And it’s knowing I’m not shackled
By forgotten words and bonds
And the ink stains that are dried upon some line
That keeps you in the backroads
By the rivers of my memory
That keeps you ever gentle on my mind
Round like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel
Never ending or beginning on an ever-spinning reel
Like a snowball down a mountain or a carnival balloon
Like a carousel that’s turning, running rings around the moon
Like a clock whose hands are sweeping past the minutes of its face
And the world is like an apple whirling silently in space
Like the circles that you find
In the windmills of your mind
I feel like a spinning top or a dreidel
The spinning don’t stop when you leave the cradle
You just slow down
Round and around the world you go
Spinning through the lives of the people you know
We all slow down
Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin
Dance me through the panic 'til I’m gathered safely in
Touch me with your naked hand or touch me with your glove
Dance me to the end of love
We were so in phase
In our dance hall days
We were cool on craze
When I, you and everyone we knew
Could believe, do and share in what was true
I said
Dance hall days love
Those were the days, my friend
We thought they’d never end
We’d sing and dance forever and a day
We’d live the life we choose
We’d fight and never lose
For we were young and sure to have our way
One of these days, I’m going to cut you into little pieces.
One of these nights
One of these crazy old nights
We’re gonna find out, pretty mama
What turns on your lights
The full moon is calling, the fever is high
And the wicked wind whispers and moans
You got your demons and you got desires
Well, I got a few of my own
It was one of those nights when you turn out the lights
And everything comes into view
I saw the light on the night that I passed by her window
I saw the flickering shadows of love on her blind
She was my woman
As she deceived me, I watched and went out of my mind
Uncurling human tragedy
Appropriately a mystery
She tells my story back to me
She said I’ll live this chapter till eternity
I let her go into the night
Night of light, satellite
Quite a sight to see
Strangers in the night exchanging glances
Wondering in the night
What were the chances we’d be sharing love
Before the night was through
Inside you’re burnin’, I can see clear through
Your eyes tell more than you mean them to
Lit up and flashin’ like the reds and blues
Out there on the neon avenue
Well, I feel like, feel like a stranger
Goodbye stranger it’s been nice
Hope you find your paradise
Tried to see your point of view
Hope your dreams will all come true
What I want
You’ve got and it might be hard to handle
But like a flame that burns the candle
The candle feeds the flame, yeah, yeah
What I’ve got
Full stock of thoughts and dreams that scatter
And you pull them all together
And, uh, how? I can’t explain
Oh, yeah, well, well, you (Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh)
You make my dreams come true
Say you’ll remember me,
Standing in a nice dress,
staring at the sunset, babe
Rosy cheeks, and red lips.
Say you’ll see me again,
Even if it just pretend,
In your wildest dreams, aha…
Have you seen your mother, baby, standing in the shadow?
Have you had another, baby, standing in the shadow?
Mistaken identities
My old me is killing me
This world breaks everybody here now
At the broken places be strong
Many words without voices
Echoes more that’s lost than won
In the shadows behind the sun
The shadow of your smile
When you are gone
Will color all my dreams
And light the dawn
Look into my eyes
My love and see
All the lovely things
You are to me
And when I go away
I know my heart can stay
With my love, it’s understood