A Few Stars Apart

We’ll Be Alright

You

Are the image of love

Encased in this moment

Suspended above

And we can hold on

Through struggle and strife

Despite all the darkness

We’ll be alright

Soft

As the river flows bold

In watery silence

Delivers the gold

And we can jump in

Any time

Just say you’re ready

And I’ll say you’re mine

And we’ll be alright

If we can hang on

Our love will guide us

To where we belong

Empires will fall

And everything dies

But don’t worry, baby

We’ll be alright

The more that I know

The colder I feel

Beyond what is sacred

The truth is like steel

But look at the sun

How it shines on despite

Despite all the darkness

We’ll be alright

If we can hang on

Our love will guide us

To where we belong

Empires will fall

And everything dies

But don’t worry, baby

We’ll be alright

Empires will fall

And everything dies

But don’t worry, baby

We’ll be alright

Perennial Bloom (Back To You)

Some of the stillness I have found

Is bound to last,

Some of the restlessness will live on

Some of the pain I’ve always known

Is hard to pass,

But a mutual blessing takes the game on

Summer seed become my

Perennial bloom,

Summer’s healing coming soon

And the love between us as I

Lay with you

Sends me floating to the moon

But now you sound the bell that brings me back to you

Someone beside me actually smiled

Without a mask

I guess there’s no use pretending

Like we’re high-born

Someone inside the action

Pulled me away from the blast,

Assuring me my heart would not be torn

Summer seed become my

Perennial bloom,

Summer’s healing coming soon

And the love between us as I

Lay with you

Sends me floating to the moon

But now you sound the bell that brings me back to you.

Summer seed become my

Perennial bloom,

Summer’s healing coming soon

And the love between us as I

Lay with you

Sends me floating to the moon

But now you sound the bell that brings me back to you

Throwin’ Away Your Love

Time wasted, again and again,

Criminal intentions, I sense

A deeply rooted network of

Confusion in my brain, my pain is

So very elementary

I think the child in me is bangin’ on

The wall that separates me

From the light on the other side, and I’m

Tryin’ to remember

Why I might have left your love behind

Whoa

And I’d like to testify on behalf of my worried mind

For the crime of throwing away your love

Throwin’ away your love

Throwin’ away your love.

Exhibit A, mamma, I’ve got proof

I have a lot of pretty memories I can show you,

Dust them off and see that you’re

The perfect girl for me, but somehow

You slipped away for reasons I can’t see

I’d like to go ahead and plead insanity

My mind is not my friend

I think it wants me to be lonely. And I’m

Tryin’ to remember

Why I might have left your love behind

Whoa

And I’d like to testify on behalf of my worried mind

For the crime of throwing away your love

Throwin’ away your love

And my life,

Whoa!

The situation is beyond my control

And you’re gone,

Oh no!

Sentence me to a hundred thousand years or more

And I’d like to testify on behalf of my worried mind

For the crime of throwing away your love

Throwin’ away your love

A Few Stars Apart

We’re just a few stars apart

Every night you can see my heart

Shinin’ like a big white diamond in the sky

Travelin’ at the speed of love

Faster than light and you’re on the way home,

We’re just a few stars apart and you’re not alone

And I’ll send you the music

Like a dream, you know,

Ridin’ through the universe

Hidin’ in the notes

Never a night will go by

Forgettin’ the stars in the sky

We’re just a few stars apart

Every night you can see my heart

Shinin’ like a big white diamond in the sky

Travelin’ at the speed of love

Faster than light and you’re on the way home,

We’re just a few stars apart and you’re not alone

And it’s hard not to hold you

But I’m still on the ground

I miss the light you gave me

I miss your lovin’ sound

And never a night will go by

Forgettin’ the stars in the sky

We’re just a few stars apart

Every night you can see my heart

Shinin’ like a big white diamond in the sky

Travelin’ at the speed of love

Faster than light and you’re on the way home,

We’re just a few stars apart and you’re not alone

You’re not alone

No Reason

Everybody knows we ain’t got much time

A wasted moment is a holy crime

Love is like the dying sunlight

Just before the night.

I used to have a plan for the road ahead

Always movin’, never kept my bed

Livin’ a ramblin’ life

Like the heroes in the books I read

I can’t find

No good reason why

I wouldn’t want you in my life,

I can’t find no good reason why

Just in time

I finally got things right

I could leave your love behind

But I can’t find no good reason why

Another few years and I realize

There may be nothin’ I recognize

But there ain’t a thing that was ever alive

That never dies

And I guess I got along with a lonely life

But would you mind if I stayed tonight?

I’d leave the world behind

If I could live here in your eyes

I can’t find

No good reason why

I wouldn’t want you in my life,

I can’t find no good reason why

Just in time

I finally got things right

And I could leave your love behind

But I can’t find no good reason why

Hold on to me

Like the heavens cradle stars that spin around

Ancient memories shinin’ gently down

And I can’t find

No good reason why

I wouldn’t want you in my life,

I can’t find no good reason why

Just in time

I finally got things right

And I could leave your love behind

But I can’t find no good reason why

Leave ‘em Behind

You’re gonna waste your house and home

Throwin’ your money away, so long

Goodbye to the love you think you know

Gamblin’ woman, don’t let your love run

Dry your eyes, my baby love,

If you really love yourself you gotta leave ‘em behind

Beautiful face, I see your eye

Black and blue don’t make good colors on

You salvation does rely

Don’t let your man take everything, say

Goodbye to the one you think you love,

If you really love yourself you gotta leave ‘em behind

Now you see it comin’ you can take off runnin’

Try to make a dream or two come true

Say a big Hail Mary and catch that ferry

And I’ll be waitin’ for you

Baby your friends are here for you

Tell that lyin’ man to stop making

Excuses why he’s mean to you

Let him know the love he stands to

Lose if he abuses you,

If you really love yourself you gotta leave ‘em behind

Wildest Dream

Last thing I remember

We were stumbling down the hall

And we got to my room

And we were just laughin’ and

Crawlin’

And I picked you up and carried you

And I lay you on the bed

And we created a memory

That I won’t soon forget

Hell yes, I remember your dress

And I remember the sunset

And all of the rest of the memories

You gave me,

Tryin’ to save me

From all that I’ve seen,

You were my wildest dream

You think I won’t remember you

You think I might forget

But just because I have to go

Doesn’t mean I want it

Oh and now my life is passing by

Like a cloud across the summer sky

And I am just a drop of rain

And I’d fall to the ground

Just to see you again

Hell yes, I remember your dress

And I remember the sunset

And all of the rest of the memories

You gave me,

Tryin’ to save me

From all that I’ve seen,

You were my wildest dream

And I remember

No need to remind me,

The heaven inside me,

That you were by far the very best dream

Hell yes, I remember your dress

And I remember the sunset

And all of the rest of the memories

You gave me,

Tryin’ to save me

From all that I’ve seen,

You were my wildest dream

I’m out runnin’ free

Crazy as it seems

I just can’t forget you babe,

You were my wildest dream

Giving You Away

Woke up this mornin’

And I knew it was time

So many years we’ve spent between us

You’ve grown so much

And it feels like a crime

That I don’t get to keep you here

Until the end of time

So I left my fear

On the wayside

And I’m happy for the love

You chose to live by

Well, you’ve grown so much

And now it’s time to fly

And I know I got to realize

You’re no longer mine

I’m givin’ you away

But I’m never gonna let you go

You found a love

That will carry you

It brings me tears of joy

To see a heart so true

And if he treats you right,

And I know he will,

There ain’t nothing in the whole wide world

That you can’t do

So I left my fear

On the wayside

And I’m happy for the love

You chose to live by

Well, you’ve grown so much

And now it’s time to fly

And I know I got to realize

You’re no longer mine

And I just wanna tell you

It’ll do you right to know

I’m givin’ you away,

But I’m never gonna let you go

And I just wanna tell you

It’ll do you right to know

I’m givin’ you away,

But I’m never gonna let you go

Hand Me A Light

Walk through my door

You find me alone

With a hand on the whiskey

And a hand on the phone

And I think you don’t care

But I love you for sure

My heart will not listen

But it wants to be heard.

You just can’t see what I’ve

Seen since I’ve known you,

You won’t allow yourself

Love in your life

I’m just a passenger

Riding beside you,

Asking a stranger

To hand me a light

And if I wake up alone

I’ll know where you gone

And I’ll drive to the city

Find the ring that you pawned

And I think you don’t care

But I love you for sure

My heart will not listen

But it wants to be heard

You just can’t see what I’ve

Seen since I’ve known you,

You won’t allow yourself

Love in your life

I’m just a passenger

Riding beside you,

Asking a stranger

To hand me a light

You hold the reins

My heart is in chains

But I will be free someday

I will be free

You just can’t see what I’ve

Seen since I’ve known you,

You won’t allow yourself

Love in your life

I’m just a passenger

Riding beside you,

Asking a stranger

To hand me a light

Asking a stranger

To hand me a light

More Than We Can Handle

The house is gone,

Disappeared under water

Like the town did

But I’m not alone

My baby likes to laugh

When the going gets tough

She said “Baby if you love me,

That’s enough.”

This one might hurt

Could be a little bit of pain

Up ahead there,

Gonna take a little work

Holdin’ on for life, oh baby

There’s nothing left for miles

And I’m livin’ on smiles from you

She told me “God won’t give us more

Than we can handle.”

She said, “I fell in love with you

Because you’re strong.”

She told me “God won’t give us more

Than we can handle,

And at least we’ve got each other

If I’m wrong.”

We saved the dog

Then we decided we should

Save the kids too.

Now we’re floatin’ on a log

Singin’ songs just to keep

The girls from cryin’

Prayin’ for the sun to dry their eyes

We’ll be fine,

Got a lot of good friends

In the highlands

We’ll be okay,

We’ll find a way to survive

Because God won’t give us more

Than we can handle.

Because I fell in love with you

Because you’re strong

She said, “God won’t give us more

Than we can handle,

And at least we’ve got each other

At least we’ve got each other

If I’m wrong

We still got each other

If I’m wrong.”

Smile

I can’t help but smile

While I lie here in the sun

Come undone

With the consequences of

What came before

Still in store

In acceptance and forgiveness

I’m delivered from denial,

I think of you

And I can’t help but smile

At the funny way

I fought so hard before

I swam against a river

I never trusted

Any shore

Now I float beneath the sun

In sweet surrender, like a child,

I think of you

And I can’t help but smile

I’m through confessin’

I learned my lesson

The winding road

Has brought me home

And I can’t help but smile

When I look back on who I was

Before I knew

Beyond a doubt

That I’m a part of you

And as I wait here like a prisoner

For the sentence of his trial,

I think of you

And I can’t help but smile

I’m through confessin’

I learned my lesson

The winding road

Brought me home

And I can’t help but smile

When I look back on who I was

Before I knew

Beyond a doubt

That I’m a part of you

And as I wait here like a prisoner

‘Bout to walk his final mile,

I think of you

And I can’t help but smile