Martha Marlow - General 2

All Of My Days

That ocean, a grey sheet humming
The throat of black birds
I hear them glistening -
As they go reeling
into some unholy night

The silver song of the quiet breath between
In that rubbed out light
And the apricot skyline
Pinning down the sea’s edge
Stars assemble one by one
And the moon swimming up and away

I’ll be singing all of my days
I’ll be singing all of my days
I’ll be singing all of my days
I’ll sing of joy and sorrow

She tells you to go lightly
It’s all around you-
In the blue velvet shining
Underneath those headlights
Walking the well, well travelled
Road home

I’ll be singing all of my days
I’ll be singing all of my days
I’ll be singing all of my days
I’ll sing of joy and sorrow.

Emily

Emily is in the dark on the edge of a bed with a ghost beside her.
Emily in my dreams- with her hair loose around her I remember always
Emily on the phone, Emily in the water

Did she look tired today?

I want to take her away
I want to take her away
I want to take her away
From it all

Emily don’t break don’t believe a word they tell you-
It’s what they don’t say -
Emily any man who’s ever loved you
In love with you he’ll always remain
Emily don’t cry - fly to that brighter day
And I’ll be home
When you need a safe place to land
You were never that good
At pretending anyway.

Emily look at me, I want to reach out to that child lost somewhere in there
There was a time you let me know
What was happening under it all
I want to reach inside her

I want to take her away
I just want to take her away
I want to take her away
From it all

Emily don’t break, don’t believe a word they tell you
It’s what they don’t say
Emily any man who’s ever loved you
In love with you he’ll always remain
Emily don’t cry- fly to that brighter day
And I’ll be home
When you need a safe place land
You were never that good
At pretending anyway.

Fly
Emily, flies away.

And I’ll be home
When you need a safe place to land.
And I’ll be home
When you need a safe place to land.
I’ll be home

Ballad Of A Young Man

I loved you when the band was playing
And the crowd had all gone home.
Underneath the lamp I stood
By the roadside all alone

I’ll be loving you when morning comes-
I’ve heard the sound of a thousand drums Beating out the song
To love only you

All I wish you’d do for me
Is take me home with you
Take me home with you

I loved you when the moon was ours
And winter came to stay
When the silver mist rolled in
And spirited my heart away
I’ll be loving you darling through the years
Take my hand, the way is clear
We’ll laugh together when the rain comes

I’ll be loving you for all my days
A constant light shining through the haze
A constant path through the maze
I’ll be true
All I wish you’d do for me
Is take me home with you
Take me home with you

All I wish you’d do for me
Is take me home with you
Take me home with you

All I wish you do for me
Is take me- home with you
Take me home with you

Hmm hmm hmm

Don’t Want To Grow Up

Somebody’s always leading you to shipwreck
When you haven’t gotten over the last one yet But I don’t pretend
That I don’t know we’re more than friends-
A first rate Romeo.

If your gonna take me dancing where the lights are low
It would be courteous, if you’re falling for me
To let me know
Don’t pretend, that you don’t think about it
Because everybody else knows

All night long I’m singing.
I don’t want to grow up
I don’t want to grow up
All night long I’m singing
I don’t want to grow up
I don’t want to grow up

Turning it over in my head if I kept a friend or two
Then maybe I wouldn’t overthink all that I do
But I don’t pretend, that I know more then I knew then-
Oh position doubtful.

Yes, I’m losing touch with everyone that I use to be
I don’t go out on the weekend
And I never watch TV
The shape I’m in- god it’s always like this,
The trouble love always promises.

All night long I’m singing
I don’t want to grow up
I don’t want to grow up
All night long I’m singing
I don’t want to grow up
I don’t want to grow up
All night long I’m singing
I don’t want to grow up
I don’t want to grow up
All night long I’m singing
I don’t want to grow up
I don’t want to grow up

Lately I’ve been drinking too much coffee
And I can’t unwind.
I’m getting older and older
It’s getting worse with time.
The state I’m in, oh let’s talk about
Watching this scene- it’s like a B -grade movie.

Yes you are correct, I only call you when I’m down.
But when I’m feeling better again-
Won’t you come around?
The state I’m, oh I think about it

And nothing you try is going to change that feeling

One Flew East, One Flew

West.

I used to be better at taking that disapproving self
Grinning in the mirror-
Switching the lights on and off on,
On and off they go, go, go

But it’s getting fun
Coming undone
Being numb
For everybody

I used to be better at doing what I do-
Doing it just like you-
Interior machine committing suicide
And I can’t hide it, hide it much longer

But it’s getting fun
Coming undone, on re-run
For nobody

And I’m not waiting on a conversation
About myself
And I’m not waiting for you to tell me
All about myself.

I don’t give a fuck about what your doing now
You never, never, never, never see what’s in my head.
I don’t give a fuck about what you think of it
You never, never, never, never see what’s in
my, my, my, my head.

I use to be better at taking a Stat Dec
Perfectionistic tendency
Blowing it out of Proportionary Measure
A spoonful helps the medicine go down

But it’s getting fun.
Fucking with reality overload –
Watching the merry go round

And I’m not waiting on a conversation
About myself
And I’m not waiting for you to tell me
All about myself

I don’t give a fuck about what your doing now
You never, never, never, never, see what’s in my head.
I don’t give a fuck what you’re doing now
You never, never, never, never see what’s in my head
I don’t give a fuck about what your doing now
You never, never, never, never see what’s in my head
I don’t care what, what you think about it
Oh oh oh in my head
And I don’t care what, what you think about it
Oh oh oh oh in, in, in, in my head
I don’t care what you think about it oh oh oh
In, in my my, my, my, my….
Head

I am

I am in every River
In the Sky above
In the ones you love

I am in that Ocean wide
In the tears you’ve cried,
In that bird that flies
Alone- into stormy Sky’s

And I’ll be there-
When Autumn comes around
When the rain drums out it’s sound-
On your window.

I am in that poor bastard,
On the street
In the happiness you seek-
In the gloom, that hit’s mid-week-
When the lights are all out

And I’ll be there
In Summers golden haze,
And nothing, nothing is for always-
That’s how it’s got to be.

But I’ll be there,
I’ll be there
I’ll be there
I’ll be there

I am in that old song
In the nights that are growing longer now
On the mist, cold, untouched-
Winter morning.

And I’ll be there when your older
And the person you really ought to be
And you’re them so much already
And it’s not easy, god don’t I know

But I’ll be there
I’ll be there
I’ll be there
I’ll be there

Don’t Think Too Hard

About It

I saw a homeless man last night reading by a petrol station.
He was using the light of the neon signs
People pass don’t offer conversation.
Trucks come and go it’s 2am
I gave him some money, I wanted to try
It got so bad today I made it to the bathroom
Where I cried and cried.

Nobody’s got their heart in the right place
We’re just not happy with what we’ve got
And you gotta drink
To keep your friends interesting
As for the rest, we don’t know how to deal with it

Don’t think too hard about it

I heard you’re seeing someone
I thought I would be ready for that-
What a joke, thinking I was prepared for that one.
When it’s staring at you across the way
It’s yelling in your coffee cup
It’s done, it’s done.
I never thought it would come down to you, old friend
To show me what it is to feel numb

Nobody’s got their heart in the right place
We’re just not happy with what we’ve got
And you gotta drink
To keep your friends interesting
As for the rest, we don’t know how to deal with it

But don’t think too hard about it

All my friends say
‘It’s all going to get better- get yourself another lover’-
Because that will really sort it.
Get yourself an online presence
Get an attitude,
Move out. Get a motor scooter.

And I don’t watch the news these days,
I just talk about the weather
And when the lights are low, after a show-
And he corners you in the car park
Yes music, does make a career.

Nobody’s got the heart in the right place
We’re never happy with what we’ve got
And you have gotta drink
To keep yourself interesting
As for the rest, we don’t know how to deal with it.

Don’t think too hard about it
Don’t think too hard about it
Don’t think too hard about it
Don’t think too hard
Don’t think

Medicine Man

Come out put on your red coat
Come out and make your stand Medicine Man,
I can feel you tiptoeing
Around the peripheral view
Yes I do.

And not that long ago, I was a stranger to it.
Now I find, the black glitter at the back of my head-
That comforts you
It tastes of blood and blue

I can hear that bird singing its song
It knows its part so well
Singing of Freedom
And freedom it’s getting closer to
Where do we go?
I don’t know, I don’t know

I drove for hours through that strobe lit night
All laughter and illusion spilling out
till the pavement’s soaking through
Soaking right through
And Yesterday’s dilemma
Had me wanting you in the night
Wish I was comfortable with that ambition- but it wouldn’t do
It would never do

I can hear that bird singing its song
It knows its part so well
Singing of Freedom
Freedom it’s getting closer to

Where do we go-
I don’t know- I don’t know
Where do we go
Where do we go
Where do we go

I’ll be out there Medicine Man
Consulting that cosmos-
That vault with the silver, high above you
Standing high above you

The mud and rocks come crashing in
Come out Medicine Man
I feel you cutting in- I do
Do your worst do

I can hear that bird singing its song
It knows its part so well
Singing of Freedom
And freedom it’s getting closer to

Where do we go-
I don’t know, I don’t know
Where do we go
where do we go
Where do we go
Where do we go

Glow

Golden silence comes like an old friend-
And you’re so slow to go to her
Afraid of the end

There’s something about her,
In all the stories you’ve heard
There she is surrounded by laughter
Captivating all- in her own world

I’m still alive
I’m still alive
I’m still alive
Breathing
Breathing
Breathing

Do you feel a Glow?

Coming slow,
Here it comes
Washing over you
It’s too late
For turning back-

And I want to feel all your glory
In your darkest hour,
I’ll be there.

And I’ll be
And I’ll be there
And I’ll be
And I’ll be there
And I’ll be
And I’ll be there
Oh and I’ll be
And I’ll be there
And I’ll be there

Her face was hidden in the dark light
Everything left undone
Many a night you’ve waited
For her to come
For her to come
For her to come

Rain Man

Night swept down from the Sky
To closed roomed streets
Hey there Rain Man
Clouds are banked up in the West
And the now of it
The light will thicken soon
Foxes in the hen house gnawing bones

Every Body
Come and take your load
This rains gonna come on down
All night long, I’m dancing with that crow
Say a prayer for me now-
It won’t be long

Hey there Rain Man
Has the devil got a hold on you?
I am a Woman of Fate
Like Stardust, I come dressed in blue
Beckoning with open arms
The doorway opens like a grin
Spilling out laughter and light from within

Every Body
Come and take your load
This Rains gonna come on down
All night long
I’m walking with my shadow
Running, running, running, running, running,
To kingdom come

I’m looking at you Rain Man
You’re no stranger to me-
I know I’m staring down the dark, dark well

I’m talking to you Rain Man
You’re no stranger to me-
I know I’m making my bed with the Devil

Hey there Rain Man
Don’t you have run of me
I hear you outside my door
All night long
He stands in front of me
With that Black, Black, Black crow.

Every Body,
Come and take your load
This Rains gonna come on down
All night long I’m walking with my shadow
Walking to kingdom come

Na na na na na na na na na
A heavy Rains gonna come on down
Na na na na na na na na na
A heavy Rains gonna come on down
Come on down
Come on down
Come on down

River Runs Red

Betty sees a strange boat coming in
A strange man on the shore
He’s got silver in his eyes
And crow watches on

All the wise men say
No good will come
No good will come
And crow watches on

Oh the river runs red
Strange how it runs
What has happened here
And how do we move on?

That child has grown
There’s a cross in the front yard
Our ways don’t make sense any more
Strange sounds, in these trees

In the dark there’s a bright light
Betty lifts her face to the fire
Proud men use to dance here
And crow watches on

Oh the river runs red.
Strange how it runs
What has happened here?
And how do we move on

River, river, river, river runs red
River, river, river, river runs red
River, river, river, river runs red
Runs red

Comes and Goes

I know,
Life can be unfair
It wasn’t meant to be though
All the people pass in their own dreams
You stand on the fringe and seams
Watching the show-
They come and they go

I know,
The sun rising on my pillow
I feel better today
And all of yesterdays sorrow will pass away
The sun tears an edge
And stoops down low
We come and we go

But wont you, won’t you
Hold me close
Wont you, won’t you
Hold me close
Hold me close

Now I have you

Yesterday
I use to believe
Every word people would say
Getting lost in the crowd
They talk so loud
Take one look
And see right through

Yesterday
I use to cry
So much more than I do
Green hands pointing too
That-
Desolate hour-
That empty well
Without a friend
To turn too

I know I am so young
And life’s just begun
And all things do come
And go
I know this very well
But it’s different
Now I have you

Yesterday
All my dreams seem so far away
I’d walk that long night
Transfixed by the lights
Of houses
It’s a long road
When you don’t know where
Your getting too

I know I am so young
And life’s just begun
And all things do come
And go
I know this very well
And it’s different
Now I have you.

Now I have you
Now I have you