Alela Diane

The sea beneath the cliff Is the blue in my mother's eyes That came from the blue in her mother's eyes Thrown on down the line By our family who worked the field On borrowed land above the ocean My family worked the field on borrowed land Higher hills do not...

Can you blame the sky when a mama leaves her babies behind Can you blame the sky when a mama leaves her babies behind Can you blame the sea, Oh can you blame the sea, 'Cause she's a flowin' in that water deep Is it the dirt that you envy so 'Cause in it her...

How do you How do you do How do you How do you do it Music make her stop pressing those strings firmly to my down Ground water is drying up to fill my jars again But then click clack clickity click click click Clickity clack Clickity clack I'm through having...

Well I get tied down when you cross my mind You won't let me back in, but I won't stop trying I trie to untie the knot but it's tied pretty tight. Oh, that knot in your heart when you left that night Cause love is like water and water gets rough I've had all...

Dark hair and midnight eyes She's looking like it's 1995 And while my steps are made of stone Hers are light in airing sky Ooh, she's looking for something She's spinning and circling She's reckless, she's pining And she's lost, lost, lost In the morning, dr...

I've known mornings white as diamonds Silent from a night so cold Such a stillness, calm as the owl glides Our lives are buried in snow, oh, oh I was sifting through the piles In my hand a tangled thread Each patient tug upon the snarl Is a glimpse of what ha...

I met Madeline in the south of France Where she grew with the fig and broke bread with the moon Dark eyes of the evening brought her a son A blessing and burden for she was so young, so young Water is cold with a wayward gale Much like the leaves I've become...

All the back roads, all the highways Distance countries that I've passed through Every path has lead me back to you Every path has lead me back to you Down by the river by the light of the moon I feel the echo of your current in my core as I roam As I roam, a...

That sidewalk is a river that I fished dry Oh that sidewalk is a river that I fished dry And now it's my heavy hand filling the brim And it hauled me out of their brim(??) But my coat of arms burns stronger still But my coat of arms burns stronger still And...

One thing loosened in the sky trailing by Nowadays distant place pouring change This is a heartless highway This is a heartless highway So long, long gone, so long, long gone So long, long gone, so long, long gone Listless in the morning, I'm aloof too soon...

You're too far away I wonder why I can't say I need You now Walkin' around can't keep my feet on the ground We used to hold hands but now You don't give a damn about me Why can't You see? (chorus) I need You I want You I love You I lost You You broke...

When the day, when the day falls to the light At the end, oh the end of my time I call to the dark take the bones off my back And I chant to the black you were my lady divine 'Cause my children are in hiding Mortor and pestle they grind Those songs whistled...

When a love grows cold Like the fire come dawn It is a bigger tune Old homes know through and through When is it too soon to walk When to run dry of talk from burning just the same Was it easier in days gone by, clear skies and storms alike And words of ties...

Sun is dancing, my darling Arms been holding me all morning The sea is so far from home, my darling If we'd only feet it is here that we'd roam Oh, if we'd just two feet it is here that we'd roam And your arms would be keeping me all day 'Cause your love cal...

Indigo is blue like the you of me or you Ebony is darker than the deepest Emerald like the water we swam in for a while To a man of many colors I give word He's a charmer, my man of many colors He sings till hours take him well past midnight His indigo in eve...

Oh my Mama She gave me these feathered breaths Oh my Mama She told me use your voice, My little bird She said sing sing sing sing sing sing melodies And she sang sang sang sang sang sang melodies Oh my Mama She did give me fancy feet I'll be dancing on And I...

I'll have you know I'll have you know That if I had one I'd play this on piano And if I had one of those I'd sit it on my knee and count to 1, 2, 3 And if I had one of those other things You know I'd put it in my mouth And if I had some of those other thing...

Street-wise Pigeon we see You Camp on the sidewalk if we don't Hear You anymore Where did You loose Your voice And how did You loose the trees Did they make Your tangled feathers glow Did they let Your tattered chest flow From the blatant backs of buildings...

I've known mornings white as diamonds Silent from a night so cold Such a stillness, calm as the owl glides Our lives are buried in snow, oh, oh I was sifting through the piles In my hand a tangled thread Each patient tug upon the snarl Is a glimpse of what has...

At the end of a day At the end of the day A song that I sing is the same A song that I sing is the same Then a year has been sung A year is gone and I'm older Then I've never been so young anyway Oh, I've never been so young anyway Too many left behind On th...

That pole isn't growing in my black solid sky Solid sky And pirate ships pulled these shoulders back But in morning slumber I gripped the slender palm of my hand And I felt the soft of my flesh And I stared into my sister self And we was running, running, run...

This crazy, crazy is caught in the forest And your parcel's in the sand A cuckoo wind's blowin' Those sparrows are crowin' And dancin' birds slow in the sky 'Cause something's gone awry Something's gone awry Something's gone awry Something's gone awry The ni...

Life is cheap, bitter sweet But it seems good to me Take my turn, crash and burn How its supposed to be (CHORUS) So don't rain on my parade Life's too short to waste one day I'm gonna risk it all to freed on the fall Yes its sure looks good to me Time passe...

Night falls and I am gathered once again Going deep into the ricochet of yesteryear Dwelling on the one place that I know to be long gone Come see the corners of the property I was walking along the old rock, ooh Looking through the gaps in the vine, tangled...

The tops of crags and cliffs, the air is thin So we'll find a mountain path on down the hill Meet me where the snow mount flows It is there, my dear, where we will begin again Skipping stones, braiding hair Last year's antlers mark the trail Take us back, oh,...

Gold around those fingers shown Bound for to carry home Fond of the flattest field But you know there are bones buried deep down below Tatted lace frail figure graced That has since been torn and stained Tatted lace frail figure graced That has since been tor...

She was always walking, Singing to her footsteps Dirt ditched paths and pine cones Digging up glass bottles Rusty springs from feather beds Old hubcaps on a picket fence She planted beds of flowers Stayed outside for hours In spirit she's drifted to the ocea...

While some folks row way up to heaven I'm gonna sing the pirate's gospel I'm gonna sow these feet for dancin' I'm gonna keep my eyes wide open Yo ho yo ho Yo ho ho Yo ho yo ho ho Yo ho yo ho Sing the pirate's gospel Add another flame To our forest Where big...

Oh I've been knocking on that door in my sleep Fight my fireplace glow I've been knocking on that door in my sleep Fight my fireplace glow to keep me away, To keep me away from home Papa gets the rifle from its place above the French doors They're coming from...

Woman of the island, please send me light Put it in an envelope, post it to L.A. 'Cause I'm on the wind, I can't go back I am a dream on the wind The organ cried out in the night A phantom song of notes in time It is I, pounding out the chords From the still,...

My tired feet My tired, tried feet My tired feet Oh my tired feet My tired feet brought me to that red boat So still and foreign waters And although I've never been here Although I've never been here I know that here I've swam before Here I've swam before An...

Have you been wearing holes in your boots out there? Have you been kicking bones in the desert sand? There's a wolf inside the cave and another in the clouds I've seen them chewing on, on the shadows in your eyes And it's here at home I wait for your wanders...

Down the stairs to the stone house Golden light, oh what a fight, another sleepless night Her dress's filigree She tells me all her secrets then i'm back on the street Oh It's hard, oh it's hard to help yourself When you don't know where to begin It's the dev...

I've known mornings white as diamonds silent from a night so cold such a stillness calm as the owl glides our lives are buried in snow I was sifting through the piles in my hand a tangled thread each patient tug upon the snarl is a glimpse of what has been b...

Get off your high horse, hey man Get off your white horse, hey man Your gallop can't shit nothing on the darkness The rush of river water knows much more Everyone must take a road Take the road, that's all they're on Everyone must take a road Take the road, t...