Youth Is In Our Blood
WE’LL BE THE LIGHT
(Jenkins/Trimble)
summer’s gone but it won’t take long to look back
my girl had a big sky to consume, yes she did
i cried, like a brother had
been raised up from the pain again
i found myself a way to fall for you
put your hand in my pocket
i’ll be your favorite song
we’ll be the light and the diamond as well
need my name in the springtime
yes, you will.
we’re learning to take our time with the ones we love
time will tell if it makes a change
arrived, but turning back to
brave it all just for your hand
i’ll try my best to be right there
where you want to be, where you want to be
BROWN LITTLE BIRD
(Jenkins/Trimble)
hey, you wear me out, and you ease my mind
i was up on stage with the Mavis Family 3
but the crow’s gone rogue
and the murder cries
left his home and needs a family
brown little bird
hey, i need your wings
my morning song is just for you
your wagon’s full
of criminals
that paved the way for thieves like me
i said that boy got saved like a man
walkin down to the front row of a stage
cassette babe, this is the mad dog show, my way.
but when the charges come, he leaves his home
he wants to go back, but they can’t take a loan
and they never bruise… brown little bird
BORROWED TIME
(Jenkins/Trimble)
sympathy rises to meet me
says “what’s my name?”
change is coming i don’t wanna feel a thing.
murder me with a camera in my living room
telephone it keeps me happy; times are strange…
mirror’s buried, so i bought my neighbor’s frame
we’ve been borrowing time here for a little while
mary, would you meet me?
i believe it but it just can’t be true
jesus, would you lead us,
to the land where i just work for you?
i’m trying my best
but i just can’t confess
to things that i didn’t do.
nervous man with a warning
“all is vain, ‘less i’m loving you.”
nervous man comes round the corner
says “what’s the speech?”
voices blazing but the profits they don’t reach
well the people on the front row they been crying for days.
manhattan says they had it coming;
just a bit more!
but he’s got what he just don’t want
and he just can’t give, but he don’t know why
the people; they’re meager, but they feel the same
AFTERNOON EYES
(Jenkins/Trimble/J. Hoskins)
heard my name down on your footstep, i was blind
she was fallin in my shoes
minor stranger says she wants to take me round
got no time for her noose
she says “i’ve got a feeling, you’ve got the crown
you ain’t the man on the tram.”
say what you want about living this way
i ain’t got time for it
got my finger to the bone
grow up in the sky
you can’t put your finger on love
if you’re always quiet
got your arms all round a stranger
who was never alive
you can’t put your finger on love
with your afternoon eyes
nighttime and i was a singer
in a 14 piece rock and roll band
made a truce with my jailer
heard his feelings while i tried my own hand
he’ll tell, “have no doubt,
there’s a man he’s lookin for me…”
but he just don’t know, I might never change.
take me out of this crosstown scene
i got dreams of the stage.
it don’t mean nothing, nothing at all
did you see me laughin’? laughin’ it off?
BORN TO THIEVES
(Jenkins/Trimble/J. Hoskins)
fortunately, I was born to thieves
in a rage that was colored in shine
nightingales are not for sale
to my demise
i grin and bare, but my feelings show
a boy is out in the cold
it’s hard to show your teeth
when you’re feeling old
they made a mess
but we can clean it up
don’t you hold out on me
just give me your arm
and don’t apologize
for the things that they’ve done
fantasy is the strangest thing
when your name has been replaced
night’s like these will make me sleep for days
i’m a citizen in a foreign place
i’ve abandoned by my rights
a basket and a baby
on the riverside
SAGUARO
(Jenkins/Trimble)
climb up here, and shake this tree
the devil, he tries to get on me
steal my shade, and burn my name
the devil, he tries to get on me
the devil, he tries to get on me
we push and shove, but dream of love
the devil, he tries to get on me
we speak of peace, but fight for greed
the devil, he tries to get on me
the devil, he tries to get on me
so we try to hide, this fear inside
the devil, he tries to get on me
kick and scream, til we’re on our knees
the devil, he tries to get on me
the devil, he tries to get on me
hallelujah, i can’t hide
hallelujah, i can’t hide
hallelujah, i can’t hide.
hallelujah, hallelujah.
COMMON PEOPLE
(Jenkins/Trimble)
all you want is a rescue scene
rebelled from the ones you love
please forgive me
your only child,
this well is a fillin’ up.
everything is mystery
we will meet in homecoming.
silence leads to madness
when you’re feelin’ like you made mistakes
angel won’t you help me?
i’m a stranger, but family.
where the weak will come to see, let them lead the homecoming.
you better help yourself
QUIET TIGERS
(Doody)
we’ve been gathering to hear your tune
and find a better place to fly
old levi must have heard you singing bout my shame
while he traveled down the road where I would die
lions everywhere, i search the ground for stones
“it ain’t my blood that dipped your robes”
dust filled fairy tales, lead us all to sleep
a tired mind, that comfort left so closed
gather round down by the ringside
c’mon let me, find some peace of mind
awake the quiet tigers
i won’t be your happy night
now your moving on to something new
common folk won’t speak your name
and what a shape we made with all the lines we’ve drawn
but never heard that we were raised by fame
she took a stand out in the courtyard
while the jesters, came to claim her throne
awake the lonely riders
lord don’t let me, burn this town alone
OH, JERICHO
(Jenkins/Trimble)
some folks get nervous when they hear of a change
some people, they put their faith in jesus
some girls make big mistakes
and fall for boys that dream
well that ain’t so obscene, to me
oh me, oh my
in your arms i’m not alone
we all need, family
walking around jericho
this lane, it lets everyone in, so take your place
my well’s full of wishes that I can’t keep
you caught me thinking
that you could still love me
imagine how we’d sing
oh the sound.
LOVELY BONES
(Jenkins/Trimble)
save a seat at the table
i’ll be right behind
walk our way to the kingdom
lovely bones will rise
night time is a man’s great escape
today the wheel is coming off
no one, no one has to know
a compromise is born
and i cry, nobody’s watching
asleep beneath your crimes
time, it just creeps, and we can’t find no peace
our days are burning wild.
we’re learning, keep looking up
don’t fight it, it’s never enough
we gotta stand for something, and learn to draw a line
a new dawn fades and we have all been changed by the light
that’s in each other’s eyes
lovely bones will rise
LEAVING ROADS
(Jenkins/Trimble)
time will tell, even where i’ve been
just don’t waste your time with me
leaving roads never lead you home
need you where you want to be
with a warning, i raise my hand
weeping over right now
ashes floating on the riverbend
as an orphan smiles
PERMANEO DIES
(Jenkins/Trimble)
all we are, is all we got
so pay your attention to me
take your time, with the ones that you love
as we wait for the turn of the sea
but we want the answers, and we don’t wanna wait..
and time makes us change, as we labor our lives
all we are, is all we got
so pay your attention to me
IN THE END
(Jenkins/Trimble)
all we are, is all we got
all we are, in the end
