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jungle & sky​/​GrooveLily sampler (back issue series)

by GrooveLily

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1.
Far from the heat of you, I melt in your mind Your voice is a candle of perfect design You shiver my timbers and quiver my bones I cannot take all this shaking alone CHORUS: Restless and reckless, I am running Just to see if you'll follow me home I can feel you behind me, engine gunning I am high on that highway Restless and reckless...oh We are faster than wildest horses And slower than time I turn back to touch you once And you're mine... CHORUS Restless, reckless -- come with me now CHORUS
2.
It's always Virginia ground I see It's always your voice that's calling out to me, "Won't you come on home?" We used to be Always together, you and I You with the lushest leaves and clearest sky That I've ever seen in my life Forests of green and gleaming twilights Now that you're just a dream in my life CHORUS: I'm out here alone You know, I don't mind it And though this concrete city has become my home, my way unknown I will find it And in my mind you're always with me... Goodbye, Virginia, goodbye Out where the Blue Ridge meets the sky Oh Shenandoah, how you filled my eyes With a thousand blazing sunsets Just us and the stars out on the front steps Dreaming of all the nights to come yet... CHORUS Looking out through my small barred window I know this dirty city gives me freedom like I've never known I traded you for the dreams I follow And I can't go back -- Goodbye, Virginia, goodbye We were together, you and I You with the lushest leaves and clearest sky That I've ever seen in my life Forests of green and gleaming twilights Now that you're just a dream in my life... CHORUS
3.
Sister Siren 04:53
The salt winds sting like teardrops As she prepares her deadly charms A moment of heaven And all that's left her now Reluctant kisses, icy arms CHORUS: I sing the song of a siren High on a cliff so lonely With a wish so strong Harmony in silence Through dark and dawn For sailors gone Sister siren, sister siren This time her love will hold him A harbored heart at last But sooner or later It's vanished in his wake Too strong the power of her past... CHORUS Broken on the rocks below her Are those who could not hold her gaze A fury and tenderness no one understands Her love's chameleon ways CHORUS
4.
Too Late 04:40
He is walking to her house Fingers poised above the bell But he cannot find the courage So he walks away -- oh well He writes a heartfelt letter But he doesn't send it off So he tiptoes through his life Till every chance at love is lost And he sees her now, as he sees her always Looking like a lonely angel He sees her now, as she was in those days But that won't help him now It won't help him now... CHORUS: Oh no -- it's too late And time will pass you by Words you don't say Become the tears that you do cry She is cradling her baby In some ancient memory But that dream is closer to her Than that child will ever be And she watches as he's growing Just for six weeks every June She yearns for some connection But he always leaves too soon And she sees him now, as she sees him always Looking like a perfect stranger She takes his hand, reaching for the old days But that won't help her now He won't have her now... CHORUS We ride this speeding train Tunnel's dark, tracks are narrow Moving faster every day I look back for a glimpse of sun And find you gone... So many times we shy away Waiting for the perfect moment When we'll know just what to say Now I'm ready, speech prepared And you are gone And the train goes on CHORUS
5.
Sometimes I see a shadow come across your shining face Sometimes your laughter fades away and silence takes its place I know, I can see There's a look in your eye when you turn from me You hide what you feel And there's only so much I can read without asking CHORUS: Tell me what's on your mind Tell me you're fine, or you're hurt, or you're lonely Are you moving ahead as I'm falling behind? Oh I'm begging you please Won't you tell me what's on your mind I remember a time when we would talk the night away Lately things have been changing -- you don't have that much to say And I know, I can hear There's a talkative bird whispering in my ear That you hide what you feel And there's only so much I can learn through the grapevine... What do I do to show you how I care? 'Cause your silence hurts me More than I can bear CHORUS
6.
This savage is different to me now She is tender and wilder, more perfect somehow I am racing and standing my ground I am moving through jungle and sky high high Inside... CHORUS: Oh I would not trade anybody For this life, or this city, or this love This night, or these kisses, or this country This overflowing cup This hunger long burning within I can feel it now surging up under my skin And i know it's a temporary thing But for now all horizons are wide wide wide Outside... CHORUS My cup overflows And the feeling, it grows Just to fade like a rose As it goes
7.
Sometimes I am sure my mind's defective Thoughts are draining out my head like water from a sieve As years go by my memory's more selective The less that I remember and the longer that I live So I can't recall just what I had for dinner Sometimes I don't even know my name But there is precious little doubt In this precious little mind Of one thing...I won't forget you The brain has space for things that are important Isn't there a word for that? I think I used to know Time's our judge, emotion's our informant And memories are imprisoned till the dullest overflow So I can't recall just how this whole thing started But I sure do know exactly how it ends There is precious little doubt In this precious little mind Of one thing... I won't forget Some strips of time are indelible Forever etched into our minds Vivid moments stretching in a long straight line Like when the lights go down Or the countdown starts And the crowd is hushed Except the beating of your heart Goes on and on Till it's time to crash or fly But that's just when you fled The moment burns inside my head How could I forget you? Anger burns much brighter than affection And a raging mind is like a trap of steel I will keep you there inside As a flame behind my eyes It will blaze and it will burn To keep the memory alive And there is precious little doubt In this precious little mind Of one thing...I won't forget you
8.
Take It Slow 03:30
I've been waiting too long for love that's true Looking with my sense of touch I've been waiting too long for someone like you And looking too much I've been waiting too long for love that's real So just give me a kiss and goodbye I've been waiting too long for something to feel With you I don't have to try CHORUS: Take it slow -- this is right Will you dream of me tonight? Take it slow -- let it bloom Let your mystery float my empty room Take it slow -- make it last It's a bitter potion that's swallowed too fast We know that this is sincere Take it slow -- I'll be here I've been waiting too long For love that's true Deliberate love at first sight I've been losing myself in looking for you Too long, too long... CHORUS
9.
Love Lies 04:13
Love is everywhere around us And a master of disguise How it frightens and astounds us It can be hard to recognize... Fifty miles to forgive her One last drive to keep the faith Maybe it's not too late One crucial line to deliver her: "Sorry lover, my mistake" But she waits and waits too long And the words become What she should have said Could have done CHORUS: Love lies in a straight line The shortest distance to my soul Why, why can't the words rise up to reach you I should have never let you go I see you walking on the water And heaven is a glance my way I don't know your name Before you vanish in the distance I know what I must say But I wait and wait too long And the words become What I should have said Could have done CHORUS Oh, can't you hear me Listen to my silent call I'm drowning in myself like water on a cliffside Afraid to cascade and fall... CHORUS I will never let you go
10.
The world is breaking down I can feel it breaking down And for the camera's eye I smile Can't believe the things I say Fifty children died today And for the camera's eye I smile CHORUS: As I tell it, tell it like it is Tell it, tell it like it is I used to dream of what I'd do Writing stories clear and true In my small way I'd help the world Now I run to scenes of crimes Get a closeup, watch them cry I fix my hair, i wear my pearls... CHORUS I've got no time for grieving Better leave before the story gets too cold... CHORUS
11.
Desert Roads 04:25
This car is falling apart around us -- tires on fire... There is a universe in motion And another standing still There is strangeness like an ocean At the crown of every hill We do not know devotion Perhaps we never will And these are like no other days We travel on forgotten ways And desert roads are those that bless the traveler With namelessness CHORUS: We ride, we ride, we ride Forgetting all the reasons we began We ride, we ride We drift like the sand We ride -- we ride This car is falling apart around us -- tires on fire... There is a reckless inspiration In the turning of a wheel There is power and elation In this chariot of steel We have no destination Just the hunger that we feel And these are like no other days We travel on forgotten ways And desert roads are those that bless the traveler With namelessness CHORUS I've been so long in the desert land (my heart is full of sand) I've been so long beneath the sun (my name is known to none) I've been so long on roads ablaze (my dreams are full of days) I've been so long beneath the sky I've forgotten why These are like no other days We travel on forgotten ways And desert roads are those that bless the traveler With namelessness This car is falling apart around us -- tires on fire... CHORUS
12.
I've got one foot on the altar, and the other on the ground, safe in the daylight sun I've got one hand to hold you, and the other slams you down; these things I've done Sometimes I feel like you see right through me You hear all my fears breathing on the midnight breeze...like Phantom lovers Am I just your Phantom lover There's sunlight all around you, and the ghost inside my heart...it chills my soul Sometimes I feel like you see right through me You hear all my fears breathing on the midnight breeze...like Phantom lovers Am I just your Phantom lover
13.
Tonight I'll save your life again Will this excitement never end Each time a few feet deeper Into the undertow Surrender may be sweeter But I don't want to let you go If you close your eyes...look inside...I've lost you Look at me See that I'm your friend I will bring you in from where winds and storms have tossed you Don't let me lose you again Tonight your troubles disappear I'll drag you back to face them here It's getting so much harder Why do I I don't know You cannot tell you're drowning And I don't want to let you go If you close your eyes...look inside...I've lost you Look at me See that I'm your friend I will bring you in from where winds and storms have tossed you Don't let me lose you again
14.
Well I've been wondering what you want me to do With the things you left behind I no longer understand what's with you Or the workings of your mind 'Cause you took off in such a hurry that day And my house is full of crazy things that you have thrown away Without words, with that look, you react, take your bags And take control Lately people seem to flock to your side In search of your guiding light With your simple facts, you help them decide It's either black or white You've got the cleanest reputation in town And people put their trust in you; you cannot let them down Underneath, deep inside, you are weak With your struggle for control When I see you now, you're pouring water on your fire Drowning love and passion, boxing up your soul This desire for control is now controlling your desire Pretty soon you won't have anything at all Except your control When life gets rough some people will hide Some people stand and take the heat, and swallow up their pride And then some sacrifice everything to remain In control
15.
Sometimes I see a shadow come across your shining face Sometimes your laughter fades away and silence takes its place I know, I can see There's a look in your eye when you turn from me You hide what you feel And there's only so much I can read without asking CHORUS: Tell me what's on your mind Tell me you're fine or you're hurt, or you're lonely Are you moving ahead as I'm falling behind? Oh I'm begging you please Won't you tell me what's on your mind I remember a time when we would talk the night away Lately things have been changing -- you don't have that much to say And I know, I can hear There's a talkative bird whispering in my ear That you hide what you feel And there's only so much I can learn through the grapevine... What do I do to show you how I care? 'Cause your silence hurts me More than I can bear CHORUS
16.
Feels like I'm headed for a Gotham City breakdown The water level's rising up above the whole town I'm like a minnow in the world's biggest fishbowl I think I'm headed for the darkest night of my soul I turn and paddle more...can't even see the shore I'm in a whirlpool of city and I'm losing my mind Feels like I'm headed for a Gotham City breakdown My head is spinning on this urban merry-go-round The bumper cars are lining every avenue now The carnival is just an overcrowded zoo now And everybody's rude...I need some solitude We gotta stop this roller coaster 'cause I'm losing my mind We got to break from Gotham while there's still a way out of town We got to break from Gotham City 'cause if we don't break this party up Then any day now Gotham City's gonna break us down Feels like I'm headed for a Gotham City breakdown Somebody kicked me off the stairway to the high ground Nobody listens to the song I want to sing here Nobody gives a shit about a single thing here I'm sliding down a hill...though I am standing still The world is spinning all around me and I'm losing my mind
17.
It's always Virginia ground I see It's always your voice that's calling out to me "Won't you come on home?" We used to be Always together, you and I You with the lushest leaves and clearest sky That I've ever seen in my life Forests of green and gleaming twilights Now that you're just a dream in my life CHORUS: I'm out here alone You know, I don't mind it And though this concrete city has become my home, my way unknown I will find it And in my mind you're always with me... Goodbye, Virginia, goodbye Out where the Blue Ridge meets the sky Oh Shenandoah, how you filled my eyes With a thousand blazing sunsets Just us and the stars out on the front steps Dreaming of all the nights to come yet... CHORUS Looking out through my small barred window I know this dirty city gives me freedom like I've never known I traded you for the dreams I follow And I can't go back -- Goodbye, Virginia, goodbye We were together, you and I You with the lushest leaves and clearest sky That I've ever seen in my life Forests of green and gleaming twilights Now that you're just a dream in my life... CHORUS

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released June 1, 1996

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GrooveLily Seattle, Washington

Bicoastal trio GrooveLily inhabits that contemporary space where creative musicians ignore the boundaries laid down by words like rock, folk, jazz and pop. The success of their first concert-musical, the critically-acclaimed holiday show STRIKING 12, has led them farther into the world of theatre, where they have carved out a unique niche as a rock band writing and performing shows. ... more

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