Really Great
I’m in some never-ending, mind-bending turnstile
I’m on my way to gather you
I’m thinkin’ and I’m drinkin’ clear skies and sunshine
And it’s been feeling overdue
And it’s really great
Steady on, steady on (Really great)
Steady on, steady on (Really great)
I’m in some thunder-clapping, soul-sapping whirlwind
And it’s gonna gather speed
But you’re coming and I’m humming
You’re my blue sky
And that is everything I need
It’s really great
Steady on, steady on (Really great)
Really great
Steady on, steady on (Really great)
It’s really great
Steady on, steady on (Really great)
Really great
Steady on, steady on (Really great)
Really great
Steady on, steady on (Really great)
Really great
Steady on, steady on (Really great)
FADIN’ IN
There’s a roll call rolling in
Says “let’s begin”
But this thing that has your measure
Makes you stop
But it’s all inside your head, your crazy head
And you keep on, keep on, keep on ‘til you drop
It’ll dim your day no more. It’ll dim your day no more. It’ll dim your day no more…
I’m fadin’ in
And there’s never really been
That much of me
I’m fadin’ fair
And that’s never really where
I thought I’d be
Unfair – that’s what you call it when it don’t square
That’s when you call it
But it’s all right, cause it’s the sun
When your light shines on
It’ll dim your day no more. It’ll dim your day no more. It’ll dim your day no more…
Steadman’s Wake
I showed up at Steadman’s wake.
That was my first mistake.
They peddle this stuff for pain and Now it’s a steady rain.
I never knew this before.
Now I know, I know, I know.
I showed up at Malvern Hill.
I call it my first big kill.
I joined up to have some fun, but man do these boys die young.
I never knew this before.
Now I know, I know, I know.
I showed up in Charlottesville.
You make of it what you will.
Now I’m just running fast. These fine people with baseball bats.
I never knew this before.
Now I know, I know, I know.
RUSTED FIELDS
Out beyond the mills and the radioactive fills
We went out into the night
And we got right, we got right
And on our walk, I just couldn’t talk
It all began to seem a crazy dream, a crazy thing
Head out…
I’m heading out
I’ll see you there.
Across the waves of steel.
Head out…
I’m heading out. I’ll see you there
Across the rusted fields
Points upon a map
Thoughts that turn to scrap
And things that rust away,
And you still claim that you are gonna name
Our new Southern Man, if you can
And once in a while you find a thing that matters more
You want a thing that matters more than this
And I have been trying
But I can’t offer anymore, no I can’t offer any more than this
Head out…
I’m heading out
I’ll see you there.
Across the waves of steel.
Head out…
I’m heading out. I’ll see you there
Across the rusted fields
Song for Duncan
Steady on, already gone…mostly
Open eyed, and open armed…mostly
Please be even, please be able, please be everything you’ve got
Please be steady, please be stable, please be everything I’m not
Well you sleep all night and you dream all day
And you reach up high to stow your stars away
And you run on fumes and you roll on rails
And you harvest hope, when everything else fails
Settle into your skin…slowly
Cast it out, walk about…slowly
Please be open, please be grateful, please be everything you’ve got
Please be ready, please be able, please be everything I’m not
Well you dream all night and you sleep all day
And you reach down low to hide your stars away
And you run on fumes and you roll on rails
And you harvest hope, when everything else fails
Well you perish thoughts and you walk away,
And you clear your eyes to see the start of day
And you look around and you slip your chains
And you venture out and bring it home again
Gladiator Heart
Stepping out
Hoping from the start
Anyway, something left you breathing hard
Your gladiator heart doesn’t seem to want to let you
Leave the field when all the feelings gone on some sorry day
And the the fading light has failed you anyway
And it’s my days
And it’s my day to show you
And it’s my day to show you
if it all holds true
Take a ride
All these aimless miles pilling up all around you
Anyway, your navigator heart
Only seems to want to lead you
Where the quiet of the quiet of this dream haunted land
Is a stranger thing than you could understand
And it’s my day to show you
And it’s my day to show you
And it’s my day to show you if it all holds true
BURIAL ART
Close enough to peal it off, slate gray anyday.
Winding down and brought to ground, slate gray year.
Nothing much but it’s enough just hangin’ around.
Wrap it plain like cellophane.
Strange, strange…
That’s when you lift me Miss Amphetamine.
That’s what you give me.
You like burial art, me too
You’ve been falling apart, me too
And you don’t bruise and I might amuse
So dig me, dig me, dig me now
Just enough to throw things off, same lame run around
Winding down and brought to ground, same lame year
Nothing much but it’s enough just hangin’ around
Wearing thin and caving in
Strange, strange…
That’s when you show me Miss Demonstrative
That’s how you’ll know me
You like burial art, me too
You’ve been falling apart, me too
And you don’t learn but I’m not concerned
UNIVERSAL GLUE
And there must be enough to prepare this table
So why am I doing rings around the room?
And a howl from the fields
Is enough to tell me
That I’d be wise not leaving here too soon
I can’t believe that you won’t ask me
Am I Abel?
I can’t believe that you’d receive me
Like I’m Cain
And it’s not mine to find the problem with this fable
It was ’75 and it was no later
That I divined the universal glue
That could hold me in place
Keep it all together
But now I’m stuck around with nothing much to do
I can’t believe that you won’t ask me
Am I Abel?
I can’t believe that you’d receive me
Like I’m Cain
And it’s not mine to find the problem with this fable
And if I dare to wonder in your garden
I won’t be there for long
I know you think I’d better beg your pardon
I won’t go there at all
Stars
When your stars collide and the fates don’t seem to favor,
Eveything you’ve tried is crap.
I’m not surprised my own star’s been fading lately,
Tumbling down to land in my lap.
When it’s over, tell me.
When it’s over, tell me.
When it’s over, tell me.
If you want advice and you’re seeking some suggestion,
You think that it’s mine to give.
Guess again. I’m all out of inspiration.
I’m just trying to find a place to fit.
When it’s over, tell me.
When it’s over, tell me.
When it’s over, tell me.
Hello Walter
And yeah I believed him
When he said he’d seen you out
and some other thing about
calling it even
and the way our bridges burned
And thing we never learned
I’ll never learn
and how he was concerned
but I think it’s starting to turn
hello Walter I’m amazed that you are here
and it’s nice you know for a while
and the only sound to reach my ears
is how have you been
down at the river
where the freaks would do their best
and the brothers came to rest
mostly together and we thanked our lucky stars
for a world waiting
and once opened the bars
and guitars always guitars
and how did we get where we are
hello Walter I’m amazed that you are here
and it’s nice you know for a while
and the only sound to reach my ears
is how have you been
How have you been
How have you been
HELIUM
Helium light and partially raised
I still remember the sight, and I was amazed
Minimum cool and oxygen spent
I still remember the speed of my own descent
And the what we’d never known, turned to what we’d never know
And your somewhere out there’s where I’d really like to go
And there’re things that couldn’t be real
I’m lighter than helium
It must have been warm
Your top was still down
I still remember the way
To that side of town
And the message that I sent wasn’t what I really meant
And my cast off, blast off, hats off, wasn’t time well spent
And there’re things that couldn’t be real
I’m lighter than helium
And the what we’d never been, turned to what we’d never be
And that school boy, fool boy, new boy, wasn’t really me
And there’re things that couldn’t be real
I’m lighter than helium
