follow (again)

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

sara (again)

no matter how small
every town has got one
a miniature crime
done with a miniature gun
hard as a hammer
harder than nails
got hundreds of dogs and
cats by the tail

sara sara
let me pour you some some wine
i've got a fear
you no longer mine
my love my love
my love is so unkind
it's killing me dear
it's blowing my mind

knocking them out
place neat on the shelf
god helps those who
help themselves
a wonderful lie
makes a marvelous mess
and she doesn't move
it ain't easy...i confess

sara sara...

i'm surrounded by dust
i'm captured in stills
i'm covered by dirt
and bottles and pills
collateral damage the generals say
nothing can chase this dragon away

sara sara...

god only knows
and god only cares
we're twisted and turned
split on the rail
tongue is on fire
eyes are ablaze
and hundreds of words
lost in the haze

i'll be there

i never know the way to go
the opposite of sight
could never thrive beyond the fire
cornering my mind
think of a world without the girl
and of the world within
flickering hard and fighting cards
dealt with total randomness

is it all real
electric fields
this is not a game

connecting the dots
with pistol shots
this is not my name

people will shield these strange ideas
whithout a fair exchange
turn off the light
and drive the spike
straight into my brain

two plus two (take two)

there
head down on the pavement
words whispered in payment
just don't blink when you say it
-
i'm so there
it keeps me from wonderin
if it lets any sun in
is it like or its lovin

sigh out loud if you need me to move on
is this awkward for you?
simple as 2 plus 2
-
shy dog
steady as a steamboat
in a dark overcoat
your the hero we all toast

sigh out loud if you need me to move on
does this mean much to you?
simple as 2 plus 2
-
steady
with a hand that is held up high
you will never sip read and white
in the lingering afterlight

sigh out loud if you need me to move on
i've got nothing to prove
simple as 2 plus 2

dead after dark take 2

there's up and there's down
square and there's round
day and there's night
there's black and there's white
there's taste and there's time
there's cruel and there's kind
there's other men's wives
there's pain and desire

the look in our eyes says look we're alive
rips out your heart
i wouldn't be caught dead here after dark

there's dreaming of sleep
there is dark and there's deep
losers and winners
saints and the sinners
we take and we give
as we die and we live
we drink and we drive
in the darkness and light

the look in our eyes says look we're alive
tears us apart
i wouldn't be caught dead here after dark

there's old and there's young
there's songs to be sung
nothing, it seems, is hard to believe
the slings and the arrows
the bones and the marrow
hate all the love and the fire from above

the look in our eyes it says 'look we're alive'
we sob with a start
i wouldn't be caught dead here in the dark

rain or shine

rain or shine
rain or shine
rain or shine...etc...etc...

trial (take 2)

you're alone
you must be kidding
too far from home
to know the difference

it is a fact that all of god is in your smile
and it is true that we are headed for a trial

here we go
out the window
don't ya see the storm?
don't you know the distance?

it is a fact that all of god is in your smile
and it is true that we are headed for a trial


there's a flame
in california called
that's insane
on the northern border

it is a fact that all of god is in your smile
and it is true that we are headed for a trial