be free. Ahhhh. Because it lives in me.

      The fall wind blows, and the white fog rolls in across the sky
      Sad struck me down, I can’t turnaround, she likes to see me cry

      Aaahhh. She likes to see me cry. Ahhhh. She never lets me fly

      I’m sorry I let go, I’m always with you
      I’m sorry I didn’t know, I always miss you
      I’m sorry I couldn’t stop us

      I’m lost in Severland, I’ll never make my way home even though I try
      Grief stuck on me, I can’t cut her loose, she only lets me cry

      I was advised and warned to have my pain, then wash it clean
      I did not take heed now that wicked thing... it lives it me.


      Aaahhh. I swear I’ll never be free.
      Somebody help me, this thing lives in me.

      I’m sorry I let go, I’m always with you
      I’m sorry I didn’t know, I always miss you
      I’m sorry I couldn’t stop us from our heartache
    2. Fillmore Street
      I took up breathing this morning
      It hurts, but still, at least there's pain
      My feet were flying off the pavement
      I turned down Fillmore Street again

      I think I'm onto something, baby
      You can't tell me I'm not changed
      The woolen blankets won't console me
      I turned down Fillmore Street again

      Feel more, Feel
      Feel, Feel
      Feel more, Feel
      I turned down Fillmore Street again

      And like the earth that's week with water
      I'm a mudslide coming down, down, down
      But underneath this ruined monster
      Something green is pushing up
      Something green is pushing up
      Something green is pushing

      Feel more, Feel
      Feel, Feel
      Feel more, Feel
      I turned down Fillmore Street again

      All the world
      And I'm alive in it
      All the world
      And I'm alive, I'm alive

      Feel more, Feel
      Feel, Feel
      Feel more, Feel
      I turned down Fillmore Street again
    3. House Of The Living
      Peel away the dark, it’s old and hard
      but far below
      my heart is young and shy
      Peel away the years,
      acquired fears and hidden tears
      that helped a girl survive

      Because I feel like heaven and hell
      could meet right here in your arms

      The schizophrenic segregations
      Every trend a sovereign nation
      Shallow waters filled with gold
      Do you dare to ask the question
      Give me more than fifteen seconds
      Do you really want to know?

      Because I feel like heaven and hell
      could meet right here in your arms

      Peel away the cruel indifference
      We can’t pretend innocence
      because there’s nothing we don’t know
      Peel away the advertisements
      selling pleasures with no substance
      on a shining road to nowhere
      Give me all of your love
      what is wretched, what is soft
      Let me hate you, let me care

      Because I feel like heaven and hell
      could meet right here in your arms

      Peel away the mediocre image brokers
      They’re jokers and the jokes on us
      Peel away the television selling
      bleak and twisted visions
      of a world that’s lost
    4. If You Tell A Lie
      If you tell a lie again and again
      it does not become the truth in the end
      If your voice is loud and your lies are well heard
      still it does not mean transformation has occurred

      Water isn’t wine, brass isn’t gold
      One day you’ll account for all the lies that you told

      If you take the forest, if you steal it tree by tree
      If you blacken the river, if you desecrate the sea
      You can wave your arms,
      You can shout out from on high
      But the truth is still the truth
      and a lie is still a lie

      Water isn’t wine, brass isn’t gold
      One day you’ll account
      for all the priceless things you sold

      You can speak of God
      while you lead your Holy War
      As if your hands weren’t stained
      by the oil you adore
      More innocents will die
      and more soldiers will fall
      You name your church for God
      but it was greed that built those walls

      Water isn’t wine, brass isn’t gold
      One day you’ll account
      for all the lives that you stole

      Two faced yes fool
      Pin striped suit ghoul

      You can make a promise
      and some people might believe
      That you are not beholden to the power,
      to the greed
      But if they should fall ill,
      or their schools should fall down
      Should they fall on hard times
      Well I doubt you'll be around

      Water isn't wine, brass isn't gold
      And it's wrong that we should pay
      for a crown that you stole
      Water isn't wine, brass isn't gold
      One day you'll account
      for all the lies that you told
    5. Besalu
      The colored glass, the ancient stone
      You and I stood there alone
      A banner from the summer gone
      hailed 1000 years
      A chair suspended from a wall
      A Roman bridge that did not fall
      when bombs arrived in 1936

      The light that followed us around
      I fell in love in that old town
      where nothing changes,
      nothing goes away

      Along the road we saw a man
      who ducked his head
      but raised his hand
      Then walked inside a gate
      and crossed a field
      He might have been ten decades old
      I wonder what it’s like to know
      something so well it’s like there’s nothing else

      The light that followed us around
      I fell in love in that old town
      where nothing changes,
      nothing goes away

      I can see you standing
      on the edge of that field
      Timid, unfamiliar with our mood
      And I can feel your arm around
      my shoulders as we walk
      along the cobbled streets of Besalu

      The bells that told us it was time
      to catch the Barcelona line
      Shadows marked the ending of a day

      The light that followed us around
      I fell in love in that old town
      where nothing changes,
      nothing goes away
    6. A Thousand Tiny Pieces
      We will play his one out
      ‘til it explodes
      into a thousand tiny pieces
      What is your story, Universe
      You are melody and numbers
      You are shapes and you are rhythms
      There are signs that we can learn
      to place over the heavens
      to predict how long they will burn
      How long will it last
      Can I turn up the heat
      What star am I circling
      What is circling me
      Now my ebb and my flow
      My lack of control
      Turning on turning off
      Saying yes but playing no
    7. Moth To A Flame
      Sexy as a panther, charm a mile wide
      Brighter than the moon
      on a clear mountain night
      Wild as a dragon, crazy as a loon
      I knew it when you walked in the room

      I can’t stay away
      Old salty dog and the sea
      I can’t stay away
      Moth to a flame got nothin’ on me

      Bold as an opera, deep as roots on a tree
      Smooth as your wet ruby lips on me
      Bottle on the table, candlelight dream
      Fine drop is all that I need

      I can’t stay away
      Old salty dog and the sea
      I can’t stay away
      Moth to a flame got nothin’ on me

      Hits me in the chest, cradles my heart
      A mystery as simple as counting every star
      Time disappears, the magic remains
      A song keeps calling my name

      I can’t stay away
      Old salty dog and the sea
      I can’t stay away
      Moth to a flame got nothin’ on me

      My passions play to me every day
      Ain’t nothing in this crazy little world
      gonna keep me away

      I can’t stay away
      Old salty dog and the sea
      I can’t stay away
      Moth to a flame got nothin’ on me
    8. Give A Damn
      Take a harder road than the one you took before
      Going with the flow, turning back at every door
      ‘Cause you’re older now,
      You’re stronger now
      You’re smarter now

      A tree grows high when the roots go deep
      Your peace will come, but it won’t come cheap
      If you take this hand and you play for keeps
      and you give a damn
      and you give a damn

      You’ve been hiding out
      You’ve been holding back your love
      I could teach you how
      but you’d have to let me touch
      And not run away
      on the seventh day
      though you feel afraid

      A tree grows high when the roots go deep
      Your peace will come, but it won’t come cheap
      If you take this hand and you play for keeps
      and you give a damn
      and you give a damn

      Time slips by, you can’t deny
      the heart that wants to beat
      The price you pay along the way
      makes what you get more sweet
      You can run and you can hide
      and you can isolate
      But you can not escape
      no you can not escape

      A tree grows high when the roots go deep
      Your peace will come, but it won’t come cheap
      If you take this hand and you play for keeps
      and you give a damn
      and you give a damn
    9. Trouble
      Well, I’m in trouble…
      Well you come up from the fire
      and you’re calling out my name
      I can’t hide in holy water
      Feel the heat right through the rain
      I got pleasure double
      I’m in trouble and it’s heaven
      I like misbehavin’
      and your pastures look so green
      I’m about to show you
      what I don’t want you to see
      I got pleasure double
      I’m in trouble and it’s heaven

      There’s a place for me
      between the heavens and the deep
      that’s sometimes dark and sometimes sweet
      I’m gonna take this ride for a little while
      You know what I mean

      You say rules are just for reference
      So take me across that yellow line
      You provide the inspiration
      That I need to feel inclined
      I got pleasure double
      I’m in trouble and it’s heaven

      There’s a place for me
      between the heavens and the deep
      That’s sometimes dark and sometime sweet
      I’m gonna take this ride for a little while
      You know what I mean

      Well I’m not afraid of wisdom
      but I like flying blind
      I still want my salvation
      but I’m gonna take my time
      I got pleasure double
      I’m in trouble and it’s heaven

      There’s a place for me
      between the heavens and the deep
      That’s sometimes dark and sometime sweet
      I’m gonna take this ride for a little while
      You know what I mean
    10. Orange (free)
      She hates to comb her hair
      She hates to take a bath
      but once she’s in that tub,
      you’ll never get her out
      She loves to ride a horse
      She loves a summer swim
      Never hurt a heart,
      so she won’t choose a best friend

      Orange, Orange
      Her favorite color orange
      Big ball of fire, sweet citrus storm

      She’ll beat you bad at Boggle
      In Scrabble let you tie
      I’m a little shy to say
      she’s read more books than I
      Her words are few and far
      unless there’s pen in hand
      Then she’ll write you out a story
      about her mama’s band

      Orange, Orange
      Her favorite color orange
      Tigers turned to kittens
      on the day that she was born

      Light, light is the dusk
      and I worry sometimes,
      I’m not worthy of the trust
      Sweet, sweet is the dawn
      It’s a privilege beyond…
      any privilege
      She’s a crazy cuddle bug
      An endless sofa spud
      She always slows me down
      to watch a movie about love
      She can tear up like a well
      and water’s all around
      I try to swim along
      so I don’t miss a sound

      Orange, Orange
      Her favorite color orange
      Tigers turned to kittens
      on the day that she was born
    11. Devil To Pay
      There’s a devil in my baby’s house
      In my baby’s house
      When the sun falls
      That’s when she comes around
      That’s when she comes around
      There’s a devil, and she knows his name
      Yes, she knows his name
      When he’s lonely
      When the sun goes down
      When he’s falling
      that’s when she comes around
      to my baby’s house
      Calling…Calling….

      I don’t know what to say
      I can’t help anyway
      It’s your devil to pay

      In the morning, that’s when baby cries
      That’s when my baby cries
      And he suffers, and he feels regret
      And he struggles, but he can’t forget
      No he can’t forget
      Calling…Calling….

      I don’t know what to say
      I can’t help anyway
      It’s your devil to pay

      There’s a devil
      In my baby’s house
      In my baby’s house
      And we battle but it’s not my fight
      No, it’s not my fight
      When he’s lonely
      When the sun goes down
      When he’s falling
      That’s when she comes around
      To my baby’s house
      Calling…Calling….

      I don’t know what to say
      I can’t help anyway
      Every night, every day
      I can’t take it away
      I can’t take it away
      It’s your devil to pay
    12. Long Time With You
      I saw the way you light a room
      the night I met you
      In that light I just knew
      we’d be together
      Something old, something new
      I borrowed all that’s true
      and gave away the blue
      Years gone longing for a kiss
      and a touch of fire
      Ended sweetly with a wish
      and an angel choir
      Love had never felt like this,
      All roads open wide
      To bring me home at night

      I want to live a long time with you
      Let me have a long time with you
      I want to take a long time with you
      Let’s say we do

      I know we’ll have our troubled times,
      Stormy points of view
      I’ll be steady by your side,
      We’ll walk right through
      Copper, steel, pearls and wine
      I promise you we’ll fly
      Right through that diamond sky

      I want to live a long time with you
      Let me have a long time with you
      I want to take a long time with you
      Let’s say we do

      Let’s say we do, Let’s say I do,
      My love is true, long time

      I want to live a long time with you
      Let me have a long time with you
      I want to take a long time with you
      I know I’ll be a long time with you
      I want to be a long time with you...
      Let’s say we do, never be through,
      Long time with you
  • Blame Sally
    1. Birds Fly South
      The city lights are pretty bright
      so he hitched a ride north from the border
      With a little luck he’ll make a buck,
      rent a house and buy a four-door
      Every day he’ll wake and say a prayer
      to God, the Father
      That it won’t be long ‘til he can send for
      Mom and Juan, his brother
      But the lights don’t shine in the city
      for Ramón
      He spends a lot of time waiting for a
      chance in the job lines
      And he knows that things are rough when
      he remembers home as the good times
      Every day he’ll wake and say a prayer
      to God, the Father
      He still believes the old man will come through
      with one thing or another
      But the lights don’t shine in the city
      for Ramón

      Birds fly south (también en sueños Ramón)
      Birds fly south

      63 days 63 nights, well that’s a pretty good try
      Now he knows this town well enough
      to know it’s time to say good-bye
      Every day he wakes and says a prayer
      to God, the Father
      Even though he’s pretty damn sure
      it ain’t worth the bother
      Because the lights won’t shine in the city
      for Ramón
      No, the lights don’t shine in the city
      for Ramón

      Birds fly south (también en sueños Ramón)
      Birds fly south (y en sus sueños el va)
      Birds fly south (y de verdad)
      and so does Ramón
    2. Lucky
      I’ll walk the pretty way,
      even though I can’t go home
      I’ll watch the colors fade,
      even though I’m not alone
      I’ve seen destruction and demise
      I’ve seen the look of pure love in your eyes
      I’ll wake and take with me,
      what ever comes that day
      I’m beaten down, but I’m not too tired to play
      On indecision and debris
      I lost my footing and I fell free

      I’m lucky
      I landed lightly
      I’m lucky

      Now I can dry my eyes
      and wish beyond regret
      The reasons why I left, I’m learning to forget
      One rainy night on Hallow’s Eve
      I jumped up high and caught the kiss
      of something sweet

      I’m lucky
      I landed lightly
      I’m lucky

      You know I never cried,
      I never used to cry,
      You know I never cried,
      You know I never cried

      I’m lucky
      I landed lightly
      I’m lucky
    3. Water
      The red tide flows down in the cove
      We’re barefoot over smooth sounding stones
      and I like I like I like…
      You said, it’s been raining for days now
      Big giant drops bouncing up off the street
      You didn’t know I’m always wet anyhow
      Violet green tidepools soaking up
      through my feet
      We’re sitting on the edge of the red soggy bank
      the future flowing in the tide below
      I try to collect the right words from the waves
      but anything I say you must already know

      I’m dipping into your pool
      Trying not to get caught there
      I ’m dipping

      Do you feel like the ocean sometimes
      Not the white of the waves but the place below
      I said, yeah this tests sand and sky
      I find myself calmed by the undertow
      The red tide flows down in the cove
      We’re barefoot over smooth sounding stones
      and I like I like I like…

      I’m dipping into your pool
      Trying not to get caught there
      Dipping into your pool
      Wondering why I stop here

      You feed me oranges in the back seat
      to protect me from the sadness
      Barely my lips and your wet fingers meet
      and for a moment I forget the madness
    4. Stupid Mistakes
      I said I’d be fine in a while
      You know, I think I just might
      Things will look different, I hope
      When the day replaces the night
      I can be brave when I want
      My body is strong
      I said I’d be fine in a while
      and you know, I hope I’m not wrong

      Oh Lord, please keep me safe
      I keep on tripping over
      my stupid mistakes
      You can make stones skip on a lake
      but they’ll eventually sink
      There’s always a price to pay
      when you act before you think
      I closed my eyes to myself
      while you entered my body that night
      Now the bill’s coming due
      and baby we both feel not right

      Oh Lord, please keep me safe
      I keep on tripping over
      my stupid mistakes

      I heard the sound of a train last night
      and when I woke, the feeling was strong
      A whistle had filled up the night
      for a moment and then it was gone
      It left me with tears on my face
      and sadness for innocence lost
      There’s always a price to pay
      but I wish I’d know the cost
      Yeah, I wish I’d known the cost

      Oh Lord, please keep me safe
      I keep on tripping over
      my stupid mistakes
    5. Disappear
      Safe within the silence
      of rushing rivers red
      I’m falling in, to deep canyons
      You couldn’t wait ‘til daylight
      to come into my dreams
      Now you follow
      Me, I’m flying
      I have never held this hand before
      But you know where to take me
      High above the blackness
      to the edge of the things that scare me
      Held up by the darkness
      and the depth of you and me
      I’m falling in the spaces in between

      I disappear
      I’m still standing here
      I disappear
      I’m still standing here
      Disappear

      Safe within the silence
      Love is in my head
      I’m falling in, to deep canyons
      When I was tired of being lonely
      Tired of being brave
      I let you stop me from spinning around
      in my old stories
      I have never held this hand before
      But you know where to take me
      High above the blackness
      to the edge of the things that scare me
      I will learn to trust the darkness
      and question the light
      Your honesty
      will be the death of me
      or save my life

      I disappear
      I’m still standing
      I disappear
      I’m still standing here
      Disappear
    6. Touch
      I can’t say why I’m running away
      I walked on water just the other day
      Now I’m sunk so deep I don’t see the light
      Sitting right here on the living room floor
      Looking to find the perfect chord
      but everything I play sounds so yesterday

      Touch might have gave us
      It might have saved us
      Touch might have made us a little more whole
      Touch might have made us
      It might have saved us
      Touch might have gave us a little more soul

      I usually hide my truth inside
      Some clever, trite, poetic rhyme
      that keeps my eyes dry and lets me fly
      But I’m too old to look away
      and still too young to know the way
      How many times do I have to watch
      a good love die

      Touch might have gave us
      It might have saved us
      Touch might have made us a little more whole
      Touch might have made us
      It might have saved us
      Touch might have gave us a little more soul

      I wish you’d never gone away
      I wish I had the mind of a saint or a nun or a
      sweet baby crying

      Touch might have gave us
      It might have saved us
      Touch might have made us a little more whole
      Touch might have made us
      It might have saved us
      Touch might have gave us a little more soul
    7. Shame
      Give it here I’m feeling it, tasting it, drinking it
      Second-hand and broken down
      I found it in an airport lounge
      peeled it up off of the ground,
      it was trampled flat and stained
      Took it out into the light,
      gave it love, made it right
      thought of all the ways
      I ’ve tried to hide away my shame

      My shame, my shame

      The quality of my demands
      has changed of late, I understand
      some dreams can take you by the hand
      then wrap you up in chains
      Once I built a pretty room,
      Cared too much of pleasing you
      I think I’m finally cutting through
      these iron bars of shame

      My shame, my shame

      Give it here, I’m feeling it, tasting it, drinking it
      I wanna swim in it, live in it, give in to it,
      then give it up
      Give it here, I'm hearing it, seeing it, touching it
      I wanna swim in it, live in it, give in to it,
      then give it up

      The fault-line in my womanhood,
      The pain I never understood
      The bad that crouched beneath the good
      and didn’t have a name
      The sweet that left a bitter taste
      The love that sometimes turned to hate
      The things I never could escape,
      I 'm face to face with shame

      My shame, my shame

      Give it here, I’m feeling it, tasting it, drinking it
      I wanna swim in it, live in it, give in to it,
      then give it up
      Give it here, I'm hearing it, seeing it, touching it
      I wanna swim in it, live in it, give in to it,
      then give it up
    8. Gentle Pirate
      Fell in the middle
      of something familiar
      Hot salt tangled
      at the end of July
      Fell in the middle
      afraid to remember
      White, light forehead
      Skin under sky

      Gentle Pirate
      show me the way
      Keep my head above water
      while I’m deep in the waves

      Down in the middle
      I let myself need her
      Blue water simple
      Permanence
      Down in the middle
      of an ocean familiar
      I should not be here

      Gentle Pirate
      show me the way
      Keep my head above water
      while I’m deep in the waves
    9. Back To Me
      I like the way that you hold my hand
      and I love the way that your hair falls down
      when you press your mouth against my own
      and you do the things that make me moan
      I like the fact that your heart is pure
      and you’re strong and wild and soft and sure
      and gave me hope to love again
      so you’re the one that I let in

      Baby, Baby, come back to me
      Don’t you know that we got so much
      to see together, and we just got started
      Baby, Baby come back to me
      I know you’ve got a choice to make
      and somebody’s heart is gonna break,
      Lord, don’t let it be me

      I know the way that you feel inside
      like an ax will drop when you finally decide
      and either way you lose a piece
      of what you want and what you need
      And though I try to let you go
      be cool inside and just lay low
      I want you here with me tonight
      I miss you bad, I miss you right

      Baby, Baby, come back to me
      Don’t you know that we got so much
      to see together, and we just got started
      Baby, Baby come back to me
      I know you’ve got a choice to make
      and somebody’s heart is gonna break,
      Lord, don’t let it be me

      I’ve had so many heartaches,
      so please don’t be hurting me
      I’ve had so many heartaches
      so please don’t be hurting me
    10. La Llorona
      Todos me dicen El Negro, Llorona,
      negro pero cariñoso
      Todos me dicen El Negro, Llorona,
      negro pero cariñoso

      Yo soy como el chile verde, Llorona,
      picante pero sabroso
      Yo soy como el chile verde, Llorona,
      picante pero sabroso

      Ay de mi Llorona
      Llorona de ayer y hoy
      Ay de mi Llorona
      Llorona de ayer y hoy

      Ayer maravilla fuí, Llorona,
      y ahora ni sombra soy
      Ayer maravilla fuí, Llorona,
      y ahora ni sombra soy

      Dicen que no tengo duelo Llorona,
      porque no me ven llorar
      Dicen que no tengo duelo Llorona,
      porque no me ven llorar

      Hay muertos que no hacen ruido Llorona,
      y es mas grande su penar
      Hay muertos que no hacen ruido Llorona,
      y es mas grande su penar

      Ay de mi Llorona,
      Llorona de azul celeste
      Ay de mi Llorona,
      Llorona de azul celeste

      Y aunque la vida me cueste Llorona,
      no dejaré de quererte
      Y aunque la vida me cueste Llorona,
      no dejaré de quererte
    11. The Planet Ranch
      Mickey was the hippest chick at the Planet Ranch
      When I was eight she was crowned
      Miss Parker, Arizona
      We’d listen to Neil Diamond in her trailer home
      Her talent was playing the trumpet
      Leroy, the mechanic, well he was pretty old
      He liked to talk to spaceships in the desert
      Once we tried to follow him real late at night
      but we were too scared of coyotes

      He’d drive on up that hill
      every night, every night
      With a six pack and his transistor
      He swore they spoke to him
      every night, every night
      But they didn’t want him to take their picture

      I remember once when things were sort of tight
      We had to entertain some bankers and their wives
      Ella cooked a dinner and a chocolate cake
      then Leroy came in for some cocktails
      Mickey and us kids were dancing
      to “Sweet Caroline”
      Leroy and the banker’s wives
      were getting drunk on red wine
      He told them about the aliens
      and why they were here
      He said they needed uranium for fuel

      He’d drive on up that hill
      every night, every night
      With a six pack and his transistor
      He swore they spoke to him
      every night, every night
      But they didn't want him to take their picture

      Twenty years have passed, there’s a lot I don’t know
      The business went under, everyone was let go
      I hear Mickey lives in Kingman and Ella’s retired
      but Leroy hangs out in the desert
    12. Dead Horse
      I see you’re all set up
      You’ve got everything you need
      The day you left me standing alone
      to face my deprivation and greed
      If I don’t die in the end
      If I can just stay afloat
      I’m gonna fly to the moon
      instead of sinking down in your moat
      You gotta know that I cared
      You gotta know that I tried
      I didn’t know how to melt you down
      and drink in all your beautiful light
      You always smell like a rose
      You speak and don’t make a sound
      Your holy heart shining so bright all the
      while you grind me into the ground

      I hope one day I can say I’m ok
      that I’m out of the red
      and stop banging my head
      I hope one day you can learn how to say
      that you feel some remorse
      and I’ll stop beating a dead horse

      The tools were out of our hands
      nothing left to revive
      Blow a kiss and watch innocent souls
      disappearing into the sky
      You gotta know that I cared
      You gotta know that I tried
      I didn’t know how to make you see
      that my love for you was
      deep and wide, deep and wide

      I hope one day I can say I’m ok
      that I’m out of the red
      and stop banging my head
      I hope one day you can learn how to say
      that you feel some remorse
      and I’ll stop beating a dead horse
    13. Speed of Light
      Hold on tight, love
      We’re picking up speed
      if you feel like you’re falling
      Fall into me
      You don’t have to be the strong one
      when you’re caught in between
      I could tell you a story
      to make you feel all right
      I could use all the voices
      that I push down inside
      Silence is golden
      All love is blind

      Put your hand on my shoulder
      look in my eyes
      You don’t have to wonder
      We’re gonna be all right
      Because when we turn this corner
      we’re in for a ride
      Speed of light

      Light can bend
      My love won’t end
      Here we go again
      We’ll sail through the darkness
      We’ll reach through the sky
      Higher then heaven
      We’re gonna fly
      You and I
      Where will this take us
      How far, how high

      Put your hand on my shoulder
      Look in my eyes
      You don’t have to wonder
      We’re gonna be all right
      Because when we turn this corner
      we’re in for a ride
      Speed of light

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