On a Cloudy Day
When I have done
All that I can without
When I have tried
And failed without a doubt
When I have been
Stripped down to the core
Will you still love me
Will you still want me
All that I am
Is what I was before
All that I know
I knew when I was young
When I am full
Of not much left to go
Will you still love me
Will you still want me
See the light
On a cloudy day
Feel the rain
Washing over, over, over, over
Hold on tight
When I have done
All that I can without
When I have tried
And failed without a doubt
When I have been
Stripped down to the core
Will you still love me
Will you still want me

Are You Ready
Every day feels about the same
Off to work and home again
Our house is neat, our plants are green
We take responsibility
And I can't stand it
We have friends out as our excuse
To fire up the barbecue
We drink too much and feel too full
And talk about nothing at all
Are you ready
You and I could pack our bags
And they would never know
Where you and I were heading
Where we were bound to go
You and I could take the high road
And at times the low road too
Follow the taste of freedom
Set it up where we choose
You say it's really not so bad
More damning words have not been said
Once around is all I know
Good enough has got to go
Are you, 'cause I am ready
You and I could pack our bags
And they would never know
Where you and I were heading
Where we were bound to go
You and I could take the high road
And at times the low road too
Follow the taste of freedom
Set it up where we choose

Long Way Home
Shadows deep / On fragile faces
Pass through these days / In twilight's keep
And darker places
Words come hard / Rain dropping slowly
Fresh tears fall down / And drench the ground
Where love was growing
Be still my heart
Will show us the way to
Follow our path
Will show us the way home
What there we'll find
Well I hardly know too
But we can survive
The long way home
Sometime we rise / To softened glances
Relived in touch / And muffled cries
And mingled dances
Shadows deep / On fragile faces
Pass through these days / In twilight's keep
And darker places
But our bonds won't break / Don't need
replacement
And cracks and wear / Can be repaired
And healed with patience
Be still my heart
Will show us the way to
Follow our path
Will show us the way home
What there we'll find
Well I hardly know too
But we can survive
The long way home

Mercy Wine
I have a girl in my pocket
She was so fine
But after they took her and broke her
Oh, she could tell you a story
It's time to sit down for a story
It's time to get drunk on mercy wine
I have a boy in my pocket
Like all, divine
But after he saw what he shouldn't
Oh, he could tell you a story
How life can go wrong in a hurry
It's time to get drunk on mercy wine
On mercy wine
Sometimes you weep
Sometimes you fall
Sometimes I think I can feel it
But I don't understand
At all
At all
Survivors of blood in my pocket
Pearls before swine
They know the weakness of people
They've felt the close breath of evil
They've passed through the fires of hell's glory
And oh, they could tell you a story
It's time to sit down
It's time to get drunk on mercy wine
On mercy wine
Sometimes you weep
Sometimes you fall
Sometimes I think I can feel it
But I don't understand
Sometimes you weep
Sometimes you fall
Sometimes I think I can feel it
But I don't understand
At all
At all
Drunk on mercy wine
Drunk on mercy
Drunk on / Drunk on/ Drunk on
Mercy wine
Mercy
Mercy

Wide Red Road
(Con un abrazo para Juan Arroyo)
Blue skies above you
White bones below you
Beauty surrounds you
On the wide red road
Your thoughts run a little deeper
Your senses cut a little cleaner
Breathe it in
On the wide red road
Do you care to be there
Which direction do you go
When you arrive
You know
You know
On the wide red road
Stillness abounds here
The night moon shines clear
In peace you walk here
On the wide red road

Boy Next Door
Long ago before I knew him
Long ago before I grew
Lived a girl without a heartache
Lived a girl whose loves were few
They were few
But in moved a boy
In moved a boy
In moved a boy next door
Had no doubts, she had fallen
Had no doubts her heart would ache
Thought that he could make it better
But with him, her heart would break
It would break
Why don't you know your touch, it moved me
To a place I'd never been before
I wouldn't trade the pain I have felt
For a world without your knowing eyes
Then a girl becomes a woman
Lives a life of outward calm
Loves a man who loves her truly
But at times her mind will roam
It will roam
She sees a boy
She sees a boy
She sees the boy next door
Passion he could awaken
She felt more than she could before
He left this gift, she uses it
Turns to the man her love
Turns to the man her love
Why don't you know your touch, it moves me
To a place I've never been before
I wouldn't trade the pain I have felt
For a world without your knowing eyes
He left this gift, she uses it
Turns to the man her love
He left this gift, she uses it
Turns to the man her love

The Stars Do Shine
It's where you go
So many times
Inside this room of crystalline
With fractured shards
And cracks in parts
It's still a place to heal your heart
And despite these wounds
Where the stars do shine
When you emerge
Each time it's true
I bless the chance to be with you
And know you still
Before you will
Step back into this shadowed room
Where the stars do shine
But they've come unglued
We can't know tomorrow
That only time will prove
But there's something I do know
That love will always fill this room
It's where you go
So many times
Inside your room of crystalline
With fractured shards
And cracks in parts
It's still a place to heal your heart
And despite these wounds
Where the stars do shine
In Your Dreams
I've watched you now stand still for many hours
Come inside, you know it's getting late
The moon is high, the stars, electric flowers
They dance across the sky in search of rain
The air blows soft and leaves provide the tuning
For everything, with you, to sing its song
If we let go, the earth, it won't stop turning
No one who cares will care which notes are wrong
Now sit by me and pass the midnight hour
In silent comfort honed to just a sigh
Carving time into a million pieces
Until at last we drop into the night
The darkness brings
Fearful pleasures
Life's full measure
Of ecstasy and despair
In your dreams
Passion rides you
It terrifies you
Don't admit
That you care
At dawn's first light
Breathing easy
It's harder believing
That you've been free somewhere
Somewhere
Can we both find our way
Can we both find our way
Can we both find our way there

This Pearl
This pearl is only
One step away from you
This gift can offer
The part of me unknown to you
Within this smooth container
Lies the chance for something new
But how this gift is opened
Is not yet known to you
When all is said and wondered
And time brings no more tears
And all you're left is silence
Then silence makes it clear
Makes it clear
This pearl is only
One step away from you
This gift can offer
The part of me unknown to you
That's why I hold it gently
A cradle fit for fragile things
More now, a hidden treasure
To be revealed most carefully
When all is said and wondered
And time brings no more tears
And all you're left is silence
Then silence makes it clear
This pearl is only
One step away from you

Back in My Arms
Though the sun will rise
And light the darkened sky
Here at night it seems
So very far from me
When you go away
Though you'll come back someday
Now the sky is ebony
And you're so far from me
Again
Though the sun will rise
And light the darkened sky
Here at night it seems
So very far from me
And what of journey's end
Where will this hard road send you
Winding around the bend
Back where you started from
Back in my arms again
Sweet creatures in the night
Will sing their lullabies
And though I long to weep
I dream untroubled sleep
When you go away
You'll come back someday
Now this night's at peace
I feel you close to me
Again
And what of journey's end
Where will this hard road send you
Winding around the bend
Back where you started from
Back in my arms again