in this country you
know
So we go along and we said
we'd fake it
feel better
with
Oliver Stone
till I almost smacked him -
seemed right
that night and
I don't know what
takes hold
out there in
the Desert cold
These guys think they must
Try and just get
over on us
*chorus*
and I was ridin' by
ridin' along side
for a while till
you lost me
and I was ridin' by
ridin' along till you lost
me
till you lost me in
The Rear View
you lost meI
said
Way up North I took my day
All in all was a pretty nice day
I put the hood right back where
You could taste heaven perfectly
Feel out the summer breeze
Didn't know when we'd be back and I
I don't
I didn't think we'd end up like this
WEDNESDAY
Nothing here to fear
I'm just sitting around
being foolish when
there is work to be done
Just a hang-up call
and the quiet breathing
of our Persian we call
Cajun on a Wednesday
so we go from year to year
with secrets we've been keeping
Though you say you're not a Templar man
Seems as if we're circling
for very different reasons
But one day the Eagle has to land
Out past the fountain
a left by the station
I start the day in the usual way
Then think -- well why not --
and stop for a coffee
then begin to recall
things that you say
No one's at the door
You suggest a ghost
perhaps a phantom
I agree with this in part
Something is with us
I can't put my finger on --
is Thumbelina size 10
on a Wednesday --
so we go from year to year
with secrets we've been keeping
Though you say you're not a Templar man
you tell me to cheer up
you suspect we're oddly even
Even still the Eagle has to land
Out past the fountain
a left by the station
I start the day in the usual way
Then think -- well why not --
and stop for a coffee
then begin to recall
things that you say
Pluck up the courage
and snap
It's gone again
I start humming "When Doves Cry"
Can someone help me
I think that I'm Lost here
Lost in a place called America
STRANGE
Thought I knew you well
Thought I had read the sky
Thought I had read a change
in your eyes
so strange
Woke up to a world
that I am not a part
except when I can play
its stranger
After all
what were you really
looking for
and I wonder
when will I learn
Blue isn't red
everybody knows this
and I wonder
when will I learn
when will I learn
guess I was in Deeper than
I thought I was
if I have enough love
for the both of us
"just stay" you say
"we'll build a nest"
so I left my Life
Tried on your friends
Tried on your opinions
So when the Bridges froze
and you did not come home
I put our snowflake under a microscope
After all
what was I really
looking for
and I wonder
when will I learn
Maybe my wish knew better
than I did
and I wonder
when will I learn
when will I learn
guess I was in Deeper than
I thought I was
if I have enough love
for the both of us
so strange
now I'm finally in
the Party has begun
it's not like I can't
feel you still
but strange
what I will leave behind
you call me one more time
but now I must be leaving
CARBON
carbon made
found her at the
End of a chain
"time to race" she said
"race the downhill"
Behind crystaline irises
loons can dive
where the world bleeds white
just keep your eyes on her
keep don't look away
keep your eyes on her horizon
Bear Claw
Free Fall
a Gunner's View
black and blue
shred in ribbons
of lithium
blow by blow
Her Mind cut
in sheets
Layers Deep
now unravelling
just Keep Your Eyes On Her
keep don't look away
keep your eyes on her horizon
get me Neil on the line
No I can't hold
have him read
"Snow Glass Apples"
where nothing is what it seems
"Little Sis you must crack this"
he says to me
"you must go in again
carbon made
only wants to be unmade"
Blade to ice
it's Double Diamond time
and keep your eyes on her...
on her eyes
on her horizon
CRAZY
Not sayin'
not charmed at all
Not sayin'
that you weren't worth
the fall
And I was alone when
I knew it was real
Down the canyon
when I knew I had come
To the line
Through the dawn
To the light
To the turn
When you said
You could drive
all night
Drive all night
So I let Crazy
take a spin
Then I let Crazy
settle in
Kicked off my shoes
Shut reason out
He said "first let's just
unzip your religion
down"
Found that I
I craved at all
Saw me melt
into your
native shelter
Where you carved my
name
Paper tigers scare
and came
Alive
Through the dawn
To the light
To the turn
When you said
You could drive all night
all night
Drive all night
So I let Crazy
take a spin
Then I let Crazy
settle in
Kicked off my shoes
Shut reason out
He said "first let's just
unzip your religion
down"
So I let Crazy
pull me in
Then I let Crazy
take his spin
Kicked off my shoes
Shut reason out
He said "first let's just unzip
your religion down"
Heard that you were once
"Temptation's girl"
And as soon
as you have
rearranged the mess
in your head
He will show up looking
sane
perfectly sane
If I know Crazy
WAMPUM PRAYER
In our hand
an old old old thread
Trail of Blood
and Amens
Greed is the gift
for the sons
of the songs
Hear this prayer
of the wampum
This is the tie
that will bind us
DON'T MAKE ME COME TO VEGAS
don't make me come to Vegas
don't make me pull you
out of his bed
I am vigilant
that it will not be you
on the menu he's serving
up for his friends
don't make me come to Vegas
don't make me pull him
out of your head
Athena will attest
that it could be done
and it has been done
and I think that I am up to it
and the Jacaranda tree
is telling me of
the trouble you're in
just by the way
She bends
remember dancing
and wondering
as you were saying
what kind of woman you'd be
"what will be will be"
over my dead body
slip through your hand again and again
slip through your hand again and again
my old flame was a jester
and a joker
and as dealer of men,
they called him the prince
Prince of Black Jacks
and of women
and of anything
that's slipped into his hands
"and the Ranches and the mustangs"
and the way you said
"You can have all this,
except for me--you see
Lady Luck is my mistress
and you'll have to play
second to her wish"
and the Jacaranda tree
is telling me
it's not over yet,
just by the way She bends
"if you come breezin' through"
you said "i'll know that it's you
by the taste on my lips,
Bet on the desert's kiss"
I could slip through your net
"over my dead body"
slip through your hand
again and again
slip through your hand
again and again
don't make me come to Vegas
don't make me come to Vegas
SWEET SANGRIA
I know
You know
every desperado
and Sharp Shooter
in the West
You say that I can't see behind
The Mask of those who call themselves
The Good Guys in this
who take and take
"so are you with Me
or not you say
this time decide"
Balmy days
sweet sangria
she's been gone
have you seen her
senorita
shyly turning away
leaving me our fading flame
Yeah you think
you think that
What you Believe in
It matters now
to you and me
What you believe in
I'm Takin' in
I said I'm takin' in
What you Believe in
It matters now
to you and me
Before sundown
the Mexicans leave
San Antone
the car will then
Drop him at the
Border the breaking point I know
Your people have suffered
time and time again
But what about I ask you now
the innocents on both sides
Balmy days
sweet sangria...
so you give me a no
Window
I ask you,
give me a Bloodless Road
Tell me
Why does Someone
have to lose?
YOUR CLOUD
Where the river cross
crosses the lake
Where the words
Jump off my pen
and into your pages
Do you think just like that
You can divide
This
You as yours
Me as mine
to before we were Us
if the rain
Has to separate from Itself
does it say "pick out your cloud?"
pick out your cloud
If there is a Horizontal Line
that runs from the MAP
off your body
straight through the Land
shooting up
right through my heart
Will this Horiztonal Line
when asked
know how to find
Where you end
where I begin
"pick out your cloud"
How Light can play
and form a Ring of Rain
that can change bows into arrows
(I found a thrill)
Who we were
isn't lost Before
we were Us
Indigo
in his own Blue
always knew this
if the rain
Has to separate from Itself
does it say
pick out your cloud
PANCAKE
I'm not sure who's fooling who here
as I'm watching your decay
We both know you could deflate
a 7 hurricane
Seems like you and your tribe
decided you'd rewrite the law
Segregate the mind
From Body and Soul
Chorus:
You give me yours
I'll give you mine
cause I can look your God
right in the eye
You give me yours
I'll give you mine
You used to look my God
right in the eye
I believe in defending
in what we once
stood for
It seems in vogue
to be a closet
misogynist homophobe
a change of course in
Our direction
a dash of truth
spread thinly
Like a flag
On a popstar
On a Benzodiazapene
Chorus
Oh Zion please
remove your glove
+dispel every
trace
of His spoken word
That has lodged
In my vortex
I'm not sure who's fooling who here
as I"m watching your decay
We both know you could deflate
a 7 hurricane
You could have spared
her - oh but no
Messiahs need
people dying in their
Name
You say "I ordered you a
pancake"
You say "I ordered you a
pancake"
I CAN'T SEE NEW YORK
From here
no Lines are drawn
From here
no lands are owned
13,000 and Holding
swallowed in the purring
of her Engines
tracking the Beackn here
"is there a Signal
there on the other side"
on the other side?
what do you mean
side of what things?
and you said
and you did
and you said
you could find me here
and you said
you would find me
even in Death
and you said
and you said
You'd find me
But I can't see New York
as I'm, circling down
through white cloud
falling out and I know
his lips are warm
but I can't seem to find
my way out
my way out
I can't see.
of this Hunting ground
From here
crystal meth
In metres of millions
In the end all we have,
soul blueprint.
did we get lost in it
do we conduct a search for this
"from the other side"
from the other side?
what do they mean
side of what things...
and you said.
you again
It's you again
I can't see
I can't see New York
from the other side
from the other side
I Hum from the other side
MRS. JESUS
life lines
and suicide crimes --
he found me in a state
grabbed my purse
and hitched a Ride
with a mrs. jesus
"how you been"
I've been cruisin'
a good invention
but in some ways
I don't think
it gets any easier
your walking on the water Bit
by far my favourite one,
But now it seems we're drowning
in a drop of water, Love
and even as I'm climbing up
the stairs I know there's
Heaven there and then
Empty arms that comes
with the Morning Star
well, made my bed
of cut roses
by undertstanding
that the cause
It just comes first
with my mrs. jesus
the Gospel changes meaning
If you follow John or Paul
and could you ever
Let it be
the Mary of it all
and even as I'm climbing up
the stairs I know there's
Heaven there and then
Empty arms that comes
with the Morning Star
well, Life Lines and suicide crimes
there's something every day
and there's someone always
paging my mrs. jesus
your walking on the water Bit
by far my favourite one,
But now it seems we're drowning
in a drop of water, Love
and even as I'm climbing up
the stairs I know there's
Heaven there and then
Empty arms that comes
with the Morning Star
so if you get the Jones
at the crossroad
the personals are great
If you're my way
let me love you mrs. jesus
TAXI RIDE
Lily is dancing on the table
We've all been
Pushed
Too far
I guess on days
like this
you know who your
friends are
Just another Dead Fag
to you that's all
Just another Light missing
on a long taxi ride
taxi ride
And I'm down to
Your last cigarette and
this "We are one" crap
as you're invading
This thing you call
Love - she smiles
way too much but
I'm glad you're
on my side, sure
I'm glad you're on
my side still
You think you deserve
a trust fund
Just because you
Want one
Sure you talk the talk
when you need to
I fear
the whole world is
starting to
Believe you
Just another Dead Fag
to you that's all
Just another Light missing
in a long taxi line
taxi line
And I'm down to
Your last cigarette and
this "We are one" crap
as you're invading
This thing you call
Love - she smiles
way too much but
I'm glad you're
on my side, sure
I'm glad you're on
my side still
Lily is dancing
on the
table
We've all been pushed
Too far today
Even a glamorous
Bitch can be in
need
this is where you know
the Honey
from the
Killer Bees
+I'm glad you're on
my side
sure
I'm glad you're on
my side
sure
I'm glad you're on
my side still
Got a long taxi ride
Got a long taxi ride
ANOTHER GIRL'S PARADISE
you caught me lingering
in another girl's paradise
the way she paints the world --
I want that in my life
Emeralds, you should know,
are renting in her meadow
with a stroke beauty lives
how could I resist
you are Desire
when it all is said
said and done
who can love you
and still be standing
there's Mary calling up a storm
can I take from you
and not keep taking
naked as day
Gemma follows him
Does it all come down to
the thing one girl fears
in the night
is another girl's paradise
through twists and turns
Jasmine foxed me
in her grove
arms filled with Honey-bells,
St Michaels Sanford Bloods
"you have come to discover
what you want"
what I want
is not to want
what isn't mine
"But I am Desire"
when it all is said and done...
is another girl
is another girl
is another girl's paradise
SCARLET'S WALK
If you're a thought
you will want me
to think you
and I do
invited a Guest
up until
you announced
you had moved in
"What do you plan to do
with all your freedom"
the new sheriff said
quite proud of his Badge
You must admit the land
is now in good hands
yes, time will tell that
you just lift your lamp
I will follow
her on her path
Scarlet's Walk
through the violets
just tell your Gods for me
all debts are off this year
they're free to leave
yes, they're free to leave
Leaving terra
Leaving terra
There was a time
when I thought that
Her destiny
should've been mine
Big Brave Nation
but instead
her Medicine
now forgotten
"What do you plan to do
with all your stories"
the new sheriff said
quite proud of his Badge
We're weaving through
every rocket's red glare
and huddled masses
you just lift your lamp
I will follow
her on her path
Scarlet's Walk
through the violets
just tell your Gods for me
all debts are off this year
they're free to leave
yes, they're free to leave
Leaving terra
Leaving terra
If you're a thought
you will want me
to think you
and I do
and I did
VIRGINIA
In the Lush Virginia hills
they kept her as long as they could
Cause they knew when the white brother found
white shell Beads wrapped around her
skin - a life giving river - Her body open
as will his hand
And with a "goodbye" there she goes
she may Betray
All that she loves
and even wait for
their Savior to come
And in some things,
maybe he'll be right
But as always
The thing that he Loves
he will change from her
sunwise to clockwise
to soul trading
still she'll lay down her Body
covering him all the same
so Hundreds of years go by
(the Red Road carved up by Sharp Knife)
She's a girl out working her Trade
and she loses a little each day
to ghetto pimps and presidents
who try and arouse her turquoise serpents
She can't recall what they represent
and when you ask, she won't know
she will Betray
All that she loves
and even wait for
their Savior to come
And in some things,
maybe he'll be right
But as always
The thing that he Loves
he will change from her
sunwise to clockwise
to soul trading
still she'll lay down her Body
covering him all the same
oh Virginia do you remember
when the Land held your hand
oh Virginia she will let you back in
oh Virginia you can't remember your name
GOLD DUST
Sights and Sounds
pull me back down
another year
I WAS HERE
I WAS HERE
Whipping past
the reflecting pool
me+you
skipping school
And we make it up
as we go along
We make it up as we go along
You said -
You raced from Langley -
pulling me underneath
a Cherry Blossom
canopy
-Do I Have-
Of course I have,
Beneath my raincoat,
I have your photographs.
And the sun on your
Face
I'm freezing that frame
And somewhere Alfie cries
and says "Enjoy his every smile
You can see in the dark
Through the eyes of Laura Mars"
How did it go so fast
you'll say
as we are looking
back
and then we'll
understand
we held gold dust
in our
hands
Sights and Sounds
pull me back down
another year
I WAS HERE
I WAS HERE
Gaslights
Glow in the street
(flickering past)
Twilight held us
in her palm
as we walked along
And we make it up
as we go along
We make it up as we go along
Letting names
Hang in the
Air
What color hair
(auburn crimson)
Autumn knowingly
Stared
and the day that
She came
I'm freezing that
Frame
I'm freezing that frame
And somewhere Alfie
smiles
and says "Enjoy her
every cry
You can see in the
dark
Through the eyes
Of Laura Mars"
How did it go so
Fast
You'll say as we are looking back
and then we'll understand
We held gold dust
in our
hands
in our
hands