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HEART
MADE OF WIND:
Pilgrim Go!
Some go by land, some
go by sea
Some with a map, some in mystery
Some go by mind, some go by soul
Some go with God, some never go
Some know the sun, some know the rain
Some know hunger, some know pain
Some know the woodlands, some know the roads
Some know deserts, some never know
Peregrino, let the sunlight kiss your eyes when the
morning winds blow
Peregrino! Pilgrim go! Pilgrim go!
Dream of true loves,
dream of games
Dream of victors, dream their names
See with your eyes closed while you roam
And when you wake, dream of home
Peregrino, let the sunlight kiss your eyes when the
morning winds blow
Peregrino! Pilgrim go! Pilgrim go!
You must go and take
your chances, go take all the
midnight dances,
Pilgrim go! Pilgrim go!
Memphis
I didn't bring any
blue suede shoes, but it had
nothing to do with Elvis anyway
We were down at the bluebird, and the songs were
through, and neither of us had ever been to Memphis
So we left on a dare in the middle of the night, we
drove out into the stormy moonlight
In a rental car with unlimited miles
The radio played songs about busy men, and we both
knew
That first you wish, and then you dream, and then you
turn the ignition
And you're on your way
We took a road called
music highway, but there were
times when it was just the rain
Or just my heartbeat when you held my hand, but it was
all too much, so we turned the radio on again
And we left on a dare in the middle of the night, we
made our way through the stormy moonlight,
And we went half a mile past the boundary of "just
friends"
It all went by in just a blur and through it all, you
can wish, or you can dream, but just keep floorin' the
pedal
And you're on your way
We saw a bridge out
in the distance, and it was lit up
like a carnival
And it crossed the Mississippi before we knew what
happened
We never knew that we'd hit Arkansas, we laughed out
in the rain
But we had to get back to Nashville in time to catch
our plane
It says now or never
in the Elvis song, but just this
once I hope he's wrong
'Cause there was no time left to kill,
And there's that kiss we didn't steal
But we left on a dare in the middle of the night, I'll
always remember that stormy moonlight
In all the times when I will think of you
'Cause I know Memphis taught you well, and I know that
first you'll wish and then you'll dream and then
you'll catch a plane
And you're on your way
I
Can't Hold Your Shadow
In a dream I am walking
by a cold and restless sea
Through the wind I think I hear your voice calling to
me
And I can feel your arms as they hold your heart to
mine
But I awaken holding a shadow; I am lost in a darkness
that makes me blind
Tell me, how long
will I hold this shadow, when will I
see the light?
Every time I feel you near me you are somehow lost in
the night
How long will you leave me wondering, will you ever
choose to stay?
Every time I thought you loved me you have suddenly
slipped away
And I can't hold your shadow
I am standing in the
rain trying to rid my thoughts of
you
But all I think of are those nights you left me
speechless and confused
You touch my hand, I feel my heart begin to slip
And your eyes taunt me with a love that is just beyond
my grip
Tell me, how long
will I hold this shadow, when will I
see the light?
Every time I feel you near me you are somehow lost in
the night
How long will you leave me wondering, will you ever
choose to stay?
Every time I thought you loved me you have suddenly
slipped away
And I can't hold your shadow
I'm afraid to fall
for you again, I tell my heart
beware
Will you be there to catch me or will I shatter into
pieces that I can't repair?
The
Key to My Heart
Try as I may to believe
it, it's something that can't
be true
That I'd really find me another who could make me
forget all about you
Their intentions are true but they just can't get to
me
Baby, can't you see
There's only one key
to my heart
And there's only one man who can turn that key
And the way that it looks, there is only one place it
could be
You're the only one for me
Other guys try to
make themselves a copy with their
amateur locksmith skills
But they're just cheap and shiny imitations; still I
long for the one that is real
Baby, can't you see the mistake my life would be
Without you holding me
There's only one key
to my heart
And there's only one man who can turn that key
And the way that it looks, there is only one place it
could be
Please bring it back to me
Bring it back, bring
it back, bring it back to me
Baby, please, can't you see? You're the only one for
me
Wednesday
I only think of you
on Wednesday when the toast is
done and the grass is green
And the sun is rising in a Technicolor sky
And it's just the kind of morning that I wish you
could have seen
Some people miss their lovers on Monday when they're particularly blue
You don't remind me of anything that lonely Wednesdays are the only days
I ever think of you
I only think of you
on Wednesdays in silly places like
the grocery store
When I remember when you let me wear your sweater
When you were picking out the ice-cream bars
Some people miss their lovers on Friday when they've
got no place to go
I only think of you on Wednesdays for all the simple
happiness we ever used to know
You've been long enough
gone that I have long since
forgotten
All the nights we used to paint the town
On ordinary days when I go about my business
That's when I notice that you're not around
That's when I start to get to feeling down
So if you wonder if I miss you in wintertime when the
snow begins to fall
I don't think about you every single day, but that
doesn't mean I never think of you at all
Some people miss their lovers on Christmas amidst the
customary cheer
I only think of you on Wednesdays and every other
ordinary day of the year
Paint
it Red
Blue lady on a chair
by the window, thinking how her
dreams and reality collide
Blue sky how it mocks her emotions, laughing in the
face of the nights she's cried
Stand up, move your
feet, change your life to an
upbeat
You've got to turn around, look straight ahead
Take your world and paint it red
Green man on a bench
by the streetway, staring at the
girl on the other guy's arm
Green grass, like his soul that she walks on; he was
safety but she went for the charm
Stand up, move your
feet, change your life to an
upbeat
You've got to turn around, look straight ahead
Take your world and paint it red
Like the color of
your heart
Like the color of the dreams you can't ignore
So what are you waiting for?
Red!
I
Am Not A Fortune Teller
I am not a fortune
teller, I am not your psychic
friend
I don't claim to know tomorrow, I don't even try to
pretend
But I can be your storyteller, and I can be your
oldest friend
And I can be the sentinel for all the dreams that you
defend
I am not a mystery,
I am not a foreign code
I am not an ancient myth that any man has ever told
But I can be your miracle, and the coat that covers
you
And when the windy world tells lies, my love will tell
the truth
And if we ever really
said goodbye, it's nothing I've
rehearsed
Maybe I could laugh it off, maybe my whole heart would
burst
I don't know if time will be a blessing or a curse
I can't hold the second hand, but you can hold my
first
I can't give you dark
or danger to make you realize
what you've had
But every time we try to act like strangers, it only
makes us both feel sad
I am not a fortune teller, but I can tell a fortune
true
Ever time it stands before me, and every time I think
of you
One More Star
Is it the color of
your eyes? Is it the shape of your
lips?
Is it just me, cause I have never seen you quite like
this
Is it the sound of your voice, the way you're saying
my name?
Call me crazy, but I'm telling you it's not the same
Maybe with one more
star in the sky, one more taken
chance, one more dance
Just one less space between you and I, and you could
be starting something
I always liked your
smile the way it was before
But tonight it's different, and I'm wondering what
that smile is for
The way it stops my heart, the way it takes my breath
If it's just you, well then why am I so scared to
death?
Maybe with one more
star in the sky, one more taken
chance, one more dance
Just one less space between you and I, and you could
be starting something
Hear my voice, listen
to my song, lose your head and
take me along
Strike the match that lights this flame
Kiss me and I'll forget my name
One more star in the
sky, one more taken chance, one
more dance
Just one less space between you and I
And you could be starting something
Going Home
They play guitars underneath the sky, I've seen it all firsthand And they
sing and they dance and they smile, and speak a language that I understand
And the starlight makes it's magic just the way I've seen it happen a
thousand times before And if so much is the same, there's no way I could
be that far from home These bridges all have railways, the streets have
dotted lines, it comes as no surprise And with every mile that passes
underneath my wheels, the pictures change before my eyes As the sunlight
hits the buildings in the rising and the setting of familiar warmth and
gold And if so much is the same there's no way I could be that far from
home Beyond this city there's a bakery; across the borders I can smell
it's gravitational pull Beyond this country someone's praying; do they
know that I'll be back before they know? I break my fifty and I trade
it for a one-way bus pass headed north And the landmarks fly straight
past me out the window of everything I've seen before And the engine takes
to humming, I fall asleep and start to dream of all the happiness I know
But if I can smell the bread, check the mail, get the phone, climb my
roof, see your house, hear the bells, have this dream There's no way in
this world that I could ever really be that far from home
Heart Made of Wind
Close your eyes and
wait to hear your name like a
whisper in your soul
And in a moment I'll be rushing over you in a memory
of a moment we once stole
With a heart made
of wind I will run through the
clover and I'll fly to the city
Slip away through the trees
And though I'm far away I will love you all over the
face of the earth
With my heart made of wind
You will find I'm
not you're average breeze; I can
tear down a house when I get strong
And in the nighttime I'll go dancing in the trees, and
I will soothe you with my warm and gentle song
With a heart made
of wind I will run through the
clover and I'll fly to the city
Slip away through the trees
And though I'm far away I will love you all over the
face of the earth
With my heart made of wind
And I'll be gone as
quickly as I came, but I'll mess
up your hair before I go
And if I'm wilder than the ones you knew before, I'm
just holding you the only way I know
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