1. |
Straw Hat Woman
04:06
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I sense you moving in your sleep
what dreams are yours tonight I ask
musing I anticipate your lie
you are mischievious
you who own me
chorus:
hopelessly I love you incurably I love you
2.
I know you even when you're gone
here now the thought of you's enough
calming me so quiet suddenly
you are mysterious you who breath me - chorus
3.
summer brown dress lain gently on the chair
straw hat woman you've brought the morning here
waking me touching sparingly you are my intoxicant
you who lie with me - chorus
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2. |
Cyndia Hunnicutt
02:46
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Cyndia Hunnicutt came from Illinois
she carried a bucket about her
to water shade trees on the way
a place in the northwest rain season another welcome in New York
a place in the southeast sun season her watering can & garden
she might be in the floodlands of Texas
even Alaska or Maine
the Great Lakes not out of the question
Ohio, Missoura, Georgia
She used our town well once some day
and when she decided to go
she took hold her bucket and she rose
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3. |
Visions
03:42
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When I have visions I don't make decisions of consequence
crossin the street or just jumpin the creek I've no confidence
I will stay right where I am and stare
there's nothing I value so rare
2.
they seem to me random I don't know to control them I say with regret
they put me in space on a peak of a place but I always forget
I would stay there it's so clear there
there in the center of here
3.
I prefer playin to bein hay-balin but I've got to eat
all my vacation I spend meditatin the light and the heat
yoga and music and comic books
takin two long tip-toed looks
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4. |
Three More Words
03:07
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You came up here I was down
without asking on your own
there's not any coercion
there is only you and I
chorus:
one long embrace a sip of wine three more words and you'll be mine
2.
I remember before now
you sang soft your silent song
I leaned over to close the space
and your eyes said to my face - chorus
3.
so together lyin here
nothin like it on this sphere
though forever we won't know
we are lyin here today - chorus
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5. |
Fold-Out
02:49
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Why should I settle for somethin that's not as good
I've got fantasies better than this
don't misunderstand we can be friends it's like
I've got fantasies better than life
you might think that I got my other eye
on some body more attractive than you
we can ski together we can be together
ain't that enough ain't that enough?
2.
why should I settle for something that's not as good
I've got fantasies better and free
you could kinda say I've got fictive plays
full dress productions especially for me
you might think that I got my other eye
on some body more attractive than you
we can boat in water we can teeter-totter
ain't that enough ain't that enough?
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6. |
Nuclear Garbage
04:09
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Nuclear garbage is proliferatin it's a madness
nuclear nightmare is a breath away it's a sadness
chorus:
there's nothin wrong with huggin (2x)
there's nothin wrong with dancin, smilin or lovin
2.
these goddamned wars they keep a ragin on people dyin
a flag flyin high above a bloody land that ain't freedom -chorus
3.
these politicians keep annoying me with their slogans
I'd rather play but somebody's goin to have to scold them - chorus
4.
I just want to waken feel the light on my face in the mornin
reach for my breakfast from the bough hangin by my hand - chorus
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7. |
Appalachicola River
08:12
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In the quiet of Saturday morning, patches of sun shadows of leaves
I look over the coastline
the land drops behind the sea the seagull soon turns back
the porpoise sings beside the bow we sail for Crete
I know that pettiness can engulf me in a flash
I know about the kindness I know about the trash
never better advice was ever better given to we
Socrates told us kindly friends don't be dismayed
what could be important when you're laid in the grave
chorus:
the Appalachicola River flows into the gulf
the Appalachicola River flows into the sea
2.
in the quiet of anyday's minute blackness of smoke brightness of fire
I look over the skyline
millions dead in that first flash millions more soon follow
winter whether march or june lung and air turned ash
it's clear that we will perish if we don't come to see
one splitting of one atom made war obsolete
never better advice was ever better given to we
Einstein told us kindly friends we have got to change
we are drifting madly toward annihilation - chorus
3.
in the quiet of everyday's minutes electron-photon harmony
I look over the coastline
an envelope of sustenance Mother biosphere
the elements of chemistry cosmos mystery
the turning of the seasons and the beating of a heart
a rich and gentle mantle a deep substantial part
never better advice was ever better given to we
the momentum of our history is pointing to the dream
there is nothing guaranteed we must intervene - chorus
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8. |
The Pain of Nails
05:00
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In this room, one man cares
In this city, how many there?
In this nation, how many feel
the pain of nails? (3x)
2.
little twigs sprout up out of the dirt
great trees push up out of the earth
pathetically few limbs end on the hill
a painful cross (3x)
3.
metal hand-made spear tips on the end of shafts
in the hands of soldiers skilled at their craft
indifferent standing about the base
of a wooden cross (3x)
4.
the hill is blackened against an angry sky
the man is limply staring from broken eyes
the body's covered with hungry flies
and the world is saved (3x)
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9. |
I know Better Me
03:22
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I know better than to try to talk to you
when you're feelin that crazy way I know that's a clue
to stay back out of reach of that smoke stack and those teeth
wait on that boilin kettle wait on dust to settle
wait on those blazin eyes wait 'till ember's sleepin
2.
I know better than to try to handle you
when I see that tail tip standin straight I know what to do
to stay out where it's safe keep my mouth out of state
keep my feet loose and movin even if I have to lie
put my body in a low-risk movie 'till that red volcano dies
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10. |
A Woman
03:05
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I can't tell too many things I've done
I can't brag up next to anyone
I can't raise an eyebrow in a crowd
chorus:
I've lived with a woman I've lived with a woman
2.
I've seen a lot of time
I've seen a bit of wine
I've been for years
I've been revered - chorus
3.
Thought about the prospects for the future
think about them most at dinner time
think about the day goin by - chorus
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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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