@ALBUM: Jaguar All lyrics Copyright Fred Small except "Light in the Hall" @SONG: Jaguar In the emerald cathedral In the valley of clouds In the span of the branches Two eyes keep the watch Where the hummingbird dances And the snake hesitates With the calm of command The jaguar waits The chain saw is whining the bulldozer roars Monkeys are screeching in flight The spires of the Arawak cut down at one blow Where will the jaguar go Where will the jaguar go Under the hammer of hunger On the anvil of fear The poor of Sao Paolo Stream to the frontier With the promise of farmland Honest work honest pay Till the rains unrelenting Sweep the topsoil away The captains of cattle take the land cheap New York and Osaka crave beef Hooves crush the dirt into dust below Where will the jaguar go Where will the jaguar go When the circle is broken When the crystal is cracked When the thread of creation is torn We slip through the veil into terrors unknown Where will the jaguar go In the canyons of commerce In convoys of light The armies of loneliness Drive into the night Trading plastic for plastic Making fashion of trash We are dreaming of love As love turns to ash The fires of Prometheus flare to the sky The seas of the prophets boil dry This gutted globe was a garden I'm told Where will the jaguar go Where will the jaguar go Where will the jaguar go @SONG: Simple Living Too many words too many sounds Too many attractions turn me around Too many miles in a chrome cocoon I never get anywhere I can't see the moon Too many commercials too many lies Too many celebrities I don't recognize Too many brand names too many magazines I got so much sensation I can't feel a thing Simple living Got to get to simple living Simple living Simply living Too many things we just throw away If we put it in the garbage we're gonna eat it someday We turn on the lights and a river dies We turn the TV on to see and eagle fly Too much work with nothing to do Too many dreams that never come true Too much hurting without a second glance Too much desperation they call romance Gonna take this life, pare it to t he bone Baby when you knock baby I'll be home I'll make my breakfast sweep the floor Open the window unlock the door Gonna turn off the video the audio too Open my eyes take in the view See the divine in the veins of a leaf In the hands of a beggar in the eyes of a thief Simple living Gimme simple living Simple living Simple living @SONG: Warlords In a dry world in a barren world Water people need water In the desert night around the dying light Fitful sleepers dream of water And peaceful tribes rule their lives By water And seething hordes raise their swords And kill for water In a world of drought Water is lord of all In a driven world in a plastic world Oil we drill for oil All the meek and the mean choose their dream machines Line up for oil we shoot up oil And nation states stake their fate On the price of oil While their obedient sons prime their guns And kill for oil In a rundown world Oil is lord of all Oh there's gotta be more than this The drudging dance the obscene kiss Oh there's gotta be some way out A smile a shout In a hurting world in a hating world Love we reach for love In the restless heat of sweat-stained sheets We strain for love cry out for love In a child's look an open book And every page is love And pushed to shove we kill for love We cannot kill for love We cannot kill for love We cannot kill love In a desert world In a driven world In a doubting world Love is lord of all Love is lord of all @SONG: Gravity When gravity's dragging you down Look up So you see yourself stalking the city Staring straight down at your feet You notice the scuff on your shoeshine You avoid all the holes in the street And you pity the drunk in the doorway While you wave the panhandler away And you take it as a sign of insincerity When someone says "Have a nice day" But when gravity's dragging you down When gravity's dragging you down When gravity's dragging you down Look up Look up where the sun hits the skyline Where the thunderheads warn of a squall You don't need to believe in a miracle It's a miracle to be here at all Where the bus driver grins through his mustache And an old woman's lost in her book And a man is possessed of a paisley vest That insists upon a second look And a little girl in a baseball uniform Is leading her father who's blind And a man who is muttering under his breath Is having a very hard time And when gravity's dragging you down When gravity's dragging you down When gravity's dragging you down Look up I have looked in the eyes of the damned and despised Seen souls no different from mine And what I perceive in this world I believe Is no more than I'm looking to find So when gravity's dragging you down When gravity's dragging you down When gravity's dragging you down Look up @SONG: The Last Time I Had Autumn Northfield Minnesota frost upon the plow The barley and the soybeans are at the feed lot now Leaves as dry as paper crumble neath my tread Colors of October like memories of the dead And the last time I saw autumn's fire was a thousand years ago I put my faith in autumn -- seasons come seasons go And every sign of autumn now is bound to make me blue The last time I had autumn I had you The last time I had autumn I had you The crooked streets of Cambridge are skirted now with snow There's a bookstore crammed with browsers every twenty yards or so And one night last December I searched each one high and low To find the gift you wanted that only I would know And the last time I felt winter's blast was a thousand years ago I put my faith in winter -- seasons come seasons go And every gust of winter now is bound to make me blue The last time I had winter I had you How many times must I pull the car to the shoulder Just to cry by the side of the road How many times must I reach and grasp at nothing Before I can let you go In the hills above Las Cruces forget-me-nots have bloomed I walk the ridge till sundown and whistle a lover's tune They've put me in the same old bed and the people here are kind I get the urge to call you and put it from my mind For the last time I breathed springtime air was a thousand years ago I put my faith in springtime -- seasons come seasons go And every breath of spring now is bound to make me blue The last time I had springtime I had you The last time I had springtime I had you @SONG: I Didn't Know I didn't know they showed me photographs I didn't know -- circles and crosshatches I didn't know that you had two eyes I didn't know I would recognize your voice I had no choice I didn't know -- you can't see much from so high I didn't know -- only the earth and sky I didn't know about your dignity I didn't know as the bombs fell silently Did you even see them? I didn't know you were someone that I knew I didn't know it was you I didn't know we hit our target clean I didn't know I'd have these waking dreams I didn't know under the blanket of flame I didn't know that you wore my name next to your heart I was too smart I didn't know -- I read the newspapers I didn't know your hair smelled just like hers I didn't know I could touch your face I didn't know you would take me in this embrace It was not wasted I didn't know you were someone that I knew I didn't know it was you @SONG: Light in the Hall Lyrics by Fred Small and Jayne Habe There's a light in the hall There's a crack in the doorway lets it into my room Tells me everything tells me everything I curl up in a ball Try to slide in the crack between the bed and the wall I am falling I am falling Daddy they'll know I'll walk funny and they'll know I've been bad Daddy please don't please don't please don't I'm shaking all over I squeeze my legs together just as tight as I can You can't you can't you can okay okay okay I see the tree through the window The tree is my friend I see the moon through the clouds And the stars without end I am flying away I am dying Is there a cradle big enough for this little girl It wouldn't have to be so very big For a girl and a teddy bear and a patchwork quilt It's waiting somewhere for me Don't you tell anyone If you know what's good for you And your little sister don't you love your sister And who would believe you Just a little girl with a big imagination Everyone knows me I'm an important man I get ready for school My hair is brushed and pulled tight in a bow But I am dirty I am dirty Mommy puts on my coat Red and purple blotches up and down my legs She won't look at me she won't look at me I will run to the park I will climb on the swing I will swing so high Up above everything Till a cloud takes me away Is there a cradle big enough for this little girl It wouldn't have to be so very big For a girl and a teddy bear and a patchwork quilt It's waiting somewhere for me Now I am grown On a silver chain I wear a pretty stone A friend gave me to say she loves me And to say I can love And to say I am worthy of it It is not easy it is not easy Sometimes I scream Sometimes I weep like the little girl I never was I never was I tell the story Somebody stole my life but I'm taking it back I can see colors I can see colors now Tracing the truth through the tangle of lies Forgiving myself what I did to survive I am living I am living Is there a cradle big enough for this little girl It wouldn't have to be so very big For a girl and a teddy bear and a patchwork quilt It's waiting somewhere for me @SONG: The Distance We pass through these rooms without speaking Where the light throws a pattern of lace You say you don't know if you are leaving But there's no shadow of doubt upon your face And you tell me there is no other And I know you well enough to know it's true And well enough to know you need a lover Who can give what I never gave to you. You can say that you were lonely When I lay right by your side You can say you saw the distance When I looked you in the eye And you can say I never reached you No matter how many times I tried But don't say I didn't love you Cause that's a god damn lie I emptied the drawer filled with letters And I bowed my head and cried No one ever loved me better There was love in every line But there were times I didn't hold you When all you needed was a touch And there were times when I said nothing When one word would have been enough And it seems sometimes like I lost my hand to a machine In an accident a long time ago It grabbed at my fingers and tore them off clean Still I wait for these fingers to grow And if I had fingers I'd touch your cheek With a gesture so gentle and fine I would braid your hair with baby's breath I would take your hand in mine You can say that you were lonely When I lay right by your side You can say you saw the distance When I looked you in the eye And you can say I never reached you No matter how many times I tried But don't say I didn't love you Cause that's a god damn lie I hear your voice in the morning Singing softly to yourself I know you imaging the loving That awaits you with somebody else And maybe I will find another Who will take me in spite of these scars And each of us yet may discover How innocent we are You can say that you were lonely When I lay right by your side You can say you saw the distance When I looked you in the eye And you can say I never reached you No matter how many times I tried But don't say I didn't love you Cause that's a god damn lie I know you won't say I didn't love you Cause you know it would be a lie @SONG: Mistaken Identity I touch your hand It's not my hand you feel It's the touch of another man It's the touch of a dangerous time It's the blow that leaves no trace It's the face of the perfect crime Mistaken identity I am not the man Look at my face I am not the man I whisper your name It's not my voice you hear It's the voice of the waking dead It's the father of original sin It's the brother of unlocked doors It's the lover of broken skin Mistaken identity I am not the man Look at my face I am not the man Sunlight filters through the leaves A breeze blows the curtains wide Children play across the street And I am by your side But I get confused And I am frightened too Am I the beast in the shadow Or am I here with you Mistaken identity I am not the man Look at my face Please take this boy for who I am Can we lay down this fear and love each other Can we lay down this fear and love each other Can we lay down this fear and love each other Can we lay down this fear @SONG: All the Time in the World I have no time for heedless hurry I have no time for the hustler's bluff I have no time for restless worry I have all the time in the world for love I have no time to chase perfection I have no time for the rock of righteousness I have no time for cruel correction I have all the time in the world for tenderness All the time in the world to watch you when you're sleeping All the time in the world to kiss you when you wake All the time in the world for the promises worth keeping And the promises sometimes we must break I have no time for the veils of violence I have no time for walls without release I have no time for the smiles of tyrants I have all the time in the world for peace All the time in the world to watch you when you're sleeping All the time in the world to kiss you when you wake All the time in the world for the promises worth keeping And the promises sometimes we must break I have no time for pretty poison I have no time for what is not true I have no time for quiet desperation I have all the time in the world for you I have all the time in the world for you