Angel In The Tall Grass

Here comes the dawn time is passing on and oh I feel like fire
The rays of the day hold them all at bay and lay next to one another
Hey your song I've sung it for so long humming the tune in the alley
Can we stay till the stars fade away and there's no more peace in the valley

I went down to the border line pick through the pieces of those stolen lives
Packing into town with that dead man's gold raise it high and let it shine
You gotta listen to your heart you gotta listen to your soul
You can't waste your angriest words on just anyone
You gotta demonstrate all that you know you gotta listen to your heart

Days like dreams for the seventh time
Tie up those ships with tattered line
God Man and Woman the slaves of old
What better time to gain your freedom
You gotta listen to your heart you gotta listen to your soul
You can't lay your rambling love on just anyone
You gotta demonstrate all that you know you gotta listen to your heart

The wind is howling in these ends of nights
Last wills and credit card and mineral rights
Working class heroes in our day to day lives
Fencing off into the shadows
You gotta listen to your heart you gotta listen to your soul
You can't waste your angriest words on just anyone
You gotta demonstrate all that you know
You gotta listen to your heart

Fast asleep in the neon light
Dreams of schemes and plunder in the ancient night
All this destruction bound to take its toll
What better time to wake up than now
You gotta listen to your heart

In the light of the morning in a red sailor's warning
Witnessing the pageantry tracing the geometry
The promise that one day you will be free

Barefoot on the rooftops singing with the rocks and stones
Gathering the broken bones
Miss luck and her mavens lay your body down for all to see
I am lovestruck beneath the borders of the sky
I walk hand in hand with the music in the land
I will not conceal the working of the wheel
I am right at home for there is no other place where I belong

A pocket full of hurricane a dream in the driving rain
A seeker of a rainbow smile a walker on the open road
Won't you deign to come and comfort me
The sand it sings of Babylon the flesh is weak the spirt's strong
The river runs and tumbles on nothing but the purest songs
Gain entrance to our hearts while we're asleep
I am lovestruck beneath the borders of the sky
I walk hand in hand with the music in the land
I will not conceal the working of the wheel
I am right at home for there is no other place where I belong

The darkness of the falling day steals the breath of life away
Shines through the open door mingles with eternity
Lingers with our promises to light a fire and feel the heat
Cast away this loneliness we dance the dance from star to star
And stretches to our farthest reach
Mark my words you will become exactly what you preach
I am lovestruck beneath the bordersof the sky
I walk hand in hand with the music in the land
I will not conceal the working of the wheel
I am right at home for there is no other place where I belong

Everywhere is darkness I'm looking for you
Married to a shotgun surveying the ruins
I look into the future I don't like what I see
When the angel comes a calling pestering me
She sings ooh are you looking for me
I'm the angel in the tall grass the voice in the trees
Ooh are you ready to go
Time is running late here and it's a hell of a show
The birds open their wings and shout the sky
The people creating and selling their things that shout
Die by the side of the road

Today he made a million but he's wanting for more
He feels a little uneasy as he opens the door
Reaching out in the darkness to turn on the light
When the angel comes a calling and shatters the night
She sings ooh are you looking for me
I'm the angel in the tall grass the voice in the trees
Ooh are you ready to go
Time is running late here and your life is no more
The birds open their wings and shout the sky
The people creating and selling their things that shout
Die by the side of the road

Hey there by the side of the road
Is the angel in the tall grass and
She's white as the sun
Hey there are you ready to go
I'm the angel in the tall grass and
I'm white as the sun
Ooh are you looking for me
Ooh are you ready to go

Come on up you're the life of the party
Come on up and dance to the tune
Come on up you're the life of the party
Come on up you light up the room
Come on up we've missed you dear
All your friends are gathered here
So long you've been on the run
Come on up it's just begun

Come on up you're the life of the party
Come on up and dance to the tune
Come on up you're the life of the party
Come on up you light up the room
Yesterday it got you down
Screwed you up and spun you round
Today is new and it's been kind
Tomorrow is a long long time<br
You began so long ago
Longer than you're meant to know
Everyone here loves you so
There's no more choice it's time to go

Just like Lady Godiva I rode my way into town
Just as naked as Christmas I settled in settled down
I was a real hot potato I got a job washing dishes
Had dreams of rock and roll stardom
Rock and roll dreams rock and roll wishes
You can roll like a stone but you still got a long way to go

Good Lord I started to sinking into the sludge of the city
And I started to thinking maybe my life weren't so pretty
Way back in Mendocino county I had the air I had the sea
Way back in back of my brain I had to follow what's inside of me
You can roll like a stone but you still got a long way to go

Well I played bars I played juke joints and I worked and I tried
I played Hell I played Heaven till I was known county wide
Baby if I die in the evening the world's not torn man the world's not shaken
I'll just let go of my poor body another dream we'll be creating
You can roll like a stone but you still got a long way to go
Still got a long way to go

You ain't fooling no one you've come all this way
Your mind's been a reelin' but there's really nothing much to say
Give it one more minute then turn around it's back
Here comes the finish gonna stop you dead right in your tracks

Tough it up baby I've seen your work and it's pretty tight
Everybody's getting it wrong but baby that's all right
If you don't want to live in the dark better turn on the light
Man if you're afraid of the dawn better say goodnight

Wasting all my time to listen to all these words
Both of us pretending that it's something we ain't never heard
Kicking in the stall this mule ain't doing too bad
Gonna pick the fruit off the vine hold it right in your hand

Yeah them big boys are getting it wrong but baby that's all right
Acting like the fool with the gun or the jerk with the knife
You say it's not the way it's done well boo hoo hoo
Ever hear the one about people walking on the moon
Tough it up baby I've seen your work and it's pretty tight
Everybody's getting it wrong but baby that's all right
If you don't want to live in the dark better turn on the light
Man if you're afraid of the dawn better say goodnight

Taking a lie-down in the the new summer grass yeah
Following the birds with my eyes as they pass oh yeah
Sugar mountain trees they stretch to the sky oh yeah
The humming of the bees in all of their hives oh yeah

We're Alive

Crystal clear water reflecting the sun year
The leaves of the trees throwing shade on everyone oh year
No room for darkness in all of these hearts yeah
Well it may not be forever but at least it's a start oh yeah
We're Alive

I'm singing for the right now I'm singing for today yeah
And if I think about tomorrow I might lose my way oh yeah
I'm singing for the kindness I'm singing for the love yeah
I'm singing to who's listening and to the stars above oh yeah
We're Alive

If you feel you've been acting crazy
If you think you've been too goddamn lazy
It aint such a bad thing things happen every day
If your pretty little mouth's been frowning
If you bought a one-way ticket down in
All the darkest places all the darkest places that we stay
If you think you've got a fragile shoulder
If you can't bear to get much older
That is just a passing that is a just a passing phase

Cause there was made a journey with your name right on it
And you don't have to worry cause the path is well lit
In spite of all the darkness spit on all the darkness of this place
You and me I and you we run together
You know that I believe we will run forever
Running on forever it's the only thing to do
Golden curls spilling off your shoulder
Things are heating up as the day grows colder
Welcoming the star shine the stars they shine for you

You and me I and you we run together
You know that I believe we will run forever
Running on forever it's the only thing to do

Standing on the corner wondering why
Business suit briefcase and a satin tie
Aching in his heart big as a bus
Think about the things don't want to think about much
Way on back when he as ten years old
Mama did't say much she just did what she's told
He as a bright spring flower with a heart of glass
Daddy always thought he was a pain in the ass

Don't you got some love for me don't you got some love for me
Don't you got some love for me don't you got some love me me

A woman on the street with a bag in her hand
She's got everything she's capable of carrying
Icy wind kisses every line in her face
Trying to find some shelter from this lonely place
Another lady walking clean shiny and bright
She sees the woman coming in the city lamp light
Feels her body tense as they pass on by
She can hear her singing as she catches her eye
Don't you got some love for me don't you got some love for me
A little bit of loving would set me free don't you got some love for me

Two lovers tangled up down in the glen
They gotta return but they don't know when
Gliding cross the water 'neath the shadow of leaves
Play upon their faces with a delicate ease
Now the sun is sinking low like the hands of a clock
They gather up the blankets that lay on the dock
Back into a world full of sorrow and dark
That don't mean a thing to this lovers' spark
Don't you got some love for me don't you got some love for me
A little bit of loving would set me free don't you got some love me me

There goes the sun another day is done
The ages born from the hours
Did I hear you say this dream will never fade away
As gentle and as free as the flowers
You and I lie beneath the summer sky
Hoping for peace in the valley
You and me we swim the deep blue sea
Hoping for peace in the valley