Blue Rodeo

[fox69]

"Phaendra's Meadow"

"Phaendra's Meadow"



I was walking thru the forest
One cold and dreary morn
My heart sick with jealousy
And memories I need no more
No I could never kill a man
But I would do him harm
Knowing that you're there
Lying in his arms
My flesh was ripped and torn
By the bramble and the thorn
I was lost but well-prepared
To offer up my soul
Because the greater misery
Is to live with what I know
The moon concealed by April's storm
No bearing I could find
Until I fell into a clearing
And a road I recognized
I was far
Far from my home
Further from her smile
Not sure if I would return
Or just lay down and die
As I stood in Phaedra's Meadow
Well the dawn did break the sky
And from the highest up in heaven
The Weaving Star fell into my eyes

 

[fox69]

"Photograph"

"Photograph"



Started out so simple
Everything so innocent and plain
She was in a doorway
And I was walking nowhere down the main

She whispered something softly
And stepped into the light
Can you help me out she said
I'm a little lost tonight
One day love just hits you with a flash
Lights go off around you like some photograph

She said her bags were stolen
All they left her was the camera on her arm
She told me she was new in town
Only two weeks off the farm

Why did I believe her
Heaven only knows
She looked into my eyes
And my resolution goes
One day love just hits you with a flash
Leaves you staring blindly like some photograph

Pictures of two fools
Laughing at the world
Smiling as only good luck does
Truth is you're not even looking at me girl
All the time I was falling
You kept on stalling
Sizing up how big a fool I was

Woke up in the morning
I don't think that I had been asleep too long
The room was dark and empty
I could see that all my clothes and money were gone

I've run out of excuses
And people I can blame
If she ever asked me too
I'd do it all again
One day love just hits you with a flash
Leaves you staring blindly like some photograph

 

[fox69]

"Piranha Pool"

"Piranha Pool"



Leaning over the piranha pool
You just wave your magic wand
Dangling your fingertips
Into the world of the just beyond.
Sitting ever so quietly
In your private dining room
Guiding the waves of destiny
Into the face of oblivion.

So you'd rather been an opera star
At the turn of the century.
Well you never asked for this miracle trip
A genius in the military
You're sincerely surprised with your own success
Hanging out with the judges and the corporate heads
You never anticipate the final toll
Still shining all your medals
For the final curtain call.

You're always talking 'bout the here and after
But it don't make much sense to me
Still for all the men that you condemn
Well I hope there's some kind of heaven
And there's got to be some kind of hell for you

Leaning over the piranha pool
You just wave your magic wand
Dangling your fingertips
Into the world of the just beyond.
Sitting ever so quietly
In your private dining room
Guiding the waves of destiny
Into the face of oblivion.

You're always talking about the here and after
But it don't make much sense to me
Still for all the men that you condemn
Well I hope there's some kind of heaven
And there's got to be some kind of hell for you

 

[fox69]

"Rage"

"Rage"



Now that we’re wasted
Talking disconnected
I see that wildness in your eyes
Proud and hollow
Like there’s no tomorrow
You know you scare me sometimes

Is it fear or courage
That makes a man
Live so close to the edge
He finds no comfort in the other
Nothing in this world is
Any use to you
Except these songs you sing
Into my drunken head
Above this barroom sorrow
And I know you won’t remember
A word of this tomorrow

When will you rage again
Or is it enough
Just getting out of your head
Night after night
Or are you running scared
Or you just don’t care
Or are you waiting for
That one high and holy sign
To shine a light on you
And pull you through
To the silent true

You say you’re gonna put your
Old band back together again
Just got to find a drummer
Who understands
We sit in the corner
People stop to say hi
You say fuck off and die
And I feel like the lucky one

Six pints into this night
And you’re just starting
To hit your stride
As you heap abuse
On every passerby
They’re all posers or freaks
You say that you and I are
The only two in this bar
That know what it takes

When will you rage again
Or is it enough
Just getting out of your head
Night after night
Or are you running scared
Or you just don’t care
Or are you waiting for
That one high and holy sign
To shine a light on you
Pull you through
To the silent true
Shine a light on you
And pull you through
To that one high and holy sign

 

[fox69]

"Rain Down On Me"

"Rain Down On Me"



Well you never need forgiveness
left home at seventeen
raised up on hate
to a life that's second rate...
I've seen that look before
behind some closing door

You couldn't be delivered
just won't be denied
too much a child
Confident and wild...
nobody taught you how to live
what to keep and what to give

Oh now she talks to strangers
who bring her flowers for her hair
but every night you count on me
to get you out the door
Oh then you smile and watch me lose control

Rain on me
oh rain down on me
oh rain down on me
I used to think I knew
what I was waiting for
I don't think that anymore

Didn't know what to bring you
don't seem to need too much at all
no pearls and chains
and nobody's sad refrains
Everytime I wonder why
think back to the kindness in your eyes

Now everybody wants you
bring you flowers for your hair
but every night you count on me
to peel you off the wall
Oh then you smile and watch me lose control

Rain on me
oh rain down on me
oh rain down on me
I used to think I knew
what I was fighting for
Oh I don't think that anymore

 

[fox69]

"Rebel"

"Rebel"



Out on the streets every night
Going out of my head.
Caught in a midnight parade
That I wish I wasn't in,
I'm running away with nowhere to hide
Caught in a world just four lanes wide
Everyone thinks of themselves
But I'm thinking of you.

And it's all for a rebel
And it's all for a rebel

Spent last night falling in love
With a girl in room five.
People 'round here are different
We lead desperate lives,
No, the same moon rising over your head
Is catching me wasted, worn-out and dead
Everyone's watching themselves,
But I'm watching you.

And it's all for a rebel
And it's all for a rebel, yeah

Out on the streets every night
Going out of my head.
I'm caught in a midnight parade
That I wish I wasn't in
No, the sun that's rising over your head
Is catching me wasted, worn-out and dead
Everyone thinks of themselves,
But I'm thinking of you

And it's all for a rebel
And it's all for a rebel
rebel, rebel, yeah

 

[fox69]

"Rena"

"Rena"



I got my plans
From trembling hands
I knew just what to do
Follow each step carefully
And hope they pulled me through
My father ran
To different lands
And not a word we spoke
But I was here
To conquer fear
And bring some glory home

There's a world of hate and sorrow
Out there standing in your way
There's a load of compromise
Before you die
And each time you step forward you get burned a little bit
No longer know the way
To say goodbye
Now I'm down here underneath
Your bedroom light
Rena please come out
With me tonight

I look in through
The window
And I though I'd take
My chance
I taught myself to play
So I could be where people danced
No higher call
Than stars that fall
I waited patiently
A thousand miles of pavement
That became my destiny

You can wait a lonely lifetime
Wondering when it's gonna come
You can while away the hours
Getting stoned
But one day you get lucky
And you look in someone's eyes
That tell you you don't
Have to be alone
Now I'm falling back
Just out of your sight
Rena please come out
With me tonight

Oh now I know the way things go
And what I put you through
Cause when they try to get to me
They get to me through you

I know it's not the kind of hurt
That's easily set right
And I know you got your reasons
To stay inside
But nothing ever happens
When it's left out on it's own
You locked in there with
Just your wounded pride
I'm down here and I'm
Way too tired to fight
Rena please come out
With me tonight
Rena please come out
With me tonight

 

[fox69]

"Restless"

"Restless"



You were so poised
like some matador raising his steel
it's the same old useless ceremony
and a last bow before the kill
Every junkie in this laundromat
is equal in the eyes of your lord
but you just put your hand to your hip
you're gonna give them a taste
a taste of your sword
I get so restless
I get so restless
I get so restless
restless sir
In what you hoped looked so dignified
you played your exit for a laugh
and like they've done so many times before
they made excuses on your behalf
and every street Jesus and suicide,
is just another voice that goes unheard
every candle in the cathedral
a prayer for a better world
I get so restless
I get so restless
I get so restless
restless sir
You were so poised
like some matador raising his steel
it's the same old useless ceremony
and a last bow before the kill
and in the not too distant future
you'll have the preacher and soldier
floating round in space
the soldier's finger on the trigger
the preacher's joined in a state of grace
I get so restless
I get so restless
I get so restless

 

[fox69]

"Rose-Coloured Glasses"

"Rose-Coloured Glasses"



She sees the world through rose-coloured glasses
Painted skies and graceful romances
I see a world that's tired and scared
Of living on the edge too long
Where does she get off telling me
That love could save us all
Save us all

She takes my hand and leads me to nowhere town
No matter where I stand it's always neutral ground
And in the cool of the evening blue
I feel so tired and alone
Where does she get off telling me
That love could save us all
Save us all

And it's day after day
I keep hanging around can you tell me why
Night after night I know I should leave
But there's something in those eyes
That keeps me hanging on I'm hypnotised
It breaks my heart and I don't know why
Tell me why tell me why

She sees the world through rose-coloured glasses
Painted skies and graceful romances
See a world that's tired and scared
Of living on the edge too long
Where does she get off telling me
That love could save us all

And it's day after day
I keep hanging around can you tell me why
Night after night yeah I know I should leave
But there's something

Day after day after day after day
And I don't know
Day after day after day after day
And I don't know why

 

[fox69]

"Runaway Train"

"Runaway Train"



As he sat down upon the train
Silence settled in his brain
He reached out his hand
And touched her hair
He struggled with the
Same old though
Should he tell her
Should he not
He felt her presence
Everywhere

Whatever comes between us
Don't let it stand in your way
This is what he'd come
Here to say

She just smiled
And read a book
Gave him such a
Gentle look
He felt a pain right
Through his chest
He pictured back to
When they met
Open door on a movie set
Her brown eyes took
His breath

And every word she
Spoke to him
Went like a bullet to his
Heart
That's what he remembers
From the start

Now they're off
Searching in vain
Out of control
Just like a runaway train
Can't see that it's
Not up to them
Soon just like a river
They'll be rack home again

He sat up through
The hours it takes
Passing through the
Northern lakes
Til the sleeping giant was in his sight
He knew that she'd been drifting some
Wondered where his
Faith had gone
He stayed awake most
Of the night
Whatever makes you happy
I won't stand in your way
Words you hope you never
Have to say

Now they're off
Searching in vain
Out of control
Just like a runaway train
Can't see that it's
Not up to them
Soon just like a river
They'll be rack home again

She watched him toss
And try to sleep
Struggle with his
Demons deep
She thought of all
That they'd been through
Imagining her life alone
No where he was
That was home
She wondered if he knew

That every word
He spoke to her
Went like a bullet
To her heart
That's the way it's
Been right from
The start

Now they're off
Searching in vain
Out of control
Just like a runaway train
Can't see that it's
Not up to them
Soon just like a river
They'll be rack home again