SMITH LYRICS

Bedlam

The world has become a bedlam / with war we are living in fear / I can see it in all of our eyes we know the promise land has become a lie / and the glow of the sun burns through our skin as we wait for peace to come / we grow our gardens and we grow our hair / keep our eyes open and stay aware / let’s get together / not wait in forever for this time we’ll shine / it’s the things that are hidden that will be left unforgiven / open books read by closed minds and in maladies left behind / for what’s a world without peace it’s a world that is deceased, unreleased love oh how lawfully / a timid crowd with fear of the unknown yet nothing is hidden now, its all been shown / let’s get together not wait in forever for this time we’ll shine.

Sleep 

Sleep with your face duct taped to my pillow / awake with your voice stitched drumfill I will sew, with time going so slow my heart is a widow cawing at a ghostly love flying with a black crow / when you are happy your still always blue / I can’t always lead and well neither can you / go on and sit real tight for me all the way through and maybe tonight I’ll make you feel new / fight this fight and end this war hug yourself and I’ll love you more my heart on my sleeve and you beggin me please we’re damned and doomed but I love you through and through / a call was all I needed for my thoughts to stop their breedin’ / now I can black out, boy, I’m so sick of seein’ / the wolves, they cried out to me oh their really pleadin’ my body and my soul they may have for all their feedin’ / digress and corrupt indignant to us but the anger always turns into lust / oh I’m done oh we’re done / oh I’m done oh we’re done / I don’t feel secure I don’t see a cure ooh love / our love is what gets me to where I am goin and yer spryer wit keeps life from getting boring / so timeless this gorgeous mess so delicate your face is lit / shining through stumblin inebriate

Swan Spirit

A dream formed in certainty / a little spirit followed me / through hills and valleys of earths bounty I saw a swan in solemn liberty she eased upon the waters still with solace and dignity upon her will a moment gone her freedom lost / a dew’d nose from mornin’s frost I followed her through tall grass, through witchgrass and sassafrass I could barely see through my eyeglass but if it felt as though like trespass / the rain will come as night falls / lets hope the sun blames tomorrow / we can hope for light / we can hope for growth / hope for the best in you and me the both / we we’re rollin’ down this day steadily gatherin steam / but in ecstasy, a glance and with grace I fell to my knees and got dirt on my face / when we reached our final destiny swan said (covered in piny) to each their own breakdown I’ll let you be but you know I’m your friend you can cry to me / now lets go check the seedlings upon the sill / if something has sprouted oh, what a thrill / it’s the little things in life that keep her a float, swan will be spreading her wings until she croaks / there’s no need to worry / live each day like the first day of your birth, covered in lavender and mirth / it only gets better from here, can’t you see the clouds beginning to clear?

Old Owl’s Tale

The weather was really changing he could smell the rain a coming, his mama told him to be in from playin by the time she was done cookin’ usually he’s pretty good at followin’ the rules but this time was different and his mama aint no fool / oh there’s a tree in the forest marked by a hole in the top / a night owl always guards it cuz there’s many who window shop / they wonder what’s inside that hole , that deep dark little hole / someone said it magical, majority say its evil / well the little boy was curious and made his way to the summit / he asked the owl “may he go in for only for a bit” the owl replied without a flinch “yes you may, come and stay to chase all your demons away a hare hopped happily to him to escort him right his side / he said to the owl “thank you so much for letting me step inside” and off on their way passing the river whiskey they willingly want astray / hare can’t believe in a feeling of love she hopes to fine it someday / follow your heart, little one, open your heart / the boy and the hare made a perfect pair like two golden knitting needles they we’re torn and drawn from dusk till dawn and in hand when they met up with fawn / she broke them up like you’d never seen really catching the eye of that boy / poor hare was so sad and crying alone “whys my heart always broken she’d moan” the fawn ran away from her cervidae no mother or father around / she needs no guidance knows her right from wrong and when she does not belong, but they’re looking for her and she’s running from them she yearns to be on her own then hare forgave fawn and left them alone and hare climbed out of that wretched hole, “patience is a virtue” the wise owl said to her “maybe he’s not the one for you now go and wait your turn” follow your heart little one open your hears

A tryat a trap

Each day that passes away from you / my heart does sail deep dark and blue / I hear your eyes have gone wonderin / and for that I don’t know where to begin. You said our life together was true, but I heard through the grapevine you said were through / I’ve gotta make good of what sickens me fill up the emptiness and the hole in my heart times three / less the moment shine through when they make a new me / you promised me what you’d hold me and never let me go / what a joke and like a artichoke you peeled my heart to and fro / I’m walkin’ into a trail of symptoms and was hopin’ you’d be my pill to heaven / but you bit me and struck me with your venom / my eyes thought they had seen everything / queen of the king who wasn’t anything yet he tugged on my heart strings / he fooled around behind me when he once stood beside me / I won’t forgive him I will forgive him / just set me free / unlock the lock unchain me and toss the key

Prowlin’

The band that you wear has no time to spare / its body has grown rusty and leaves you no air / pick up a seashell and listen to me / in the darkest of troubles just turn to the sea / it’s okay to want and okay to lust but this life you’ve built has been built on trust / distraction has shown his wild embrace, taken your hand while he stroke your face / a full moon has risen in the sky tonight / light a candle make a wish don’t lose sight it’s a twist of fate and your saving grace a wildly kiss under black silk lace / my papa told me we’re all the same, it’s all the same / don’t worry sparrow do what you like and you’ll find your way/ it’s all the same we’re all the same / it’s all the same / let passion insist in the moment amidst you stationary life outside of him / the cats will claw at your pseudonym and the peace mouse will run for her freedom / mix it up but don’t lose control be true with yourself and you’ll save your soul

Rheum

Upon a nestled haystack , a child slept / with tearful eyes and matted toes house and tombstone in juxtapose / heartless care she was given then I saved her once I’d do it again / I’ll walk out on any limb for a friend and then build them a castle to live in / it’s a hard thing to comprehend life’s sometimes short with a bitter end/ but I’m here for you through everything boiling not let the kettle sing/ when it comes to an end like good things always do you have my heart darling and I’ll always remember you

Plumcheeked & pine

Poor thing look at you/ plumcheeked and pine/ Penelope tree, little baby/ you are gonna be just fine/ in dire need of a change suited just for you/ sow up a bed to lay down in, it may feel foreign a lot can happen in a day and I see no smile hangs on your face as you lie there in a state it’s never too late for good fate/ and it all became clear what lie ahead/ hurt rested on my heart like snow on a sled

Awe James

Awe James you are so right/ oh fuzz your eyes are so bright / you stare at me so concerning makin sure I’m alright/ you cry in the morning dew/ whether I’m away or with you/ you never have to worry I’ll take care of it/ my heart is with you/ I’ll never split/ best friend, lover, companion you awe the one to see me grow help me through my all time lows/ I’m lucky to have your heart in tow/ we’ll drink till our hearts are content and there will be no argument for you will see the beauty in me and what one was a dream will be sleepless nights are gone forever/ you’re my shoulder, my cantilever and I won’t ever forget the time when you jumped in this heart of mine and I’ll never let you go/ knit pearl, little girl knit pearl an outcome is sure to unfurl/ in time and space, it is here and now not to be holier than thou/ under the stars and the moon overhead chanting magic spells by the fire’s infrared reflection, meditation, divination, visualization mote it be/ wont you see/ mote it be

Make believe

We can make believe we are birds/ make paper wings with feathers flap our arms till we take flight/ launch off the bed for departure and if gravity takes us down in a failed endeavor, we will try again in our minds while imagination takes over/ pretend with precision/ forever foretelling the cosmic force behind all of us that links our third eye to the sky above and the vivacious spirit crowds the room impending certain doom you can only free yourself if yourself is free from you

Parched pale arctic

Spread your wings and pick a door/ one leads to the sky and the other to shore/ always lookin out for the bigger beasts swimmin’ and circlin’ every tree the leaves hammerin’/ penguin’s balencin’ babies egg atop their tiny toes and peg legs/ stop stop knockin’ on that wood/ our love is stronger that it is/ it’s not jinxed yet it’s not harmed no need to rise up and set off alarm/ a huddled bunch crowd around so tight the heater they must make it through to save their babies life/ a farewell to his lady whom must retreat to the sun/ return a refreshed version to a beaming daughter or son/ some will have lost their unborn love/ it’s a balancing act of fate with good and bad luck

Dark sea

Translations have gone askew/ so many reasons and answers few/ floatin’ down the water in a wooden canoe, the sun is setting and bidding adieu/ so many times my hearts gone broke the blood rises and I completely choke/ I’m sorry if I woke you but the tide pulled us in this splintered boat has a hole in it and its about to cave in/ so many times my hearts gone broke the flood rises and I completely choke/ the sky is a tarnished black and the sea is even darker/ take one last breath were about to go under/ so many times my heart gone broke

It’ll be ok

Confess to me little darling and I hate to see you sad but it’s time to reclaim the time you’ve lost and give it all you have wait now the fortune read your only a figurehead / a puppet danced by strings/ kept close but never king/ life isn’t always a paragon labeled silk but really cheap chiffon / don’t lie to yourself and don’t lie to me / I will see through anything/ provoking up hope in kaleidoscope/ laid your fate on the Celtic cross / for where an old shape ends a new one will begin / an answer to love or loss shed your skin like a rattle snake to become your very own snowflake you’ll be ok/ you’ll be alright/ settle your horses and don’t put up a fight

Wish you stayed

Running down that wall of blocks/ your body’s full of electric shock you twist and shake/ something in that mind of yours just won’t shut off won’t give you a break some space/ flashes of light hisses and ringing/ audible noises and visual beings could set you off/ your “ashamed of the things you were put through, and your ashamed of the person you became” so walked away and never looked back and took your own life, oh we wished you’d stayed/ your fits we’re so great, so great to hate/ you tried so hard not to disassociate but nothing helped/ a quite life was not for you too much goin through that head, make do with what you have/ eating downers for dinner to forget what you had done / you lied to her and she’s leavin’ you gave up/ your “ ashamed of the things you were put through and your ashamed of the person you became so walked away and never looked back and took your own life of we wished you’d stayed  -from isolation by joy division

In a dream

Moon looks down upon my drink and I see you lookin back at me the night ran late and what can I say, time with stood still today, we’re hangin’ out there in space, gone for all to see/ creating our own fantasy by living in a dream/ make what you want and what you may/ will you join us/ will you stay

UP COMING SHOWS & in the works: Thursday Nov 17th @ the phoenix theatre, petaluma ca benefit for memphis, Saturday Nov 19th @ atlas studios santa rosa, ca (ash acoustic), Dec 4th @ arlene francis theatre santa rosa, ca w/themes-trebuchet-& little lost boys, Dec 11th @ shop party (acoustic ash & maybe some of her fellow oddies will join) /////////