Sky Sailing Album

Mid air
I woke up beneath the flight deck
On the wall paper airplane
As you stare
I strap my helmet on and left your driveway behind

Flutter all through the night
And we can blow 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 stair case
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 blow 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 singers
In the air
Keeping the midnight stars
Held high
We are captains of the sky
Waving goodbye

Hello down there
The morning made of singers
In the air
Keeping the midnight stars
Held high
We are captains of the sky
Waving goodbye

Hello down there
The morning made of singers
In the air
Keeping the midnight stars
Held high
We are captains of the sky
Waving goodbye

There's a handwritten 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 robins egg blue, her grandmother's dress
When I left early this year, how I wound up here? Is anyone's guess?

When the new sites 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 sent 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, cobblestone paths that wind through the trees
Breathing the sweet forest air makes a bluebird aware that she could be free

When the new sites 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 sent 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.

Farewell nightmares I am free
Welcome streams of sweet dreams
That settles 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 long 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 states lines
Keep us apart
And don't loose sleep
Cuz 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 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

This old mountain side
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, 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 under water
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 swim hand and 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 our 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

Cuz 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

I'll save you
An echo from the hall
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 cablecar
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 flourescent view
And if you slip and fall
I will catch you

Ohh
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

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
Leave the open sky
And the deep
Shades over head
Of blue and red
Is this the edge?
Will you come back again?

I searched beyond the clouds
[Are you there?]
I walked sadly onward through the crowds
[Alone somewhere]
I saw beyond the blur
To right where you were
And I beheld the sight so pure

Dreams never die
When we sleep
Leave the open sky
And the deep
Shades over head
Of blue and red
Is this the edge?
Will you come back again?

I was on the road
Despite the holiday
The wintergreen daydream softly collided
And took all my headaches away

[Chorus:]
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 discomposure left me forever
And swept all my troubles away

[Chorus]

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

Take me somewhere nice.
To some tired island,
In your heart,
Called Paradise.

Though we wander home
We both feel alone
Like escapees
With no where 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 tows it back down
This open stream
We'll say hello
Oh, Oh
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.

(?)
Pays me a visit
And drags my islands down.
They sting like 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 tows it back down
This open stream
We'll say hello
Oh, Oh
Take us wherever you go..

Sailboats wish that they were stars,
Floating softly in the sky,
Among our dreams that bid goodbye,
Moving thru transparent space,
Drifting thru the stratosphere,
And onwards 'til 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,

Scuba-diver in the loch,
Speed-boat driver on the dock,
Sailboat pilot in the blue, take me up there with you,
The world looks brighter from this high altitude,

I was walking thru the trees,
And I was swimming thru the seas,
I was falling thru the air,
When it hit me right there,
My eyes are tired and I don't even care,

An airplane carried me to bed,
Where I slept above the coast,
And dreamt I had become a ghost,
I sailed above the frozen peaks,
Deep in cold cathedral caves,
Across the caves and far beyond the waves,

Take the car on the run,
And fly the jet to the sun,
And bring the spacecraft in soon,
While I play chess with the moon,
I feel like sleeping thru this cold afternoon,

Once in 1964, an actress ran on the shore,
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.