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The Time Has come
The Time Has Come
Can you hear the storms blowing
Can you see the waters rising
Can you feel your hunger growing
The time has come
Can you see the forests burning
Can you feel your heart aching
While the world just keeps on turning
The time has come
The time has come
I hear our voices rising
all across this land
The time has come
Can you feel the winds they're changing
The time has come to take a stand
Can you see the sun rising
Rising just beyond the river
Can you hear our children calling:
"The time has come"
The time has come
I hear our voices rising
all across this land
The time has come
Can you feel the winds they're changing
The time has come to take a stand
© Deborah Levoy and Richard Nevle
DRILL, BABY ... STILL?
Drill, Baby ... Still?
Happened in Alaska, California too
Now it's down in Louisiana, what're we gonna do?
Rising to the surface, spreading out wide
Across the Gulf, in a thick black tide
Drill, baby, drill
Spill, baby, spill
Kill, baby, kill
Drill baby. . .still?
Flipper's infected with a nasty rash
Birds' feathers are tarred, the beaches all trashed
Boats in dry dock, shrimpers gone broke
Their hands are empty, dreams up in smoke
Drill, baby, drill
Spill, baby, spill
Kill, baby, kill
Drill baby. . .still?
We all complicit in this illicit game
Drinking up oil and feeling no pain
Gotta sober up and break the addiction
Stop believing in twisted up fiction
Stop living on a mental vacation
A nation of fools dropping bills at the station
Blowing smoke in the air until the end of creation
Burning up the earth in a pit of damnation
BP be pointing the fingers
But they won't plug the holes they made there
I know they're busting out the lawyers
But we stand up as eco-warriors
Cuz the time is now
The Gulf is in critical and spreading out
But if we stay cynical and drowned in doubt
Then we're being suicidal on a cowardly route
So what are we waiting for, another tragedy?
Another war on the poor?
Another storm with calamities?
If you got a dream
You gotta make it a reality
We can be the change that we really wanna see
Rearrange humanity's mentality
The personal is political
People power, everybody let's go
Let's go
If you've got a dream
Make it a reality
We can be the change we need
Calling all mamas, daddies, teachers,
Leaders, all the youth
This happened on our watch
This happened in our world
The clock is ticking, the time is now
Time and tide wait for no man
What we waiting for?
We gotta be the change we wanna see
It happens with us
© 2010 Richard J. Nevle, Deborah Levoy, AshEL Seasunz, Doug Pohorski
SOMETHING SACRED
Lay Me Down
it started in New Jersey baby felt like a mosquito bite
all swollen and itchy and longing to scratch everything in sight
would it be putting it mildly to say you got under my skin
but they don't make an ointment for the shape you leave me in
now I'm feeling dizzy and I'm moving kind of slow, so
lay me down upon your bed
night is out but the sky's still red
this lonely world is far from here
and the cure is so near so lay me down
I'm sitting up at night got the radio on
it don't matter what they're playing
I want you more with every song
I'm not one to fall and I never sway, so
lay me down upon your bed
night is out but the sky's still red
this lonely world is far from here
and the cure is so near so lay me down
lay your hands say the words
a greater plan draws us here
lay me down upon your bed
night is out but the sky's still red
this lonely world is far from here
and the cure is so near
the cure is so near so near so near
so lay me down
Trapeze
I put on my best dress
the one I can move in
under the big top of the night
I climb up to the trapeze
I rub chalk on my fingertips
and I steady myself for flight
you're miles away on your swing
you glide toward me then fade back again
breathe in in in
I'm flying through the air no net below me
I can make it from here if you reach out and catch me
it's so quiet I can feel the wind
my arms stretching and pulling me high
at the still point I release the bar
and we'll pass through the roof of the night
the big moon fills my eyes
your hands stretch out to mine
breathe in in in
I'm flying through the air no net below me
I can make it from here when you reach out and catch me
I Know What Love Is
I'm in love with someone I barely know
talks soft moves slow
met in a nightclub small as a toilet bowl
he's no one that anyone else finds fun but me
he's got something I've never seen before
heart like a screen door
lets the night come in moonlight and soft wind
he said, "you're lost only I can find you
come with me now and never look behind you"
you may know a lot of things I know what love is
the world's not cars and pretty rings I know what love is
spend a little time with me find out what love is
went up to his room in the downtown lights
view of the street signs
he showed me the reasons for things I'd been feeling
"you've been wasting time searching for perfection
running your whole life in the wrong direction"
you may know a lot of things
I know what love is
the world's not cars and pretty rings
I know what love is
spend a little time with me
find out what love is
standing close beneath the night your hand in mine
moving like the wind in flight this is love's desire
when the sun reaches the sky we'll be floating high
seeing the world through your eyes this is love's desire
you may know a lot of things I know what love is
the world's not cars and pretty rings I know what love is
spend a little time with me find out what love is
Wishing Well
don't call me but I need to hear your voice talking to me
don't call me cuz its not you that I'm aching for
if you don't see, or hear, or call
then it's just me in this wishing well
it's just me talking to myself
it's just me in this wishing well
are my two feet still pacing this floor
I pick up your photo and count to three
vein to vein we wed, forever more
now my veins are collapsing, they're thirsty, thirsty
if you don't see, or hear, or call
then it's just me in this wishing well
it's just me talking to myself
it's just me in this wishing well
a fever of fear runs inside to out
outside the crickets are angels singing
if I could just fall asleep and drown in my own dreams
I could be stupid stupid, not know any better
and if you don't see or hear or call
then it's just me in this wishing well
it's just me talking to myself
it's just me in this wishing well
throw my penny in and make a wish
God Watch My Back
he came from Carson City with a thirst for a new life
he was walking down the highway I was driving by
but I'm so damn careless I fell into his lonely eyes
till his arms were my horizon
his promises stretched for miles
and I fell in love good and I fell in love hard
now I need to run and I need to run far
God watch my back cover my tracks
I need your help to help myself
did what I done cuz his love was killing me
he said I was his river I made sure that he was right
he drank my kisses in the morning
swam rolling currents every night
but I didn't give up I didn't leave his side
til he'd gotten every drop even the tears in my eyes
God watch my back cover my tracks
I need your help to help myself
did what I done cuz his love was killing me
the rain poured down covered the sounds
no one could hear the pain and fear
the first time I knelt the next time I prayed
the last time he struck I walked away
God watch my back cover my tracks
I need your help to help myself
I did what I done bless this gun
cuz his love was killing me
What Is The Answer
I'm in love with you baby love for real
but I just want the fun part you want the whole deal
I'm always happy happy alone
but when you're near me I don't want you to go
what is the answer
what is the cure
what is the answer
I'm never sure
I never met a dude who's so into being true
if I say that you're the one will you keep it fun
what is the answer what is the cure
what is the answer I'm never sure
stars stay in the sky and I'm still wondering why
what is the answer
what is the cure
what is the answer
I'm never sure
Something Sacred
Serve me something sacred place it on my tongue
keep it there forever in a corner dark and warm
suck on it like candy and it will never melt
love me from the inside and save me from myself
serve me something sacred cuz everyone else is serving lies
serve me something sacred give me life
slide into the blackness let it swallow you whole
every turn and muscle of your sugar soul
serve me something sacred cuz everyone else is serving lies
serve me something sacred give me life
cuz everyone else is serving lessons from the business side of a gun
they grab your money and they leave you dead and done
they count it front to backwards to measure what they're worth
and every last dollar is another god they'll serve
serve me something sacred cuz everyone else is serving lies
serve me something sacred give me life
Ready For Fun
I'm entirely overjoyed to meet your folks they're both employed
hope I can say that'll be me someday
you're my brand new lucky penny shiny as a plate at Denny's
make my life sunnyside
I'm ready for fun walkin down the aisle style
get ready for some cuz you're my favorite wild child lalala
can you spare a million dollars cuz I'm an under funded scholar
PhD pyrotechnology
fahrenheit or centigraded I can show you what you're made of
call it love like Frankie Valle does
I'm ready for fun walkin down the aisle style
get ready for some cuz you're my favorite wild child lalala
Name the Bride
once you held me in the pouring rain
your breath was mine one blood stain
there was no shadow only light
but you would not name the bride
how hard you work to shade the light
you dip in every ink of night
you could not look her in the eye
you would not name the bride
so you call her any word at all
star and stone cliff and fall
but there's just one word she answers to
one you can't say when I'm with you
how hard you work to shade the lights
you dip in every ink of night
you could not look her in the eye
you would not name the bride
love is strong but even she can tire
if you don't claim her mighty fire
sticks will scatter rocks will cool
she'll dim her flaming light to blue
how hard you work to shade the light
you dip in every ink of night
you could not look her in the eye
you would not name the bride
YOU ARE ALL OF THESE
You Are All of These
if you were a dance floor of golden wood
on a late, late night, in an empty room
I would take off both my shoes
and slide and glide down the length of you
and I would fly
if you were an ancient quilt, the color of rose
I 'd wrap you 'round me and lay down in your folds
and close my eyes and feel your warmth everywhere
and I would dream
you are all, you are all you are all of these to me
I never thought I'd find a love so sweet
you are all of these
if you were an oak tree, so old and strong
I would climb up in your limbs so long
and I would play a simple song
while you cradled me
and I would sing
if you were warm waters of see-through green
I would dive down to your deepest reefs
and find those treasures buried underneath
and they would shine for me
and I would shine
you are all, you are all you are all of these to me
I never thought I'd find a love so sweet
you are all of these
Maria
I'm a busy girl cuz I've got lots of friends
I meet them on the corner and they take me for rides
windows rolled down, a shiny breeze
one hand on the wheel, the other hand on my knee,
and they say
Maria you are special
don't let anyone tell you otherwise
Maria you are beautiful tonight
they kept me back in 3rd grade, they talked to my ma
they told her I was too slow, that I would not get far
special's what they called me
and they put me in a special room
with lots of funny kids
and the teacher kept me late in the afternoon,
and he said
Maria you are special
don't let anyone tell you otherwise
Maria you are beautiful tonight
my daddy was a salesman but he never went to work
he'd sit in front of the tv
when I'd get home from school, and he'd say,
"Maria bring the bottle and I'll share half with you
and I won't tell your ma, if you do what I say to do"
and he'd say
Maria you are special
don't let anyone tell you otherwise
Maria you are beautiful tonight
last night I dreamed that the streets became the ocean
and I was drowning in a sea of cars
I reached out my hands as high as they would go
and I pulled myself up to a sky so calm
this morning I woke up to flooded streets
I opened my window to let in the breeze
I was looking down at the pavement and looking up at the sky
leaning out my window, wondering if I could fly, and I said
Maria you are special
don't let anyone tell you otherwise
Maria you are beautiful tonight
Unmarked Road
three more miles and we'll be there
but my gas gauge reads on empty
fumes in the tank makes my car spit
it's looking slim from here
somebody turned the street signs 'round
I think we're driving in circles
there's bullet holes through every sign
to welcome us to this town
hey ho, three more miles
hey ho, might as well be three thousand
hey ho, where do you go
when you're driving an unmarked road
the houses have all turned to trees
and the tar has turned to gravel
and the gravel is paved with muddy holes
and I'm hitting every one
you've been staring at that map
but it just won't talk back
and we've driven beyond the lines and the arrows
that get us from here to there
hey ho, three more miles
hey ho, might as well be three thousand
hey ho, where do you go
when you're driving an unmarked road
we were warned but we didn't know
just what they meant
when they said it could get hard and slow
do you see those clouds moving in low
and the wind's picked up to a steady moan
I think i'll turn the headlights on
cuz it's getting dark and cold
a flash of lightning to the east
then the rain slams our windshield hard and mean
the brakes won't grip the wipers just groan
I think it's time to bail
hey ho, three more miles
hey ho, might as well be three thousand
hey ho, where do you go
when you're driving an unmarked road
A Flower in the Desert
a flower in the desert blooms anyway
noone there to see it noone there to say
"it's so purple in the morning it reminds me of our love"
it's not waiting, it's wide open it holds itself up
and I go looking for answers for our love
and the more I complicate it all the more I lose track of
a cool breeze on the ocean keeps moving anyway
noone there to feel it noone there to say
"it's so chilly, come hold me only you can keep me warm"
it's not searching it's completely whole
and I go looking for answers for our love
and the more I complicate it all the more I lose track of
a snowfall on the mountains gathers in the trees
the limbs bend, the ice shines and noone's there to see
it's so quiet, it's so blinding come make an angel with me
it's not trying, it's just falling from up above
so when I go looking for answers for our love
please remind me that all I need is to think of
a flower in the desert blooms anyway
we can't see it, but it's real as our love is today
How's the Weather
dear t, no matter where you are
when I write you I put sun in the envelope
tonight if you were here with me we’d drink red wine and cups of tea
the fog came all the way to Market Street tonight
like god was pulling out all her special effects
like some last ditch effort at making this street holy again
and the dealer on the corner’s having a busy night anyway so tell me
how’s the weather over there, how’s the weather over there
how’s the weather
dear k, I opened your letter like an orange bursting on my skin
the peel got stuck under my nails and for hours I could smell California sun
but it’s raining out and I’ve had no customers for hours
so I took the dog for a drive and we backed into a pole
I don’t know how long I can survive
with no heater in my cab driving through this London cold without you
how’s the weather over there, how’s the weather over there
how’s the weather
dear t, it’s so quiet tonight the house just creaks and shifts in the wind
the wood in these walls must be yearning to be trees again
I thought I’d be glad when the school year ended
but all of a sudden there’s too much space
I’m thinking of painting my bedroom bright yellow and green
I wish you were here to help me clean up the mess
how’s the weather over there, how’s the weather over there
how’s the weather
dear k, I got your letter but it’s soaked and blurry from the rain
the pages are all stuck together but I can make out some details just the same
I’m troubled by your choice of yellow and green
I know you’re prone to sudden extremes
so I’ve decided to save you from yourself
I’ll be arriving a week from today don’t do anything
how’s the weather over there, how’s the weather over there
how’s the weather
(written with Karen Wiederholt)
Little Black Ribbons
little black ribbons hanging against a black cloth
each with a name and an age all from the city of Warsaw
they flutter in the breeze like children
hung from trees their weight not enough to still them
I close my eyes to stop my hands and legs from trembling
cuz people might stare at a grown woman crying
in the middle of a plaza in the middle of the day
Yom Ha Shoah remember
the black cloth moves over me it's folds cover my head
pressed by 6 million voices murmuring in prayer
from lungs and hearts and fists made black and disappeared
remembered as little ribbons listen listen...
little black ribbons little black ribbons remember
(written with Richard J. Nevle)
Drops of Blue
what in the world were they thinking
when they sentenced you to forever
do they run like a clock on a spring
cold metal unwinding
you were just saying goodnight
your lips on his, warm and near
beneath the blue moonlight
a shattering the moon scattering
now there's drops of blue falling on you
sidewalks full of splashes from the sky
and sometimes I am more than surprised
at how dry are the eyes of the world
what in the world were they seeing
a man with a man, his hand in your hand
did they try to replace your heart with stone
your eyes with glass your heat with cold
they didn't know about you
how you paint with a brush, brushing a touch
when you finish a painting you smile and cry
at the same time how blue your eyes
now there's drops of blue falling on you
sidewalks full of splashes of your life
and sometimes I am more than surprised
at how dry are the eyes of the world
tonight I hold your canvas
the fresh paint drifting through your room
a portrait of your lover
unfinished beside your bed
you are not alone
cuz I am here holding you
I see the portrait done
and I smile and cry all at once
now there's drops of blue falling on you
sidewalks full of splashes of my tears
and sometimes I am more than surprised
at how dry are the eyes of the world
the eyes of the world
What Do I Know
in the house that I clean
they've already turned all their calendars to March
someone knew it was time to move on
they knew that one month was over
and the next one had begun
but what do I know
what do I know
my name is written
on the first and third Monday of every month
that's all they know about me
they know that every other week their house will be clean
but what do I know
what do I know
today I got stuck in February
my calendar skipping on the 28th 28th 28th 28th
my head flies back to a summer one year ago
when I was holding you in love
and you were moving with me
but somehow I got stuck and you got free
in the house that I clean
there is a place to put everything away
they know that behind one door there are coats and shoes
in one closet they'll find mops and brooms
but what do I know
what do I know
my own apartment has no closets or doors
and the ground keeps shaking underneath
all my memories are scattered on the floor
of when I was holding you in love
and you were moving with me
but somehow I got stuck and you got free
in the house that I clean
I'm down on my hands and knees
scrubbing a prayer through the floor
once I knew when it was time to go on
I knew when one month was over
and the next one had begun
now what do I know
what do I know
If I Could Fix Things
if I could fix things and you were winter
and heat was as easy as lighting a match
during any old blizzard I would crumple our past
and set it on fire and bring our flame back
but as we know
it just snows and snows
and we can't find the holes
where the wind rips through our souls
if I could believe in anything half believable
I would try to imagine you and I
with a garden and children and all of your paintings
and my room would be just to myself
but where we stand
there are no plans
for any such things
it's just my imagination
trying to fix things again
counting up or counting down
I didn't count on
you and I ending, you and I ending,
you and I ending up here
I believe in nothing I just like to fix broken things
but appliances don't make such good friends as you do
if I could just believe in god
maybe I could hook up
with someone who can fix love the way I can't do
oh but I see no heavenly signs
no instructions divine
just two tired hearts with no rest in sight
The Coming and the Going
sometimes I feel like I could get lost <br>in the coming and the going
and disappear from the lives of all I've known
it seems so easy if you just keep busy
you can bustle right into a different world
getting lost in the coming and the going
getting lost in the coming and the going
no one knows me here I feel so far away
alone no need to share it's nice to live this way
I have no attachments no complications
I'm free to move on with no implications
getting lost in the coming and the going
getting lost in the coming and the going
alone I have time for the things I like to do
I write I sing I think and no one intrudes
the quiet runs inside me softening my body
filling in the gaps and the holes
getting lost in the coming and the going
getting lost in the coming and the going
Just Let Go
over the river and through the woods
to your house you go
I used to live there, I'd drive there too
through the sleet and snow
until you said you said you said No
under the sheets and over the silence
you told me the truth
that you'd walked out a long time ago
but you never bothered to move
and you said you said you said I should go
after the fighting and before the truce
I used to drive slow down your road
just to look for someone new
a pretty face in your window
but she said she said she said go home
so inside my mind and on an outside chance
I tried to will you from my mind
I thought I saw you rising up
then you got tangled in a power line
and I said I said I said just let go
HUNGRY CITY
Hungry City
broken windows, broken lights
buzzing circuits, endless nights and no silence
nothing in between, no room for anything
black tar blistering, burning beneath the skin and no cover
concrete, concrete I need to eat can you spare some change
skinny skinny staring into rock walls and rock faces
staring into the open mouth of this hungry city
open body, open knife open legs, trampled inside and no trial
she's out the window, a thin white sheet
high above flapping in the breeze barely breathing
concrete, concrete pouring from the trucks into her veins
skinny, skinny flying, slapping hard against rock walls again
staring into the open mouth of this hungry city
run for cover, she ran so fast the
tracks of her feet have already passed
they lay flat and cold
tracks up her arms, across her eyes
black words on paper summarize her life
"she was 15 years old"
concrete, concrete filling souls and leaving bodies empty
concrete, concrete have you had enough or are you still hungry
staring into the open mouth of this hungry city
Could I Make It Matter
if I made this into a poem
and I put it between lines
could I make it move, could I make it reach?
could I make you feel
like you're falling off edges with me
as you hold the page as you read?
could I make it matter?
I sit here all alone scratching words on a page
wondering why I do this day after day
and I watch the kids outside
high school kids who can hardly read
yet I write for the hope
that they'll fall off edges with me
could I make it matter?
at this moment on the earth there are bombs falling down
I can watch them on the tv I can hear the sirens sound
and though my words seem so helpless I cannot stop writing
because I need to feel that I am still trying
to make it matter
(written with Karen Wiederholt)
You Are All of These
if you were a dance floor of golden wood
on a late, late night, in an empty room
I would take off both my shoes
and slide and glide down the length of you
and I would fly
if you were an ancient quilt, the color of rose
I 'd wrap you 'round me and lay down in your folds
and close my eyes and feel your warmth everywhere
and I would dream
you are all, you are all you are all of these to me
I never thought I'd find a love so sweet
you are all of these
if you were an oak tree, so old and strong
I would climb up in your limbs so long
and I would play a simple song
while you cradled me
and I would sing
if you were warm waters of see-through green
I would dive down to your deepest reefs
and find those treasures buried underneath
and they would shine for me
and I would shine
you are all, you are all you are all of these to me
I never thought I'd find a love so sweet
you are all of these
Goodbye
of every door I've ever closed
of every home I've ever left
of every goodbye you are the best
you're everyone I've ever known
you're every place I've ever been
you are every vision I have seen
I look over my shoulder and each time I grow older
and each time I can smile with what I've gained
but goodbyes are as hard as glass and easier to break
you lay out the pieces side by side and they never fit the same
goodbyes are as hard as glass and easier to break
you lay out the pieces side by side and they never fit the same
I am just a fragile boat I do my own repairs
I opened up my door to you my table and my chairs
I'll sail when I can catch the wind I'll weather out this storm
it's me who keeps me dry but it was you who kept me warm
of every door I've ever closed
of every home I've ever left
of every goodbye you are the best
Bella
more beautiful than the sun burning red lines through the sky
more beautiful than a pine tree standing high
more beautiful than the sand washing into the sea
more beautiful than the waves breaking free
she's Bella, Bella
more beautiful than the blue sage sweetening the air
more beautiful than a sunflower's wide open stare
more beautiful than a hummingbird flashing in the light
more beautiful than the stars opening the night
she's Bella, Bella
great-grandmother Bella will I see you someday?
I've only one photo and stories passed down to me
still you burn like a candle getting closer each day
till we meet in the end
more beautiful than that candle burning in the night
more beautiful than the shadows playing with the light
more beautiful than the moon stretched out on the horizon
more beautiful than the breeze opening the curtains
she's Bella, Bella
Image of Freedom
in my mind there's a feeling
a fear that I'll never be happy and satisfied
and sometimes I can't do anything at all
but stare, stare down an empty wall
and the image of freedom doesn't make me want to smile
the image of freedom makes me want to scream and cry
the image of freedom tears me apart inside
because I'll never know this freedom before I die
now let me tell you about this fantasy inside
where I'm talking about my people
and nobody thinks of genocide
where I am standing before a mirror tall and wide
and I love that image with joy and pride
and the image of freedom is a hunger deep inside
that knows no boundaries and there are no walls to hide
it makes me despairing lonely and terrified
to know I cannot have the only thing I want in life
now let me tell you about this picture I hold inside
where I am walking and I have no fear inside
where I am standing and nobody wants me to die
where you are kissing me and strangers pass by and smile
and the image of freedom makes me want to
throw this grey day down
the image of freedom makes me want to run the world around
the image of freedom makes me want to shake this gloomy town
and build a place where freedom lives all year 'round
Peace May Find You
hold me against your beating heart
let me feel safe in your arms
cuz money's running thin and with no jobs in sight
it's hard work just to keep peace of mind and I say
peace walks in measures
peace walks with small steps
peace walks where patience waits and
peace may find you when you least expect it
when times are hard it's so easy
to look for truth in a passing mirage
it's a short road to false idols and
it's a long, long road for a strong heart to find that
peace walks in measures
peace walks with small steps
peace walks where patience waits and
peace may find you when you least expect it
I cannot erase the worries
you cannot chase the trouble away
but we can keep each other strong and warm
we can help each other wait because
peace walks in measures
peace walks with small steps
peace walks where patience waits and
peace may find you when you least expect it
The River and the Man
it's a silent night and the crickets echo
up and down the bed of the dry creek
there's a sleeping bag spread out on the rocks
and there's a sleeping man inside
cricket calls ricochet like bullets in the evening
he dreams of jungles where's no one's safe when you cannot see
he's the only man left in a squad of 20
and no one ever understands why he screams
where once there was a river, now there's only stones
where once there was a lover, now there's just skin and bones
in the long drought, the sun beat the heart out
of the river and the man
the river and the man
in the long drought, the sun beat the heart out
of the river and the man
evenings were once spent resting on pillows
her brown hair spilled round him as he fell asleep
with their young hands they made wide plans to love forever
they said their love was a river that flowed stronger each year
when the notice came for him the war was not called a war
and in less than a week he was packed and gone
he sent letters, she wrote back
but his words became so strange and bitter
that she finally needed to move on
where once there was a river, now there's only stones
where once there was a lover, now there's just skin and bones
in the long drought, the sun beat the heart out
of the river and the man
the river and the man
in the long drought, the sun beat the heart out
of the river and the man
when he came back he found strangers living in their home
there was no mail, no note, no one to take him in
so he walked and he walked until he came to a dry creek
where he stopped for a while to rest his tired bones
where once there was a river, now there's only stones
where once there was a lover, now there's just skin and bones
in the long drought, the sun beat the heart out
of the river and the man
the river and the man
in the long drought, the sun beat the heart out
of the river and the man
it's a silent night and the crickets echo
up and down the bed of the dry creek
there's a sleeping bag spread out on the rocks
and there's a sleeping man inside
In This Moment
in grey sundown I don't know you
a candle flickers light over your face
in each flash of light I see a side of you
as shadows bend and trace
staring into deep blue grey
watching the colors change in your eyes
you are mystery as you unfold to me tonight
in this moment we'll disappear
soon you put the candle out
as evening darkens into night
I feel your warmth beside me and
we hold each other tight
and in darkness there's no secrets kept
as lips and arms entwined
we make and give and take our love
as we share soul and mind
and in this moment we'll disappear
Gitte
you are the summer when it lights up the day
you are a great Dane with those European ways
you are my sister when you're looking just like me
whatcha' doing over there
why don't you come right back over here
and sit down, and sit down,
and sit down and stay awhile
Gitte, Gitte 'round the world
how I miss you girl
a friend always, can't you see
there's a reason why you mean so much to me
you're a leveler when the world's tipped too far
I'm instantly singing when you play that guitar
in a world made of ice you're a pocket of fire
whatcha' doing over there
why don't you come right back over here
and sit down, and sit down,
and sit down and stay awhile
Gitte, Gitte 'round the world how I miss you girl
a friend always, can't you see
there's a reason why you mean so much to me
hold the airplane while it circles the air
map it out girl, put an "X" on my floor
parachute and aim for my door and
land on down here and remain where you're near
map it out, map it out, map it out and stay awhile