Crosstalk

I have been here only to move you, 
And move, you did, away • Somewhere there’s a signal, a voice on the phone, 
telling you, maybe you’re wrong • I wish I’d paid my dues so much sooner than this, • For I am too, old to be broken • I guess it doesn’t matter where you are when it hits • It’s only who’s left standing alone

Somewhere on this station there’s crosstalk • My circuits are bleeding, my channels are crossed • I don’t understand where you belong
 • If it’s not next to me

The thing I fear the most, the thing gnawing inside • Is that I’ll miss, something’s gone wrong • The baluster was cracked, at the base of the wall • I guess somehow, I tripped the alarm

Somewhere on this station there’s crosstalk • My circuits are bleeding, my channels are crossed • I don’t understand where you belong •
If it’s not next to me

Talking to Your Ghost

You tell me you’re telling a lie, but I don’t believe you • You tell me the window is closed and then you walk right through it

I’ve been talking to your ghost • It’s not saying much at all

I know that you’ve got me confused with the one who leaves you • I know that you’re waiting for me just to disprove it • I’ve been on my way, woman, take my hand

I’ve been talking to your ghost • It’s not saying much at all

Wrapped

Summer’s getting long in the tooth • All of the fears left eschew • Are lined up at the grocery store • They’re hiding in an old chest of drawers

There’s panic inside of your head • That voice, once almighty, is now left for dead • The arrangement is all up in arms • The entire track sequence felt wrong

Wrapped up in cotton, all my ideas • I miss feeling all those things that I used to feel • The joy of a new day, the promise of dawn • The tears once salting my cheeks are suddenly gone


Carnival day 
arrived late • Its wild optimism, the gun slinger’s prey • You wake to the sound of a bell • In the distance, its emotionless knell

The shadow of people, the lingering doubts • I’m left wondering what the whole myth was about • Cause I don’t remember, and I can’t recall • I’m left holding the horrible truth of it all • I’m left holding the horrible truth of it all

Time and again you decoyed • And you frittered and wasted the gift you employ • The freedom you once felt escaped • And it’s wanted in 17 states

Wrapped up in cotton, all my ideas • I miss feeling all those things that I used to feel • The joy of a new day, the promise of dawn • The tears once salting my cheeks are suddenly gone

Offline

All my thoughts are offline • And I’m not taking questions •
 My phone lines are closed • My confidence has run dry • And I’m starting to worry • No one’s writing my story

And the night comes faster than a bullet from a gun • I’m left alone here waiting for a liberation song, to sing

Deliver me, sunrise • Pave my intentions in a passage of glory • I stand guilty as charged • Of not giving into the pressures of duty

And the night comes faster than a bullet from a gun • I’m left alone here waiting for a liberation song, to sing

Can’t snap this thing into drive, 
stuck in reverse the whole time • I’m losing touch with myself, I feel like somebody else • Can’t fly from this launching pad, 
My wings are tangled and tired • I’m vulnerable to the moon • And all of its tidal push

Unfolds

I like when nights are long, 
When dark delays the onset of dawn • I like the way you look at me, • With your sleepy eyes, so green and so serene • It’s not what the future holds, 
It’s the moment it all unfolds

It’s stranger than it seems • These things I feel are sublime revelry • You take me further than I’ve been • And you stake my heart with love that’s genuine

It’s not what the future holds, 
It’s the moment it all unfolds • Now I’m finding light in everything I thought was fucked before
And I’m caught up in the things I thought had vanished out the door

Something Came Over Me

I was raised by the fist and hammer
 • The weight of memory • I awoke to a fiery clamor • You lying next to me




Something came over me, • Something so true • So I’ll stay here and lie with you

I’m a lot like a broken bird • Who lost his will to sing • I’m afraid of the joy of flight • As much as anything

Something came over me
Walked through that door • But I’ll just lay here on the kitchen floor • 
I was raised by the fist and hammer
The weight of memory • I awoke to a fiery planet • You standing over me

But I’ll just stay here and wait for you

Homefires

I know a dead man when I see him walking, • I know a ghost when I see their eyes • I heard your voice, it steeped in caution • It told a story of a quick demise

I wanna know how it feels to be at home • And the sweet promise of those fires

I know a woman who was fixed on promise • And every moment was a thin disguise • I know a woman who was less than modest • I know the turning of the tides

In all my days I’ve never seen a woman who takes care of me • Girl, you know you make me warm

I want a love that’ll keep my warm • I want a love that will keep me home • I want a love that’ll keep my strong • I want a love that’ll keep my home

50 Minute Records

50 minute records • Serried portraits and sketches • Sunday mornings with coffee hot • Porch screen torn and threshold rot

Stealing light from heaven sky • To fill my world with the bluest eyes • Silkscreen memory of warm embrace • Tattooed torches of feelings frayed
 • Maybe I’m too nervous to • be alone • Somewhere not too far • beneath the surface • There is hope

Someday I’ll make my feelings known • Letters I seed but have never sown • Door hook hangs with your summer dress • Replayed moments I can’t redress • 
Maybe I’m too nervous to • be alone • Somewhere not too far • beneath the surface • There is hope

Beach fire burns with a bitter trail • Stings like frozen summer hail • Shaking free of tortured shroud • Hangs on me like horizon cloud

Swing the Hammer, Free

Swing the hammer, free • Drive a nail right through my soul • Swing the hammer, free • Drive a nail right through my soul • ‘Cause darling I can’t breathe, or live without you anymore • ‘Cause darling I can’t breathe, or live without you anymore

I’ve been running through your woods-neck, 
running through your hills and dale • I’ve been running through your woods-neck, 
running through your hills and dale • I’ve been tied down by a dream that causing my sleep to fail

Circle all your wagons, latch the lock on your front door • Circle all your wagons, latch the lock on your front door • Tell your old man he can’t keep you from me anymore

Swing the hammer, free • Drive a nail right through my soul • Swing the hammer, free • Drive a nail right through my soul • ‘Cause darling I can’t breathe, or live without you anymore • ‘Cause darling I can’t breathe, or live without you anymore

Great North Wind

It was the great north wind •
 Blowing at my back • Took it down to the river • But you never came back

It was a great north wind • Sheared the tops of trees • Blowing down from the mountain • Blowing out to the sea

And all I wanted was to trust my eyes • The depths of sweet love and a soft place to hide

It was the great north wind • 
Picking up some speed • Took a fall into winter • Held it back from spring

And all I wanted was to trust my mind • The smell of sweet love and a soft place to hide

It was the great north wind • Called out my name • Pushed you out of New England • And I never was same