Clear as ice. Oh, clear as ice. Dripping down. From a rock. . Spring will come. And so will fall. All my enemies have finally fled. They? ve finally fled and gone.
A strange July, storm came down. From the north and pulled out the salt. And it tore out the leaves. From the pear tree and my canopy. . In the twigs and the bugs of sow.
LAURA VEIRS. Where Gravity Is Dead. . Where gravity is dead. And the airplanes fly around. Above the roaming bees. And the buzzing town. Above the tattered flags.
Billy was a young man gone astray bottle at his lips all night. And day mama said they're gonna send you up the river someday. . Whiskey ate big holes in billy's head summer's day he shot spud murphy dead.
Don't recognize my face. (Everybody knows your game). Feel like I'm running in place. (Every thing's changed, every thing's changed). . I'm gonna move to the country.
I see you there, your purple hair. And the rosy cheeks that I adore. Tiger tattoos, my how they suit you. I hope you'll let me see a little more. . Will you come down, down to the river.
Flat stone skipping the surface sink. Into the golden deep. Crawl inside like a honeybee. Creep into the heart. . Give me snow and give me salt. Troubles cracks and creaks.
Birds were falling from the sky all leaves had turned to brown. The heartless cold froze everything and took my poor red down. . Poor old red she's dead and gone her eyes.
I survived the desperate toll dark depression takes. I may not break even but babe I'll never break. Golden coins and smiles no they cannot tip my scales.
Music in the air. Plucked from the centuries. Presented in the form. Of a song by you to me. . Seagull in the air. Floating on the updraft. See me on the ground.
LAURA VEIRS. Spelunking. . The tiny midnight caravan. Made its way across the black hills. As I watched from a distance. The slow-going glow. Their wandering you know.
Struggling like a fly against the glass. It's not clear why I can't blast. Straight through. . Behind all the brightest smiles. Twist the tortured, tortured souls who.
I saw the violet turn to night. I saw the water turn to ice. A thousand snowflakes hovered 'round me. The world aglow. . I heard a distant songbird singing.
There's a shadow beneath the sea. There's a shadow between you and me. I've learned that love is scared of light. Thousand seeds from a flower. Blowing through the night.
I'm climbing up the stairs. I'm circling the waves. The broken ceiling paint. The broken windowpane. O a smile would melt. Me to an asphalt strip. Where all would travel.
Dead eye from the wood of life. Hold the ropes and the rigging lines. Red-eye a.m. Here i lie. Shipwreck passing underneath. What of the sailor and her spinning wheel?.
Serpent tails and flying fish. sup up all the wishes. that you sent to the stars. Chinese dragons incandescent. mirrors in the waves. I want to put them in jars.
Riptide pulls me out into the open sea. My toes dangle for a place to stand and be. . Oh starry night, come and chart a course. Or send me a boat with an anchor set.
LAURA VEIRS. Rialto. . Check out the skylark. Riding and singing alongside. Salt cool breeze coming from the West. Ships and their lawlessness. Running wild and the waves.
The sky's a raven marching band black blizzard blowing across the land. Come darling take my hand i'm whiskey poured into the sand. . Star blossoms bloom the night falling now burning fire bright.