Lyrics from TIME TURNS THE MOON CD
Blame It On the Day
I didn’t mean the things I said
I didn’t mean to walk away
It must have been something that I ate
That made me act that way
I didn’t mean the things I did
I wish you’d change your mind and stay
I could blame it on so many things
I could blame it on the day
We hardly ever come to words
You hardly ever shut me out
Was it I who closed the door
I guess I should have shut my mouth
We wouldn’t ever come to this
We know we have much more that
I slipped on something sacred
And my apology was flat
I didn’t mean the things I said
I didn’t mean to walk away
It must have been something that I ate
That made me act that way
I didn’t mean the things I did
I wish you’d change your mind and stay
I could blame it on so many things
I could blame it on the day
My belligerent behavior
Sent you climbing up the wall
My continuing dispersions
Sent you running down the hall
When I opened my eyes
I couldn’t find you anywhere
This simple, raging lunatic
Was more than you could bare
And I don’t blame you
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A Sign of Life
In the streets, I hear children who aren’t children
In the shadow of their laughter
In the alleyways, their bodies are are breaking
For a sign of life
In the towns, there are men who lie drinking
With the shadow of their dreams
In the alleyways, their bodies are all aching
For a sign of life, for a sign of life
A sign of life
Everywhere around us there’s life
Never to be found so much life
Hardest to hold on to
Hope and promise and a sign of life
In the houses there are women who lie sleeping
In the shadow of their hearts
In the backroom, there are babies who lie screaming
For a sign of life
In the night there are sounds of unreason
In the shadow of our fears
In the backroom, the poverty is demon
A sign of life, Oh a sign of life
CHORUS
Buried deep beneath the surface
Hidden underneath the lies
Darkened like a weakened spirit
Empty as a desperate eye
But somehow we still believe
CHORUS
In the cities, there are people who are needing
In the shadow of our greed
In the world, there are hearts that are bleeding
For a sign of life
If I stand out in the rain
Will it wash away my tears
Will a whole hesrt still remain
When my anguish disappears
If I let it truly drench me
Will the waters then recede
And if I let my jaw unclench
Will my anger be set free
Or will the rain just all on me
Will the rain just fall on me
If I shout into the wind
Will my cries be blown away
Will a new life then begin
Will my heart line be remade
If I let the zephyrs move me
Will my pathway be swept clean
If I find a voice to soothe me
Will there be better dream
Or will the wind just blow at me
Will the wind just blow at me
There’s hope in every sunrise
There’s promise in a rainbow
There’s freedom in a sunset made of gold
And I imagine there are deeper dreams
Deeper dreams ahead
And more than I have ever said
More than I have ever said
More than I have ever said
If I walk through fields of snow
Will the snow drifts cover me
Will it quiet me as I go
Or will this hurt forever be
If I make it through the storm
Will a spring thaw touch my bones
Will I finally feel warm
This heart that longs for home
Or will the snow just cover me
Will the snow just cover me
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It Could Have Been Close
It could have been close
It could have been touchy
It could have been close
It could have been such a surprise
It was a look in your eyes
It could have been close
It could have been touchy
It could have been close
It could have been such a surprise
It was a look in your eyes
Something you meant to do but never did
Something beyond the nerves of a kid
Ah, but the knowing of what could have been
Leads to the spot you’re in
Something you knew but never could feel
Something you talked about that wasn’t quite real
Ah, but the past smacks you square in the face
One foot ahead of the chase
It could have been close
It could have been touchy
It could have been close
It could have been such a surprise
It was a look in your eyes
Just when you thought you’d outgrown those days
Just when you promised yourself away
Up come the ideals of idle goes
Up comes the heart too close
Too much to feel in too short a time
Too short a call for more than a dime
Too much to say and not enough hours
Too much too often turns sour
It could have been close
It could have been touchy
It could have been close
It could have been such a surprise
It was a look in your eyes
It was a look in your eyes
It was a look in your eyes
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Summer’s End
The warm nights cooling, the cool days fair
The hot, dry winds paint the autumn air
Time comes a falling, time turns the moon
Somehow the summer ended too soon
The long day’s luxury, the liquid light
The way you held me into the night
Time comes a calling, time turns the moon
Somehow the summer ended too soon
The seasons change, I feel the slide
The summer glass to winter glide
The sunlight falls, I feel your eyes
Leaves me wanting, leaves me wanting you
The sizzling sidewalks, the simmering heat
Your hand to hold by the hour so sweet
Time comes a parting, time turns the moon
Somehow the summer ended too soon
The seasons change, I feel the slide
The summer glass to winter glide
The sunlight falls, I feel your eyes
Leaves me wanting, leaves me wanting you
It’s hard to work my working ways
Longer nights and darker days
Winter light enough to see
Your face, your face before me
The daring dreaming, the endless days
We walk toward them, they move away
Time waits for no one, time turns the moon
Somehow the summer ended too soon
Somehow the summer ended too soon
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Hold Me To Your Heart
The walls come down, the faces change
The clock moves forward, the gears engage
The station fades from the moving train
But love remains the same
The look is different, your eyes adjust
Your focus shifts through the rising dust
You’re held together by threads of trust
And love that remains the same
CHORUS:
Roll on
Roll over easy
Hold on
Just hold me to your heart
The miles are longer, look at the sеams
The time runs shorter and in bеtween
The heart beats hard for a good, long dream
And love that remains the same
CHORUS
You hear the engine moan
You feel it rumble through your aching bones
You hear the whistle blow
Hear the whistle blow
The walls come down, the faces change
The clock moves forward, the gears engage
The station fades from the moving train
But love remains the same
CHORUS
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The Girls All Dance
One hot summer night
Just like the ones I remember so well
Where the boys would boast about the nights
With the girls who would kiss and tell
One hot sidewalk sight
Walking down the street to the Baraga dance
Where the boys all stand in a circle
And the girls all dance
CHORUS:
The girls all dance (The girls all dance)
The girls all dance with each other
The girls all dance (The girls all dance)
The girls all dress for each other
Thе girls all dance (The girls all dance)
Thе girls all talk to each other while the boys all watch
Dress for each other while the boys all watch
Dance with each other while the boys watch the girls all dance
One hot senior prom
Walking to the gym with a boy by your side
The girls all check out each other
The boys all work on their late night lies
With the lights all turned down low
The beat is up and the mood’s romance
But the boys all stand in a circle
And the girls they dance
CHORUS
See the girls dancing round and round
The slower the dance, the closer they’re found
If the boys don’t step in and take a whirl
They’re gonna lose those pretty little girls
If the boys don’t step in and take a chance
CHORUS
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All We Know
I see you walking, I hear your name
In a world of such dimension, I’m not the same
How should I be? What can I do?
If I can’t stand tall, I can’t stand next to you
CHORUS:
But it takes so much strength
And it takes so much heart
It takes more than many made not to fall apart
And it takes time
And time’s so slow
But time and love and heart are all we know
All we know
Look out the window, look at the news
It’s an even tempered pane of hardened views
Somewhere the courage, somehow the fеar
Keep an even pressurе pull on what we hear
CHORUS
And in this world, in these wars
It’s an ever-anguished fight for open doors
What would we do? What would we show
If we truly had the chance to let the war go?
CHORUS
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The Working Poor
They are two able bodies and they both need work
One truck driver and a part-time clerk
Making the ends meet day by day
With no luck landing any permanent pay
They are the working poor
The forgotten poor
They have borne the brunt
They are the working poor
They feel lost and stuck
They are the working poor
Low on money and down on luck
Oh, the working poor
They got a sixty-nine Chevy that doesn’t run
Two school-age daughters and a pre-school son
So many months behind in all their bills
With five еmpty bellies that nevеr fill
They are the working poor
The forgotten poor
They have borne the brunt
They are the working poor
They feel lost and sunk
They are the working poor
Low on money and down on luck
Oh, the working poor
They are all outside of the safety net
There are benefits that they’ll never get
They are good, good people in a bad, bad way
It’s hard to look forward to a better day
They are the working poor
The forgotten poor
They have borne the brunt
They are the working poor
They feel lost and stuck
They are the working poor
Low on money and down on luck
Oh, the working poor
They are the working poor
The forgotten poor
They have borne the brunt
They are the working poor
They feel lost and stuck
They are the working poor
Low on money and down on luck
Oh, the working poor
They are the working poor
The forgotten poor
They have borne the brunt
They are the working poor
They feel lost and sunk
They are the working poor
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Against the Grain
CHORUS:
Who will feed the soil
Who will feed the soil
That greed has sorely drained?
And will we tend the earth
Somehow it seems to go against the grain
Against the grain.
Some of the farmer have done so well
Out of so many, it’s hard to tell
So many stayed on the land they trust
A heritage falling away from us
The fertile soil blown away to dust
Oh the farmers cry in helplessness
Starve the families into carelessness
Hanging by prayer and by poverty
Here in this land of opportunity
Here in these times of uncertainty
CHORUS
Oh the farmers turn against themselves
Nothing to reach for on the empty shelves
Harvesting heartbreak and bitterness
Talking themselves into helplessness
Here in these times of such selfishness
With foreclosures and exposures
To the harsh winter weather
It’s hard to imagine getting better and better
‘Cause if the freezes don’t get you
The drought surely will
CHORUS
FINAL CHORUS
Who will feed the soil
Who will feed the soil
That washes with the rain?
And will we bless the earth
Somehow I – I think it goes against the grain
Against the grain.
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Wild Heart
Kids, they say, get carried away
But they just don’t know what they see
It was my wild heart running away with me
And you know that I have found my way around
And I just don’t know what would do
They say “A wild heart is making a fool of you”
CHORUS:
Well you know I’m no fool
They tell me “Play it cool”
You need to get away from your
Wild heart – wild heart
Your wild heart will carry me away tonight
These days they say love is a strength
But they just don’t have a clue
Because my wild heart needs to be true to you
And you know that I have found my way around
And I just don’t care what they think
My wild heart needs no apology
CHORUS
There’s no way out when your inside doubts
And your mind is hard to change
You and I have got to try
Not to ever let them change us
Not to let them rearrange our
Wild heart – wild heart
Wild heart will carry me away
Wild heart – wild heart
Wild heart will carry me away tonight
Can’t get away, no never get away
Wild heart
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