Michael, Row Your Boat Ashore Lyrics

If God wills this time tomorrow, bound for Boise via plane (willful mispronunciation of my destination’s name) I’d like to write a sequel to “the State That I am in” [sic...Read Full Lyrics

You were a song I couldn't sing Caught like a bear by the bees with its hand in the hive Who complains of the pain of the sting When I'm lucky I got out alive! A life at best left ...Read Full Lyrics

You were a song that I couldn't sing You were a story I couldn't tell I've only ever loved myself But I've loved myself so well. And how defeated I return! (you're nice and blue, ...Read Full Lyrics

Without a queen the locust swarm Turned the ground to black, Descending like a shadowy tower opon a fish's back. And scattered the sticks who crawled Like snakes in the sand, As th...Read Full Lyrics

Half-mast land grants homesteading laws Past Dodge Summit toward Athabasca Falls Practicing our Avocets and Gnatcatcher calls [Owl] I laid down our guns where the soldierfish...Read Full Lyrics

A note we wrote the other day To any mice who pass this way On crumed and sugared countertop: "we must insist Your traffic stop. " In their defense, they don't refuse But nonethe...Read Full Lyrics

Pale horse songs of a slow decline Sideshow words if the songs don't mind A few more lines, 'the oil and the wine' I thought I'd left that all behind Pale horse vows in the s...Read Full Lyrics

Not one motion of her gesture could I forget The prettiest bag lady I ever met Pushing her cart in the rain Then gathering plastic and glass She watched the day pass Not hour by ho...Read Full Lyrics

Pale horse songs of a slow decline Sideshow words if the songs don't mind G-d gave Noah the rainbow sign No more water, is the H-Bomb next time? Pale horse vows in a grave I-do...Read Full Lyrics

Before the Red Sea flood Beneath a cornhusk dawn We bid the Elkhorn run To a locomotive psalm Until the pale horse comes Along a rail withdrawn Clanging loudward on Clanging...Read Full Lyrics