Mother Sky won’t you wipe away my tears?
Mother Sky won’t you wipe away my tears?
I got a head of revelations and no one
To calm my fears
Mother Sky won’t you
Won’t you listen to my plea
Mother Sky won’t you
Won’t you listen to my plea
I got a head of revelations and no one
Will listen to me.
You see Mother sky
I had this dream in black and white
Don’t know what it means but
I’m gonna try with all my might
I got a head of revelations
And I can’t sleep at night
Solo
Mother Sky won’t you
Stop raining down on me
Mother Sky won’t you
Stop raining down on me
I got a head of revelations
And no one will listen to me
I got a head of revelations
And no one will listen to me
I got a head of revelations
And no one
Will listen to
Me.
© 2002 Kat Downs
Mother, Father
Why you wanna lay me down
Got no path to follow
Besides yours and you’re gonna
Lead me down
This path is yours it is not mine
No fault the blind leading
The blind
Cause you had no path to follow
‘Sides theirs and they’re gonna
Lead you down
(chorus)
And they’re gonna lead you down
So you’re gonna lead me down
And I’m gonna lead mine
Down
Preacher, teacher
Why you wanna lay me down?
Got no rules to follow
‘Sides yours and
You’re gonna lay me down
I am a child and not a man
These rules I just don’t understand
I know you’re not a fool
You just had teachers too and
You had no rules to follow
‘Sides theirs and they’re gonna
Lead you down
(chorus)
(solo)
Mother father
Can’t show me how to not
Fall down
Mother father
Can’t show me how to not fall down
This path is yours it is not mine
No fault we’re human,
We’re all blind
Cause we have no path to follow
We have no path to follow
And they’re gonna lead you down
So you’re gonna lead me down
And I’m gonna lead mine down
And they’re gonna lead theirs down
And they’re gonna lead theirs down
And they’re gonna lead theirs down.
© 2002 Kat Downs
Bless me Father
With Leaves of gold
Deny these voices that
Conform the world
All I ask is a place to sit
To watch life melt away into spring
Bless me father with wings unfurled
Don’t let these monsters
Harm a simple girl
You and I just sit and breathe
Watch the world melt
Into spring
(chorus)
That Bridge, standing tall
Is the rock and you’re my wall
Existence disbands
That bridge still stands.
That bridge still stands
Bless me mother I bow and pray
Please help me now
While I am so afraid
Let this peace come over me
While this winter melts
Into spring
Bless me mother I’m just a girl
Trying to make it in this
Empty world
Send the moonlight as my guide
And with your help
I will survive into spring
(chorus)
© 2002 Kat Downs
I hear your whispers in the dark
And I hear your name calling me
Calling me home
But there’s a virgin sun on the rise
And I gotta run, a smoking gun
And this Gypsy just takes it in stride
Did you ever hear the desert sleep
The harvest moon will wake you
Like a lover torn
So baby get back on your feet
It’s another day, I’m on my way
And this Gypsy just takes it in stride
I’m going to melt into the sun
I’m already fading from your memory
And it’s what’s to be, but
I’ll see you in the stars
I’m already gone, ‘cause time moves on
And this Gypsy just takes it in stride.
© 2003 Kat Downs
These Empty steets are calling
Late night revival
Or something
There’s footsteps close behind me
But just a memory really
There’s no one there
But I’m still here
This rainslicked road aches
In runny streetlight sparkle
Reminds me of a party favor
Thrown away
Huh, that sounds familiar
‘Cause I’m still here
Chorus:
And I’m still here
Right where you left me
I’m still here right where you left me
I’m still here in the rain
On the corner
On the night you drove away
This same old silly parkbench
Hasn’t changed in seven years
This little checkerboard town
It has it’s ups and downs
I still expect to see your face
Cause I’m still here
Chorus
Bridge:
And oh, how the sirens sang that night
You should’ve heard them
Should’ve seen those flashing lights
And oh, they said you never
Saw it coming,
Like you ever see it coming
Like a heart beats well alone
Chorus
This melancholy heartache
Lives deep down inside me
And this rain soaked corner turns my
Memory to you
I just wanted you to know
I’m still here
Chorus
© 2002 Kat Downs
Winter nights
Mittened hands
Watching snow fall on lashes
Walking home under
Starry skies
For the thousandth night
Together
Together
I see you as through
Frosty glass
Can’t get past those Blue eyes
Hands in pockets
Heads bent low
Against the stinging snow
We only speak in cautious tones
You feel like home
You make me feel like home
I think I see a look in your eyes
You feel like War
You make me feel like War
But underneath I think I hear
The Sound of your heart
Chorus:
Sad heart, I see a glory in you
Sad face and it’s too cold
To breathe
You see a winter world
But you’re the beauty in it
Do you see me in it
Just dig a little deeper
I’m in here too.*
Breathe in all the light that
Shines around you
And fill your lonely heart
Would you be my evergreen
If I asked you
Which I won’t,
But if I did would you say yes
Please say yes Please say yes
Please believe that we could be like one
You’d fill my lonely heart
I would be your evergreen if you
Asked me
Which you won’t
But if you did
I would say yes
Please say yes Please say yes
Another night just like all the rest
If you’re too cold to see me
It’s for the best
Cause maybe you and me were never
Meant to be, never meant to be, never
Meant to be, or were we?
You feel so warm
You make me feel so warm
I think my heart just started beating
You feel like love
You make me feel like love
But underneath I think you hear the
Sound of my heart
It’s such a sad heart, but there’s a light
Inside me
A sad night, just like all the rest
We’re wrapped in winter clothes
They’re just like walls around us
Trapped in the snow around us
I’ll dig a little deeper
I’m in here too.
Chorus
I’m in here too
I see you as through frosty glass
Can’t get past those Blue Eyes.
© 2002 Kat Downs
Your eyes feel like falling
Your smile spins my heart
One moment under glass
I know your face so well
I know your face so well but
It isn’t real
No matter how I feel
Silly girl
It’s just a photograph
It’s just a photograph
Faded by my eyes
I can smell your skin
I can feel your touch
Your laugh makes me laugh
I know your voice so well
I know your voice so well but
That was a thousand years ago
Silly girl
It’s just a photograph
It’s just a photograph
Faded by my eyes
Solo
Bridge:
You pull away from me
Colors Fade
Picture fades
I pull away from you
Colors fade
Pictures fade
Left only in my memory
Memory
Memory
I see your hard work hands
Brush away my hair
You watch the water
I know your eyes so well
I know your eyes so well but
That river’s brown now
And in my mind it’s blue
Silly girl
It’s just a photograph
It’s just a photograph
It’s just a photograph
Of you
© 2002 Kat Downs
Empty sidewalks and sudden rainstorms
Feel all surreal and hazy
Watched a ship pass slowly
As the wind was blowing
Blowing out to sea
Secret Gypsy voices
Dip the Night in silence
I’m not sure what I saw, but
Then the roses started
Decending down from heaven
But it was nothing after all.
I was calling I was falling
Toward a place I did not recognize
These empty alleyways
Are oh so lonely
Like I’m lost in a maze
Paper Lantern light my way
Paper Lantern light my way
As the rain subsided
My path became divided
There was no answer to my call
I feel the answers coming all madness
And unknowing become quiet peace of mind
Chorus
I was calling I was falling
Toward a place I did not recognize
And though my mind might ache
And my poor heart may break it’s a
Chance I have to take
Paper lantern light my way
Paper Lantern, light my way
© 2001 Kat Downs
You said that
You and I would always
Be together
You said that
You and I would always
Conquer fear
You said the
Road behind us really didn’t matter
You said where we were going
No one would remember
So keep on walking baby
Keep on walking baby
One step closer to dawn
You said we
Could never know what hit us
Til it hit us
You said we
Never could prepare
I liked the way
You held my hand in udder
Silence
You like the sunshine in my hair
Chorus:
So keep on walking baby
Keep on walking baby
This road ain’t getting any younger
Keep on walking baby
Keep on walking baby
This road ain’t getting any longer
Keep on walking baby keep on walking baby
I know we’re gonna get there
Soon
You said it wasn’t
So much a place as an idea
I said I couldn’t agree more
You raised your face up to the
Moonlight
You said “there’s something out there”
Huh.
Chorus
keep on walking baby
keep on walking baby
One step closer to
Dawn
© 2002 Kat Downs
-For Nikki Lee-
You are a mystery to me
The way you danced into my life
And put my mind at ease
Hallelujah
You are as calming as the rain
You are as endless as the sky
You make me sing
Hallelujah
And when we talk until the
Morning light
You never even think to ask
Me when I wake you in the
Middle of the night
To say nothing at all
You are the magic in my life
You are the sun that’s shining bright
And you make me smile
Hallelujah
You are the answer to my prayers
You are the hope, you are the light
Of a thousand years
Hallelujah
And when the stars align
We’re born again
Seems we have been here before
You and I will be together to the end
If there ever is an end
I never knew I needed, I never thought
I needed, someone like you
You are a miracle to me
The way you came into my life and
Set me free
Hallelujah
You are as calming as the rain
You are as endless as the sky
You make me sing
Hallelujah
© 2003 Kat Downs
I always said that
Sometime when I’m not so
I don’t know,
Bored
I’d take a load off
And count my blessings
Only now as the fog is rolling
Past my window
I count 1,2,3,9,10
Lord I hope to see you again
Only now
I realized the mistakes I made
And they were foolish
Though it’s never been said
My only hope is that
I can take the steps to mend
1,2,3,9,10
Count your blessings
I step outside on this cloudy afternoon
To mail a letter
And send my love to you
It says, “Darling please forgive
This stupid song
But I was all
Wrong and it’s been too long”
Bridge:
Can you forgive me cause it’s
Been years
Can you forgive me cause it’s
Been years and years and years
And years and years
And I’m sorry
How are you, I’m fine
And all that Jazz
I’m out of state now,
But it’s not so bad
I found of picture of us just the
Other day
4,5,6,7,8
Count your blessings
So what’s up with you
And how’s your life
Give a kiss to your baby and your
Beautiful Wife
Can we still be friends
I hope it’s not too late
4,5,6,7,8
Count your blessings
You called me up on this
Sunday afternoon, you got my letter
You said “Babe it’s not all you
Please forgive me I’m as stubborn as
They come, and I was all
Wrong, and it’s been too long.”
So sometime when you’re not so,
I don’t know,
Bored
Take a load off,
And count your blessings
1,2,3,9,10
© 2003 Kat Downs
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