Stealing

Sun goes down behind the city

Lights come up in the streets

You got me wishing we were playing for keeps

Your brown eyes and my bad vision

I can’t see too far ahead

Never before would I have let myself be led.

We both know what we’re feeling

but we can’t talk about that, can’t talk about that

We both know we’d be stealing,

but we can’t talk about that, can’t talk about that

We both know what we’re feeling but neither of us will be stealing this love tonight

I used to close my eyes to reason

and reason lovers away

you used to hide the thing you had to say

I was broke and you were busted

Lights come on in the dark

Caught in the glare, here is something we can’t start

We both know what we’re feeling

but we can’t talk about that, can’t talk about that

We both know we’d be stealing,

but we can’t talk about that, can’t talk about that

We both know what we’re feeling but neither of us will be stealing this love tonight

Keep On Fighting

Keep on fighting your wars of sin

Keep on fighting but don’t drag me in

The night is dark, it’s only getting darker

And your blood worn roads won’t lead you home.

Oh, my brother, he is strong and proud

Does what he’s told when you send him out

But we all know your war will never end

Just send my brother back home again

Cause they’re all waiting for his return

Wring their hands as the world gets worse

The endless blood and the tortured lands

Can this really be God’s command?

Let the mothers have their chance to speak

Let the brave and the bold yield to the meek

Let the babies turn into men

Make no more soldiers of children.

Cause they’re all waiting for his return

Wring their hands as the world gets worse

The endless blood and the tortured lands

Can this really be God’s command?

Now and Then

You led me to the stairs, where you cut my hair

One little strand at a time in your hand

I wanted you to know all the things I could not show

To you now and then.

All the people in this town, they are just clowning around,

With a little bit of time and loving on their mind

I think of you these days when I don’t know what to say

To them now and then

Read to me from the book of Paul

I can’t say that I believe it all

I just want to hear your voice ringing out

Don’t you want to know? I guess you really don’t,

How I could have loved you and given what you won’t.

You took my strength away, just a little everyday

I’m weaker now than then.

Read to me from the book of love.

I can’t say that I’m worthy of it

I just want to hear your voice ringing out

.Is it truth or just a lie, I still want you in my life

I keep this secret hiding place like sharpening the knife

That I hold against my throat, the only true words that I spoke

I still miss you now and then.

I still miss you now and then.

Eastern Girl

Staying way up in the mountains.

Where it’s so hard just to breathe

Everything looks like a miracle.

So hard to believe.

Don’t want to say how much I miss you.

It’s like how my lungs miss the air.

Horizon westward is a jagged line.

Can’t help but stare.

I’m just an eastern girl

I know rolling hills, I know lush green fields of grass.

Here there’s gold rush towns, And endless rocky cliffs.

I’m a long long way from home., A long way from home.

Thunderheads off in the distance.

I feel the hot air meet the cold.

I feel my heart throw out resistance.

Can I do what I’m told?

I’m just an eastern girl

I know rolling hills, I know lush green fields of grass.

Here there’s gold rush towns, And endless rocky cliffs.

I’m a long long way from home., A long way from home.

Keep My Eye On You

You came to me but you couldn’t talk

You lost your voice in that last big storm

Out there howling with the wind

You’ve been scolded, you’ve been warned.

Gone so much but I don’t go nowhere.

Same hotel room, different town.

You’re still out there laying on floors.

When you were young you wore the crown.

All the money in the world....

Now you’ve lost your way.

You ain’t lost kid, it’s just your path’s hid.

Come in from the rain

Warm the house up, pass around the cup and start again.

Luckiest one I ever knew.

Found a little love and some soil to sow

Work a little harder til my wandering’s through

I’m doing alright I’ll keep my eye on you

We all gotta have these walking blues

Stare up at the sky and drink up the rain

Once in a while put on our dancing shoes.

Lines on the Road

Sometimes all we have are the lines on the road to guide us.

Sometimes all we have are the stars in the sky to shine their lights.

you said you’re leaving us, well are you leaving us?

you said you’re leaving, we’ll all be grieving.

No one really knows where this road is gonna lead us

No one really knows if there’s someone at the gates to let us in.

We’re all alone in this. Are we alone in this?

Join up on the road a bit, we’re not alone in this.

When you finally go all your suffering will be over.

When you finally go you’ll leave so much here behind to shine.

We’ll sing your songs of love, Our tears will fall on dust

We’ll sing your songs of love your flesh will turn to dust.

Sometimes all we have are the lines on the road to guide us.

Sometimes all we have are the stars in the sky to shine their light.

Black Crow

Black crow, black crow, Stay with me a while.

We can watch the sun fall down a lazy mile.

Black heart, black heart, I don’t want to take you with me

Walk you to the river and then I’ll set you free

Cause I have spent far too long in this dark hole

And I am getting out now, I am getting out now

In chains, in chains, Tied to one another

I think I found the key, Now go find another lover

Break free, break free, I took the best of you

Where daylight meets the shadows, You took the best of me too

But I have spent far too long in this dark hole

And I am getting out now, I am getting out now

Sun shine through the clouds

My heart was breaking down

Couldn’t sleep, couldn’t wake the day.

Couldn’t sleep the night away, couldn’t wake the day.

Sparrows

All the days that you were here

Have disappeared from my mind

Now only silhouettes and shadows remain

Darling nothing is the same.

Where are you now in this world?

Is your voice being heard among the sparrows?

Where are you now in this lonely world?

Is your voice being heard among the birds?

All the things that you did show me my friend

Have stuck to me like grains of sand

Letters spilled, ink blurred by tears

Tucked away in darkness stand.

Where are you now in this world?

Is your voice being heard among the sparrows?

Where are you now in this lonely world?

Is your voice being heard among the birds?

Old Tin Can

Off he went to NYC

He’s got to seal the deal today

He’s been working his fingers to the bone

Turning knobs and tubes and headphones on

He crossed the border a lonesome man

And found redemption in that old tin can

And told the story of his life

Love and loss and strife...

Now he’s gone to Nashville town

He’s gonna meet the kid and play around

Meanwhile his songs are put on hold

I hope his head is up not hanging down...

He crossed the border a lonesome man

And found redemption in that old tin can

And told the story of his life

Love and loss and strife...That old tin can....

Trickle Down Rain

Trickle down rain, my window pain

the birds all hiding away

Gotta clean this mess, gotta get some rest

can’t seem to do anything today

In the shadow of love I hear you call

for a shadow of time and that’s all

Where do you go when you leave me alone?

I see the sun come through the clouds like you

I know what I’ve got to do

Gotta sweep this floorsweep the dust out the door

then just wait quietly for you

In the shadow of love I hear you call

for a shadow of time and that’s all

Where do you go when you leave me alone?

True Love

All the money in the world, it won’t buy you love

Even if you had enough, it won’t get you what you want

I’ve been looking at myself and all the things I crave

They change from day to day, but in the moonlight they fade

Well I thought I’d found true love, wasn’t sure I wanted it.

What is true love? Can we attain it? What is true love? I don’t know.

Keep your flowers for yourself, or lay them on love’s grave

In my secret heart I have a graveyard

And I visit each and every one and they send their regards.

With every brand new start I think of love dead and gone

Well I thought I’d found true love, wasn’t sure I wanted it.

What is true love? Can we attain it? What is true love? I don’t know.

Same Way Again

Walk me down your road one more time

Where you held me in your arms and we stared at the sky

Laying in your bed I felt so safe

Will we never feel the same way again?

The same way again,

Holding your heart in my hands.....

You were here and gone just like a song

How I wanted to keep holding on

But the band was packing up and on their way

No we’ll never feel the same way again.

The same way again,

Holding your heart in my hands

The same way again

You holding my heart in your hands.

If you hear my name among the crowd,

You won’t find me in the lost or with the found,

I’ll be hanging from a star looking down

No we’ll never feel the same way again.

The same way again,

Holding your heart in my hands

The same way again

You holding my heart in your hands.

Chop That Wood

Will I ever hear a raven without the thought of you?

Yeah, maybe someday you will be out of my view.

How I hate to see you go but I know this is not the end

Yes I’ll see you again

Well, I’m not your mother and you are not my child

If I could only hold you but I can’t I know you’re wild

Bring a summer’s end with a hurricane.

I loved to hear you call my name

Chop that wood, build that fence

I know you loved me in some sense

Chop that wood, build that fence

I know you loved me, so thank you friend.

The lights go out, the rain comes back your way

You pack your car but I can’t ask you to stay

All the things that I would if I could but I know I can’t

This is the loneliest of days.

Chop that wood, build that fence

I know you loved me in some sense

Chop that wood, build that fence

I know you loved me, so thank you friend.