| Lyrics for Pilgrim Road
Painter Blue
Porchlight’s on
someone’s home
shadows behind windows
what lies behind these doors
she does watercolors
and he paints cars
One day she drove out of town
drove the car straight and true
went as far east as she could get
figured by them
she’d know what to do
When she got to the waters edge
thought about where she’d been
wondered what was left to see
stepped right up and dove right in
She was never seen on land again
they say she lives in the sea instead
happy in its blue embrace
just like the colors she used to paint
Vespers
There’s a road that I can’t go back on
Lord, won’t you show me a way
I’ve saved myself
just to sin again
I’ve lost you along with my faith
I’m strong but my strength is broken
Lord, Won’t you lend me a hand
I’ve chosen a road
full of boulders and stones
and I’m finding it hard to advance
When I come to the end of my journey
lord, won’t you show me a sign
I have searched all these years
for a light that will heal
but all I can see is the night
There’s a road that I can’t go back on
Lord. Won’t you show me a way
I have saved myself
just to sin again
and I’ve lost you along with my faith
The Pugilist
I’m bowed out and broken
caught out and lost
I’ve forgotten my prayers
and spent all my luck
I measure my days
with lists of my demons
and pleasure myself with the language of reason
There’s a pain in my smile
a pain in my hips
I’m short of a breath
when I need to repent
I carefully examine
the stale art of living
and tick off the days
and shudder at their meaning
Born of the right hand
brought into the light
stealing with remorse
God’s giving light
let God and the Devil wrestle for souls
I’m bowed and broken
and shot full of holes
When will I be justified
Water and Roses
Burned on a hill
a faraway place
lace wings and smoke
he lowers his shades
measures the light
with the speed of a glance
races on home
two wheels spinning
Smell of carbon
ghost in cotton
no one knows if no one says
flapping his arms
a bird yet to fly
lifted from blindness
water and roses
Miracle on 8th Street (Eitzel/American Music Club)
C’mon
let’s waste another thousand years
sitting around your kitchen table
we’ll turn the brandy into beer
later they’ll say
what a miracle
You say al you need is the right position
cause nothing in this world can help you to see
you say
you never do it
unless someone gives it to you for free
You say
I never listen to you
well you’re right about that
yeah, you’re right about that
but I thought
that I loved you
more than that
I loved you more than that
Well I know you’re strong enough to live
in a world
with all it’s magic gone
I watch your hands tremble
as you take another sip
now all your luck is gone
Look at the moon
ain’t it pretty tonight
Don’t look away
give it another chance for once
In it’s own way
it’s just as alive as any of us
In it’s own way
anyway it’s where you face
Malpensa
The sky’s not blue beyond what I can see
Love’s not true
it’s not meant to be
my love lies waiting
just around the bend
to be revealed
when I least expect it
Someday I’ll break these chains that hold me down
and when I do
I will follow you down
to a place where I will be set free
until that day
I will tremble
The morning sun always deserts me
the pain I feel
won’t prepare me
my love’s in shadows
hidden from my eyes
to be revealed
when I need her
Someday I’ll break these chains
that hold me down/ when I do
I will follow you down
to a place where I will be set free
until that day
I will tremble
The sky’s not blue
beyond what I can see
love’s not true
it’s not meant to be
My love lies waiting
just around the bend
to be revealed
when I least expect it
The Lost Hours
The Trucks all loaded
and I’m shot
it’s two more hours til we make the bend
I’m sure we lost what time we gained
there comes a time when less is more
we passed that place miles ago
The moon’s too low to provide us with light
the desert’s too dark for us to see tonight
the best we can do is mark our place
by the dogs barking
as we pass their way
just down the culvert
where the road sinks
there’s a moment when I feel like I’m home tonight
just down the culvert where my heart sinks
there’s a moment when I feel I’m alone tonight
The Trucks all loaded
and I’m shot
it’s two more hours til we make the bend
I’m sure we lost what time we gained
there comes a time when less is more
we passed that place miles ago
Phoebe (Lal Waterson)
Phoebe
don’t look on helplessly
cannot you see
this tangle of three
oh my honey
stop and stay awhile with me
feel how your knees
buckle beneath
see how the trees
bow don in safety
Phoebe/
don’t look on helplessly
cannot you see the heart has been broken
comes with no rider
in slow motion
Phoebe
don’t look on helplessly
cannot you see
this tangle of three
Phoebe
don’t look on helplessly
cannot you see
this tangle of three
Jerusalem Bells (Accidental)
Change has come
from what small place
I fail to recognize
the time it takes
there’s no patience left
to make the moment stretch
I fail to recognize the shape it takes
Hope has come
from such small gains
I fail to mention
the form it takes
there’s no measure small enough
to obtain
I fail to recognize
the shape it takes
Seems that I’m the lucky one
seems that I’m the only one
Accidents will happen
Accidents will happen
The Great Deceiver
Where is my
Where is my
Where is my
Fiery serpent?
Where is my
Where is my
Where is my
Sharp-eyed son
Where is my
Where is my
Where is my
Pound of silver
Where is my
Where is my
Where is my
Great deceiver?
Where is my
Where is my
Where is my
God and Savior
Where is my God and Savior
Where is my fiery serpent
Where is my God and Savior
where is my pound of silver
Where is my God and Savior
where is my sharp-eyed son
Where is my God and Savior
where is my Great Deceiver
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