Mercury falling

Mercury falling

I rise from my bed

Collect my thoughts together

I have to hold my head

It seems that she's gone

And somehow I am pinned by

The Hounds of Winter

Howling in the wind



I walk through the day

My coat around my ears

I look for my companion

I have to dry my tears

It seems that she's gone

Leaving me too soon

I'm as dark as December

I'm as cold as the Man in the Moon



I still see her face

As beautiful as day

It's easy to remember

Remember my love that way

All I hear is that lonesome sound

The Hounds of Winter

The follow me down



I can't make up the fire

The way that she could

I spend all my days

In the search for dry wood

Board all the windows and close the front door

I can't believe she won't be here anymore



I still see her face

As beautiful as day

It's easy to remember

Remember my love that way

All I hear is that lonesome sound

The Hounds of Winter

They follow me down



A season for joy

A season for sorrow

Where she's gone

I will surely, surely follow

She brightened my day

She warmed the coldest night

The Hounds of Winter

They got me in their sights



I still see her face

As beautiful as day

It's easy to remember

Remember my love that way

All I hear is that lonesome sound

The Hounds of Winter

They follow me down

Early one morning

With time to kill

I borrowed Jeb's rifle

And sat on the hill

I saw a lone rider

Crossing the plain

I drew a bead on him

To practice my aim

My brother's rifle

Went off in my hand

A shot rang out

Across the land

The horse he kept running

The rider was dead

I hung my head I hung my head



I set off running

To wake from the dream

My brother's rifle

Went into the stream

I kept on running

Into the salt lands

And that's where they found me

My head in my hands

The sheriff he asked me

Why had I run

Then it came to me

Just what I had done

And all for no reason

Just one piece of lead

I hung my head I hung my head



Here in the courthouse

The whole town is there

I see the judge

High up in his chair

"Explain to the courtroom

What went through your mind

And we'll ask the jury

What verdict they find"

I said "I felt the power

Of death over life

I orphaned his children

I widowed his wife

I beg their forgiveness

I wish I was dead"

I hung my head I hung my head



Early one morning

With time to kill

I see the gallows

Up on the hill

And out in the distance

A trick of the brain

I see a lone rider

Crossing the plain

He's come to fetch me

To see what they done

We'll ride together

'Til kingdom come

I pray for God's mercy

For soon I'll be dead

I hung my head I hung my head

When you're down and they're counting

When your secrets all found out

When your troubles take to mounting

When the map you have leads you to doubt

When there's no information

And the compass turns to nowhere that you know well

Let your soul be your pilot

Let your soul guide you He'll guide you well



When the doctors failed to heal you

When no medicine chest can make you well

When no counsel leads to comfort

When there are no more lies they can tell

No more useless information

And the compass spins

The compass spins between heaven and hell

Let your soul be your pilot

Let your soul guide you he'll guide you well



And your eyes turn towards the window pane

To the lights upon the hill

The distance seems so strange to you now

And the dark room seems so still



Let your pain be my sorrow

Let your tears be my tears too

Let your courage be my model

That the north you find will be true

When there's no more useless information

And the compass turns to nowhere that you know well

Let your soul be your pilot

Let your soul guide you Let your soul guide you

Let your soul guide you upon your way

Alone with my thoughts this evening

I walked on the banks of tyne

I wondered how I could win you

Or if I could make you mine

Or if I could make you mine



The wind it was so insistent

With tales of a stormy south

But when I spied two birds in a sycamore tree

There came a drynes in my mouth



Came a dryness in my mouth

For then without rhyme or reason

The two bird did rise up to fly

And where the two birds were flying

I swear I saw you and I

I swear I saw you and I



I walked out this morning

It was like a veil hade been removed from before my eyes

For the first time I saw the work of heaven

in the line where the hills had been married to the sky

And all around me every blade of singing grass

Was calling out your name and that our love would always last

And inside every turning leaf

Is the pattern of an older tree

The shape of our future

The shape of all our history

And out of the confusion

Where the river meets the sea

Came thing's I'd never seen

Things I'd never seen



I was brought to my senses

I was blind but now that I can see

Every signpost in nature

Said you belong to me



I know it' true

It's written in a sky as blue

As blue as your eyes, as blue as your eyes

If nature's red in tooth and claw

Like winter's freeze and summer's thaw

The wounds she gave me

Were the wounds that would heal me

And we'd be like the moon and sun

And when our courtly dance had run

Its course across the sky

Then together we would lie

And out of the confusion

Where the river meets the sea

Something new would arrive

Something better would arrive



I was brought to my senses

I was blind but now that I can see

Every signpost in nature

Said you belong to me

Another night finds me alone

In my dreams

You still touch me

Your picture by my telephone

In that smile

You still thrill me



Now if I sleep, I sleep here alone

In my bed tonight

You still haunt me

And if I'm falling

I'm falling like a stone

In my nightmares

You still hold me



And after all that we've been through

Now I'm wondering

If you still blame me

If only half of this was true

That you believe of me

You still shame me



Dark rain will fall until I see your face

I close my eyes

I seem to hear the raindrops saying

You won't come back

You still touch me



And when I'm sick at heart and low

In my prayers

You still heal me

When I'm so sure this isn't so

In my complacency

You still shake me



I wonder if you feel the same way as I do

And you'd come back

You still touch me



Another night finds me alone

In my bed tonight

You still haunt me

You still hold me

You still touch me

Seven weeks have passed now since she left me

She shows her face to ask me haw I am

She says the kids are fine and that they miss me

Maybe I could come and baby-sit sometime

She says, "Are you O.K.? I was worried about you

Can you forgive me? I hope that you'll be happy

I'm so happy that I can't stop crying

I'm so happy I'm laughing through my tears



I saw a friend of mine He said, "I was worried about you

I heard she had another man, I wondere how you felt about it?"

I'm so happy that I can't stop crying

I'm so happy I'm laughing through my tears

Saw my lawyer, Mr. Good News

He got me joint custody and legal separation

I'm so happy that I can't stop crying

I'm laughing through my tears, I'm laughing through my tears



I took a walk alone last night,

I looked up at the stars

To try and find an answer in my life

I chose a star for me, I chose a star for him,

I chosetwo stars for my kids and one star for my wife

Something made me smile. Something seemed to ease the pain

Something about the universe and how it's all connected



The park is full of sunday fathers and melted ice cream

We try to do the best within the give time

A kid should be with his mother,

Everybody knows that

What can a father do but baby-sit sometimes?

I saw that friend of mine, he said, "You look different somehow"

I said, "Everybody's got to leave the darkness sometime"

I'm so happy that I can't stop crying

I'm laughing through my tears. I'm laughing through my tears

I'm so happy that I can't stop crying

I'm laughing through my tears. I'm laughing through my tears

With her smile as sweet as a warm wind in summer

She's got me flying like a bird in a bright june sky

And then just when she thinks that I've got her number

Bring me down to the ground with her wintry eye

That's my baby

She can be all four seasons in one day



And when the nighttime comes with no interference

To our warm summer love with all its charms

But like a thoroughbred horse she can turn on a sixpence

And I find that I'm back in Mistress Winter's arms

That's my baby

She can be all four seasons in one day



How will I know?

How can I tell?

Which side of the bed she takes when the day begins

She can be kind

She can be cruel

She's got me guessing like a game show fool



She can change her mind like she changes her sweaters

From one minute to the next it's hard to tell

She blows hot and cold just like stormy weather

She's my gift from the Lord or a fiend from Hell

That's my baby

She can be all four seasons in one day



Watching the weatherman's been no good at all

Winter, spring, summer, I'm bound for a fall

There are no long term predictions for my baby

She can be all four seasons in one day



How will I know?

How can I tell?

Which side of the bed she takes when the day begins

She can be kind

She can be cruel

She's got me guessing like a game show fool



If it's a sunny day I take my umbrella

Just in case the raindrops start to fall

You could say that I'm just a cautious fellow

I don't want to be caught in a sudden squall

That's my baby

She can be all four seasons in one day

That's my baby

She can be all four seasons in one day

Train I ride don't be slow

If your whistle can blow

fifteen mile down the track

Tell them I'm coming back

counting poles couting sheep

Don't be slow I won't weep

If your wheels on the line

Were to put me on time



Just a year to the day

Since I went upon my way

to seek my fortune and fame

Be a star, change my name

And that's it more or less

Til this midnight express

I know I can't be late

Cause she said she won't wait

She'll just go marry Jack

so there's no turning back

And it's 25 to midnight and fifteen miles of track



Band I had got a break

Just one chance we had to take

Told my girl I'd be back

Left her with my friend Jack

New York City for a spell

Things didn't turn out so well

Every dive that we played

We were lucky we got paid



Mr. train driver please

If your speed you increase

Every cent I have now

Will be yours this i vow

And that's it more or less

Til this midnight express

I know I can't be late

Cause she said she won't wait

She'll just go marry Jack

So there's no turning back

And it's 25 to midnight and fifteen miles of track



We called ourselves the Latino Lovers

Hawaiian shirts and to forty covers

I didn't think I could sink this low

When drugs and booze ate all my dough

This isn't how it was meant to be

There's no such thing as a meal that's free

If i was ever to get out alive

I have to get home on time



Train I ride don't be slow

If your whistle can blow

fifteen mile down the track

Tell them I'm coming back

And that's it more or less

Til this midnight express

I know I can't be late

Cause she said she won't wait

She'll just go marry Jack

So there's no turning back

And it's 25 to midnight and fifteen miles of track

And it's 25 to midnight and fifteen miles of track

Dansons tu dis

Et moi, je suis

Mes pas sont gauches

Mes pieds tu fauches

Je crains les sots

Je cherche en vain les mots

Pour m'expliquer ta vie, alors

Tu ments, ma Soeur

Tu brises mon coeur

Je pense, tu sais

Erreurs, jamais

J'ecoute, tu parles

Je ne comprends pas bien

La Belle Dame sans Regrets



Je pleure, tu ris

Je chante, tu cries

Tu semes les graines

d'un mauvais chene

Mon ble s'envole

Tu en a ras le bol

J'attends, toujours

mes cris sont sourds

Tu ments, ma Soeur

Tu brises mon coeur

Je pense, tu sais

Erreus, jamais

j'ecoute, tu parles

Je ne comprends pas bien

La Belle Dame sans Regrets

Chase the dog star

Over the sea

Home where my true love is waiting for me

Rope the south wind

Canvas the stars

Harness the moonlight

So she can safely go

Round the Cape Horn to Valparaiso



Red the port light

Starboard the green

How will she know of the devils I've seen

Cross in the sky, star of the sea

Under the moonlight, there she can safely go

Round the cape horn to Valparaiso



And every road i walked would take me down to the sea

With every broken promise in my sack

And every love would always send the ship of my heart

Over the rolling sea



If I should die

And water's my grave

She'll never know if I'm dammed or I'm saved

See the ghost fly over the sea

Under the moonlight, there she can safely go

Round the Cape Horn to Valparaiso

Fill my eyes

O Lithium sunset

And take this lonesome burden

Of worry from my mind



Take this heartache

Of obsidian darkness

And fold my darkness

Into you yellow light



I've been scattered I've been shattered

I've been knocked out of the race

But I'll get better

I feel you light upon my face



Heal my soul

O Lithium sunset

And I'll ride the turning world

Into another night



See mercury falling…