1. |
Dancing on a Pin
04:09
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Dance dancing down in the cellar
Slide all the way to the sky
Find, finding out it was worth the try

Sail sailing out of a whirlwind
Down, down to a hole in the ground
See the shattered pieces that you have found
When you're off and off and falling slowly
Winded, winding, rolling, rolling on
I'll be clinging to the rings of Saturn
Wondering who will be dancing on a pin,
On a pin
Throw the ball and drive it away
You see, see it's just for the day
You see the shattered pieces flying away
Dance dancing down in the cellar
Slide all the way to the sky
Find, finding out it was worth the try
When you're off and off and falling slowly,
Winded winding rolling rolling on
I will be clinging to the rings of Saturn
Wondering who will be dancing on a pin
On a pin
More, more than a mountain of millions
Mail, mailing a man to the moon
See the simple secrets that were so soon
Throw the ball and drive away
You see, see it's just for the day
You see the shattered pieces flying away
When you're off and off and falling slowly,
Winded winding rolling rolling on
I will be clinging to the rings of Saturn
Wondering who will be dancing on a pin,
On a pin
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2. |
. - Bedroom In Arles
03:16
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Bedroom In Arles
Leaving fresh flowers in a rented room
Paris doesn’t make it in the rain and gloom
South of France moonlight magical things
Colors on the brush like fairy wings
I couldn’t see without you
Could never be without you
Don’t you know this song is about you?
Sudden life glory of Provençal sun
Yellow light falling over everyone
Colored ribbon rivers and the peopled cafes
Poppies in the meadows and a field of gray
I couldn’t see without you
Could never be without you
Don’t you know this song is about you?
In a way it’s going faster
And in a way it’s going slow
If you think you can outlast her
You never know
Cafe with a terrace on a starry night
A pair of old shoes in the candle light
Talk and drink absinthe every night and noon
My yellow chair friends in a crowded room
I never know about you
I just never know about you
I got nothin’ to show without you
I couldn’t see without you
Could never be without you
Don’t you know this song is about you?
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3. |
After the Years
03:51
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AFTER THE YEARS
After the years
Past the worry and the fear
I seem to feel that I'm more
Than halfway home
I'll tell you true
I'm depending now on you
You may not know
But I'm feeling so alone
From the heaven of your care
To the badlands
I will hear your echo there
After the years
I have lost and I have won
But I could never have begun
To imagine what has come
After the years
After the years
They are playing on our fears
These awful men
And the strange thing's they believe
Push comes to shove
They will never get enough
Of what they want
Just to satisfy their greed
In the things that they have tried
And the fictions that they hide
Now our world is growing tired
After the years
When we open up our eyes
Enough to see through all their lies
Will we cut them down to size?
After the years
One cross to bear
One more waiting in the air
I simply can't
Find a way to get back home
I'll tell you true
I'm depending now on you
You may not know
But I'm feeling so alone
I have lost and I have won
But I could never have begun
to imagine what has one
After the years
From the secrets that we know
To the feelings we can't show
I could never let you go
After the years
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4. |
Green Banana
02:14
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GREEN BANANA
Well I bought a banana
It wasn't quite right
I took it on home
I couldn't eat it tonight
It was a green banana
It was a green banana
It was a green banana
Well I bought a banana
It wasn't quite right
I wanted to take it home
I wanted to eat ittonight
It was a green banana.
It was a green banana
It was a green, green banana.
It was a hard, green…
Yeah it was a hard green banana
Well I bought a banana on Friday night
I tried to take it home
But it just wasn't RIPE RIPE RIPE
Green banana.
A green banana.
It was a green banana.
It was a gree-een banana~
Yeah it was a green green
Bo-na-na.
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5. |
The Miles Between
03:55
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All alone in the fortress
That was built so long ago
Soldiers looked out across the sea
In a search for missing souls
I walk for miles without you
Down streets that are all about you
Now I see your face inside my eyes
White clouds in the distance
Decorate the night
Standing on the platform
Full moon in my eyes.
Frowning thru my questions
Sail the silver line
Moves along in silhouette
Machinery divine
I walk for miles without you
Down streets that are all about you
Now I see your face inside my eyes
Our love will last forever
Footprints on the moon
Nothing to disturb us we're in tune
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6. |
Agathasong
01:28
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7. |
No One's Afraid
03:16
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There are bullets on the street
They shine like stars
There's a lot of modern people
Driving antiquated cars
There’s a railroad track that passes by a tomb
And the long forgotten metaphor
Is filling up the room
When a lady lost her balance at the door
The conductor threw her suitcase on the floor
Matthew told a friend
His love would never end
And we all drank to LIFE forevermore
And no one’s afraid
It’s there in every line
On every face
No one’s afraid
Now the coffee's warm
And you're my friendly muse
And you're often out of sight
But you're never out of use
I could plan a revolution,
Rewrite the Constitution
But I can't change the look that's in your eyes
And I'm not afraid
To tell you all the things
I never say
No I'm not afraid anymore
(Lead)
And no one’s afraid
It’s there in every line
on every face
I'm not afraid
credits
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8. |
The Crow and the Kestrel
09:10
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The Crow and the Kestrel
The birds in the sky soar through the air
With melodies and noise,
The very nature of joy
Magic and free, nesting in the trees
Witnessing the dance,
Are the flowers and the plants
The Redbreasted Robin arrives in the Spring,
Slender and strong, pulling worms
From the lawn
Starlings and Sparrows
look down on our yard
Silhouette and shine on the telephone line
The Toco Toucan, cartoon-like and grand
And the African Grey
Learning everything you say
Slow-motion view of the hummingbird’s wings
Exotic and fine, roosting in the pines
The birds in the sky soar through the air
With melodies and noise,
The very nature of joy
The Crow and the Kestral out in the sun
From the Military Macaw
To the Laughing Kukaburra
As one
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9. |
700
03:08
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You are there next
You are over there
Do you see
That I am over here
When you care
Do you show you care
Or are you
Staying over there
Seven hundred years from now
who will know, who will know
Seven hundred years from now
Who will know
You sit there
With your hand in hand
Is it that
Or is it what you planned
Take no part
In the celebration
Who will know
In a generation
Seven hundred years from now
who will know, who will know
Seven hundred years from now
Who will know
There is more
To the situation
Then your lack
Of participation
Take no part
In the celebration
Who will know
In a generation
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10. |
Surprise
03:47
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I'm surprised
By the light around you
By the things about you
That I never knew
Can you tell
That I'm so determined
There's an undercurrent
Between me and you
I'm surprised
That you're here beside me
That I'm still deciding
Just want to do
Not a sound
Not a single word
Could ever change what I heard
When you first spoke to me
If I'm ever alone again
I will be an impossible man
After you I could never defend
What ever I was
Like a wristwatch
Needs to tell the time
And a poetess needs a secret line
I turn around, there you are
With a remnant dress and a Wonder Bar
Standing in the elevator
The door is closing
So it's now or later, now or later…
I can tell
This is more than I see
That you still remind me
Of what it can be
This is real
This is real forever
And you can do whatever
Surprises me
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Patrick Burke Portland, Oregon
"When I first listened to this CD, I felt like I was experiencing some kind of magic — the music and lyrics reach the
listener with ease and echo in your head afterward, leaving you wondering about the inspiration."
Jennifer Priest Mitchell, The Times
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