Bandit In The Night There aint no stars but i can see just like its the middle of the day Look in my face and say to me you meant to tell me anyway You took the wind from my sails Really ran me down the rails Left me stranded in the fight Its like i’m drownin by the shore Still i keep comin up for more Just like a bandit in the night I was a ship you were the shore i turned to you when the waves grew high I saw your lights and nothin more and now i’ll never be warm and dry You took the wind from my sails Really ran me down the rails Left me stranded in the fight Its like i’m drownin by the shore Still i keep comin up for more Just like a bandit in the night The ocean pounds just like a heart my heart is poundin like the rain Like ships at sea lovers drift apart but ya make the best of what remains You took the wind from my sails Really ran me down the rails Left me stranded in the fight Its like i’m drownin by the shore Still i keep comin up for more Just like a bandit in the night

Hear The Rising Wind (Tent City...Kent State, 1977) Hear the rising wind across the hill If it weren’t for him i’d be there still But you can laugh and cry and sing your song There may be nobody near you But if you laugh and cry and sing your song Somebody’s gonna hear you All the paper houses in the wind Waitin’ for the hard rain to begin All the weary children in the rain Never meant to have this kinda pain But you can laugh and cry and sing your song There may be nobody near you But if you laugh and cry and sing your song Somebody’s gonna hear you Are you there? Hold your candle to the night Let your lovin eyes drink in the light Hear the rising wind across the hill If it weren’t for him i’d be there still... But you can laugh and cry and sing your song There may be nobody near you But if you laugh and cry and sing your song Somebody’s gonna hear you Somebody’s gonna hear you Somebody’s gonna hear you

Been That Kinda Day Woke up Sunday mornin hair down in my eyes feel like my head’s stuffed full of feathers Blue jeans hangin on the bedpost like a drunk in disguise must be this nasty weather Coffee's On. Woman's gone Been That Kinda Day Telephone is screamin at me from the wall somebody knows i’m playin hooky I say hello how 'ya doin' but it ain't my boss at all On the other end's my smilin' bookie I lost the race. Didn't even place Been that kinda day I wish i was a child innocent and free nobody come collectin dues on me Street lamps comin on in the twilight time be the only trouble on my mind I lost the race. Didn't even place Been that kinda day

Carry Me If i build you a new house all with my own hands Will you lay down beside me when the daylight ends Will you help me to carry my troubles and trials Will the door still be open after many a long mile And if i bring you two oxen will you plow me a field Will you bring in the harvest help me count up the yield Will you turn up the brown earth beneath your tired feet Will you sow it in barley will you sow it in wheat If i bring my love to you if i sing you my song Will you give me fine children will you raise them up strong Will you dress them in satin and fine Spanish lace Will you say i’m a sailor and i’m gone from this place If i bring you a shovel yes instead of a plow Will you dig me a grave will you bury me now Can you find me an answer from the book in your hand Will you carry me home to my grandfather’s land Yes i’ll lay down beside you yes i’ll work at your side Give you fine children see you sail with the tide Yes i’ll look for an answer from the book in your hand Then i’ll carry you home to your grandfather’s land

Season Song Come, won’t you come, the trees are green Be my love til morning Come and tell me where you’ve been For summertime’s for learning Come, won’t you come, the autumn’s here Colors you’ll be knowin’ Green leaves and robins disappear Autumn’s winds are blowin’ Come, won’t you come, the fire’s bright Winter’s dream has fallen Stay with me the long winter’s night For love is softly callin’ Come, won’t you come, the spring is near Don’t let time get by you Bring me your kisses all through the year And love’s new wings will fly you Come, won’t you come, the trees are green Be my love til morning Come and tell me where you’ve been For summertime’s for learning

New York Ridin’ down the highway pennsylvania gettin’ cold Never shoulda left the life i knew Somethin now that tells me all that glitters just grows old Til the treasures of the tryin are too few So long ago i left the cold midwestern hills behind For new york the city of the islands Listenin for the voices that were many that were kind But the only voice i ever heard was silence Heard the silence I can’t be no new york city boy no more I can’t be no new york city boy They leave ya starved and stoned so far away from home I can’t be no new york city boy Once I had a lover there but now I have none She grew cold as the city in december The hustle and the hurry caused it all to come undone And now i only have her to remember I’ve walked these neon streets til i could do it in my sleep Seems they always hit me from behind East coast city women don’t ya know they play for keeps First they love ya then they leave ya blind Whoa boy they leave ya blind I can’t be no new york city boy no more I can’t be no new york city boy They leave ya starved and stoned lookin for a home I can’t be no new york city boy The tables never turned so hard on me before I can’t seem to get my second wind Seems i’m never where i need to be anymore So i guess it doesn’t matter where i been North ohio hold me let me lie down in your arms With the voices and the places that i know Let me come to you again let me get out of the storm Hold me close and never let me go Never let me go I can’t be no new york city boy no more I can’t be no new york city boy They leave ya starved and stoned Wishin you were home I can’t be no new york city boy

Child Of The City Cobwebs on my window dust upon my stair Empty place at the kitchen table empty rockin chair Sometimes i’m sure i’m crazy but i don’t think anyone knows Like a beggar in the rain i got no one to blame When the river of my troubles overflows Stay at home telephone make it on your own its all a game But just the same just the same My mother was born in the mountains My father where the blue grass grows But i’m a child of the city Where the cold cold wind blows Now i don’t mind the people but the walls just get in my way This grey city rain like a curse will remain on my shoulders for all of my days So i’ll be leavin this place in the mornin cold as a river bed I got fences to mend i got no time to spend Recallin all the good things you said Go downtown turn around listen to the sound of your own name But just the same just the same My mother was born in the mountains My father where the blue grass grows But i’m a child of the city Where the cold cold wind blows Now there’s poets in the cellar and singers out on the street There’s robbers on the rooftops and lovers between the sheets I’ve sailed on bitter oceans and i’ve rode out storms on the sea But i never ever been so lost in my life til my love Sailed away from me My mother was born in the mountains My father where the blue grass grows But i’m a child of the city Where the cold cold wind blows...... where the cold wind blows

Winternight A white winter’s night so lonely and cold I still remember tho i wasn’t very old Ever so softly so softly we crept No one else knew of the secret we kept Thru the cold alleys and cobblestone streets Glistening snow giving way to our feet Only a lamplight to witness our flight We made our way silently back through the night And there wasn’t ever a sound And the candles burned slowly down And the snow came fallin To the ground We went to her white room all in a mist Slowly we went there and slowly we kissed Into the fire we stared silently And she laughed as she told all her secrets to me She lie in my arms and we said not a word The warmth of her body was all that i heard Waiting for dark to awaken to dawn The two were as one and the one journeyed on And there wasn’t ever a sound And the candles burned slowly down And the snow kept fallin To the ground I whispered my thoughts so only she’d hear And kissing her eyes i tasted a tear She said it was gladness so love me my dear I’ll love you forever i’ll always be near And there wasn’t ever a sound And the candles burned slowly down And the snow stopped fallin...

Dominoes On the long and silent days when i think i’ll change my ways I stop awhile and turn my thoughts to you When the feelings all run dry when spirits need to touch the sky A hundred miles an hour i fly to you Where are we I need to know I’ve lost my place I can’t find the way to go Can we erase And start again Lovers come and lovers go lovers fall like dominoes One by one they fall All alone and wonderin why nothin left to touch the sky You ain’t read the writin in the wall Where are we I need to know I’ve lost my place I can’t find the way to go Can we erase And start again

Lady In Waiting Its said she lost her lover many years ago and now she walks among the flowers as though to help them grow... help them grow Its said he went away to sea and found a greener land and now she wanders endlessly trying to understand.... understand and saving her love The lady talks to no one no one to talk to her the wildflowers and the willows are all that she has near.... she has near Its said her love for him still burns and even to this day she waits and longs for his return she waits down by the bay.... by the bay saving her love They say she makes her stories up and tells them to the birds fairy tales of ships and sails told with lonely words... lonely words and never will she hear from him for he’s forever lost she loved one time one time was all at such a cost... such a cost And lost her love And lost her love

You Can’t Push The River daniel stood at the end of the pier embraced his brother without a tear you can’t push the river you can’t push the river jose headed north to the states with his handmade sail gonna emmigrate you can’t push the river you can’t push the river daniel’s got children many mouths to feed but the coffee in the mountains all gone to seed you can’t push the river you can’t push the river used to make a living from the coffee bean but when the children are hungry there are other means you can’t push the river you can’t push the river now he wipes the sweat from his eyes with a sleeve workin in the sun rake the coca leaves you can’t push the river you can’t push the river jose made it to the florida coast thin as a whisper eyes of a ghost you can’t push the river you can’t push the river basement flat down in the barrio wages of a slave try to make a go you can’t push the river you can’t push the river word come rollin in from the street there are easier ways a boy can make ends meet you can’t push the river you can’t push the river he said well i’m only gonna deal for a year just long enough to help my brother come here you can’t push the river you can’t push the river i tell you i know what i’m talkin about i’m gonna make a lot of money then i’m gonna get out you can’t push the river you can’t push the river its not wrtten down but when you work for the man you can never let go once you take his hand you can’t push the river no, not the river i’m just a nobody daniel said and so the bosses tell me ‘silver or lead’ its not my road i didn’t choose it anyway... i don’t make em use it the deal went down faster than his feet jose lyin at the end of the street you can’t push the river you can’t push the river daniel tearing open the envelope jose sendin money jose sending hope you can’t push the river you can’t push the river

Red Sky Suite Part One: Under Way Hampton harbor on a winter day like a fallen angel on the Chesapeake Bay The mornin fog rolls in like a ghost enemy The icy breath of every sailor lost upon the sea Layin low in the water lookin down from the sky like a sea serpent man made whale Stood the biggest floating warlord ever seen by human eyes Twenty four stories from the mast to the keel Now the hobo sailors sleepin in the quay stringin in slowly from the all night cafes Heads full o hammers and bellies full o rum starin mornin in the face Sayin to hell with kingdom come (Aweigh, my boys, aweigh. Sail away early in the morning) There’s lovers and ladies and Granby street whores All huddled together in the warehouse doors Some wavin farewells some cryin tears (early in the mornin) Some shakin fists at the ragged passin years Sail away My boys aweigh My boys away Early in the morning Red Sky Suite Part Two: The Storm Come on come on now all you boys come on away with me To chase the whale and the mermaid’s tail to sail upon the sea So we turned her east off a’ Carolin’ with sails full unfurled Every lad made haste for soon to taste the treasures of the world The sea began to twist and turn like a child who misbehaves Til the boys below prepared to go to a watery ocean grave and its.... Red sky in the mornin Red sky at night But the taste of a lady’s ruby red lips is a sailor man’s delight Now, its heel to starboard heel to port haul the mizzen down Tie the watchman to the rail or i know he’ll surely drown Then the wind blew night and the wind blew day and the wind blew out the sun Til every last jack aboard was sure his judgement time had come The mornin come with java and the evening come with rum ‘Cause the only way thru the endless day is to keep your body numb and its.... Red sky in the mornin Red sky at night But the taste of a lady’s ruby red lips is a sailor man’s delight Now the captain cussed and he spat on the deck but he never blinked an eye When a wave came crashin over the rail and it carried him away Then the first mate hollered down from the bridge as sure as i know my name This lady might rest on the bottom tonight but she won’t go down in shame With an empty place in the captain’s chair the rum had all been sunk The only thing we had was a prayer but the chaplain he was drunk and its... Red sky in the mornin Red sky at night But the taste of a lady’s ruby red lips is a sailor man’s delight When the sea was through there was no crew ‘cept for the mate and me So here’s a drink that you might never be On the rockin bitch of a stormy sea On the rockin bitch of a stormy sea Red Sky Suite Part Three: The Harbor Now I’ve been to England Now I’ve been to Spain But I’ll never sail the sea no more If you send me home again If you send me home again ‘Cause blessed be the calm sea Blessed be the shore Blessed be the harbor Where the wind don’t blow no more Where the wind don’t blow no more