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FROM THE RIVERS TO THE OCEAN
FROM THE RIVERS TO THE OCEAN
When you were blind, you touch things for their shape
have faith in wordless knowledge
well i can tell you about the river
or we could just get in
the body the rain made of our days before we knew
we are swimming in the river of the rains of our days before we knew
and it's hard to explain what i was doing all thinking before you
i guess i was a decent man holdin' on
followin the river from above
like a bird
have faith in wordless knowledge
and the fallen stars they flew too
and i knew they were sewing something
something well made for me and you
we are swimming in the river of the rains of our days before we knew
and it's hard to explain what i was doing all thinking before you
the city was a fist,
i lived on its wrist
and i took myself a good long look around
and the river grew higher and wider deeper and darker as i was closing in
and it led me to you which led me to say
'let's get'
we got in the river and it broked us
made us think of sex between us
in a time in our lives old before we knew
we were swimming in the river of the rains of our days before we knew
and it's hard to explain what i was doing all thinking before you
and that beautiful thing you said lying in bed
about all the things i could think of at the end of the day
but of all the places my mind could go
it always comes looping back to you
we are swimming in the river of the rains of our days before we knew
so meet me in the ocean and we'll ride the waves from the river to the ocean
we are swimming in the river of the rains of our days before we knew
and it's hard to explain what i was doing all thinking before you
have faith in wordless knowledge
FOOTPRINTS
FOOTPRINTS
oh oh oh
last summer's footprints are walkin'
walkin' dove walkin' dove walkin' dove
through last summer's sand
a dove walkin' dove walkin' dove
and where the footprints end
where the footprints end
what happened then
where the footprints end?
was not a wave that swallowed them
no gust of wind that did them so
no, where the footprints end
they must have flown!
yea they must have flown
overtemptin' sea
they must have flown
heavy earth and air
lookin' at rings
the sea above
the sky below
they must have flown
where the footprints end
and when we realize we can't fly
will we say "do you think
we must have danced up into the sky?"
last summer's footprints are walkin'
walkin' dove walkin' dove walkin' dove
through last summer's sand
DIAMOND DANCER
DIAMOND DANCER
She was dancing so hard
She danced herself into a diamond
Dancing all by herself
Dancing all by herself
And not minding
Doing the the thing as she dreamed it
Doing the the thing as she dreamed it
Her skin was sky blue
Her skin was sky blue
Under the lights
Diamond dancer, diamond dancer
She was dancing so hard
She danced herself into a diamond
Dancing all by herself
Dancing all by herself
And not minding
And the one thing on her mind was
The one thing on her mind was:
It's time I gave the world my light
It's time I gave the world my light
Starting tonight
Diamond dancer, diamond dancer
SYCAMORE
SYCAMORE
(עברית)
There's sap in the trees if you tap 'em
There's blood on the seas if you map 'em
Christian, if you see your poppa
Tell him I love him
He taught me to love in the wild and
Fight in the gym
He taught me the bottle gives birth to the cup
And you won't get hurt if you just
Keep your hands up
And stand tall
Like sycamores
Sycamore got to grow down to grow up
Young girl told the soul like baby's first cup
And when they bend you in two
And say too green for the fire
When all you want to do is be a part of the fire
All you want to do is be the fire part of fire
Like sycamores
There's sap in the trees if you tap 'em
There's blood on the seas if you map 'em
Christian when I see your poppa
I'll tell him you love him
And remember to love in the wild and
Fight in the gym
Remember the bottle gives birth to the cup
And you won't get hurt if you just
Keep your hands up
And stand tall
Like sycamores
THE WHEEL
THE WHEEL
The wheel has turned one full circle
Time for my meal of wood
To make my home lord
In a stable spoke lord
Inside a turning wheel would be good
To make my home lord
In a stable spoke lord
Inside a turning wheel bound for good
A woodbee tries to find purchase
In a turning spoke
From Memphis to Potomac
Never giving up hope
I'd die in your jails lord
But you'd die by my laws lord
I think you got it worse
No rebel I, lord
I follow the river
When I'm lost
When I'm lost
The wheel has turned one more circle
The payload is now immense
So climb aboard all
Climb aboard
Because the heavier we get
The harder we crush
The wagon rolls like an old millstone
Driving bad deeds six feet deep
To make my home lord
In a stable spoke lord
Inside a turning wheel would be good
To make my home lord
In a stable spoke lord
Inside a turning wheel bound for good
HONEYMOON CHILD
HONEYMOON CHILD
You are a true honeymoon child
Conceived on an island on the sun
Heels dug in the white sand
Loved and adored from day one
Raised in the wild space between two hearts
With Einstein trees towards the light
Running naked, dragging a kite
For your dress on a string
You bring out the soft side in everyone
We gather like ravens on a rusty scythe
Just to watch such a little dove
Just to watch such a little dove
Fly away
Mr. Bones from town
Said he saw you the other day
Said you'd changed, but he wouldn't say how
It can always turn
It can always turn
The wind can always turn
DAY
DAY
Some people are a sickness on this land
They're killing, they're taking, they're stealing
Whatever they can
Anything, anything, anything that is not bolted down
Your life, your money, your heart, your faith, your bike
Anything that is not bolted down
Learn from the animals, monkeys do
Monkeys do piggish things too
Learn from the vegetables, monkeys do
The way they strive towards the light
A small potato in the blight
Still strives towards the light
I know it's as dark as night
It's as dark as night
It is day though
Some would ask, what are we to do
With a world that crumbles to the touch?
A world that spins and dies where it stands,
Like trying ain't enough?
To family is all you can do
To family is all you can do
Even if it's just us two
To family is all you can do
And strive towards the light
Strive towards the light
It's as dark as night
Strive towards the light
Strive towards the light
I know it's as dark as night
It is day though
NIGHT
NIGHT
We do not know how things work
We do not know where you go
In the night
Through the door
Through the door that holds you
Through the door that holds you
Out of the blue
We do not know
The door that holds you
Silent as glue
We stand under it
But we don't understand it
We stand under it
But we don't understand it
The door that holds you
Silent as glue
And stars fall on
Stars fall on
Silent as glue
A MAN NEEDS A WOMAN OR A MAN TO BE A MAN
A MAN NEEDS A WOMAN OR A MAN TO BE A MAN
When you leave, I go into our room
And lay me down on birds of paradise
It's pretty womanly in here!
Roses noting every move
Nothing goes on except what should
A vast legacy of good
And I don't know if I can uphold it on my own
I don't know if I can uphold it on my own
I don't know if I'm to be trusted
In our room
Alone
A man needs a woman or a man
To be a man
A man needs a woman or a man
To be a man
The light is explicit
Between nine and noon
The light shows a life to things thought dead
LIke oaken legs and fireworks beneath the bed
Fireworks are wasted in the day
I set 'em off anyway
To pass the time 'til you return
I Can't see a thing 'til you return
Maybe a little smoke 'til you return
With fireworks
More fireworks!
And you tell me to wait
Just wait, wait
Just wait
A man needs a woman or a man
To be a man
A man needs a woman or a man
To be a man
And when it's good and dark
The sky a wet black
Like earth has turned
You say OK
Now is time, OK
Like earth has turned
Above us explode a golden lion dripping red
A blue bear spitting white
A spider of fire on a web of sparks
A green dragon with spiralled eyes
Fireworks light the way
Fireworks light the way
Before us lie many a night
Before us lie fireworks in boxes
But only in you
Deep in you
Only in you
Deep in you
Is the fire that lights them
A man needs a woman or a man
To be a man
A man needs a woman or a man
To be a man
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