LYRICS FROM THE HORIZON CD
The Horizon
I need to say something
I’ve never said before
I’ve loved you so much more
Than I ever thought I would
I need to tell you
I’d never felt this way
Through the swing and the sway
I’d never felt this good
Maybe the hardship keeps it all afloat
As long as we can row, as long as we can row
And in your absence I can make it without fail
As long as I can sail, as long as I can see
The Horizon
Lately when I look at you
I’m looking through new eyes
I’m constantly surprised
By the one that I see
I feel that magic
That brought me to this place
When I first saw your face
First said “you and me”
Maybe the hardship keeps it all afloat
As long as we can row, as long as we can row
And in your absence I can make it through each gale
As long as I can sail, as long as I can see
The Horizon
Promises only keep
As long as your word is true
And long distance only works
When there’s no away from you
I set sail by the sun and moon
And follow the brightest star
And that’s where you always are
And in my deepest dreams
You’ve pulled me from the storm
Wrapped me in your warm
Rolled me in your waves
Now I’m awakening
Though I wish I never would
I’d stay here if I could
If our dreams could be saved
Maybe the hardship keeps it all afloat
As long as we can row, as long as we can row
And in your absence I can make it without fail
As long as I can sail, as long as I can see
The Horizon
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The Grace of God
You’re minding your own business
When out of the blue
Like a bolt of white lightning
They come crashing into you
And one hundred and one memories
Break across your heart
Your breath comes in fits and waves
And you’re pulling apart
And the angels are all watching
They’re counting the minutes
Your life becomes a circle game
You’re out of it or in it
By the Grace of God we come and go
You’re sitting in Cortona
With a hilltop view
And your ancestors are whispering
They’ve got plans for you
And one hundred and one questions
Race across your mind
You’re caught between the then and now
Fighting with time
And the angels are all waiting
They’re counting your minutes
Your life becomes a circle game
You’re out of it or in it
By the Grace of God we come and go
I’m standing on this earth
My feet firmly planted
With a promise to myself
I won’t take things for granted
Like the love that I love
The light of my life
And my sight
In a café on the eastside
Coffee for two
You’re waiting by the front door
For your love to walk through
And one hundred and one scenes
Play behind your eyes
Why she hasn’t shown up yet
Why she’s not on time
And the angels are all watching
To see how you would spin it
If suddenly your world split wide
And she wasn’t in it
By the Grace of God we come and go
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Millie
Millie had her dark side
And it got in her way
She’d get rid of it in the morning
But it would steal the end of day
And no matter what she’d do
No matter what she’d try
In the middle of the night
There’d be tears in her eyes
And that was Millie’s dark side
Millie had her demons
And they slept on her right
They’d fade away at sunrise
And then haunt her in the night
And no matter what she’d do
No matter what she’d try
She’d wake up in a cold sweat
And they’d be staring her in the eyes
And that was Millie’s dark side
Oh Millie, you’re just another fallen angel
You’re always in some kind of danger
Of losing your way, your back to the wall
Forgetting your dreams and most of all
Losing Millie to the dark side
Millie had two faces
And they faced either way
She could be the sweetest sweetheart
And then mold a heart of clay
And no matter what you’d do
No matter what you’d say
She’d take your words and swallow them
And spit them out another way
And that was Millie’s dark side
Oh, Oh Millie
Oh, Oh we love you so
Oh, Oh Millie
Where do you go
Where do you go
Oh Millie, you’re just another fallen angel
You’re always in some kind of danger
Of losing your way, your back to the wall
Forgetting your dreams and most of all
Losing Millie to the dark side
Millie had her dark side and it got in her way
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Nine
I remember the first time
The first time we met
Just like it was yesterday
How could I forget
I remember the way you looked
When you walked up to me
I forgot everything before
You were all I could see
So I held my breath while I counted
Counting as far as I knew
When I let my breath out
I was counting on you
Chorus:
Nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine
Nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine
Nine, nine, nine is the number that took me to you
It turned one into two
You were a dream come true
You were so fine
How could I not fall this hard
As I fell out of time
Right into your arms
Sewn into your seams
Life is always just what
You are willing to dream
So I held my breath while I counted
Counting as far as I knew
When I let my breath out
I was counting on you
Chorus
All my life I’d been searching
For a love that was true
And I know following my heart
Is what I’m supposed to do
Love’s a long conversation
One that always takes two
And though it twists and turns and tumbles ‘round
It will carry you through
So I held my breath while I counted
Counting as far as I knew
When I let my breath out
I was counting on you
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To Find Our Love
(WRITTEN IN 1978 AND REDISCOVERED
BY MY BROTHER SCOT, WHO
ASKED ME TO SING IT
AT HIS DAUGHTER, DANIELLE’S WEDDING)
In the morning when I wake
At the moment of daybreak
I thank the very sun that I’m alive
I turn over, find you there
With your just awakening stare
And I thank my very soul that I’m alive
And when I turn to hold you near
My feelings become clear
Though it’s hard sometimes to try
To look beyond myself
The rewards become so grand
As the years unfold the plan
And I’ve only now begun to find our love
In the evening when I’m tired
And I sit before the fire
And I look on what I’ve done and yearn to do
It’s so wonderful to see
You sitting next to me
Sharing all the life that we go through
And when I turn to hold you near
My feelings become clear
Though it’s hard sometimes to try
To look beyond myself
The rewards become so grand
As the years unfold the plan
And I’ve only now begun to find our love
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Blackberry Blues
You’re always on the phone
You never put it down
You won’t leave it alone
And I wonder who you’re talking to at
2 in the morning
12 o’clock at night
And when I ask you, you ignore me
Ana you think that it’s all right
And I say why, why, why
Why, why, why, why, why
You’ve got facebook on the brain
You’re staring at the screen
And it’s making me insane
And I don’t know when you last talked to me at
2 in the morning
12 o’clock at night
You don’t look up to see me
Ana you think that it’s all right
And I say why, why, why
Don’t you try, try, try, try, try
Chorus:
Yeah, the whole world has gone crazy
We don’t meet face to face
We don’t talk one on one
And we’re never just in one place
Yeah, we’re linked in, tagged, and texted, myspaced, facebooked, tweeted
But it’s never about you and me
We don’t have conversations
We don’t see eye to eye
We just have confrontations
And I wonder what we used to do at
2 in the morning
12 o’clock at night
When no one else really mattered
When everything seemed all right
And I say why, why, why
Don’t we try, try, try, try, try
Chorus
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Forward
There’s somebody outside my door but it’s not who I thought it was
Somebody somewhat familiar but not who I thought it was
Has the light really shifted, have my eyes failed me at last?
Have the sands of time drifted, is our future stuck in our past?
There’s something I’ve wanted to ask but the words are so hard to find
Is this who we hoped we would be or have we fallen out of time
Have we really changed or has change pulled us apart?
We fight for our souls but we’ve always been of one heart
We can’t move forward
Our gears are all rusted
Our wheels not turning
Our drive bruised and busted
We can’t seem to move at all
There’s somewhere I’ve wanted to be but I can’t put my finger there
Mostly inside of your heart, with you almost anywhere
Our dreams are so vivid but our nightmares are wearing us out
We’re not short on passion and passion is what we’re about
We can’t move forward
Our gears are all rusted
Our wheels not turning
Our drive bruised and busted
We can’t seem to move at
All I really want is this ride with you
Through all the magical places we’ve traveled to
And there’s still more driving to do
We can’t move forward
Our gears are all rusted
Our wheels not turning
Our drive bruised and busted
We can’t seem to move at all
There’s somebody outside my door but it’s not who I thought it was
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My Cousin’s Eyes
Oh the times go by so fast
We were younger, I remember
Now the years have long since passed
Since we’d visit in December
Not a gray hair on our heads
Not a sick one among us
Now we’re slower out of bed
And the grandkids are the young ones
Chorus:
Is this really how it is?
Is this really how it comes apart?
A little heavier in our bodies
A little heavier in our hearts
Is this really how it is?
Is this really what comes after?
A little heavier in our hearts
A little heavier in our laughter
First my mother passed away
Then her sister in due time
Uncle Jim chose not to stay
And Uncle Nick not far behind
Cousin Tony next was buried
How could it possibly be so
Seems he and Maryann just married
Where the hell does the time go
Chorus
All these years, all these family ties
All these tears, all the times we’ve cried
And all our memories are ties that bind
And all we ever want is time
Now Peter’s gone as well
And I see my mother in my cousin’s eyes
When I’ll be back is hard to tell
It depends on how the time flies
Chorus
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Bells, Birds and Stone
(WRITTEN IN 1995 AND RECORDED FOR “BETWEEN THE COVERS”
BUT NEVER MADE IT ON THE ALBUM, FOUND IT AGAIN AND REWROTE IT)
The hours draw down and darken my skies
The sounds of the night from feather to bone
Surely I’d sleep if I could just close my eyes
But I can’t sleep for the silence of bells, birds and stone
Below me the city all dusty and dim
The cobblestone streets, the shadowy tones
The doorways all beckon to the gardens within
And I can’t sleep for the echoes of bells, birds and stone
Voices were calling from out of my body
From country to country
From the lure to the lore
And I couldn’t answer from the center of solace
From the memory of angels
From the salt of my tears
From the eye to the heart
I walk in my dreams down the crumbling stairs
To the center of town where the blackbirds have flown
The trees are all music, the benches all bare
And I can’t sleep for the singing of bells, birds and stone.
Voices were calling from out of my body
From country to country
From the lure to the lore
And I couldn’t answer from the center of solace
From the memory of angels
From the salt of my tears
From the eye to the
Hard to listen when the desert’s so vast
Hard not to fall back into my past
I twist in the dry wind, I shout out for help
But nobody hears me, no one but myself
Voices were calling from out of my body
From country to country
From the lure to the lore
And I couldn’t answer from the center of solace
From the memory of angels
From the salt of my tears
From the eye to the heart
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Dog Gone Blues
I roll over in the morning to stroke your curly hair
To touch your long, lean body even when I’m not sure you’re there
But most times when I reach out, something ain’t quite right
There’s a warm, furry body curled up by your side
I got those dog gone blues cause those dogs ain’t been gone for some time
Maybe in hindsight, we should have been more clear
Instead of come sit by me, don’t you dare come over here
Cause now when it’s bedtime, they crawl under the sheets
And the only thing that’s touching me are puppy feet
I got those dog gone blues, cause those dogs ain’t been gone for some time
I remember the old days, we used to snuggle up so tight
I’d wrap you in my arms and I would rock you through the night
Now it takes vacation to hold each other close
Cause when I go to kiss you I kiss a wet, puppy nose
I got those dog gone blues, cause those dogs ain’t been gone for some time
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The Shepherd
(WRITTEN FOR AND DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF LINDA SHEPHERD)
She was a mentor, a teacher, a writer
A poet with an ear for music
And a love of the language
She made you feel special
Pulled you into her world
A Shepherd of souls in anguish
But now that she’s gone
She’s more than all these things
And she lives inside each of our hearts
And we treasure her memory
And live by her creed
Knowing we’re never really apart
We’re never really apart
She had the kindness that all saints carry
She’d stand back and observe
While digging right into the fabric
Of all these threads
Pulled into our worlds
A Shepherd of souls who seek magic
But now that she’s gone
She’s more than all these things
And she lives inside each of our hearts
And we treasure her memory
And live by her creed
Knowing we’re never really apart
We’re never really apart
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Easy Times
(SUNG AS A ROUND. THE FOURTH PART IS AN ALTERED VERSION
OF A TRADITIONAL BALLAD CALLED “HEY HO NOBODY HOME”)
Easy times are hard these days
Hard to find and hard to trace
Easy to misplace it seems
Like all of my forgotten dreams
I’ve lost my way to Easy Times
I walk these lonely streets
I try to feel complete
With all these broken bits
Of heart and bone and bite and grit
Where have we gone
Why is this going on
When will we see our way through all of it
Hey, Ho, nobody home
Can’t eat, can’t sleep
Words have I none
Yet will I be merry
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