Leaves bear mark of the changing of season Soon to be crushed under foot, under paw. Two old friends quite oppositely natured, Neither too quickened to point out a flaw. The law of nature is strongly opposed- Leaves engaging in war with themselves. Two old friends, Seldom do they see That the veins within, Like the vines without, Carry only withered fruit, Ever-releasing root. Winter buries all with a glaze. Forgotten as debris the days. They came to form some inner ways. They left, the focus now in haze... Two old friends Two old friends Words by Evan Harrington
Well I heard some people talking about a person they all knew Lies came out like ammunition how could they be so bold? Open your eyes let in a little sense why do you always have to be so cold? Things didn't go the way you planned them to had a fight with Ma Always want the easy solution you don't even want to try Well I heard some people cuttin' down a person they all knew The lies came out like ammunition how could they be so cold? Open your eyes let in a little sense why do you always have to be so bad? Open up your eyes let in a little love why stab the one that you called friend?
I never knew what a beautiful soul you had I never thought that a girl like you could be like that I guess you knew by the look in my eyes that I had left your side Had run out on you when you needed love, needed support more than anything in the world Can't say I miss you, we were never that close but something inside of you touched me forever Though I write this in some kind of mock sadness for something I say that was never really there One thing I know that I wish I could tell you is that I'm sorry that I'm sorry
I guess I'm a corporate man I try to do things the best that I can I try to keep my shirt clean I try to keep my nose brown... I wear a pretty suit to work I try to keep my tie straight I try to keep my shoes shined I try to kiss up at the best of times... And all of the strangest things seem to happen at once! A word here, a word there, and its starting to stink The boss is staring at me, unvoiced accusations fly I feel the noose is tightening, the slip knot growing snug The secretary's secret laughter, the jackals ring the alarm vultures circling for their victim, paranoia thickens the air The horror of the inhumanity, my mind begins to break! I guess I'm a corporate man I try to keep my teeth white I try to have the warmest of smiles Even when I stab right through the heart!
People living their lives as darts
The bullseyes which are the tear pour
Of the eyes that suit them best-
So many in each crowd to chose from.
On the video screen display,
There's a PacMan gobbling artfully
And his bullseye
is the tearpore of the millions
Their tears pour to the sound
Of pockets jingling, chiming:
"God Bless Americaaarghh!"
His bullseye was the tear poor
And the torn poor
But now his clothing is
is so revealing!
His Hymns need thorough mending!
Need stiching to His pink flesh!
People living their knives as darts
Displaying effective talent
Displaying deceptive talent
Displaying defective talent
The cold nights I spend Sitting by the fireside Trying to decide My feelings I can't hide Without your love I'm so alone, so damn lost Home isn't home Without you love,I'm so alone Home just isn't home It isn't fair It isn't fair What I do to myself I don't care I don't care I can't think of anything else The summer passed too quickly I couldn't believe our love could be spent I never dreamed there would be a night Without you with me Without your love, I'm so alone So damn lost, Home isn't home Without your love, I'm so alone Home just isn't home
I have seen Him I have Seen Him there Lying down Waiting for one of you to care! On the lake front On the Golden Mile There are people Who won't invite me for a while. The sailboats on the lake Creat impressonistic pictures Are the people there to celebrate Or do they just wander? I have seen Him I have seen Him there Down on Wells street Waiting for one of you to care!
What does America stand for? Do you know, do you know, do you know? What is America here for? Do you know, do you know, do you know? Once upon a time I guess there was an Idealistic dream for us Something we all Really wanted to be What does America dream for? Do you know, can you see it in their eyes? What are Americans hoping for? Do you know, what is the reason or the rhyme? And it seems were bent on turning back the clock Trying to squeeze out the very last drop Hand me the money Don't look back and don't stop What would Americans fight for? Do you know, do you know, do you know? What would Americans kill for? Do you know, do you know, do you know? I think the cause for all this mystery Is something we dare not look up and see Hold up a mirror And we would see ourselves embroiled in greed And it seems were bent on turning back the clock Trying to squeeze out the very last drop Hand me the money Don't look back and don't stop What does America stand for? Do you know, do you know, do you know? What is America here for? Do you know, do you know, do you know? What does America dream for? Do you know, can you see it in their eyes? What are Americans hoping for? Do you know, what is the reason or the rhyme? What would Americans fight for? Do you know, do you know, do you know? What would Americans kill...
A live improvisation using an echoplex tape loop
A live improvisation using an echoplex tape loop
A live improvisation using an echoplex tape loop
A classical synthesized brass section interlude
Where is starlight? Where is God's light? Where is freedom? Where is my home? Where no one will begrudge what I have Where no one will hate what I am And you will be able to see What I really am... In the city Street lights replace The stars at night Where is starlight? I can feel how lost you are Sheer size belittles me How small can one be In the world.
Making up your lies Thinking up your lines Thinking of yourself Thinking of no one else Oh no! I don't want to hear it now (x3) Thinking of those things For your petty scemes Gotta make it work Really got to make it hurt! Oh No! I don't want to hear it now (x2) I will have no part of your self-destruction A fool's pleasure turns to fire A lie will always find the liar Your thinking of your little friends The ones you can manipulate, masturbate Oh no! I don't want to hear it now (x3) Oh no! I don't want to hear it now Oh No! I don't want to touch I will not kiss the Beast A fool's pleasure turns to fire A lie will always find the liar
Time has brought me here to say the words that I say more than ever I have to say what I feel On the dusty road the grand parade moves on morning's light has yet its place to be found And at night the stars burn a hole in my mind realizing I have not the time to feel what I feel On waking my thoughts have changed so strange I feel the change keeping perspective in life is sometimes hard to do Listening to people who say that they are ones who are real sometimes I feel I have not a will of my own And at night the thoughts burn a hole in my mind realizing I have not the mind to feel how I feel What can I say that is real what can I claim as me when all my thoughts are distorted by those that I hear My feelings are lost in a maze in conflicts in differing ways all of my feelings are torn up and destroyed inside At night I kneel and pour out my mind realizing that all of the time I know what is real
I gotta dig out the lyrics.... they are somewhere
Sometimes I feel There's a rhyming with Sadie. Sadie has laces Which border her lady And Sadie has cotton curls. Sadie has a pull-string Chipped button nose; Mud water from a bottle, Dripped from top to toes By finely cultured girls. She's never had it better- Her brother's off to war. Somethimes I think There's a danger in Sadie. Sadie fooled a nation, Whose borders sadly fading Unlaced by the world. She's never had it better- My brother comes to say, "Can Sadie come out to play?" words by Evan Harrington
There's no thought left you now Oh baby don't you cry There's no place left you now Oh baby don't you cry Don't you cry They have no thought for you now They never even tried They left no place for you now And won't even try Oh don't you cry, cry So many people try to their way And this world is getting worse everyday There's hardly anyone left to give you a hand There's no heart left you now It had no place to hide There's no heart left inside They took it with your pride Oh don't you cry, cry So many people climbing up on each other Then they don't even like what they find So many people find themselves empty inside! There's no heart left you now It had no place to hide There's no heart left inside They took it with your pride Don't you cry!
Its 3 O'clock and I'd like to sleep if I could... My heart is hungry for her My heart is hungry for her And So, here is the city And here is my despair As I walk amoung the shadows Of the men who came before Change is Time And Time is Change Unmovable is Time
If the baby falls The crib shall age empty all of the earth which ever lived creation everyday if the baby falls it would leave the crib quite solo The sources who join to nurture cries and giggles Won't change diapers anymore If our baby falls Why they prophesy I'll never understand For they diapered the world And they filled it self full Fufilling their prophesies Of a poor dead planet If their baby falls Screaming out for the right to life They'll never abort their baby Till the baby falls Then the crib shall fade So Humpty Dumpty With Jack and Jill And their baby
Chris Vaisvil
1983, 1997