HOLDING THE HORSES 

GIVE US THIS DAILY BREAD, FORGIVE ME OF THE THINGS I SAID 

LOOK DOWN UPON US WITH COMPASSION AND LOVE

SEE I KNOW NOT WHAT I DO, DON’T DO TO ME AS I’VE DONE TO YOU 

HIGH HOLY ROLLER, BE GOOD FROM ABOVE 

CAUSE THIS MIGHT BE MY LAST CHANCE

YEA IT MIGHT BE MY LAST CHANCE

TO SAY THAT SHE’S MINE

 

YOU REAP AND THEN YOU SOW, I KNOW THAT’S THE WAY IT GOES 

BUT WHAT IF YOU RAKE & HOE & EDGE & CUT & PRUNE & MOW

FORGET THE EVIDENCE, I’M TALKING ABOUT SELF DEFENCE 

WHAT ABOUT THE SINNER THAT CONFESSES AND THEN REPENTS…WELL I DID 

AND THIS COULD BE MY LAST CHANCE

YEA THIS COULD BE MY LAST CHANCE

TO SAY THAT SHE’S MINE

 

I’M SORRY X3   I’M SORRY BABY

I’M SORRY X3   I’M SO SORRY BABY

 

I KNOW IT’S A MATTER OF COURSE BUT WOULD YOU KEEP HOLDING THE HORSES FROM BRINGING DESTRUCTION AND LAYING TO WASTE 

ANNIHILATION TAKE THIS OFF OF MY PLATE

WITH YOUR AMAZING GRACE I KNOW YOU COULD

CAUSE THIS MIGHT BE MY LAST CHANCE

DON’T WANT IT TO BE MY LAST CHANCE

TO SAY THAT SHE’S MINE

I HOPE IT’S NOT MY LAST CHANCE

TO SAY THAT SHE’S MINE

I’M SORRY X3   I’M SORRY BABY

I’M SORRY X3   I’M STILL SORRY BABY

 

 

HEADING FOR THE HILLS

It’s a lie, when I say that I can leave you it’s a lie,

when I say that I want to it’s a lie. It’s a lie.

I’m running, heading for the hills but I don’t want to, I

know I said I don’t care if I lose you...but

 

It’s a lie, when you’re sleepin’ and I pretend that I am too, but I

can’t, because I can’t take my eyes off you.

It’s a lie, when I say I don’t mean it cause I do. When I say I

don’t need you it’s not true. It’s a lie.

 

I’m running, heading for the hills but I don’t want to, I

know I said I don’t care if I lose you...but it was a lie.

 

It’s a lie that I have to tell myself because I miss you, and time

it  moves so slow when I’m not with you so I lie.

 

 

DESPERATION MAMBO

Throw me out with the bad lovers, throw me out with the alcohol

Throw me out with the scary monsters, check me out I’m not scared at all

Throw me out with the dirty water, throw me out it’s the shoe that fits

Throw me out you’re a politician, throw me out before it turns to shit

Maybe you will be amazed when I return from the war…and I’ll have stories

 

Throw me out I’m the diva-donna, throw me out while the cameras blink

Throw me out I’m a wishya wanna. Do my hair so I don’t have to think

Throw me out I think I found religion, throw me out and say your last goodbye

Check it out I have a new relation, my heavens flag is flying  in the sky

Maybe you will be amazed when I return from the war…and I’ll have stories

Throw me out with the desperation, mambo upon my grave

Throw me out I’m an unwed mother, you can’t spend who you can’t save

Throw me out with the bad lovers, Throw me out with the alcohol

Throw me out with the wild wonder, don’t be afraid to delete it all

 

 

BLIND MAN’S BIKE

A million to one is one in a million, It’s the cost of being fairly certain 

Is It the never is or the never was, the impossible or the just because…because we wanted to 

I’m here for me and there for you I’ll lead the way and follow through

 

Damn are we riding a blind mans bike, Growing older as the pedals turn 

Never entering the race, Wheels spinning in place

 

Is Over easy under done who’s the least likely to be the chosen one down here

Here in the land that time forgot with the leopard stripes and the tiger spots damn 

I’m never sure what to believe is it inner space or outer peace

 

Damn we were riding a blind mans bike, Growing older as the pedals turned 

Never entering the race, Wheels spinning in place

  

So we find were back to where we started before the day we first departed to

But you’re  here for me I’m there for you lead the way I’ll follow through

 

 

MECHANICSVILLE  

I’ve been left without love in Mechanicsville

I’ve been broken down on top of lovers hill

I’ve cleaned my plate for the thrill of the kill

 

There’s no surprises anymore x2

 

The parts are in the mail; my insides are suspicious

I’m soaked in gasoline and melted chocolate kisses

Cupid’s fat on wine, all his arrows have been misses

 

There’s no surprises anymore x2

 

Close your eyes…

 

There’s no surprises anymore except that I’m here and you thought I wouldn’t make it.

 

 

ONE MISSISSIPPI

 

ONE…TWO…THREE…FOUR

 

I’M IN LOVE 

AND I’M GOING TO BE MARRIED BUT IT’S NOT LIKE I’LL BE TIED DOWN 

SHE’S THE ONE THAT I’VE WAITED FOR

 

I NEVER WANTED TO BE AN ASTRONAUT

I NEVER WANTED TO BE WHAT I WAS NOT

I ONLY WANTED TO BE SOMEONE THAT SHE COULD TRUST

 

ONE…TWO…THREE…FOUR

 

I’M IN LOVE 

AND I’M GOING TO BE MARRIED BUT IT’S NOT LIKE I’LL BE TIED DOWN 

SHE’S THE ONE THAT I’VE WAITED FOR

 

BREAK THE BREAD, SPILL THE WINE, STAIN THE BED, BE MY VALENTINE… MY VALENTINE

 

 

THE WAITING IS OVER NOW

 

 

LET THIS BE THE DAY

It’s so hard to walk away from here, Insides seize my eyes grow tears 

The ground below my feet clings, my eyes sting

Time breaks in to edible pieces, moves across the sky like demons

Ghosts in trees, heart shaped leaves.

 

Let this be the day that we start over

Let this be the day that we begin to begin again

Let this be the day that we say anything at all

Anything at all…say

 

There’s a wall I run my hand across, As hard as concrete as cold as loss 

The ground below my feet still thirsty, The ground that holds proof of my memory

Seconds tick away by the millions, People multiply by the billions

Get lost go broke, you live, let go

 

Ch

 

Life can also pass behind your eyes

Life can also pass behind your eyes

Life can also flash behind your eyes

 

I found the road that I had lost, a winding river of stakes

Stake their claim and never move, just keep the possible in view.

I want you to be here with me, desire feeds the fire of the sun

Wishes are the clouds that blow away and blind the faith in everyone

We’re all made in India; we’re all made in Mexico,

We’re all made in the motor city; some of us are made in Tokyo

We’re all made in Canada we’re made in Alaska too

What’s good for me? What’s good for you?

 

 

Digging For Icicles

Have you heard the voice of the new king yet, it sounds like things will be better

You look at me and it still takes my breath, and the world can all go to hell

 

With a little luck we’ll lean on the sky and the sun will fall to the floor

With a little luck we won’t be digging for icicles anymore

 

The wedding gown’s frosted like the cake it came from, a miniature mountain of snowflake and rum and the promise of anything better to come, our hearts are still pressed to the ground

 

With a little luck we’ll lean on the sky and the sun will fall to the floor

With a little luck we won’t be digging for icicles anymore

 

The winds of change are always furious and they can really blow you down

And time is getting close to running out on us

And I still want you around

 

With a little luck we’ll lean on the sky and the sun will fall to the floor

With a little luck we won’t be digging for icicles anymore

 

Turn Turn Turn 

 

Sleepy eyes staring at the starry sky

Pluck the moon out with your thumb

Promise I won’t tell anyone you did

Harmony, sing it one more time for me

Your voice is like a key

That unlocks the mystery I feel

 

Let’s turn…till there’s no turning back

It’s the future we lack

 

I picture you by the sea

I picture you here with me

I can’t see a thing I can see anything

 

Let’s turn…till there’s no turning back

Bring your collapsible plans I’ll bring my backpack

 

Deep as our love goes, Underground overgrown by time and space, Where few are safe

 

Let’s turn…till there’s no turning back

It’s the future we lack

 

THE GREATEST ESCAPE

The day died

Clutching its chest

Gasping for breath

Headed toward the light

Leaving us the night

 

Firey flames and sirens and chains

 

Lets be good baby

Like you know we could baby

The greatest escape

The greatest escape

 

I feel you

I know that you’re there

I don’t have to see you

I won’t move, I won’t move

 

Behind these doors I have always been yours

 

Lets be good baby

Like you know we could baby

The greatest escape

 

 

The Everlasting War  

Don’t be afraid to love, the whats below the who’s above

Falling is only landing on the ground 

Memory may not prevail, history’s not pass or fail

Quiet is finding stillness for the sound

Don’t be afraid to love

 

It’s hot and then it’s cold again

The mercury is not our friend

A shining vial filled with moments

The softness of your stare, the haunted flower there

keeping eachothers darkest secrets

don’t be afraid to love

 

there’s you there’s me there’s everything that was before

there’s you there’s me fighting the everlasting war

 

I saw you once I saw you twice

I saw you for all time

You live without you lie within

 

Where we go from here

Still Lumbering still queer

I find that I am aching to begin …to love