i fell, and how - there was nothing i could do - and worst of all, you fell in too - and now i see it was old from the beginning - how fast, how far can man be fooled - we stayed apart and hell broke loose - and i was strong enough to know that main attractions go - nobody’s got heart, but ask us how we are - everything’s fine - everything’s over in time - everything’s fine - it’s only a moment gone by - everything’s fine - as long as I know you’re alive - everything’s fine - everything’s over - everything’s over in time - haven’t got a feeling now i’m in the air without a care everyone is far away and everyday I hope they stay
Copyright 2008 Felicia Carter
anchor
complicated woman
i'm a complicated woman - got a lot on my mind - you may not understand me but we're sure to have a real good time - i'm full of contradictions like a bird that hates to fly - when i ain't got no money that's the time i love to buy - i like green grass all around me - but the city's in my blood - when it's time for crying i can guarantee a flood - i like to wake up early, but go to bed real late - when I’m getting ready - that’s the time you’re gonna wait - (just wait, honey...) - if you are a good boy - i’ll smile and aim to please - but if you’re bad you’ll be begging “darling!” on your knees - i'm a complicated woman - i've got a lot on my mind - you’ll never understand me but we're sure to have a real good time!
feather
walk out of here and into the sky - nothing to fear just give it a try - when you begin the lesson is in the learning - when you were younger you weren’t such a fool - will you get old and have nothing to do? it’s all been done so simply just do it again, Amen! every day is a chance every hour is a dance of freedom - yes it’s all in your head so just let it descend away - softly like a feather floating down a stream - if you keep dreaming then there’s quite a coup - look at the world like a magnet in bloom - everything near is everything far away
golden
i am onto you - i am right behind you - from the moment that i saw you - you are golden you are mine - we are weak we adore you - every hope is in your view - there’s a garden we could show you with a million butterflies - this feels like a disaster where no one will be saved - there’s no ever-after so put on your game face - lovely one is what you are and the rest are all a waste - they clamor for a ticket to be near you but no one can command the price i pay
hooray for you
i see you’ve got an ocean of money in your hand - a mirror full of sunshine, and the world at your command - you’ve got a gold key to any city and every country - hooray, hooray for you! on the day you were born the stars were aligned that noone else could ever be so perfect or sublime - the doctors crowded in to pluck your chinny-chin and how your momma cried; “hooray, hooray for you!” when you went to college you got a scholarship - not for your athletics or your academic trips - but just to have you there - your presence in the air - and now they’re ivy league! hooray, hooray for you! you took an expedition up to the northern pole - but then when you arrived the place was just too cold - so they turned the heat way up until it was one big tub -but it was no trouble at all - hooray, hooray for you! when you go out walking people stop and stare - they just can’t help themselves they lose their senses in the glare - it’s just like magic! it’s almost tragic - how do you do that thing? hooray, hooray for you! when you get to heaven & stand at the pearly gates - just tell them who you are and you won’t even have to wait - if there’s a long, long line you’ll be just fine - all the angels will sing, “hooray! hooray for you!”
hurricane
believe me baby i’m a hurricane - i’ve got a fire tornado here inside my brain - there’s nothing like me that you’ve seen before - just the thought of my knock’ll blow down your door - my knockin’ is shockin’ - don’t have to wonder you can see it in me - can you take the thunder? can you take the heat? some people run because they’ve gotta go when a force of nature like me scares ‘em so - it gets hectic, electric - but it’s all very well - it’s like ringing a bell - as the clouds run on into the sea - in the heavens above there are little white doves that are singing a song just for me - the cats meow and the dogs all howl - they’re the true believers they perceive my power - it doesn’t matter if it’s day or night what a big commotion when i come in sight! they sing me a symphony - sometimes it’s clover and sometimes a curse, no routine to follow or be rehearsed - i shake it down and make the city swoon - i’d love to show you now but i’ll be leaving soon, so some day …yes! one day… cause it’s all very well - it’s like ringing a bell - as the clouds run on into the sea - in the heavens above there are little white doves that are singing a song just for me
lorelei
i know how the moon became a shadow of a grey - how her hungry heart ignited having led the way - seven seas began to drum the silence in her ear - the sirens sounded one by one - now the park is empty - crowds have gone away - now the town is sated - so be on your way - sing a song of misery - sing a song of old - take your passion from the flame - turn it into gold - if you seek then you shall find the treasure all will hold: a secret only good when told - now the park is empty - crowds have gone away - now the town is sated - so be on your way
louise
could i be mistaken or has everything here become like a game where every rock is unreal - we walk in a daze pretending all that we feel in a bubble - excuse me you say, can you come back again? love is an anchor and there’s never an end - a push and a shove that will send me sailing into cycles - but i set it on fire (oh no) - tempting the devil with an organ of sweets - stepping down into a field of release - living for nothing and paying no fee on arrival - first it was boredom but now its escape - out of the ordinary everyday "what do you do?" "did you know?" "who do you follow?" no - I set it on fire (oh yes) - is this a religion or a philosophy - taking missteps with irretractable ease - a ticket to nowhere pretending to present an idyll - when I set it on fire (oh no)
mad boys
the day the 40’s came to town you weren’t around and we were needing - from restless quiet and the tall cool empty bottle of our reasoning - for a song, for a song, for a hazy song to send us all a-reeling - we watched them come and watched them go but never knew when they were leaving - and in the air there was a flow of something deeper down and seething - of a man growing old, of a love never told, that left us grieving - mad boys, mad boys - the rapture of the sound they made became an anthem of a season - spinning tribe, a treasure trove of all we knew we’d been deceiving - when the mad boys set down even the descent into hell becomes appealing - all those things we forgot we loved - the dirty bacchanalian pleasure - dancing in the face of hope, dancing in the face of failure - as if everything that was wrong became the ammunition of our mirth and laughter - mad boys, mad boys - we let the crazy lady in - she wouldn’t take no for an answer - even when threatened with a knife she turned around and said; “what’s your problem? with the mad boys around even you, my little darling, become charming.” - i went home at 4 am ‘cause my old man was green with envy citing my weakness for guitars and men when women are outnumbered - even suicidal sue lost her head - we left her in the pool – she’s crying - mad boys, mad boys - he said he heard the levee break and felt the heartbeat of disaster - is that something you can shake or does the sound become your master? - mad boys, mad boys, mad boys, mad boys - when the mad boys come to town even the descent into hell becomes appealing
sos blues
there are two kinds of people when you hit the bottom end - there are those that capsize you and those that grab for your hand- i hear you talking to me but the words aren’t making sense - take a step outside to listen and let’s drop all the pretense - it was a dark stormy sea - i could barely tread water - i nearly lost my name and that i was someone’s daughter - i sent an SOS to all who loved me and lo and behold - they threw a ring of love around me - i didn’t hear your voice i couldn’t see your light - and now you're telling me “no” - you weren’t turned on that night - now the water’s looking fine - you want to jump back in - but your big sharp teeth aren’t welcome next to my brand new thick skin
step lightly
the people come, the people go - when you’re left alone you’ll know - for some it’s only just a show, with no solos - i’m nowhere and i’m here - it’s just me singing, and when i get low - i step lightly - when day is done i lay in bed - the cavalry invades my head - in Technicolor stereo, they burn and glow - it’s a dream, but it’s real - it’s the night singing, and when i can’t fly - i step lightly
today
here’s the morning - feel the dawning - see the sunshine at your door - no more waiting - excavating all the things you’ve said and done - another year is gone - one more rotation has taken us around the sun - are your curtains drawn? the show is on…come on, come on! doesn’t it feel so good to be alive? today is yours - isn’t it just a lovely way - to know you’re wonderful, at all? city sidewalks - signs and steeples - miles of people line the way - all the hustle, all the hurry - til there’s nothing left but hate - but there’s a moon above - it pulls on the ocean and swims in a night of love - can you hear the tune it sings to you, to make you new? doesn’t it feel so good to be alive? today is yours - isn’t it just a lovely way - to know you’re wonderful, at all?
useless blues
we all know the song “nobody knows you when you’re down and out” - i can tell you that it’s true - in my life i have found out - people will call you crazy -yet they've been there all their lives - they will call you many things - to make themselves feel better on the inside - i’ve been told and told the many things i have done wrong - i didn’t say a word - i knew it was their only song - useless people, needing you day and night - when it’s you’re time you won’t find them anywhere in sight - people, people - they’ll kick you when you’re down - be careful who you swim with in case you start to drown
whale
by the river the horizon stretched for miles like the surface of a flat thin dime - we were talking of a certain emptiness that travels in the blood of all mankind - how revelatory seams thrown together form a life - how we conjure up our dreams from the fury sewn inside - how we could be divine - while the wind carried shadows of the sun like a yawn into a brimming bowl - we recognized how every battle ever won became a midnight parade of bravado - how love will drag you deep when given half the chance - love will steal the beat, just when you thought you knew how to dance - love like a whale - a procession of possessions when we climbed over grains of sand marching in a line - the heaviness of the peaceful space of time weighed on our backs and on our minds - as we stumbled to the town the blush of evening arrived - to feed the hunger coming down, to hush the rumbling desire - we rummaged for the wine
