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Sunset in the Jémez

you say one day we’ll leave this city dirt behind
that one day we’ll have nothing on our hands but time
you say the Jémez Mountains are beautiful in spring
and you saw a sunset once there you want to see again

it’s just the price of passion that’s been keeping us from change
we’ve come too far to turn back now the dream is everything

it has molded who we are this desire it’s such a dangerous thing
it would set us up to fail if we were not strong
if we were not so blind we’d stand no chance to win

it’s just the price of passion that’s been driving us from change
we’ve come too far to turn back now the dream is everything

I know the road ahead is still untraveled
I have faith we’ll somehow find our way
just as I know there is a sunset in New Mexico
that waits…that waits

it’s just the price of passion that’s been keeping us from change
we’ve come too far to turn back now the dream is everything

The dream is everything

Think I’ll Drive

woke up this morning with another heavy heart
well it’s nothing that you’ve said or done that’s made me fall apart
I told you I loved you and you didn’t hear me lie
you just stared out the window and I wished that I could fly

now I think I’ll drive
I think we need some time alone
I think I think too much
but not enough so that I’d know

I shored up the levee and I watched the waters rise
you couldn’t see it coming with the sunlight in your eyes
you said up ahead that you could see the other side
but no matter how I held it back I couldn’t stem the tide

now I think I’ll drive
I think we need some time alone
I think I think too much
but not enough so that I’d know

this isn’t the future we’re making
the light’s red the tail-lights are breaking
there’s a whole world for the taking
if you’ll just give me the keys
well I think I’ll drive

pack up your suitcase baby and sit here by my side
put some music on the radio
and we’ll watch the miles go by
if our plans should all fall through it doesn’t matter anymore
there’re lights up ahead now I think I see the other shore

now I think I’ll drive
I think we need some time alone
I think I think too much
but not enough so that I’d know

If Liquor Were A Woman

that damn barroom it’s your bedroom it keeps you up all night
with liquor as your lover honey you’re a terrible sight
she’s left you black and blue and white
you haven’t seen the sun shine since nineteen-eighty-five
and with whiskey as your woman
it’s a wonder that your still alive
I seen you stumble thru the door of one more dive

if liquor were a woman
I know you’d turn on your heel and run
there ain’t no way you’d let some girlfriend
do to you what liquor’s done

you say she keeps you company
that no one wants to be alone
her every shot’s a present you wear like cheap cologne
she’s got you soaked right to the bone

if liquor were a woman
I know you’d turn on your heel and run
there ain’t no way you’d let some girlfriend
do to you what liquor’s done

can’t say I understand it and you don’t have the mind to explain
’cause your lover has your liver
and now she’s headed for your brain
you say just one more for the road will ease the pain

if liquor were a woman
I know you’d turn on your heel and run
there ain’t no way you’d let some girlfriend
do to you what liquor’s done

so you climb back on that bar stool
just like you’d climb back on a horse
eyes glued to the shot glass
she’s become your driving force
and if liquor were a woman you’d be divorced
oh yeah if liquor were a woman you’d be divorced

Sweet William

got you’re card in the post thursday evening
I have memorized every line
and I hope these words find you by august
how I miss you but am otherwise fine

oh sweet William don’t you forget me
for I remain yours patiently
there’s a place for you set at the table
there’s a prayer for you spoke don’t you know
may God keep you and watch ’til you’re safe in my arms
you should have been home long ago

when the men come ’round looking for heroes
I knew you’d be first to go
t’was the chance of a lifetime you said not to cry
but to think of the glorious future we’d own

how the years go like days go like seconds
while your letters have faded with time
but I see you so clearly it’s your voice I hear
when I lie down and drift off to dream every night

Dedicated Heart

dedicated heart keep us from falling apart
one by one we make a brand new start
this is just a clue of what love can do
with the strength of two dedicated hearts

living in silence is sometimes lonely
looking over my shoulder to see who’s there
you were the spark in the darkness that surrounds me
and with your love I’ve found I’m not alone
dedicated heart keep us from falling apart
one by one we make a brand new start
this is just a clue of what love can do
with the strength of two dedicated hearts

when I was lost inside myself
you held my hands ’til I pulled through
now words mean nothing ’cause I can hear you with my heart
when I look in your eyes and realize all we can do

dedicated heart keep us from falling apart
one by one we make a brand new start
this is just a clue of what love can do
with the strength of two dedicated hearts

Dusty’s Lament

placed a thousand miles between us
half a dozen years as well
I told myself I would be better for the loss
and you would find a new life for yourself

oh my love you know I’m sorry now
but I cannot change the things I’ve done

I headed west towards the setting sun
where the open sky holds all I own
where every now and then you surface in my dreams
when I wake up it hurts to be alone

oh my love you know I’m sorry now
but I cannot change the things I’ve done

well time and distance didn’t fade your memory
though whiskey sometimes dulls the pain
when I still hear you in my heart and in my head
saying if you leave you can’t come home again

but oh my love you know I’m sorry now
that I cannot change the things I’ve done
and oh my love I wish you’d show me how
to change the things I’ve done

Hurricane Season

it was around the fifth of august
was a dark and fateful day
I thought I heard you crying out
and then the trailer blew away

you said this front is moving fast
there’s no place you can hide
sit back enjoy the ride
blew out all the windows
the walls can’t take the strain
of another hurricane

I caught a glimpse of your reflection
then I fell back thru the door
lost my equilibrium
when the ceiling hit the floor

this mother’s mean and ugly
pushing in the tide
I think I’ll wait inside
blew out all the windows
the walls can’t take the strain
of another hurricane

I’ve no idea what day it is
and the cats have learned to fly
things have got much calmer
since we caught up with the eye

this front is moving fast
there’s no place you can hide
sit back enjoy the ride
blew out all the windows
the walls can’t take the strain
of another hurricane

I hope I land in Hollywood
in a pair of ruby shoes
I don’t know when I’m coming back
and I don’t care if I do

this mother’s mean and ugly
pushing in the tide
I think I’ll wait inside
blew out all the windows
the walls can’t take the strain
of another hurricane

Weatherman’s Blues

you can have the photographs
you can have the stereo
you can take all my jewelry back
hell you can have everything I own

’cause all I want’s a blue sky
and honey you’re no weatherman
there’s lots of things you just can’t buy
a sunny day an honest man

you can keep the dog and cat
never liked them anyway
what your new girlfriend thinks ’bout that
I don’t care I’m sure she has alot to say

’cause all I want’s a blue sky
and honey you’re no weatherman
there’s lots of things you just can’t buy
a sunny day an honest man

you can take your dirty laundry
hey why don’t you take your mother too
see I don’t want none of your precious time
I’ve got better things to do

’cause all I want is a blue sky
and honey you’re no weatherman
there’s lots of things you just can’t buy
a sunny day an honest man

you can have the photographs
you can have the stereo