The World And All I Know Joe Henry

The dark great river bends below me, A void of light now tells me so Where tiny towns crowd its shoulders, Between the world and all I know … Thunder rolls beneath my feet And mountain clouds slide just

Windows Of The Revolution Joe Henry

What can I write home about? The waters cold, the pilots out. I keep my children out of sight And my man never came home last night What will I learn to tell myself?

Widows Of The Revolution Joe Henry

What can I write home about? The water's cold, the pilot's out. I keep my children out of sight And my man never came home last night. What will I learn to tell myself?

Your Side Of My World Joe Henry

Can you see the smoke rise and curl All the way from your side of my world? Hush your talk, here comes the boss Down off of his perch.

Parker's Mood Joe Henry

I didn't know what time it was When I came to The only light in here Is my flickering TV Watching back at me Oh, my love is here to stay Saints alive And all the saints be praised I see them

I Will Write My Book Joe Henry

I turn my face from all the rage Playing on a grim, dark stage, But you've shown me an open page And I will write my book.

Strung Joe Henry

I keep wooden boxes like traps strung with wire In the light of old tires, piled on the fire Wearing their smoke like a flower in bloom Cut like the thread in a pipe fitter's room; I dig in the dirt and

Leaning Joe Henry

I cant stay here in my room I cant hold my own against the heavy Lean of your perfume That tries to keep your pillow down and low Across my face As if what lingers here of you could Take my breath

Flag Joe Henry

Take that noise out in the street, This rubble out from under my feet. No rest for the weary in here, And make a fuss, youre a volunteer.

Piano Furnace Joe Henry

Let's pull this piano out from the wall Clear the young children from out of the hall Stuff it with tender put paid to it all Let it stoke the fires of the world Let's beat this guitar it was meant

You Can't Fail Me Now Joe Henry

I know that fan is moving air, I can see it in your hair But I can't bear to breathe it in somehow I'll rise and fall with you 'cause you can't fail me now I'll rise and fall with you 'cause you can't

God Only Knows Joe Henry

Darkness settles on the ground And leaves the day stumbling blind, Coming to a quiet close And maybe just in time: We'd almost lost the heart to know How to keep our best in mind, We'd almost lost the

Dark Tears Joe Henry

My camera doesn't lie to me, I see dark tears behind its eye, My camera doesn't lie to me, I see dark tears behind its eye It looks backwards on my future, Already in the sweet by-and-by The rambler vines

Dirty Magazine Joe Henry

A cut-out picture of a sugar tart With olive skin, a purple heart, Concrete shoes, and its just the start Of bigger things unseen.

Animal Skin Joe Henry

I see in you an animal trace Thats quick in your blood and deep in your face, Mine has been tamed Im shamed to pretend When Im this close to your animal skin I remember when love was something I craved

Love Is Enough Joe Henry

Headlights fake a prison break Of snow that rages and dies, It's lost its will upon this hill As one time so did I.

Heaven's Escape Joe Henry

They're showing a movie on the side of the bank Oh, I'm in love with all creation And the warmth of the hood of the car in the dark Oh, I feel I'm an angel in waiting Where time is alive in the dark

Flesh And Blood Joe Henry

Come sit beside me, Thatll do for now The night has come and left me Just the light that you allow.

Odetta Joe Henry

They pick at every shiny thing, Stitching down this earth so cold and hard, Low and tight across my wings, And when they're calling over me, Their unholy, fitful song … Odetta, Odetta Please carry me along

This Afternoon Joe Henry

On the afternoon That the revolution began, I was in a hotel pool with another kid And an Australian business man.

Unspeakable Joe Henry

You tug at my sleep, A tangle of thread, That knots at the lock At the foot of my bed Swinging the door To a perilous view Where all my unspeakable dreams Fall to you, All my unspeakable dreams Fall to

After The War Joe Henry

A dog-eared mind sniffed my heart Like a pocket full of German marks Long after the war was through Stood me on a rusted rail Turned my face and kicked my tail Up toward the yonder blue … Threw a fish

Lighthouse Joe Henry

Oh, my dear, Ive swallowed the moon, And left it dark like a ring Burned on a spoon.

Scare Me To Death Joe Henry

I've seen the best And the worst you can be And all while you're getting The better of me You're fragile but wicked And fleeting as breath And you move up behind me And scare me to death You're fragile

Eyes Out For You Joe Henry

A fence is stretched across my brow A divided country: then and now, And you the border guard My caravan waved off the track With dusty miners hid in back, Their faces glowing hard … Bruised and black

Tiny Voices Joe Henry

You wild beasts and you creeping things Get down in your place, Down with all the absolutes And Gods awful grace. Who wants to see this coming? Who wants to think you do?

Wave Joe Henry

"I waved to you as my boat was leaving Hats flew up and everybody cheered, But you turned as I guess someone spoke to you, And in a sea of arms you disappeared.

Shut Me Up Joe Henry

The song wants to repeat just now, It sings itself to show you how, It throws away its finest line Just to keep the feel and time. Just to keep The feel and time, It throws away now Its finest line.

Tomorrow Is October Joe Henry

Now that fires have been contained These ashes are of our own making, Clouds hang up on radio towers And sirens sing one song for hours Here begins the fitting end To what we'd started over When

Civil War Joe Henry

I don't know you to wear a hat But I came home late and there it sat, You rose to show what hats are for When living through a civil war, When living through a civil war Christmas mornings and New Years

Time Is A Lion Joe Henry

Here you go If you fear the angels above while you sleep Then I'll be the blood, you paint on your door Your dream is a worry that nothing will keep But time is a story and there will be more Your dream

Our Song Joe Henry

I saw Willie Mays At a Scotsdale Home Depot Looking at Garage Door Springs At the the far end of the 14th row His wife stood there beside him She was quiet and they both were proud I gave them room but

Deathbed Versions Joe Henry

Now the rabble have been jailed, The moon is up, had hung and paled The horses spooked, the fences failed … How do you like your boy? How do you hear your lion's song?

Civilians Joe Henry

The carriage horses stamp and fume Until all color's gone They leave the street in black and white And bring the eventing coming on Lovers tug their way out of gloves Out of shoes, and gray chiffon The

Loves You Madly Joe Henry

It pulls at your feet, Gets into your nose, Onto your bed And under your clothes, Loves you madly So madly, Madly, Loves you madly The sun wants you deep The sun has a need To take you in then

Grand Street Joe Henry

His foot held the door, To the alley in back Where the hotel's kitchen let out And the night butcher stood 'Neath a dim iron moon And spoke to himself right out loud Spoke to himself right out loud I gave

Sold Joe Henry

Please dont speak another truth out loud Whatever else you do, I only want you keep me lost in your cloud And Ill do the same for you.

Room At Arles Joe Henry

Just behind that wall, I think, She pulls her stockings on: The creaking floor speaks through the door Of one foot then the other The curtains wave a flag to say This afternoon is done And giving in to

He Made A Woman Out Of Me Bobbie Gentry

I was born on a levy A little bit south of Montgomery Mama worked in the big house And daddy he worked for the County I never had no learnin' Until I turned 16 When Joe Henry come up the river, yonder

I'm Henry The Eighth I Am Joe Brown, The Bruvvers

I'm Henry the eighth I am Henry the eighth I am I am I got married to the widow next door She's been married seven times before And every one was an Henry Henry She wouldn't have a Willy or a Sam no Sam

eighteen Henry Moodie

Just turned eighteen And I don't really know what that means I've still got the same anxiety I feel so controlled by society And my friends They all seem to know what they wanna be Got their lives planned

All That I Am joe

Check it I can't buy you fancy rings Or all of the expensive things you're used to baby No trips around the world no diamonds or pearls To give to you baby But what I've got a give is more precious

Perfect For You Jennifer Damiano, Adam Chanler-Berat

Our planet is poison The oceans, the air Around and beneath and above you NATALIE Um, Henry, that's true And I totally care HENRY I'm trying to tell you I love you NATALIE What HENRY The world is at war

It’s You HENRY

know that You\'re the one that\'s on my mind I\'m falling too fast Deeply in love Finding the magic in the colors of you You\'re the right time at the right moment You\'re the sunlight keeps my

It\'s You HENRY

oughta know that You\'re the one that\'s on my mind I\'m falling too fast Deeply in love Finding the magic in the colors of you You\'re the right time at the right moment You\'re the sunlight

It`s You HENRY

know that You\'re the one that\'s on my mind I\'m falling too fast Deeply in love Finding the magic in the colors of you You\'re the right time at the right moment You\'re the sunlight keeps my

ghetto child joe

Shaggy) {All the ghettos around the world} {Dig this} {Ghetto Fabulous Joe} {Shaggy} All the children sing {Uh} I'm a ghetto child I'm a ghetto child (Check it, out) There's a world out there

World Of Girls Joe

Met a girl on trip to Spain Took a walk and in the rain Dinner by candle-light Every night She was every man's delight Had a dream__ Bentley and humor And I fell in love Instantly the way she put

Perfect For You Original Broadway Cast

HENRY Our planet is poison, the oceans the air Around and beneath and above you NATALIE Um Henry that's true and I totally care HENRY I'm trying to tell you I love you (spoken) NATALIE

World Of Girl Joe

Met a girl on trip to Spain Took a walk and in the rain Dinner by candle-light Every night She was every man's delight Had a dream__ Bentley and humor And I fell in love Instantly the way she put