Speaking with trees   2005

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Time Is on My Side

Time is on my side
Time is on my side
You say you love me
And you want to be true
You¡¯ll come running back
You¡¯ll come running back
To me
Time is on my side

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Night Time / Back of Your Head

Night time let's go out and see the people
Everythin' is cool and goin' my way
People to see
Oh the people to me

When I set my eyes on you
Look like a kiddie
When you move
Oh you're so pretty
Caught a glance of your eye
You fell through the sky

Night time let's go out and see the people
Everythin' is cool and goin' my way
People to me
Oh the people to see

Rule the Islands

I want to rule the islands
And I want to rule the sea
But If you're not comin' back
I will sleep eternally

But I don't want no heavy diamonds
No pearls to crush my teeth
I just want my sailor
To sail back to me

Captain has a treasure
Says I hold the key
An old man groans
And sweet wind blows
Songs of you and me

I want to rule the islands
And I want to rule the sea
But If you're not comin' back
I will sleep eternally

You

Moon is not only beautiful
It is so far away
The moon is not only ice cold
It is here to stay

When I lay me down
Will you still be 'round
When they put me six feet underground
Will big bad beautiful you be 'round

'Cause everyone says they know you
Better than you know who
Everyone says they own you
And what you do

When I lay me down
Will you still be 'round
When they put you six feet underground
Will the big bad beautiful moon be 'round

Moon is not only beautiful
It is so far away
The moon is not only ice cold
It is here to stay

Knockin' on Heaven's Door

Mama take this badge off of me
'Cause I can't use it anymore
It's gettin' dark
Too dark to see
I feel I'm knockin' on heaven's door

Mama put my guns in the ground
'Cause I can't shoot them anymore
Black cloud is comin' down

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Evolution

Better call the ships
They've been caught sailing
Better call the captain
He¡¯s been caught stealing
Better call the porter man
He¡¯s been caught leaving
Better call all the guys on the deck
They¡¯ve been caught with no feeling
Better call the fisherman
'Cause they¡¯re coming on land
Better call the head nurse
Wrap us up, to throw us in the dark
Better call with some resistance
Better way to feel no shame
Better call with some persistence
That way you feel nothing at all
Better call on evolution
Better way to make a revolution
Better make your mind up quick
Better make your mind up quick

From Fur City

From fur city to the the lives that we lost
And the loves that we lost
Rebel Rebel
Rebel you are
Only one

Boy with the buffalo tattoo on his arm
And with no show to play
Just a space and dirty hands
Of Jean Genet

You were spinnin' faster faster
Faster than when I came
It was a god given day

Freedom brother
Free to own brother
Let him go

From fur city to the southeastern bus station
Seems so sad
Since I can't spell sad
Don't feel bad

From fur city to the lives we lost and the loves that we lost
Rebel rebel
Rebel you are
Only one

Freedom brother
Free to own brother
Let him go

Dream / Blue Moon / Try A Little Tenderness

Dream
When I feel blue in the night
And When I want you to hold me tight
Whenever I want you
I have to dream

Blue moon
You saw me standing alone

Dream
When I feel blue in the night
When I want you to hold me tight
Whenever I want you
I have to dream

Blue moon
You saw me standing alone
Without a dream in my heart
Without a love of my own

Blue moon
You knew just what I was there for
You heard me saying a prayer for
Someone I really could care for

O she may be weary
'Cause you know young girls
We do get weary
Things we know we never gonna get

But she's there waiting without them
Please try a little tenderness
Try a little tenderness

Blue moon
You saw me standing alone
Without a dream in my heart
Without a love of my own

Blue moon
You knew just what I was there for
Heard me saying a prayer for
Someone I really could care for

Dream
When I feel blue in the night
When I want you to hold me tight
Whenever I want you
I have to dream

Sad Sad Song

Went to the doctor
I said doctor please
What do you do when your true love leaves
Said the hardest thing in the world to do
Is to find somebody who believes in you

I went to the whipper whale
I said whale please
What do you do when your true love leaves
She said I only have one trick I got up my sleeve
I sing it over and over til he comes back to me

I make a sad, make a sad
Make a sad, sad song

Went to my father
I said daddy, please
What do you do when your true love leaves
He said the hardest thing in the world to do
Is to find somebody who believes in you

I make a sad, make a sad
Make a sad, sad song
Make a sad, make a sad
Make a sad, sad song

So I went to the whale
I said killer whale please
What do you do when your true love leaves
He said I only have bout one trick I got up my sleeve
I sing it over and over til he comes back to me

I make a sad, make a sad
Make a sad, sad song
Make a sad, make a sad
Make a sad, sad song

Went to my mother
I said mama, please
What did you do when your true love leaves
She said the hardest thing in the world to do
Is to find somebody who believes in you

You make a sad, make a sad
Make a sad, sad song
Make a sad, make a sad
Make a sad, sad song

Night Time / Back of Your Head

Night time let's go out and see the people
Everythin' is cool and goin' my way
People to see
Oh the people to me

When I set my eyes on you
When I set my eyes on you
Look like a kiddie
When you move
Oh you're so pretty
Caught a glance of your eye

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Sophisticated lady

Smoking, drinking, never thinking
With some men in a restaurant
Is it all you really want? no

Sophisticated lady
You miss the love you lost

I don¡¯t blame you

Last time I saw you, you were on stage
Your hair was wild, your eyes were red
You were swinging your guitar around
'Cause they wanted to hear that sound
But you didn¡¯t want to play

I don¡¯t blame you
I don¡¯t blame you

Been around the world, in many situations
Been inside many heads in different positions
But you never wanted them that way
What a cruel price you thought that you had to pay
And that for all that shit on stage

But it never made sense to them anyway
Could you imagine if when they turned their backs

They said you were the best
But then they were only kids
Then you would recall the deadly houses you grew up in

Just because they knew your name
Doesn¡¯t mean they know from where you came
What a sad trick you thought that you had to play
But I don¡¯t blame you

They never owned it
And you never ever owed it to them anyway

I don¡¯t blame you
I don¡¯t blame you

Sophisticated lady

Smoking, drinking, never thinking
With some men in a restaurant
Is it all you really want? no

Sophisticated

Dancing, dining, diamonds shining
With some men in a restaurant
Is it all you really want? no

Sophisticated lady
I know you miss the love you lost
Long time ago
Sophisticated lady

Willie Deadwilder

Willie Deadwilder and Rebecca
They knew that they loved one another
He said fuck this cabby life
She said fuck this old trailer
He said I want you for my wife

Willie Deadwilder and Rebecca
They saw the same things at once
They shared the kind of stuff everybody dreams of
Finding out about, it's all about love

Willie Deadwilder and Rebecca
They got a few more years to go
Gonna have some good old times
No more sad, sad bad times
It's all that they've been waiting for
Someone to knock at the door
I tell you there are some people living alone
There are some people with nowhere to go
There are some people who don't believe in love
But Willie and Rebecca prove they're all wrong

First time I saw him he smiled at me
And the first time I saw her she was beautiful
Sixty-two plus forty-six equals one hundred and eight
Possible years they'll live long to
That's almost half of the rest of his life
That's over half for her

Willie was shot once in his mind
His cry out saved his life
Second time through the heart
The doctor pulled the bullet from his side
He had a job to do, he thought
That's his way of life
To take that car and pick her up
To be a man for her
Broken down and cut in two
She had been married for most her life
Now she's finally free for awhile

Long enough to see this man and what he means
When he tells her that God in on his side
No matter what, and will you marry me

Willie Deadwilder and Rebecca
They want to live a life
I wish I had a million dollars
So we could throw it all away
I wish I had a million dollars
So we could light it aflame
I wish I had one million dollars
So we could spend it every day

I'm on the same side as you
I'm just a little bit behind
And please don't bring me down
Please don't let me go
I'm looking for a new kind of thing
A place that makes my heart sing
Another question answered from above

Please don't let it worry you now
Please don't let it worry you now
I've seen inside your heart and soul
It's beautifully jacketed
An open hand and a mind to lend
There's nothing more romantic
Than a distant place behind your smile
Tells my eyes that I am coming home
Please don't bring me down
Please don't let me go

My heart is a worried thing
Memories have planted
Seeds of a field I now want to reap and sow
Maybe when i'm sixty-two, maybe when i'm forty-six
Maybe when i'm thirty maybe the next time I see you
We will have our universe for the first time, again
Rings around our sweet friendship
Will tear up in into a run
Galloping forever more until tomorrow is gone

I deeply say to you now
I deeply say to you now
I deeply say to you now
There's another question answered from above
You're the kind of friend of mine I never had
You're the kind of love I had that I never thought there was
Saint saint saint saint Augustine
Far far far away Georgie Koontz (?)
We gotta stake this thing out
We gotta laugh the whole day through
We gotta live the way that we want to

As long as God is willing, I am too
And as long as you are here, I am too
As long as he and she can forgive and love again and still love us too
You take my heart and you give it to me
You show me love i've never seen
You take my heart and give it to me

When Dylan sang Ramona in the taxi that night
I knew it right away would either be hard or be right
'Cause I'm not Ramona, and you didn't write that song
'Cause you're not Dylan, and I know we really do get along
Get along and get on with what it is you got to do
Go on get along with whome'er you choose
This is your life
But if God is willing, then I'm willing too, oh
I'll be in the front, back and side of you
Just many happily waiting for you
Saint saint saint saint saint Augustine
Far away far way Georgie Koontz (?)
You know what it is
You know what it is you got to do

A young little girl named Jennifer gave me a turquoise ring
A native sentiment of joy love and peace, I thank you for this ring
It's beautiful to me
A lady future journalist gave to me a lucky sweater to wear
Stains she had since eighteen, amazing that she did that
It would have been hard to do for me

A man named John wrote a song for me to sing
Also the most unbelievable flowers I have ever seen
He is a very good man
And he has been an even very good man to me
I hope that one day that song I will sing
Another love named Jennifer gives her care to me
A radiant heart with holy power, she believed in me
And with that gift I cry right now
But a memory of her laughing kills the beast

Another love I still love, a familiar face to me
A standing arch above my heart I've never been to reach
He's laid my head on the bed
And told me Sweet, I'm not crazy like the others say
No he's not crazy like me

This is a four hour song
And it will go on and on
A moment in time traveling on even if it is too long
I don't care
I love to share
I love to sing along
I know you do too
Feel the same way so come along
Sing your song
It's all that you have to do

I'm looking for that kind of mind
I never thought i'd find
I'm looking for that kind of love
I never thought was real
I'm looking for your heart
My dear are you
Looking for me
Please don't bring me down
Please don't let me go

With your love I have foothold
I can carry on
But please don't let me worry you now
Please don't let me worry you now
There's nothign i am saying
That could ever be made wrong
I love you, love you so
I love you so strong
Please remember your heart in me
Please remember it's not anatomically correct
Please know there's no boundary
And if God is willing to protect
Our love, a world of love
I think you'd be willing too

Where are you from
And where are you going to
We have so much to do
Where you are going is
Where you do come from
And where i will be is with you
We have so much to do
We have so much to do
We have so much to do
Hurry, hurry, hurry let's go
Hurray, hurray, things are gonna be okay
Hurry, hurry let's go
All them children are waiting
It's time and they are ready
We got so much to do
And if God is willing
We have got so much
We have got so much

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