Another Day BorrowedI shook my fist at my father's rage
I cursed my mother's sadness
Whatever home I tried to call my own
Washed in to that river of madness
The raging surge, the stagnant mire
Taste of bread embittered
Disconnected highway lines
Empty SpacesSilly me, what was I thinking
I could've sworn you still loved me
But I'm a fool born to chase rainbows
I could never hold you to what you said with your eyes
You and me, hey, weren't we something?
We're holding my hand in that picture hanging in the hall
Well, I took it down after you left
EvangelineShe said, " You are not my lover,
So don't look at me that way.
Just 'cause I let you touch me,
Don't mean I'll let you stay."
She said, "Lovers try to change me,
the minute I care'
but baby when I'm dancing………
I dance on air, I dance on air.
Jackie's TrainThere's a tiny village with its landscape painted green
A firehouse, a general store, all the streets are clean
The people at the depot love to hear that whistle sound
And they all wave at Jackie when the engine comes around.
He says roll train roll
The steel and all its rhythm
are sweet music to his soul.
Karla FayeA little girl lost, her world full of pain
He said it feels good, she gave him her vein
The dope made her numb and numb felt like free
Until she came down, down, down to a new misery
A junkie, a whore living for the next high
She'd lie cheat and steal, she forgot how to cry
Wide awake for two weeks, shooting heroin then speed
Long Way To FallI felt the flames on my face
When I found the nerve to meet your eyes, so green
I stumbled towards your elegance
I tumbled, wide awake into a dream
And there you stood, so beautiful
Destiny seduces, after all
I fell into the fire
Our Lady Of The Shooting StarsOur Lady of the Shooting Stars was that you last night?
Did we dance a whispered waltz, did I hold you in my sight?
When morning came with open arms she lifted you from me
The sunlight burned my eyes away now I cannot see
Our Lady of the Shooting Stars as I face the early light
All that I can think of now is joining you in flight
But I have followed gypsy's girl, I've lost my way back home
Slip of the TongueSongwriters: CRIT HARMON, MARY GAUTHIER
Honey sit down,
I've got something to say.
Last night I drowned,
I got carried away.
Swept up in the feelings,
The words poured out of me.
This morning I'm scared,
SnakebitThe children are crying, they never got their supper
Where would you run to in the darkness of the night?
Even shadows fear to wander
They gather 'round me in the candlelight
Your crucifix is broken, bloody, sharp and shattered
I smashed it to pieces on the bedroom floor
Pain and prayers and promises scattered
The Ledge
Under water, under the well
Under glass, under a ground swell
Chasing bliss, chasing my tail
Chasing desire, straight down to Hell
I couldn't love, could not forgive
I didn't know how to live and let live
The Sun Fades The Color Of EverythingWe lie here and we lie here
Awaiting the return
Of the passion that has left us
With the patience we've learned
Sinking in the ashes
Of the red night's final swing
The sun fades the color of everything
We lie here and we lie here