Ants Marching

goes to visit his mommy
she feeds him well his concerns
he forgets them
and remembers being small
playing under the table and dreaming

take these chances
place them in a box until a quieter time
lights down, you up and die

driving in on this highway
all these cars and upon the sidewalk
people in every direction
no words exchanged
no time to exchange

and all the little ants are marching
red and black antennas waving
they all do it the same
they all do it the same way

candyman teasing the thoughts of a
sweet tooth tortured by the weight loss
programs cutting the corners
loose end, loose end, cut, cut
on the fence, could not to offend
cut, cut, cut, cut

take these chances
place them in a box until a quieter time
lights down, you up and die

Tripping Billies

eat, drink and be merry
for tomorrow we die
'cause we're tripping billies

we're wearing nothing
nothing but out shadows
shadows falling down on the beach sand
remembering once,
out on the beaches we wore
pineapple grass bracelets

so why would you care
to get out of this place
you and me and all our freinds
such a happy human race
'cause we're tripping billies

we are all sitting
legs crossed round a fire
my yellow flame she dances
tequila drinking oh our
minds will wonder
to wonderous places

so why would you care
to get out of this place
you and me and all our friends
such a happy human race

eat, drink and be merry
for tomorrow we die

Recently

recently i've been
all of content and dreaming i have been
'cause i been lately seeing
quite a bit of this woman live on my street

people stare and we just ignore everything
people stare and we just ignore them
and they go away, go away

she comes to me
i watch her drink
i watch her comb her hair
both say that we never before have
felt as recently

people stare and we just ignore
what's the use in hiding out
she says all the time
let their eyes do the worrying about

she and me go to places quiet
where we are quite alone
kiss and we hold together
we will be until we done

people stare and we just ignore
what's the use in hiding out
she says all the time
let their eyes do the worring about

both say the we never before
never before have felt as recently
people stare and we just ignore everything
people stare and we just ignore them
and they go away, go away

Satellite

winter's cold spring erases
and the calm away by the storm is chasing
everything good needs replacing
look up, look down all around, hey sattelite

sattelite, headlines read
someone's secrets you've seen
eyes and ears have been
sattelite dish in my yard
tell me more, tell me more
who's the king of your sattelite castle?

winter's cold spring erases
and the calm away by the storm is chasing
everything good needs replacing
look up, look down all around, hey sattelite
rest high above the clouds no resrictions
television we bounce 'round the world
and while i spend these hours
five senses reeling,
i laugh about the weatherman's sattelite eyes.

sattelite in my eyes
like a diamond in the sky
how i wonder.
sattelite strung from the moon
and the world your balloon
peeping tom for the mother station

winter's cold spring erases
and the calm away by the storm is chasing
everything good needs replacing
look up, look down all around, hey sattelite

rest high above the clouds no restrictions
television you bounce from the world
and while i spend these hours
five senses reeling
i laugh about this world in my sattelite eyes.

One Sweet World

nine planets round the sun
only one does the sun embrace
upon this watered one
so much we take for granted
so let us sleep outside tonight
lay down in our mother's arms
for here we can rest safely
if green should slip to grey
but our hearts still bloody be
and if mountains crumble away
and the river dry
would it stop the stepping feet

take all that we can get
when it's done
nobody left to bury here
nobody left to dig the holes
and here we can rest safely
one sweet world
around a star is spinning
one sweet world
and in her breath i'm swimming
and here we will rest in peace

The Song That Jane Likes

and in plays to write the wire in
i'll come back again
taorching time talking rhymes in
i'll come back again

would you like to play
with the thought of a friend
in a distant passing stage
while you lie around
with hands up and down
so resigned you will fall down

while you around here play
wild on the warm and far away
while you around here play
the days keep scrbbling themselves
in tidy lines

would like to play
with a fool holding hands
with a one-eyed jack of spades
while on the deck they sing
all of the captain's cards are kings
still he and the queen are lost at sea
i hope it isn't you and me
and i'll be back 'round again
yes i'll walk in time with you old freind
and we'll find that place
that we had danced so long ago

and in plays to write the wire in
i'll come back again
torching time talking rhymes in
i'll come back again
with this resigned
the letter i sign

Minarets

Santa Maria choose your children
Santa Maria virgin child
all our wars over you we are fighting
and all our time faith justifying
brother caged Babylon will fall
sister chained and bound, beaten and bleeding
the tv's on, to me this explains it
wearing a tie like daddy speaks it
screaming from the minarets
later on we'll all be dancing
screaming from the minarets
yes indeed i'm making faces
rain on the ground in a space
God has grown
alone till a man looking glass in his hand
he is holding up to you
what you see
what you see
what you see
what you see is human
screaming from the minarets

Seek Up

sometimes i feel like i'm falling
fall back again, fall back again,
fall back again, fall back again

oh, life it seems a struggle between
what we think what we see
i'm not going to change my ways
just to please you or appease you
inside a crowd, five billion proud
willing to punch it out
right, wrong, weak, strong
ashes to ashes all fall down
look around about this round
about this merry-go-round around
if at all God's gaze upon us fall
his mischievous grin, look at him

forget about the reasons and
the treasons we are seeking
forget about the notion that
our emtions can be swept away
forget about being guilty,
we are innocent instead
for soon we will all find our lives swept away

sit awhile with tv's hungry child
big belly swelled
oh, for a price of a coke or a smoke
keep alive those hungy eyes
take a look at me, what you see in me,
mirror look at me
face it all, face it all again
forget about the reasons and
the treasons we are seeking
forget about the notion that your emtions can be
swept away, kept at bay
forget about being guilty, i am innocent instead
for soon we will all find our lives swept away
you seek up an emotion
and our cup is overflowing
you seek up an emotion,
sometimes your well is dry
you seek up a big monster
for him to fight your wars for you
but when he finds his way to you, the devil's not
going--ha, ha

say, say
look at me in my fancy car
and my bank account
oh, how i wish i could take it all down
into my grave, i'd save
take a look again, take a look again,
take a look again
everyday things change,...stay the same

forget about the reasons and
the treasons we are seeking
forget about the notion that
your emtions can be swept away
intentions are not wicked,
don't be tricked into thinking so
soon we will all find our lives swept away

you seek up an emotion
and our cup is overflowing
you seek up an emotion,
sometimes your well is dry
you seek up a big monster
for him to fight your wars for you
but when he finds his way to you,
the devil's not going--ha, ha
fall back again, fall back again, fall back again...

I'll Back You Up

i remember thinking
i'll go on forever only knowing
i'll see you again
but i know
the touch of you is so hard to remember
but like that touch i know no other

and for sure we have danced
in the risk of each other
would like to dance
around the world with me
i'll be falling all about my own thing
and i know your the heaviest weight
when your not here that's hung
around my head

and your lips burn wild
thrown from the face of a child
and in your eyes
the seeing of the greatest few
do what you will, always
walk where you like, your steps
do as you please, i'll back you up

i remember thinking
sometimes we walk
sometimes we run away
no matter how fast we are running
somehow we keep
somehow we keep up with each other

i'll be falling all about my own thing
and i know your the heaviest weight
when your not here that's hung
around my head

and your lips burn wild
thrown from the face of a child
and in your eyes
the seeing of the greatest few
do what you will, always
walk where you like, your steps
do as you please, i'll back you up

Christmas Song

she was his girl; he was her boyfreind
she be his wife; take him as her husband
a surprise on the way, any day, any day
one healthy little giggling dribbling baby boy
the wise men came three made their way
to shower him with love
while he lay in the hay
shower him with love love love
love love love
love love is all around

not very much of his chilhood was known
kept his mother Mary worried
always out on his own
he met another Mary for a reasonable fee, less than
reputable as known to be

his heart was full of love love love
love love love
love love is all around
when jesus christ was nailed to the his tree
said "oh, Daddy-o i can see how it all soon will be
i came to shed a little light on this darkening scene
instead i fear i spill the blood of my children all around"

the blood of our children all around
the blood of our children all around
the blood of our children all around
so the story goes, so i'm told
the people he knew were
less than golden hearted
gamblers and robbers
drinkers and jokers, all soul searchers
like you and me

rumors insisited he soon would be
for his deviations
taken into custody by the authorities
less informed than he.
drinkers and jokers. all soul searchers
searching for love love love
love love love
love love is all around
preparations were made
for his celebration day
he said "eat this bread and think of it as me
drink this wine and dream it will be
the blood of our children all around
the blood of our children all around"
the blood of our children all around

Father up above, why in all this anger have you fill
me up with love
fill me love love love
love love love
love love
and the blood of our children all around

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