1. |
Round 'n Wide
03:41
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I never was afraid 'till today I never was amazed 'till today
I never did know the world was so
round and wide and old round and wide and old
2.
the weary defeated are divine the powerful too are divine
we both of us meet on Manhattan streets
capitalist capital of the world capitalist capital of the world
3.
a creature bends over my sleep exhaling the salt of the deep
standing at the foot of a mass that I took
for the mountain of mystery the mountain of memory
4.
the first hour is here the first sound to hear
alone in the night awaiting a light
bursting across our sky bursting across our eye
bursting across our eye bursting across our sky
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2. |
A Hard Sentence
04:12
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The laughing cloud makes me smile out loud
why it happens today not yesterday who can say?
the bossy cardinal chip the coffee I sip
my daughter as she slips into waking me
chorus A.
yeah I accept it there are people flyin up there
flyin somewhere flying anywhere
and some other someone washing bottles
and some other someone flippin waffles
2.
the winter gray sings of damp decay
the morning call to soon befall all
the curtain lifts the horizon shifts
the wayward child returns
chorus B.
it's a hard sentence to swallow
the short sentence to follow
3.
the ageless slave walks the endless maze
a weathered cloak telescope and hope
the cunning light flees the coming night
the spiral space time bends - chorus A & B
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3. |
Food Not Bombs
03:50
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Military might is a mighty sorry sight food food not bombs
battleships sit irreligious grip food food not bombs
nuclear subs stealin our grub food food not bombs
food food not bombs
artillery shells straight out of hell food food not bombs
hand grenades ruinin your day food food not bombs
automatic guns blockin out the sun food food not bombs
food food not bombs
bloody bayonets makin me upset food food not bombs
carpet-bombin planes mass graves food food not bombs
pentagon pain makin me insane
food food not bombs food food not bombs
food food not drones food food not torture
food food not pollution food food not injustice
food food not fascism food food not death
food food not bombs food food not bombs
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4. |
Rockin Chair
04:37
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We lived our lives and it didn't take long
seems like a minute and it was gone
here we sit by the rockin chair
watdhin the by goin day
2.
there goes Bobby he's a crooked man
couldn't get older if you took his hand
he'd leave you sittin by the road way
watchin the by goin day
3.
the day slipped out from under me again
I can't seem to keep up with the time
just the other week I told myself you'd better get ready
winter's comin winter's comin
just the other day the sun came out for spring
now it's summer better get ready
4.
I remember way back behind my thumb
we experimented with Jamaican rum
I know along the way we must have had to pay
but now we've got the mornin and the by goin day
5.
long time ago when i was young years went by
quicker than a winkin eye
sittin in the stairwell wonderin where i'd be
i was there quicker than I could see
6.
we lived our lives and it didn't take long
seems like a minute and it was gone
here we sit by the rockin chair
watchin the by goin day
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5. |
Credibility
03:42
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Our rhetoric values democracy
then we crush a little country with whom we disagree
we send all kinds of arms we do all kinds of harm
what about our credibility we lie when we needn't
we lie just out of habit
2.
we've got a standard of justice for the wealthy
another standard we hold for the rest
we can tax we can jail we can send you to hell
3.
if you want to run for office you need money
and money always comes tied with strings
have you noticed those same givers
own the TV and newspapers
the media's got no credibility they lie when they needn't
they lie just out of habit
4.
to the victor once went the spoils of class warfare
but what's comin now is comin for all
we can spit we can curse or we can change for the earth
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6. |
Power's yr Angel
04:52
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Crazy but that mercedes turns heads eyes of envy
an incentive to use your credit spend your life-blood chasin money
where profits go go chasin privilege go go chasin power
fakey but that steak he's eatin symbolizes affluence
it's like diamond dealin manufactured feelin
sellin stolen armaments
where profits go go chasin privilege go go chasin power
power's yr angel power's yr angel power's yr angel
2.
mistaken for forsaken for some unfortunate consequence
discovered in some other improper iconoclastic event
where profits go go chasin privilege go go chasin power
a question of dissension authority by any other name
would like you blind yes boss your mind no thought
sleepin at the tube feelin no pain
where profits go go chasin privilege go go chasin power
power's yr angel power's yr angel power's yr angel
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7. |
Spirit Out the Window
04:26
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Laid down in London walked those streets
rode the double deckers that was neat
took a ship to Amsterdam walked those streets
bridges over waterways that was such a treat
2.
early train to Paris walked those rue
heard a late night street band cover baby blue
crossin Swiss snow caps sleepin on my elbow
spent the day looking spirit out the window spirit out the window
3.
saw an island village cities on a hill
pulled into Firenze Medici ruling still
4.
train again to Roma walked those streets
Raphael and Leonardo vermin in the sheets
Brindizi in the evening shy lovers in the park
walkin round the fountain flirtin in the dark
5.
out in open water bow into the east south
two black Nato fighters rude and ominous
mothball freighters idle anchored at Corfu
Onassis empire fading hope for something new
6.
night train to Athens walked those streets
step up to Acropolis years and backs that creak
Albert Hall all around the top images like on an urn
black silhouettes taken from the ancients
7.
back to Barcelona walked those streets
Picasso en Museo coffee leche sweet
coche to La Mancha walked those streets
tapas in the cafe El Greco and the priest
8.
Filipe took the country Generalissimo is dead
change the name of boulevards change the face of money
9.
Toledo and Segovia spirit out the window
Sentra and Lisboa spirit out the window
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8. |
Always Open
05:50
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string of clouds moving thickly northeast
weather unfolding luminous peace
when I was knee-high people were so kind
didn't seem like bigots didn't know no narrow minds
somethin seemed to happen further down the road
the door was never open when i went and got me old
2.
string of clouds moving thickly northeast
weather unfolding luminous peace
went a fur piece before i found my way
in that fairy tale town San Francisco Bay
somethin seems to happen further down the road
the door was always open when i went and got me old
3.
string of clouds moving thickly northeast
weather unfolding luminous peace
from an age lookin back we would seem to be
subject to the nets of chance fishes in the sea
somethin seems to happen further down the road
the door is always open even if you go and get you old
string of clouds moving thickly northeast
weather unfolding luminous peace luminous peace
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9. |
I Can't Believe It
04:18
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twelve more years and i'll be 60 I can't believe it I can't believe it
some of my friends didn't make it this far with me
I can't believe it I can't believe it
Evelyn was laughing Darwin he was dancing
Noland he was singing such a sad song sad song
Ella Ruth listed in the phone book
Lisa was so clever Stanley dressed in leather
all gone all gone
ten more years and i'll be 60 I can't believe it I can't believe it
2.
Duko he was drivin Paulie always lyin
Jeanni ran like blazes in the deep pine deep pine
Vivian scribblin in her notebook
Ada Belle was slinky Pete he never blinked he's
all gone all gone
eight more years and i'll be 60 I can't believe it I can't believe it
3.
Dennis was the bully Sally was so silly
we all loved a lyin in the tall grass tall grass
Larry always divin in the deep part
Bobby was so stingy Carl he was the first to be
all gone all gone
six more years and i'll be 60 I can't believe it I can't believe it
some of my friends didn't make it this far with me
I can't believe it I can't believe it
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10. |
Wait a Minute
03:50
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Wait a minute wait a minute wait a minute wait a minute
I don't even know your name I might need another day
1.
I had a fantastic fantasy when I was younger in Spain
moon-risen vista on the edge of the sea
awakening held us again
Wait a minute wait a minute wait a minute wait a minute
Wait a minute wait a minute wait a minute wait a minute
2.
onto encounter with subsequent days
with and without good fortune
morning preceded by another night
brief and long shadowed afternoons
Wait a minute wait a minute wait a minute wait a minute
Wait a minute wait a minute wait a minute wait a minute
Wait a minute wait a minute wait a minute wait a minute
3.
one midnight a scary apparition
appeared to my desperate mind
in truth she was really not listening
to my pleading for more time
Wait a minute wait a minute wait a minute wait a minute
Wait a minute wait a minute wait a minute wait a minute
Wait a minute wait a minute wait a minute wait a minute
Wait a minute wait a minute wait a minute wait a minute
I don't even know your name I might need another day
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Thinkspeak Atlanta, Georgia
Tom Ferguson has been writing songs since 1969, all of which are collected in Songs, 1969-2018. It's coil-bound to nicely fit a music stand, available at lulu.com just search tom ferguson there.
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