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A Song for Lisa 2
06:11
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I saw the sunlight escaping
running fast across the field
I was just too slow to catch it
I suppose I never will
I saw your metal flashing
laid my guns down at your feet
I surrender, I surrender
in victory and defeat
you were standing in the courtyard
in the last gold light of day
you sounded disappointed
said "I was sure you'd get away"
the sun out in the desert
will bleach the bones all white
the rain will come to quench them
the timing's just not right
it's a long and weary year
you've been pursuing me
the trail just wore you down
you said you'd set me free
look east, the night draws near
blood matted in its fur
if I leave here now
it will hunt me down for sure
"You don't have to go," you said
"but I'm not going to stay.
There's trouble if you follow.
Choose another way."
a link in the chain is broken
the reigns have all gone slack
when someone gives their life to you
you cannot give it back
now I hear the hooves of thunder
see the shadows start to spread
my heart is filled with longing
my mind is filled with dread
into the raging storm
into the desperate sea
I will follow you
just as you once followed me
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dip your toes in this dark river
push yourself away from shore
you are such a graceful swimmer
though you never swam before
wrap the water 'round your shoulders
let the cold beneath your skin
closer to your beating heart
than a lover's ever been
oh the water, oh the waves
you have never been afraid
shattered moonlight on the surface
like a pane of broken glass
I have let my fears and worries
get the best of me at last
now your body, bending rippling
slipping through my grasping hand
which of us is on the water?
which of us is on the land?
oh the water, oh the waves
oh my dear, you are so brave
be a swimmer not forever
be a stranger not to me
let the water find its level
let the river find the sea
you are such a graceful swimmer
though you never swam before
do not stay this way for ever
do not stay away from shore
oh the water, oh the waves
oh my dear, you are so brave
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3. |
I Send the Wind
04:41
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The wind sings in the tree's
empty grasp.
So too I sing to you
when from your hands I'm cast.
So see the leaves
tremble.
Hear the gentle breeze,
hear me—remember.
Remember.
Oh, wind
(soft breath of air),
whisper in her ear.
Rain,
starstud her midnight
hair.
When you needed them
(I'm so sorry),
just like the wind,
my words flew from me.
Now I wish I could
give up my body
and be shapeless as the wind
in December,
or the moonlight on your floor,
or a song
you will always remember.
Remember.
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I send the wind
to you
my voice fails me
but my heart is true
I send the winter
cold and grey
every gust, every whisper
say what I can't say
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Pouring out
of radios
and every car and
windows open,
every piece of
music goes in
search of
a violin
to play the part
about the girl,
the long black hair that
brushed my lips,
the twisting streets,
the city lights,
the raindrops on the
roof at
night's the
footprints of the
ocean walking
home alone
along a long and
lonely road, to the
fires burning
on the beach that
bears
his name.
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Navigate
03:21
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a compass, a map
a leeward leaning wind
Scorpio's tail
sword of Orion
you get lost
everything gets lost eventually
navigate home to me
a lighthouse alight
the shoals of a foreign shore
some friends go ahead
some friends return no more
you move on
everyone moves on eventually
navigate home to me
a ship of fools
beguiling Odysseus
the rough feel of wool
clenched in a giant's fist
you slip away
we all slip away eventually
navigate home to me
I looked for you
in a strange country
I didn't know the language
I didn't know love
when she was sleeping next to me
navigate home
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6. |
A Song for Lisa
03:40
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oh, the dark is deep
oh, the night is long
I know you can't sleep
I know something's wrong
shadows forage in the streets
storms rage on the sea
black clouds gather at the beach
and you lie restlessly
close your eyes
try to leave your worry be
leave it with me
like the hands
of a clock keep time
I will keep it with mine
people will be cruel
people will be kind
you can talk all night to me
it's alright, I don't mind
to everyone you know
you are a friend
but if you let that go
how deep the darkness then
how deep the darkness then
kindle your kindred spirit
I know how dim the light tonight
I know you're strong and you can bear it
oh, how bright you are, how bright
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Avery Burke San Francisco, California
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