Daddy It was a cold night in December The snow lay on the ground She was coming home from school one night From the other side of town It was getting late, there was something wrong Then I heard the news A TV Flash and by 9 o'clock They'd found her socks and shoes Daddy come and bring me home I didn't know which way to turn I was shaking like a leaf I got into my car and drove Searching every street Has anybody seen her Have you found my little girl She's all I have, all I possess And to me, she means the world I can hear her calling Daddy come and bring me home Daddy, Daddy come and bring me home Daddy, when are you gonna bring me home As time went by each silent night We knew all hope was gone We knew the light had flickered From the eyes that once had shone They caught a man in a bar one night He confessed to what he'd done He'd laid her body out in some dark wood Just didn't know which one, Daddy, Daddy come and bring me home Daddy, Daddy come and bring me home I just couldn't leave her out there Lying on her own 'Cause she belongs to me And I belong to her I know she rests in Heaven With the angels on a throne But now I hear her calling Daddy, Daddy come and bring me home Daddy come and bring me home Daddy, Daddy come and bring me home Daddy, Daddy come and bring me home |
Heart On Ice Just take my heart put it on ice 'Cause I don't think I could stand another blow Just one more tumble of the dice Though it's slipping through my hands I can't let go And when the hard rain falls Whatever you may say There's no hiding in this jungle You just can't run away And I'm sorry when I fell from grace Unable to conceal Only passion is a fool to chase The loneliness I fell Just take my heart into the night It no longer needs to see the light of day Heaven knows I cannot fight As the edges of my soul get chipped away Walking down this street The gutter runs with tears I would sell my heart To cross the bridge of compromise But you cannot walk on broken glass 'Cause every step you take Is just one cut deeper than the last Just one more heart you break Just take my heart put it on ice Your love is a fire, a burning hurricane We can never cross the river of good-byes While desire hides in the darkness Searching for the flame There were so many days And still I wonder why I will never mend these broken wings No matter how I try I thought we had it all, but now it seems We just flickered like a candle In the cathedral of our dreams Just take my heart put it on ice Your love is a fire, a burning hurricane We can never cross the river of good- byes While desire hides in the darkness Searching for the flame Just take my heart put it on ice Your love is a fire, a burning hurricane We can never cross the river of good-byes While desire hides in the darkness Searching for the flame |
Man In A Long Black Coat Crickets are chirpin', the water is high, There's a soft cotton dress on the line hangin' dry, Window wide open, African trees Bent over backwards from a hurricane breeze. Not a word of goodbye, not even a note, She gone with the man In the long black coat. Somebody seem him hanging around At the old dance hall on the outskirts of town. He looked into her eyes when she stopped him to ask If he wanted to dance, he had a face like a mask. Somebody said from the Bible he'd quote There was dust on the man In the long black coat. Preacher was a talkin', there's a sermon he gave, He said every man's conscience is vile and depraved, You cannot depend on it to be your guide When it's you who must keep it satisfied. It ain't easy to swallow, it sticks in the throat, She gave her heart to the man In the long black coat. There are no mistakes in life some people say It is true sometimes you can see it that way. But people don't live or die, people just float. She went with the man In the long black coat. There's smoke on the water, it's been there since June, Tree trunks uprooted, 'neath the high crescent moon Feel the pulse and vibration and the rumbling force Somebody is out there beating a dead horse. She never said nothing, there was nothing she wrote, She gone with the man In the long black coat. |
Change A missed step by the river's edge A chosen word, but it took too long Your last chance is all he said You won't miss it, till it's gone A ghost in the distance Where the ocean meets the land A fallen angel in a trance A conversation you don't understand Change - everybody wants it Just a little hope and honesty Change - everybody needs it Open up our hearts so that we can see A young man with a blue beard Counting days that seem too long Can't wait, wait another minute For my fifteen minutes in the sun Gotta sweep this act I follow Dust off this passion play Believe in fate cast off this sorrow It's just a stone's throw away Change - everybody wants it Just a little hope and honesty Change - everybody needs it Open up our hearts so that we can see Some will think I'm crazy Some will think I'm strange I'm trying to satisfy this hunger Somebody stop this pain No signs of redemption Can't take the guilt they live Gonna live and die in this world Pushin' and pullin' 'till somethin' gives Change - everybody wants it Just a little hope and honesty Change - everybody needs it Open up our hearts so that we can see Change - everybody wants it Just a little hope and honesty Change - everybody needs it Open up our hearts so that we can see Visions of such temptation We can never take it to far That's the price of the true sensation To find out who we really are Keep digging, digging for answers Keep searchin' you can't give in Will we ever understand A truth we cannot comprehend Change - everybody wants it Just a little hope and honesty Change - everybody needs it Open up our hearts so that we can see A missed step by the rivers edge A chosen word but it took too long Your last chance is all he said You won't miss it 'till it's gone Change - everybody wants it Just a little hope and honesty Change - everybody needs it Open up our hearts so that we can see Change - everybody wants it Just a little hope and honesty Change - everybody needs it Open up our hearts so that we can see |