Echo Echo
The Boxer
Couldn't ask for a better day, two by two To the ring to the right point of view Each retreat to the corner that's definied by you To the ring to the right point of... Lonely Reign She is the Boxer, she knows when and where to strike He is the Boxer, he knows, no peaceful sleep tonight Caught the downfall of Pete and May, Ryan too (He did not approve of Callie's mood) Doctor Mike was 'fight or flight' at Dundrum School To the right to the right point of... No return. No passion left to burn. The Boxers grow weary. Their eyesight...blurry view. Lonely Reign She is the Boxer, she knows when and where to strike He is the Boxer, he knows, no peaceful sleep tonight All's quiet on the front. Smokey room. Boxer standing tall, peering through Finding no one left to fight What to do? To the ring to the right point of view... Lonely Reign She is the Boxer, she knows when and where to strike He is the Boxer, he knows, no peaceful sleep tonight
Wanderin' Around
Put me in new direction. Point me to the edge of the world With a warm heart and cold complexion I'm feeble with a flag unfurled Where to today? Miles away And as I sigh the long goodbye, what will be found wanderin' around? And as I sign the long goodbye, what will be found wanderin' around? Sister, where you going? I have one question, maybe three Sister is it showing? We race away from who we used to be Where to today? Miles away And as I sigh the long goodbye, what will be found wanderin' around? And as I sign the long goodbye, what will be found wanderin' around?
On Any Given Day
I woke, I broke free drove a long time It didn't purge you from my mind Hang up the halo, maybe you're right Chalk it up to a starry night To be set free, to live and learn Did we pass or fail the term? You wrote a note with chalk on my door A message I'd known long before: On any given day, you'll find me gone On any given day, you'll find me gone Give me your reason, give me your rhyme So I can tempo me to your time So I can scratch your surface and be A deeper part of the mystery To be undone, to be alone To live life in monotone I reach the beach and try to ignore The warning I'd known long before On any given day, you'll find me gone On any given day, you'll find me gone I've been down to the sea I've been down to the sea And so all of the lovers will say Forever star-crossed will we stay Still I can't help feeling castaway on any given day Still I can't help feeling you'll run away on any given day I window shop for you in my mind A flannel shirt at the five and dime A lether coat cut big city style Boots from plastic crocodile A pinecone dipped in glitter glue A penny 1942 A necklace with a cheap green stone Barefeet, cold sand. Chill to the bone I've been down to the sea I've been down to the sea And so all of the lovers will say Forever star-crossed will we stay Still I can't help feeling castaway on any given day Still I can't help feeling you'll run away on any given day My eye on you. My eye on you. My eye on you always I've been down to the sea I've been down to the sea And so all of the lovers will say Forever star-crossed will we stay Still I can't help feeling castaway on any given day Still I can't help feeling you'll run away on any given day I lift my hands up, smell to reveal Your perfume on the steering wheel You're next to me asleep and I smile I think I'll drive on for awhile
Torn to Tattered
In a classroom somewhere alone Looking at the window scene Tune out the tutor in me Sun is going down through the line of trees I day dream And in my head I walk along All the paths we have been on There is a chance to bridge the line Between two points ruptured in time You lived your life like nothing else mattered And now you're torn, torn to tattered And I don't need any apology And you know I don't need any apology And it's a long walk away Oh, it's a long walk away Torn, tattered. torn... Certain things make me feel Like it was when we could steal The magic of moments real Revisit. remember. reunion. re-ember The white smell of burning leaves Walk along... You walk the path like Charlie Brown You're full of hope, but with your head down And you only have one eye to see The other's closed, and too scared to peak And silence of the heart can leave you shattered And now you're torn, torn to tattered And I don't need any apology And you know I don't need any apology And it's a long walk away Oh, it's a long walk away Torn, tattered. torn... Through the line of trees I dream of only good remembering I think of you. was it... Was it ever so bad my friend? And what was... What was ever so bad my friend? And in my head I walk along, All of the paths we should be on The sun is down, enjoyed the dream I'm full of hope, that you think of me I think of you and how much you mattered When I'm torn, torn to tattered And I don't need any apology And you know I don't need any apology And it's a long walk away Oh, it's a long walk away Torn, tattered. torn...
Mellow Tone
You're on my fingers you're on my paper We're close but far; here we are there you are You're on my weak heart. my heart is tissue My heart's a scar. here we are there you are You're mellow tone. The stepping stone To whittle away to get me home I travel far to bed the floor. I've come a long way, I've come to miss your Mellow Tone. Mellow Tone. Mellow Tone. Mellow Tone. Where now to begin? This deadend cove...Oh To feel your warm skin beneath your clothes, beneath your clothes Dilate me in your pool, erase my memory start anew Hide where no one knows. beneath your clothes. beneath your clothes. The zenith hum, the perfect strum I have become completely numb Tone of your heartbeat, tone of your breathing, tone of your fingertips I'm receiving mellow tone... You're mellow tone. The stepping stone To whittle away to get me home I travel far to bed the floor. I've come a long way, I've come to miss your Mellow Tone. The zenith hum, the perfect strum I have become completely numb Tone of your heartbeat, tone of your breathing, tone of your fingertips I'm receiving mellow tone...
Shine
Should I shy down. that's boring. snoring I'd like to teach me to sing in perfect harmony And I'd like to change the world. It's easier than changing me And I'd like to find one girl who knows me Strum bang the drum alound or pt it down and figure out if I'm out of line Sit around and figure out if I'm wasting time Wait for the sign. it's time to shine shine shine Wait for the sign. it's time to shine shine shine Why should I sh-shy down. how are you? fine. Why should I sit around and be dead and never shine It's the giant so defiant. But I'm happier if I can sleep If I wake though. volcano. Fee Fi Fo Fum bang the drum aloud or put it down and figure out if I'm out of line Sit around and figure out if I'm wasting time Wait for the sign. it's time to shine shine shine Wait for the sign. it's time to shine shine shine Lit a fire under my assets I'd like to, I try to tread tightly, so slightly When the forest is before us, but we can't see for all the trees That's when they fall, that's when I call The good Paul Bunyun bang the drum aloud or put it down and figure out if I'm out of line Wait for the sign. it's time to shine shine shine Wait for the sign. it's time to shine shine shine We're out of line. it's time to shine shine shine Wait for the sign. we're gonna shine shine shine
Mary Mac (traditional - as arranged by Carbon Leaf)
There's a neat little lass and her name is Mary Mac Make no mistake, she's the girl I'm gonna track Lot of other fellas want to get up on her back But I'm thinking that they'll have to get up early Mary Mac's mother's making Mary Mac marry me My mother's making me marry Mary Mac Well I'm going to marry Mary for when Mary's taking care of me We'll all be feeling merry when I marry Mary Mac KAIYUT-LIT-L-LOT-LIT-L-LOTL-LEETLE-UM This wee little lass she has a lot of class She has a lot of brass and her mother thinks I'm gas I think she's an ass to let the matter pass But my mother thinks she suits me rather fairly Mary Mac's mother's making Mary Mac marry me My mother's making me marry Mary Mac Well I'm going to marry Mary for when Mary's taking care of me We'll all be feeling merry when I marry Mary Mac KAIYUT-LIT-L-LOT-LIT-L-LOTL-LEETLE-UM
I Know the Reason
You talk tough to me and it makes me smile By the old church yard your feelings hide I know the reason And you won't say: "If we grow too close, will you push away?" I know the reason And I like, that we're the same Waterfall... Are you afrain to love? You afraid to smile? From the inside out, to the open wide? I know the feeling. You're way too proud And will they find you out if you laugh out loud? I know, that we're the same. Waterfall. Umbrella in the rain And I won't ask why. I know the reason I thought you should know. I know the reason. I'll never be the same. I clearly see umbrella in the rain Over you and me You are the best thing. Let it show And if we grow to close, let it undertow This is the best thing I know, that we're the same. Waterfall. Umbrella in the rain And I won't ask why. I know the reason I thought you should know. I know the reason. Should we fall down? fall down. fall down. fall down fall down. fall down. I know, that we're the same. Waterfall. Umbrella in the rain And I won't ask why. I know the reason I thought you should know. I know the reason.
Lonesome Pine
She made her way. She felt she was to blame And her porcelain dolls - she's boxed them all And along the way, she changed her name Lonesome Pine, rain or shine Stands alone. Roots unknown And I'm as brave as you And I'm as 'fraid as you And I'm as brave as you And I'm as afraid as you are too She let me in. And then, she changed her mind With a sad echo. She's all her own She shook the blame. She changed her name Lonesome Pine, rain or shine Stands alone. Roots unknown And I'm as brave as you And I'm as 'fraid as you And I'm as brave as you And I'm as afraid as you are too
Follow the Lady
She's assigned a witch to spell my heart and now I'm drawn to her And my feigning resistance is waning, light as gossamer And I mind... In this dark, flint a spark. Shady lady, it glows out of you Through this complex of cobwebs revelaing a heart for open view. And I mind...I mind. I mind. I mind Follow the lady, go far... She's assigned a witch to spell my heart and now I'm drawn to her Siren song draw the ships, orchastrate the eclipse of this amateur Then a warm sun arrived, Shady lady flows out of you Like the faintest of pulses revived, and what else can you do? And I mind....I mind. I mind. I mind Follow the lady, go far. follow the lady, go far. I'm far from letting go Letting go...Lady, how's the ending go? Follow the lady, go far.
Desperation Song
Here I'm debating time, I'm waiting chme the wake Free fall the cannonball volcanic shatters on the lake You settle down, where you runnin to? What else can you prove? How many, many more until you lose? You thought a better plan could shake this shadow land This frozen tundra hand... I'm turning it from shade to light Hold it up to candlelight, roaring into firelight, Scorching up the charlatans until it's city wide All the people mobilize, nothing left to polarize And nothing left to fake Ring around the lake. Ring around the lake. Right on time. will you stay throught the pouring rain? Right on time...through the night, your laughter is my light Right on time, desperation song Dear I have missed your sigh since crystal skies moved on Peer out through Shadow's doubt I had no passion all along You settle down. where you running to? What else can you prove? Is this all a game? Was this all a ruse? I've waited by the phone. Cold as river stone Anxiety. Alone... I'm turning it from shade to light Hold it up to candlelight, roaring into firelight, Scorching up the charlatans until it's city wide All the people mobilize, nothing left to polarize And nothing left to fake Ring around the lake. Ring around the lake. Right on time. will you stay throught the pouring rain? Right on time...through the night, your laughter is my light Right on time, desperation song Right on time, desperation song I'm turning it from shade to light Hold it up to candlelight, roaring into firelight, Scorching up the charlatans until it's city wide All the people mobilize, nothing left to polarize And nothing left to fake Right on time. will you stay throught the pouring rain? Right on time...through the night, your laughter is my light Right on time, desperation song Right on time, desperation song
Toy Soldiers
Today I strike out on my own The dog is dead. The kids have grown I fell asleep in my writing chair I drempt I'd found my childhood stare To family dinner Christmas night We'd cross the river shipyard lights Before the heartbreak and unknown Today I strike out on my own Hi-diddely-o, didn't ya know? You fade once you glow Didn't ya know, child? After the ryhme, high time diddely-o, didn't you know? You fade once you glow. Didn't ya known, child? After the ryhme, high time. The families gather but we're all Mere Shadows in this Banquet Hall I'm beggin mom will you understand I'm beggin dad will you hold her hand To play outside was all i'd known And Christmas lights on every home Hi-diddely-o, didn't ya know? You fade once you glow Didn't ya know, child? After the ryhme, high time diddely-o, didn't you know? You fade once you glow. Didn't ya known, child? After the ryhme, high time. We find the people of our dreams We find that they're not what they seem I've learned that people come and go I've learned that families break and grow Toy soldiers brave away those tears Toy soldiers hope for better years Today I strike out on my own The dog is dead. We kids have grown. Hi-diddely-o, didn't ya know? You fade once you glow Didn't ya know, child? After the ryhme, high time diddely-o, didn't you know? You fade once you glow. Didn't ya known, child? After the ryhme, high time.
Maybe Today
It's Sunday noon in my room The wind is really ragin' Inside I'll hide in my tune And think of yesterday playing 'In my room' 'In my room' I feel like a kite high in a tree Is this where I'm suppose to be? I wish I was a little boy When love was taken care of I know. I will say. Maybe today. It's Sunday noon, cocoon and heal Oh no, please don't throw me in the briar. Where mothers made all the meals And fathers built the fire When will this feeling go away? When will this feeling ever stay? Maybe today. Maybe today. Maybe today. Maybe today. And now I'm not so mournful As I sit and watch the wind blow This place is my cathedral And the choir's swaying just outside the window Everyone needs a day to dream, perchance Today I have yesterday to tempt me So c'mon put on your best dress and let's dance For the chairs are all but empty When will this feeling go away? When will this feeling ever stay? Maybe today. Maybe today. Maybe today. Maybe today.