Penance Fire Blues

I see papers and papers. Stacked up in formation. Which mean much before. They're lining in the fire. . As a bottomless heat goes. To harness your anger.

Ode To Thinking

Break the branch upon the willow,. no bird will want to sing today. Cut loose the boats down in the boathouse,. we've never seen such strange old days.

Not Tonight Not Today

I'm walking past the close of the parade. and this rain is killed by falling snow. I saw you lean into the corner listening. to all of them talking about what they know.

My Parade

wait for time to turn or you calling my name again. same talk with the same loose friends about calling you. staying young in my mind, in the windows that reflect the sun.

Making You Talk

lay me down easy I know I've done wrong. I was out in the desert and planting head stones. you bought it, I stammered my way around love. I kindled the fires that burnt the embers above.

Kill Someone

There's a man out there talking speaking in tongues,. losing his hair, bleeding gums,. saying things about my sister, things about their son,. if he don't stop soon, I'm gonna kill someone.

In Your Way

you got your ways and I got mine. you got your own ways of spending time. the stars are falling all around your dress. the constellations point to your own sweet mess.

In The Frost

I'm Not Going Out Tonight

There is a place where she smiles a lot,. in the darkened corner of a parking lot,. before men walked upon the moon. when you played the swinging doors of a lonely saloon.

Hideaway

I spent many days on the back of this haze. with a mind to tell you you were wrong,. It's not that I was right, but the will of the fight,. drew you in when you thought I had gone.

Help You Mend

you're too young to know any way out and you were drinking long before. anyone had time to show. no one knew this day was sad for thinking but then a fading trend and.

Devil Moon

devil moon, shows its face too soon at a hopeless time. fast old road, shut down in the winter cold at a quiet time. threw out my back, tending another crack on the picket line.

Dead And Done

Heaven is a place where people die pretty. Skies don't lie and there's cash in the kitty. Running from the rocks, there's water for the lips. To ease your mouth and bathe your fist.

Cold Hearted Lover Of Mine

I never found out what, she never gave me anything,. was I just here to pass the time, cold hearted lover of mine,. I want her to turn and see, this lonely shadow walking with you,.

Blood In The Orchard

smoke's flowing from the musty pit, with the breakers low. and swelling coming from the orchard,. we're losing him with all your woe, from the glory you have stolen.

Being A Mockingbird

And the night it rests like a hammer blow. And breaks the morning it brings. The mad men are down on the crypt floor. Sleeping through their favours and sins.

All My Brothers

sleeping through the daytime like a child. up right through the night time running wild. thinking I will never be as strong as the day is long. . I saw the coward day that sunk the sun.

A Winter Tale

I'm pale I've brought it back to winter tales,. So spare the ghosts around my neck. the winds against the sails,. I'm shivering up a storm of roadside pines,.

A Stranger Song

For you my love, for you my love. . So barricade the doors and stop the heart. that you've been holding. And throw the words you hold so dear. from the letter you've been softly folding.

A Passing Tale

My day is death. My night is dark. My love won't answer the call. With the rain like steel upon my face. My heart is certain to fall. . Now I'm tired of sins corrupting me.