Seasons' Trials and more

I'd like to tell you about
the time that I wrote you down
And all the things we'd thought we'd lost
came marching back through town
with their banners of white and gold
singing songs of the glory of old
And everything we thought they'd had
we found out they had sold

So I'll linger here
And one day you'll reappear
somewhere along the lines

I wish that you could see
everything the wind wants to be
because what's doing with you
has nothing to do with me
And trees can't climb on a child
and clouds can't make castles out of you
and snow can't make me an angel
but a lie knows its own bitter truth

So I'll linger here
And one day you'll reappear
somewhere along the lines

Well the road didn't rise to meet you
and the wind wasn't at your back
and the sun they had promised would shine so bright
was hidden behind the black
and the rains fell harder than heaven
upon the fields of gold
but one day you and I will meet again
or so they have told

So I'll linger here
and one day you'll reappear
somewhere along the lines

desert wind and we begin alone
there's a voice in the sunset saying "I am all that's known"
and you will never see what's really shown
now bring me the tide
bring me the tide
and we'll find our way
where no one's home
And I see fire on the horizon line
you keep pointing higher
but you never taught me how to fly
Sun-soaked sins and we begin with light
there are voices in closed eyes saying "you will never be right"
And the darkest days are still brighter than the night
when i bring you to me
bring you to me
and i just can't feel your fight
And I see fire on the horizon line
you keep pointing higher
but you never taught me to fly
And I promise we'll be better
when the winter's had its way
when sun and rain sing together
we'll have nothing left to say

Window watchers
are painted with my pains
But you just keep saying
you want to see me in the rain
and on the back page of your Bible
is a letter that I have yet to write
scribbled in the whispers
of the history that we've saved tonight

And oh, you're home with sleepless Eremite
But your steadfast bright star can still kiss you Good Night
And I can't wait
until I fade
into the Nightingale

And the secret
wrapped around my finger
keeps whispering to me
saying " just let it linger
the cage will set you free"
but with you sleeping so softly
how can I ever let it go?
I've named you Everything
but now I've got nothing to show

Juliet's Lullaby (revamped)


Los Angeles is lovely
but New York's the place for us
I know you dream of Hollywood
but baby you gotta trust

The city that surrounds us
made of us ice
cages rain

Let's follow the lights
to New York city
where a kiss is met with flames

They say you go to hell for doing things that we have done
well dearest love, I'll see you there, and I promise to keep you warm
and I know we were bought on a lie
but the devil can't say we didn't try
and father says, we're all born to die
so we'll put ourselves upon their shelves and never wonder why

I can play Helen
and to Paris I will go
I'll meet you on Champs-Elysees
where at nights we'll sing rock and roll

the city that surrounds us
makes us all
forget our names

so let's go to a place
where we just don't care
if we're fugitives for fame

They say you go to hell for doing things that we have done
well dearest love I'll see you there and I promise to keep you warm
and i know we were bought on a lie
but the devil can't say we didn't try
and like father says, we're all born to die
so we'll put ourselves upon our shelves and never wonder why

London is sleeping
I'm still believing
in ghost stories
and kings and queens
Last night we're drinking
I heard you thinking
through the grape wine
of talk and time
and out of the line we fall
and into the sea we crawl
and they'll swallow us up
and spit summer back on the shore

I dream of wonderland
you dream of weary hands
falling on me
I'm letting you breathe
And words start to pour out
of your honey-tongued mouth
for ages and ages
and I turn the pages
And into the light we fall
and out of the world we crawl
and they'll swallow us up
and spit summer back on the shore

"It's getting late now"
You whisper somehow
through your tired lips
all sewn and stitched
but I'll learn to kiss them
I'll learn to miss them
in the quiet night
all black and bright
and out of the sun we fall
and into the shade we crawl
and they'll swallow us up
and spit summer back on the shore

She leaned over a wishing well
and blew a kiss down where it fell
but caught on all the broken pieces
of rhyme and rain.
"I miss my wings, won't you give them back"
she whispered deep into the black
but all she heard was silence
that repeated her name
She cries "Darling everything is lost at sea.
Time took my last cigarette and blew the smoke right back at me"
and all he could say was "I'm sorry I'm late"
all he could say was "I'm sorry I made you wait"
and she says "I would have waited til I was swallowed by the sands.
I would have waited til I held this rain cloud in my hands.
So I will slowly fade into the falling age
and you will kiss me when I'm gone."

The Golden Lotus (Song for Sylvia)



kings and queens kept you company
and you kept them far away
will you come sit a while with me?
i know of a place where you can stay and be safe
it's okay now
said the boy to the girl
it's okay now
said the other side of the world

And Lady Lazarus would be so proud
if she saw you pull your hair back in the foggy shroud of London town
tell me, did you love him?

Flames and flowers are all you kiss
you hide inside their lips
you said love was something you wouldn't miss
but did you ever feel it with your fingertips?
It's okay now
said the boy to the girl
it's okay now
said the other side of the world

And Lady Lazarus would be so proud
if she saw you pull your hair back in the foggy shroud of London town
tell me, did you love him
when he turned away
when the river said he couldn't stay
when the wind went blowing the other way
and left you plain and cold
when the stars said farewell to the night
when your words began to come out right
when your dreams said don't put up a fight
or we'll keep you, we'll keep you here

and lady lazarus would be so proud
if she saw you pull your hair back in the foggy shroud of London town
tell me where you've gone

It rained in September
But you wouldn't remember
and in August, I held on to you

In July I saw the sky
turn red at dawn
But your eyes
Your eyes
still were my song

Come back to me
Come back to me
Come back to me
I whisper
as I fade into the sea

The summer was gold
As the willows grew old
and each breath i took was waiting for you

The world turned in October
or so the newspapers told
the seasons grew colder
As I grew cold

Come back to me
Come back to me
Come back to me
I whisper
as i fade into the sea

November, November
the leaves fell on my bed
December, December
the snow fell in my stead

And winter froze the world over
While you clung to me closer
And spring loved the world dearly
as you whispered clearly

Come back to me
Come back to me
Come back to me
we fade to the sea

Well the road didn't rise to meet you
and the wind wasn't at your back
and the sun they promised would shine so bright
was hidden behind the black
and the rains fell harder than heaven
upon the fields of gold
But one day you and I would meet again
or so they had told

So just take your time, baby
don't let the prophets steal your soul
Cuz at the end of the day, when you turn away
the winter will find you cold
the winter will find you cold

So you went down to the river
and found no boat on the shore
when they told you they couldn't deliver
you came knocking on my door
And i said, "You know this ain't heaven
And I don't know where to find hell
you said "I'm just looking for that star tonight
but I can't recall where it fell"

So just take your time baby
don't let the prophets steal your soul
Cuz at the end of the day, when you turn away
the winter will find you cold
the winter will find you cold

"I got some figuring out to do"
was the last thing you said to me
and you took up whatever meant something to you
and walked right into the sea
So I watched you fall into heaven
as the clouds grew gray on the sand
I hope that you find what you're looking for
as you let go of time's weary hand

So just take your time baby
don't let the prophets steal your soul
Cuz at the end of the day, when you turn away
the winter will find you cold
the winter will find you cold

Back to the Sheets



Woke up this morning to see the snow fallin all around
Woke up this morning to see a star laying on the ground
It was you, you'd returned to me
You, you'd come home to me
Back to the sheets and back to my memory

Went to sleep tonight to dream of faraway lands
Went to sleep tonight with a heart held in my hand
It was you, you'd returned to me
You, you'd come home to me
Back to the sheets and back to my memory

And when the clouds grow gray across the burning sea
And when the rain comes down and drowns the child inside of me
I will wait I will wait until the storm has run its path
I will wait I will wait until I see the light shining from the past
And it's you, you return to me
You, you come home to me
Back to the sheets and back to my memory
and i knew you'd return to me
I knew you'd come home to me
back to the sheets and back to my memory

If we break out
Guess I'll see you on the other side
But time is running out
There's no more places left to hide

So when we're at the end of the line
I hope that you and I will find
There's only light
There's only light left for us

If we fight our way out
i won't leave your broken body behind
What are you crying about?
We've still got so much time

So when we're at the end of the line
I hope that you and I will find
There's only light
There's only light left for us

And all that you did
And all that I said
And all of the times
you came to my bed
And all of the dreams
you said I would have
well they made you rotten
and they made me glad

So when we're at the end of the line
I hope that you and i will find
there's only light
There's only light for us

First prize beauty queen
stuck on the wrong side of town
He drove a limosine
knew he'd seen her around

He said "this ain't no bridal bed
but here in white you lay
So I'll take my lips
and I'll take your lips
and maybe we can find a place
to hide away"

First time in a while
she found herself just so alive
And when he saw her smile
He said, "how long should I drive?"

"As far as we can go my darling
don't stop until we've reached the dawn
Let me take your heart
and keep it in my heart
until we've found a new place
to call home"

"But I ain't no angel babe" she said
"I got some evil ways"
he said "baby you got all I need
so won't you take my hand
and I'll take your hand
and we'll find a way to get free"

Wake up
See the world is upside down
Make up reasons
Why we should stick around

Leave me
to my wings
If I am meant to fly
then I'll see you from the corner of the sky

And I'll be waiting
I'll be waiting
I'll be waiting
I'll be

Tell me
What you did with what you felt
Tell me
Where we landed when we fell

Take me
through the rain
If we're all born to die
then I'll see you from the corner of the sky

And I'll be waiting
I'll be waiting
I'll be waiting
I'll be

And it's a long way down
Cuz it's a long way out
And if you want me now
You'll have to show me how

If I had the time
I would write you into every line
and sing to all the world
sing to all the sky
about how
you make
everything alright

And I just want to thank you
for seeing all I have
And I just want to thank you
for knowing all I am

and you say
Just give it time
you'll get there someday if you try
So I'll try
But in the meantime
I'll tell you all my secrets
show you all my pieces
and the ones you show to me

And I just want to thank you
for seeing all I have
And I just want to thank you
for knowing all I am

And in many years from now
when I sit down with this guitar
I can promise you
I'll still be singing this song

And here they are again on the brink of something right
Taking their time but making up for lonely nights
Standing in a kitchen with a world waiting to fall
And he'll take her in his arms and they'll forget about the wall

He says, "why do you insist that you're not worth a damn?
the whole world's in love with you
I know I sure as hell am"

And it will take us a long time to get to where we want to go
And I know that I might hurt you and you'll hate me for as long as I grow

and she says, "Baby it's okay I ain't gonna leave you on your own
I'm in it cuz I'm in it by now you really should have known
that I love you cuz I want to

And so they drink to their survival and they'll smoke themselves to death
Counting down the seasons from one kiss to the next
Miserably ever after, they couldn't have planned it better
as if they ever had the chance

She was a first rate first date
you said, "don't be late"
and there she was, waiting for you

When she sighed
well, you died
and she promised that she'd bring you back to life
even if it took all night
now open your eyes
and see all around her face is a blinding light

you spilled on her shoes and told her the news
she just smiled at you
with a promising eye

when she felt
well, you fell
and she promised that in no time, you'd be on your feet
walking down the street
One day you will see
All the things she's taught you to be


and when you hit the floor
she opened her door
and said, "come in from the storm"and when she saw you cry
she said, "I'll teach you to fly
and help you find your way home"

At Balham Station

The city to sleep now
Feeling so old
Down here in the underground
The quiet beat cold
I'm scared but
prepared for this
"Come back to me"
I said with a kiss

I want you to know that I would have waited for you
I want you to know that I go out thinking of you too
And at the bottom of it all at least you and I know the truth
That when the quiet word was spoken there was a life left for me and you

Over my head
the weight of unknown
Blankets of pavement
A new kind of warmth
For your sake I hope you forget
the wave comes for me
Just take your time
Here, I'll always be

Oh what a lovely day in June
Oh what a sun hanging over trees at noon

Clouds and Thunder

My memories depend on me
and so I depend on yesterday
And they say to me, "child one day you will see
how much you let slip away"

So I take my time
Making sure my timing's right
And I let the waves crash where they may
As long as I'm sand on a beach some day

And the clouds and thunder are heading this way
Where the lightning strikes is where we will stay
The oceans will rise and the rains will fall
but don't fret, we're just a puddle no we don't matter at all

And what is this bedroom but another place
where I will one day rest my case
And down on the corner across the street
are regular people who just want to be free

And the clouds....

After the War


Take out the sound
and nothing comes through
There's nobody here anymore
just me and you

I tell you how much I missed you
you smile turn away
And the words that are never spoken
say there's nothing left to say

And the night couldn't save me, couldn't save you
As I lie here stare at the ceiling at 12:22
I look at the ghost that haunted me when I was young
But now I see you've only lost your way

A kiss in the street
and there's something new
But all of a sudden
there's no more me, only you

We waited too long for the rain
it's come and passed
And the silence is all that I have anymore
It's the one thing that will last

And the night....

With summer nights gone
Nothing left to hold on
'cept a corner of this home
where library books and unashamed looks
let me hold on to you for so long
And I turn to you in this lonely room
but you still descend and fade
So all that I have and all that I'll keep
is that young summer day

And you walk out the door
Kiss me quiet in the evening on the front porch
and you whisper in my ear, "have no fear"
This wasn't ever really true"
"Someone far away is thinking of you
you say, "someone far away is thinking of you"
I just wish, that someone was you
oh I just wish that someone was you

She stands in the silence
With the cold ground the only thing holding her still
The wind whispers in her ear "have no fear"
There are too many things we wish weren't true
Someone far away is thinking of you
Trust me someone far away is thinking of you
I just wish, that someone was you
oh I just just wish that someone was you

And my someone far away, I'm thinking of you
my someone you're so far away, but I'm thinking of you
And I hope that you're thinking of me too
oh I hope that you're thnking of me too