lyric 21 - a preview of the next high tide

goddamn body rings
on the thorough fare
blameless and shameless
on the road to there

i won't go out there
got no reason why
won't bend blind ambition
to a television spy

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my bonnie lass
how deep in love am i
i will love you still
till the seas run dry

now the seas are runnin dry
the rocks melt with the sun
i will love you still
till the sands of life run down

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slow motion at the mirror
lines delivered south
you the evil doppelganger
droolin from the mouth

two eyed undertakers
rhapsody tojour
claws and knives and forks
scuttle on the hardwood floor

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lyric 20 - light on

if i faulter
think i can't be saved
she is dove in the rain

and if i'm colder
if my heart's a cave
she's a remedy for pain

if i'm lonely
forever alone
she's the one who keeps me sound and keep me whole

if i'm forlorn
destitute and blind
she's the one who soothes my eyes

up and down and over under thick and thin
she's the one the saves my skin

she leaves the light on
she leaves the light on

lyric 19 - the shot heard round the world

once there was a quiet boy
who never saw the day
locked in mothers pocketbook
until the first of may

magazine and wolverines
hanging from the walls
wild screams from dragon queens
standing now to fall

by the rude bridge
that arched the flood
here the brave farmers stood
facing up their enemy's
like men with familes should

no one knows if anyone or anything could stir
the population to gather the nerve
to fire a shot heard round the world

the sharp side of razor light
will lessen any pain
devote you to the lesser god
and drive the girls insane

you're that boy in pocketbooks
kept hidden from the craze
protected by your mommy
until the first of may

and let's not harbor any ills
against that fallen isle
they have the right to appetites
if not the strength lie

and let's believe that all good things
will come to boys and girls
children who have the nerve
to fire the shot heard round the world

let's have a toast to innocence
cuz that's a dying bird
let's have a drink and lets confess
our feelings for the girl

you will find some piece of mind
when all is said and done

and you will see what others see
when moons become the son

heretics on politics will summon you to war
raw courage and a flair for kicks
will keep you safe and warm

and i believe that we will see the final cloth unfurl
cuz we have the presence and the nerve
to fire the shot heard round the world

lyric 19 - i'm burning a light for you

oh my my, i'm burning alive
i'm burning alive for you
there was a day that i say that's insane
but now i've become unglued
there was a time when you would walk by
and i wouldn't give a hoot
oh my my i'm burning alive
i'm burning a light for you

now every night my soul is on fire
i am a useless fool
thinkin about you in that blouse
un the sweet sun in june
the mice are away
can the cats come and play?
will you abide this tune?
oh my my i'm burning alive
i'm burning a light for you

everywhere i stop and i stare
into oblivion
i meditate on the games we could play
a generous 'mount of fun
but this can't transpire,
cuz such is out lives
the cards we been dealt are done
oh my my i'm burning alive
i'm burning a light for you

lyric 18- baby, we've all been used

she can't stand a single thing
the tommy does and tommy sings
she can't keep her tongue no more

so she strolls out to the back
and holds onto the heavy axe
carries it on through the kitchen door

there he sits with beer in hand
and nothing on his wicked brain
cept how to increase her sorrow

and she abides him with a smile
and with a touch of borden style
skulls him like there's no tomorrow

baby we've all been used
baby we've all been used
it's a shot one in ten
lucky to find the right people

trial was a travesty
but that's the law now, basically
she's free to go back to the hollow

where freedom is a tender thing
and axes are fashioned to swing
up into the chins of such fellows

lyric 17 = we don't know

i see you me
and we dont know
we dont know
no ones' home
skin and bones
we don't know

i'm a stick
you're a stone
we don't know
we don't know
this house is so old
we don't know

she dips and dives
swoops into space
green on the wings
sky on the face
first in the light
without a trace
a golden glass
never still in one place

snowfields, snowbanks
we both know
we both know
each have minds of their own
we don't know
we don't know


i'm a stick
you're a stone
we don't know
we don't know
this house is so old
we don't know

hamilton

lyric 8 - evening song

the king hears
an evening song
it's witchin him, witchin him along

he's wierd
with an evening song
mystifies and energizes all who know

that snake has shed his skin upon the floor
he whispers from the bleaching sand and shores

but it's real
the evening song
Within a single thing, a single thrill, a single shawl
it's clear
the evening song
remains the moment fast and strong


This field has not been tended in awhile,
he whispers from the bleaching sand and shores that run for miles

lyric 16 - only the strong

song #16 : armed with a machine gun and a copy of the emancipation proclamation, tommy dresses up as abe lincoln, saddles up his grizzly bear, and emerges from his cabin in the woods, rising into the city to meet his destiny...



there ain't a lot to believing
one song and only the strong will survive
down a notch from deceiving
one song and only the strong
worse can't get much better
come along, cuz only the strong will...
ride on till your tired
as a dog, and only the strong

dead and down on the pavement
with a song bout only the strong
can the afterlife contain it
right or wrong, only the strong
wise men talk forever
then they're gone...with the weak and the strong
mountain clouds and weather
and fog...when only the strong will survive

there are your prayers, you can keep them
so long....only the strong
and fine dreams in the deep end
fight on, girl, cuz only the strong
money lies beneath us
the sea is calm when only the strong...
money cannot keep us

lyric 15 - hills slowly

hills slowly roll
on the roads to mexico
pleasantries exchanging for the gunfire

the mask on the man
reveals a dark plan
enemies complaining that the rent's too damn high

the sun is so bright i can taste it
and the desert belongs to an age long ago

she weeps in the sand
and places her hand
on the heart of the child she's forsaken

from north mexico
back to el paso
the stories are old and they're blameless

and the wind is so light i can't face it
and the desert belongs to a time long ago

send out a dove
of peace, hope and love
there's little of this south of the border
miracles arise
in the poor childs eyes
in the voices of saints who call to us

and the air is so fine i can't waste it
and the desert belongs to a girl in a song

lyric 14 - the get them river

Sleep to sleep through
a spine picked clean to a skull with hair
with nothing in between
the Night to night
on whitened teeth
Sewn into the cloth of memory

with all of our agents underground
there must be news someway somehow

this ghost of heaven have ascended
into the night
fallen angels, and evil labels
tricked for the flight

Blue smoke from a flap of wings.
On the walls of the christening


Outside fakir fireflies
rose to the sky
inside tiger appetites
ready to the bite

all who come into this world
will lift the veil, unfurl the curtain

lyric 13 - my home my home

my home my home my wicked home
is torn beyond repair
my home my home my wicked home
is where i sit and stare
my eyes, my eyes my wicked eyes
are gazing towards the east
my mouth, my tongue my wicked tongues
are speaking portugese

again and over and under and cut and run
failure grows forever in the bright blue sun

my heart my heart is growing cold
and with the ice i fear
protect my daughters and my sons
from all the worlds' dark stare

my partner folds into a ball
calls me another day
my soul forsaken for a tryst
and with a kiss betrayed

lyric 12 - nothing to it

here you are, there and
there you are, there and
You are violets with wind above them.
A child - so high - you are,
And all this is folly to the world.

Tree you are, and
Moss you are, and
You are violets with wind above them.
A child - so high - you are,
And all this is folly to the world.

The tree has entered my heart and hands,
and The branches grow out of me like arms.
and there you are girl, here you are

fair you are, and
and light you are, and
you are a song on the southern wind
a child - do fine - you are
to me you're everything my girl

lyric 11 - breath in

THE country has his joys
breathe in and breathe out and breathe in
Of little city girls and boys
breathe in and breathe out

When brother Thomas brings his brood
breathe in and breathe out and breathe in
To try our country air and food.
breathe in and breathe out


And O what splendid pies and cakes Their pleased and pretty grandma makes
And O, it gives him sad surprise, - There must be tears in Jesus' eyes,


Poor Thomas shepherds him a flock
Of city souls as hard as rock,
his heart beats like a clock
breathe in and breathe out

And though they will not fill his larder
He only preaches Christ the harder.
of the son and of the father
breathe in and breathe out

And O what splendid pies and cakes Their pleased and pretty grandma makes
And O, it gives him sad surprise, - There must be tears in Jesus' eyes,



But Ann, though seven years my niece,
Is still a pagan little piece
that will not be released
breathe in and breathe out

Jesus is better than any toys
For little sinning girls and boys,
For Jesus saves, but sin destroys
breathe in and breathe out and breathe in

lyric 10 - follow

my mama was a free women, papa was a free person
i'm chained to the old machine
without a path to the open fields
and you can't be my lover
cuz it will blow my cover
let's rewind
reset and unwind

this years been hard workin
hard work and hard talkin
and a bit of histrionics
and a touch of high dramatics
three years in the mine, three years left behind
it's a wonder i'm whole up from this hole

i will follow you
if you want me to
given what we've been through
i can't hide my faith in the water, anymore

this thing aint romantic
quick or automatic
it's a full-court press of a life
when the lightening strike this kite
3 years from a smile, 3 frozen miles
open the door, and let in the voice

lyric 9 - bitter heart

waves ride a bitter heart
bitter wings
blown apart

water breaks a missing soul
missing things
growing old

running fast and running scared
washin away
hope and cares

faith breaks our calvary
nailed right in
into the easter tree

Of the two dreams, night and day,
What lover, what dreamer, would choose
The one obscured by sleep?
or the one with everything to lose?

here lies
a mortal man
covered by the dirt and sand

good god almighty
what can we do
from lazarus to timbuktu

cloth hanging from his frame
dripping off like kerosene

annoint him now with waves of fire
climbing higher and higher

Of the two dreams, night and day,
What lover, what dreamer, would choose
The one obscured by sleep?
or the one with everything to lose?

lyric 7 - another day

are you here for another day?
chemicals in the dark rain
saddle up and we keepsakes
all of our own

abstract like a good friend
suddenly there and gone again
premise of a weekend
we take our martyrs a la mode

me first, me first say it
me got the ball and i play it now
me first me first may i
etiquette be the first thing to die

she got deep and white roots
Drunk and asleep in his boots
a canteen full of old booze
sits by her side

she hides in the tall rocks
heavy in the hemlocks
domination knock knock
we take our heroes high

me first, me first say it
me got the ball and i play it now
me first me first may i
etiquette be the first thing to die

lyric 6 - looking for the sun

i bought this jug in tennessee
when it was full of wine
but now it is damn bone dry

these things are made for hollywood
tested over time
stay together
when the weather favors fine

are you the only one looking for the sun?
lookin high

The old brown hen and the old blue sky,
hurt our starvin eyes
Between the two we live and die--

a shot begins in 63
and rings forever why
we're way too sad to even cry

are you the only one looking for the sun?
are you the only child looking to the sky?
clear blue sky
it's a long long way from here
that we will rest tonight
when will our comfort arrive?

must i explain myself again
or will this song suffice?
are we too young to survive?

are you the only one looking for the sun?
lookin high

lyric 5 - i cant be ....happy

i can;t be happy

if you can't be happy

why can't you be happy too?

cmon boy and lift up your head

eyes open and out of bed

there's a whole world waiting there for you

this life is plastic

and so fantasitic

porcupines and politics and booze

smile like you don't care

there joy laced through the air

rings of flowers on the soles of her shoes

now you're a grown man
with no blood on your hands
and nothing left to lose

sojourn and calmness
set course and cast the nets
the etiquette if fused to me and you

lyric 4 - the distance, the good fight

sounds rising in the distance
so close that you could kiss them
these the cards that we were dealt

we follow from a distance
not so far that we could miss them
mistake your son for someone else

i'll offer you a clean shot
a cigarette and a clean though
there is no in between

i'll offer you a good time
prime ticket on a good airline
there is no extreme

so many come this way
only to fade to green to grey

i worship at the front door
backs closed since the night before
why can't father fight the good fight?

for a whisper in the distance
it's the truth, we gotta listen
even if the timing aint quite right

lyric 3 - a little longer

hey stay a little longer
i'm the one who is payin you to sleep
hey just a little longer
it aint like you've got somewhere to be
cmon girl
a little closer
close enough to hear this pilgrim breathe
just a little closer
no reason to be afraid of me

painted lady
night is black and waters deep
sainted lady
moneys on the table, yours to keep

oh i shudder
to imagine all the pain inside of you
it makes me wonder
if there's a god that has got it in for you

painted lady
i think we better getta ready for 8 hours sleep

saints save us
awaken in spirits
dear and cheap

lyric 2 - next in line

words can't explain this thing i see
this thing i taste, this thing i feel
words fall apart and take a life
on midnight trains to wild sides

it's a masquerade
a dream of time
it's a crying shame
we ain't got 2 dimes
to spring up tall
wrap our arms and legs
around a sounds of yesterday
again and again

i'm not bad, just uninspired
and i'm not sad, just aenesthetized
gods beware, the smoke will rise here
once again
gods green eyes

let's walk along the silent web
let's walk alone into summers bed
walk in wires, clear the mold
seals our fate above sea and wound

lyric 1 - aint nothin, sorry town

this river's made
of blue and black
our souls be saved
in the waters lack
 the stone cold rythmn
 of the evil night
 if you take what you're given
it'll rob you blind

this aint no thing
and it ain't no sorry town
it aint no thing, and it sure don't bring
the saints to our sorry town

she had a child
sweet baby boy
then she gone and wrecked and lost that thing of joy
and we collapse, and i beg for more
to the whippin post, heed the cry for war

this aint no thing
and it ain't no sorry town
it aint no thing, and it sure don't bring
the saints to our sorry town