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1.
Already (3:49)
I already know I love you, I cannot take it back
The river has carried the message, and the stars on their nightly track
And the birds from tree to tree agree a song should mark the day
And the moment of the dawning of two hearts at timely play
You already know you love me, it’s in your body’s hum
It longs to join the heavenly song that’s heard by only some
The silence finally lifted, first by murmur, then by cry
And everything that’s bound by love is given wings to fly
Until your heart’s been broken and then made whole once more
You may just hear a whisper through a barely open door
So let your heart come home again and let it sing once more
Just kick that door wide open, cause that’s what love is for
Kick that door wide open, my friend. .cause that’s what love is for
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2.
Sea of Forgiveness (4:24)
You’ve dragged your broken body to the altar of your dreams
The view from here is breathtaking, the sky on fire, it seems
And buzzards pierce the coming dark like swords across the moon
And everything will play out soon
And if you must be swept away, let it be on the sea of for-giveness, forgiveness
It’s a wonder you could make it from so low and dark a place
You’re cold up here and naked, and the wind’s harsh on your face
You almost had forgotten that you built so high and strong
Sometimes everything just turns out wrong
And if you must be swept away, let it be on the sea of for-giveness, forgiveness
Don’t you love the sound of beating wings, they set your heart astir
You thought it might be eagles, but it’s buzzards now, you’re sure
Hey, buzzards aren’t so bad, you know they have a job to do
They do it well and they move on through
And if you must be swept away, let it be on the sea of for-giveness, forgiveness
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3.
Nothing (3:42)
Today I’m just a woman, not a fighter, not a dreamer,
Not a singer, not a schemer, I’m a girl in my pajamas
With a lovely book to read
And isn’t it fantastic to be circumspect and tender,
Not a hero or pretender to a throne I never asked for
And I certainly don’t need
And I will give them nothing, and nothing is my name
And though they preen and posture, they are nothing just the same
And I will cook some breakfast, and I will feed the birds,
And I’ll stay here the whole damn day
Free of schedules, worries, and words
The world continues raging with its huddled masses thronging
With its hunger and its longing just to get a little closer
To what passes for success
But I am just a woman claiming nothing this respite
Though the tyrant and the despot never cease their greedy grabbing
In their passion to possess
And I will give them nothing and nothing’s fine with me
You can have your expectation, I will take my ecstasy
But if you care to join me, I will hold a space for you
It will be the nothing special
Only known by me and you, too
Today I’m just a woman, a woman claiming nothing
Nothing, nothing, nothing
And isn’t it fantastic
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4.
Dawn Star (6:44)
This holy day begins in silent prayer together
My arms around my love, awestruck, grateful, we stand
Strange dreams we shared last night left us adrift till morning
Beautiful star of dawn beckons us safe toward first light
And so we go on, these fragile lives of ours
In search of a song woven through our dreaming
A song of hands entwined, a song of hearts unfolded,
Of every life fulfilled, a radiant world just in time
And so we go on, these fragile lives of ours
In search of a song woven through our dreaming
Take time, take heed, take heart, you need not fear the darkness
Our love will hold you close and guide you toward the Dawn Star
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5.
Coward In the Face of Love (3:05)
Sweet sound, opening door, then you slam it shut right on my heart
Look around, it seems more and more
You’re just tearing every good thing apart
Why must, why must you be a coward in the face of love?
Why must, why must you be a coward in the face of love?
See here, it’s all falling down and there’s so much you could do if you tried
So near, but you can’t get round
The notion you’ll never be satisfied
Why must, why must you be a coward in the face of love?
Why must, why must you be a coward in the face of love?
Same old sad thing, good heart wasting
Why keep tasting fear
When it could be love, when it could be love?
Dark place, we’re all headed there unless we stop to learn just where did
it start
Sweet face gives way to despair
When there’s only room for fear in our hearts
Why must, why must we be such cowards in the face of love
Why must, why must we be such cowards in the face of love?
Let’s not be cowards, let’s not be cowards in the face of love.
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6.
Longing (4:44)
What is unsaid fills the tiny spaces between syllables,
Insinuates itself after commas and semicolons,
At the upturned sentence end, before the fall of consonant
And at the rounding of the vowel
What is unsaid roars against the intake of breath
After every third or fourth word, and recedes
For a paragraph or so
Until it cannot bear its unsaying
Then seeks a portal from its own confinement
Into the rattle-a-tat-tat of the saying and the said
Out of the simple longing
To be with its own kind
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7.
The Likes of You (3:58)
I been loved like a butterfly all light around the edges
I been loved like a blizzard breaking so sudden upon these ridges
And I been loved for what I was thought to be,
And once, for what I ought to be
But I never been loved by the likes of you
I have loved from a distance greater than two hearts could weather
I have loved bound and blind from pain of a kind
That could snap love’s tether
And I have loved so well I was sent away
By one who only meant to play
But I never have loved quite the likes of you
I knew love so dark and sour
Just a hunger of endless yearning
But I can tell you in this hour
The hunger has flown and I’m learning just what love can do
You have loved with a tenderness I’ve only known in dreaming
You have loved wild and clear as sunlight
All out on the ocean streaming
I steal a glance at joy that I know to be
The lover reaching out for me
And I never been loved by the likes of you
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8.
My Defenses Are Down (3:57)
The wall has apparently been scaled
There’s strong suspicion I have recently been tailed
Indications are I could be easily nailed
My defenses are down
Alarms have been unusually quiet
Red flag so up, someone seems to untie it
All’s status quo on the surface, but I don’t buy it
My defenses are down
I thought for sure I was still locked up tight
But someone there just out of sight
Is making headway. .a little pinprick of light
Tells me my defenses are down
The moat has repeatedly been crossed
Gate’s hanging open, the padlock’s been tossed
All semblance of control appears to be lost
My defenses are down
I wake up alone, I go to bed alone
I’m a party of one, it’s quite well-known
So what’s this tug on my heart, this tingle to the bone
My defenses are down
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9.
Strong Woman Has a Bad Day Polka (2:22)
There’s something gnawing at your mind like a dog upon a bone
It’s with you in a crowded room or when you’re all alone
Was it something on the radio or something that you read?
Whatever doesn’t kill you makes you wish that you were dead
Your beauty has a tarnished glow, you’re fading like a flower
The men think you’re invisible, what’s happened to your power
The years have flown, but here’s the thing that sticks inside your head
Whatever doesn’t kill you makes you wish that you were dead
They’re turning off your lights and they’re seizing all your assets
They broke into your house and stole your CDs and your cassettes
They sold you all those supplements, their slogan should have read:
Whatever doesn’t kill you makes you wish that you were dead
You forgot to have a family, now you have nowhere to go
No one to lay a guilt trip on to take you in and so
You order up a cosmo, toast your solitude instead
Whatever doesn’t kill you makes you wish that you were dead
You haven’t slept in days, only when you drive your car
You’d settle for a nightmare, cause at least it’s not the bar
So here’s some words of wisdom as you crawl into your bed
Whatever doesn’t kill you makes you wish that you were dead
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10.
Out Here (6:57)
Out here the trees keep their secrets and the stars look the other way
Out here the moon hangs a cloud for cover, so darling, you can stay
Stay till the question burning in your soul is answered
Stay till your body is flooded with relief
Stay till the fear is lifted off you like a mist
And you can kiss the grief, you can kiss the grief goodbye
Out here there’s no one asking where you came from or just how long you
plan to stay
Out here you’ve got all the time you need to weep or sleep or pray
Weep for the things you lost, not knowing you were losing
Sleep off the weariness that holds you in its clutch
Pray if you will for all the ones like you who never knew
How very much a single loving touch unties
Unclench your hand
Unbind your heart
Unwind the song so tightly wrapped inside your tender throat
See how it might float you free. .float you free. .float you free
Out here there’s nothing to prevent you from leaving just the way you came
But out here your voice rings so clearly that nothing’s ever quite the same
No one is meant to stay out here forever
Everyone finds their way in trouble and despair
Raven keeps count of all the paths in and out
He circles in the air, we come from everywhere
To try and try. .again. .to try. .out here
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11.
Sometime Ago (4:23)
There’s a wind blowing light, like a friend, at your back
And it nudges you right toward this beckoning track
Who knows what waits along the way
To carry you far from yesterday?
Ah, but you just may find as you gather each clue
That so much left behind has come round to meet you
Life is not some straight thing
It’s a circle waiting with all and everything you know
Right now and sometime ago
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12.
Jane's Gone (3:47)
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13.
Jane's A-Round (1:35)
We’re born, we live, we die, we’re gone, but love goes on and on
