Beautiful Blue, Ocean View

Beautiful blue, ocean view

Sailboats boats gently afloat.

Children plan castles of sand

It’s a beautiful blue, ocean view.

 

Sunlight captured in flight

A graceful bird passes unheard

Banners abound, waving around

It’s a beautiful blue, ocean view.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Country Episode

Along a country road I strolled

Along came a country coyote

With an autumn-gold coat of fur that he’d earned

From travelling with the sun

 Out on a far country road.

 

“Good day, good sir”, he offered a smile

“Might have I seen you before.”

“Perhaps it was somewhere in a foreign land,

Another time, campaign, or episode.”

 Out on a far country road.

 

  It’s so good to see you Water Brother, again

  Don’t you ever grow old

  And see that you take good care of yourself

  Out on the far country road.

 

Remember when we were under a spell

By the fire we built for the moon

Tell me Odyssey, do you ever feel fear

Do you ever, ever lose your way

  Out on a far country road.

 

I remember well this lover

She was a flower in my hand

Broke my heart why we parted company.

Still, I’m hanging on to my hopes and my dreams

Up ahead in the city of tomorrow.

  Out on a far country road.

 

  It’s so good to see you Water Brother, again

  Don’t you ever grow old

  And see that you take good care of yourself

  Out on a far country road.

 

 

 

 

My Old Friend

I can see us spinning

Caught up in the wind

I lost sight of you-

You lost sight of me

But, around the bend

Gonna meet up again

With my old friend.

 

  We shared the sun

  We shared the moon

  Drank from the earth

  Wrote a thousand tunes

  I’d like to taste that wine, again

  With my old friend.

 

A rift in the road

Oh, a lighter load

I lost faith in you-

You lost faith in me

But, around the bend

Gonna meet up again

With my old friend.

 

  We shared the sun

  We shared the moon

  Drank from the earth

  Wrote a thousand tunes

  I’d like to taste that wine, again

  With my old friend.

 

 

Requiem for Cortez

I’m a fearless and young soldier of fortune and fame

My army is a misfit few bound on a brazen campaign

Delivered on the rising sun in the name of our lord

And the will of our king borne by the sword.

 

My galleons cross foreign seas upon enchanting waves

And the wind it fills the sails with a battle hymn from an old crusade

And when I land my war-horse upon your golden shore

Be my friend- I’ll be your conquistador.

 

Gold quenched our thirst, our hunger from the sun

A hundred thousand warriors amid the thunder of our guns

I recall how the palace walls crumbled in defeat

Oh, your majesty for you, a new world a-lying your feet.

 

I’m a glorious old soldier- the embers of a fire

A broken and forsaken servant to my sire

Your majesty I broke that world with life and with blood

Remember me, remember- though this time it never, ever comes.

 

Elusive Love

Over the mountains and river rapids

One more season I’ll bid

Through driving sleet and snow I’ve been

Look who’s chasing the wind.

Elusive love, elusive love

 

I’m a soul sailor- that’s me

Out on the deep blue sea

A hundred thousand leagues or more

Hoping to sight shore

Of elusive love, elusive love.

 

  I don’t want to live all alone

  One of these days I’ll call you my own

  You can’t forever keep-

  Keep my heart barren of

  Elusive love, elusive love

  Elusive love, elusive love.

 

Was it on an empty beach?

Where you were within my reach

But, that was just an illusion

Just a mirage in the sun.

Elusive love, elusive love.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Welcome to California

Hey, look at how that sunset melts into the ocean

A slow movin’ breeze sways the happy palm trees

You can’t help but ponder over all this world of wonder

Land of plenty and golden honey.

  Ooh, in California

  Welcome to California.

  Welcome to California

 

Hailing out of San Francisco or San Luis Obispo

Highway 1 will roll you, man past primal surf and sand

Boardwalk freaks walk Venice Beach

And surfer dudes up in Santa Cruz

  Ooh, in California

  Welcome to California

  Welcome to California

 

  Sweet Napa Valley wine,

  Cool Humboldt County Kind

  The Redwood stands in command-

  Lord of the Wood.

  While thunder rolls over the Sierra-

  Soon Death Valley will bloom

  While a Pioneertown saloon carries

  A fine country tune.

 

Mission bells ring faint like ghosts along El Camino Real

A burned out artist walks the palm-lined boulevard

Past freeway jams, look it’s Disneyland, plastic bars and movie stars

Aging hippies, land of plenty.

  Ooh in California

  Welcome to California.

  Welcome to California

 

 

 

The WaterKing

When I sold my soul to the wayward wind

I lost my heart to her restless kin

Beware the ways of the wayward wind

 

Now, I’m looking for a lover who can fill my heart

Need a woman who can play the part

Uh-huh, need a woman in my heart.

 

  Well, I’ve been out wandering

  On a high road and a low road.

  Down a path of confusion, loneliness, and hunger

  Once, upon a dry riverbed I dreamed

  I am the Waterking.

 

Heard tales of power and an Indian man

Who learned to feel the rhythm of the land

Don Juan, help me to understand.

 

Hey, travelin’ man you’ve been around this bend

Same old song will kill you in the end

Keep on growing my old friend.

 

  Well, I’ve been out wandering

  On a high road and a low road.

  Down a path of confusion, loneliness, and hunger

  Once, upon a dry riverbed I dreamed

  I am the Waterking.

 

False Kings Reign

False kings reign

The jackals keep drumming

The high priest scowls

Let judgement begin

House of monkeys

Everything’s broken

When false kings reign.

 

Little old lady

Dogged by misery

Down an urban alley

Down the littered beach

Her better days

A bygone memory

For little old lady.

 

Amid the carrion calls, encroaching blight

While the moonbeams cut long shadows from night

Does she plead for a saint to take up her fight.

I wish I could tell you Simon of Cyrene

Has come with relief, hope, and empathy

Everybody needs a helping hand sometime.

 

Icarus fell

From out of the sky

He never had

The urge to fly

A helping hand

Oh, my oh my

When Icarus falls.

 

False kings reign

The jackals keep drumming

The high priest scowls

Let judgement begin

House of monkeys

Everything’s broken

When false kings reign.

 

You’re a visionless fuck- bought and sold

You should plead for a saint to save your soul

Who could lead your bitter heart out of the cold.

I wish I could tell you Simon of Cyrene

Has come with relief, hope, and empathy

Everybody needs a helping hand sometime.

 

 

 

Greetings From an Old Hotel

Dig driving my VW van

Colored canyon tan

All the miles we roll

Ten thousand more to go

 

Up every hill we crawl

It doesn’t phase me at all

Fly by passerby

Fly by.

 

  Hey, hey honey, greetings from an old hotel

  Been singin’ songs that tire of cafes and bars

  And I’ve been rollin’ stoned

  I hope you’re feeling well

  Greetings from an old hotel.

 

I’m Albuquerque bound

I watch the rain come down

Leaving Taos behind

I race the Santa Fe line.

 

Well, thank you for the song

It helped me get along

Brought me happiness

Helped me live with less.

 

  Hey, hey honey, greetings from an old hotel

  Been singin’ songs that tire of cafes and bars

  And I’ve been rollin’ stoned

  I hope you’re feeling well

 Greetings from an old hotel.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cymbrogi

King Arthur and cymbrogi

Await your pledge of fealty

To battle the war host

Of darkness and shadow

Approaching, approaching

Approaching, approaching.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mojave

The sound of weary footfalls

Along the crossroad

In and out of view-

That’s where I saw you.

All alone

You were on your own.

 

Out in the Mojave-

You’re garden of ruins

You’ve been passing your time

With a coyote

He’s your friend, he’s your companion,

He’s your ally

Is it your fate to live this way?

 

Feeling like a moonstone,

You’re so damn remote

Travels through endless blue space,

An emotional waste.

 

Farewell Josephina,

Farewell again

You’ve both wandered so long,

Wandered so long.

 

I held a conversation

With a friend of yours and mine

Said he saw you from afar,

Under the stars

Climbing Sorrow Mountain

With your shadow in tow

Don’t you go leaving,

Don’t you leave us behind.

No, no, no.