pink clouds 
the sun comes like a rocket 
up to the edge of the afternoon from my drippin' porch, i can sure feel it comin' 
the screen door smacks, and it's just you 
and i 
and you're all shot up 
with the available light 
the available light 

the book 
well it's a movie now 
'bout how i was busted up and laid-out 
tried to grab this girl, - 
she was goin' way too fast around> didn't understand quite how she was wound but you know we wound up tight 
and i shot it all 
with the available light 
the available light 

i can see life runnin' in the big lens - 
the frames just flickin' by 
and i'm all shot up 
with the available light 

the sky cracks 
and the moment's jammed 
the sun cuts deep in an ancient groove 
and i don't carve these days out of remembrance, man 
i've seen enough now to know, you got to shoot 
while you got it in your sight 
you gotta shoot it all 
with the available light 

yeah i can see life runnin' in the big lens 
the frames just flickin' by  
and i'm all shot up  
with the available light 
available light 
available light 
the available light 

.

People are not fools, she said 
i think she paraphrased someone, i don't know who yet 
she taught 'strangers religion' 
she shook respect, and then she put it to bed 
well now, out beyond the fences 
beyond the middle-scientific heads 
i made contact, - some momentary focus 
and it was somethin' i'll never forget 

well 
i just lay out among the stars 
and the stars rained down 
and i could see a little farther 
well it was the strangest night 
i throw the moments over my shoulder 
yeah it was the strangest time 
that you know i never try to get over 

i'm beyond the fences 
yeah i'm out beyond the fences 

down at the passion river 
i stood in my thoughts, slingin' mud 
i burned all the scientific bridges - 
and when it let loose, man, i stood in the flood 
but i will stand on my own volition 
i am, perhaps, a bit too sentient 
i'm out of breath, yeah, but i ain't stoppin' 
i'm goin' over this fence 
well 

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out there in the blue of distance 
out beyond god's eminence 
i felt around, for a minute, in my pocket 
but all i could come up with was my six cents 

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music and lyrics by d. corley

It takes a while, to cut the diamond face 
drawn on a desperate man, yeah 
- coolin' my hips to judge lines in the terrain 
i'll suffer your smile where i stand 
because hey, - this one's on me 
- try to lend a hand and i'll shoot 
this one's on me 
alright 

been standin' around, tell-no-tales corner 
- thinking, somehow there's got to be a blessing here 
but if i move, my lip's split, - my next step is broken glass 
you left me a wish, baby it's still lyin' where you passed 
because hey, - this one's on me 
every letter 
this one's on me 
alright 

and it's hard to fake 
- the joke, it was all lost on me 
whatever is on 
this one's on me 

i'm bearin' down now, yeah man, i'm ultra-montane 
i spent the night, thinkin' 'sun!' 
you will, again, live to remember the midnight-tryst 
and i still may end up with some extra lines on my wrists 
because hey, this one's on me 
try to lend a hand and i'll shoot 
this one's on me 
alright 

and it's hard to fake 
the joke?, - it was all lost on me 
whatever is on 
this one's on me 
listen 
this one's on me 
this one's on me 

music and lyrics by d. corley

i hopped up into my truck 
but i headed to the wrong bar 
got way too fucked-up 
started wishin' on the wrong star 
- but the sky, man, it's so large.... 
that's just an easy mistake 

you had such a nice face 
you were lookin' like a long love 
comin' from your strange place 
- it seemed like you come from the sky above 
but i forgot the sound that love makes 
that's just an easy mistake 
yeah yeah yeah 

i'm tryin' to do the right thing 
- that's an easy mistake 
i'm tryin' to do the right thing 
that's an easy mistake 
oh yeah 

.....comin' from a long night 
jus' seein' what time takes 
knowin' even if you get it right 
and forget the sound that love makes 
well that's not something that's ever easy to try to fake 
but it's an easy mistake 

hangin' with some old friends 
seein' where the dream ends 
lookin' to where the light bends 
and knowin' what you mean when 
you say even the colors we've dreamed in, fade 
- ah, that's just an easy mistake 

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that's an easy mistake 
if you forget the sound that love makes 
baby that's an easy mistake, oh yeah 
- i was in the right world 
but i must've got the time wrong 
- you were such a nice girl 
but i forgot the sound that love makes 
baby that's an easy mistake 
ah yeah 

.

oh oh, you know sometimes i think life's just gonna pass me by 
i've crossed insane fields, beyond the bounds of all reason 
and i'm just about dog-tired 
mm, it's strange, it's strange, down in the crease, under the soft-light-veil 
oh well, guess i'll just dream the same dream 
- lead me down 
i dream a dog tale 
oh yeah yeah 

i live, and travel, in the crease 
and i crawl through daylight in my sleep 
i've been over the bridge, and i was lookin' down 
but now there's no chance of wakin' me up 
from these light dreams 
- some of them go rail to rail 
oh yeah some of these light dreams, you know 
leave me down 
i dream a dog tale, oh yeah yeah 

i am beyond the bounds of all reason 
i am 

and i sigh, as i'm rollin' up my sleeve 
but you don't want to lift this load 
now i lie here, rusting, covered in a light dream 
you wonder some of them glow? - they glow 

whoa! 
i am beyond the bounds of all reason, i am 
standing alone in a gale, - caught in a hurricane, - 
down in the crease, with some of these light dreams 
- some of them go rail to rail 
oh yeah some of these light dreams, you know 
lead me down 
i dream a dog tale, oh yeah yeah 

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back down through the years, 
- i can see it in a thousand mirrors - 
one caustic reflection 
now i lie in my tomb-town, grinding the gears 
and turning keys, man, - i make it all up 
i sigh as i'm rollin' up my sleeve 
but you don't want to lift this load 
i lie here rusting, - covered in a light dream 
you wonder, some of them glow?, they glow 

whoa! 

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music and lyrics by d. corley

look where i draw my breath 
yeah that's where i draw my breath 
i draw my breath from the source of the thing 
gonna throw down some forever saved up 
but i'm not leavin' a trace 
and i'm not walkin' away 
hey hey 
because whatever it was, man i know what you meant 
it's like an unspoken thing 
ah yeah 

so i said some things about whatever it was 
because what things are 
ha that's hard to get 
so now i don't question the view 
no i just walk here with you 
because whatever love is, man it's nothin' we said 
it's like an unspoken thing 
oh yeah 
it just makes sense 

and that's where 
that's where 
that's where i draw my breath 
yeah that's where 
that's where i draw my breath 

and when the east mountains fall, it will be all 
one solid gold line of silence 
kinda like an unspoken thing 
oh yeah 
just makes sense 

and that's where 
that's where 
that's where i draw my breath 
yeah that's where 
that's where i draw my breath 

so look where i draw my breath (that's what it is) 
yeah that's where i draw my breath (that's where it's at) 
i draw my breath from the source of the thing 
gonna throw down my forever saved up 
but i'm not leavin' today 
and i'm not walkin' away 
hey hey 
because whatever it was, yeah i know what you meant 
like an unspoken thing 
oh yeah 
just makes sense 


music and lyrics by d. corley

the river moves 
through the sand archives 
i might have been holding her up - 
i'm not gonna this time 
i relinquish control 
i think it softens my eye 
i believe in the power of this moment 
but i let it wash over the bow 
i believe 
you got to lean into it 
man, you got to lean 

i started waiting again 
i started doctorin' up 
threw some weight off my head 
ah man, i just threw it off 
i said well now after today 
i will sharpen my eye 
i will believe in the power of this motion 
but i'll let it wash over my brow 
i believe 
you got to lean into it 
oh man, you got to lean 


music and lyrics by d. corley

what were you like when you were younger ? 
were you always this alone, 
and driven by your strange wonder ?, 
that you kept locked up ? 
there was some warmth in your bed, i guess you always needed 
i was never enough, - that much you finally conceded 
just a little more time, you think you wasted 
ahh, baby i think now i understand 

but i hope for a little while, at least, you can taste it 
if you've got love to burn 
but i don't believe you're gonna find things gettin' any easier 
on down the line..... 
on the line you're leavin' from 

- it's time you went lookin' for what you lost 
you lose what' you've found, at whatever the cost 
and you finally found our paths only just crossed 
ahh, i think now i understand 
(but) what did you lose? - or did you just lose your thread? 
i said some things, but it was not what i said..... 
- you were backin' up even back then, 
and lookin' down a lot 

and i guess that's just not where it led 
but that's not what it was 
i don't believe you're gonna find things gettin' any easier 
on down the line 
on the line you're leavin' from 
on the line you're leavin' from 

look in my eyes, and look at my face in your mind 
i just hope you can see, - i was really trying to taste it, this time 
and there's still a thin line, from my soul to yours - 
across the platform 

yeah you're standin' at the station, - the tracks are rusted 
another man, you thought you trusted 
- just a little more time you think you wasted 
ahh, in a choice, baby i think i understand 
i just hope for a little while, at least you can taste it 
if you've got love to burn 
but i don't believe you're gonna find things gettin' any easier 
on down the line 
on the line you're leavin' from 
on the line you're leavin' from 
on down the line 
baby i'll see you on down the line 
maybe i'll see you on down the line 

 

 9. END OF MY RUN

yeah i've been runnin' all my life 
i've covered some ground, - could use some sleep 
and i just raised my head up from the gulf of centuries 
i wonder how i came to be here 
and is this hell, or paradise, or what? 
the rain parades outside, and i just got to lie low 
at the end of my run 

i'm boxed-up in this canyon 
sometimes i wish they'd just bury me 
and i can even justify the end 
but i don't know what that means 
i'm goin' to make a play here 
come hell, or high water, or blood 
it's like a parade today 
at the end of my run 

it's the end of my run 
and the money's all gone 
it's been so long, since i had my fun 
would i do it again, now that it's all done? 
oh man it's hard to say 
it's just hard to say 

now i've been mis-placed here 
and i won't cross this life again 
n' i've been dialin' imperial area-codes 
to wake up all my old friends 
but they don't wanna talk to me 
or else the lines keep breakin' up 
long-distance, meet the sages now 
at the end of my run 

it's the end of my run 
and the money's all gone 
it's been so long, - i was so set up 
would i do it again, now that it's all done? 
oh man that's hard to say 
it's hard to say 
that's hard to say 
that's just so hard to say 

it's the end of my run 
and the damage is done 
and if i have any feelings left 
well there's no-one left to feel 'em 
- as for my fate under this sun - 
i will let no man seal it 
it's the end of my run 
oh oh oh-oh-oh oh-oh 
ah that's hard to say 


music and lyrics by d. corley

 

 10. THE CALM REVOLUTION

when she came, she dived out 
of the cold bliss, without warning 
yeah she kept days out of the sun 
don't yet realize what she's done 
i was just a kid, then 
so i am now 
oh yeah yeah 

can i get a head count? 
do you want to prolong this dream? 
the earth is on one big damn roll 
this is the calm revolution turning 
this is the calm revolution 
push it around 
keep it turning 

well i'm down, but i'm in 
down in the ocean, with the planet sun 
yeah i'm kinda like a submarine mountain 
but i'm about to break the surface now 
about to come clean 
oh yeah yeah 

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push it around 
keep it turning 
push it around 
keep it turning 
keep it turning 
push it around 

we're under this sun 
the same sun, - you and me 
this life is for us..... 
and i was just a kid then 
but so i am now 
oh yeah yeah 

can i get a head count? 
do you want to prolong this dream? 
the earth is on one big last roll 
this is the calm revoution turning 
this is the calm revolution 
push it around 
keep it turning 
push it around 
just keep it turning 


words and music by d. corley