Empire State (Son House in Excelsis)
Hard as the kick in a young man's stride/I stabbed myself
back into the night/One heel in front, one heel behind/Life in the
Empire State...Angels and devils before my eyes/The palms of my hands
hung by my side/Helpless I watched them destroy and divide/Life in the
Empire State...Cold were my bones, warm was the fire, white was yr face
cast to my mind/Bright as ever any light that shined/On Life in the
Empire State Into the Void I roared in vain, what if the South's gonna
do it again, promise you'll b by my side for the end Of Life in the
Empire State... Shrug off the shifting weight of home/And hope that the
Almight Anchor will hold/Was there room in yr heart for yr weakest son
all along/Whistle sirens the Blind comin' on...No matter how
lion-hearted my will I still stray beyond?I threw up my hands and swore
I'd find more in yr arms/Was the Narrow Way there in our midst all
along/Sounds like the empire State's comin' on...
Young Man's Stride
It feels like coming in a dream/I see it coming
in a flash/And if it comes it comes/But if it don't I'm gonna crack/Who
put the kick back in a young man's stride/There's nothing like the
feel/Of destruction come alive/There's nothing like a drive/Express into
yr mind/Who put the kick back in a young man's stride/I hear you coming
with a scream/I see you coming with a flash/And if you come you come/And
if you don't I won't need to ask/Who put the kick back in a young man's
stride
Sudden Ray Of Hope
You bring a sudden ray of hope thats comes
with every lightning bolt, I love to watch them go up in smoke/You bring
a soft summer smile, come in every once in a while, I wish you'd go the
extra mile for me tonight/And everybody knows it but no one wants to
show it they all just want to throw it in my face/You bring a sudden ray
of hope that comes in very can of coke I love to feel it roll down my
throat/You bring a soft subtle style that comes around every once in a
while wish you'd go the extra mile for me tonight/And everybody knows it
but no one wants to Show it they all just want to throw it in my face
Everlasting Arm
And so with the explorers on my heels I started
t'wheel/Stepped aside stone walls, i was sick of it all/And so I set my
sail on yr coattails and yr warm shawl/Up where there's an Everlasting
Arm, sends us out alone, moves us out of harm/Ever-reaching always
sweeping...And though I struggled t'take my place/there stood my
mistake/Standing there like some great big theatre curtain he knew for
certain I'd come down on you softly/Up where.../By and by the gates
swung wide/Loved ones came in sight/Storming down the street like
Puerto-Rican kids in a summer rain/Breaking open the hydrants and going
insane/Up where...
Racing The Tide
I'm so close I'm almost inside/Won't
be long before the mystery is mine/I'm so close I'm almost inside/But
there were times I hung my hjead and cried/I'm so close I'm almost
inside, I'm so close Racing the Tide/I'm so close I'm almost inside/Ad
ream unchained that can't escape my mind/I'm so close I'm almost inside
But there wre times there was no end in sight/I'm so close I'm almost
inside/Those big waves we always knew I'd ride/I'm so close I'm almost
inside I'm so close Racing the Tide
Close Encounters of the 3rd Grade
See you on the Other Side...Keep it rolling my friend...Plenty of
tape...
A Kiss From An Old Flame (A Trip To The Moon)
With a wink from a starlet's eye a string of pearls come to life/Who knows what black and
crazy thoughts swim inside a girlfriend's heart/No brighter jewel is
there above than the gem of a girl still in love/Below th ehorizon the
last crown jewel pales among the stars at noon/When out of the blue a
rainbow rockets thru/A kiss from an old flame A trip to the
moon/Endlessly falling my way downtown someone to throw both arms
around/Who knows what black and crazy names swim around inside her
brain/adrift across the silver screen just imagine you and me/Our
strolling make-believe ballroom glides set the rainbow room afire/Off
into the starlit nite two fools rush in you and I/Feel the rough hand
close behind above the Heaven's Open wide...
Peaceful Night
Good morning sun good morning shine I feel lost all the time/Somewhere ahead
must lay my first peaceful nite/Crimson flames golden shores where I
land Don't care no more/Eleventh hour heart of stone on bended knee
facing home/Almighty above Almighty below an unfortunated end to yr
Civil War/Somewhere ahead must lay my first peaceful night.