B i o g r a p h y (by Heather Phares)
Formerly the driving force behind Weeping Tile, Canadian singer/songwriter Sarah Harmer began her solo career in 1999 playing dates with the Indigo Girls, Great Big Sea, and Moxy Fruvous. Harmer's first album outside of Weeping Tile was a tribute to her father titled Songs for Clem. Credited to Harmer and Jason Euringer, the folksy album was released independently by Harmer, but was eventually given wider release by Universal Canada. Her proper debut album, You Were Here, was released in mid-2000 by Zoe Records, and showed a polished, more mature side to her music than her work with her former band. It wasn't until 2004 that Harmer returned with a follow-up, All of Our Names, while in 2006 she explored her country and bluegrass side in I'm a Mountain, which garnered the singer three Juno Award nominations. 2010 saw the release of her fifth album, Oh Little Fire, which features guest appearances from Neko Case, Julie Fader and James Shaw (Metric).
Blue Moon on Kentucky Tennessee Waltz Black Coffee Stormy Weather Oh Bury Me Not Just a Closer Walk With Thee Shine on Harvest Moon Trouble in the Fields Your Cheatin' Heart Summertime Sentimental Journey O. My Beloved Father (Instrumental)
Pendulums Almost Greeting Card Aisle New Enemy Silver Road Dandelions in Bullet Holes Things to Forget Came on Lion Took It All Tether Go to Sleep
The Ring I Am Aglow Oleander I'm A Mountain Goin' Out Will He Be Waiting For me Escarpment Blues The Phoenix Salamandre Luther's Got The Blues How Deep In The Valley
Songs for Clem Blue Moon Of Kentucky Blue moon Blue moon Blue moon, keep shining bright Blue moon, keep on shining bright You're gonna bring me back my baby tonight Blue moon, keep shining bright I said blue moon of Kentucky keep on shining Shine on the one that's gone and left me blue I said blue moon of Kentucky keep on shining Shine on the one that's gone and left me blue Well it was on a moonlit nigh, stars shining bright Whisper on high, love said goodbye Blue moon of Kentucky keep on shining Shine on the one that's gone and left me blue Shine on the one that's gone and left me blue Tennessee Waltz I was waltzing with my darling to the Tennessee Waltz When an old friend I happened to see Introduced him to my loved one And while they were dancing My friend stole my sweetheart from me I remember the night and the Tennessee Waltz Now I know just how much I have lost Yes, I lost my little darling the night they were playing That beautiful Tennessee Waltz That beautiful Tennessee Waltz Black Coffee I'm feeling mighty lonesome Haven't slept a wink I walk the floor and watch the door And in between I drink Black coffee Love's a hand-me-down brew I'll never know a Sunday in this weekday room I'm talking to the shadows One o'clock to four And, Lord, how slow the moments go When all I do is pour Black coffee Since the blues caught my eye I'm hanging out on Monday My Sunday dream's too dry Now a man is born to go a-lovin' A woman's born to weep and fret To stay at home and tend her oven And drown her past regrets In coffee and cigarettes I'm moody all the morning And I'm mourning all the night And in between it's nicotine And not much heart to fight Black coffee Feeling low as the ground It's driving me crazy This waiting for my baby To maybe come around Stormy Weather Don't know why there's no sun up in the sky Stormy weather Since my man and I ain't together Keeps raining all the time Life is bare Gloom and misery everywhere Stormy weather I just can't get my poor self together So weary all the time Since he went away the blues walked in and met me If he stays away, old rockin' chair's gonna get me All I do is pray the Lord above will let me walk in the sun once more I can't go on Everything I had is gone Stormy weather Since my man and I ain't together Keeps raining all the time Since he went away the blues walked in and met me If he stays away, old rockin' chair's gonna get me All I do is pray the Lord above will let me walk in the sun once more I can't go on Everything I had is gone Stormy weather Since my man and I ain't together Keeps raining all the time Keeps raining all the time Oh Bury Me Not Oh bury me not on the lone prairie Where the wild coyotes will howl over me Where the rattlesnakes hiss and the wind blows free Oh bury me not on the lone prairie They heeded not his dying prayer and they buried him there, on the lone prairie In a little box just six by three, his bones now rot on the lone prairie Just a closer walk with Thee ( Traditional ) Just a closer walk with Thee Grant it, Jesus, is my plea Daily walking close to Thee Let it be, dear Lord, let it be I am weak and Thou art strong Jesus keep me from all wrong I'll be satisfied as long As I walk, let me walk close to Thee Just a closer walk with Thee Grant it, Jesus, is my plea Daily walking close to Thee Let it be, dear Lord, let it be Through this world of toil and snare If I falter Lord who cares Who will be my burdens bear None but Thee dear Lord none but Thee Just a closer walk with Thee Grant it, Jesus, is my plea Grant it, Jesus, Grant it, Jesus Daily walking close to Thee Let it be, dear Lord, let it be Let it be, dear Lord, let it be Shine On Harvest Moon The night was mighty dark so you could hardly see For the moon refused to shine Couple sitting underneath the willow tree For love, they pined Little May was kinda 'fraid of darkness So she says "I guess i'll go." Boy began to sigh, looked up to the sky Told the sky his little tale of woe So shine on Shine on harvest moon Up in the sky I ain't had no lovin' since January, February, June or July Snow time ain't no time to stay outdoors and spoon So shine on Shine on harvest moon for me and my gal Snow time ain't no time to stay outdoors and spoon So shine on Shine on harvest moon for me and my gal Trouble In The Fields Baby, I know that we got trouble in the fields And the bankers swarm like locusts out there, turning away our yields And the trains roll by our silo, silver in the rain Leave our pockets full of nothing but these dreams of the golden grain I can see the folks lined up downtown at the station They're all buying their tickets out and they're talking a Great Depression Our parents had their hard times fifty years ago When they stood out in these empty fields, in dust as deep as snow And all this trouble in our fields If this rain can fall these wounds can heal They'll never take our native soil And if we sell that new John Deere then we'll work these crops with sweat and tears You'll be the mule, i'll be the plow Come harvest time, we'll work it out There's still a lot of love here in these troubled fields There's a book up on the shelf about the dust bowl days There's a little bit of you and a little bit of me in the photos on every page Our children live in the city and they rest upon our shoulders They don't want the rain to fall or the weather to get colder And all this trouble in our fields If this rain can fall these wounds can heal They'll never take our native soil And if we sell that new John Deere and then we'll work these crops with sweat and tears You'll be the mule, i'll be the plow Come harvest time we'll work it out There's still a lot of love here in these troubled fields You'll be the mule, i'll be the plow Come harvest time we'll work it out There's still a lot of love here in these troubled fields Your Cheatin' Heart Your cheatin' heart Will make you weep You'll cry and cry and try to sleep But sleep won't come the whole night through Your cheatin' heart Will tell on you When tears come down like falling rain You'll toss around and call my name You'll walk the floor the way I do Your cheatin' heart Will tell on you Your cheatin' heart Will pine someday You'll crave the love you threw awa The time will come when you'll be blue Your cheatin' heart Will tell on you When tears come down like falling rain You'll toss around and call my name You'll walk the floor the way I do Your cheatin' heart Will tell on you Summertime Summertime and the living is easy Fish are jumping and the cotton is high Oh, your Daddy's rich and your Momma's good looking So hush, little baby, don't you cry One of these mornings, you're gonna rise up singing Then you'll spread your wings and you'll take the sky But till that morning there's nothing can harm you With Daddy and Mommy standing by Sentimental Journey Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease Gonna take a sentimental journey To renew old memories Got a bag, I got my reservation Spent each dime I could afford Like a child in wild anticipation Long to hear that "All aboard!" Seven, that's the time we leave, at seven I'll be waiting up for heaven Counting every mile of railroad track that takes me back Never thought my heart could be so yearning Why did I decide to roam Gotta take a sentimental journey Sentimental journey home You Were Here
You Were Here
Around This Corner I'll be coming around this corner I know one day we'll meet I'll look in your eyes And i'll look up the street And i'll cover my heart So you can't see it beat And i'll struggle 'Cause how can I say When I don't know If i'll feel loving Or if i'll feel low I may wind up and get into trouble Knowing that you've been bad Is one of the worst feelings I ever had Knowing that you been bad Did it mean much to you I thought I knew you Now I wish I had I'll be coming round this corner One day real slow And i'll see myself reflected In someone I used to know And I may look away And keep going home And try to forget it before I get to the door But how can I say When I don't know If i'll feel loving Or if i'll feel low I may wind up And cry a big puddle Knowing that you've been bad Is one of the worst feelings I ever had Knowing that you been bad Did it mean much to you I thought I knew you Now I wish I had How can you forgive that fast Why do they call it the past When nothing has passed Basement Apartment You live out where the street ends In a basement apt. With one of your friends And the tap drips all night Water torture in the sink The furnace is burning But it's still cold i think I can smell the bleach That they use in the hall But it can't clean the dirt off of me It's seeping under the door In across the floor It's starting to hurt Everytime I breathe Everytime I try to leave Everytime I breathe Now the toaster sticks And the empties are piled I haven't been up the stairs in awhile now I gotta wash the sheets on my bed Gotta watch the things that go unsaid God I wish we'd leave it at this And every evening you open the door You come down There's nothing like watching tv all night underground And no one is watching me slide Below street level Barely alive Now we live out where the street ends In a basement apt. Just like our friends We always said that we were different But you know now that we weren't 'Cause there's holes in all the bottles And my lungs hurt Hideout Look at that green Out through the screen After a quick rain came So fast that There wasn't time To roll up the windows And pull the clothes down off the line But i don't care It was so dry And the grass is happy And i think 'so am i' 'Cause i'm through thinking about you For now i'm out at the hideout Far enough outside of town You can come You can stay If there's something you need To get away from Look at the day dropping away Hear the traffic pass along A distant sideroad down the way I think the dust has settled on me But i don't care, it was so calm I knew i wouldn't stay forever Knew i'd get some things together And move on But for now i'm out at the hideout Far enough outside of town You can come, you can stay If there's something you need To get away from I just thought of you And what you said Laid out on the pullout Did you forget You said you wouldn't forget Look at that green Out through the screen After a quick rain came So fast that There wasn't time to roll up the window And pull the clothes down off the line But i don't care It was so dry The grass is happy and i think 'so am i' 'Cause i'm through thinking about you And for now i'm out at the hideout Far enough outside of town You can come out You can come out When there is no one around All out at the hideout Far enough from being found You can come, you can stay If there's something you need To get away from Capsized When i heard about the coming day Wish i could wake up from this dream In it i see a family photographed And there you are, tucked in the scene And theres a jealous net inside my chest Theres a hurt and sadness there Maybe i'd tell you all about it If i thought you'd care Heavy heart gets lighter by your side But there are thoughts i'd wish i'd heard If they ask you how i'm holding up Say i'm holding out for the words Whats the sense in being so sensitive Can i trade this thin skin for a shell There are somethings i've got no feeling about But there are some things i can tell Heavy heart get lighter by yourself It's been so long since you capsized And you've been lying out there in the sun Has it begun, has it begun Heavy heart, have you heard That i could use the words Lodestar Out of the night, into the water We push the boat from shore Breaking the air and the stillness of the bay Intensity of stars reflected in the harbour Silently ignite The oar dips into oil like water And we are away Your hand won't write Not tonight But your mind may wander Into those deep lagoons that you know And your boat will go by starlight alone Da da da da da da da da You sang to the moon In the great black night With no lodestar in sight Out of the night Out of the water We pull the boat back to shore Breathe in the air and the stillness of the bay Intensity of stars reflected in the water Silently ignite The oar dips into oil like water And we are away Under the moon in the great black night With no lodestar in sight And wait for it There are only two things now This great black night And the fireglow And listen! The darkness rings The darkness.... Listen! The darkness rings And wait for it There are only two of us now This great black night, scooped out And this fireglow Listen! The darkness rings The darkness... Listen! The darkness rings Take off your things And listen! The darkness rings Weakened State From the minute you saw it By the time it left my mouth I know you wouldn't want it But I had to have it out I saw your smile I felt it Now I just can't believe There was no knowing deception underneath All that time Did it pass while you were looking back waiting I asked for the truth everytime And now the ugly details Are stuck in my mind And there's a preminition I keep putting off And the more time passes The more I get soft I'm standing up there In a weakened state And it's not great All that time Did it pass while you were looking back waiting Often I'm waiting on the one That maybe won't come Waiting And I'm not saying anything You think that I forgot I'm not saying anything But I'm thinking a lot
Don't Get Your Back Up Baby, if I could keep it together Don't you think I'd try And maybe if I could make something of this Why wouldn't I You say I close a blind eye That I don't put up the time But what you see as goodbye I don't see as a crime I'm tired of the blame Being put on my head You're breathing fire But you're not bringing back what's dead Don't get your back up over this If I'm so wrong and you're so right You really got your mind made up I guess Won't you let me get some sleep tonight It's late now And there's only four hours 'til I get up again You know I'd wait somehow If I thought this was something That a little time would mend You, you're dragging this misery on Let's leave this thing for a while It's too far gone Too far gone Don't get your back up over this If I'm so wrong and you're so right You really got your mind made up I guess Won't you let me get some sleep Won't you let me get some sleep Won't you let me get some sleep tonight Don't get your back up over this If I'm so wrong and you're so right You really got your mind made up I guess Won't you let me get some sleep Won't you let me get some sleep Won't you let me get some sleep tonight Tonight... Tonight... Open Window Love, i see you there Adrift on the air Floating by the open window Ah, the sentiment of love Reflections that speak of What can enter when our hearts are open Here, witnesses appear And recognize How sacred love can be when stated Shared, shown for al to know The beauty that can grow When love is cultivated Our love is a sacred thing Like the mysterieis of the night In the darkness unwavering And still so strong come the light Our love is an infinite thing Like the sun's last ray on the sea As it sets low in the west And the moon rises Uniform Grey It's perfectly suited This uniform grey There are no bearings To the day I came down from the air And i'll leave by boat I'm down with your rainy town Out on the spit With the biggest port around My friend is on the way He's bringing my coat Oh you don't do, what I want you to But I haven't been Through what you've been through And we could use that As an excuse If that's what you choose If that's what you choose Well it was kinda hard To pull away He said "Buck up baby, It's okay The sunlight on the floor will always fall." And I meant to write it on the plane High above my earthly pain But I slept right through the flight And that was all Oh you don't do, what I want you to But I haven't been Through what you've been through And we could use that As an excuse If that's what you choose If that's what you choose Coffee Stain There's a coffee stain Around your eye And lines that I don't recognize Everything changed From being okay The night that you came home So late And I know by the time On the stove That you were no longer Mine alone I guess we're all Just out on loan And everybody is only Their own Oh i loved you And i guess i still do Everything was going so good That I thought something bad might happen And then it did If you know the difference Bettween bad and good Thought that I'd know But I cross my toes And thats how it goes Maybe I'm a fatalist To let it all go at this Like some balloon I'll probably miss Lost in a treetop You Were Here Are there no blinders on lights that glare White noise on the eyes From gas station lights and reflected ice glare So that i can walk home by moonlight Alone Or can we go out to where the wind howls and stand to lean up against the trees They've grown up so tall that you can't see the house It's a fortress now but you know how it used to be I can lie to myself And say i like it But i would love it if you were here These words on paper smell like you Associated in random thought On my lips the words turn blue Evidence i'm feeling lost I can lie to myself And say i like it But i would love it if you were here I'm just sad for myself Cause i know you're clear But i would love it if you were here I can just see you show me your garden I thought you'd grow roses and grapes on low vines I wanted to know you when we were both older I thought there'd be more of those wonderful times I can lie to myslef And say i like it But i would love it if you were here I'm just sad for myself Cause i know you're clear But i would love it if you were here You were here Yes you were Yes you were Everytime I can throw away my fears Up into the atmosphere They race away at the rate Of the smoke and rust Look at all the poor bastards Gotta go to work while I sleep Steel town's light keep on glowing From smokestacks that keep blowing In my eyes so I don't see it Close my heart so I don't feel it Everytime I can see it in your eyes I can feel it on your sighs They're not like either of us At all Look at all the poor drivers Gotta go to work everytime Streams of headlights come flashing On the hills that we used for crashing In my mind, I don't see it Close my eyes or I'd believe it Streams of headlights go shining On wheels that we used for grinding In my mind, I don't see it Close my eyes or I'd believe it Everytime All of our names
Pendulums We are like pendulums Our arms swinging at our sides And I am a good little clock Walking along power lines I'm thinking like a swinging door Hinging on these changing thoughts Between the pull up to the shore And the push off In the lines of footprints in the snow All along the edges of the road I haven't even walked my block Since I moved out here years ago The secret lives of twist ties The hidden story in one line In the lines of footprints in the snow All along the edges of the road I haven't even walked my block Since I moved out here years ago We are like pendulums Our arms swinging at our sides And I am a good little clock I'm ticking off the time The distant lights are twinkling It means there is a wind That blows the trees against themselves And hard into this house I'm sleeping in I'm sleeping in
Almost I almost dialed your number When I thought the coast was clear 'Cause it's looked up at me for so long at me And said "Call me please." But the place was closing And the counter girl turned the sign The cooks were getting their coats and I got mine And said "Goodnight" to the sea of empty seats. And if I am a sailor You are the warm gulf wind And you've blow into this little port And roused my dreams again. I see my mouith moving when I talk to you I do I see my lips and I feel like a kid Who can't keep something hid. And if I am a sailor You are the warm gulf wind And you've blow into this little port And roused my dreams again. When we say sometime later You know that we can't say when You have blown into this little port And roused my dreams again. I almost dialed your number When I thought the coast was clear 'Cause it's looked up at me for so long at me And said "Call me please." And if I am a sailor You are the warm gulf wind And you've blow into this little port And roused my dreams again. When we say sometime later You know that we can't say when You have blown into this little port And roused my dreams again. Sailor to wind Greeting Card Aisle Icy twinkling in the window, It's a sparkle on the snow, Hovering to see if I can see you come and go. I came down the dark road, Arms under my coat, And my breath is nearly freezing my eyes closed. The car that dropped me off, Did it turn around, And watch me walk the long way down Past the glow of town, Like a setting sun, Horizon's alive with electric light And hum. Were you standing in the greeting card aisle When you called me up, and Held me to the end of your long line Have you got me in your bleeding heart file Next to Lady Luck Well this Light of your Life has drawn the blind. There was something about the handwriting that Made me keep every scrap, Something about the way the eyes Looked away at the last. I kept something burning on the sill real low, But now I don't know. Were you standing in the greeting card aisle When you called me up, and Held me to the end of your long line Have you got me in your bleeding heart file Next to Lady Luck Well this Light of your Life has drawn the blind. The wind from the river will swirl like a scream And wrap itself around you. There may be a friend somewhere down the road, But from here you have to walk it out alone. 'Cause you were standing in the greeting card aisle When you called me up, and Held me to the end of your long line. And you've got me in your bleeding heart file Next to Lady Luck. And this Light of your Life will not shine twice, This Light has drawn the blind. New Enemy "When you find yourself a new enemy Can you take me down off the hook That you've been hangin' me on," he said With almost all the love gone Will the time soon come when you see fit The light will change Will you just lok at it and stare And wonder, ad the traffic moves, Why you're still sitting there All eyes are waiting for it The wind is at your back and it'll blow Without even having to know what you know We're waving our white flags We're hanging our heads out the high windows Just to see you make your way to the starting gate and go "Maybe you could find a way to be nice See me coming up in a line And let a smile creep out" He swears that would be all it would be about He said, "Just a peace to settle over us No more words, no orme making it up No victory No up and leave" All eyes are waiting for it The wind is at your back and it'll blow Without even having to know what you know We're waving our white flags We're hanging our heads out the high window Just to see you make your way to the starting gate and go You're seven numbers away From never having to say Anything more "When you find yourself a new enemy Can you take me down off the hook That you've been hangin' me on," he said With almost all the love gone Silver Road I'll be way down a silver road, i'll go Where the moon has it lit up Turn off your headlights and go slowly I don't want it to let up. Have you been thinking that you were all alone But i still thought of you Word every once in a while forgetting that Some of it could be true Held in the beam of a light i thought we shared Shone between two shores And wants to be traveled like the gravel that Runs from my door to yours I'll be way down the silver road, i'll go Where the moon has it lit up Turn off your headlights and go slowly I don't want it to let up. Way down a silver road, i'll go Where the moon has it lit up Turn off your headlights and go slowly I don't want it to let up. Da da da... Held in the beam of a light i thought we shared Shone between two shores And wants to be traveled like the gravel that Runs from my door to yours I'll be way down a silver road, i'll go Where the moon has it lit up Turn off your headlights and go slow I don't want it to let up. Way down a silver road, i'll go Where the moon has it lit up Turn off your headlights and go slowly I don't want it to let up. Dandelions in Bullet Holes Kaleidoscope, Wheel of hope. Place to start out from, Although it started long ago, The world's work has begun. A hula hope, A human chain. To warm our hands, And find our way, When all the lights go out. A raincoat and a French beret. The rolling hills of past mistakes, Like quiet under cloud. And I will long look to the chruning sea, This call to arms means wrap them, Around the first person you see. Dandelions in bullet holes, We stand in our civilian clothes, On blankets laid out on a lawn, Clouds of rain will all move on. And when the mist clears we will see, Both of our names on a marquee, Across the ocean the same day, And then washed ashore a block away. The windwill is waiting for the same thing, As the slackened sail, As the core withing like the wind, Is blowing at the veil. And I will long go on this inner sight, This call to arms means hold to it, And hold tight. Dandelions in bullet holes, We stand in our civilian clothes, On blankets laid out on a lawn, Clouds of rain will all move on. And when the mist clears we will see, Both of our names on a marquee, Across the ocean the same day, And then washed ashore a block away. Ah come on, these streams of light are not so subtle, All along the ditch signs of like in sinking puddles. Dandelions in bullet holes, We stand in our civilian clothes, On blankets laid out on a lawn, Clouds of rain will all move on. And when the mist clears we will see, All of our names on a marquee, Across the ocean the same day, And then washed ashore a block away. Things To Forget I got to put some things in the ground Even with this season coming around It's green's last gasp And leaves brown And autumn days are winding down I got to get it out of my head And make good on some things i've said In case you overheard my plans And find me out as the talker that I am But holidays are made for reading And remembering things that are worth repeating In the clatter of the afternoon In the sunlight that is left We can make a list of things to forget Maybe the drive was a little too long Can we pull over to the shoulder so I can write this song The carpet they laid out is a grey shade of red Road work ahead That's what we said But holidays are made for reading And remembering things that are worth repeating In the clatter of the afternoon In the sunlight that is left We can make a list of things To forget the false starts And the loose strings The feelings of regret that ring On a day when you haven't done much of anything Came on Lion Closer than a girl can get to trouble If she hasn't yet got in it It started out like any show Up from the dark to the light's warm glow Did you hear the dedication When I came up on the stage And you came on lion All courageous And I stepped up to your cage Just to see if we would go I crossed the bridge I thought you'd know Now my sun is up Already hot With two rays on Two straying thoughts But each one warm to make me glow Or burn me if I'm not careful It's not hard It's too easy I get it and I get to be Closer than a girl can get to trouble If she hasn't yet got in it So now can I step lightly bakc between Where you are and where i've been Back inot that thing we do Where it's me and it's jst you And it's not hard It's to easy I get it and I get to be Close than a girl can get to trouble Without getting in it Took It All You said I could have it all You said it to me With your eyes so wide, excited I stop to see what you mean In the drone of afternoon traffic On a slope that's slippery In the relative fear, invited That keeps us company We took it all Without taking it away We shook it It didn't blow up in our face This life's abundancy came clear to me These hands are holding a kite of worry That floats high and circles a pivot of fear In the wind are the words that say "There's no time! Hurry!" So we grab what we can We think The End is near We took it all Without taking it away We shook it It didn't blow up in our face This life's abundancy came clear We can get back up We can move from this ground To where there is enough of everything What has opened up this crevice at our feet Has created a new sense of urgency Without taking it away We shook it It didn't blow up in our face This life's abundancy came clear Tether Living this close to the road You'll question your vulnerability Got the curtains closed and there's nothing For those bold coyotes to see Just an airplane in the sky That I hear high up the chimney And the lonely cold coming up To find a warmer place to be After that Christmas I think that I might sleep The whole new year Maybe see if in the spring I come in for an afternoon glass of beer You know I always thought That there'd be lots to talk about But I never see you and I still look when I go out Alays so much that feels undone and waiting A pocket that's gaping threads to weave On the top of a pile another melody is aching For a few pretty words to let it be Simple tether hold this together At least to one place So the feelings can't escape into the air 'Cause if they do we won't remember that they were even there And filled a moment that we had to spare Go To Sleep Go to sleep At least lie here awhile Best to look straight through your eyelids Count or listen to the voices But don't go out and down to the landing Give it time enough I'll check the clock And you'l be still until I leave The living room is on And lights are blaring With the T.V. And you say "Clap once for me and i'll know I'll be watching on my pillow Clap twice i'll see what you mean It was one for the other team" Go to sleep or at least keep the light off I'll see it shining through the cracks You may be missing some things But if you leave it open Some of them might come back
I'm a mountain The Ring
You thank me all the time But now it's my turn Cause truly a word of gratitude so due Can't go unheard And it made me feel better To have you there in my corner My eyes cast so low My face could not have been Drawn longer I know you've been impressed You've seen me at my best But oh, how it hurts When I can't hide my worst Well thank-you for carrying on For playing with me and this song It made me feel better We sat it out like some passing bad weather My mind was like kid's boxing gloves The kind blown up with air That are put away after play And get limp just lying there But you knew they'd fill up again And you gave me your shoulder And I got up in the ring Because I had you there In my corner And I got up in the ring Because I had you there In my corner I am Aglow
I am aglow with thoughts of you Are the stories that you told me true? It doesn't matter if they are They are to me I am aglow Some might say these thoughts are wrong That you might see yourself in this song I hope that you don't mind if you do I am aglow with thoughts of you Does it matter that what I remember might be Just my own imagination painting scenes more pretty Is it obvious? Does it show? With thoughts of you I am aglow Some might say I'm thinking in sin So I'll just sit back and take you in You're a map of a place; maybe someday I'll go With thoughts of you I am aglow Does it matter that what I remember is not true Does it matter that all I can think of is you Does it matter that what I remember might be Just my own imagination painting scenes more pretty Is it obvious? Does it show? With thoughts of you I am aglow. Oleander
Oleander, Oleander Will you bloom again this spring? I adored you Then I ignored you And now to me you're everything And those white blossoms that you gave freely Are now just twinkles in your eye Oh behold her Oleander grows on the inside She will forgive me For I bring water A sunny window to sit by Oleander, I understand her She's just waiting for the time To say it's all right Another season has brought us another chance We're together in this hot weather to dance Oleander, I think you're better I think you made it through another winter. Nothing has ended It's all been mended It's the way that it should be You're coming back You're coming back It was so lonely here just me This time no promises of what's to come We'll just live it for the day Oleander I see you stand there and I know you'll be ok Oleander I think you're better I think you made it through another winter I'm a Mountain Well now how did they get that lady on TV Laughing so naturally For a Wal-Mart ad Is it not as bad as I thought? There's a woman sending poisonous mail And they caught her now she's sitting in jail While the weather station forecasts hail From the tropics Oh I spent the day in a shopping mall Through the biggest storm of the century I'm a mountain I'm a mountain like you said to be The sports man and his double chin Don't listen to me in this state I'm in Saying things about people that I don't know Well it's just that way when you get hurt And the things you need you're made to work You must decide if you will die or grow Oh I spent the day in a shopping mall Through the biggest storm of the century I'm a mountain I'm a mountain Like you said to be
Goin' Out When the days close on the memories that you've acquired And your body cannot hold your soul inspired You are here and not alone Everybody has come home There's a bed made up upstairs If you get tired All the heaviness around you will get light And your worry lifted up into the night Left with nothing but pure love Left with all you are made of Can I stay around awhile Is that all right? Oh lives don't end Goin' out to be brought back again Our lives don't end Will he be waiting for me
(lyrics by Dolly Parton) I can still see that lonesome road stretched out before me The road that led me out of his life I can still feel the tears he cried on my shoulder The day that I told him goodbye I never should've left him Never should've gone Oh what a crazy fool I've been Will he be waiting for me? He will be, won't he? And will he take me back again? He will be waiting for me He will be won't he? Or will I find his love for me has faded and has died He will be waiting for me He will be won't he? Or will I find that this time I'll be the one to cry? Shadows from the trees Shade the path that I am walking As I make my way up that winding road again The smell of Mountain Laurel fills the air with sweet perfume My heart beats faster as I reach my journey's end I wonder if he missed me Wonder if he wants me O wonder does he love me still Will he be waiting for me? He will be won't he? Oh how I hope he will He will be waiting for me He will be won't he? Or will I find his love for me has faded and had died He will be waiting for me He will be won't he? Or will I find that this time I'll be the one to cry? Escarpment Blues If they blow a hole in my backyard Everyone is gonna run away The creeks won't flow to the Great Lake below Will the water in the wells still be ok? We'll need to build some new apartments And I know we're gonna have to fix the roads But if we blow a hole in the escarpment The wild ones won't have anywhere to go If they blow a hole in the backbone The one that runs cross the muscles of the land We might get a load of stone for the road But I don't know how much longer we can stand We'll keep driving on the Blind Line If we don't know where we want to go Even knowledge that's sound can get watered down Truth can get sucked out the car window We're two-thirds water What do we really need? But sun, showers, soil and seed We're two-thirds water The aquifers provide Deep down in the rock There's a pearl inside If they blow a hole in the backbone The one that runs across the muscles of the land We might get a load of stone for the road But I don't know how much longer we can stand. The Phoenix It was a late-in-the-summer night Nearing the end of a bumpy ride Through the backstage parking lots of the country We went past the cars at the fray The cops on bikes The security gate Into the trees where the dark comes easy See the light of the Venus shining High over the mid-western plains Is it telling you you gotta go? That your heart's been burning way to slow I guess I'm the last to know again But I will rise up, I will Who was the Phoenix anyway? Just some bird that flew away And flies still It was a late-in-the-summer day The breeze had blown the clouds away The fluttering ones were covering the fields I've been walking by myself I've been thinking about you again Maybe one day I'll tell you how I feel See the light of the satellite tower The only thing that's blocking our view Is it telling you what's on my mind That I think about you all the time That I wish for it even thought I know not to. I will rise up, I will Who was that Phoenix anyway? Just some bird that flew away And flies still Flies still You know I will Salamandre
(lyrics by Kate Fenner)
Luther's got the blues
(lyrics by Luther Wright) I hate the city it brings me down I'm a country boy I'm new to town But I never really thought it was gonna be like that Spent all my money, I'm busted flat So I'm eating my dinners at the Sally Ann Met a fellow named Charlie there, a fellow named Stan And they laugh at my clothes and the way that I talk Eight a.m. comes and I hit the streets and walk And the bus stops, the doughnut shops It's raining out today like it's never gonna stop And I got the blues I got nothing left to lose There's a hole in my shoe and my foot's getting wet And Nick at the arcade made me a bet That by Saturday noon when my money's all gone I'll be heading out of town like another sad, hard luck song And all the faces on the streets got a look of fear I can't go home but I hate it here Oh why'd I ever go and leave the farm anyway? Thought the city my help me take my blues away But the cars go by Tonight I'll stay dry Sleeping underneath an awning and trying not to cry I got the blues I got nothing left to lose My pappy used to have a little problem drinking scotch He did a lot of stupid things We used to hate to watch But he's cleaned up his act as a matter of fact Although there's something there we lost We're never going back And I got the blues I got nothing left to lose And the concrete beneath my feet Has got inside my soul and it's sucking out the heat. How deep in the valley How deep in the valley must you go To find what your footsteps already know The way on is the way out There are signs to follow There is deep in the valley And I'm bound to go How deep in the valley must you stay To know why your footsteps led you that way The way on may be truly to stand in one place And let the deep of the valley Fill you will grace And treat yourself lightly Treat yourself kind You've got nothing to worry on You will be fine You will leave this place laughing And somebody will cry There is deep in the valley Wonder not why Wonder not why go Wonder not to stay If it takes me and I follow Or if I lead the way It can come when it wants to But it might have to wait There is deep in the valley I don't hesitate I don't take it too lightly But it don't weigh down too low There is high on the cliff top And there are deep creeks below There's a green shade you can't miss Where the spring water flows There is deep in the valley And I'm bound to go How deep in the valley must you go To find what your footsteps already know The way on is the way out There are signs to follow There is deep in the valley And I'm bound to go
Oh Little Fire
The Thief A new wind will blow Through everything Through everything I know I was looking into every car Hoping that someone might see and look back I knew I let it out too far, I watched it go I couldn't get it all back Slowed it down below a waltz Where there was hardly any sway or grace left It was so slow you could see my faults Every solitary step and misstep Down like a leaf in the long grass I lay for hours The thief made off but not with everything There was a glow still under the ashes The past was getting ready to let go If a new wind would blow Walking into every room In the aftermath the place felt haunted By all the things we didn't do And the memory of what we wanted Slowed it down below a waltz Where there was hardly any sway or grace left It was so slow you could see all my faults Every solitary step and misstep Down like a leaf in the long grass I lay for hours The thief made off but not with everything There was a glow still under the ashes The past was getting ready to let go If a new wind would blow A new wind A new wind would blow Through everything Through everything I know Through everything Through everything I know Through everything A new wind would blow Through everything Through everything I know Captive I wanna be held captive Forget the way I acted It's just I'm out of practice And distracted Hold me to this thing darling And bring a ladder we'll climb to the rafters As long as there's a view to look to Fence me in and keep me close to you I wandered for a long time I forgot my light You threw me a lifeline Pulled me out of the dark night Hold me to this thing darling And bring a ladder we'll climb to the rafters As long as there's a view to look to Fence me in and keep me close to you There will always be a lamp lit Look how far the light is casting In the soft and steady you can see it Glowing with a feeling This feeling I wanna be held captive Look at the way I acted I'm just so out of practice And distracted Hold me to this thing darling And bring a ladder we'll climb to the rafters As long as there's a view to look to Fence me in and keep me Hold me to this thing darling And bring a ladder we'll climb to the rafters As long as there's a view to look to Fence me in and keep me close Fence me in and keep me close to you New Loneliness There is just one apple on the tree It isn't like I hoped it'd be Yesterday when there was still you I looked and I swear that I saw two Maybe a wandering white-tailed deer Came in the night to make it even more clear And left me just one, a Spartan no less To remind me of my new loneliness There is just one oar leaning against the wall What of our plans for paddles in the Fall With the reeds grown high in a winding maze We were to follow old waterways Maybe a hovering dragonfly Will rest on a cattail and wonder why There is no clamouring at the shore Of two in a canoe with each an oar There is just one pillow on the bed Where a solitary someone lays her head And a stack of books meant to be read aloud Closed and dusty, awaiting a crowd Maybe a spider in a high corner Keeps his tiny eye on the still mourner And waits for the other to slip under the cover And relight the dark candle lit between lovers And replay the melody made by two lovers One Match If I only had one match left Would I try to light a fire under you If I could only say one thing Would it be what I've been wanting to Every time I close the gate I wonder if this is enough If I only had one match left I would try to light it between us If we only spoke with our minds I would never look you in the eye ‘Cause I think I might've heard somethings You told me even if you didn't try All the thoughts that we've been pondering I think that they'd add up to be enough If we only spoke with our minds Our lips might find a way to say so much Oh little fire sleepy in the coals Open up the door see a flame unfold Stoke with words you say and the way you say them Little fire awaits for you to get close to him If you only want to stay safe And tucked under the covers of your bed I would tell you that I knew what it was like And of the dreams that I've been living in instead And those times I close my eyes and wonder What we could do with this love If I only had one match left If I only had one match left If I only had one match left I would try to light the fire between us Careless Woke up In my head I heard your voice saying something Deep in the fog that was covering me You said, “Why don't you call or at least call back sometime?” And I fell back to the past and the grace that I lacked Blind in the praise that was smothering me Now I've left it so long, coasting along I know I was wrong Maybe my carefree has been careless Maybe the story was half true All the words that I've held too close to my chest Are calling on me now to get through So I thought maybe I'd call and that would be all Clear out regrets that were hovering here But how could I get to a place that's so distant now Back then I knew right away and still I didn't say Under my breath I was muttering And from the start I gave just part of my heart And now I see what I did What I did Maybe my carefree has been careless Maybe the story was half true All the words that I've held too close to my chest Are calling on me now to, to get through Maybe my carefree has been careless Maybe the story was half true All the words that I've held too close to my chest Are calling on me now to get through To get through I'll be hollering out the words That I meant to use I'll be hollering out the words That I meant to use Maybe my carefree has been careless Maybe the story was half true All the words that I've held too close to my chest Are calling on me now to, to get through Maybe my carefree has been careless Maybe the story was half true All the words that I've held too close to my chest Are calling on me now to, to get through To get through, to get through, to get through
Washington I didn't go to Washington instead I swept the floor The only things I've ever done you can't see anymore I knew there would be magic but I turned at the last chance These idle hands are staying scared of making any plans ‘Cause the fire needed tending and the windows are so wide Sometimes I feel I'm in the world when I'm looking from inside I will pack down the snow, make a path to the road, and I'll think of the long ride I hope you don't need snow tires through the Pennsylvania night I didn't go, I said no, I said no when you asked The only things I'm feeling are the empty minutes pass The sun came up and moved around it's down behind a cloud I didn't go to Washington and you'll be almost there by now Late Bloomer Oh late bloomer the rumours were true You know I checked your ID when you left the room I didn't want to see it coming, I showed off my heart Now there's a scar in the shape of a question mark Oh late bloomer the rumours were true Scattered leaves are all that's left of you I never thought I'd be the marrying kind It was nothing to be always left behind From the ship that would sail with everyone on it I said ‘give me the land, I know what I want and where I'm wanted' But you came in whistling ‘I'll go if you'll go' And I was waiting around to play like an old piano And honey I couldn't see the trouble sleeping down deep Where these lights won't go I couldn't see the trouble underneath I set my sights on what was alright My will didn't know, where these lights won't go I couldn't see the trouble underneath Who knew it would be you through the wall Listening in to a voice on a call And hearing the strings and a shoot ‘em up show Little did I know then what little did I know Long before listening forever Was shot down before it was ever delivered And honey I couldn't see the trouble sleeping down deep Where these lights won't go I couldn't see the trouble underneath I set my sights on what was alright My will didn't know, where these lights won't go I couldn't see the trouble Oh late bloomer the rumours were true You know I checked your ID what was it I knew I didn't want to see it coming, I showed off my heart Now there's a scar in the shape of a question mark Oh late bloomer the rumours were true And scattered leaves are all that's left of you And honey I couldn't see the trouble sleeping down deep Where these lights won't go I couldn't see the trouble underneath I set my sights on what was alright My will didn't know, where these lights won't go I couldn't see the trouble I couldn't see the trouble Oh late bloomer the rumours were true The City The city was too late for us I got there and you wanted to get away The city was too grey for us We slept through the blue skies under clouds of the duvet And the streets were all to straight for us A parade of nobility seen from above But the city is to blame for us and what was our love The city makes you make a fuss It's places to meet up under the light The city's got its stake in us It's keeping receipts of our hello's and our hi's And everything is made of dust From the backs of the comets to the little street mice The city takes so long to get quiet and lust wasn't sleeping that night Before we knew it we knew it was right Before we blew it I didn't know that we might And now it's somebody's story and I'm not sorry that it's mine Before we knew it we were out of time The city says ‘oh if I could' But the rain-soaked battered view makes you not sure Am I walking in your neighbourhood? I was just driving by the rained-out streets where we once were And even though it's way too late Time seems to have stopped still where we stood You ran back in and you're somewhere in the city You're somewhere in the city and I hope you're good Silverado (Trevor Henderson) Hey what about me When can I tumble like old Neil, ass over heels When can I float above the road to see how that feels Who made these promises to raise the hopes of dopes like us We should know by now but when it comes to dreams we're suckers still When it comes to dreams we're suckers still Hey what about me When can I skip across the dust of my own moon When can I wave goodbye to a planet laying in ruin When they're handing out the start command I'll be an old confused earth bound man The price was right but it came too late This engine's fuelled on sour grapes My engine's fuelled on sour grapes Hey what about me When can I tumble like old Neil, ass over heels When can I float above the road to see how that feels Who made these promises to raise the hopes of dopes like us We should know by now but when it comes to dreams we're suckers still When it comes to dreams we're suckers still The Marble In Your Eye You said ‘everything sounds right' I say ‘everything is beautiful I'll get to see you tonight And wake up to your smile' You said ‘everything sounds right' And it made me more in love with you And I think that we just might Watch this grow awhile And in your deepest sighs That say ‘words cannot do justice to the way I feel inside' A golden light is coming through The marble in your eye In the morning sun will rise The first light hits a disco ball And we'll try to tell the time By the scattered patterns on the wall And I've never been so scared I never cared that it could get away Are we gonna do this baby Say ‘everything sounds right' again ok? In your deepest sighs That say ‘words cannot do justice to the way I feel inside' A golden light is coming through The marble in your eye Let it make its way around the room And we'll try to tell the time It Will Sail I think it'll float I think it'll sail We may take on waves Hit a gale But considering this love Most everything Says I think it'll fly And I think it'll sing There's a cat on the bed And a leak in the roof And I'm pretty sure now That we don't need more proof We'll patch it with credit And we'll pay it on time Take the helm from me sailor Take us out of here tonight Never, never, never Give up on it You never know Wherever you are You‘ll always be Surrounded by love
Are you gone
Can we get the ocean to freeze over Sandy banks of snow across the road Keep the full moon high over your shoulder But keep the puck low We don’t want to go looking for it In the headlight’s glow We played til frozen Until the battery ran low Until the call of home came calling, calling Across the air on the wires of wood smoke Oh I miss you tonight in St Peter’s Bay And I’ll miss you in the morning Still we had a good skate, didn’t we babe I couldn’t get the fire Of my faith in us Warm enough to comfort your cold feet Every little crack in the ice Seemed to be enough To make you think you might go under So stay to the shore Wonder some more Reconsider every direction The ice out here’s black Only thing looking back Is my own reflection Oh I miss you tonight in St Peter’s Bay And I’ll miss you in the morning Still we had a good skate, didn’t we babe Tides will shift And ice will lift And creeks will run again with their thundering And no more I’ll be an island An island adrift In an ocean of endless wondering Oh I miss you tonight in St Peter’s Bay And I’ll miss you in the morning Still we had a good skate, didn’t we babe Oh I miss you tonight in St Peter’s Bay And I’ll miss you in the morning Still we had a good skate, didn’t we babe New Low I wanna ride this feeling into the night I wanna see how far Nights are fleeting, you know they are I wanna see if we can take this From flame to fire Heat is fleeting but hearts are beating hard Out in the streets three times this week New threats, new lows If this gets us to our feet and grows Who knows Hey did you stand on side lines I didn't show up How did you sleep so long How many hours 'til doubt moves on And while we wait in our house slippers And read about the war Boiling over Coming under the door Out in the streets three times this week New threats, new lows If this gets us to our feet and grows Who knows New lows, will rise Look, look, look, look Look, look, look at your feet It's a grey area Somewhere in the fine print buried deep It's a grey area Where all the excuses come to meet It's a grey area School's betting on fossil fuel Black and white Out in the streets three times this week New threats, new lows If this gets us to our feet and grows Who knows Just Get Here If I was a crow I'd fly the roads that wind between these places Over back lanes and weathered veins Where creeks have left their traces Fruit trees planted long ago Still bloom every other season Fence won't keep the rabbits out Gate's always open for some damn reason Follow and trace the coastline's lace To a place that's worn and storied At the end of their chain the Great Lakes drain Into the old St Lawrence Oh we've held party or two Slept a million dreamers Who woke to find the coffee on Though the smoke is gone the poetry lingers If you're too tucked away and you can't see the sun If you've something to say but you ain't got no one Whatever you do if you have to use your thumb Just get here, just come If you come out at night you'll see the light And where to make the turn off But do call ahead we might be in bed Or writing with our clothes off Writing under wallpaper Writing on the womb Though poets die a lullaby Still whispers faintly in the room If you're too tucked away and you can't see the sun If you've something to say but you ain't got no one What ever you do if you have to use your thumb Just get here, just come If your too tucked away and you can't see the sun If you've something to say but you ain't got no one If your hands are getting cold And you don't know what you've become If I was a crow I'd fly the roads That wind between these places Where poems were read and hungers fed And hearts were warm and gracious Did we keep a guestbook somewhere Or are the records fading We'll make a vow to start one now There is still time but it's not waiting Take Me Out When it first started the light dimmed in the sky I saw the look on your face You will have doubts And they will all leak out You started blaming Aiming things At anyone in the place Words you said I might need help to forget Take me out in a roaring wind We'll get lost We'll throw away the old day I'm in a dream and I'm searching for something that I might habe been before I lost my might Animated light Take me out in a roaring wind We'll get lost We'll throw away the old day So it's this again This is when you say I thought of quitting it Been thinking it all day On the sea the lights They will follow you Like the lies you told 'Cause you had to Take me out in a roaring wind We'll get lost We'll throw away the old day Take me out I mean it, I mean it when I said Let's get lost We'll throw away the old day Squeaking Voices I'll be on the side of anyone who hides their pain Standing by the trees waiting on an easier thing Out of the corner of my eye I'm waiting for bats to fly Out of the corner of my ear I hear squeaking voices I'll be on the side of anyone who makes a stand Even if they don't know I'm on their side I am Out of the corner of your mind Fallen far behind Out of the corner of your ear You'll hear squeaking voices I'll be on the side of anyone who tries again And then when they know there is no more go again Out of the corner of this night A whistling train going by Out of the corner of your ear You know what you'll hear What I was To You Are you gone Good for you to go I hardly know what that took So long I’ll be walking with you if you happen to look If you look Back then You got me on the door I was too young to get in Old friend We'll get you to it now The show is out of this world And it's about to begin I was hoping that we'd get more We were holding something we'd lose Except how it felt to know How much you were loved And what I was to you I always knew First week of school You came to take me out We had some drinks on the town You said "If they tell you this is the best time in your life Don't let it get you down" I know what you've been around I was hoping that we'd get more We were holding something we'd lose Except how it felt to know How much you were loved And what I was to you What I was Rolling over waves of song and dance Ride between the wedges and the amps Tune after tune And hot afternoons Under perfect summer moons Tune after tune I was hoping that we'd get more We were holding something we'd lose Except how it felt to know How much you were loved And what I was to you What I was What I was to you I always knew What I was to you Rolling over waves of song and dance Ride between the wedges and the amps Tune after tune The Lookout Wake up every day I wonder what you're thinkin' about the weather Later in the night I wonder if it's ever gonna clear If it's raining here I hope that you're not doing any better I heard it on the wind from some place that I've been and won't go back to It rattled the lock on an old thought that I was attached to I heard it in the way, I could hear you saying you might show up And stand in some back row keeping your head low There's nowhere I should go with you now Knowing what I know (Lookout) It was something to see and something to be warned about (Lookout) Over his shoulder the sign said "Lookout" (Lookout) And I climbed blind for the view Just wanting to be out on the edge with you I heard it on the wind from some place that I've been and won't go back to It rattled the lock on an old thought, on an old thought that I was attached to (Lookout) It was something to see and something to be warned about (Lookout) Over his shoulder the sign said "Lookout" (Lookout) And I climbed blind for the view Just wanting to be out on the edge with you The beauty of the place was blocked by the way I held you too close The beauty of the place was blocked by the way I held you too close The beauty of the place was blocked by the way I held you too close The beauty of the place was blocked by the way I held you too close And you looked alright in that old light You looked alright in that old light You looked alright in that old light You looked alright Wildlife Night is lonesome with company And there's a whirlwind kicking around coming after me Did I become this way slowly row by row Or was I always this way but didn't know My upper canines grew like this one week Wild hair grew thicker on my brow and on my cheek I've got special needs not filled by day I'm scaring all the wildlife away I am not here at the bar Because I want to be I sweep up the mess and lock up the door Of these memories Lately I've not been myself I could go out and seek help It'd just do more harm than good that way I'm scaring all the wildlife away Mine's an adventure just like a child's Rode out the wind til Martini Henry drove me wild The stars stared back at me again today I'm scaring all the wildlife away I did not force my way Into this unlocked car Wholeheartedly If it was my own I'd take you out To look at the stars If they weren't after me Heaven be silent Heaven it takes too long to get back And I know that I'd miss my ride Cowbirds He didn't want you to see him there Standing in the middle of the road Flags were up on mailboxes But he didn't know where to go She didn't want you to see her like that Anything at all she could explain Some would say she was a con all the way And you were her latest campaign Who knew How low they flew Cowbirds in the neighbourhood Start with a loan They'll take your home eventually He knows he shouldn't but he kinda misses them I almost said "You heard of Stockholm Syndrome?" But it's a bit too soon for that He didn't want to get pushed around But he couldn't seem to find the words to say it Thought he was doing a favour when the chips were down And they would be good to repay it We didn't want to get too involved Booze was in the air when he'd come over He would knock on the door with some nothing to ask He was just needing a shoulder Who knew How low they flew Cowbirds in the neighbourhood Start with a loan They'll take your home eventually He knows he shouldn't but he kinda misses them I almost said "You heard of Stockholm Syndrome?" But it's a bit too soon for that Now they're in another city And they're down another road You think this place looks sleepy But it's wilder than you know They'll be out looking for a new home You should know They'll be out looking for a new home You should know Now you know Now you know Now you know Little frogs One, two, three Pink fingerlings and Yukon Golds dug up and drying on the floor Little frogs on the front lawn I didn't kill in the mower Phoebe back to build again above the basement door Dry owl wings and other things I'm wildly grateful for September sun and weekday fun and being up when cars aren't cruising Morning mist that slowly lifts and the daylight that we're losing 'Cause there's more time with the stars that way I'll hang on conversations Between the Queen of Ethiopia and some of her relations All that I love Rain at night Shadows that fall in the backyard moonlight Whatever it was we heard in the woods That we may never see Who doesn't love a mystery Unexpected lunch dates with my sweetheart in the townships Hardly even noticing these depressing surroundings 'Cause there's more time with his eyes that way I'm lost in their affections The warmest brown is eiderdown It's sacred ground to rest in All that I love Rain at night Shadows that fall in the backyard moonlight Whatever it was we heard in the woods That we may never see Who doesn't love a mystery Pink fingerlings and Yukon Golds dug up and drying on the floor Little frogs on the front lawn I didn't kill in the mower Phoebe back to build again above the basement door Dry owl wings and other things I'm wildly grateful for Shoemaker What did it take to take all of your things At least what you could carry Full of promise and grim thoughts that you could crown in the water Just the special things Your wool, a ring, a book you bring for guidance In a box that someone will watch as you push past the safety Of home islands A lonely sky A shoemaker's eye Had never seen a horizon So wide In the closet there's pioneer pages Passed along, I'm him and I'm her Who thinks of them now, their far asay gazes Just a face sent to the future I was late to see it coming It's been hard to watch it go And I miss that way of knowing I'll never know So long this time It's the end of a line It's the end of a line that we're coming to So long this time It's the end of a line It's the end of a line that we're coming to So long this time It's the end of a line It's the end of a line that we're coming to So long this time It's the end of a line It's the end of a line that we come to That we come to We're coming to See Her Wave (For Jacqui) See her sailing Hold the rigging She is stronger than you're thinking Smiles as wide as waves that break See her wave, she's on her way Her galley holds a treat or two Labrador Caribou "Happy, happy, happy dead That's the kind you want" she said I'll see you high in the hills I can imagine you there But I knew you most at the shore At a bar or a show In Bonne Bay on a roll "All the hours you spend on him His every doubt, his every whim React, react, react and then no time for yourself" She said I'll see you high in the hills I can imagine you there I knew you most at the shore At a bar or a show In Bonne Bay on a roll See her sailing, hold the rigging Looking out at water gleaming Eyes as wide as waves that break See her wave, she's on her way