Blacknotes

Sit yourself down at the piano. Just about in the middle. Put all your fingers on the blacknotes. . Anywhere you want to. Sing along, write a song. And understand that you can play.

Bittersweet

On the one side, truth towers like a cliff. On the other side, love dangles by a thread. And here is a climber who cannot find his eyes. And a falling woman wishing she was dead.

She Tows The Line

she tows the line. up the river, through the low lands. hanging out on the jetty,. by the arcade, it ain't high. see it so clear in her eyes. she won't be bringing it up again.

B.n.s., Pt. Ii

Wading Deep Waters

I am wading deep waters trying to get home. Lord I am wading deep waters trying to get home. I am wading deep waters. Wading deep waters. Wading deep waters trying to get home.

Our New Favorite

In the wake of our new favorite. the old familiar used up face. crept up from the crowded bottom of the barrel. and drew a plan, a scam of scandals. housed in empty contraband.

Undone In Sorrow

Over yonder in the graveyard. Where the wild, wild flowers grow. There they laid my own true lover. She's gone from me, forever more. . Fairer than the sweetest flower.

The Absentee

"Someone is absent," the shepherd said. As over my classbook he bent his head. "For several Sundays absent too. So tell me teacher what did you do?". .

Tell Her To Come Back Home

Feeling sad and lonesome, I'll tell you the reason why,. Just last Monday morning my Dony said goodbye,. . {refrain}. Oh, my love, oh, my love,. Oh, my love, tell her to come back home..

Poor Ellen Smith

"Good mornin', my darlin'", I said from the door. My bags are all packed, you won't see me anymore. The room it was empty except for your clothes. And a picture of the forest through the dimly lit smoke.

Pharoah

Pharaoh, Pharaoh's army sure got. drownded, Pharaoh · Go down, go. down Izzup and lead your children,. go down · Mary, Mary sure was. Jesus' mother, Mary · Farewell,.

Luisa's Bones

We came,. by the rising of the river,. on a river with no name,. in the summer monsoon rain,. to wash away luisa's bones,. from the ghost who guards her grave..

Oh, Agamemnon

Oh my darling. Lay yourself down. Ill tell you a sad sad tale of the love that I hadnt found. Till you whispered to me your sweet sound. . Oh my lady.

Let's Not Pretend

You can waste your precious time. Trying to erase all your thin little crimes. Making no waves, tiny drops in the ocean. Why trade old habits for new found devotions.

Low Down And Dirty

She went into the graveyard with trouble on her mind.. She was lookin' for the man who make her crazy.. From her big brown coat she puller a silver knife..

Florence

Not many years their rounds shall roll. Each moment brings it nigh. And all your glories stand revealed. To our admiring eye. You wills of nature speed your course,.

Flora

When first I came to Louisville. Some pleasure there to find. A damsel there from Lexington. Was pleasing to my mind. Her rosy cheeks. Her ruby lips. Like arrows pierced my breast.

Did You Sleep Well?

Good mornin, my darlin, I said from the door. My bags are all packed, you wont see me anymore.. The room it was empty except for your clothes. And a picture of the forest through the dimly lit smoke.

Heavy Hours

Outside your window. Waited for you. You didn't come. You never do. . In the city in the winter time. The snow and the rhyme. Cover the isolation. . Yesterday, baby, they told you the news.

Captain, Captain

Captain, Captain, tell me true does my sweet Willie sail with you?. No my dear, he isn't here for he is drowned in this ocean, dear. . Answer me, oh give me joy for I love my soldier boy.