CONGERIES Lyrics
1. LIGHTNING BOLTS AND HURRICANES
Little Darling,
Who is it wears the ball and chain?
Take these shackles from my neck
That I might breathe again
A storm is raging,
The ceiling drips with rain
But summer breaks through
With lightning bolts and hurricanes
Now, on the pastures,
The prairies, and the plains
Sunlight bathes the lowing cows
And dries the window panes
"It's one or the other,"
Old man leans upon his sugar cane
He says, "Pour us another round
Of lightning bolts and hurricanes"
The green buds swellin'
In the merry month of May
Rough winds shake my darling, true
But life teems from decay
These violent delights
Must end with violent pangs
For summer breaks too
With lightning bolts and hurricanes
2. THE MOUNTAIN
I'm going up on the mountain
Don't know when I'll be back
All my old friends and lovers
They welcome me back
They welcome me back
And some say the New River
Is as old as the Nile
Like that name they give her,
I hope to stay young awhile
Through the last brackish mile
Going up on the mountain
O'er the valleys and hills
Reaching out for new beauty
In the palms of old thrills
As it drains from the hills
Going up on the mountain
No, I ain't coming back
Leaving old cares behind me
Like a ramshackle shack
On a hill gray and black
3. FEATHERTOP
And with these words
I breathe the spark of being
Upon my latest design
Dressed so neat
a pipe, a hat and feather,
And a coat so fine
And a coat so fine
Wooden arms start to animate
His pipe begins to glow a flame
He feels hunger he can’t satiate
He likes the fact he’s got a name
The papers show our newborn star
“Hay Man Sweeps the Countryside”
He stumps in cornfields near and far
With promises to change their lives
One day a wind comes and blows right through him
(His cares had long blown away)
And left him feeling
hollow, torn, and jumbled
So he had nothing left to say
Ah yes, he threw it all away
Blind seers exposing the lies
They hate to say they told you so
“Couldn’t we see through the disguise?”
“He’s nothing but a scare-crow!”
In dried-up cornfields near and far
Now the crows do as they please
The papers show our fallen star,
Riots burning effigies
An instant heap of sticks and straw
Has left a sense of innocence
Perhaps more human than us all--
This paragon of emptiness
The papers show our risen star
Lit up on holy funeral pyre
An elegy called “Straw Martyr”
Is carved into his sepulchre
And with these words
I breathe the spark of being
Upon my latest design
Dressed so neat:
a pipe, a hat and feather,
And a coat so fine
And a coat so fine
4. ALONG THE TRAIL
You took my hand
And away we went
Along the trail
As the twilight hit
In the wooded hills
Where chaos sleeps
And our souls are kept
Where the love runs deep
And your mildness is
March’s dawning hold
On a barbwire fence
That is now turned old
But it looks alright
By the living stream
Where the trees grow high
Toward stars that gleam
And all the Springs we’ll see
On our ancient hill
While your eyes they shine
As they always will
And you plant yourself
Right next to me
And the sun goes down
Here we’ll always be
You took my hand
And away we went
Along the trail
As the twilight hit
In the wooded hills
Where chaos sleeps
And our souls are kept
Where the love runs deep
5. ON THAT HILL
Swathes of leaves on that well-worn path
In their earthen gully graves
The woods grow dim, the beasts come out
From their hidden mountain caves
His old plank shack in shadows black
In sweat and pride was built
Veiled in vines, the once straight lines
Did sag and drag and tilt
Chorus:
The grass grows high
And in the wind it sways
And the sun beats down on that hill
On that hill they call his grave:
There’s a creek runs down, springs from the ground
Not too far, where he would drink
In the summer heat he’d soak his feet
And rest awhile and think
And he held the girl he called his wife
They tilled and grew their crop
And when the harvest finally came
She was about to pop
Chorus
There he died at a ripe old age
His son grown, his wife gone
Next to her he was buried
On that hill they both called home
His shack--no room-- an empty tomb
And the trail would disappear
But the spring would flow, and it would know
At last that he was here
Chorus
6. MAD PRANKS AND MERRY JESTS
Mad pranks and merry jests
Mad pranks and merry jests
I should have seen them coming
They were just like all the rest
Oh those mad pranks and merry jests
Mistress toying with my heart
Mistress toying with my heart
The cat that maims the rabbit
Cruelly waits to rip apart
Mistress toying with my heart
Mad pranks and merry jests
Mad pranks and merry jests
Your shoe’s untied, the sugar’s salt
There’s something on your vest
Oh those mad pranks and merry jests
Mad pranks and merry jests
Mad pranks and merry jests
But the merriest of all
Was when you said you loved me best
Oh those mad pranks and merry jests
7. WHISPERS
Whispers
The wind on the plains
Restless
The eternal remains
They all will rise up at the omen
Snow-covered kings, yearly frozen
Sprung from the hills like new children
From the stone-laden tombs long forgotten
Clad in a cold fallen cotton,
They’ll emerge to the fields that they fought in
8. THE WITCH'S FAMILIAR
9. THE HARBINGER
When will they show
The moonlight's glow?
When will they say
The world's ok?
Twinkle, twinkle
How I wonder?
Twinkle, twinkle
How I wonder?
How I wonder?
How?
When will they fall
The curtain tall?
When will we soar
The heavens' floor?
Twinkle, twinkle
How I wonder?
Twinkle, twinkle
How I wonder?
Twinkle, twinkle...
10. DANCE AGAIN
Let's dance
Sometimes, you gotta celebrate
Let's dance
Like you made it to the Pearly Gates
Let's dance
Tomorrow's gonna have to wait
Darling, I've been waiting
For this chance
when we could dance again
One glance
Like a tractor beam, she pulled me in
One glance
And I knew I'd have to glance again
One glance
I knew we'd have this dance again
Darling, I've been waiting
For this chance
When we could dance again
11. THE SHRINE
Through the woods up ahead
The trail forks off
At the top of the hill
A tree sticks out
Marking the split
And that’s where we put
The cool stuff we find
You see we go on walks
And sometimes find something neat
And our trek becomes
A pilgrimage
We pledge our gifts
All about the tree
At the branches,
Roots, and trodden leaves
And each new ring
Brings sundry new things
To adorn the wood
Relics, knicks, knacks,
Assorted artifacts
Like Dali meets O’Keefe
Tacked to the bark
Is an old rusty blade
On the handle hangs
A watch that still ticks
A nail up above
Holds half a cow's skull
And it’s missing some teeth
Feathers from crows,
Hawks and bluejays
Are placed with care
An old whiskey bottle
Props a tiny doll’s head
Keeping watch in the night
And the few who pass through
No matter which path they choose
Must face up to the shrine
Yes, and I only hope
That grazing deer at night
Don’t turn their gaze
From the eerie sight
And it brings them peace
Little Darling,
Who is it wears the ball and chain?
Take these shackles from my neck
That I might breathe again
A storm is raging,
The ceiling drips with rain
But summer breaks through
With lightning bolts and hurricanes
Now, on the pastures,
The prairies, and the plains
Sunlight bathes the lowing cows
And dries the window panes
"It's one or the other,"
Old man leans upon his sugar cane
He says, "Pour us another round
Of lightning bolts and hurricanes"
The green buds swellin'
In the merry month of May
Rough winds shake my darling, true
But life teems from decay
These violent delights
Must end with violent pangs
For summer breaks too
With lightning bolts and hurricanes
2. THE MOUNTAIN
I'm going up on the mountain
Don't know when I'll be back
All my old friends and lovers
They welcome me back
They welcome me back
And some say the New River
Is as old as the Nile
Like that name they give her,
I hope to stay young awhile
Through the last brackish mile
Going up on the mountain
O'er the valleys and hills
Reaching out for new beauty
In the palms of old thrills
As it drains from the hills
Going up on the mountain
No, I ain't coming back
Leaving old cares behind me
Like a ramshackle shack
On a hill gray and black
3. FEATHERTOP
And with these words
I breathe the spark of being
Upon my latest design
Dressed so neat
a pipe, a hat and feather,
And a coat so fine
And a coat so fine
Wooden arms start to animate
His pipe begins to glow a flame
He feels hunger he can’t satiate
He likes the fact he’s got a name
The papers show our newborn star
“Hay Man Sweeps the Countryside”
He stumps in cornfields near and far
With promises to change their lives
One day a wind comes and blows right through him
(His cares had long blown away)
And left him feeling
hollow, torn, and jumbled
So he had nothing left to say
Ah yes, he threw it all away
Blind seers exposing the lies
They hate to say they told you so
“Couldn’t we see through the disguise?”
“He’s nothing but a scare-crow!”
In dried-up cornfields near and far
Now the crows do as they please
The papers show our fallen star,
Riots burning effigies
An instant heap of sticks and straw
Has left a sense of innocence
Perhaps more human than us all--
This paragon of emptiness
The papers show our risen star
Lit up on holy funeral pyre
An elegy called “Straw Martyr”
Is carved into his sepulchre
And with these words
I breathe the spark of being
Upon my latest design
Dressed so neat:
a pipe, a hat and feather,
And a coat so fine
And a coat so fine
4. ALONG THE TRAIL
You took my hand
And away we went
Along the trail
As the twilight hit
In the wooded hills
Where chaos sleeps
And our souls are kept
Where the love runs deep
And your mildness is
March’s dawning hold
On a barbwire fence
That is now turned old
But it looks alright
By the living stream
Where the trees grow high
Toward stars that gleam
And all the Springs we’ll see
On our ancient hill
While your eyes they shine
As they always will
And you plant yourself
Right next to me
And the sun goes down
Here we’ll always be
You took my hand
And away we went
Along the trail
As the twilight hit
In the wooded hills
Where chaos sleeps
And our souls are kept
Where the love runs deep
5. ON THAT HILL
Swathes of leaves on that well-worn path
In their earthen gully graves
The woods grow dim, the beasts come out
From their hidden mountain caves
His old plank shack in shadows black
In sweat and pride was built
Veiled in vines, the once straight lines
Did sag and drag and tilt
Chorus:
The grass grows high
And in the wind it sways
And the sun beats down on that hill
On that hill they call his grave:
There’s a creek runs down, springs from the ground
Not too far, where he would drink
In the summer heat he’d soak his feet
And rest awhile and think
And he held the girl he called his wife
They tilled and grew their crop
And when the harvest finally came
She was about to pop
Chorus
There he died at a ripe old age
His son grown, his wife gone
Next to her he was buried
On that hill they both called home
His shack--no room-- an empty tomb
And the trail would disappear
But the spring would flow, and it would know
At last that he was here
Chorus
6. MAD PRANKS AND MERRY JESTS
Mad pranks and merry jests
Mad pranks and merry jests
I should have seen them coming
They were just like all the rest
Oh those mad pranks and merry jests
Mistress toying with my heart
Mistress toying with my heart
The cat that maims the rabbit
Cruelly waits to rip apart
Mistress toying with my heart
Mad pranks and merry jests
Mad pranks and merry jests
Your shoe’s untied, the sugar’s salt
There’s something on your vest
Oh those mad pranks and merry jests
Mad pranks and merry jests
Mad pranks and merry jests
But the merriest of all
Was when you said you loved me best
Oh those mad pranks and merry jests
7. WHISPERS
Whispers
The wind on the plains
Restless
The eternal remains
They all will rise up at the omen
Snow-covered kings, yearly frozen
Sprung from the hills like new children
From the stone-laden tombs long forgotten
Clad in a cold fallen cotton,
They’ll emerge to the fields that they fought in
8. THE WITCH'S FAMILIAR
9. THE HARBINGER
When will they show
The moonlight's glow?
When will they say
The world's ok?
Twinkle, twinkle
How I wonder?
Twinkle, twinkle
How I wonder?
How I wonder?
How?
When will they fall
The curtain tall?
When will we soar
The heavens' floor?
Twinkle, twinkle
How I wonder?
Twinkle, twinkle
How I wonder?
Twinkle, twinkle...
10. DANCE AGAIN
Let's dance
Sometimes, you gotta celebrate
Let's dance
Like you made it to the Pearly Gates
Let's dance
Tomorrow's gonna have to wait
Darling, I've been waiting
For this chance
when we could dance again
One glance
Like a tractor beam, she pulled me in
One glance
And I knew I'd have to glance again
One glance
I knew we'd have this dance again
Darling, I've been waiting
For this chance
When we could dance again
11. THE SHRINE
Through the woods up ahead
The trail forks off
At the top of the hill
A tree sticks out
Marking the split
And that’s where we put
The cool stuff we find
You see we go on walks
And sometimes find something neat
And our trek becomes
A pilgrimage
We pledge our gifts
All about the tree
At the branches,
Roots, and trodden leaves
And each new ring
Brings sundry new things
To adorn the wood
Relics, knicks, knacks,
Assorted artifacts
Like Dali meets O’Keefe
Tacked to the bark
Is an old rusty blade
On the handle hangs
A watch that still ticks
A nail up above
Holds half a cow's skull
And it’s missing some teeth
Feathers from crows,
Hawks and bluejays
Are placed with care
An old whiskey bottle
Props a tiny doll’s head
Keeping watch in the night
And the few who pass through
No matter which path they choose
Must face up to the shrine
Yes, and I only hope
That grazing deer at night
Don’t turn their gaze
From the eerie sight
And it brings them peace
ROAM Lyrics
1. ROAM
From the driveway
Her gaze afar
To the highway
Beneath the Morning Star
She folds the paper
And turns the key
And baby you were made to roam
A weary traveller
A fume-lit dream
The lonely highway
The open sea
To gain your freedom
You take some liberties
But baby you were made to roam
The wallet empties
As the spirit climbs
New towns and people
But only fives and dimes
She’s going to make to make it
She’s found her home
For baby you were made to roam
2. THE REASON
And oh that we could be free
To find the way to
Peace and Harmony
To find the reason
...
So I wondered ‘til I found that far somewhere
Watched an apple rolling down the village square
Past the laundries on the streets of stone and clay
I drank coffee in a dusty street cafe
And when I heard the shipyard’s horns in seaside caves
I brushed the honey orange to the berry waves
And when the shadow o’er the easel finally set
I started over and I haven’t finished yet
And oh that we could be free
To find the way to
Peace and harmony
To find the reason
3. SEE IT COMING
A little story about the way things used to be
How I was dreaming on a four-leaf clover
And when I plucked it from among the hungry thieves
I didn’t even think it over
How all at once I felt a storm form around my heart
I felt the thunder from the bass drum drumming
As wolves and buzzards came to pick me part from part
And I didn’t even see it coming
I withered as the fourth leaf up and left
And drained in crimson ‘round the headless clover
Delusion’s cleaver clipped me bare, blind, and bereft
But I didn’t have to bleed all over
Guess I didn’t even think it over
Sometimes it’s only when the lights go out
That you can look around and really see things clearly
Beyond the shadow of a vampire doubt
I never needed my former dreams so dearly
Just merely…
Severely
And I was awoken by the glow of a burning light
I fluttered swiftly to the flicker humming
For the brilliance of a plan lit up the night
And I didn’t even see it coming
4. LEVEL-HEADED BLUES
Last verse is an amalgam of Bob Dylan Song Titles
If you're starting down the road
Or even if you're down the road a-ways
...
Count your lucky stars, honey
Not the number of your days
We were half-way down the homestretch
When the motor started into flames
...
I guess the previous owner
Thought it was just fun and games
(Chorus)
She's my level-headed woman
Lord, she does the best she can
...
She's my level-headed woman
I'm her topsy-turvy man
We got a pocket full of problems
Mama, won't you hear me out?
...
We got a pocket full of problems
And a barrel full of doubt
I know it's one side or the other
But darling, can't we find some common ground?
...
When we can look beyond our differences,
You know that hope and confidence abound
(Chorus)
"The times they are a-changing"
"And a hard rain's a-gonna fall"
...
"It's blowin' in the wind"
"Like a rolling stone" wall
(Chorus)
5. THROUGH THE WINDOW
Through the window
Four riders in the falling snow
And I wonder
Where the night will go
Grab a poncho
And an apple for Geronimo
Does he wonder where the night will go?
And we ride hard
Chasing the fresh trod tracks of snow
Over hills and frozen plains
I’m seeking more than what I know
I’m never staying home again
Frost’s ghost--
He’s with me when I need him most
To turn the pellet sleet to downy flake
The tracks end
They ambush from a hidden den
And I’m tied up, the victim of the raid
And they ride on
I’m frozen in my tracks of snow
They’re over hills and frozen plains
I’m seeking more than what I know
But I’m never leaving home again
6. PENELOPE GOES TO SEA
Open water, open skies
When you gonna open up your eyes?
Though your journey’s long and vast
Nothing easy ever lasts
You say all you do is wait
But don’t wait ‘til it’s too late
The sea is in a constant spin
But don’t let it pull you in
(CHORUS) Row, my sister, row
Keep rowing to the sound of the ocean
No, my sister, no
Heaven’s just a-waiting on
Heaven’s just a-waiting on you
In her lonesome bedroom throes
The City Sacker’s mistress sews
Verona youth write poems in blood
I guess they never understood
Certain forces take their toll
But they’re out of our control
(CHORUS)
The grey-eyed goddess on your side
But Poseidon’s fit to be tide
Sinbad’s faced his wrath before
And now he’s heading back for more
Open water, open skies
The salty mist has glazed your eyes
It’s all so strange; it’s all so vast
Change and nothing ever last
Keep your mind’s eye on the shore
Remember what you’re rowing for
And since I’m in this boat with you
Rowing is all I care to do
7. ROLLERCOASTER
She rides a rollercoaster through the winter sunny weather and the rain.
She lifts her arms and, with closed eyes, she tells herself, "This pleasure will kill pain.”
And ‘round the bend she feels the wind ignite the flame of her head aglow,
For love’s a rollercoaster it keeps rolling through the rain and snow.
She remembers when she stood in line and waved her ticket proudly like a flag.
After such exhilaration, exhalation from a cigarette drag.
Yes, what a thrill to scale the hill then plummet in a rush of ecstasy,
For love’s a rollercoaster when it’s young you feel so wild and free.
And though it’s sometimes curvy, topsy-turvy and it has its ups and downs,
She prefers the wild sensation to the desolation of the icy ground.
It winds and winds forever, but the test will be kinetic energy.
She says, “Let Love the rollercoaster keep on rolling just not over me.”
8. HORSE TO WATER
I’m gonna love you a little bit harder
I’m gonna lead this horse to water…
Cold and empty the lonely sink
Spill over when you don’t drink
But I’ll hold you till the ceiling drowns
And the walls come tumbling down
I’m gonna train this beast of labor
I’m gonna lash it with my sabre
Though you say that it needs a fix
This old dog still has his tricks
And I’ll track you
Till the scent is gone
And I’m lost
In the eyes of a fawn
I’m gonna love you a little bit harder
I’m gonna lead this horse to water…
And make it drink
And make it drink
And make it drink
And make it drink
9. SOUL BURNING
Soul burning to the rhythm of this song of yearning
Love brimming as it’s flowing to our hearts a-learning
Still it’s burning, always turning, we’re discerning
The feeling of the volume of the soul
10. FLIGHT
I’m heading back to Carolina
I’m leaving here today
To let that wind through the pines
Blow my blues away
And I don’t need a reservation
‘Cause I’m travelling there to stay
No more cold winter mornings
Only Carolina days
I got off track in East Virginia
Spotting patterns in the clay
Must have lost my way in the fog
And I knelt to pray
With all these voyages I’m ending
That home ain’t leaving me behind
Guess the only place not changing
Is this worried state of mind
11. IF I EVER LEFT THIS TRAIN
Caught a freight train out of Memphis
Found my way into San Anton
I ramble ‘round this here wide country
Just to keep on travelling on
Town after town keeps passing by
Like a song with no refrain
I would ride that Northern Railroad
If I ever left this train
Feel the wheels a moving under
Watch the sky keep rolling on
In the distance there is thunder
But the lightning from our past is gone
Sometimes letting go is harder
So you try and outrun the pain
And I would ride that Northern Railroad
If I ever left this train
Sit and think about it all
As we roll on down
Maybe searching for something
That was already found
A thousand miles down this track
With nothing more to gain
I would ride that Northern Railroad
If I ever left this train
From the driveway
Her gaze afar
To the highway
Beneath the Morning Star
She folds the paper
And turns the key
And baby you were made to roam
A weary traveller
A fume-lit dream
The lonely highway
The open sea
To gain your freedom
You take some liberties
But baby you were made to roam
The wallet empties
As the spirit climbs
New towns and people
But only fives and dimes
She’s going to make to make it
She’s found her home
For baby you were made to roam
2. THE REASON
And oh that we could be free
To find the way to
Peace and Harmony
To find the reason
...
So I wondered ‘til I found that far somewhere
Watched an apple rolling down the village square
Past the laundries on the streets of stone and clay
I drank coffee in a dusty street cafe
And when I heard the shipyard’s horns in seaside caves
I brushed the honey orange to the berry waves
And when the shadow o’er the easel finally set
I started over and I haven’t finished yet
And oh that we could be free
To find the way to
Peace and harmony
To find the reason
3. SEE IT COMING
A little story about the way things used to be
How I was dreaming on a four-leaf clover
And when I plucked it from among the hungry thieves
I didn’t even think it over
How all at once I felt a storm form around my heart
I felt the thunder from the bass drum drumming
As wolves and buzzards came to pick me part from part
And I didn’t even see it coming
I withered as the fourth leaf up and left
And drained in crimson ‘round the headless clover
Delusion’s cleaver clipped me bare, blind, and bereft
But I didn’t have to bleed all over
Guess I didn’t even think it over
Sometimes it’s only when the lights go out
That you can look around and really see things clearly
Beyond the shadow of a vampire doubt
I never needed my former dreams so dearly
Just merely…
Severely
And I was awoken by the glow of a burning light
I fluttered swiftly to the flicker humming
For the brilliance of a plan lit up the night
And I didn’t even see it coming
4. LEVEL-HEADED BLUES
Last verse is an amalgam of Bob Dylan Song Titles
If you're starting down the road
Or even if you're down the road a-ways
...
Count your lucky stars, honey
Not the number of your days
We were half-way down the homestretch
When the motor started into flames
...
I guess the previous owner
Thought it was just fun and games
(Chorus)
She's my level-headed woman
Lord, she does the best she can
...
She's my level-headed woman
I'm her topsy-turvy man
We got a pocket full of problems
Mama, won't you hear me out?
...
We got a pocket full of problems
And a barrel full of doubt
I know it's one side or the other
But darling, can't we find some common ground?
...
When we can look beyond our differences,
You know that hope and confidence abound
(Chorus)
"The times they are a-changing"
"And a hard rain's a-gonna fall"
...
"It's blowin' in the wind"
"Like a rolling stone" wall
(Chorus)
5. THROUGH THE WINDOW
Through the window
Four riders in the falling snow
And I wonder
Where the night will go
Grab a poncho
And an apple for Geronimo
Does he wonder where the night will go?
And we ride hard
Chasing the fresh trod tracks of snow
Over hills and frozen plains
I’m seeking more than what I know
I’m never staying home again
Frost’s ghost--
He’s with me when I need him most
To turn the pellet sleet to downy flake
The tracks end
They ambush from a hidden den
And I’m tied up, the victim of the raid
And they ride on
I’m frozen in my tracks of snow
They’re over hills and frozen plains
I’m seeking more than what I know
But I’m never leaving home again
6. PENELOPE GOES TO SEA
Open water, open skies
When you gonna open up your eyes?
Though your journey’s long and vast
Nothing easy ever lasts
You say all you do is wait
But don’t wait ‘til it’s too late
The sea is in a constant spin
But don’t let it pull you in
(CHORUS) Row, my sister, row
Keep rowing to the sound of the ocean
No, my sister, no
Heaven’s just a-waiting on
Heaven’s just a-waiting on you
In her lonesome bedroom throes
The City Sacker’s mistress sews
Verona youth write poems in blood
I guess they never understood
Certain forces take their toll
But they’re out of our control
(CHORUS)
The grey-eyed goddess on your side
But Poseidon’s fit to be tide
Sinbad’s faced his wrath before
And now he’s heading back for more
Open water, open skies
The salty mist has glazed your eyes
It’s all so strange; it’s all so vast
Change and nothing ever last
Keep your mind’s eye on the shore
Remember what you’re rowing for
And since I’m in this boat with you
Rowing is all I care to do
7. ROLLERCOASTER
She rides a rollercoaster through the winter sunny weather and the rain.
She lifts her arms and, with closed eyes, she tells herself, "This pleasure will kill pain.”
And ‘round the bend she feels the wind ignite the flame of her head aglow,
For love’s a rollercoaster it keeps rolling through the rain and snow.
She remembers when she stood in line and waved her ticket proudly like a flag.
After such exhilaration, exhalation from a cigarette drag.
Yes, what a thrill to scale the hill then plummet in a rush of ecstasy,
For love’s a rollercoaster when it’s young you feel so wild and free.
And though it’s sometimes curvy, topsy-turvy and it has its ups and downs,
She prefers the wild sensation to the desolation of the icy ground.
It winds and winds forever, but the test will be kinetic energy.
She says, “Let Love the rollercoaster keep on rolling just not over me.”
8. HORSE TO WATER
I’m gonna love you a little bit harder
I’m gonna lead this horse to water…
Cold and empty the lonely sink
Spill over when you don’t drink
But I’ll hold you till the ceiling drowns
And the walls come tumbling down
I’m gonna train this beast of labor
I’m gonna lash it with my sabre
Though you say that it needs a fix
This old dog still has his tricks
And I’ll track you
Till the scent is gone
And I’m lost
In the eyes of a fawn
I’m gonna love you a little bit harder
I’m gonna lead this horse to water…
And make it drink
And make it drink
And make it drink
And make it drink
9. SOUL BURNING
Soul burning to the rhythm of this song of yearning
Love brimming as it’s flowing to our hearts a-learning
Still it’s burning, always turning, we’re discerning
The feeling of the volume of the soul
10. FLIGHT
I’m heading back to Carolina
I’m leaving here today
To let that wind through the pines
Blow my blues away
And I don’t need a reservation
‘Cause I’m travelling there to stay
No more cold winter mornings
Only Carolina days
I got off track in East Virginia
Spotting patterns in the clay
Must have lost my way in the fog
And I knelt to pray
With all these voyages I’m ending
That home ain’t leaving me behind
Guess the only place not changing
Is this worried state of mind
11. IF I EVER LEFT THIS TRAIN
Caught a freight train out of Memphis
Found my way into San Anton
I ramble ‘round this here wide country
Just to keep on travelling on
Town after town keeps passing by
Like a song with no refrain
I would ride that Northern Railroad
If I ever left this train
Feel the wheels a moving under
Watch the sky keep rolling on
In the distance there is thunder
But the lightning from our past is gone
Sometimes letting go is harder
So you try and outrun the pain
And I would ride that Northern Railroad
If I ever left this train
Sit and think about it all
As we roll on down
Maybe searching for something
That was already found
A thousand miles down this track
With nothing more to gain
I would ride that Northern Railroad
If I ever left this train