Up here in the mountains

There's a new moon risin'
On the horizon
I went up onto the cliffs
Just to glimpse the eclipse
And it was like someone had
Drugged me with wine

The Wolves were howlin'
Up there in the mountains
And the people were
Lightin' camp fires all around
I went up to them just
to watch the new moon sproutin'
Like a bud growing up
Through the pine needle ground

Don't confuse me with
one who is shoutin'
I don't want to use you
Nor am tryin' to change your mind
I'm just takin' in the air
Up here in the mountains
And if you want a friend to bear
Your troubles then I am the kind

Farewell the steely time

Oh for that steely time
I have no words
For your love
Dragons spit
And Fire hails
I've a hand full of diamonds
And a gut of nails
So good bye to that steely time

The mines are full of blinking jewels
And my eyes see only gold
Where others see just fools

The dust and sound of a million souls
Is rushing down my throat
And I am that mineshaft
My blinkered mind is coal
And they will keep a hammering
Until they take control

So farewell, farewell that steel town
Farewell to rush of gold
The picks and forks
Of Sticks and forts
And tin soldiers in consorts
The iron bells
That ring their knells
Inside my lonely thoughts
Iv'e been down to the pit's dark well
And I've come up with noughts

So good bye, farewell
To that iron town
To the mud brown
Red Ore
I've flown the flag
For the Pit man
But I'll fly it high no more
In every crease
A greasy fleece
Is hung like from the lamb of gold
But all I see of the pit's prison cell
Is the false idols
Being sold

Good bye, good bye the steel time
Good bye the salesman
He's come to my home
With his comb
pushed through his black hair gelled
And he's selled my lovely tomb
Spent five months worth of wages
So I could afford my grave
Now since the stock market fell
I'll be buried in hell
Because I forgot to save

Well they hear my cry of freedom
And they hear my yell of assault
And every last man sees them
Seasoned in sea salt
Because my wound is bleedin'
Into the dust filled skies
With a whirlwind in my pocket and
A black look in my eyes

So farewell, farewell the steel
Farewell them steel skies
Blood oath on the feelin'
Down in the earth where she dies
And I know there is no reason
But it comes as no surprise
That the one road on which I've been reelin
Has lead to the dead look in my eyes

De streets

As I walk the chagrin streets
I listen to the sound of my feet
I hear the owl call
And the leaves fall
In a line
You know its no crime
If you say your place or mine

In the restaurant your eyes look into mine
I hold the feathers of the owl tonight
And you eat the leaves that autumn spent
But there is one thing I can write
Your place or mine

There are two things I know
one
Is to lie to nobody
The other is everybody lies
They just lie to themselves

If I had the courage of angels
To walk lightly to the stars
I'd had left long ago
But I tie my ankles to these trolls
And chained to toads

Just then the talk it moved to
Another home
The brass it shone
From memories polished
On the mantlepiece
Of my dreams
As I drift off into sleep

Such are the lions of peace
That keep the corners
Of the castle
Tongueless beasts
That have no voice
Just like me
I have no choice
But cross the bridges
That I burn
And never fear to fall
into the river
But must go on into the stars

The chagrin streets

I walk the chagrin streets
where the autumn leaves fall
Listen to the beat of my feet
To the silence call

The restaurant was a cold dish
I eat my revenge
And the road does fork
On a knife's edge I cut my bone
Underneath the cover
Of a night spent alone

The lamb joint the weasel nose
The final point in our wedding vows
And as the sun rose
I heard you say your place or mine

There tonight

Well the sun is down
And the light comes on
And you need someone
Just to hold you tight
Well don't be afraid to call
There's no need to write
Just pick up the phone
And I'll be there tonight

In a sandy plain when the wind is savage
And the passengers compain
In the railway carriage
Don't walk out into the storm
Just sit tight
Think of me as your all
And I'll be there that very night

In the super city
Where the crowds are so busy
You can lose your soul
You can lose the fight
Just keep control
Just hold tight
I'm on a roll
And I'll be with you tonight

Need you tonight

Just because I said to you
That I didn't need your light
It doesn't mean that I meant for you
To leave me alone tonight

Oh lady bring your shoe horn
Cinderalla's shoe's too tight
Oh lady I want to be reborn
So don't leave me alone tonight

If the shoe fits then wear it
That's what they always told me down south
And if the cap fits then wear it
Just don't look down in the mouth

Now I know you are one to care
But you turn your head
Like your underwear
And I can't make head nor tail
Of all these things tonight

The river with its tongue

The river with its tongue so cold

Speaks in slow vowels rolled

The bridge with its mouth bowed

Swallows all that it is told

And the bank side buildings' walls

Listen with ears numbed to stone

Strange gases emit and drift

Along the surface water sunlit

And race at faster speeds yet

Than the river boat captains can bet

Like a substance unknown to man

This life force moves with a mysterious plan

When asked who will understand

It answers only that women can

Yet lions guard the gates of freedom

For some things of stone may still have reason

And ideals of ancestors long dead bones

Resonate with the striding feet of tourist season