"Idyll" Lyrics

Idyll

So you dreamed of a place

Bright sun and blue sky

And a smile on your face

That never had to die

And as you walked through the fields

The grass tickled your feet

Flowers bloomed at your heels

And the birds sang high and sweet

(C1) Hey, little sister, where are you gonna go?

When the thunder rolls and the wind begins to blow?

And even deep in the woods

Sunlight dappled the ground

You weren’t weighed down by shoulds

and the wolves were nowhere around

And from up in the hills

The land spread out below

The wind was so still

And there was no ice or snow

(C1)

You drank when you were thirsty

From where the streams fed the lakes

You ate when you were hungry

There was always more to take

And at night you laid down

On a bed of soft dirt

And the moon came around

To ease all of your hurts

(C1)

I dreamed of a place

Cold stars and dark sky

I thought I was awake

But I couldn’t close my eyes

(C2) Hey there, little sister, where are we gonna go?

Oh, the wind it howls and these days are ice and snow

"The Melody" Lyrics

The Melody

Woke from a dream to the sound of the melody

A mouthful of dust in a house full of cats

Couldn’t make out the words, but I knew what they said to me

The warmth of the morning came in through the cracks

(C) Oh how I wished that that song was for me

But it went out to no one and that was the beauty

I knew I couldn’t touch it, but it still embraced me

And there, in the heat and the light I was free

Wrapped up in heartstrings, in webs we were tangled

It was a summer of love, and a summer of loss

With the sunrise, another night martyred and mangled

But we kept plunging on, unaware of the cost

I wasn’t quite sure what my own life was worth

I was hoping that you or somebody would tell me

But an earful of song and a heart full of hurt

Gave up all the answers my eyes couldn’t read

(C)

Well, one day I got up and left it for good

All of the drama and all of the pain

But learning’s about what you don’t know so I would

Go back and do it all over again (Not change a thing if I did it again)

And sometimes I miss you and sometimes I wonder

Sometimes I wish I could just go back

To the light, to the song, to the spell I was under

To the warmth of the morning, seeping in through the cracks

(C)

"Running" Lyrics

Running

Through the Rocky Mountain passes

where the Eagle River flows

Lightning tells in flashes

what the thunder knows

Colorado starts to ghost away

the rivers turn and run

I’m westbound on the highway

chasin' down the sun

(C) Runnin' through the granite hills

running through the pines

Fifteen years behind the wheel

are runnin' through my mind

Running through the daylight,

and through the darkness, too

Hoping all this running

will bring me back to you

I’m winding through the canyons now

I’m unraveling the maze

The bright lights of the city

are blurring in the haze

And the great salt flats of Utah

are painted rose-pink by the light

I’m doing 80 through the sunset

to race the coming night

(C) Running 'neath the skyscrapers

running ‘cross the plains

Fifteen hours I've run around

in circles in my brain

Running through the desert sand

in a pair of stolen shoes

Hoping all this running

will bring me back to you

Now the stars are shining down on me

like highbeams from the sky

The embers of a campfire

reflected in my eyes

As I lay beneath this bowl of stars

a brief wilderness amen

I know that when the morning comes

I'll be running once again

(C) Running through the wildfire

Running through the tuff

Fifteen days of running

and I think I've had enough

Running 'neath the sky

when I probably should have flew

Hoping all this running

will bring me back to you