Black on Baby Blue
pink in the dawn; rising thru a lacy veil
smile & yawn, we made love last night very well
down in the waking streets are people shaking with their signs
trotting in circles & their words fly as they shake their signs
I’ve seen that face before; I know youre lying next to me
Sleeping in shadows, well no wisdom could apply to me
my eyes grow bigger but the ghost they see can not be true
them proles are crazy & i bet my little heart on you.
i never learned the distance between dreaming & wha’ts true
and now the sun is down the sky is black on baby blue.
eggs with forks today is no more tender than my heart.
people say today be careful where you place your heart
love shines like sunshine & its gonna shine on hitler too
little baby, well i bet my little heart on you
like an egg shell, dont think i’ll get it right again
despite the tapping sound of all his horses & his men
guess i missed the distance between dreaming & whats true
and now the sun is down the sky is black on baby blue
pack your suitcase, you’re worried that you’ll miss the train
au revoir my friend i hope to see your face again
little baby that is curled up in an easy chair
rocking back & forth she never learned to comb her hair
never let go of the high-chair & the monkey bib
musssolini well i think he got your heart again
could there be a distance tween whats dreaming & whats true
& now the sun is down the sky is black on baby blue
will love hide behind the mustache of another man
if he’s kind, well do you think that we ll make love again
scream like a widow when his collared shirt flies in the air
scold the firing squad whose frozen boots are rooted there
little baby well im sending off a box to you
a little golden chain, i m hoping it belongs to you
hoping theres a bridge between what s dreaming & whats true
cause now the sun is down the sky is black on baby blue.
some place some where well a bell was ringing thru the night
some place some where well it shimmered with a little light
Every River
Every stream will flow to me.
Every river will roll right under me.
And I will float like Moses did on a little bed of reeds.
While every river rolls to me.
Every candle will shine for me
Every flame that burns from a roll of mullein leaves
& I will Melt like Moses did when he saw Sarah bleed.
And every light will rise high for me.
Every king will follow me.
Smooth their purple robes when they catch sight of me
& I will Shake like Moses with a staff of twigs & leaves.
As every king shakes under me.
Every wall will fall for me.
Every barricade blown over like a leaf
All for Me on my white horse, me in glittery green
As every walls falls down for me.
Every man will bow to me.
Me of the mountain with my hair like burning leaves
& I will fill their wishes & pay them for their needs.
& every man will war-ship me.
Pink & Yellow Sky
if this were the gold-time you would love me
love would shine like starlite from your brow
it wouldn’t be so hard for you to love me
cause love would flow the way that tears flow now
if this were the gold-time i would not hurt
a silver light would shine out from my brow
it wouldn’t be so hard for me to leave you
cause stars would pull the way the earth pulls now
i’ll be leaving nashville in the morning
i’ll be walking east towards the sun
like a little shadow on a pink & yellow sky
wish that you could meet me there somehow
but if you really wanted to you’d make love to me now
if this were the gold-time i could touch you
freely as the sun shines on the lake
i wouldn’t have to be afraid to touch you
you wouldn’t bow your head down like a stone & walk away
you wouldn’t care so much about your family
you wouldn’t think about them anymore
cause when love shines like sunlight washing shadows from the floor
then no one needs a family anymore
i’ll be leaving nashville in the morning
i’ll be walking east towards the sun
like a little shadow on a pink & yellow sky
wish that you could meet me there somehow
but if you really wanted to you’d make love to me now
if instead i were a jewish princess
if instead i were a business man
is there any height that i could rise to
to pull the love through shadows let it shine out through your hands
when the gold-time rises i will rise up
wobble like a prince in shoes of light
do you think my heart will shine to find you
or will my love dissolve you like the sun dissolves the night?
Not Here
Never seemed to matter too much
to nobody round here if I lived or died.
Half the body tied at the touch
while the other half feels to believe inside.
Two days, that’s your break
& then it’s back to the floor.
Not here, not now, not anymore.
Everything that’s true about you
well I could never say that it’s true of me.
I don’t leap like child at the touch,
I don’t smile at the sun, I don’t feel to believe.
You man, you come around here,
you kick your boots on the floor.
Not here, not now, not anymore.
Four days is the limit for you, two is the limit for me.
Four eyes that have overlooked you while two saints enjoyed me.
Stick around my body a while
& you’ll start to feel what I feel inside.
Stick around my village awhile
& you’ll start to believe what it means to hide.
Cause first you bend
& then you break &
then it’s back to the floor.
Not here, not now, not anymore.
Sit & Spin
Never saw no yankee curls
curled half as tight as you
Mountains that surround me now aint half as hard as you.
& I’m waiting on your lady disguise
waiting for the gleam in your eyes
that could tell me where
the cool vat grey of your bullets lie.
Your fingernails are sharp as knives
that could splice a bullets eye
you love to lay your hand on the shirt of a man
till you find out what’s inside
you sit & spin you’ll never win you sit & spin
you told everyone i was the devil’s son
but the devil lives down below
i’ve seen you there with the comb in your hair
when you’re coming back from the glow
& the time ticks by in your thighs
& the curls hang down in your eyes
& the string on your ankle drags back
to the chamber where my hot black daddy lies
Collection of Spades
my father he lives in a castle
that castle will be passed down to me
the blood that pools up in the turrets, my friend
will be cut loose & tumble down free
in three short years i will own this town
everyman will look up to me
what I’m offering you is a bargain my friend
a horse with a wobbly knee
kneel down in the checkered grass
let me tie my heart to your knee
and you… will fall in love with me.
my father has a collection of spades
that collection will be passed down to me
the servant boy’s that pester you now
will be shedding their blood at your feet
in three short years when I walk these streets
everyman will fall at my feet
their hearts will wave like flags my friend
their hearts will wave like palm leaves
kneel down by my wooden throne
let me tie my sight to your wooden dreams
and you… will fall in love with me.
my father acquired a new set of clothes
they were visible only to me
were you there to attend the parade
where he was laughed to death in the streets?
in three short years i will find a stone
invisible only to me
everyman will desire this stone
tripping like fools at my feet
kneel down by my bleeding heart
we’ll splice the truth from the fantasy
… and you… will fall in love with me
Burn Baby
Don’t touch me no more
Cause if you touch me one more time
We’re gonna end up on the floor.
Dont talk bout love no more
Cause if you set this house on fire
You’ re gonna be running for the door.
You’ll find yourself in the desert
The sky is all on fire
Sweet baby devils dancing around
The light of a cactus fire
Hey baby, you can take me down easy
but the fire’s got its fingers in you.
Burn baby, like a straw man baby,
when the fire licks the heart out of you.
Cause its true, my grandfather sent me to you.
Burning bush outside your door.
Sparks fly thru your eyes as they watch
the wine spill on your floor.
You cant put me out you know.
Cause everytime you try to squash me down
You re just pushing me closer to the glow.
Smoke me like a pipe
like a sexy cosmopolitan man
And now youre blazing like a grandfather clock
Dancing like a burning man
Hey baby you can take me down easy
but the fire’s got its fingers in you
Burn baby like a straw man baby
when the fire licks the heart out of you.
Hey Moses you re a dead man baby
but another world is waiting for you.
You’re as dead as a black man baby
but I m gonna light an ember for you.
Cause its true, that my grandfather sent me to you.
You want the red sea parted for you?
You the burning bush talking to you?
You want me making love to you?
Well that s fine.
But you aint gonna come out alive.
Love baby, it’s a hell-fire baby,
Its gonna burn the heart out of you.
This world is the real world baby
it can t play the lady for you.
This fire is a real fire baby
its gonna lick the heart out of you.
Hey Moses you’re a dead man baby
but another world is waiting for you.
Hey you, yeah I’m gonna light an ember for you.
Sandalphone
Copper baby lying in the sweet sun-speckled hay.
Copper lady watching then she turns & walks away.
Through the fields through the woods where there’s babies of her own.
Through the fields through the woods where she meets you, Sandalphone.
Sandalphone, Sandalphone, There’s another baby for you now, Sandalphone.
All the days I’ve waited if you layed them side by side
Could flow like a river between your legs to where the winter-white rabbits hide.
Where they shimmy & shake in the way that rabbits do.
Where they scream & they cry every time they think of you.
Sandalphone, Sandalphone, There’s another baby for you now Sandalphone.
Droll-hearted man & he won’t take a stand but I can’t kick him out of the door.
Tax collector & the toll-booth inspector but I can’t pay nobody no more.
All the games your daddy taught you to play… Little girl you better play them today.
Cause even if you shake & you cry they’re gonna snuff you out anyway.
Sandalphone I’ve watched you till my eyes have turned to blue.
Doling out the meters in the way that daddies do.
Knowing if I lose my self tonight I’ll be lying in your arms that self-same night.
Sandalphone, Sandalphone, there’s another baby for you now Sandalphone.
Poleman
Twenty pine mountains fall on a cold kentucky night
cold moon is drifting through a black Kentucky night..
Your eyes are drifting like a heart set loose at sea
On a raft to Indiana that is drifting through to me.
But did you ever, did you ever think of me as your poleman?
But did you ever, did you ever think of me as your poleman?
You danced like wildfire in a melancholy wind.
Like a piece of river that was shaking in the wind.
Like a lonely orphan dreaming of his family.
Three-headed brother do you ever dream of me?
But did you ever, did you ever think of me as your poleman?
But did you ever, did you ever think of me as your poleman?
Which is the only one the one that you prefer?
The soft touch of sheets man or the gentle feel of words?
The soft sound of singing or the gentle feel of legs?
A past filled with stories or a future stocked with days?
And did you ever, did you ever think of me as your poleman?
And did you ever, did you ever think of me as your poleman?
If you could reach your eyes like arms stretched out to me
Kentucky friend is Indiana what you see?
Do ghosts set sail across that river out to me?
Is the soft feeling of your sheets a mystery?
And do you ever, do you ever think of me as your poleman?
And do you ever, do you ever think of me as your poleman?
Stone
The men are big here. They weigh 200 pounds.
They look like stones to me that rage upon the ground.
And their eyes don’t see the same things my eyes see.
They can’t see the fairies that come & talk to me.
It’s no big deal its just I feel so all alone.
My eyes can’t see this world of stone.
I have a friend who lived in the eightteenth century
When I’m alone at night he comes to talk to me.
I told this to a man when I was I was on a date.
He said he could not believe a single word I say.
He said that I ain’t true he said that I ain’t right
He said he’d believe in me if I’d let him squash me down tonight.
It’s no big deal it’s just i feel so all alone.
My eyes can’t see the world of stone.
Hey there flower, that’s what one man said to me.
Hey there child, that’s what one man said to me.
And I have no idea what they could want with me.
My eyes can’t even see the same things their eyes see.
And when you touch me your hand feels like a stone.
It feels like being crushed beneath a heavy stone.
And when you speak to me your words just feel like stones.
It feels like being crushed beneath a heavy stone.
I’m tired of being crushed; I’d rather be alone.
My heart can’t feel this world of stone.
Hey there flower, that’s what one man said to me.
I do not believe a single thing you see.
But let me talk to you & take you home with me.
Let me press my heavy body on your body.
It’s no big deal it’s just I feel so all alone.
My eyes can’t see this world of stone.
Who will Make Love to Me?
Drifting through space
where it’s always night.
Where it’s always beautiful
And I’m dressed in white.
When I was a child
it was beautiful here
I’m still a child because
there’s so much time up here.
When I was I child
Space filled my eyes
I was silent as the moon
Space filled my eyes
Who will make love to me?
Who will make love to me?
Who will make love to me… who?
Who will make love to me?
Who will make love to me?
Who will make love to me…who?
I watch the earth at night
It’s so far away
I dream dimly of the earth
oooo…. It’s so far away.
If I could pierce the atmosphere
Like a stone splashing down in the sea
Would I shut my eyes like a frightened stone
Would I still be able to see?
Who will make love to me…
On earth no clothes would be required
The center of the earth is molten fire.
The cold of space is a fantasy
the eyes of the peopel is all they see
Who will make love to me…
I dream a man although
I’ve never seen one before.
Eyes spread wide & dark like space
With molten fire at the core
Core of fire is refleted in his eyes
as they water up like the sea
And though I freezed like galatic ice
his fire presses out to me.
Who will make love to me…