Ithaca Lyrics

Out here when you light a smoke on the porch You can hear the paper burning. The moon is the only light, In the silence you can hear it turning. Down over the ridge by the highway,...Read Full Lyrics

Well a question mark is, It's a little wavy line above a dot or two upon your page, or A question marks you and you Wonder as it sinks into your memory Which you don't have, no, it...Read Full Lyrics

Standing with my sneakers soaking up a lake of gasoline Standing with my bob dylan comic books And a bag of boston baked beans Standing hear I realize just now what you mean - hey ...Read Full Lyrics

I saw a woman in a circle Her face was a rapture She was pulling a lever, she was raising a hammer She's gonna ring that bell I turned to tell my brother About this woman and her r...Read Full Lyrics

It's cold, but at least the sun is out Her breath hangs glowing in the air She's standing at the car with the key in her hand Like a sleeper coming back from somewhere All at once,...Read Full Lyrics

How can I possibly tell it How can I say it all I've built this story up for so long I have so far to fall How can a liar tell the truth A voice inside me shouts Well I guess I wil...Read Full Lyrics

Inside the tunnels, the stone tunnels, are the trains And inside the trains, the steel trains, are the bags of skin And inside the thin skin are the blood and the bones And inside ...Read Full Lyrics

I want a voice I want a deep, resonant, effortless voice A big voice - bigger than me I want to speak and hear the floorboards take it up So that people hear me first with their bo...Read Full Lyrics

The trouble with poets is they talk too much They tell us it hurts them a little more And we cannot tell if they make this up We've never stood in their shoes, in skins, in their h...Read Full Lyrics

It's raining down roses on the stop where you stand As you wait for the morning train The woman beside you, her shoulders are smoking Her eyes are filling with flame And it's noth...Read Full Lyrics