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Dumpster Gold
04:42
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I'll never realize
What is beyond the walls
That you
Put up
I've known you all my life
And this
Never occurred to you
And now you're gone
It would have been so nice
Exchanging words just once
Or twice
This pile of dumpster gold
Is all
Part of the buried roots
That you
Put down
I wanted stories
Of all
The stuff that broke you
It would have been so nice
Exchanging words just once
Or twice
It's too late anyhow
But I think i finally
Get
It now
Now that you're gone
It could have been also nice
Exchanging words just once
Or twice
With you
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2. |
No New Deaths Today
03:48
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With no new deaths today
It took me by surprise
And it reminds me of
You're untimely demise
Is this a turn of phrase
With which I have to live
Right now a single care
Is more than I can give
No praying hands
Can wipe our tears away
Here is a plan
To live another day
I meant to see you
In time to say goodbye
You know it's not a thing
About which I would lie
And now
Everyday
Is a tribute
To all the things
I imagined
Of you
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3. |
In The Kingdom Of Heaven
03:00
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You started young
no education
Only books
From Genesis to Revelation
All the prayer
And consultation
The work put into stopping
Fated wheels in motion
through the night
It slips away
While you're all alone
(2nd verse)
Was there a point
To years of anger
That go so
far back there's no way you can remember
Look at this child
In the eye
Tell them what they wanna hear and just surrender
Because your fight
is over now
It's all over now
And through the night
It slips away
While you're all alone
Because your fight
Is over now
It's all over now
Yeah your fight is over now
It's all over now
It's in the words
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So many voices crying out
But only one I want to hear
And while the joyless scream and shout
We can make them disappear
We could be filled with love or hatred
Irreverent or sacred
Starry eyed or jaded
Just you and me
So many voices crying out
But only one I was to hear
And while the joyless scream and shout
Oh we can make them disappear
We could be each other's ballast
Keep every word we've promised
Do everything in harness
Just you and me
So many voices crying out
But only one I want to hear
And while the joyless scream and shout
Well we can make them disappear
Undignified or solemn
Gleeful or crestfallen
The solution or the problem
Just you and me
So many voices crying out
But only one I was to hear
And while the joyless scream and shout
Oh we can make them disappear
We could be each other's ballast
Keep every word we've promised
Do everything in harness
Just you and me
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what could have
just another day
makes a stone heart crumble
from years of decay
-Had me on the ropes
there was no one to blame
now I'm filled with hatred
filled with shame
tears in my eyes
fist clenched in anguish
oh but my heart
has never been dark
took no time
to understand
that I'm a just stranger
in a
stranger land
-meant for some of you
not people like me
but you'd never find me
down on my knees
tears in my eyes
fists clenched in anguish
oh but my heart
has never been dark
then along came you
like a burning bush
to a world in shambles
all my
buttons pushed
But I finally found my way
as I fold my hands and pray
Lord I surrender
just show me the way
through
tears in my eyes
and fists clenched in anger
oh but my heart
has never been dark
COMING SOON THE END
BUT MY HEART HAS NEVER BEEN DARK
DEATH CARD
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6. |
Reaching Out For Love
03:03
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I wish I kept a diary
Jotted down some memories
And now it's been too many years
My time is up along with all
Of my fears
My head is filled with melody
Can't seem to shake the tragedies
Of unreconciled relationships
And the spiteful words about to fall
Off your lips
I will
Atone
My hearts not made of stone
No
Oh Lord please don't let it be so
The storm
Has calmed
And I' m reaching for love and beyond
And beyond
I think I hear the radio playing
A Love Supreme by John Coltrane
Yeah but still there is something amiss
It's the warm
and tender feeling
of your kiss
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Once upon a time
In Montréal
The only place
I can recall
Albeit in
A bleary haze
That's what it's
These final days
The story goes
Something like this:
We must pursue
Domestic bliss
The time is now
The place is here
I'll learn some French
Avec plaisir
I'll sacrifice
What little I've
My saxophone
And all that jive
I'll get a job
And work as hard
As God allows me to
I'll do my very
Best to hide
The bitterness
It will subside
It may take years
Or decades
I never got used
To the freezing nights
But life with you
Was paradise
With no regret
I'll say good night
From Montréal
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Girl you've got to let me go
Take it easy take it slow
Give it time I know you'll heal
And let Jesus take the wheel
Close your eyes and you'll see clear
Take my hand I'll pull you near
In the dark before the dawn
Hold on
Time will wait for us
We'll trust
In god
We trust
Seven weeks we won't get back
Give or take oh I lost track
See I was already gone
Long gone
There were times when I could feel
The Lord's hand upon the wheel
We were following pretty slow
So slow
Into the middle of the night
We trusted
God
We trust
Girl it's time to let me go
Into the light into the glow
no more bullshit only joy
oh joy
just trust
in god
we trust
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Murray A. Lightburn Montreal, Québec
Professional entertainer, composeur, black guy from The Dears but mostly everyone’s dad.
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