Mason Jennings [작곡]

Southern Minnesota in the year of 1997
There was a great natural light in the sky
And people ran in fear
And i was so concerned with the welfare
Of the woman standing nearest to me
That i didn't notice when it shown on both of us
Then disappeared
I asked her
Do you know what that was
And did it shine for only us
Tell me do you know what that was
Was it a sign
I think it probably was
Pittsburgh Pennsylvania in the year of 1987
There was a great natural light in the sky
And people ran in fear
And i was so concerned with the welfare
Of my brother standing nearest to me
That i didn't notice when it shown on both of us
Then disappeared
I asked him
Do you know what that was
And did it shine for only us
Tell me do you know what that was
Was it a sign
I think it probably was

Looking down from the apple tree
My hands tied in back of me
With this rope below my chin
We don't fear death my adrian
Trust me son that one day soon
You'll be on the bottom where the boat breaks through
To let our freedom in again
We don't fear death my adrian
From now on i am part of you
I am the story that you'll tell
Let my life empower you
Let my troubles teach you well
Let your burning hatred go
Learn yourself until you know
That fear is where all hatred begins
We don't fear death my adrian
From now on i am part of you
I am the story that you'll tell
Let my life empower you
Let my troubles teach you well
As they set my last breath free
Turn your eyes but don't fail to see
The love you feel inside your skin
We don't fear death my adrian
We don't fear death my adrian

Sleeping in a cherry tree
High above a monastery
Where the bells are ringing slow
To say farewell when hours go
And all the while I'm dreaming of
The ballad for my one true love
Searching for the perfect way to say
I love you
Sweetheart, this is my dream come true
And god bless the babies
That sleep in you
God bless the babies
That sleep in you
Sleeping in a motel room
Underneath a silver moon
With the windows open wide
I can hear the stars go by
And all the while I 'm dreaming of
The ballad for my one true love
Searching for the perfect way to say
I love you
Sweetheart, this is my dream come true
And god bless the babies
That sleep in you
God bless the babies
That sleep in you

Just let the disc play
This is a song to give you hope
I wouldn't have it any other way
This is a song to give you hope
When you say
Honey i'm afraid to sleep at night, sleep at night
Honey i'm afraid to sleep at night, sleep at night
Well, i wish i had my arms around you
This is a song to give hope
Just let this thing surround you
This is a song to give you hope
When you say
Honey i'm afraid to sleep at night, sleep at night
Honey i'm afraid to leave tonight, leave tonight
I said go, go on
Go, go on
I said i, i love you truly
So go, go on
And get jump on the finer things
This is a song to give hope
You never know what the past will bring you
This is a song to give you hope
When you say
Honey i'm afraid to sleep at night, sleep at night
Honey i'm afraid to leave tonight, leave tonight
I said go, go on
Go, go on
I said i, i love you truly
So go, go on
Forty miles south of monterey and the san lucia hills
The sunshine shone me to sleep, and i dreamt i was alive
I sang myself a song, it went, know what you know,
Stay when you stay, and go when you go
And i call it intuition, flowers bloom and hummingbirds fly
Yes, i call it intuition, it gets me by
Sailing on a silver ship out to the open
Lonely and realizing that our friendship's been broken
And the funny thing to me is how quickly it slips away
And leaves you thinking of the things that were never spoken
And you know loving me is not enough
And i know future is as future does
Sailing on a silver ship out to the open
Lonely and realizing that our friendship's been broken
And the funny thing to me is how quickly it slips away
And leaves you longing for the things that were never spoken
And you know loving me is not enough
And i know future is as future does

Mason Jennings
Birds Flying Away
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I left my country when I was nineteen, 1925.
And drifted to a town on the cuban coast,
met a woman who became my life.

And ohhh, when I saw her,
darkness fled from me,
it flew like a black bird into the sun,
on the day she married me.

Dear God, Dear God,
I remember climbing up your shoulders,
and coming up under you like a lion
and coming down like we were dieing,
Dear God.

But now the drum birds come for me,
Oh now the drum birds come for me,
And Lord give me forgiveness for all that I have done,
forgive me now, of the way that I beg, keep me on the run,

Dear God, Dear God,
I remember climbing up your shoulders,
and coming up under you like a lion
and coming down, like we were dieing,
Dear God.

Black panther defy the power
Fight the violence with nonviolence
What good is justice if the scales are bent
By a criminal government
Think of the dead in vietnam
Think of the dead in birmingham
Think of the freedom we don't understand
Asleep in bed in a stolen land
Responsibility to understand
Responsibility to take a stand
Responsibility to know your place
In the struggle of the human race

When I got home there was blood on the door.
I saw you lying on the kitchen floor.
I ran down the hall and when I saw what he did
and found our little bitty baby lying dead in her crib.

There's a black wind blowing.
Oh, there's a black wind blowing.
There's a black wind blowing outside our gates
trying to blow this place into outer space.
There's a black wind blowing.

I didn't bother picking up the phone.
I'm gonna get there first, I want you all alone.
There's gonna be blood on the wall and a ?
Your scripture won't save you when my gun's in your mouth.

There's a black wind blowing.
Oh, there's a black wind blowing.
There's a black wind blowing outside our gates
trying to blow this place into outer space.
There's a black wind blowing.

I was eighteen when I first came here.
Me and my brother trying to disappear.
He chose the profit, baby, I chose you.
From that day I feared what he could do.

There's a black wind blowing.
Oh, there's a black wind blowing.
There's a black wind blowing outside our gates
trying to blow this place into outer space.
There's a black wind blowing.

I took the corner then I gunned it hard.
I drove my truck into your front yard.
You came out running but I was too fast.
I took out your legs and dropped you in the grass.
There were people outside, I heard somebody scream.
My whole life became a movie screen.
I remembered us jumping on our momma's bed.
She was yelling be careful or you'll bump your head.
I put my gun up under your chin.
My hand was shaking so I dug it in.
You started laughing, said I understand.
You wish you couldn't but I know you can.
You can.

There's a black wind blowing.
Oh, there's a black wind blowing.
There's a black wind blowing outside our gates
trying to blow this place into outer space.

High in the hills there's an angel and the ghost in chains
Here in your arms there's a desert where it always rains
As your legs begin to spread, how I wish I was not dead
Standing backwards to the blood of man

Babies in jars, luxury cars, seasons that don't come true
Happiness waits outside the gates, watching each thing we do
Ocean mother, ocean child, are you mine or are you wild?
Are you calling for the blood of man?

I'll keep my dreams in the river tonight
Under the rocks and stones they will be alright
I'll hide my dreams in the river tonight
Under the rocks and moss, there they will be alright

Where did you go? Oh, please come back
I miss you so, oh
Where did you go? Oh, please come back
I miss you so, oh

Ocean mother, ocean child, are you mine or are you wild?
Are you calling for the blood of man?

This is a bullet from a gun called "what the fuck?"
If i was standing in your shoes i'd throw my hands straight up
And start explaining at the speed of light, not sound
How the words get some coffee came to mean get down
And all the kings horses and all the kings yen
Couldn't stop the abracadabra that invites these men
And all the alleyways in amsterdam could not compete
Against the wall street speed with which you leave your feet
Oh yes, this song is a joke
Funny like our house going up in smoke
Funny like the bomb between my teeth when we kiss
You pulled out the pin with your own sweet lips
Everytime the phone rings you get there first
And when the pizza man comes you always run for your purse
Now i'm the son of a banker, i know just what the deal is
If you wrote it out in braille, i wouldn't even have to feel it
Oh yes, this song is a joke
Funny like our house going up in smoke
Funny like the bomb between my teeth when we kiss
You pulled out the pin with your own sweet lips
Funny how goodbye can sound so sad sometimes
Today it sounds happy like a nursery rhyme
And you're not cinderella, so don't forget your shoes
I've never been as lonely as when i was with you
Oh yes, this song is a scream
Funny like our loving doused in gasoline
Funny like the bomb between my teeth when we kiss
You pulled out the pin with your own sweet lips
This is fireman mcneil from the hennepin line
We got the call around ten, we couldn't get there in time
There was a driveway leading to a hole in the ground
I got the heebies bone deep and turned the truck straight around
Oh yes, this song is a joke
Funny like my fingers in your bicycle spokes
Funny like the bomb between my teeth when we kiss
You pulled out the pin with your own sweet lips

Look at me now
I'm all dressed up in your words today
Do you think about me, do you think about me?
If it comes down, it's still about the sweet little things you say
After all that I've run from, where the fuck did you come from

Butterfly, baby I still have my doubts about you cause
Butterfly, cause I cant find nothing bad about you and
Butterfly, you messed me up, you make my heart double beat and
Butterfly, I don't know how it is you got inside of me

Cause, your in me now, oh your in me now, your in me now
You've made me yours, with your lovely cures
Life is like; I don't know why I do things like this
After all that I've come from, you're the woman I should run from

Butterfly, baby I still have my doubts about you cause
Butterfly, cause I cant find nothing bad about you and
Butterfly, you messed me up, you make my heart double beat and
Butterfly, I don't know how it is you got inside of me

Don't you know baby I'm a leading man
I dig down deep when I say I love you
and I can hold my own with the best of them
I guarantee you, you will never see nothing like this again
California I hope that it wakes you
all the darkness that I couldn't break through
cause I'm going to miss you
I'm gonna miss you
I'm gonna miss you
I'm gonna miss you

don't you know that I did the things I could
I rubbed you back when you were sleeping
and all along baby it was understood
that you were leaving absolutely ever since the very first day that we met
California I hope that it wakes you
all the darkness that I couldn't break through
cause I'm going to miss you
I'm gonna miss you
I'm gonna miss you
I'm gonna miss you
like I miss the ocean when I go to sleep
and it's gonna break my heart

Don't you know baby I'm a leading man
I dig down deep when I say I love you
and I can hold my own with the best of them
I guarantee you, you will never see nothing like this again
California I hope that it wakes you
all the darkness that I couldn't break through
cause I'm going to miss you
I'm gonna miss you
I'm gonna miss you
I'm gonna miss you
I'm gonna miss you
like I miss the ocean when I go to sleep
like I miss the ocean when I go to sleep
and it's gonna break my heart

Don't you know baby I'm a leading man
I dig down deep when I say I love you
and I can hold my own with the best of them
I guarantee you, you will never see nothing like this again
California I hope that it wakes you
all the darkness that I couldn't break through
cause I'm going to miss you
I'm gonna miss you
I'm gonna miss you
I'm gonna miss you

don't you know that I did the things I could
I rubbed you back when you were sleeping
and all along baby it was understood
that you were leaving absolutely ever since the very first day that we met
California I hope that it wakes you
all the darkness that I couldn't break through
cause I'm going to miss you
I'm gonna miss you
I'm gonna miss you
I'm gonna miss you
like I miss the ocean when I go to sleep
and it's gonna break my heart

Don't you know baby I'm a leading man
I dig down deep when I say I love you
and I can hold my own with the best of them
I guarantee you, you will never see nothing like this again
California I hope that it wakes you
all the darkness that I couldn't break through
cause I'm going to miss you
I'm gonna miss you
I'm gonna miss you
I'm gonna miss you
I'm gonna miss you
like I miss the ocean when I go to sleep
like I miss the ocean when I go to sleep
and it's gonna break my heart

Through our love there runs a century spring
What we've got is all we'll ever need
And i will love you like wind blows through the trees
And sing about how good it feels to love you, amy
Who we are is who we've always been
Through our love we've learned to live again
And i will love you, my dear, you've set me free
I promise you a love para siempre, amy

Lights in the city, they go down in the city
And there ain't nobody there to ..
Lights in the city, they go down in the city
And there ain't nobody there to ..

Looking for you, why won't you show?
Waiting for you, well, it's a city of ghosts
City of ghosts

Lights go down, they go down in the city
And there ain't nobody there to fuck me
Lights go down, they go down in the city
And there ain't nobody there to cut me

Looking for you, why won't you show?
Waiting for you but it's a city of ghosts
City of ghosts

Lights in the city, they go down in the city
And there ain't nobody there to love me
Lights in the city, they go down in the city
And there ain't nobody there to cut me

Looking for you, why won't you show?
Waiting for you, it's a city of ghosts
City of ghosts

And with the world comes misery
Comes jealousy and pain
And with new friends come enemies
The fortune brings the fame
And oh my dear confidant
(tell me how to feel)
Tell me how to feel
(tell me how you've been)
I've been overwhelmed
(overwhelmed by what)
By what lies up ahead
Only when your heart is true
Only when your heart is true
Till you learn to trust yourself
Put your trust in someone else
And with new love comes mystery
Comes fear you can't define
And with new love comes history
Old stars that won't align
Oh my dear confidant
(tell me how to feel)
Tell me how to feel
(tell me how you've been)
I've been overwhelmed
(overwhelmed by what)
By what lies up ahead
Only when your heart is true
Only when your heart is true
Till you learn to trust yourself
Put your trust in someone else

I took the train up from illinois
I was following through on a letter you sent
I always feared that you'd be true
True to yourself to the bitter end
It just kinda happened, or so she says
She was drinking and lonely, you know the rest
And he meant nothing, he was happenstance
She says she loves me still and wants a second chance
But i don't wanna be together
I don't wanna be apart
I don't want none of this love for you honey
Deep, deep down in my heart
Where is my golden crown
That you took and passed around
There's no telling what a man might do
With a life like this when it all falls through
I don't wanna be together
I don't wanna be apart
I don't want none of this love for you honey
Deep, deep down in my heart
You were my dream come true
Can't you see what you've put me through
The love that tears me apart
Still beats deep, deep down in my heart
Deep, deep, deep down in my heart

I woke up before you in the total darkness
Early morning
I could hear the wind in the trees
I was looking for the light to bring you out
From the shadows
Redefine you now for only me
And honey i'm sure
That you've been in love before
Plenty of men have held high places in your eyes
And jealousy has got no use for me
The past is beautiful
Like the darkness between the fireflies
I was driving faster through the appalachians
I could see the world go out below me in the sun
You should know by now
That someone's always been there
Long before you
You're never going to be the only one
And honey i'm sure
That you've been in love before
Plenty of men have held high places in your eyes
But jealousy has got no use for me
The past is beautiful
Like the darkness between the fireflies
Beautiful like the darkness between the fireflies

My galveston girl
I hold you like a child
And kiss away your tears
My sweet dewey dell
You've always been my girl
You have nothing to fear
Twisted like flower stems
We fall asleep till morning comes again
I'll always love you
I'll never let you down
You have nothing to fear
My sweet dewey dell
Whatever you have done
They'll never find you here

Dr. king
I think often of you
And the love that you learned
From jesus
Dr. king
I think often of you
And the love that you learned
From jesus
Alabama
Alabama
Bethlehem
Up ahead us we've a mighty task
To love the face behind hatred's mask
'cause on the day we understand our past
God almighty we'll be free at last

After all this useless fighting, after all our schemes
We could sense a final battle and started picking teams
Due to lack of good direction, i fell in with thieves
And took to drinking as religion and landed on my knees
Truth that starts as understanding finds you in the night
And circles all around the ceiling a frightened bird in flight
After spending hours beneath it, everything comes clear
Truth will pose no danger to you, what hunts you both is fear
Somewhere in our everafter telephones still ring
Somewhere in future journals, love still means something
I have learned a mighty lesson from this change of plans
Loss is brutal, i can't stand it, i wonder how you can
And all the while there's dogs a-barking
Streets are talking out my window
Out the light and the snow is flaking, hearts are breaking
Words are making a mess out of these
Thoughts i'm thinking, boats keep sinking
It's drown or keep drinking
And if this darkness came from light
Then light can come from darkness i guess
If this darkness came from light
Then light can come from darkness i guess

Nobody says the things he says
Nobody moves like he moves
Nobody makes me feel this way
I'm going to marry that boy, oh lord
I'm going to marry that boy

Oh my mother said to me
Girl you better watch yourself
Cuz a railroad man is an absent man
I'm going to marry that boy, oh lord
I'm going to marry that boy

We'll live in a little town
North of Duluth
Where my grandmother lived
In her youth

When he comes home at night
He'll call to me
My sweet darling girl
Come lay with me

And oh mother nothing compares
Nothing even comes close
To the way he comes up under me
I'm going to marry that boy, oh lord
I'm going to marry that boy

Marry him in his Easter clothes
Marry me in white
Beneath the canopy
Of unearthly light

And our friends and family
Will all come to say
God bless this union
God bless this day

Soon his burdens will be mine
Soon this love will set us free
All my hope lies with him now
I'm going to marry that boy, oh lord
I'm going to marry that boy

I'm going to marry that boy, oh lord
I'm going to marry that boy

I'm just a student of this life, just like my father.
And I am a stranger to this heart, just like my mother.

Oh, and brother you should know,
That this heart's still filled with sadness and regret.
But I'm learning as I go
To forgive the things that I just can't forget.

Sometimes this heart is made of glass
And I often find myself
Living only in the past
Thinking mostly of myself.
But I'll believe you when you say,
That these are things that time can heal.
And this beating in my heart
Says this love we have is real.

And all of these wishes, I once lost, are now returning.
And all of the demons, I have fought, are slowly turning.

Oh, and brother you should know
That there is no one in this world who feels no pain.
But I'm learning as I go
To accept the things that I've no power to change.

All of these streets are heading out
And this old song's no longer blue,
And although nothing's figured out
It looks like we've both made it through.
If there were one thing I could ask,
I would ask you where you've been.
'Cause I still wonder where you were,
When this whole big ship sank in.

All day, everyday
I swing my hammer to the metal on the northern railway
Always a movie playing in my head
A million movies starring you and me
Moonshine every night
Eating supper by the fire out in the clear moonlight
Ankles crossed, hands behind my head
Telling stories, singing songs about the west
I'm always thinking of you
Staring off down the railroad line
One sweet day i will see you
But i'll swing the hammer until
The empire builder brings me home
For two months and two odd weeks
Sometimes days go by in which nobody speaks
From illinois to washington
There ain't nothing but the hammer to the rail
One day when this track runs through
I'm gonna buy a new suit and come looking for you
Care free, you and me
We'll take the empire builder to the sea
And i'm always thinking of you
Staring off down the railroad line
One sweet day i will see you
But i'll swing the hammer until
The empire builder brings me home

Spinning your umbrella over your head
You should be in bed but you're here instead
Walking with me towards a midnight swim
I can give you, baby, what you can't get from him

Songbird's singing in an old dead tree
The way you drive honey scares the hell out of me
A hundred miles an hour on a brand new road
Look at me again, you'll make my heart explode

Hey, hey, little fighter girl
It's you and me up against this whole wide world
Sleeping together in the lion's den
Got your earrings in my pocket till I see you again

Clouds roll by, laying up on the hill
Everything is still, do you think we will?
If we do, there'll be no turning back
If we don't, well, there is no chance of that

Hey, hey, little fighter girl
It's you and me up against this whole wide world
Sleeping together in the lion's den
Got your earrings in my pocket till I see you again

Yeah, yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah
Yeah, yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah
Yeah, yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah
Yeah, yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah

Come on, kiss me
Keep on kissin' me
Come on, kiss me
Keep on kissin' me

Cars in the distance, a bicycle bell
Dogs are barking as the kingdom fell
In its place stood a golden town
Where people walk without touching the ground

Hey, hey, little fighter girl
It's you and me now against this whole wide world
Sleeping together in the lion's den
Baby, I can't sleep at all until I see you again

Yeah, yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah
Yeah, yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah
Yeah, yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah
Yeah, yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah

Come on, kiss me
Keep on kissin' me
Come on, kiss me
Keep on kissin' me, yeah
Oh, oh, oh, oh

Sitting on a bench in an old time station
Waiting for a train to forgiveness
I've brought no baggage, i've come here alone
Looking for a way to forgiveness
All these broken pieces of arrows in my side
I thought i could run with them, i know now i can't hide, so
I'm looking out upon the darkness down the tracks
Looking for the light of forgiveness
Call it bad company, call it what you will
My heart just won't let you go, i care for you even still
Sadness and death, they both come along
So i sing this song called forgiveness
All these broken families, people taking sides
Hardly even bothered me, i never even cried, so
I'm crying on a bench in an old time station
Betting all i've got on forgiveness

There you said it, it slipped out
Now it's out there and i'm filled with doubt
Please say something to let me back in
What are you saying, what are you saying
This conversation is a mountainside
It's a long way down and there's no place to hide
When we started up it didn't look this high
What are you saying, what are you saying
My hands are sweating on the countertop
I'm looking at you and i, i can't stop
Looking for something that was just right here
What are you saying, what are you saying
Stuck in a dream, is it the only one
Forever ending, never done
We're still talking but it's a memory
What are you saying, what are you saying
Fourteen pictures on the freezer door
Fourteen pictures and there'll be no more
Little magnets hold up a family
What are you saying, what are you saying
I'm sleeping i'm dreaming , i'm ten feet tall
I'm dreaming, i'm dreaming you up against the wall
Louder, louder then silently
What are you saying, what are you saying to me

This is not a conquering
I am not conquered
Even as the helicopters come for me
My wife sleeps in her clothes in the corner
I'm looking down at the police on the street
We all woke on this planet together
With the earth below and the sky above
Answer me this, would you do the same
If somebody raped the woman you love
K-k-killed a man, and now I'm on the run
Godless burning underneath the sun
K-k-killed a man, now I'm on the run
Godless burning underneath the sun
Don't sleep in the light (let 'em come, let 'em come)
Rat-a-tat-tat-tat-tat-tat

I'm going back to New Orleans
Ain't turning my back on this world of tears
With a head that's heavy and a heart that's sore
Gonna swing my hammer, gonna stop this war

Dying babies in the sand
Hanging kings in ancient lands
God on God, blood to bone
Oh baby, baby, this world is not my home
Oh, oh

How deep is that river? How deep is that river?
I don't wanna know where it's coming from
I don't need to know where it's going to
Before I place my trust in You
I just wanna know, how deep?

God said to me what He said to the tree
Grow up towards the light and one day you'll see
My son Jesus, what did He say?
Love the Lord, your God and God will show you the way
Do unto others like you wanna be done
Look deep in your heart and know that we are one

Singing, how deep is that river? How deep is that river?
I don't wanna know how fast it flows
I don't need to know if it's safe to swim
Before I put my trust in Him
I just wanna know, how deep?

God came down in the cool of the day
Stirred up the waters and began to play
Before He knew it, man was on the land
With a thought in his head, and a gun in his hand
God saw that man was just a little too rough
So He gave him a heart and filled it up with love

Singing, how deep is that river? How deep is that river? Yes
I don't wanna know if it has a name
I don't need to know how to cross it yet
Before I get my spirit wet
I just wanna know, how deep, alright

A few years back I lost my way
I was deep in the woods, I began to pray
I came to a river and I sat on its bank
It was cool and clear, I have Jesus to thank
I drank that water, yes, I drank it up
Now every day I come back and fill my cup

Singing, how deep is that river? How deep is that river?Yes
I don't wanna know if it's yours or mine
I don't need to know if it's east or west
Before I put my fears to rest
I just wanna know how deep

How deep is that river? How deep is that river? Yes
I don't wanna know where it's coming from
I don't need to know where it's going to
Before I place my trust in you
I just wanna know how deep

I just wanna know how deep
I just wanna know how deep

Oh Jesus, I love You
And I love Buddha too
Ramakrishna, Guru Dev
Tao Te Ching and Mohammed

Why do some people say
That there is just one way
To love You, God, and come to You?
We are all a part of You

You are un-nameable
You are unknowable
All we have is metaphor
That's what time and space are for

Is the universe Your thought?
You are and You are not
You are many, You are one
Ever ending, just begun

Alright, alright, alright
I love You and Buddha too

Oh Jesus, I love You
And I love Buddha too
Ramakrishna, Guru Dev
Tao Te Ching and Mohammed

Why do some people say
That there is just one way
To love You, God and come to You?
We are all a part of You

Alright, alright, alright
I love You and Buddha too

Oh Jesus, I love You
(I love You, Jesus)
And I love Buddha too
Ramakrishna, Guru Dev
Tao Te Ching and Mohammed

Why do some people say
(I love You, Jesus)
That there is just one way
To love You God and come to You?
We are all a part of You

You are un-nameable
(I love You, Jesus)
You are unknowable
All we have is metaphor
That's what time and space are for

Is the universe Your thought?
(I love You, Jesus)
You are and You are not
You are many, You are one
Ever ending, just begun

Alright, alright, alright
(I love You, Jesus)
I love You and Buddha too
Alright, alright, alright
(I love You, Jesus)
I love You and Buddha too

And Buddha too, and Buddha too, and Buddha too
(I love You, Jesus)
And Buddha too, and Buddha too, and Buddha too
(I love You, Jesus)
And Buddha too, and Buddha too, and Buddha too
(I love You, Jesus)
And Buddha too, and Buddha too, oh yeah

When I got off the bus it was six in the evening
Snow was blowing across the intersection
For the last six hours I've been lost in a book
So it took me a second to remember what I was doing

Standing in the middle of a bustling sidewalk
Under barren branches silhouetted by street lamps
I reached into my overcoat pocket
And brought out a letter with your address on it

And I may be dreaming but I've come to you
I have nowhere else to run
How you gonna say what's never been said?
I'll tell you how it's done

You just look into your eyes
You look into your eyes
And follow 'em down, you gotta follow 'em down
Till the streets are lined with trees

On the last block there's a little blue house
It's the only house I see
And up in the window a light still shines

Your daddy showed you what was wrong with life
I wanna show you how to make it right
Hey, hey baby, I'm in your city
Tonight

It was bound to happen and it happened today
Life turned to us to say "i'm about to go your way"
And it's a simple situation now that we became us
There ain't no rust on the happiness bus
And it's wednesday, thursday, my day, friday
Saturday, sunday, all the rest are fun days
From now on until the very end
Never gonna spend another day without you again
Here's the proof, i'm telling the truth and it's
Oh yes, my oh my, the earth shakes when you walk by
It's a fairy tale that we made true
I can't believe that i found you
And it's oh yes, my oh my
People turn and look when we walk by
It's a big fat love we feel in our hearts
We're keepin it, keepin it, keepin it real
Now the sun is going down over our troubled times
We can free our minds and leave it all behind and
It's a common stipulation that there ain't no hope
But there's a tire swing baby on the end of our rope
And it's wednesday, thursday, my day, friday
Saturday, sunday, all the rest are fun days
From now on until the very end
Never gonna spend another day without you again
Here's the proof, i'm telling the truth and it's
Oh yes, my oh my, the earth shakes when you walk by
It's a fairy tale that we made true
I can't believe that i found you
And it's oh yes, my oh my
People turn and look when we walk by
It's a big fat love we feel in our hearts
We're keepin it, keepin it, keepin it real

I followed you to killer's creek on motorcycle
The streets were fast and filled with flames
Kids were screaming
Talk to me, please i beg you
I'm a wounded man
All is lost if trust is broken
Help me understand
Promise me that you won't let me go
Standing by the empty creek, fish are flipping
The air is hot and filled with sun
My head is swimming
Talk to me please i beg you
I'm a wounded man
All is lost if trust is broken
Help me understand
Promise me that you won't let me go
If you fail me please don't fail me now
Trapped beneath twisted steel
My legs are broken
I look at you, i'm waiting for
Your eyes to open
Talk to me please i beg you
I'm a wounded man
All is lost if trust is broken
Help me understand
Promise me that you won't let me go

If i have my way
I'm never gonna leave lemon grove avenue
Where the summer breeze
Blows through the windows in the afternoon
And all the stars come out at night
And there's a boat out on the sea
And there's a bird up in my tree
And there's a feeling in my heart
I can't explain, i'm coming home, i'm coming home, yeah
Yeah, i'm on my way, i'm on my way

I thought i could live forever here on my own
It seemed things were so much better out here alone
A lonely dreamer, a nonbeliever, now
I'm living in the moment with the friends i love
I knew i could feel more power living life without love
So i spent my days and hours looking for heaven above
The only thing that i found was my feet on the ground, so
I'm living in the moment with the friends i love
Money, why do you say what you say, you don't mean it
Money, why do you say what you say, you don't mean it, you don't mean it
Some say we'll all be rewarded when we reach the end
And all our lives will be recorded and replayed again
One day it hit me, this ain't a movie, now
I'm living in the moment with the friends i love

Lonely road, we gotta walk it just a little bit farther
Heavens knows it can't get any harder than it is today
Lonely road, it's not ahead but is it getting harder
Heaven knows it can't get any darker than it is today

Who do you miss in times like this
When your thoughts are filled with sadness and regrets?
To who do you pray when you've lost your way
And you've such a heavy load?
Let me walk with you upon this lonely road

Lonely road, empty kitchen and a brand new feeling
Nothing's moving but my heart is reeling since you went away
Lonely road, gotta walk it till we start forgiving
Find another way to go on living without you today

Who do you miss in times like this
When your thoughts are filled with sadness and regrets?
To who do you pray when you've lost your way
And you've such a heavy load?
Let me walk with you upon this lonely road

Lonely road, we gotta walk it just a little bit farther
Heavens knows it can't get any harder than it is today
Lonely road, gotta walk it till we start forgiving
Find another way to go on living without you today

Who do you miss in times like this
When your thoughts are filled with sadness and regrets?
To who do you pray when you've lost your way
And you've such a heavy load?
Let me walk with you upon this lonely road

Will you remember me,
The way I was, when I was free
An open book that we could read
Together

Will I haunt your dreams
A mocking bird with broken wings
A burned out ???, an empty swing
Forever

Time turns and then it flies
A waterfall of lullabies
A smiling girl with crying eyes
Forget her

Moonlight upon her face
A story book of empty space
Where you and I feel out of place
Together

Will we remember this
The way it was or how it is
What we love or what we miss
Forever

Will we turn loose at last
The schools of thought from whence we've cast
And let our boats go sailing past
Untethered

One fine morning...
One fine morning...
The machines are gonna cut us down
One fine morning...
One fine morning...
The machines are gonna cut us down

I was born in a gold mine
You were born by the sea
Without nothing, we got something
Memphis, Tennessee, girl
Memphis, Tennessee

Rain outside my window
Rain inside my head
Loneliness inside my heart
Emptiness in my bed, girl
Emptiness in my bed

You've got the love
That I need
That I'm dreaming of

I was born to love you
You were born to resist
I would give everything I've got
To live inside your kiss, girl
To live inside your kiss

You've got the love
That I need
That I'm dreaming of

I was born in a gold mine
You were born by the sea
Without nothing we got nothing
Memphis, Tennessee, girl
Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis, Tennessee, girl
Memphis, Tennessee

Where was I before you found me?
Who was I and what had bound me?
Where was love and understanding?
Why was living so demanding?

You were on the snow capped mountains
You were in the deep blue ocean
Down below the wind and thunder
In a perfect world of wonder

You were calling, come back to me
How long has it been, my only?
I was listening and I heard you
When I did I finally found you
Oh, oh, oh, oh

Everything you touched is living
This whole universe is giving
What was once inside you, dreaming
Is now the life that you are leading

I was with you, baby, crying
I was there when you were dying
Underneath the sound and silence
In the gospel and in science
Oh, oh, oh, oh

Come to me, my perfect lover
We are one, there is no other
In every face I see you clearly
Oh my friend, I love you dearly
Oh, oh, oh, oh

If this house is on fire
You gonna run for the door
If the door is on fire
You gonna kneel on the floor
You get down low enough
You learn to love the flame

I've been loving you forever
But I never knew your name
I've been loving you forever but I

We fell in love in the woods
In the Hollywood hills
In the death of a friend
In the bottles and pills
Through war and at peace
I've loved you the same

I've been loving you forever
But I never knew your name
I've been loving you forever but I

Put the ghost in my sail
Put the spin in my wheel
Roll me up in your heart
Aw, make it seem real
I'm clay in your hands
I'm the ball in your game

I've been loving you forever
But I never knew your name
I've been loving you forever
But I never knew your name
I've been love you forever but I

New york city, you're so pretty
All your faces, going places
And i believe if you fall in love
I believe if you fall in love
You should jump right in
Always going, faster modem
Cell phone fables, candle-lit tables
I believe if you fall in love
Yes, i believe if you fall in love
You should jump right in
I wrote our initials in the sidewalk cement
Tattooed your name across my arm for all to see
I wanna sing about it, sing about it, sing about it
I've got your back from now on baby, you can count on me
Only one life, kisses all night
Kids round fountains, concrete mountains
And i believe if you fall in love
I believe if you fall in love
You should jump right in

Make yourself at home, 'cause I'm going out
Across the street to get us some water
'cause this water's brown, and I'm so embarrassed
To have you here but i want you around
Usually I'd sing, or play you my guitar
But i know it won't get very far with you
'cause you like music that makes you move
And mine has a groove, but it's nothing i can prove
Please know what I mean
When i say, nothing
Things that i buy and things that i think
Haven't made this a better place to be
Drugs that i try and drinks that i drink
Haven't made this a better place to be
It's still just a room with the drums in the middle
A couch along the wall that works as my bed
I still have a phone that rings all day
I still have things i wish i would of said
Please know what i mean
When i say, nothing
When i say
This whole thing's been hard on me
It breaks my heart, do you know what that means
My new place seems strange to me
It breaks my heart, do you know what that means
It means nothing

My mom'd give me twenty and say stay out till dawn
When her boyfriend was over and they wanted me gone
I would walk through the woods to the old graveyard
And roll my own tops and think two kind of a thoughts

Are we high enough to clear these trees?
I don't know

That was the summer dave's girlfriend OD'ed
She died in the bathroom at a party down the street
I went to see him the next night, he had a new tattoo
He was watching home movies of her
His face was wet, he looked so confused

They had a funeral for her
The preacher said she was with the Lord
There were lots of pictures of her
Taped to a poster board

Are we high enough to clear these trees?
I don't know
Are we high enough to clear this place?
I don't know

Grocery stores in the middle of the night shine their own kinda light
High school halls and shopping malls never fit me right
But my heart would swing free like a lasso from my hand
When I'd hear that sound and put the pedal down

I wound up that fall in a hospital
On the suicide wing with a lot of people thinkin' one thing
They had a sign on the wall that said no touching at all
There were screams in the dark, nurses running down the hall

On the night that I got there they showered me and searched me hard
Then they took me to my little room overlooking a graveyard
When I opened my eyes I was strapped to the bed
There was a needle in my arm, part of me was gone

Then they took us outside in our slippers and gowns
To play basketball on the blacktop, the ball just bounced till it stopped

Are we high enough to clear these trees?
I don't know
Are we high enough to clear this place?
I don't know

Grocery stores in the middle of the night shine their own kinda light
High school halls and shopping malls never did me right
But my heart would swing free like a lasso from my hand
When I'd hear that sound and put the pedal down

When the leaves were wet behind the old duplex
We used to run at night naked through the trees
And you would lean back against me and I would try to stay soft
We'd listen to the engines as the planes took off

You better watch out
You better not cry
You better not pout
I'm telling you why
Santa Claus is coming to town
He's making a list
checking it twice
gonna find out
Who's naughty or nice
Santa Claus is coming to town
He sees you when you're sleeping
He knows when you're awake
He knows if you've been bad
Or good so be good
For goodness sake
Oh, you better watch out
You better not cry
You better not pout
I'm telling you why
Santa Claus is coming to town
Oh, Yes he is

The kids in girl and boyland
Will have a jubilee
They're gonna build a toyland
All around the Christmas tree

Oh you better watch out
You better not cry
You better not pout
I'm telling you why

Santa Claus is coming to town
Santa Claus is coming to town
Santa Claus is coming to town

Hold my hand, little one, the feeling is slipping away
We've come so far you know, God, how I wish I could stay
Hold my hand, little one, the feeling is coming again
We've got so far to go just when it feels like the end

Sing out, sing for the wounded heart
Sing for the lives we've lost
Sing out, sing for the blood of man
Poured out at such a cost

Sing out, baby, baby, I don't understand
The flowers that you place in my hand
Sing out, sing for the love of God
Sing for the changing man

I've been a rolling stone since the devil first came to me
No light upon my feet, so much that I couldn't see
I was a hurricane till the hurricane called my name
Into the eye of the storm out of the cold, cold rain

Sing out, sing for the wounded heart
Sing for the lives we've lost
Sing out, sing for the blood of man
Poured out at such a cost

Sing out, baby, baby, I don't understand
The power that you place in my hands
Sing out, sing for the love of God
Sing for the changing man

Hold my hand, little one, the feeling is slipping away
We've come too far you know to let it turn out this way
Hold my hand, little one, the feeling is coming again
We've got so far to go, oh, and it feels like the end

I've been a rolling stone since the devil first came to me
No light upon my feet, so much that I couldn't see
I was a hurricane till the hurricane called my name
Into the eye of the storm out of the cold, cold rain