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In Solitude
(Thornburg/Manor)
Bracing for the night
I stand a winter’s stone
In this hollow of my life
Lies a dry and bitter bone
You were gone without a trace
As the sun was sinking low
The last look on your face
Told me all I’ve ever known
In my hands the cross of Fate
She took you from me and now I wait
Dominus atem solitudinem
Chasing down the light
I ran through paths unknown
Wrapped around my life
The truth a bitter bone
In my hands the cross of Fate
She took you from me and now I wait
Dominus atem solitudinem
How Much Rain
(Manor)
How much rain can one storm make?
How much pain can one world take?
If I could give you the perfect place I would
How much rain will it rain today?
How much sorry can one man say?
If I could give you a beautiful world
I would my girl
So many questions I’ve had since my youth
So many answers that pass for the truth
Insane suggestions that pass for the truth
They’re all lies
How much rain can one storm make?
Such a shame. It’s a shame I can’t take
If I could give you a beautiful world
I would, my girl
Red Sky
(Shigley)
Sweet slow, the wind won’t blow
Your heart can’t get any colder
Keep low so no one knows
And never look over your shoulder
Turn, turn, we never learn
The sins just keep getting older
So let it burn, it’s their concern
And Johnny won’t go for a soldier
But we woke up to a red sky
First sign of trouble
They’re coming for the others but I’ll be alright
Pretty red sky, devil’s on the double
Who’s that knocking on my back door?
Play, play, that cat’s away
The sergeant won’t come for the favored
And hey, hey, there’s bones in the bay
If you’re rich you can always get a waiver
Wheel, deal, how does it feel?
The law don’t fall on the silver spoon
Steal, steal, Hollywood’s real
And Jack got shot by the man on the moon
It’s a red sky, first sign of trouble
They’re coming for the others but I’ll be alright
Pretty red sky, devil’s on the double
Who’s that knocking on my back door?
Oooo, but we woke up to a red sky
First sign of trouble
They’re coming for the others but I’ll be alright
Pretty red sky, devil’s on the double
Who’s that knock knock knockin’ on my back door?
Red sky, diamonds in the rubble
Emperor’s naked on your TV screen
Pretty red sky, last sign of trouble
It’s not too late to turn this thing around
Better Not to Know
(Kennedy)
Un-discover the truth
Un-see through the lies
Hide out in the happy places
In the back of your mind
Leave the skeletons buried
Cover anything that shows
It’s better not to know
Is the writing on the wall
If you won’t read it?
Does the tree in the forest fall
If you won’t see it?
In the gathering shadows
Keep your lantern down low
It’s better not to know
Should the dream on the screen
Come apart at the seams
Bury your head in the snow
It’s better not to know
Better not to know
Gaze past to the shimmering vast
Of the future’s white glow
There now, don’t trouble your brow
Over what might be lurking below
It’s better not to know
What You Owe
(Manor)
It’s in the sky and in the hell beneath your feet
It’s in your eyes and in your heart beneath the beat
It’s in your fate and in the way you play the game
It’s in your hate and in the way you say your name
It’s coming around
Soon enough you’re gonna know
They’re coming for you now
They say you owe what you owe
It’s in your lies and in the who you know to blame
It’s in the fields and in the wind beneath the flame
It’s in your face and in the way you move your mouth
It’s in your rage and in the words that you let out
It’s coming around
Soon enough you’re gonna know
They’re coming for you now
They say you owe what you owe
The tide is turning now
Watch the rivers overflow
Voices in the sky
They say you owe what you owe
River of Pines
(Shigley)
There you stand with a crease in your brow
Why you down so low?
Bright sunny day too precious for frowns
Gotta let it all go
Boy with nothin’ got nothin’ to lose
Send your dreams up high
Grab your wings and kick off your shoes
Fly to where I lie
Wash my mind in a river of pines
Sweet hope for the season
Wash my mind in a river of pines
Sweet hope for the season
Dollar on a day rob a poor man blind
Don’t sell your life away
Truth of the matter’s much harder to find
Find it, come what may
Soul to soul lay it on that line
Do we live or die?
Hand in hand at the great divide
What’s mine is yours, what’s yours is mine
Big brown hawk looked me straight in the eye
A rare sight indeed
It just goes to show you never can tell
What things will be
So hold to my hand love never let go
And we’ll never grow cold
Side by side in this river of pines
Planting this heart of gold
One of the Things
(Manor)
Slipping out the back with your blue dress on
Walking down the tracks to the other side of town
He opens the car door and you step right in
I can only imagine all the places you’ve been
Come home in early morning with your blue dress on
You whisper sweet whispers like there’s nothing wrong
You pull back the covers and you slip right in
I can only imagine all the places you’ve been
There ain’t nothin’ mama told you gonna make your heart true
There’s nothin’ that you’ve done gonna make me trust you
You do what you want you know you do what you do
And that’s one of the things that I know about you
You’ve got me facing up to facts but I still get ’em wrong
You’ve got me up against the rack but I’m still hanging on
You’re a beautiful liar and you pull me right in
I can only imagine all the places you’ve been
There ain’t nothin’ mama told you gonna make your heart true
There’s nothin’ that you’ve done gonna make me trust you
You do what you want you know you do what you do
That’s just one of the things that I know about you
Trouble Falls
(Kennedy)
When trouble falls in ribbons all around you
When trouble falls, lay back and let it drown you
Everybody’s running and hiding
You love to feel the water rising
When trouble falls …
In the wild embrace of Melpomene’s arms
You’re warm and safe – the shelter is the storm
Everybody’s praying and hoping
And you’ve got your eyes wide open
When trouble falls
Thunder and the rain and the world’s on fire
You get higher and higher and higher and higher
When trouble falls …
Ones and Zeros
(Thornburg/Manor)
Through the wires endlessly
We all are numbers but none are free
Individual art, elusive fantasy
Statistics on a chart is all we’ll ever be
Moving through the silence
Aimless ones are we
Echoless our sonance
Faithless is our creed
Ones and zeros in twos and threes
Recycled heroes is all we’ll ever be
Faces in blue light bathed in rhapsody
Another episode is all we ever need
Moving through the silence
Aimless ones are we
Echoless our sonance
Faithless is our creed
Holding the lifelines
To billions of lifetimes
And folding our maps along the way
Searching for bright signs
While blurring the bright lines
And folding our maps along the way
In Full View
(Manor)
Morning
One where light is veiled
Hoping
Though my sight has failed
But a light from you
Is coming through
Daybreak
Where I’m hiding
In this gray light
Can you find me here?
But a light from you
Is coming through
Inviting me
Changing hue
Closing up the window blinds
Hanging up the open lines
Holding on until you come
And find me
I am dangerous
I am helpless
I am poisonous
I am selfless
In full view
In front of you