Two Houses

Ride Forever

And I rode near all my life on a ranch near Devil's Gate
And I seen this world around me bend and flip and change
Hey it feels like rain
That's a thundercloud
I've been called a coward but I've seen two world wars
And I lost my son Virgil -- my Korean reward
And my Lucy died last summer
You ask me if I cry
Hell, I'll show you tears
They're all over this ground
They're falling from these Blue Alberta Skies
We're gonna ride forever
You can't keep horsemen in a cage
Should the angels call, well it's only then
I might pull in the reins
Now they tell me I'm an old man
They tell me I am blind
They took my drivers license
This house ain't far behind
I say,"Hey jump back all you big suits
'Cause you got something wrong
Cause I ain't gone, no I ain't gone"
I am still breathing
And I still have my pride
And I have my memories
Your life it never dies
Like the wind that blows in thunder
Like the stallion on the fly
I got it all and I'm standing tall
Underneath these Blue Alberta Skies
We're gonna ride forever
You can't keep horsemen in a cage
Should the angels call, well it's only then
I might pull in the reins
So I say to all you old men
Don't let yourselves get broke
If you think the world's gone crazy
And it's scratching at your throat
It's time to dust off that old saddle
Get it on a horse
Kick up your spurs
We're gonna run like stink
We're gonna tear across these Blue Alberta Skies
We're gonna ride forever
You can't keep horsemen in a cage
Should the angels call,
Well it's only then we might pull in the reins
We're gonna ride forever
You can't keep horsemen in a cage
Should the angels call,
Well it's only then we might pull in the reins
We're gonna ride forever
You can't keep horsemen in a cage
Should the angels call,
Well it's only then we might pull in the reins


After the War

After the guns are silent
And after my wounds have healed
And after all these crosses
Have been planted in all these fields
And after that long boat ride
All the way across the sea
And after this train carries me
Chorus:
I will love you after the war
Love you for always and forever more
I will love you after the war
For always forever and more
After my boots dry
and my tobacco's all but gone
And after these postcards I been carrying
under my arm
And after I remember
all the words I couldn't say
And after this long night fades away
And after this blackbird
lifts up from off my chest
And after my soul takes its rest
My love, forgive me
I never planned to die
and love, put two pennies on my eyes


Blind Man

Gray socks and black shoes, black hair and eyes so true
A smile like a cool wind blowing through lips that kiss like a fool
These are the memories I have of you
No, these are the gifts I took from you
Your skin is so close to mine that it seems to know my name
And your laugh -- well, let's just say
Something wicked this way came
And in this old hotel my heart pounds like a drum
It beats with the rhythm of missing you
This is the rhythm of missing you
Chorus:
Take a look at the blind man, the fool ain't got no cane
The blind man he's dancing in the driving rain
Well, I am that blind man and I can finally see
What I've always known: you belong to me
There ain't nothing wrong with this hotel that a big bomb couldn't fix
My doorman he's a reprobate and the maid she's been turning tricks
And in my broken sleep I wake up from some pain
My heart drifts through the window
and sails into the rain
Oh Lord, I miss you, I miss you here in the dark
This comes from Nashville, baby
It's a call from a wounded heart
And if I want this heart of mine to ever mend
I guess I'm gonna have to find you again
Yeah, I'll have to find you again


Desert and Rain

I'm the desert, you're the rain
When I'm cracked and dry you ease my pain
When my aching body crumbles
Wanting of a peaceful refrain
I whisper to you softly
I'm the desert you're the rain
Chorus:
It happened long ago
When I was just a boy of seventeen
You were a woman schooled in love and finer things
You took me by the hand and we danced through
Each others dreams
And I whispered to you softly
I'm the desert, you're the rain
When my firebrand soul lashes out in vain
The sky opens up and you cool me again
When my windswept mind cannot seem to find the way
I whisper to you softly
I'm the desert you're the rain
I'm the desert, you're the rain
When I'm cracked and dry you ease my pain
When my aching body crumbles
Wanting of a peaceful refrain
I whisper to you softly
I'm the desert you're the rain


Man on a Bicycle

Well, I did see a man on a bicycle
riding through heavy snow
his wife said, hey kids what the heck is he doing,
everyone laughed till they cried
Fait vos jeux madam
(and) Hey monsieur, place your bets
Love is a sure thing and these dice never lie
Fait vos jeux madam
hey monsieur, I can bet
10 to 1 you're as crazy as I
Well, I did see my father walking
walking without any clothes down by the banks of that big Red Deer River
holding an old fishing pole
My father was a man
once ran an army, he loved his children
but his duty came first
till one day when I bought him a bicycle he said,
"kiss my ass, I'm as free as a bird"
Fait vos jeux, madam
(and) Hey monsieur, place your bets
Love is a sure thing and these dice never lie
Fait vos jeux madam
(and) Hey monsieur, I can bet
10 to 1 you're as crazy as I


Papas Front Porch

I woke to find the note that I thought
would never be found on my cupboard door
It said that you needed time on your own
somewhere to heal the scars of our home
I knew right then where you had to go
Chorus:
Your papa's front porch
would be there to greet you
as you came runnin down
that old dirt road
it's memories would comfort, hold you and keep you
safe and out of the storm
and that's where you'd go
your papa's front porch
As I screamed down that interstate
howlin your name in the wind
my heart reached out and slammed on the brakes
in a spin rage cannot win
I knew I'd never hurt you again
Time will heal this world that we made
But how high is the price we paid
All I ask is a breath of forgiveness
As I walk away


Promise Us the Night

If one kiss from you could have lasted forever
Then I would have died a happy man
But now I know why we're not meant for each other
And why your lips never met mine
Chorus:
Stars crumbled over the two of us
Dawn broke without rhyme
Love needed a better reason
To promise us the night
Champagne mornings were all I could dream of
After tender caresses all through the night
But I need more than a heart full of fantasy
To give of my love all the rest of my life
It's hard to imagine a day without you
But fate has spoken and I will abide
I'm sure all the love that you're longing to treasure
Will find you someday and make you my wife


Two Houses

Don't call me for supper if you don't mean to feed me
Don't tell me you love me with that gun in your hand
Cause I fall down dumbfounded
In the face of your beauty
Yeah, one look from you and I am a fool
In the palm of your hand
Chorus:
There's a house we call love built next door to hate
And both of them got lawns and a white picket gate
Their taxes don't differ and their water's the same
But in one you get comfort and the other house shame
Hey, do you mind if I speak
You know I'd like to be frank
Your cooking is wretched and this coffee is rank
But I look cross this table
Into the clutch of your eyes
And I'm kind of thrilled that we have been cursed
To live side by side
(chorus repeat)
Why do we bother
Why do we try
I think we should call it, call it a night
You go to your house and I'll go to mine
and we'll wake up tomorrow
and pick up the fight
(chorus repeat)


Voodoo

Something in the way you talk
Maybe baby, just the way you walk
Is shaking all the leaves out of the trees
Something in the way you smile
Teeth and lips and hair run wild yeh
Surely this has brought me to my knees
Oh Lord, I'm down -- I'm down upon my knees
Yes Lord, I'm down -- I'm down upon my knees
And I don't know which way to turn
Which way to go
Chorus:
What did you do to me
(did you do) did you do a little seance
(did you do) a black cat romance
(did you do) did you do a little sun dance
(did you do) did you do some voodoo baby
Hey, yeh, yeh, yeh
Feels like a winds a blowin
Looks like a hurricanes comin
And it's coming from the center of your eyes
These eyes are deepest blue
These eyes that are so true
You got the eyes to make me cry
Oh Lord, I'm down -- I'm down upon my knees
Yes Lord, I'm down -- I'm down upon my knees
And all I know is I don't know what I know
Hush now darlin
I don't plan to cry
I say hush now darlin
That ain't my style
Look at you, God knows I do
I put it down to a thing called voodoo
I put it down to the curse of love
I put it down to fate, hey
(chorus repeat)


Santa Drives A Pickup

Christmas Eve was comin, the elves were feelin low
Santa Claus was sweating cos there wasn't any snow
The weather went all crazy, the seasons flipped around
The North Pole felt like Fiji, the world was upside down

So Santa did some thinking with his special secret brew
All at once it hit him, he said "boys, here's what we'll do"
The elves topped up the gas tank, Santa climbed aboard
And turned the engine over on that '67 Ford

Chorus:
Santa drives a pickup, the reindeer ride in back
Watch out for that fat man, he'll be comin down your stack
Santa drives a pickup, he's a red neck maniac
Watch out for the big guy, he'll be comin down your stack

The Ford she started humming, Santa flashed a grin,
Gave the elves a victory sign, said shall we begin
They loaded up the toys and all the goodies for the folks
As Rudolph got a map out and he studied all the roads

Santa winked at Mrs. Claus, she said "honey come home soon,
easy on the milk and cookies, remember I love you"
Santa waved and hit the gas and boy that truck did fly
Laid a patch of rubber, said "we're goin worldwide"

Chorus

Cruising down I-95, a trooper track him down
Said "mister what's your hurry, someone run you out of town?"
Santa said "here's my ID, the licence for my sleigh"
The trooper took one look and said "Mr. Claus, I'll lead the way"

Next morning all the boys and girls were joyful as can be
as they woke to find their presents underneath the Christmas tree
Santa was contented as he turned out all the lights
He said "Merry Christmas one and all and to all a good night"

Chorus x2


Robert Mackenzie

32 down on the Robert Mackenzie

32 men on a Great Lakes boat
Quit the pier at Thunder Bay
28,000 tons of coal
On a cold November day
800 feet and 10 more long
80 feet across
The steel mills of Detroit
Our destination through the frost

At 2 AM on the 2nd
Waves were runnin' up to 40 feet
Winds were blowing 60 miles
Our engines crankin' heat
At 3:13 we took a wave
Our wheelhouse ran behind
The radar slipped beneath the waves
And we were runnin' blind

Hear me call across the waves
If I don't come home tonight
I will make it home some day

(Steel boats and iron men)
32 down on the Robert Mackenzie
(Steel boats and iron men)
32 down on the Robert Mackenzie
(Steel boats and iron men)
32 down on the Robert Mackenzie

Our captain name of Phillips
Seekin' shelter from the storm
Turned us South of Bete Gris Bay
By way of Keweenaw Point
But the wind was pushin at such a rate
We ended up driftin' North
A wave broke over a knife of rock
Six Fathom Shoal

Mackenzie she was cut in half
The stern she rammed the bow
The men were caught in metal junks
Flames burned out of hell
Stern kept running on lights of blades
Not one man would be found
Captain's last transmission read
32 men down
32 men down

Hear me call across the waves
If I don't come home tonight
I will make it home someday

(Steel boats and iron men)
32 down on the Robert Mackenzie
(Steel boats and iron men)
32 down on the Robert Mackenzie
(Steel boats and iron men)
32 down on the Robert Mackenzie
Down Down Down Down Down Down Down Down

Hear me call across the waves
If I don't come home tonight
I will make it home someday

Yes, I call across the waves
If i don't come home tonight
I will make it home some day


Kiss You 'Til You Weep

Up against this wall
Or right here in this car
Or anywhere at all
Or anywhere we are.

Lay your body down,
Down upon these stones.
This beach has grown cold,
My Love.

I'm right here in your eyes.
You're right here in mine,
And the Dodge is on the wall,
I swear.

If you ask me, I will tumble.
I'll fall down on my knees,
But I will meet you at the altar, Baby,
And kiss you...
Kiss you 'til you weep.

I'm so sick of crying.
This wound that never heals.
Tell me 'bout this lightening,
My Love.

Tell me you don't love me.
Tell me I don't feel.
We know it can't strike twice.

If you ask me, I will tumble.
I'll fall down on my knees.
I will meet you at the altar, Baby,
And kiss you...
Kiss you 'til you weep.

If you ask me, I will tumble
I'll fall down on my knees.
I will meet you at the altar, Baby,
And kiss you...

If you ask me, I will tumble,
Fall down on my knees,
And I will meet you at the altar, Baby,
And kiss you...
Kiss you 'til you weep

And kiss you 'til you weep.
And kiss you 'til you weep.
And kiss you 'til you weep



"Desert and Rain" и "Promise Us the Night" у меня нет, если кто-то поделится - скажу большое спасибо. :-)
Текстов "Angels" и "Kickin' His Shadow" не нашла.