fRiCTiON fARM ... lyrics and other song details
34
Degrees, 32 Minutes
Recorded by Ron
Litschauer at Acoustic Music Productions. Guest Musicians: Ron
Litschauer - mandolin; Bill Meredith - drums & percussion;
Ginny Meredith - violin; Jerry Tillman - dobro
Great Big
Pie
To the victor go the spoils
That's what we were
always told
Well I have never fought to win but I found peace
and strength within
That are worth much more to me than
gold
Hey ho let it go
You've already got more than you'll
ever know
Hey ho let it go
Its not what you reap its what
you sow
Captains of modern industry
Building new things
they say we need
Well it has come to my attention that these
mothers of invention
Are lately more concerned with greed
Hey
ho...
What are the odds that one shiny thing could be the
answer to everyone's dreams
I'm not buying it, I'm still
living
Go on be all that you can be
Aim high think fast
work hard acieve prosperity
Buy a big tv lease paradise but
its a great big pie and that's just one slice
Keep on trying
till you find what you really need
Walking In
Pinewoods
Not so far from here to Pinewoods
We walk
along this gravel path
With spirits of nine generations
We
are living in the aftermath
Born at sea and died at
sea
Robinson Woollenhands
If you get past him you'll be
free
Still you linger where the angels stand
You look low
and I'll look high
Where the earth touches the sky
The past
becomes the future
On the razor's edge of time
Carved in
stone these names and numbers
Carry souls through space and
time
History not found on pages
The stories that were
their's are mine
Always The
Moon
I'm still standing right behind you please just turn
around
Its been a long day in your shadow struggling to make a
sound
I moved into your house when I was just seventeen
So
filled with hope and filled with life and possibility
That I
would shine from your shadows all the time
I would shine from
your shadows all the time
Your friends are polite but they
don't listen when I speak
The stories that I try to tell
the'll hear from you next week
With their coffee stained
attention spans they hang on every word
So captivating when
you speak that I am never heard
But I will shine...
I want
to be the sun sometimes but I'm always the moon
Sunday morning
Fourth and State streets I stood there alone
Hailed a yellow
cab to take me anywhere but home
So I can shine...
Reluctant
Soldier
He wore a picture of the president
And a word
folks said didn't represent
The way patriotic American should
feel
They said take off that shirt turn it inside out
We
don't think what you're shouting about
Is something that the
other kids should hear
And though he did what he was told
It
left him feeling cold
A reluctant soldier volunteered that
day
To fight for freedom in the USA
Well a lesser young man
might just retreat
But he'd learned the value of his right to
speak
That slient submission can erode our liberties
His
lawyers put up a fine defense
But our laws are more about
dollars than sense
And all he wanted was an apology
He
wasn't looking for a fight
He just stood up for what was
right
A reluctant soldier volunteered that day
To fight for
freedom in the USA
Its a fair and balanced nation
A brand
new war for every generation
Two steps forward one step back
no hesitation
You don't have to fight with a sword
You
don't have to fight with a gun
Its in the living not the dying
that a better world is won
Thomas Paine said at the birth of
our nation
“It is every patriot's obligation
To
protect our country from it's government”
Each new
leader has given us reason
To draw the line between trust and
treason
Through all these years we still must be vigillent
So
go on argue your politics
Or wear a t-shirt just for kicks
A
reluctant soldier volunteered that day
To fight for freedom in
the USA
When You
Go
When you go
I don't want to feel like I've been
left behind
So I'll find a dozen stupid reasons
Why I'm the
first to hit the road
Doomsday prophets are never
wrong
Waiting for the ending just takes too long
No need to
be strong if I'm already gone
When you go
Heroes fall
I
don't want to feel like I have been let down
So I'll crown a
new incumbent idol
Before you go and fail us
all
Doomsday...
Let it rain
Into every life a drop or
two must fall
So I'll call and end to all parades
Until no
chance of getting wet reamins
Doomsday prophets...
Donner
Pass
Here on earth, nearly paradise
We are too big to
conquer and too small to sacrifice
Believe that everything
will come to us in time
Believe that all we seek we someday
sure will find
Here
We count our blessings, disregard the
curse
We will settle here for better or for worse
Beleive
that everything will come to us in time
Believe that all we
seek we someday sure will find
We are disappointed by your
disrespect
Doubts, destruction, and dissonance
Do this,
don't do that, decided
Before you destroy all the we've
discovered
Here on earth, half way in between
Heaven and
all those things that we've already seen
Red Fish,
Blue Fish
One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish
Wait
the waters bring us to the surface
It’s easy to focus on
just two sides
But the undercurrent is part of the tide
So
tell me where do I fit in
If I’m a soccer mom and a
lesbian
I want a better life for the next generation
I’m
so much more than my orientation
One fish…
Am I for
the left or for the right
If I’m a pro-choice Christian
half black half white
My culture of life may be absolute
But
free will is part of spiritual truth
One fish…
Red
fish, blue fish, green fish, rainbow trout
Angelfish and devil
ray, barracuda, snook
Orange roughie, yellow snapper, goldfish
on a hook
Man-o-war and jellyfish in geothermic motion
Many
kinds of fish, but just one ocean
Graceful
Bird
She flies high in the summer sky
Alone on winds
where two would fly
The sun sets too early for July
Brave
this night the moon will shine
She cirlces around and her
heart is warmed by
the fires of the faithful burning on the
hillside
She carries on with his songs and his
stories
Delivers them with his power and glory
Rise
graceful bird rise
She flies across the sea to Avalon
The
land where all the flowers have gone
She gathers up nine seed
to bring home
soon the will be blooming where they are
sown
She carries on...
Time flies somehow she thrives
Now
she soars over lush green miles
She still finds comfort in the
familiar
But discovers new songs are within her
She carries
on with his songs nd his stories
Delivers them with her power
and her glory
The Ballad
of the Lone Sock
See that fellow with the gold toe
trim?
Well, I’ve got something over him
I’m
going up and over the rim
This time its sink or swim
I’ve
been planning this for a while
I want to live with substance
live with style
I’m not thinking about my old Argyle
A
lonely widow on the lone sock pile
This match was never made
in heaven
This match was made at the laun-dro-mat
Out of
tub and down the drainpipe
Yeah I’m the sporting type
I
want to meet new socks from other walks of life
Maybe find
myself a fishnet wife
This match..
Take pity on the socks
you meet
Lying lifeless on the street
They wanted to dance
and they could feel the beat
Didn’t know they couldn’t
move without feet
This match…
Believe
Recorded
by Chas Payson at Echo Beach Studios and by Ron Litschauer at
Acoustic Music Productions.
Guest Musicians: Rod MacDonald -
harmonica; Tracy Feldman - violin; Carlos Mota - percussion; Pat
Boggs - drums; Pete Levine - organ
Believe
Two
wrongs for every right
Well you’ve got to love the
odds
To put your money on a man who says his faith will not
rule
But still puts his trust in god
I still believe we
will someday reconcile
I still believe every once in a
while
Out in the heartland it starts to rain
A chain
reaction across the flood plan
To bury the truth of how the
west was tamed
By men in uniform and men in chains
I still
believe we can go on for miles an miles
I still believe every
once in a while
When the clouds gather and the sky will not
clear
You can throw the doors open, there is no shelter
here
We can only hope for you, only pray for you
Only offer
our tears
Raise your voices in the street
Send a message to
your king
You’ll risk blood and sweat, give your hearts
and minds
For the right to speak and sing
I still believe
that the truth will come back in style
I still believe every
once in a while
I still believe we will look back on this and
smile
I still believe every once in a while
Louisiana
(Rise Up Like The Water)
This song was inspired by Aidan's
dad and we hope it inspires others to do big things.
I
was a simple man back in '68
Lived my life in the shadow of
the golden gate
Thought I would climb up, climb up that
ladder
Rise up like a strong bridge in the water
Thought
I'd make my mark in Baton Rouge
It was a big step forward but
I could not choose
to bring my child to a place where sons and
daughters
Separate like oil in the water
Captain said we're
doing the best we can
Let the water trickle down between our
hands
This mighty river will not be damned
If we take a
stand we can rise up like the water
They say things move
slowly in these southern towns
One man's choice will never
turn it around
But I know my voice matters
Let it rise up
like a small wave in the water
Well the devil's at the door
but it's not too late
To shelter my family from fear and
hate
If it takes all of the strength that I can gather....
I
will not lie down and drown here in the water
Captain
says....
So I stay behind in this gold land
Let my son grow
up to be a good man
He will not suffer for the sins of his
father
No he will rise up, rise up like the water
Whole Heart Broken
The
Colorado river’s rising
Half the world lies on the other
side
You tell me not to cross where it is deep and it is
wide
But I’ve got my eyes on the horizon
I won’t
ask don’t tell me
I want to keep my eyes wide open
I
won’t ask don’t tell me
I want to get my whole
heart broken
I want to get my whole heart broken
The dark
streets and the alleys are all twisted and untravelled
I might
get lost or lose my longing to be found
When the bright lights
and the sirens turn my head around
I will find myself when I
am unravelled
Turn it around
If the shoe were on the other
foot you know
I’d do anything I could for you
But
these are the days for me
Of youth and reckless fantasy
And
I would have it any other way
You see trouble before anything
goes wrong
You knew my love would leave me betray me with a
kiss
Its easy to say you could’ve told be this
But I
found my strength, found my voice, I found my song
The
Colorado river’s rising
Half the world lies on the other
side
Better
Than This
Suddenly the man burst into tears, he said I
haven't felt this way in years
It's been a long time since I
lost my friend but I think of her now and again
Better than
this I can't expect, Better than this it might not get
If your
memories hold some one you miss It doesn't get better than
this
He said I hear her whisper but it comes and it goes it
sounds like static on the radio
And I fear that it might fade
away Just give me one more day
Better than this I can't expect
Better than this it might not get
If you miss your lover's
voice or her kiss It doesn't get better than this
Hold on Let
it make you stronger
Hold on to your past, if it didn't exist
you might not be any any better than this
Hold on Hold on
So
now I stand here with an open heart Even though it may be torn
apart
My friends ask why I'd go through this again I say, I'm
breathing
Better than this I can't expect Better than this it
might not get
If your life has taken your innocence It doesn't
get better than this
Drag Me Down
Will you drag
me down, kicking and screaming all the way
I find that I need
direction occassionally
I’ve been lost I’ve been
stranded I’ve been left behind
I need a little push
someone heavy handed to get me realigned
Will you tell me once
more how you’ll save the day
before it fades away
Will
you drown me out I if I talk too seriously
Camouflage all my
awful short comings
I get been loud way too candid when I
speak my mind
I need a little push someone heavy handed help
me to be kind
Stop me, I can’t stop myself
Help me
turn into someone else
Save me from all the things I know too
well
Save me from myself
It’s a crying shame
How I
live from day to day
But I can’t seem to face the future
any other way
I’ve been crossed, reprimanded until I
felt confined
I need a little push someone heavy handed to
help me through sometimes
Sit
At My Table
I'm a big fan of pie, but its hard to justify
baking a pie for just the two of us – c'mon over.
Two
victims of circumstance
And a refugee from a failed
romance
Sit around my table and raise a glass
Just to help
each other out
We find something to be thankful about
It
helps make the evening pass
And if that’s all it takes
to set things right
A home cooked meal and eachother’s
company tonight
Then I will roast a turkey
And I will bake
a pie
You can sit at my table any time you like
Well he
last his father late last spring
Took of his affairs all the
little things
Dealt with his sadness and his grief
But
holidays bring up the past
Old memories are built to last
Our
conversation brings relief
She thought she’d meet his
folks this year
But he went home early and made it clear
This
time they were really through
And I had plans to go
somewhere
But the weatherman just didn’t care
Now I
celebrate with you
Somewhere To Call Home
You
need room to run I need space to grow
This life's not much but
its all I know
My sense of obligation hangs around me like an
anchor
So I'll stay and you go
Once
around the block and you'll be back again
To the small circle
of family and friends
Who will leave the light on and keep the
fire warm
So you've got somewhere to call home
Your plans
are set your life's pre-arranged
You say this place willl
never change
In your rear view mirror with me waving in the
background
Does it still look the same
Once around the
town...
The more you see the less you know
Your small town
roots are starting to show
There's a million lonely people out
there trying to convince you they care
So who am I to say they
don't
Once around the world...
Gravity
California
tumbles into the sea
I'm standing here wishing that the
landslide had taken me
I'm ready I'm looking for a real sign,
I'm waiting but how long how long
This wounded world keeps
spinning on
Rolls me over and upside down
I should be
thrown into oblivion
But gravity's got me down
Revolution,
they're taking to the streets
I'm hoping to get swept up in
the fool's rush of anarchy
I'm ready...
Hallelujia I'm down
here on my knees
I'm praying that the spirit will embrace my
uncertainties
I'm ready...
Washing Machine
So
we got a new washing maching. A front loader – life
changing.
I'm
watching the clothes go round in the washing machine - fourth
time this week
I hate the way it cycles and it screams but I'v
got to come clean
I confess all to the trailer park priest but
we cannot save me
I might be living with the traitors and the
theives but this is not me
Fate makes all her decisions when
we take our first breath – I did not inhale
All this
searching for my true beginning has been a less than holy grail
I
confess...
I called upon the powers of nature to set me free –
big storm came through
Now the challenge of the new life I
created is to forget all I new
I confess...
Down
Yes,
this is the same song that was on “Choose Red For The Sky”.
It's a happy upbeat song but we found ourselves having to explain
the happy part a lot. So this time, just to be clear, we wrote
the happy in.
I'd like to live on level ground but
its down down down from here
I'm driving in my two door green
Ford shifting into lower gear
All I ever wanted was a place
that I could call my home
All I ever talked about was never
being all alone
But all you ever wanted was someone that you
could say you owned
And all it ever brought me was down down
down down down
I like to think I can beat the odds but I'm
down down on my luck
I try to slip out gracefully but my
dignity has gotten stuck
I'm running low on hopes and dreams
but not down down down and out
I believe in second chances and
there's one out there for me no doubt
All I ever wanted...
Time Runs Out
Find
your own way 'till the time runs out In your mind time runs
out
Writers write and painters paint Only martyrs die trying
to become saints
I know time's running out But there's time
enough for everything today
Open your mind 'till the time runs
out In your eyes time runs out
All your thoughts begin with I
Drop your guards and let them lie
I know time's running
out...
Open your eyes Count on your friends 'till the time
runs out In your hands time runs out
Count on some one else's
arms To lift you up and lay you down
I know time's running
out...