Lately I've felt deep inside myself maybe something ain't right I feel like I've been turned and put on the back burner And there's no rescue in sight maybe I have changed But you know I feel the same still got this hunger in my bones I feel like an all night drive all the way to the other side There's a place I used to call my home Lately I've seen a different side of me I don't know where I have gone I'm killin' friend and foe somebody tell me so I know Whose side I am on like a cat stuck in a tree I gotta jump before i'll be free I guess the ground will break my fall Lately I've been lost gotta find me an albatross To lead me back into my port of call hey I hey I Got something to tell you hey I hey I never meant to hurt you Gotta get my stuff and go gotta leave to free my soul Lately I've been out of my head again I don't know what I have found I feel at home here I'm not alone here Lot of messed up heads in this town But I never drew one single word from you You lay there hidden in the prone I never proved to be anything but an oddity I guess I'm better of alone Hey I hey I got something to tell you hey I hey I never meant to hurt you Gotta get my stuff and go gotta leave to free my soul
well I woke up Sunday morning with no way to hold my head that didn't hurt and the beer I had for breakfast wasn't bad so I had one more for dessert then I fumbled through my closet for my clothes and found my cleanest dirty shirt and I shaved my face and combed my hair and stumbled down the stairs to meet the day i'd smoked my brain the night before with cigarettes and songs that I've been pickin' but I lit my first and watched a small kid cussin' at a can that he was kickin then I crossed the empty street and caught the sunday smell of someone fryin chicken and it took me back to something that I'd lost somehow somewhere along the way on the sunday morning sidewalk wishing lord that I was stoned cause there's something in a sunday that makes a body feel alone and there's nothing short of dying half as lonesome as the sound on the sleeping city sidewalk sunday morning coming down in the park I saw a daddy with a laughing little girl he was swingin and I stopped beside the Sunday school and listened to the song that they were singing then I headed back for home and somewhere far away a lonely bell was ringing and it echoed thru the canyon like the disappearing dreams of yesterday on the sunday morning sidewalk wishing lord that I was stoned cause therels something in a sunday that makes a body feel alone and there's nothing short of dying half as lonesome as the sound on the sleeping city sidewalk sunday morning coming down
What I feel, I can't say But my love is there for you anytime of day But if it's not love that you need Then I'll try my best to make everything succeed Tell me, what is my life without your love Tell me, who am I without you, by my side What I know, I can do If I give my love now to everyone like you But if it's not love that you need Then I'll try my best to make ev'rything succeed Tell me, what is my life without your love Tell me, who am I without you, by my side Tell me, what is my life without your love Tell me, who am I without you, by my side
instrumental break What I feel, I can't say But my love is there for you any time of day But if it's not love that you need Then I'll try my best to make everything succeed Tell me, what is my life without your love Tell me, who am I without you, by my side Oh tell me, what is my life without your love Tell me, who am I without you, by my side Tell me, What is my life without your love Tell me, who am I without you, by my side, oh tell me what...
I met him on the cliffs of Twin Rocks Oregon he was sittin on his bedroll lookin just like Richard Brautigan I thought he was an old man he wasn't but 37 he said he'd been ridin trains for 15 years drawin portraits to keep his belly full of beer but it looked to me like he'd died and missed the plane to heaven but he was a nice ol' guy for a younger man he had a bottle of mad dog he held in his hand that he waved around a lot to make his point and I listened as he told his tales of wine and women and county jails and we finished off that bottle and smoked a half a joint he said "I came here to watch the sun disappear into the ocean 'cause it's been years since I smelled this salty sea" he turned his bottle up and down I saw him lost and I saw him found he said "I don't know what i've been lookin for, maybe me..." Well, I told him I too had been travelin around livin out of my van from town to town playin for tips and whatever records I could move I said "I don't reckon i'll be makin it big, you know it's hard to get rich off a tout of coffee house gigs" and he said "yeah, but ain't it a blessin to do what you wanna do..." and I told him "yeah, I pulled off here to watch the sun disappear into the ocean 'cause it's been years since I smelled this salty sea" and he turned his bottle up and down he saw me lost and he saw me found and I said "I don't know what I've been looking for, maybe me" I said "it's getting kind of late better be heading down the interstate can I give you a lift to san francisco bay?" he said "nope, I think I'm just going to sit here and rest and maybe wait on the tokyo-montana express I might just lay here and dream my life away i'm going to sit right here, i'm going to watch the sun disappear into the ocean 'cause it's been years, it's been years i'm gonna turn my bottle up and down you can see me lost and you can see me found" I met him on the cliffs of twin rocks, oregon he was sitting on his bedroll looking just like richard brautigan just like him
I've been on the road too long And Ive been stuck inside a song and you know our love has been through rougher weather but our passion's like a rose the season's tell it how it grows and not much compares to the times we've shared together
cause love -heals everything we're no exception -to the rule you mean everything -to me
So if there's anything at all all you got to do is call and you know that Ill drive 2000 miles Just to show you that I care Just to kiss your honey hair and pull you close and hold you like a child
love -heals everything we're -no exception --to that rule you -mean everything you -mean everything you -mean everything --to me
She slees with the windows open yet she's still locked safe inside and to block out the sounds of the city's commotion she turns her fan up on high yea she lives just far enough away from home to see the whole scene and down the street the kids throw sticks and stones and end up on the the TV screen yea they throw their sticks and stones and end up on the TV screen and she used to walk on these gracefully but now they crunch beneath her feet I guess she must be changin' there's just no way to keep it neat and her father still barks like a soldier returning from victory but now eh's much older and that bark isn't as scary as it used to be yea she watches his self torture no one left to abuse but himself but still her memory scorches her and she struggles to love herself her memory scorches her and she struggles to love herself and she used to walk on these gracefully but now they crunch beneath her feet and I guess she must be changin' she never was to good at stayin' in her seat and this town grows hungry and restless hungry for what I ain't sure but they're sweepin' the streets of the trash and the homeless and raisin' the rent and breakin' the poor and I used to walk on these gracefully but now they crunch beneath my feet and I guess I must be changin' there's just no way to keep it neat I used to walk on these gracefully I guess I must be changin'
Sharing with us what he knows Shining eyes are big and blue And all around him water flows This world to him is new This world to him is new To touch a face To kiss a smile New eyes see no race The essence of a child The essence
He's born to shimmer, he's born to shine He's born to radiate He's born to live, he's born to love But we'll teach him not to hate
True love, it is a rock Smoothed over by a stream No ticking of a clock Truly measures what that means Truly measures what that means And this thing they call our time Heard a brilliant woman say She said you know it's crazy How I want to try to capture mine I think I love this woman's way I think I love this woman's
Way she shimmers, the way she shines The way she radiates The way she lives, the way she loves The way she never hates
Sometimes I think of all of this that can surround me I know it all as being mine But she kisses me and wraps herself around me She gives me love, she gives me time And I feel fine I feel fine But I cannot change time So here's to looking bakc You know I drink a whole bottle of my pride And I toast to change To keep these demons off my back Just get these demons off my back
Cause I want to shimmer, I want to shine I want to radiate I want to live, I want to love I want to try to learn not to hate Try not to hate
We're born to shimmer, we're born to shine We're born to radiate We're born to live, we're born to love We're born to never hate
Sharing with us what he knows Shining eyes are big and blue And all around him water flows This world to him is new This world to him is new To touch a face To kiss a smile New eyes see no race The essence of a child The essence
He's born to shimmer, he's born to shine He's born to radiate He's born to live, he's born to love But we'll teach him not to hate
True love, it is a rock Smoothed over by a stream No ticking of a clock Truly measures what that means Truly measures what that means And this thing they call our time Heard a brilliant woman say She said you know it's crazy How I want to try to capture mine I think I love this woman's way I think I love this woman's
Way she shimmers, the way she shines The way she radiates The way she lives, the way she loves The way she never hates
Sometimes I think of all of this that can surround me I know it all as being mine But she kisses me and wraps herself around me She gives me love, she gives me time And I feel fine I feel fine But I cannot change time So here's to looking bakc You know I drink a whole bottle of my pride And I toast to change To keep these demons off my back Just get these demons off my back
Cause I want to shimmer, I want to shine I want to radiate I want to live, I want to love I want to try to learn not to hate Try not to hate
We're born to shimmer, we're born to shine We're born to radiate We're born to live, we're born to love We're born to never hate
Sharing with us what he knows His shining eyes are big and blue And all around him water flows This world to him is new This world to him is new
To touch a face To kiss a smile And new eyes see no race The essence of a child.....the essence
Chorus: He's born to shimmer He's born to shine He's born to radiate He's born to live He's born to love But we will teach him how to hate
And true love it is a rock Smoothed over by a stream And no tickin of a clock Truly measures what thet means Truly measures what that means
And this thing called our time I heard a brilliant woman say She said "you know it's crazy How I want to try to capture mine" I think I love this woman's way I think I love this woman
The way she shimmers The way she shines The way she radiates The way she lives The way she loves The way she never hates
Sometimes I think of all this that surrounds me I know it all as being mine But she kisses me and she wraps herself around me She gives me love She gives me time And I feel fine
But time I cannot change So here's to looking back You know I drink a whole bottle Of my pride And I toast to change To keep these demons off my back Just get these demons off my back
Cause I Want to shimmer I want to shine I want to radiate I want to live I want to love I want to try and learn how not to hate Try not to hate
We're born to shimmer, We're born to shine, We're born to radiate, We're born to live,we?re born to love We're born to never hate
He's born to shimmer He's born to shine He's born to radiate He's born to live He's born to love But we will teach him..
I still don't know what I was waiting for And my time was running wild A million dead-end streets Every time I thought I'd got it made It seemed the taste was not so sweet So I turned myself to face me But I've never caught a glimpse Of how the others must see the faker I'm much too fast to take that test Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes (Turn and face the strain) Ch-ch-Changes Don't want to be a richer man Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes (Turn and face the strain) Ch-ch-Changes Just gonna have to be a different man Time may change me But I can't trace time I watch the ripples change their size But never leave the stream Of warm impermanence and So the days float through my eyes But still the days seem the same And these children that you spit on As they try to change their worlds Are immune to your consultations They're quite aware of what they're going through Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes (Turn and face the strain) Ch-ch-Changes Don't tell t hem to grow up and out of it Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes (Turn and face the strain) Ch-ch-Changes Where's your shame You've left us up to our necks in it Time may change me But you can't trace time Strange fascination, fascinating me Changes are taking the pace I'm going through Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes (Turn and face the strain) Ch-ch-Changes Oh, look out you rock 'n rollers Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes (Turn and face the strain) Ch-ch-Changes Pretty soon you're gonna get a little older Time may change me But I can't trace time I said that time may change me But I can't trace time
I fell asleep about 12:30 last night with the remote held in my hand I drifted off and I could see the light I was dreaming of the Promised Land Oh I had a dream last night but it's all a little foggy in my head It was something about brotherhood and love of all mankind I spoke with an angel but I can't remember what she said You know as people we are powerless yet we live our lives in any old way Your people, my people, we're all God's people, and I don't guess it matters anyway Oh I had a dream last night but it's all a little foggy in my head It was something about brotherhood and love of all mankind I spoke with an angel but I can't remember what she said I fell asleep about 12:30 last night and I woke to the sound of the rounds of a .45 and as the ambulance pulled away I heard a neighbor way, ""So young and so full of life."" Oh I had a dream last night but it's all a little foggy in my head It was something about brotherhood and love of all mankind I spoke with an angel but I can't remember what she said
I had a dream I was in school reading your autograph pages of green in seventh grade now like an epitaph alone in your room with and artist inside of you you died way too soon but I still can feel you warm in a circle of friends how have you all been we'd never die just go through hell and re group again so button it down so the wind won't blow it all away and pass it around like champagne on a holiday pass it around there's a lot of that to go around
She seemed almost demented as she frantically repented for the crime in which she filled her empty bowl, it was empty like her soul She kneeled inside the confession booth, and she told that holy man the truth but the booth was empty, frozen black as coal, it was damp and cold. Where are you gonna run to now? You lost what faith you had somehow Your show is over, it's time to take a bow Where are you gonna run to now? She spends her nights with lonely men and she goes too far every now and then. But it's her longest running show and the oldest job around, they say she's the best in town. Where are you gonna run to now? You lost what pride you had somehow Your show is over, it's time to take a bow Where are you gonna run to now? Now in 5 more years she'll be 23 And in a lot of ways she's just like me She gives away her body, I give away my soul. We're always searching for life's treasures to unfold. We give it all to you yet we have no pot of gold. So where are we gonna run to now? We lost what love we had somehow, we're on this one way highway until the bitter end but where are we gonna run to then
My time is your time after all that You've been through can you hear me calling You and this line that I'm walking time it's Pointing write to you I'm living my life with
You so call on me I'll guard myself just wait And see I'll start a brand new now This time Is the last time for me my life is in your Hands you can take me all the way this
Religion in war torn lands the world has seen Its better days
He's a walkin' contradiction when he sings his verse. He's got a caffeine fix addiction but it could be worse. And he is loved by many understood in time. But it's easier to love him than to try to read his mind. He's a mass of words expression and toil, and his temples in the trees, the water and the soil -- he's a man of evolution, always changing like the seasons. He finds the right solution but gets lost in his own reason, and he's got a ways to go. I know he's doing what he can. Sometimes this world's a lonely place for the evolution man, but she's always been there for him. She's his steady ground, and he'll never ever own her, it's the other way around. 'Cause she's the way out of here, she's the needle in his vein, and he knows she's the only thing that will ever stop the pain. He stands there naked in the light giving all he's got. Most folks don't understand that we're no different than the rocks and stones. To the evolution man she said, "I got a funny feelin' that I'm headed somewhere new and there ain't no use in stealin' your sweet sweet dream from you 'cause I know you'll find what you want if I set you free... and I'll still be here if you find that what you want is me, 'cause it's a long and lonely road. I know you're doing what you can but I never thought it would be so hard to love the evolution man. You're an evolution man
We opened Pandora's box just to see if she was home She had an apple pie a jaundiced eye and a big red telephone She said "boy's I know why you are here, you wanna take me for a ride But before we go I think you ought to know that I'm awful hard to hide I'm awful hard to hide So how will you do in this town boy's(sic) How will you call him dead? Will he die in his rack from a heart attack or from a bullet through his head?" Then she whispered as we took her out "He need not be afraid 'Cause deep inside the system hide's the truth That you've betrayed the truth that you've betrayed." Nowhere for us to run Thirty silver pieces got the job done got the job done Poor Pandora's life it was not as it had been portrayed A government, an accident and now the bed is made And we tried to put her back but we were defeated by our greed Tried again while shadowmen did their dirty little deed Their dirty little deed We opened Pandora's box just to see what we could find And in there was a note pandora wrote just before she lost her mind It said "my passing will allow a peak(sic) behind the veil of secrecy It's farther out than you can see Just no telling where that trail will lead No telling where that trail will lead
As the lights go down the drumming clown whistled a melody and as the rain pours down his happy face turned into a sad one the autumn wind reminded him that the circus had come and gone so he opened a pack of swisher sweets and whistles down the first one his clothes are ragged and his hat is dusty his drum is missing snares he maybe laughin and he may be cryin but no one knows nor cares his belly's empty but his heart is full he knows where he belongs so he steps aboard that lovely train and he whitsles his favorite song and as he sleeps he dreams of all the pretty girls he's seen throughout his life and though his dreams are sweet his aching feet awake him in the night he wakes to the sound of thunder and he thinks of a reason why then he hangs his head to cry then he drifted off to a deeper sleep that no one could disturb and when he woke he was at a place that was higher than the birds he said my God I'm here at last is this meant to be I've lived the life of a hobo clown whistle tunes for money and his Lord spoke up and said my friend you are not alone you've lived a good life my drumming clown and now you have a home and somewhere a stockboy opens a crate and finds the butt of an old cigar he hears a distant whistling then he gazes as the stars
