2. Don’t Turn on the Light 

Sail on tomorrow and lay low tonight 

Come sleep in the shadows and leave with the light 

Soft wings of feather are made for the air 

Like the ribbon that’s holding up your hair 

Down in a valley or way up in the sky 

Lies the sweet glow of passion that burns in your eyes 

Song for the morning and one for the night 

Like a whisper in mid-evening flight 

 

Chorus: 

In the deep and the dark of the night 

There’s no sorrow there’s no light 

Wake me when you have to go 

I’m in a dream you know 

Don’t turn on the light 

 

Black summer satin with glistening tails 

In the green of the fields at the edge of the trail 

I’ll keep on driving so you watch the signs 

As the road eats and swallows the time 

Innocent age is now gone in a blink 

Like a stone in the pond, how fast it will sink 

When summer love breaks into two 

You’re broken-hearted with nothing left to do (Chorus) 

 

They’re locking up the gates now the season is done 

The curtains are closed and down goes the sun 

Earth spins again and the child is a man 

Now I’m back at the place I began 

Gone is the moment and gone is the light 

Like a ripple in water or pheasant in flight 

Be on your way and away you will be 

Somewhere beyond the wild blue sea (Chorus)

3. Open Field 

Saturday night it’s cold driving a lonely road 

Twisting through the miles 

Memories and worn-out smiles 

Carry what you need tonight 

Ready to hit the lights 

Be there ten or more, take them safely back to shore 

 

Chorus: 

Chips are down, who stuck around? 
It can get cold out in the open field 

The truth is mean and a quite a big machine 

Its pistons pump and grind the wheels 

 

Yesterday went so well, that’s good for the old thin shell 

There’s too damn much to take 

And not enough to make 

As long as there’s me and you 

Stronger than a crew 

We’ll take them all down in style, every precious mile (chorus) 

 

Road come free my mind, rolling away the time 

Confessions seem to come 

Before the journey’s halfway done 

We spend more time en route 

And don’t keep what we shoot 

Then turn and roll away, toward another day (chorus) 

 

Saturday night it’s late, some things you can’t escape 

Keep moving ahead I guess 

Couldn’t end with anything less 

Carry what you need today 

Leaving with no delay 

Be there ten or more, take them safely back to shore (chorus)

4. Morning Light 

Dawn’s arising time to leave and find yourself another world 

Heart up in the grindstone let it spin down to the core 

When light shines through the window let it lead you to your doorway 

And follow until you cannot follow anymore 

See them in the harbor most boats quiet, moored and lonely 

Waiting for their captains who they know may never show 

Busy bustling building bumbling can't get to the ocean 

The open water winds and tides those boats may never know (chorus) 

 

Chorus: 

There’s a chill in the air 

A light out on the ocean 

Changing tide approaching 

Can’t you see? 
Tomorrow will be soon 

So dance beneath the moon 

And may morning light come set you free 

 

Buildings all seem older and the long roads all seem shorter  

Trees are twice as tall and bridges half the size 

The school house and the fields they both get smaller every moment 

Kickin’ ‘roud this old town makes you realize (chorus) 

 

Bridge: 

And all the colors and the scents and the scratches and the dents 

The broken concrete, faded signs and folks 

Another memory comes flailing up at me 

Then quickly dissipates away like smoke 

 

Lucky fools are neither, most things ain’t quite what they seem to be 

And there’s a chance the blind mouse leaves and finds himself a crumb 

There's really no describing how it happens fast or slowly 

You’ll rise from beneath the lowest depths then up above the sun (Chorus)

5. Hey, Hey, Hey 

Said it all too soon and then you said it all again 

Now I’m gone, gone, gone like the wind 

You left me with a broken wing but I’m flying high again 

High, high, high as I’ve ever been 

Took me down your river once and I won’t go down again 

Down, down, down is where I’ve been 

Sprung a leak, went overboard and had to learn to swim 

No, no, no won’t swim back again 

You broke a fragile heart like the time you did before 

And let it crawl, crawl, crawl on back for more 

You were on the high seas while I was on the shore 

No, no, no won’t swim back no more 

 

Chorus: 

Hey, hey, hey 
Hey, hey, hey 

Hey, hey, hey 

 

Set it up and knock it down like a bowling pin 

Let it roll, roll, roll down again 

If you believe the game is fair then you take it on the chin 

And you get rolled, rolled, rolled down again 

Slight of hand or slight of mind as long as you believe 

Good as gone, gone, gone for eternity 

Got them all out guessing and climbing up a tree 

Buzz, buzz, buzzing like a honey bee (Chorus) 

 

Broke the spell, flew the coup now running on the lamb 

Hoping to find, find, find out who I am 

A broken-hearted little boy or a broken-hearted man 

Gotta get far, far, far from where I ran 

Riding on the wave now all the way to the seaside 

Let it roll, roll, roll away I will ride 

Back on my feet and turn around and take another dive 

Flow, flow, flow with the tide (Chorus)

6. This Ole Thing 

Runnin’ down the road, as classy as they come in 

Twenty years ago, but brand new to me 

Chewing up the miles, of the mountains and the city 

On a final romp before eternity 

Cruising on the pike, take it up to Boston 

Stage is waiting there, show time’s at six 

Suddenly she pulls and leads me to the exit 

Got the alternator blues, this junkie needs a fix 

 

Chorus: 

This ole thing is not for free 

Rock- steady on the street 

The treads are new but the rest is cavin’ in 

Got a big, old hungry heart 

And dilapidated parts 

If you wanna cruise, we’ll cruise, come and jump on in 

 

You never really know exactly where you're goin’ 

GPS a destination, get an arrival time 

But another something blows, you need a shower and a towin’   

Covered up in dust, rust and crust and grease and grime 

First the wipers died, and the blinkers lost direction 

Ancient wires frayed, sparked, smoked and burned up cash 

But all the memories were worth the messy moments 

Got us to the gig one last time ‘fore you coughed up ash (Chorus)

 

Bridge: 
Smoke and oil, grinding gears 

No AC we’re melting here 

Roll the windows down some more 

Smells like six, there’s only four 

 

The emerald turned to dust, the winter took the Hornet  

Loved that hunk of junk the way you love a friend 

Though it wasn't very long, no, I hardly even worn it 

Left a broken heart in a parking lot at the bitter end (Chorus)

7. Black Bird 

It’s no wonder how we knew the deal right there from the start 

The planets all aligned just right and cupid shot the heart 

From the drumming and the strumming coming from the city streets 

To the wild wilderness among the mountains and the trees 

We took the road we traveled on until we found the way 

A hurricane came blowing and the ocean met the bay 

Somewhere in the distance there was something glowing there 

And morning light came slowly rising up into the air 

 

Chorus: 

If you say “I’ll go” then I will follow 

No matter what they know, they don’t know everything 

Meet me at the brook, by the tree in the hollow 

When we hear that black bird sing, when we here that black bird sing 

 

There’s no sign of higher ground when you’re somewhere out at sea 

Searching for a dream disguised as sunken treasury 

And if I find the gold trust me, you’ll be the first to know 

Until then keep your sea legs, grab and oar and row (chorus) 

 

So we burn the daylight oil and burn out the light 

Once again tomorrow morning, twice again tomorrow night 

And flying high against the sky through a cloud’s a crow 

Cawing in the distance and leading where to go (chorus) 

Keep it coming, bring it on, ain’t nothing here will break 

Every shot we get tomorrow is another one I’ll take 

But I can’t keep on shooting for the moon, it’s full of marks 

From the dreamers and the schemers aiming in the dark (chorus)

8. Dancing Flame 

Everything is blue 

Blue light all around 
A great big empty sky and deep blue sea 

And as it fades it takes you down so easy 

Falling like a feather fast asleep 

 

Chorus: 

Say, by the way, she’s like a dancing flame 
Sweet as sugar cane and beautiful 

A warm, green meadow where the wildflowers grow 

A gentle summer breeze along the bay 

 

There isn’t a day when we don’t stop and wonder 

If the painting’s dry and ready for the hall 

All of the roads run right off the canvass 

Don’t believe we’ve taken them all (Chorus) 

 

Flying away 

Stumbling through the time 

Of puzzle pieces, games and nursery rhymes 

Are we ever the same after the speed of light? 

Soaring from the dawn into night (chorus)

9. Up to the Moon 

I went up to the moon 

Bounced myself all around 

Left some tracks in the dust 

My boots wouldn’t stay down 

It’s so cold up there 

And so hard to breath 

It’s tough to stay warm 

And harder to leave 

You’re so close to the heavens 

A far off galaxy 

Another stratosphere 

Far away from me 

Here’s hoping you see 

White lights and great stars 

Constellations twinkle bright 

Collect them in a jar 

 

Chorus: 

Hey Babe, I should go under, away from daylight 

The day makes it clear when its time to go 

Up to the moon for the night 

 

The earth is a jewel 

Round, green and blue 

There’s a quarter million miles 

Between this world and you 

It’s so quiet and up there 

When you’re all on your own 

Too much time to remember  

the missions you’ve flown (Chorus) 

 

I’ve got moon my rocks hid 

In the pockets of my coat 

Like take them out late at night 

Just to watch them float 

Some of them will glow 

Some weigh not a thing 

Some are just too heavy 

To decorate this string (Chorus) 

 

I went up to the moon 

For one last goodbye 

Filled the galaxy with tears 

And kept the rest for my eyes 

The river far below 

Scattered ash in the breeze 

Rolling ‘neath the stars 

Towards the open sea (Chorus)