Dan Fogelberg

So you've heard I've been flyin' And tryin' to get into Somebody new And I'm off on a new love And don't hardly ever Think about you. He's gotten so cold He ain't the same old Lover you used to know. He's in a nose dive Barely half alive And just a...

There's a cry in the forest, it's feathered and brown And it echoes off of nothing as the trees come down It's the sound of a sparrow hittin' the ground It's the sound of one eternity bound It's the sound of one eternity bound There's a cry in the oceans...

It’s a growing time It’s the springtime of the year It’s a growing time The sun is moving near It is yours and mine The days are ours to share Within our peaceful garden And this growing time so fair Caring quietly For the garden in our care It’s a...

Quiet moments at the edge of the sea Silence washing like a wave over me I can't help smiling when I think Of how you've come to be Such a strong part of me I watch you sleeping In the gray light of dawn Half the covers off And half of them on And...

And now the lonely days are done And with each rising of the sun, love begins anew And if you ever ask me why I know that my love will never die I'll say these words to you Of all the souls I've ever known Mine sings to yours and yours alone and your...

You know that everybody has a voice And how they use it is their own free choice In your glory I will not rejoice If you choose the ways of war If you choose the ways of war Ashes to ashes and dust to dust My country 'tis of thee, in God we trust...

In the eyes of the world your touch is like gold Your reputation's so cool and cruel and controlled You count your money in your prison tower Made of concrete, glass, and steel Feeling cozy in the hollow warmth of another business deal You've climbe...

Joy at the start Fear in the journey Joy in the coming home A part of the heart Gets lost in the learning Somewhere along the road. Along the road Your path may wander A pilgrim's faith may fail Absence makes the heart grow fonder Darkness obscures...

There’s thorns on the cactus tree There’s thorns on the rose There’s thorns in the heart of me That nobody knows They tear at the flesh until The tears start to rise They form in my heart But they fall from anastasia’s eyes And I was lost in the wild...

Here's another little song for you. I hope you'll listen to it well. Means no different than the others do And it won't change you I can tell. Anyway, I love you Everyday I get more sure Anyway, I love you More and more and more and more and more. I...

I see the raven's made Her nest in your eyes She's got you thinking that Her love is a prize And you'll go under from The weight of her lies As the raven flies As the raven flies She'll bring you stories That just never sound true She'll bring you s...

At Christmas time We raise our hearts and celebrate the solstice At Christmas time We raise our hearts and celebrate the solstice At Christmas time We welcome friends and give good cheer of the season At Christmas time We welcome friends and give good c...

Be on you way Don't try to say that You love me still. If we couldn't find The right dream by now Then we never will. We paid our dues at the door And never once saw the stage. We wrote our share of love's lore And never quite filled the page. So be...

I saw her first in a beggar's game Her eyes were wild but her laugh was tame Those people knew her by another name I knew that she'd be mine I knew that she'd be mine. She took me in on a winter's night The air was brittle and the moon was bright My...

If I could never say it right And reach your hostage heart Despite the doubts you harbor Then you might Come to believe in me The life I lead is not the kind That gives a woman piece of mind I only hope someday you'll find That you can believe in me...

Some people tell you They're trapped in the distance And can't get what They want most. They throw a wall And then call for assistance And make no attempt to get close. Oh, I think you should know You've got to go slow Below the surface And easy thr...

I can see you in the distance And you're heading for a fall Sinking deeper by the minute You're about to lose it all... You better change Before the sun goes down You better leave Before you are the last in town. You better raise Your fortresses or t...

Beyond the edge twenty miles a minute Shot like a bullet from a frozen gun Beyond the edge way beyond the limit Beyond the edge on a downhill run Some play it cool, some take it easy Some never know what the snow can do Some call me fool, some call my c...

Lover, There will be another one Who'll hover Over you beneath the sun Tomorrow See the things That never come Today When you see me Fly away without you Shadow on the things you know Feathers fall around you And show you the way to go It's over, it's over....

In the overcrowded cities where the nights are bright as day You spend your weekly paycheck and turn your eyes away From the crisis we've created with our self-indulgent ways Living like there's no tomorrow, well that just might be the case Now they'r...

Up through the branches The stars shine above On the arroyos And mesas you loved And as the moon rises The black mountain mourns For the old friend He'll look on no more Jacks-In-The-Pulpit Bones in the sky Long winding rivers That never ran...

Found your heart And lost your lover Lick your wounds And run for cover. Take your time There'll be another And don't make the same mistake twice Unless you can pay the price. All the years You spent in growing End up one more Line you're towing...

Changing horses in the middle of a stream Gets you wet and sometimes cold Changing faces in the middle of a dream Gets you old Oh, gets you old. Looking farther than you'll ever hope to see Takes you places you don't know Search for someone you can't...

Christ the King, born in a manger Christ the King is born on this day All of nature joins the rejoicing Banish misfortune away Banish misfortune away Lift your voice, join in the singing Lift your voice in a song of goodwill Lift your heart to the glor...

Come to the harbor and dance with me, girl Dance by the edge of the sea The moon will be rising The tide will be high Oh, come let your fancy run free Come to the harbor And kick up your heels Let’s dance ‘til the break of the dawn The fiddlers will p...

The woman's like the night She comes and goes She breaks my heart each day And never knows, And the time I spend in sorrow Will match the time I live And the time that's left is All I have to give. The woman's like an ivy on a pole She wraps her twis...

Somewhere on a lonely muddy country road I heard your song, crow, for the first time. Somewhere in the distance wicked, black and low Made me feel as I was running from a crime. Made me feel as I was running from a crime. Some say she died of drowning in...

Dancing shoes On the wall above your bedside Saw it all as we performed our pirouette Fleshes fused As the flicker of the candles Threw upon the wall a single silhouette. Tu es dan ma coeur et dans ma tŽte Dancing shoes We have loved on distant bea...

Tell me true do you still believe the prophets That you found among the clouds of youthful skies Broken dreams line your face like stormy weather But you can’t stay dry forever in the rain The truth should now be plain You can’t go back again Living th...

Diamonds to Dust Oh, Diamonds to Dust Time can turn even Diamonds to Dust Love is a question That few understand It runs like a river Between a woman and man But its course can get twisted And its bed can run dry And our hearts become deserts In th...

Down the road Down the road Got a little pretty girl, Down the Road Down the road Down the road Got a little pretty girl, down the road 

Paper people in a raging fire Trying to keep the cold away Talking tangled in a thorny brier Lost, with nothing left to say Always racing for the night to hide us Never listening to the love inside us No one ever told us we were wrong No one said when...

And we are but an island in an ocean This is our home, third from the sun Let it be evergreen, let it be evergreen And we are but an island in an ocean This is our home, third from the sun God, keep it evergreen To keep it ever green I would lay my life...

Waiting in the wings Your courage sings before you falter . . . It's just another way to say what's there but never shows It's just another day to lay your sins before the altar And where it's going to end this time around nobody knows. Every time it...

May the trail rise up to meet you May your heart rejoice in song May the skies be fair above you As you journey ever on Ever on, ever on Ever on, ever on In this planetary circle We are but a single stone Spinning on our fragile axis Through the end...

Exiles...running from each other We are exiles Living undercover Looking for another day to make it all work out. Exiles Standing in the shadows We are exiles Weary of the battles Looking for another day to make it all work out. You sit here And I...

I hear the thunder Three miles away The island's leaking Into the bay The poison is spreading The demon is free And people are running from What they can't even see. Face the fire You can't turn away The risk grows greater With each passing day Th...

There was a time, a simpler time When a man could be sure of where he stood I used to work at the yard, working honest and hard The hours were long but the pay was oh so good I had a family and friends, oh so many friends We'd drive to the lake on h...

Oil on canvas Couplets and stanzas To divine who you are Pencil portrayals and Jealous betrayals Get you further afar. False faces and Meaningless chases I travel alone First places and Calendar races I need a home. Hostile hotel walls Footfalls...

They came from Scandinavia, the land of midnight sun And crossed the North Atlantic when this century was young They'd heard that in America every man was free To live the way he chose to live and be who he could be Some of them were farmers there and til...

Funny how the circle turns around First you’re up and then you’re down again Though the circle takes what it may give Each time around it makes it live again Funny how the circle is a wheel And it can steal someone who is a friend Funny how the circle t...

Sometimes, in the night I feel it Near as my next breath and yet, untouchable Silently the past comes stealing Like the taste of some forbidden sweet Along the walls; in shadowed rafters Moving like a thought through haunted atmospheres Muted cries and...

Slow down Girl, what's the hurry? Love can wait if you're worried Then I'll try to ease your mind You say we're losing time But I've got to find A way to convince you. I've got cause to be wary For so long I've had to carry The weight of another soul...

Linda lost a lover In the early part of autumn And she moved out to the country Hoping all would be forgotten The last time that I saw her She was makin' sure the winter Wouldn't come through that old door frame Where the door is several inches From t...

World spinning out of control The odds diminish every die we roll But we are still in the game If we should lose there's only us to blame. Or have we gone too far Am I just wishing on a dying star Oh, tell me--have we gone too far? Look 'round you...

I still recall the place When I first felt your gypsy wind Playing on my face That summer's long since gone But gypsy winds have ways of staying on. Voices from our past Still insist on arguing That love will never last And though our hearts may turn...

Lucky at love, well maybe so There's still a lot of things you'll never know Like why each time the sky begins to snow, you cry You're faithful to her in your careless way And so you miss her when she's far away But every time you think you've got it...

Well, there's too many windows In this old hotel And rooms filled with reckless pride And the walls have grown sturdy And the halls have worn well But there is nobody living inside Nobody living inside Gonna pull in the shutters On this heart of mine...

Nothing lasts forever I know that this is true But I never knew how true it was 'Til I was losing you. Maybe I'm a dreamer Or maybe I'm a fool But I never thought That love could be So careless or so cruel. You wrestle with the reasons But the reason...

Hickory Grove, wait for me I'm just as poor as a man can be. Hickory Grove, wait for me I'm just as blind as the other men that see. Hickory Grove, make the sun Rise slower I don't have much time. Hickory Grove, watch me run Down through the years of...

There's a place in the Rockies A place that I know Where the world cannot find me And the time goes so slow. In the piney wood forest There's a flower that grows Through the long months of winter And the high country snows. To a house by a meadow 'Ne...

Rain keeps falling, keeps falling down Like it's never going to quit Trouble stalks this one horse town Like it can smell the fear inside of it Through the night the fires rage Mixing juices 'til they disengage Mouths get hungry and the hands reach out...

Last night I dreamed I was looking down On the planet Earth spinning 'round and 'round And as I cast my gaze about, I watched her lovely light go out The light went out And floating in the black of space I was looking into God's own face And in His ha...

~~~♫♫♫ ~~~ I saw three ships come sailing in On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day I saw three ships come sailing in On Chrismas Day in the morning ~~~♫♫♫ ~~~ And what was in those ships all three On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day? And what was in those ships al...

Soaring alone upon a threatening wind Just fix your eyes on the horizon Cut off from everything you’ve known or have been I shouldn’t think it’s so surprisin’ Spiraling upward on a freshening lift Reaching the realms of fleet Apollo You have been given t...

Dusty day dawning Three hours late Open the curtains And let the rest wait My mind goes running Three thousand miles east I may miss the harvest But I won't miss the feast And it looks like you're gonna Have to see me again And it looks like you're...

In the bleak mid-winter, the frosty wind did moan The earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone Snow had fallen softly, snow on snow on snow In the bleak mid-winter, oh so long ago Our God, heaven cannot hold Him nor the earth sustain Heaven and earth shal...

There's a ring around the moon tonight And a chill in the air And a fire in the stars that hang -- so near; so near. There's a sound in the wind that blows Through the wild mountain holds Like the sighs of a thousand crying souls; Crying souls --...

Falling and spinning Losing and winning Keeping my head Watching for signals Wearisome vigil Was I misled I remember you said That you don't want to forget me It doesn't matter Which of our fantasies fled. Every tomorrow Looking to borrow A piece...

An only child alone and wild, a cabinet maker's son His hands were meant for different work And his heart was known to none He left his home and went his lone and solitary way And he gave to me a gift I know I never can repay A quiet man of music denied a s...

You With the past at your back And the future unsure Asked For the chance to try Love once more. Well aware of the consequences Should the dream fall through You threw down you last defenses Wanting to try something new Wanting to try something new....

A bad situation Right from the start She played me for a fool And she broke my heart An infatuation A hard loss to take But we all must make our own mistakes. Let her go I knew I had to let her go You know it wasn't easy It was painfully slow But...

Some say that love is its own Love is its own reward But I can't help but believe There's got to be more A man needs a woman To have and to hold To love him in body As well as in soul I need your desire Where did the fire go I keep trying to sleep...

Running in the wrong direction Isn't it a long way home, People with the wrong intentions Isn't it a long way home. City, you are dying real slow Country, you are calling me to go. Smokestacks, I don't need you no more I'm gonna fly... To where the s...

Longer than there've been fishes in the ocean Higher than any bird ever flew Longer than there've been stars up in the heavens I've been in love with you. Stronger than any mountain cathedral Truer than any tree ever grew Deeper than any forest primeval I am...

Looking for a lady I'm looking for a lady To change my night to day Looking for a lady I'm looking for a lady To chase my blues away. Well, I have a few in mind But none in particular I have had them before But nothing that was for sure. And I'm i...

Climbing a mountain In darkness Stranded alone on ledge. Every attempt that I make to hold on Pushes me nearer the edge. Sensing the changes impending My thoughts are diffused by despair I feel like I'm swimming straight up Underwater Desperately rac...

Every night I ask myself That same old question: why? And every day the answer Seems more distant I always knew the final Truths lay just beneath the lies But I never thought they'd Be this hard to find... I never thought they'd Be this hard to find.....

Try your best to see through the confusion Seems the more you see The less you try You don't know what's real and what's illusion If you don't know by now then how should I? (I've been thinking 'bout the) Love gone by Honey, has the well run dry? I...

Diamonds to Dust Oh, Diamonds to Dust Time can turn even Diamonds to Dust Love is a question That few understand It runs like a river Between a woman and man But its course can get twisted And its bed can run dry And our hearts become deserts In th...

The hours grow shorter as the days go by You never get to stop and open your eyes One day you're waiting for the sky to fall The next you're dazzled by the beauty of it all When you're lovers in a dangerous time Lovers in a dangerous time These fragile...

I awoke this morning to a shattering sound And I went downstairs and found these shards of glass strewn all around And there upon the floor I found this poor broken dove And it made me realize how very fragile is this life that we so love I came back...

The man in the mirror He keeps getting nearer But I am not moving The man in the backstreet Is holding a trackmeet But I will not run. Someplace inside you a Seed has been born You've got to watch it grow Someplace inside you A river is waiting to f...

If there are any words That we haven't said, Let us say them. I know all too well How people's lies betray them. More than ever I'll wait for you there. More than ever I will need you to care And I'll never Need more than a prayer To be near you....

You and I were lovers all along We had a good thing going strong And never doubted. Lately, I feel changes comin' on I know that I will soon be gone And you don't even want To talk about it. OOO, and it makes me stop and wonder why People give their...

Well, I'm runnin' down this mountain pass at midnight; Those truckers, they all flash their lights at me. This highway ain't the very best companion, 'cause I know there's somewhere else I'd rather be. The moonlight on the snow just sets me thinking 'Bo...

High on this mountain The clouds down below I'm feeling so strong and alive From this rocky perch I'll continue to search For the wind And the snow And the sky I want a lover I want some friends And I want to live in the sun And I want to do all the...

One too many days I've felt forgotten And one too many nights I've slept alone. And every time I watch the fruit turn rotten I tell myself I'll try a little harder Next time. Sacred are the ties That love entrusts us Even if they fray Before they bi...

Across the vein of night There cuts a path of searing light Burning like a beacon On the edges of our sight At the point of total darkness And the lights divine divide A soul can let its shadow stretch And land on either side -- either side. And bala...

End of October The sleepy brown woods seem to Nod down their heads to the Winter. Yellows and grays Paint the sad skies today And I wonder when You're coming home. Woke up one morning The wind through the window Reminded me Winter Was just 'round th...

Once in love you’ll always be a lover Once is all it takes You will give your heart up to another Even if it breaks You can say this fever’s sure to leave you It’s bound to fade with time And you can lie but your heart just won’t believe you Hearts ju...

Every morning you wake up alone And you shake up your soul But nothing stirs So you take the love of whoever you please But you can't find no reason For giving yours. 'Cause, once upon a time You held a love so strong and fine That all the others sim...

Silent sea Tell this to me: Where are the children that we used to be Silent sea: At picture shows Where nobody goes And only the heart can see. Starry skies Soft lullabies Where do they go when their melodies die? Starry skies: To a day Far,...

Once I loved you and you loved me We believed our souls were meant to breathe as one And could never come undone again. And once I believed that you and I Were the two that would defy the fickle gods And win out against the odds And go on forever more....

I have these moments All steady and strong I'm feeling so holy and humble The next thing I know I'm all worried and weak And I feel myself Starting to crumble The meanings get lost And the teachings get tossed And you don't know what You're gonna d...

I have cried too I have cried too long I have cried too I have cried too long No more sorrow Got to carry on. Found deep water Before I'd even learned to swim Found deep water Before I'd even learned to swim Never thought I'd See the sun again. O...

Promises made Promises broken Measures of our demise Secrets of souls that Rarely get spoken Pleasure's a thin disguise. Dozens of ways Dozens of reasons Shielding our hearts from pain Riddles of romance That distance may yet explain. Certain of n...

The first breath of autumn blows through the trees And the nights are getting long and growing colder And the maples are turning and the fields have gone brown And the waves against the shore make such a sad sound Now there’s a meal on the table and a...

Pecos mountains in the fading light Shadows stretching ‘til they’re clean out of sight How could anything that felt so right At the same time feel so wrong At the same time feel so wrong All these questions, baby, all these fears Kept me running throug...

Listen to the rhythm of the falling rain Telling me just what a fool I've been I wish that it would go and let me cry in vain And let me be alone again The only girl I ever loved has gone away Looking for a brand new start But little does she know that when s...

I take my place along the shore And I wait for the tide It seems I've passed this way before In an earlier time I hear a voice like mystery Blowing warm through the night The silent moon embraces me And I'm drawn to her light I follow footprints i...

Well I'm a runnin' down the highway Got the road beneath my wheels Said I'm runnin' down the highway Got the road beneath my wheels Ain't nobody in this whole wide world Who knows the way I feel Said my woman up and left me Left me for some other guy...

Born in the valley And raised in the trees Of Western Kentucky On wobbly knees With mama beside you To help you along You'll soon be a growing up strong. All the long, lazy mornings In pastures of green The sun on your withers The wind in your mane...

Met my old lover in the grocery store The snow was falling Christmas Eve I stole behind her in the frozen foods And I touched her on the sleeve She didn't recognize the face at first But then her eyes flew open wide She went to hug me and she spilled he...

Dawn like an angel lights on the step Muting the morning she heralds Dew on the grass like the tears the night wept Gone long before the day wears old Times stills the singing a child holds so dear And I'm just beginning to hear Gone are the pathways th...

Seldom seen A scarecrow's dream I hang in the hopes of replacement Castles tall I built them all But I dream that I'm trapped in the basement. And if you ever hear me calling out And if you've been by paupers crowned Between the worlds of men and ma...

Seeing you again Was like meeting for the first time In a foggy dream so many years ago. Strangers in an airport Searching for a word to break the ice. Holding you again Even for the briefest moment Made me realize how much I love you still Wan...

The grass is high and the work is done Send the sun to his sleeping place Now we'll dance and make love Beneath the Serengeti moon The Gods are laughing their twinkling eyes Shine on us in the clear night sky Take my hand, let us walk Beneath the Sere...

Shallow rivers run between us Where a stone may never sink. Though we taste, we are left thirsty For a deep and soulful drink. Narrow channels, barely open Fraught with dangers out of view; In the current, we are helpless Still I cling to you. Grab m...

She's got a way of Getting so inside you That you think she's Gonna steal your soul She's got a way of making sure That you can't let go She's got a trail of Broken hearts behind her Like a shadow Where no shadow's cast I ain't the first one and...

Late in the summer When the cottonwood dies The fields are on fire With green bottleflies And I'm still seeing reflections Of me in your eyes And why did you leave Last summer? Now, the seasons are changing From summer to fall And I've still got tha...

Do you think that it’s wise To be cursing the cloudy skies Don’t come to me with your cries When the sun’s shining in your eyes Just zip your coat to the cold And look again for that hand to hold I’m sure you must have been told There’s more than one w...

There’s a soft voice That follows me Everywhere Everywhere I go And it whispers So softly This time I know This time I know Oh, it wasn’t a dream That follows me Everywhere. I wonder If it’s all right To call Call on you today And I wonder If...

Listen to me and I will try to Sing you a song that makes you see How much I long to be beside you And how much you mean to me Sometimes a song's the only way to Show you my heart will never stray So if I can't find words to tell you I'll sing what I c...

Now the wind is still In a moment it will be raging Now my soul is young In a moment it will be aging. And high above the pines I wrote several lines And left them in a bottle For you to find. Now the dream is rising In a moment it will be past Thi...

Broken clouds along the blue horizon The sun is setting and the wind is dying down Outward bound, there is music all around Can you hear it, it's the song of the sea Soundings taken at the edge of darkness The widest silences the heart can ever hear You...

Here is a poem That my lady sent down Some morning while I was away. Wrote on the back of A leaf that she found Somewhere around Monterey. And here is the key To a house far away Where I used to live As a child. They tore down the building When I...

Stood out in the rain Let it soak me down Before I called you...I called you. Didn't see me there Hidden by the rain Beneath your window...But I saw you. Putting on your face before the Mirror on the wall Dreaming that the looking glass was me... Ca...

Well, wake up, mama Turn your lamp down low I said, "Wake up, mama Turn your lamp down low" Well, you ain't got no reason Turn uncle Johns from your door Woke up this morning Had them Statesboro blues Woke up this morning Had them Statesboro blues I...

Every time we speak Our words betray intentions Insincere inventions That never quite reach the heart So we turn the other cheek And gather our defenses Again, rebuild the fences That just been keeping us apart. Waiting out the worst We keep the best...

In the spring of forty-seven, So the story, it is told, Old john sutter went to the mill site Found a piece of shining gold. Well, he took it to the city Where the word, like wildfire, spread. And old john sutter soon came to wish he'd Left that...

Two hearts Throwing off sparks Young and in love with Our freedom Moonlight, Those soft, southern nights We were both ripe to fall. I was Out on my own Playing for all who Would listen You were As free as a bird Flying from nest to nest. But so...

And though you try to justify the meaning Of the note you sent this evening To my door you're not deceiving me Well, I'd have thought that you'd have known much better Sending 'round an unsigned letter Facing me would be much better now Is it just that...

She never looks And she never listens Her heart only knows what it feels And all that she is And all that she isn’t Her every movement reveals All her bright moods And all her dark tempers She’s never the way she appears She sometimes forgets And so...

Away in the east shines a star in the sky That leads us to where He is born And bearing good tidings and gifts we shall give To Him on this first Christmas morning To Him on this first Christmas morning Holy our journey and holy our love That takes us t...

The higher you climb, The more that you see. The more that you see, The less that you know. The less that you know, The more that you yearn. The more that you yearn, The higher you climb. The farther you reach, The more that you touch. The more that...

Capture the moment, carry the day Stay with the chase as long as you may Follow the dreamer, the fool and the sage Back to the days of the innocent age Storybook endings never appear They're just someone's way of leading us here Waiting for wisdom...

She says no When she means yes And what she wants You know that I can't guess When we want more You know we ask for less Such is the language of love I say leave When I mean stay But she don't see And so she moves away What we really want You know...

I saw you running Ahead of the crowd I chased but never thought I'd catch you. You said you loved me But you had to be free And I let you. Why did I let you? We walked together Through the gardens and graves I watched you grow To be a woman. Livin...

Living in a house of cards Praying the wind doesn't blow too hard Giving in to differences Straining to keep up appearances Making believe the thread can be saved You're aching to leave but deathly afraid of letting go The threads entangled you so...

Grand slam Your moment's at hand The day holds a costly bargain Lost lamb Asking the lion's share Homespun A prodigal son Comes begging a humble pardon But no one Rises to hear his prayer... Lone star You've wandered so far And long in the unfamil...

She was lost And I thought I was found Even so I tried To bring her in... She was young And I had just begun To learn that even Losing men can win. We went the long way We went the long way We went the long way... Or maybe just the wrong way I'll...

So many try to capture love And so many never do So many hearts are lost With never a clue. So many nights are passed in sorrow So many days go by So many lovers lose And never know why. Still the lovers in the backseats claw And still the wives w...

There's a love in my life neither mistress or wife And she waits for me every morning by the sea Where the fishing hawk wheels and the sun warms the seals There she lays at her silent anchorage for me She is fine, she is fleet, she will run, reach or...

Fools run Where an angel fears to follow We’ve come to a place no fool would go Sparks fly And the truth rings harsh and hollow It’s the same old song We’ve sung so long It’s the only dance we know Hard times When the threads of love unravel The arm...

Among the possesions of an outlaw of a low class kind Is this little bottle of French perfume Taken as a last thought from a drug store in suburbia He said, "Lady, look what I've got for you." She said, "Jesse, I don't hardly even know you anymore. And ju...

The story is told of the Power of gold And its lure on the unsuspecting It glitters and shines It badgers and blinds And constantly needs protecting. Balance the cost of the soul you lost With the dreams you lightly sold Are you under The power of g...

It's Maine... And it's Autumn The birches have just begun turning It's life and it's dying The lobstermen's boats come returning With the catch of the day in their holds and the young boys cold and complaining The fog meets the beaches and out on the R...

I was born by a river Rolling past a town Given no direction Just told to keep my head down. As I took my position A man fired a gun I was so steeped in tradition That I could not run. I was raised by a river Weaned upon the sky And in the mirror of...

The light is long the sun is low I'm riding fast across this dusty road But I don't want to be, no I don't want to be Above the ridge an eagle flies In lazy circles in the western skies I want to fly with him I want to walk the spirit trail I've se...

Baby, how could I have been so vain To make you think that you're the only one to blame. For all these distances and all of this pain Baby, how could I have been so blind To presuppose that your needs were just like mine You've been a prisoner for a long,...

I was walking alone through the lofty San Juans With a heart full of light and a head full of songs I was thinking of time and how much it will cost To recapture the souls that we surely have lost In the cities and towns there are millions who dream...

There's a place in the world For a gambler There's a burden that only He can bear There's a place in the world For a gambler, And he sees Oh, yes he sees... And he sees Oh, yes he sees... There's a song in the heart Of a woman That only the truest...

I used to think of myself as a soldier Holding his own against impossible odds Badly outnumbered and caught in a crossfire of devils and gods. All I ever wanted to be was free All I ever wanted to see was within my eyes to see Oh, but, these days Are ju...

Is it true that I've lost you? Am I not the only one? After all this pain and sorrow, Darlin', think what you've done. Heart to heart, dear, how I need you Like the flowers need the dew. Lovin' you has been my life, love Lord, I can't believe we're thr...

This endris night I saw a sight A star as bright as day And 'ere among a maiden sang Lullay bye bye lullay This lovely lady sat and sang And to her child did say "My son, my brother, father, dear Why liest thou thus in hay" The child then spoke in his talkin...

[Chorus:] This heart - this heart Has been beaten down and battered This heart - this heart Has been torn apart and shattered But what's left of this heart of mine I will lay down in you hands 'Cause in the light of your love this heart still stands I...

Tell me a secret Tell me a lie Tell me the truth if you have to Say what you see fit But don't ask me why Love never seems to last you. In times like these It's hard to keep a man off his knees In times like these It's hard to keep a man off his knee...

Watching the sun Watching it come Watching it come up over the rooftops. Cloudy and warm Maybe a storm You can never quite tell From the morning. And it's going to be a day There is really no way to say no To the morning. Yes it's going to be a da...

Rising in the heat like amirage Tony keeps his Chevy like a virgin locked in his garage He brings it out at midnight and cruises down the empty boulevards And he prowls the darkened alleys That snake between the city's thirsty yards The lonely desert ski...

Wandering shepherd, wander no more Wandering shepherd, wander no more Wandering shepherd, wander no more Lay down your troubles, your worries and woes. Traveling pilgrim, rest for the night Traveling pilgrim, rest for the night Traveling pilgrim, rest f...

We three kings of orient are Bearing gifts we traverse afar Field and fountain, moor and mountain Following yonder star Born a king on Bethlehem's plain Gold I bring to crown Him again King forever, ceasing never Over us all to reign, oh Star of wond...

What child is this who laid to rest On Mary's lap is sleeping Whom angels greet with anthems sweet While shepherds watch are keeping This, this is Christ the King Whom shepherds guard and angels sing Haste, haste to bring Him laud The Babe, the Son of...

Look...what you're doing Baby what in heaven are you thinking of? Look...what you're doing Will you throw away such sweet, sweet love, Will you throw away such sweet, sweet love. You used to say that you would always stay But now you say you want to fin...

When you’re not near me The time don’t seem to move as easy When you’re not near me The sun don’t seem to feel the same The days don’t shine as brightly And the nights don’t taste as sweet And this soul of mine feels lost and incomplete When you’re not...

Like a wraith she ambles aimlessly Through the mists along the shore She wraps the foggy night around her Like a warming shawl And leaves wildflowers at my door She comes to me when she needs company And weaves her web around my soul She comes to me to...

Up every morning Long before day Cooking her breakfast alone She quietly dresses And pulls up the shades And sits in the chair by the phone. But nobody ever comes by anymore Nobody ever calls Most days she sits and just stares At the windows and wall...

How many eyes will you search in sorrow Seeking to borrow some sight of your own How many lies will you have to suffer Until you discover there's nobody home How many roads will you have to wander How many dead end streets How many dreams will you finall...

Wysteria, did you change your face again Those of us who loved you when Can't even find you. Wysteria, did you lose another man Did you make him understand That he can't touch you. Wysteria, did he take you to the fair? Were the folks that you met th...

You better think twice about leaving me behind Make up your mind about what you're gonna do You know it ain't easy when your love hurts night and day Oh how you please when I hear you call my name Breathlessly I await the moment to surround you Oh d...