This Is My Favorite Cage

Oh this is my favorite cage. It grows up around me like silver strands. Of briar and roses, wisdom and rage. To cradle my heart like a bird in your hand.

Struck

I've been having wicked thoughts. Terribly wicked, selfish and cruel. Imagining I stood high on a ledge. And fell just out of the reach of you. . And then, we are together alone.

Suit On A Frame

There's a suit on my frame like a shadow of birds. Stitched all together by a murmur of words. That hang like a moon in the thread of the air. And speak with the sound of my every prayer.

Stars

I could have sworn this was the way when we started down. I thought we'd left a light on dear but I can't see it now. I can't even find the chance when it's right here in my way.

Stop

Don't tell me to stop. Tell the rain not to drop,. Tell the wind not to blow. Cause you said so;. Tell me love isn't true. It's just something we do,.

Scar

What does, this look like to you?. A mark so fine, you barely see. You have one just like it, too. A twisting vine. A mark so fine. . [Chorus: ]. 'Cause I love you with all I am.

Scare Me To Death

I've seen the best. And the worst you can be. And all while you're getting. The better of me. . You're fragile but wicked. And fleeting as breath. And you move up behind me.

Rough & Tumble

Here's that rainy day. That you said was bound to come,. Funny? Now you took my hat. I can still feel it like it's on. Oh baby I wonder how. You ever learned to play so rough,.

Prelude: Light No Lamp When The Sun Comes Down

Progress Of Love (dark Ground)

Life takes root in the deepest, dark ground. Where bones, blood and honor have been trampled down. And beaten like ponies and driven to town. When reason is traded for rhyme.

Richard Pryor Addresses A Tearful Nation

Sometimes I think I've almost fooled myself. Sometimes I think I've almost fooled myself. Spreading out my wings. Above us like a tree. Laughing now, out loud.

Parker's Mood

Where's my sock?. Where's my other shoe?. I didn't know what time it was. When I came to. . The only light in here. Is my flickering TV. Watching back at me.

Our Song

I saw Willie Mays. At a Scotsdale Home Depot. Looking at Garage Door Springs. At the the far end of the 14th row. . His wife stood there beside him. She was quiet and they both were proud.

Nico Lost One Small Buddha

Mean Flower

How beautiful you've made yourself. How cruel you've become,. How so much like another. That its no surprise. That I don't recognize you now so. Beautiful and cruel.

Lock & Key

Holy cow, look what you've done. You've got me now so I can't speak. I wonder how you turned out the stars. I hear your laugh. . Like falling railway cars,.

King's Highway

I might just change my mind. Sometimes you can never tell. Where a story will unwind. How deep is the shallow ground. . Sometimes you would never guess.

Flesh And Blood

Come sit beside me. That'll do for now. The night has come and left me. Just the light that you allow. . Come speak my name. Fill my head with, oh, such foolish dreams.

Cold Enough To Cross

Just think what a day's rain can do. A bridge once between us is lost,. I set it to sway. And now here I stay. Till it's cold enough to cross. . I stand on the bank watching on.

Death To The Storm

There's a song we used to know. A kind of weary blues. Some broken tune from long ago. Some of us still like to use. . It hangs up high in the rafters.