A lady stands before an open window Staring so far away She can almost feel the southern wind blow Almost touching her restless day She turns from her window to me Sad smile her apology Sad eyes reaching to the door Daylight loses to another evening And still she spares me the word goodbye And […]
Oh people, look around you The signs are everywhere You’ve left it for somebody other than you To be the one to care You’re lost inside your houses There’s no time to find you now Your walls are burning and your towers are turning I’m going to leave you here and try to get down […]
Well i looked into a house i once lived in Around the time i first went on my own When the roads were as many as the places i had dreamed of And my friends and i were one Now the distance is done and the search has begun I’ve come to see where my […]
Warm and lovely mystery, fire smiling through Before this moment fades away i want to know you I’ve got lightening in my pocket, thunder in my shoe Have no fear i’ve got something here i want to show you Low, under the falling sky Easily we will lie While i bring it to you It’s […]
The papers lie there helplessly In a pile outside the door I’ve tried and tried, but i just can’t remember what they’re for The world outside is tugging like a beggar at my sleeve Oh, that’s much too old a story to believe And you know that it’s taken its share of me Even though […]
Did you see our brother He was here the other day But he only came to say that he was leaving Did you see his lady She was looking where he’d gone But she wasn’t letting on that she was grieving She’s bound to go Perhaps she’ll find him waiting for his boat in some […]
Doctor, my eyes have seen the years And the slow parade of fears without crying Now i want to understand I have done all that i could To see the evil and the good without hiding You must help me if you can Doctor, my eyes Tell me what is wrong Was i unwise to […]
Though adam was a friend of mine, i did not know him well He was alone into his distance He was deep into his well I could guess what he was laughing at, but i couldn’t really tell Now the story’s told that adam jumped, but i’ve been thinking that he fell Together we went […]
I am a child in these hills I am away I am alone I am a child in these hills And looking for water And looking for life Who will show me the river and ask my name? Is there nobody here who’ll do that? Well i have come to these hills I will come […]
Jamaica was the lovely one, i played her well As we lay in the tall grass where the shadows fell Hiding from the children so they would not tell We would stay there ’till her sister rang the evening bell Jamaica, say you will Help me find a way to fill these empty hours Say […]
