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Lyrics

Everywhere

I grew up with you, healed my wounds with you

I crawled through darkness with you by my side

You hurt me I hurt you, we found new ways to be true

I climbed new mountain trails with you as my guide

The years have spun their silver thread to wed us deep as bones

And everywhere your moon will shine in my sky

I find my steel with you, I test my limits with you

We fall through sky and safely land

I bare my soul to you, I seek wisdom with you

We find love’s secret in the open hand

The years have spun their silver thread to wed us deep as bones

And everywhere your moon will shine in my sky

The years have spun their silver thread to wed us deep as bones

And everywhere your moon will shine in my sky

Broken Wing

A flock of geese lands at the lake, there’s one I see each year

When the flock takes off to southern lands, this one stays right here

It’s got a broken wing it drags along, while the others soar over woods and sea

Well, it can’t fly where its spirit would be free

Broken wing, broken wing

Well fate’s sudden twist took me on a course I did not choose

the path was far from what I planned, with no one to accuse

But I drank the sun into my bones and felt the wind lift me to the sky

Well, I can’t fly but my heart is strong and free

Broken wing, broken wing

And I watch them soar over mountains high, and canyons deep

And now the years are short, and the price is steep

But I’ve got self-made promises to keep

I watch the flickering fire; I laugh with friends so dear

I write these simple lines that suffering ones might hear

When you let go, the burden falls, your mind is clear to see

You’ve got all you need for your spirit to be free

Echoes Down the Canyon

When you have gone, what will you be?

Will you come round to talk to me?

I will be echoes down the canyon

I will be wind for your companion

I will be angels in the snow

In some late fire's dying glow

I will be warm and gentle rain

When you are deep and lost in pain

Why must the night be long and cold?

What is this hollow in my soul?

I try to fight I try to win

I don't know how to begin

There is a friend inside your mind

Someone who'll always treat you kind

I live in miles of open sky

I hear the voices asking why

What are these hungry hands of ice

Cruel fingers stealing life

We try to fight, we try to win

Always with love, we begin

I have the sun upon my face

I have the warm and gentle rain

I have the wind for my companion

I have the echoes down the canyon

All is Green

Whenever I catch your eye, I wanna sprout wings and fly

And rise up to the sky and touch the blue

Whenever I get the chance, my feet just wanna dance

From just one little glance I get from you

Cherry petals falling all around

Redwings making that raspy sound

Grasshoppers springing from the ground

And all is green

I don’t need a thing, just to hear the ocean sing

And drink the power she brings and feel the spray

So will you come away with me past the old crabapple tree

Down island paths to the sea - you and me and the waves

Cherry petals falling all around

Redwings making that raspy sound

Grasshoppers springing from the ground

And all is green

And all is green, and all is green

Snow on the Sea

Sitting by the fire, the snow coming down

The snow coming down, it keeps coming down

Out in the storm, the fog-horn sounds

A lonely sound, somehow comforts me.

And all there is, is snow on the sea

And all there is, is snow on the sea, snow on the sea, that’s all there is

I listen to the waves, all night long

All night long I listen to the waves

Thinking of the web that binds us all,

Binds us all, the living

But all there is, is me sometimes

And all there is, is me sometimes, me sometimes, that’s all there is

And all there is, is snow on the sea

And all there is, is snow on the sea, snow on the sea, that’s all there is

Camping

We’re going camping up to the white mountains

Alongside the mad river where coyotes run at night

We’re going to the wilds of nature, gonna leave the daily grind

But it’s so hard to leave my queen size bed behind

But we’ve got snap together mattresses inflatable with air

Space age blankets, comforters, your favorite teddy bear

Down and fiber sleeping bags enough pillows to make me smile

While we’re sleeping in the woods, we’re gonna sleep in style

We’re going camping up to the white mountains

Alongside the mad river where coyotes run at night

We’re going to the wilds of nature, gonna leave the daily grind

But it’s so hard to leave my wardrobe all behind

But we’ve got suede and nylon hiking boots, and Gore-Tex anoraks

Chamois shirts, Swiss Army knives, in our deluxe fanny packs

Thinsulate lined chinos, every wool sock we could bring

We’re all set for the outdoors now, we’re not gonna feel a thing!

We’re going camping up to the white mountains

Alongside the mad river where coyotes run at night

We’re going to the wilds of nature, gonna leave the daily grind

But it’s so hard to leave my household all behind

We check our list for Ziploc bags and airtight Tupperware

Travel Kleenex, wash ‘n’ dries, that goop for your hair

But when it’s all packed in the car it’s plain for eyes to see

We’re gonna have to leave behind, either you or me!

We’re going camping up to the white mountains

Alongside the mad river where coyotes run at night

We’re going to the wilds of nature, gonna leave the daily grind

But it’s so hard to leave one goddamn thing behind!

Windy

Wind whips the waves, and Moki chases the fragments of foam

And then he finds himself crab claws, a small piece of plastic, blue as the sky

And I finally land in that settled place inside me – aa-ah, aa-ah

Yellow dune grass on the yellow sand, lit by the sun

And just above it the dark gray bank of clouds, bigger than time

I hear the song of the sea blow right through me – aa-ah, aa-ah

You’re grazing for green tumbled glass on the stone studded beach

While I wander and sing my spirit songs, blue as the dusk

And you carry treasures inside and around you – aa-ah, aa-ah

Like a Jewel

Your love is like a jewel I can’t hold in my hands

It’s sunlight on the sparkling snow, you know it’s got to go

You left me in the autumn, the leaves fell to the ground

Now you’ve come around in the winter white, to love me for one night

You wrap me warm and tender, you burn me with your fire

You fill my joy with the laughing sky that I see in your eyes

So come my love and kiss me, before you walk away

Come shine on me your sweetest smile

I’ll see you in a while, I’ll see you in a while

Your love is like a jewel, it glitters sharp and bright

Like the stars for which we yearn, and burn in the night

Father

You walked the land, you grew the pines, built a little house with your own hands

Father, father

The trees that grew you chopped for wood, and lit the fires when the white winds blew

Father, father

You are the oak that stands, stronger than the storms that came

Stronger than the ice and rain, you are the oak that stands.

You sailed the bay, you hauled the lines, and caught the breeze on a summer’s day

Father, father

You loved a girl and you raised up three, loved us like the sun deeply warms the sea

Father, father

You taught me of the land, where the fox walks through the snow

Where the spruce and balsam grow, you taught me of the land

You are the oak that stands, stronger than the ice and rain

Stronger than my mother’s pain, you are the oak that stands

You walked the land, you grew the pines, built a little house with your own hands

Father, father - Father, father

Across

I don’t have you - the light has you

The glint, the shine, the star

They say there’s a veil between two sides

Will you reach your smile from yours to mine

And touch me, with your spark

I don’t have you - the earth has you

The roots, the buds, the tree

And when it’s time for leaves to fall

Will you cover me, and bury all

And hold me, in your deep

I don’t have you - the sea has you

The ripple, the wave, the swell

And when you reach your lover the land

Will you roll me and toss me on the sand

And kiss me with your spray

So, cradle and roll me as I weep

Cover me and hold me deep

Send your smile in my sleep

And touch me with your spark

Yes, cradle and roll me as I weep

Cover me and hold me deep

Send your smile in my sleep

And touch me with your spark

Dancing

They are dancing, they are dancing,

The leaves are running and prancing and skating along the street

They fly in circles on the wind

I am dancing, I am dancing, my heart is dancing up to the sky above

Carried high with love, on the wind

Well there’s a storm blowing from the south, The clouds are rolling dark and fast

Like that train you’re on, rumbling homeward in the night

We said goodbye, we said our love is real. It won’t be long now till your arms I feel

And the leaves are dancing spirals in the wind.

They are dancing, they are dancing,

The leaves are running and prancing and skating along the street

They fly in circles on the wind

I am dancing, I am dancing, my heart is dancing up to the sky above

Carried high with love, on the wind

Well I can see your eyes, and the miles of love they hold, I hear your voice so soft and low

When you talk to me, sweetly in the night

And now the sky’s turning heavy and black, I can hear your train churning down the track

And my feet are tossing leaves up to the wind

They are dancing, they are dancing,

The leaves are running and prancing and skating along the street

They fly in circles on the wind

I am dancing, I am dancing, my heart is dancing up to the sky above

Carried high with love, on the wind

Into the Night

Into the night darkness has come to take me

And I go

Follow the wind, under the street light golden

Leaves blow down

And though I am afraid to surrender

I cannot return to a day that isn’t real

Surrender, surrender

I know the way to my heart is sometimes dark

And alone

But now I hear the whisper of a friend

Come to guide me

There’s something I must try to remember

Some kind of wolflike instinct that can tell me what is real

Surrender, surrender

Into the night darkness has come to take me

And I go