Though my eyes be closed forever
still I would find you
you shine across my time
'Fall' from Sunwheel Dance (1971)
cloud pillars clinging like vines to the sky
don't cry
we'll walk down the meadow with sunrise inside
so dry your eyes
the winds of all kingdoms meet where we stand
'Life Will Open' from Sunwheel Dance
turn your eyes to the world where we all sit and dream
busy dreaming ourselves and each other into being
dreaming is a state of death, can't you see?
we must live through who we are
'More not More' from Humans (1980)
there must be more... more...
more songs more warmth
more love more life
not more fear not more fame
not more money not more games
'Creation Dream' from Dancing in the Dragons Jaws
centred on silence
counting on nothing
I saw you standing on the sea
and everything was
dark except for
sparks the wind struck from your hair
'Don't Feel Your Touch' from Big Circumstance (1989)
To be held in the heart of a friend is to be a king
but the magic of a lover's touch is what makes my spirit sing
when you're caught up in this longing
all the beauties of the Earth don't mean a thing.
oh -- and the night grows clear and empty
as a lake of acid rain
and I don't feel your touch, again.
'One Of the Best Ones from Nothing but a Burning Light (1991)
Guess I'd get along without you
If I had no choice
It's taken me this long to find you
'Southland Of The Heart' from Dart to the Heart (1994)
When the wild-eyed dogs of day to day
Come snapping at your heels
And there's so much coming at you
That you don't know how to feel
When they've taken all your money
And then come back for your clothes
When your hands are full of thorns
But you can't quit groping for the rose
In the southland of the heart
Where night blooms perfume the breeze
Lie down
Take your rest with me
'Night Train' from The Charity of Night (1996)
And everyone's an island edged with sand
a temporary refuge where somebody else can stand
till the sea that binds us like the forced tie of a blood oath
will wear it down, dissolve it, recombine it
Anyone can die here they do it every day
it doesn't take much effort though it goes against the grain
and the ultimate forgetfulness of violence
sweeps the landscape like a headlight of a train
'Pacing the Cage' from The Charity of Night
Sometimes the best map will not guide you
You can't see what's round the bend
Sometimes the road leads through dark places
Sometimes the darkness is your friend
Today these eyes scan bleached-out land
For the coming of the outbound stage.
Pacing the cage.
'Live on my Mind' from The Charity of Night
Light me like incense in the night
Light me like a candle burning bright
Light me like a searchlight in the sky
Time means nothing when I look in your eyes
'The Whole Night Sky' from The Charity of Night
Sometimes a wind comes out of nowhere
And knocks you off your feet
And look, see my tears
They fill the whole night sky
The whole night sky
'Strange Waters' from The Charity of Night
I've stood in airports guarded glass and chrome
Walked rifled roads and landmined loam
Seen a forest in flames right down to the road
Burned in love till I've seen my heart explode
'Charity of Night' from The Charity of Night
Wave on wave of life
Like the great wide oceans roll
Haunting hands of memory
Pluck silver strands of soul
The damage and the dying done, the clarity of light
gentle bows and glasses raised to the charity of night
'Give it away' from Breakfast in New Orleans Dinner in Timbuktu (1999)
I've got this thing in my heart
I must give you today
It only lives when you
give it away
'The Embers of Eden' from Breakfast in New Orleans Dinner in Timbuktu
We each occupied the same space/time
matter, antimatter, tangled like vines
and the awful tolling, and the cold rain outside
and I cannot scrape this dream from my eyes
'Look How Far' from Breakfast in New Orleans Dinner in Timbuktu
And this light
is a guest from far away
passing through
the last whisper of day
has stretched over 30 years
and produced 25 albums.
He is not only an incredible
singer and songwriter, he is
an outstanding guitarist also
