Dancing with the moon:

why do we cry all night baby
over milk that has been spilled
there's nothing we can do now
about the time that has been killed

we gave it all our best shot
trying is fulfilled
knowing when we have not
a chance to fit the bill

dancing with the moon next to me
over fields that have been rolling
over time we know the score
to let it go is winning

to know right when is more
knocking down your door ways
fall down on your knees
our love it is not for sure babe
whichever way you please

dancing with the moon next to me
might not work out right babe
we might just trip and fall
if we don't take that chance
it might not work at all

so take an old reminder
like the shadows of the moon
love is where you find her
so far you hear so soon
dancing with the moon next to me



Dobro boy:

down the Mississippi in the gulf of Mexico
lived a good ol boy playing his dobro
he was wild he was crazy
you know he didn’t care
he could play that dobro like lighting air
he looked through the doorway
you know he couldn’t see
a voice inside said you gotta be free
he worked with his dobro 7 times a day
in a year or 2 you know the boy could play
all the people told him it’s a waste of time
gotta work on your day job to earn that dime
that boy didn’t care he played all night
knew that the music makes it come out right
hey now boys you know u gotta go
down the miss to the gulf of Mexico
and if your down and out
try w all your might
listen to the music it’ll be alright
he played in the basement he threw it in the air
playing underneath the moon in a rocking chair
he played in the window played in the hall
playing w the wind heard the voices call
you know that he walked a million miles or more
took the road that wasn’t traveled
you know he knows the score
it didn’t really matter you know that
he could be
everything he wanted the music set him free
hey now boys you know u gotta go
down the miss to the gulf of Mexico
and if your down and out
try w all your might
listen to the music it’ll be alright


Living True:

It was a day like today as the sun rose up
and the sky it was so blue
I was talking to u on the telephone
you were a friend to me so true
and I think you would like me to write this song you know its all about you
and I know that you lived your life so well cause you sang about living true
well we went through more changes than stars in the sky
and the light of the moon went by

from the ages of 7 to 49
you know the time it sure did fly
we had our ups and our downs and we laughed and we cried and the music we played would do
and you taught me one thing before you left you taught me to live life true

living true living true
and I think I remember when we were just boys
all the dreams we had to share
and I feel so damn lucky that I knew you now
and I know your there some where
and u sang about the ocean
and u sang about the sky
and u sang about feeling blue
and the seasons they changed
and so did I as I went through those times w you

living true living true



Killing floor:

Read me the act let me see what your doing
take me on out to the killing floor
the words from your mouth
might lead me to ruin
take me on out on the killing floor

you say that it’s time to leave
your not always true won’t you say what you mean
you know what your doing to me
take me on out on the killing floor
when the walls come down and there’s
nothing to hide

take me on out on the killing floor
when the rain melts the layers of your mask outside
take me on out on the killing floor
can’t you see it to just come clean
we’ll wipe off the dust on the killing floor

what’s to come it will be seen
take a dance with me on the killing floor
I thought in my heart you were right behind me
take me on out on the killing floor
with a knife in the back I can plainly see

take me on out on the killing floor
you say that it’s time to leave
your not always true won’t you say what you mean
you know what your doing to me
we’ll shake it on on out on the killin floor



Look out for today:

On a dark and stormy day with nothing left to say
I thought about my life again and the love that’s gone away
and as I count my blessings now don’t want to go astray
keep upon that narrow path and look out for today

standing by the waterside on a southern lea
I got my woman by my side
I know that she loves me
nothing but this moment to appraise the day

better shut my mouth there’s nothing more to say
reach out for today your love is not in vain
dancing with the stars falling down like rain
starlight raindrops call
winter spring and fall

summer sun is what she said crowing for us all
a wistful thinking has occurred you know I see it so
everything is so absurd there’s nowhere left to go
our demons haunt us in the night such an awful fright
wrestle them right to the ground you know what is right
the breeze it blows up crystal clear my thoughts go year to year
all around the willow tree a smile from ear to ear
and as she poured her feelings out I knew I could not win
to let her love go so astray it would be such a sin
reach out for today your love is not in vain
dancing with the stars falling down like rain
starlight raindrops call
winter spring and fall
summer sun is what she said crowing for us all



Set u free:

on the great divide a circumstance to look inside
into the valley below I took that chance
and I must go
by the waterside was a cave a summers chance my soul to save
the path it was careworn I take it now like the day I was born– day I was
born

in a room upon the walls 4 butterflies
and some waterfalls
in the center was a cage with a girl inside
she said turn the page–turn the page
what she said to me is patience boy
I’ll set you free–set you free
these thoughts that came to me a lucky boy
the words I say
a long long way to go
at least I know the way
on her chest was a butterfly
the colors change in the blink of an eye
said I’m what your searching for
deep inside you know the score
I feel like I was floating
floating in a dream
what she said to me is patience boy
I’ll set you free–set you free
 

Gilboa Tree:

A far away look from the gilboa tree
the pain was goding goding me
but the light was shinin
on the deep blue sea
and the twist of fate to be free
as I take my stand
at the age I am
and it makes me laugh
to know I can
everything I have
as I reach for the sun
is everything I wish
as my journey has begun
and you know it all don’t matter
matter much to me
as I reach for the fruit of the gilboa tree
as the time was ticking
on a page of my heart
well the light from your eyes
well I felt a part
and the moments we capture
underneath the sun
has told me now we only just begun
as I take my stand
at the age I am
and it makes me laugh
to know I can
everything I have
as I reach for the sun
is everything I wish
as my journey has begun
and you know it all don’t matter
matter much to me as I reach for the fruit


Keep on Walking:

Across the wilderness I did go
a cold cold day as the north wind blows
I was stuck on a snow drift blind
I saw my past as I looked behind


40 days and 40 nights
the wild wind screams on a moonlit night
can I tell which way to go
coyote howls as the north wind blows


I close my eyes and I saw you there
a breath of spring it fills the air
nothin to do but dream the dream
I open my eyes it’s not what it seems
keep on walkin–keep on walkin


walking each day don’t know what to say
built many towers but they fade away
I put on my coat to walk through the snow
the sun up ahead to it I must go


I crossed many mountains to the river it flows
beaten by storms as the days they go
straight on the road this I have learned
walk to the sun try not to get burned


I close my eyes and I saw you there
a breath of spring it fills the air
nothin to do but dream the dream
I open my eyes it’s not what it seems
keep on walkin–keep on walkin
keep on walking to the sunshine


Big Leg Anna:

Oh way down in Texarkana
in a town called Taxico
lived a girl named big leg anna
she’s a girl you all should know


well the banks they all foreclosed her
and her man ran off again
and there’s 7 little children
hungry mouths to feed and mend



don’t you know the moment of the hard times
they come when you least expect
take a lesson from big leg anna
in her life she had nothing to regret



well she talked the whole thing over
in her mind a plan was taking hold
made a pact with all the farmers
you know their lands they all would hold



well the sheriff formed a posse
he was paid by the bankers gold
didn’t care a damn about the farmers
and the lands that they tried to hold



don’t you know the moment of the hard times
they come when you least expect
take a lesson from big leg anna
in her life she had nothing to regret



she formed the farmers in a line
hands on the guns and making time
swore that they had had enough
spilled their blood they would not give up
the guns they made their thunder
you know they had to try
lord above the land they loved
you know they had to die–had to die



in a grave upon the hillside
big leg anna’s underneath the leaves
folks down there will all remember
that she died for what she believed



don’t you know the moment of the hard times
they come when you least expect
take a lesson from big leg anna
in her life she had nothing to regret

Cajun Queen of Clarinode:

Down in the city of new Orleans
where the dikes are high with the water seen
lived a girl from the hills of Clarinode
with her eyes so blue like the water shown



if I were a king or a betting man
I’d bet my life that her love would stand
down in the city where the music has grown
the Cajun queen of Clarinode



she lived like a pauper but walks like a queen
she sang for the boys down in new Orleans
sang for their souls when their spirits were low
sang for the road where they all must go



if I were a king or a betting man
I’d bet my life that her love would stand
down in the city where the music has grown
the Cajun queen of Clarinode



if I had a wish I’d wish for the sun
in my back door when the day has begun
down in the city where the music has grown
the Cajun queen of Clarinode



still she sings her songs as the days go by
when the sun comes up and the birds they fly
and when I’m blue her spirit has shown
when she sings her songs wherever I go



if I had a wish I’d wish for the sun
in my back door when the day has begun
down in the city where the music has grown
the Cajun queen of Clarinode



if I were a king or a betting man
I’d bet my life that her love would stand
down in the city where the music has grown
the Cajun queen of Clarinode
the Cajun queen of Clarinode



WHISPERS OF LOVE

On a mountain road stood a searching cowboy
He was hungry he was tired he was lean
From the howling wind to the frosted byways
Was the only life could be seen



Trading trinkets for furs and paper for gold
And diamonds for the stars up above
As a young man dreams trading what it seems
Can you do the same for love



Are you lost and lonely he cried to the wind
Has this change given you but a frown
If my heart it beats I will know it’s only
Where the whispers of love can be found



Well he danced the two step at the snake river tavern
With a girl so young and so new
With her eyes a sparkling and her body moving
Knew the wings of love they could do



As the wind blew about and fate took it’s turns
Well the lovers grew far and away
Well the tearing feeling
When you know you love her but she’s leaving the bed that you made



Are you lost and lonely she cried to the wind
Has this change given you but a frown
If my heart it beats I will know it’s only
Where the whispers of love can be found



As the Years Roll on by lost loves in the past
Like a yoke of an oxen on you
Is it certain knowledge didn’t go as you planned
Mean that love can’t work out a new?



Are you lost and lonely she cried to the wind
Has this change given you but a frown
If my heart it beats I will know it’s only
Where the whispers of love can be found
Are you lost and lonely he cried to the wind
Has this change given you but a frown
If my heart it beats I will know it’s only
Where the whispers of love can be found
Where the whispers of love can be found
 

Nothing Stays the Same
Met a girl when I was young
Down the street and on the run
She didn’t have that much to say
Nothing stays the same

Her dad you know didn’t like me much
Thought my mind was out to lunch
I have to say he had to know—nothin
Stays the same
I had a time I had a smile
You know that only lasts a while
I wonder at the way things change nothin
Stays the same
That honey drew the boys like bees
The wind it whistles through the trees
And like the wind she’s gone I know 

My heart it broke the memory’s sad
The way it was the love we had
But I survived it don’t you know- nothin
Stays the same
20 years had come and gone
a roadhouse bar I’m playin on
and there she stood as plain as day-
nothing stays the same
she walked right up didn’t seem to care
she didn’t look the worse for wear
eye to eye and then exclaimed 
nothin stays the same

Blessings in Disguise

Divisions have divided us as far as I can see
The plain is very empty now like deserts in the sea
There’s something that is lacking now as I wave my hand
I’m sitting here deciding that there really is no plan

As kingdoms fall into the void, I really have to say
As Buddha meets the ailatol, There really is no way
And Jesus points his finger, Way across the pastel sky
And sitting here deciding, It’s a blessing in disguise

All of our sorrows are blessings in disguise
And all our troubles are clouds against the skies
All our resignation as we ask the question why
All that we see are blessings in disguise

The trees they all are blooming now, where once they all were bare
The king he sits beside the sea, and eats his regal fare
And nothing else has changed that much except the wind and me
And seeing it’s a blessing as far as I can see

Sing in the Sun
Out on the highway I’m driving around
The rain has begun
I’m thinking of tales that I needed to tell
The ones I have sung
Watching the rain wash it all away
I know you’re the one
Can’t shake this feeling think I’ll give it away
And sing in the sun
So many years I have hung out to dry
The rain has still come
Threading the needle right through the eye
But slip on the rungs
Wondering which way I need to choose
But her voice is so still
She sings out her song a beauty to choose
You got the free will
A garden party the Mad Hatters Tea
Reality
Why can’t I get it right all the time
Is it never to be
The joy the confusion and all of the pain
Lead up to now
I think I will heed the voice inside me
It shows me how

Catch Me if You Can
One comes up and one comes down
Is it coal or diamond ring?
When I dance with you by the light of the moon
And I hear your music sing
The other half and how they live
And the trouble that they bring
Try and make you trip and fall
Does it mean a thing?

Lets create a world right now
We’ll call yours or mine
It doesn’t matter much at all
And here’s a truth you’ll find
Just the moment as it stands
Into the frying pan
The words it whispers as it sings
Catch me if you can

All is fair in love & War
A saying that we bring
All the truths you might have known
It don’t mean a thing

Patterns on a tapestry
Picasso paints the spring
The choice is yours 
She said to me
You choose the love you bring
Into this world you come alone
The same as you go out
Will you leave a piece of you behind?
Will you leave without a doubt?


Wild as the Wind
Wild as the wind in the fields forgotten
In the hills of Clairinode
His feelings for his family he thought of often
As he took off on the road
The times they were hard for his native country
And the famine had taken hold
He heard about the land far across the sea 
Where the streets were paved with gold

I think I imagine just how he felt
As he left his native land
Looking for the gold at the end of his dreams
I think I know where that stands
I’m just a little bit a part of that dream
Don’t think I was in his plans
Wild as the wind and the fields forgotten
A dream we can understand

He swore to his heart
He’d send it back 
With his money they could survive
His father he had died from the famines pain
His mother she was half alive
He had no line of work - per say
So he toiled in the railroad yard
At night he would sing for his daily bread
You know life it seemed so hard

But oh could he think of his children’s fame
When he found those streets of gold
A land that could offer up the futures hope
His dream you know it won’t grow old
I can say now that his dream has come true
His heart was the thing that was made of gold
Wild as the wind and the fields forgotten
A dream that we all can hold 

As he traveled out west in the rocky mnts
Well a minstrel’s hand he won
Playing for the fools that were 
Chasin that gold
Well you know that he called himself one
In time he met such a lovely lady
Her smile well it shone for days
You know how love over rules it all
Had to change his lonely ways

As his children grew up 
He gave them the love
That he lost when he was a boy
And they took all that love 
And they passed it around
‘Said go and fill the world with joy
I know you think that this song it’s not much
It’s the tale of the common man
Wild as the wind and the fields forgotten
A dream we can understand

Phoenix Song
Here is a song for those that survive
Long trials up ahead
Long trials right behind

Run through the tunnel
Is there light at the end?
The fires they will burn you
On that you can depend
I hope you make it through

You know there’s one truth
In this world I have seen
You’ll run through the tunnel
And the fire will clean

As the changes they come
And the color is blue
There’s one thing I hope
We all make it through
I hope we make it through

And every time you go through the fire
Your skin like a snake
Sheds with your desire

The time it seems endless
When your burning through
I wish to my soul 
I could be there with you
I hope you make it through
Here is a song as the phoenix
Survives
Long trails up ahead
Long trails right behind 
I know we’ll make it through 

What is that Sound
What is that sound--
On a new years night I was running scared
Let me reach the river please
On the distant bank she was standing fair
Her lamp was there to see
And the deeds I’ve done are behind me now
I won’t go on my knee
For I stole the crown of creations storm
The price I pay to be free

Like a Robin Hood a thief I am 
To steal the golden key
And pass it on to my children’s sons
The only way I see
And the price I pay to ride that road
Is good enough for me
I stole the crown of creations storm
The only way to be free
WHAT IS THAT SOUND 
The price we pay to be free
As they chased me down I held the crown
The kingdoms men were mad
For I stole the spirit of the sun
The thing that makes us glad
And I knew that I would find you there
To your lamp I tried to ride
From the riverside unto the sea 
There’s nowhere left to hide-WHAT IS
Did they capture me well I’m not sure?
I escaped to the waters head
I’ve been running now for these 40 years
I still hear the words you said
That creations crown is held in our hearts
They can’t take that from me
Better pass it on before were dead
The price for being free
WHAT IS THAT SOUND 
The price we pay to be free

Hell is Half Empty
Hell is half empty----
Speed on hell is half empty 
Hell is half empty 
where you trying to go

Hey little baby on this sat night
Are you trying to make it wrong
So it comes out all right?
You got the pedal to the metal
And you’re already gone
Hell is half empty 
don’t you do me no wrong

You know that she drives
Just as fast as can be
Down the road to nowhere
She can’t even see
The signs are flying by 
like a picket fence
hell is half empty
it don’t make any sense
I like to lay around 
in the tall cool grass
I like to drink my tea
Make it sassafras
I like to see you baby
Please here what I say
Hell is half empty
Please stay here another day 

Crooked River Blues

Crooked river blues-----
Down on the Cuyahoga
Moses was ringing the day
Selling all the trinkets to the Indians
Not listen to a word they say

Up from the muddy water
A mojo man bit in his boot
And carried him down 
To the sludge and the mud
He had no John the conquer root

Oh better not go 
Where the muddy water flow
Oh better not go

One day they build em a building
A hundred more showed on the shore
Ignoring the curse of the Indian
Their just building more and more


Up from the Cuyahoga
That mojo hand come and he go
On all the fools killin mother nature
You know you reap what you sow

His name it could be the boogie man
Dracula or mojo hand
Or every goddamn politician
Who didn’t give a fucking damn

Waterline:
I went down to the waterline
I’ve been there, time after time
Got so blue I was the sea sitting there taking care of me
Call that doctor, call that priest, call that shaman for release
For release

Through the age of history 
I looked in the mirror
Am I the man I am?
Can this be so clear?

If I would you know I should
Carry you baby if I could
They pulled me from the waterline
A newborn babe is what they find
Call that doctor call the priest call that shaman for release
For release

Through the age of history
I looked in the mirror
Am I the man I am?
Can this be so clear?

Got so far I couldn’t see
Water was a taking me
They pulled me from the waterline
A newborn babe is what they find
Call that doctor call that priest call that shaman for release
For release

Through the age of history
I looked in the mirror 
Am I the man I am?
Can this be so clear?

You Shine:
Wrote a letter down to her today
She’s looking through a magazine
While looking through back pages of her life
I gave her all that I have seen

Got myself way lost in fortitude
Make amends for all that shame
But I came all right upon the other side
A different color yet the same

You know there was a story told
You know your soul from God is sold
You know you shine just like the color gold

A mirror image came on back to me
You know you shine the color gold

You Shine

She wrote that letter way on back to me
She wrote it in her flowery prose
While looking through back pages of my life
I guess that’s how this story goes

You know there was a promise made
You know your soul from God is sold
You know you shine the color gold

You shine

Water unto the Stone:
I was not sure which way I was yearning
Waking or in a dream
She floated by my head it was turning
Making not what it seems

Doing a powerful folk dance of sorts 
On the streets that were cobblestone
Each one was set in a certain pattern
Each one stood out alone

I called for her name I called for her number
I called for the water shown
At each pirouette she poured from her beaker 
Water onto the stone

Now I’m sure it was burning 
Water unto the stone
The snake ouroboros body is turning
Water unto the stone

While in a garden the time was at hand
Watching the rocks stagnate
Up from behind her voice was a calling
The hour was getting late

Shakti was dancing with Fred Astair
To a mambo they both gyrate
The lilt of their movement was so appealing
Clapping like hands of fate

In staccato the music was playing
The feeling was yes all right
She was a whirling in vibrato
Wanted to go all night

Wanting these things to stay quite the same
Water unto the stone
She said, “ when all is said change is the constant”
Water unto the stone

No Doubt:
Once upon a starry night
Two lovers were entwined
Was there a Question upon what was on their mind?

As the moon arose upon a hill 
A thousand miles away
The universe was in the room with every word they say

Standing in the sands of time
Life it is so short
When you find the one you love
Try and make it work

The sweetness of a problem 
Is when you work it out
Let your life proceed
And then there is no doubt 

Standing in the rain
With nothing left to gain
All this arguing
Is driving me insane

On a Friday night
They got into a fight
Let the waters wash away
Wash away that fright

As the time would pass 
And life would take its course
The dance of the lover’s dream would never be divorced

They were like the figures 
On a temple in Bombay
Water from the Kundalini
All is washed away

Weather the Storm:
November wind it was blowing
The rain was coming down fast
When the shit hits the fan
You know it won’t last

Pass like the rain
From the sleet goes to snow
It’ll all pass away 
Like this man growing old

Weather the storm

It’ll be all right
Be all right 
Be all right 
Be all right

It’ll be all right
Be all right
Be all right
Be all right

I ran from the teeth of the tiger
I hide my hide in the nearest cave
When the changes they come
You’ve got to be brave

Like a fighter in the ring
Shadow boxing in lieu
When the hard times they come
You will know what to do

Weather the change

It’ll be all right
Better believe it

Lost Highway
My family came from Donegal
My father stole his bride
The English landlord put a price
Upon my family’s pride

My father caught the first ship out 
To reach this promised land
A drunken fool can never see
So try and understand

My father took a job upon 
That old Ohio ride
He worked along that old canal
And hid his fears inside
The bars and pubs
Were all he knew he really really tried
He got into a fight one time
And then they shot his hide

The Irish in me
Speaks so plain
It’s message I confide
Now I’m bound for who knows where
Upon that highway ride

Lost highway

You know I took to gambling
Cause my life it seemed so sad
You know that one mistake I made
The rest it turned out bad

Turned away from love sweet grace
Scorned it when I can
You know it never gave me much
So try and understand

I went down to Shantytown 
Upon my favorite ride
She was bound from Angle town
Bound to be my bride

What to my surprise 
I saw her with another man
Well you know I never liked that much 
So try and understand

Took my guns and blazed away
Not much more that I can say
Now I’m bound for who knows where 
Along that lost highway

Lost highway!

I sing those songs 
I write those words
That’s what I want to say
And if the Muse is good enough
That’s what I’ll give today

And every line upon my face
Shows the road I stayed
Now I’m bound for who knows where
Along that lost highway

Lost highway!

Follow your Heart
I don’t want to hear that you’re busy now
Sitting alone you got so much to do
Follow your heart and call on the muse
A midnight dance you got nothing to lose

She’s feeling lonely in pain and confused
I’ll give you my heart I got nothing to lose

I don’t want to hear you got nothing to say
You hide away when you feel that pain
Open your heart to the feelings within

Follow your heart
You know you’ll be safe
Some times I think that what is the use
Forget the pastels I just sing the blues
A change of the season the weather within
Icy and cold it’s a shame and a sin


Just then the sun it came shining through
Same old thing you got nothing to lose

I don’t want to hear you got nothing to say
You hide away when you feel that change
Open your heart to the feelings within

Follow your heart 
You know you’ll be safe

If you got a dream 
Then follow it now
The heart shows the way the will and the how
There’s so little time and so much to do
I’ll give you my love I got nothing to lose

She’s feeling lonely in pain and confused
I’ll give you my hear I got nothing to lose

I don’t want to hear you got nothing to say
You hide away when you feel that pain
Open your heart to the feelings within

Follow your heart
You know you’ll be safe


Something to Show
She was sing this song
The sky was so blue
The color of dawn
Her eyes were that hue

And she asked me a question
Saying, “what is this for”?
All the blood sweat and tears
Are you keeping the score?

Inundated with questions I don’t understand
Straight like an arrow to the heart of this man
This man

If it came down to choosing
Which way should we go?
The end is beginning
There’s something to show

And I gave her an answer 
Try as hard as you can
All the blood sweat and tears
From the heart of this man

Inundated with questions 
I don’t understand
Straight like an arrow from the heart of this man
This man

Well nightfall is calling
The stars are so bright
Hold on to this feeling
You know it is right

And I give you my love
I’ll give it to you
From the top of my head
To the sole of my shoe

Inundated with questions
I don’t understand
Straight like an arrow from the heart of this man
This man


Stand in the Rain
Lost on the road you can find it
Try it again some other day
You better look where 
You’re going my friend
So much more work
And no play

Shards of glass taller than buildings
Lightning strikes twice on my way
So many times I have been there before
So many words I want to say

You better go
And stand in the rain
Look like an eagle
To see
What are the recesses
In your soul
Bring it back home
To me

Cast all your pearls before swine then
Some how it works out in the end
You better keep on
Keeping my friend
The love that you take 
Is what you send

You better go 
And stand in the rain
Look like an eagle to see
What are the recesses
In your soul
Bring it back home
To me
To me

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