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Air Traffic Control

Air_Traffic_Control.mp3
German Dance mix
Ambient mix

I stopped in the joint
I ordered a pint
I stood on the stairs
Afraid of affairs

I drank as she danced
I looked for my chance
She’s in exctacy
But she won’t look at me

Da da da…

Threw a match to the floor
Burns a moment no more
Like the match in my head
When we’re burning in bed

Da da da…

I’m reaching for rope
That’s made out of smoke
All the times I’ve looked at her
Problem is I’m never sure
Problem is I never know
Just get on my feet and go

Da da da…

Air traffic control

Story: Derek Morris and I wrote and recorded this one together at The Still with T-bone.

500 Miles Ahead, 1000 Miles Behind

500 Miles Ahead, 1000 Miles Behind.mp3

well, we just crossed the mississippi, she had overflowed her banks
took ourselves a rest stop, filled up the gastanks
pullin out of memphis past elvis’s sacred shrine
500 miles ahead, 1000 miles behind

now al’s been doing the drivin, but the sun’s making his eyes burn
he says he needs some ice and for me to take my turn
clock says seven eastern, but now we’re in central time
500 miles ahead, 1000 miles behind

we’re drivin down to texas to right outside san antone
trying to make a wedding by saturday morn
started out in d.c., spent the night in north caroline
500 miles ahead, 1000 miles behind

now we’re stoppin at the best western, to washup and to eat
when you’ve been sittin all day there’s nothing as nice as just to stand upon your feet
there are many types of weariness, highway has it’s own kind
500 miles ahead, 1000 miles behind

i saw twenty tractor trailers huddled under the bright black sky
i met this man who got his goat to kiss him as he swelled up with pride
there’s no way to imagine what each traveler will find
500 miles ahead, 1000 miles behind

we measure out our progress, by the big cityies on the map
keep our speed pretty high and watchout for speedtraps
we’re on an unnamed stretch of road, waiting for a sign
500 miles ahead, 1000 miles behind

now i think we’re being followed through these endless fields
i’ve seen a redwinged blackbird at the top of the windshield
with a bit of grace above you you make pretty good time
500 miles ahead, 1000 miles behind

Toast

to Jono for his wedding day

I woke up and I laughed
At the image of you and Ashley mopeding past
Your mother saying “Oh my, Jono, you’re going too fast”
As you gave it the gas
I’m thinkin’ “At last”

You know I gotta sing
About the beauty of the two of you in nothing but your wedding ring
The new beginning of your everlasting fling
In your godly bling
Doing your thing

I spoke up in the church
It didn’t hurt that I had the very best verse
I remembered to take my time with every word
Truth be terse
Love don’t hurt

Let this one be my toast
After already turning in my best man’s roast
Chris’s friars were a heavenly host
Cs’ those you love the most
Can tell you with a joke

Inside it’s so warm
You can feel the violence in the air but you know no harm
Cause you’re swept up day by day in your lover’s charms
Set the alarm
Stay unarmed

I hope you’re sleepin’ like a rock
I’m grinding away like an angry paralyzed clock
Talking away my day without waking up
Till she shakes me up
Out of my spacewalk

When I look up at the sky
And I can’t see a big beloved brotherly guy
With an animal pride I see a hurricane’s eye
Love and I
Relaxing seaside

Un Momento Perfecto

The saxophone sings on the sound of the sea
The wheelbarrow rest on the coconut tree
A lone child spins falling dizzy in the sand
Un momento perfecto, love here I am

A fisherman waves from a boat in the bay
The dad joins the kids on the beach where they play
They bury the small one to her head in the sand
Un momento perfecto as you take my hand

I can taste the sea water on my beard in the tea
When you lean to and kiss me on your lips the salt beads
An old fellow sleeps on his arms in the sand
Un momento perfecto, nothing so grand

We’ve traveled together ten years and eight days
Always loved each other despite some places we stayed
The sea’s our solution, this our spot in the sand
Un momento perfecto, completely unplanned

Now the days getting hot, everything’s slowing down
But our lunch is long over and soon we’ll stroll back to town
Un momento perfecto must come to an end
But we’ll trek on together till it comes round again

 

Awaken Now Kristen

we sat on
the sofa
a laugh and
a smoke
we stood in
the kitchen
and listened
to what

she was workin on
she was workin on
practicin her horn
she was workin on

the next piece
her lessons
her songs
her sound

it was in her bones
it was in her bones
it was in her bones
it was in her bones

her music
her laughter
her anger
her tone
her mischief
her cancer
her wonder
her own

she had to go home
she had to go home
she had to go home
she had to go home

to her father
so tender
her mother
so strong
she fought it
and fought it
it twisted
her arm

when finally
no remission
was given
permission
was given
to give in
to give in
to give in
and taken
with mercy

awaken
now Kristin
and straighten
your fingers
on your horn
and blow

on your horn and blow
on your horn and blow
on your horn and blow
on your horn and blow