blue moon, blue mood ring

the perfect pair of jeans, no tattoos

but she drew a face on everything

sometimes she’d draw wings on you

naked at the center of a pond

at midnight in The Bronx

screaming “Hunter boy come on

the water’s warm, be cool”

she pierced my ears in green light

with ladybugs in flight

silence spoke in white lies

broken by our rite of truth

I dreamt we woke in flames

that night she dreamt the same

the fire burned our bed

our bodies left woven and unscathed

waking slowly with the bells

our secrets told themselves

making echoes in the well

we nearly fell into

kissing only with our eyelids

butterflies entwining

laid down in a field of dead lilies

felt our lives begin again

before I lived here on this haunted mountain

I was walking through the valley on my own

darkness all around me, I looked to the sky and saw you

wreathed all around in a golden cloud

all of my life I’ve been a rounder

traveling across this green land

but now that I live here on this haunted mountain

I know I’m never coming down

no I’m never coming down

I’m never coming down again

every dewdrop on this haunted mountain

is like a tiny crystal ball

early in the morning, I peer into the living leaves

and prophesy with the light of dawn

all of my life I’ve been a rounder

traveling across this green land

but now that I live here on this haunted mountain

I know I’m never coming down

no I’m never coming down

I’m never coming down again

I drank the water of this haunted mountain, saw a younger reflection in the falls

the river rose around me

I was swept up in an eddy

drifted a mile and nearly drowned

all of my life I’ve been a rounder

traveling across this green land

but now that I live here on this haunted mountain

I know I’m never coming down

no I’m never coming down

I’m never coming down again

tell me baby, what was that you said?

what was that you said?

you said something about paradise

and it shot straight through me

sweet baby, lightning struck me twice

lightning struck me twice

you stopped my heart

when you said something about paradise

you can talk about it

I see it in your eyes

tell me about living in the afterlife

a home in roses made of light

I see it in your eyes

tell me how you got heaven in your eyes

heaven in your eyes

“I fell into a black hole with the hot flux of hazel”

tell me how you got heaven in your eyes

heaven in your eyes

“I nearly died when I fell into the halo”

you can talk about it

I see it in your eyes

tell me about living in the afterlife

a home in roses made of light

I see it in your eyes

you can talk about it

I see it in your eyes

tell me about living in the afterlife

a home in roses made of light

I see it in your eyes

I see it in your eyes

my dad rode a 750 when he lived alone in Siskiyou County

he’d memorized the curves of the forest route up Shasta to his home

once he flew around a bend, and elk were scattered across the road

no time to brake, so he closed his eyes and prayed

there’s too many stories to remember

too many stories to tell

too many stories

years later in Greece with my momma shining blue and gold

playing honey take the wheel on a windy Cycladean road

with a heavy rain falling, their car lost all control

and slid over the line towards a trailer truck head on

there’s too many stories to remember

too many stories to tell

too many stories

the way I remember them telling me, they slid right through the truck

not around or under, but in one side and out the other

it broke the laws of physics in my childhood memory

but they said “you made that all up”

when I retold their story recently

there’s too many stories to remember

too many stories to tell

too many stories

there’s too many stories to remember

too many stories to tell

too many stories

we climbed over the ocean

flew from stone to stone

I saw you feel without a reason

your feelings teach me that reason ain’t a need

when I try to help it hurts you

I’ll try to let you grieve

to die alone down in the stones

and come alive again in peace

I’ll never know, I’ll never know

the secret life inside of you

I’ll never know, I’ll never know

the secret side of you

I came home late in the evening

and from just outside the door

I heard a voice in four seasons

a woman singing I’d never heard before

you sang of yellow roses

you sang of neon glow

inventing words I’d never heard

holyahwylio

I’ll never know, I’ll never know

the secret life inside of you

I’ll never know, I’ll never know

the secret side

I’ll never know, I’ll never know

the secret life inside of you

I’ll never know, I’ll never know

the secret side of you

I knew the moment that I saw you

that my life would never be the same

you drew a flower on my face

my heart bruised as you flew away

I didn’t know you then

though my love grew

my love knew everything

one year until we met again

by a green river where we first held hands

in midnight’s silver and white

we found the jewel of the sands

I didn’t know you then

though my love grew

my love knew everything

I didn’t know you then,

though my love grew

my love knew everything

our first kiss felt like home

with tears in our eyes

and now, one thousand kisses later

each one feels like the first time

I didn’t know you then

though my love grew

my love knew everything

I didn’t know you then,

though my love grew

my love knew everything

blue eyed boy, shining like a movie

in corduroy kissing Suzy

july five, she gave her love a locket

swallow dives and whistle rockets

ufo touched down, climb on Jim

“please don’t go” she begged

but he was gone with the wind

two full moons lighting up the evening

the undae dunes softly breathing

new friends, N’mnaven and V’rano

mind reading and spin the bottle

ufo touched down, climb on Jim

“please don’t go” she begged

but he was gone with the wind

years flew by with enigmatic beauty

but every night he’d think of Suzy

red sky filled with rockets

jim still flies with a silver locket

when I first met you, you we were standing on the street

revolution avenue in the dizzying heat

the sunlight framed you in a mystical beauty

your voice came ringing and it shot right through me

now I know you like I think I know myself

just a big mystery like everybody else

I wanna know where you’re coming from

I wanna know where you’re coming from

I wanna know where you’re coming from now

outside of town in a field of weeds

dirt flowers and honeybees

we laid down by the energy tree

I can say anything and you don’t judge me

cut through the tall grass by the glittering stream

what do you remember about your troubling dream?

I wanna know where you’re coming from

I wanna know where you’re coming from now

I don’t even remember how long it’s been

it seems you’re always just around the bend

though I know when the day comes

it’ll feel the same as it always was

rolling down the boulevard like a demon on a cloud

sail in on the west wind with a dark and furrowed brow

I wanna know where you’re coming from

I wanna know where you’re coming from now

now I know you like I think I know myself

just a big mystery like everybody else

I wanna know where you’re coming from

I wanna know where you’re coming from

I wanna know where you’re coming from now

Ava crowed, her labor went on for days

eyes glowed, she sang lullabies to slow the pain

“sunshine my sunshine, you make me happy when skies are gray”

when the midwife arrived she untied all the curtains

and unbraided the ribbons from Ava’s head

made loose every shining black strand thread by thread

come waves of redemption free out on the ocean

come waves and waves and waves and waves of grief

spread out to the horizon, shining from the land

the baby rose an angel among men

eyes gold like butterflies in the wind

“I dreamed I held you, alas I was mistaken”

grown older the angel returned to man

stock broker in a faraway and distant land

“come back and make me happy, I’ll forgive you and take the blame”

“I’ve always loved you, and nothing else could come between”

their story’s told with language below words

a love grown in silence only angels heard

“sunshine my sunshine you make me happy when skies are gray

you’ll never know dear how much I love you, you can’t take my sunshine away”

help me catch a bird in the meadow

we’ll hold it so gently as you write

the words I can’t to the one who has vanished or died

saving my tears in a bottle

saving my nickels and dimes

to give to the old necromancer

who knows how to read and to write

dip your quill into my well

tears fall as you write

his wings will carry my words so heavy to the sky

The storm is rolling in slowly

we’ll draw a circle on the ground

take my words, my little bird

to call upon the lover of clouds

the wind is twisting all the branches

feel the lightning in the air

shadow’s born, its faces form everywhere

fly your five directions home

fly with eyes closed

take my words, little bird

though sing the song you know

right from the palm of our hands we seemed to slip

to some frozen in between

stars silent show moments beyond what we know

if we believe what we’ve seen

could a lullaby rise?

could hope through the sky stream?

as the rainbow grew, could a dream come true?

when a moment of wonder fills you with wonder

a moment above and below

just a glimpse of the beauty we’re always remembering

like the rainbow knew as the dream came true

like the rainbow knew as the dream came true