Slight Return...

[waitingman]

2 songs from the Maestro that have helped me lately...

Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye

I loved you in the morning, our kisses deep and warm,
Your hair upon the pillow like a sleepy golden storm,
There's many loved before us, I know that we are not new,
In city and in forest they smiled like me and you,
But now it's come to distances and both of us must try,
Your eyes are soft with sorrow,
Hey that's no way to say goodbye.
I'm not looking for another as I wander in my time,
Walk me to the corner, our steps will always rhyme
You know my love goes with you as your love stays with me,
It's just the way it changes, like the shoreline and the sea,
But let's not talk of love or chains and things we can't untie,
Your eyes are soft with sorrow,
Hey that's no way to say goodbye.

Coming Back To You

Maybe I'm still hurting, I can't turn the other cheek
But you know that I still love you, it's just that I can't speak
I looked for you in everyone & they called me on that too
I lived alone but I was only coming back to you

They're shutting down the factory now, just when all the bills are due
And the fields are under lock and key, though the rain and the sun come through
And springtime starts, but then it stops in the name of something new
And all my senses rise against this coming back to you

And they're handing down my sentence now, I know what I must do
Another mile of silence while I'm coming back to you

There are many in your life, many still to be
Since you are a shining light, there's many that you'll see
But I have to deal with envy when you choose the precious few
Who've left their pride on the other side of coming back to you

Even in your arms I know I'll never get it right
Even when you bend to give me comfort in the night
So I've got to have your word on this or none of it is true
And all I've said was just instead of coming back to you

Closer To Fine

I'm trying to tell you something about my life
Maybe give me insight between black and white
And the best thing you've ever done for me
Is to help me take my life less seriously. It's only life after all

Well darkness has a hunger that's insatiable
And lightness has a call that's hard to hear
I wrap my fear around me like a blanket
I sailed my ship of safety 'til I sank it. I'm crawling on your shores

I went to the doctor, I went to the mountains
I looked to the children, I drank from the fountains
Theres more than one answer to these questions
Pointing me in a crooked line
And the less I seek my source for some definitive
The closer I am to fine

I went to see the doctor of philosophy
With a poster of Rasputin & a beard down to his knee
He never did marry or see a b-grade movie
He graded my performance, he said he could see through me
I spent four years prostrate to the higher mind, got my paper & I was free

I stopped by the bar at 3 a.m.
To seek solace in a bottle or possibly a friend
And I woke up with a headache like my head against a board
Twice as cloudy as Id been the night before & I went in seeking clarity.

Yeah we go to the bible, we go through the workout
We read up on revival, we stand up for the lookout
There's more than one answer to these questions
Pointing me in a crooked line
The less I seek my source for some definitive
The closer I am to fine

Comments

[aquandrian.livejournal.com]

God, he really is the most amazing lyricist. I always forget and then am startled anew every time again.

*sending you good vibes*

who are the four wise women?