Lyrics: If The Sky Fell
If The Sky Fell
Leaving out a southbound station
Night is sleeping on the track
Passing broad and leafy working fields
Yellow lights in tumbled shacks
Men in taverns smoking cigarettes
Drinking whiskey glasses dry
Clap each other joking on the back
Complain about their wives
[chorus]
If the sky fell tonight
Would I even notice?
If the sky fell tonight
Would I feel more devoted
to the beauty in this life?
Maybe say a prayer
If the sky fell tonight
Would I even care?
Something in the wind calls my name
Though I never was a rolling stone
Time to get away from everything
Free the spirit, lose the home
But it’s so hard to let it go
Grass felt soft under my feet
Now the wheels clacking on the rails
Gently call out my dreams
[half chorus]
If the sky fell tonight
Would I even notice?
If the sky fell tonight
Would I be more devoted?
[instrumental]
[bridge]
Lord, I feel something holy
Comin’ on down the line
Answer to the burning question
Shedding all its disguise
Soon the rosy glow of early morn
Like candlelight in a darkened church
These towns slipping by, one by one
Been many roads on this search
[chorus]
[outro]
If the sky fell tonight
If the sky fell to earth tonight
Wildest Sea
These old clothes swing in a dry morning wind
Summer’s been missing its rain
Too much dust, though with a little luck,
I won’t have to wash them again
She’s up with the sunrise, tends to her garden
Makes sense of all the disarray
I see her out wand'ring, across open fields
Swirling like warm ocean spray
[chorus]
With eyes like the wildest sea
She is strong and still running free
With eyes like the wildest sea
Thundering waves of blue-green
Those eyes always smile at me
Over twenty years now, and seasons they held
Riches beyond compare
I couldn’t have seen, just what they would bring
How love will leave nothing to spare
Time in its clockworks, tempers the humours
Laughter and tears that we found
Trees have grown taller, and my heart will follow
As all our bright days come around
[bridge]
And how many times I've been left to wonder
What might have been, how I find such comfort... in...
[chorus / outro]
With eyes like the wildest sea
She is strong and still running free
With eyes like the wildest sea
Thundering waves of blue-green
Those eyes always smile at me
Shine like the wild…. wildest sea
On The Gulf
Down on the Gulf of Mexico
Gentle breeze, sunrise glow
Start of another day
Waking up along the bay
These sleepy towns get their coffee on
Shaking off the night and feeling strong
There’s a man at dawn, out in white surf
Hook and line as the water churns
He’s out there every day
Standing alone as he casts away
And shrimp boats go sailing by
Heading out on the morning tide
[chorus]
Down on the Gulf of Mexico
Days are long, time moves slow
People aren’t rich, they tell you so
Simple way of life and they all know
Never have to worry ‘bout the undertow
Down on the Gulf of Mexico
Got a lazy feel, but people work hard
Salt of the earth, they don’t stray too far
Counting out their days
Don’t have lot to say
Child skins his knee, has a good cry
Sister reaches out to hold him tight
[chorus]
[instrumental]
[bridge]
Men lean back in old wooden chairs
Smile lines run deep
Spinnin’ tall tales without a care
Late into the evening
Such a beautiful sky when it turns indigo
Trading its treasure of red and gold
End of another day
Gonna get down on my knees and pray
A million stars shine with heavenly light
Wheeling overhead ‘til their out of sight
[chorus]
[outro]
Don't it make you just wanna go?
Down on the Gulf of Mexico
Hunger
Hot August night
Steamy blanket on this town
Dogs run by the river
Hear an old man shout
Top rolled back
Radio is playin'
Watching you drive this car
Like you drive me crazy
Bouncing off the rails
Barely make the corner
Wheels throwin’ sparks
Gonna take us to the border
Runnin’ hot all night
Like a glowin’ cinder
Tearin’ through your life
In a run-on bender
[chorus]
Hunger only knows what it needs today
Haunting like spell, takes your breath away
Not a feelin’ in your belly
It’s something in your soul
Hunger’s always at the edge
Of everything you know
Eyes like burnin’ coals
Black and smoky
Stickin’ to the shadows
Sly as a coyote
Sweat on your temples
Dress thrown on a chair
Skin like a prairie fire
Your hunger laid bare
[chorus]
[instrumental]
Can’t tame the wind
Can’t gather up the ocean
You can climb all the mountains
But you’ll never be broken
It’s been drivin’ you further
Than you ever knew
Swear it's just some bad days
But you know it’s true
[chorus / outro]
Hunger only knows what it needs today
Haunting like spell, takes your breath away
Not a feelin’ in your belly
It’s something in your soul
Hunger’s always at the edge
Of everything you know
Everything you know
Hunger....
Days By Degrees
Brickman with his lunchbox, rests on the rubble
Looks at the work left, squinting in the sun
Vacation daydreams, spots a jet flying high
Clambers to his feet, heaves a long sigh
A woman sets a plant in a stained glass window
Waters it tenderly, reaching for her beer
Reads old love letters for the hundredth time
Brushes back her hair, wipes a tear from her eye
[chorus]
The hours pass slowly, days by degrees
Waiting for moments to finally believe
So many wishes floating up to the sky
While the gift of deliverance waits out of sight
Mopping a tenement, old man cleans the stains
Leans on the handle, pulls a watch from his pocket
Tents on a sidewalk, the din of machines
People restless and weary, it's too hard to sleep
[chorus]
[instrumental]
The afternoon light is warm but it's fading
Flowers for sale in bright plastic pots
On the corner, as roses wait to be loved
Cocktail neon starts buzzing above
[chorus / outro]
The hours pass slowly, days by degrees
Waiting for moments to finally believe
Year after year, these days by degrees
So many sighs and so many dreams
What was once chosen to fill out a life
Maybe there's a chance… it'll work out this time
Ghost Pines
High up on Red Pine Ridge
There’s a ribbon in a tree
Left there by a woman I knew
As the summer went to sleep
She was born in a thunderstorm
A tempest in bone china cup
Nerves of steel but a tender heart
With a love that filled me up
She had been out on the runnin’ road
And though she didn’t plan to stay
Leather and lace found a home
Set her feet upon this place
But autumn kept its appointment
With sky impossibly blue
She slipped away without a single word
Like a spirit passin’ though….
[chorus 1]
In the Ghost Pines, there’s a shadow in the trees
For a long time, I can almost see
In the Ghost Pines, it’s a place I know
Through the long night, where it passes slow
[instrumental]
In my dreams, now and then
I hear a sweet voice, over wind and snow
I stumble toward that forsaken hill
Try to bring her down from the cold
But a hundred days or a hundred years
It’s a spell you cannot break
Once a ghost in that nether world
No heroes, no escape
[chorus 2]
In the Ghost Pines, there’s a shadow in the trees
For a long time, she's been waiting for me
In the Ghost Pines, it’s a place I know
Through the long night, where it passes slow
[outro]
High up on Red Pine Ridge
There’s a ribbon in a tree
Left there by a woman I knew
As the summer went to sleep
Burning Bush
Well, I’ve stormed a raging river
Left out in the rain
Drank the drops that fell
Like tears without shame
Sang out to the heartbeat
Of an oncoming locomotive
Forged steel with my bare hands
Watched the sparks explodin'
Well, I've trekked across the Yukon
Set the desert on fire
Climbed the highest mountain
And called the Almighty a liar
Struck the stones for castle walls
Biding over the ages
I’m waxen wings and alchemy
Stirred but never shaken
[chorus]
I lit the burning bush
Fire without the ash
There is no absolution
I lit the burning bush
Just took out a box of matches
Freedom from illusion
I lit the burning bush
Well, I've jumped the steepest cliffs
Fell headlong into the sky
Walked barefoot across Tibet
With snow needles in my eyes
Drew the seas into my lungs
Looking for the reasons why
Slept a thousand years
Waiting for a holy sign
[chorus]
[instrumental]
[bridge]
Time is turning jacks to kings
And priests keep making house calls
As portraits gather dust in museums
Marking pride before the fall
[chorus / outro]
I lit the burning bush
I lit the burning bush
Fire without the ash
I lit the burning bush
Just took out a box matches
Burning bush, centuries rollin’ past
I lit the burning bush, and never looked back
And never looked back
I lit the burning bush
Life Is Rich
Got a call from an old friend today
It was ages since we'd talked
I’d heard his wife had passed away
And like so many, there's no answer
Just the courage of how she fought
They’d been living between two towns
In Wyoming and Alaska
Divining joy in the life they'd found
There’s so much to see
And the world’s moving faster
[chorus]
Life is rich, we hold on
Even though it's too soon gone
Life is rich, so much to love
Are the days and years enough?
Is it empty or is it full?
It’s a question of the glass
Life is rich, but life is change
As future becomes the past
The devil's in the details
That's exactly what it means
Endlessly pushing life right off the rails
Slow it down, seek the tender
Find the moments in between
There's always something pounding
Strong and urgent at our door
Somehow the years keep counting
We close our eyes
Holding out for the encore
[chorus]
[bridge]
We're often searching for something lost
Or something never won
Or waiting for one thing to be undone
[instrumental]
[chorus / outro]
Life is rich, we hold on
Even though it's too soon gone
Life is rich, so much to love
We wonder if there's enough
Life is rich, just outside the door
Don’t wait for the encore
Blue House Dreaming
Curtains fly out broken windows
Dandelions meet in the yard
Old swingset creaks in wind and rain
Eaves speak of rough weather scars
Knees have gone stiff, your temples are gray
You’ve been asleep for so long
Voices still float in your shining dreams
Somehow you manage to hold on
[chorus]
Blue house, you shelter your ghosts of the past
Standing alone on a hill
Blue house, you shelter your hope to the last
You know what made life real
In brighter days, your gardens all trim
Boys and girls rush home from school
Leaping your fences, bursting with secrets
And stories they swear are true
Mother in her apron, smile in her heart,
You two are so much alike
Each giving refuge, each giving comfort
And most of all, each giving time
[chorus]
Blue house, you shelter your ghosts of the past
Standing alone on a hill
Blue house, you shelter your hope to the last
You know what made life real
[bridge]
No one’s been home to hold you close
To warm you by the fire
But there’s a young couple, coming around
With a cheerful real estate buyer
[chorus / outro]
Blue house, you shelter your ghosts of the past
Standing alone on a hill
Blue house, you shelter your hope to the last
Is that someone at your window sill?
Blue house, you’ll awaken, be a home at last
There’s someone at your window sill
There's someone at your window…
East To West
Lamppost whirls by one more time
Lonely marker in this pinwheel of a galaxy
Neighborhoods of old cars rusting on the street
This world keeps losing track of all the signs
Winking blue pearl flies across history
It don't seem like the answer's coming anytime soon
Throwing up our hopes with all the latest news
[chorus]
East to west, circle of laughter and tears
One follows the other, down through the years
East to west, holding to what we revere
People making bargains with their longing
East to west
Language of an eye for an eye
Voices fleeting, scatter across the frequencies
Neighborhoods of old stars constantly receive
This world tosses it all into the night
Transporting lost visions of reality
It don't seem like the answer's coming anytime soon
Gathering up our hopes, time to change the rules
[chorus]
[instrumental]
[bridge]
Summers come and winters go
Whispers on the wind
Passing through forever
Is there time to start again?
[chorus / outro]
East to west, circle of laughter and tears
One follows the other, down through the years
East to west, nothing is certain or clear
People making bargains with their longing
Living with the remnants of their longing
Crying out in a chorus of their longing
East to west, east to west
BONUS TRACKS
Love Always Finds Someone
(Recorded live at The Artichoke in Portland, Oregon
for an edition of Tom May's "River City Folk" national radio program )
In the shadows of an old city staircase
With the rain promising to flood
A love letter lost in the dirt and the dark
Whispering of hearts undone
An arc of light, or bounding steeplechase
Never know just how it will come
Dancer on a hillside or a lightning spark
Might as well try to catch the sun
[chorus]
Love waits for no one
But love always finds someone
It’s a matter of faith, and it may not stay
But love always finds someone
[instrumental]
I held you once, for a thousand yesterdays
Shining new life had begun
We still believed, floating like stars
The days and seasons were young
Well, it’s hard to pull back, when it's falling away
Words get trapped on the tongue
Mountains seem to tremble, sky falls apart
The water must roar ‘til it’s done
[chorus / outro]
Love waits for no one
But love always finds someone
It’s a matter of faith, and it may not stay
But love always finds someone
Love always finds someone
You know that love always finds someone… again
Hand Of Desolation
(from the album “Near and Far” )
see lyric below
© 2025 Michael Henchman
All rights reserved
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Lyrics: Near and Far - EP
Indiana Road
Five hundred foot radio tower on this Indiana road
Belting out its signal near and far
I’m hangin’ on to every last word of that lonesome song
Mandolin and fiddle, pedal steel guitar
Out on a dusty hill, church is goin’ up
Trusses stand like bleached bones, drying in wind
How can something new seem to be so old?
How can something familiar be a place you never been?
[chorus]
I’m headin’ home to you, got a long way to go
But I see your smile in everything around
Counting down red silos on this Indiana road
And passin’ through these quiet country towns
There’s nothin’ like being homeward bound
Trees warding the highway, broken by last year’s storm
Lives have been uprooted, there are still some who mourn
But there is hope, new bright smiles, in that devastation
People shoulder up, pull together, find salvation
And I'm comin' home to you.... on this Indiana Road
[instrumental]
I can almost see you now, by our blue kitchen door
Garden gloves set aside, meadows full of grace
And yellow summer dresses, fresh with your sweetness
Evening settles in to warm embrace
[chorus]
[outro]
And I’m comin’ home to you on this Indiana road
Livin' It Up
You’re out on the street now, feeling fine
Love turned you loose for the very last time
Swear that you’re never gonna go there again
Who needs the heartbreak, fair weather friends
So many people with their hearts on the line
Don’t see it coming when it sneaks up behind
No way to hide it, no way to pretend
Out there wondering just where you’ve been
[chorus]
Livin’ it up, livin’ it down
When love just can’t be found
Livin’ it up, livin’ it down
What comes and goes around
Livin’ it up
Just let it go, it’s your time to shine
Freedom flag is up there, flying so high
Just like mighty trees have to bend
Better than breaking down in the wind
[chorus]
[instrumental]
[bridge]
Throw down your gloves in that dust
Kick up your heels, there’s a blue bird above
Now you got time to figure it out
Leapin’ into life, finally unbound
[chorus]
Hand of Desolation
[intro]
He came out here with shining dreams
Freedom on bright prairie
Just a man of modest means
Out beyond Missouri
Rough board house and rusted truck
No money for a wedding ring
Stout woman and steely hope
Life was good, it seemed
Plenty of tomorrows
Dirt was dark and rich
Land lay deep and fallow
Crops would spring up quick
But too many people came
Tearing at this ground
Never thought about the danger
Savin’ what they found
[chorus]
Hand of desolation
Life beyond his reach
Hand of desolation
No place to retreat
Hand of desolation
Barely alive
Hand of desolation
Cursing at broad sky
Earth is tired under his feet
Wind is dry and lonesome
Dust strangles the buckeyes
Broken clay like shattered bone
Holes and cracks shot through his boots
Children cry for milk
Death, a smiling demon crouching
On a window sill
Can’t think about his troubles
Broken stalks of corn
Mouths to feed like baby birds
Always hungry, needing more
[chorus]
Took just about ten years for those
Black storms to subside
Government laid down the law
Nothin’ left to try
Lost and homeless pulled up stakes
Dyin’ slow and long
Starvation is true poverty
Cannot carry on
[outro]
He came out here with shining dreams
Freedom on bright prairie
Just a man of modest means
Out beyond Missouri…
Chalk and Wheels
On Gillam Lane, in his old hometown
He tried new wheels for the first time
Stood on the curb, put his foot down
Waited for a wind from behind
Ten houses away, road ran out
Turned into a field like flaxen hair
In the middle, big farmhouse
Never really knew who lived there
[chorus]
It’s the world now, reachin’ out for bigger things
But that little boy still tries new wheels
Pushin’ hard to make it go
Tryin’ to keep his balance by feel
Sidewalk chalk, blue hopscotch
Jumpin’ through squares, one to ten
If you miss, take a walk
‘Til your turn comes back ‘round again
Dry up your tears, she always said
OK to cry at first, then be done
Got to get back up, you ain’t dead
Always remember, you’re not the only one
[chorus]
[instrumental]
Chalk and wheels, simple truth
Learn to find a place in this world
Slip past your lines, see it through
Rollin’ on ahead, straight and sure
[chorus]
[outro]
Tryin’ to keep his balance by feel
Reachin’ for the sky with chalk and wheels
BONUS TRACK
Into the Void - EP version
(from the album 40 Miles From Midnight)
see lyric below
© 2015 Michael Henchman
All rights reserved
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Lyrics: 40 Miles from Midnight
Circle Back
He steps onto the platform
Wipes at tired eyes
Rails chasing darkness
Rain shines up pale night
Picks up his bag and heads across
Empty parking lot
Steps into a waiting cab
Hears that lonesome train pull out
[half-chorus]
Circle back, circle back
Life has a way of comin’ ‘round
It ain’t easy coming home
When you been away so long
Friends are lost or disappeared
Kids grown and gone
Leaving it all behind again
He takes a final stand
Hoping to find a little faith
Make sense of a jumbled map
[chorus]
Circle back, circle back
Life has a way of coming ‘round
Circle back, circle back
Blessing in disguise when you are found
[instrumental]
[bridge]
Scent from all those linden trees
Something in him starts to move
Like morning fog slipping off long hills
There’s nothing left to prove
Nothing left to prove
Nothing left to lose
Mercantile wears an old gray coat
Wooden fans still turn
Screen door flees its hinges
He walks a little further
Can’t recall the name
Of a somehow familiar face
Memory’s a funny thing
Just won’t hold its place
[chorus]
Heartland
Pulled in to a Triple-A motel
It's nineteen sixty-two
Pool outside with a chain link fence
Painted aqua blue
There's a drawer in the nightstand
Gideon’s bible waiting there
Small welcome for a stranger
That someone placed with care
[chorus]
'Cause in that age there was a welcome mat
Everywhere you went
People smiled and shook your hand
And talked about good sense
Maybe it was a post-war time
We were tired of the strain
Picked ourselves up, put it behind
Found the will to live again
There is coffee at the office
It’s morning bright and true
Pack the car for another day
Soon I’m driving through
Birds up on singing wires
Echo melodies in their wings
Saint Christopher on my dashboard
With a prayer that he brings
[chorus]
[bridge]
Through all the roads that I've been down
I think about that time
Chasing back blue highways
Wondering what I’d find
Warm wind stirs the wheat grass
Waves move like water
Rolling towards a golden shore
Out across forever
And it's sunny in the heartland
Memories that we keep
Next horizon is just beyond
This one that we can see
[chorus]
40 Miles from Midnight
Tearing dust from desert floor
Darkness draped on billboard signs
City bursting out up ahead
A thousand points of light
Air slides cool around my neck
Moon chasing Galileo’s dream
Car been humming all night long
Sure is a fine machine
[chorus]
When you gonna stop your running?
She asked me
Come on back to this town?
But I’m 40 miles from midnight
And a million more from clear sight
No sign of slowing down
And you’re sleeping by that rumbling street
Where water drips and the door is loose
Couldn’t talk you into this trip out west
So much to feel, so hard to choose
How far back the memory goes
Truly hard to say, oh it’s hard to say
These old two-lanes from another time
It’s where I know my way
[instrumental]
[bridge]
You wish that I could give up this wandering
But no place feels like home
Rocks in my shoes never bothered me
It’s better like this, I know
[chorus]
Yes I’m 40 miles from midnight
And a million more from clear sight
Ain’t goin’ back to that town
Seven Winds
The other day I saw a hearse pulling a U-Haul
Laughed so hard, now there’s a test of faith
How could life ever have such fallout?
How do we lose our sense of place?
Been a hard time waiting for summer
Bridge got burned and cables went slack
Sea change hit me like no other
This tumbleweed out on the flats
[chorus]
I never thought to ask the seven winds
Just where it is that I’m going
I never thought to ask the seven winds
About so much that tried to own me
Seven winds, seven winds
I never asked the seven winds
Got my divining rod and water pail
Used to dance with my own shadow
Clouds hold back pearl drops of rain
Watching now for that last black crow
Lessons learned come often hard
Stumbling through a looking glass
Running past those boundary marks
Translation lost amid the outback
[bridge]
Stony hill cuts a slant on the horizon
Knife blade drawn across red sky
Separating angels from demons
Bleeds the colors we deny
[chorus]
Straight On
Father had a dream, kept receding
Wanted to live at sea all his life
Worked a long time, held onto that feeling
Steady man, always did he abide
Many in those days said the same thing
Foolish dreams won’t help you get by
Never could agree with that reasoning
I remember the look in his blue eyes
[chorus]
Keepin’ it straight
keepin’ it straight on
Straight on down the road
Grab the steering wheel, look ahead
Feel it in my bones
Keepin’ it straight
keepin’ it straight on
Straight on down the road
Setting out to change the way I’m thinking
Years get shorter still, passing by
All that matters now is breathing
Leave those sticks and stones where they lie
[chorus]
[instrumental]
Running through this maze, so deceiving
We all need just a little sign
It’s not true that seeing is believing
That’s the quickest way to end up blind
[chorus]
Fireflies
On coattails of spring
Fields breathing green
Sleepy day slowly unwinds
Two hearts will soon believe
More than just chance it seems
Perhaps the Fates improvise
Gentle smile and steady gaze
Felt like my home place
Taken by complete surprise
[chorus]
We were fireflies
Blazing a path toward one another
We were fireflies
Flying across gold spun summer
Lighting… lighting up the sky
Rustling sheets
Quiet sound so sweet
As you turn to look in my eyes
Tear on your cheek
And I cannot speak
No need for words to imply
Like cool water in a brook
This love that we took
With lightness in being so alive
[chorus]
[instrumental]
Now years go by
We’re still side by side
Never lost fond memories
Bright season so fine
That impossible time
When love grew patiently
Melody rings true
Always with you
This song has no goodbyes
[chorus]
Motel Dog
He’s been scratching at back doors,
trying to make a living
Sleeping on any old couch
Been out in the weeds,
just a little bit of sinning
Walkin’ with that kind of slouch
He’s tough as nails, got a nasty bark
Watch out for that bite
Take off your hand, hold it out too far
Then he’s gone from sight
[chorus]
Motel dog, where you been running?
Motel dog, what you been hunting?
Motel dog, who you been gunning?
As you slip away
Out on his own in cactus and sand
Wind sweeps over the curb
Eats whatever’s left from the frying pan
His life’s always been a blur
Marks the fencepost wherever he goes
Nobody calls him friend
Doesn’t really care about the seeds he sows
Got nothing to defend
[chorus]
[instrumental]
[bridge]
Never gonna change, that’s the way he is
Never took to a leash, that’s not for him
Sooner or later, young dogs get old
But right now he’s got it cold
Struts the boardwalk, gleam in his eye
Picks his teeth with a broken glass
Spooky look when you walk by
Best to avoid his glance
[chorus]
Into the Void
She walks alone on that evening road
So many miles on those shoes
Sun is low, and the fields sing
A sound that brings some peace
Last year her mama passed away
The only lighthouse that she knew
Now the boat is loose but the rope’s held fast
And she longs for some release
[chorus]
Into the void, she takes that first big step
Never knew how deep it goes
She's reaching out beyond herself
But it's too big, it's too far
How can anyone still hold on?
The corn is gone and the hay is in
And there's still so much to do
She thinks about how the seasons change
It’s life that does not cease
What came before cannot follow on
It hurts the heart so true
A bitter cup that’s supposed to heal
But it seems like such caprice
[instrumental]
[bridge]
And she’s going far this time
Gonna find her way back home
Fire and rain often feel the same
On that holy distant path
She looks up, sees the birds turn south
They know just where to go
Long journey in the air ahead
Their wings are what she needs
[chorus]
Canyon Bones
Wind and water ever tug
Tumbling down these canyon spires
Washing out their flesh and blood
Bones under vermilion sky
Sleep now, stones from above
In peaceful rest now lie
Dream primeval yellow sun
Passing over channels of fire
[chorus]
Canyon bones, canyon bones
Carry me to my home
Canyon bones, canyon bones
Out here all alone
Canyon bones, canyon bones
Deepest place I’ve ever known
I’ve ever known…
[instrumental]
Running rivers fast again
Water lifts my spirit high
Ancient voices around each bend
Echo life long held desire
Drinking down desert heat
Shimmer vision in my eyes
In this copper land revealed
Truth beyond all time survives
[chorus]
Asters in Paris
You are dressing now at the break of dawn
Snow falls, white linen, and coffee is on
Out in the city, winter is cold
Stillness like sleep we used to forego
[refrain]
When all over Paris there were asters in bloom
Wrought iron balconies and a hot air balloon
You wore that chemise, it was lighter than air
In morning sunlight, all I could do was stare
Tea on the terrace, eye full of play
Remembering the best love that we ever made
You come and you go like weather and wind
Whatever this is, will there be no amends?
Love’s silver cup waits to be filled
Left on the nightstand to ward off the chill
[refrain]
But all over Paris there were asters in bloom
Wrought iron balconies and a hot air balloon
You wore that chemise, lighter than air
In morning sunlight, all I could do was stare
Tea on the terrace, eyes full of play
Remembering the best love that we ever made
I wonder what arises this day and beyond
Now that you’ve come and soon will be gone
Here in the dark, time moves so slow
You’ll appear once again, and that’s the way we’ll go...
Isn't It Time?
He’s been sleeping on the sidewalk
With a ravaged mind and a heavy heart
How’d he ever come to this?
How does anyone fall so far?
Hardly remembers his life before
Sometimes lives in a broken down car
Dreams of a child if he dreams at all
And he wishes on a star
[chorus]
How do we forget them
and go on about our way?
How do we forsake them
and live with that every day?
Isn’t it time to show them
we’re all one family?
Isn’t it time to hold them
in our hearts and set them free?
Stands on a corner while cars go by
Cardboard sign is falling apart
Bad place to be ‘cause no one stops
Traffic is just too hard
Someone yells “Why don’t ya get a job?”
He’d sure love that, but how to start?
No one hires a broken down man
Reeling from the scars
[chorus]
[bridge]
It’s raining now, his skin is soaked
Barrel fire don’t keep him warm
He lives out on the edge of night
So far from coming home
[chorus]
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