Indian Summer
Life Less Ordinary
Live a life less ordinary, Live a life extraordinary with me. Live a life less sedentary, Live a life evolutionary with me. Well I hate to be a bother, But it's you and there's no other, I do believe. You can call me naive, but I know me very well, At least, as far as I can tell And I know what I need. The night you came into my life Well it took the bones of me, took the bones of me. You blew away my stormin' strife and Shook the bones of me, shook the bones of me. By the way, I do know why you stayed away - I will keep tongue-tied next time. Live a life less ordinary, Live a life extraordinary with me. My face had said too much Before our hands could even touch To greet a hello. So much for goin' slow. A little later on that year I told ya that I loved ya dear What do you know? This you weren't prepared to hear. I'm a saddened man, I'm a broken boy, I'm a toddler with a complex toy. I'm fallin' apart since the ambush on your heart. The night you came into my life Well it took the bones of me, took the bones of me. You blew away my stormin' strife and Shook the bones of me, shook the bones of me. By the way, I do know why you stayed away - I will keep tongue-tied but, Honey understand, honey understand - I wont make demands. Honey understand, honey understand - We could walk without a plan. Honey understand, honey, honey understand - I wont rest in stone (all alone). Honey understand, honey understand - I'm all ready to go, but you already know. Live a life less ordinary, Live a life extraordinary with me... If I could name you in this song Would it make you smile and sing along? This is the goal: to get into your soul. If I could make you dance for joy Could that be the second chance to coy? The bird in hand I would need To help you understand (help you understand) The night you came into my life Well it took the bones of me, took the bones of me. You blew away my stormin' strife and Shook the bones of me, shook the bones of me. By the way, I do know why you stayed away - I will keep tongue-tied next time.
What About Everything?
Holiday quiet on these streets Except for some stubborn leaves That didn't fall with the fall And now they clatter in vain. Holiday sky midnight clear, Wind is high hard to steer. old muffler rumbles like An old fighter plane. In search of some rest, In search of a break From a life of tests Where something's always at stake Where something's always so far What about my broken car? What about my life so far? What about my dream? what about What about everything? What about aeroplanes and What about ships that drank the sea? what about What about the moon and stars? What about soldier battle scars And all the anger that they eat? I am not in need Get away and come with me. Come away with me and we'll see If I was right on that night That our future was made. Before time takes each year, Like a knife - cuts it clear. It's school then work and then life - That just sharpens the blade. I think about time for fun. I think about time for play. Then I think about being done With no resume With no one left to blame What about fortune and fame? What about your love to obtain? What about the ring? what about What about everything? What about aeroplanes and What about ships that drank the sea? what about What about the moon and stars? What about soldier battle scars And all the anger that they eat? I am not in need Holiday quiet on these streets Except for some reason - me. The hometown harbor lights - bright The sailboats clatter in vain. Holiday sky - midnight clear. Wind is high on this peer. I find it hard to complain When compared with, what about What about everything? What about aeroplanes and What about ships that drank the sea? what about What about the moon and stars? What about soldier battle scars And all the anger that they eat? what about What about aliens? What about you and me and What about gold beneath the sea? what about What about when buildings fall? What about that midnight phone call? The one that wakes you from your peace? I am not, I am not, I am not in need.
Changeless
Call my friends to share some wine To share some laughs, last goodbyes My photographs of these years Will make me laugh through the tears What are the odds? What are the odds This ends and we don't meet again What are the odds? What are the odds That I will miss your smile Take a while, take a while Take care and Fly away and see the world Take a while, take a while Take time and If you need rest I'll keep your nest Changeless Let fondness be our souvenir To keep it warm, we'll keep it near Otherwise with no heart to recall A memories just a memory after all I will not leave this pulse alone Though it may take the long way home I will not wait until the end For my applause for you my friend What are the odds What are the odds This ends and we don't meet again What are the odds What are the odds That I will miss your smile Take a while, take a while Take care and Fly away and see the world Take a while, take a while Take time and If you need rest I'll keep your nest Changeless What are the odds What are the odds What are the odds What are the odds This ends and we don't meet again What are the odds What are the odds This ends and we don't meet again What are the odds What are the odds That I have missed your smile Take a while, take a while Take care and Fly away and see the world Take a while, take a while Take time and If you need rest I'll keep your nest Changeless
This Is My Song
My name is luck, this is my song I happened by when you were gone Well I apologize that I could not stay But I hope good things swing your way I know they will, here's your horseshoe So best of luck to you From the stable running brave From the cradle to the grave This is my day, this is my song I am alive, what can go wrong If we're on our way-o, okay, let me know If we're on our way-o, okay then lets go My name is hope, luck just ran out He said he'd return without a doubt Don't you believe him? Oh I happen to have a message from love She told me she knows what you've been dreaming of My name is hope, this is my song When things go wrong From the stable running brave From the cradle to the grave This is my day, this is my song I am alive, what can go wrong If we're on our way-o, okay, let me know If we're on our way-o, okay then lets go Through the wind-swept countryside Across the great divide From the stable running brave From the cradle to the grave This is my day this is my song As long as I'm alive what can go wrong? If we're on our way-o, okay, let me know If we're on our way-o, okay then lets go
Grey Sky Eyes
Grey sky, always in your eye Where is the girl behind the cloud? Grey sky, always floating by But I only peek when I'm allowed You welcomed me in and your veil is so thin But the mystery continues to grow You say you must realize that my grey sky eyes Neither rain nor they glow now you know So i, I'll try to not act so surprised I'll feel my way I'll underplay All my curiosity and hide all the questions in my skin You welcomed me in and your veil is so thin But the mystery continued to grow You say you must realize that my grey sky eyes Neither rain nor they glow now you know They neither rain nor they glow now you know Grey sky I think I changed my mind I find no need to pretend Grey sky would you allow me to be so into you my friend Could you welcome me with your veil that's so thin As your mystery continues to grow You say you must realize that my grey sky eyes Neither rain nor they glow now you know They neither rain nor they glow now you know They neither rain nor they glow now you know They neither rain nor they glow now you know
Raise the Roof
Raise the roof that I may see the stars To gain wisdom to see things for what they are Please I need proof Dance til you fall Love til you die Shut your mouth Raise the roof Trapped in the snare with too much dreaming to bare Fearful and frantic, hopeless and a romantic Inspired but tired I run this wide open course Like the sagging spirit of an older horse Dance til you fall Love til you die Shut your mouth Raise the roof Dance til you fall Love til you die Shut your mouth Raise the roof Peel back this backdrop like the lids from eyes Put you in plain view let me visualize Touch me again in my dreams til I feel Touch me again til I wake and it's real Dance til you fall Love til you die Shut your mouth Raise the roof Dance til you fall Love til you die Shut your mouth Raise the roof Dance til you fall Love til you die Shut your mouth Raise the roof The wisest advice to me that I didn't teach Was to lock up the heart but keep the key within reach Touch me again in my dreams til I feel Touch me again til I wake and it's real Dance til you fall Love til you die Shut your mouth Raise the roof Dance til you fall Love til you die Shut your mouth Raise the roof Dance til you fall Love til you die Shut your mouth Raise the roof Dance til you fall Love til you die... Raise the roof Dance til you fall Love til you die... Raise the roof
Paloma
Chase the high ground Where you'd rather be Where you might be found Face all aglow To leave from here To pack up and go But it takes some time to get away You will have to build from what remains To run it takes the courage of a lamb To love, the fierceness of a storm Paloma you wonder if you'll miss the thunder And everyone's staring but no one is caring for you now Just spread your wings, latch on to the breeze Just take the leap, and you're free Chase the higher ground Where you'd rather be Where you might be found This move may erase the troubles in your head Or expose the absence of your soul And so it takes some time to get away You will have to tear down what remains And I can't stand by for goodbyes So hold on to me or lead the way Paloma you wonder if you'll miss the thunder And everyone's staring but no one is caring for you now Just spread your wings, latch on to the breeze Just take the leap, and you're free Pace yourself when outrunning fear Take cover when it's dark and keep an even keel In your world you're only a phone away But in my world you're too far to feel And it may take some time to learn what's real You may have to beg, and borrow, and you will surely steal Remember all those lonely sessions Turned into yesterday's lessons To never forget love, to never forget love Paloma you wonder if you'll miss the thunder Everyone's staring but no one is caring for you now Just spread your wings, latch on to the breeze Just take the leap, and you're free Paloma you wonder if you'll miss the thunder Everyone's staring but no one is caring for you Paloma you cry out, you beg for direction The dreams you seek are straight ahead in every direction Now you're free Now that you're, you're free Now that you're, you're free You're free Today I watched the greatest thing of all A flock of birds preparing for the fall
One Prairie Outpost
Not been here since I was a boy The sky unwrapped, the world my toy A movie reel, a million miles long On and on and Scene after scene passes by life The window's a wound The road is a knife The irony asked me Where have you been? I don't know I don't know Because I don't know where to begin Too much to do too much to see Pictures to take people to meet When there's so much space in between It overwhelms me Scene after scene passes by life The window's a wound The road is a knife The irony asked me Where have you been? I don't know I don't know Because I don't know where to begin Not been here since I was a boy Now a heart full of fear and a mask of painted joy So much for these youthful eyes to see So much for peace and tranquility One prairie outpost you are how I feel Alone in a flatland 'tween the dream and the real The irony asked me where have you been I don't know, I don't know because I don't know where to begin I don't know where to begin
Let Your Troubles Roll By
Love endures, it clings away When asked to leave, it begs to stay Like the perfect song at imperfect times It's the way the chords struck with the rhymes So let your troubles roll by He knows he can help himself He can tell by a look at the books on his shelf And someone somewhere loses her son Before her own sunset is set and done And she dreams of sunflowers bent over Frozen in the snow and thinks Colorado But then plays her life back in slow motion To keep in touch with that raw emotion In the night crushed empty can Olive Oyl's waiting for her man To come in from the fight that will change their life For good this time When all of your tears dry, let your troubles roll by When all of your tears dry, let your troubles roll by When all of your tears dry, let your troubles roll by Let your troubles roll by Like new years eve tonight's underway But tomorrow you'll wake up afraid of the day 'cause underneath the scars of your broken dreams An undone war still wages and stings You fear the year will blow like a breeze through A rainbow you swear it's there but you can't grab a hold So you sit and cry and wonder why why When all of your tears dry, let your troubles roll by When all of your tears dry, let your troubles roll by When all of your tears dry, let your troubles roll by Let your troubles roll by So many cities and windows and lives And through each one there's a soul that strives to survive So pay no mind, my sorrow's fine The day is alive and that's why I cry It's a new year toast, grab your list to conspire The last snake hissed as he was thrown in the fire You've come far and though you're far from the end You don't mind where you are 'cause you know where you've been Like a culture vulture sprawled out on the floor Like a dead devil sailor washed up on the shore With nothing of note but the old captain's coat And a burning boat you just sank with your salty Tears dry, let your troubles roll by When all of your tears dry, let your troubles roll by When all of your tears dry, let your troubles roll by Let your troubles roll by
When I'm Alone
Opened up the music box I wish you would have changed the locks To keep me from replaying All the feelings I've been saving I did not keep them locked inside I did not take my steps in stride Thought you were bluffing, trampled on You went from friends to nothing Radio turns to gold And paves the way to find my home When I'm alone When I'm alone Overeager and underway I risked it all I had to say What opened me up for the beating But the heart is for bleeding With scraps of songs I paste along The seams of my clumsy tongue In hopes of creating the golden notes That might bring you back to me Radio turns to gold And paves the way to find my home When I'm alone When I'm alone Like phantoms of the highway After holiday gritting their teeth Racing to find a place for their soul Or at least a place that's less familiar We offer up our heart before The heart's invited or asked for Oh no, here I go, my friend I'm repeating But the heart is for bleeding And I've said all I can say I am retreating on my way Music box play my song I'll sing along To that bitterly sweet tone When I'm alone (radio turns to gold, radio turns to gold) When I'm alone (radio turns to gold, radio turns to gold) When I'm alone (radio turns to gold, radio turns to gold) When I'm alone (radio turns to gold, turns to gold, turns to gold)
The Sea
I woke up from a dream A white rose was floating to greet...the sea Morning light, race me down The wooden path, can't catch me now...the sea Will you wade with me? You and me, all alone? Wadin' on the sea I grab your toes and now I understand The symbol of the rose, it floats in my hand On this great sea strand Hang on to me and I'll hang onto you Until the end, or until the day is through And as we float, I'll wash away that part of me That lures the devil in the deep blue sea Will you always float here with me? I don't wanna send second-hand notes To you, my friend, about the sea So we jump back into the party And we wade out way out past the bar I had not planned on going out this far Hang on to me and I'll hang onto you Until the end, or until the day is through And as we float, I'll wash away that part of me That lures the devil in the deep blue sea Hang on to me and I'll hang onto you Until the end, or until the day is through And as we float, I'll wash away that part of me That lures the devil in the deep blue sea 'Cause the devil has a smile And the devil has a smile And it's thorny and it's wild And it grows from deep inside And you try to swim away But the devil calls this play Deep blue sea deep blue sea deep blue sea deep blue sea