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Cagèd Bird (1999)
1) Rome
i showed you how to fly, but you couldn't quite believe me
you said that you had other things to do
i asked you if you'd try, 'cause I wanted you up there with me
but you said it didn't matter much to you
so i flew off alone, and scaled the highest mountain
and i swear i had you with me all the time
i knew the great unknown, and i bathed in all the fountains
you don't always have to stay between the lines...
just release your mind
when i asked you again, you smiled at your friends
and you said you'd only known me but a day
and then when they had gone, you said it was all over
i knew all i could do was fly away
so i flew off alone again, and rome wasn't the same without you
and i strung my hammock up between the stars
there was room for you, but you had to do some shopping
and you never leave your practical ajar--that's who you are
and i ducked behind a cloud as lois lane flew by me
candidates for heaven were waiting in a line
we could have both flown off and found that world together
if you hadn't said you didn't have the time...
won't you please release your mind
2) Ithaca
sailing home, sailing home, woe is me
all alone, on my own destiny
and Lord give me some indication
show me the right constellation
point me to my destination and show me the way
o ithaca, do you call me like the horizon calls the sun
o ithaca, when will these days be done
penelope, will you be forever true
o ithaca, i'm sailing home to you, sailing home to you
every day, the sea and the spray, and no shore in view
and all of my men, trying hard as they can to see more than blue
and they've not heard a word that i've spoken
i fear that their hearts may be broken
and i pray that these breezes that blow can take us away
take us away to ithaca...
could i ride on the dolphins and otters
could i fly, could i walk on the waters
could i know that my wife and my daughters will see me again
see me again in ithaca...
3) Company Town
joey works the line just like his daddy did
and if he worries about a thing, you know he keeps it pretty well hid
he's got a baby on the way, there's only one place here that pays
so he don't ask any questions at the end of the day
but the stream's running red in the afternoon
and the flowers, they don't bloom in the middle of june
everybody owns property, and they all got job security
so they can live with a sky that's turning brown
you know that's just life in a company town
joey can relax on his suburban lawn
he never knew a thing about being a corporate pawn
until the promise of a little girl died, gone before she ever arrived
and nobody told him that anything was wrong
but the stream's running red in the afternoon
and the flowers, they don't bloom in the middle of june
mommas were crying, babies were dying
and all they could say is that it's something in the ground
and that's just death in a company town
joey hates to think of how it used to be
he don't care anymore about the factory
he didn't know he was getting robbed, he figured it was only a job
he didn't know that it would cost him a family
now the stream runs clear in the afternoon
and the flowers fill the streets in the middle of june
joey's moved to another coast, all that's left are childrens' ghosts
and nobody wants to play or come around
to see the life and death of a company town
the life and death of a company town
4) Place I Know
there is a place i know, where the willows dance and the flowers grow
and i, i wonder why, as i look up at the sky
and there is a part of me, that dreams of things i long to be
but i know that i have all i really need to let me go
to the place i know
place i know
place i know, let me go to the place i know
there is a love i've found, and it loves me more than any love around
if you only knew that it could love you too
and there are some times i fall
but He makes it seem like i never fell at all
He dries my eyes, and He tells me i will go to the place i know
place i know
place i know, let me go to the place i know
and there is an end to time
when my Savior comes, He'll erase the lines
and take me to this place so far from down below
where all the flowers grow
and someday i will go to the place i know
5) Nevermind
look at this place, the unsaid is in the sink
and all of your disclaimers on the door
bottles and bottles of differences to drink
and you spill your silent treatment on the floor
look at this face, girl you got to let me in
i'll help you put your paranoid away
am i figuring you out, are you figuring me in
i never never know what you will say
"nevermind...maybe some other day"
that's what you always say
well, you try too hard to find your nevermind
honey i'd hate to say
you're neverminding our love away
after a while, stuff is falling off the walls
and my face is on the floor with all the rest
your box of denial is sitting in the hall
and these one-way conversations are the best
nevermind...
6) Color you In
i got my brushes, i got my crayons
i got my fingers, i got my hands
and this is an art that i know by heart
won't you show me where to begin
won't you let me color you in
a little umber and a little blue
a little silver residue
and i'll give you a green that you've never seen...
a little jasmine and a little jade
a little sunshine, a little shade
and i'll give you a bite of my black and white...
a little golden and a little tan
now i'm holding onto your hands
and i'll give you a drink of my red and pink...
a little hazel and a little rose
a little freckle on the side of your nose
and i'll wash over you with my navy blue...
7) Jessica
some people say that the start of the day is the sunrise
i would agree, if it weren't for my false medication:
me taking you, and semi-living till i do
she said to meet down on asbury street by the station
i got lost on the way and it shattered my day into pieces
it was the corner of blair, and my morphine was there
you were everything that i wanted, jessica
you were everything that i needed, jessica
there was a counselor checking his notes in the meantime
he tapped on his head with his pencil and said,
"this is not what i wrote down"
then he went to the room where he weaves and he rolled up his sleeves
'cause you were everything that i wanted, jessica
you were everything that i needed, jessica
some people say that the start of the day is the sunrise
i drink my decaf and say, "what a beautiful morning"
and i know that He is agreeing with me...
8) Belong to Me
now i'm sitting by the cedar, now i'm fingering a rose
now i'm running down to meet her, i place a kiss upon her nose
she says, "it seems you haven't shaven, and your collar isn't right, but in your arms there is a haven, and i was wondering if i might?"
she says, "i belong to you, and you belong to me, you belong to me"
now we're waving at the ocean, now our hair is full of sand
now she smiles in slow motion, now she takes me by the hand
she says, "i belong to you, and you belong to me"
say you belong to me
i can be strong till you say that you belong
say you belong to me
it won't be long till you say that you belong to me
now we're sitting in the evening, the horizon is a rose
now she says she must be leaving, she drops a kiss upon my nose
she says, "i belong to you, and you belong to me
i belong to you, and you belong to me, you belong to me"
9) (Don't be my) Anything Today
juana wants to wear some flowers in her hair
and her daddy has invited quite a crowd
donny doesn't know, and his head is spinning so
and the bells are ringing really, really loud
don't be my anything today
i ain't got anything to say
don't throw my memory away, but
don't be my anything today
you tell me just to date her, and it might get better later
but i don't really want to wait and see
you like throwing rice, and might-be-right is nice
but i guess it just ain't good enough for me...
well i look around, surrounded by a mess
of flowers and hors d'oerves and dinner guests
babe, i'm as commital as they come
but give me a minute to make sure that you're the one...
10) Cagèd Bird
sam always said he got shot in the back
sam always said it was a rush 'n' attack
and every time after the mirror would crack
there was clearly a problem here
when brother found out, oh he wanted him dead
and mother and daddy said "off with his head"
agammemnon just laughed and he went back to bed
there was clearly a problem here
and it was here that he found a little place to fall down
he took solace here, solace here
and as they led him away, he was heard then to say
"look up in that tree, and there you will see
the caged bird is singing you a song"
he said to himself, "i can keep it in tune"
and he fought all his wars just before afternoon
and he died every night by the light of the moon
there was clearly a problem here
so mary and june turn their backs to him now
and tom and macbeth keep on smiling somehow
he was never told that he wasn't allowed
there was clearly a problem here...
11) Loner
mica night in the sky, gemini is in my eyes
i ain't got a lady, and i'm all right
they don't know who is right
i need a little more of the black and white
i spent all my maybes, and i don't mind
i don't want to become a loner
but that's the only thing that i'll ever be
and it would be nice just to sacrifice and fly, fly away
i am gone with the rise, never mind all the whys
i ain't got an answer, oh and i don't mind
go ahead, brow your eyes, hope you don't mind my goodbyes
'cause i am a loner, oh and i don't mind...
12) Lullaby in E Minor
i'm laying you down to sleep, i pray Him your soul to keep
if you should forget to wake, i pray Him your soul to take
oh my child, oh my child
running so wild among the roses and the thorns
till the streetlights come on
oh my child, oh my child
come to my arms and i will sing to you a song
till the light of the dawn
the sun it will never rise, if you don't close your eyes
your face has a smile my love, oh what are you dreaming of...
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