bad saints:
beautiful today viens, 1/04
i love a man, tho i hardly know him
and it’s strange, but i don’t need words to show him
i’m not saying, he’s the one that’s gonna stay,
just that it’s beautiful today.
we stand at the bar, so close our hearts are beating
and the band plays on, there’s lots more time for drinkin’
and i’m not saying, we will ever find our way,
just that it’s beautiful today.
bridge
and that’s the way it is sometimes…when you find yourself on the street
and you gotta say goodbye…and get in your car and go on home…
i’m not saying, he’s the one that’s gonna stay
just that it’s beautiful today.
it’s time to go home, won’t you get me my coat
a smile and a wave, the words are stuck in our throats
i’m not saying, we will ever, find our way
just that it’s beautiful today, oh oh oh
just that it’s beautiful today.
california viens, 3/04
oh my darlin’ girl
your life is such a whirl
put your books away, and come and play
you were doin’ fine
til you got hung up on the line
shift the way you see and you’ll be free
chorus
don’t worry, everything changes, it won’t look the same way
at the end of the day
stay open, things will flow right thru you, you will have a new view
nothing has to stay the same
nothing has to stay the same
nothing has to stay.
sitting home all alone
you’ve got your analyst on the phone
and you’d like to find a cause that you can believe in
so when you gonna make a move
doesn’t matter if you win or lose
california’s just a state of mind but nobody told you
chorus
don’t worry, everything changes, it won’t look the same way
at the end of the day
stay open, things will flow right thru you, you will have a new view
nothing has to stay the same
nothing has to stay the same
nothing has to stay.
so when you leave the west
send a package to the old address
and throw the rest away and grow a new skin
and i’ll meet you at the train
we’ll stand together in the silver rain and
the past will fall away and we’ll be laughin’
chorus
don’t worry, everything changes, it won’t look the same way
at the end of the day
stay open, things will flow right thru you, you will have a new view
nothing has to stay the same
nothing has to stay the same
nothing has to stay.
confession l. viens jan 05
it was a sunny friday in the middle of december
i dropped the kid at school and then i tried to remember
just what it was that broke me
and who it was that showed me
and i knew….it was you.
and i think i’m gonna fake it just so i can try and make it
and i think that you should fire every person that you hired
and when the time is right, you can tell me what you like
and then i’ll know…to take it nice and slow.
and i wanna make a straight confession that
nothing less than obsession
will burn the brightest fire
or get you that much higher
and here i am to offer every treasure in my coffer
then you’ll see
i give it all for free
yes you’ll see
i give so happily.
now the sky is turning dark after our sweet walk in the park
and the leaves bend down to listen to the shimmer of our kissin’
and as your eyes meet mine with their signals and their signs
my body knows, to hold you warm and close
and what we did or did not do behind the closed doors of your room
and what we said or did not say under the cover of the day
is ours alone to ponder as we both return to wander
in our dreams, to the land of make-believe.
and who among can judge us and whom will we let touch us
when i still can taste the power of every precious hour
and never turn your back on love in any form that it may come
it holds the key
that unlocks everything
yes, love holds the key
that unlocks everything
that unlocks everything.
free grogan, viens 3/05
birds and bees and flowers and trees
and things that grow and everything green
surrounding me.
clouds that float so high up in the sky,
and i feel so free. feel so free. so glad to be….
arms and legs, we’re face to face
and skin to skin, we’re sleeping late
in our, sweet, bed.
cups of tea, and books to read
the kids are playin’ quietly
and i feel, like, me, i feel like me.
chorus
and i won’t be afraid
and i won’t be ashamed
and i will bow down, to the ground
for the love that i have found.
earth and air and wind and fire
everything turns on one desire, makin’ love
pass the pipe can’t get much higher
kissin’ you, i feel the power, in my veins
nothing remains…the dreams’ the same…
chorus
and i won’t be afraid
and i won’t be ashamed
and i will bow down, to the ground
for the love that i have found.
i pray mckeever, viens 2004
somewhere there’s a station
somewhere there’s a train
and in my mind, i go there
to feel your love again.
one track to the mountains
way up through the hills
one track to the valley
flowers on the window sills
chorus
and as the sun goes down
behind my eyes
and the angels war over my soul
i will come back, down and find you,
and whisper in your ear,
our love waits on the hill.
bridge
but i did not say anything
as i turned and walked away
and now i can’t do anything
but pray, yes i pray, i pray, yes i pray, oh i pray….i pray….
stars are in the treetops
the air is fresh and clear
i am dying on this park bench
but i feel your spirit so near
chorus
and as the sun goes down
behind my eyes
and the angels war over my soul
i will will come back, down and find you,
and whisper in your ear,
our love waits on the hill, yes our love, waits on
the hill.
same stars viens, 04,
dedicated to my brother carter and his son jesse
my boy
my life
my tears
my wife
my girl
my heart
my mistake
my part
don’t know
can’t see
every day’s
the same to me
dreamin’ of
family love
tuck you in
snuggle up
chorus
but you see the same stars as me
and someday your daddy will be free
and we’ll ride through the night, you and me… you’ll see.
wakin’ up
lookin’ round
other men
sleepin’ sound
face the day
coffee breaks
through the bars
call the guard
bad blood
stupid fights
reign it in
got to survive
time to kill
all my will
make it thru
another night
chorus
but you see the same stars as me
and someday your daddy will be free
and we’ll ride through the night, you and me… you’ll see.
my hope
her despair
giving up
beyond repair
where to go
who to be
when that door
opens up for me
my pain
my past
my peace
my path
feel the sun
upon my face
touch the grass
full of grace
chorus
and you see the same stars as me
and someday your daddy will be free
and we’ll ride through the night, you and me….you’ll see.
spinning viens, 04
how can i get the eyes
to see thru the lies
can you teach me how to live
cuz’ i’m too young to die
i wanna taste the pleasure
i wanna know the pain
i know to love the sunshine
you gotta have the rain
i’m gonna take a walk
look up into the sky
i’ve got to breathe some air
don’t know what i might find
everything changes
we don’t need to hold
onto the past or the bullshit
we’ve been told
you know the deal
what is real
it ain’t the same for everybody
she’s got hers, he’s got his
it’s the same different story
what the fuck, you think i know
who i am or what’s in store
life is good and life’s a bitch
the only thing for sure is this:
chorus
i know we are spinning, spinning on this planet
i know we are spinning, spinning on this planet
don’t be a fool
stand up tall
don’t be easily sold
someone else’s manufactured dreams - be bold
shake it up break it down
let it crash and burn
from the ashes comes the truth you need
to learn
don’t waste your time
or stand in line
or be convinced you gotta buy
to feed the advertising beast on tv - that’s a lie
it’s enough just to be
to live each moment to be free
to feel the earth beneath your feet
no greater gift for you and me
chorus
i know we are spinning, spinning on this planet
i know we are spinning, spinning on this planet…spinning, yeah we’re spinning
on this planet, on this planet, on this planet.
st. peter d. boyd, viens 2.05
st. peter, open up those gates
st. peter, open up those shinin’ gates
don’tcha know that i’m number 43
from the united states
st. peter, won’t you take my hand
st. peter, i thought you’d understand
i freed god’s people from tyranny
i gave the blind democracy.
chorus
oh but your daddy can’t help you now
your daddy can’t help you now
no, your daddy can’t help you now, your daddy can’t help you now
brother, you’re goin’ down.
st. peter, i only did what i thought was right
st. peter, i fought those wars with all my might
oh the lord’s word was my currency
i was guaranteed ascendancy
st. peter, i’m down on bended knees
oh st. peter, you’ve got to help me please
forgive me god i did not do
what my sweet lord would want me to
forgive me god i did not do
what my sweet lord would want me to.
chorus
oh but your daddy can’t help you now
your daddy can’t help you now
no, your daddy can’t help you now, your daddy can’t help you now
brother, you’re goin’ down.
angeline:
happy again
how’s 9:00, my house or yours
bring your guitar, i’ll stop at the store
have you got cigarettes, i’ll be on the back steps
what should we play, new songs or old
so much to say, but never gets told
the notes are a bridge that we build between us
we knew from the start, there was a plan
time was not ours, but we took a chance
ripping our guts out knowing it couldn’t last
chorus
and when you go my heart will break in two again
when you walk out that door my world will come apart again
and when you get on that plane my brain will go black again
and it’ll take everything i’ve got to find a way, to be happy, again…
happy again, happy again, happy again.
bridge
when the last daylight falls across the fields
when i can see again the beauty that each moment yields
when i remember that there’s no such thing as time
then i’ll, i’ll be happy, again.
ask me again, what it all means
why we are here and what do i think
only the questions that have no answers
play another card, lay out your hand
the queen of stars and diamond jack
in this game of hearts there are no winners
under the gun, i know you can’t stay
runner don’t run, come stand in the rain
the damage is done, i can’t live without you
chorus
and when you go my heart will break in two again
when you walk out that door my world will come apart again
and when you get on that plane my brain will go black again
and it’ll take everything i’ve got to find a way, to be happy, again…
happy again, happy again, happy again.
nuthin’ viens 3/05
how could you let
what we had die.
how could you stay away
for such a long time.
how could you watch me
lose my mind
it was the only time, death stood right by my side.
how could you let
me break my own heart.
how could you let us
even start.
why did you want me
to cross the line.
when you knew for certain
you’d never be mine.
chorus
never be mine, and i’ll never be thine
not in this lifetime, will our love abide.
never be mine, and i’ll never be thine
in this lifetime, there’ll be no by and by.
how could you kill
the thing you loved best
how could you waste
any time we had left
how could you watch me
stumble and crawl
and give me nothin’, give me nothin’ at all.
chorus
nuthin’ at all, no nuthin’ at all
you watched me fall,
and gave me nuthin’ at all
nuthin’ at all, no nuthin’ at all
i lay broken and bleeding, and you gave nuthin’ at all.
how could you let
what we had die
how could you stay away
for such a long time
and tho you acted
so cool and so fine
i know for certain
you’ll always be mine.
yes i know for certain,
you’ll always be mine.
powdered pearls coleman, viens 3/8/05
like a web, in the branches, with your long, pale, hair,
you sway, in the sun, clinging to thin air.
i pass through your gate, i’m wrapped in your embrace,
like the weeks’ wash weightless, stretched across the sky.
like a string of fireflies, floating through the woods
like a stretch of dark highway, where the lone traveler stood
last night our dreams the same, something cherished, crushed again.
like black crows flying, looking for the dead.
chorus
someone cared and someone cried, all were looking for a cure,
many dared and many tried, all to find the powdered pearls
you can run, but you can’t hide, no, you can’t hide,
everything dies.
everything dies
everything dies
like white geese flying
across the barren fields
i see your body lying
your hair is all unfurled
like footprints made of ashes
in the soft white snow
rests the black lace of your lashes
the girl i used to know
chorus
someone cared and someone cried, all were looking for a cure,
many dared and many tried, all to find the powdered pearls
you can run, but you can’t hide, no, you can’t hide,
everything dies.
everything dies
everything dies
like a web in the branches
with your long pale hair
you sway in the sun
clinging to thin air
i pass through your gate
i’m wrapped in your embrace
and though i’m disappearing
i still feel your kiss,
upon
my
face.
the clearing l.viens 10.04
i am waiting for your letters, yes, the letters, that never get sent.
and i would feel, much better, if you wrote the letters, that never got sent.
but i won’t wait, forever, you’re no longer tethered, to all the things you said.
chorus
ohhh, let’s break, every promise that we made.
there’s no need, to explain.
in the empty space, we’ll begin again.
now the season is changing, the yellow leaves are falling,
the season that we met.
the day’s go by, each one disappearing, every day a clearing,
for what might happen next.
and you must know, that all the ways you fought me, all the things you
taught me, live inside my head.
chorus
ohhh, let’s break, every promise that we made.
there’s no need, to explain.
in the empty space, we’ll begin again.
the cold cold rain, brings a yearning, to keep the fire burning,
for the one i won’t forget.
and each loss is a revelation, a stunning calculation,
of the time we have left.
when death comes, may there be no hesitation, may i have a reputation,
for loving till the end.
chorus
ohhh, let’s break, every promise that we made.
there’s no need, to explain.
in the empty space, we’ll begin again..
oh in the empty space,
we’ll begin
again.
the hardest thing l. viens 5/05
all the things you sought
and all the things you bought
won’t fill the void in you.
and if you stopped to count the cost
of everything you lost
you might not make it thru
you’re trying not to run
when you mind gets twisted up
with what is false and what is true.
sometimes it’s hard to see
what it all means to be
floating in this universe…
chorus
and the hardest thing to take
is the way the heart just breaks
with no rhyme or reason
and the harshest thing to face
are the brutal twists of fate
and that i don’t know anything at all, anything at all.
you think you know the score
but there’s always so much more
behind the surface reality.
every person that you meet
has their own complex history
that you may never get to see
chorus
and the hardest thing to take
is the way the heart just breaks
with no rhyme or reason
and the harshest thing to face
are the brutal twists of fate
and that i don’t know anything at all, anything at all.
bridge
then i lay down next to you
i can feel the blood run thru
our pulses beat as one
this is what it comes down to
the animal in me and you
fucking fiercely on this earth…
but morning always comes
from dreams you must wake up
stand tall and woke alone
the connection is inside
the choice to live until you die
the need to find your way back home…
chorus
and the hardest thing to take
is the way the heart just breaks
with no rhyme or reason
and the harshest thing to face
are the brutal twists of fate
and that i don’t know anything at all, anything at all.
i don’t
i don’t know anything at all.
i don’t
i don’t know anything at all.