Solitaire Love

Close my eyes as I stare out the window

The night before reappears and the wind blows through

Silver lights dancing rings in your soft hair

Smell the grass water falls but the drops rain through

Was the kiss that I gave in the starlight

Sweet hello or I'm sorry but it's goodbye farewell

What I realized in the warm afternoon

Cool night disappear too soon to tell

Don't let them tell you don't let them fool you

Believe what you want life is here

Life is me life is you

Four o'clock in the morning as we lay there

I looked around and I noticed it was solitaire love

It's up to me when I see what I want to

But in the dark I had lost what I was thinking of

I used to have a really really good friend

I didn't want to have to try and depend on contact

But now I realize that the best part of you

Lies in my heart where it's safe and now I know that I want that

Don't let them tell you don't let them fool you

Believe what you want life is here

Life is me life is you

Dream I Dreamed

It was a dream I dreamed about you

And it felt so real and so true

And the sun was trying to break through

In the dream I dreamed about you

So you appeared and sat beside me

With a smile so scintillating

We were eyes to eyes without words

And shared a moment between

Across the veil we’re both here

Face to face in our tears

Like there’s nothing more we can do

In the dream I dreamed about you

This is how I’m keeping you alive my friend inside of me

In the dream I dreamed about you

Autumn

If you tore off a little piece

And placed it on the windowsill

And wait for all the birds to sing

Eyes in the clouds

Breezes blow orange and angel lights soften and drift in and out of the air

White whisper skylight reflected in twilight the golden leaf falls without care

Autumn

Autumn

I remember it like yesterday

We were walking through the field

In the silence of our gratitude

Eyes that revealed

Breezes blow orange and angel lights soften and drift in and out of the air

White whisper skylight reflected in twilight the golden leaf falls without care

Autumn

Autumn

If you tore off a little piece... 

Tripping

What's shaking, brown eyed lady?

Well I, heard you got nothing to do today

I've been waiting for a day like today

Pyramid eyes are on my mind, do you know what I'm trying to say

Turned on maybe ten years ago and I

Just need something real smooth and kinda nice to ease my mind

Tripping in the US of A I ain't

Slipping I got nothing to say

Just don't tell me you can't do it today

Tripping from Florida to LA it ain't

Dripping so honey what do you say?

Let's go tripping in the US of A

Hey now, you ain't bashful and I

Heard you got the best little smile in town

Brown eyed lady, I just gotta say it

I can see me and you and purple corners

Making our way around

Gels made maybe two days ago and I

Think these are something real smooth and kinda nice to ease my mind

Tripping in the US of A I ain't

Slipping I got nothing to say

Just don't tell me you can't do it today

Tripping from Florida to LA it ain't

Dripping so honey what do you say?

Let's go tripping in the US of A

Honey, hey you got my attention

You danced right up and caught both of my eyes

Now I need some rainbow ganja

You got the shit I got the touch and I think we can compromise

Saw you maybe two weeks ago and I

Think you got something real smooth and kinda nice to ease my mind

Tripping in the US of A I ain't

Slipping I got nothing to say

Just don't tell me you can't do it today

Tripping from Florida to LA it ain't

Dripping so honey what do you say?

Let's go tripping in the US of A

Creatures Of The Night

(w/ Derek Kipp)

I love the creatures of the night

Sometimes they follow me around

I talk with foxes, signal to owls

They whisper to me in the air 

Come up crawling from the ground

I like it foggy after midnight

I love a halo round the moon

I lurk in shadows glowing in the dark

I hum the haunted tune

Some stay safely

Behind the doors and in the light

Not me baby

I like what happens out of sight

I love the creatures of the night

I like what happens overnight

I love the creatures of the night

I am a creature of the night

That's where I find my shadow friends

We get together, we skulk around

Feel our way in the darkness

It's around the bend

Let me take you for stroll

You never know what we might find

Eyes open, taking our chances

Of the nocturnal kind

Some stay safely

Behind the doors and in the light

Not me baby

I like what happens out of sight

I love the creatures of the night

I love what happens overnight

I love the creatures of the night

Something Is Forming

Another wind blows through the time I spend with you

I save each second in my mind

I remember the intensity of every little thing we see

Rings around moonstone wine

And yours eyes for an instant

See the sun in the distance

As it sparkles on the blue horizon

And I think of all the skies that have drifted on by 

Over you and I

Recite it all back to me at the end of the story

And we'll see if we know what we mean

Paradox nights that circle on back again

You know you found your way home

The light of your breath and the moonlit whispers

Embraces tender and warm

Staring at the stars we wonder how far

The future is together's fortune

And I think if all the skies that are drifting on by 

Over you and I

Recite it all back to me at the end of the story

And we'll see if we know what we mean

Something is forming on the edge of the universe

Out of previous passages of time

Blink goes the eye and a moment slips by

A candle burning in the fire

And a rain soaked wind starts to blow right in

And the clouds glide though my window

And I think of the skies that may never drift by 

Over you and I

Recite it all back to me at the end of the story

And we'll see if we know what we mean

Outside Of Home

What day is today?

Is it that late in the week already?

You know it seems like I just got home

And already I have to roam

You know I spend my space on people that got me 

Living in a dream world

But it's so lonely outside of home

It's so lonely outside of home

You know the temperature's climbing, climbing oh so steady

And everyone everywhere is getting ready

'Cuz it's the time of the year for all your tears to disappear

Everybody's lazy, everybody's ready

Don't interfere with this band of gypsies we got going here

Don't it sure get hot outside of home

Don't it sure get hot outside of home

You know it's really not so bad outside of home

Jones

Could it happen on a Sunday after Saturday night?

Every day was a fun day after Saturday night?

No, it couldn't happen on a Sunday after Saturday night

'Cuz every day was a fun day after Saturday night

Could it happen on a Monday, yes it seems so right

Sunday, Monday, Sunday

But I jones jones jones for you

Never gonna reach rock bottom baby as long as I got you

But I jones jones jones for you

Never gonna reach rock bottom baby as long as I got you

Could it happen to a sweet girl on Tuesday night?

Everybody has a sweet girl on Tuesday night

No it couldn't happen to a sweet girl on Tuesday night

'Cuz I'm smelling like a sweet girl after Tuesday night

Could it happen on a Wednesday after Tuesday night?

Tuesday, Wednesday, Tuesday

But I jones jones jones for you

Never gonna reach rock bottom baby as long as I got you

But I jones jones jones for you

Never gonna reach rock bottom baby as long as I got you

Double Dare

Down the hallway, open up the front door

Take a right down to the second light at the corner store

It's a morning news and a pack of Newports, go back home

It's a fine day just to be alone

 

Talking to myself, talking out loud to myself

Telling myself it's all right when I don't really care

Talking to myself, talking out loud to myself

Double do it to win, it's the double dare

It's the double dare

 

In the park there's a little spot in the shade

When my eyes close up I then doze dream arcades

Outside air it's a fresh affair, feel the breeze

Summer sunshine, whisper wind turn my life to leaves

 

Talking to myself, talking out loud to myself

Telling myself it's all right when I don't really care

Talking to myself, talking out loud to myself

Double do it to win, it's the double dare

It's the double dare

Emotional Railroad

So you're trying to blow my mind
You're doing it well
Been so long and it's been such a time
I just can't tell

So it's raining and gray outside
You just pushed it to the back of my mind
So keep on trying to blow my mind
You're doing it well

Golden wine and bright sunshine
Well not today
Your tomorrow is yesterday
When I'm away

I could miss you and I guess I will
If I kissed you it would hold me until
I'm dreaming of sunshine blowing my mind
And you're doing it well

Can you tell you're doing it well
You're doing it well
Can you tell you're doing it well
You're doing it well

You're touching my eyes and you're moving my stars
Well hey, it's no problem
Searching for answers and asking for miles
Well I guess I found them

Situation is just as you please
I could tell you but what's happening seems like
The emotional railroad is running on time
And  you're doing it well

Can you tell you're doing it well
You're doing it well
Can you tell you're doing it well
You're doing it well

Willow Tree

Willow tree hanging over the river
See how tall she's gonna be
We go down every Sunday to see her
Down by the weeping willow tree

And taking my hand we go over the hillside
Down by a field and a glade or two
We go down and say words to each other
Down by the tree of me and you

There used to be days I didn't feel like dancing
You can be sure that those days are gone
'Cause then in the spring I tried romancing
I didn't expect to find love

Then came a day when the storm was over
Out from behind the sun she came
And spreading her sunlight on a field of clover
I didn't expect to find love

Maybe it only takes a red rose
But it doesn't show how the feeling grows
For you, honey it true
I could be a million miles away
And I guess I'd have to find some way to say
Honey it's because of you  

Someday children gonna go to the river
Down where the weeping willow weeps
Love will come and go past that willow
But you can be sure she never sleeps

And someday we will be far away from
Everything that we know and love
But every Sunday if you go to that river
The me and you tree will be standing strong

Used to be days I didn't feel like dancin'
You can be sure those days are gone
It was then in the Spring I tried romancin'
I didn't expect to find love
But then came a day when the storm was over
Out from behind a cloud she came
And spreading sunlight on a field of clover
I didn't expect to find love

Maybe it only takes a red rose 
But it doesn't show how the feeling grows
For you, honey it true
I could be a million miles away
And I guess I'd have to find some way to say
Honey it's because of you  

Welcome Home

Welcome home, oh it's been so long
Many dark nights and days I've been waiting
My thoughts were with you when I loved another
Or thought I did

If I should ask why did you stay so long
Silent in the memories we shared?
When in the night the eyes of day met mine
And I wondered if you still cared

I know there's so much more to say
And I've been waiting for the day
When I can love you

She's Here

Put on your best shoes and comb back your hair
Dust off that easy chair
'Cause it's not every day that the best come to town
Or those very special people hang around

Oooh, she's here
And she'll stay a while
Here by the fire
Oooh, she's here
But it wont be long before she's gone
And life will carry on

I used to miss her but not anymore
Not since the last time she walked out my door
When she returns I forget all I've learned
And I feel all those things I felt before

Oooh, she's here
And she'll stay a while
Here by the fire
Oooh, she's here
But it wont be long before she's gone
And life will carry on

Mmm it's a holiday built for two,
And it's the thing that I like best to do
I anticipate but I hate the wait
But I'll wait and I'll wait and wait for you

Oooh, she's here
And she'll stay a while
Here by the fire
Oooh, she's here
But it wont be long before she's gone
And life will carry on

Mama Are You Ready

Mama are you ready to get car
And go down south to where the people are?
Mama she's ready, don't put up a fight
The band'll be playing on a Saturday night
The band'll be playing on a Saturday night, yeah

Well it's midnight, we gotta get to the show
Gotta get down there so we know where to go
And at sunrise they're gonna open the gate, yeah
Gotta move out or we're gonna be late
Gotta move out or we're gonna be late, yeah

Mama are you ready to get car
And go down south to where the people are?
Mama she's ready, don't put up a fight
The band'll be playing on a Saturday night
The band'll be playing on a Saturday night, yeah

Well we did it again, we're gonna get in
Gonna sit down before the music begins, yeah
Do you want to get high
Here beneath the sun in the morning light
Here beneath the sun in the morning light, yeah

Mama are you ready to get car
And go down south to where the people are?
Mama she's ready, don't put up a fight
The band'll be playing on a Saturday night
The band'll be playing on a Saturday night, yeah

Well you know it's over honey
You know it's time to get home alright
Any way done we're gonna make it tonight
You know I would drive another 800 miles to see a show like that again babe
What do you say we're gonna do it someday
What do you say we're gonna do it again someday

Mama are you ready to get car
And go down south to where the people are?
Mama she's ready, don't put up a fight
The band'll be playing on a Saturday night
The band'll be playing on a Saturday night, yeah

Heartbeat

The wind don't hear
The sun never sees the moonlight
And it seems so clear
But it's a blessing when it comes out right
And I feel so cold
Feel so old
Better not come back here no more
Better not come back here

You keep me so happy
You're keeping me high
No matter how dark it gets
You just continue to shine

Listen for the heartbeat
Listen for the rain
Listen for the footsteps of the changes
Listen for the footsteps of the changes

I'm marking my time
I'm keeping track of my rate of progression
And I seldom will climb
Up to a level where I can't look back
And the nights get long
The days get short
Better not come back here no more
Better not come back here

You keep me so happy
You're keeping me high
No matter how dark it gets
You just continue to shine

Listen for the heartbeat
Listen for the rain
Listen for the footsteps of the changes
Listen for the footsteps of the changes

A flower on a hill
But the path has woven a gamble
And it takes such skill
To make an effort with the weight on your back
And you can't shoot long
Can't fall short
Better not come back here no more
Better not come back here

You keep me so happy
You're keeping me high
No matter how dark it gets
You just continue to shine

Listen for the heartbeat
Listen for the rain
Listen for the footsteps of the changes
Listen for the footsteps of the changes
Listen for the footsteps of the changes
Listen for the footsteps of the changes

Leaves

Take your time to call me
You can take your time 'cuz I'm not waiting
That's not the phone, my hand's not on the phone
And I'm not waiting

Piece together all the memories
I can piece together only some things
Unlock the door, I'm looking for
All the memories

The picture book lies open to page of autumn song
Framed against a background laced in rain
Once again the tree has brought me back again
To the leaves

Red to fall in broken tears remembered years go by
Auburn lights the longing lullaby
Green to gold the tree bids fare thee well, farewell
To the leaves

Stand outside, look around you
Stand outside, I have found you
Do you remember me? Who do you see
In the window?

I remember when we had nothing
I remember when you had to be around me
Now that I'm gone who's to sing your song
In the evening?

The picture book lies open to page of autumn song
Framed against a background laced in rain
Once again the tree has brought me back again
To the leaves

Red to fall in broken tears remembered years go by
Auburn lights the longing lullaby
Green to gold the tree bids fare thee well, farewell
To the leaves

If You Ask Me

You're pushing me up, pushing me past the point
Not just a little fed up, I don't need this two-bit disappointment

Put on a face that you like next time, don't mess around with the bad example
Both of us knows where it stands in the background, I can see still my head is turned
Die by a rose in a tunnel of glory, die by the next guy's knife instead
Both of us knows where it stands, the background, I can see still in my head

Protection, spread it in my direction
Watch closely, now you see it, now you don't
Rejection, it isn't so bad
Watch me while I go
Dance away from you

Tell me what's up, tell me what is the stroke now
Do you set it all up, or just leave it burning debris and smoke?

Taking my eyes like they're yours to use, taking my lips and the thoughts I've spoken
One of us lies, the other listens, I can see still my head is turned
Die by a rose in a tunnel of glory, die by the next guy's knife instead
Both of us knows where it stands, the background, I can see still in my head

Protection, spread it in my direction
Watch closely, now you see it, now you don't
Indigestion, it isn't so bad
Watch me while I go
Dance away from you

Can you face up? Can you turn back the page now?
It's a way to end up, you don't need this harlequin under-stage

Forty or more tried to master you, forty or more tried to make you master
One of the last and you turn your back, I can see still my head is turned
Die by a rose in a tunnel of glory, die by the next guy's knife instead
Both of us knows where it stands, the background, I can see still in my head

We used to talk within the hours
Mine and yours became only ours
And I won't let the love that we had die
I'll dance away before I cry

The Field

In a field another time a different sky looks down upon the land
And while you stood the sun let fall a golden kiss upon your hair
When you turned I stood there watching, piercing lo a blackness in your eyes
When in a dream it only seems as real as it can be to the wise

One of you saying I'm crazy
Two of you saying I'm out of my mind
Three of you wouldn't know it
If it came down all around and enlightened the days of your time

There's a man who knows the way to take you to his palace in the sky
If you are one and you are chosen he will teach you how to fly
When you see the earthbound colors will you hold your own or will you fall?
There are men who know the stories but few men know them all

One of you saying I'm crazy
Two of you saying I'm out of my mind
Three of you wouldn't know it
If it came down all around and enlightened the days of your time

In a field another time a different sky looks down upon the land

Though you were gone the sun had left its golden kiss upon your hair

When I turned I could see nothing, faintly glowing blackness in the skies

When in a dream it only seems as real as it can be to the wise.

When in a dream it only seems as real as it can be to the wise.

When in a dream it only seems as real as it can be to the wise.

I See You

How many years I know you?  You know nothing of me
How many days together are there ever gonna be?
Look right in your eyes and I see nothing I'm used to
Everything's coming up roses when your eyes are open

I see you, I see right through you
I see you, I see right through you

Wasn't it you who once said there is a place for us all?
Everybody wants to be there, nobody wants to fall
Where are you running so fast now that the limelight's on you?
What have you been doing this all for like there's nothing else to do?

I see you, I see right through you
I see you, I see right through you

How many years I know you? You know nothing of me

How many days together are there every gonna be?

Looking at my horizons seeing into the future

Everything's coming up roses when your eating p****

I see you, I see right through you

I see you, I see right through you

Emerald Eyes

I know that you're waiting patiently
Yes it seems like a waste of time but still you wait for me
You understand that I can hold your hand and still be free

I held you once sometime ago
Yes it seems like it was your eyes I pulled through fired snow
Through the rain, through the pain that we still might go

Magnetize magnetize emerald eyes
I didn't know it before, no
Hypnotize hypnotize emerald eyes
The power that you wield
Magnetize magnetize emerald eyes
But now I know that you're the girl
Hypnotize hypnotize emerald eyes
Who's turning in the field

Have you seen any signs of the girl we loved
Her hair was as dark as yours, her cry just like a dove
Used to hold her, used to mold her from above

But then you left in the hands of a stranger
And I knew that you'd never come back and I would rearrange her
Took her down to the town but I could not change

Magnetize magnetize emerald eyes
I didn't know it before, no
Hypnotize hypnotize emerald eyes
The power that you wield
Magnetize magnetize emerald eyes
But now I know that you're the girl
Hypnotize hypnotize emerald eyes
Who's turning in the field

There is an old man in the field
As he stands a teardrop falls in the grass where he had kneeled
Living lonely, living only for the end

As he places the rose he knows she's there
He can taste her breath in the wind and feel her in the air
Like he told her, he would hold her once again

Magnetize magnetize emerald eyes
I didn't know it before, no
Hypnotize hypnotize emerald eyes
The power that you wield
Magnetize magnetize emerald eyes
But now I know that you're the girl
Hypnotize hypnotize emerald eyes
Who's turning in the field

Cruel World

Take a look at what's inside your heart
And if it feels right go ahead
You can be anybody that you want
No matter what's been said

You don't have to worry that you might hurt someone
Nobody's gonna look out after you but you
It's every man for himself out there in this cruel world
You're all by yourself and it's a cruel world

What's the point of letting things go by
Saving someone else's tears
You only live as long as it takes to die
It's not as long as it appears

You don't have to worry that you didn't do enough
The only two things that are here and now are here and now
Time is running out for you in this cruel world
You're all by yourself and it's a cruel world

When you get to where you want to be
And there's no place left to go
Try to look at what you want to see
And see if there is room to grow

You don't have to worry that you've got to start again
There are so many lifetimes waiting just for you to do
Everybody needs to live in this cruel world
You're all by yourself and it's a cruel world

Thoughts

Have you had your pill today?
And have you had your medication?
Thoughts can be found there,
Thoughts can be found

Have you read your evening paper?
And have you played your daily number?
Thoughts can be found there,
Thoughts can be found

Rock slide and fire fight
Rock hard in my heart
It don't feel like it looks like
Rocker coming apart in my heart
It's a rock slide, high tide
Get up get up, it's time to go
Such a good vibe good vibe good vibe
Such a narrow narrow frame of mind

What's it take to change direction?
And what's it take to change your mind?
Thoughts can be found there
Thoughts can be found

Can you tell when dreams are over?
Can you tell when it's time to stop?
Thoughts can be found there
Thoughts can be found

Rock slide and fire fight
Rock hard in my heart
It don't feel like it looks like
Rocker coming apart in my heart
It's a rock slide, high tide
Get up get up, it's time to go
Such a good vibe good vibe good vibe
Such a narrow narrow frame of mind

Have you had your pill today?
And have you had your medication?
Thoughts can be found there,
Thoughts can be found

Can you tell when dreams are over?
Can you tell when it's time to stop?
Thoughts can be found there
Thoughts can be found

Rock slide and fire fight
Rock hard in my heart
It don't feel like it looks like
Rocker coming apart in my heart
It's a rock slide, high tide
Get up get up, it's time to go
Such a good vibe good vibe good vibe
Such a narrow narrow way to die