1. |
One Lane Road
08:11
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ONE LANE ROAD (1989)
by a one lane road, I'm walking
I'm not looking for a ride
I'm not waiting for companions
in a winter field
poverty and passion and wanderlust are fine
but the frozen wind
and the memory of a broken promise
cuts me like a wire
and the grass in the field sparkles like glass
you can hold on, but the moment will pass
like the fading light on a snowy day
it will die away
I was wakened by an Angel
who was gliding through my room
and he burned so bright
he said give me all you have and I will show you where I'm going
and the taste in the air sparkles like glass
you can hold on, but the moment will pass
on a quiet night or a frantic day
it will die away
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2. |
Long Song of Regret
05:14
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LONG SONG OF REGRET (1990)
He's got an astrolabe against his eye
he's got a strange fixation on the southern sky
and he knows that the oracles usually right
with the rise of Orion he measures the night
restless as a rolling ball… why should a man have to live this way?
waiting for the night to fall, watching the stars, wasting the day
but the taste of indecision is improving with the years
as he watches a shadow eclipses the moon
like a moth he emerges from out his cocoon
you can sing along song of regret, I can sing a longer song
it can take a long time to forget I can sing a longer song
he wants to tell the story of a burning flame
he wants to trace the memory of a single name
drinking from the bottled rage… no one can force me to live this way
rattling his empty cage, bending the bars, flying away
but the taste of indecision finally burned away his fears
as with any resurrection there's a price to pay in tears
you can sing along song of regret I can sing a longer song
it can take a long time to forget I can sing a longer song
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3. |
City Of My Heart
04:57
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CITY OF MY HEART (1986)
Here is the sculpture of the city of my heart
take it, man; make it what you can
here is a painting of the place we are to start
naked man making what he can
this is how it all began
a man trusted his ignorance, mustered his courage and flew
he ran straight off the precipice, played off and dwindled into...
light; he saw light as no other had seen it before
right - it was right, he could open the night like a door
here in the sun, I am flying home
here is the wind in the branches, here is the sun on the wall
here is the stillness inside me, here is the distance I fall
I am the wind in the branches, I am the sun on the wall
I am the stillness inside me, I am the distance I fall
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4. |
Where On Earth
06:20
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WHERE ON EARTH (1989)
On a road in southern Ecuador
is a man with seven shoes
and he wants to sell them one by one
in a field in Ethiopia
is a farmer with a plow
and the carcass of an animal
and he wants to run a thousand miles away
and he starts to go, but stops along the way
and he wonders, what have I been doing wrong?
and he wonders, where on earth do I belong?
on an island in the Philippines
that they used to test the bomb
in a prison in the Netherlands
in a cave in Vietnam
in a purple house in Florida
and he wants to run a thousand miles away
and he starts to go, but stops along the way
and he wonders, what have I been doing wrong?
and he wonders, where on earth do I belong?
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5. |
No Way Out
06:06
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NO WAY OUT (1993)
one or two of you are going to know the reason
that you can't explain the things inside your head
like a dance we do around the changing seasons
or a song we sing before we go to bed
it's just one of 100 things she wanted him to do
and it's one of 100 times he said he wanted to
shelter the innocent give them another start
she was the charity he was the open heart
let the sun shine
there's just no way out
they would think about the time that they could borrow
they would lie about the reasons they were there
they would drink and smoke and talk about tomorrow
and they tried and tried again but couldn't care
making love till the sun comes up - sleep in the afternoon
making love till their time was up and time always came too soon
righteous and consummate - born of a common cause
he had the fastest hands, she had the sharpest claws
let the sun shine
there's just no way out
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6. |
Not My Problem
04:55
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Not My Problem (1993)
tell you about a friend of mine:
never got out, never left town
sleeping through the summertime,
lying down flat, trying to turn brown
they said you can’t make a business
of laying out all day in the sun
he told them say what you want to,
but I’m just trying to have me some fun
but this is not my problem - this is not my song
I don't need no answers ‘cause there's nothing wrong
I don't want your worry ‘cause I feel OK
this is not my problem - watch me walk away
tell you about a woman who
never went out never left home
even if she wanted to,
couldn't face up to the unknown
until the man and the woman were
thinking they would be better off dead
they never dreamed the solution was
learning how to get out of bed
but this is not my problem - this is not my song
I don't need no answers ‘cause there's nothing wrong
I don't want your worry ‘cause I feel OK
this is not my problem - watch me walk away
maybe they'll do it, maybe they won't
maybe they want to, maybe they don't
I would like to tell you about
how they met up, how they fell in
but they had to do without –
him without her, her without him
they say that nobody knows, but you
must have heard the story before
cause when there's nobody knocking,
you don't get up to open door
but this is not my problem - this is not my song
I don't need no answers ‘cause there's nothing wrong
I don't want your worry ‘cause I feel OK
this is not my problem - watch me walk away
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7. |
Raga
07:53
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No lyrics... just a whole lotta fretless bass.
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Daniel Levy New York, New York
composer, working musician, and master teaching artist in NYC
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