From the LP "Talking Songs for Walking"
Friend to Friend in Endtime --------------------------- Everything he thought he knew Was alive and too sound He was kicking over And the sound she made When she tried to keep quiet Was like kicking over Everything we saved Friend to friend in the Endtime She's full of regret But she treats me alright She's kicking it over We live with collision We strap ourselves in We're kicking over The space our place is in Well I'll come to grips if I do I'll make amends if I do Friend to friend in the Endtime I put you in my way You put me in your way We're kicking over I repeated what I thought you said Before I knew what you really said I'm kicking over Stripped of my allegiance Friend to friend in the Endtime I want you water in my water Just shy of threatening Kicking over I wanted to give to get some It's all poor judgement It's all one government We're kicking over It's all one head with a face on it Friend to friend in the Endtime Friend befriends friend in the Endtime Broadcast --------- The hand is gone But the grip remains The eye is gone But the gaze remains The brain is gone But the idea remains And when the feet are gone The path will still remain The lung is gone But the breath remains The heart is gone But its beat remains The throat is gone But the voice remains And when the mouth is gone The world will still remain The nerves are gone But the signal remains The veins are gone But the river remains The knee is gone But the joint remains And when the spine is gone The junction will remain The skull is gone But the house remains The hips are gone But the seed remains The womb is gone But the vacuum remains And when the mind is gone The broadcast will still remain So thankful receiving it So thankful retrieving it So thankful to walk through it So thankful to breathe it in I'm so thankful I'm walking Thankful to be treading the face of this earth with you all Descender --------- I saw her climb the 13th rung I heard her singing the song she sung I caught the flower that she flung I saw a paper tab burning on her tongue She's an angel you'll agree Biggest damn halo that you're ever gonna see He mouth roars her eye shine If you're painfully honest you can stand in her light, man I saw her blow her fragile fuse I tried to crack her code but it was no use She's concentrating on levitation Her body burst into violet hues I took a look at her tattered shoes I offered her mine but she refused She said: I want these cuts on my feet, man gotta become sensitive as I can She reached down put some trash in her hair, man She don't wonder and she don't ponder She keeps walking but she never wanders The tiny cuts in your skin They let a little fresh air in You dilate your opening And when it starts to gush: START TO SING I saw her bleed I saw her kneel I don't pretend to understand What she is feeling I saw her rise A golden ray of light Appeared between her eyes She rose above the gathering crowd The sky was dark and the weather was loud She coalesced up in the cloud She converted my without a word Her churchbell heartbeat was all I heard Samuel ------ You lay your hands You lay your hands on You put your foot down You put it down on the overground We followed you But you refused a trail All you need is a ray of weightless sunshine To fill your sail Samuel It's so good to see you Making you own way It's so good to see somebody save a little sunshine put away for a rainy day Samuel Seen a lantern swinging Down in the tunnel About a two hour walk down the railroad line To Camden Yards in the dark You take a fishing line And a sewing needle I thought I saw popping out of the top of your head A cathedral steeple Kissing ------- To be so agile To twist without authority or respect Face off with all reflection Confront the mundane manifest I'm going through the motion I got too far ahead of myself I smothered my conviction I got too far ahead of myself I thought my torch was burning I held aloft a cold branch I thought my path was shining I was walking on outstretched hands I'm a whole lot of I don't knows I try to stave off the I don't cares My feet begin to lead me I could sleep anywhere So what I have to say today And what I've got left to stand on Is that I am a random system I'm an ill connected pattern I am a behavior That could have been your own My Fool Heart ------------- Oh my My Fool Heart I wish you were a brand new start We take the lies and we break them apart Trying to identify the hidden target Oh my My fool heart I wish you were a go-cart We take off running down a hill Making turns too tight until we spill it over Oh my My fool heart I wish you were a walk through the park Birds singing and trees creaking Shoes I could fill that never needed breaking in Oh my My fool heart I wish you were a manifold part Galvanized and weatherized You got you 4-wheel drive to spiritualize it Oh my My fool heart I wish you were a torch burning in the dark The faces of the assassinated Smiling calmly and sedated Non Dual Bliss -------------- She called me on the phone She could tell by the sound of my voice I was sitting home all alone She said to me in a whispering tone: Do you believe? Do you believe in liberation? Can you understand liberation? Are you afraid of liberation? I am afraid of liberation I admit I'm afraid She sent me a letter I got it in the mail I broke the seal And I read that letter She had beautiful handwriting She had a beautiful hand She had beautiful handwriting And this is what I read: Do you believe in liberation? Can you understand liberation? Are you afraid of liberation? I am afraid of liberation I admit I'm afraid She saw me on the street She tugged at my shirtsleeve She handed me a leaflet I put it in my pocket I was doing my laundry I checked my pocket I produced the leaflet Which I proceeded to read Do you believe in liberation? Can you understand liberation? Are you afraid of liberation? I am afraid of liberation I admit I'm afraid She knocked on my front door Got me out of bed I turned on my porch light I looked out my peep hole I seen her starting to jerk I seen her starting to shake I seen her about to spill over When she started to speak she said: Do you believe? Put Your Hand in My Hand ------------------------ Put your hand in my hand And look me in the eye when you're talking to me Put your hand in my hand And look me in the eye Will you join me way out?