Bound for the Living
Maybe Love Will Find You
You know I'm with you
Tell me, why do I feel all alone
What's this one way street
We keep turnin' on
I got the heart
But it's broken like a stone
If there's love left in this blood
(Then tell me)
Why do I feel all alone
* Chorus *
Maybe love will find you
Maybe it won't
Maybe it's deeper
Maybe you just put it on hold
Maybe love will blind you
Maybe it's outa sight
Maybe we'll walk together
Stand in the light
And give up the fight
You know I'm with you
Tell me, why is it not enough
By the time you learn about love
All the doors slam shut
Oh..Oh...
You've played your songs and your
Desire comes too much
That heart within your body
Just beats for someone to love
Hey Hey Hey Hey...
* Chorus *
I'm a rebel more than ever
But I surrender the fight
Hoping magic turns on the love
And we come out tonight
I'm a rebel more than ever
I wake up and shake my hand
This journey's ours all alone
Got to dance it 'til I'm dead
* Chorus *
© 2000 Michael Gene Lewis
Mother To Child
Little babe there you lie
At the end of a golden day
Your eyes closed to the night
Open them to see the light
Open them to see the light
I dreamed upon a star
It told me who you are
Tears fell from my eyes
I will carry you inside
Carry you inside
For the world won't ease your pain
The people will call your name
Remember from where you came
You'll be coming home again
Coming home again
Your heart must lead the way
Your logic will beg you stay
Companions will walk away
Hear the words I say
Hear what I say
Little babe there you lie
At the end of a golden day
Your eyes closed to the night
Open them to see the light
Open them to see the light
© 2002 Corinne West
All Rights Reserved
Angel
Here we go
Sit down
Reconnect the steps
The ladder that has led to here:
Shadows fall softly
As they move through the hall
The wind blows
Through another year
Oh Angel....are you here?
It was you that I saw in my dream so long ago
I was sixteen in my mother's home
You were in the future
You were ten years away
I could feel you
How I loved you
I was shown
An Angel showed me....water in the stone
Well you got worried
And you broke down
Your two step turned to three steps and you fell
It seemed for years that you were lying on the ground
But I was with you
In that holding cell
I am your Angel....know me well
* chorus *
For every tear and every lonely lonely lie
Stands a deep fear, shaking in the cold
The hollow bones of winter
Turn colors in the spring
When the night falls on your love, let it storm
It's in the thunder love takes form
You can choose The Dark Sky
Walk along The Dark Road
The landscape all blackness and surreal
But should you choose The Blue Sky
Walk along The Bright Road
They will guide you
Fly beside you
Turn the Wheel
Find your Angel....make a deal
She is your girl she is your Lady
and your Queen
She is your diamond
You are her King
She lays a red rose on the altar of her love
For you, she'd do anything
You called her Angel....she wears your ring
* chorus *
The gathering of Angels in the streets
and in the towns
In the cities, in the valleys in the fields
They place the cold love that has fallen to the ground
In their wings
That it may heal
Thank you Angel
Thank you Angel
Thank you Angel
You are my Angel
© 4.29.02 Corinne West
It's Your Time
I stood on the east coast
Lookin' back upon the west coast,
Thinkin'
Just how far I came
All those miles of rails and rust
And all the things that turn to dust
Well
I guess I'm just the same
Sun on water
Sun on wine
The spaces in between the lines
Speak to me of the glory
The Muse is waiting on the line
Are you ready
Are you singin'
Of the fortune we can find
This is for you
It's your time
Stabilize we're going deeper
Pushin' down through the cracks
Gentle goin' c'mon with me baby
No there ain't no turnin' back
Why would we turn back
I salute the gray sky
Knowing in there is a the blue sky
Shinin'
The sun won't let me down
Been my friend and walked my miles
Turned my sorrows into smiles
Brought me on around
In the ends where we begin
To the grave to rise again
Shine on my child
© 2000 Corinne West Road Work Ahead
Drivin' down highway 49
Singin' songs helps to pass the time
Mr. Cash on the radio
He's pickin' me up
Here I go
Hold steady, there's road work ahead
*chorus*
There's road work ahead
There's road work ahead
Slow the truck for road work ahead
Just when I'm feelin' fine
Makes me want to lose my mind
When I see that sign for road work ahead
My Lord, how long will it be
Sittin' here with that sign in front of me
Guess I better check the tires
Lift the hood
Look at my wires
See if it's my battery that's dead
*chorus*
Nothin' like the highway when it's smooth
Fly along at low altitude
Movin' like a bird
It's the moment I prefer
Until I see that sign for road work ahead
*chorus*
Patch the holes in the road with tar
Paint the lines so you can see where you are
Build a tunnel through some rock
Clear a path that you can walk
And get ready
For your road work ahead
*chorus*
© 2003 Corinne West
All Rights Reserved
Amelia
Amelia has a way about her
Dearest loving daddy's daughter
Oh, oh, Amelia
She's always been a clever child
Somewhere on the other side of wild
Don't get caught, don't get lost
Ameila
* Chorus *
Amelia warms the shakes and the shivers
Out of the miners on the Feather River
Lookin' for gold to fill her purse
It's a lusty life
It's a miners curse
Oh Amelia has a way about her
Dearest loving daddy's daughter
Oh, oh, Amelia
Amelia came here as a girl
Shinin' like sunlight on a wisdom's pearl
And oh oh she was such a lovely sight
A miner's life is a mighty hard life
With too much cold
And too much strife
But oh oh, she was such a lovely sight
* Chorus *
Amelia didn't stay that long
She was still a girl when she left town
But oh oh, she was such a lovely sight
She still had her wits about her
And all the gold her ruby lips had bought her
Rich Bar boys are pining for Amelia
* Chorus *
© 2001 Joe Tomeselli
Railroad Boy
She went upstairs
To make her bed
Not a word
To her mother said
Her mother she
Went upstairs too
Saying Daughter oh Daughter
What's troublin you?
Oh Mother dear
I cannot tell
That railroad boy
I love so well
He's courted me
My life away
And now at home
He will not stay
There is a place
In London town
That railroad boy
Goes and sits down
He takes a strange
Girl on his knee
And he tells to her
What he won't tell me
Her father he
Came home from work
Sayin where's my daughter
She seemed so hurt
He went upstairs
To give her hope
Well he found her hangin
By a rope
He took a knife
Cut her down
And on her bosom
These words he found
Go and dig my grave
Both wide and deep
Put a marble stone at
My head and my feet
At my breast
Put a white snow dove
You tell the world
I died of love
© 2001 Corinne West arrangement.
Traditional
Cowgirl Lullaby
Cowgirl sits by the fire
Cowgirl's breathin' deep
It's the end of a long hot day
I believe I'll sing her to sleep
*chorus*
While overhead fireflies fly
I'll sing softly to her
I'll sing a lullaby
Spent her life on the prairie
Spent some days siftin' dust
She remains with a dream in her hands
For she knows the life she can trust
*chorus*
While overhead fireflies fly
I'll sing softly to her
Sing a lullaby
Don't you get in her way Lord
Don't you cross through her pride
Oh the years she has worked on this land
Only tears for her boy she has cried
*chorus*
While overhead fireflies fly
They sing softly to her
They sing a lullaby
© 2000 Corinne West / Arturo Garcia
All Rights Reserved
Father To Son
High on a cliff a young man's throwing stones
Where they land into the sea
Says to his father what's the point of leaving home?
Now that I am ten and three
This world makes no sense to me
The older one said to the wind you must go
Feel the sky upon your face
This ol world is what you make it you must know
What you see is what you face
What you believe will be your place
For fifteen years I sailed across the vast and mighty ocean
Strange were the people and the places when we docked in for the night
Mixed were my feelings, wild were my emotions
Boy was it hard, but boy was it a sight
* Chorus*
Sing La La
La la la la la la la la la la la la...
The boy packed his bags, said goodbye to his Ma
She waved from the shore
Boarded the grand ship with her Captain and her crew
The boy walked through the door
He up and walked right through that door
For fifteen years he sailed across the vast and mighty ocean
Strange were the places and the people when he docked in for the night
Mixed were his feelings, wild ran his emotions
Boy was it hard, but boy was it a sight
*Chorus*
Sing La La
La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la...
Early in the spring the ol ship she came home
Where she settled for a stay
Father and son they met eyes once again
Took a walk on along the bay
Tellin tales til the break of day
* Chorus*
Sing La La
La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la...
© 2002 Corinne West
Horseback In My Dreams
I walk in
I walk out
This factory gate
Each day I learn to hate it more and more
I punch a clock I walk a walk
My boss says I'll go far
But there ain't no way to get there from where we are
* chorus *
In my dreams I'm horsebackin'
And I'm ridin' with the wind
I'm neck and neck with the devil himself
My guns are blazin' and I'm ready to win
I'm on the road till the break of day
Where it all starts again
This factory gate that I walk in
Well I came here a straight laced boy
But I got badly bent
Now the chips are down and the dice are tossed
All the money got spent
The hole I'm diggin' is so damn deep
That I can't see the light of day
It's just the way it seems to be
So here is where I'll stay
* chorus *
Oh I have a brother and he looks a lot like me
But he stayed back at home
While I headed off to Virginia City
And now I'm workin' in a hole in the ground
And I dig for silver and gold
I should have been a rich man
...but I'm growin' old
* chorus *
Well I've been asked for words of wisdom
More than once or twice
Tell us about the good 'ol days
Tell us about your life
Well I've just got one thing to say
You get smart way too late
It's a fact of life
Your gonna pay the piper
For every dance you take
* chorus *
I walk in, I walk out
© 2000 Joe Tomeselli
Road To No Compromise
Seeing the City of Angels
From a window that looked to the sky
Taking its toll
Is what went before
She said darlin', lets leave here tonight
Through the midnight they drove on the highway
Past the mountains that watch on the 5
She had her man and they had a plan
Down the road, to no compromise
* Chorus *
You, you're forgiven
Lay down your pride
Let the night & the highway wrap around you
On the road to no compromise
At daybreak they stopped at the ocean
Took a walk as they watched the sun rise
In the palm of God's hand
They rolled in the sand
As the lazy foam danced in the tide
* Chorus *
In a tower that stands through the ages
Where the wind she blows heavy and wide
You'll find them there
At the top of the stair
In a dream
That can't be denied
To the lost child the road's a cradle
For the outlaw the roads where you hide
Takin' you in
You travel again
Until blindness becomes sight
*Chorus *
© 2001 Corinne West
Begin Again
The quiet of the evening
Settles on my skin
The quiet gives me somewhere
Where I can begin again
Blues and gray clouds
When hail beats me down
Pull the covers over
'Til I hear no sound
*Chorus*
This whole world I'm living for
This whole world gonna see me die
mmm hmmm....
It's far from what you say, it's what you do
I see that I have disappointed you
You've disappointed me too
I'd like to say it's over
Put this in the past
I'd like to say that fire won't burn
And that these scars will not last
*Chorus*
This whole world I'm living for
This whole world gonna see me die
mmm hmmm....
She said I will pave this highway
With the dust from my dreams
Reach to the horizon
Sail over the sea
Over the sea
If I was the root
Then you were the trowel
If I were a sparrow
I'd sing somehow
*Chorus*
This whole world I'm living for
This whole world gonna see me die
mmm hmmm....
© Corinne West Jan.2002
All Rights Reserved
Bound For The Living
For the worry
Time wastes away
For tomorrow
Another day
Take to the high road
Reach for the Sun
Light the lanterns
For the works is never done
* Chorus *
We're bound
Bound for the living
As we all pass away
Hey we're bound
Bound for the moment
When we give our love away
When we give our love away
The peak of every mountain
To climb the final bend
The peak is only lonely
Should you fail
To bring your friends
* Chorus *
We're bound
Bound for the living
As we all pass away
Hey we're bound
Bound for the moment
When we give our love away
When we give our love away
Will you give more than you take?
© Corinne West 2001
All Rights Reserved
Maybe Love Will Find You
You know I'm with you
Tell me, why do I feel all alone
What's this one way street
We keep turnin' on
I got the heart
But it's broken like a stone
If there's love left in this blood
(Then tell me)
Why do I feel all alone
* Chorus *
Maybe love will find you
Maybe it won't
Maybe it's deeper
Maybe you just put it on hold
Maybe love will blind you
Maybe it's outa sight
Maybe we'll walk together
Stand in the light
And give up the fight
You know I'm with you
Tell me, why is it not enough
By the time you learn about love
All the doors slam shut
Oh..Oh...
You've played your songs and your
Desire comes too much
That heart within your body
Just beats for someone to love
Hey Hey Hey Hey...
* Chorus *
I'm a rebel more than ever
But I surrender the fight
Hoping magic turns on the love
And we come out tonight
I'm a rebel more than ever
I wake up and shake my hand
This journey's ours all alone
Got to dance it 'til I'm dead
* Chorus *
© 2000 Michael Gene Lewis
Mother To Child
Little babe there you lie
At the end of a golden day
Your eyes closed to the night
Open them to see the light
Open them to see the light
I dreamed upon a star
It told me who you are
Tears fell from my eyes
I will carry you inside
Carry you inside
For the world won't ease your pain
The people will call your name
Remember from where you came
You'll be coming home again
Coming home again
Your heart must lead the way
Your logic will beg you stay
Companions will walk away
Hear the words I say
Hear what I say
Little babe there you lie
At the end of a golden day
Your eyes closed to the night
Open them to see the light
Open them to see the light
© 2002 Corinne West
All Rights Reserved
Angel
Here we go
Sit down
Reconnect the steps
The ladder that has led to here:
Shadows fall softly
As they move through the hall
The wind blows
Through another year
Oh Angel....are you here?
It was you that I saw in my dream so long ago
I was sixteen in my mother's home
You were in the future
You were ten years away
I could feel you
How I loved you
I was shown
An Angel showed me....water in the stone
Well you got worried
And you broke down
Your two step turned to three steps and you fell
It seemed for years that you were lying on the ground
But I was with you
In that holding cell
I am your Angel....know me well
* chorus *
For every tear and every lonely lonely lie
Stands a deep fear, shaking in the cold
The hollow bones of winter
Turn colors in the spring
When the night falls on your love, let it storm
It's in the thunder love takes form
You can choose The Dark Sky
Walk along The Dark Road
The landscape all blackness and surreal
But should you choose The Blue Sky
Walk along The Bright Road
They will guide you
Fly beside you
Turn the Wheel
Find your Angel....make a deal
She is your girl she is your Lady
and your Queen
She is your diamond
You are her King
She lays a red rose on the altar of her love
For you, she'd do anything
You called her Angel....she wears your ring
* chorus *
The gathering of Angels in the streets
and in the towns
In the cities, in the valleys in the fields
They place the cold love that has fallen to the ground
In their wings
That it may heal
Thank you Angel
Thank you Angel
Thank you Angel
You are my Angel
© 4.29.02 Corinne West
It's Your Time
I stood on the east coast
Lookin' back upon the west coast,
Thinkin'
Just how far I came
All those miles of rails and rust
And all the things that turn to dust
Well
I guess I'm just the same
Sun on water
Sun on wine
The spaces in between the lines
Speak to me of the glory
The Muse is waiting on the line
Are you ready
Are you singin'
Of the fortune we can find
This is for you
It's your time
Stabilize we're going deeper
Pushin' down through the cracks
Gentle goin' c'mon with me baby
No there ain't no turnin' back
Why would we turn back
I salute the gray sky
Knowing in there is a the blue sky
Shinin'
The sun won't let me down
Been my friend and walked my miles
Turned my sorrows into smiles
Brought me on around
In the ends where we begin
To the grave to rise again
Shine on my child
© 2000 Corinne West Road Work Ahead
Drivin' down highway 49
Singin' songs helps to pass the time
Mr. Cash on the radio
He's pickin' me up
Here I go
Hold steady, there's road work ahead
*chorus*
There's road work ahead
There's road work ahead
Slow the truck for road work ahead
Just when I'm feelin' fine
Makes me want to lose my mind
When I see that sign for road work ahead
My Lord, how long will it be
Sittin' here with that sign in front of me
Guess I better check the tires
Lift the hood
Look at my wires
See if it's my battery that's dead
*chorus*
Nothin' like the highway when it's smooth
Fly along at low altitude
Movin' like a bird
It's the moment I prefer
Until I see that sign for road work ahead
*chorus*
Patch the holes in the road with tar
Paint the lines so you can see where you are
Build a tunnel through some rock
Clear a path that you can walk
And get ready
For your road work ahead
*chorus*
© 2003 Corinne West
All Rights Reserved
Amelia
Amelia has a way about her
Dearest loving daddy's daughter
Oh, oh, Amelia
She's always been a clever child
Somewhere on the other side of wild
Don't get caught, don't get lost
Ameila
* Chorus *
Amelia warms the shakes and the shivers
Out of the miners on the Feather River
Lookin' for gold to fill her purse
It's a lusty life
It's a miners curse
Oh Amelia has a way about her
Dearest loving daddy's daughter
Oh, oh, Amelia
Amelia came here as a girl
Shinin' like sunlight on a wisdom's pearl
And oh oh she was such a lovely sight
A miner's life is a mighty hard life
With too much cold
And too much strife
But oh oh, she was such a lovely sight
* Chorus *
Amelia didn't stay that long
She was still a girl when she left town
But oh oh, she was such a lovely sight
She still had her wits about her
And all the gold her ruby lips had bought her
Rich Bar boys are pining for Amelia
* Chorus *
© 2001 Joe Tomeselli
Railroad Boy
She went upstairs
To make her bed
Not a word
To her mother said
Her mother she
Went upstairs too
Saying Daughter oh Daughter
What's troublin you?
Oh Mother dear
I cannot tell
That railroad boy
I love so well
He's courted me
My life away
And now at home
He will not stay
There is a place
In London town
That railroad boy
Goes and sits down
He takes a strange
Girl on his knee
And he tells to her
What he won't tell me
Her father he
Came home from work
Sayin where's my daughter
She seemed so hurt
He went upstairs
To give her hope
Well he found her hangin
By a rope
He took a knife
Cut her down
And on her bosom
These words he found
Go and dig my grave
Both wide and deep
Put a marble stone at
My head and my feet
At my breast
Put a white snow dove
You tell the world
I died of love
© 2001 Corinne West arrangement.
Traditional
Cowgirl Lullaby
Cowgirl sits by the fire
Cowgirl's breathin' deep
It's the end of a long hot day
I believe I'll sing her to sleep
*chorus*
While overhead fireflies fly
I'll sing softly to her
I'll sing a lullaby
Spent her life on the prairie
Spent some days siftin' dust
She remains with a dream in her hands
For she knows the life she can trust
*chorus*
While overhead fireflies fly
I'll sing softly to her
Sing a lullaby
Don't you get in her way Lord
Don't you cross through her pride
Oh the years she has worked on this land
Only tears for her boy she has cried
*chorus*
While overhead fireflies fly
They sing softly to her
They sing a lullaby
© 2000 Corinne West / Arturo Garcia
All Rights Reserved
Father To Son
High on a cliff a young man's throwing stones
Where they land into the sea
Says to his father what's the point of leaving home?
Now that I am ten and three
This world makes no sense to me
The older one said to the wind you must go
Feel the sky upon your face
This ol world is what you make it you must know
What you see is what you face
What you believe will be your place
For fifteen years I sailed across the vast and mighty ocean
Strange were the people and the places when we docked in for the night
Mixed were my feelings, wild were my emotions
Boy was it hard, but boy was it a sight
* Chorus*
Sing La La
La la la la la la la la la la la la...
The boy packed his bags, said goodbye to his Ma
She waved from the shore
Boarded the grand ship with her Captain and her crew
The boy walked through the door
He up and walked right through that door
For fifteen years he sailed across the vast and mighty ocean
Strange were the places and the people when he docked in for the night
Mixed were his feelings, wild ran his emotions
Boy was it hard, but boy was it a sight
*Chorus*
Sing La La
La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la...
Early in the spring the ol ship she came home
Where she settled for a stay
Father and son they met eyes once again
Took a walk on along the bay
Tellin tales til the break of day
* Chorus*
Sing La La
La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la...
© 2002 Corinne West
Horseback In My Dreams
I walk in
I walk out
This factory gate
Each day I learn to hate it more and more
I punch a clock I walk a walk
My boss says I'll go far
But there ain't no way to get there from where we are
* chorus *
In my dreams I'm horsebackin'
And I'm ridin' with the wind
I'm neck and neck with the devil himself
My guns are blazin' and I'm ready to win
I'm on the road till the break of day
Where it all starts again
This factory gate that I walk in
Well I came here a straight laced boy
But I got badly bent
Now the chips are down and the dice are tossed
All the money got spent
The hole I'm diggin' is so damn deep
That I can't see the light of day
It's just the way it seems to be
So here is where I'll stay
* chorus *
Oh I have a brother and he looks a lot like me
But he stayed back at home
While I headed off to Virginia City
And now I'm workin' in a hole in the ground
And I dig for silver and gold
I should have been a rich man
...but I'm growin' old
* chorus *
Well I've been asked for words of wisdom
More than once or twice
Tell us about the good 'ol days
Tell us about your life
Well I've just got one thing to say
You get smart way too late
It's a fact of life
Your gonna pay the piper
For every dance you take
* chorus *
I walk in, I walk out
© 2000 Joe Tomeselli
Road To No Compromise
Seeing the City of Angels
From a window that looked to the sky
Taking its toll
Is what went before
She said darlin', lets leave here tonight
Through the midnight they drove on the highway
Past the mountains that watch on the 5
She had her man and they had a plan
Down the road, to no compromise
* Chorus *
You, you're forgiven
Lay down your pride
Let the night & the highway wrap around you
On the road to no compromise
At daybreak they stopped at the ocean
Took a walk as they watched the sun rise
In the palm of God's hand
They rolled in the sand
As the lazy foam danced in the tide
* Chorus *
In a tower that stands through the ages
Where the wind she blows heavy and wide
You'll find them there
At the top of the stair
In a dream
That can't be denied
To the lost child the road's a cradle
For the outlaw the roads where you hide
Takin' you in
You travel again
Until blindness becomes sight
*Chorus *
© 2001 Corinne West
Begin Again
The quiet of the evening
Settles on my skin
The quiet gives me somewhere
Where I can begin again
Blues and gray clouds
When hail beats me down
Pull the covers over
'Til I hear no sound
*Chorus*
This whole world I'm living for
This whole world gonna see me die
mmm hmmm....
It's far from what you say, it's what you do
I see that I have disappointed you
You've disappointed me too
I'd like to say it's over
Put this in the past
I'd like to say that fire won't burn
And that these scars will not last
*Chorus*
This whole world I'm living for
This whole world gonna see me die
mmm hmmm....
She said I will pave this highway
With the dust from my dreams
Reach to the horizon
Sail over the sea
Over the sea
If I was the root
Then you were the trowel
If I were a sparrow
I'd sing somehow
*Chorus*
This whole world I'm living for
This whole world gonna see me die
mmm hmmm....
© Corinne West Jan.2002
All Rights Reserved
Bound For The Living
For the worry
Time wastes away
For tomorrow
Another day
Take to the high road
Reach for the Sun
Light the lanterns
For the works is never done
* Chorus *
We're bound
Bound for the living
As we all pass away
Hey we're bound
Bound for the moment
When we give our love away
When we give our love away
The peak of every mountain
To climb the final bend
The peak is only lonely
Should you fail
To bring your friends
* Chorus *
We're bound
Bound for the living
As we all pass away
Hey we're bound
Bound for the moment
When we give our love away
When we give our love away
Will you give more than you take?
© Corinne West 2001
All Rights Reserved
Second Sight
Second Sight
I was moving on four wheels
Quicksilver in the middle of the night
I was after a good thing
That I lost without a fight
You slipped through a hole in my pocket
Did you fall through a crack in my hand
Opened up my front door
There was only dust on coal and sand
Dust on coal and sand
Dust on coal and sand
You would call me sweet names
I would hold you tight
You know why I lose it
And Darlin'..I know why your're quiet
Love has turned to ether
A rock into a chair
Right behind the silence
We are no longer there
No longer there
No longer there
In the land of sorrow
Lies the key to bliss and despair
In the land of happiness
There's a knife floating in the air
Within tomorrow
Find a deep blue velvet sky
Dead in between
There's a camel and a needle and an
Eye...
The moon has shown upon me
The dawn has called my name
Nowhere has become boundless
Heaven knows I'm to blame
I still move like Quicksilver
Like lightning in the middle of the night
What I have left behind me
Has given me second sight
Oh Second Sight
Second Sight
In the land of sorrow
Lies the key to bliss and despair
In the land of happiness
There's a knife floating in the air
Within tomorrow
Find a deep blue velvet sky
Dead in between
There's a camel and a needle and an
Eye...
Hell Yes
Young fast and restless
Turnin' on a dime
Couldn't stand where I was at
So I left it all behind
I took to the highway
Took it out on the road
Jumped on 18 wheelers
Didn't go to Mexico
~ Chorus ~
Would I recommend it?
Hell yes ~
Can't say I've settled myself yet....
Blew around the windy city
With some radicals for peace
Bus broke down in Iowa
Brought me to my knees
Ridin' shotgun in a convoy
Rollin' down the '72
Cajun asked me to marry him
What was I to do?
~ Chorus ~
Should there be no common ground to stand on
How about we take this to the air
Nothin' left is nothin' left to lean on
See the road unravel on a prayer ~ Awww Yeh...
Been buried by a mountain
Resurrected by the sun
Lost and found and lost and found
Hey I have just begun
Throw my cards down on the table
Lay my bones on the tracks
Darlin' I'm the Queen of Nowhere
There is no turning back
~ Chorus ~
Can't say I've settled myself...
How does one settle oneself?
Can't say I've settled myself yet
Hand Full of Gold
Won't you keep the sunlight
Out of my room today
Hold back the strong tide
From washing me away
Brought me to your waters
But only to my knees
Gave you an emerald
You gave me the sea
Love leads to the sunrise
And love, leads to the moon
Shinin' on your shoulder
Through the window in my room
You with the brown eyes
And the light on your hair
Did you see a star fall
While I was standing there
Hand full of gold
Hand full of gold
Time is a dancer
Whose song never ends
Blue is the distance
Between a love and a friend
When you hear the laughter
From a child you will know
The sky is full of diamonds
And my heart full of gold
Hand full of gold
Hand full of gold Cabin Door
Right outside of my cabin door
The breeze is soft and clean
Just outside my cabin door
There's a whole world to be seen
Through my window
The black bees buzz
A house floats
Through the air
Lizard scurries on my steps
He knows that I dream in here
People come knock on my cabin door
My friends come
See me here
We sit in the back porch sun
Drink tea and sometimes beer
While away the afternoon
Sittin' barefoot in the rain
While the birds sing to the moon
And the river takes the shame
~ Chorus ~
Ah ha ~ Shame....shame....shame.....
Shame....shame....shame
Should you come knock on my cabin door
And I should not be in
Come on inside and cool your heels
Watch the houses in the wind
I'll be sure to meet you there
I'll be sure to come and play
Singin' songs to the oaks and the pines
And to all the sweet faerie
~ Chorus ~
Pray....Pray....Pray....
Oh..... ohhhhhhhhhhhh Gandy Dancer
Oh Gandy Dancer take me on down the line
Work them rails boys, work 'em till the end of time
Steel on steel your back is in the sun
Drivin' spikes until the day is done
Hot Shot rolls on to the midnight sun
Oh Gandy Dancer, tell me what do you owe
To the boss who hired you
To a secret that you hold
Jump a car when the summer grass is high
Manifest rolls straight up to the sky
Steel on wood became your wings to fly
Oh Gandy Dancer
You built twin ribbons of steel
With the captain on you
Cause the train is drawin' near
Chants and hammers
Flyin' in the air
45 tons the load
She'll have to bear
Seven engines will take you any
Seven engines will take you any
Take you any
Take you anywhere
Hey Gandy Dancer
Take me on down the line
Work them rails boys
Work em till the end of time
Roses to Rust
Standin at the door
My heart lyin on the floor
Best pick it up and be on my way
Kept me on the line
Far far too many times
This is no place
For a woman
To stay
~ Chorus ~
For it's high time for me to be leavin'
(You say it's) High time that I should stay
While you put me on a shelf
Cryin' to myself
What a dangerous game to play
Blue bird in the tree
The wheat it hits my knees
Red sun drains the sky
Cards are all bust
Roses smell like rust
For you baby, this is the last tear I cry
~ Chorus ~
For it's high time for me to be leavin'
(You say it's) High time that I should stay
While you put me on a shelf
Cryin' to myself
What a dangerous game to play Lost and Found
I met you in the spring when there were poppies on the ground
We lay beneath that fig tree with the wind the only sound
You put your arm around me, slowly I unwound
It must've been there....I lost my ground
We walked beneath the city lights never askin' why
Waltzed along the sea shore where the waves were breakin' high
I thought you'd be my fella, a sparkle in my eye
Led astray, you passed me by
~ Chorus ~
Whoa was I mistaken
Gravity forsaken
A mirage in the desert
A river that is achin'
A dead house on a hillside
A pile of bones that won't stop breakin'
You picked me up, to let me down
I put on my red shoes and I did up my gown
I waited in that big chair, for you to come around
But on the steps outside my door I never heard a sound
You just weren't there, my heart it drowned
~ Chorus ~
A strong wind blew in from the north and stirred up the ground
The sky it cracked the thunder shook, the rain came pouring down
I walked into the river, I let you float right on down
I washed you away
I came around
I'm no longer mistaken
No...It's my neck I was breakin'
I needed to see clearly
A road I won't be takin'
Water on the desert
An awful habit I have shaken
Thanks anyway....Lost and found
Da da da da, da da da da
Da da da da, da da da da Eye of the Storm
Mama hear the band in the air
See how they shine over there
There's a light
In their hand's
That will change this land
Put me in the eye of the storm
Whisper the words coming home
Brother I see what I've done
Left you to follow the sun
Put my love
In the flame
Ashes spell out your name
Sister where have you gone
Whisper the words coming home
Holy wheel
That we ride
Break the seal
Turn the tide
Father I took to the road
Mattered not where I'd go
I awoke to the sound
Of a chapter falling down
Put me in the eye of the storm
Whisper the words, whisper the words
Whisper the words, coming home...
Put me in the eye of the storm Diamonds to the Wind
I landed in a dream in a place right in between
An enchanted sort of woman she was lookin' dead straight at me
There were dancers dipped in color
There was Asian art on the wall
I felt somewhere between 20 and 2 feet tall
She handed me a card with the Jack of Diamonds on it
She handed me a locket with a chain that did not quite fit
She said I'd have to earn it, it would take everything in me
I declared "Let's go", started falling, I was frightened by the speed
~ Chorus ~
I gave diamonds to the wind
I threw a prayer up to the sky
It floated back down again
What is the distance between you and I
Just a dream....I'm in.
Your bright light has left my world, a little dim
All of this sense has left me crazy, once again
This moment will scatter like pollen in the breeze
The word I never heard brought me to my bended knees
~ Chorus ~
.....Just a dream....My Friend
When I fall on my face will I get back up again
Is there a time when the holes they get...filled in
What lies between all of these lines
Is truth like the weather - changin' all the time
There's a bluebird at my window
There's a robin at my door
There's a reason I don't have you come around here anymore
I've got a ruby in my pocket
I've got something up my sleeve
And the time has come for the changes - I do believe
~ Chorus ~
Just a dream....Amen All Good Things
When I was a young lass in my prime
I killed glass monks, while biding my time
With the tip of a hat I'd spill out a rhyme
Singing all good things in all good time
One day when all the monks were gone
I knew it was time to be travellin' on
The road she called her song so sublime
Singing all good things in all good time
That road led me out to the western sea
Where a bonny fine laddy he beckoned to me
He said "Come on a journey, my ship is so fine"
I said "All good things in all good time."
When we were only a week from the shore
We spied a fair isle and cast the helm 'ore
The ship kissed the land how the stars they did shine
Singing all good things in all good time
ooooooohhhhhhhh
Our love tarried there for a year and a day
Where every month was an endless May
Each moment we pressed like a grape for it's wine
Singin' all good things in all.... Good time!
Hey all good things in all
Good time!
Good time!
Good time!
Writing on the Wall
Have you seen the green earth turn to clay
Have you let the wind take you away
Roll on thunder roll on Holy rain
Wake up to the healing of the pain
Ohhh, It's coming true
What are you to do
If everything is not what it seems
Then you aren't really standing before me
Awaken all you children of the sun
The turning of the tide has well begun
Ohhh, It's coming true
What are you to do
Did you trade the dark lie for you worth
Keeping you from shining here on earth
Can't deny you hear another call
It was you who wrote the writing on the wall
Ohhh, It's coming true
What are you to do
A simple man he had a simple son
Showed him all the work that could be done
Won't you put the hammer to the nail
You really think eternity is frail
Ohhh, It's coming true
What are you to do
Second Sight
I was moving on four wheels
Quicksilver in the middle of the night
I was after a good thing
That I lost without a fight
You slipped through a hole in my pocket
Did you fall through a crack in my hand
Opened up my front door
There was only dust on coal and sand
Dust on coal and sand
Dust on coal and sand
You would call me sweet names
I would hold you tight
You know why I lose it
And Darlin'..I know why your're quiet
Love has turned to ether
A rock into a chair
Right behind the silence
We are no longer there
No longer there
No longer there
In the land of sorrow
Lies the key to bliss and despair
In the land of happiness
There's a knife floating in the air
Within tomorrow
Find a deep blue velvet sky
Dead in between
There's a camel and a needle and an
Eye...
The moon has shown upon me
The dawn has called my name
Nowhere has become boundless
Heaven knows I'm to blame
I still move like Quicksilver
Like lightning in the middle of the night
What I have left behind me
Has given me second sight
Oh Second Sight
Second Sight
In the land of sorrow
Lies the key to bliss and despair
In the land of happiness
There's a knife floating in the air
Within tomorrow
Find a deep blue velvet sky
Dead in between
There's a camel and a needle and an
Eye...
Hell Yes
Young fast and restless
Turnin' on a dime
Couldn't stand where I was at
So I left it all behind
I took to the highway
Took it out on the road
Jumped on 18 wheelers
Didn't go to Mexico
~ Chorus ~
Would I recommend it?
Hell yes ~
Can't say I've settled myself yet....
Blew around the windy city
With some radicals for peace
Bus broke down in Iowa
Brought me to my knees
Ridin' shotgun in a convoy
Rollin' down the '72
Cajun asked me to marry him
What was I to do?
~ Chorus ~
Should there be no common ground to stand on
How about we take this to the air
Nothin' left is nothin' left to lean on
See the road unravel on a prayer ~ Awww Yeh...
Been buried by a mountain
Resurrected by the sun
Lost and found and lost and found
Hey I have just begun
Throw my cards down on the table
Lay my bones on the tracks
Darlin' I'm the Queen of Nowhere
There is no turning back
~ Chorus ~
Can't say I've settled myself...
How does one settle oneself?
Can't say I've settled myself yet
Hand Full of Gold
Won't you keep the sunlight
Out of my room today
Hold back the strong tide
From washing me away
Brought me to your waters
But only to my knees
Gave you an emerald
You gave me the sea
Love leads to the sunrise
And love, leads to the moon
Shinin' on your shoulder
Through the window in my room
You with the brown eyes
And the light on your hair
Did you see a star fall
While I was standing there
Hand full of gold
Hand full of gold
Time is a dancer
Whose song never ends
Blue is the distance
Between a love and a friend
When you hear the laughter
From a child you will know
The sky is full of diamonds
And my heart full of gold
Hand full of gold
Hand full of gold Cabin Door
Right outside of my cabin door
The breeze is soft and clean
Just outside my cabin door
There's a whole world to be seen
Through my window
The black bees buzz
A house floats
Through the air
Lizard scurries on my steps
He knows that I dream in here
People come knock on my cabin door
My friends come
See me here
We sit in the back porch sun
Drink tea and sometimes beer
While away the afternoon
Sittin' barefoot in the rain
While the birds sing to the moon
And the river takes the shame
~ Chorus ~
Ah ha ~ Shame....shame....shame.....
Shame....shame....shame
Should you come knock on my cabin door
And I should not be in
Come on inside and cool your heels
Watch the houses in the wind
I'll be sure to meet you there
I'll be sure to come and play
Singin' songs to the oaks and the pines
And to all the sweet faerie
~ Chorus ~
Pray....Pray....Pray....
Oh..... ohhhhhhhhhhhh Gandy Dancer
Oh Gandy Dancer take me on down the line
Work them rails boys, work 'em till the end of time
Steel on steel your back is in the sun
Drivin' spikes until the day is done
Hot Shot rolls on to the midnight sun
Oh Gandy Dancer, tell me what do you owe
To the boss who hired you
To a secret that you hold
Jump a car when the summer grass is high
Manifest rolls straight up to the sky
Steel on wood became your wings to fly
Oh Gandy Dancer
You built twin ribbons of steel
With the captain on you
Cause the train is drawin' near
Chants and hammers
Flyin' in the air
45 tons the load
She'll have to bear
Seven engines will take you any
Seven engines will take you any
Take you any
Take you anywhere
Hey Gandy Dancer
Take me on down the line
Work them rails boys
Work em till the end of time
Roses to Rust
Standin at the door
My heart lyin on the floor
Best pick it up and be on my way
Kept me on the line
Far far too many times
This is no place
For a woman
To stay
~ Chorus ~
For it's high time for me to be leavin'
(You say it's) High time that I should stay
While you put me on a shelf
Cryin' to myself
What a dangerous game to play
Blue bird in the tree
The wheat it hits my knees
Red sun drains the sky
Cards are all bust
Roses smell like rust
For you baby, this is the last tear I cry
~ Chorus ~
For it's high time for me to be leavin'
(You say it's) High time that I should stay
While you put me on a shelf
Cryin' to myself
What a dangerous game to play Lost and Found
I met you in the spring when there were poppies on the ground
We lay beneath that fig tree with the wind the only sound
You put your arm around me, slowly I unwound
It must've been there....I lost my ground
We walked beneath the city lights never askin' why
Waltzed along the sea shore where the waves were breakin' high
I thought you'd be my fella, a sparkle in my eye
Led astray, you passed me by
~ Chorus ~
Whoa was I mistaken
Gravity forsaken
A mirage in the desert
A river that is achin'
A dead house on a hillside
A pile of bones that won't stop breakin'
You picked me up, to let me down
I put on my red shoes and I did up my gown
I waited in that big chair, for you to come around
But on the steps outside my door I never heard a sound
You just weren't there, my heart it drowned
~ Chorus ~
A strong wind blew in from the north and stirred up the ground
The sky it cracked the thunder shook, the rain came pouring down
I walked into the river, I let you float right on down
I washed you away
I came around
I'm no longer mistaken
No...It's my neck I was breakin'
I needed to see clearly
A road I won't be takin'
Water on the desert
An awful habit I have shaken
Thanks anyway....Lost and found
Da da da da, da da da da
Da da da da, da da da da Eye of the Storm
Mama hear the band in the air
See how they shine over there
There's a light
In their hand's
That will change this land
Put me in the eye of the storm
Whisper the words coming home
Brother I see what I've done
Left you to follow the sun
Put my love
In the flame
Ashes spell out your name
Sister where have you gone
Whisper the words coming home
Holy wheel
That we ride
Break the seal
Turn the tide
Father I took to the road
Mattered not where I'd go
I awoke to the sound
Of a chapter falling down
Put me in the eye of the storm
Whisper the words, whisper the words
Whisper the words, coming home...
Put me in the eye of the storm Diamonds to the Wind
I landed in a dream in a place right in between
An enchanted sort of woman she was lookin' dead straight at me
There were dancers dipped in color
There was Asian art on the wall
I felt somewhere between 20 and 2 feet tall
She handed me a card with the Jack of Diamonds on it
She handed me a locket with a chain that did not quite fit
She said I'd have to earn it, it would take everything in me
I declared "Let's go", started falling, I was frightened by the speed
~ Chorus ~
I gave diamonds to the wind
I threw a prayer up to the sky
It floated back down again
What is the distance between you and I
Just a dream....I'm in.
Your bright light has left my world, a little dim
All of this sense has left me crazy, once again
This moment will scatter like pollen in the breeze
The word I never heard brought me to my bended knees
~ Chorus ~
.....Just a dream....My Friend
When I fall on my face will I get back up again
Is there a time when the holes they get...filled in
What lies between all of these lines
Is truth like the weather - changin' all the time
There's a bluebird at my window
There's a robin at my door
There's a reason I don't have you come around here anymore
I've got a ruby in my pocket
I've got something up my sleeve
And the time has come for the changes - I do believe
~ Chorus ~
Just a dream....Amen All Good Things
When I was a young lass in my prime
I killed glass monks, while biding my time
With the tip of a hat I'd spill out a rhyme
Singing all good things in all good time
One day when all the monks were gone
I knew it was time to be travellin' on
The road she called her song so sublime
Singing all good things in all good time
That road led me out to the western sea
Where a bonny fine laddy he beckoned to me
He said "Come on a journey, my ship is so fine"
I said "All good things in all good time."
When we were only a week from the shore
We spied a fair isle and cast the helm 'ore
The ship kissed the land how the stars they did shine
Singing all good things in all good time
ooooooohhhhhhhh
Our love tarried there for a year and a day
Where every month was an endless May
Each moment we pressed like a grape for it's wine
Singin' all good things in all.... Good time!
Hey all good things in all
Good time!
Good time!
Good time!
Writing on the Wall
Have you seen the green earth turn to clay
Have you let the wind take you away
Roll on thunder roll on Holy rain
Wake up to the healing of the pain
Ohhh, It's coming true
What are you to do
If everything is not what it seems
Then you aren't really standing before me
Awaken all you children of the sun
The turning of the tide has well begun
Ohhh, It's coming true
What are you to do
Did you trade the dark lie for you worth
Keeping you from shining here on earth
Can't deny you hear another call
It was you who wrote the writing on the wall
Ohhh, It's coming true
What are you to do
A simple man he had a simple son
Showed him all the work that could be done
Won't you put the hammer to the nail
You really think eternity is frail
Ohhh, It's coming true
What are you to do
