Eliza Gilkyson

Well their brains were quite large for their bodies And it lulled them into thinking they weren't dumb They did guns, extreme sports, special hobbies And cool tricks with their fingers and thumbs And they thought they would be guarantee delivered To some guy...

Strap my derriere to a padded chair I fly the air in a tin can From here to there on a wing and a prayer I don’t even know where I am I’m a wanderin fool burnin fossil fuel Sending arrows into the dark But I’m just lookin for a place where I can fall apart Thr...

My name is Yvonne Johnson, my native blood is Cree I'm here to tell the story of the life stolen from me My grandfather's grandfather was the great war chief Big Bear And Flora my grandmother worked with medicine and prayer My mother's from Saskatchewan, my d...

It’s a test of faith When you climb aboard the mystery ride With the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune It’s a wonder love is still alive For you’ll never know what fate holds around the bend It could be a pot of gold at the rainbow’s end Bearing the witn...

Beautiful world circling infinitely Fragment of sun marbled in blue Turning in time and tuned like a symphony Beautiful stars beautiful view Beautiful world intricate web of design Shadow and light playing out on the land Billions of years come down to a point...

My father made a pretty damn good living Playing music on the Beauty Way He's gonna die with some money in his pocket Wish I could do the same today little darling Wish I could do the same today Doe eyed kid and a little transistor Tuned into Wolfman jack I p...

These are the days of love My beautiful Bella Rosa Of a sun filled with warmth Caressing us all I remember your sweet breath And your cinnamon skin Diving into the blue pool And rising up to drink the air These are the days of joy Of precious moments Of table...

After the crash and the broken glass And the nightmare memorial I wanted to end it all, end it all You came into my room and you sat on my bed I threw the blankets over my head I turned my face to the wall, to the wall You said I'd see you again When I checked...

Once in a blue moon It all comes together Everything turns out right Everyone's in tune All's right with the weather Day settles into night And the nice towns turn the lights down And the night sounds are beautiful On a blue moon night When it's still all righ...

Baby baby, I'm playing it cool like a lovestruck girl from my old high school You taste so sweet I'm trying hard to follow my rules Cause I don't want to be one of those forlorn fools out on the street Although I could fall I know you could too Right over the...

Calling all angels, put down your disguise Unveil your hearts, wipe the sleep from your eyes; We are falling ... lost in the garden Calling all angels, this is Starseed Command We've misused our freewill and we messed with The Plan; We are falling ... lost in...

Easy does it darling Let the good times roll Many a mile to go before you close your eyes And rest your weary soul Savour all the laughter Outside the dark clouds form No-one knows what will come after here tonight In the calm before the storm I can’t dance th...

Far between sundown's finish an' midnight's broken toll We ducked inside the doorway, thunder crashing As majestic bells of bolts struck shadows in the sounds Seeming to be the chimes of freedom flashing Flashing for the warriors whose strength is not to fight...

I am just a troubadour A tried and true believer If there's nothing that I can live for I don't want to be here I wear my heart on my shirtsleeve And my dark glasses over my eyes Clever disguise Clever disguise I'm just a roadside flower draped in a fancy dres...

Think I'll go down to the Coast for awhile Find a little cabin by the Sea Think I need to be alone for awhile Find out what ever became of me Did you ever think that it would be like this? Ah, the price you pay for lo-ove Now the price you pay for everything,...

He was the black sheep of the family How did mama's pride and joy Go from such a precious baby To the devil's poster boy I'm gonna slick my hair like Elvis Roll my cuffs like Jerry Lee If the backbeat's born in hell Then that's the place I want to be Gonna be...

I remember how the wood would smell Just as the last great tree was felled Like many that came before It was used for table and a door A palette and a long hall rack Hung my great grandfather's hat A stable and a barn, a bed and a seat A roof and fence and a f...

I lived on the streets down in new orleans Just to get away from my family Daddy's little dream I was only 16 But I took all misfortune would hand me Some john had a camera and an internet site And the streets were getting crowded I took the money, it was over...

Take a walk down emerald street Sparks flyin from my head to my feet All because I'm in love Sun shines and the air smells sweet Little birdies go tweet tweet tweet All because I'm in love Whole world's goin up in smoke Hard times comin, I ain't jokin Just try...

When at first I came into this land In the highlands I did dwell Where ancient winged masters taught The depths of wisdom well Emmanuel, he walked with me And secrets he did share: The order of the swirling stars The laws of earth and air The golden pipes of h...

Won't you carry me through troublin' times Won't you fill my sail won't you blow my mind Put me on the path pull my railroad car Won't you make me laugh 'bout the way things are Won't you carry me through my soul's dark night Won't you shine my way with your b...

O' the exquisite agony of withdrawal it feels like some kind of voodoo curse Push me full of pins baby or pull 'em out I can't even tell you which is worse Why'd he have to tempt me I told him all about my insufferable thirst It started out all nice and friend...

Down on the corner of ruin and grace I'm growin' weary of the human race Hold my lamp up in everyone's face Lookin' for an honest man Everyone tied to the turnin' wheel Everyone hidin' from the things they feel Well the truth's so hard it just don't seem real...

Once there were green fields kissed by the sun Once there were valleys where rivers used to run Once there were blue skies with white clouds high above Once they were part of an everlasting love We were the lovers who strolled through green fields Green field...

I light a candle in your name Long past midnight, memories bright in the freeze frame And I'm asking myself why I see at the Marriott, funny little grin Driving those drums like a chariot Did it hurt too much to try? Woody you were my hero A shoulder to cry...

Baby walks a wire without a net Baby gives his heart with no regret And from this height where he'll risk the fall For a glimpse of what might be He waits for me I can trace my memory through the dust The ruins of my wanderlust But those are lost who try to cr...

At the end of the golden age when hearts have been broken You close your eyes and you turn the page ease your mind open When the picture fades and finally through your hands Remember I loved you remember I loved you remember Eagle watching from a wooden gate...

Well the white god said to the little man We're gonna fulfill scripture in the holy land Between the tigris and euphrates it's a lot like hell Go on and liberate my people and their o-i-l Get your big trucks rollin down hiway 9 Put on the armor it's party tim...

Well I came to California With a guitar on my knee And a U-haul full of furniture Little dreams of what I could be Deep from the west with a song in my chest And a foolish smile on my face An innocent rube soon gone for good That a darker muse would replace W...

I remember yetsterday When I become the moon How all the stars came out to play We danced away the gloom Circled rouind the ring of stones Before they fell in ruin I can hear our voices still When I become the moon How Diana ruled the wood Traces still remain...

Many years ago he looked out through a glassless window All that he could see was Babylon Beautiful green fields and dreams And learn to measure the stars But there was a worry in his heart He said How could it come to this? I'm really worried about living Ho...

Standing on the water, casting your bread While the eyes of the idol with the iron head are glowing Distant ships sailing into the mist You were born with a snake in both of your fists while a hurricane was blowing Freedom just around the corner for you But wi...

I remember Abilene And their roadside swimming hole I hardly knew you at all back then But I knew that you moved my soul Everything’s changing around us But your eyes are still blue Couples are piling up like car wrecks While I’m still dancing with you Chorus...

Driving at night on Highway 25 Blindfolded I’d know the way Just over the rise like a jewel in the mountains Shine the lights of Santa Fe How many times have I come home to you Just to have you turn me away Oh you’ve been betrayed by the ones that threw you To...

Strap my derriere to a padded chair I fly the air in a tin can From here to there on a wing and a prayer I don't even know where I am I'm a wanderin fool burnin fossil fuel Sending arrows into the dark But I'm just lookin for a place where I can fall apart Th...

My love she speaks like silence, Without ideals or violence, She doesn't have to say she's faithful, Yet she's true, like ice, like fire. People carry roses, Make promises by the hours, My love she laughs like the flowers, Valentines can't buy her. In the dim...

Well the cowboy came from out of the west With his snakeskin boots and his bulletproof vest Gang of goons and his big war chest Fortunate son he was doubly blessed Corporate cronies and the chiefs of staff Bowing to the image of the golden calf Startin up wars...

Are you sleeping now? It's midnight in Missoula Where the Black Hills know your name Is the snow piled high around your window frame? Is there enough frost left to write our names upon the pane? Are you sleeping now? It's midnight in Missoula Are you sleeping...

[Verse 1: Eliza Gilkyson] Moonrise over the mountains Sky is midnight blue I'm thinking about the hard times That lie ahead of you [Verse 2: Eliza Gilkyson] You'll never know just what was lost In our spiral down from grace We'll never know the final cost Of...

Sitting in a motel on the outskirts of Raton How the years have flown Since Townes passed through these hills alone I got someone who loves me But it's too late to phone I wanna ride this road forever And I'm dying to go home Out there on the interstate the h...

O what fools these mortals be, so tragic and so funny Ships of bones that sail the sea, for lands of milk and honey The promise of perfection sighs into each mortal ear Never to be realized, that's how it is 'round here Bound to some relentless gyre, dispass...

I am a one-man woman I live one day at a time Keep one eye open I got a one-track mind I'm a one trick pony Living in a one horse town People say I should be lonely But that ain't what's goin down I'm alone but I'm not lonely I live in a one-room palace On t...

Forty years ago you came on in A traveler to a foreign land Mother held you close against her skin Said your kingdom was at hand How brightly shined the moon that night Not a cloud on your horizon Chorus: Lay your head upon my shoulder Rest your wandering sou...

Once I had a home I still have the key I take it everywhere I go To prove that all I've said is so And all the world can see The walls were painted blue The front door carved by hand And generations of my kin And strangers, all were welcomed in When they walk...

Sailing cross the seas Pursuing sorry ships don't know they're sinking Holding on until all hope is gone Focusing my eyes on distant stars so far away they're blinking On and off and on and off and on But the bird in my hand is promising paradise Venture fort...

Open your hearts to the paradise To the peace of the heavenly angels Takes away that woeful shadow dancing on your wall; Take to the skies of peace, oh friends Of peace of the heavenly Father; Get ready for my bugle call of peace Peace, peace, peace, peace, p...

Rare bird, I know your loneliness Born into a crowded nest and given away Solitaire girl, your voice crying in the wilderness Where suffering brings holiness At least that's what they say Rare bird, I wish you good company Rare bird I know your sorrow It rings...

Mother mary, full of grace, awaken All our homes are gone, our loved ones taken Taken by the sea Mother mary, calm our fears, have mercy Drowning in a sea of tears, have mercy Hear our mournful plea Our world has been shaken We wander our homelands forsaken I...

I am a rose of Sharon A lily of the valley As a lily grown among the thorns Love in this world has found me As an apple tree among the trees That grow deep in the forest My lover's form in comely With life and limb most joyous Rise up my love and come away Th...

Winding down to the end of the line And the falling of the curtain I'll be yours and you'll be mine Of that one truth I'm certain I will give you roses fair For every secret you did share For all your words that flowed like wine Roses at the end of time Tonig...

Everyone knew she was gonna be fast Everyone said they could build her to last 10,000 tons of hurtlin steel Screamin round the curves nobody at the wheel Everyone said don't pay it any mind There's a pot of gold waitin at the end of the line Just move with the...

I hear your high heels clickin down the boulevard You got your suitcase in hand Guess you're takin it hard You swear you'll never trust another man Ah but I know that you will It's just a question of when So open up your eyes to the light You've been far too...

Yeah though I walk through the valley of the shadow thou art with me Though my heart's been torn on fields of battle thou art with me Though my trust is gone and my faith not near In love's sanctuary thou art with me Through desolation's fire and fear's dark...

It's another happy April To every happy fool And you move through my dreams Like a trout moves through a pool Sure I will do anything But I blush at the reverie Sleeper come and go with me And she always was a painter And she left me her suitcase And I still...

What kind of beast comes slouching What kind of beast comes slouching What kind of beast comes slouching Slouching towards Bethlehem? People get ready cause it won't be long Before the hurricane will be blowin strong And the chance to rise will be come and go...

Across the world she tapes explosives to her chest Steps into a shopping mall A life devoid of all of mercy's tenderness Really isn't any life at all Tender mercies,tender mercies, come before despair Shine down all your tender mercies It's every mother's pra...

The party's over, we had us a time Everybody got loaded, everybody looked fine We emptied the coffers of water and wine The party's over We had a good time We danced on the tables midnight til dawn Til all the time was up and the good stuff gone The house is a...

Through the looking glass I see another world where all is still Majestic silence calls me and I will walk on Through the looking glass Reaching for a place my eyes can’t see Wondering in the nighttime where I’ll be at dawn Walking on and on Through the green...

I like the way the dark hangs off you Like a cloud around the sun The way nobody's bought your heart For one on one You're so beautiful You don't give a damn You're everything I've wanted in a man I like your clever boy disguises Your shady little grin When...

Don't turn the light out Don't let the night in Unless you want me now Don't take your clothes off Or bear your soft skin Unless you want me now Don't turn your gaze on me Unless you want the whole of my caress To touch your soul To come to rest in the moonli...

Unsustainable, unmaintainable We've gone too far and now it's uncontainable Let's tear it down and start all over again Reprehensible, indefensible The way we are is truly incomprehensible Back to the drawing board Start all over again Madly, we loved you madl...

We never ask for a handout Or more than our fair share of pay Downtown you all know where we stand Out looking for work by the day You don't ask why our farms were abandoned Or of our choice between vida y muerte Or why we would take such a gamble Por las espe...

In the hour before the dawn I feel the veil about to part Some kind of change is going to come It is a decision of the heart Even the air is clearing With the promise of paradise Chorus When we cross over When we cross over Into dream time The stakes are high...

There's a long and winding river From the darkness to the dawn It will carry and deliver you When you walk on No one here can say for certain What lies in the great beyond You'll pass through that parted curtain When you walk on You may grasp at the illusion...

In the building block canyons the urban survivors Are trapped in the gridlock of 9 to 5 thing Burning their candles while gas engines idle They long for revival in wildewood spring Come down where the wild birds sing Come down where the water's clean Down in t...