So my love, well, I must leave But I will be back soon We shall hold each other again With the return of three new moons When the days grow long And the night gets cold Do you think about me? Could it save your soul? Darling here I am You know you’ve got to be brave There’s a place for us Somewhere beyond the grave See our ship’s hit by a storm Seen waves about a mile high It seems that we’ve been swallowed by the sea Never again to see the sky When the days grow long And the night gets cold Do you think about me? Could it save your soul? Darling here I am You know you’ve got to be brave There’s a place for us Somewhere beyond the grave Been searching for so long Been dying to see you I’m running in circles Been running to meet you See your ghost fly through the air ‘Neath the winter stars so bright When the moon is full and takes an orange glow That’s where our souls ignite When the days grow long...

I remember my hair was at sixes and sevens You told me, “How lovely you are… There’s a strange kind of glow that you get to your face from the nights that you slept in the car.” And you said, “There’s a place in the town You can hold down a job You can shake off your load…” But the price was too heavy And I too unsteady And so I got back on the road And I carry a Southern Drawl Sometimes, ‘cause it makes me think of you Makes me think of you Heart shaped tomatoes Forget-me-not flowers And lace, in your garden they grow And I just throw down a few Seeds in each town In the ground by the side of the road And I come back, they’re trampled Or starving for light And I tend them The best that I can But the one in your yard that we planted together It reaches a green, leafy hand And I carry a Southern Drawl Sometimes, ‘cause it makes me think of you Makes me think of you And we haven’t spoken for years Still your voice, it comes out of my mouth From time to time And folks always ask From what part I come in the South Oh, the last time I saw you My coat was unraveling And so you held onto the string And it stretched across miles And mountains and oceans ‘Til it all fell apart at the seams And when it was gone, well I had just my arms And my knees to keep me from the cold But the last words we’ve spoken Were angry, so stubborn You won’t call again on the phone So I carry a Southern Drawl Sometimes, ‘cause it makes me think of you Makes me think of you

We met during the Revolutionary War Near Old Man Smith’s grocery store Conditions were bad, morale kind of scary Half our men dead from dysentery I ran the French canons from Lake Champlain That we slid across the Hudson in the ice and the rain When we won Boston, headed down to York A town with a temple and thirty churches And there were girls like I’d seen in the pictures Living on down in the Red Light District I was lost, just looking for a martyr When I fell in love with the madam’s daughter The greatest love that I ever had was Ophelia, goddess of the moonlight I asked the madam for her daughter’s hand in marriage She said, “There’s nothing more that I’d disparage. Got no money, think your cause is just I lose business when you tar and feather the Loyalists.” Ophelia was seventeen, I was a half year older Bonniest lily of York I told her We both agreed to run away that night Get married beneath the forest in the pale moonlight The greatest love that I ever had was Ophelia, goddess of the moonlight We met south of the city ‘neath the midnight moon Made love under the stars, heard the sound of the loons Ground started shaking, lightning came in a blast That could take out seven men in its path And we were separated by the night and the storm And I went into a cave where it was dry and warm The next day Ophelia was nowhere to be seen She came with the night and was gone like a dream The greatest love that I ever had was Ophelia, goddess of the moonlight So I was alone, the punishment was murder Worse off than the Loyalists as a deserter I was caught by the crown, wouldn’t praise it out of reason So they put me in the brig, gonna hang me for treason The moon was hidden and the night was cold Ophelia came to me some have told We flew home some how got away Rode British horses through the night Crossed the Hudson by daybreak So if you see two birds black as midnight Running as if escaping from the pale moonlight Fleeing from the British and American hands Some say that was me and sweet Ophelia The greatest love that I ever had was Ophelia, goddess of the moonlight

It’s overcast today on Route 66 My stomach growls over the engine's roar Drove all night from Dallas to get away From my boyfriend who was just in jail Spent my last two hundred to pay for his bail So I stopped at Phillips 66 when my car would go no more Listen to my story before you walk out that door “Hey mister, I left my wallet at the last station And I got no money for food But I got friends in California And you know we’re cool So if you could spare just a little change Well, it’ll all add up A dollar every hour puts some fuel in the tank And some food in the glove.” So I stopped at Phillips 66 when my car would go no more Listen to my story before you walk out that door I was just a hundred miles from Orange County When the clerk said he was on to my scam He said, “You must leave this place Save your sob stories, I don’t give a damn.” So I pulled over at the next rest stop To pass the night As the last tank of gas fell through my engine Like sand through an hourglass Did you pass me on Route 66? I was walking by the road Picking desert flowers in the February cold 'Cuz I’m always on Route 66 A shadow passing in the night I’m still out there looking for that violet light

Well I wish there was a window in this big brick wall And I try to eat sugar and it tastes like salt Wilted flowers were the only kind of ones you sent Is that any kind of way you ought to treat a friend? 'Cause you Didn’t do me like you could have done Could have given me a castle in the sun Instead you threw me down inside this hole Why you chew me out I’ll never know Well the days go by and they’re all the same Each one stumbling along so lame You stole my heart when I was just sixteen How could anyone treat anybody so mean? 'Cause you Didn’t do me like you could have done Could have given me a castle in the sun Instead you threw me down inside this hole Why you chew me out I’ll never know And if a castle is too much to ask I would be happy with just a minute of your time Because the past is such a tangled thread I need you to help me to unwind Unwind Well I’ve got my books and I’ve got my poems So I won’t be traveling along alone Feel like the shadow of a shadow in the early dawn Tell me, baby, did I hold on for too long 'Cause you Didn’t do me like you could have done...

Well your daddy says I’ve been lying to you But you know that that ain’t true And I love the pretty way that you smile at me And all the crazy things you do Tap my feet and I’m feeling fine I’m gonna love you until the end of time Or at least until the break of day Well they say this ship is out to sea You put out your four sails As I drift onto that barroom stool Gonna drown them sorrows with ale Well, clap my hands and I’m feeling fine I’m gonna love you until the end of time Or at least until the break of day Cuz baby it’s all right, it’s okay Things will get better in a little while It’s all right, it’s okay Just show me that million dollar smile The rain’s been tearin’ down The tide’s been rollin’ low And at times we’ve been stranded in the Gulf of Mexico Oh Baby, it’s all right, it’s okay Thing’s are growing brighter each and every day Well the waters crash upon thirsty shores And the clouds at times they weep And voices come walking past that chamber door And they’ll knock on you in your sleep And the clown steps down from his lofty stand He was looking kind of glad And he cries out for everyone to see and hear “You can’t lose what you’ve never had.” Well, snap my fingers and I’m feeling fine I’m gonna love you until the end of time Or at least until the break of day

I didn’t say nothing, all I could do was stare At her emerald eyes and her long brown hair She caught my glance from across the room I smiled back at her and then I howled at the moon Before I knew it she was sailing my way Her hair blew through the wind and her dress a bouquet Of lilac flowers and the violets in bloom And of curious eyes that could light up a room When we sailed home we both had to get jobs to get by And we spent all out money, spent it all getting high The Writing didn’t work out, she never made it on stage What was once a ripe orchard became a torn page Things go right, Lord, things go wrong Sometimes all we’re left with is a song Time moves fast, time goes by so slow Tell me, Lord, where did the time go? Now I hear she dates some rich man lives on 42nd Street And she wears her fancy clothes Ruby slippers on her feet I guess together couldn’t make ends meet It’s kind of sad thinking about it when it’s love and defeat There’s a place in my heart I won’t let nothing come in I try to let nothing out but it’s from here that I sing Of lilac flowers and the violets in bloom And of curious eyes that could light up a room

You are the shining light of the morning You are the calm and constant beauty of the night You’ve got the song of the birds and the magic of words That sparkle before the light For you I’d cross a thousand oceans Brave ten thousand deserts and the London rain You are my love, you are my shelter Your smile melts away All sadness and pain As the days go by like rain And the night goes by all the same If there’s one thing that I know It’s that our love will never go Away I know you’ll always be there for me Just like I’ll always be there for you You are my love you are my best friend And we will carry each other through As the days go by like rain And the night goes by all the same If there’s one thing that I know It’s that our love will never go Away And if I counted the ways I loved you I’d be standing here for a thousand years And if I counted all the love and laughter that you’ve given me It would be more than a beach has sand or an ocean has tears As the days go by like rain... Tell me baby, tell me true You’ve got the fire inside of you And the one thing that I know It’s all right, allright You got the sweetness, you’ve got the flair And you’ve got roses in your hair And the one thing that I know It’s all right, allright So tell me baby, tell me true Oh sweet darling, I love you And the one thing that I know It’s all right, allright And the days go by like rain

All these little puzzles I was trying to work out And instead they got smashed on the floor Victim of carelessness driving too fast Took my heart off to a far distant shore And I take Kimchi out in the fields by the school But he won't run with anyone else besides you And the sky came down bluer than ever before And it painted my shoes and painted the floor Of our house here I remember mornings of lavender Rise to the strain of your soft violin And at the crescendo I'd start to sing too And Kimchi would howl and join in And I take Kimchi out in the fields by the school But he won't run with anyone else besides you And the sky came down bluer than ever before And it painted my shoes and painted the floor Of our house here And your parents call everyday Think I've hidden you here "Are you just in a closet somewhere?" Your voice it lives only In my ear Well it took a long time to let you in It's gonna take a long time to let go Stuck in traffic your jokes will find me and follow wherever I go And I take Kimchi out in the fields by the school...

Been beat down, gone underground And my life it is not my own I ran away into the fray Still my life it is not my own You can get on your knees and pray You can wait until the judgment day You may find yourself in need of attention And the one thing you hold true Is that it all comes down to you But still my life it is not my own Been born again, and I’ve lost a friend And I can't find my way home Got a wife somewhere and children there Still my life it is not my own Oh mercy mercy me, I pray onto the stars and sea That someday soon I may walk beside them But until that blessed day, all that I can do is pray Because my life it is not my own You can get lost inside this city Where it always looks like rain There ain’t nothing you can do There ain’t nothing you can say Because you just can’t stop the rain Ain’t seen the sky since ‘45 And my life it is not my own Heard Jesus saves, and I’ve seen early graves And stil my life it is not my own You may find yourself confused and then quietly amused You may find yourself with nothing left to trust n With this tremor in my brain, and this hurt inside my veins Because my life it is not my own

What do you do in the middle of the day To fight these blues that won’t go away? I still love you the best that I can What do you do in the middle of the night As we toss and turn from the battles that we just can’t fight? I still love you the best that I can And if the moon were to rise too soon And then fall into the sea And if the stars as bright as they are Disappeared and we just couldn’t see ‘em I’d laugh for you, if you want me to What do you do in the early morn To put the pieces back together of these dreams so torn? I still love you the best that I can Oh oh oh oh. Oh oh oh oh oh. Oh oh. Oh.

Open up the blind No don't be afraid You've been hiding behind it so many days That I think you forgot that sunshine is outside You don't have to meet no one's eye You can gaze at treetops when you walk by If they ask your name, you can just call out Something wild and strange And the future you have written In the margins can come true It will rise to you unbidden Like the steam that rises over all the gloom Cause I've seen you with head in your hands There lamenting mistakes that we've made But here the bird comes, pecks at your window So open it, don't be afraid...yeah... Down by the rushes Where willows wind We would sit for hours We would lose the time Then you'd leap up and clear the stream in just one bound The whole world was that stream for you You leaped over all the sad things we'd do Did you lose somewhere that pair you had of Rocket powered shoes? And the future you have written In the margins can come true It will rise to you unbidden Like the steam that rises over all the gloom Cause I've seen you with head in your hands There lamenting mistakes that we've made But here the bird comes, pecks at your window So open it, don't be afraid...yeah... It's so hard to go back outside When you feel you're the victim of everyone's eyes And there's so much about this past year That you just can't explain You won't have to I'll walk with you I'll deflect all their stares with my cheap mirrored jewels And if you should stumble Just take it as a chance to find marbles and treasures on the ground...yeah... Now the puzzle has scattered wide And some pieces of it Have tried to hide But they're out there, under rocks and under stars I'll go searching, I've wanted to Since the very first time that I met you And the corners of all of your notes they were crowded With drawings and tall tales And the future you have written In the margins can come true It will rise to you unbidden Like the steam that rises over all the gloom So no more sit with head in your hands There lamenting mistakes that we've made Open the blind and open your heart There's no reason now to be afraid ...yeah...

Caught in an August swelter Annie came to town looking for shelter What she didn’t know was that she was the storm She said, “If I could truly see you and you could see me But I can’t be you, and you can’t be me Maybe then we would both know that we’re not alone.” Kathleen lives in the city Spent half her days did not know how beautiful she was She kept the story of her life in her cell phone One day I did not notice She said, “If we only get one chance I hope I don’t blow this Ah somebody please tell me that I’m not alone.” Jimmy the Spoon's grand finale Is passing out drunk in some dark alley But he didn’t mind until he couldn’t wake up To make it for his next show They had the Snakeman on rhythm He said, “Man, I wish I could have played with him.” Instead he sat in the alley reciting a poem “Some say it comes down to nothing You can spend your whole life looking for something Still you don’t know what to do Or what to say even when you’re in Rome “When our savior calls us And if love and good luck follows us Maybe then we will all know that we’re not alone.”