Winter city by the ocean
Building lights glimmer on the bay
Oh, how you woke him from his slumber
Gently now, gently with a kiss

And we went drifting over to the corner
Our eyes move with us, graceful in the shadows
We think of the mystery
And we think of the warning

And the redwood hallways covered up in darkness
The wind outside singing with the promise
I will touch the back of your hand
And whisper the words

I will love you in the morning if you love me tonight
I will love you in the morning if you love me tonight
I will love you in the morning if you love me tonight
I will love you in the morning if you love me tonight

Now take this mirror and push it forward
She said to the painting on the wall
I’ll show you something your frame is nothing but
A safe place, place for you to hide

And now the carpenter’s son says
“Let’s make a deal
I believe in commerce
And I will make you this promise
But if you should ask
What I cannot give
You better tell me now
Before we begin”

I will love you in the morning if you love me tonight
I will love you in the morning if you love me tonight
I will love you in the morning if you love me tonight
I will love you in the morning if you love me tonight

So, I’ll love you in the morning if you love me tonight
I will love you in the morning if you love me tonight
I will love you in the morning if you love me tonight
I will love you, love you, love you, love you

Among the trees and by the river
Lying there, my darling shivers
In her sleep she dreams of winter
Whiter than her breast

I feel her heart move through her chest
Warm and steady as she rests
Hear water ebbing with her breath
Lulling me to sleep

Light from a source unseen reflected
By the moon on rocks collected
Near our bodies unexpected
Pulls us from our dreams

We turn onto our backs and see
A streak of light above the trees
And lie here on our bed of leaves
Listening to each other breathe

And here in the sky
Lights flash before our eyes
And I feel your warm hand
Slipping into mine
And we lay and we wonder
When will I come around?

Do I know what you are feeling now?

This morning we drove out of town
Into the hills and looking down
Saw the ocean all around
As far as we could see

Continued on into the clouds
A burst of rain, brief and loud
To silent mountains, tall and proud
Here is where we lay

And here in the sky
Lights flash before our eyes
And I feel your warm hand
Slipping into mine
And we lay and we wonder
When will I come around?

Do I know what you are feeling
Here on neutral ground?

Don’t you lie, don’t lie to me
That you’re not afraid, my love
I know you well enough to know
You can’t be alone

If you were to roll, to roll down your window
You’d find the wind, the ice, the trees
That sway like skeletons outside

But when the cold, the dark, and the silence come
It’s like a sudden rush of water through your heart and lungs

Please don’t fight, don’t fight with me
And fold your arms like it’s the end
Can you smell the sweetness of the soil and snow in the wind?

So we’re lost, we’re lost out here on the plains, my love
It’s only wind and ice and trees that wave from above

But when the cold, the dark, and the silence come
It’s like a sudden rush of water through your heart and lungs

When the cold, the dark, and the silence come
It’s like a sudden rush of water through your heart and lungs

Don’t lie
Don’t cry
It’s over
It’s only the leaves, the trees
I’ll never leave you alone
In this car
In the dark, with the air getting so much colder
It’s so clear outside here, in the moon and winter air

But when the cold, the dark, and the silence come
It’s like a sudden rush of water through your heart and lungs

When the cold, the dark, and the silence come
It’s like a sudden rush of water
It’s like a sudden rush of water
It’s like a sudden rush of water through your heart and lungs

The cold, the dark and the silence
The cold, the dark and the silence
The cold, the dark and the silence
The cold, the dark and the silence
The cold, the dark and the silence
The cold, the dark and the silence…

It weighs too much this time
My hands are broken
She’ll disappear again
Before we’ve spoken
The night we took that year
In Black Leaf Falls
All of the trees were bare
Next to the dance hall

I saw you outside
The bathroom stalls
You were just standing there
Out in the hall
You leaned your hip against
Against the wall
I’d love you anywhere
But Black Leaf Falls

Her perfume was so
I smell it still
I put her leaf upon
The window sill
I found it there today
Its color gone
It’s in the water now
It’s been too too long

I saw you outside
The bathroom stall
You were just standing there
Out in the hall
You leaned your hip against
Against the wall
I’d love you anywhere
But Black Leaf Falls

I’ll fall asleep tonight
See where they take me
Fly with the maple seeds
See if she wakes me

I saw you outside
The bathroom stalls
You were just standing there
Out in the hall
You turned your eyes to me
I felt it all
I’d love you anywhere
But Black Leaf Falls
Oh, Black Leaf Falls

Awake without warning
The black of the morning
All shimmery jewels
From the voice of a fool
Echoes through the halls
Of the building
He built in her place

He’ll shake through the winter
And dream of her mister
The picture he drew her
Resembled her sister
Oh how the wind
Can pull you in
Or push you away

You’ll move like a tiger
Into the thicket
Claws in the dirt
You’ll sing like a cricket
Song of the mystery
Song of the system
Song for the guilty
Song for the living
Song for the dead

A comma of silence
Relieves all the violence
You’ve dragged into bed
With the sheets soaking red
It’s a glimmer of light
Through a prism
That’s calling a truce

With your beautiful hair
So displayed on the chair
And your head on the arm
And your legs in the air
And the words dancing out
From your lips
Like a sad ballet

Now move like a tiger
Into the thicket
Claws in the dirt
You’ll sing like a cricket
Song of the mystery
Song of the system
Song for the guilty
Song for the living
Song for the dead

You’ll move like a tiger
Into the thicket
Claws in the dirt
You’ll sing like a cricket
Long for the mystery
Long for the system
Long for the guilty
Long for the living
Move like tiger
Into the thicket
Claws in the dirt
You’ll sing like a cricket
Song for the mystery
Song for the system
Song for the guilty
Song for the living
Song for the dead
Song for the dead
Song for…

Well I’m so sad tonight
And the words won’t come out right
It’s been a long day on the track
And it’s stamina that I lack

So won’t you run to me tonight?
Tonight, we could pretend that we’re just lovers
But I’ll only ever be a middle distance runner

Well my heart is beating hard
And I’m off with a shot at the start
And my legs tremble from strain
But by the finish line, I am drained

So won’t you run to me tonight?
Tonight, let’s not talk about next summer
‘Cause I’ll only ever be a middle distance runner

Well I’m so proud tonight
Of the woman you’ve become
And I’m just too tired to fight
So, my darling, I’ll succumb

But you’ll have to run to me tonight
Tonight, I will love you forever
But I’ll only ever be a middle distance runner

This part’s for my love of old
How the rose in your heart you hold
Still all the water in your wells won’t make it grow

Oh the call of the nightingale
How I loved beneath the ghostly sails
We move like gypsies ‘neath the mist and beneath the gloom

Oh how the river flows
Under the ice and snow
The keeper of the flame
The rose captain knows my name
This perfume breath I breathed
For you, my dear, my love will never leave

This part’s for my love of new
How the bulbs in my heart are true
They send the shoots through my fingers into your bones

Oh the call of the collared dove
How I long to be your one true love
We’ll move like gypsies ‘neath the stars and beneath the moon

Oh how the river flows
Under the ice and snow
The keeper of the flame
The rose captain knows our names
This perfume breath we’ve breathed
For you, my dear, my love will never leave

Oh the rose captain knows, knows our names
Oh the rose captain knows, he knows our names

Here on the ground
I cannot hear a sound
Just a strong and steady rain
Getting louder as you sing

It may be true that I lied
I broke a promise that I tried
But my heart no longer beats
My blood makes black dirt under your feet

Black dirt will stain your feet
And when you walk, you’ll leave black dirt in the street

I could feel my face grow pale
Sick with fear my senses fail
And as the light fades from my eyes
I smile but don’t know why
Legs are growing numb to the heat of the sun
And my heart no longer beats

Black dirt will stain your feet
And when you walk, you’ll leave black dirt in the street
Black dirt will stain your feet
And when you walk, you’ll leave black dirt in the street

Here on the ground I lie
I cannot hear a sound as I die
It may be true that I lied
Broke a promise that I tried
But my heart no longer beats
And when you kill you’ll only leave
Black dirt under your feet

Black dirt will stain your feet
And when you walk, you’ll leave black dirt in the street
Black dirt will stain your feet
And when you walk, you’ll leave black dirt in the street
Black dirt will stain your feet
And when you walk, you’ll leave black dirt in the street
Black dirt will stain your feet
And when you walk, you’ll leave black dirt in the street

There is a man inside a room in the forest
He sits alone upon the chair his father left him
In the dark, in the dark, in the dark with the radio on

The voice crackles when he says that God will save you
He will take you from the lonely life you’re living
If you give, if you give, if you give up on what you want

The man stands and pours himself another bourbon
He stops and watches the birds through the winter windows
And the light, and the light from the morning dew

“I thought I love you and our love would be forever
How could I hit you, the only one who ever loved me?”
Said the man, said the man to his shadow

This is the world, this is the world we live in
It’s not the one I choose, but it’s the one we’re given
This is the world, this is the world we live in
And it’s the winter windows that ends become beginnings
Yep

As a boy, he was taught he was the bad one
One that could heed the other, the protector
He will walk, he will walk, he will walk into the river

Sixty years held down by his brother
Ten years with the ghost of his father
And five years since he spoke, since he spoke to his only son

This is the world, this is the world we live in
It’s not the one I choose, but it’s the one we’re given
This is the world, this is the world we live in
And it’s the winter windows that ends become beginnings
Yes, it’s the winter windows that ends become beginnings

I met a girl on Halloween
Well she was lost and I was drunk
And it was dark and cold out when we left
And as we walked the rain started
The leaves I’ve felt
With every step and all around around us
People slept alone with their dreams

The wind came down from out the planes
And blew the leaves out through the streets
I wondered how far leaves could really fly
Would they rest in several yards
Or make it to the city
Or would they end up in the river just to float away

She pointed to a small brick house
And said it was where she grew up
The lights were out
She asked if we could stop for a while
Her hair was still just getting wet
Water running down her neck
Collecting in the hand printed cement beneath her feet

Apparently there had been a death
Someone close had nothing left
Because she hadn’t loved him in the end

I saw her blush when I asked
If she always talked like that
She said it only happened when she drank
And later on I felt her hand slipping into my cold fist
She promised me a kiss as soon as we got home
Her costume had begun to tear
She ran ahead and turned to me
Her laughter echoed through the empty streets

I’m walking, I’m a southern stream
Get to the river ‘fore I run too low
I’m walking, I’m a southern stream
Get to the river ‘fore I run too low

Old gypsy woman spoke to me
Lips stained red from a bottle of wine
Old gypsy woman spoke to me
Lips stained red from a bottle of wine

“The one that you are looking for
You’re not gonna find her here”
“The one that you are looking for
You’re not gonna find her here, here”

I’m runnin’, I’m a northeast stream
Get to the ocean ‘fore I run too low
I’m runnin’, I’m a northeast stream
Get to the ocean ‘fore I run too low

Get to the ocean ‘fore I run too low

“The one that you are looking for
You’re not gonna find her here”
“The one that you are looking for
You’re not gonna find her here, here”

Old gypsy woman spoke to me
Said, “You’re a wolf, boy, get out of this town”
Old gypsy woman spoke to me
Said, “You’re a wolf, boy, get out of this town”
“You’re a wolf, boy, get out of this town”
“You’re a wolf, boy, get out of this town”
“You’re a wolf”
“You’re a wolf”
“You’re a wolf”
“You’re a wolf”