Katrina

She was a voodoo woman from New Orleans; he was a burnt-out hippie from Nashville, Tennessee. They met on a Friday night in Jackson Square. He’d been busking on Royal and he needed a light, she had a candle and she was such a sight, behind her Tarot card table and her card-board sign. She read him his fortune and he sang her a song, they stayed out all night long on the bank of the river sipping some home-made wine. Singing Blow, Blow Hurricane, bring on your wind and bring on your rain. Ain’t you gonna put up more of a fight. Blow, Blow hurricane I’m walking against the wind and I can’t feel no pain cuz I’m holding on to something real tonight. Well the floods came up as the rain poured down, they held each other close and there was chaos all around and when the sun came up they were holding each other tight. Singing blow, blow, hurricane bring on your wind and bring on your rain. Ain’t you gonna put up more of a fight? Blow, blow, hurricane I’m walking against the wind and I can’t feel no pain cuz I’m holding on to something real tonight.

Me and the Road and Mary-Jane.

I’m hitching out of this town tomorrow
Today I’m gonna get stoned in the sun
And drink the last ounce of my sorrow
Cuz I’m a lonely gypsy on the run
I’ve wandered 40 years in the desert
Paddled round in circles in the swamp
Travelled a thousand dusty, lonely, highways
Searching for a place to call my home
I’ve sailed across the ocean
Chased the sun to where it sets
And I’ve seen the dark side of the moon
I’ve rode the rails and walked the trails and slept beneath the stars
And danced with the needle and the spoon
I’ve been searching high and low girl
From the Carolinas to the Frisco Bay
Searching for that garden that somehow was lost along the way
I don’t know where I’m headed
I’m searching for a long lost paradise
But I see the road to heaven
Every time I look into your eyes
I’ve sailed across the ocean
Chased the sun to where it sets
And I’ve seen the dark side of the moon
I’ve rode the rails and walked the trails
And slept beneath the stars
I’ve danced with the needle and the spoon
Won’t you come with me tomorrow
I’m travelling towards the promised land
I’m leaving Babylon
Far across this desert sand
I can promise you a home girl
In my arms underneath the stars
They say there’s mansions up in glory
But I don’t think that heaven’s very far
I can promise you the world girl
I’ll take you on a magic carpet ride
They say the time we have is borrowed
Baby I want you by my side
You know I can’t stay here with you girl
The high-ways and the by-ways call my name
So won’t you come with me tomorrow
Join me and the road and mary jane

Soldiers Song

A soldier falls today, who will sing his song? His carriage waits beside the sea, would you care to come along? A child cries today who will dry her tears? Who will sing a lullaby to wash away her fears? A blind man stumbles today who will be his guide? Who will take him by the hand and humbly be his guide? Awaken from your slumber it’s time to make your stand time slips through our finger like tiny grains of sand, footprints on the shore, guide my way back home, I must haste before they’re washed by salty foam. Tears fall like rain to the sea from the sky, the carriage now awaits for tomorrow we will die. I lift my hands up high as the black cloud hides the sun. Tears falling from the sky land on everyone. Awaken from your slumber, it’s time to make amends, the flood waters are drowning humanity for her sins then I heard a voice calling from the shore Peace, be still he said and the rain ceased to pour.

Evaporation

Learning to breath again
Feeling myself beneath flesh and skin
Healing waves wash over me
Rays of light set my soul free
Evaporation
I’m gonna fly into the sun
I’m making wings of wax and feathers
And my life has just begun
Evaporation
I’m gonna soar over the sea
One way or another I’m dying to be free
Evaporation
I’ve never been here before
I climb the stairs and walk thru the door
Gentle breeze carry me away
I’ve got nothing more to say
Evaporation

Somewhere in btwn. the devil and Jesus

No tengo secretos
No hablo matidas.
I'm somewhere in between
the devil and Jesus.
I'm a ghost and I'm a believer
deep in my bones I've got this fever.

Mother Mary won't you please
come down here and rescue me
from your grace I've fallen.
Pacha Mamma y Pappa Sol
I feel I have lost control
catch me now I'm falling

Tears and smiles
Lagrimas y Sonrisas
Solo el Amor nos hace libres
yo soy un poeta, yo soy un gitano
mi pluma es mi espada
y yo soy un soldado

Rain Hat

Co-write with Joel (he wrote most of the lyrics...I just filled in some gaps and added a verse and put it to music.)

Get your rain hat on baby
cuz it's fixin to storm
Get your rain hat on baby
lets make a run thru the corn

The wind will whip
and the clouds will swell
and you're gonna wish
that you were in hell
so climb that tower
and ring that bell
cuz it's gonna storm

Get your tobacco cuz you're gonna need it
we've got a lot of walkin to do
Grab your jacket and don't forget your matches
and you had better tie your shoes

We'll go down to the water
and we'll make our bed
the waves will crash
and they will fill your head
we can't stay here
or you're gonna wish you were dead
we gotta go.

Get your rain hat on baby
cuz it's gonna storm
Get your rain hat on baby
let's make a run thru the corn.

The prophet said that a hard rain's gonna fall
The temple is crumbling
and it's gonna kill us all
There's a crack in the cieling
so meet me in the hall
cuz we gotta go.

I'm gonna live.

Moving westbound down the highway
got a good woman right beside me
the sun-rise in my rearview
I'm living right

I'm gonna live
until the day that i die
I'm gonna give away
everything but my pride
I'm gonna stand on top of a mountain
with my head held high
I'm gonna live until I die.

I Adore you.

Te Adoro
I saw you in my dream last night
you were smiling in the sun
I wonder if you're thinking of me
baby, you're the only one.

may the sun shine forever
may the moonlight never fade
may we always be together
forever and a day
may the tide always carry
the waves to the shore
and may the stars in the night sky
shine forever more.

I adore you
te adoro

Flower of the desert
glistening with the dew
at the witching hour
I arise to worship you

What I do for a living.

what do i do for a living? ...i Don't...i don't DO for a living...i LIVE and i DO whatever the fuck i want...i DO NOT support the fascist war machine and i will not be a slave to this evil, corrupt society...i will not serve their monetary deity and refuse to pay them for my right to exist...i sleep under the stars and feed off the waste from their excessive and compulsive consumerism...i shit in their toilets without buying anything... and i don't flush...i play my guitar on their sidewalks and make children dance and i EAT BAD PEOPLE...

Happy Sunday!

The word of the day is Ai-ee. I heard a bird say something like that this morning out of the window as the sun was coming up. Don't ask me for a definition, I don't know what it means...I guess it's open for interpretation, but I can't say it without smiling so read between the lines;) AI-EE!! ...I think it means Happy Sunday!