New Songs


Nothing Stays The Same

You tell me that the sky is falling
you came home but the building's gone and
now you're standing in the rain with
nothing but some pocket change and

Nothing stays the same
cities slide into the sea but
when you say my name
I come home again

You tell me this world's a magic trick
and too much candy makes you sick
just when you think you've got it
that's when the birds fly off and

Nothing stays the same
you rip out another page and
throw it from the train
where no one knows your name

Nothing stays the same
the whole world goes up in flames but
then it turns again
to start another day

Nothing stays the same
all the trains run off the rails but
I'll still call your name
till you get home again


End Of The World Waltz

Let's find a place at the end of the world
where no one will notice a boy and a girl
shooting stars at the end of the world
it's not hard at the end of the world

You tell me your world's filled with trouble and pain
well, tear it all down and we'll build it again
it's not hard at the end of the world
shooting stars at the end of the world

This world is not our home
It's time to move along

So we'll find a place at the end of the world
where no one will notice a boy and a girl
shooting stars at the end of the world
It's not far to the end of the world


Palm Sunday

Sometimes it feels like a dream
Everyone calling your name
But even down on their knees
All men are liars and thieves

They'll raise you high
and sell you low
no on can follow
where you go

What cross are you hanging on?
Why won't you ever come down?
We're trading silver for blood
While you are dying of love

We'll raise you high
and sell you low
no one can follow
where you go


Wishing Star Waltz

I had a story
I had a dream
I had a map to morning
Now we wander down the street
the ghosts, the dogs, and me

And I'm down on my luck
at the end of block
holding hands with a wishing star
I gotta find a way out of this place
and I just wanna be where you are

All of the stars
are shining for me
like lights on God's own city
where he paves the streets with gold
beneath his children's feet

And I'm down on my luck
at the end of the block
holding hands with a wishing star
but I'm gonna find a way out of this place
and I just want to be where you are


You Were A Friend of Mine

Once up on a time
you were a friend of mine
and we spent every night
in that old moonlight

And your mother could never see
why you'd spend your time on me
but every night you'd come again
to my windowpane

Over the ocean
over the years
I still remember the taste of your tears

And now we live another life
a new city, a pretty wife
but when the moon is high and blue
I think of you

Over the ocean
over the years
Do you remember the taste of my tears?

Once upon a time
you were a friend of mine
and we spent every night
in that old moonlight


Argentina Waltz

Argentina
you're a dream
about a place I've never seen
a man who can't go home again

You're the home I've never known
and will never see again

Argentina
you're the blind man
singing in the library
the woman on the balcony

You're the home I've never known
and will never see again

Argentina
dont believe
the things they try to make us see
our only home is in our dreams


I'm Not Coming Home

What did I leave behind?
The roses dying on the vine
The factories with their empty eyes
my black lake and my white sky

The sun goes down without me
the river rolls on by
the streets still talk about me
I never said goodbye

And I know where I been
I wonder where I'll go
I'll love you till the end of time
but I'm not coming home
I'm not coming home

What did I come to find?
A nightmare or a lullaby?
Or just another pretty lie
to help me through another night?

The sun goes down without me
the years they roll on by
the streets forget about me
nobody wonders why

I'll love you all my life
anywhere I go
I'll love you till the end of time
but I'm not coming home
I'm not coming home


Double-Hearted Night
(duet)

Man: Honey, I'm a drowning man
my pockets filled with rocks and sand
but if you'd only take my hand
I'd live another evening

Girl: But you don't even know my name
my story, or the song I sang
as I walked alone between the rails
to come into this city

Man: But the moon is high
and the graveyard stones are white
won't you stay a while
on this double-hearted night?

Man: Is that a wedding dress, my dear
and have you worn it all these years?
Girl: No, it's just the moonlight through the clouds
that makes lace of these rags I found

Girl: And that white stone you sit upon,
is it the grave of your true love?
Man: No, she is waiting safe at home
the one true heart I've ever known

Girl: And the moon is high
and the stars are running wild
so I'll say goodbye
on this double-hearted night

Both: But the moon is high
and the trains keep rolling by
so we'll say goodbye
on this double-hearted night


Castle in Spain

Ask me again how these things happen
I can't pretend to understand
but love is easy to imagine
when you get this far from land

Life's a dance
that goes too fast
you turn around,
the music ends
and the next day
it's pouring rain
but I'll see you again
in a castle in Spain

And all night long everyone's speaking
a language I don't understand
and when I ask them for the secret
I find it in a stranger's hands

it's just a dream,
but dreams are sweet
you drown your worries in the sea
solo tu y solo mi

Life's a dance
a game of chance
an evening slipping
through our hands
and the next day
we're miles away
but I'll see you again
in a castle in Spain


Speaking in Tongues

I heard the angels sing
I saw the light
but now I'm wandering
every night

The devil knows my name
and what I like
and he knows how to change
wrong to right

Rock and roll
it's a sin
lock me out or let me in
lay me down
out in the wind
till I'm speaking in tongues again

I am a broken stick
a dying coal
I am an empty bag
blowing down the road

Nobody knows the wind
or where it goes
but I'm sure it knows the way
to heaven's door


Independence Day

I am leaving here tomorrow
and you won't find me again
on the streets I used to follow
through this city made of tin

got my ticket and my topcoat
got my bible and my gun
and I'm sorry for the things I done

I'm sorry black
I'm sorry blue
the game is old
the story's new

Don't know why I have to leave here
like I don't know why I come
and I'm sorry for the things I done

I'm a genie in a bottle
I'm a bird upon a wire
You're the light you try to follow
till it falls out of the sky

I am leaving here tomorrow
I won't walk if I can run
and I'm sorry for the things I done

I'm sorry black
I'm sorry blue
the road is long
my heart is true

I am leaving here tomorrow
give my love to everyone
and I'm sorry for the things I done


Treasure To Me

Darling, you guard your heart
so carefully
you keep it in the dark
under lock and key
it's not something you want
anyone to see
but your heart is a treasure
it's a treasure to me

Darling, I know it's hard
in this crazy world
to tell which love is false
and what is real
but look into my eyes
anyone can see
that your heart is a treasure,
it's a treasure to me

And we may never know
what love is worth
if its a band of gold
or a piece of dirt
but if you'd name the price
I'd pay it free
cause your heart is a treasure
it's a treasure to me


Diamonds & Gold

I see diamonds, I see gold
like a secret that I've always known
I never had a hand to hold
I never had a heart I could call home

but you turn your hand
my heart's in flames
my body's leaving on the midnight train

I never know which road I'm on
I never see it til it's almost gone
and I been waiting for so long
to find the words to write another song

but you turn your hand
my heart's in flames
my body's leaving on the midnight train

don't walk away now, baby please
there's more to say

I never had a hand to hold
I never knew exactly what went wrong
but I see darkness turn to dawn
I got a feeling you could take me home


All Night Long

Well I was looking out for a hurricane
thought I'd take a ride on the midnight train
I was waiting on sweet talk and sugarcane
I waited all night long, but it never came

I watch the shadows come and I watch them go
I watch the boy next door walk by nice and slow
he looks just like a boy I knew in Tupelo
you watch him all night long, but you never know

And I been waiting all night long
maybe I waited my whole life
for something good to come along
between the darkness and the light

I never been to town, but I heard them say
that all the city lights turn the night to day
and when the sun comes up, it's just like nothing changed
you stand there all night long, and then you walk away

Maybe those other girls have a better time
with all their pretty things and their sweet red wine
and all those country boys out in the dandelions
they stay out all night long, but it don't change my mind

I got a telescope, and a microphone
I got a friend who works at the picture show
and when the show is done, he can't stand to be alone
we stay there all night long, and then I walk on home

All night the angels roam down the empty streets
while all the neon glows like a sailor's dream
all night my candle burns like some old mystery
I stay up all night long, just to wait and see


No One But The Moon

No one but the moon sees my heart take flight
to the lovely shadows by your door each night
the mockingbird sings
the bluebirds cry
and this is my heart's lullaby

And all the heavens are open wide
the stars whisper, and the moon sighs
as you sleep on inside

No one but the moon sees my heart take flight
but even a fool could see it in my eyes
Darling, please be kind:
open up your door
and bring my heart in from the cold.


Waltzes and Lullabies

Mississippi Heart

You had a Mississippi heart
I had the blues
and all the Mississippi stars
could see it too

And you walk out the room
leaving no way to find you
walk out the room
but you can’t escape the moon

You’ve got a picture in your suitcase
you call home
I told you home was anyplace
I’d never gone

Old man river
you must know something
but old man river
you don’t say nothing

I’ve got a city slicker heart
all full of dreams
of all the Mississippi stars
I’ll never see

Old man river
you must know something
you don’t say nothing
you keep on rolling along


Worried Mind

Leave your boots by the door
you won’t need them anymore
leave your coat on the floor
let me ease your worried mind

All your life
nothing’s been all right
I know what that’s like
let me ease your worried mind

You ain’t got much to say
but say it anyway
at the end of the day
let me ease your worried mind

Leave your fear by the door
you won’t need it anymore
leave your sorrow on the floor
let me ease your worried mind


A Sailor On The Town

You’re like a sailor on the town
you’re a stranger, you’re a clown
and I  just wish that you’d come around

I don’t see why they put you down
something’s lost but something’s found
and I just wish that you'd come around

I’m always letting someone down
they want more and they want it now
and I just wish that you'd come around

All of these days and all these doubts
all the ways that I could get out
and I just wish that you'd come around

So many miles outside of town
and the stars they don’t make a sound
and I just wish that you'd come around

I used to think that it mattered how
but I guess that  don’t matter now
and I just wish that you'd come around


Sparrow Song

Oh the shadows of the evening
tell me that it’s time to go
for the evil moon is creeping
through the valley far below
though your heart believes that promises
are paper on the wind
I promise I’ll return to you, my friend

You’re another of those secrets
that I will never tell
a penny no light reaches
at the bottom of the well
though your heart believes that promises
are stories told by men
I promise I'll return to you again

All the sparrows and the swallows
and the eagle where they roam
have an arrow that they follow
in their heart to lead them home
though your heart believes that promises
are only wasted breath
I promise I'll return to you, my friend


New Lullaby

Yesterday’s just a memory
tomorrow is a dream
all we have got is one short hour
you and me

I never thought I’d see the day
you would love me too
but this world has seen much stranger things
than me and you

Tell all the stars to shut their eyes
and turn out the moon
ask everyone to wait a while
for me and you

Some people hear a ghost that sings
or wind up in the tree
but we know it’s a new lullaby
for you and me


Traveling Salesman’s Waltz

Tomorrow morning when I get home
I will fly up the back stairs
and lie down in your sweet arms
and do my best to die there

But for this evening I am alone
watching the city lights here
thinking of all  the friends I’ve known
and all the things that I fear

I know the cities, I know the roads
I know the men you meet there
I know a love that’s better than gold
I know the way to get there


Been Trying

I have been trying to stop thinking about you
and of the cost of living this way
I have been trying to stop thinking about you
and all the things that I’ve heard you say

but you don’t make it easy
with everything I see
no you don’t make it easy
you don’t make it easy for me

 maybe I’m a coward
and maybe I’m a fool
but I sit by the hour
and I can’t stop thinking about you

I have been trying to stop thinking about you
and all the times you stood beside me
I have been trying to stop thinking about you
and all the things we do in my dreams

I have been trying to stop thinking about you
and all the light behind your blue eyes
I have been trying to stop thinking about you
and all the love I learned was a lie


Stranger’s Waltz

I thought you were someone I know
fireworks over the snow
a place for me to go
but the wind whispered no
you’re a stranger to me

I thought you were someone I knew
thought that I could see through
to your heart how it shone in the dark
now but you, you’re a stranger to me

Now and then you find a friend
in this weary world

I thought I found one
that I could lay down
all these burdens I’m carrying
but when I look back again you
you’re a stranger to me


Some Days Were Hard

Baby, I know it wasn’t easy
Baby, I know some days were hard
I know when the fog rolls in
it’s hard to see real far
but I still don’t know why we’re apart

Baby, I know it wasn't easy
Baby, I know some days were hard
I know just how long it takes
to reach the nearest star

sometimes the things you think you know
they melt away as fast as snow
but for so many years I knew
you were the only thing that’s true

Baby, I know it wasn't easy
Baby, I know some days were hard
I know all the fireflies
that flicker in the yard


(All The World Is) Waiting For The Sunrise

All the world is waiting for the sunrise
all the children look up at the stars
all the world is waiting for the sunrise
all the grown men wonder where they are

All the world is waiting for the sunrise
as the ships sail over the dark sea
all the world is waiting for the sunrise
all of us tell stories in our sleep

All the world is waiting for the sunrise
even when we don’t know what it means
all the world is waiting for the sunrise
for we know this life is but a dream.


Sweetheart, Sweetheart

Sweetheart, sweetheart, I’m twisted inside
and every day the sun hangs so high
and every night I look at the sky
I know the moon has something to hide

Sweetheart, sweetheart, the river is wide
and out on the sea the moon turns the tide
but darling it seems however I try
I can’t get across to the other side

Sweetheart, sweetheart, you better go
by morning your tracks will be lost in snow
and on that bright field nothing will show
and in this wide world no one will know


Dream For Me

Dream for me when I can’t sleep
dream all through the day
dream of things that you can’t keep
dream your life away

God gives you a bag of dreams
for the night is long
I sold mine for anything
sold them for a song

You have got so many dreams
no one believes you
come and tell them all to me
I can see they’re true

Dream for me when I’m awake
dream another day
dream of things that they can’t take
dream this life away


Only One

You are my only one



Mark Wallace: guitar, whistle, violin
Carey Wallace: piano, organ, bells, whistle