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bittersweet he threw his pipes over the edge he sighed and felt no worse he never could make up his mind are they a blessing or a curse he just drank down his second pint when a boy rushed in and cried look here i found your blessed pipes down by the waterside isn't life just like the autumn air it's bitter and it's sweet i will never understand it all but that's alright with me she tells herself she'll be okay this feeling it will pass she pours herself another drink and stares into the glass her heart is like the swelling moon that's sinking in the sky she says if i don't tell somebody soon i swear i'm gonna cry isn't life just like the autumn air it's bitter and it's sweet i will never understand it all but that's alright with me he walks around in silent rooms he always sees her face he slips into a chilly bed another in her place he waits for dreams to take him out to a boat down on the lake where everything is as it was before his big mistake isn't life just like the autumn air it's bitter and it's sweet i will never understand it all but that's alright with me cause i came down from the mountain and i crawled out of the sea i will never understand it all but that's alright with me k.savoca ©1999 Alcove Music/BMI pete heitzman - mandolin karen savoca - acoustic guitars, percussion t-bone wolk - bass, accordian, tenor banjo

wide and deep under the skin of the land body of the earth speaks to him he understands he knows what it's worth to live a life that's wide and deep to know the things he can and cannot keep moon swallows sun dogs howl in the night she runs to him she runs like a bird in flight she lives her life both wide and deep she knows the things she can and cannot keep under her skin body of his love she calls to him again he knows it's enough to live a life that's wide and deep to know the things they can and cannot keep to live a life that's wide and deep k.savoca ©1999 Alcove Music/BMI pete heitzman - guitars, mandolin, essie's bell, autoharps karen savoca - acoustic guitar, percussion t-bone wolk - bass

in conversation i got your card today but i can't believe that's you drawn with a heart and peace sign in luv n' light and truth why can't you come to see me why can't you take my hand you've run so far away and i can't understand this conversation conversation here we go conversation in conversation we go da da da da da your therapist says it's for the best what is that all about? i can't believe you're happy when you have to shut me out you're seeing more than one now now you've got two or three you tell them about your life and sometimes you mention me in conversation conversation here we go conversation in conversation we go da da da da da you're digging up your childhood you yell your mother's name she gave you too much freedom yeah she's the one to blame your father worked too hard and he was always out the door so when you asked for money did you mean to ask him for conversation conversation here we go conversation in conversation we go da da da da da i ripped your card today cuz i can't believe that's you drawn with a heart and peace sign in luv n' light and truth you only know your own pain you can't hear others cry you speak in shallow tones and can't look me in the eye for conversation conversation here we go conversation in conversation we go da da da da da i burned your card today k.savoca ©1999 Alcove Music/BMI pete heitzman - guitars karen savoca - percussion t-bone wolk - bass

(rain on a) tin roof there's a hole in the sky there's a hole in my family and i know i can't change it no matter how i try everywhere i go everybody's complaining and i don't think it'll ever stop raining now there's oil in the ocean salt in my tears show me devotion that weathers the years everywhere i go everybody's complaining and i don't think it'll ever stop raining come on little girl come on little girl you've stayed up long enough tonight come on little girl come on little girl kiss everyone goodnight there's a hole in the sky there's a hole in my family and i know i can't change it no matter how i try everywhere i go everybody's complaining and i don't think it'll ever stop raining k.savoca ©1999 Alcove Music/BMI pete heitzman - guitars karen savoca - piano

runnin' she saw you sneakin' off just before the break of dawn she watched you through the window as you pulled away with no headlights on she felt a little relieved she felt a little sad she thought you shoulda stuck around and then she just felt had you've been runnin' all your life you don't need nobody's help you've been runnin' all this time you don't need nobody else there's a string of diners up and down the coast you've got nicknames for the waitresses they know you like your eggs on toast some of them are married some gave up long ago some'll meet you out behind the kitchen when their shift is over you've been runnin' you know i used to love you and i was sure you loved me too i used to fantasize we'd live like other people do i loved your awful sneer loved your crumpled clothes one day i saw you walkin out like some late night movie ghost you've been runnin' next time you're sneakin' off just before the break of dawn say a prayer for the girl you leave where the blinds are drawn she'll feel a little colder she'll feel a little sad she'll hope to god when she gets older it won't hurt so bad you've been runnin' all your life you don't need nobody's help you've been runnin' all this time you don't need nobody else k.savoca ©1999 Alcove Music/BMI pete heitzman - guitars karen savoca - percussion t-bone wolk - bass, accordion

woman in a frame julia margaret dress me up in red i wanna be a woman in a picture hey julia how i love your name i wanna be a woman in your frame katharine houghton with the starlight smile i'd love to talk to you oh katherine there's no way to tell how many women you led away from that old well and i believe it won't be long i can feel we're getting stronger i believe it won't be long till we're singing together maria felice you're the one who brought me life you taught me love is the only way to survive maria you couldn't give me more i'm like an ocean and you're like the shore well i believe it won't be long i can feel we're getting stronger i believe it won't be long till we're singing together libera schiavone i wish that you were here you were alone for many a hard year libera no shadow of a man will ever keep me from doing what i can if i have a daughter i'll bless her with your name her world or mine will never be the same and as she grows we'll call her liberty one day she'll know what a fight to be free i believe it won't be long and i can feel we're getting stronger all our hearts will beat like one singing together k.savoca ©1985 Alcove Music/BMI pete heitzman - guitars karen savoca - clavinet, percussion t-bone wolk - bass

same all over you drink coffee when you need to sleep give away the things you meant to keep you hang your clothes out just before the rain it's the same all over the world i take you places that we never go you talk to people when you're all alone i rent a limo and you ride the bus it's the same all over the world it's the same all over it's the same all over the world you go north when you oughtta go south it tastes delicious so you spit it out you hold your secrets deep inside your mouth it's the same all over the world it's the same all over it's the same all over the world you drink coffee when you need to sleep give away all the things you meant to keep you hang your clothes out right before the rain it's the same all over the world it's the same all over it's the same all over the world it's the same all over it's the same all over the world k.savoca ©1999 Alcove Music/BMI pete heitzman - guitars, bass jimmy johns - drums karen savoca - percussion

if i could forgive you dark is my sky now you're gone i see your ghost in every dawn how could i not have known you were feeling so alone everybody tells me there must've been signs might as well tell me i must've been blind i've got friends who say all things happen for the good well if i could forgive you i would now every morning the birds sing but my heart doesn't hear a thing i can't start believing you'll never know another spring and if i could forgive you i would if i could forgive you i would and if i could forgive you i would if i could forgive you i would k.savoca ©1999 Alcove Music/BMI pete heitzman - guitars, noise karen savoca - percussion t-bone wolk - basses

clear blue summer sky gonna dirty my fingers gonna paint my toes gonna stay up all night and watch the light explode gonna eat lotsa cherries gonna see the town gonna lay in the sun till my skin turns nice and brown and the wheel spins round it goes where it's gonna stop nobody knows he said "lady if you don't win i'm gonna give you a prize!" his eyes were like lightnin' in a clear blue summer sky so you don't have any dough? you don't even have pockets but you've got your baby round your neck in a locket oh and the wheel spins round it goes where it's gonna stop nobody knows gonna wade in the water dance to the drummin' come on darlin' get your guitar strummin' oh cause i dirtied all my fingers and i painted all my toes and i waited up all night to watch the light explode and the world spins round it goes where it's gonna stop nobody knows k.savoca ©1996 Alcove Music/BMI pete heitzman - guitars karen savoca - clavinet, percussion t-bone wolk - bass

another day well it's time you're leavin and i just got used to you i'm not ready to let you go do you have to go so soon what if you changed your mind? what if you had another day? maybe i'll hide your suitcase no i won't say goodbye you're expecting me to cry well i won't dissapoint you what if you changed your mind? what if you had another day? what can i do to keep you what can i say to hold you here i could drive you down to the shore they've got your favorite candy there what if you changed your mind? what if you had another day? so it's time you're leaving and i just got used to you i'm not ready to let you go do you have to got so soon what if you changed your mind? what if you had another day? k.savoca ©1999 Alcove Music/BMI pete heitzman - guitars, cello, essie's bell karen savoca - piano