B i o g r a p h y (by Jason Ankeny)
The country art band Tarnation was essentially a vehicle for Paula Frazer, a talented singer and songwriter who returned to roots music only after a successful foray into 1980s post-punk. Frazer was born and raised in Sautee Nacoochee, GA, a tiny community located in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains, where as a child she sang in her father's church choir, developing a remarkably adept soprano. At the age of 14, the Frazers moved to Arkansas, where she began performing with local jazz groups. After graduating high school, Frazer relocated to San Francisco, where she followed a stint in a Bulgarian women's choir with tenures in a number of area punk groups, most notably the all-female Frightwig. In 1992, she formed Tarnation with former S.F. Seals members Lincoln Allen and Michelle Cernuto, along with steel guitarist Matt Sullivan. Setting their dark ballads and love songs against a stark, ominous backdrop dominated by reverb-soaked guitars, Tarnation debuted in 1993 with I'll Give You Something to Cry About. In 1995, they issued Gentle Creatures, their first LP for the arty British label 4AD. Shortly after the record's release, Allen, Cernuto, and Sullivan left the group and were replaced by guitarist Alex Oropeza, drummer Joe Byrnes, and bassist/lap steel player Bill Cuevas.
Gentle Creatures - 1995-09-18 - Game of broken hearts Halfway to madness The well Big O Motel Tell me it's not so Two wrongs won't make things right Lonely lights Gentle Creatures (Instrumental) Listen to the wind The hand Do you fancy me Yellow birds Burn again Stranger in the mirror It's not easy
Mirador - 1997-04-07 - An awful shade of blue Wait A place where I know Is she lonesome now Your thoughts and mine Christine Destiny There's someone Like a ghost Idly Little black egg You'll understand The well sequel (Hidden Track)
I'll Give You Something To Cry About It’s Not Easy You can listen to what I say Or you can turn the other way Don't be kind just to please my heart But please don't tear my heart apart It's not easy The world was meant for me to roam I'm not crazy To want to go back home Sometimes there's no sun in the sky Sometimes the sun gets in my eyes And then the past is just a game And destiny is not to blame For the reason The world was meant for me to roam I'm not crazy To want to go back home Where the gentle creatures roam This is the place I call my home I'm sure to miss you when I'm gone But I must be moving on It's not easy I never meant to do you wrong I'm not crazy But I must be moving on Yellow Birds The little yellow birds Do they cry for me Or do they cry with happiness They look down on me with tiny eyes Do they see my tears They seem to flutter by so carelessly Do they hope I have some seeds They land beside me without any fear Do they see my tears There is the open sky where a warm breeze blows Still the birds stay close by me Do they want some hair to make a nest for spring Or do they want to dry my tears Never an Easy Way I've seen this river Seen it overflow I've seen these rocks And I've seen this road I've seen these windows And these jet black crows I've seen this place And this old dead rose And I don't think it's fair to say Who or what's to blame Because there's never an easy way To just get off the train I've seen these trees And these empty plains I've seen this sky And I've seen this rain I've seen these weeds Seen them overgrown I've seen these halls Where the dust has blown And I don't think it's fair to say Who or what's to blame 'Cause there's never an easy way To just get off the train I've seen these cars and I shot this gun The silence here makes me want to run I've seen this empty rusty cage I've seen this mill and I smelt this sage I've thrown this knife And I shut this door Way out here no more, no more Game of broken hearts Is that all there is to a name A lost and childish heart There's nothing you give That's not dangerous or cold Is that there is to a game A game of broken hearts There is no easy way To the lesson you must learn It seems so easy for you To turn your heart Off and on It's no matter who is right Or who is wrong Is that all there is to a face A bit of sadness there to hide Your fears compel you to hide it all inside It seems so easy for you To turn your heart Off and on It's no matter who is right Or who is wrong Is that all there is to a game The game of broken hearts Is that all there is to a game The game of broken hearts They took you away once again They took you away once again As I look out the window I see the old fort That you were repairing The day before last I remember them coming To take you away The memory brings tears to my eyes They took you away once again To a padded room Where you can't hurt no one They took you away like many times before But my memories of you linger on I got used to sleeping Without a gun to my head And not being locked up in chains I bet all the people In our basement go free And I've given your knives To the Salvation Army They took you away once again To a padded room Where you can't hurt no one They took you away like the many times before But my memories of you linger on Rancho carne humana There he lies six feet under At Rancho carne humana When he rode away Anna begged him to stay He said he'd return in one another day But that was three years ago from yesterday When he kissed her goodbye and he rode away He lies six feet under At Rancho carne humana The lawman knows But he won't tell Anna sings a sad old song By the wishing well She kissed the rose he gave her as his feathers fell And she broke a tear ignoring all the lonesome trail He lies six feet under At Rancho carne humana He lies six feet under At Rancho carne humana Some nights when the river mists surround the lonesome trail You can hear him moan and see his ghost appear Crying Anna's name in the night, as he rides As he rides, as he rides Big O Motel Down the road sits the big O motel Where people tell lies In their own private cell With cast-down eyes And a packaged surprise I come and I go We plan it just so At the big O motel On the vibrating bed Cologne drenched curtains Of velour red In the smoky glass mirror I look at my face But, on the bed beside me Someone has taken your place By the Big O motel There's a drive through bar They'll make you a daiquiri In a mason jar The man at the window With the receding hair line Turns away from me but says "Same place, same time" At the Big O Motel On the vibrating bed Cologne drenched curtains Of velour red In the smoky glass mirror I look at my face But, on the bed beside me Someone has taken your place The man on the corner With sausage shaped fingers After he's gone His cigar smoke lingers After he's gone I take a shower I watch the clock's hands Passing the hours At the Big O Motel On the vibrating bed Cologne drenched curtains Of velour red In the smoky glass mirror I look at my face But, on the bed beside me Someone has taken your place Christine Christine made a little doll And it glows in the dark And it cries out her name Christine Christine lived in a wooden house Where she made that little doll That sings out her name And it glows in the dark Christine Christine had to move away 'Cause the doll drove her mad 'Cause it cried out her name And it glowed in the dark Christine, Christine Christine left the doll behind And it sits in a sad room Where it glows in the dark And it cries out her name Christine, Christine, Christine Sweat And Blood Sweat and blood, that's all it takes Bends you over, under your back it breaks Rides you high most every day Drives you high most every day One stitch for every line you say Put to bed, one foot in the grave Rides you high most every day Makes you where you are blind in one eye Do You Fancy Me Do you fancy me Or am I living in make believe Am I someone just to pass your time To pass lonely hours 'Til your heart can be free Then you'll forget all about me Do you think of me Or are you a victim of old memories Why can't we live for now The past is only a sad tragic dream Why can't you give your love to me Like flowers of springtime There comes a time When they must wilt away The coldness of winter With clouds in the sky I watch lonely people pass by I'll no longer pine for you My heart is through with being blue Soon you'll turn to find me gone Then you'll pass lonely hours 'Til your heart can be free And you'll do all your yearning for me Strangers We act just like strangers Though we kissed, we cannot tell So we have a little heaven And then we pay a little hell Though we are promised to others We knew when we first met That we were meant for each other Our former vows we would regret How can I turn away from the one I love Should I look away from the stars above How long can we go on pretending Seeing each other now and then Holding on to precious memories Longing to free our hearts again How can I turn away from the one I love Should I look away from the stars above How long can we go on pretending Seeing each other now and then Holding on to precious memories Longing to free our hearts again Holding on to precious memories Longing to free our hearts again Lonely Nights Dancing where the lonely lights are dim Holding on to just a memory of him There she goes, she's a lonely one She wears a strange painted on smile She's caught in the middle And she's waited for a long, long while There she sits half in the shade She won't look at any trouble made by that man He's the only trouble she understands Dancing where the lonely lights are dim Holding on to just a memory of him I tell myself there's no one to blame Is it fate, why we feel the same Caught by the middle After waiting for a long, long time Dancing where the lonely lights are dim Holding on to just a memory of him Dancing where the lonely lights are dim Holding on to just a memory of him Spanking Potion No. 5 Stitch your britches and tan your hide Mama's gonna bury you alive Give you a little spankin' Potion Number Five You're a little rascal when are you gonna pay Nothing can take your pain away So you better listen to what I say Give you a little bit of shortenin' bread Lick that tar right off your head Give you a little spankin' Potion Five instead Stitch your britches and tan your hide Mama's gonna bury you alive Give you a little spankin' Potion Number Five Give you a little spankin' Potion Number Five Give you a little spankin' Potion Number Five The Ring Sittin' here in this smoky room I see you across the bar Smiling I'm sad to say I lost your ring In the bathroom sink It's still there Little Johnny cries out your name But he's glad That you're happy I talked to Mother the other day She said you had found happiness Together Don't you know I'm missing you Just the way you used to miss me Now that you are together with Mother Just like Father and me Father died yesterday He said to tell you That he's sorry He's sorry for the bad things that he said About you and me Being together He said Little Johnny needs a father Even though his father's his uncle, too And even though you're my brother I'm in love with you Tell Me It's Not So Tell me it's not so Tell me a lie Say you won't go Say you won't say goodbye Tell me forever And times they don't change Tell me you're not leaving And that you'll always feel the same One smile for the last time One smile for today One smile that the darkness Has taken away But your smile's just a memory That won't go away And I'll always remember Your smile today And I'll always remember Your smile for today
Gentle Creatures Game of broken hearts Is that all there is to a name, a lost and childish heart. There's nothing you give that's not dangerous or cold. Is that there is to a game, a game of broken hearts. There is no easy way to the lesson you must learn. It seems so easy for you to turn your heart off and on. It's no matter who is right or who is wrong. Is that all there is to a face, a bit of sadness there to hide. Your fears compel you to hide it all inside. It seems so easy for you to turn your heart off and on, It's no matter who is right or who is wrong. Halfway to madness In the muddy brown water where I wrote your name. Sadly it tells me that our luck has changed. When I met you halfway to a place we call madness, With a rock in my heart, I sank in despair. In the dusty playground where I first saw your face. Like a music chair dance, we keep changing our place. Well there's nothing to hold, in a place we call madness. Where the water runs cold, then the water runs dry. How simple things seemed when I just wanted to hold you, hold you. I listen to a voice of reason while I sleep It tells me to question all the promises that I keep. When I met you halfway to a place we call madness, With a rock in my heart, I sank in despair. How simple things seemed when I just wanted to hold you, hold you. The well I'm waiting, I wait, for the creaking of the gate, How long, how long must I wait. I sit, I sit, the weeds gather 'round me, The wind whips my dress so that I cannot see. So long, good-bye, to that great moaning sky and I'll cast my heart down the well. I stare, I stare, and I'm looking over there, 'Cross that ghostly lake where he dwelled. I look and I see a light burnin' bright, But I know it doesn't burn for me tonight So long, good-bye, to that great moaning sky and I'll cast my heart down the well. Looking down, looking down, to where he once laid, The birds hovered then took him away. I rise to my feet and I walk down that road Where I silently cry when this story is told. So long, good-bye, to that great moaning sky and I'll cast my heart down the well. Big O Motel Down the road sits the Big O Motel, Where people tell lies in their own private cell. With cast down eyes and a packaged surprise, I come and I go we plan it just so. At the Big O Motel, on the vibrating bed, Cologne drenched curtains of velour red. In the smoky glass mirror I look at my face, But, on the bed beside me someone has taken your place. By the Big O motel, there's a drive through bar, They'll make you a daiquiri in a mason jar. The man at the window with the receding hair line, Looks away from me but says " same place, same time ". At the Big O Motel, on the vibrating bed, Cologne drenched curtains of velour red. In the smoky glass mirror I look at my face, But, on the bed beside me someone has taken your place. The man on the corner with sausage shaped fingers, After he's gone, his cigar smoke lingers. After he's gone I take a shower, I watch the clock's hands passing the hours. Tell me it's not so Tell me it's not so, tell me a lie, Say you won't go, say you won't say goodbye. Tell me forever and that times they don't change. Say you're not leaving and that you'll always feel the same. One smile for the last time, one smile for today, One smile that the darkness has taken away. But your smile's just a memory that won't go away And I'll always remember your smile today. And I'll always remember your smile for today. Two wrongs won't make things right Waiting for the sun to set in your eyes, Thinking that kind words are just a disguise. I wonder why you think that I should say good-bye when you know Two wrongs won't make things right. There was a time that I remember your happy smile, Was it last september I went away. I'm sorry now, but two wrongs won't make things right, Two wrongs won't make things right. Someday we'll remember this chance we once had to make things right make things right. I'm thinking of my words that made you cry, What can sorry mean when said with the word good-bye. And though times change one thing remains, That two wrongs won't make things right. Lonely lights There she goes, she's a lonely one, She wears a strange painted on smile. She's caught in the middle, And she's waited for a long, long while. There she sits half in the shade, She won't look at any trouble made by that man. He's the only trouble she understands. Dancing where the lonely lights are dim, Holding on to just a memory of him I tell myself there's no one to blame, Is it fate? Why we feel the same. Caught by the middle after waiting for a long, long time Dancing where the lonely lights are dim, Holding on to just a memory of him Listen to the wind Listen to the wind, it calls out my name, It calls with it's wanderin' ways. Somewhere out yonder kindlin' my flame Turnin' my tearin' to a blaze. While I tow the line on this barge of a heart That'll lead me astray some day, some day. I'm gonna get me a gun and shoot me someone If I don't calm my yearnin' heart, And they'll take me away to an early grave Before my natural days are done. While I tow the line on this barge of a heart That'll lead me astray some day, some day. While I tow the line on this barge of a heart That'll lead me astray some day, some day. The hand There is a restless weight upon me, in the shape of things to come. And the wrapped up paper flowers have left my life undone. What were the words once told to me or the promises left unmet. And the end to all the simple things that we promised to never forget. When I felt the hand upon me, I thought I'd shaken all that I could feel. I don't need someone to tell me that none of it was real. As I felt the darkness gather and the silence settle there. And the many faces that surrounded me in the dark and silent air. Do you fancy me Do you fancy me, or am I living in make believe? Am I someone just to pass your time? To pass lonely hours 'til your heart can be free, Then you'll forget all about me Do you think of me, Or are you a victim of old memories? Why can't we live for now? The past is only a sad tragic dream, Why can't you give your love to me? Like flowers of springtime there comes a time, when they must wilt away. Like coldness of winter, with clouds in the sky, I watch lonely people pass by. I'll no longer pine for you, My heart is through with being blue. Soon you'll turn to find me gone. Then you'll pass lonely hours, 'Til your heart can be free, And you'll do all your yearnin' for me. Yellow birds The little yellow birds, Do they cry for me, Or do they cry with happiness ? They look down on me with tiny eyes, Do they see my tears? They seem to flutter by so carelessly, Do they hope I have some seeds ? They land beside me without any fear, Do they see my tears ? There is the open sky where a warm breeze blows, Still the birds stay close by me. Do they want some hair to make a nest for spring, Or do they want to dry my tears ? Burn again I lost a bit more Won a little mess Said good-bye to low And hello to less I jacked up the car And shot at my guest I rolled it twice And hoped for the best On this tree I'll hang my skin And my skeleton without a shadow Will glow by the fire The angel hangs over The bedstand With a wide wingspan He's a guest or a ghost Of a tall fireman I guess I lit the curtains again On this tree I'll hang my skin And my skeleton without a shadow Will glow by the fire I'm tearing the morning Right out of the dawn The night is broken The day is gone The sky hits me It's falling fast My guard is sleeping on Broken glass On this tree I'll hang my skin And my skeleton without a shadow Will glow by the fire Stranger in the mirror Keep your arms open wide love, 'Cause I'm coming home, I don't know where I am but I don't care, 'Cause I know where I'm going. I'm going where the voices, In my head tell me to I'd walk a thousand crooked miles, To try to get back to you Well I'm weary to the bone, As I wake here alone, With a pain that won't let me be And there's a stranger in the mirror, Staring back at me, ( Oh Lord, could it be, is that me ? ) These hands are shaking in the shadows, Of the old morning sun That's dripping through the window pane, Lord, this feeling is second to none Well I'm weary to the bone, As I wake here alone, With a pain that won't let me be And there's a stranger in the mirror, Staring back at me, ( Oh Lord, could it be, is that me ? ) I can almost see your smile, And I can almost hear your voice Rising high up above, The flat land of Illinois Well I'm weary to the bone, As I wake here alone, With a pain that won't let me be And there's a stranger in the mirror, Staring back at me, ( Oh Lord, could it be, is that me ? ) It's not easy You can listen to what I say, Or you can turn the other way Don't be kind just to please my heart, But please don't tear my heart apart. It's not easy, the world was meant for me to roam, I'm not crazy, to want to go back home. Sometimes there's no sun in the sky, Sometimes the sun gets in my eyes And then the past is just a game, And destiny is not to blame For the reason, the world was meant for me to roam, I'm not crazy, to want to go back home Where the gentle creatures roam, That is the place I call my home You know I'll miss you when I'm gone, But I must be moving on. It's not easy, I never meant to do you wrong, I'm not crazy, but I must be moving on
Mirador An awful shade of blue You've heard these words because they're written on my face Like they were carved in stone that time cannot erase. What secrets lie behind an awful shade of blue ? In a place of reckoning I keep returning to. And we return back to the place where words belong, in an awful shade of blue. I sit and listen to an awful shade of blue, And through the creeping dust that I am listening to Are the words that I once loved and meant the world to me. But they are only now a distant memory. And we return back to a place where words belong, in an awful shade of blue. There's no sense in cryin', it is only a shade of blue. Wait
You wait, but the sun has told you lies, It sits laughing in an empty sky. There's one thing that I can't do without, But I can see through those sullen eyes that have turned away from me. It's wise to say that I don't care It's wise to say but I don't mean a word. I'm only asking why must I pretend to not see Through those sullen eyes that have turned away from me. A place where I know There's a place where I know, We can walk in the flowers and weeds where they grow. But, I left you back there looking far off with the sun on your hair. By some strange design I feign to believe that this image was mine. The shape of your hand in a dream I see a mysterious plan. Is she lonesome now Is she lonesome now ? Is she all alone ? I wonder where that good gal's gone ? Hear the whistle blow, hear the tracks moan I hear the train coming home. Lonesome is the name of the north bound train, The hills are green she's gone. Has she made up her mind to leave sorrow behind, On herway back home? There is a place where her shining face still smiles. Does she sing a sad song or is she glad I'm gone ? I hear her voice laugh in a dream. How near she seemed when she whispered her sad farewell Your thoughts and mine Which way can we go, only the moon casts a shadow. When we look far below the path is sharp and narrow. Your thoughts and mine, are far away from this moment, from this moment. Are the stars very bright in the place where you are sleeping? Can you hear this song and this song that I am keeping? Your thoughts and mine, are far away from this moment, from this moment. And this story it goes as we move along the shadows. And this story it goes along the sharp and narrow. Your thoughts and mine, are far away from this moment, from this moment. Christine
Christine made a little doll and it glowed in the dark. And it cried out her name, Christine. Christine lived in a wooden house Where she made that little doll that glowed in the dark And cried out her name, Christine. Christine had to move away because the doll drove her mad Because it cried out her name And it cried in the dark, Christine. Christine left the doll behind And it sits in a sad room Where it glows in the dark And it cries out her name, Christine. Destiny There's something I must tell you, There's one thing you must know : Green is the color I remember on the hills of long ago. I was told to be watchful, I was told to beware. For something in the way that he spoke showed he didn't care. Suddenly, things are not as they ought to be and I know that it's destiny. Destiny, and just like before, I yearn for a return to the way things used to be. He stood out in the shadows, He was not one to explain Then he moved past the trees, a distant figure against the green terrain. Suddenly, things are not as they ought to be and I know that it's destiny. Destiny, and just like before, I yearn for a return to the way things used to be. Out there stands a manzanita, Underneath there lies a stone, Without a name or a symbol, Fading in the waiting light alone. There's someone
There's someone who'll hold your hand, Take you through a troubled land. It's not the promised land but the weary heart abides. Listen to the words that fade and the sheltered bed that's made. Those who fall away they just fall into a void. There's someone who's out of control, There's someone we both know, With their head held high, In the clouds, in the sky. There's someone who longs to laugh, Drift away from the past. And share a thought or two and do the things that lovers do. There's someone who's out of control, There's someone we both know, With their head held high, in the clouds, in the sky. Like a ghost A southern breeze and this road I'm on, I wonder if I'll see the end. The city of my sleep where angels dream, Wrapped up closely to the dawn. Follow time, like a ghost, Follow time, like a ghost, I long to wander. I fell into an angel's dream, I think I left my senses there, Along with all those forgotten things I left my senses there. Follow time, like a ghost, Follow time, like a ghost, I long to wander. This is the time that we have longed for, that we have longed for. From far away, far away, I ask that you would stay in my tranquil dreams, Tranquil dreams, tranquil dreams. Idly So uncertain I double as a shadow or someone who doesn't understand. Blatant or misshapen and far too weary to pretend to understand. In my mind's eye, I am love's pauper and I am going nowhere. But, I know there's a little piece of heaven - a piece of heaven somewhere. Idly, Idly, please come take my hand. Somewhere I know there is a castle floating in the air. Idly I am taking my time but someday, I will be there. Idly, Idly, Idly, please come take my hand. Little black egg I don't care what they say, I'm gonna keep it anyway. I won't let them stretch their necks, To see my little black egg with the little white specks. I found it in a tree just the other day, Now it's mine all mine, they can't take it away. There comes Mary, there comes Lee : I'll bet what they want to see. I won't let them stretch their necks To see my little black egg with the little white specks. I found it in a tree just the other day, Now it's mine all mine, they can't take it away. Oh my, what can I do ? Little black agg's gonna tell on you. I won't let them stretch their necks To see my little black egg with the little white specks You'll understand There goes the other side, And It goes on without us, it goes on. And soon you'll know just how I feel When you know, you'll understand. There's the way you are your own And what is lost and what is gone. I hope you'll see some happiness When you see, you'll understand. Holding on to words that no one can hold on to, Leave the words behind you. I hope you'll see some happiness And when you see, you'll understand. You'll understand, you'll understand And soon you'll know just how I feel. The well sequel I'm waiting, I wait, for the steps on the path, I'm waiting but steps never come The sun's burning still, And the plans that we made Have slowly faded away So long, good-bye, to that crazy moaning sky and I'll cast my heart down the well. The whole years slowly passed, where the high grass has grown By the lake where we used to play The ravine's grown so high, round the shaded brick well. In the field where we used to play So long, good-bye, to that crazy moaning sky and I'll cast my heart down the well.
*** Thanx to Tictac who corrected me for this one ***
Now It's Time
August's song Do the new things you know Bring you happiness now I don't know, but I hope so If I've been unkind I hope you don't mind I don't know, but I hope so The melody we hear The melody we fear Is only August's song I miss summer again I miss summer again 'Cause the sun doesn't shine 'Cause the sun doesn't shine I'm wishing for it In my mind Just one more song Just one more song It won't be long It won't be long 'Til it's over And gone The melody we hear The melody we fear Is only August's song The taste of the wind Makes you hungrier still And the time that passes Takes you further away Is only August's song Only August's song Only August's song Only August's song Only August's song Only August's song Only August's song Only August's song Only August's song Pretend I filled the room With your voice and Made believe that you had no choice Singled out, I had no time To prepare myself For what was to come I pretend to hold your hand And make you smile and to understand I pretend to hold you tight And dry the tears from your darkest night Tomorrow comes and tomorrow goes Where will you be after you don't know Charming things may occupy my time But I can't seem to leave you behind I pretend to hold your hand And make you smile and to understand I pretend to hold you tight And dry the tears from your darkest night I pretend to hold your hand And make you smile and to understand I pretend to hold you tight And dry the tears from your darkest night Bitter Rose It's a bitter rose It's a word no one knows And it's hard to climb But it's always on your mind If I had the words Could I stay In the morning of your heart If the sun shines Sometimes leaving you behind Where the want grows in the darkest places If I stay in your heart Will you set me free I wish that you'd run away with me My love is deeper than the deep blue sea In my mind, you're always with me How will I know Do I stay or should I go When it's undefined In the darkest places If I stay in your heart Will you set me free Sleeping Dreams Walk alone Through the past Why did you run I guess love never lasts I'm the last to know Lay down your sleeping dream There's no place to go Silently watching the flames disappear I'm silently wishing it so Silently watching it go Silently letting it go Memories are killing me Happy thoughts that were mine Honesty goes nowhere but left further behind Lay down your sleeping dream There's no place to go Silently watching the flames disappear I'm silently wishing it so Silently watching it go Silently letting it go Wake up your sleeping dream Let them haunt you no more They're just looking for a place to die I'm silently wishing it so Silently watching it go Silently letting it go First Sign It was the first sign Things will never be the same And in the meantime There's no one to blame for the rain And nothing left to gain But some kind of freedom Some kind of wandering child And some remembrance Of a wildness that once was your name In some foolish game we once played There you go with your eyes on fire There you go, there you go And in the morning Things don't seem quite the same Without any warning You became the one that I knew by name But probably never was But in my mind It's such a fine line Between you and me What happened those strange times That changed us just to see No use and nothing left to do But say goodbye There you go with your eyes on fire There you go, there you go Nowhere The judge said "Come on down Come pick up your winning crown It's all been said and done Burning cold in the evening sun" We've been told not to wait Going so fast, we're thrown away We're just children in our minds So what's left to say What's impossible to say Seems it leads us nowhere Leave the world behind you And you come to nowhere, nowhere Need some time to follow your heart Left behind right from the start What is happening, I can't tell Winding down in a private hell What's impossible to say Seems it leads us nowhere Leave the world behind you And you come to nowhere, nowhere Another Day It took some time but now it started Maybe things can go your way What was so broken-hearted can't stay that way When things have gone too far When you think you've left behind Those things that broke your heart Have clouded up your mind You turned away from those things That you once longed for It's another day, you can't go back 'Cause now it's gone Made up my mind to leave behind Truthfully uncertain lies So long ago now when we parted It was so unkind You turned away from those things That you once longed for It's another day you can't go back 'Cause now it's gone Shadows Looking for a certain kind of glow If I find it, will I know As I'm falling through the dark Everything starts to shine I wish I could go with you If you'd ask me, that's what I'd do And if the time was right I guess you'd know it's true Every time you go, I'm left behind Sorting through the shadows in my mind Every time you go, I'm left behind Sorting through the shadows in my mind I wish I knew my mind And understood my heart And had a simple life Where everything is right and kind. Every time you go, I'm left behind Sorting through the shadows in my mind Every time you go, I'm left behind Sorting through the shadows in my mind I'll Never Know Did you find what you wanted I don't know where I stand It's a long, long road You can lose your soul Dying now before it should end There could be darkness awaiting If it's a friend to your life And the time moves slow But faster than we know Dying now before it should end I'm wondering if I'm on your mind All the places you go I'm wondering if you're on my side I guess I'll never know You could fade away this darkness From the corners of my heart I hope you know that everywhere I go These thoughts of you Well, they have followed me here I'm wondering if I'm on your mind All the places you go I'm wondering if you're on my side I guess I'll never know Now It's Time Oh the sun, where you've been I think the moon's my only friend No one knows, why sadness grows But here it comes again I tried to make some promises To fix those pieces So shattered and torn and thrown away But now it's time to go Those childish things that we said Probably can't be mended The end was already planned Long before it ended You tried to keep some promises That you made to yourself So shattered and torn and thrown away So now it's time to go Now it's time to go Now it's time Now it's time Now it's time Now it's time All The Time Free your mind from thinking all the time Is it half full or half empty Every day is stealing thoughts away Is it good or just remembering You know just what to say It doesn't matter 'cause it's dead today Feeling good and feeling like you should be on my mind All the time Take away the sadness and the gray Keep something good with the bad I can see I'm in your heart again And we begin just like we're strangers You know just what to say It doesn't matter 'cause it's dead today Feeling good and feeling like you should be on my mind All the time Be on my mind, all the time
What Is and Was Between the Lines Motor boats along the green and words get in the way If you read between the lines what would you say What would you say Full on summer in full bloom Taking a trip to the moon To the moon You've been here by me but there's something I can't say I'm afraid to spoil the fun since words get in the way Words get in the way Running through woods pine smells so sweet Pine combs falling at my feet At my feet Such a heavenly glow on a summer afternoon On a summer afternoon What Is and Was Listen to your heart beat, it's here to remind you It's here to defy you and leave you in the dark A prisoner of your own mind, not all that is gold shines But it's just a fine line between hate and love Forget the lessons you have learned Forget the bridges that have burned And all the reasons that may be wrong or right They're with you day and night just because what is and was Listen to the night song, it's playing all the night long A song you cannot hide from, it's with you in your dreams It will surely find you and it will surely blind you From any fair reasoning Except the beating of your heart Forget the lessons you have learned Forget the bridges that have burned And all the reasons that may be wrong or right They're with you day and night just because what is and was Golden Everywhere that you know Everywhere that you go there are you are Then you turned and walked away Leaving behind your lucky start Is it all what it seemed Crazy schemes in a submarine Was it time to crash your plans By setting out for a troubled land When the fire in the sky Didn't burn and you wondered why You planned to ride upon the flames But didn't chance it to give your best So it will find you in a dream Nights, disco lights and a video screen Where the real is never seen And wasting time at the cost of your dreams Look at the sun it's a golden silence Look at the sun as it rises before us It tells us to follow It tells us of tomorrow In Some Time In some time it'll be alright Those are the things that we left behind In the know with no place to go Looking back now I think I always knew It was a Thursday you were on my mind I should have seen it coming there were so many signs But there's no reasoning with a heart that's left behind Time moves slow and all through the day I don't know my mind or what to say I let you go in my mind anyway Try to pick the pieces up along the way It was a Friday when you broke my heart I should have seen it coming right from the start But there's no reasoning with a heart that's left behind Followed You There So you've gone, gone, gone to the dark side and thrown it all away Searching for elusive tomorrow you can't live for today Careless vagabond always goin' but never stays runnin' from memories Wherever you go your heart will surely know The memories followed you there The memories followed you there Out on the sidewalks, in the streets where no one knows your name Knowing no one that you meet it's safer there from blame Careless vagabond passing by like a ghost runnin' from memories Given time your heart will surely find The memories followed you there The memories followed you there So you've gone, gone, gone to the dark side and thrown it all away Searching for elusive tomorrow you can't live for today Like a River Like a winding river calling to me Disguised as a mystery together we'll see Forgive night and winter and the flowers will grow We roll like a river forget all that we've known We could flow like a river and it's all I will know My heart falls with the water in the evening glow To the Ocean What are the colors of the roses that sleep When will they tell us the secrets they keep We went to the ocean on down by the sea We wandered through the darkest night hoping you'd follow me In shades of red and golden light This is the place where the skies will meet We went to the ocean on down by the sea We wandered through the stillest night hoping you'd follow me We set in motion writing letters in the sand Something tells me I must take your hand And go to the ocean on down by the sea We passed through the darkest hours hoping you'd follow me Follow me Western Star Western star in the sky Can't be wrong but it's not right To wait so long in this silence Where the dust has gone and stayed too long In this room words were broken Damaging the truth lies were spoken To feel so wrong in this silence Where the dust has gone and stayed too long You ask why, plead beg bargain In the silence of your eyes words were spoken To wait so long in this silence Where the dust has gone and stayed too long North Wind Living in the moment like a picture frozen in time Walking down the same hills I climb It's all been done before, that's how the story goes Fading in the sun I came back to this city even though it let me down That's how the north wind blows We're just fooling around with this town Fading in the sun Sure didn't give you time to change your mind You know how people just come and go Keeping to the road that travels to the sea Fading into just a memory People Say People say it will end with a broken heart Yes I knew it was true from the start But the flowers were blooming and the trees softly swayed Until the falling leaves had come and gone Through the night and the wind was so cruel In the fields of a deep winter moon I fell into a trance by the mistakes I'd made And the words were never told Through the night the winds blowing cold Over city lights the skies burning gold Burning gold With the passing of time, what lessons learned What goes down when the tables have turned What treasures lost, what treasures earned What could have been was never known What could have been was never known Distant Star Do you believe in a cold distant star Do you belong where you know that you are We began on a road very far Do you see in the cold of the night When you see back to where you once were Then you know that's all that you are On a hill on a cold winter night There's a bird takes to wing and it flies There are lights flashing in a glass jar Can you see through the fire in your soul It's a fire only you will know It takes you where ever you go Do you believe in a cold distant star Do you belong where you know that you are We began on a road very far Find My Heart No one sees no one knows as the breeze softly blows And says to me don't ya know come with me and we go All the while I'm with you in my heart falling true As the moon swims and sways in the harmony so fine So fine Find my heart So fine Find my heart It doesn't matter if the skies turn grey In the meadow it's summer every day So fine Find my heart So fine Find my heart Wait a while we'll find a way see your smile all the day You can't say it's not so Hunter's Moon sailing low In the sky Find my heart So fine Find my heart
Leaving on a jet plane
( John Denver tribute album 'take me home' )
All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go, I'm standing here outside your door, I hate to wake you up to say goodbye. But the dawn is breakin', It's early morn, The taxi's waitin' He's blowin' his horn, Already, I'm so lonesome I could die. Kiss me and smile for me, Tell me that you'll wait for me, Hold me like you'll never let me go. 'Cause I'm leaving on a jet plane, Don't know when I'll be back again, Oh, babe, I hate to go. There's so many times I've let you down So many times I've played around, But I tell you now, they don't mean a thing. Every place I go I'll think of you, Every song I sing I'll sing for you, When I come back I'll bring your wedding ring. Kiss me and smile for me, Tell me that you'll wait for me, Hold me like you'll never let me go. 'Cause I'm leaving on a jet plane, Don't know when I'll be back again, Oh, babe, I hate to go. Now the time has come to leave you, One more time let me kiss you, Then close your eyes I'll be on my way. Dream about the days to come When I won't have to leave alone, About the times I won't have to say: Kiss me and smile for me. Tell me that you'll wait for me, Hold me like you'll never let me go. 'Cause I'm leaving on a jet plane, Don't know when I'll be back again, Oh, babe, I hate to go. I'm leaving on a jet plane, Don't know when I'll be back again, Oh, babe, I hate to go.
*** Thanx a lot to Joe for this one ***
Leave the sad things behind
( Your thoughts & mine EP )
Leave the sad things behind , they're not roses or a lullabye Let's not talk about your kind of cryin' , the cryin's all over now It went away with last night , & now it's today so ... I try holding your hand , I'm playing no games so you don't understand You've been hurt , you've said all that before , the cryin's all over now It went away with last night , & now it's today so ... You're so fearful your heart might come to harm , you've made a prison of your past So afraid of any love , it is destined to not last So sad to see you cry , to see you walk away with no goodbye
*** Thanx a lot to Leonor for this one ***