LAY
YOUR HEAD DOWN IN THE SHADE The sun feels
hot against my face
This summer's been a luxury
With your summer dress against
The
backdrop of the flowers bursting out at me Tonight
will not fall hard but coolly
The stars will bathe us with incandescent glow
We're
not so young anymore
But tonight that's not what I care to know You're
scared about all that your father forbade
Well, darlin' lay your head down
in the shade Those whipping winds have whiled
away at us
But today they've left us here to rest
Between the meadow and
the murmuring brook
To look with hope out to the West Put
your golden arm in mine
And I'll take you to the sands
We're driving on
toward death
But you've washed unrequited dreams from your hands The
waves beat up and the lanes are slow
Down on that dark and dusty road
I
might come back, but I don't care to know
And on the hills, the space is plenty You
carry your dreams with you, from age to age
But you're transparent now, I can
see through you
Let's move on, let's turn the page
Leave all those worries
behind You're scared about all that your father
forbade
Well, darlin' lay your head down in the shade
BEDROOM
I
lay in my bedroom
On my bed, a normal place to lay
Tomorrow brings the burden
Of
another stressful day
Many times I've been here
But today it's different,
still
I never noticed the contours
Of the knotty window sill
Or the silence
of the street
On a lazy Thursday eve
Nor the shadows of the blinds
Which
on the wall did gently weave
I must rest now, for tomorrow
A healthy body
will be needed
Perhaps tomorrow night
This magnificence will be heeded
But,
oh, tomorrow is Friday
And I've got engagements to keep
I might even have
some other
Beds in which to sleep
So this scene will have to wait
And
Webster's grave did smile
To see that I've ignore the stillness
And ignored
the peace and the truth
And taken on another sweat-laced mile
DISPARITY
It made an impression on
me
When I saw all the money
That flowed through the streets
In the rain
and in the sun
On this side of the fence
We
don't got much money
Where the grass is a little burnt
And plants are growing
ill If you told me of a revolution
I'd have
little comfort in nature's will
The storms are washing out the lines
The
rich and poor are getting blurred together But
people like me, we've been fortunate
To be born with a little head start
We
know the luster of the gentry
And we want to start playing our part There
are things like this in storms
There's no stopping me, full speed ahead
Don't
get in my way, I'll rest when I'm dead
Don't get in my way, I'll rest when
I'm dead
FAR
AWAY
It's a far ways from where
I want to be
I can't deal with being lonely
You make me go all crazy and
wild
I don't know if I'm different from a child You're
petite and lovely and your eyes are deep
I hear the wind whistling through
the street
And I know I'm out here for some reason
But I still feel that
you should think I'm handsome It's cold out
here, in the smoky back alley
That leads to the littered main street
Where
I wander along, in my misery
Kicking up dust with my feet Let
it rain, get rid of this dust
It's making me tremble with pain
For I'm lost
and I'm loaded and I can
Think of is keeping me from going insane You're
always there, whether or not
I really want you, the way that you are
Bright
and beautiful still, I'm looking through you
I can see up close when I look
out so far
SHIPS
ON THE PACIFIC
I was about to take off shore
And my spirits
began to rise
I looked out at the Pacific
And thought to my surprise I
must leave my life behind me
When I take off on that boat
And sail to Polynesia
where
I'll learn a brand new life When that
boat started sailing
I was determined for change
Aboard the old Kon-Tiki
ship
In the tropic seafarer's range The
water was endless
And I began to yawn
And remember my old lady
Who I
left to chase the dawn My brown-haired, simple-minded
Heavenly
and devoted woman
I'm too proud to say she left me
Yet I'm grateful that
I knew CAN
I CRASH YOUR PARTY? I stumbled along
the boulevard
And hopped in a car for a ride
My head feels jumbled and cloudy
And
I feel a pain in my side But who cares? Not
me, I'm enjoying myself
At least this is true for tonight
For I'm numbed
and I'm warm
And if only I just had a light To
pull me back into it, please
To bring me up off of my knees The
car pulled abruptly to a stop
I noticed that my friend was the pilot
So
I patted his back and I opened my door
And I started to shake my butt For
a beat could be heard from your house
That's what it's all about - the beat
Then
me and my buddies, we lit up our smokes
And we felt happy to be in your street Can
I come into your party, baby?
I'm a most entertaining guest
Can I crash
your party, baby?
I'm on a mission, a journey, a quest
I'll be gone in an
hour or less
I'll pass out in an hour or less
COME OUTSIDE
Come outside
Come
outside That summer glee
Is sneaking up
again
Those summer days
Are sneaking up again From
the morning to the nighttime
I'm feelin' the light that flows
From those
branches on the oak tree
Where the lazy blossoms blow The
soft night holds much
For your reckless grace
When the wind blows seaward
And
the light shines on your face Come outside
Come
outside MEANDERINGS
In the morning I'll be leaving
I won't
give y'all a warning
Do you know how it feels
To drive lonesome in the dark? You
work your whole life
Trying to become some queen
But where do you end up
Is
it all just some dream? I'll believe I'll be
leavin'
I'm old and I'm cold
I'm about 21, I hold a guitar
And the race
is close to run I thought I could write you
A
melody so fine in design
It'll wrap you up and
Make you believe in it If
you'd only see that
Love is like a boat out at sea
You think of it so tenderly
But
you realize it's at the tide's mercy I want
to see your true heart
I'm tired of beating this world apart
I'm tired of
watching the wind
Go in and out of each part If
I stayed up all damn night
And was still drunk in the morning
We could all
feel so good
But the experience would be fleeting I'm
tired of all the games
I'm tired of all the names
I'm tired of all the ghosts
I'm
tired of all the pain The drunker I get
The
wiser I feel
I want the world to open up
With the click of a heel It's
all about your power
You have it, so let me in
Rolling across the desert
There's
no way you can win This is not a game for winners
Where
the winner takes all
For the winner falls with a resounding fall
When he
takes a look at the trophies on his wall ** She
said, "I'm going to sleep with a smile
We ain't been sleepy for a while
I'm
got my conscience flying in all directions
Make some sense of these millions
of inflections" She says, "I'm leaving,
don't be grieving"
She says, "Don't be lonesome when I go"
Will
anybody know, will anybody see
The way you look at the cars passing by? You
sigh with a relenting sigh
Do you know how to be torn apart?
To be drunk
and lonesome in the morning
The two go hand in hand, if you think that you're
the man Does anybody know how it feels to be
pushed away?
I thought, perhaps, if I had never taken a risk
Then I would
never get hurt
But now I understand that this makes it worse
THE
DARKEST COMET On a night like the darkest
comet
A lady spoke softly to me
By the crashing sea, she said
The best
things in your life
Are the things you can't have
I lifted up my heart,
I gave my all
I said perhaps the best things
Are when the ones you know
Will
come each time you call The night was cold
and rainy
My lady huddled close and tight
She said I've been so alone
But
when you need a friend
It's too late to make one
But it's all just anticipation
What
we need now is organization
What we need is a way to know
That everything
will be OK
When all is said and done
RISE
TO THE JOURNEY
Oh,
you rise to the journey
You've waited your whole life begin
Oh, one foot
on the trail
Moving forward but remembering when
You moved through hail
And
snow, but your cheeks weren't so pale Oh, take
the green ride
Make the most of those hills
Prop your body up
Catch all
of those frills
But what you search for
Darlin', you can never find
But
don't waste your time
It's easy to unwind Put
your golden hand in mine
I love you as you are
I surely don't mind
What
we've got is golden
Golden through the ruins
Of rowdy, restless, endless
Ramparts
and walls of time Besides, you need this
You
crave this misery
To get you through
When things are going
Just a little
too well
And living's a little too fine
AN ANGEL WHO NEVER WOULD KNOW IT
You
could give me
All the money in the world
You could bring me
A broken
arrow
But your blood like a raven
You smile like a girl
How much I'd
love you
You'll never know You're
as sweet as an angel
Who never would know it
Who never would show it
Who'd
never been told it before
You're as sweet as an angel
And I'm a martyr
The
heart grows harder
As I die, lonely at your door It's
a difficult time
When your pride cuts you
When you see all crumble
That
you've built for so long
But I can't help but mourn you
When a friend asks
where you've been
I say she's wild, wild, wild
Like a character from a song
And
now she is gone NIGHT
DECENDS When the night descends
And
I pick the dobro
And the winds rake the sky
The wings ruffle I
think about Rome
And beautiful buildings
That I've never seen
In places
I've never bee All those sunlit landscapes
Captured
in my dreams
Pollyanna, tell me please
When the night came I
know, you didn't see
But it's as easy as can be
You can't get all you want
Yet,
I get enough for me I am what I'll always be
Won't
change too much, oh, pity me
I'm sick of thinking that change
Will get me
any kind of glory
SISTER Lean on me, sister
Cause
I need someone
That I can truly
Hold on to My
candle's burning at both ends
This can't go on all that long
The flame is
brief and lovely
I guess the world ain't so tough on Me
or you, so grab a hold of my shirt
Sail away baby, I'll sail away, too
It
seems that we need to love
Because it's better than not loving
LAY
YOUR HEAD DOWN IN THE SHADE (#2)
We
were walkin' down the dirt road
You were sure you'd been there before
It
was well worn and the lanes were slow
And seem like a scene from the days of
yore You're always sweatin' death now
And
your skin is growing pale
Your virtues are scarce somehow
And your soul
it is for sale You're scared about all that
your father forbade
But darlin', lay your head down in the shade You're
gettin' on in your years now
We're not so young anymore
Your eyes they are
hungry now
Your bones are getting sore You're
sorry about all the choices that you've made
But darlin', lay your head down
in the shade What happened to those days
When
you listened to the mystic?
When you laughed off all of the pain? You
always prayed for sunshine
But now the heat's a chore
You'll talk of nothin'
but the rain
But believe me it will pour This
scene will go dark soon You can't keep all
the promises you've made
So darlin', lay your head down in the shade
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