By and By

Lyrics by Brett Dennen

 
Listen close, as close as I am to you
Like the bell of liberty, I'll ring a sound that's true
And days go by and seasons too
In time our love may digress with the words we can renew
Oh, i'll tell you that I
I love you by and by
I don't know if I'd survive
Without a friend like you in my life

And I know words can be the worst to purvey
How it is I feel for you, it's hard for me to say
But if we keep it simple, I think it's better that way
Tingled words tend to lead my messages astray
Oh, I'll tell you that I
I love you by and by

I don't know if I'd survive
Without a friend like you in my life

This web we weave
Holds us hand in hand
And if we loosen our grips
We may weaken these strands
So lets reinforce our love and let it echo through the land
And if we don't we may find ourselves washed up with the sand

Oh, I'll tell you that I
I love you by and by
I don't know if I'd survive
Without a friend like you in my life

Oh, I'll tell you that I
I love you by and by
I don't know if I'd survive
Without a friend like you in my life

Desert Sunrise

Lyrics by Brett Dennen

A desert sunrise, you warm my soul
Painting me in shades of clay
Covering me whole
and I'm a lizard
Sunbathing in
Your radiance
So I crawl out of hiding
So sweet so sweet you are
If i could only have a taste
Wrap my lips around your flavor
Just because you are you
Just because you are
So beautiful

I've been waiting all this life in the company of one
And I know I am young, but I don't want to be alone
If you could only just consider the two of us
And I know darling I could be so good to you

I See you rising on the horizon
Bringing light into the day
And I'm coasting on your rays
When I awoke you spoke through the midst of a mystic bliss
Casting shadows on all my dismal yesterdays
Do you remember that you told me darling that I was so real
I tell you all my tears for you are real
We'll cross that bridge again someday
I know we will
I hope we will

Desert sunset a lullaby
If I could give it all to you
If you'd only let me try
Sing so sweetly
It's my only wish

Music drips from your lips like sweet sips of a summers kiss
Summer raindrops precious tongues twist

I've been waiting all this life in the company of one
And I know I am young, but I don't want to be alone
If you could only just consider the two of us
And I know darlin I could be so good to you

I See you risin' on the horizon
Bringin' light into the day
And I'm coastin' on your rays
When I awoke you spoke through the midst of a mystic bliss
Casting shadows on all my dismal yesterdays
Do you remember that you told me darlin that I was so real
I tell you all my tears for you are real
We'll cross that bridge again someday
I know we will
I hope we will

Desert moonrise into the night
Before we lay our heads I wish to walk under the splendorous starlight
Sing so sweetly
It's the sweetest sound
And I become weak in the knees
And I drop down and kiss the ground
And all my cares lie far below

In this earth I wish to die
In this heart my fire grows

Nothing Lasts Forever

Lyrics by Brett Dennen
 
I saw you spiraling
I saw you spinning back in time
through all your memories
such a quiet disease
you had forgotten me
but I'll always remember you dancing
across the kitchen in your orange handkerchief
such a quiet disease
I pray that when you dream you would remember everything
you know it all comes back to you
in one conscience dream
maybe you'd sing and put words to all the things
that you think of in a day
but forgotten how to say
nothing last forever
not even the mountains
someday they will be swept away and swallowed by the sea
we all shall be blessedly released
life is so precious it's as fragile as a dream
and in a moment we all grow our wings
I wish to sing as if no ones listening
I wish to dance as if no one is watching
I wish to dance as if no one is watching
and I, give thanks for my dreams
you can rob me of my sight
and you can poison my blood stream
but as long as I can dream then life is worth living
nothing last forever
not even the mountains
someday they will be swept away and swallowed by the sea
we all shall be blessedly released
nothing last forever
not even the sun
for all we know it could have burned out light years ago
darkness remains the hardest thing for us to outrun

Ain't No Reason

Lyrics by Brett Dennen
 

There ain’t no reason things are this way.
Its how they always been and they intend to stay.
I can't explain why we live this way, we do it everyday.

Preachers on the podium speakin’ to saints..
Paupers on the sidewalk beggin’ for change,
Old ladies laughing from the fire escape, cursing my name.
I got a basket full of lemons and they all taste the same,
A window and a pigeon with a broken wing,
You can spend your whole life workin’ for something
Just to have it taken away.
People walk around pushing back their debts,
Wearing pay checks like necklaces and bracelets,
Talking ‘bout nothing, not thinking ‘bout death,
Every little heartbeat, every little breath.
People walk a tight rope on a razors edge
Carrying their hurt and hatred and weapons.
It could be a bomb or a bullet or a pen
Or a thought or a word or a sentence.

There Ain't no reason things are this way.
It's how they always been and they intend to stay
I don’t know why I say the things I say, but I say them anyway.
But love will come set me free
Love will come set me free,I do believe
Love will come set me free, I know it will
Love will come set me free, yes.

Prison walls still standing tall,
Some things never change at all.

Keep on buildin’ prisons, gonna fill them all,
Keep on buildin’ bombs, gonna drop them all.
The wind blows wild and I may move,
The politicians lie and I am not fooled.
You don't need no reason or a three piece suit to argue the truth.
The air on my skin and the world under my toes,
Slavery stitched into the fabric of my clothes,
Chaos and commotion wherever I go, love I try to follow.

Love will come set me free
Love will come set me free, I do believe
Love will come set me free, I know it will
Love will come set me free, yes.

There ain't no reason things are this way
It’s how they always been and they intend to stay
I can't explain why we live this way, we do it everyday.

She's Mine

Lyrics by Brett Dennen

Well the witches stare with their limbs akimbo
Silhouettes of statues up in the window
Call me to come here with a crooked crescendo
But I don't

Devotees dance among the pantomime on the promenade
Into a tabernacle on the lawn
But I don't follow

Because she's mine, she's mine, she's mine, all mine
Yeah she's mine, mine, mine, mmm...

Midnight moved across the people's park
And I fled the fire like a spinning spark
Up onto a porch in the dark
She was waiting right there for me

She knows that my hands are empty
As I go past the mothers of envy
And I don't have to fumble in the dark for my keys

I believe she's mine, she's mine, she's mine, all mine
Yeah she's mine, mine, mine, mmm

The pupils gather in the yard
Around the pulpit made of cards
And waited for their leader's words
But his words didn't make much sense

His mouth spat out a fist of daggers
And his tongue swirled in a southern swagger
And I looked at all the people gathered
But they were all in a trance

And she's mine, she's mine, she's mine, all mine
Yeah she's mine, mine, mine, mmm

I was thrown before the court of canes
Tossed my soul to the furnace flames
Where all my heros had been slain, exiled, or put in prison

Because they rose above the mess
And because their power posed a threat
And because they spoke of something else
When everybody else didn't
The music fills the space between
The deities and the prophecies
Of our bodies pressed seamlessly
Silent in the shade

She looks at me so fearlessly
And I take it all too seriously
But it all becomes so clear to me
And makes me understand

That she's mine, she's mine, she's mine, all mine
Yeah she's mine, mine, mine, mmm

Yeah she's mine, all mine, all mine, all mine
Yeah she's mine, mine, mine, mmm

Yeah she's mine, mine, mine, mmm
Yeah she's mine