Afterimage Disc # 1: 1- Standin' Still 2- Cold Winds 3- A Little Time 4- Lazy Afternoon 5- High & On Empty 6- Anna Lee 7- Trade Winds 8- My Friend 9- Wooden Room 10- Higher Ground 11- Spinning Wheel 12- Twister 13- Have it That Way 14- Baby it's Me 15- Moonlight Meadow Song
Tell me where we go from here
This road has got so many veins
On every one’s a voice
A different choice
Who am I to have the reins ?
How many miles left to go ?
How many cities must we burn ?
Down so many streets we roll
They take their toll
no matter where you turn
Answers written all around
Not sure they’re a sign
Guess the only way to tell
Is find a wishing well
And wish the truth would shine
Spinning wheels deep in the mud
Whining like a dying drill
Working just to get unstuck
With a little luck
We’ll climb the coming hill
Chorus:
Can you feel it ?
In the morning chill
Are we moving really slow
Or simply standing still ?
Those small bats darting all around
Against black and pale moonlight
Spinning through infinity
Stirs the ghosts in me
That try to haunt the night
Guess I wish I knew the way
If I did I’d take you there
We’d pop champagne in the street
Turn the bitter sweet
And toast in old Times Square (Chorus)
Morning light here’s what we need
A little break along the way
Anything to shine the light
Make the it worth the fight
And get us through the day
Shattered pieces everywhere
Looking for their rightful place
Anything to make them fit
Let me know, I’ll do it
We’ll fix this broken space (Chorus)
Got the word, it wasn’t good
It knocked me down from where I stood
It’s never easy, It’s never fair
Sometimes it helps to act like you don’t care
My baby cries, I scratch my head
Was it something I said ?
I don’t know, lost my mind
Can’t find no rhythm, ain’t got no time
Chorus:
La, la, la, la, la,
That’s just the way things go
La, la, la, la ,la
And then the cold winds blow
Honey love if I had more time
I’d fix you up and make you mine
Put you on a pedestal
I’d bring red roses and daffodils
But honey love don’t let me bleed
Not when you got more than I need
I need you bad, I need you now
I can’t keep swimming I don’t know how
(chorus)
The curtain’s drawn the lights are dim
I’m all alone... no, not again
I don’t know how this can go on
My will is broken, my spirit’s gone
Come light the fire, come light the way
Illuminate the words I say
I need the warmth I need the sun
I can’t believe the time that’s gone
(chorus)
It was written so fine you read every line
I need a little time
Now you’re down on your knees like you have a disease
You need a little time
You read every word and thought most were absurd
They said “Babe, I need a little time”
Dumb ones in rows fell like dominos
This will take a little time
The car spit the bit I think I’m gonna lose it
I need a little time
So many parts tell me where do you start
I need a little time
And the pipes froze through, not sure what to do
I need a little time
It’s twenty below and the water won’t flow
This will take a little time
The storm wrecked the road can’t transport the load
I need a little time
The city’s grid-locked and all the exits are blocked
I need a little time
The train engineer said "we're not even near..."
I need a little time
They closed Boston town to let the nuts run around
This will take a little time
The governor was caught doing things that he fought and said
“I need a little time”
He was pro-hanging tree now it’s “anybody but me”
He needs a little time
I heard that you died I did nothing but cry
I need a little time
The worst you can get is to live with regret
Need a little time
Too many days in a mirrored maze
Time for some fun someone call in the sun
But the sun burned a hole right through the North Pole
The weather is weird and all the crops disappeared
I need a little time
Now once upon a time they handed down my wings. I learned to fly
up above most anything. Then came the wind, pushed me toward the
sun. Didn’t wanna burn, just wanna have some fun
Chorus:
I’m headin’ down on a lazy afternoon. I can be found
by the green lagoon. Please run with me & make love in the dune.
On a lazy afternoon
Late at night somewhere deep inside a dream
A fantasy ain’t always what it seems. Sometimes you get shot down,
and left to die, just another fool who came falling from the sky (chorus)
Stop...What’s that creepin’ in? That smoke just lit us up again
The tiki torches are burning bright. There are a million stars in sight
Let the music stir your soul and babe lose all control (chorus)
It was written on the wall
In invisible ink
Trying not to fall
But it gets slippery on the brink
Can anything be done?
Maybe a magic pill to take
Are we having fun?
Are you still awake?
Another tipsy turn
Left rubber on the road
You’d a thought you learned
But nobody knows another’s load
Too many bones in there
Someone’s try and kill the light
We need fresh air
And the sky is white
Chorus:
Flying high and on empty
Someone better bring it down slow, slow
Flying blind and on empty
Haven’t landed since a long time ago
Now that you are gone
And the clouds has cleared
You never know the trip you’re on
Until it disappears
Your dreams were what you wanted
And that’s all you’d let us see
Now those dreams are haunted
I think they’re chasing me (chorus)
So away you go
On a warm spring wind
Next time around skip skid row
You’ve already been
The morning bird’s awoken
Hear her when she sings
Not a word is spoken
It’s worth imagining (chorus)
Now everything has changed
And that’s the way it goes
You know it feels so strange
The rush and chill cuts right down to your toes
That warm spring wind blew quiet
Took you on your way
Like a half-stoned pirate
On the rolling bay (chorus)
Rode the trail high on the misty mountain
The one that led so low down to the sea
Tossed a coin into an ancient fountain
Said a little prayer and then a plea
All drenched in blood and sweat and booze from grinding
There’s not much to show these days for hopelessness
You know one too many losses then the heartache and the struggles
Can take you down the road to bitterness
Chorus:
Anna Lee
Anna Lee
When will you ride in and rescue me
Is it real ?
Or just a dream
Add the fire and the ice and watch it steam
Don’t it sometimes feel just like you’re fading
No control and things keep sliding down
Anything you need to do you do to ease the pain
You gotta pull your head above ‘fore you drown
Chorus:
Anna Lee
Anna Lee
When will you ride in and rescue me
Come and bake bread
Come and ease my head (warm my bed)
You’re the only one, come set me free
This old stallion limping on it’s last leg
A smoking engine on it’s final breath
Wallowing and wondering “oh what might have been”
You better lose that load and try a little tenderness (Repeat both choruses)
Too many things are changing fast
Just like the trade winds
The old dog’s gone and so is Ma
And it’s hard to lose a friend
It seems my lucky dice are frozen
Trapped inside mid-air
There’s a faint fine line
Between outlook and despair
I’m not sure just how you do it
But sweet music saves my mind
It can keep you cool in the summer sun
And warm in winter time
But like so many other things
We forget to know
And once you think you lost it...
Running through the woods bounding down the hill
Into the river dive, no worry of the chill
Swim across the current to the other side
I can see you anytime I close my eyes
We all need a little lovin’ and that’s for sure
And if we ever get it we want a little more
Now gone’s the bond of man’s best friend
I’m wondering if a broken heart can mend
There was no path we’d fail to climb
You would take the lead I’d follow close behind
You’d circle back just to let me know you’re there
Then you’d turn and leap and go running on the air
Out on a stony shore on the Island sound
You made my life boy you never let me down
Every second precious, no sense of time
All the joy that you gave, I keep it in my mind
Chorus:
Ride shotgun now with windows down
Until we meet again
Miss you my friend...
I never really faced it I’m not that strong
I just move around the pieces ‘til the puzzle comes along
But every time I think about the way you’d look at me
A dagger cuts my heart, I smile helplessly
No prints in sand, can’t find them in the snow
I’ll never get used to it, never let you go
I heard you in the room, thought I saw you in the yard
Love is what makes letting go so hard
Chorus:
Go running young through endless fields
We’ll meet around the bend
Miss you my friend
There’s no mistaking loyalty
You gave every second you gave blindly
I never felt worthy I was just a man
Trying to be present while making other plans
You made us safe, you made us whole
You rounded off the edge and you gave us soul
Now gone’s the bond of man’s best friend
I’m wondering if a broken heart can mend
Chorus:
Ride shotgun now with windows down
Until we meet again
Miss you my friend
Go running young through endless fields
We’ll meet around the bend
Miss you my friend...My friend
Many a day as I pass the time I hear the sound of strings
Cutting through my consciousness and blocking everything
Dreaming of a quiet tune and a simple melody
Many days, oh...many days
Chorus:
In a wooden room inside the of glass
A man can sit for many days and time will never pass
In a wooden rocking chair slowly keeping time
Many days, many days...
Many long nights as I lie awake I hear the sound of keys
Jingling in the hallways of my memory
Longing for another sign to change the course of me
Many days, many days... (Chorus)
Many long nights as I close my eyes I hear the harmony
Singing like a Mourning Dove and taking hold of me
Listening for that lonely voice singing full of hope...
Many days, many days...(Chorus)
Howling wind in your ears
Daylight disappears
Walking in the rain
With your face against the night
Black and blue in solitude
And wondering what to do
Do you lay and lick your wounds
Or stand and fight
Heavy breath in heavy sky
Another day gone by
The evening offers quietude
A chance to get some rest
But you’re so much in a bind
With too much on your mind
And tomorrow always brings
another test...
Chorus:
Anytime the rumbling begins
Anytime the winds comes blowing in
Gotta come around and head for higher ground
Anytime the a storm comes closing in
Anytime the heavy rains begin
You’re the only one around
who can lead to higher ground
On and on the story goes
Sure as the north wind blows
Every day’s another struggle
Just to keep above the tide
You cast your shadow on the street
That burns beneath your feet
And fight to-the-death
to reach the other side (Chorus)
Howling wind in your ear
Daylight disappears
Walking in the rain with your face
Against the night
We put so much at stake
It’s tough to bend but never break
We’ll do anything it takes
to be alright (Chorus)
Time to get up, time to get out
Gotta get there no time to eat
Hop in a cab, jump in a train
Just made it in, there’s not any seats
First you dig in then you dig out
Go and toe your end of the of the line
Give ‘em your blood, give em’ some more
What about me? There’s not enough time
Chorus:
Round and round
Goes the spinning wheel
Step up, take a number
Come and make a deal
Toss the dice
Do a lucky dance
There’s no way you’re gonna win it
If you never take a chance
Aim for the top, aim for the sky
Ask for no reason given no rhyme
Clawing your way day after day
Believing the summit’s worth the climb
Many a hand have died on their way
Seeking fortune all of their lives
Follow a quest all the way to the end
No matter the cost no matter the price (Chorus)
Time to punch out, time to come down
Try to stay alive in the street
Go with the flow, ride on the waves
Hanging all ten and keeping the beat
Flying on fumes, running on hope
Losing breath, losing steam
Building it up, knocking it down
Barely alive in the name of the dream (Chorus)
There’s gotta be more, there’s gotta be life
There’s gotta be love, there’s gotta be light
There’s gotta be hope, gotta be fear
Gotta be black, gotta be white
Gonna be sun, gonna be rain
Gonna be cold, gonna be hot
Gonna be ups, gonna be downs
Gonna be sages, gonna be clowns (Chorus)
Been down this road so many times I don’t read the signs
Just gotta keep my wheels inside the lines
Kinda feels like flying, sometimes even blind
Got too many thoughts trapped in my old mind
Chorus:
There’s a twister blowing through the field
Some poor fool’s fate is good as sealed
Get me back on the road, back behind the wheel
keep wasting time thinking ‘bout the way I feel
Just stepped in some quicksand, think I’m goin’ down
Screaming for mercy but no one hears a sound
Kinda feels like sinking, getting swallowed by ground
Don’t look for me honey... I don’t wanna be found
(chorus)
The radio’s playing... some old tired tune
Black smoke and ashes hide away the moon
The wind’s dying, daybreak will be soon
Gotta go and get some water, believe I better buy a broom
(chorus)
I was done with love, all disconnected
Man, I had it all down pat
You flew right down and picked me up
And stole my heart just like that
That was then and this is now
It was so many moons ago
And here you still believe in me
I know, I know, I know...
Chorus:
I saw you just once
That was all that it took
You know right away
When you’re caught on the hook
The reason I knew
That was okay
I knew what I wanted
And had to have it that way
Standing on an ocean’s shore
Lighthouse blinking day and night
I don’t even know what I want anymore
I just want everything to be alright
I wake up at night, can’t sleep again
Branches scraping on the window panes
They move and groove with the whims of the wind
And wake the ghosts in my brain (Chorus)
Walking through the morning mist
Waiting on sweet words to sing
There must be a way to say
To me your love means everything
Like the rhythm of the sea
We’re dancing partners you and me
There’s no place else I rather be
No way not possibly (Chorus)
Woke up in the morning all tangled in the sheets
Dreamt someone had stolen my soul
Crawled out of bed took a drag to ease my head
fell down a bottomless hole
Finally hit the floor, couldn’t take it anymore
buzzing like a big old honey bee
....baby it’s me
So then I picked up all the pieces to put ‘em back again
but still had some left in my hands
Tried to force ‘em in and it all came tumbling down again
didn’t know what to do so I ran
Now I’m running one step late caught up in the fate
of all those things you never foresee
....baby it’s me
Chorus:
Down, down in a valley so low
Can’t stop thinking of where I wanna go
Somewhere the breeze blows warm and the days move.... slow....
She’s such a pretty thing man, wonder what she’s like
There’s only some things you need to know
Does her soul sing by the early morning light ?
or melt by the warm fire glow
Don’t wanna worry, don’t wanna hurt
I only wanna be where I wanna be....baby it’s me (chorus)
Kill the light, sleep tight, guess you’re calling it a night
It feels so early to me
You don’t get much time ‘fore your past your prime
so down and out ain’t where I wanna be
The moon’s hanging high in the early morning sky
and I could use a little company....baby it’s me
The leaves are dying fast ‘neath September’s cold skies
October winds blow, they cut loose and fly
We’re holding our breath with everything they say
On every t.v. and news stand at the start of the day
Seems like everybody’s changing or maybe it’s me
Most of who I knew ain’t who they used to be
There’s a loner alone at a table for one
He’s always bitching and complaining that he never has fun
Chorus:
Some night when the stars are out
Meet me in the moonlit meadow
Free from all reality
Sing with me
That moonlight meadow song
There’s a child and he’s walking down a long dirt road
From the school house he carries all the things he’s been told
While the birds of prey circle above the old hill
There’s a drunkard in a tavern who brags of a kill
I’m knocking three times on the ceiling above
But you say you ain’t got time for casual love
Love got you once, love got you twice
Now love’s got your heart all crushed in a vise (Chorus)
One more enemy is circling over my head
If he cuts it any closer someone’s gonna be dead
But I ain’t got no heart, ain’t got no guts
I’m too busy trying to pull my ass out of a rut
They say a storm’s coming, one we’ll never forget
So keep pushing honey or you’re gonna get wet
I can’t say why, all the things I do
Don’t make me try and pull me closer to you (chorus)
I couldn’t possibly be moving at the speed they said
With all the busy thoughts I got running around in my head
And I don’t need you coming on to me if
If you don’t see me dying I don’t know what you see
Old Ed ain’t living down my road anymore
Last night they called his number up to heaven’s sweet door
He was the last of the old folks, last of a breed
And now there’s no one around togrow us the food that we need (chorus)
The Old State House, East lawn of the Old State House, 800 Main Street, Hartford, CT
The KMB returns to the Old State House concert series. We have had the pleasure of performing in this series for many years and look forward to our return. Rain date is the following Tuesday...
We have had the pleasure of performing at this amazing venue, annually, for many years! Please join us and see why this is among the KMB's favorite venue...
Kenn and Tom Hagymasi perform the KMB catalog as an acoustic duet...
