Under the Treehouse

You were a fighter and I was a writer

There wasn’t much common ground

You through the punches and I had the last word

And that’s how our story went down

We were lost

Found

Suddenly everything’s upside down

We were lost

Found

We were found

The night we were drinking

You talked your heart out

Seemed to me just killing time

We talked til day break

Tucked in the corner

Your eyes never left mine

And then when we parted

I gave you a card that

Said you could call me sometime

You held it tightly

Like you would guard it

And that’s when I knew you were mine

We were lost

Found

Suddenly everything’s upside down

We were lost

Found

We were found

We were lost

found

I heard the window smash out beneath you

I saw the shards of glass fly

You started drifting but I held you tight

I wouldn’t let you die

You were a damsel called out distress

I on my galloping stead

Your hands were twisted

Reaching above you

And I came to set you free

We were lost

Found

Suddenly everything’s upside down

We were lost

Found

We were found

We were lost

found

You said you’d listen

And knelt down beside me

But I saw the flowers had died

Your hands were bleeding

There was blood on your diary

You took down my last words that I

I was lost

Found

Suddenly everything’s upside down

We were lost

Found

We were found

We were lost

Found

Come all you lost souls,

Don’t be afraid,

There’s more of us lost souls,

Than there are days,

We’ve all tasted it,

We’ve all drunk that wine,

Maybe it’s you now,

Trying to find your way out,

Out of the darkness,

Been sleeping too long,

I’m gonna wake to find,

I can’t walk away,

From what’s inside,

Love’s a stranger to no one,

Love is endless and whole,

Love can climb any mountain,

Love can bring you home,

Out of the darkness,

Can you relate to no escape,

And each place that you find,

You’re not there anyhow,

But into that darkness,

I see a shimmering hand,

It’s reaching out for you,

I’m gonna be it if I can,

Out of the darkness

She cries if she don’t get her way,

I treat her like porcelain clay,

She sees it clearly in her head,

She says that it’s just commonsense,

You’re never as dull as you think you are,

You’re never alone like you think you are,

You’re never as free as you think you are,

He cries if I don’t  walk this way,

He forms animals out of clay,

We’re waiting out in the sun,

He smiles and waves to everyone,

You’re never as tough as you think you are,

You’re never as right as you think you are,

You’re never as wrong as you think you are,

We’re bonded together like araldite,

She curls up into my arms at night,

She’s  got her finger on this town,

She walks like a cat full and proud,

You’re never alone like you think you are,

You’re never afraid like you think you are,

You’re never as tough as you think you are

I’ve walked a dusty track,

I’ve made a bed of sand,

I’ve taken charity,

I’ve offered up my hand,

I know it’s not the way it goes,

But I know I’ve got to get back home,

How long I’ve been waiting for the country,

How long I’ve been waiting to get home,

I’ve crossed the double lines,

Been locked in bricks and steel,

Traced lines across my face,

Just to know it’s real,

Been caught up in the race,

I tried to cut a deal,

I’m always second place,

Somebody’s at the wheel,

I know it’s not the way it goes,

But I know I’ve got to get back home,

How long been waiting for the country,

How long I’ve been walking on this track,

To get home,

The people moving fast,

Same look that’s in their eyes,

The news that’s on the wall,

Has come to be their lives,

I’ve passed the drunken crowds,

I’ve passed the violet haze,

I’m making peace with dogs,

Just trying to find my way,

Back home,

I’ve got to get back home,

Back home,

It’s where I’ve got to go

I’ve got a feeling and it won’t let go,

It’s all around me it’s my late night show,

I’ve got love coming down over me,

I walk the dark path through shady streets,

There’s a cool wind it’s blowing back to me,

All the love coming down over me,

I hear it calling,

My slide show’s starting,

There’s a projector stands against my wall,

I move my paintings and I let it fall,

And let love come down over me,

I’ve got my music,

Got my favourite track,

Turn down the lights,

And then I just sit back,

And let love come down over me,

Yeh I hear it calling,

My slide show’s starting,

Cause yesterdays gone,

And it won’t be back again,

The moon is yellow up against the sky,

I’ve got a picture of it in my mind,

The air is heavy and my heart is light,

I swim the rivers and I walk the tides,

And let love come down over me,

I hear it calling,

My slide show’s starting,

Cause yesterdays gone,

And it won’t be back again

Side by side we’ll take it,

In our lives we’re wasted,

We had a good life but it turns out to be,

The shadows we’re chasing were just you and me,

Side by side so easy,

In our lives completely,

We were for always,

Was always to be,

But I couldn’t take it,

And now that I see,

Where are you,

Did you always,

Side by side we’ll take it,

Give us half a chance and we’ll make it,

Starting behind you,

It was so clear to see,

I’d never catch you if you ever caught me,

So I kept on running,

We were drunk on the speed,

The world fell behind us,

It was just you and me

Now where are you,

Did you always,

Were you always

A universal cry for the sadness of a shell blown child,

For the silent gesture of an old man’s love,

For a friend two years departed,

And sometimes it’s sadness and sometimes it’s just because,

The film is ending or I’m walking out the door,

Or remembering you as we were before,

But if I’m busy with life and I don’t have time,

And the faces I’m seeing I see nine to five,

Then I just keep on laughing and kidding and kicking,

And the sadness inside of me is silently screaming,

Misery,

That's what I'm feeling,

Guides my plans and my dreaming,

Misery is a long empty curtain,

Is a walk down the windows,

With a view to the clearing,

And there my answers I’ll find,

Of how to join my heart with my mind,

And then what I’m thinking reflects how I’m feeling,

My soul becomes clearer,

My words contain meaning,

Misery,

That's what I'm feeling,

Guides my plans and my dreaming,

Misery is a long empty curtain,

Is a walk down the windows with a view to the clearing,

Misery

We do it the long way,

We go round the long way,

Let me take you the long way,

Yeh we know where we’re going,

We see it in the distance but we like to take our time,

There’s no need to hurry where we’re going,

We could be there just in a moment if we wanted,

But we like to take the long way,

We do it the long way,

Looking down upon the old merry go round,

There’s just one way it’s turning,

And when we get there the music will play,

High on the hill, We do it the long way,

There’s a swing that swings between two oaks,

Where the branches have entwined,

It’s seat is made of heavy stone,

And the ropes are ancient vine,

It’s high up on two mountain peaks,

With an oak tree on top of each,

And far below where the water flows,

Only you can take me,

Take me the long way,

Well the country’s stained with acid rain,

From the people in their cars,

Racing here to there in time,

In time for quick departs,

But where’s it heading,

All the speed,

What’s the hurry,

What’s the need,

What will it take for them to slow down,

And take it the long way,

Let me take you the long way,

Yeh we know where we’re going