I can feel your hands reach into me.
The breathe & scent of your queer geography
The wild tribes who are guarding your door
The secret sands that have slept on the floor of your sea.
You - would you ever think of me?

Think of me & the shape of my body
the stone walls that i kicked down to be with you
the wild mountain for which i was named.

Your poison i drink like a tonic it strengthens me
The strange fire of your breath on my body
America would you please consider me?

And the southern birds will sing again with me
And the blood that fell will rise again in me
And if i have comrades at all we will meet on the shore
Of the cities & towns that have faln to the floor of the sea
And the ancient hands with fall again on to me.

Year by year on his way to the Southern Sea
Through the river’s bend & the curl of the willow tree
The village the children the dogs even stare at him
Their eyes are like thorns how they rip & tear into him
His blood spills like a pearl & like a seed
Oh- Fisherman! you can lay your hands on me.

Call to me & the shape of my body
The stone walls that i kicked down to be with you
the wild mountains for which I was named.

Your poison I drink- like a tonic it strengthens me.
The strange fire of your breath on my body
Oh, fisherman would you please consider me?

And America will fall like a man onto me
And America will fall like a man onto me

~

bandage on my eye
sun shines on the barrell of my gun
& the blood on my hands is dry

today i turn thirteen
i’m pretty strong but i ain’t that old
& they call me brave cause the truth be told
the very youngest in the calvary...

hey hey little boy blue
get over here we got something for you
the shiniest gun that you’ve ever seen

all the men are squinting in the sun
& they’re knocking the flies away

they treat me kind & they pat me on the head
& i think i’m gonna die today...

i made love to my father & now I must pay...

My horse i named him Queen
he does whatever i tell him to
tho he’s four times bigger than me

sun shines on grass of green
i watch the sun rise up in the sky
and the time slip away from me

hey hey little blue boy
i’m gonna show you something today
bite down on your finger son cause you’re gonna be a man today

childhood skips after the sun
thru the checkerboard of the sky

blue tears welling up in my eyes
& i think i’m getting ready to die...

i made love to my father & now i must pay...

a rabbit sits on my shoulder
& he sometimes talks to me

i do whatever he tells me to
tho he’s four times smaller than me

bugle splits the sky
drum beat pounds up thru the earth &
the men get ready to die

canon splits the sky
sun leaps up over my head
& it pours in through my eye

hey hey little boy blue
you've got a daddy up in the sky
he’s up there waiting for you
with his hand stretched down from the sky

guns unzip the gates of hell
but it seems much different to me

blood shines & peals like a bell
that’s how it seems to me

three clouds drift like kings
thru the checkerboard of the sky

they look so soft to me
that my heart begins to cry

i made love to my father & now i must pay…

~

We were sitting together on the front porch swing
You started talking about everything
Like how the white man stole your land away

And I felt in my heart like I was to blame
Like it was my fault, and I felt this shame
And then I felt your feathers tickle me ee me ee

We were sitting on the porch drinking lemonade
Both wearing sneakers that were Nike made
When I first felt your feathers tickle me ee me ee

Well I thought it must have been the wind on my shoe
Till I first caught sight of your big canoe
Moving slowly through those waters towards me ee me ee

And though I aint been good, I could start tomorrow
Wont cause nobody no more sorrow
Just please sir take your feathers off of me ee me ee

Just take that green feather off my thigh
That red feather off my eye
Just pull your yellow feather out of me ee ee

It felt like running through the woods at night
I could feel your breath but their was nothing in sight
I could feel my soul just running away to die

Your skin was sticky but it wasnt red
Your three feathers lined up straight in my head.
As three feather man came slowly over me ee me ee

Like curdled milk in a broken vase
A dead white man without a face
I could see that crooked finger point to me

Put that green feather on my thigh
That red feather on my eye
Put that yellow feather into me ee ee

It dont mean nothing that you spared my life
When it aint worth nothing now since that night
Cause Jesus saw your feathers touching me ee me ee

Yeah God was watching from his star-lit sky
Staring me down with that humongous eye
And I know God wont be forgivin me ee me ee

And I know I' m deserving of all this and more
Dirtier than dirt more down than a floor
But Three Feather Man I'm begging you for mercy mercy

Just take your green feather off my thigh
That red feather off my eye
Just pull that yellow feather out of me ee ee

~

Mikael, Mikael, be by my side
to grip my arm when i would hide
to lick my tongue to lay the blame
to take my hand to pull its frightened flesh into the flame

Where are we from why are we hear?
What could we lose? What could we fear?
What can we take? What can we win?
What stays behind, what makes us want to walk this road again?

**

Ribbon ribbon your job is this
to tell the world that i exist
to tell the world that i am here
the one they love
the one they will soon learn to never fear

**

You slide your hands between my thighs
you spread my legs you watch my eyes
you place your tongue inside; i let you in
you leave my house & still i know that you'll be back again

Father Father your lonely child
so touched by other worlds so cold & wild
your flame your flame i took it in
i spoke my name & now the whole world knows where i begin

~

You were a frog in a bucket of fish.
You were a dog with your head in a dish full of worms-
every single one full of germs.

You owned a small house and a piece of the press.
You tried to keep yourself tidy and dressed like the teens
you'd read about in men's magazines.

Drumming on your fingers as you stare in my eyes
Sending out vibrations with the gigantic size of your ass
Sitting on a chair made of glass. No! If you wanted to come you gotta call!
If you wanted to die you gotta fall from somewhere high,
not just lay down and cry!

Go! To where the other people look like you!
Or if Earth is the place where they do, I took a wrong turn
somewhere, cause I'd never want to make love to You.

You're just a meat eating rhino I guess.
You don't gotta worry if you make a small mess on your chin.
Cause no one's gonna ask where you been.

You know you live in a land with no flame.
You can take the bait and just lay all the blame on your friends.
Or blame it on the tiger within.

Lining up the ladies like pink bowling pins
Knocking down their bodies with two balls made of skin
But what for? Just to hang a piece of lace on your door?

No! If you wanted to come you gotta call!
If you wanted to die you gotta fall from somewhere high
not just lay down and cry!

Go! To where the other people look like you!
Or if Earth is the place where they do, I took a wrong turn
somewhere, cause I'd never want to make love to you.

You touched the very farthest edge of my shirt.
You spent a lifetime learning how to hurt deep inside
So a lady's gotta chase you to retrieve her pride.

But I can take a nick and a few little cuts.
It aint' gonna turn me to a desperate mutt, cause I heal!
I gotta crystalline flame and it's real!

So press onto my body with your sensual weight
Search me with your hands to find the sensual gate of my heart
Shining with the pink light of art!

No! If you wanted to come you gotta call!
If you wanted to die you gotta fall from somewhere high
not just lay down and cry!

Go! To where the other people look like you!
Or if Earth is the place where they do, I took a wrong turn
somewhere, cause I'd never want to make love to you.

~

Well i’m walking this road with mud on my shoes
& the coats of the men are clean
& their pockets are filled with pennies
& their ladies laugh at me

& i’m cheered by the way the birds show off
& the flags that blow against the wind
but every time i cross a man
i start shaking in my boots again.

good lord! good lord!

i want someone to kiss me, take off my clothes
make love to me, i don’t know

good lord! good lord!

well this place aint much like the old world
it don't seem much like the old world

three big men, they corner me:
we got a bone to pick with you
your numbers they just don’t add up
& your wings is stained with glue

& the good guys don’t wear no funny clothes
& the honest guys don’t rhyme
& the pure of heart they hide their light
& the innocent don’t shine

& the truth it looks a bit like us
& common sense is where we stand
& the farthest point our eyes can see
is the farthest point of this land

good lord! good lord!

i want someone to kiss me, take off my clothes
make love to me, i don't know

good lord! good lord!

well this place aint much like the old world
it don't seem much like the old world

my tongue is tired & defeated
it don’t wanna speak no more
i just wanna bury my head in my hands
& slouch way down on the floor

but then i think of that long lost day
when I sat in a field with you
you said, beautiful day, beautiful child
i wanna give my life to you

so you slit your wrists & the blood poured out
& we watched a thousand roses bloom
then i kissed you till the flesh turned back
like a baby soft & new

good lord! sweet lord!

well this place aint much like the old world
it don't look much like the old world

~

Silver haired soldier, your age and your beauty
your grey uniform speaks to me.
Skipping behind you, I'm leaping to find you
and every step you take demands of me three.

The sky is so pretty, as big as a bluebird,
whose wings have uncurled to uncover three clouds.
But your eyes see nothing, they're sleeping like babies
nestled like birds in the fur of your brows.

Oh soldier, oh soldier, oh Please Let Me Tie
a pretty pink bow on your beard or your thigh!

My lucky pink ribbon, your age and your beauty,
the shadows of gun fire and fear...
May I call you fancy fancy fancy my dear?

My very presence refreshes!
The touch of my hand gets you high!
Someday my sweet little fancy, I'll teach you to fly.

Sitting on tree stumps now, sifting through gruel
with the long silver arm of a spoon.
Twisting your neck arouned, raising your chin
cause you wanna keep track of the moon.

Write a letter now, Write One To Me
Let our fingers entwine, let me sit on your knee!

Let my words dance for you, let them enchant you
away from this world where you die!
Let me sleep by your side.

My very presence refreshes!
The touch of my hand gets you high!
Someday my sweet little fancy, I'll teach you to fly.

The curtain is drawn and your time passes by.
I sit on the other side watching the sky...

Leaping on stones with your gun at your side
till you fall from the weight of a wound.
Hooking the sky with your one working eye
as you try to hang on for the moon.

First you see nothing and then you see me!
Your sweet baby blue with his head on your knee.

You scoop me up sweetly, a man & his baby;
I finger the bow in your beard.
We're in love now, fancy, fancy, fancy, my dear.

My very presence refreshes!
The touch of my hand gets you high!
Someday my sweet little fancy I'll teach you to fly.

~

All alone with no pocketbook waiting for you.
Press my head on the the looking glass waiting for you.
And my pockets are big but my fingers are small
And I cry like a butterfly smashed on the wall as I stand
Pressed on the looking glass dreaming of you.

We met in the army when I was sixteen.
I was a typist, you were a marine.
Your rank it grew like a snowball each day;
I got the boot cause they thought i was gay-
but I was straight as an arrow for you.

I used to dream of us making sweet love
Till my body would start to explode.
Oh Father! Father Father Father, I'm cold.

The sky is stretched out like a sheet in the sky.
Far below on the earth a king scuffles by.
And he’s dressed up in rags like a woman today;
He hops through the woods like a bearcub at play,
When who should he meet in the forest but you,
He meets you.

"Take off your clothes, please." you say with your gun.
Off comes his clothes & he stands in the sun.
Blood fills your face & it twitches your hands
When you find that your woman is really a man.
You say, "Why, why did you lie, Mr. Leopold?"

He said,"Look at your hands, please,
They’re shaking like pansies; your heart
Can’t do anything bold."
Oh Father! Father Father Father, I'm cold.

Should I go back to the army again?
This time as a soldier, this time as a man?
Cause the sky is so big and my life is so small
Like a dumb stupid photograph glued to the wall-
And I’d cross both my eyes & I’d wiggle my toes
And I’d bleed thru the heart & I’d pay through the nose.

Oh please call me back to the battle of life
And I promise to do as I'm told!
Oh Father! Father Father Father, I'm cold.

~

Just when I thought I'd seen everything
A dragon swirled out of the sky.
His tail trailed behind him like ink
Spelling 'dragon' across the sky.

I touched a scale- it was shiny & soft,
So I touched him again & again.
He breathed fire so deep into me
Smoke was pouring from my skin.

I would have mounted on his back,
But he was delicate & high.
I just stood there, six feet tall,
Gazing in his western eye.

Ain't nothing here I want to fade away,
Nothing here I want to rise above--
You & Me could be like soldiers MAKING LOVE.

My mind's eye can still recall
The ivy that grew by your door.
I don't forget the day it curled
To grow back into the earth.

Burrowing down through the soft earth.
Like snake sliding down through a hole.
In the darkness I could feel the ivy
Sliding down like a snake through a hole.

Drawn to the earth's red belly like
A hawk screaming down from the sky.
In my dreams that vine & I
Would crisscross in Shanghai.

Ain't nothing here I want to fade away,
Nothing here I want to rise above--
You & Me could be like soldiers MAKING LOVE.

I can't see no one in this room
But the clear brown eyes of you.
The fire escape creeps out the window,
The sky hides behind a crescent moon.

My jacket is hung on the doorknob,
So there's nothing to touch here but you.
Your car keys are lying behind me on the floor,
So there's no way out but to just push through.

When teacher taught us bout dust to dust
And how nothing continues on.
I remember her shining like the sun
Shining on & on & on & on & on.

Ain't nothing here I want to fade away,
Nothing here I want to rise above--
You & Me could be like soldiers MAKING LOVE.

~

The bells are a ringin
i know what they mean
beaten the yankees in battle again
murdered our foes; squashed them like grapes
crushed down their bones; trampled their capes

Boys'll be marchin on back to this town
two by two marchin on, lonely & proud.
dreaming of the women they'll have
thinking they've earned us & maybe they have…

Does anyone know what a lady is here in this town?

My name is Methodius Paygate, my friends
the lovliest loneliest woman in town
boys have been fighting since I was eighteen
no one has yet laid Methodius down.

Guess it's somethin' like custard's last stand
surrounded by blood-hungry men
got no weapons to keep them away
just lock my knees tightly together & pray…

Does anyone know what a lady is here in this town?

The women & girls well they make fun of me
calling me high on my horse
the men & the boys they grow angry with me
calling me icy & many things worse

But i think that they misunderstand
i don't wanna be no virgin queen.
its this tiny voice buried in me
it ain't something that i understand

Does anyone know what a lady is here in this town?

Confederates stand for many things
such as beautiful flowers and lace
i gaze at my self in the mirror and watch
as the blood rushes up to my face

Bells dance in through the window.
clouds drift up from the south
boys will arrive here by evening
taste of my blood grows strong in my mouth...

Does anyone know what a lady is here in this town?

~

Pinkstar of the beautiful Ohio
crashing down in flames to
extinguish in the river, smoldering, smoldering
with black and gray smoke, thicker than mud, thicker
than fossils, this river is on fire,
it is red hot at the bottom, it burns
the curious finger, it shines gold
beneath the moon.

Pink star of the Ohio, sweltering,
sweating at the center of the earth,
locked up in chains, panting
and shaking, he glows with fury
making the earth blush and moisten.
Chains melting from his cherry
blood, glaring holes into the earth’s
thick crust, he is ready to go home.

So it won’t be long now, people of Kentucky,
till he’ll rise from the body of the Ohio,
like a whale on fire, rising up to the sky
where he’ll shine on Kentucky
and we’ll glow like an ember.

~

Mama do you think that maybe I could be the Lucky One today? Cause the men who used to laugh at me And dance around my table Are all lined up in the yard today. And the wind doesn't blow them away. The rain doesn't change The words that they say. Oh Mama do you think that maybe I could be the Lucky One today? Oh Mama do you think that maybe I could be the Lucky One for real? Cause the feelings of emotion that I'm feeling In my body are the feelings that the Lucky Ones feel. The Orange of Victory. The Yellow Sun rising up in me. And cool Blue Sword of my sexuality. Oh Mama do you think that your Lucky One is ready To go lead the lives that Lucky Ones lead? When the men are in the desert When they're burning with their wishes Do you think that they will bring them to me? When they're down in the deep blue sea. With their cheeks puffed out With the bubbles they breathe, Oh Mama do you think that they will swim up through the waters to me? Oh Mama do you think that they will swim up through the ocean To explore the way that a Lucky One lives? When I've fed them from my faucet When I've given them my clothing Do you think that they'll be ready to give? Can I pour like an open spout, Can I pour and pour, Can I never run out? Oh Mama isn't that what being one of the Lucky Ones is about? I'm sitting in my bedroom And I'm fingering a matchstick And I'm watching how it burns and it shines. Shining on the glitter and the silver That surrounds me like a torch in an emerald mine. Like a torch in a crystal cave Like a sword that cuts through the din and the gray. Oh Mama do you think that maybe I could be the Lucky One today?

Unlock your broken door for me. Lead me to table for a broken cup of tea. You've still got on your hunting shoes & the melancholy aura of the Indiana dew You say you buried her last night. Your bassett hound, Elizabeth, while the moon was slim & white Point through the window to her stone Point past the cupboard where one button sits alone. I try to take it all in stride. Cause you are countrified. I'm walking back towards my room Faces in the tree bark are now shifting into you. The way you met me at your door. The chair I sat in where nobody sat before. Unlock the door into my room Lay me in my lonely chair & turn my mind to you. You've never seen my room before. It's bright pink walls would frighten you There'd be too many shoes for you stuffed unicorns, & lipstick too & feathers on the floor. I learn to take it all in stride. Cause you are countrified. Walking the long grey road that leads To the grocery store the mailbox and a pond of scummy green. Walk to the store but now they're closed Walk to the scummy pond and toss a little stone. Old man walks by me in his coat. His scuffy shoes they call to me

~

Captain of your big ship with three fingers in the sea & you leave your ship to go fishing on a smaller boat with me. And you criticize my pony-tail from beneath your feathered hat As we slink along the side-streams in our search for trout & bass. But you live in this world, live in this world. So What? I’m not of this world. Captain of the high-seas with three feathers in your hat Drawing up a pale green flag along a wooden mast And you greet with me with a handshake and you greet me with a pearl And you tell me bout your time last night down underdeck with a girl. But you live in this world, live in this world. So What I’m not of this world! Take it now or leave it cause my ship is moving on Cause the muscled men are ready & the land-walkers are all gone. And the stars are most auspicious & the pale green flag is hung & you send a boy to tell me that I really don’t turn you on. Did I say or did I not say that I am a man & that you & I have been brothers since the clutch of time began? & that you & I have been captains & our ships have crossed before but all the stars have crossed & you don’t recognize me no more?

~

I know how to dance man, you step left & then step right I know how to make love, you just lay down in the night. Daddy has a magic lamp I rub it when I please And you gotto pay man if you want to sleep with me. C G em C// D em em C/ C G G C When I was a baby I was sullen big & fat. I got yellow fever then I grew all thin & flat. With each bony finger I could feel the breath of destiny. Yeah you got to pay man if you wanna sleep with me. CHORUS: Could that be the hand of heaven knocking on my door? Could that be my daddys body lying on my floor? When the stars have fallen down to blue-eyed judgment day If were full of seed & money what will Jesus say? dm em dm g// em c dm g/ g dm em c Heaven s falling on us like a planet heavy shroud. Aint no place on earth where you can lay your money now. Need to find a lady man to guard your golden seed. But you got to pay man if you want to sleep with me. CHORUS The time that we have left here you could measure with your hands. If you cupped them sweetly down beneath the fallen sands. Anything your eyes can see ain t nothing that you need. So you gotto pay if you wanna sleep with me. CHORUS Dont be scared my daddy will be watching from the sky. He won t forget to shine on you when you say goodbye. He wont forget to wink at you when you take your leave. Just don t forget to pay man if you want to sleep with me. Just dont forget to pay man if you want to sleep with me.

~

Let's go to the jungle pick the fruit from off the trees Let's give all our notebooks & our boots to charity I'll let out a yelp so loud the animals will circle round But first let's have us one more drink to the here & now. Cause time flies out the window & it leaves behind a string. That string is gonna guide us baby to eternity. Babe won't you untie me & make love to me with passion. But first let's drink a toast to a new life, life everlasting. Now I'm looking in your eyes & maybe you can see the future is disintegrating here inside of me Soon babe I won't be no woman you won't be no man We should rectify this situation while we can We's gonna be like angels, won't know death & won't know birth. We's gonna peer beneath the tender nightgown of the earth. I need you to undress me & make love to me with passion. But first let's drink a toast to a new life, life everlasting. Let's get in your car my friend & let's just hit the road. I can't stay here no more it don't matter where we go. The cool blue sword of heaven is descending to my hands. I'm slicing off my parents & I'm slicing off my friends. I'm slashing through my hopes & I'm just dashing through my fears. When the future hits you gotta be as light as air. Babe slide out that condom & make love to me with passion. But first lets drink a toast to a new life, life everlasting

~

Are your stripes the shadows of bars? Or the hint of things unseen? I move in for a closer look but I’m put off by your scream. I got a gun & a knife. I’m sitting up high in a tree. The moon’s out & it my time of night. I’m waiting for you to come to me. Are you a lost cause? Do you want to “fuck me all night long?” I’m a soldier for the american dream. I need a man to tie my ribbons on. Rasputin he’s a handsome man & his eyes are black as beads His legs are long like noodles but he ain’t got what i need because the dawn will soon be breaking The nite is starting to pulse & creak soon i’ll have to testify i need someone to take care of me are you a lost cause? do you want to fuck me all night long I’m a soldier for the american dream i need a man to tie my ribbons on right now i don’t love no one my mouth is bigger than my hearrt I’m encrusted & insensitive i wear a button on my heart but what if you kissed me every night ironed my ribbons & made me tea brushed my hair for a hundred years it might start getting thru to me

~

I was riding on my horse one cold & snowy night. The air was tinged with whiteness & the road was gone from sight. I pulled in on the rains to take deep breath of the night. My vision looped the planet in a perfect circle quite. God gave birth to man & then man gave birth to desire. Come on man & plunge your torch into my ring of fire What s behind the curtain when the final act has closed. What do I keep hidden underneath my sunday clothes. Well babe I know the rules and I know im bound to lose cause i ain t gonna give my love to just one man My eyes are so wide open that my hands cant even feel I m bareback on my horse & yet my bodys draped in steel My eyes are so wide open that I can t say whats for real. The world is draped in men & yet my hearts afraid to feel God gave birth to man & then man gave birth to desire. Come on man & plunge your torch into my ring of fire. What s behind the curtain when the final act has closed. What do I keep hidden underneath my sunday clothes. Well babe I know the rules and I know I m bound to lose cause i refuse to give my love to just one man. When the snow is melted down Ill ride into the town. I ll polish up my boots & then Ill have a look around. My horse is called imagination & he s restless in his hoofs. My sword is called the truth & man its pining bad for you. God gave birth to man & then man gave birth to desire. Come on man & plunge your torch into my ring of fire. Whats behind the curtain when the final act has closed. What do I keep hidden underneath my sunday clothes. Well babe I know the rule and I know I m bound to lose Cause I refuse to give my love to just one man. Em D D Em D C C Em G D C D Em C C Em

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O come on baby take that chain & wrap it round my neck. C G C G suck & spike me, whip & bite me web me like an insect. C Em Dm G tease me in this black room til my armor turns to fluff C G C G melt me in this hot room til my heart floats on a swamp C Em Dm G & when it reach the boiling point then say you gotto go. Dm G Dm G Leave me dangling like a fly blood-sucken & alone. Dm G Dm G Leave me dangling like a fly just wondering what I meant to you. C G C G Then if you aint mine please get on back to the one who sent you. C Em Dm G Yeah, if you ain t mine please get on back to the one who sent you. C Em Dm G G C Im the gimpy antelope just munching on some leaves. I raise my eyes to see the herd fly far away from me. I raise my legs to reach them & I m flying cross the land. But next thing I know youve got me tumbled in the sand Next thing I know my blood is sifting through the sand. Next thing I know my blood is drying on the sand. My eyes keep living, they just watch the sky & you. Oh if you aint mine please get on back to the one who sent you. Yeah if you ain t mine please get on back to the one who sent you. I fall for every game that any man could ever play Dont know how it started it s just always been that way. I guess some days a man just needs a game that he can win. And when hes feeling cheap & cocky thats when I walk in. Yeah he sees me walking like a warden of the state. C Em Dm G Google-eyed & knock-kneed & tumbled down by fate. You can tell me anything & I ll believe its true. But if you ain t mine please get on back to the one who sent you. Yeah if you aint mine please get on back to the one who sent you. You think I m alright with my fiddles & my fans. But you dont see the tears I cry- they re bigger that a hand. Big enough to douse the fire that once consumed the earth Crashing down like meteors towards the broken earth. Filling up my bedroom like a water hole in the sand. Splashing round my ankles & washing the dirt from my hands. Some times I let my eyes just rest in this pool & think of you. Oh if you aint mine please get back on to the one who sent you. If you ain t mine please get back on to the one who sent you.

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High on a mountain, with a helmut of cloud Pushed a baby blue flag into the snow on the ground Saw something move way back down on the ground. Knew it was you & it turned me around. I was running but my legs were all ice. Rolling down the mountain like a runaway dice. Down to the valley where the world was still green. And the wind & the ice were still aclinging to me. But I knew it was you, and I knew it was spring. I knew these lines would never criss-cross again. I knew these lines could never hold in the wind. And I had to tell my Indian friend goodbye. You were dwarfed by the size of your pack. It held you down like a stone on your back. You had a pail with a heart on one side. I assumed you had provisions inside And I had to tell my Indian friend goodbye. You re walking west with your back to the wind. The sun is setting like the heart of a friend. My tears are melting & theres blood on my shin. But I had to tell my Indian Friend goodbye. Last night I dreamed as the wind blew around. Shaking my tent like a pebble it found. Just like a giant kicking boulders around. I was afraid of being ripped from the ground. But I dreamed of you far below on the ground. Walking through the valley with a whistleing sound. Making your way into some far away town. I assumed that you had business in town. And I had to tell my Indian friend goodbye. Running down a mountain aint the easiest thing. When you know you have to climb up again. When provisions are short & your ankle is sprained. When your tears are unfrozen & they re falling like rain. But I had to tell my indian friend good bye. Well its certainly true that you have places to go. I noticed your lunchbox is padlocked in gold. The gold will be sold in a far away land. You ll walk in like a tear drop & theyll make you a man. Do you think I ll make it up the mountain again. Do you think Ill be climbing with my back to the wind? Will a flag be waiting like the heart of a friend? Will the clouds fall on me like a helmet again? Will my tears freeze & stay in one place? Will they cover up the blood on my face? Will the blood walk away from my fingers again. After racing up to shake your hand. You ll do well with your locket of gold. Youll buy flowers & beer with the locket you sold. The words we exchanged will grow dusty and old. You won t remember them until you grow old. Then youll glance up to take a look at the sky. You ll salute to the clouds & youll tell them goodbye. And you ll think of the time someone told you goodbye. Rolled off a mountain like a rock from the sky. Watched you walk with your back to the wind. The sun was setting like the heart of a friend. My tears were melting there was blood on my shin. But I had. to tell my Indian Friend goodbye

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Skipping through a town by the Bay Where a Captain won't stay But a day or a night. Standing 'tween the Sea and the Sky Well a Captain can't lie And he always is right. Saw me steppin' down from your boat With a boot in your hand You were holding it tight. Standing 'tween the Sea and the Sky Well a Captain can't lie And he always is right. You put me on your ship as a Cabin Boy But I knew that it wasn't right. I remember crawling on my hands and my knees Thowing up into the big black night. Standing on the deck with my hands on the rail Watching boats floating out to sea. The wood bottom gails with their triangle sails Always drifting far away from me. And the men take turns And your heart burns. Bringing you two rolls and some bread Where you lie in your bed With a girl every night. Bowing down my head to descend Under deck where you bend me over With your black might. Wearing shortened pants Like the boys playing round with the toys On the deck every night. Spreading out my legs to receive Every gail storm and breeze that blows over me right. In the night. Stacking up crates on your wooden deck Beneath the bright orange of the sun. Mopping up the deck with some foamy froth You see a slave's work is never done. Yeah the men take turns And your heart burns. Dreaming of the land that I'll find Of the cities that shine And twinkle late in the night. Climbing on the deck's icy rail Where I pray for a gale To blow over me right. Blowing to the arms of the Sea Where my Captain but he can not follow me quite. Freedom and release they will come From the Sea's icy tongue flowing over me right In the Night. You took me on as a Cabin Boy But I knew that it wasn't right. I remember crawling on my hands and my knees Thowing up into the big black night. Standing on the deck with my hands on the rail Watching boats floating out to sea. The wood bottom gails with their triangle sails Always drifting far away from me. And the men take turns And your heart burns.

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It's a brite blue day, it's a horses parade It's the very first day of spring And the men are tip-tapping to the steeple bells as they shine thru a golden ring. And the ladies are swaying & they're dancing & playing with their hair so long & gold. But every time a pony shakes his mane I get cold. You offer up a ribbon for my hair I give you a frown & a shrug Oh what about ME? I also, wanted to make love. A pole is painted in bright red stripes tent in stripes of blue And the horses got pom-poms in their tails & shiny saddles too. And every lady wears a little bouquet that was picked by a little man. But my daisies are crushed beneath the pony feet into the sand. I need to find me a mountain so I can walk high above Oh what about ME? I also, wanted to make love. You wear a great big top hat. You ride a great big horse. You got a knack for politics & muscular discourse. You got no need for flowers. You don't believe in prophesy. You got no use for trifles you don't need me. So put away the bonnets & the polka-dots Put away the big parade. All the men dressed up like fairies Cause fairies aren't welcome here anyway. Small things, little things, odd things, pretty things all the theatre & display Cause you don't like, don't like, really don't like fairies anyway. You're going down to the valley so low I'm gonna walk high above. Oh what about me? I also wanted to make love.

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You saw my legs before you ever saw my eyes.
Dangled like a carrot from a string tied to the sky.

Landed on a stairwell in the arms of Mother Earth.
Saw you in your rags when you were digging in the dirt.
Saw you love your mother just the way that I love you.
Wish that I could change your point of view.

Dressed yourself in brown to match the color of the earth.
Washed your eyes with mud as tho it was your mother's skirt.
Mother Russia loves you boy but I could love you too.
Wish that I could change your point of view.

You're a little russian boy & I'm from up above.
Lead me to the place where we make love.

You were raised in tunnels & your learned to walk on stairs.
Leaping like a rabbit with a string tied to the air.
Well-endowed in places that your mother never knew.
Terrified in many places too.

Never seen a yellow sun or touched an eye of blue.
Never touched a bird till it lay dead in front of you.
Mother Russia likes me but she really pines for you.
I came here to change her point of view.

You're a little russian boy & I'm from up above.
Lead me to the place where we make love.

Stairwells cross around us-- it's wilder than a maze.
So much brown around us, sunlight turns to haze.
Must be hidden alleys that you played in as a child.
Must be something here that's fresh & wild.

Mother mother russia would you give your boy to me?
I don t want to eat him I just want to set him free.
He feels like an orphan boy & I'm an orphan too.
Maybe I could change his point of view.

Dancing in the stairwells till you dissapear from me.
Leaping out of nowhere with a flower picked for me.
You're a little orphan boy but I'm an orphan too.
Maybe I could change you're point of view.

You're a little russian boy & i m from up above.
Lead me to the place where we make love.

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i'm gonna find the better part of me
piece of sky pinned down on the branch of a tree
hey baby won't you take a walk with me
drop your books & your gun to talk with me
i know that men have died this way but i never knew why
i just heard their final words as they fell like birds from the sky
it was high to you but it never seemed high to me
what was sky to you it was just another garden for me

and the blessings from our father flow
through the hills & down below
i know oh yes i know but still it hurts to see you go

i was building a new room for us today
lemon yellow walls and a sofa made of clay
it could hold three men & maybe four
if they'd lay their rifle bags on the floor
you could use a yellow place you could use some company
this floor won't hold you up my dear but you could feast your eyes on me
it was a suicidal mission anyway
a thin red line & it wasn't even thin today

and the blessings from our father flow
through the hills and down below
i know oh yes i know and still it hurts to see you go

you should think of the future at least occassionally
otherwise what do you really have in common with me
the birds that fall like paperweights at your door
are the men who sang with me on my floor
the blame will fall somewhere but it will not fall on me
i left it all behind when i left my family
left my death for a little blue piece of the sky
left you for an oppurtune chance to fly
and the blessings from our father flow

through the hills & down below
i know oh yes i know & still it hurts to see you go

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I had to leave Mikael
I had to say goodbye
Mikael's eyes were sunlight
and he didn't even cry.

I turned my back
I walked away
from all I knew before
Left my clothes a-lying in a pink heap on the floor.

Nighttime could you spare some time for me
I'm alone now if you care to care for me

Man came up behind me
and his beard was gray and dry
Grayness equaled only by the blueness of his eyes
Wound up my intention to flee and run away
Small white lily in his hand
It made me turn and say:

"Pardon me is that a lily that you hold?
I could use a pearl or two from one who's old."

Greensleeves, Greensleeves, how can I get my fill?
Walk a mile in these boots boy then go in for the kill
You, showed your ball to me.
You, showed your ball your crystal ball down from the wall
step one two three step right step left for me

Now I've got a bugle and I have my own guitar
Feet extend the stetch of time
My voice spreads wide and far.
New green clothes that fit me well and better every day.
Small white hand upon my shoulder
I turned to hear her say:

"Do you think that you're an angel of the Lord?
Do you think a child like you can know the score?"

Greensleeves, Greensleeves, how can I get my fill?
Walk a mile in these boots boy then go in for the kill
Greensleeves, Greensleeves, how can I get my fill?
Walk a mile in these boots boy then go in for the kill
Walk a mile in these boots boy then go in for the kill.

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I wanna live, I wanna give
I've been a miner for a heart of gold.
It leaves impressions I never mention
Keeps me searching for a heart of gold.

I've been to Hollywood, I've been to Redwood
I crossed the ocean for a heart of gold.
I've been in my mind, it's such a fine line
Keeps me searching for a heart of gold.

I saw a soldier down in Texas
He was combing his silver beard
His beard was blowing in the by-winds
He was shining with a heart of gold.

Silver moon, forgotten soldier
Bent like a paperclip beneath the sky
Your heavy burden, I'll take it from you
You keep on searching for a heart of gold.

Some will ramble and some will crumble
Some will be as though they never were.
Me I'm walking down the by-roads
Searching lightly for a heart of gold.

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Atlas my love you do me wrong to cast me like a stone from you
When I have dreamt of you so long beside a stream named for you.
Hey Hey you'll never stay, no willow-bed could keep you.
Go! Go! You'll never know: I love baby unikorns too.

You touched my legs you kissed my thighs you slid yourself inside of me
I watched it all through fairy eyes, the spaces where a heart should be.
This this, the child of bliss, the green fruit rolling off the tree
Down down to the world of sound to the valley where you led me.

Lead me where you led one time & tell me what you said before
So I can watch with human eyes & see what I was sent for.
Man man do you understand that the Emerald King is at your door.
Flee flee for he'll never see the good in what you stood for.

He comes with swords, he comes in flames, he shines & stands to the side of me.
He'll cut your head he'll cut your thighs with his personal vision of mercy.
Hey Hey you'll never stay, no willow bed could keep you
Go Go you'll never know I love baby unikorns.

You believe in a God & I believe in the dog nipping at your heels.
You run like a baby to hide & I stand & wait till the sun disappears
Then Then I'll rise again while you revise your history.
Son, son the day done it's time for you to worship me.

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You must leave now, take what you need, you think will last.
But whatever you wish to keep, you better grab it fast.
Yonder stands your orphan with his gun,
Crying like a fire in the sun.

Look out the saints are comin' through
And it's all over now, Baby Blue.

The highway is for gamblers, better use your sense.
Take what you have gathered from coincidence.
The empty-handed painter from your street
Is drawing crazy patterns on your sheets.

This sky, too, is folding under you
And it's all over now, Baby Blue.

All your seasick sailors, they are rowing home.
Your empty-handed armies, they are going home.
The lover who just walked out your door
Has taken all his blankets from the floor.

The carpet, too, is moving under you
And it's all over now, Baby Blue.

Leave your stepping stones behind, there's something that calls for you.
Forget the dead you've left, they will not follow you.
The vagabond who's rapping at your door
Is standing in the clothes that you once wore.

Strike another match, go start anew
And it's all over now, Baby Blue.

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God rest ye Merry Gentlemen, let nothing you dismay!
I come here bearing roses that I now must give away
Hoping one or two of you might shed some blood today-
Oh Oh! Shed some blood for me.

All my many brothers now you wear the same disguise
Same white face of Pharisees and grey mistrusting eyes
You know the blood that never spills is blood that never rise-
Oh Oh! Shed some blood for me.

Standing in your satin pants you think that I don't see
Name of my sweet ancestor embroidered on your knee
You! You wear a ring to torture me, it's like a globe.
Oh.

You were just a baby when I was already grown
Lying limply on the floor when I was leaving home
And now I've come from far away to stand upon my throne-
Oh Oh! Shed some blood for me.

Lying there behind me is a trunk upon a chain
Wrapped inside it tightly is a purple cloak of twain
I'd like to lay it on you now beneath your silver mane-
Oh Oh! Shed some blood for me.

Silver-haired soldier with the "V" upon your brow
Never needed no one, got no way to feel it now
You could be a soldier anyhow- it's just a game.

Crying like a baby, it won't get you very far
Better get down on your knees and kiss my silver star
Lying in the Earth maybe you'll find out who you are-
Oh Oh! Shed some blood for me.

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You can sit at my table just one last time
until my boots will hit the road again to see what I can find.
Words they ain’t weapons words they ain’t lies
They ain’t rattle you can shake upon to shake away the time
Don’t know nothing bout women; don’t know nothing bout love
No o you ain’t the man I’ve been dreaming of ...
no o you ain’t the man i’ve been dreaming of

You can unzip my boots boy just one last time
But when i zip them up again these boots will be all mine
You’re gonna get me talking until i start to cry
until i can’t do nothing but lay down and start to die
You don’t know nothing bout money don’t know nothing bout love
no o you aint’ the man i’ve been dreaming of
no o you ain’t the man i’ve been dreaming of

there’s children in the mountain & they’re calling out to me
maybe if i follow them they’ll teach me how to see.
you’re gonna start me talking until the world turns blue
until it shrinks to get no bigger than the size of you
You don’t no nothing bout mountains don’t know nothing bout love
no o you ain’t the man i’ve been dreaming of
no o you ain’t the man i’ve been dreaming up.

There’s words up on the mountain top just waiting there for me.
talking here with you it ain’t got much to offer me
Words they ain’t rattle to just shake away the time.
Words they ain’t our cattle they’re our husbands & our wives
You don’t know nothing bout children don’t know nothing bout love
no o you ain’t the man i’ve been dreaming of
no o you ain’t the man i’ve been dreaming of

The clubs are all closed and there’s no where to go
when the sun wont show for hours
The streets have all emptied
and lovers lay sleeping and dreaming of each other.

You’ve got a lover but it’s not me.
He can’t love you like I can
There will be others yes I understand
Will they love me like you can

There’s Acres and Acres of heartbroken lovers
I know we're not the first ones
But sometimes it seems
that it’s just like a dream that you try hard to remember

You’ve got a lover but it’s not me.
He can’t love you like I can
There will be others yes I understand
Will they love me like you can

The clubs are all closing
you know I was hoping that time would hold me over
I pull up my collar walk into the night
I’ll be looking for an answer

You’ve got a lover but it’s not me.
He can’t love you like I can
There will be others yes I understand
Will they love me like you can

DON'T
DO NOT REMOVE YOUR SUIT
DON'T TELL NOBODY YOUR NAME
DON'T TELL THEM WHAT YOU DO

DON'T
DO NOT SHAKE ANYONE'S HAND
KEEP ONE EYE ON YOUR BACK
& WATCH WHERE YOU STAND

YOU KNOW WE DID NOT WANT IT THIS WAY
IT AINT PRECISELY WHAT WE ARRANGED
IT'S MORE OR LESS JUST THE WAY THAT THINGS CAME

DON'T
DON'T TOUCH NO ONE HERE
& NEVER MAKE LOVE.

WAIT
DON'T YOU LEAP SO WILD
DON'T COVER YOUR MOUTH WITH YOUR HANDS
DON'T ACT LIKE A CHILD.

WAIT
WE'RE GONNA PLAY IT BY EAR.
WE'RE GONNA ECHOLATE & ESCAPE
FROM THE SMALLNESS OF HERE.

WE KNOW YOU CAME TO EARTH AS A VOLUNTEER
WE KNOW WE IMPLIED YOU WOULD LIKE IT DOWN HERE
WE DIDN'T PREPARE YOU FOR THE SHACKLES OF FEAR

DON'T
DON'T TOUCH NO ONE HERE
AND NEVER MAKE LOVE

TRY TO STAY COOL
TRY TO SIT DOWN
DON'T THINK TOO MUCH
DON'T LOOK ALL AROUND
YOUR CONCERNS HAVE BEEN SENT OUT TO CHANCELLOR BEAK
HE'LL GET BACK TO YOU EARLY NEXT WEEK

DON'T
DON'T TOUCH NO ONE HERE
AND NEVER MAKE LOVE.

YES IT IS A TECHONOCRACY
YOUR ABACUS WILL NOT KEEP SPEED.
YOUR CHAPBOOK HAS BEEN THROWN IN THE FIRE.
YOU MAY STORE YOUR HEART SAFELY IN THE ABOTWIRE.

DON'T
DON'T TOUCH NO ONE HERE
& NEVER MAKE LOVE.

CHILD
AIN'T NO CRYING ALLOWED
WIPE FROM THE TEARS FROM YOUR LONELY EYES
HIDE YOURSELF IN THE CROWD.

GIRL
YOU AIN'T NO WOMAN DOWN HERE
AND WE RECOMMEND YOU WEAR A MUSTACHE
JUST TO MAKE IT REAL CLEAR.

DON'T LET YOUR EYES MEET THE EYES OF A MAN
THERE'S TOO MANY THINGS YOU CAN'T UNDERSTAND
YOU'D BE WASHED UP CRUSHED LIKE A TWIG IN THE SAND

DON'T
DON'T TOUCH NO ONE HERE
AND NEVER MAKE LOVE.

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 & youre 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

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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. Chords: CGC CGFC Am F C Am CGC

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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?

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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 tap 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 you’re down on the floor. Not here, not now, not anymore.

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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 glint in your eyes that could tell me where the cool vat grey of your bullets lie.\ Your fingernails are sharp as knives & 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

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C G my father lives in a castle that castle will be passed down to me the blood that pools up in the turrets will be cut loose & tumble down free DM G 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 C G kneel down in the checkered grass let me tie my heart to your knee C Em C ...so 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 thrown let me tie my sight to your wooden dreams ... so 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 and we'll splice the truth from the fantasy ... and you... will fall in love with me

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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.

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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 stream between your legs to where the winter-white rabbits hide. Where they quiver down in the way that rabbits do. Where they shake & they cry every time they think of you. Sandalphone, Sandalphone, There’s another baby for you now Sandalphone. Teary-eyed 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 he’s 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.

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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 Gdid 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? C G Am C chorus Dm G Am Bridge: Dm G

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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 don'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 the world of stone. I have a friend who lived in the eight-teenth 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 just 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 the 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.

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Drifting through space where it's always night. Wear 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 Stars filled my eyes I was silent as the moon And 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 Î It's so far away I love to dimly dream of 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 like a fantasy And the eyes of other humans 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 dore Core of fire is refleted in his eyes Which water up like the sea And though I freezed like galatic ice The fire walks out to me, Who will make love to me?

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