Blue Rodeo

[fox69]

"Candice"

"Candice"



Every night a different story
California dreams
Grew up thinking there was somewhere else that you should be
Cities just weren't big enough
Towns had lost their way
Told me you would bide your time til you could slip away
When you left I drove you to the station
Said you'd come back when the hunger fades away

Candice I've been dreaming
And in my mind I'm watching over you just like the sun
See your face but can't tell what you're thinking
Are you running through the past and where it's gone
Don't worry now the war's already won
Oh, it's already won

Got a card the other day
Capistrano Fair
Told me it was beautiful now fall was in the air
Swallows all were leaving
They circled round the bay
But they'd come back there next year on exactly the same day
You told me that the leaving's getting easier with time
Cause you learned how not to ever look behind

Candice I've been dreaming
And in my mind I'm watching over you just like the sun
See your face but can't tell what you're thinking
Are you worried about the things you've never done
Don't worry now the war's already won
Ya, the war's already won

I know that things will never be the same again for you
And I know your restless heart cannot be told
For every road you wish you'd traveled I can show you two
Where the summer rain shines like polished gold

Candice I've been dreaming
And in my mind I'm watching over you just like the sun
See your face but can't tell what you're thinking
Are you worried about the past and where it's gone
Ah, come on home the war's already won
War's already won
War's already won
Ya, the war's already won

 

[fox69]

"Cause For Sympathy"

"Cause For Sympathy"



Sometimes you lose your head
Think of all the stupid things you've said
Pouring out of your mouth
Like rain through a broken windowpane

Nobody made you do it
There's a hoop and you jump through it
You made this mess all by yourself

What did you say?
I thought I said everything there was for me to say
How could you know?
I looked into her eyes, I thought they were telling me so

Now I don't want to be your cause for sympathy
I took my chances, eyes wide open
Stayed too long and the spell was broken

Nobody wants to see
The mess you become so easily
Crawling around and singing your sad songs
Late into the night

Must be the words you're choosing
The unconvincing smile you're using
Try and try again, you can't get it right

What did you do?
I poured my heart out til my words filled the room
How did it go?
She smiled and took my hand, said it's all just a little too soon.

Now I don't want to be your cause for sympathy
Save your tears, I never earned them
Lessons are there, but I never learn them at all

Every night the same old game
Fumbling around for some stranger's name
Or going out of your mind
Waiting for the phone to finally ring

I know life can be so messy
But you can't spend all your time confessing
Try saving something for yourself

What did you say?
I thought I said everything there was for me to say
How could you know?
I looked into her crying eyes, they were telling me so

Now I don't want to be your cause for sympathy
Save your breath, I never listen
You think I don't know something's missing
But now I'll wait and see
How it all turns out for me
It's not as painful as they tell you
Some success in every failure
Now I know I can handle the pain
I'll stand here waiting, hope it all happens again

 

[fox69]

"Cinema Song"

"Cinema Song"



I've been walking hours today
Trying to sort all the things I have to say
We've been changing shifting with the light
Stumbling through the daytime and fading in the night

Come on over talk to me dear
There's nothing else I'm thinking about
Than you being here
I write you letters
More than just a few
I leave them lying open on the table for you

Now I know for the first time true
All of the ways I've been lying to you
It's not that I don't think we can open up in time
It's just that I'm afraid of what we'll find

I watch you creeping leaving with the dawn
Hoping I don't wake up now your cover is gone
But it makes no difference anything you do
Something keeps me coming back to get closer to you

Now I know for the first time true
All of the ways I've been lying to you
It's not that I don't think we can open up in time
It's just that I'm afraid of what we'll find
It's only I'm afraid of what we'll find

 

[fox69]

"Clearer View"

"Clearer View"



I know when they built this house
Out of rocks from the river mouth
They thought it'd never come down
Not while we're around

Some things are made to last
Other things we know must pass
Nothing we do
Stops time coming through

My father left me here with a map crumpled in my hand
I try to follow, but there's days when I just don't understand

And when we fall down in time
washed in trouble we thought we'd left behind
Just let the river carry you
Lift your head back up to the clearer view

See the high water starting to flood
Bringing down all the rocks and the mud
And if it won't stop
It'll wash away all we've got

Down in the valley there's a rumble in the trees
It's hard to keep your head when the ground's moving ‘neath your feet

And when we fall down in time
Washed in trouble we thought we'd left behind
Let the storm pass on through
And work your way back up to the clearer view

 

[fox69]

"Comet"

"Comet"



There is a comet
floating through this endless night
embraced with perfect symmetry
through the teardrop of infinity
in a window call the universe with no map
or intention
towards some floating destination
it will find
it will be found

no pride
no guilt
no hate
no ending

it sings its song
sings with a crooked tongue
looking off into a crooked sky
wondering what a mortal hand or eye
could carve this comet on its course
like a blind man riding on a crooked horse
returning to the source with no thought
has ever happened
in time
wont be imagined

no pride
no guilt
no hate
no ending

no pride
no guilt
no hate
no ending

 

[fox69]

"Cynthia"

"Cynthia"



So you saw that fire in the sky
Well I think that's so cool
And I know that nothin' will change you
You are nobody's fool

Cynthia
Won't you take me to
Pyramid Lake with you
We could watch the space ships
Maybe they'd take us on a trip
Into that never ending sky
Into wide and endless nite

And you stood in their beam of light
And they showed you the bones on the moon
Well I hope I get to go there
With you real soon

Cynthia
Won't you take me to
Pyramid Lake with you
We could watch the space ships
Maybe they'd take us on a trip
Into that never ending sky
Into wide and endless nite

We could get there
Before the sunsets
And we'd put up your tent
Watch the stars
Dance all nite
And watch the sun come up

Cynthia
Won't you take me to
Pyramid Lake with you
We could watch the space ships
Maybe they'd take us on a trip
Into that never ending sky
Into wide and endless nite

 

[fox69]

"Dark Angel"

"Dark Angel"



I met this girl
She was walking through one of my dreams
She kissed my eyes
And everything that she said
Made so much sense to me
That I still feel like I'm half asleep

My dark angel
She gave me diamonds for eyes
She walked by
Now I'm hypnotised
By this dream
That just won't stop
And I feel
Like I've always been lost in this dream

The rumours of heaven
Only speak the truth on earth
My dark angel
Shine your light on my curse
You are the other that I have to find
Until I do
I guess I'll see you 'round my mind

So Colorado
Is a place I have to go
I heard a rumour
She loves the mountains and the snow
My dark angel
She gave me diamonds for eyes
My dark angel
I offer you my heart
My dark angel
I think I loved you from the start

'Cause there's this face that I know
That I've never seen
Sometimes I feel I'm livin' in
Someone else's dream
Still I thank you
For stopping to talk
And I wonder
Just into who's dream did who walk
Oh my dark angel
Shine your light on me
Shine your light
Shine your light
Shine your light on me
On me
On me

 

[fox69]

"Diamond Mine"

"Diamond Mine"


And our love shines
Like a diamond mine

You say the party's over
But like a drunken fool
I never know when to leave
It's just that in the eyes of this beholder
You mean everything to me

Yea you say that you don't love me
Yea you talk about the other boys
And you laugh in my face
But I know when you're feeling sad and lonely
No other boy can take my place

Cause when I look into your eyes
Well our love shines
Yea our love shines
Like a diamond mine

Nothing's as obvious as what is lost
Nothing's as painful as the cost
Let it shine
Let it shine
Like a diamond mine

[Solo]

And I hear all these rumours about you
Yea the trash lines up at my door just to bring me the news
But all it does is make me kind of wonder
Why are people so eager to be so cruel

Cause when I look into your eyes
Well our love shines
Yea our love shines
Yea our love shines
Like a diamond mine
Like a diamond mine
Like a diamond mine
Like a diamond mine

 

[fox69]

"Disappear"

"Disappear"


You always say
That I get it too late
Or not at all
So then it shouldn't seem so strange
That I would sing you a love song now
Because I feel like
I'm gonna fall

[Chorus]
You closed your eyes
You made a wish
You laughed and looked at me
And said what are you still doing here
That was before I learned how
To disappear
[repeat]

It was a strange day
We went down to the sea
To watch the waves
And of course it had to rain
Still you danced in and out along the shore
And in your hand
You held a sand dollar

[Chorus]

There is a place
In my heart
That is yours
And I'll always respect
Because some times
I lose sight of the miracle
Find myself going round and round in circles

[Chorus]

 

[fox69]

"Don't Get Angry"

"Don't Get Angry"



If you see some picture of us
Lying on the bed
Some old memory haunts you
Gets stuck inside your head
Don't get angry about it
And wish we'd never been
Don't get roped into a corner
And try changing everything
Don't get paralyzed with fear
And stand there wondering
What to do
Just forget it girl
And I will too

If you're on our corner
And you run into our friends
If they ask about me
Start wondering where I am
Don't get angry about it
Feel like you're caving in
Don't start crying again
And go and tell them everything
Don't you walk away believing
You will never make it through
Just forget it girl
And I will too

If some rainy afternoon
You're crying in your bed
Cursing every detail
Bout the day that we first met
Don't get angry about it
Start throwing everything
Don't get struck dumb in your steps
Each time you hear the doorbell ring
Take some comfort in knowing
These are things that I will do
I can't forget it girl
Though I try to
I can't forget it girl
Though I try to