just got back from a midnight ride 
cool fall air is brisk at night
just ten miles from the city lights
I see the future looking mighty bright


beat the suffering beat the pain
that grows like cancer in acid rain

GREY SKIES IN THE MORNING
THE WIND WHISPERS SECRETS OF OUR LIVES
THIS FRAGILE THREAD OF LIFE
GONNA HAVE IT MY WAY
SO LITTLE HAS CHANGED
SHE COMES FROM ABOVE
SHE COMES FROM THE WEST

WHEN YOU REACH THE FORK IN THE ROAD
HOW WILL YOU KNOW WHICH WAY TO GO

SUMMER'S GONE, FALL IS HERE
WINTER'S COLD IS VERY NEAR
SHIVERIN' BONES
RATTLE YOUR CAGE
RATTLE YOUR BONES

WITHERING ROSES ON THE VINE
MORE BITTERSWEET THAN FINE WINE

TIME TO TAKE SOME TIME FOR YOU
HELPS YOU SHAKE THEM BAD OLD BLUES

LIVIN' FREE AND EASY

you know my brother's name is shemp
and he grows some mighty fine hemp!

SOMEHOW GOTTA FIND  AN ANSWER FOR THE TIMES
WHEN I COMMIT THE CRIME OF BEING DOWN

LEAVE ME TO MY PEACE AND I WILL LEAVE YOU TOO,
ALONE IN THE DARK

WHY IS IT THAT WE HAVE SO MUCH TO OFFER MORE THAN YOU WILL EVER KNOW
SO PLEASE DON'T YA TELL ME HOW IT'S GOTTA GO

WOODED PATH, LEAVES WERE FALLING FROM THE TREES
I SAW A KITE WAY UP HIGH,  FLOATING IN THE BREEZE
WONDER IF THE BREEZE HAS EYES, THINKIN' TO MYSELF
WONDER IF SHE SEES ME NOW, SEARCHIN' FOR SOME CLUES
                           SEEKING ANSWERS TO THESE LIES 




LOOKIN FOR THE TRUTH, BUT SOMEHOW COME UP DRY
TRYING TO CURE THE CANCER, THE WORLD'S GONE AWRY
TRY IN VAIN TO BEAT THE PAIN, LIVIN WITH YOURSELF)
THAT GROWS JUST LIKE A ROSE IN A WARM NEW ENGLAND RAIN



THAT WOODED PATH IS SO FRIENDLY NOW, I SEEM TO KNOW HER WELL
AND IF SHE DOES INDEED HAVE EYES, I KNOW SHE'LL NEVER TELL
THE MANY SECRETS THAT I HAVE SHARED, FROM DEEPEST IN MY HEART
SEEKING THE ROAD TO HAPPINESS, OH WHERE AM I GONNA START?






LIKE A RAINDROP ON A PANE OF GLASS

HE LOOKED STRAIGHT INTO YOUR EYES

YOU'RE A PESSIMIST MAN  AIN'T GOT NO FAITH

YOUR DAYS ARE NUMBERED

A SUNBURST OF SOUND-BREAKING OUT OF HIDING

SURRENDER COMPLETELY-JUST PERMIT YOURSELF TO FEEL

COLD WIND OUTSIDE AND AN EMPTY STRETCH OF LAND UNDER AN EMPTY SKY




evening blue, a different hue
sadness speaks,while the wind it creaks
and tells me of times to come


the passion's gone, I write this song
where is it now, find out how
to get it back in me soon


when yesterday, I felt a ray
it came and went, but what it meant
I won't know any time soon


a heavy heart, a brand new start?
I'm torn apart, from my art
confusion is my friend