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Intro (Birth of the Dolphin) |
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Lost in the Deep Blue Sea |
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You’re one exception to the rule’s intention
It flows like the hair from your head
Wherever you are led
Baby that poison
Only shows us the love that we’ve chosen
It’s the right way to go
When the mood leaves you open
You showed me a way of getting over the hoping
Though some habits are hard to break
And others hard to make
You make it seem so easy
Just like tickling and teasing
Even when you got bit by that snake
You just gave a little shake
And baby that poison
Only shows us the love that we’ve chosen
It’s the right way to go
When things get the best of you
You turn it around
You keep your feet on the ground
Baby I’m soaking
With a love that’s as big the ocean
Lost in the deep blue sea
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My hand on her neck, her head on my shoulder
She used to complain that she was older
My face on her chest, half lost in comfort
How long can this last, love laced with some hurt?
Sometimes I can’t breathe
When I wake up and realize she’s a dream
And my stomach twists in knots
When I realize what I haven’t got
My eyes go out of focus
When I realize the world was before us
But we both had to leave
So sometimes I can’t breathe
Nobody else ever got so close
Nobody looked so good in my clothes
She said she loved blowing out candles
This is too much for my heart to handle
Sometimes I can’t breathe
When I wake up and realize she’s a dream
And my stomach twists in knots
When I realize what I haven’t got
My eyes go out of focus
When I realize the world was before us
But we both had to leave
So sometimes I can’t breathe
Just a second and I’ll be back
In bed I have been daydreaming…
wish washing
The shape of her eye is burned into my brain
One kiss goodnight would take away my pain
One touch from her turns all my skin
And we were blessed from the beginning
Sometimes I can’t breathe
When I wake up and realize she’s a dream
And my stomach twists in knots
When I realize what I haven’t got
My eyes go out of focus
When I realize the world was before us
But we both had to leave
So sometimes I can’t breathe
Nobody else...
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I can’t disguise it
I can’t hid it
There’s a get together tonight
I’m excited
I’ve been invited
To the get together tonight
Who will be there?
Who will I see there?
At the get together tonight
My friend Vic
Told me to pick up some spirits
For the get together tonight
I got some chicken
And some gin for the sippin’
For the get together tonight
We’re gonna have so much fun
I can just see what’s to come
When the crowd gathers round
They’ll be some musical sounds
And when the hour turns to after
They’ll be some kind of laughter
What if I visit
And I’m not with it
At the get together tonight?
What if my black jeans
Make me look like I’m too mean
At the get together tonight?
Why should I care?
They’ll all be drinking some beer
And they’ll be musical sounds
And people shaking it down
And when the hour turns to after
It will all turn to laughter
Well I am here now
I have appeared now
At the get together tonight
I’m at the window
And it looks like a good show
We are getting together tonight
I’m knocking
And the doors unlocking
There’s Kevin and Bill
And Krissy, Missy and Jill
There’s Mickey the joker
He’s got em playing strip poker
I talked with Doug from New York
And Tim from Ohio
And a guy named Geoff
Who runs a 5-minute mile
Downstairs they’re watching a movie
Called “Return of the Beast”
Out on the back porch
They’re having a feast
At the get together tonight
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So who am I now?
And where am I going?
The well of the will for my life has run dry
I stumble through town
Fall asleep on a doorstep
A woman awakes me with coffee and says…
Have some
She leads me inside
Upstairs through the pantry
To a kitchen brightened by the sunshine
She sees that I’m down
She sees that I’m hungry
With her hand on my shoulder
And eggs on my plate, she says…
Have some
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In the times that I have suffered,
You were there to give me comfort
In my time of need, I feel that you’re by my side
Yes, you’re someone I truly care for
Don’t be surprised if I am therefore
With you in those times faithfully by your side
Everyone should see what it is to be
Constantly side by side
I see those hard times will soon be far behind
I won’t remember why I cried
Though you feel you’re unbecoming
Deep inside I see an endearing soul
And that is why I want to be by your side
You give me a feeling of being loved
You push me from behind and I won’t give up
I know I'll survive triumphantly by your side
Everyone would be so much more at peace
With somebody by their side
A friend is all you need, on that you’ll be agreed
When you find that they’re by your side
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The air is low in my tires
But I ride real fast if I have to dash
If you live down the road I’d come see you
Down a gravel road out in the sun
My face is warm, we’ve just begun to speak
In the scheme of things
You don’t wear no rings
Look out below, I’m collapsing
Into grace when I see your face
If you live down the road I’d come see you
Heart aglow with all it knows
I’m headed out, I’m staying in
I can’t decide the scheme of things
What do I bring?
Chances are low, chances are small
For me to even see you at all
So why should I try to hold on?
Because I know what you are
No one can know how long they live
My winter woes I’m in the throes
If you live down the road I could see you
All your ages merged as one
A lucky boy I claim to be cause love
In the scheme of things is everything
Chances are low, chances are small
For me to even see you at all
So why should I try to hold on?
Because I know what you are
You are a ghost
You are a star
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When the lights flash
And the sirens scream
You get out of the way
When the big man walks
With a look that’s mean
You get out of the way
There’s some circumstances
Where you just can’t stay
When you’ve worked ten hours
And you’ve lost all power
You can call it a day
When the sunshine ends
And you get up when it begins
You can call it a day
There’s some circumstances
Where you just can’t stay
When the sun moves through your shades
You may still need sleep
But it’s the call of the day
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Set out to take back that which is mine
Whichever way the road goes now is fine
Walking city sidewalks
Crossing streets in between signs
Inside my feet are feeling fine down and divine
The morning sun is high up in the sky
Boston
I was a lost one
But now I'm back, son
To show you Zion in the sky
I can tell you where it all began
I met this girl and I saw the promised land
Outside of her bedroom window
A city in the sky
Revealed my long awaited prize there to arise
Now the morning sun is high up in the sky
Boston
Can you see what's been done?
The dirty city streets are ready for washing
Three years down the line
And still this fortune has not come
But one day I will shine there
In my prime
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Down that same road again
Down that same old drain
You’ll be my cold friend
Dealing in devils and pain
Out in the bushes, a man digs a hole
Deep in the dark, he buries his soul
Sick of attention and covered in mold
Whispering secrets that never were told to his friends
Meant to descend
Gift wrapped greediness
Looking for love to exchange
Fell through her trapped door kiss
Into a firing range
Stabbed with a splinter and clubbed with a gun
Cooking my precious wounds in the sun
Starry-eyed travelers complaining of fun
Sick of excuses and ready to run for my life
Meant to descend
I did this to me
To tear down my speed
To have an excuse to be used
Convex bedpost
Mirrors caught in my eye
Roadblock hairflow
Creatures feeding inside
Sugary promises written in stone
Thrown away wallets, the money all blown
Plentiful pockets with the opening sewn
Wishing for safety to cover these bones with a dream
On the way, lost my speed
Forgot about my focus
Each leg of the centerpiece
Stepped out hard and broke us
Silenced on sofas and muted at meals
Discomfort loves, the time that he steals
Tricked by our memories, distracted by deals
Even the fool is sure what feels he deserves
Meant to descend
I did this to me
To tear down my speed
To have an excuse to be used
Down that same road again
Down that same old drain
You’ll be my cold friend
Ill be the heat of the flame
Night after night I lie waiting for sleep
Down in the doorway, clothes in a heap
Clock on the mantle preparing its beep
Love was a moment too short to keep so it’s gone
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The flowers on the windowsill are dying
And everything I say sounds like I’m lying
I forgot to water the plants
And now you’re going back to France
Please don’t leave me, Marigold
Even if you’re a flower and I never told you
Even if I never stop to hold you
Please don’t leave, stay home
The stars in the atmosphere are falling
And everything I say sounds so appalling
I heard you reading one of Shakespeare’s plays
You were better then Olivier
Please don’t leave me, Marigold
Even if you’re a star and I never told you
Even if I don’t know how to show you
You’re a beautiful, beautiful girl
It really threw me for a twirl
To have you as my own
You know I cheated when we met
I used my master’s voice
When I was only a pet
And there’s some things that I can’t change
Cause you don’t want to see this man deranged
Though I’m bending back for you now
Cause I feel like a coward
Just don’t leave
Now I understand you’re more precious to me
Than I ever could have told you
Now I’m asking you to give me one more chance
To show you
You open up and shine like the sun
Upon the summer leaves
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Out in the ocean near Ocrakoke Island
There sits a man and he’s smiling
He’s taking a break from the modern world
Just yesterday he had docked up on the bay
Getting set up to sail her away
He got up at the dawn
After dreaming all night long
Of the big pond
He may quit his job
No more working the way of the world
No more playing the way the world plays around
Some may say that he is lazy
Others may say he’s just taking it easy
But what’s to say’s something he’s not worried about?
Well he made it out O.K.
Where no one tells him what to say
To shout
Anchor’s away
Thinking about old times
Watching the fishing line
And when God put out the light
He sent his anchor down to rest on the ocean floor
Looked up at the starlit sky smiled
Yes and this man has a son and this man has a wife
But the son no longer cries
And the wife’s inside the cabin reading
Some things never change
Like war and peace and death
Life remains
The anchor and the waves
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