While I Waited ( The Little Hymn Project, 2011 )
I'm waiting in between what is seen
What is coming, what is here and what has been
I'm waiting in between what is done
what is finished, what is here and yet to come
But while I waited down here for more You were coming in quietly back door
You did not come in like a fire, like a storm or like a shark
You were just standing by a lamppost like an angel in the dark
I'm waiting in between what I fear
what I long for what I love and what is here
I'm waiting in between what I lost
what I hoped for what I took and what it cost
But while I waited down here for more You were coming in quietly back door
You did not come in like a fire, like a storm or like a shark
You were just standing by a lamppost, an angel in the dark
I'm waiting for this heart to change
For a bigger wind to blow and rearrange
But while I waited down here for more You were coming in quietly back door
You did not come in like a fire, like a storm or like a shark
You were just standing by a lamppost, an angel in the dark
You were the empty handed waiting for a word or for a score
You were a million stricken voices lying naked on the floor
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Emily ( The Little Hymn Project, 2011 )
The River took Emily
It took me down too
I was just hoping
that something was new
You burn like a fire
You yearn for the sun
You turn like a river
and thats how you run
Danny was following
lugging his load
and you were home praying
that he would not fold
I was just hoping that nothing would die
Were all gonna dance
but were still tryin to hide
Wandering stumbling fumbling fools
Green and blue nothing
until your love rules
Well dance with the angels
Your brother will too
Well praise like children
with nothing better to do
Some would say Jesus
is waiting up there
But I would say Jesus
is sitting right here
Raising a glass
for a hard days work done
And toasting us all
for the way that loves one
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What You Need ( A new song performed recently, Seattle, WA)
I'm scratching my way
to the end of a day
That's something I'd say
in a dream
But lovelier things,
know just how to sing
know just how to bring
what you need
what you need
Lay me down slow
That's just how I'll know
You go where you go
till you see
that lonelier things
can teach you to sing
know just how to bring
what you need
what you need
Restless and full,
I feel the seas pull
the way she moves out
she moves in
the ocean can sing
she won't miss a thing
knows just when to bring
what you need
what you need
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Ask for Angels ( Brooklyn, NY)
I am just here,
know less than I knew,
have faith where I dont belong
see the body hanging from a tree
some crazy love got a hold on me
I ask for angels
to walk me home
when I turn corners
and feel so all alone
Now I lay me down
some peace around
All the wars
all the rage
all the cries
and every stain
I ask for angels
to walk me home
when I turn corners
and feel so all alone
this is the place the time
when your touch rhymes
No I dont know
I just believe
you ask me if its real or not
but at the end of the day
I just receive
I ask for angels
to walk me home
when I turn corners
and find myself alone
This is the time, the place
the place
when I seek your face
