Every Knot
I can see the railroad tracks,
bend around the burnt out leaves of autumn
Awakened where all time is lost,
broken on the ballasts where I’m walking
A picture of a mile measured two feet at a time, on the sleepers
Motion is sedated
just the slow burn of the sun lay on my shoulders
Sensations in my solitude, lead me to reflect upon my travels
All the roads that I have come from,
the people that I’ve met as live unravels
The blessings in a laugh are like,
the rising of a wave in level waters
They call us on our wandering to revel in our gifts as life turns autumn
And in my mind I know there’s a reason
And in my heart I know there’s a road
As the light is getting closer and my bodies growing old
Every knot gets harder to unfold
As cries turn into rain and haze
will fill my mind with worried lies and burden
I know that there will be sun again,
to keep the pastures green and flowers growing
Steps that we move forward leave new one in our past,
as we ramble
To think of how we’ve found our way,
through valleys and through pain, days of grandeur
California Avenue
Once I was the man in three-piece suit locked in my walls
A beast in me shadowed every way I’d crawl
In my heart I knew there was no escape I had no command
I was at the whim of all the flowing winds
I left there in a fright having no idea where I’d come to land
But where I did I found myself a stranger there.
I woke up in a gutter on the cold hard curb feeling out of luck
Nothing was around just a streetlight buzzed
Passing through the alleyways & the lamp lit street of the empty town
All the vacant houses really got me down
I wandered on like an old stray dog to the ocean view
California avenue
I looked out on the road saw the sun go down over ocean
A single star was hanging with the moon
I was telling stories to the sun and rain while out on the run
A solemn soul out in the night to roam
The coolness of the night lay down a cold damp chill over the coastal road
I walked a mile my thumb held high my story goes
I left behind me all the times I’d fallen down and fell out of love
Memories out on the breeze till I am dust
All I’m Thinking Of Is You
Tonight I wonder what your doing
Can’t help but wish that you were here
While you’re out there with acting foolish
A jealous voice sits in my ear
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Now I’m feeling lonesome
Yeah it’s true I’m feeling blue
Cause your not thinking of me
While all I’m thinking of is you
When I’m near I try to tell you
That all is well I’m doing fine
But soon my lies I get to drowning
My bitterness I just can’t hide
My plea’s for you don’t get no pity
You still don’t want me hanging round
No one in this great old city
Ever made me feel that I’d been found
Won’t Cross Over The Line
I’m toeing the line again
The rivers rolling on by
My minds on the other side of it
Wont cross over the line
The first thing I’ll do is kick off these worn out shoes
Step into the river kick off these walking blues
As a man I’ve been walking trying to pay my dues
I’m tired of fighting some loving gonna do me some good
Take my hand darlin’ I’ll treat you right
Lets give it a chance baby lets dance tonight
Gonna make it alright
I’m Toeing the line again….
Well I might be a fool for loving you through and through
For pickin’ this guitar and singing these blues for you
Your hands in my pocket your living life fast and cool
All I want is a moment to show you how a man gonna do
Take my hand darlin’ I’ll treat you right
Lets give it a chance baby lets dance tonight
Gonna make it alright
Troubles Come Over Our Love
I try and I try lord for some reason why
Trouble’s come over our love
I’ll sit and I’ll wait cause I know what’s at stake
I can’t seem to rise to the cause
In my heart all if feel is disaster
In my mind all I know is my fault
Though it’s a sad situation
When a Saturday rains starts to fall
We’ll sit and we’ll wait for an answer
Our wounds are all filling with salt
I don’t wanna know it’s a burdening load
That we’re just afraid to let go
Time has lead us away from our earlier days
When we walked along soul to soul
In your heart all you feel is disaster
In your mind all you know is your fault
Though we once swore at the altar
To love beyond all we control
Our love has turned into monsters
We’re screaming whenever we phone
When we’re old and grey, and our lives have unfolded
There is but one escape, to embrace the unfolding
Showered In Your Grace
We have already known this road before
Everything’s a piece of the light let it pass let it fall
The weeds have all grown tall
Our love inside is all but lost in the world
There was a time when we thought it was all our own
Looking back it’s lost in a haze all that’s left is a ghost
I never heard its call
And now I’ve gone to far to make it back home
Saw a flicker of light from the side of my mind
Turned my head to the wind
It bathed and warmed me inside
I felt you on my face
Showered in your grace as tears filled my eye
Had it all figured out had my face in the moon
All the stars in the night came aligned
As I stood there with you
Your hour’s come to soon
As wonderful as life is now it’s a tomb
Oh My God
You said it was all innocent adoration
You fell in love with the breeze
The freer that you are to delight in sensation
The freer you are to be
As a child you went running
To the arms of your mother
For the warmth of a kiss on your cheek
And her love is as soft and light as a feather
And served as a guide to your dreams
Oh my god, I’ve lost my way
Mama wont you carry me home
If this breath were the last of our life’s incantations
What words would you wish to impart
Though our lives are a swirl of desire and disruption
We’ll go running with a smile in our hearts
As I wait to be freed from the shell of my body
Be relieved of its earthly confines
I see light from the world all around slowly fading
As the earth moves in silence behind
Naïve Lovers
We were young naïve lovers, out on the old highway
Riding freight trains, across the states
We were both bound to running, deserted quiet nights
To cleanse our hearts of small town minds
Our hair was dyed and dreaded and
Piercing jeweled her nose
We passed unknown like homeless folks
We heard the call and answered our destiny awaits
With souls on fire, began our chase
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Lead: There’s no place where she ever long to be
Background: Place when were old
Lead: Long enough to feel she ain’t free
Background: Share all we know
Lead: Her blue eyes saw the world she gave to me
Background: Her eyes saw the world
Lead: How I long to be the man she used to see
Background: Salt to the earth
Our lives we bind in writing, adventures weighed in gold
The simple gifts, we watch unfold
Through the fallen leaves of winter
And summers warm return
The distant whistles our trains roll on.
My Dawn Is An Endless Night
I know it seems, I’m lost at sea
That when I’m here, I act like a fool
I know you’ve seen it all before
I lost my way, through endless days
Now when I pray, I don’t know what for
It seems loves an open door
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You know I’d give nothing more
To be as we were before
Something has to change
My dawn is an endless night
With no one to share sunrise
Every waking morn.
Some other day while we’re astray
Alone I’ll lay and wish to the stars
Another chance to know your heart
Long Grown Cold
If it’s true that we’re in this life together
Then why, do I feel so alone?
I see love get passed from one to others
Not for me my heart has long grown cold
There are miles, many miles left to travel
Lord I’m down to shedding my last skin
Long ago I knew things would unravel
The night I found my lady heroin
One whisper from the wind
Fly the ashes of a dream
On a silent lonely night
A light is passing as one takes flight
Mamma don’t you worry bout the answers
We both know, they change in any light
When no more shadows cast from our old travels
Where once they played and danced for your delight.
One whisper from the wind
Fly the ashes of a dream
On a silent lonely night
A light is passing as one takes flight
One More For Your Soldier
I’m in the mood for a friend, only my pen seems to listen
And the paper that it’s staining, and I feel all alone but satisfied
At the end of the day, it can feel so gratifying
A little stillness and some silence, to watch it all slowly fade away.
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Hmm, I’m lying, with a picture of you by the fire
Life seems to flicker in your face.
It’s a warm winter eve. You’ve a blanket on your shoulders
Knitting one more for your soldier, who lay alone underneath a foreign sky
While you’re across that Harlem moon, far away from your lover
And your heart it waits under cover, till he lay once again inside your arms
Well I’m sitting out of sight, just the light from my candle
Twists and turns on my table, trying so hard to take flight
But we’re all bound to this land, on the tides of the ocean
Rise and fall on emotion, it’s the same little devil every time
Hmm, I’m lying, holding pictures of you by the fire
Life seems to flicker in your face
It’s a lovely quiet night, and my stillness brought me longing
For my lover’s heart beat throbbing, I lay my ear soft & gentle on her chest
Devils Dust
Well shuffle your feet and kick off your devils dust
I got a notion I’m hoping honey we can discuss
There ain’t any reason for locking our spirits up
Well it’s pleasure I’m seeking and you’re such a pretty face
Lets ride the wind share a laugh,
And get our selves a little blazed
You’re hearts been in prison, for many a cold long day
Some people got a way of getting in your head
They’re talking the blues while living a dream instead
I’ve been a thinking on how I’m gonna see this through
Yeah I’ve got a feeling nothing in this world gonna do
I’m needing some lovin, and feeling like it’s long over due
Babe, Be Mine Tonight
It’s alright with me if you need to cry
I’ll be your shelter, come rain or shine
I’ll be your shoulder on which you might sigh
Babe, be mine tonight
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Heart ache and pain’s it aint what we ask for
Wise words and dreams they came in a song
Warm southern breeze is blowing my cover
Angelic wings, they’re easing my fall
When you are ready, I hope that you’ll see
Nothing’s, too heavy for me
It’s alright with me, darling take your time
Don’t let worry, trouble your mind
Darling Come to me, let me help you rise
Babe, be mine tonight
Babe, be mine tonight
Pull In On The Reins
Still the passing of the torch
The sounds of traffic roll
Music will record the birds and bees
The thunders and the rains will call
From over mountains peaks
Rumble go the train wheels over steel
Only wish I’d seen you before you left my dear
I wish that I had seen you before it was too late
Heard the breezes whispers that carried on its wings
So I could know the present in the way I know it now
And I could pull in on the reigns & slow the horses down
On my way to town to see you, bury you in the ground and grieve
Pull in on the reigns…go slowly
Pull in on the reigns…
Moon will glow & tides will rise
Waves roll on the beach
Crashing waters wash the sands to sea
A witness to the wonderful
Of silence and of peace
Fly the blackbirds off to warmer trees
Only wish I’d had seen you before you left my dear
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Miss your breathing while you sleep
While sailing off to dream
You held me in your arms where I could weep
Now laughter and the pain are like
The beauty and the beast
Live within my dreams and memories
Only wish I’d seen you before you left my dear
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Find Some Time
Its simple when I’m lying on my back staring at the clouds
To feel as though I’m right where I need to be
Possibility aint reality its just something that burns inside
Fuel to build the world our own desires
Every time I’m able I try to think of my old backyard
Walk along the fence try not to fall
Buried in the flowerbed is my oldest childhood friend
His kisses were my savior way back then.
If you find some time come and lay down by my side in the clovers
If that moment does arise and were staring at the sky rolling over we’ll feel alright
Its simple when I’m lying on my back staring at the sky
Gaze upon the clouds as they go by
Underneath the old shade tree I dream what life will be
If when I think of you will you think of me
I know at times I’ve left you from my mind but youre with me now
You bring me to my sweetest misery
With you in my heart my heart I carve your name into a tree
A scar to leave the world our memory
If you find some time come and lay down by my side in the clovers
If that moment does arise and were staring at the sky rolling over we’ll be alright
I’m Gonna Go
I’m gonna go home to my mother
I’m gonna go home to my dad
I’m gonna go home to my sister
When my long roads at its end
I can hear their voices calling
Lord they call all through my head
Singing proud and always haunting
Till I lay my earthly bed
I’m gonna go when they call me
Try to find my way back home
Oh my lord, be there to guide me
When my love is burning low
And let light keep on shining
All through my soul all through my soul
Tell them lord I’m coming home
Tell them lord I’m coming home
I’m gonna go home to my mother
I’m gonna go home to my dad
I’m gonna go home to my sister
When my long roads at its end
Darlin You Can Stay
Oh darlin’ is it true our time is really through
And breaking up is in our plans
After many years of love, it seems we lost our way
And now you’ve found some other man
Been down this road before we’d still come back for more
Sweetheart I saying I’ve been true
Though we had our fights and I had to work long nights
My heart was still at home with you
Go your own way or darlin you can stay
But our past won’t ever be undone
But if you go away I pray it won’t be long
Until you’re happy on your own
I lay alone at night wishing I could hold you tight
Man I start to feeling blue
That sparkle in your eye no longer shines for mine
Cause now you’re lovin someone new
Go your own way or darlin you can stay
But our past won’t ever be undone
But if you go away I pray it won’t be long
Until you’re happy on your own
Come Back Home
Every time I go away that’s when you’re good to me
Every time I leave you here you say you need me again
Come back to me my love please don’t leave me alone
Come back to me my love come back home
Every time I’m here with you, you seem to disappear
Every time I look for you I find the doors are all closed
Come back for what my love we’ll still be alone
Come back to me my love come back home
Don’t want to leave just to learn
All I needed was inside your heart
Thinking bout you every night you were my everything,
Everything you ever want, you know I want for you too
Come back to me my love, come back home
Come back to me my love come back home
Don’t want to leave just to learn
All I needed was inside your heart
Every time I go away that’s when you’re good to me
Every time I’m here with you, I find the doors are all closed.
Lay Me Down
I can’t find myself in the shoes that once fit me
Yeah I wore them down till they ain’t gotta sole to live
I’m a shell of a man who lived just a year ago
All I got is a shadow and a dream
Lay me down what is left to loose… I
Followed you… and broke down
All of the doors hoping that I might see
What’s left in life, what’s left in life for me
The future is to make yeah but where is the pavement
Sniff around in your mind try to find a clue
The ink on the page is the mark and the measure that made you
So you’ll dig around till you’ve worn down all of your tools
Hit the ground try to run but the world overcame me
Yeah it wore me down with my head hanging low in defeat
The nightmare will claim your soul when heaven won’t take you
And run you down to hell and its fiery seas
Nectar’s Sweet And Rare
Life is for the living where its wasted bye and by
Abandoned stones they mark us generations under sky
Ants and birds and trees they share our vessel's where we lie
Now whisper words of wisdom as we listen walking by In Life
We are all just children with arrogance and pride
In our eyes are fires where our souls live out their strife
Competing for our values in a universe of wars
Building matter growing madder souls live in a curse But why
Each moment that is loved in life a star put in the sky
And all the ones you cannot see are still out there to find
If I could be a traveler through time and universe
I’d take the light from all the love and heal the livings curse
A solemn sense of sadness leaves and grains of sand
Days like seconds lives they slip through the hourglass
We validated our victories but still we don’t know peace
Rising up to choke on dreams that weren’t within our reach
Success is often failure illusively diseased
It’s the wicked truth we lather as we climb up from our knees disease
The past becomes the present and its you that's sitting here
Read the names and numbers and calculate the years
Try to think them lives with footsteps traveled in the air
Every day is getting closer your stone will declare
A life with breath imprinted moment’s nectars sweet and rare to share
Each moment that is loved in life is a star put in the sky
And all the ones you cannot see are out there still to find
If I could be a traveler through time and universe
I’d take the light from all the love and heal the living curse
A solemn sense of sadness colored leaves and sand
Days like seconds lives are slipping through the hourglass