When the men take me to the devil tree I will be free and shining like before Papa don’t tell me what I should’ve done She’s the one who begged me "Take me home"When the wind wraps me like the reaper’s hand I will...

And when you give me your clothes And when we’re lovers at last Fresh air, perfume in your nose There will be teeth in the grass And when you give me your house When we’re all brothers at last There will be food in...

Will you say when I’m gone away "My lover came to me and we'd lay In rooms unfamiliar but until now"Will you say to them when I’m gone "I loved your son for his sturdy arms We both learned to cradle then live...

God, there is gold hidden deep in the groundGod, there’s a hangman that wants to come aroundHow we rise when we’re bornLike the ravens in the cornOn their wings, on our kneesCrawling careless from the seaGod give us...

Did the wine make her dream Of the far distant spring Or a bed full of hens Or the ghost of a friend All the while that she wept She had a gun by her bed And a letter he wrote From a dry, foundered boat And the train...

tell me, baby, tell meare you still on the stoopwatching the windows close?i've not seen you latelyon the street by the beachor places we used to goi've a picture of youon our favorite dayby the seasidethere's a bird...

lately she don't carefor a warmer breezeor shade around the baseof the maple treesspring was on the mountainwe climbed uponstopped to see how highand how far we'd gonei said, 'love is waitingand better days'she smiled...

crack of dawn, the rooster moanswake up boy, you're far from homeserpentine, the tracks in flameslongest path the devil laidled you straight aboard this rusty trainlift your head because you can't sleepbite your lip...

who left you so?striking a match for the keyholedark as the evening laidwhen he left you all aloneturning to fade through the sawgrasstall as the only lovethat you'll ever really knowwho left you so?grace is a gift...

daddy's ghost behind yousleeping dog beside youyou're a poem of mysteryyou're the prayer inside mespoken words like moonlightyou're the voice that i likeneedlework & seedlingsin the way you're walkingto me from the...

curiosity, far greater than our fearit felt so simple, so prodigious at the same timeincredible days are happenin in the worldmagical days are happenin in the worldacross the river there are all kindsof magical...

Dust gets red, and red dust playsOn the wind nears Daniel's placeDanny's sick and smaller boyRhythm lingers on and onOn and on, on and onDust gets dead the sun gone downDanny's boy lies in the groundGuitar on the dead...

she says, "wake up, it's no use pretending"I'll keep stealing, breathing herbirds are leaving over autumn's endingone of us will die inside these armseyes wide open, *** as we came one will spread our ashes around...

"take me again," she said, thinking of him"to the pond with the swans and the swimming"far from his room the familiar perfumehow it felt to her when she was ***lessons she learned when her memory slursas they marvel...

there is light in my lady's houseand there's none but some falling rainthis like a spoken wordshe is more than her thousand namesno hands are half as gentleor firm as they like to bethank God you see me the way you...

who's seen jezebel?she was born to be the woman i would knowand hold like the breezehalf as tight as both eyes closedand who's seen jezebel?she went walking where the cedars line the roadher blouse on the groundwhere...

I was a quick wet boy, diving too deep for coinsAll of your street light eyes wide on my plastic toysThen when the cops closed the fair, I cut my long, baby hairStole me a dog-eared map and called for you...

Hey man, evening on the groundand there is no one else aroundso you will blame meblame me for the rocksand baby bones and broken lockon the gardengarden wall of edenfor the spider bitesand all your love as we werewe...

I am thinking it's a signThat the freckles in our eyesAre mirror images andWhen we kiss they're perfectly alignedAnd I have to speculateThat God himself did make us intoCorresponding shapes like puzzles piecesFrom the...

Mother don't worry, I killed the last snake that lived in the creek bed Mother don't worry, I've got some money I saved for the weekend Mother remember being so stern with that girl who was with me? Mother remember...

To my dearest forsakenWho the earth now has takenEmpty, the bottle drains no moreIt is true that I loved youDespite the harm that I own youWash out the river has you boyHere on the eve of too longWhere you'll think...