1.Captains of the Sky
Mid-air, I woke up beneath the flight deck on a wallpaper
airplane
As you stared, I strap my helmet on and left your driveway
behind
Flutter all through the night
And we can pull the clouds around
This paper hanger skyline
Summer smile again
And you can disappear
But I'd rather be here
Dive bomb, we descended down the staircase
and crashed to the kitchen floor
So long, our flight of Downy dreams
Preened our soft paper wings
Flutter all through the night
And we can pull the clouds around
This paper hanger skyline
Summer smile again
And you can disappear
But I'd rather be here
Hello, down there
The morning made of sailors in the air
Keeping the midnight stars held high
We are captains of the sky, waving goodbye
Hello, down there
The morning made of sailors in the air
Keeping the midnight stars held high
We are captains of the sky, waving goodbye
Hello, down there
The morning made of sailors in the air
Keeping the midnight stars held high
We are captains of the sky, waving goodbye
2.Brielle
There's a hand written note pressed in the door of her
screened-in porch
And I am sailing away, recalling that day, miles from shore
She was still wearing white and robin's egg blue; her
grandmother's dress
When I left early this year, how I wound up here is anyone's
guess
When the new sights grow old, and I start to feel cold, I'll
sail home again
Goodbye Brielle, only whispers can tell of the sweet dreams that
we knew so well
I'll see you around our dear ocean town
The frozen days we set ablaze send me drifting away
Like a butterfly, you floated by, and now you're alone
I wish I knew when I'll be back again
So until then, I wish you well
My dear Brielle
Strolling over the sand and cobblestone paths that wind through
the trees
Breathing the sweet forest air makes the bluebird aware that she
could be free
When the new sights grow old, and I start to feel cold, I'll
sail home again
Goodbye Brielle, only whispers can tell of the sweet dreams that
we knew so well
I'll see you around our dear ocean town
The frozen days we set ablaze send me drifting away
Like a butterfly, you floated by, and now you're alone
I wish I knew when I'll be back again
So until then, I wish you well
So until then, I wish you well
I love you my darling, farewell
My dear Brielle
My dear Brielle
3.Steady As She Goes
Farewell, nightmares
I am free
Welcomes dreams of sweet dreams that settle over me
What lies out there, no one knows
The tide could bring in anything
So steady as she goes
Steady as she goes
I can feel her as I lie awake
But she's back home still waiting alone when morning breaks
Post-war novels keep us alive
And I know she'll be dying to see me when I arrive
Hey dear sister, how are you？
I've longed to see you ever since you made your stage debut
We always knew you would be
The most angelic actress this dramatic world would see
And the critics do agree
Several state lines keep us apart
But don't lose sleep 'cause I'll always keep you in my heart
Crashing white caps keep us alive
And she knows I'll be dying to see her the next time I arrive
What lies out there, no one knows
The tide could bring in anything
So steady as she goes
Steady as she goes
Steady as she goes
4.Explorers
This old mountainside where we used to reside
Is slowly recalling the things we discovered inside
Oh, the crystal caves
We shed both our jackets and I hammered brackets
From old metal chairs to the walls for a crude set of stairs
To lead us down
And you tied a rope to the steepening slope
A jerry-rigged harness so we could descend in the dark
But the tide came in
And we found ourselves in the sea,
Deep underwater we both found that we could still breathe
So we spent the day submerged
And we swam the evening away
The water was clear like the pure atmosphere
As we kicked and fluttered through caverns all cluttered with
age
In the afterglow
We swam hand in hand over white satin sand
And you left a ribbon to honor the pale gibbon moon
But that was years ago...
And we never came up for air down there
We can go anywhere
The old world was dying while we took off flying
Like peregrine falcons beneath the transparent blue waves
Far below the surf
And we spent the hours with submarine flowers
I knew I'd remember that day in November as we felt alive again
'Cause we found ourselves in the sea,
Deep underwater we both found that we could still breathe
So we spent the day submerged
And we swam the evening away
We swam the evening away
5.A Little Opera Goes a Long Way
I'll save you
An echo from the home
And I'll paint you
A dreamscape on your bedroom wall
Pretend you're not alone
Like you are center stage on Broadway
'Cause when you're on your own
A little opera goes a long way
I'll meet you
Where the page proclaims the end
And I'll make do
With the fractions my reactions bend
Pretend you're not alone
Like you are center stage on Broadway
'Cause when you're on your own
A little opera goes a long way
I'll capsize this highrise
And weld a cable-car
Then I'll drive down to some southwestern town
And end up where you are
Pretend you're not alone
Like you are center stage on Broadway
'Cause when you're on your own
A little opera goes a long way
I'll reset your silhouette
And be your parasol
So hold on to your fluorescent view
And if you slip and fall
I will catch you
6.Tennis Elbow
Cell phones and travel stations
Ringtones and new relations
Say hello to all your friends for me
Several calls are made to Thailand
Wound up in Prince Edward Island
And my head feels like it's ready to blow
I served and scratched a rainbow
So curved, I felt the pain go
Through my joints
And now I don't wanna play
Swinging down, I sent the birdie
Downtown, at 7：30
And I'm convinced that I've got tennis elbow
We are lost in the sound
Close your eyes
And I will twirl you around
We are lost in the sound
Close your eyes
And I will twirl you around
We are lost in the sound
Close your eyes
And I will twirl you around
7.Blue and Red
Oh, satelite above
(Where are you？)
So many things I have to tell you of
(Please come back soon)
You went through an open door
Or a hole in the floor
You vanished and I can't see you anymore
Dreams never die when we sleep
Beneath the open sky in the deep
Shades overhead of blue and red
Is this the end？
Will you come back again？
I searched beyond the clouds
(Are you there？)
And I walked sadly onward through the crowds
(Alone somewhere？)
And I saw beyond the blur
To right where you were
And I beheld a sight so pure
Dreams never die when we sleep
Beneath the open sky in the deep
Shades overhead of blue and red
Is this the end？
Will you come back again？
8.Alaska
I was on the road despite the holiday
Winter green daydreams softly collided
And took all my headaches away
When did I arrive？
I don't recall ever leaving Alaska
Why do I hate the dark when I'm alone？
I was on my way to a brighter day
I'm still chasing around
But somehow I believe that this is home
It's so good to be home
I was on the ground
When I recalled the day
That my discompsure left me forever
And swept all my troubles away
When did I arrive？
I don't recall ever leaving Alaska
Why do I hate the dark when I'm alone？
I was on my way to a brighter day
I'm still chasing around
But somehow I believe that this is home
It's so good to be home
9.I Live Alone
I was 22, alone with nothing to do and I couldn't sleep
Cause all those cold days returned with their old ways of
causing
New apathy
I live alone, I live alone
She was 21, wishing she lived by the sun, the sand and the sea
So I suggested she'd move out fast and not be the last
To leave and be free
I live alone, I live alone
I live alone, I live alone
Sweet summer day
I'm so afraid
So take me away
We were 17, longing to live in between
The earth and the stars
So I suggested we'd grow up fast and not be the last
And look where we are
With no connection I saw your reflection at home
In my bedroom mirror
And I felt young again when I saw what we could've been
In all of those years
I live alone, I live alone
I live alone, I live alone
10.Take Me Somewhere Nice
Take me somewhere nice
To some tired island in your heart called paradise
Though we wander home, we both feel alone
Like escapees with nowhere to go
I can think of a thousand ways
To get good and lost beyond these hopeless days
Where we'll rendezvous out of the blue
And take a deep breath, just we two
And we'll be so far gone, the oars will row on
And we will happily wave so long
If we hook a dream, and it doze us back down this open stream
We'll say hello
Take us wherever you go
Take me somewhere deep
Cause I'm quite exhausted and I need to sleep
Or climb the great divide or wake up beside myself
Just to know I'm alive
Every weight around pays me a visit and drags my eyelids down
They sting my growing pains, iced in the veins of a guy
Who's not ready to die
If I may be so bold, I'll weather the cold
'Cause I'm not afraid to grow old
If we hook a dream, and it doze us back down this open stream
We'll say hello
Take us wherever you go
11.Sailboats
Sailboats wish that they were stars
Floating softly in the sky
Among our dreams that bid goodbye
Moving through transparent space
Drifting through the stratosphere
And onward 'till they disappear
These continents, from overhead
Look like tiny paper shapes
Intricately set in place
Below the misty mountain clouds
There's a lovely silver bay
Where sunset sailors often hide away
Scooba diver in the lock
Speedboat driver in the dock
Sailplane pilot in the blue, take me up there with you
The world looks brighter from this high altitude
I was walking through the trees
(Sailboats wish that they were stars)
And I was swimming through the sees
('Cause they don't know who they are)
I was falling through the air
When it hit me right there
My eyes are tired
I don't even care
An airplane carred me to bed
Where I slept above the coast
and dreamt I had become a ghost
I sail above the frozen peaks
Deep in cold cathedral caves
Across the hills and far beyond the waves
Take the car on the run
Fly the jet to the sun
And bring the spacecraft in soon
While I play chess with the moon
I feel like sleeping through this cold afternoon
Once in 1964
(Sailboats wish that they were stars)
An actress ran on the shore
('Cause they don't know who they are)
And though you'll never return
I love you, Audrey Hepburn
Sometimes I can see your face in the crowd
There are sailboats throughout this brilliant sky
But you cannot pick them out if you can't fly
I'm glad the Earth doesn't care If I go up there
If you want to, just ask me and I'll take you along
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