Not so long ago In a common hole Quick development Of a slow exchange And among this breed Rattled by the speed Came an out of place appeal God send me a blaze...

Hold up your hands, you've got nothing to shield you This one took all that you had It's hard to say who's been wrestled Or willingly gave it all, gave it away ...

All the spokes are bent We weren't even in the road I'll collect the evidence all the way home It's safe in here I know, I know, I know But this is not the onl...

Tied it up, tried to keep it inside, pushed it down, but it wants to rise Tied it up, tried to keep it inside, pushed it down, but it wants to rise Want to know...

Jesus is coming and I'm in a cri Gainesville is ugly, the landscape is grim Everything I say won't leave my mouth Everything I say comes crawling out Jesus is ...

I am a captive To myself to no one else We walk hand in hand Through dark hallways with no end I sit in his corner With my hands bound and my eyes closed His v...

Creepy as kudzu Hides what it chokes Is it not beautiful Though morose You took a bed And then gutted your host But not hiding for long But not hiding for long...

The cup on the counter leaves a circular stain The rut from the tire is deep in the clay The flat of the grass where a body was laid The contents of pockets all...

Riding in a car without talking Swimming out much further than you should Saying words that had long been forgotten Packing it up when we're ready to Leaving no...

How can I tell you That I love you, I love you But I can't think of right words to say I long to tell you that I'm always thinking of you That I'm always thinki...

There's a gulf at the edge of the yard And the husk of a she'd and a garden It's the virus that swells in the grass It's the ration that stays with the water T...

In a manner of speaking I just want to say That I could never forget the way You told me everything by saying nothing In a manner of speaking I don't understan...

How they try to, mothers don't forget All those words them daughters said No they thread, they thread, they thread Now they hang there, wait there in the eaves ...

If I could take it all apart and hold it still enough Then we could see exactly what is keeping this aloft On spite of all of this incessant circling over us An...

You did it Finally They almost asked it of you Didn't they And they took it Finally Did you want them to Well their backs are on us now So let's throw all the...

Your birth was a mystery Your life was exposed They took it and twisted it And made it their own Now high on your history Now drunk on your lore They're armed ...

I climbed the highest peak And watched the sky all swathed in pink You were there and not there too A canopy of night on you And thinking only of myself I turne...

I thought today was the end It felt like a drug I had to slam myself and stare Hypnotic one Why must it always be that one day can change the rest That stricken...

Just like we failed marlene Left her with arms gaping Like two wild birds Entangled in string Like we failed oh Marlene Like we failed oh Marlene Passed your b...

Catcher ways Backyard buzz You are drifting like I wish I was Hungry net One to be pinned That old deft hand Washboard skin You are under wood You are so not, ...

I am standing right here by your baby We are breathing the same way I have taken a toll on your gracious Appetite for holding on And what, what can I say What ...

Birds lifted away all that we gave them Now summer's parade quietly fades on a reel I pulled down the lights from every last tiny lim Tucked away signs that we'...

A long time it's been and you waited here so strong Hang on my friend and we'll row out alone You know we don't owe them anything at all You know you had a lot ...

No shadow, no stars There's no moon and no cars November It only believes In a pile of dead leaves And a moon That's the color of bone No prayers for November...

Just a perfect day Drink sangria in the park And then later, when it gets dark We go home Just a perfect day Feed animals in the zoo And then later, a movie, t...

This breath that I've taken Is it yours, is it mine This life that I've given Is it yours, is it mine And as I slip so quickly I leave it all behind This growin...

Some say I've got devil Some say I've got angel But I'm just a girl in trouble I don't think I'm in danger Don't think I'm in danger I know I'm not in danger B...

There's a place for us Somewhere a place for us Peace and quiet and open air Wait for us Somewhere There's a time for us Someday there'll time for us Time toge...

In the yard Small things beat you down Till you could not leave the house Take your leverage when you can Take the beast by the hand They will always be In th...

This one goes out to the one I love This one goes out to the one I've left behind A simple prop to occupy my time This one goes out to the one I love Fire, fir...

Tonight the moon is a fingernail Glowing for you, on a wire, as you set sail The sea a dream, laid out for you The sea a dream, laid out for you Tonight we'll ...

When they're in the backrooms (they say it they say it they say it) On the turnpike (they say it they say it they say it) In their sunday clothes (they say it t...

Sometimes everything works out okay Sometimes it seems to go the other way But it really don't matter at all It depends upon how quickly you rise when you fall ...

Navigate your life plan And radiate with all you have Lie down in your head Let loose your life thread Let it slip right out of hand Let it slip right Let it s...

Her long limbs His monkey mind On the sidewalk staring up at a power line All the details crawl up her spine Like the spiders on the veil, on the vine He write...

Round, round goes the clock My panic sounds like tick-tock Night, oh night, move on Your clutch is much too strong Go ten hungry hawks Around our heads just as...

We build bridges Don't we Sometimes need a hand Despite our best laid plans Don't we Sometimes miss what we had And we struggle Don't we Sometimes lose the re...

I looked for your bones in the woods I looked for your bones in the woods I looked for your bones or any sign of where you were I looked for your bones in the w...

You live alone, at night, it's all you can do Stop leaving, all the leaving's through Stop happening, not happening to you I know this part, I'll sing with you ...

You there You might be everything I need from there You there Your mouth said everything I needed to hear I planted my foot in the ditch when you looked I did w...