Lyrics for Harmony Ascension Division
I Knew You
W’ed go fishing by that broke down Ford
there ain’t no fish in that water no more
you had songs now you’d sing to me
I’d play rhythm you’d play lead
I watched you wander out of the light
towards that neon burning bright
can you tell me what we found
a hand from the crowd and a push to the ground
we got older so it seems
kept on dreaming our stupid dreams
we ain’t wiser you know it’s true
remember when you knew everything and I knew you
Found someone stronger I see that now
someone who knew how to keep you around
someone to lead you to the eye of the storm
where the winds blew silent and the water was warm
I hear you voice now when I play
singing up high in that lonesome way
I never thought now you’d leave the ride
I keep looking for you on the passenger side.
We got older so it seems
kept on dreaming our stupid dreams
we ain’t wiser you know it’s true
remember when you knew everything
and I knew you
I knew you
I knew you
I’ll go now and leave you behind
when the hook gets snagged you gotta cut the line
curse your father, curse this town
curse that bottle we used to pass around.
We got older so it seems
kept on dreaming our stupid dreams
we ain’t wiser It’s plain to see
remember when I knew everything and you knew me
You knew me
You knew me
You knew me
Land Of Milk And Honey
On a Greyhound bus full of runaway girls
trying to find there way out to that western world
Indians drunk laughs and boasts
driver throws him out on the Oregon coast
It’s the land of milk and honey
something bitter in that milk
cut across that border like
A knife through silk
Cleveland station with a guitar case
look of recognition goes across her face
I smile just to tell her everything’s alright
hope you don’t end up sleeping
On the street tonight
In the land of milk and honey
something bitter in that milk
cut across that border like
A knife through silk
Three car crashes later we went our separate ways
skipped the parting glances, mending to be made
In the Blue Ridge Mountains tangled and confused
I met a girl who said she loved me I swore that she was you.
In the land of milk and honey
something bitter in that milk
cut across that border like
A knife through silk
A knife through silk
A knife through silk
She’s nodding off and telling me they took her girl away
they took her from her mother, grandmother the same
for someone of her color nothing much has changed
she’s going back to the reservation to put a needle in her vain
In the land of milk and honey
something bitter in that milk
cut across that border like
A knife through silk
In the land of milk and honey
something bitter in that milk
cut across that border like
A knife through silk
A knife through silk
A knife through silk
Can’t find you
I’ve got a race track running through my brain
don’t know the driver who’s moving in the passing lane
I can feel a crash is coming, heart beats out of time
backseat driving trying to stay between lines
If I can’t you
I can find whiskey
take me to the river
the river down town
If I can’t you
I can find whiskey
take me to the river
the river down town
let the weight of the water
take my troubles on down
The wind has stopped blowing
that took us from town to town
If we knew where we were going
we’d be there by now
I know that you’ll find another
I know that he’ll make you smile
give my regards to the next guy I was him
for a little while.
If I can’t have you
I can have whiskey
take me to the river
the river down town
If I can’t have you
I can have whiskey
take me to the river
the river down town
don’t like the way I’m living
don’t come around
Heavy lines and loose connections
something just quietly died I sure I ain’t no doctor
but The Good Lord knows I’ve tried If you need forgiveness I’m not the one to ask
the sign that points to no return has long since slid on past
If I can’t find you
and I can find whiskey
take me to the river
the river down town
If I can’t find you
and I can find whiskey
take me to the river
the river to drown
take me out the water
and put me under the ground
put me under the ground
Fools gold
I think I know why we fought so dirty
made a mess, like a demolition derby
we burned bright now, burned bright now
right now bright and dirty like a tire fire
look you dead in eye
I am a good liar
Fools gold now
too good to be true
once I got you in my sights now
I did what I had to do
Do you know why you left in a hurry
made a mess like a demolition derby
well you burned bright burn bright now
bright now right now
bright and dirty just like a tire fire
looked me dead in the eye you were a good liar
Fools gold now
too good to be true
once you got me in your sights now
you did what you know how to do.
I think I know why we fought so dirty
made a mess like a demolition derby
we shine bright now shine bright now
we shine bright now shine bright now
Fools gold
We shine bright now shine bright now
Fools gold now
too It’s good to be true
once I got you in my sights now
I did what I had to do
fools gold now
too good to be true
once you got me in your sights now
You did what you had to do
Dancing
Are you waiting for a train
are you waiting for the light to change
are you sharpening your knife
are you listening to rain
are you playing to the crowd
are you wasting someone else’s time
do you stare into their eyes
do you they trust you just like mine
Have you seen my baby
she doesn’t give a damn
have you seen my baby
with a .38 in her hand
have you seen my baby
maybe lying in your bed
the one she dances with
well the one she
dances with is dead
Is he waiting for a train
Is he waiting for the light to change
does he know I know his face
does he know I know his name
Have you seen my baby
she doesn’t give a damn
have you seen my baby
with a .38 in her hand
have you seen my baby
maybe lying in your bed
the one she dances with
well the one she dances with is dead
The one she dances with is dead
the one she dances with is dead
I’m just for waiting for this train
I’m just waiting for the light to change
I’m just sharpening my knife
I’m just listening to the rain.
Have you seen my baby
she doesn’t give a damn
have you seen my baby
In the arms of another man
have you seen my baby
maybe lying in your bed
the one she dances with
well the one she
dances with is dead
Down The Line
We burned the candle at both ends
soldiers partners enemies friends
drove in the moonlight and felt the wind blow cold
now we can look in the mirror and see what the highway stole
I hear that death is coming
I don’t want to waste no time
so I will love you forever but
I’m headed down the line
We made our deals now
kept them right
I watched you walk to the other side
I have my orders I may not make home
leave with a head full of worries and
A heart as heavy as stone
When you hear that death is coming
man you don’t want to waste no time
so I will love you forever but
I’m headed down the line
Now I see that North Star burning bright
all that dwells in the darkness has come to light
I don’t have a moment to fuss and fight
It’s all in my rearview and out of sight.
I know that death is coming
and I don’t want to waste no time
so I will love you forever but
I’m headed down the line
I will love you forever but
I’m headed down the line
down the line
down the line
down the line
Long Night
Lean in close this won’t take long
more of a tall tale than it truly is a song
everybody in this world has to find a way to get along
If you find one it can’t be wrong
it can’t be wrong It can’t be wrong
Some people need drugs alright
heaven up above alright
whatever it take to get you through that long night
some people need drugs alright
heaven up above alright
whatever it take to get you through that
that long long long
that long night
I knew you now when I was young a leaf upon the wind
you would crackle like a power line so much speed under your skin
crazy eyes and fire inside fare thee well my friend
sometimes we pass the darkness
other times we let it in
Some people need drugs alright
heaven up above alright
whatever it take to get you through that long night
some people need drugs alright
heaven up above alright
whatever it takes
It’s a long night
It’s a long night
You burned the brightest cause you had the shortest fuse
I will never know if I saw the best of you
you went to pay the dealers and I went to pay my dues
they drove you to the margins and you did the rest its true
So hard to get your hands around the ghost of hope
lose a friend at the end of a bottle at the end of needle at the end of a rope
so hard to get your hands around the ghost of hope
lose a friend at the end of a bottle at the end of needle at the end of a rope
when you lose a friend at the end of a bottle at the end of needle at the end of a rope
It’s a long night
It’s a long night
It’s a long night
That’s right
Waiting for you
You can find me in the darkest corner
trying to lean out of light
It’s getting harder and harder
when the sun she shines so bright
I’m still chasing after shadows
sharpening this old blade
ask me where I’m going and I don’t know what to say
trying to find that gold I went deep down in the mines
I’ve been waiting for you for a long time
I have prayed to the wrong Gods
and I’ve felt how the lightning burns
turns out we all get what’s coming
you just might be waiting your turn
I rise and fall like the ocean when she’s
dancing with the moon
don’t tell me where you’re going
just say you’ll be back soon
Like the wind reaching down to wrap her arms around the pines
I’ve been waiting for you for a long time
I’ve been waiting for you
I’ve been waiting for you
I’ve been waiting for you for a long time
Saw you from across the room and I knew it in my heart
death will step between us on the day that we will part
I chased my share of serpents I didn’t find no apple trees
made a life out of leaving
will you come with me
Like the wind reaching down to wrap her arms around the pines
I’ve been waiting for you for a long time
I’ve been waiting for you
I’ve been waiting for you
I’ve been waiting for you for a long time
Such a long long time
such a long long time
Lightning
Hungry and howling I sure need to get high
ours is never to questions why
only to run just to wait and to drive
If we are truly lucky we can say that we survived
I’m skipping like a stone across the water tonight
can’t slow down for no street light
the water underneath me it is deep and dark
It’s looking like rain and I’m writing in chalk.
They may say I was an easy mark
never put my hands up in front of my heart
but I love this world just like fire loves a spark
and I will leave this world
just like lightning leaves the dark
just like it leaves the dark
Death will never kiss me cause she can’t stand the taste
I run those circles around her while she’s walking in place
I could leave her out of focus when my wheels hit the ground
I’ll ask her husband how he feels about her sleeping around
I got five words for you can I hold your hand
yes I got my secrets I ain’t running no scams
I know the world is watching and I don’t give a damn
I want to bomb your jungle like it was Vietnam
They may say I was an easy mark
never put my hands up in front of my heart
but I love this world just like fire loves a spark
and I will leave this world
just like lightning leaves the dark
just like it leaves the dark
just like lightning leaves the dark
just like it leaves the dark
If you had a purpose for me it’s good you forgot
no use stopping bullets after guns have been shot
I know your trying to make some money off those lies that you bought
looks I’m more in the business of untying the knot
I send these sacrifices to burn out in the street
I want to make sweat harder than New Orleans heat
I want to leave your head ringing like a solid bronze bell
listening to the ocean like your ear was in a shell
They may say I was an easy mark
never put my hands up in front of my heart
but I love this world just like fire loves a spark
and I will leave this world
just like lightning leaves the dark
just like it leaves the dark
just like lightning leaves the dark
just like it leaves the dark