Cowboy Junkies

fox69 · 16.06.2018

"I'm So Open"

"I'm So Open"

Just outside there waiting.
Just outside the circle.
Waiting for that finger to point your way.
Just keep running. Just keep running.
New ones quickly burning.
Old ones die away.
Fires lit to say goodbye or hello.
Which way you looking? Which way you looking?
Count all wounds that brought you here.
Lay your blessings end to end.
Rid yourself of all regrets
Because here is where it all begins.
A bumbler's game, a cheaters wheel
Where the winner pays the highest cost.
You've laid your marker now watch the ball.
Hold your breath its about to fall.
Just outside there waiting.
Just outside the circle.
Waiting there is someone I don't know who.
I'm so open, I'm so open.
I don't sleep most nights,
Just lie awake and count my blessings.
I'll take this endless life
Of perfect pointless mornings.
I'll hold you till the morning comes
'cause it's all that I can do.
I'm so open. I'm so open.
I don't like these last goodbyes.
I don't like goodbyes.

fox69 · 16.06.2018

"Idle Tales"

"Idle Tales"

Whether it starts with an earthquake
Or the tears of a few grieving women
I don't know
On the road to gathering
Looking for someone to roll away the stone
He stands alone in her room
As the commotion slowly decays
I don't know
She's on her way to somewhere new
Looking for someone to roll away the stone
It's these idle tales that we need to keep us moving
These tales keep us going
It's these idle tales that we need to tell our children
These tales are for our children
She stands upon an empty stage with a song she was born to sing
She's on the road again
It's these idle tales that we need to keep us moving
These tales to keep us going
It's these idle tales that we need to tell our children
These tales are for our children
Whether it starts with an earthquake
Or the tears of a few grieving women
I don't know

fox69 · 16.06.2018

"If You Gotta Go, Go Now"

"If You Gotta Go, Go Now"

Listen to me, baby
There's something that you must see
I want to be with you, boy
If you want to be with me

But if you gotta go, it's all right
But if you gotta go, go now
Or else you gotta stay all night

It's not that I'm questioning you
To take part in some kind of quiz
It's just that I have got no watch
And you keep askin' me what time it is

But if you gotta go, it's all right
But if you gotta go, go now
Or else you gotta stay all night

I am just a poor girl, baby
Trying to connect
I certainly don't want you thinkin'
That I haven't got any respect

If you gotta go, it's all right
But if you gotta go, go now
Or else you gotta stay all night

It ain't that I am wanting
Anything you never gave before
It's just that I'll be sleeping soon
It'll be too dark for you to find the door

If you gotta go, it's all right
But if you gotta go, go now
Or else you gotta stay all night

fox69 · 16.06.2018

"If You Were The Woman And I Was The Man"

"If You Were The Woman And I Was The Man"

If you were the woman and I was the man
would I send you yellow roses
would I dare to kiss your hand?
In the morning would I caress you
as the wind caresses the sand,
if you were the woman and I was the man?

If I was the heart and you were the head
would you think me very foolish
if one day I decided to shed
these walls that surround me
just to see where these feelings led,
if I was the heart and you were the head?

If I was the woman and you were the man
would I laugh if you came to me
with your heart in your hand
and said, 'I offer you this freely
and will give you all that I can
because you are the woman
and I am the man?'

fox69 · 16.06.2018

"In The Long Run"

"In The Long Run"

She writes him a letter to see how he's doing
She's stopped up for words on a pen she keeps chewing
The light from the window flows through her graying hair
The pen on the page is the proof that she still does care
'Cause in the long run the story's told
And in the long run the young grow very, very old
He sits in the park in the dark by his favourite tree
His mind is all lost in a haze of how things used to be
She carried him so far but then had to let him go
He wanted one more chance at least to let her know
'Cause in the long run the heat grows cold
And in the long run the young grow very, very old
He doesn't do much now, just sits by the window light
His hair is so long and his unshaven face so white
His heart feels a part of the breeze that is blowing outside
His eyes now see magic around him at most times
'Cause in the long run the story's told
And in the long run the young grow very, very old
She walks in the morning, it's best before seven
It's that time of day that seems closest to heaven
She finds herself dancing and singing songs out loud
Songs from her childhood suddenly come around
'Cause in the long run the farm gets sold
And in the long run the young grow very, very old
He's ready to go now, he's done with his living
He's gone where he's going, he gave what he's giving
The thousand and one times, he (said?) before dinner
The thousand and two times, (their lives?) growing thinner
'Cause in the long run the story's told
And in the long run the young grow very, very old

fox69 · 16.06.2018

"Isn't It A Pity"

"Isn't It A Pity"

[George Harrison cover]

Isn't it a pity
Now, isn't it a shame
How we break each other's hearts
And cause each other pain
How we take each other's love
Without thinking anymore
Forgetting to give back
Isn't it a pity

Some things take so long
But how do i explain
When not too many people
Can see we're all the same
And because of all their tears
Their eyes can't hope to see
The beauty that surrounds them
Isn't it a pity

Isn't it a pity
Isn't is a shame
How we break each other's hearts
And cause each other pain
How we take each other's love
Without thinking anymore
Forgetting to give back
Isn't it a pity

Forgetting to give back
Isn't it a pity
Forgetting to give back
Now, isn't it a pity

fox69 · 16.06.2018

"It Doesn't Really Matter Anyway"

"It Doesn't Really Matter Anyway"

The singer brought her to tears
But they were my words not hers
What I said, or didn't say
It doesn't really matter anyway

Beside me, you looked so small
So I'm the one now that makes you crawl
A misplaced word, nothing brutish
Can serve as the sand to extinguish the flame
It doesn't really matter anyway

It doesn't really matter anyway
It doesn't really matter anyway
It doesn't really matter anyway
It doesn't really matter anyway

fox69 · 16.06.2018

"It's Heavy Down Here"

"It's Heavy Down Here"

It's heavy down here.
Pressure building day-to-day,
everyone's got too much to say.
It's heavy down here.
It's heavy down here.
Thunder clouds roiling in the late afternoon,
Old Man rising from his noon day snooze.
It's heavy down here.
It's heavy down here.
A final post for all to see,
the loving embrace of Infamy.
It's heavy down here.
It's too damn heavy down here.
He took a small box
and he buried it away.
“Now my heart will be home
so I need not stay”.
It's heavy down here.
It's too damn heavy down here.

fox69 · 16.06.2018

"Just Want To See"

"Just Want To See"

I don't want to be no patch on no quilt
(I just want to see...)
Tear-stained stitching linking memories to guilt
(I just want to see...)
I don't want to be no hair on no wall
(I just want to see...)
Blood-stained note saying fuck you all
(I just want to see what kills me)

Tommy, are you ready we better head to town
J.D.'s box is waiting to be lowered down
and you know how he hates to be kept waiting 'round

I don't want to be no chalk line drawing
(I just want to see...)
Toe-tagged question mark, until identifying
(I just want to see...)
I don't want to fuse with no economy seat
(I just want to see...)
fuel some fireball at 30,000 feet
(I just want to see what kills me)

Tommy, did you catch his face
before they closed the lid?
I swear I saw him wink once and flash me that old grin
Oh, you know, that would be just like him

I don't want to face no hollow-eyed ending
(I just want to see...)
Loved ones buried, empty days of waiting
(I just want to see what kills me)

Tommy, darling, come to bed
we'll try and sleep away this sadness
These memories, too, are bound to die
so our dreams will have to serve us
Tomorrow may be the day that our love betrays us

fox69 · 16.06.2018

"Ladle"

"Ladle"

You file me with the libertines
I fold in line
My monthly dole of magazines
Beaming bistro shines

In my ladle is your plum
And my daily staple of your cutesy crumbs
Of your cutesy falling crumbs

I saw you at the snazzy din, din
You made me sad that I watched
I must say you truly packed 'em in
Nearly dearly debauched

In my ladle is your plum
And my daily staple of your cutesy crumbs
Of your cutesy falling crumbs

In my ladle is your plum
And my daily staple of your cutesy crumbs
Of your cutesy falling crumbs