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B i o g r a p h y Centered
around the husband-and-wife songwriting team of Don Peris (vocals, guitar) and
Karen Peris (vocals, guitar, piano), Lancaster, Pennsylvania natives the
Innocence Mission crafted a tasteful, politically correct brand of collegiate
folk-pop similar to Sarah McLachlan or 10,000 Maniacs (in fact, the Perises
appeared on Natalie Merchant's 1998 album Ophelia). With a rhythm section
composed of bassist Mike Bitts and drummer Steve Brown, the Innocence Mission
released their eponymous debut album in 1989; Umbrella followed in 1991. Thanks
to the advent of the adult alternative radio format, the Innocence Mission were
able to break out to a wider audience with the release of their third album,
1995's Glow; material from the album appeared on the soundtrack of the film
Empire Records and on the television show Party of Five. |
Paper Dolls
I am lining up my heroes
Like big paper dolls
And I find they need a wall behind them
To lean on
No, they won't stand up
By themselves at all
Oh I guess it's time to grow up now
Black sheep wall
This is how I love you
I wish for a shade I can pull
I feel so afraid of watching you grow up
This love hurts too much
And I try to build a wall
So I don't have to see you fall
And I pray
Go away from my thoughts
Why do you keep coming back
Why do you keep coming back
Why do you keep coming back
Over black sheep wall
Oh, I'd love to hold you close
But I play it cool
And keep my thoughts in a jar
Marked "dangerous"
And everyone says
"Never fear all the boys his age experiment with their lives"
But all my eyes want to close you out
I'll close you out
Why do you keep coming back
Why do you keep coming back
Why do you keep coming back
Over black sheep wall
Why do you keep coming back
Why do you keep coming back
Why do you keep coming back
Over black sheep wall
Brother black sheep, love is strong
There's a shepherd out in every storm
And he's not afraid of a little rain
Why am I
Why do I keep building up
Why do I keep building up
Why do I keep building up
This black sheep wall
Oh, I love you so
Do you really know
How much, how deep
Black sheep
This is how I love you
This is how I love you
This is how I love you
This is how I love you
With closed eyes
This is how I love you
With turned back
This is how I love you
With distance
I love you, yes I love you...
Surreal
Don't fire your gun at the pressure, it's only surreal
Don't heed the crowd noise and laughter, they're only surreal
This is a test for discovering who really loves you
The answers will come soon enough
You hold my heart and your fingers are shaking, don't drop it
Fumbling in darkness, the darkness is only surreal
I know that there is a light in here somewhere
Do you see it, you'll have to turn it on
Can you see it now, can you see it
Can you see it now
It's only surreal, it's only surreal
I know that there is a light in here somewhere
Do you see it
You'll have to turn it on
You'll have to turn it on
Oh, oh you'll have to turn it on
Can you turn it on
Curious
We're curious about the one he loves
We're getting carried away with our guesses
What is she like, we want to know
She'll be the bride of our dear brother
She's very nice
She's very nice
She's very nice
That's all he said
We're curious, curious
We're curious about the whole affair
She comes from London
WWe think that is so romantic
Maybe she is distantly related to Di
He met her at college
She'll graduate with honors
Maybe our brother fell in love with her mind
She's very bright
She's very bright
She's very bright
That's what he said
That's news to us, news to us
We're curious about the whole affair
I know our brother
I know what he wants
He wants to make an entrance in grand style
And I know our brother
He's trying to tease us
He knows the wheels are turning in our minds
We're curious, curious
We're curious about the whole affair
So curious, curious
So curious
It's so unfair
Clear To You
I thought that it was just a fluke
When I heard that London Bridge was falling
Now I fall from dizzy heights and expectations
Why do I hit the ground so hard
When it's, when it's clear to you
I'll be near to you, I will be around
When it's, when it's clear to you
I'll be near to you, I won't let you down
I look for the good in everything
It hurts when I cannot find it
I don't want to wear a suit of armor
Do I have to come out fighting on
When it's, when it's clear to you
I'll be near to you, I will be around
When it's, when it's clear to you
I'll be near to you, I won't let you down
I was wishing you would not be let down
You would not be disappointed at all
Now you say, when it's, when it's clear to you
I will be near to you, I will be around
When it's, when it's clear to you
I'll be near to you, I won't let you down
I won't, I won't let you down
I won't, I won't let you down
And it's going to be hard times
Till like seems like you want to ride
I won't let you down
I won't let you down
Let you down
Mercy
There is my kite caught around a signpost
The sign says: "you are almost there"
So I was right, there is a Heaven
Very near, very near
There are no fires of hell
There is only mercy
There are no fires of hell
There is only mercy
Some days my kite goes where I cannot see
And I feel happy for its freedom
When it's tangled in trees and wires
I know it's my own fault, all my own fault
There are no fires of hell
There is only mercy
There are no fires of hell
There is only mercy
One day my kite will escape forever
And I will jump to catch the trailing string
Wishes and wants will fall from my pocket
As I wave, full of peace
There are no fires
There is only mercy
There are no fires of hell
There is only mercy
There are no fires
There are no fires
There is only mercy
There is only mercy
Mercy, mercy
There are no fires
There is only mercy
Broken circle
What can we do as a family
What plan can we devise
That accommodates everyone's schedule
And still survives
At the alter of progress
The family is sacrificed
Is wishing there was another way
To pay the price
Ashes, ashes
We all fall down
No one wants a broken circle
Get up off of the ground
Family, family
Center of our lives
Broken circle, heal thyself
Hands together, bind
There is a painting on our wall
I've loved it all these years
Without knowing the reason
And now it's clear
A happy company of people
Going out to a ball
Mother, brother, father
Sisters, all
Ashes, ashes
We all fall down
No one wants a broken circle
Can you get up off of the ground
Family, family
Center of our lives
Broken circle, heal thyself
Hands together, bind...
I remember me
Oh, the world is hard to understand
It's better to forget now
Why was I left all alone
To fight the darkness that surrounds me
Clouds in the upstairs
Clouds in the memory
I'm a headline
Non-existent person
I'm a shell with no name
I am no one
Family doesn't want me
No one comes to claim me
Claim me
With scars on my forehead
Scars on my memory
I've got scars on my poor hands
Scars all over me
I know, I know, I know who I am
I know, I think I should know
I think I should know who I am
I remember me
I remember me
I remember me
Because I am a daughter of a soldier
You won't see me crying
"Malenkaya" that's what papa called me
So I always will be, will be
With clouds in the upstairs
Clouds in the memory
I've got clouds in the upstairs
Clouds in the memory
I've got clouds in the upstairs
But I still remember
I remember me
I remember me
I remember me
In the back of my head
In the middle of the night
You chase the light
You get out of my head now, honey
You got out of my head
You and your colors
You and your painting
I can forget you
Probably
You stay out of my way now, honey
You just stay out of my way
This is my grace coast
This is my homeland
You're always coming and going
But i always come back
I am drawn to this place
As I'm drawn to you
As I'm drawn to you
As I'm drawn to light
A moth to the light
To the light
Let's talk about your freedom
Talk about my lack of it
Let's talk about my feelings
Talk about your lack of them
You preach such beauty
You miss the point
You go down with your friends every day
You go down to the sea
Light on the water
For the light on the water
I work the whole day
You chase the light
Look out there!
Can't you see what I see
Go paint the ladies on the beach
They mean nothing to me
They are part of the scenery
I don't know why you go this way
With crinolines and parasols
To shade their beautiful faces
From the sunlight that you love so well
I love you more, I love you more
Isn't that funny
No, I don't think that's funny
I think it's funny
So, you get out of my head now, won't you
Just stay out of my head
Move down the coastline
Move to a new town
And don't say you love me
What does that mean
I don't want to keep you bottled in my glass
You are a free moth
Go chase the light
And leave me something
Notebook
I showed him my notebook
The underside of my soul
Released in scribbles on pages
He smiled and held my hand
I knew that he would see
For he dreams of touching beauty, too
There has to be more than the work day
He's painting houses
He's painting houses for a while
I'm home to his canvas
Coming to life
I write in my notebook
With feeling that takes me by surprise
And thoughts that I don't know I have
They're hidden by useless facts
That I've compiled at the office where I work
Where there is no time for feeling anything
You see I just work there
To finance the real life that begins
With scribbles on pages
And thoughts of how and when
Museums on Sundays
Whenever we, can we both go
And stay there for hours
Feeding our spirit
And beauty is still free
And beauty is not exclusive
And beauty is ours to touch and to know
To touch and to know
Don't you think there's more
I really have to know
Don't you think there's more to life
Don't you think there's more
I really have to know
Don't you think there's more to life
Don't you think there's more to life
Don't you think there's more to life
Don't you think there's more to life
And don't you think there's more to life
Come
around and see me
Here I am, a sort of prisoner
My body is the cell
And, perhaps you are the cell key
I have all day long to sit here
And all day is a long time
But my legs don't want to move me now
Please, all I ask is that you come around
Please, all I ask is that you come around
Please, all I ask is that you come around and see me
The game shows in the mornings
Do their best to entertain
And the news does its best to worry me
I don't know why I watch it
But I like the way the TV fills the room with human voice
And sometimes it is amusing, sometimes
Please, all I ask is that you come around
Please, all I ask is that you come around
Please, all I ask is that you come around and see me, see me
Please, all I ask is that you come around
Please, all I ask is that you come around and see me
Why don't you come around
Why don't you come around
In the middle of the afternoon
I'm sure it's much too quiet
Then again, maybe there is noise
And I just can't hear it
Please, all I ask is that you come around
Please, all I ask is that you
Please, all I ask is that you come around and see me, see me
Please, just half an hour inside the twenty-four
Please, just one half an hour
Please, all I ask is that you come around
Why don't you come around and see me
Come around and see me
Do you think that I won't know you
Well, I'm not senile yet
You talk about putting people in small boxes
You know how that is
Do you, do you, do you
Do you, do you, do you
Do you, do you, do you
Oh, when you are my age
You're in my place
You'll understand, understand, understand
I know you will
Wonder Of Birds
We keep our hands above the water
We know that someday we will fly away
With all the wonder of birds
With all the wonder of birds
We keep our voices as guarded secrets
Wait for awhile and we will surely sing
With all the wonder of birds
With all the wonder of birds
Wonder of
Wonder of birds
Wonder of
Wonder of birds
We make a sky where we may be
We build a home with windows to fly through
Windows to fly through
We learn to dance with broomstick partners
Grace will be ours when we will grow our wings
With all the wonders of birds
With all the wonders of birds
Wonder of
Wonder of birds
Wonder of
Wonder of birds...
Medjugorje
So I took a plane to Medjugorje
To be with you
Mother Mary, Mother
Filling up this place with hope of peace
Are you, are you here
you're everywhere
Everywhere
Everywhere
Everywhere
And hiding away
I prize the cloudy, tearing sky
For the thoughts that flap and fly
For staying in and reading by
For sitting under
I read a book of Madeline
And her friends in two straight lines
In Paris, in a house with vines
Over its old face
Far, far is Paris
And the sky is dark with mystery
Try, catch the thoughts that flap and fly
In the cloudy, tearing sky
That touch and stir and won't be tied
And try to speak them
I think of my old flower sky
Of us, when we thought we were spies
Of bobbing eggs in Easter dyes
Of walks in London
Try, try to hold my love for you
It knows no measure
This is a day for hearing bagpipes
Somewhere playing
This is a day for hearing sarabands
And hiding away, hiding away
Hiding away, hiding away
Sky, I hold my tears if you do
Starling thoughts, go over me
Sorry and Glad Together
This flurry of plans is over, over
And I'm sorry and glad together
Our bustling house is sane now, sane now
And I'm sorry and glad together
Didn't it go by so quickly, Mary
I am missing our sewing in secret
Making up his holiday
It's finally come round
It's been a long time, a long time
And I'm sorry and glad together now
Now we watch out of doors for May
And the travels of summer ahead with
What will we bring
Thoughts of trains, thoughts of sea
Will they come
And what will we say
How possible everything is in this wondering
Endless wait and how sure is joy and safe
In May I will say, "I am sorry and glad together now"
Umbrella
I am going out now, darling
Pass me my umbrella, darling
I wear it like a crutch to the ground
Like a shade and nothing comes down on me
I walk along beside the drivers
However do they drive so bravely
When I still hear the bang
Sudden bang in my head
And the scar runs on my face
And on my hands, they held the wheel
And on my mind it was distracted
And saved from scarring anybody else
I'm lodged between the could haves, could haves
I want you to be proud of me, proud of me, proud
And how can you be
When I wear my umbrella like this
When I dwell on myself like this
When I need to be reassured like this
You dance around with my umbrella
You dance around the obvious weaknesses
Around the room with my umbrella
You dance around the room with me
I see us in the mirror going by look at my happy face
See what you do for me
Every Hour
Here
We ride our bikes around the circle in the cemetery weaving
I wave up to you on the Cross
Am I to come upon you suddenly like this forever
Happy, relieved that you are here and I can see you
I can feel You, I can see, see you
You are like the ticket-half
I find inside the pocket of my old lead-raking coat
There all the time, all the while forgotten
I so often seem to leave you in churches and other islands
And on my beads where I can see you, I can feel you
I can see, see you
I take the ticket-half and put it on the table saying
This is God and He's here through my comings and my goings
But I walk past the ticket-half, I walk past the ticket-half
I walk past the ticket-half just as I've walked past the Cross on our wall
Our self-importance grows so dazzling we don't see you
But gentle Jesus, aren't you always
Aren't you every hour here
Evensong
The day is over and still so heavy on the mind
In flew glowing, smiling mother, butterfly in yellow
To join the frowning cactus crowd
Finding flowers even there to flutter round
I thought, isn't mother grand, the way she flies and flies
Into the sting of the cold and the prick of the barbed wire
Isn't mother grand to gladly fly and swiftly fly
Into the sting of the cold and the prick of the barbed wire
The day is over and still goes passing through the mind:
In came glowing, smiling mother, sure and kind
To rouse us, to give ourselves out and to cry
Birth to warm intentions, worthless otherwise
Oh, the lives that brush against us, pass us by and by
The friends who may or may not come if we would first invite
Oh, to open doors, to always gladly fly and fly
Into the sting of the cold and the prick of the barded wire
Now In This Hush
Oh, bless me, am I going silent now
Oh, have I overnight been emptied
If I could call these thoughts to come, to stand on this paper
I could read what I mean, may I, may I
Oh, bless me, now I seem to come apart, to sink
Inside this overwhelming, what can I do
What have I made of all of these new days
And forgive my despair
Where is color this hour, where is music this hour
Are they still going on somewhere
But where now, in this hush
Where are words in this hush and what am I
Oh, bless us for we give our hearts to fear
For so we give our minds to worry
If I could brush this sorrow dust from off of our faces
And see our joy again, may I, may I
Oh, let us make a joyful noise resound
Oh, let us make a noise and hear it
Beginning
The World
I was home by the winter
I was home from the school town, undecided
And questions came, like,
What did you say you're doing now
Well, I, I had hopes for my music
And I imagined their faces said
Well you can't do that, you silly thing
God, He gave me a brave heart
But God, He gave me a chicken head and I felt I'd failed
I am always beginning the world
Beginning the world
Aren't you bursting with butterflies
On the fourth of September
Like you'll have to get on the bus
In your tartan dress, with your lunch box
Though your body is twenty-nine
Though your mind is an old thing
I mean, don't you ever get sigh
I am always beginning the world
Beginning the world
I am always beginning the world
Beginning the world
Always the same underdog stance
Under the same happy sad sky
Eternally crying, am I still shy
I am always beginning the world
Beginning the world
I am always beginning the world
Beginning the world, beginning the world
Flags
I have seen your garden growing madly
There I find you, hands in the earth
I have heard you talking with your children
On your level, never talking down
And I don't know how you cannot see
Where your gifts may be found
You say you know no tricks, have no talents
Isn't everyone supposed to have their own
Yes, but few are obvious
Few draw notice to those who possess them
Like flags waving themselves
And you wonder how, how I can say
That your gifts do abound
I don't know how you cannot see
Where your gifts may be found
Do you understand when I say
That your gifts do abound
Someday Coming
My someday coming child
I name and I re-name you
I make up memories for you of melodies
And friends from books I want to give you
And horse and buggy sounds outside
But of the someday coming world
I don't know, I don't know
There is so much I would keep you from
If I, if I could
The heroes, selfish fools they only want their freedom
The hero makers' greed prevails
And we are all shock numb
And watch the shock increasing
And shame is something old, outgrown
And of the someday coming, world
I don't know, I don't know
There is so much I would keep you from
If I, if I could
Oh, maybe you won't see
My too self-conscious tumblings
My running from the phone, my fears
Because I can be very strong
Say I can, say I can
There is so much to believe in
There are angel words to teach you
There is hope, my daydream child
Joan
So, I see their easels at the water from the window
I know his is not as his is never with them
Seven years I've watched them sadly
Watching with them, understanding
Joan, my head hurts, my head hurts
Joan, I must close the curtain
They will come back in the evening
See the way the sky is changing
Can you see the colors
He would say to me
Well, of course, I see the colors
Sea is silver, red and white
And no, you don't look, you don't see
No, you don't look, you don't see
In the squares of sun
Slanted on the floor
Slanted over my feet, Joan
This is how he painted me
A halo round me like our lady
Bathed his brush in sun
And blurred my faults away
Joan, the sunlight the sunlight
Joan, I must close the curtain
Revolving Man
Ah, revolving man, don't you ever get ahead
All your days are spent in catching up the rent
Ah, revolve, revolve, don't you ever get a Sunday
To read the paper and jump into leaves or water
You're laughing
Of course I'm laughing, I'm happy
To revolve around my children
To revolve around my love
Ah, revolving man, don't you ever want to cry
All your nights are spent in catching up your breath
And the children need well, they're always needing something
Growing out of clothes they grow into yesterday
You young ones don't believe in nothing
But freedom from yourselves
Where are you getting ahead to
It's I who am sorry for you.
And God is in His heaven
All's right with the world
My waltzing days are over
My waltzing days are over
Thank you just the same
I wouldn't want to embarrass you
You are so kind
And I will remember this night
For years to come
I am no fool
I have no romantic notions in my head
At my age, I'm content to watch
So go on, go on
My waltzing days are over
Thank you just the same
I wouldn't want to embarrass you
But you are so kind
And I will remember this night
For years to come
Keeping awake
Hearing your voice in the blue light
Claming people in the house
Traveling upstairs
Good to be there
Now, right now
Oh, I'm near to sleeping, I'm keeping awake
Oh, I'm near to sleeping, I'm keeping awake
Hearing your voice in the house, in the house
Hearing your voice in the house
Under those trees we will all be
Sitting, blankets down
It's tomorrow, yes it is
Oh, I'm near to sleeping, I'm keeping awake
Oh, I'm near to sleeping, I'm keeping awake
Hearing your voice in the house, in the house
Hearing your voice in the house
Oh, I'm near to sleeping, I'm keeping awake
Oh, I'm near to sleeping, I'm keeping awake
My room is held in someone's arms
My bed is held in someone's arms
I am, I'm held now
In the house
In the heart of paper vines
And Junie runs into her room
Next to mine, dancing
And we are all in for the night
Talking is coming
Is coming up over the stairs
Bright as
yellow
And you live life with your arms reached out
Eye to eye when speaking
Enter rooms with great joy shouts
Happy to be meeting
And bright
Bright
Bright, bright as yellow
Warm as yellow
And I do now want to be a rose
I do not wish to be pale pink
But flower scarlet, flower gold
And have no thorns to distance me
And bright
Bright
Bright, bright as yellow
Warm as yellow
Even if I'm shining, even if I'm shining here inside
Even if I'm shouting do you see that I'm wanting
That I want to be so
So bright
Bright
Bright, bright as yellow
Warm as yellow…
Brave
You paint a tulip red with joy
You say the psalm, I will not fear
Somehow, knowing what you do know
Still you tremble out and in
You cry up in your room
Aunt Ruthie comes
You cannot still your limbs
Somehow, knowing what you do know
Still you tremble out and in.
You see how I go to pieces
That I'm laying on the ground
Like the sky is so heavy
When I could be brave
And I always go to pieces
And I have it in my mind
That the sky is tall and heavy
When I could be brave, brave
You go outside
You see the holy spirit
Burning in your trees
And walk on, glowing with the same glow
Still you tremble out and in
And the birds of all your yellow teacups sing
And you know this hymn
Somehow, knowing what you know
Still you tremble out and in
You see how I go to pieces
That I'm laying on the ground
Like the sky is so heavy
When I could be brave
Oh I know it, I know it, here is God beside
I meant it, I meant I'm sure of that
But the sky is tall and heavy
When I could be brave, brave
That was
another country
Rowing out into the air
Taking blankets to the bay
It's the same, and he was fine
And, in the first place, was around
That was another country, that was another country
I'm taking these dumb paper lanterns down
Yards, no, miles they strung along
And me with them
And how was I supposed to know about that
That was another country, that was another country
Are you alright, are you alright
You are my friend, are you alright
Rowing into the air
Driving home, home from the bay
And we sang, and he was fine
And what is more, he was around
That was another country, that was another country
But are you alright, are you alright
You are still my friend, you didn't go out of my life
Speak our
minds
I'm leaning down, I'm reaching to the lawn
It is shining, shining with the weather
Recent sorrows have not touched the sky
We walk to Mary's and speak our minds
We're trying not to say it isn't fair
We are crossing over to the tree side
Oh i am not feeling all that tired
We walk to Mary's, and speak our minds
This street light says we should go on
Through the tall buildings, to the sound
Oh my own true friend, my friend and I
We walk to Mary's and speak our minds
Home, paint the kitchen and speak our minds
Happy, the
end
In this story
We sit down on Lunda Bridge
And catch snow in our cupped hands
And music is coming from the houses
Or it sings inside me
I begin to mind
Oh happy, oh happy, the end
The end, the end
In this painting
The whole world is navy blue
I run home from the mailbox
In all the dim of five o'clock
To see you
Cars and trees go by me
You are in the yard
And in my arms again
Oh happy, oh happy, the end
The end , the end
Happy, oh happy
The end
Our Harry
We will squint into the sun
Waving madly at the camera
Harry standing in the front
And I will be sitting on his shoulders
When our Harry sails in the summer
When our Harry will sail away
Our Harry sails in the summer
Far from me
Across the sea
He said it is time now he does something
And sent his hope to join the Peace Corps
I can't think what I'll do when my time comes
I cannot see myself standing alone
When our Harry sails in the summer
When our Harry will sail away
Our Harry sails in the summer
Far from me
Across the sea
Go
Georgia, it grew in the night when you thought it was tired
And how can it always recover and come
And want to whirl you around with your eyes closed
No matter how you say, I won't go, go
Georgia, we follow along, it goes pretty far
You go ahead, I'm going to wait in the car
Instead of run with my feet when they won't go
Okay I will, but I don't know
Go, go
And you would think now hope would be tired, but it's alright
You would think now hope would be tired but it's alright
You would think tired, ragged and oil-brown
But it's alright
And I know it seems useless
I know how it always turns out
Georgia, since everything's possible we will still go, go
And you would think now hope would be tired but it's alright
It's alright
Everything's different now
Now we're in the yard
Aunt Mary's car is coming, coming
And all of our plans
Are giants in this light
Now that we're coming away
We are coming away, everything's changed
Everything's different now
Everything even the sun
You say suddenly you
Cannot see yourself out in the world
With your school suitcase
Tomorrow, well, you don't know
You don't know
Now that we're coming away
We are coming away, everything's changed
Everything's different now
Everything even the sun
Spinning
Harry, another day we will feel better about this
And we'll go through yellow yards, to the library lions
Closing our eyes, spinning in autumn
Harry, another day we will feel better about things.
And we'll dance through yellow yards, like a dress on the line
Closing our eyes, losing this
I know nothing about so many, too many things,
I see I have come to the wall, come to the ending of me again
I don't know, I, no
What are you saying, why don't you just
Isn't this, isn't this funny Harry, all of this
I know nothing about so many, too many things
I see I've come to the wall
I'm turning around now
I'm spinning around now
There
It's a long day, a long way into your arms,
A long, long, get up, get up, through a snowy yard
And I think you will see me coming under the sky
And I think you will see me coming and open your arms wide
To be there, be there
To be there
It's a long day, a long way into your arms
A long, long looking forward, through a straining eye
And I think you will see me coming under the sky
And I think you will see me coming, and open you arms
I try
To be there, be there
To be there
And all the clouds are weary whales swimming by to find you
And I'm sorry, sorry how, how slow my steps are slow as hours
To be there, be there
To be there where you are
To be there where you are
I hear
you say so
I think I hear you saying
In the green June, now
Singing in, ringing out
I hear you say so
I walk a pale blue mile to my house
In the evenings and I know
Singing in, ringing out
I hear you say so
Say about iron bridges
They rattle the rattle but never give way
And this boy who is leaving his home
Who is reaching out, says
Yes I'm sure about some things
When I will be driving away
I will not be along there, and I know
I hear you say so
I hear you say so
Where Does The Time Go
We will walk on a hill
Red hats and blue coats and everything still
Snow will cover until
We can't tell the sky from the ground
Where are the buildings the old wounds of mine
Did I ever once cry
Waiting for you to arrive
Where does the time go
Where does the time go
Where does the time go
Where does the time go
Friends have moved away
One tree has come down another one flowers and sways
Miri was lost for five days
From upstate at school one friend writes
Everything is changing while the day sky stays blue
Changing around him and me without you
Waiting for you to arrive
Where does the time go
Where does the time go
Where does the time go
Where does the time go
Balconies and flights
Of wooden stairs down to the water at low tide
I'll carry you and we will walk in the light
Waiting for you to arrive
Where does the time go
Where does the time go
Where does the time go
Where does the time go
Snow
If I go out in the morning snow
In my pajamas and my winter coat
And take from the house our darker thoughts
And take away the memory of loss
And if I drop them into the snow
Will we never find them anymore
To see him
To see him happy
To see him
To see him happy
In the same field where we have stood
To see your brother fly away in spring
In a light blue and silver plane
Now the snow has covered everything
I think we will be made clean like the snow
I think we will become new like the snow
To see him
To see him happy
To see him
To see him happy
Some winters are harder than others
We are going to take our cameras
And look through at black trees with empty arms
And sled tracks wandering as we are
To see him
To see him happy
To see him
To see him happy
Follow Me
( John Denver )
It's by far the hardest thing I've ever known
To be so in love with you and so alone
Follow me where I go what I do and who I know
Make it part of you to be a part of me
Follow me up and down all the way and all around
Take my hand and say you'll follow me
It's long been on my mind you know it's been a long long time
I'll try to find the way that I can make you understand
The way I feel about you and just how much I need you
To be there where I can talk to you when there's no-one else around
Follow me where I go what I do and who I know
Make it part of you to be a part of me
Follow me up and down all the way and all around
Take my hand and say you'll follow me
Follow me where I go what I do and who I know
Make it part of you to be a part of me
Follow me up and down all the way
Take my hand and I will follow you
The Lakes
Of Canada
Look for me another day
I feel that I could change
I feel that I could change
There's a sudden joy that's like
A fish, a moving light
I thought I saw it
Rowing on the lakes of Canada
Oh laughing man, what have you won
Don't tell me what cannot be done
My little mouth, my winter lungs
Don't tell me what can't be done
Walking in the circle of a flashlight
Someone starts to sing, to join in
Talk of loneliness in quiet voices
I am shy but you can reach me
Rowing on the lakes of Canada
Rowing on the lakes of Canada
Oh laughing man what have you won
Don't tell me what cannot be done
My little mouth, my winter lungs
Don't tell me what can't be done
Look for me another time
Give me another day
I feel that I could change
Rowing on the lakes of Canada
Rowing on the lakes of Canada
You Are
The Light
And I would like to cry in the car
The blue violet hills and the voice of Neil Young
I left the flowers outside your door
Your curtains were flying
Though you were not at home
And I can only say that I have hoped for you
Safety from fears and darkness
Are you feeling better than before
There's a hidden life for everyone
Sorrow remains though you can tell no one
The Host on your tongue is a perfect moon
It does shine inside you
You shine into the room
And I can only say that I have hoped for you
Safety from fears and darkness
Are you feeling better than before
Down in the hallways in wintertime
There is your great kindness
And you are the light
And I can only say that I have hoped for you
Safety from fears and darkness
Are you feeling better than before
And I can only say that I have hoped for you
Safety from fears and darkness
Are you feeling better than before
Birdless
Something will shine in the backyard
Blue lanterns, or Saint Gerard
Who was lost in the snow
Something will shine on the ground
My Father will bend His ear to the ground
When we are lost in Carlisle
When we are birdless
Flowerless in the spring
And we cannot sing
Oh Father John in the driveway
When we walk out he will bless us
With his hands on our heads
All down the sidewalk there are these
Chalk ballerinas the neighbours
Drew with arms to the sky
When we are lost in Carlisle
When we are birdless
Flowerless in the spring
And we cannot sing
Where are we going tomorrow
Where are we going
Oh I can only say we will be found
Something will shine in the backyard
Blue lanterns, or Saint Gerard
Who was lost in the snow
I Haven't
Seen This Day Before
If I could I would break into flower
If I could I'd no longer be barren
This day is filling up my room
Is coming through my door
Oh I have not seen this day before
Oh mourning dove we'll go up to my roof
Oh mourning dove we'll go into the sky
This day is filling up my room
Is coming through my door
Oh I have not seen this day before
And the cars are a stream running by me
Bend away to a place I don't know
This day is filling up my room
Is coming through my door
Oh I have not seen this day before
She May
Turn Around
This was the summer of your dad at the UN
And the voice of Brian Wilson
And the rain
Maybe she'll come back to you now
She could turn around on Friday
Maybe she'll realise it then
Shouldn't your friends know better now
Maybe they say these unkind things
Never dreaming they hurt you
And she may turn around
And see a clearer day
You would like to get away
To arrive in the Delta on a train
With one suitcase
And if you had a grandmother in Jackson
You would stay with her and rest beneath
The dogwood trees
And she may turn around
And see a clearer day
And see a clearer light
You won't you will not give in to despair
You start your car, it's everywhere
But in your heart
I Was In
The Air
Birds of every wing shall dwell within
Birds of every wing shall dwell within
Who raised high the lowest tree
Who raised high the lowest tree
Birds of every wing shall dwell within
This far will you come but no more
This far will you come but no more
Who holds back the raging sea
Who keeps trouble far from me
This far will you come but no more
I was in the air and you were there
I was in the air and you were there
Like my mother at the fair
Like my father at the fair
I was in the air and you were there
July
This barren July
We both wake up so dry
That no more tears can leave us
And all we've found
Are roads we can't go down
Eyes on a day we can't see
I hope it comes
I hope that water comes
And drenches us in our clothes
The world at night
Has seen the greatest light
Too much light to deny
You never know
You never really know
And you can't have people figured out
One friend came in
Out of nowhere with lit
Sparklers in both her hands for me
And saved the day
When I had run away
To envy and black feelings
And the world at night
Could see the greatest light
Too much light to deny
July, July
The man I love and I
Will lift our heads together
July, July
I've seen the greatest light
To much light to deny
Going
Away
Sixty miles or six hundred
The shadow of the pines
Or the sunny station wagon
We're looking at the map
And we're laughing and we're going
I hope some other time
I won't care so much about
Being understood as I do now
I will leave myself and go away
I would like to follow you away
Would you let me take care of you
I would like to sing you a song in the morning
Walk you to the car when you're going
Where you're going
And then some other time
I wouldn't care so much about
Being understood as I do now
I would leave myself and go away
I would like to follow you away
Walk you to the car when you're going
Where you're going
I wouldn't care so much about
Being understood as I do now
I would leave myself and go away
I would like to follow you away
Seeing you I know what is right
And what is true
Oh I see the way I want to be
Oh I see the way I want to be
Green
Grass Red Tree
Green grass, go on
Green grass, go on
There's nothing to keep you
Green grass, go on
Red tree, go on
Red tree, go on
You've waited a long time
You've waited a long time
You've waited a long time
You've waited a long time
Christ Is My Hope
It Is Well
With My Soul
When peace, like a river, attendeth my way
When sorrows, like sea billows roll
Whatever my lot, thou has taught me to say
It is well, it is well with my soul
It is well
It is well
With my soul
It is well
It is well
With my soul
O Lord of
light
O Lord of light, who made the stars
O Dawn by whom we see the way
O Christ redeemer of us all
Make haste to listen as we pray
In lowliness you came on earth
To rescue us from Satan's snares
O wondrous love that healed our wounds
By taking up our mortal cares
To God the Father and the Son
For ages of eternal days
Together with the spirit be
All glory, honor, might and praise
500 Miles
( Hedy West )
If you miss the train I'm on
You will know that I am gone
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles
A hundred miles, a hundred miles
A hundred miles, a hundred miles
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles
Lord I'm one, Lord I'm two
Lord I'm three, Lord I'm four
Lord I'm five hundred miles from my home
Five hundred miles, five hundred miles
Five hundred miles, five hundred miles
Lord I'm five hundred miles from my home
Not a shirt on my back
Not a penny to my name
Lord I can't go a-home this a-way
This a-away, this a-way
This a-way, this a-way
Lord I can't go a-home this a-way
If you miss the train I'm on
You will know that I am gone
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles
No Storms
Come
I have desired to go
Oh, I have asked to go
Where a few lilies blow
To fields where flies no sharp and sided hail
And springs not fail
And springs not fail
And I have asked to be
Oh, I have asked to be
Out of the swing of the sea
Where the green swell is in the heavens won
And no storms come
And no storms come
Christ Is
My Hope
You can say the word
Unworthy though I am
O bread of life
O bread of life
I will be healed and come
Hold me in your arms
Bridegroom of my soul
O bread of life
O bread of life
I will be healed and come
Christ, Christ is my hope
O Christ, Christ is my light
Christ, Christ is my hope
O Christ, Christ is my light
O my light
I have been afraid
but I'm on the way to this table
O bread of life
o bread of life
I will be healed and come
Christ, Christ is my hope
O Christ, Christ is my light
Morning
Star
Morning Star so radiant and holy
Shine on me in my great hour of need
Jesus Christ so beautiful and lovely
Shine over me
Morning Star so radiant and holy
Shine on me in my great hour of need
Jesus Christ so beautiful and lovely
Shine over me
O sacred
head, surrounded
( Traditional )
O sacred head, surrounded
By crown of piercing thorn
O bleeding head, so wounded
Reviled and put to scorn
Our sins have marred the glory
Of thy most holy face
Yet angel hosts adore thee
And tremble as they gaze
The Lord of every nation
Was hung upon a tree
His death was our salvation
Our sins, his agony
O Jesus, by thy passion
Thy life in us increase
Thy death for us did fashion
Our pardon and our peace
Were You
There
Were you there
When they crucified my Lord
Were you there
When they crucified my Lord
Oh, oh, oh
Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble
Were you there when they crucified my Lord
Were you there when the sun refuse to shine
Were you there when the sun refuse to shine
Oh, oh, oh
Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble
Were you there when the sun refuse to shine
Were you there when He rose up from the grave
Were you there when He rose up from the grave
Oh, oh, oh
Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble
Were you there when He rose up from the grave
Fare Thee
Well
Oh fare thee well, I must be gone
And leave you for awhile
Wherever I go, I will return
If I go ten thousand miles
If I go, if I go, if I go ten thousand miles
Oh, ten thousand miles it is so far
To leave me here alone
Well, I may lie, lament and cry
And you'll, you'll not hear my mourn
And you'll, no you'll, and you'll not hear my mourn
Oh, the crow that is so black, my love
Will change his color white
If ever I should prove false to thee
The day, day will turn to night
Yes, the day, oh the day, yes the day will turn to night
Beautiful
Saviour
Beautiful Savior, King of Creation
Son of God and Son of Man
You will we cherish, You will we honor
Light of my soul, my joy, my crown
Fair are the meadows, fair are the woodlands
Robed in the flowers of blooming spring
Jesus is fairer, Jesus is purer
He makes our sorrowing spirit sing
Fair is the sunshine, fair is the moonlight
Bright the sparkling stars on high
Jesus shines brighter, Jesus shines purer
Than all the angels in the sky
Small Planes
Rooftop
I hope you are on your rooftop now
In the sun, in the middle of five hundred flowers
And the warm wind blows your scarf around
Flying like a flag
I hope you are on your rooftop now
I hope you are on your rooftop now
In the sun, in the middle of five hundred flowers
And the warm wind blows your scarf straight out
Flying like a flag
I hope you are on your rooftop now
Too Early
To Say
Long roads of orange groves
I try, try to see down
Joyful arrival may be far, far away
When will I see you coming so many miles
It is too early to say
Out in the backyard I will wait for a downpour
The sky may open but it won't be today
When will I see you coming so many miles
It is too early to say
Oh down orange groves, narrow roads
I have been looking
I am half in tomorrow and half in today
When will I see you coming so many miles
It is too early to say
Wait for bright news to reach us
Wait for bright news to reach me
We will sing through the city
We will sing through the day
When will I see you coming so many miles
It is too early to say
Migration
My love will sail this ship
Through great storms and ice flows
He is not afraid as I am
He is not afraid
And this is why he knows the way
And this is why he knows the way
He knows the way
Oh my brothers and sisters, he is so kind
Despite the losses that have made us this sad
Five blocks of sidewalk chalk he steers us clear of
Blue ice skaters and animals
And this is why he knows the way
And this is why he knows the way
He knows the way
All the birds of this neighborhood are leaving
Some days we feel left behind
Today
Into the traffic changing
A good friend I have had
Today, today his leaving
Makes me sad
My friend is starting over
There is a trembling
Today, today is trembling
Through the trees
If you see him there on your street
Will you smile or shake his hand
Today, today
The brotherhood of man
The Girl
On My Left
Some days ring out into night
My failures with people right here
The living room growing wide
If I get near, what will I say
Miles to fly over
Miles to the girl on my left
The boy I love, he can walk
Right over to anyone here
And talk about anything
Rain porches, car trips to the sea
Miles to fly over
Miles to the girl on my left
Walk over, fly over, run over
Walk over there
People feel loved when he's around
People feel light when he's around
Song About
Traveling
A man said Why, why does traveling
In cars and in trains make him feel sad
A beautiful sadness
I've felt this before
It's the people in the cities you'll never know
It is everything you pass by
Wondering will you ever return
The colors of rowboats, the greens and the blues
Orange grove side streets you only see halfway
And beaches in winter
And when kites are flown
It's the people in the cities you'll never know
It is everything you pass by
Wondering will you ever return
Oh Do Not
Fly Away
I'll wait to ring the bells awhile
Till all the light and color
Have stayed the whole of spring
Until I believe it
And if, and if I count on you
Oh do not fly away
I dare not count on you
It is too early to say
Oh can you tell me of the future
If something is the matter
I am afraid to look
Down the road much further
And if, and if I count on you
Oh do not fly away
I dare not count on you
It is too early to say
All through the dog paths and hazel
In every place I've entered
I've looked for you to come
Years ago or sooner
And if, and if I count on you
Oh do not fly away
I dare not count on you
It is too early to say
I Left The
Grounds
I have turned around
I'm walking back to join the choir
Leaves are flying through the sky
There's a hidden life
There's a life that no one knows
There are things that can't be told
And Sister Michael didn't know
I've never said a word to her
It's not her fault
But it was getting hard enough
To be around
I left the grounds
Some Clear
Joy Is Coming
Father John in the driveway
Comes here to bless me
My Father in the morning
Will bend to hear me
Some clear joy is coming on some slowest train
I am hearing it coming again
Flowerless in the country
Birdless in the spring
My man and I are weeping
We have been weeping
Some clear joy is coming on some slowest train
Do you hear that it's coming again
Small
Planes
I know what you mean
When you want to run to meet the world
Intentions may not carry you far
Small planes are here
But they never leave my room at all
They don't make it through
They don't make it out
I want to be like Sister Veronica,
Whose life connects with so many lives
Small planes are here
But they never leave my room at all
They don't make it through
They don't make it out
My words to him
They didn't touch him, not at all
And I never can say what I mean to say
Small planes are here
But they never leave my room at all
They don't make it through
They don't make it out
Twenty-five miles or thousands of miles
When am I going to leave here
Twenty-five miles or thousands of miles
When am I going to get there
Twenty-five miles or thousands of miles
Who am I going to help there
Twenty-five miles or thousands of miles
When am I going to get there
I Have
Loved You
I have loved you with an everlasting love
I have called you, and you are mine
I have loved you with an everlasting love
I have called you, and you are mine
Seek the face of the lord and long for him
He will bring you his light and his peace
I have loved you with an everlasting love
I have called you, and you are mine
I have loved you with an everlasting love
I have called you, and you are mine
Seek the face of the lord and long for him
He will bring you his joy and his hope
I have loved you with an everlasting love
I have called you, and you are mine
I have loved you with an everlasting love
I have called you, and you are mine
Tomorrow On The Runway
Old days, don't come to find me
The sun is just about to climb up over there
'While my heart is sinking I do not want my voice
To go out into the air'
Did you leave the darkness without me
You're always miles ahead
And you're standing in tomorrow on the runway
Oh be the music in my head
The air around my bed, oh be my rest
Replace the small disgraces of
The times and places that I never really left
Did you leave the darkness without me
You're always miles ahead
And you're standing in tomorrow on the runway
Oh I want to fly, fly forward into the light
Be alive, to come alive
On the leaf-bright Friday drive
Sudden horses at the red light
Turn around, see clearer ways to go now
When Mac
Was Swimming
When Mac was swimming I was running late
Walking around New Orleans looking for a birthday cake
It was a great surprise to him so many people came
Nobody knows, darling
Nobody knows how they are loved
Don't worry, my darling, the sun's coming up
Let's get up early now, dive clear into the day
Let's get out of the car with open arms
Not wait to be embraced
The flowers that grew, the things that happened
Since the day you came
Nobody knows, darling
Nobody knows how they are loved
Don't worry, my darling, the sun's coming up
I Never
Knew You From The Sun
(for Mary McCullough)
What a time it was
I was befriended and was a friend
For the longest while, you were here
And I never knew you from the sun
Snow is on the ground
But this is not my landscape now
Where I find myself without you
Oh I never knew you from the sun
Oh I had a friend. I had a friend I loved
Now I walk for miles
Into dark forests of piano songs, I'm lost
Deep into my sleeves, deep in my sleeves
Pockets down where I always reach
You are there
Oh I never knew you from the sun
Never, never knew you from the sun
Beautiful
Change
Oh I'm going to find some peace of mind
At any time I could change, any day
A beautiful change
Some low sinking clouds become reindeer
While I'm standing here at the door
Looking for a beautiful change
The snow is here
The light is bright
Flower forth, and soon, branch of Easter
I want to be here when he needs me
He will see a beautiful change
Oh and he wades into the yard
Nothing has been what I'd guessed so far
Unforeseen, this most sweet, beautiful change
Martha
Avenue Love Song
Walking through the world, walking under trees
Many things that only you and only I have seen
When you say oh look and see
Then there is the sky, five o'clock in winter
When the pink and green arrive
Now we're blown around
And I can't let you down
My sun and my sweetest sound
Oh you are my friend, oh you are my friend
One For
Sorrow, Two For Joy
Today is a winter Sunday
We wear our heavy coats
The soul of my brother
Is pure, though he doesn't think so
Oh one for sorrow
Oh one for sorrow, two for joy
We walk the whole two miles to Holly
I want to hold his hand but I don't
The thoughts of my brother
Where and when they fly I don't know
What is coming down from the north road
What is coming up from the ground
Though we don't know much at all
Stand ever firmly, love
No Storms
Come
(lyrics adapted from the Gerard Manley Hopkins Poem "Heaven-Haven
'A nun
takes the veil'")
I have desired to go
Oh I have asked to go
Where a few lilies blow
To fields where flies no sharp and sided hail
And springs not fail
And springs not fail
And I have asked to be
Oh I have asked to be
Out of the swing of the sea
Where the green swell is in the heavens dumb
And no storms come
And no storms come
Sweep Down
Early
Sweep down early, tomorrow, come
Ring out, tell me you have arrived
I will kiss all the faces of my beloved ones
I will meet the morning
Sweep down early, my friend
And we will go somewhere now
And it feels like we can go
In the morning, when the morning comes
Flower forth, all you branches of Easter
Why won't the spring come
Sweep down early, tomorrow, come
Tell me that I can just start over again
Sweep down early, my friend
Walking
Around
Rain happens into my room at night
When there is so much time to miss you
Beautiful changes I've seen sometimes
The clouds changing into reindeer and flying
To places clear of sorrow
Walking around
You know I've had enough of this trouble
Following me high and low
Now it can go
Some boy I knew said, Hang on, stay gold
Before he left here for England
Beautiful changes I feel sometimes
In the middle of the late morning dishes
When you say I might do anything at all
Walking around
You know I've had enough of this trouble
Following me high and low
Now it can go
Look For
Me As You Go By
Hang my head low, so low
Don't see me only as I am but
See me how I long to be
Shining like a flowering tree
Under a gray Pennsylvania sky
Look for me as you go by
Hang my head low, so low
Every burden shall be lifted
Every stone upon your back slide into the sea
It's me for you and you for me
Now the day is over
Stay Awake
( Sherman )
Stay awake, don't rest your head
Don't lie down upon your bed
While the moon drifts in the skies
Stay awake, don't close your eyes
Though the world is fast asleep
Though your pillow's soft and deep
You're not sleepy as you seem
Stay awake, don't nod and dream
Stay awake, don't nod and dream
Over The
Rainbow
( Arlen, Harburg )
Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high
There's a land that I heard of once in a lullaby
Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue
And the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true
Someday I'll wish upon a star
And wake up where the clouds are far behind me
Where troubles melt like lemon drops
Away above the chimney tops
That's where you'll find me
Somewhere over the rainbow, bluebirds fly
Birds fly over the rainbow
Why then, oh why can't I
If happy little bluebirds fly
Behond the rainbow
Why oh why can't I
What A
Wonderful World
( Thiele, Weiss )
I see trees of green, red roses too
I see them bloom for me and for you
And I think to myself
"What a wonderful world!"
I see skies of blue and clouds of white
The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night
And I think to myself
"What a wonderful world!"
The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces of people going by
I see friends shaking hands saying "How do you do"
They really say: "I love you"
I hear babies crying I watch them grow
They'll learn so much more than I'll ever know
And I think to myself
"What a wonderful world!"
And I think to myself
"What a wonderful world!"
Moon River
( Mancini, Mercer )
Moon river, wider than a mile
I'm crossing you in style some day
Oh, dream maker, you heart breaker
Wherever you're going, I'm going your way
Two drifters, off to see the world
There's such a lot of world to see
We're after the same rainbow's end
It's just around the bend
My huckleberry friend
Moon River and me
Somewhere
A Star Shines For Everyone
( Blake )
Somewhere a star shines for everyone
Somewhere one's shining for me
No matter how rich or poor you are
If you are born with the lucky star
Somewhere a star shines for everyone
No matter who, you believe
La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
Somewhere a star shines for me
Once Upon
A Summertime
( Barclay, Legrand, Mercer )
Once upon a summertime, if you recall
We stopped beside a little flower stall
A bunch of bright forget-me-nots was all
I'd let you buy me
Once upon a summerday, just like today
We laughed the happy afternoon away
And stole a kiss in every street cafe
You were sweeter than the blossoms on the tree
I was as proud as any girl could be
As if the Mayor had offered me the key to Paris
Now, another wintertime has come and gone
The pigeons feeding in the square have flown
And I remember when the vespers chime
You loved me once upon a summertime
My Love
Goes With You
( Peris )
Beautiful and dearest child
Morning comes soon, sleep awhile
Fly away to trees that sway
In dreams peaceful and green
Of the happiness you bring
I will sing, oh I will sing
My love goes following
You into your dreams
By lo, by lo
My love goes with you now
My love, my love
My love goes with you now
Edelweiss
( Hammerstein, Rodgers )
Edelweiss, Edelweiss
Every morning you greet me
Small and white
Clean and bright
You look happy to meet me
Blossom of snow may you bloom and grow
Bloom and grow forever
Edelweiss, Edelweiss
Bless my homeland forever
Blossom of snow may you bloom and grow
Bloom and grow forever
Edelweiss, Edelweiss
Bless my homeland forever
By-lo
( Traditional )
By-lo baby
By-lo baby
By-lo baby
By-lo baby, by
Mama will love you
Mama will love you
Mama will love you
All my life
Daddy will loves you
Daddy will loves you
Daddy will loves you
All his life
By-lo baby
By-lo baby
By-lo baby
By-lo baby, by
It Is
Well With My Soul
( Bliss, Spafford )
When peace, like a river, attendeth my way
When sorrows like sea billows roll
Whatever my lot, thou has taught me to say
It is well, it is well, with my soul
It is well, with my soul
It is well, with my soul
It is well, it is well, with my soul
Now The
Day Is Over
( Baring-Gould, Barnby )
Now the day is over
Night is drawing nigh
Shadows of the evening
Steal across the sky
Grant to little children
Visions bright of thee
Guard the sailors tossing
On the deep blue sea
When the morning wakens
Then may I arise
Pure and fresh and sinless
In thy holy eyes
Now the day is over
Night is drawing nigh
Shadows of the evening
Steal across the sky
We walked in song
Brotherhood of man
All day, since your haircut in the morning
You have looked like a painting, even more than usual
We are in the wind, planting the maples
We meet an older man who seems to know I miss my dad
And he smiles through the limbs
We talk easily with him
Until the rain begins
This is the brotherhood of man
This is the brotherhood of man
This is the brotherhood of man
Waiting at the airport on my suitcase
A girl travelling from Spain became my sudden friend
Though I did not learn her name
And when the subway dimmed
A stranger lit my way
This is the brotherhood of man
This is the brotherhood of man
This is the brotherhood of man
I never can say what I mean
But you will understand
Coming through clouds on the way
This is the brotherhood of man.
This is the brotherhood of man
This is the brotherhood of man
Happy
birthday
When you wake up sun will shine
We will not go under any cloud
Let balloons go up in town
Ring out every bell
Happy birthday, beautiful
All the birds of this day
Sing a song, sing a song
Dream of trains carrying you
Through the state parks with the cherry flowers
When you wake up it will be
The beginning of the world
Happy birthday, beautiful
In the fields of this day
Hear a song, hear a song
Oh, undeserved sweetness and light
Stay by my side
We will go out in the morning now
A crown of maple leaves, a crown of flowers
Circling your sweet head
Happy birthday, beautiful
In the streets of this day
Play a song, play a song
Happy birthday, beautiful
In the streets of this day
Play a song, play a song
Play a song, play a song
Love that
boy
I love that boy and he is my friend
I see him going down the long hall
I love that boy and he is my friend
I wave to him from very far off
He goes uphill
I wish that I could follow after him
He goes uphill
Please let him be safe there, across the way
I love that boy, I say
I love him all the day
I love that boy and he is my friend
We're driving through the state of Maryland
I love that boy and he is my friend
I love to see him sleeping in back
He goes uphill
I wish that I could follow after him
He goes uphill
He dreams a city street a hundred ways
I love that boy, I say
I love him all the day
And I'm standing up under the trees
I'm cheering every day
I love that boy, I say
Into
Brooklyn, early in the morning
Yes, the sidewalk soon will launch you
Into Brooklyn, through the air
And they will give a cheer, I am sure
When you are coming near
To the ground
Oh, early in the morning
When you fly away
Early in the morning
When you fly away
Beautiful life, full of grieving
So will sing the Russian choir
They will sing in the square
As you come down through the Brooklyn air
To the ground
Oh, early in the morning
When you fly away
Early in the morning
When you fly away
Since I
still tell you my every day
Since I still tell you my every day
My darling, I think you always hear me
From the sweet away, the sweet away
Did you see us picnicking at lakeside
In the state park today
All these things I want you to be part of
Darling, you'll be
One song singing through this neighbourhood
Is loneliness
Since I still tell you my everyday
I think you hear
With a perfect vision now
Oh with a perfect ear
To me
All my life I don't find anyone like you
I wish you'd be at Bethany
I wish you'd come to violin with me
Since I still tell you my every day
All these things I want you to be part of
Darling, you'll be
Lake shore
drive
Regret has gone down in my estimation now
The old world had you smiling out
Putting your arms around
I tell myself now
Things I would have told to you
The smallest plan, the greatest news
The more days come, the more it's true
Right now I've got to get back home
In from the sad day out
Missing you forever
Yes, I shout, yes I, yes I, yes I am
It seems the right time
To let go of the steep incline
Of this day and to know you're mine
Forever and I will be fine
In me will you shine
Shine, shine, will you shine
I'm stepping through
The streams and fountains of the sad day out
Missing you forever
Yes, I shout, yes I, yes I, yes I am
Yes I, yes I, yes I am
A wave is
rolling
There are the days I cannot know
Or understand
A piano in a moving van, way behind
At the light
And a wave is rolling over
A wave is moving over
A wave is rolling over me, over me
The time of mistakes
Will it ever change to another time
Like a season when the snow
Will slide off the house
And leave the house clean
And a wave is rolling over
A wave is moving over
A wave is rolling over me, over me
A singing bird, I call your name
In the middle of the nighttime
I'm the smallest bird who calls your name
In the middle of the day
And a wave is rolling over
A wave is moving over
A wave is rolling over me, over me
Song for
Tom
Let's go, Tom
The weather's here but you are strong
The wax tears on your raincoat come
From candles when we walked in song
Oh, you'll never lose that light
Oh, you'll never lose that light
Though so much is gone
You are my friend
Though words will fail me here again
The sacraments will lift us
And we set out in the day again
Oh, you'll never lose that light
Oh, you'll never lose that light
Though so much is gone
And you're standing up
And it is coming down
Standing up and it is coming down
Standing up and it is coming down to you
Dear Tom
Oh, you'll never lose that light
Oh, you'll never lose that light
Though so much is gone
Colors of
the world
Blue could be a winter coat
Or the sea, lake Maureen, a window
Or a downpour on my street
This bit of yellow could be a leaf
Or a beam of light, a girl in a taxi
And I think of you in the colors of the world
And I did meet you in the brotherhood of man
When I was traveling a long way from my home
And you are a friend of mine
Black is the piano you play at school in the lobby
Looking out at the gray and orange
Green grass on your feet
And I think of you in the colors of the world.
And I did meet you in the brotherhood of man
When I was traveling a long way from my home
And you are a friend of mine
Over the
moon
I'm over the moon, taller than clouds
I'm sailing along, smiling out loud
Windows, doorways, you can't hold me
Branches never hold me, no
I'm over the moon
Can this be the same day of all rain
When i was down in and there was no sky
Now windows, doorways, you can't hold me
Branches never hold me, no
I'm over the moon
My
sisters return from Ireland
What did you see
When, walking down bridges, did you come
Into cloud light at sea
Green fields forever
Kindness of strangers
Tracing the old streets, tracing the names
If somebody calls to me
I'm hoping to not fear, not fear to answer
How will it be
Rain (Setting Out In The Leaf Boat)
This dress that I made
Out of the curtains
Was on the line
Dancing around
Better than I can
Now we walk up
To the top of the street
Once letting go
Rain sails us in a leafy boat
Down the street
And we'll be there before we know
There go the lawn chairs
Some frogs are racing them
To catch up with me
Gray buildings go by
Violety sky lit up with trees in yellow
Once letting go
Rain sails us in a leafy boat
Down the street
And we'll be there before we know
Hey, is that you
Going by, swimming by
Hey, is that you
Zig-zagging, whizzing by
Sailing up, sailing by
Once letting go
Rain sails us in a leafy boat
Down the street
And we'll be there before we know
The Happy
Mondays
The happy Mondays
We blow down alleyways
In our raincoats, in afternoons
The imaginary dogs beside us are old friends
They will speak to you
Happy in the daylight
Breathe out, breathe in the end of school time
Happy on the way home
The west side also feels
And they know everything that I know
The happy Mondays
We are blue-green in the air
We are yellow, too
The clouds of Pennsylvania break apart
they move away from me and from you
Happy in the daylight
Breathe out, breathe in the end of school time
Happy on the way home
The west side also feels
And they know everything that I know
Happy in the daylight
Breathe out, breathe in the end of school time
Happy on the way home
The west side also feels
And they know everything that I know
Everything that I know
God is
love
Rain or shine
This street of mine is golden
Rain or shine
This street of mine is golden
With the gold of hickory leaves
I can walk under these clouds
Rain or shine
This street of mine is golden
God is love
And love will never fail me
God is love
And love will never fail me
If I'm driving there today
And I really am this afraid
God is love
And love will never fail me
Some birds I know are moving on this weekend
Some birds I know are moving on this weekend
And I'm under the sky, I am on the ground, with my coat
Some birds I know are moving on this weekend
God is love
And love will never fail me
God is love
And love will never fail me
And some days I will decide
To let everything else go by
God is love
And love will never fail me
Love will never fail me
Gentle the
Rain at Home
Brave in the clothes of Georgie's
You take a train to the North
Winding through New York
State in the morning, leaves on the floor
Gentle the rain at home
Gentle the rain at home
When we can and will return
When we can and will return
He said I could just take the canoe whenever I need
And, if I go back over the lake, the clouds may recede
Gentle the rain at home
Gentle the rain at home
When we can and will return
When we can and will return
When we can and will return
When we can and will return
Spring
Look out for spring
The life underground
The life underground
The thawing and the overflow
Oh early, early in the morning we'll go
Seven shades of green
Are painted on your door
Painted on your door
The field alive under the snow
Oh early, early in the morning we'll go
Oh world of rooftops, hearing one field song
The walk in raincoats, the wait for Easter, Tom
We are awake or waking, awake or waking from
Here that day comes
Look out for spring
The life underground
The life underground
The thawing and the overflow
Oh early, early in the morning we'll go
Oh world of rooftops, hearing one
field song
The walk in raincoats, the wait for Easter, Tom
We are awake or waking, awake or waking from
All the
Weather
Now I want the sun to swing my feet
Washington Harbor
Dogs may come around
And they won't care that I'm a stranger
Oh, it's over
Oh, it's over
All the weather
All the weather is gone
First I let you down
And then the streets were in a downpour
Onto everything inside the state of Maryland
And listen
Oh, it's over
Oh, it's over
All the weather
All the weather is gone
And listen
Oh, it's over
Oh, it's over
All the weather
All the weather is gone
Rhode
Island
In June, we're washing in the water
We are walking to the sand
In the summer of a hard year
You are swinging both our hands
In Rhode Island, Rhode Island
Now we will go gleaming into tomorrow
I am leaning, leaning into tomorrow
From Rhode Island, cradled on the waves
I don't want to tell you sad news
I don't want to let you down
We drive away, we don't know
What is going to happen now
From Rhode Island, Rhode Island
Now we will go gleaming into tomorrow
I am leaning, leaning into tomorrow
From Rhode Island, cradled on the waves
North
American Field Song
Raincoats, Finlandia
Raincoats and lakes
The best words, I take
Along in my field bag
Across the morning
The beautiful air
I will be aware
I'll speak if I dare
And stay calm
Stay calm, stay calm
Stay calm in the meantime
Stay calm, stay calm, stay calm,
Through the red and the green light, stay calm
No one can be so embarrassed as me
I say to these trees
Where I walk with my head down
Across the morning, the beautiful air,
I will be aware, my father is there
And stay calm
Stay calm, stay calm
Stay calm in the meantime
Stay calm, stay calm, stay calm,
Through the red and the green light, stay calm
The
Leaves Lift High
Flying down lanes, bicycles red and blue
And tunnels of tall trees, with you
Together we are very small
Riding across the great land
On the Eastern Avenue
The morning is bigger, taller than I knew
The leaves lift high, the light gets through
Shoulder of the lake at Clement Farm
You're in the crossing of my arms
Wherever you may be, whatever day this is
On the Eastern Avenue
On all streets I know, I know I look for you
The leaves lift high, the light gets through
All of the days I travel with you
Dearest to me, child
Dearest to me, child
You are dearest to me, child
All of the bells I ever knew
Ring out at the same time
Ring out at the same time
Together, together, together
All of the bells I ever knew
Ring out at the same time
We look up at the same time
Together, together, together
On the Eastern Avenue, on all streets
I know I know I count on you
The leaves lift high, the light gets through
I'd
Follow if I Could
I'd follow if I could
A thing that's hard to bear
To see you going down
The road somewhere
To blink and then you're gone
The scene is rolled away
It makes another mile from me
Wherever you go, it's too far
You're a shooting star
Wherever you go, it's too far
You're a shooting star
Wherever you go, it's too far
You're a shooting star
Shout for
Joy
All we can do, in this deep summer hour
With the rain, the taxis and the flowers
Walking between the dear ones holding on
Is shout, shout for joy
Everything that has been broken you'll mend
Throughout the morning of one day
Sleeves fluttering in the air, in the air
And we'll shout, shout for joy
I said so little
I could not think of replies
The words all flew away
Up away from me, up into the trees
Where they shout, oh shout for joy
VIOLET
Song For A New Day
Clouds turning, secret and slow
Over the great banks of snow
Clouds of breath over the lawn
I begin the white violet dawn
Speechless and full of odd flaws
Wondrous to be here at all
Seeing the world has a sheen
Stepping into the pristine
Beautiful day
Forward into the long climb
Loneliness, retire
I have a friend this time
We will live a simple life
We will be a man and wife
Walking in a daylight now
Where I will not let you down
Though speechless and full of odd flaws
Wondrous to be here at all
Seeing the world has a sheen
Stepping into the pristine
Beautiful day
Violet
Today I would have liked best
To walk with a dog through the city
Beside the doors, looking up together
Raising the line
Raising the line of the horizon
Up a little
And the violet of the sky
And the violet of the sky
And the violet of the sky is mine
And the wonder of this life
And the wonder of this life is mine
Sweet William
There has got to be a song
Even on the road to hard days
First days are long days
The sun came early on
We were not ready for it at all
The lawn gleams
Shall we go out, sweet William
To all the colors of the morning
With you I want to sing
And we would not change a thing
Sweet William is the strongest and the best
In and out the garden
Also the smallest
The quietly, quietly strong can become invisible
In some ways
Shall we go out, sweet William
Where all the colors will be dazzling
And the air will be wonderful
And the trees will be comforting
With you I want to sing
And we would not change a thing
Shall we go out, sweet William
To all the colors of the morning
And the air will be wonderful
And the trees will be comforting
And the cheers will be for you
And the birds will be listening
With you I want to sing
And we would not change a thing
Landscape With
Birds
Down the stairs in the air
The light is slanting down
In a clean early scene
No stain is on these grounds
Birds over sidestreets
Birds over houses
And what friend, in the end
Will maybe come around
Hello I Feel the Same
Yes, I said to that girl
Sometimes I would be invisible too
Running beneath trees
Hang on, hang on
Hang on I wave again
Hello, hello
Hello I feel the same
Yes to the color green, and the field of clouds
And the thousand birds, and the lifting out
Hang on, hang on, hang on I wave again
Hello, hello
Hello I feel the same
another copy paste you stupid robot
Yes, I see what you mean, yes I understand
If I saw you coming
I would shake your hand
Hang on, hang on
Hang on I wave again
Hello, hello
Hello I feel the same
Tom on the Boulevard
Slip side-street
Now we're wondering what the year will bring
It seems, my friend, changes never end
Now we're growing up and down
And sigh,Tom, on the boulevard
My Tom, on the boulevard
But you shine with the light of stars
In the middle of the dark
another copy paste you stupid robot
Too soon came hills of the deeper greens
And the flying scenes
Firmly as trees will we plant our feet
We will sway not in the ground
Nor sigh, Tom, on the boulevard
My Tom, on the boulevard
And you'll shine with the light of stars
In the middle of the dark
Washington Field Trip
Having our picture taken
In front of the Capitol building
Depends on direction of light
And on crowds
I don't feel comfortable standing
In front of this many people, or speaking
But I see we're all the same now
Up five blocks
The one o'clock snowing of flowers
another copy paste you stupid robot
Wanting to be helpful in this life
Carrying these flowering trees
Further in daylight
Beautiful Francis, I agree
I do not want fear to hold me
I don't want to be kept from loving, at all
On my soles
The five o'clock snowing of flowers
Wanting to be loving in this life
Carrying these flowering trees
Further in daylight
When the One Flowered Suitcase
When the one flowered suitcase declares winter over
Plans, whether realized or not, do their best
And we have got to keep on
We meant to start here. A new year
In Finland, with cloud banks slanting down
We thought that it mattered- it did not
Like no money, and we've got to keep on
And carry each other
Through these forests
Through these long buildings
Up every stair flight
Let's say we are tired
From getting our hopes up again
Again, let's say we are tired. Yes, it's alright
Yes, it's alright I hear you
Yes, it's alright
Yes, it's alright I'm with you
When the one flowered suitcase is replaced
Is untraced, let us not change so much
Let's stay in our old clothes
And walk around this known and dear life
And carry each other
Through these forests
Through these long buildings
Up every stair flight
Let's say we are tired
From getting our hopes up again
Again, let's say we are tired. Yes, it's alright
Yes, it's alright I hear you
Yes, it's alright
Yes, it's alright I'm near you
Yes, it's alright
Yes, it's alright I'm with you
State Park
Now we're opening
We see
We are entering the state park
Like we never have been any of these places
Like discovering the daylight, now
And holding on to these times
I am walking into rooms
And I am beginning to see your things and their colors
Like we're coming home the first day
I'm beginning to see your face
Like you're leaving on the next train
another copy paste you stupid robot
Now we're opening
We see
The arboretum, the downtown lanterns
Like we never have seen any of this before
We are coming through the same doors, now
And holding on to these times
Fred Rogers
Last night I dreamt that I
Could drive 59 miles and
Maybe see Fred Rogers
Who would smile on me
And tell me how I could make things better
I'd say, Hi Fred, and
Am I glad to stand with you
And shake your hand. How about this weather
And can you explain how to change
How to make things better
Make things go
another copy paste you stupid robot
I'd say Hi Fred
I won't stay long
I'm missing the sun
Everyone from your generation
And you know I hate to drive
Maybe I'd see you at the station, (West Newton), here I go
Blue and Yellow
Carrying your blue and yellow painting in the air
You are crossing the morning
And the early streetlights shine in threes
Down onto your hair
On the weekend
On the Saturday of the recital
And the end of the fall
I hope the sun will shine
I hope that you will say if I can
Be a friend to you
Be a friend sometime
Carried over traffic
You are lifted over cars, over the weather
Altogether you are held high
You are traveling far
On the morning
With bells sending up songs
Of forgiveness, righting every wrong
I hope the sun will shine
I hope that you will say if I can
Be a friend to you
Be a friend sometime
The year has been up and down
I hope this is a new day now
To let the love that's here
Lift us from the ground
another copy paste you stupid robot
I'm missing you, please come by
I hope that you will say if I can
Be a friend to you, as you have been mine
The year has been up and down
I hope this is a new day now
To let the love that's here
Lift us from the ground
Daily
Shimmering distances
The daily swinging up
I'm listening to many birds
How will I ever
How will I ever get there
How will I ever get there now
It's something hard to explain
And certainly I will not get it right
But I'm looking out for you now
And probably you are just on the way
And getting through the streets of town
Takes a long time
Street-wide and city-wide
Runs the longing for home
It is disguised as many things
Gulfs widen, and the great water
Comes into my room
How will I ever see you now
How will I ever see you now
It's something hard to explain
And certainly I may not get it right
But I'm looking out for you now
And probably you are just on the way
And getting through the streets of town
Takes a long time
Spring Is Written On Your Door
Flying today
No fear, no fear
See blue into orange
Green into golden
On waking over the land
another copy paste you stupid robot
Spring is written on your door
And I will read it when you are away
And waking over the land
When will you return
Spring is written on your door
And I will read it when you are away
And waking over the land
The Color Green
We'll get back there someday
We will stand together
And I will not worry so much
And the weather can be snow above the stairs
Or lakes and rivers running off of the windows
Looking out, looking out
I may see this better
The color green was sent to me in four beat measures
Of fields and their walkers in cardigan sweaters
With the lavender sky that was just beginning to
Rain down into the music
This is how it was sent, in and out of weather
Walking home I'm listening out
Between the buildings I 'm listening with you
For any song we knew
The color green was sent to me in waves, and lifted
Me up three stories
I could see the day gifted
With a million gifts
And tomorrow in the car
Things may turn around, I have to watch out
This is how it was sent, in a sudden visit
Records From Your Room
Records from your room are in bloom
Fountaining out from the buildings
In bright colors onto the street
And I meet you there out in the air
I'm listening
Is there a word for these things
We've felt and we've seen
In the blocks of town, the depths of belief
The kindness of strangers
In leaps and in ranges where I've never been
And you've never been before
A word becomes a door
Soon, to come through
Rain could be the sigh we would breathe at this time
Umbrellas open now could be the arms we would reach
And I meet you there out in the air
You're glistening
Is there a word for this time
The changes we find
The music that blooms now out of your room
The kindness of strangers
In cities, in places where I've never been
And you've never been before
A word becomes a door
Soon, to come through
Green Bus
Down this street
I ride a green bus
Early, deep into town
If I could speak, if I could be
As I would like to be now
And what could I bring you
Now in the meantime
Fruit from the sunlight
Quartz from the bay
And where will I find this
Perfect and wondrous
I look into shops
I slip into rain
Leaves on leaves
I walk through deeply
Gold, green, gold
For my friend
I cannot find a thing
Beautiful enough for you
Again
And what could I bring you
Today in the meantime
Fruit from the sunlight
Quartz from the bay
And where will I find this
Perfect and wondrous
I look into shops
I slip into rain
Slip into rain
Look Out From Your
Window
Look out from your window now
Can you see me cheering for you, up and down
I holler across the park, I'm waving these leaves
I miss my far, flung heart
All I cannot say I hope you know
All you cannot say I hope I can hear
Then holler across these miles
We will the same snow, starting the same time
Not easy to find a friend
And places we've been, now different scenes again
All I cannot say I hope you know
All you cannot say I hope I can hear
Shadow of the Pines
Leaving the shadow of the pines
Some lost things I will hope to find again
I imagine us, I can see us in the green air
The sunlight, the lawn of a park
Carrying all our things
So far I have only managed the start
Of every song this winter
Birds dart into every building
Connect all of the lines, all of the lines
I'll hear from you by tomorrow
Or the next day
Crossing to your part of the sky
Perfect landing on your roof
I hold you in my hearing, my sight
My every thought and wonder
Since your leaving the shadow of the pines
Some lost things I hope you will find again
I imagine us, I can see us in the green air
The sunlight, the lawn of a park
Of St. Margaret's, maybe
So far I have only managed the start
Of every song this winter
And we're leaving the shadow of the pines
Some lost things I will hope to find again
I imagine us, I can see us in the green air
Buildings in Flower
All the leafiness of a thousand miles
is felt in the heart, a change that has started
The packing up of things, the loading of cars
the farther and farther darkening dark
And it's hard to know, now, where we should go
And where will we be, before the next season
Of evenings and days we can hardly say
From which will we flower
Brightly from the buildings, now
Will the lifting of a window let the Spirit in
And then we begin to vividly live
With lakes of orange, seas of green, cadmium scenes
And walking fleetly through a dream
I will hear everything you mean
I will see everything you mean
And it's hard to know, now, where we should go
And where will we be, before the next season
Of evenings and days we can hardly say
From which will we flower
Brightly from the buildings now
Sun on the Square
Sun on the square
My brother there
Walks along and will not fall
He will not fall
Light on the faces
Light on the buildings
One and all,
He will not fall
He will not fall
The possible noon hour, the bells
The lemon-colored clang on the rooftops
Footsteps in the sun
Let it ring out into the air
Let there be more kindness in the world
And he may be the one
He may be the one
Light of Winter
From the trains
I will be on the way now
Happy, soon to see you
In these blocks of town
Let streets connect now
let streets connect now
Light of winter, I'm seeing you now
light of winter, I'm seeing you now
Soon now
Gentle lions, will you rise from these sidewalks
And walk beside me awhile
Taxis arrive, the snow has arrived
The snow has arrived
Light of winter, I'm seeing you now
Soon now
And the traffic is no match at all for any mom
And the weather is no match at all for any mom
Any dad
From the trains
Every light may soon give way to green
From the trains
I will be on the way now
Let streets connect now
Let streets connect now
Light of winter, I'm seeing you now
Light of winter, I'm seeing you now
Soon now
Star of Land and Sea
World inside of me, I know.
The forest and the trees, I know
The cars upon my street won't go
I know
Be a light to all, you shine
Into darker lands, you shine
A friend to friendless men, you shine
You shine
Star of land and sea, lead me
Into morning sun, lead me
Star of land and Star of sea, lead me
Lead me
An Idea of Canoeing
Circles outreaching and growing wide
Endlessly outreaching, into the hour
Into the hour
The idea of this, water in flower
The colors, greens, yellows
And state park sign arrows
Though I don't like boating at all
Or being on the water
Somehow gleam into the hour
And will I see you walking now
And will I be this reaching out
Here and now
The understanding and the light
Reaching into the hour
Into the hour
Will I cross the street to you
In the traffic breaks
In the light of this
In the light of this love
Here and now
Galvanic
Days we will see
The radiant greens
And the long strides
Walks of our own
Every word to be kind
Galvanic lights
Over us all these miles
I believe
We're going to see
Things will come right
This time
And we will see
And leap to our feet
In song flights
And mark it down
The healing has now been authorized
Held in the arms
Carried along this far
I believe
We're going to see
Things will come right
This time
The Brothers Williams Said
The brothers Williams
Said you don't ever talk
I know you best and I see you shine
A million stars out in the very dark
Brilliant tourmaline, gold and copper light
Don't pay attention to them, okay
Tomorrow, today
Today, tomorrow
See you tomorrow
I'll see you tomorrow
The kindness of your face
Does not go unrecognized
Has not refused to shine
In this most difficult time
The leaves of forestry
The currents of a sea
How to love the mystery
And have no tears that there
Can be no better understanding
Maybe tomorrow
See you tomorrow
I'll see you tomorrow
See you tomorrow
See you tomorrow
The brothers Williams
Maybe were not listening
From across the street
You waved to them
See you tomorrow
Maybe tomorrow
I'll see you tomorrow
I'll see you tomorrow
I'll see you tomorrow
On Your Side
In this house, we are mapping songs on the evening walls
We put many trees, we keep many leaves on the sidewalks
Some days we are not sure where we're going, how we will arrive
Some days we don't know where we have gone
But I'm always on your side
I'm always on your side
I'm always on your side
Your side
In my dream, I would be in Paris with my mom
In cafes she would sip coffee, she would be smiling on
She'd say, "I never have let you out of my sight, I have not gone"
She'd say, "The light is bright around you now
And I'm always on your side"
I'm always on your side
I'm always on your side
Your side
Going on, going on for a very long time
Going on, going on for a very long time
Going on, going on for a very long time
Going on, going on, going on
On your side
Some days we don't know where we're going, how we will arrive
Some days we don't know where we have gone
But I'm always on your side
I'm always on your side
I'm always on your side
Your side
I'm always on your side
I'm always on your side
I'm always on your side
Your side
Going on, going on for a very long time
Going on, going on for a very long time
Going on, going on for a very long time
Going on, going on, going on
On your side
Movie
Restart the movie now
Slow the traffic and steady all the days
Let's take down the guitars from the walls
Walk casually and play into an early frame
Notice the air is wondrous
With all the weather
The possible light
And the streets to reach
And you are here
And we have just only arrived
California windmills
Let the arms move the other way
Turn around the days
If we could be
Returned in the heart
Remade in the heart
Returned in the day
Notice the air is wondrous
With all the weather
The possible light
And the streets to reach
And you are here
And we have just only arrived
We Don't
Know How to Say Why
Snow, field and sky undivided
And your coat a yellow sun
And you want to reach out
To speak now
To be loved as much as anyone
And scenes driving out here
Can easily make us cry
Though we don't know how to say why
And the snow, field and sky undivided
And your coat a yellow sun
And you want to reach out
To speak now
To be loved as much as anyone
And scenes from a distance
Can easily make us cry
Though we don't know how to say why
Don't feel we are different
When these things will make us cry
Though we don't know how to say why
To say why
To say why
St. Francis and
the Future
Oh make the future small
Like the painting we saw of St. Francis
And there was, far away, a background city
We only saw it with magnifiers and light
And I do wish the future was like that
Don't I know it
Oh I will not move on
I'll be here on the lawn
In the same coat I have had
Although I ask that I could correct
Every time of mistake and every regret
And there's so much that I haven't yet
Don't I know it
And in the background of St. Francis
There were rivers, spires, a long way off
We could not really see them very well
I want to be beside you
Through all these things
Cannot
I want to keep this future
From such closer measure
Cannot very well
At Lake Maureen
How many songs did you hear
How tall were the pines
That shade of green, where have I seen it
This day is going
About my friend, my friend
I did not understand
Walking around the state park grounds
This day is going
I feel something new about you
Every day of the world
I'm hearing a sound
I'm kicking a stone on the ground
Make my soul come clean
A sail above lake Maureen
Sing into storms, sing into storms
This day is going
John As Well
You have seen these things
You have been in this painting
And John as well
Can remember this
And these buildings, these colors
And you could tell
And you're walking out in the rain with your brothers now
And you wish you could ask them all they have felt
And John as well
And the symphony in the park
And the lawn chairs
And the moving van
And the first day of the school year
In the distance
And the wedding bands
The wedding bands
And you're walking out in the rain with your brothers now
And you wish you could ask them all that they have felt
And John as well
And you're walking out in the rain with your brothers now
And you wish you could ask them all that they have felt
And John as well
And you're walking out in the rain with your brothers now
You wish you could ask them all that they have felt
And John as well
And John as well
John as well
This Boat
This boat, I started out here to say
Before it rowed ashore, became a plane
Over the buildings of later day
Over the buildings and over my head
Things that we started out here to say
Went down the street and turned into a day
We couldn't see it, we could not explain
We couldn't see it, we could not explain
What went wrong
Has never been your fault
The sun, the sun
We're waiting on the sun
Start over
Things that we started out here to say
Went down the street and turned into a day
We couldn't see it, we could not explain
We couldn't see it, we could not explain
Mary Margaret in
Mid-Air
Mary Margaret in mid-air
Has five reasons to be there
Wants her friends to know she cares
Writes I love you, pass it on
I love you, pass it on
My mother in her teens
Had a joy for all to see
Brought a boy up to believe
Sings I love you, pass it on
I love you, pass it on
My friend Martin's leaving home
For a place where he's unknown
Calls me on the telephone
Says, "Will she love me when I'm gone"
Will she love me when I'm gone
Will she love me when I'm gone
Will you love me when I'm gone
Stars That Fall
away from Us
Later on, stars that fall away from us
In the car, may be found on the ground
With many words that have been blowing around the dark here
I almost can see them all
Far away, looking out for a way back
Loneliness is a star that we all see
Mostly we do not shout it out, it's secret
Almost never at all
And a million, million
A million of them all around
A million, million
Things unsaid, unsaid
Later on, stars that fall away from us
In the car, may be found on the ground
With many words that have been blowing around the dark here
I almost can see them all
See them all
I Would Be There
Let the streets connect
Let red lights give way
See, if you would call me
I would leave right away
If all the trains arrived, I would be there first
The clouds that race me might be trailing in colors over the lawns
And out of this song
And so high over the world, then
So high over the street, they're gone from my eyes
Now that everything's different
I wave to you, do you think you will recognize
And now I turned around by the long detours
Fear or the fear of fear or the revolving doors
And if all the trains arrived, I would be there first
The clouds that race me might be trailing in colors over the lawns
And out of this song
And so high over the world, then
So high over the street, they're gone from my eyes
Now that everything's different
I wave to you, do you think you will recognize
Now that everything's different
I wave to you, do you think you will recognize
A SONG IS WAY ABOVE THE LAWN
Superhero
You make me happy, I would write
On a banner flying over the city
You would see it in colors all these miles
The day is opening, the weather will be fine
The trees will be strong
The trains and taxis will arrive
Hey, I see the way you are so kind
To everyone you come by
And do you hear me cheering for you now
I am hollering across these grounds
You're a superhero, superhero
Superhero of mine
We take our cameras out to the zoo
And ride the tram, the trees blur by
And then we can see how the animals
Are even in the clouds today
They return your smiles
Hey, I see the way you are so kind
To everyone you come by
And do you hear me cheering for you now
I am hollering across these grounds
You're a superhero, superhero
Superhero of mine
To The Library
I went to the library to see my friends
I went to the library to see my friends
Walked with a gentle lion saying to me
That his geometry was easier now
I went to the library to see my friends
I went to the library to see my friends
Holding on to guitars, we sailed in a boat
Through the rain in the yards
Singing our songs
And it's you and me, I'm not alone
And it's you and me, I'm not alone
I went to the library to see my friends
I went to the library to see my friends
Birthdays in gardens, on rooftops
Green in the middle of the wintertime
And snow in the summer
And it's you and me, I'm not alone
It's you and me, I'm not alone
I Would Sing Along
In the low light
In the lowest notes
I hear him singing sweetly
An elephant sings someone to sleep
And I would sing with him
On the steps of our building
In the city, in the very
The very pinkish evening
We would be there waving
To everyone driving by us on our street
And they would smile
And I would hear his song
And I would sing along
And I would sing along
And I would sing along
In a film I saw, maybe last springtime
An elephant is painting
In blues and in greens and oranges
Maybe he is painting the sea
And remembering his family vacationing
At the seaside
I would swim by his side
Look for shells at low tide
And pebbles shining in the water
And I would hear his song
And I would sing along
And I would sing along
And I would sing along
And I would hear his song
And I would sing along
And I would sing along
And I would sing along
George In The Car
George, I was at the kitchen table eating my bread
When this great light came from reading your poem
I haven't been that surprised in recent memory
And there are cities in our house
And there are trees in our house since then
George in the car
A field of stars, lavender and white
And riding out over these long miles
You're waving to me a sign "to be alive"
George, I would like to say
How I saw seven dogs on this one single morning
The sky was that kind of grey that is beautiful
They were traveling, going by
George in the car
A field of stars, lavender and white
And writing out over these long miles
You're waving to me a sign "to be alive"
This Is A
Song In Wintertime
We're standing in line, in the movie line
It's cold, we see our breathing
And this is a song in wintertime
It's strange to be out in evening
And standing underneath the same sky
Everybody sees the snow begin
Falling at the light of street lamps
Shining on the corner, lifting our eyes
And we all start to smile, smile
And everybody starts talking to everybody
And now it's really snowing
And we're walking in to see the movie
But this will be the memory
That standing underneath the same sky
Everybody sees the snow begin
Falling at the light of street lamps
Shining on the corner, lifting our eyes
And we all start to smile, smile
Smile, smile
Map For
The Orange Daylight
Sail on leaves
The radiant stars
On the sunny arm
Of the road embark
And my heart fills up with all
And my heart fills up with all
The beautiful world
And our hope
Steady, on beat
On the sunny arm
Of the road embark
To the lovely hour
And my heart goes out to all
And my heart goes out to all
And the beautiful world
Of our hope
And my heart lifts up with all
And my heart lifts up with all
The beautiful world
Of our hope
Sister Birds
Sister birds, will you call me out
Sister birds, will you wake me then
I do not want to lose any hour
I do not want to lose any hour
All the lawn and the house will flower
In the lovely world of light
I will be free in the summertime
I want to be in the summertime
I can walk on for another mile
The canal and the road will shine
Even into the forest lies
The lovely world of light
Songs I heard along these boulevards
All words gone
And also is my courage tried
But oh I'm alive
I wish I knew who lived in that house
And every side street I can't go down
And every window to catch the sun
Every window to catch the sun
And do they feel the same
Everyone in the lovely world of light
Sister birds, will you call me out
Sister birds, will you wake me then
I do not want to lose any hour
I do not want to lose any hour
All the lawn and the house will flower
In the lovely world of light
For A Giraffe
To ride a giraffe there
To ride a giraffe there
To reach for the leaves to feed him
And be light as cool air
And high on his back there
And burden not, my old friend
And we will ride out into the morning
We will ride out into the morning
And we will ride out into the morning
Eating breakfast in the park
And head out into the countryside
Head out into the countryside
Talking about small things
Listening to peaceful skies
To ride a giraffe there
To ride a giraffe there
To reach for the leaves to feed him
And be light as cool air
And high on his back there
And burden not, my old friend
And we will ride to school in the morning
We will ride to school in the morning
We will ride to school in the morning
And he'll come back for me three o'clock
And we'll head out into the countryside
Head out into the countryside
Talking about small things
Listening to peaceful skies
A Song Is
Way Above The Lawn
Stayed awake talking with my mom
I stayed up talking with my dad
We were looking at the stars
We planned packing up the car
For the long, long drive to the West Coast
For the five-day drive to the redwoods
And the seaside drive into Oregon
Now we're up, up early with the sun
A song is way above the lawn
A song is way above the lawn
I wake to the sounds
The dishes clink
The low piano rolls along the lawn
Is coming from, coming from
William's, William's or somewhere
Somewhere and is beautiful
Arrives in a country of sun
A song is way above the lawn
A song is way above the lawn
The lawn
Flowers
Beautiful child
Tomorrow we will walk under the pink magnolias
And many signs of spring will sing to our eyes and our ears
And we will hear every song of every bird
And we will bloom in love from the buildings like flowers
Yes, we will bloom in love and love will shine forever
Forever
Forever
Dearest of friends
Tomorrow, when we wake, the yard will soon fill with the song of your voice
And the rooms with squares of sun
And we will be listeners and we will be peacemakers
And we will bloom in love from the buildings like flowers
Yes, we will bloom in love and love will shine forever
Forever
Forever
Forever
Forever
MIDWINTER SWIMMERS
This
Thread Is A Green Street
Something about these pink weeping trees
Brushing my shoulder blades
Right before rain is a doorway
Do you know, where did it go
The other land in the heart
I draw a map that I can start to get there
I try to find a side doorway to these things
Daily there have been kind people
And back to them shine these beams of longing
Do you know, where did it go
The other land in the heart
I draw a map that I can start to get there
This thread that will mend your sleeve again
Is a green street, I walk between clouds
Saying out loud that I miss you
That I miss you
Do you know, where did it go
The other land in the heart
I draw a map that I can start to get there
I walk between clouds
Saying out loud that I miss you
?
I walk down
And leaves crown me a friend
And I walk down
I walk, I walk down
Midwinter Swimmers
The midwinter swimmers are like stars
Or like some dots of light through tears
From here, don't know why
Beautiful, sad at the same time
Will you be here soon
Maybe March, with the snowdrops
And the star magnolias, all the brave hearts
I look for you from the start
Saving up all these things to tell you
And things to ask because you
Are not here at this time
You're not here at this time
You're not here at this time
You're not here at this time
Will you be here soon
Maybe March, with the snowdrops
And the star magnolias, all the brave hearts
I look for you from the start
The midwinter swimmers are like stars
Or like some dots of light through tears
From here, don't know why
Beautiful, sad at the same time
Saving up all these things to tell you
And things to ask because you
Are not here at this time
You're not here at this time
You're not here at this time
You're not here at this time
The Camera Divides The Coast Of
Maine
It's a long time
The camera divides the coast of Maine
Into outlines
Lighthouse by lighthouse
Drive by drive
Into rain by rain
What do you think about it if you had to say
All this life, I wish it didn't really have to change
There's this time I walk by and I see us living there
After all and we're looking at the possible light
In the possible day
This is you and I
When we said we think we can get there again
Golden languages of mosses and sunlight
The edge of the world that is not the end
What do you think about it if you had to say
Light by light the camera divides the coast of Maine
There's this time I walk by and I see us leaving there
After all and we're looking at the possible light
In the possible day
There's this time I walk by and I see us leaving there
After all and we're looking at the possible light
In the possible day
John Williams
John Williams
I don't think the car is very hard to push
I don't think the car is very hard to push
Not on this day
When I am bound to be there
Then I will arrive
When I'm bound to be there
Then I will arrive
John Williams
I set the table with the blue green
I was not staring at the ceiling
I'm just between some thoughts
It is the blankness of a new page
It is the possibly new place
I haven't seen at all
John Williams
I will push the car and sail above the yard
I will push the car and sail above the yard
On this day
When I'm bound to be there
Then I will arrive
When I'm bound to be there
Then I will arrive
John Williams
On this day
And I'll be driving in a miracle of sun
I will be driving in a miracle of sun
When I am bound to be there
Then I will arrive
When I am bound to be there
Then I will arrive
John Williams
John Williams
John Williams
We Would
Meet In The Center City
For now I will live in color
Inside the green grocer's
Leaf and rhubarb and orange
When it snows in the yard
Are you with me
Can you come
Can you reach me
When you want
On any wave
If we made this as a movie
To hear color, see the sound
We would meet in center city
The road to spring found
Are you with me
Can you come
Can you reach me
When you want
On any wave
On any wave
Are you with me
Can you come
Can you reach me
When you want
On any wave
Your Saturday Picture
Your Saturday picture arrived
It's on my wall
I could go right into it
Walking down the long street with you
Twelve-pane windows spelling "Philadelphia"
Pretending to be the sky, fly all their clouds
Beside us down the long street
I miss you
I can see all the colors now
All the colors now that you are seeing
That you are seeing
You are seeing
Twelve-pane windows spelling "Philadelphia"
Pretending to be the sky, fly all their birds
Beside us down the long street
I'm with you
I can see all the colors now
All the colors now that you are seeing
That you are seeing
That you are seeing
You are seeing
And the trees arch over now
Their protecting arms
And the streetlight blinks to cross
Love is the on, the on, the on
Love is the song, the song, the song
I'm with you
I can see all the colors now
All the colors now that you are seeing
That you are seeing
That you are seeing
That you are seeing
Love is the on, the on, the on
Love is the song, the song, the song
Cloud To Cloud
I'm taller walking on the air
To meet you at the station
Though on the weekend I have seen
A little universe of questions
Even your coat is a lake of understanding
I rest against
In five o'clock raindrops
You stop to take a picture
Of you and me
We're carrying guitars
Holding up the flowers
We're carrying guitars
Groceries and flowers
Everything is light
We sail between the buildings
We sail between the aisles
We swim between the columns of words
We swim between the lines
Even your coat is a lake of understanding
I rest against
In five o'clock raindrops
I am walking cloud to cloud
With you
We're carrying guitars
Holding up the flowers
We're carrying guitars
Groceries and flowers
Everything is light
Everything is light
I don't know what I'm doing
It's alright
I don't know when I'm good
It's alright
And still we are side
Cloud by cloud
We're carrying guitars
Holding up the flowers
We're carrying guitars
Groceries and flowers
Everything is light
Everything is light
Everything is light
Everything is light
Everything is light
Everything is light
A Hundred Flowers
Some linden trees watched us drive off in a hurry
Sometimes life doesn't happen like you plan
It seems like a million miles
It seems like a million years ago
But it was only last winter
The snow when it melted
Left me with my sameness
Waiting for change
Love is the final word
It seems like a million miles
It seems like a million years ago
But it was only last winter
And I would break into a hundred flowers
I never wanted to let you down, let you down
I would break into a hundred flowers
I never wanted to let you down, down
I would break into a hundred flowers
I never wanted to let you down, let you down
I would break into a hundred flowers
I never wanted to let you down, down
It seems like a million miles
And it seems like a million years ago
But it was only last winter
Winter
Sisters And Brothers
And my dearest ones are singing a song into the sky
And the branches, they all sing on
And the buildings sing on, sing on
And I'm thankful for you every day
And we're listening and the whole world is singing a song
And the sisters, they all sing on
And the brothers sing on, sing on
And the weather in the street today
I cannot count the yellow leaves in the sky
When I am walking home in the meantime
I will hold this day in the mind
And your pencil case that is always with you opens now And the yellows, they all
sing on
Green and orange sing on, sing on
And the lode frequency blue of day
I lost something I used to be before
I don't know why I'm crying in the meantime
I will hold these things in the heart
And I'm listening and singing a song into the sky
And the branches, they all sing on
And the buildings sing on, sing on
And mourning doves, they all sing on
Leaves and grasses, they all sing on
And the sisters, they all sing on
And the brothers sing on, sing on
And the brothers, they all sing on
And I'm thankful for you every day
Orange Of The
Westering Sun
And once in California
We may find the orange of
The westering sun
Comes into our path and our room
And stays on our shoulders
I've tried so many times, so many times
To get stronger
And oh I'm grateful for you
And oh I am afraid
Of many things I should not fear
If I believe
And sunlight will be orange, then red-pink
In Palos Verdes I will see the red kites
And the sky lift pink
Let's go walk together
The streets blurred with weather
In plain sight, the beauty of someone may emerge
What do you think
Will I be, what I should be
Suddenly like when snow falls from the buildings
As I've said so many times, so many times
I'm on repeat
Once we're in California
We may find the orange of
The westering sun
Let's go walk together
The streets blurred with weather
In plain sight, the beauty of someone may emerge
What do you think
Will I be, what I should be
Suddenly like an overnight field of blooming
And cross so many miles, so many miles
State lines turning
Once we're in California
We may find the orange of
The westering sun
The westering sun
A Different Day
Wait for me
I miss all the buses lately
I swim all the octaves of this morning
Though some days I have not left my room
My clothes ahead of me walk
My hope flies through
So wait for me
Early, maybe I start to soon arrive
I will surprise you still sometime
Wave to me from your rooftop high
Look for me to come through
A different day
Songs I speak to my brother
I say we will go out into the day
Then you and me to hold the shape of clouds
Maybe to stay the sight of joy
Maybe we'll draw what we can't say
So wait for me
Early, maybe I start to soon arrive
I will surprise you still sometime
Wait for me underneath the sky
Look for me to come through
A different day
Oh I think of you, I hope that you are well
I wish I could be some help to you now
I'd get there somehow
Oh my appaloosa is a sycamore
It is my spotted horse that I ride
In the mind's eye
Wait for me this early
Maybe I'll start to hear a sound I recognize
Since here and now is strange to me
And even now is changing into still
A different day
And if I walked faster
I'd fly right off the ground
I would race all the blocks of town
To you and I would arrive now
Look for me to come through
A different day
Non Albums Tracks
A
Thousand Miles
('Evensong' / Street Map EP)
My soles catch dogwood petals
I don't know who lives here
Where people are walking to a birthday
I am just passing by
This boy who sits in sadness
Beside me in the traffic
He is turning, farther and farther
I go straight, into town
La la la la la...
A thousand miles near
A thousand miles far
A thousand miles away
Oh I want to be like Sister Margaret Edmond
Whose life connects with so many in this city
I am inside my door
Some fellow misunderstood me
I thought I'd spoken clearly
Living rooms are such a long way
For words to travel alone
La la la la la...
A thousand miles near
A thousand miles far
A thousand miles away
(Help Me To Sing: Songs of the
Sacred Harp Compilation)
Now shall my inward joys arise
And burst into a song
Almighty love inspires my heart
And pleasure tunes my tongue
God, on his thirsty zion's hill
Some mercy drops has thrown
And solemn oaths have bound his love
To show'r salvation down
Why do we then indulge our fears
Suspicions and complaints
Is he a God, and shall his grace
Grow weary of his saints
An Old Sunday
(Sorry And Glad Together B-Side)
Atticus of an old Sunday
When you past me sitting on the step
On the porch, waiting for thunder
And all of you came by like a parade
Atticus, walking for hunger
There is suffering in the world you said
At seventeen, I was in first grade
I couldn't think of anything to say
My sisters have soldiers to pray for
And they receive their presents in the mail
And Atticus, I was just thinking
I could pray for you and all your friends
It was a cloudy London
A Sunday full of something to come
I cut you bunches of Azalea
I gave you bunches of Azalea
Cause you'd say, "Look at the flowers, look at the flowers"
And I thought I could keep all mine
And Atticus, I was so happy
When I said goodbye to you
And your parade
Can't Anybody Stay Together
(Tending The Rose Garden EP)
Oh no, oh no
Prince charming's leaving on
And Cinderella's running along
No glass slipper this time
And no more compromise
But I'm really not surprised
It happens all the time
Can't anybody stay together
Can't anybody keep their love alive
Can't anybody stay together
Does anybody really try
Childhood memories of what true love should be
Tonight I'm Goule DeVot, but here it is
Babies born in love are no longer in love
What will they do now, my mistaken of, so wrong
Can't anybody stay together
Can't anybody keep their love alive
Can't anybody stay together
Oh, does anybody, anybody, anybody
Anybody really try
I don't know...
Do As The Living Do
(Tending The Rose Garden EP)
You can't think of worries
They might bury you
What good can they do
They just make you blue
And time is on your side
But it goes by so fast
We all make mistakes
We let them go past
When in life
Do as the living do
One day at a time
Find a way to do as the living do
And you don't have to try
To fit in with the crowd
Just hold your head high
Don't ever look down
And you can find a place
That is right for you
I've been there too
I just needed you
So when in life
Won't you do as the living do
One day at a time
Black into blue
You should know
That someone cares for you
So take your own sweet time
And find a way to do as the living do
Some things I have to understand
Something impossible to plan
But everyday we try a little harder
We go a little farther
When the world is crazy
You could run away
Wouldn't it be better to stay?
When in life do as the living do
One day at a time
Black into blue
Oh, you should know
That someone cares for you
So take your own sweet time, boy
And find a way to do as the living do
From A Homeland
(Street Map EP)
Let's not be restless, my darlings
Let's be glad at home, my dears
Though all the boats on shore are yearning
To be away from here
To be upon the sea
To be upon the sea
Upon the sea
Wherever you are
The colors and the light are in your view
And all the others there will see them
And feel the same as you
And feel the same as you
And feel the same as you
Let's not be restless, my darlings
Let's be glad at home, my dears
Though all the boats on shore are yearning
To be away from here
To be upon the sea
To be upon the sea
Upon the sea
Geranium Lake
(Bright As Yellow B-Side)
We have saved our days the whole year
We will wear our summer clothes
Walk for miles in the sun and remember every one
Say we know this place, we know
Though the world is tall and wide
And one does not need to return
Should we go another way
Some new place you'd rather stay
But we know where we will go
What we will say
Greys And Blues
(My Room In The Trees - iTunes Bonus Track)
What can we take to Ohio
What can we bring there from the sea
I'm holding on to the summer
With both my arms digging my feet
I'm going out there in a while
To photograph the greys and blues
Are you
If we are a fish out of water
At least we have love to go around
I miss you more in the day times
Then I can sing or write about now
I'm going out there in a while
To photograph the greys and blues
Are you
Let's Talk About Something Else
(Bright As Yellow B-Side)
I run round in my sleep with a butterfly net
I run round in my sleep with a butterfly
I try deciding my future
Where, how, when and why, now
I run round chasing worries, saying
Hey, let's talk about something else
They fly round in this summer, butterflies
They fly round in this summer like butterflies
And I have to, have to make up my mind
How, where to go, now
They fly round in this summer brightly
Hey, let's talk about something else
Hey, let's talk about something else
And I have to, have to make up my mind
How, where to go, right now
I run round with this field net, hollering
Hey, let's talk about something else
North Atlantic Sand
(Don Peris feat. Karen Peris, from Don's 2006 solo album "Go When The Morning
Shineth")
Fairer are the days that wait for you
Dogwood flowers and moonbeams wait for you
Your mother and your dad
the North Atlantic sand
Try to understand how much we love you
Greener are the hills where you are bound
Kinder is the world where you belong
Your mother and your dad
The North Atlantic sand
Try to understand how much we love you
Where you go I will follow
Where you go I will follow
Where you go I will follow
Anywhere
Peace Be With You
(One For Sorrow, Two For Joy B-Side)
When you're driving with your mother
Upstate to the Chautauqua
And you've let the rain in the car
Things will be different you know
Things will be better
You feel stronger already
You feel stronger
Peace be with you where you go
And you know, the way you know
All the forests and the seas
Of your own world
Only you can ever know them
Only you can
Peace be with you where you go
And you know, the way you know
Pioneering
(Street Map EP)
Pioneering down comes the day
The light is on the ground
And I think I will be well
On the lawn of St. John the Divine
Dogs and birds are starting early to arrive
Pioneering down will come the day now
We are driving out into brilliant light
Remember how we saw windmills on for miles
Like white birds in California skies
Lifting up at once to be near to the sea
Oh drive on, drive on
I will be well, I will be
I can see this on St. Francis Day
All the sadnesses will surely fall away
Pioneering down will come the day now
Prayer Of St. Francis
(The Lakes Of Canada B-Side)
Make me a channel of your peace
Where there is hatred, let me bring your love
Where there is injury, your pardon, Lord
And where there is doubt, true faith in you
Make me a channel of your peace
Where there is despair in life, let me bring hope
Where there is darkness, only light
And where there is sadness, enter joy
Oh master, grant that I may never see
So much to be consoled as to console
To be understood as to understand
To be loved as to love with all my soul
Make me a channel of your peace
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned
The giving of ourselves that we receive
And in dying that we're born to eternal life
Shadows
(Tending The Rose Garden EP)
There are things we do
I don't know how we always get through
Hurling back to back
Love comes to save us in the last half
There are two of me
One does the right thing, one cannot see
And she has no shame
Out of the darkness, she takes the blame
We'd like to keep a watch on our shadows
Every move they secretly make
We'd like to be so close to heaven
But then our shadows, they run away, they run away
So the shadows move
And what do we do, we give them room
When I do so wrong
I don't say I'm sorry, my pride is so strong
We'd like to keep a watch on our shadows
Every move they secretly make
We'd like to be so close to heaven
But then our shadows, they run away
They run away
Smalltown Blues
(Tending The Rose Garden EP)
Lately, the conversations drag me down
The circle full of friends just make my head spin
'Round and 'round and 'round
And there's always someone waiting in the hall outside
And every time you leave, they ring the telephone line, saying
"How's she going to make it on her own now that he's gone?"
And I can't take these small town blues
I'm tired of being lonely, living without you
And I can't take these small town blues
I'm tired of living without you
You're always far away, putting feathers in your cap
And business is good, but honey, that's not why I'm mad
There's always someone waiting on the street outside
And every time you leave, they ring the telephone line, saying
"Now's she's running on her own, he won't be home"
And I can't take these small town blues
I'm tired of being lonely, living without you
And I can't take these small town blues
I'm tired of living without you
You know I'm tired of living without you
They're talking about you
They're saying that you've gone
Tell me it's not true
I need you by my side, my side
Sunshine Roof
(Street Map EP)
Alive in the light on Monday
Alive in the light of May
We zig-zag on a bus to market
I know, I know these things will not go
Alive in the light on Monday
Alive in the light of May
Branches on the ground are shining
I know, I know these things will not go
I'm walking to the sound of your feet
We're moving into squares of sun
Our heads are golden, even mine is
Light on, light on everything to come
There is a branch that's come down lately
There is a bridge not far away
Our heads are golden, even mine is
Light on, light on
I'm walking to the sound of your feet
We're moving into squares of sun
Our heads are golden, even mine is
Light on, light on everything to come
The Way You Know
(Befriended - Japanese Bonus Track)
So I left the flowers outside
There in the hallway
With a note against your door
You were not home
You were not home
You may be
On your way to the Chautauqua now
With your mother calling out the way to go
The way you know
The way you know
Oh, a memory that's sweet
Pedals from the trees
When your road is hard
When your road is hard
Oh, the forests and the deepest seas
Of your own world
No one else can ever know
The way you know
The way you know
The sorrow happens
And you find you can't tell anybody
Words don't enter into greater realms
The way you know
The way you know
Hope and memory that's sweet
Pedals from the trees
When your road is hard
When your road is hard
You may be
On your way to the Chautauqua now
With your mother calling out the way to go
The way you know
The way you know
The way you know
The way you know
Tiny Picture
(Preliminary Hearing OST)
Almost coming out
Almost going in
Almost in the middle but the middle's half a place to be
Gray is not the range
Book mobiles are burning
I am only yearning for a place where I can be myself
Some don't care (how pathetic)
Some of them do (have their signs)
But there are many who are neither one of them
And I can play the part (walk on the streets)
And I could learn the lines (personality)
Why must they divide us then apply us in this way?
More than two kinds of people
Could we blow up this tiny picture
There are more than two kinds of people
So let's blow up this tiny picture
Make it bigger
See it better
I am not all bad (have my good points)
And you are not all good (have your vices)
Father says we're equal, the children don't agree
The man builds the walls (divided)
Man builds them all (confide in)
Man builds the camera that takes the tiny picture
More than two kinds of people
Could we blow up this tiny picture
There are more than two kinds of people
So let's blow up this tiny picture
And make it bigger
See it better
Oh, make it bigger
See it, see it better
Make it bigger
Can you take a bigger picture
Can you take it
Can you see a bigger picture
Can you see it
Trust
(Tending The Rose Garden EP)
We're good soldiers, getting by on the border of this life
And the darkness is no place to be frightened, afraid
Trust, trust
Trust, trust
"Trust" means you can't see, but you know, you know
"Follow me" means you can't see but you grow, you grow
See no evil your soul
I just count on you, I just know
When I question, I am wrong
I should know better, should be strong
Trust, trust
Trust, trust
"Trust you" means you can do, and there's, no worry, I know
"Follow you" means you lead me through and I go, I go
No matter what you do, I put my trust in you
Trust, trust, trust, trust
Trust, trust, trust, trust
Trust, trust, trust, trust
Trust, trust, trust, trust
Yeah, yeah do I, do I believe you
Yes, I do
And I see, and I see no evil in your soul
Your sweet, sweet soul
You Draw The Streets Of Rome
(Street Map EP)
I am listening to you and my eyes are closed
Though I know the map you draw in blue chalk includes us
With the scarves blowing out and the cardigans wrapped round
Looking down beautiful views from the rooftops a long way
And you draw the streets of Rome
They are the branches on a tree
We walk them one by one
And we will glide down the stairs like air, like water
I'll be braver than I am here
I am listening to you and my eyes are closed
Though I know the buildings and the sparkle of fountains
And the names of the streets are the ones you keep a song for
Along, they string along like lights on the roadway
And you draw the streets of Rome
They are the branches on a tree
We walk them one by one
And we will glide down the stairs like air, like water
I'll be braver than I am here
And you draw the streets of Rome
They are the branches on a tree
We walk them one by one
In a twilight of music I believe
If we ask we will receive.
And we will glide down the stairs like air, like water
I'll be braver than I am here
Your Advice
(Wonder Of Birds B-Side)
Your advice, your advice
Two impatient fledglings
Left a small hope of flying your advice
When your down and you're tired
You have dreams of glory
But the world shuts you down, robbed you blind
Your pertinence has crippled you
And so you give your warnings
And I think I knew I said enough
Your goodbyes, your goodbyes
You are said, you crush us
But you think it's destiny of finding I
And I said in return
That your fame has left you
But I still cannot say your advice
Your pertinence has crippled you
And so you give your warnings
And I think I knew I said enough
And so you give your warnings
And I think I knew I said enough
By the grace of your advice, by the grace of your advice
Your advice, your advice
By the grace of your advice, by the grace of your advice
