I won’t lose control-maybe not today- Tomorrow, I don’t know, but anyway; There’s a Dollar Store next to the laundry, I’ll clean up my life. Do it on the cheap. I would be by anyway. I might stay. Jagged mountain peaks in the sky today, But I’d be high and dry if I didn’t pray for rain. There’s a Dollar Store hidden on 4th & East, I’ll build up my hopes, oh so soft, discrete. I would be by anyway. I could stay. All laid in lines; Easy to see. I’ve paid top price, No sale, no lie. I’m going to take control-maybe not today- When tomorrow comes….I’ll see. Anyway, There’s a Dollar Store across from the Spire Café. I’ll refresh my life with little price to pay. I will stay. I would be by anyway. I will stay.

I packed some things, I sold some things, Then I bought a case of brandy And she really got a hold of me. Now I’m thinking of that love, That circled me with flames. It was all up top, Just below the sky, But it cost so much, it hurt so much, To let her go to let her fly. Now I’m drinking to that love And I won’t be the same. I fell before- But not this fast And not that hard. Hey, I’m coming down. I’ve been up town so long- Higher than that wire And that girl? Well she’s not around anymore Now we’re living on the first floor Once again. The neighbours? They’re all in their phones. I pass them at the elevator, but they never say hello. Now I’m winking at that girl. She reminds me of the days… We were at the top, we were looking out, The lake was like an ocean, I said, “Hey, we’ll have another round!” We were drinking to a world That had no end. I’ve been moved before- But not as much And not that sure. Hey, I’m coming down. I’ve been up town so long- Higher than that wire And that girl? Well she’s not around anymore Now we’re living on the first floor Once again. First floor, Fell before, But not that fast And not that hard. I fell before, But not as fast And not that hard. Hey, I’m coming down. I’ve been up town so long- Higher than that wire And that girl? Well she’s not around anymore Now we’re living on the first floor Once again. Hey, I’m coming down. I’ve been up town so long- Higher than that wire And that girl? Well she’s not around anymore Now we’re living on the first floor Once again. I’m coming down.

Hey, my sister!..1…2…3… Boy, I miss you, like I’m lost at sea. I’ve been drifting; I’ve been drowning in a bottle of grief. Hey, my sister!..4…5…6… Show me your star-help me find my fix. I’ve been drifting; I’ve been downing in a bottle of grief. All the plans that I took as read, I charted out and laid the course. Scattered out on horseman winds Four ways blown. Hey my sister!..A…B…C… There’s no solid ground beneath my feet. I’m still drifting; Yes, I’m drowning in a bottle of grief. Don’t know where I’m going, Just where I’ve been. So I charted out and set the course. Fighting undercurrents Trying to find my shore. Show your star, my sister. Hey, my sister!..1…2…3… Before I met you, I was lost at sea.

Lately, I’ve been struggling to find The truth between the black and the white Writ between the lines. Grasping at the air (for some kind of meaning) Trying to walk the line (between the thought and the feeling) Keeping it together-trying to walk the line. You got me walking on the highwire; Trying to keep my balance, Keep my heart on the finest line; Caught up in the cross-fire, Trying to keep together Between the sound and the fire in my mind. Eyes upon the prize (not the ground way down below). Forwards never back (you got me only one way I can go). Holding it together-trying to walk the line. Well, these days, I find myself caught between You know, the words that I’ve heard And things that I think that I’ve seen. You know, some people try (to hold their heads in the sand) Yeah, some people try (to fly and nowhere they can land) Keeping together-trying to talk the line. You got me walking on the highwire; Trying to keep my balance, Keep my heart on the finest line; Caught up in the cross-fire, Trying to keep together Between the sound and the fire in my mind. Eyes upon the prize (not the ground way down below). Forwards never back (you got me only one way I can go). Holding it together-trying to walk the line. Fear step by fear step I make my way through this life. With each pace I dare take I’m falling, slow motion in mind. Staring hypnotised (at the path not chosen) Endless stretch away (at the time stood frozen) Keeping it together-trying to walk the line. You got me walking on the highwire; Trying to keep my balance, Keep my heart on the finest line; Caught up in the cross-fire, Trying to keep together Between the sound and the fire in my mind. Eyes upon the prize (not the ground way down below). Forwards never back (you got me only one way I can go). Holding it together-trying to walk the line. You got me walking on the highwire…

There’s a girl standing in your shoes; With your smile like a star bright night And your eyes of blue. There’s a girl standing in your suit. The imitation’s good but I know she just ain’t you. She can swear it on the good book But I know that it ain’t the truth. I don’t need to look so far to find my proof Cause when I look into those eyes I see behind the alibis. We both know you’re gonna leave. It won’t come as some surprise. I didn’t come down with yesterday’s rain So spare me the extra grief, Please. Cause when I look into those eyes, I see behind the alibis. She’s not you. There’s a girl and she’s got your shape With hair like flex on a the summer’s breeze And a look that I can’t escape. There’s a girl and she’s got your name; The resemblance is good, but I know she ain’t the same. She can swear it on the grave It’ll only bring her shame. I don’t need to search that deep to guess her game. Cause when I look into those eyes I see behind the alibis. We both know you’re gonna leave. It won’t come as some surprise. I didn’t come down with yesterday’s rain So spare me the extra grief, Please. Cause when I look into those eyes, I see behind the alibis. She’s not you. Another girl’s standing in your place With a L’Oreal smile printed on her oh so pretty face. Well, she’s got the style and she’s got the grace But something’s missing that she can’t replace- Behind her eyes there’s only empty space. We both know you’re gonna leave. It won’t come as some surprise. I didn’t come down with yesterday’s rain So spare me the extra grief, Please. Cause when I look into those eyes, I see behind the alibis. She’s not you.

I’m gonna pick up the pieces; Had myself in a haze for days too long. Gonna try and retrieve it; Reconnect all the links and the broken bonds Hey, back to the start- Catch your eye, love And your heart is so true. I’m talkin’ bout love, I’m talkin’ bout faith, I’m talkin’ bout every mistake that I made, I’m talkin’ bout you, I’m talkin’ bout me, And the spaces that lie in-between. Get me back to you. Going to tear up the pages; Break the rules I was a fool to be bound by too long Words-black on grey, Drained the colours away from the strains of your song. Hey, back to the court- Struck so wide, love Hit me hard, hit me soft, too. I’m talkin’ bout love, I’m talkin’ bout faith, I’m talkin’ bout every mistake that I made, I’m talkin’ bout you, I’m talkin’ bout me, And the spaces that lie in-between. Get me back to... Going to capture the moment: Not be bound by the hands or the sands that mark on. Love-no defined sense of time, No line, no limit Hey, back to the start- Catch your eye, love And your heart is so true. I’m talkin’ bout love, I’m talkin’ bout faith, I’m talkin’ bout every mistake that I made, I’m talkin’ bout you, I’m talkin’ bout me, And the spaces that lie in-between. I’m talkin’ bout love, I’m talkin’ bout faith, I’m talkin’ bout every mistake that I made, I’m talkin’ bout you, I’m talkin’ bout me, And the spaces that lie in-between. Get me back to you.

Tell me how you really feel from behind your glass of wine. The kid’s a romantic, with visions of other times and places; Short snippets of inhabiting someone else’s body… Or flashes against a window to the sky. It’s all show business, isn’t it? The rehearsed and the unrehearsed. Strangely warm today; God let us out to play. A respite from the sleep and hide Now winter returns And I go outside. Like a room service double play, I fell for you twice; Once in this life and now in some other dimension- A beautiful, golden dream-like space in my mind. I imagine, still, that I’ve always known you And we are walking down that dirt country road: The one that lead to summer, The one that leads to hope. We’re twelve or thirteen- The best age. Strangely warm today; God let us out to play. A respite from the sleep and hide Now winter returns And I go outside. Don’t you want to know? Don’t you want to know? Don’t you want to know? Strangely warm today; God let us out to play. A respite from the sleep and hide Now winter returns And I go outside. Now winter returns And I go outside. So tell me how you really feel from behind your glass of wine…

Leftie to leftie, Miller to Bird, Player to prayer, It’s all so absurd. Packing up sorrows in an old rust-up case Going down to goodwill On bird in my place. Strip it on down to the bone and the marrow. I pray for tomorrow. I left that town so as not to feel so hollow; To not feel so erased. Irish girl, mid-western world, I went spinning like a top. And so it follows, she left the sweetest test, Overwhelmed my senses, filling every space. Strip it on down to the bone and the marrow. I pray for tomorrow. I left that town so as not to feel so hollow; To not feel so erased. Now the rain is pounding on the hill Would I be so brave to go outside? Wash away the sins of Jack and Jill, Could I fetch that water if I tried? Strip it on down to the bone and the marrow. I pray for tomorrow. I left that town so as not to feel so hollow; To not feel so erased. Leftie to leftie- Miller to Bird.

When you gonna quite your lonely war; Find something worth fighting for? When you gonna see your enemy Is the person in the mirror that you see? Standing at the fence and gazing out; A heart full of dreams and a head full of doubt Too afraid of heights to think to soar- Away with all you’ve thought before, It’s only you you’re searching for. When you gonna quite your lonely war; Take the barricades from your front door? Will you stand up to the enemy within- Tell him that it’s high time to begin? Looking through the window from the dark For a new beginning without the fear to start. Go-on step into the light! There’s only you in the rifle sights, There’s only you that can stop the fight. Look at the reflection staring back; The wind and the weather; the lines and the cracks. It’s never too late to turning back. Look the stranger in the eye. Tell him that he’s had his time. When you gonna quite your lonely war; Come out of the shadows and find there’s more? When you gonna choose not to refuse Anything other than to lose? Give yourself and see the truth. When you gonna end the war?

Hey, my lovely, I’ve gone loop de loop! Walking off the worry, yeah Just trying to regroup. Being thrown up in the air- Always such a thrill this love affair. And if you don’t mind not having me around, For a little while I’ll be circling ‘round the town. Hey, my sugar, well… The thunder don’t lie! The truth will hit, like lightning, quick; Quick to grow the rye. The way that I’ve been treating things Has been so downright poor. Sorry to be absent, but I’ll have to thing some more. Being taken by surprise. Always such a shock between the eyes. Never see it coming-don’t know why- Has me stuck with fear and paralysed. And if you don’t mind not having me around, For a little while I’ll be circling ‘round the town. Give me little time, You know I will work it out, Want to give you all my love without a doubt. Wish the there was a shortcut, But there’s really no way round, So for a little while, I’ll be circling ‘round the town.

The seconds blurred to minutes, Turned to hours in the day. Eyes all turned to glowscreens Watching idols at their play. An abundant roar of shock and awe As they saw the feet of clay Give away their game. Moments made from memories, Etched in sepia in the mind- In locked down rooms in the gathering gloom, It was all that they could find In the face of proof exposing truth Of every thin masked lie Under a blood red sun, Under a blood red sun. Before the fallen moment He held his head aloft and smiled; The high and mighty in a corner Now cradled as a child. The elders and the young one stood all gripped upon the sight- Tall tales get told. And they picked up every thread They thought had ever been mislaid And they gathered in the families That they cast aside in haste To lay a claim To every single moment gone to waste Under a blood red sun, Under a blood red sun. The seconds turned to minutes Stretched to hours ever more. The circle turned as the daylight burned The light outside the door, As hands together sang the praises Of those who gave their all. Under a blood red sun, Under a blood red sun. Under a Blood Red Sun.

Let Mars sleep-we’re not to be there. Can’t we keep our dreams to this sphere? It would be one big leap, So let Mars sleep. Broken dreams in a paradise lost. Always seems we forget the cost; We set the price too high. So let Mars lie. No Gordon and no Khartoum; No Armstrong on the moon; No monuments, no arrogance. Now, the sky…she sleeps with one eye open: Blind, horrified, agape at what we say and we do. No granite shrines or tombs From mistakes we make just time and again. From where we are it’s just one small step too far. Let Mars sleep-we’re not to be there. Can’t you see? These wounds need the balm Of a love that should run so deep. Just let Mars sleep. It’s silent now… A world at peace… So let Mars sleep.