MUSIC
Calamity Jane (1/11)
Punchin thru the fog, where the sea meets the sky
Tillered hand till now working sails on the rise
One more gulp of Kingston, for scenarios to change
One more push to Biscayne, on my Calamity Jane
Sometimes you’re dealt a diamond, when you needed a spade
Sometimes a hunter’s bend, when a reefer won’t stay
There’s never some deeper water, when you run her aground
The horror of empty pockets, when the cocaine boats in town
Chorus
The stars are glowing diamonds a sailor’s delight
A trace of island girls form their haloes at night
Well I left my Malindas down by Pelican Cay
One more push to Biscayne, on my Calamity Jane
There’s a certain will that chills your bones deep inside
Old venues were vast in virtues that you left behind
Mariner’s tales are woven through thick and through thin
Jamaca farewells still wailin in the water I’m in
Chorus
Well, I’m passing Mathew town, down to Dead Man’s Cay
One more gulp of Kingston, send this bottle away
With this note of endless love across every wave
Posted Captain Ron to Annie, on my Calimity Jane
Posted Captain Ron to Annie, on my Calimity Jane
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Abigale Tempest (2/11)
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The Abigale Tempest, a commissioned whaler
With blood and scars from the sea
My mystical skipper, with scars of his own
Handed her over to me
He said there’s too much killin
Of men and our mammals
Never an end of our wars
Just take all the people
Who live for each other
With hopes of each other
With hopes you can even the score
Some peddle potions and liquors from islands
With jewelry from under the sea
Wide-eyed others bearing gifts from their homelands
Etched faces of you and of me
War ladened heroes lost medals of honor
With crutches and canes by their side
Wives and the widows step lightly and lonely
opes of happiness soon to arrive
New moon calling the wind is a whisper
A blanket of blue on the sea
The sound of the silence of wood on the water
Is making its own melody
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There’s a light up ahead pointing towards horizons
Of amber waves glistened in gold
The fair hair of a maiden from some other voyage
Bades sailors to stories untold
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There’s an unwritten rule, you get what you ask for
But always give back to the sea
There’s only a few who question that logic
You’ll never go sailing with me
The Abigal Tempest will always be sailing
With traces of you and of me
The Abigale Tempest will be leavin for the islands
To give peace an tranquility
Harley Dreams (3/11)
I heard the news this mornin, that I’m headin north again
The road a little lighter when you leave with a friend
I won’t be needing this and have no use for that
I left a tooth brush in the holder, cause I might be comin back
I’m no stranger to the highway, left some sand in Omaha
I’ve been replaced down in Dallas, disgraced by Johnny law
He left me torn and tattered, too tired to hoarse to scream
I’m just another hobo, hanging on to a Harley Dream
Jump a rollin railroad car, when the jingles kinda low
I said goodbye to sweet Lolita and Atlanta long ago
I’m just hanging on to a hurricane of nuts and bolts and gears
Consolidated sleepless nights, going, gone, I’m here
Chorus
This train knows where it’s going, it’ll take you for a ride
If you miss her conversation, jump on the other side
Sunrise in the rolling hills and sunset by the sea
The wanderlust of Jersey girls in the moonlight followed me
I have no use for roamin hands, my fingers play guitar
Emotion snappin silver strings, tell them who you are
Chorus/Break
I’ll head to Pennsylvania, where a family’s always there
I left a trail of broken hearts and bottles everywhere
You know your life’s a changing, when the world leaves you to choose
To pave your road to paradise, slave your road to use
1st Verse
I’m just another hobo hanging on to a Harley dream
Siren Song (4/11)
When the days were young
And the nights were long
I got a little taste, called the siren song
So ship ahoy maties
There’s stew in the pot
Girls on the brain
And the rum hits the spot
Hatchet Jak was a roofer by trade
Jack in the sack tendered the maids
And Jack in the back, lived in the stern
And Captain Jack was sailing to learn
Chorus
And it’s that she blows
And twiddle dee dee
She’s the only crew I’d take to the sea
Well it’s shiver my timbers and twiddle dee dum
I’m sure you can come
If we have enough rum
There’s John at the bar
Who places the bets
And Jeff at the helm
Who owns this old wreck
And Joanne at the bar
Whose heart I betroathed
And Jerry and Bobbie
Who take off their clothes
Chorus
If we run out of rum
We’ll go sailing for more
Jimmy Hardees our skipper when we come ashore
Nothing is sacred when something is said
We’ll put on our haloes and craw into bed
Chorus
This tune started out called the Siren Song
We’d catchem and kissin if the just tag along
We’re sailors for hire and drunkards at best
We’re drunkards for hire
And sailors at rest
Chorus
Steel Dealer (5/11)
Lay down the track, don’t ever look back
That’s the kind of life on the railroad
Lay down your blues, and lace up your shoes
Your time’s not being used for the makin
Ten miles a day of steel to lay
You gotta hope and pray to your healer
29 years, of countless tears
In the eyes of your peers you’re the dealer
Break
Men lost their lives, just laying those ties
For a dollar’s worth of rye on the railroad
There’s not time for slack, don’t you ever look back
Your life’s a single track on the railroad
1st Verse
Dusty Walker (6/11)
He’ll see no happy sunrise
He’ll see no shining day
Or lovely ladies dancing by his window
Dusty Walker is my name
Hustlin gamblers is my game
And you’ll see me on the train goin back to Frisco
Newborn babies to their bottle
Like old sailors to the sea
Jokers in my blood are the finest melody
So let your devil’s answer
With their hands upon the wheel
I let my feeling echo
With the sound of cold grey steel
Chorus
I let my jokers slide
But his queens they came on heavy
And I left his kings lyin
With their faces towards the ground
1st Verse
Why We Shine (7/11)
Let’s celebrate my Christmas
With another killing spree
Let’s leave it up to humans
To screw up sanctity
I feel your hearts are leavin me
When we/ve only just begun
Shove your lonesome politics
And shove your holy guns
I used to be a Pharaoh
A patriot, a thief
I tried to get to know you
Before you even breathed
I’ve taken on a hundred names
But they all remain the same
Jahova, Mohamed and damit
Are all relavent you say
I do as I pleases
I’m on my 56 Jesus
I’ll spread him around
I’ll spread him around
I give you hope and promises
With love and peace and health
Why do we shine a Christmas
When we’re wishing for ourselves
Some men are too tall
Some men are built too fast
Some men never will
And some men never last
How can you trust humanity
When you cannot trust yourself
A little here and a little there
You’d sell your guns to hell
Your souls are problematic
Just waitin for the when
It’s only the beginning
One hour my world will end
I do as I pleases
I’m on my 56 Jesus
I’ll spread him around
I’ll spread him around
Comin Home Tonight (8/11)
Where the gulf waters flow and gulls dance on the sea
Were the clouds get their change, acting out their mysteries
And the wise men all know, if their season is ripe
With the hail of the water, and the whale of the wind
He’ll be comin home tonight
He’ll be comin home tonight
And the sailor’s woman waits, with her shades slightly drawn
While her sea-legged stance tends to sway
With his song about her lover so true, and her seasons lookin bright
With the hail of the water and the whale of the wind
He’ll be comin home tonight
He’ll be comin home tonight
Chorus
Four days out and six days in, only his sails being chased by the wind
Blue skies ahead, while his labor of love keeps an eye out from above
And the sea begins to shout from the bold Northwest
Storms can’t be takin lightly when their souls being to crest
It’s the trust of the sea, like the trust in the Lord
Right All Along (9/11)
Lay down beside me
Take a good look and fall asleep
You’re my lady in waiting
My lady in waking, my lover
So I warm and unique
Chorus
So let’s all of our feelings so strong
And we’ll build us a mountain so high and so long
So no one will find us
With love here to bind us
It makes all the wrong things seem right all along
I’ll be more beholden
And a little more open somehow
I’ve seen my reflection on a lake of intentions
Which seemed pretty clear up to now
Chorus
I let my feelings so strong
And I built me a mountain so high and so long
So no one could find me with a bottle to guide me
It makes all of the wrong things seem right all along
Break/Chorus
Simple Days (10/11)
When the sunlight streaks across the water
And catches golden leaves of fall
When the only thing that matters
The emotions of it all
And you touch the one who loves you
To hold back old winters wall
As if trust and passion can survive cold stays
To simple days
When the forest holds its chill
And makes its waked presence known
When the only thing that matters
Is how you’re feeling so alone
When your lover turns her back
And puts her pillow cold as stone
As a reminder that she yerns her life
Away to simple days
Chorus
If ever was a time
When lovers felt so insecure
And the thought of runnin loose
Or running bout
Keep our eyes on the horizon
And your future on your dreams
Love and warmer weather
Tend to search each other out
Simple days
Break/Chorus
If ever was a safer place
Right here in this canoe
With its silent water gilded
With the hopes of someone new
Just keep this short reminder
When your searching for this clue
Of the only one who will love your life away
To simple days
Of the only one who will love your life away
To simple days
Don’t Wait Too Long (11/11)
Don’t wait too long, to tell me that you love me
Don’t wait too long, my life is all I have
Don’t wait too long fore this goose begins to gander
My time is in your hands and my race is almost run
Actors set the stage, while the scripts still being written
Time is never lost, when it’s someone else’s gain
I must be born a reader, cause my writtings getting rusty
The curtain always closes when you play your last refrain
Don’t wait too long, to tell me that you love me
Don’t wait too long, my life is all I have
Don’t wait too long fore this goose begins to gander
The curtain always closes when you play your last refrain
Well, the curtain always closes when you play your last refrain
Well, the curtain always closes when you play your last refrain
Ship Wrecked (1/8)
Sittin in the middle of the ocean
Five hundred feet of women and wine
Oceans such a beautiful mistress
Serves me whiskey, lonely women abide
Martinique, Barbadoes are on our pot of call
My name is Ziggy, with my friend Palermo
We came down here, just to do it all
We came here from cold Chicago
Won this trip at a singles dance
Got drunk with this heavenly barmaid
All I knew is that I had a chance
But now that there’s waitresses everywhere
And drinks and food are free
There’s love on every part of this boat
Even for a nerd like me
A beauty of a beast comes waltzing in
And asks what’s tasty and what I adore
Anything with lingerie that tastes like you
But mostly all I want is more
She only had two teeth, in the front of her mouth
One was pointed north, and the other pointed south
Bonjour my name is precious, want to break my heart
Where do you want me to start?
I slammed a couple of whiskeys, by then I lost all control
She led me by the had to another land, one that I never knowed
I looked into her eyes, and got quite a surprise
They both had a delicate hue
I was lookin at the sea, right in front of me
One eye was green, and the other was blue
Chorus
Sea the Sails and the Blue (2/8)
Sailing across the Atlantic freeway
Not another soul in sight
Wish you were here to explore these waters
Everything here is starting to bite
Skates beginning to fly these aters
Dolphins applauding the morning light
Sear birds soaring above they’re waters
Everything here is starting to bite
Chorus
And thru this all my emotions row
The son of a sailor always knows
It’s not the who or the what or the where
It’s all of the journey of getting there
It’s all of the journey of getting there
We came from the soil of a promised land
Set up for the Indians long ago
Too many rocks to enjoy their harvest
Too many mountains of mountain snow
I left for the ocean to sing my tales
Of lovers lost of their wedding bands
I never thought to return to waters
That start at the rivers and head to the sea
And when it all ends to the salt in sea
I know that my sails will accompany me
There was never a love that I even knew
To compare with the sea, and the sails, and the blue
There was never a love that I even knew
To compare with the sea, and the sails, and the blue
Athena (3/8)
State your case ole captain lore
You said you came about swollen seas and swallowed me
And angels began to shout
The cargo hold were frisbees thrown to sullen sikes of stone
The lonesome dove from Wailing Ford visits Davey Jones
We carried ore, we carried grain, we carried contraband
I was OK to sell some girls into illegal hands
We never thought we’d catch the chance to see those girls again
A rainy night, no guiding light, Athena was her name
Chorus
You know I saw these angels
They were flying undisguised
I’ve seen skies through battlers' eyes
across the great divide
And when the sea birds carry me
To another lofty goal
Athena will caress me
Until my eyes are closed
You said the saw the guiding light
You swore you must confess
It’s hard to tell the story
When you're sleeping in your bed
The steward rang the warning bell
To warn you I suppose
The lonesome dove from Wailing Ford visits Davey Jones
You’re charged with rape and murder
And don’t cast your plea
Don’t blame it on the visions
That you tried to peddle me
Another ship has fallen
And there’s others I suppose
The lonesome dove from Walling Ford
Visits Davey Jones
Five Decades to D-Day (4/8)
He was a soldier of fortune
Off for a Sunday
Remembring precisely, five decades of dreams
Pitchers abound us
While the rolling blue ocean
Reminds me of sailing and he
Normandy
Chorus
Let’s pick up that frown put a smile on your face
There’s nothing the sea and the sky can’t replace
I’ve loved women from Norway to women down under
Lost friends to the earth to the sky
To the thunder
I look in his eyes, and I saw my reflection
Remembring precisely three decades of dreams
Lost lovers and children, and moments of wonder
Korea, Vietnam on a Desert Storm
Screen
Chorus
He taught me the meaning of life so it seems
To the bottom of glasses of beers that we weened
Telling the tales of trails that we weaved
Never to trace them again
Another good oath to a friend
Chorus
He taught me the meaning of life so it seemed
The bottom of glasses of beers that we weened
Telling our tales of the trails that we weaved
Never to trace them again
Another good oath to a friend
The lullaby fears, tears started to flow
I gave him a hug, twenty hadn’t shown
I asked what do you want to do most of all
Before the faces of wax
Come to call
He said, I want to find romance on the Great Wall of China
Nothing ventured is sure nothing gained
May all of your prayers, be close right behind you
Your heart and your soul and your stain
Will remain
Fleeting Fowl (5/8)
Grasp my wings and help me try, I need to fly today
The flock is up and passed me by, I feel I’m a head astray
Well they took the flight across the sea
And they never bothered waiting up for me
My father he did learn me well, he done taught me in every way
He told me when I was able to fly, we would hunt the fearsome prey
Well, he took the flight across sea
And he never bothered waiting up for me
Well I’m a headin south on a northern course, with a westerly a quickly blowing
I need the wind and I seek the cold, I’m the loneliest a goose, agoing
Well they took the flight across the sea
And they never bothered waiting up for me
Grasp my wings and help me try, I need to fly today
The flock is up and passed me by, I feel I’m a head astray
Well they took the flight across the sea
And they never bothered waiting up for me
Free Blown Spirit (6/8)
I’m a free-blown spirit with a knack for gettin in trouble
Everybody seemed to know but me I’d never settle down
I had a few close calls with some women till they broke my bubble
Now they treat me like I have a virus when I ride into town
I have a few good friends I feel their love and consolation
Ya know I lost a few when I pick up this guitar
If people want their friends to stay in one location
Just send them a reminder with a picture of a prison guard
Chorus
Oh, let me sail across your waters, prevail in Oden’s artery
Let me see the sear for what it really is
I want to taste its mystic pleasure
Seek its endless treasures
Try to find a place in this universe of his
Break/Chorus
Well, there’s a few small towns, I’d love to change with the seasons
Some I’ll never get there, some you can never tell
I suffered through last resorts, seen their rhyme and reason
I fled their coastal waters just to wind up in hell
My family has a right to worry cause they know my problem
As long as there’s a set of strings on this old guitar
For me it’s an endless road, to them it’s an omen
Cause nothin ever good gotten when you get off the farm
Chorus
Dream of Western Skies (7/8)
I can see a single rose
Pressed in a book upon your shelf
There’s an inch of dirt where the feather duster
Couldn’t make the bend
It’s wedged against the corner
So you’ll never have to answer
If the works inside the binder
Are from a foe or from a friend
It’s the story of a poet
Who lived the words he spoke of
Cascading streams and evergreens
That touched the western skies
Who swore the northern lights
Would mate with the southern hemisphere
Who swore the day would come
You would be his lovely bride
It’s the story of a woman
Who spoke the words she stood for
You never had to question or even ask her why
You could look inside her heart and
Always find the answer
She never knew what hit her
Til they said their last good byes
Chorus
But the story seems to falter
But it springs back into life
The maid becomes a maiden
And the poet takes a wife
Yet he dreams about the day
When he knows upon her door
And he gave a single rose
And a book of poets’ lore
Chorus
But his words begin to falter
But they spring back into life
The sea becomes his altar
And his boat becomes his wife
And her sails are filled with hope
As she skips across the tide
While he dreams of evergreens
That touch the western skies
Bobcat (1/12)
Well, you better get yourself straight, make a little headway
Stop your daily dreaming, about a someday
You’ve only gotta nine lives, you’re staring into old age
You better start your pen a writing a new page
Chorus
Well, who do you think you are
You can peddle what you’re writing only so far
And you can settle for what you lack
You better find yourself a woman with a might strong back
They’re gonna call you bobcat, bobcat
They’re gonna call you bobcat, bobcat
You’re only what you wanna be
When you’re living in the far side
If you press foreplay, make sure you have a rewind
This music scene will eat you up, split you up the inside
Well, it’s a long walk home alone, from a short ride
Chorus
Well, who do you think you are
You can peddle what you’re writing only so far
And you can settle for what you lack
You better find yourself a woman with a might strong back
They’re gonna call you bobcat, bobcat
They’re gonna call you bobcat, bobcat
Well, you’re a complicated schoolboy
With a janitor’s daydream
You could be sleeping on clean linens in a bed of modest means
You better get your head on, or you’ll end up like all the rest
When you’re playing second fiddle, it’s only second best
Chorus
Well, who do you think you are
You can peddle what you’re writing only so far
And you can settle for what you lack
You better find yourself a woman with a might strong back
They’re gonna call you bobcat, bobcat
They’re gonna call you bobcat, bobcat
Repeat Chorus
Dream of Western Skies (2/12)
I can see a single rose pressed in a book upon your shelf
There’s an inch of dust where the feather duster couldn’t make the bend
It’s wedged against the corner, so you’ll never have to answer
If the words inside the binder, are from a poet from a friend
Well, it’s a story of a poet, who lived the words he spoke of
Cascading streams and evergreens that touched the western skies
Swarming northern lights, that made for the southern hemisphere
He swore the day would come, when you would be his lovely bride
It’s the story of a woman, who spoke the words she stood for
I never had to question, or ever ask her why
You could look inside her heart, and always find the answer
She never knew what hit her, till you said your last goodbyes
The story seems to falter, but it springs back into life
A maid becomes a maiden, a boy he takes a wife
And he dreams about the days, when he knocked upon her door
When he gave a single rose, and a book of poet’s lore
His words begin to falter, but spring back into life
The sea becomes his altar, and his boat becomes his wife
And his sails are filled with hope, as she skips across the tide
While he dreams of evergreens that touched the western skies
Yes, he dreams of evergreens that touched the western skies
He dreams of evergreens that touched the western skies
Empty Worlds of Our Own (3/12)
It was hot, it was humid, the third of July
About a hundred and five in the shade
Fifty-eight people, had forsaken their side
As we buried and old friend today
An old friend today, safe for the morrow
An old friend today, a life we must borrow
An old friend today, paper and stone
Empty worlds of our own
Well, there’s a river that flows from northern Vermont
It starts at the borders of Maine
The choices it makes, what direction it takes
The Batten Kill is its name
One way to go, no choices it makes
One way to go, boughs bend or they break
One way to go, no question it stirs
There nothing but answers
It was hot, it was humid, the eighth of July
About a hundred and five in the shade
Eighty-eight people, had forsaken their side
As we buried my one son today
One son today, almost man
One son today, the best that we can
One son today, brother so cold
Till lessons unfold
An old friend today, safe for the morrow
An old friend today, a life we must borrow
An old friend today, paper and stone
Empty worlds of our own
Empty worlds of our own
Empty worlds of our own
Queen of 95 (4/12)
She left me in a cloud of dust, that still needs time for clearing
But she was heading south, with the northern light, that kept on gleaming
Not knowing what’s around the bend, but the head and heart believing
Like knowing she was coming back, that kept right on a gleaming
There’s times you have stand your ground, when you’re really not that sure
It helps to deal with hurricanes, when they fly by in a blur
And you’re left without your lover’s dream, cause it was the only one
And then you start to look for something, that is only just begun
Only just begun
Chorus
Well, I never thought I could feel this way, haven’t felt this way in years
All the shirts and cameras I misplaced in a timewarp lover’s sphere
I don’t know what’l happened, all I know is I’m alive
With a sailor chick, with Vermont plates, head south on 95
South of 95
South of 95
Well, there’s the times the seas get restless, and he don’t see shore for days
While your senses have been deadened, by the chill of of your wondering ways
When it changes all direction, and you’re headin straight for home
And your chances of love increases, when your home where you belong
Home where you belong
Well, there’s a ship that sails at sunrise, to a port that’s still unknown
I hailed all of my companions, who held mates that all had flown
Well, you can seize this kodak moment, when the salts still in the air
I need a tender heart, with a broken part, and parts for hearts impaired
Well, I never thought I could feel this way, haven’t felt this way in years
Well, I never thought I could feel this way, haven’t felt this way in years
Chorus
Well, I never thought I could feel this way, haven’t felt this way in years
All the shirts and cameras I misplaced in a timewarp lover’s sphere
I don’t know what’l happened, all I know is I’m alive
With a sailor chick, with Vermont plates, head south on 95
South of 95
South of 95
South of 95
Treasure Island (5/12)
It’s been more than a decade since I saw you three
And touched you with my hands to wipe your tears
It took your grandpa’s questions to remind me
That I spent another year without you here
I fumbled for the day your mom delivered
I thought how many times the leaves have turned
The promise that you never quite considered
Of images and bridges that were burned
I see your smiles and dreams that always ended
Before I got the chance to see you grow
It’s hard to be forgotten, then befriended
By little kids you never got to know
Chorus
But we’re older now, and nothing stays the same
Questions seem to surface, again and again and again
So, hold your values true, let no man steal your thunder
And let the good Lord carry you, when you feel you’re going under
Chorus
But we’re older now, and nothing stays the same
Questions seem to surface, again and again and again
So, hold your values true, when you feel you’re going under
And let the good Lord carry you, and never steal his thunder
I thought I’d say I love you in these pages
With winter slowly nipping at my chin
But words have kept us warm throughout the ages
To be the dying flame we held within
I’ll keep on looking slowly over my shoulder
In hopes to get a glimpse, a gaze, a clue
Of friends that just might hold that burning ember
The life, the lamp of love, we always knew
Chorus
But we’re older now, and nothing stays the same
Questions seem to surface, again and again and again
So, hold your values true, when you feel you’re going under
And let the good Lord carry you, and never steal his thunder
Chorus
But we’re older now, and nothing stays the same
Questions seem to surface, again and again and again
So, hold your values true, let no man steal your thunder
And let the good Lord carry you, when you feel you’re going under
Dusty Walker (6/11)
He’ll see no happy sunrise
He’ll see no shining day
Or lovely ladies dancing by his window
Dusty Walker is my name
Hustlin gamblers is my game
And you’ll see me on the train goin back to Frisco
Newborn babies to their bottle
Like old sailors to the sea
Jokers in my blood are the finest melody
So let your devil’s answer
With their hands upon the wheel
I let my feeling echo
With the sound of cold grey steel
Chorus
I let my jokers slide
But his queens they came on heavy
And I left his kings lyin
With their faces towards the ground
1st Verse
Lovely Eyes (7/12)
You can fool your friends, keep them hanging on
Break their hearts and you wonder why
But I found out a long time ago
Lovely eyes just never lie
Your Satin smile, and your girlish grin
Makes me think what’s just in store
You’ve taken all that I could give to you
I can’t get by much anymore
Chorus
Stolen dreams and lady’s schemes
Make this man just more the wise
Well, I found out a long time ago
Lovely eyes just never lie
Chorus
Stolen dreams and lady’s schemes
Make this man just more the wise
Well, I found out a long time ago
Lovely eyes will find the skies
You can fool your friends, keep them hanging on
Make em think what’s just in store
You’ve taken all that I could give to you
I can’t get by much anymore
Chorus
Stolen dreams and lady’s schemes
Make this man just more the wise
Well, I found out a long time ago
Lovely eyes just never lie
Well, I found out a long time ago
Lovely eyes just never lie
My Beautiful Bosnian Queen (8/12)
I can see her lying there helpless
In the peace of my easy chair
Bandages, bottles and bravery
Were running everywhere
In the midst of chaotic confusion
From the cameras that clung to the scene
Oh, they never quite caught the emotion
Of my beautiful Bosnian queen
Oh, her eyes are the color of morning
Midnight the hue of her hair
She was pall from her days in the tunnels
That were running everywhere
She was young, she was frail, she was friendless
All the others had gone long before
She was frail, she was calm, she lay breathless
Just another remain of the war
Chorus
She sang, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
I said, whatever, my Bosian queen
She sang, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
I said, will Jesus just save you to sing
Her voice had the ring of an angel
In a land where angels are rare
You’d think Jesus would send his battalions
Of angels in the air
She spoke like a child of wonder
As those children always do
She said she wanted to sing in colors
But all of her words will be blue
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She sang, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
I said, whatever, my Bosian queen
She sang, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
I said, will Jesus just save you to sing
I can see her lying there helpless
In the peace of my easy chair
Bandages, bottles and bravery
Were running everywhere
She spoke like a child of wonder
As most children always do
She said she wanted to sing in colors
But all of her words would be blue
She said she wanted to sing in colors
But all of her words will be blue
Is Anybody Listening? (9/12)
It’s getting late, bout time to close
My set is only hours old
I was bought, but now I’m sold
Is anybody listening?
The times are hard, I’m getting grey
It’s a senseless price to pay
For things you only lay away
Until tomorrow
Chorus
It’s hard to know, just what you’re after
There’s never that much time in a day
Just fill your cup with joy and laughter
Your memories will never slip away
Chorus
It’s hard to know, just what you’re after
There’s never that much time in a day
Just fill your cup with joy and laughter
Your memories will never slip away
It’s getting late, bout time to close
I was bought but now I’m sold
Oh, that’s the price of growing old
Is anybody listening?
Is anybody listening?
Is anybody listening?
Is anybody listening?
Hey Rosie (10/12)
Hey Rosie, I could of loved you better
Hey Rosie, I didn’t mean to be so blind
Hey Rosie, you’ve been cheating on me daily
I lay up nights and wonder, who you’re meeting on my time
Hey Rosie, I know the lines you gave me
Hey Rosie, I took em all in stride
Hey Rosie, I knew the day I met you
You swept me off my feet, then you took me for a ride
Chorus
Is he tall, is he handsome, does he have a lot that pleases
Is he everything you wanted, even more
Can he be the only question, when you’re looking for the answer
If it’s true I’ll be the first to close the door
Chorus
Is he tall, is he handsome, does he have a lot that pleases
Is he everything you wanted, even more
Can he be the only question, when you’re looking for the answer
If it’s true I’ll be the first to close the door
Hey Rosie, well I know you’re easy pickens
Hey Rosie, you made me see the light
Hey Rosie, you know I really took a licken
The only thing you’re good for is turning out at night
Yea, the only thing you’re good for is turning out the light
Colorado Women (11/12)
I’m leaving by tomorrow
I’m gonna catch the west bound train
I don’t know why I’m leaving
But, I’m surely glad I came
Chorus
See, these Colorado women seem to jumble up my mind
I should be sunning on the beach, sipping California wine
Well, all good things just naturally come in time
But, where’s mine
I lightened my load this morning
Chased those darker clouds away
My lady love forgot me
One more chapter, one more day
Chorus
Don’t slow me down, don’t tighten my reins
I’m a moving much too fast
I’m needles and pins, I’m carpets of fire
I’m a chance that just can’t last
Chorus
I’ll be home by tomorrow
I’m gonna catch the west bound train
I don’t know why I’m leaving
But, I’m surely glad I came
Five Decades to D-Day (12/12)
He was a soldier of fortune
Off for a Sunday
Remembring precisely, five decades of dreams
Pitchers abound us
While the rolling blue ocean
Reminds me of sailing and he
Normandy
Chorus
Let’s pick up that frown put a smile on your face
There’s nothing the sea and the sky can’t replace
I’ve loved women from Norway to women down under
Lost friends to the earth to the sky
To the thunder
I look in his eyes, and I saw my reflection
Remembring precisely three decades of dreams
Lost lovers and children, and moments of wonder
Korea, Vietnam on a Desert Storm
Screen
Chorus
He taught me the meaning of life so it seems
To the bottom of glasses of beers that we weened
Telling the tales of trails that we weaved
Never to trace them again
Another good oath to a friend
Chorus
He taught me the meaning of life so it seemed
The bottom of glasses of beers that we weened
Telling our tales of the trails that we weaved
Never to trace them again
Another good oath to a friend
The lullaby fears, tears started to flow
I gave him a hug, twenty hadn’t shown
I asked what do you want to do most of all
Before the faces of wax
Come to call
He said, I want to find romance on the Great Wall of China
Nothing ventured is sure nothing gained
May all of your prayers, be close right behind you
Your heart and your soul and your stain
Will remain