The Nest

Saw them gathering sticks from the ground. By the thicket while assembling a nest. . On alert for any lingering threat. Building frantically without rest.

The Ghost Of Tom Joad

(Bruce Springsteen Cover). . Men walkin' 'long the railroad tracks. Goin' someplace there's no goin' back. Highway patrol choppers comin' up over the bridge.

The Forest

Why didn't you tell. Why didn't I know. Landscapes blurred by rain. Mountains covered in snow. . Why didn't I see. The forest on fire behind the trees.

Teardrop

Love, love is a verb. Love is a doing word. Feathers on my breath. . Gentle impulsion. Shakes me, makes me lighter. Feathers on my breath. . Teardrop on the fire.

Trouble In Mind

Troubled in mind, I'm little blue. Bet you I won't be blue always. 'Cause that ol' sun's gonna shine. On Jerry Lee Lewis's back door step someday. . I'm gonna lay my head.

Time, As A Symptom

Time passed hard. And the task was the hardest thing she'd ever do. But she forgot. The moment she saw you. . So it would seem to be true:. When cruel birth debases, we forget.

Three Little Babes

There was a knight and a lady bright. And three little babes had she. She sent them away to a far country. To learn their grammar. They hadn't been gone but a very short time.

This Side Of The Blue

Svetlana sucks lemons across from me. And I am progressing abominably. And I do not know my own way to the sea. But the saltiest sea knows its own way to me.

The Book Of Right-on

We should shine a light on. A light on. And the book of right-on is right on. It was right on. . We should shine a light on. A light on. And the book of right-on is right on.

The Underdogs

Words by Jen Foster & Kathy Scott. Music by Jen Foster. . Second grade, Billy Simms. Playing out by the jungle gym. All the boys laughed at him. For some sort of speech impediment.

The One Who Got Away

Well, I saw you and I caught you. And I reeled you into dry land. And I cared for you, and I cradled you. And I nurtured you with my bare hands. . You were the one who got away.

Taking Bob Dylan

Words by Jen Foster & Kathy Scott. Music by Jen Foster. . The black and white picture taken by a stranger. Out in the streets of New Orleans. The blanket I stole from that hotel in London.

Tombu00e9 Dans Les Pommes

The Diaries Of Nancy Thompson

Become this death as spite leaves your tongue, when double meanings kill my interest. This new mind (someone take my hand) will have its new hand to wash away your mistakes with blood..

Trust

Trust. =====. We're good soldiers, getting by. On the border of this life. And the darkness is no place. To be frightened, afraid. Trust (x4). "Trust" means you can't see, but you know, you know.

Today

Into the traffic changing. A good friend I have had. Today, today he's leaving. Makes me sad. . My friend is starting over. There is a trembling. Today, today he's trembling.

The Leaves Lift High

Flying down lanes, bicycles red and blue. And tunnels of tall trees, with you. Together we are very small. Riding across the great land. On the Eastern Avenue.

The Happy Mondays

The happy Mondays, we blow down alleyways. in our raincoats, in afternoons.. The imaginary dogs beside us. are old friends, they will speak to you.. .

To A Husband At War

things are here, and you're over there. and in between: land, sea, everything. i hope you're warm, and i hope you think of me,. and the way things used to be..

This Isn't The Tenka-ichi Budokai

we fought. we fought hard.. you beat me - ripped out my heart.. and waiting for death i bleed and bleed and bleed..