Celia Chavez
WISHING WELL
she lays in the dark
looking like a violin
he plays her heart
til his hands across her skin
make her sing
and more's the pity
she knows all too well
someday she's gonna hit bottom in her wishing well
she thirsts for him
like a flower rooted in the sand
he rains for her
filling up her outstretched hands
with contraband
and more's the pity
she knows all too well
someday she's gonna hit bottom in her wishing well
she prays for strength
in the morning as he drives away
she waves her hand
as if to cast a spell his way
to make him stay
and more's the pity
she knows all too well
someday she's gonna hit bottom in her wishing well
oh...
someday she's gonna hit bottom in her wishing well
VEGA$
Baby have you been to Vegas
I keep hearing that it's grand
Tell me what you think
it looks like
And I'll draw us up a map
I will give you everything, babe
That I have left in the bank
Let's go, let’s go to Vegas
Get our tires stuck in the sand
Driving at a mile a minute
I will crash and you will burn
Where the winding asphalt banks
And the warning signs are stern
We make a blind-eye beeline
To our next hairpin turn
Gotta get ourselves to Vegas
Burn, baby, burn
We can stand in front of Elvis
And dress up all in white
We can make a drunken promise
And swagger at the sight
Of spun roulettes
and misplaced bets
Made in the middle of the night
When we’re starry-eyed in Vegas
Everything will be all right
When the lights go out in Vegas
And the desert sands grow cold
We will rub our eyes and wonder
Where is all the gold
When the charm won’t last forever
We’ll convince ourselves it can
It’ll leak like gas
Out the back
Of our stolen black sedan
CALL ME
This kills me more than i imagined
long distance you
homebound me
i'm not saying you feel different
but you're rolling down the road, and i have to stay
so please
call me from the road
call me from the road
call me from the road
tell me that you'll be home soon
I watched you heading out this morning
rolling your lonely up into your sleeves
with the kiss you swore you're saving only for me
and the promise in your voice makes me believe
when you
call me from the road
call me from the road
call me from the road
to tell me you'll be home soon
On a train to Philadelphia
Or a flight to Ohio
I can trace your travels anywhere you go
And I may only tell you
what you might already know
i'll be here dreaming you on back until
the day you
come on back home..
call me from the road
call me from the road
tell me that you'll be home
tell me that you'll be home
tell me that you'll be home
soon.
FEAR OF FALLING LEAVES
O the leaves will be turning soon
So the same for the waning moon
But things that fade can change their tune
If you leave them on their own
I can see the chill across your face
Your confusion at the planet’s ways
But the trees know there is no disgrace
To become disrobed
Will you stay to see the green again
Seasons change and seasons end
Why hide from clouds or run from rain
Rain is what the dry earth needs
Green is only one of many hues
Gold and crimson still can thrill and soothe
If you stay to see you’ll surely lose
Your fear of falling leaves
If the trees can be this brave
For us it could be the same
To be naked in the cold and rain
Could liberate us all
So let go every branch and stem
Close your eyes try to be like them
Finding joy and color once again
In your own free fall
Green is only one of many hues
Gold and crimson still can thrill and soothe
If you stay I promise you will lose
Your fear of falling leaves
Stay with me to see the green again
Feel the grass beneath bare feet again
We will laugh when we remember when
We were afraid of falling leaves
we were afraid of falling leaves
don't be afraid of
falling leaves
SNOW
my window faces
the north and the east
the morning sun wakes me
he won't give me peace
there's room here beside me
but i guess you know
if it weren't for the sun
we'd be watching the snow
through the bare branches
in skies bleached and bland
the airliners float
as they ready to land
i know that people
come and they go
but i thought by now
we'd be watching the snow
cold grey days
stole summer away by degrees
still i thought that we'd
find a way to fight off the freeze
caught the storm on our tongues
tried to melt in inside
but none of our wishes
could make winter die
it came with the bite
but with none of the show
so i stand here alone
at my open window
missing your warmth
and watching for snow
DANDELION
When I feel my fire dying
I remember Dandelion
Though she’s lost
Her bloom and her seed
Riding on the wind
She has everything
She needs
Once the belle of the bouquet
When the summer fades away
She opens wide
To embrace the next
friendly breeze
Riding on the wind
She has everything
She needs
Ooo...
Through the thorns and tangled vines
Up comes Dandelion
Reaching for the sun
Showing everyone
her means
And her sunny smile
That no man can defeat
Ooo...
Dandelion I need to know
How you make your blossom grow
How you stay
So beautiful and true
Oh Dandelion
I will follow you
I will follow you
I will follow you
SAILOR’S DAUGHTER
Papa would go sailin’, sailin
Far across the eastern sea
Every where he sailed he’d find them
All the gifts he brought to me
All the gifts he brought to me
Fragile dolls in fancy costume
Pretty jewels in pear-shaped jars
They were presents for a young woman
Not a little baby like me
Not a little baby like me
oooo...
Maybe he could see the future
Maybe he had plans for me
Maybe he saw a different daughter
Looking back across the sea
Looking back across the sea
I should have kept them precious
I should have stored them well
My poor old papa’s presents
If I had I’d have them still
If I had I’d have them still
ooo...
Now he no longer wanders
Or sails on any sea
Or remembers son or daughter
Only travels in his dreams
Only travels in his dreams
I should have kept them precious
I should have known damn well
My poor old papa’s presents
If I had I’d have them still
If I had I’d have them still
If I had I’d have them still
P.T. BARNUM
Dizzy and faded from whiskey and wine
This carnival spins inside of my mind
On a carousel of ne'er do well
You and me and P.T. Barnum
Wanting you nearer then wishing you'd go
Accepting deception as part of the show
On a tilt-a-whirl of boy and girl
You and me and P.T. Barnum
Every minute of every day
A sucker's born, that's what they say
But it’s freak fascination, can't look away
Can't pull away
Can't look away
From sequins and sugar and canvas on sticks
The net breaks our fall and we all get our kicks
In this two-bit show of touch and go
You and me and P.T. Barnum
You and me and P.T. Barnum
(solo over bridge)
...can't pull away, can't look away
from sequins and sugar and animal tricks
the net breaks our fall and we all get our kicks
in this two-bit show of touch and go
You and me and P.T. Barnum
You and me and P.T. Barnum
DREAM
Ashore
A sailor sleeps
Drunk on love and fantasy
When he wakes
Will he believe
How his dreaming set me free
A stolen shirt
And trousers too
A half filled purse and I’m on the run
To set upon
The ocean blue
To chase the ever rising sun
Oh...
He came to me
All smiles and sunburned skin
With tales of everywhere he’d been
And pocketfuls of gold
To buy my body and my soul
The bargain turned
When we lay down
Ran his yearning into ground
Then he slept
And so he could not see
The key to freedom I had found
Oh...
To lands I’ve yet to roam
Winds, oh carry me far from home
To salt and shell and calloused skin
This is where my world begins
Oh...
Ashore
A sailor sleeps
Drunk on love and fantasy
When he wakes
Will he believe
How his dreaming set me free
MY LOVE
My love
Is stronger than the sea
I marvel at the gifts he brings
To me
My love
With eyes of ocean blue
He brings me fear and ecstasy
and truth
But oh
I feel our ebb and flow
Like sand he pulls me from my distant shore
My love
Survives despite the storm
I surface in his waves
I am reborn
Our sorrows
Crushed by feet and hands
Becomes the seashell beach
On which we stand
My love
Survives despite the storm
I surface in his waves
I am reborn
My love
Is stronger than the sea
I marvel at the gifts he brings
To me
My love
Is stronger than the sea
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