Haywire

Serpentine

Serpentine through the town of my soul
The rag and bone man of my heart
Picking up discarded pieces
In the cracks through the hallways of time

I am he and he is me
I am she and she is I
I am he and he is me….
She is I

I say of the rough hewn sleepers
Decorating the night with their dreams
So like artists strewn
asunder
The landscape spaces in between

I am he and he is me
I am she and she is I
I am he and he is me
She is I

(Lead music)

Describe me now which is unspoken
Traveling through my untamed mind
From the inner circle within
Me
The ancient stones covered in moss

I am he and he is me
I am she and she is I
I am he and he is me
I am she and she is me
We are we

Wagon
Don’t get on that wagon
That’s taking you away
When each divine moment
Is a brand new day

Chorus:
And it breaks my heart
And it breaks my heart
To see you pulling away
Pulling away
When each divine moment
Is a brand new day

Where is that wagon going?
Down Smoky Sulphur Lane
A destination
Filled with misery and pain

REPEAT CHORUS

Reach in your hands
Burn your demons down
Put the ashes
Grow a garden deep and strong
It’s all right, we’ve all been wrong
Turn your sorrow turn your sorrow
Into song

Don’t get on that wagon
That’s tearing us apart
When each divine moment
Is a brand new start

REPEAT CHORUS

Lay Your Head Down
​
Lay your head down
On the pillow of reflection
Let your hair down
In the comfort of a cool cool breeze
Let your mind take you away
Why not go the other way
Out into the bay…
Watch the grass grow
Round the wheel of indecision
Let the water flow
In between the worlds we used to know….
Let your mind take you away
To a place where you won’t stay
Out into the bay…
Let your mind go
From the inside of the cage
Watch the shepherd row
While the sheep are out to graze…
Let your mind take you away
Why not take that holiday
Out into the bay

Paia

Paia afternoon in the breezes
Floating white caps all up in the seasons
Such simplicity
Weren’t we all meant to be
It’s just for you and me

Life can float out that way
It’s like the clouds bounce over Maui
Such simplicity
Weren’t we all meant to be
It’s just for you and me

Ooooo oooooo’s

Tide

If the tide is quickly rising
And the current is too strong, help your fellow passengers as you try to swim along.

If the tide is quickly rising, and there’s no place left to stand, help your fellow travelers by reaching out your hand

Chorus: are you just following orders? Are you just doing your job? Just push pushing the buttons? Just turning the knobs?

If your world is fast and empty, and you’ve laid awake too long, help your fellow travelers as you try to swim along

If your world is fast and empty, and you feel like you might cry, help your fellow passengers as they struggle to swim by.

Chorus

If your teeth won’t stop their chatter and the water is too cold help your fellow travelers with a hand that they can hold

If the tide is quickly rising, and the current is too strong, help your fellow passengers as you try to swim along

Chorus
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Lottery

​Wishing well, pocket full of dimes, wishing well, thrown so many times
The lottery was never good to me,so stick around and maybe you will see
Wishing well pocket full of dimes wishing well, thrown so many times

I’m so upset, I can’t get debt
I’m sinking deeper all the time 
I’d run away
But still I’d have to pay
Cause there’s really no place you can hide
It’s all for not.  I’ll work until I rot.
But I’ve still got a little time

Wishing well, pocket full of dimes, wishing well, thrown so many times
The lottery, was never good to me, so stick around, and maybe you will see
Wishing well, pocket full of dimes, wishing well, thrown so many times

Nate Donnis

White Cloud
​
White cloud in the sky, on this dark November 9
I sing to you from this tiny place and watch you float on by
Without a care in the world, no one turns your path
Your silent when we all are born and silent when we pass

I talked to a girl, whose father was dying
Every word that she spoke were like pieces of iron
once a man who was strong, now was only relying
leaving everyone helpless on the verge of crying

Heavy with love, heavy with love

White cloud in the sky, on this dark November 9
Lay your secret on the wind and whisper to my mind
I could shout in joy, I could shout in helpless pain
but they're only ripples in the air they hit you just the same

I talked to a girl, pregnant but cautious
In a miserable state, it all made her feel nauseous
but when she spoke of her babe the heavens surrounded,
like the language she spoke was timeless and bounded

Heavy with love, heavy with love

Headlights
 
The news today came on strong
I turn it off and I turn it on
and the reasons are bricks near a setting sun
One at a time never feeling done

Someone said one thing or two
Sets me off on a lonely cruise
But sometimes the boat just takes
the wind and I learn to sail
without much thinking

One day here one day gone turn the headlights on at the speed of sound
when you sang the song it hit me where I hadn't been before
One day here, one day gone could of sworn your notes were a magic thorn
and the universe was just your kid smiling behind the door

Sometimes advice only works for them
and the hardest way is the distraction
patterns of sound on a buzzy plate
have more truth than successful traits

One day here one day gone turn the headlights on at the speed of sound
when you sang the song it hit me where I hadn't been before
One day here, one day gone could of sworn your notes were a magic thorn
and the universe was just your kid smiling behind the door

God it hurts when you lose someone
One day here One day gone
God it hurts when you lose someone
One day here and one day gone

One day here, one day gone could of sworn your notes were a magic thorn
and the universe was just your kid smiling behind the door, where I hadn't been before

Tip of the Tongue

​it was a summer night and i was sleeping
the moon was out, my head was beaming
i looked at my dreams like they were gold
amazing feelings draw within me
all my conflicts slip beneath me
like the spirit of a song
or like the feeling of a lover in your arms

but ever since that night and after
the dreams i had i can't recapture
and it brings me down so low
the more i search the less i find
the more i look the more i'm blind
like a melody so young
hanging on the tip of the tongue

if i wait long enough now
will you come to me
will you come to me
so far away, but right beside me
will you come to me
will you follow me home

when we first met we were so young
we played out past the setting sun
in a world of make believe
wooden forts and magic beans
silly thoughts and silly dreams
how we said we'd never change
but somehow life got in the way

but way back then and even now
i still love you i don't know how
you got magic in your eyes
and underneath our conversation
in our thoughts our contemplations
there's a feeling left unsung
hanging on the tip of the tongue

Julian Hotel

They make you breakfast here and turn your eyes from the world.
By the comfort of their old fashioned ways and the patience of slow careful pace.
The clock is stopped and no one cares.

All the puzzles and the tea, books of poetry on the shelf.
And there's a postcard from 1922.
The hostess greets you she brings you to your room,
In an old familiar way

And what seems important, it just falls off your shoulder 
and takes you over to the chair by the fire

Edgar Allan Poe, pie a la mode, the day is older now.
She is sleeping softly in the light.
The tiny words are growing heavy on my eyes.
And tomorrow's just another day.

And what seems important, it just falls off your shoulder 
and takes you over to the bed by her side.

And what seems important, it just falls off your shoulder 
and takes you over to the old wooden porch

Then take a walk by the trinket shops and feel my feet rising up then drop. 
Like a summer rain back to the river, a state of mind like a floating feather. 
Then get my fill at the cider mill and come back in to the old hotel, 
like a summer rain back to the river, a state of mind like a floating feather. 
It's alright.
They make your breakfast here.

My Angel
You pulled me through, when I lost heart
You showed up bright, when I was dark
Placed my feet where I feared
Showed me through those years

Oh my angel how did you know and where did you come from?
Oh my angel how did you know and where did you come from?

You saw right through, every doubt
Turned them all inside out
Pointed out in the right direction
Showed me what was true affection

Oh my angel how did you know and where did you come from?
Oh my angel how did you know and where did you come from?

Lila 

Lila I sing this song for you, you're beautiful even when you're down.
Know this and never talk yourself out of it.

Lila it's all inside your head, Eleanor Roosevelt said 
"no one can make you feel inferior without your consent"

So let your light shine, without holding it in
love yourself and don't give in
and when you feel the harmony
smile with suns of the galaxies

Lila your perfect like you are
A sublime creation, but you play yourself small
Such a waste, such a waste of your beauty girl

Lila the key to it is you
Turn it when you feel its true
and never look back

And let your light shine, without holding it in
love yourself and don't give in
and when you feel the harmony
smile with suns of the galaxies

Chloe Lou

Castle
Do I really want want a life
With someone who chose another life
Do I really want to make it right
For someone who made it hard to try

We built our castle 
And you brought it down in one night
The stones fell around me
And you never tried to fight

Where do we go from here?
The walls have crumbled around us
The moat has filled with rubble
The life we had is gone

We built our castle 
And you brought it down in one night
The stones fell around me
And you never tried to fight

You lost your sense of self
Well I lost my whole life
There’s no going back
But I still want to try

The trust is gone
And I don't know if I can go on
Loving you the way that I used to
If you can stand there and still lie to me

We built our castle 
And you brought it down in one night
The stones fell around me
And you never tried to fight

You lost your sense of self
Well I lost my whole life
There’s no going back
But I still want to try

Where do we go from here?
This castle is gone
The castle is gone

When We Talk 
When we talk I know you listen
We have differences in speech
But when I  share opinions
I know you try to keep the peace
And even though we change our minds
We’re still in sync
And even though we disagree
There’s something to be said 

For the way we listen
The way we talk it out
The way we sharpen
Even when we doubt
our perfect alliance
We never seem to fight
You keep your beliefs oh and I’ll keep mine
Don’t worry about me    I know you never do
You’ve always believed in me the way I believe in you
And even though we have our differing points of view 
I can always speak my mind without fear of hurting you

It’s the way we listen
The way we talk it out
The way we sharpen
Even when we doubt
Our perfect alliance

Dreams in Disaster

Who’d of thought
We’d end up like this
We’ve known each other so long

And I Didn’t realize that this would bring us closer
And I Never knew that you would be the winner

Then the time comes 
And we lose ourselves to the wolves
Eaten up and spit out like a carcass decomposed

And I Need the reminder when this is all over
And I Will incline myself to be much bolder 

You are 
Dreams manifested in disaster 
And I’m 
Glad we’re not allowed to move on faster 

Take it as it is
I will leave you to your honest nature
I had my plans
I will never hold you to that standard 

When we had to leave it wasn’t sadness or reaction
When we lost it wasn’t gone it just adapted

And I Need the reminder when this is all over
And I Will incline myself to be much bolder 

You are 
Dreams manifested in disaster
And I’m 
Glad we’re not allowed to move on faster

Peacock Shoes

The only real memory I have of you 
Is staring at those peacock shoes
Looking up from my wooden cars
To see your smiling face

Peacock shoes in the afternoon
Strawberry hair and a smile
My little hands that you held in yours
You’re never really gone
You’re never really gone

Home videos, my third birthday party
I had these sequined black Mary Janes
I remember the sparkle wore out
From running all over the place

Peacock shoes in the afternoon
Strawberry hair and a smile
My little hands that you held in yours
You’re never really gone
You’re never really gone

You left your collection behind
Of leather, lace and shine
I still have a pair I will never wear
too big for my feet to fill 

Peacock shoes
My first words were “I love you”
Knowing full well you couldn’t be there
You’re never really gone
You’re never really gone
You’re never really gone

Graceful Ways

Green trees and blue skies
Walking down that big drive
Oh yeah I’ll miss this place
Memories of long nights
Desert days and sunlight
Beautiful in more than one way

We all need the space 
To grow wild
Plant our roots, place our footing, cultivate
When it’s time to move on
It’s bittersweet
I will always love - your graceful ways

Community and collard greens
Setting plans and sunset scenes
This is not goodbye forever 
Pumpkin patches, pine trees
Our little forest so green
Hard times ain’t so bad here 

We all need the space 
To grow wild
Plant our roots, place our footing, cultivate
When it’s time to move on
It’s bittersweet
I will always love - your graceful ways

Your winding creek
wind in your leaves - in your leaves

We all need the space 
To grow
Plant our roots, place our footing, cultivate
When it’s time to move on
It’s bittersweet
I will always love - your graceful ways

Wrong

I was born to be alone
I was born with a chip on my shoulder
I had never met a man who could hold me the way you held me
I was born to walk alone
I never knew that I was a boulder
And I wish that I could have told you that the way that I loved you was wrong 

Oh it was wrong
It felt so good but oh so alone
Oh wrong
To pretend that nothings wrong

Another street presents itself
I try not to look in that direction
Cuz I want to give my affection 
To the one I know deserves
Do you think that I don’t know 
We’re alone in the way that we wander
She will always be there with you
And I will be alone 

It’s wrong
Oh it’s wrong
It feels so good but seems so wrong
If I was strong, I’d have left you behind I’d be gone
Oh it’s wrong
Yes it’s wrong
To pretend that nothings wrong 

Oh it’s wrong
It feels so good but feels so wrong
If I was strong, I’d leave you behind I’d be gone

O—-oh it’s wrong
Yes it’s wrong
to pretend—— nothings wrong

I was born to be alone
I was born with a chip on my shoulder
But it feels so good to hold you
Is that wrong?

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