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Jump Back (K.
Stephens) 2001
Sometimes you know her
wheels aint’ right
But she can move
And though you never seen
her fight
Don’t mean she won’t take
you down
And all
I’ve seen, is lost in that dream
Put your best foot forward
and jump back
And all I
know, you get your girl before the gold
And if you see her tell her
“Never come back again”
“Come
back! Come Back again”
She likes to take it
downtown when she moves
She’s a pouring rain
She really shakes it up
boys when she grooves
But don’t let that stand in
your way
All I’ve
seen, is lost in that dream
Put your best foot forward
and jump back
And all I
know, is get your girl before the gold
And if you see her tell her
never come back again
“Come
back! Come back again!”
Traded Days (P.
Bell) 1996
We’ve traded days, for
nights in that forgotten place
Like before, we all want
more and more and more
Seems the wind blew easier
yesterday
Gather round’, we’ll forget
all the games we played
Spread beneath the wide and open western skies
Searching for an answer hanging on the breeze
Please don’t take a moment of what time is left to
decide
Cause we all know where
we’re going
Even more is all we’ll ever
need
Songs of change, all grown
from a single seed
Rainy days and melodies of that lonesome time
When we could hear the season coming round again
Striking point of reason
Stranded on the words we sing to you
We all know where we’re headed
For You And
Me (K Stephens/P.Bell) 2000
Almost noon on a stormy
Saturday in Tenesee
The workers and their
bourbon are taking their tea
The wind screams the night
time breaks, a squall roll
Through the streets
The jukebox in the corner
sings to me
Just before 39’
When all we had was well and fine
The whole damn town was searching for a sign
Can’t you see the promise of the gold?
Heaven’s just for you and me
And all the ladies waiting
for that boat to leave again
You’d think they’d start to
wonder what was the cost
The siren screams on the
Ohio, the warning’s from above
Another destination won’t
be lost
Just before the rain fell in
Someone screamed “Those boys won’t be back again”
Now they let the dead bury the dead
Can’t you see the promise of the gold?
Heaven’s just for you and me…
Now it’s clear to you and
me
That what we gets not what
we seem to see
Fade away into eternity
Can’t you see the promise of the gold?
Heaven’s just for you and me….
Out Of
Sight (P. Bell) 2001
As she strolls…
Struttin’ down your
sidewalk
She’s got soul…
She shouts out “Babe now,
aint’ you one to talk”
In you town
No one can bring you down
When all’s said and done it’s only you
Lifting your head
To stand out from the few
When you first cross the line it’ll come to you
We
talked about the days and the night
When
our headlights kept on shinig bright
Against the fog….Against the fog in our sights
And
it sure felt right
She turns to say
“Can’t you read the writing
on the wall?”
There’s just one way to lay
down what you’ve got check it when it falls
Turn the key
Take what comes for free
The rhythm of life is a
labour of love
Across the sea,
The message you sent to me
Made it clear to the world
that it came to you
We
were raised in the night
Never
far from the spotlight
Out
of reach….
Not out of sight. And it sure feels right.
In the end
You’ll feel O.K. but you’ll
often wonder why
It all depends
On wether you grab that pie
in the sky
Seems to me we can’t outrun
this race
We’re seeking our grace and
starting a new
The Field OF Reeds,
vanished without a trace
When you first drew the
line it had come to you
To you, to you, to you.
Hey Mama (K.
Stephens) 1996
Hey mama, help is on the
way
Hey mama, let your lying
dogs lay
The first time I saw you,
you were painting silver roses in the square
You still runnin, never ask
for a ride
Keep on bumming down that
road, it’s just a matter of time
Then twice I saw you, you
was walking into Dedasteins Café
Let’s just try to see the winds of autumn
Let you hair down and your
face will shine right through
Let’s just try to see this time
You don’t ask me and you
don’t ask why this time
It’s gonna be alright, don’t you change your ways
Ride that horse mama, don’t
let it be your steed
The night is coming now you
take everything that you need
A crowd has gathered, but
your will is strong, your frinds are all there too.
Hey mama, help is on the
way. Hey mama you let you lying dogs lay
Everytime I see you, your
scraping every penny for a deal
It’s allright now, it never
once as a mess
Bout the time you seem to
fall you pass that test
Last time I saw you, you
were walking down the street, your head so high
Why you got your head so
high?
Let’s
just try to see the winds of autumn
With
your hair down and your face shining through
Let’s
just try to see this time
You
don’t ask me and you don’t ask why this time
It’s gonna be allright, don’t you change your ways
Better
Times Ahead (H. Coven) 2001
What you gonna do when
you’re feeling low?
What you gonna do when your
getting old?
Seems like the times just
aint’ the same anymore
What you gonna do when your
feeling hurt?
What you gonna do when you
lose your shirt?
Been gambling all your
dreams away, what your baby gonna say
Thinking bout the times, when she leaned on my
shoulder
Tears in your eyes,
Thought I’m getting older I’ll love you till I die
Never stop to wonder why
Dreaming of the night, August 27th
Rollin the dice, back-to-back eleven
Never gonna die, or stop to wonder why
Time and time again, you
try something new
Rhyming and criming till
your lips turn blue
Conciousness that slipps
away, what your baby gonna say
What you gonna do when your
down and out?
What you gonna do your mind
is filled with doubt
The people you once thought
you knew, they’ll say they thought
They knew you too.
Dreaming
of the night she leaned on my shoulder
Tears
in your eyes.
Though
I’m getting older I’ll love you till I die
Never
stop to wonder why
Dreaming
of the night August 27th
Rolling
the dice, back-to-back elevern
Never
gonna die, or stop to wonder why
Reflecting
on the times in the Unicorn Diner
When
thinking bout the past is just a reminder
Of
better times ahead, gonna give another try
Opposite
Ends (P. Bell) 1995
Sad Songs,
Make me feel like I’m
running around, like a madman
Just like a happy man
Caught up in visions of
Sunday’s rose
With your head in the
clouds, standing on your toes
It
keeps on slipping away
Those
new thoughts we have found
They’ll
be no more singing today
Till
the sun aint’ around
And you don’t look very
free to me
With those stones weighing
down
Everything you see
How long must I wait for an
answer from a person who’s voices disagree?
It
keeps on slipping away
Those
new thoughts we have found
They’ll
be no more singin today
Till
the sun aint’ around
So long, half emty dream of
today
Broken-luck bottles run
astray
Head strung
Look to the left and scream
to the right that it’s freedom it
must be freedom
It
keeps on slipping away
Those
new thoughts we have found
They’ll
be no more singing today
Till
the sun aint’ around
Aint no
love (In. L.A.) (K. Stephens)
1993
I heard about you in L.A
And what it took to get by
I hope I’m not in the way
When you’re ready to fly
With all this running
around, tell me what have we found?
This aint’ no life, this
aint no love
You went home to save your
soul
Took me along to heal your
pride
So I can lay round’ in your
bed
And you can act like a
child
With all this running
around, tell me what have we found?
Except this life and this
love
You say you hold the keys
of life
But tell me who closed that
door?
I saw it writtten in your
eyes, you want so much more
With all this running
around
Tell me what have we found?
This aint’ no life this
aint’ no love…..
Northbound
Runnin’ (K. Stephens P. Bell, R. Hunter) 1997
When I saw
you down at the station
Far away
by candle light
Get back
before the midnight train runs away
No coins
for the taking
Maybe
you’ll find me there, earn enough to pay my fare
And that
train’ll roll us home
So few
places left, and too many faces
Got a
ticket for the Northbound, been a while since I’ve been round but
When I come home,
You ask me to step inside, “Inside of what” said I,
“Here inside this dream of mine”
Well you know I try
Once inside you said “See this? What does it mean to
you”
“Parts were from a dream of mine, but most of them
were all brand new”
Dreaming
of you
So I
follow you down to that station
Try to
make you understand, a little love and a helping hand is all that you need
So you can
find out, what it is you’ve missed out
Couls be
this time this aint’ no dream at all
Streamline streamilne markers of yellow fly by as sure
as the tradewinds blow
You and I, you
and I, we made our home
On the
train we’ve rode so many times before
You know I
can’t go alone
Shady
Mountain Road (K.stephens P.Bell) 1994
On a shady mountain, a
thousand miles from home
Are you going my way? I
can’t make it on my own
Please sing the songs about
the ones who’ll forget my sorrow
So many days have gone by,
so many ways I’ve gone down this road
Where are we going? Why are
we here?
Is it to show something
about the ways of time?
No need to pay my way, no, don’t even think about it
So many moons I’ve
followed, so many ways I gone down this road
Yellow coloured sunrise,
yet another day
Knowing where the truth
lies, I still don’t’ have much to say
The
tide of the day pulls back to give rest to all that we knew
So many signs have gone by,
so many times I’ve gone down this road
Nights Of
December (P. Bell) 2001
Sundown, on a desert
highway
With your wheels run
aground
The sun is gone the storm
is on it’s way
But
when we pause to unwind, Take it slow, while away the time,
From now…Till the Nights Of
December
Will we find our way?
Well we should’ve known
Not to worry when the rain
floods the door
But we’ll never cry
anymore,
If we see life where stones
lay.
And we promise god that
someday
We’ll pray for rain in the
nights of December
Then we’ll find our way
Then we’ll see the light of
day
Then we’ll hear the words
you made long ago, once again,
Like a drunken charade
And we were born, nearly
destined to remain fixed in time
Outside in the cold,
western wind
But when we sail through it
all
Even though the rain must
fall
You know we’ll meet again
In the Nights of december
I can find my way
I can see the light of day
I can hear our song as it plays against the tide of the day
Like a drunken charade