Simple

The Long Road Home

Beyond that ridge there's another mountain

Beyond that road there's just another road

But where I'm goin' I don't need to travel

I'm going down that long road home

That old bluebird singing in the meadow

Does he know that the sun ain't gonna rise

Another day without it raining

Can he see it in my tired eyes?

In the mornin I'll be gone forever

In the ground where everything comes from

But I'll be waiting at the gates of heaven

So I can meet you on that long road home

The Long Road Home

Eternal Night

The days are lonely - The moon is so cold

The Earth is surrounded by the chill of my soul

Since my baby left, nothing's ever gone right

The sun might be blazing - it's Eternal Night

Nobody knows me in this city of dreams

Nothing's ever the way that it seems

Talk is cheap - it's the blade of the bright

Cutting through phantoms in Eternal Night

I should never have left my baby's side

The world of illusion was stroking my pride

All I have left is a failed line of sight

All is blinded by Eternal Night

I burn like a fire - when you come near

Inspire the devil in me this is clear

How can my spirit rise up in flight?

Ground into dust in The Eternal Night

The Water's Rising

The Water’s Rising

The water's risin', oh lord it's high

The water's risin' to the sky

The water's risin', Lord don't let me die

The water's risin' too high

My time is comin', oh lord I know it's so

My time is comin' so slow

My time is comin', oh lord I see the light

My time is comin' tonight

The river's high, the wind is howlin

The water's risin in New Orleans

I hear a sound, one lonely trumpet blowin

Echoin' down Old Bourbon St

There's no way to stop the music now

No way to stop the beat

No time to fix the levees now

No place to hide - from the heat

There's no way to stop the music now

No way to stop the beat

No time to fix the levees now

No place to hide - from the heat

The water's risin', Lord I know it's so

The water's risin' to the sky

The water's risin', Lord don't let me die

The water's Risin', oh, way too high

Disappears

Reflections in the mirror

With the moonlight shining through

There's a stranger and it's clear

He's looking back at you

Will there be a thousand reasons

Why you couldn't turn away

Will the passing of the seasons

Keep the painful dreams away

Are you standing in the shadows

As the End is drawing near

Will you laugh in the moonlight

As it all disappears

Don't you recognize Jesus

Standing by your side

Has he come to save you

Has he come to say good-bye

Don't you recognize Jesus

Standing by your side

Has he come to save you

Has he come to say good-bye

Desire

Just standing close to you, my head is spinning

Is this some sickness that I feel, or just the beginning?

Is this the start of something new?

Is this desire catching on fire?

Are you the one who's in my Dreams?

I'm still not sure what any of this means

Come a little closer

Burn off this chill

Is this desire catching on fire?

Is this desire catching on fire

Is this desire catching on fire?

It's getting warmer now

No dissapating heat

Ice caps are melting at our feet

Put your fuel on the flame so we can fan the flames again

We'll build a fire with our desire

That's Tough

That’s Tough

It's hot in the summer under this big ol' tree

You know the sun's beating down

And I'm watchin' tobacco grow

There's a red-tailed hawk circling high over head

And I'm sitting here thinkin' what you said

Said you weren't satisfied, and then you went away

This heatwave is killin’ me on this hot - hot - day

If a cool wind would blow I could get some relief

But this weather ain't changin', I'm alone in this heat

Seems I wasn't satisfied, guess I didn't have enough

But you know what, man?

That's tough

It's hot in the summer under this big ol' tree

The sun's beatin' down and I'm watchin' tobacco grow

Said you weren't satisfied and then you went away

I think this heatwave is killin’ me on this Carolina day

Seems I wasn't satisfied, guess I didn't have enough

But you know what, man?

That's tough, That's tough

That's tough

There's a red-tailed hawk circlin' overhead

I'm sittin' here thinking what you said

Said you weren't satisfied and then you went away

This heatwave is killin’ me on this Carolina day

That's tough, That's tough, That's tough, That's tough

That's tough, That's tough

Lonesome Highway

There's a dark side of life and I've been there

It's a place hidden from the light of day

It's deep down inside every one of us

They say it's where the devil goes to play

They say it's the road to perdition

You're bound to find trouble on the way

Down South we got another name for it

We call it the lonesome highway

There's somebody standin' on the corner

It's a workin' person's kind of night

The liquor store sign's flashing neon

And I'm ridin' by feelin' alright

Something's coming in the distance

I see a cloud of dust risin' high

And as it comes into view I don't know what to do

It's my own life that's passin' me by

Is It Simple

Is it simple when your life goes down a path

You never thought it would?

Oh, no,

It's amazing when you think of all the times

You went astray and still you are

Who you are

The past was once the future

And tomorrow will be yesterday

Will you find the answer simple

Do you live - for today

Is it simple when you think about

The times you weren't sure about the times you were sure

You had answers to the questions no one asked but you

And you knew all the answers

And the past was once the future

And tomorrow will be yesterday

Will you find the answer simple

Are you living - for today

Was it simple to walk away

From everything that never mattered much to you

To leave it behind

You're accustomed to a mirror

Where no one argues with your solitary way

Are you happy?

And the past is still the future

And tomorrow is yesterday

Do you find the answer simple

Are you living - for today