Dar Williams Album

You've been taken by the wind
You have known the kiss of sorrow
Doors that would not take you in
Outcast and a stranger

You have come by way of sorrow
You have come by way of tears
But you'll reach your destiny
Meant to find you all these years
Meant to find you all these years

You have drunk a bitter wine
With none to be your comfort
You who once were left behind
Will be welcome at love's table

You have come by way of sorrow
You have come by way of tears
But you'll reach your destiny
Meant to find you all these years
Meant to find you all these years

All the nights that joy has slept
Will awake to days of laughter
Gone the tears that you have wept
You'll dance in freedom ever after

You have come by way of sorrow
You have come by way of tears
But you'll reach your destiny
Meant to find you all these years
Meant to find you all these years

My name is Dodge, but then you know that
It's written on the chart there at the foot end of the bed
They think I'm blind, I can't read it
I've read it every word, and every word it says is death
So, Confession - is that the reason that you came
Get it off my chest before I check out of the game
Since you mention it, well there's thirteen things I'll name
Thirteen crosses high above the cold Missouri waters

August 'Forty-Nine, north Montana
The hottest day on record, the forest tinder dry
Lightning strikes in the mountains
I was crew chief at the jump base, I prepared the boys to fly
Pick the drop zone, C-47 comes in low
Feel the tap upon your leg that tells you go
See the circle of the fire down below
Fifteen of us dropped above the cold Missouri waters

Gauged the fire, I'd seen bigger
So I ordered them to sidehill and we'd fight it from below
We'd have our backs to the river
We'd have it licked by morning even if we took it slow
But the fire crowned, jumped the valley just ahead
There was no way down, headed for the ridge instead
Too big to fight it, we'd have to fight that slope instead
Flames one step behind above the cold Missouri waters

Sky had turned red, smoke was boiling
Two hundred yards to safety, death was fifty yards behind
I don't know why I just thought it
I struck a match to waist high grass running out of time
Tried to tell them, step into this fire I've set
We can't make it, this is the only chance you'll get
But they cursed me, ran for the rocks above instead
I lay face down and prayed above the cold Missouri waters

And when I rose, like the phoenix
In that world reduced to ashes there were none but two survived
I stayed that night and one day after
Carried bodies to the river, wondering how I stayed alive
Thirteen stations of the cross to mark to their fall
I've had my say, I'll confess to nothing more
I'll join them now, those who left me long before
Thirteen crosses high above the cold Missouri waters
Thirteen crosses high above the cold Missouri shore

Down by the water where the big dam is standing
I met my darling last night
And while the pale moon was sinking
We lay there drinking
And listening to our hearts

Down by the water with the steel turbines humming
I held my darling last night
And when the big sluice was opened the river went running
And turned on the lights

Down by the water, I thought I knew
Down by the water, quick as the dew
Down by the water

Cool was the air through the folds of her hair
As she told me to listen once more
And I heard the wind making waves on the water
That reached for the shore

So many reasons, like drops from a rain cloud
She could've been talking all night
Instead she just left me, and I watched the river drain out of sight

Down by the water, I thought I knew
Down by the water, quick as the dew
Down by the water

Down by the water where the big dam is standing
I met my darling last night
And while the pale moon was sinking
We lay there drinking
And listening to our hearts

Down by the water, we fell apart
Down by the water, right from the start
Down by the water, quick as the dew
Down by the water

There's a problem, feathers iron
Bargain buildings, weights and pullies
Feathers hit the ground before the weight can leave the air
Buy the sky and sell the sky and tell the sky and tell the sky

Don't fall on me (What is it up in the air for) (It's gonna fall)
Fall on me (If it's there for long) (It's gonna fall)
Fall on me (It's over it's over me) (It's gonna fall)

There's the progress we have found (when the rain)
A way to talk around the problem (when the children reign)
Building towered foresight (keep your conscience in the dark)
isn't anything at all (melt the statues in the park)
Buy the sky and sell the sky and bleed the sky and tell the sky

(repeat chorus)
Don't fall on me

Well I could keep it above
But then it wouldn't be sky anymore
So if I send it to you you've got to promise to keep it whole

Buy the sky and sell the sky and lift your arms up to the sky
And ask the sky and ask the sky

I know what kind of love this is
After all, I was there when we made it
And I know why I did what I did
To end a lifetime of wallflower shade
With Buster Brown
The big man in the town
When no one was around

I know what kind of love this is
I know what kind of love this is
I know what kind of love this is

The man in black said, "You won't mind
It'll be over before you know it
You can pretend that you are blind
If it will help you to get over it"
In my parents' bed
Pretending I am dead
Remember every word he said

LyricsI know what kind of love this is
I know what kind of love this is
I know what kind of love this is

And when I wake he will be gone
And I won't see him until the classroom
It's just a tale of right and wrong
That they will whisper inside the bathroom
How she lost the game
She'll never be the same
He doesn't even know her name

I know what kind of love this is
I know what kind of love this is
I know what kind of love this is

[No lyrics]

[No lyrics]

I've gone running from the devil
At times I've beaten down his path
I've seen the flight of the dove
And I've stumbled my way back.
Miles and miles of interstate,
nights not meant to last
I can take this road all the way to Tulsa,
but I cannot stop my yearning for you.
They say a simple life's the best,
but you would never know,
the way we complicate this world,
lion's king, the lamb lies low.
All I wanted was your love,
the taste of your sweet kiss.
That river may flow deep and wide,
but it cannot stop my longing for this

So meet me on Red Mountain,
lace of laurel, bed of moss,
where the wind's forever
Lyricshowling beneath that Northern Cross.

When that final deal goes down,
I'll gladly pay the cost,
if my soul could be
a station high upon that northern cross.
Then I would have a bird's eye view,
I'd watch you night and day.
In casting off my mortal self,
maybe all this yearning will go away.

Oh, meet me on Red Mountain,
lace of laurel, bed of moss,
where the wind's forever
howling beneath that Northern Cross.

Old memories have faded
nearly all of them are lost,
except for your face shining
beneath that Northern Cross.

[No lyrics]

He don't know how to lie or undermine you
He don't know how to steal, how to deal or deceive
So leave him alone, set him free
'Cause he's speaking with the angel
Speaking with the angel that only he can see

You'd say he's so helpless, but what about you?
You don't pull the string, don't you know anything?
Leave him alone, let him be
'Cause he's speaking with the angel
Speaking with the angel that only he can see

Would you teach him 'bout heaven?
Would you show him how to love the earth?
Would you poison him with prejudice from
The moment of his birth?

He in the name of love, he in the blood of lamb
He that never lays blame, he don't even know his name
So leave him alone, set him free
'Cause he's speaking with the angel
Speaking with the angel (the very one)
That spoke to you and me
Oh do you remember?

my name is mary magdalen
i come from palestine
please excuse these rags i'm in
i've fallen on hard times
but long ago i had my work
when i was in my prime
but i gave it up all for love
it was his career or mine

jesus loved me this i know
why on earth did i ever let him go
he was always faithful, he was always kind
but he walked off with this heart of mine

a love like this comes but once
this i do believe
and i'll not see his life again
as i live and breathe
and i'm sorry if i might offend
but i'll never see
how the tenderness i shared with him
became a herecy

jesus loved me this i know
why on earth did i ever let him go
he was always faithful, he was always kind
but he walked off with this heart of mine

and i remember nights we spent
whispering our creed
our rituals, our sacrament
the stars, our canopy
and there beneath an olive tree
we'd offer up our plate
god's creation, innocent
his arms surrounding me

jesus loves me this i know
why on earth did he ever have to go
he was always faithful, he was always kind
but he walked off with this heart of mine
he was always faithful, he was always kind
but he walked off with this heart of mine