Who's gonna drive the cadillac take her down and bring her back?
Somebody's got to choose a suit
One of us better stay back home to open the mail and get the phone
and help 'em put away the food

Oh, please send the strength I need to help me
keep myself together, please
Oh, no, I'm in this house alone
I'm never gonna make it through those old overcoats

I open a box and lyin' there is a keychain woven from his mother's hair
a box of his own baby blond hair too
Well, I can't think of anything worse than a stranger speakin'
phoney words over the body of a man that lived so true

Oh please, send the strength I need
To help me find the flashlight and the keys
Oh, no, I'm in here all alone
I'm never gonna make it through those old overcoats

First off let me say that I get sick and I get bored
When people sell salvation door to door
Instant bliss from mixed religions pulled down from the shelf
Screws the gurus they'll find new fools
Get it for yourself

I can see the angel sometimes chokin' in the man
Like something good that's locked up in a can
Kickin' in the hollow heart sometimes I hear him cry
And all too often he stays caught inside there 'til he die

The secret of creation singing circles in the air
Magic in the mountains everywhere
Dazzling silver specks set in the electric black night dome
He said, "Well there's the stars, let's find the car and get back home"

Somewhere late at night by singin' moonlight
Poets push the dreams out of their pens
Lovers all alone or two together
Ride on the majestic Whisper Wings

High and Mighty Sparkin' Flashin'
Lightin' up the Heavens Whisper Wings
Charge me Crashin' Through the Sun
And when we hit the Rainbows they will Ring

There between your wings I know you'll leave me never
We will fly into the Sweet Forever

Jump me bounce me Sweep me Screamin'
Laughin' Leapin' Through the Sky we'll Swing
Dive me down A Spray, A Crackin' Arc
Of Lightnin' Flame is Following

There between your wings I know you'll leave me never
We will fly into the Sweet Forever

Sad-eyed people
All around the world
Will hold their hands out
To your trail

And unexpectedly
The whole of history
Becomes a fairytale

There between your wings I know you'll leave me never
We will fly into the Sweet Forever

From CD: You Can Sing on the Left or Bark on the Right

Nothin' or nobody
Can tell you what it is about
The secret of the bloomin's inside-out
So hide behind your dogma
Curl up like a cat
The growlin' of the demons is underneath your hat

Grow a rose
For everyone to see
Growin' roses is the only duty

Somebody blew a quick change
And they walked on wearin' one shoe
Somebody forgot to ring the telephone bell on cue
The crew became so nervous
That they were jerkin' up and down the scenes
And runnin' around in the dark tryin' to avoid the actors

At the end of the play all the actors will stay in their places
You pull on the rope but you find that the curtains don't close
And each of them (thinking that they were the star) expect roses
A voice speaks from the empty seat
"Have mercy on this show"

CHORUS

Standin' arms akimbo
In thrashin' knee-deep green
Wonder 'neath the thunder
Strong like a seed
Push with every energy
The bud burst red explosion
Above the crashin' green ya' see a thousand other roses

And the bell on the tower will toll every hour for your beauty
And you will discover the laughter you hear is your own
Strangers and neighbors will gather to ask you for answers
But black red roses whisper what a rose can only know

CHORUS

From CD: Alias i

The Light Of Love it's shinin'
It's bringing the angel of mornin'
The Light Of Love the message that comes
To believers in white
The Light Of Love the herald of hope
For the sad eyes of cities
Agin' watchmen are standin' to see you tonight

When you were a child you thought like a child
Understood like one
But when you grew older ya' put away
All those childish things
And now that you're grown up and sewn up
Ya' feel somethin's missing
And sometimes in secret reach back
For the stubs of your wings

La luz de amor esta brillando
Esta llevando el angel de la manana
La luz de amor el mensaje que viene
A los creadores en blanco
La luz de amor el heraldo de esperanza
Por las ojos tristes
Veladores viejos estan parados para verte esta noche

When loves makes a circle to meet its begin
The you're left with a habit and that's love end
But when love makes a comet that screams through the sky
You almost feel like you will never die

The Light Of Love it's shinin'
It's bringing the angel of mornin'
The Light Of Love the message that comes
To believers in white
The Light Of Love the herald of hope
For the sad eyes of cities
Agin' watchmen are standin' to see you tonight
Veladores viejos estan parados para verte esta noche

From CD: sufferupachuckle

You don't know what I know
and I don't know a thing
when we hit the Sweet Forever
we'll know everything

There's no need to worry
so we're gigglin' under fire
Here's your hat, what's your hurry?
Do what you desire

Black Dog Blues Black Dog Blues
if the devil don't wag this world
then why's you cats out there all lickin' his shoes?

When accountants count their blessings
and all the checks are in the mail
we'll put a poet in the White House
lock a lawyer down in jail
and leaving love to love's dominion
we'll let the busybodies be
'cuz while they're busy in their bodies
souls flow free

Black Dog Blues Black Dog Blues
if the devil don't wag this world
then why's you cats out there all lickin' his shoes?
Black Dog Blues Black Dog Blues
if the devil don't wag this world
then why's you cats out there
all lickin' his shoes?

Some go for the money, some go for the buzz
but it'll be the Sweet Forever soon enough for us

Kenneth Patchen said it, now I've sung it on to you
if the devil don't wag this world
then why's you cats out there all lickin' his shoes?

Black Dog Blues Black Dog Blues
if the devil don't wag this world
then why's you cats out there all lickin' his shoes?
Black Dog Blues Black Dog Blues
if the devil don't wag this world
then why's you cats out there all lickin' his shoes?

From CD: Meet Me at the Crux

Steel pipes sing for the rainbirds' dance
and nobody's there but me
To stand alone by the grey pay phone
and hear the symphony

Diamond drops shoot through the air
with each whirring pass
and leap for the lawn that'll soon be gone
Replaced by glued-in grass

Take a walk real late at night
When everybody is asleep
Can you see how sad it is?
Can you see how bad it is?

Signs look silly when nobody reads 'em
Traffic lights change and nobody's
there to see 'em
Put a billboard on the moon
I'll be there soon

Streetlights line the streets and shine
A purple eerie noon
for the criminals and the cops
who always gotta stop
and ask ya 'bout what you're doin'

Ya float somewhere above your hat
Tied like a balloon
Ya see your reflection
and ya just gotta laugh
Ya know that isn't you

Take a walk real late at night
When everybody is asleep
Can you see how sad it is?
Can you see how bad it is?

Signs look silly when nobody reads 'em
Traffic lights change and nobody's
there to see 'em
Put a billboard on the moon
I'll be there soon

I know a painter who paints in blood
In an empty room
He'll soon be dead from the colors
that he's bled
To paint a billboard for the moon

Take a walk real late at night
When everybody is asleep
Can you see how sad it is?
Can you see how bad it is?

Signs look silly when nobody reads 'em
Traffic lights change and nobody's
there to see 'em
Put a billboard on the moon
I'll be there soon

From CD: Thug of Love

Didn't the flowers keep their dew for you?
Didn't the rainbows accommodate you too?
Didn't our bodies make music in the sun?
Wasn't the movement in rhythm with the yellow beatin' down

Should we put it to the test
separate and take a rest?
Do what you think's best and I will acquiesce

Under the laws of nature we all are outlaws now
Doesn't the ocean sound just like applause?
So don't talk of love, I don't wanna hear it
You can see me in the sun or leave me to the moonglow

Should we put it to the test
separate and take a rest?
Do what you think's best and I will acquiesce
Do what you think's best and I will acquiesce
Do what you think's best and I will acquiesce...

From CD: sufferupachuckle

Think on yourself and how you're living
Count up the love you get then add it to the
love that you're giving
subtract it from the times that you run and you hide
The answer you get is the relative health of your
soul inside

Do you have a girl? Do you really love her?
Do you listen when she speaks or do you place
yourself above her?
Do you do her right, or do you take her for a ride?
The answer you get is the relative health of your
soul inside

Your Soul Inside Your Soul Inside
It can't do you wrong it's strong
there's nowhere you can run and hide
from Your Soul Inside Your Soul Inside
The answer you get is the relative health of your
soul inside

Tell yourself the truth
there's no need to fear it
don't you know that the truth can't help you
if you haven't got the guts to hear it

Your Soul Inside Your Soul Inside
It can't be fought or bought
it's nothing you can push aside
it's your Soul Inside
The answer you get is the relative health of your
Soul Inside
The answer you get is the relative health of your
Soul Inside