Rabbit Whole

Got your NY penthouse

Got all the right gear
You planned, you saved, worked hard
You’re almost in the clear
And just when you got it nailed
The White Rabbit appears

Ohh no … down you go
Welcome to the Rabbit Whole

Now it’s keys and doorways
The circus can begin
You’re tall, you’re small, you’re nothing all
In the room of spin
And just when you hit the wall
The Big Cat starts to grin

Ohh no … down you go
Free and outta control
Go kid go, you’re on a roll
Welcome to the Rabbit Whole

You fall, you fall, a wake-up call
Don’t know what it means
Red Queen said you’ll need a new head
Nothing is quite as it seems
My good man you’re in Wonderland

The Tea Party rages on
Riddles don’t end
And there’s always some Mad Hatter
Making your mind bend

Don’t blame Sister Alice

Turns out she’s your best friend

Ohh no … down you go
Welcome to the Rabbit Whole

Tiger

Find a look, take a chance
Choose a street in the rain
Take a walk through the city

That glitters with pain
Keep your head full of moonlight

Heart like a train

It’s cowgirls and vampires
8th Avenue tricks
They turn in slow circles, too broken to fix
Tie back your hair
Walk away from the mix
Walk away – yeah

On your own … no regrets
Keep dreaming like a sunset
Like a tiger

There’s a hurt in America
Covered up by the gear
There are kids growing sideways
No one can hear
So you stand on the cracks
But they don’t disappear

Take a leap, choose a path
Make love to it hard
Lay it down like a rose on that cold boulevard
You can still beat the house
Play your last wild card
And walk away – yeah

On your own … no regrets
Keep dreaming like a silhouette
Like a tiger

Head full of moonlight
Heart like a train

Hotel Earth

I stay up late on the fire escape
Looking for higher ground
The Powers that Be are digging black holes
Tearing my rainbows down
The place where I live is full of store-bought men
Sad-eyed girls, alone
Becomes real clear the longer I’m here
This house is not my home

Strange times, Hotel Earth
Sun going down, light’s getting worse
Strange times in every room
I raise my glass to the rebel moon

On every floor the TVs blaze
Turning passion into stone
I’m holding out at the top of the stairs
Destination … unknown
The halls are full of hollow men
Telling me what to feel
Follow their plan I become another man
Asleep behind the wheel

Strange times, Hotel Earth
Sun going down, light getting worse
Strange times in the land of the free
I raise my glass to those who see

Morning breaks and I’m still awake
Listening to Spirit Winds cry
The sun rises up, a cathedral of fire
Explodes across the oil slick skies
The dreamless men have taken my land
Built this house of pain
And I’ll fight them with every breath I take
Until it’s home again

Strange times, Hotel Earth
Sun going down, light’s getting worse
Strange times and growing cold
I raise my glass to the last free souls

Mountains & Lullabies

You were the wild one, dreamer, awkward, outsider
I had friends and family, you had distant fire
I’d watch you on Saturday nights
Where the bright lights cut like glass
And all the while you were working hard
On the gift of your loneliness

You didn’t play safe, never settled for less
You followed your heart into the wilderness
You’d learn from the streets, listen to the sky
Find that place of mountains and lullabies

You hit the road a winter’s night
First Boston then LA
Not looking for fame or glory
Just the things that stood in the way
There were highways and diners and cheap hotels
Falling in and out of grace
From Fresno bars to the desert stars
You were trying to see god’s face

You didn’t play safe, never settled for less
You followed your heart into the wilderness

You’d learn from the streets, listen to the sky
Find that place of mountains and lullabies

Late at night when the stars call out
And the moonlight seems to pray
I still walk beside you, the one who got away

It’s been years since you disappeared
Somewhere vanished in the snow
In my dreams you never died
The traveler just became the road

Here’s to that road that won’t settle for less
That follows the heart into the wilderness

Make peace with the streets, peace with the sky
And find that place of mountains and lullabies

Godspeed …

Dangerous Heart

You got to me, came in so deep
Got me feeling like this unmade bed
Sleepless nights, tangled sheets

Now all my defenses are turning into dust
Want to get lost in the wilderness of us

Dangerous, dangerous heart, a fire in the wind
Dangerous, dangerous heart
Living on the edge, living on the edge of love
Since I let you in

You got streetwise eyes
Like satin, like steel
Lead me out beyond the made-up girls
To something beautiful and real
Want to bury my past in an unmarked grave
And be the fields you walk in
When there’s nothing left to save

Dangerous, dangerous heart, a fire in the wind
Dangerous, dangerous heart
Living on the edge, living on the edge of love
Since I let you in

You got to me, now I won’t let go
In the vacant lots where I’ve lived
Something wild is beginning to grow
Love was once a ghost town a million miles away
Now I look into your eyes, now I gaze into your eyes
And the music starts to play

Dangerous, dangerous heart, you’re all I want to do
Dangerous, dangerous heart
Living on the edge, living on the edge of love
So wide open to you

Limo

The phone never rang, but I took the call
Went and got a highway down from the wall
Climbed in my old Limo, full of empty spaces
Sat in the dark, tried on a thousand different faces
My chauffeur appeared, he’s sometimes hard to see
Don’t follow my orders but he looks a lot like me
Turned around slow and looked me in the eye
Said I’ll take you somewhere
Where the rubber meets the sky

Driver, drive me away
Pour me a drink from the Milky Way
Somewhere, somehow
There’s that place called Love
Label my direction … in search of

He fingered the wheel
Like he was holding a guitar
Said wherever you go son
Is not always where you are
Thought I heard laughter
Underneath the hood
He said it all runs on music
When the world’s looking good
So throw away the seat belts
Roll those windows down
Tonight we’re going Zen
Strip the circus from the clown
He drove high above the city lights
Then he took a perfect smile
Tossed it out into the night

Driver, drive me away …

We ride the invisible highways
Out past the amnesia webs and the lost cities
Out where stars are born and squandered
And the Big Bands play big
And the nightlife goes on forever
And all around the secrets whisper
Drive on … drive on

We traveled in silence into deep space
Where spiritual detectives go looking for grace
And UFO boys and guys out on mission
Playing all night poker in a cosmic kitchen
Driver began to fade like a watercolor in the rain
And the planets sang like prisoners free of chains
I took off my final mask, dropped it with a sigh

You see … we’ve done a lot of crawling
But we were born to fly

Driver, drive me away
Pour me a drink from the Milky Way
Somewhere, somehow
There’s that place called Love
Label my direction

Call it disaffection … in search of

Meteor Showers

You were passion, you were pain
You were my best friend
Now you’re a soldier in the rain
Come back home again
Your sudden beauty,  your eyes remind me
You’re the only one who could find me
Lonely lightning, I stopped to wonder
When I kissed you I still tasted thunder

Let’s go walking in the meteor showers
Break open one last starlit night and stay
Walking in the meteor showers
And the wind and light
Will blow these tears away

You were seasons, you were reasons
To get well
One foot in heaven, one in hell
That’s how we fell
Our star exploded, wrong time and place
Too many pieces got lost in space
Your eyes hold me now
Electric storm
Oh river of night take us deep and warm

Let’s go walking in the meteor showers …

I find you and I lose you
Each time I choose you again

Your sudden beauty
Your eyes remind me
You’re the only one who could find me
Lonely lightning, I stopped to wonder
When I kissed you I still tasted thunder

Let’s go walking in the meteor showers
Break open one last starlit night and stay
Walking in the meteor showers
And the wind and light
Will blow these tears away

You’re the only one
Who could find me

King

In the Spring of ‘68
The bullets rose from a sea of hate
In Memphis town they gunned him down
And the hope of a nation went underground
Blue skies full of holes, I cried beside the radio
It’s all a lie, the King can’t die
But there’s blood in the shadows
My world shattered like a window

The days are hard
The journey seems so long
I hear him calling, calling to carry on

Silent moon above an angry tide
His ghost looks back from the mountainside
A restless force
A riderless horse
Is standing ‘neath the pale stars
And stamping on the graveyard

The days are hard
The journey seems so long
I hear him calling, calling to carry on

The march goes on inside my heart
Someday free at last …

A garden grows in my backyard
I walk out there when the wind blows hard
A time for Spring, a time for kings
And I will stand on that Memphis street
And hear the triumph of his heartbeat

The days are hard
I struggle to stay strong
I hear him calling, calling to carry on
The work goes on
The dream will come to pass
I hear him calling, calling, calling …

Free at last …

All I Want

When the moon isn’t right
And you can’t see the stars
Can’t find where you are
On that highway to somewhere
Then take the back road
Come bring me the night
Through shadows and light
I will be waiting
Come sit by my bed, shut the door
We’ll talk all night
‘Til clothes are on the floor

All I want is to be with you
All I want, that’s all I want
All I want is to be with you
Be with you and see us through
That’s all I want

When the wind has an edge
And the moon catches fire
When restless desire
Starts building inside me
I’ll come to you then
Take this night in my hands
Watch the flames dance
Lying beside you
Yeah, too many heartaches out there
We’ll dream a little louder than
The long nightmare

All I want is to be with you
That’s all I want, that’s all I want
All I want is to be with you
Be with you and see us through
That’s all I want

I have gone it alone
On this long journey home

It takes two to be one
‘Til all the work is done

All I want is to be with you
All I want, that’s all I want
All I want is to be with you
Be with you and see us through
That’s all I want

Dream a little louder
Dream a little louder

Your Time (The Missing Piece)

Raised on angry heroes, learned to make zero
‘Bout things of the heart
Addicted to fighting, no compromising
And things break apart
All along the world stage, men of greed, men of rage
Are leaving us nothing but pain
Need a new vision, as we head towards collision
Coming fast like a runaway train

Men of war
In the middle of your madness
Something cries to be born
Change in store to heal the damage done
Women raise your voice, your time has come

In the daze of denial, violence goes viral
I think we’ve had enough
I’ve listened to the Earth dream,
Underneath the war machine
Calling out for love
And our wiser sister, would sadly whisper
You’ve turned this garden into a slum

In the 21st Century, it painfully occurs to me
Her time better soon come

Men of war
In the middle of your madness
Something cries to be born
Change in store to heal the damage done
Women raise your voice, your time has come

There needs to be a sequel
With all of us equal
Where some kindness can be found
Forces are shifting, tearing and twisting
There’s still time to turn it around

Men of war
In the middle of your madness
Something cries to be born
Change in store to find the missing peace
Up above the noise, women raise your voice
As far as you can reach

Find the missing peace
Your time has come
Your time has come

The Puzzle Calls Its Pieces

Harvest moon
We talk all night
Scenes and dreams and distant light
Bottle of wine, storylines
Precious time for two old friends
Laugh and cry and question why
So many faces in the dark
Side by side in the great unknown

Until the puzzle calls its pieces home

Night rolls on
We look back
Sunsets, cigarettes and losing track
It’s better now, got by somehow
Memories dressed in basic black
The wind blows out, where stars go swirling
High up in the Van Gogh skies
Side by side in the great unknown
Until the puzzle calls its pieces home

The road calls you
The road calls me
Trust and dust and destiny
Truth or lies, the moon will rise
Like a sailor calling out to the sea
On we go, this stretch of eternity
Two travelers in the snow
Make our way
Through the great unknown
Until the puzzle calls its pieces home

Underground Light

Someday we’ll get it right
Brothers and Sisters in the long hard fight
Someday we’ll get it right
Me and my baby and the underground light

All across this country, systems breaking down
Politicos and bankers spread the hurt around
They’re running tabs and power grabs, big money machines
Strip-mine my future, for black gold, counterfeit dreams

There’s a vibe going round, something in the wind
I swear there’s a party, dying to begin
I’ll bring my broken lyrics, you bring your petty crimes
I’ll meet you in the moonlight, step outside the lines

Someday we’ll get it right
Brothers and Sisters in the long hard fight
Someday we’ll get it right
Me and my baby and the underground light

It’s strip malls and robo-calls, world full of spin
Seems like all those answers
Still blowin’ in the wind
Oh…Tom Sawyer, Road Warrior
Time to take a stand
Leave a strip of rubber
On the conscience of our land

Someday we’ll get it right
Brothers and Sisters in the long hard fight
Someday we’ll get it right
Believe in the power of the underground light

Big divide, rising tide of hunger and heat
Climate change, hard rains
Signs of defeat
But the sun always rises, never retreats
The dream never dies
Just takes to the streets

Someday we’ll get it right
Brothers and Sisters in the long hard fight
Someday we’ll get it right
Me and my baby and the underground light