Long Flight (cover)
I got back from a long flight,
you said you’d meet me there.
I’ve been tripping off constellations and stars
Found you at home, what was our home,
with another man, oh man.
Been keeping you in my heart.
And so I whispered into your ear,
“What are you thinking ‘bout?”
You just looked up at the stars.
And so I whispered into your ear,
“Who are you thinking ‘bout?”
It couldn’t be me.
And you can’t look me in the eyes anymore,
without the rivers to tend.
Cause you remembered our love was true,
but you just needed a hand
And you can’t look me in the eyes anymore,
without yourself to defend.
You know you hurt me so bad,
just cause you needed a hand.
And I went off and saw things I’d never seen,
I really wanted you there.
But you ruined what was love,
just cause you needed a hand.
This is the way that it all falls.
This is how I feel, this is what I need,
You by me, right here, by me, right now.
And so I whispered into your ear,
“What are you thinking ‘bout?”
You just looked up at the stars.
And so I whispered into your ear,
“Who are you thinking ‘bout?”
It couldn’t be me.
And you can’t look me in the eyes anymore,
without the rivers to tend.
Cause you remembered our love was true,
but you just needed a hand
And you can’t look me in the eyes anymore,
without yourself to defend.
You know you hurt me so bad,
just cause you needed a hand.
And I went off and saw things I’d never seen,
I really wanted you there.
But you ruined what was love,
just cause you needed a hand.
“Rest Stop” (cover)
Just three miles from the rest stop
and he slams on the breaks
he said i tried to be, but I’m not
and could you please collect your things.
Well, I don’t want to be cold, I don’t want to be cruel
but I’ve got to find more than what’s happening with you
and if you’d open up the door..
He said, while you were sleeping,
I was listening to the radio and wondering what you’re dreaming
when it came to mind that I didn’t care.
And I thought, hell if its over
I had better end it quick or I could lose my nerve
Are you listening, can you hear me?
Have you forgotten?
Just three miles form the rest stop
and my mouths too dry to rage
the light was shining from the radio
I could barely see his face
But he knew all the words that I never had said
he knew the crumpled up promise of this broken down bed
and if I opened up the door…
He said, while you were sleeping,
I was listening to the radio and wondering what you’re dreaming
when it came to mind that I didn’t care.
So I thought, hell if its over
I had better end it quick or I could lose all my nerve
Are you listening, can you hear me?
Have you forgotten?
Catherine Roach - “You In My Lungs” (original)
You know you are the woods
back when I was a kid
finding that perfect space
where I told you I hid
You are those leaves
beneath both of my little feet
and you are the winds that blew
teaching my lungs how to breathe
Your sound is the birds
and the crickets at night
You’re the steady lines on open roads
when the plane shakes in flight
And honey you are my parachute
strapped tight to my chest
and everyday when I’m falling down
it’s you I clench with my grip
Babe you are my letter home
after 8 months at sea
after the waves and the weather crashed
what’s left of my dignity
But mostly you are my rock
Babe you hold my key
And in the mornings when I awake
it’s you my lungs long to breathe
Western Outlaw Jam
Landlocked Blues (cover)
If you walk away I’ll walk away
first tell me which road you will take
I don’t want to risk our paths crossing someday
so you walk that way I’ll walk this way
and the future hangs over our heads
and it moves with each current event
until it falls all around like a cold steady rain
just stay in when it’s lookin’ this way
and Daniel’s asleep in my bed
as I’m leaving she wakes up and says
“I dreamed you were carried away on the crest of a wave
baby don’t go away, come here”
and there’s kids playing guns in the street
and one’s pointing his tree branch at me
So I put my hands up I say:
“Enough is enough,
If you walk away I’ll walk away.”
I found a liquid cure
for my landlocked blues
it will pass away
like a slow parade
it’s leaving but I don’t know how soon
and the world’s got me dizzy again
you’d think after 23 years I’d be used to the spin
and it only feels worse when I stay in one place
so I’m always pacing around or walking away
I keep drinking the ink from my pen
and I’m balancing history books up on my head
but it all boils down to one quotable phrase
“If you love something give it away”
We made love on the living room floor
with the noise in the background from a televised war
And in the deafening pleasure I thought I heard someone say
“If we walk away, they’ll walk away”
In The Mornings
well i don’t want no trouble
so i cling to what i know
and if trouble finds me anyhow
well babe you’ll be the first to know
and i sleep these nights so peacefully
with you, close by my side
and in the mornings i quickly wake you
to make sure that you’re still alive
what does it take to be safe
in a world that is filled up with all of this hate
if i close my eyes, i will disappear
to a place, to a place
far from here
well i don’t want no trouble
so i cling to what i know
and if trouble finds me anyhow
well babe you’ll be the first to know
and i sleep these nights so peacefully
with you, close by my side
and in the mornings i quickly wake you
to make sure that you’re still alive
to make sure you’re still alive
to make sure you’re still mine
County Line (cover)
On the hills of both Virginias
I’ve crossed a weary mile
And on bended knee
I will sing to thee
As I tie my shoe
One moonlit night in the canyon
I talked about my dreams
Only bugs heard the call
They don’t hear me at all
And now I talk in my sleep
When winter comes I’ll be way up ahead
‘Cause right now it seems so cold
I need him in my arms baby set my alarm
‘Cause otherwise I’d sleep til sleeping was dead
And when I get home to my baby
I’m gonna wear his grandma’s ring
And hand in hand we will tell the man
I do
I do
I definitely do
But I won’t get drunk without him
And I won’t do him no harm
‘Cause he is the sweetest blackberry wine
From here to there
From here to there
From here to there
County line
County line
County line
County line
County line
County line
County line
County line
County line
Rough cut jam session
As The Waves Swim Slow (original)
And you know that birds flying
that’s my favorite thing to see
how i wish that you and i could be that free
Well I am moved by other’s works,
but I can’t move with my own
I’ll let this winter wind take me
away I’m blown
it’s getting darker
and we’re losing hours
waiting on the weeks to turn to may
and winters sad and cold
as the waves swim slow
but i love you babe and spring is on it’s way
the first time that i met you
on that warm summers day
well the sun it never shined brighter
and i knew that things were okay
so let us crawl into our cave
and hide away these months
we’ll wait there for warmer days
cause i love you babe and springs on its way
Tetons (original - demo)
i’ve dreamt of you most every single night
your blueish tint that made me feel so right
and even though i missed the ocean
it’s roaring waters, all that motion
its you that made me feel i was alive
your grassy plains that stretch for miles wide
your hills and rocks are what gives you your pride
and when i sit amongst your land
it is then i understand that
freedoms something i have been denied
if only i could find my way to you
i now know that i would not be so blue
i’d live inside your tall tall grass
and promise not to make a mess
i’d forever appreciate your view
