two roads - the one - the bird song - tricks & charms
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"two roads"
Words and Music: D.Brooke
copyright 2004 - all rights reserved
long hair
eyes a lake
full of everything i want to know
everything i want to say
will the words ever go
ensnared in a braid
not a zephyr to bear me home
Odysseus, i say
how'd you make it from Calypso
i know you're the sun's flower
but my hearts broke
somewhere down the middle
of them two roads
there's nowhere to travel
for the fashion of the world is otherwise
what's a blackbird say
so near to a songbird
can a paper shade
keep the quicksilver down
all the gloom she dissipates
though the world is covered 'round
everything i want to say
i can only ring out the sound
would it matter
who could know
either way i go
i know time is just an hour
but my heart's broke
somewhere in our travels
did we lose hope
did gold become a paper
did words become a vapor
with nothing riding on them but a lie
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"the one"
Words and Music: D.Brooke
copyright 2005 - all rights reserved
that walk to your house is an effortless one
that spring in my stride sure gets the job done
up and i'm out like a bird
and just like the sun
your lovin's the one
clouds in the sky oh no there ain't none
flowers on the side and i will get you some
beside the road that river just flows
i can't help but run
your lovin's the one
now every woman's got a pie on her cill
but i don't want a crumb
i'mma keep bookin' 'cause i know you're cookin'
and i know you're gonna give me some
one little mile and the journey is done
heart beating fast like a tremelo strum
into your arms i'll fly
just like a homerun
your lovin's the one
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"the bird song"
Words and Music: D.Brooke
copyright 2005 - all rights reserved
well there's one star shining for the morning time
one's gonna shine for the night
oh for gold will your life get sold
well how much silver for your prime
i met a bird and she said...
well there's one song you play for the gentlemen
one you sing for the gals
one little note will the girl get smote
will the arrow be off by a mile
i met a bird and she said...
well there's one word you say when you meet someone
one you say when you part
all that's in between might well be a dream
a mind could speak the heart
i met a bird and she said...
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"tricks & charms"
Words and Music: D.Brooke
copyright 2004 - all rights reserved
down under the trees on river street
you can hear them guitars play
the lamplights swing while they all sing
about loving in the month of may
and soon she comes in a red dress
man looking like a number 9
make a fella think hard about wreckin' his life
with the good gal he calls mine
tricks and charms
ain't no defence against them
ticks and charms
a spark could make the moon shine less bright
could one look crush your heart
down under the eaves of the barrell house
the girls dress to make 'em swoon
they dance and swing while the jukebox sings
about loving and the month of june
and soon she steps from a black car
man looking like the devil's friend
the fellas line up with the quest in mind
their girls will never see them again
tricks and charms
ain't no defence against them
ticks and charms
a spark could make the moon shine less bright
could one look crush your heart
well it ain't no fabrication
tell me do you hear me clear
she knocks a door like a wrecking ball
swinging like a lavalier
and it ain't no faerie story now
tell me do you get the price
she'll lure from the comb with the saccharine cone
and lock you up in a block of ice
tricks and charms
ain't no defence against them
ticks and charms
a spark could make the moon shine less bright
could one look crush your heart
