Stitch The Hem Bowerbirds

All the while the sea oats bowed Against the dunes, your arms stretched out. And how the shadows glide The story hastens by. We hold on tight.

The Ticonderoga Bowerbirds

Im the cape that came to crush and snag you on my sands. Below the ocean, and from my point of view, You were always drinking, and drunk well before noon, And dreaming on my pillow of high tide.

Bur Oak Bowerbirds

The room calls to me, says we're all strung out (And the beat we both stomp on the floor), While outside the leopard frogs sing sweetly. These are the hymns that today we've ignored.

Walk The Furrows Bowerbirds

You carried their dead weight and let it fall by the wayside And buried those years one dark evening Now in a land without leaders I listen close to the ? ?

This Year Bowerbirds

Just come down from a high fever, from out there in the yard While the pyre is burning, its hard to feel the weather shift or the fear of the dark Ahhh This year we need a deeper frost Me and my

Hush Bowerbirds

I couldnt feel the earth move in its slow dance with the cold moon, as I picked my steps over the ridge, quiet on my leather soles. I couldnt see the full sun this afternoon.

Dark Horse Bowerbirds

On the shore of the lake In the great upstate of New York Came the call of a loon Cold, cold, o'er a plume of smoke He spoke to my center He spoke of the future He sang, "You, my friend, are alone, alone

Tuck The Darkness In Bowerbirds

Well the light was rust and the cold was in our knees and our breath poured out over golden fields Though I could not know then we'd have but few times like these with all the good smoke in between

Sweet Moment Bowerbirds

Im the red bird, youre the brown bird In the brambles behind the house And we both know what the wind does And I cant make peace just yet So this is my branch, my darling Today I feel the weight

Olive Hearts Bowerbirds

With my toes dangling into the sea, Into a fog, into a lonely drink. Don't lift me up, I'm a wreck, I know. Still, I've got miles to walk from the cape along the coast.

Hooves Bowerbirds

Back to when I was born on a full moon, I nearly split my mama in two, While she held me proud I had the thought: Well, there's no one more beautiful than you.

The Marbled Godwit Bowerbirds

Great white puffs of lumbering buffalo Blanket the fishbowl sky, and I am tired. I sip my tea and sniff the ocean. Not but an hour from now, I will be home. Swing me low, mark me a coward.

Human Hands Bowerbirds

When I wake, I wake by the brook, To an untamed thunder, And the northern flicker flash about as the soup in the sky grows thicker.

In The Yard Bowerbirds

Last night I dreamed we’d found a stand of trees framing a pond and a field in between And with a hammer and a blade and our four hands here’s what we made The logs we peeled and stacked in a ring

Brave World Bowerbirds

I was a child of the grasslands with an oversized heart They gave me an inch, and Id roam the whole yard And well past the corn fields there Id understand How the world is dust, and Im dust, and were

Slow Down Bowerbirds

"My sweetheart and I will retire, Will retire to the tide pools. And we'll fix our meals of crabs and krill in the long afternoon.

My Oldest Memory Bowerbirds

Out where the waves wrestle with the dirty brine, This is a lonely place. This was a home of mine. After the struggle, Id watch the sand settle Over the quiet reef. Its my oldest memory.

Now We Hurry On Bowerbirds

No you're not alone The sun pours in slow The hinges creek Now the sparrows know And flash their wings These mornings these mornings No you're not alone The valley is flushed and warm And breaths

In Our Talons Bowerbirds

And the warbler sings (deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet!) And the sparrow sings (deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet-deet!)

Overcome With Light Bowerbirds

And how I know I'm happy now I jump right down the shoots of time And yes the weather was not always grey But the furrow always graced my brow Mmmm Now I'm overcome with light overcome with light

Death Wish Bowerbirds

You race toward the future. I'm slow as a kettle. And we waltz on a tilted world, torn socks and all those frills.

The Cuckoo Hem

(Traditional) Gonna build me a log cabin on a mountain so high So I can see my darling as she goes passing by Oh the cuckoo, she's a pretty bird and she warbles as she flies But she never says cuckoo '

Cincinnati Traveler Hem

"In the sawed off light Shooting down across the quarrel Onto Lee They will rise and fight On the Bay and on the Sorrel To the North and Cincinnati Riding low in the roll-eyed burr Charging out

Lucky Hem

Theres a man in a cutaway Buying drinks for the room All the cheer raining down on the day Comes to nothing and leaves by the broom On the streets named for presidents Where the kingfishers blew

Redwing Hem

Hey, was that you floating past the tree-line? Hey, was that a feather in your hand?

Receiver Hem

Hey Dear, you know I hate to go Just lay here listening to the radio Upstairs hiding from the world below The day fading on the dial Downstairs wait for the mailman On lawn chairs spread

The Part Where You Let Go Hem

When the rain, breaks the road are you holding on, are you holding on to your last good day when the stone breaks the wheel are you holding, are you holding on til the stone rolls away And I don

The Fire Thief Hem

Wouldnt be the first time love made a fool of me Wouldnt even care, but now youre here to see It comes as no surprise Just leave the light on What I wouldnt give if you could have it all: The

The Beautiful Sea Hem

Me, I imagine places that I have never seen The colored lights in fountains, blue and green And I imagine places that I will never go Behind these clouds that hang here dark and low But its there

Lazy Eye Hem

There's a lazy eye that looks at you And sees you, the same as before When you lay beside me every night Though now you are with me, no more I can still see the hem of your dress And the comb as it's parting

Hollow Hem

Sometimes when I lay down at night I swear I can see to heaven For it's in dreaming that the things I always knew are the only thoughts I have And when I look up at you, love Handsome as a magazine

Strays Hem

In the summer of my wedding As the corn burned in the field Oh I lay down for my Baby And let the sweet smoke stain my heels Well I lay there til the midnight When the dogs, they run through

A-Hunting We Will Go Hem

Overland Through the rye Gun in hand Bird in sky Calling out to the world below A-hunting we will go Every field Ripe and fine Every man A friend of mine On the trails that we name

Stupid Mouth Shut Hem

The sidewalk bends where your house ends Like the neighborhood is on its knees You're surrounded by a chain link fence That keeps me out but let me see Well, I come by most every night The shutters pounding

Sailor Hem

I'm not a sailor I'm not so strong out of my shoes Dragging like anchors Over the ocean Pearls in the sky strung 'round the moon Pointing to you So I'll sail till morning Or I'll sail till I Carried to

Leave Me Here Hem

I should wake up this town My heart's on fire Main road and no one's around As the flames climb higher I have been here before And I know the way But love seemed sweeter and sure In the light of the day

Half Acre Hem

I am holding half an acre Torn from the map of Michigan And folded in this scrap of paper Is a land I grew in Think of every town you've lived in Every room, you lay your head And what is it that you remember

Horsey Hem

Blue sky and yellow sun Paint the streets and the avenues You float over everyone In your rings and your wingtip shoes Well, I can't say I'll know you when You come around You look like a giant in My hand-me-downs

Idle (The Rabbit Song) Hem

Broken moon in the sky Enough to pull up our eyes From the ground where we hide From the ground where we hide Gonna waste some time with you And let this world go Keep my heart idle Gonna waste my time

Night Like A River Hem

Night like a river, banks are steep Carry my burden, bury my worry deep It's like she told me some time ago There's plenty for harvest, then the cold winds blow I could live a long, long While on the sweetness

When I Was Drinking Hem

When I was drinking, when I was with you Living it up when the rent was due With nothing and no one to live up to You and me dying on the vine Holding hands and drinking wine Now I'm not the same girl,

My Father's Waltz Hem

Forty years since you washed ashore Carried out of the sea On the mast of a man-o-war That once brought you to me Throw your overcoat over a chair And lay all your lazybones down May this night

An Easy One Hem

Heres an easy one Since its getting late Since youre half asleep And I couldnt wait For the tired sun With its tired light To wake up the world Just to see you tonight I know you dont believe

Betting On Trains Hem

miles of steel over wood And let him go I filled my pockets up with coal black with mud And let him go I'll throw my hat off when I beat you Find it when you're gone There's a straw and cotton around the

Pacific Street Hem

Let's go out walking, I know where to meet The corner of Pacific Street 'Cause I feel restless and I just can't sleep I need to show you something See where we stood There are oceans in our neighborhood

Dance With Me, Now Darling Hem

Dance with me, now darlin', sweet and slow I've been here in the corner, playin' it cool But I could hang off your shoulder like a fool Like a fool, now darlin', all night long Dance with me, now darlin

Carry Me Home Hem

We were raised in the nettles And they showed us how they grow Where a poison comes to settle And what a poisoned man comes to know So me and Jessie, we left Ohio Left him bleeding on the valley floor

Jackson Hem

We got married in a fever Hotter than a pepper sprout We've been talkin' 'bout Jackson Ever since the fire went out I'm goin' to Jackson I'm gonna mess around Yeah, I'm goin' to Jackson Look out Jackson

All That I'm Good For Hem

a while with youI got shadows snapping at my tailWho say I'm no damn goodBut that's just halfway throughAll that I'm good for is youYou know I play with all those straysProwling outside your doorIt's the

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