Seems So Long

Crazy about you,

Crazy what we’re going through,

Wild just to hold you,

But I must believe,

Oh that it’s time,

That it’s time to be free,

That it’s time to be free,

Yesterday’s gone,

Now I must believe,

That it’s time to be free,

Yes that it’s time,

When I’m alone I am clear and resolved,

You’ve got your life without me,

Oh but when I’m near you,

I need someone to remind me,

That it’s time to be free,

That it’s time to be free,

Yesterday’s gone,

Now I must believe,

That it’s time to be free,

Yes that it’s time,

Yeh I gotta keep on believing,

Yeh I gotta keep on believing,

That it’s time to be free,

Yesterday’s gone,

Now I must believe,

That it’s time to be free,

Yes that it’s time,

Yes that it’s time,

Stick to the rivers and valleys my child,

Stick to the rivers and valleys my child,

Oceans of madness are easy to sail,

Stick to the rivers and valleys my child,

You’ll find that love is your shelter my child,

You’ll find that love is your shelter my child,

Mountains of hatred are easy to climb,

Stick to the rivers and valleys my child,

All you need is love and water my child,

All you need is love and water my child,

You keep on climbing til you reach the top,

You’ll keep on climbing and you’ll never stop,

One day you’ll find that you’re all alone,

No one to turn to and just one way to go,

Stay near the water and shelter,

Stay near the water and shelter,

Stay near the water and shelter,

Stay near the water and shelter,

Stick to the rivers and valleys my child

If that’s what you want to say then fine,

I’ll take a cab from the front door and say so long lover,

It’s been a rough time,

It’s been a big year,

And now you’re telling me on Xmas eve that’s it’s no longer,

Well couldn’t you’ve waited for the new year,

I won’t pretend that I thought it was for the long haul,

You know I loved how we used to take it day by day,

But just when I thought it was going to be a good Xmas,

You had to bring it up,

All that well where do we go from here deal,

So Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year,

I think what you’re giving me is perfectly clear,

But it’s such a bad time for you to take away,

My fantasies and dreams of us both in love,

You know I’ve always loved Xmas,

Haven’t had a bad one yet,

You know I love the decorations and sentimental things like that,

But I see the sad eyed girls in the park,

And I think it’s such a bad time to break away,

You know I’ve always felt that,

Now I’m getting it out of my system with my own Xmas song,

But it could have been a happy one,

Could have been about a flight of stairs with a nesting bird,

Singing an ancient song,

With those tiny eggs hatching to the break of light,

As we came dancing home,

You know I want to sing for you,

But this ain’t about what I want,

No,

You were just cleaning out your cupboards,

And I was on the list of things that had to go,

So Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year,

I think what I got,

Is just what you wanted,

But it’s such a bad time to be in the park,

Looking like the sad eyed girls that you see a lot,

Round this time of year

Close your eyes,

So you can’t see anymore,

And if you’re tired,

You need a safe place to fall,

The flashes of gold,

Have taken their toll,

on us all,

And I will write you a place of your own,

Emptiness,

Where there’s nothing at all,

A place to begin,

You’ll sink or you’ll swim,

Nothing more,

Nothing More,

Hold my hand,

And I will guide you the way,

And if you fall,

I will carry your weight,

I’ll kiss your eyes,

Sing lullabies,

Til you sleep,

Til you sleep

Safe Place to Fall

I’m running down the highway

With my poor soul in a bag

Trying to deliver it before the milk turns bad

Hold that train

There’s a seat for me I swear

The pistons start a-pounding

The whistle scares me it’s so loud

I lost my shoe by trippin’

But I’m not slowing down

Hold that train

It’s the only way out of town

My feet are cut and bleeding

From the metal on the tracks

I wish I had a big lasso

To haul that engine back

I call out to the driver

I can’t tell if he’s heard

I’m wavin’ like a mad man with my

Old torn red shirt

Hold that train

I’ve got the ticket in my hand

Someone let the dogs out

They’re runnin’ cross the field

they’re hunting down the blood that’s been

Dripping from my heels

Hold that train

You got to get me out of here

Well nobody knows where I’ve been

Or how much my luggage has cost

But if I don’t make the last railroad car

Just bury me here in the rocks

I’d sure like to be riding

Up there in first class

With someone offering champagne

And filling up my glass

Oh hold that train

I’d really like to climb upon

It’s not getting any closer

But it’s still there in my sights

If I just keep running

And don’t stop to sleep tonight

I’ll make that train

And I dare God to prove me wrong

(Harmonica break)

The sun it keeps on sinking

And the moon keep rising up

Just a few more days of this

And then I’m giving up

Hold that train

I really need to rest my bones

I think I see it slowing

Or have I lost my mind?

Looks like their pulling up a bit

I’ll get there just in time

Oh my God

I’m climbing on that train

All the folks are leaving

The driver lights a cigarette

They’re walking off the platform

But it hasn’t sunk in yet

Oh my God

I’m here all own my own

The bag sits undelivered

Resting by my side

A sign in broken English reads

Half a good time

Hold that train

I think that this ones mine

Me,

I was down on my luck babe,

I walked forty days in two days,

Shed everything from my suitcase,

Tried standing in front of a roadtrain,

Just to try to make it back to you,

Well Idon’t know what I was thinking,

But the way I left you was stinking,

I was too cuaght up with my drinking,

And if you hadn’t come looking for me that night,

It sure would have been the end,

I gotta make it up to you babe,

Cause you saved my life,

I was caught up in the cross fire hunny,

No luck a head and the back way a stale mate,

You came to me babe,

I was a dead man,

there was no fore warning but you came to me babe,

I said my Amens,

You had the ground covered one way or another babe,

Me I was happy as I could be,

Working long hours on the weekend,

Just trying to get on my feet again,

But the money I saved well I owed from past days,

I just couldn’t get ahead,

And too many times I’ve been leaving,

I make my way to the doorway,

I tell you I love you always,

But I get my feet on the cold dark street,

And I’m knocking on you door again,

I gotta make it up to you babe,

Cause you saved my life,

I was caught up in the cross fire hunny,

No luck a head and the back way a stale mate,

You came to me babe,

I was a dead man,

there was no fore warning but you came to me babe,

I said my Amens,

You had the ground covered one way or another babe,

Mumma creator had a strange plan for me,

Knock me down just to show it to me,

I’m the man for you babe,

I was out cold like a first round knock down,

Ain’t no friends in this whole God Damn town,

But you came to me babe,

I was a dead man,

there was no fore warning but you came to me babe,

I said my Amens,

You had the ground covered one way or another babe,

You saved my life,

You saved my life

You can run,

You can cry,

Call it out,

Question why,

You can run with the flag,

You can dance in the fire,

You can wait through it all,

Like you’re caught in the wind,

And there’s no where to run,

And there’s no way to win,

You can look for the light,

You can love you can laugh,

Find a path through the dark,

If you sit still enough,

You can smile and be sweet with a dog at your feet,

With a child in your arms and he’s warm and asleep,

You can rattle the cage or just wait for the feed,

You can take what you get,

Or you can get what you need,

You can muster a cry like a call in the field,

Or just watch it go by,

Let it roll like a wheel,

You can doubt what they say,

You can choose to believe,

You can turn it up loud,

Take it out on the street,

You can sweat it all out,

Trying to save what you can,

Or you can leave it behind on the road to the land,

You can organize,

You can work as a team,

You can fight for a cause,

Or you can just let it be,

You can join in the park with your message to push,

You can step out of line,

Don’t it make you feel good,

Yes you can,

Just let it all out til it all ends,

Yes you can,

Just let it all out til it all ends,

You can sell it all out for your mercenary fee,

You can fight for the rich,

You can fight for the weak,

You can measure things up just a step at a time,

Or you can just let it out,

Let it roll,

Let it ride,

You can bite your tongue,

You can turn your cheek,

You can hide in silence and mind what you speak,

You can block it all out,

You can choose not to see,

Tell yourself you’ve no voice,

No beliefs and no need,

You can search for the truth,

And then reconcile,

You can work for peace or making young children smile,

You can spend your time educating their minds,

You can teach them to think,

Or just to toe the line,

You can join the forces and enjoy the parade,

You can take their commands,

You can do what they say,

You can follow the masses,

Trying hard to be missed,

Lying low,

Take no chances,

Trying to stay off their lists,

You can seek to surrender and leave things to chance,

You can stop to discover and turn back to ask,

You can leave yourself open and trust you can shine,

You can walk on to freedom,

You can cross that line,

You can play hard to conquer,

Working hard to survive,

Lay it out on the table,

Do it all to provide,

You can build up a fortune and the question it all,

You can leave it behind in a moment of pause,

You can change your direction or stick to your guns,

You can lead the resistance,

You can be the one,

You can get things to change with a petition to sign,

You can make it all happen,

You can make this the time,

You can bury the truth,

You can bury your plans,

You can just let them rot,

Let them waste where they stand,

You can plant a new garden starting just with a seed,

It may just be a thought,

But it could soon be a tree,

Yes you can,

Just let it all out til it all ends,

Yes you can,

Just let it all out til it all ends,