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Song Lyrics
The Finest Hour
Go Away
The highway calls me
and it seems like the perfect day to drive on outta here
Been sitting in one place too long
I've tried to love you
You know I've given it everything I ever had to give
But I won't lose myself, won't lose me
Seems like you've been hurting me for as long as I can remember
And if it wasn't one thing, well it was another
So I'm not going to sit here and pretend
It'll go away again
It won't go away, it won't go away again
I'm tired of being the dirty laundry
That gets trampled underneath your feet
I have more dignity than that
And I've been waiting
for a million years to see a little tenderness from you
But now it's too late, love
It's too late
Maybe years down the road
I'll come knocking at your door
Just to see how you've been
But don't count on me staying long
Cause I've got miles to go
I've got dreams to dream
I've got hearts to love me well
Yeah, I've got life outside your walls
Autumn
The autumn breeze blows freely through these woods of maple
And I watch autumn offer up her very life
And I am almost brought to tears by beauty I see fading
Amid the brilliance of this time
All across this landscape the trees they bid farewell
With winter close behind her autumn seems to cry
Oh what needs to die, what needs to die in me
Be it greens or golds or crimson or the leaves that silent fall
Come the winter, come the death
When my colors turn to gold and red then winter take your solid breath
And blow these leaves of autumn to the ground
It seems that every autumn long I sit here weeping
Grief from summer’s end, her freedom and her warmth
And winter’s close in coming, conjures up my fear
The fear of losing what I know
I’m terrified of darkness and the cold of winter’s grasp
The questions echoe deep within as autumn breathes her last
Oh what needs to die, what needs to die in me
Be it pride I’ve carried fiercely or my narrow love of self
Come the winter, come the death
When my colors turn to gold and red then winter take your solid breath
And blow my leaves of autumn to the ground
Seems I live more from my fear than the courage I stand for
Let the dying find its peace, let the winter come and cover me
The autumn breeze blows freely through these woods of maple
And winter’s blanket lays her cover on my soul
And I reach out my hands and say, won’t you
Take me to the place where I am home
Red Tulips
Red tulips on a cloudy day west of downtown
Jamilla walks with her head hanging down
She cannot find her heart in the layers of life’s hurtful way
Seems like she’s always buried too deep
She’s buried too deep
Oh my sister, my friend was it hatred that learned to ignore
In this life that I live could there be room for one more
Oh these judging eyes that I’ve looked through, I’ve looked through too long
Seems they looked past you all of these years
I’m ashamed of my short sightedness
And everything that I pretend to understand
I have wasted too many years being damned
Seems like chance is the strongest force of all
The least and the greatest are the same after all
I’m am fortune’s fool walking down this long lonesome road
Even red tulips in bloom will not cheer me, not warm me
Tell me which of us are the good and the whole and the open
And who walks with blinders instead
Sail On
Oh greens and blues are the colors of the sea
And I was so blue when you left me
The waves rolled in and I thought I would drown
Oh the ocean it crashed all around
I know it’s hard rowing back to shore
When you’re caught in the tumult of the storm
Sail on ‘til clouds melt the rainbows
That left you reaching out for something gone
Sail on ‘til your heart finds my island
And wrap yourself in the safety of these arms
Oh love at first was a summer day
The sky was blue and the air sweet
Your hand held mine in an honest way
And the sea was still and faithful
But autumn comes and colors fade
The sand is tossed by the rolling waves
And if at once we both go down
Muddy waters swirling fiercely
If you swim hard with all your might
I promise you won’t lose me
I know it’s hard rowing back to shore
When we’re caught up in the tumult of the storm
Used to Be
Used to be I blindly mistook every heart for love
Used to be I gave away every piece of me
And I’d be left there when love went away
With a dead-end sign on my road
Used to be a fool that way
Giving everything I had
Used to watch it slip out of my hands
But the ache of those times couldn’t match the sweetness
Of letting go, with open hands,
With open hands
Maybe I got hurt when they took my heart in pieces
But somehow my life meant more when I didn’t cling so tightly
If life is to be lived well, well we have to take those chances
And try to be the way we used to be
Lately I’m afraid to give anything worth sharing
Or break my heart just to be real again
My pretty painted world likes things neat and tidy
No risk, no loss, for sure
And yet I have lost more by not really trying
Spun my web of safety tight and warm
But life is a mystery and a risk worth taking
And so I hold my heart out once more, once more
Do Without
How could we have known
Back then as we danced round the room the days so long
When nighttime came our mommies tucked us into bed
Back then our hearts were whole
And dreams were ponies, baby dolls, and dresses pink and white
And when we hurt, our daddies’ hugs were strong and tight
And I would give most anything to be that free again
Instead of holding onto pain that covers me like skin
How I long for the courage that it takes to do without
How I long for the strength to carry on amidst my doubt
These days I’ve lost my dreams
Long gone are my illusions, life has slit me at the seams
And now everything lays crumbled on the floor
I’m holding on so tight
To what ifs and the used to be’s and all the past regrets
And though I know I should Somehow I can’t forget
And I would give most anything to let go of my fear
That keeps me from believing joy will one day find me here
A Sparrow‘s View
Sometimes these days I’m ashamed to be human, ashamed to be human
Sometimes these days what I’d give for a sparrow’s view
With my wings open wide I would fly to the reaches of sky
Far away from the greed centered days and the wars that bring peace,
Or so they say
Sometimes these days in the quiet of night I lay weeping in fear
Sometimes these days how I long for some gentleness
Seems the minute we put out a fire, well we’re lighting another
Love is absent, compassion has fled, now we’re fighting for peace,
Is that what they said
Sometimes these days I am tired of waiting and wondering what to say
Sometimes these days how I feel like screaming out loud
Where did love go, the love that holds strong even when it’s been shaken
Our redemption can only be measured by the strength of our heart
And the courage we’ve taken
Lost Again
The sun is setting warmly on the hills of eastern Pennsylvania
And the haze against the sky it leaves an aching in my bones
Exactly where I’m going seems I have yet to discover
But every time I think I’ve found my way I’m lost again
Cause the life I thought was easy leaves me guessing in surprises
And the straight and narrow path ahead is a false and cruel joke sometimes
The minute that I plan my way there’s another bend in the road
Every time I think I’ve found my way I’m lost again
I’m lost again down a road I never traveled
I’m lost again on a journey not my own
A hundred miles back who would have guessed I’d end up here
All alone on this unfamiliar road
Well the New York City skyline changed forever on that warm fall day
And everything we count on to remain will turn to dust one day
And the plans we make will only fall to pieces in the end
Every time I think I’ve found my way I’m lost again
Every time I think I’ve found my way I’m lost again
Hold on for the Ride
She was down by the river again picking a bouquet of dreams
She’ll go dancing as the moon comes up lighting her path with its white beam
Comes the familiar story of love lost, gone and trampled down
She is wounded but she’s not broken standing her ground
The story’s familiar though the players change each scene
The loss and the heartache hidden in between
When love walks away she’ll lose a piece of her, the best of her sometimes
So hold on for the ride
Stormy weather brought the whole house down built on a warm enchanted day
And the solid ground that held the floor, it turned from the rain into soft clay
Love lay waste, destroyed, it was vanished from before her very sight
But I know she’s gone this way before rescued from the darkest night
Sweet sister, keep your dancing shoes, make that river bed your home
Bathe freely in the moon’s cool light, drink of the air and skip of the smooth stones
Find yourself, dear woman stronger than you’ve ever been before
As the courage of life well-lived offers up another open door
The Finest Hour
Life is more than I bargained for
It costs a lot and takes much more
I thought I was standing at the end of the path
Until I looked around the bend
And there stretched out on the hills behind
Was morning surprising me again
I’ve been lost too many times
Given up praying hard for signs
It’s hard to believe in the finest hour
That life’s led by destiny
‘Cause every turn that I take fills me fuller
With mystery
Sailed a ship to a faraway sea
Found a soul waiting there for me
And there on the shore of a far off land
The flames consumed my soul
But when the fire was out I knew that my suffering
Had made me whole
The finest hour is when life takes its hold
So deep and real
And finally I am free from all the numbing,
Finally I can feel
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