Spent a week just south of leaving
North of checking out
West of believing, that this is how it will always be
You the man in the hat
Me the girl with the hair
Scattered conversations, just trying to get somewhere
You have the eyes of a giant
Losing his armor
Casting off this shield of regret
Cautiously shifting, one foot to another
Anxiously waiting for a change in the weather
So, I’ll be the teacher and you’ll be the lesson
You’ll be the teacher and I’ll be your blessing
We’ll throw out the books, and write our own pages
And find a safe place
To be open
We are the people in this snow globe of time
Stuck to the bottom while the world spins around
We are all waiting for a crack in the bubble
To loosen our grip and make us
Go flying…
Every families got secrets
Thought better left unsaid
Cause the letting go of words, could lead to trouble
And the lonely could just start
Spillin all over and maybe there’d be
No one left to hold us
So, I’ll be the teacher and you’ll be the lesson
You’ll be the teacher and I’ll be your blessing
We’ll throw out the books, and write our own pages
And find a safe place
To be open
My boys got a gun
And a head full of false promises
Fightin for freedom
Like his great-grandpa did
200 years change has come and past
Holdin on here
Still poor and black
Carrying the white revolution on our back
Chorus:
I don’t need revolution
Knockin on my door
Takin my boy and leavin
Leavin me and my baby dead
Leavin me and my baby dead
I aint gonna use the masters tools
To take down his house
Cause you can lock freedom up
In a box for awhile
But god knows
We’re gonna find a way to break her out
Chorus
What I wouldn’t give
For a clean cup of water
Cause water is freedom
And this freedom it falls from the sky
And this freedom
Flows through the veins of you and I
What I wouldn’t give…
Chorus
See my father painting pictures of injustice
Steeped in a longing for hope
See my mother finding pieces of god
Left searching for some answers
Their painting a timeline of tomorrow
On the palm of my hand
Lines reminding me to dig deeper
Chorus
I hear an echo
Left hand rhythm right hand melody
Left me wandering her geography
I’m learning to hold my own hand now
when I sleep
I’d give you love
but all I got this time is lonely
Chorus
That I couldn’t be good enough be whole enough
And be enough to fill you
Swimming in the ocean
The mighty mighty ocean
Surrounded by water
Still tryin to get my feet wet
Singing to you now
From the belly of the beast, child
Singing to you now
From the belly of the beast, child
This old familiar beast
I cant seem to break free from
And I’m
Treading water, gasping for air
Searching for answers,
Cant find um anywhere. x 3
Lately I’ve been
Closing my eyes and
Taking 20 steps forward
Just to see if I can
Trust myself to
Find another way of seeing
I open my eyes to find this
monkey playing the part of a girl
That cant stop herself from looking back…
These four walls been wakin me up at night
Whispering jargon I cant seem to comprehend
Like, abandon ship
Swim to the closest shore
Leave your life vest
You wont need it anymore
Singing to you now
From the belly of the beast child
Singing to you now
From the belly of the beast child
This old familiar beast
I cant seem to break free from
Pockets of light blanket the sky
Bursts of fire, light up the night
Carnival rides on the horizon
Small girl cries out higher
Married four times east of Colorado
Chased the El out of Chicago
Four thousand miles of left and leaving
Penning hearts through voices while driving
Got a hard love and I feel it sinking in
Woke up one morning and I was sinking in it
Changed deep inside now and I found this comfort
Now I’m shedding my winter clothes and I’m finding warmth
Finding warmth
She wants to know geographies of lifetimes
Distance traveled to get to unforeseen destinations
Somewhere between illusion and substance
Locked between memory and wish
Between contentment and her need for salvation
She found herself between her hips
Got a hard love and I feel it sinking in
Woke up one morning and I was sinking in it
Changed deep inside now and I found this comfort
Now I’m shedding my winter clothes and I’m finding warmth
i woke up early with dreams in my head
words in my bones and an ache in my chest
sound travels far in these woods full of women
and you rock me something slow and steady
you rock me slow
flatbeds and big skies and stars fall around us
a beer made for two and mouths made for laughing
and breath comes from deeper inside me
and you rock me something slow and steady
you rock me slow
you rock me something slow and steady
you rock me slow
there’s a comfort in missing everything that’s familiar
a solace in beauty too deep to explain
feelings without words, thoughts without answers
finding the ground and not being afraid to fly
you rock me something slow and steady
you rock me slow
you rock me something slow and steady
you rock me slow.