Lyrics

BONES AND PEONIES

You give my blood its rhythm, you dance through my veins
You give my blood its rhythm, you dance through my veins
Now I feel like a broken plate
Your curves are coming on so straight
You give my blood its rhythm, you dance through my veins

I cross a Toll Bridge into your freeway heart
I cross a Toll Bridge into your freeway heart
The wind is like a tiger tail
The sunlight falls like dust upon the trail
I cross a Toll Bridge into your freeway heart

She’s got bones and peonies, draped around her hair
She’s got bones and peonies, all draped around her hair
And my thoughts have no place to call home
Tonight inside your catacomb
She’s got bones and peonies, all draped around her hair

We’ve got no bed to sleep on, still we must recline and dream
We’ve got no bed to sleep on, still we must recline and dream
Take a chance, Oh baby please
Pull the blanket up across our knees
We’ve got no bed to sleep on, still we must recline and dream

You give my blood its rhythm, you dance through my veins
You give my blood its rhythm, you dance through my veins
Pull the blanket up across our knees
Baby please, please, please
We’ve got no bed to sleep on, still we must recline and dream

LAS VEGAS BLUES

It’s late and I need something
Send me a dream
Send me anything
That will help me fall asleep
‘cause day and night
They are one, they are the same
And I’ve got to find a way
To make one of them change

But I can’t wait forever
I’d rather change my mind
What we do here stays here
Like shadows left behind
‘twas fate brought us together
Soon this streak will end
Should I play the table in the smoky light
Or is it time to dream again

The Moon is in a White Sky
Hanging by a thread
My thoughts I keep watching
They’re moving right to left
Well I just guess at the numbers
I’ve done it my whole life
And I bet on the long shot
I like what that feels like

As I rumble through the traffic
Some things are hard to believe
Then sometimes like magic
I remember what things mean
Well let’s stand around tonight like
We’ve got a winning hand
And think about nothing
Maybe some faraway dreams or plans

ONLY LOVE CAN SEE OUT THERE

I wish I could look at you and say
Things are gonna turn out right
But wishful thinking is all I’ve got
To keep my heart in this fight
We made too many turns to know which way
Leads away to anywhere
Or where to stop and ponder the sights
Only love can see out there

Nothing protects the fire of love
She cries out in every dream
The un-walled city could fall at any time
I’m afraid and I cannot sleep
This dream of us, it wakes me up at night
And when I wake up you won’t be there
I look through the painted window of life
Only love can see out there

I’ve tried to add up 2 plus 2
And give myself some advice
How should I feel in these hard times
Will I do what I say I will tonight
You and I have hardly seen it all
Of that we are both aware
We could be right, but this time it’s wrong
Only love can see out there

I am weaker than I thought
I wonder can I take anymore
All I want is to make a stand
And let next time begin once more
I’ve wandered through my mind to find
A trace of you somewhere
But all I see I don’t believe
Only love can see out there

A 1000 people claim this melody
But no desire survives
The empty cup we left behind
Was full and overflowed each time
I don’t regret a thing with you
There’s nothing I could compare
There’s so much we could have seen
But only love can see out there

NOTHING ON MY MIND

I’ve got nothing on my mind
I look in front of me
It’s the same as what’s behind
As far as the eye can see
Take what you want
It’s all spoils of war
Anything you think you need
I can’t hold on to you anymore
Things aren’t what they seem
I don’t want you in my memories
I don’t want to remember a thing

Stormy clouds and clear blue skies
Move across a choppy sea
I believe the truth I believe your lies
I believe anything you say to me
I can listen to you
Forever I suppose
In the smoke of the burning leaves
There’s no reason to go on like this
There’s nothing to explain
Go ahead scratch my name off your list
Who are you anyway

If I’m too proud and I hold back
You know I want to give in
And if I leave you know I’ll be back
In time for this to start up again
It’s hard to laugh about
How things used to be
It was real then, it seems to be now
It sounds like it’s happening tomorrow
Someone spotted land
They found out who shot are hearts full of arrows
Tomorrow we’ll hang that man

I’ve got nothing on my mind
I look in front of me
It’s the same as what’s behind
As far as the eye can see

LEAVES ARE FALLING NO. 3

Leaves are falling like they always do
Nobody’s doing what they said they’d do
Time is alive but we must wait
We took our hands off of the handlebars
Saw kisses falling from the weeping stars
Tonight, it’s the price we must pay

We talk all night, we talk all day
We sigh then we turn the page
We’ve done nothing wrong, we’ve sung our love song
It’s impossible to explain

Time takes care of almost everything
Before you know it you start to sing,
Oh time, time can do anything
Say goodbye to the butterfly
You hope for the best and then your best friend dies
Oh sometimes, it’s so hard to explain

But we carry on, then silence dawns
We stare into the far away
Suddenly one of us speaks
Love is an endless game

The moonlight is falling all over you
The old folks are saying what shall we do
Tonight without you, our hearts will break
I’ve stared so hard into this mystery
She seemed to turn her eyes and stare back at me
Oh tonight without you, my heart will break

I watch the lovers and the coterie
Sail across the fabulous sea
Oh my oh me, what do I see
You love someone else, it’s all good
You love me it feels like a 1000 year flood
Oh my oh me, sailing on the fabulous sea

WEST BANK BLUES

I’ve been resting on my knees
Watching bullets fly through the air
One more cup of coffee please
And I could go anywhere
I wish tonight was over
And a stone rolled to my cave
I’m just a rambling soldier
Searching for my grave
I’m searching for my grave, boys
I’m searching for a grave

There’s no need to move forward
We’re dug in deep and low
The other side is moaning
I can smell a burning rose
But I can’t wait for my mail here
They’re sending me away
I’m just a rambling soldier
Searching for my grave

I see black flags on the horizon
Smoke in the valley below
Every man and beast is crying
They’ve all seen too many ghosts
It’s the same most every evening
And I just sing like a slave
For I’m a rambling soldier
Searching for my grave

The fist of God is lonely
Poised without a care
He won’t strike this world randomly
He’ll strike it everywhere
There’s so much blood on my fortune
There’s nothing left to save
I’m just a rambling soldier
Searching for my grave

ARMY LIFE

I wandered into your army
I tried to pretend I was asleep
I tried to pretend I was a shadow or a leaf
Something you would not see
In battle each death
Is hard to believe
Oh I won’t desert you
Please don’t shoot
And I’ll march along with you
Please don’t shoot

Army life isn’t easy
You have to count all the bullets
You have to make sure that they all explode
As if they were pure gold
My friends are real
But soon they are gone
Oh I won’t desert you
Please don’t shoot
And I’ll march along with you
Please don’t shoot

Many wars over many years
Many bones have broken
Many times I’ve lost my nerve, I’ve lost my faith
In the battles that we faced
But the army prevailed
Somehow we found our way
Oh I won’t desert you
Please don’t shoot
And I’ll march along with you
Please don’t shoot

SWEET GUITARS

There was a time
A million stories ago
I told you I loved you
You said let’s take it slow
I‘ve cried tears all night
And I’ve lied about my faults
We get what we deserve
But from you I needed more

I need more of you
Whoever you are
More love in this room
I need more sweet guitars
I need more of you
Whoever you are
More dancing on the moon
Like the stars

People just float
Like wild Antelope
They’re leaping from cliff to cliff
Life is so bold
There’s this urge to exist
Then the wild wind blows down this lonely road
People lie around like sticks
And the young grow old like the fading rose
Waiting to be picked

I crossed the river
You were on the other side
Or so I thought
In the evening’s purple light
There’s so much glory
Beneath these twinkling lights
You are my North Star
I’m your place to shine

EVERYTHING MUST GO

Come on in and have a look
Wander around with your old meathook
Get up your nerve and test the well
Grab yourself and ring your bell
Cause everything must go, everything must go
Everything must go, everything must go

We’ve been here so many years
We stayed together and we cried real tears
Times were good we had such hope
Now it’s all for sale and time is smoke
And everything must go, everything must go
Everything must go, everything must go

Dust in the air a curtain fell down
Prayer after prayer but it did not work out
Some good ideas some were just an excuse
Still there might be something you can use
Cause everything must go, everything must go
Everything must go, everything must go

Hard to say stop when this will surely go on
Hard to say yes you’re the only one
There’s not much left to do but wait
Maybe get up early maybe get up late
Cause everything must go, everything must go
Everything must go, everything must go

JUST LIKE THE MOON

Just like the moon, high in the sky
My eyes are full too
And I don’t know why
This life we love, it’s just like the wind
We wander about without ally or friend

I’m waiting for something inside
To feel just right
I’m waiting for something inside
To feel just right

I can’t go home any more, there are shadows in every room
Seems like I’ve been down this way before
And everything was new
All we once had, was our tender youth
We paid for our mistakes with that, I see you’re doing it too

Firelight is dancing, there’s a whistling tune
Everything I see
Reminds me of you
It’s hard to sleep now you know all I can do
Is lie here wide awake, waiting for you

Just like the moon, high in the sky
My eyes are full too
And I don’t know why