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(You Were) Going Somewhere
from Home Again .............................................. I saw you just the other day I
watched you walk a little way You vanished 'round the corner When I ....
Advertising Man
from The Very Best of David Wilcox .............................................. If you want some
real contentment, to live life at its best, You can buy these dry ....
After Your Orgasm
After you orgasm the world is a different place The world is
a different place After your orgasm when we slide out of bed We ....
All My Life
Do you believe in signs that whisper inside your mind 'till you
have to follow through, leading you home again to someplace you've never been? ....
All The Roots Grow Deeper When It's Dry
from Big Horizon .............................................. Summer lasted a generation A generation - and
then the winter wind The bounty harvest that seemed so endless It seemed ....
Along The Western Ridge
This is where the trail just disappears. This is where their story
ends. No one knows where they went from here. But I remember when ....
Apple A Day
from Into The Mystery .............................................. Thank God, life's uncertain Thank God we
get so scared Can?t see behind God's curtain This world seems so unfair ....
Ask For More
from Into The Mystery .............................................. Something is wrong, but nothing you can
put your finger on In so many ways it's going fine. You couldn't ....
Bad Apple
Smile though your heart is aching Smile even though it's breaking When
there are clouds in the sky, you'll get by If you smile through ....
Bad Reputation
CANADIAN ARTIST DAVID WILCOX Hey I don't sell it I don't deal
it I don't buy it Don't have to steal it Got your blood ....
Between The Lines
I woke up this morning and prayed to the gypsy rose lady
Gypsy can you help me I'm struggling you see. I heard her laughing ....
Big Mistake
They taught us kids in school between the recess breaks That the
universe just sorta fell together like a Big Mistake It started with a ....
Block Dog
from Big Horizon .............................................. I had a long talk with the block
dog All summer he runs with the kids He's happy as a block ....
Blood Money
I've got a bad reputation in this town It's something I can't
live down I wish I could be what people want me to be ....
Blow 'em Away
from East Asheville Hardware .............................................. by Chuck Brodsky Every morning, I commute.
Mild-mannered man. In a business suit. When I wanna come home at the ....
Blue Horizon
from Into the Mystery .............................................. Her car is how she left it.
No dust has gotten in The key turns on the dash lights, and ....
Boob Job
She had some extra money She wanted to buy time Her friends
said it was dangerous But they couldn't change her mind She did if ....
Brain Fever
CANADIAN ARTIST DAVID WILCOX Hey I don't sell it I don't deal
it I don't buy it Don't have to steal it Got your blood ....
Brain-off
Brain-off, ladies and gentlemen Brain-off, it's not a drug, it's an appliance
Why, we all know how time flies when you're having fun But that's ....
Break In The Cup
from Big Horizon .............................................. I try so hard to please you To
be the love that fills you up I try to pour on sweet ....
Breakfast At The Circus
CANADIAN ARTIST DAVID WILCOX Dear darling I love you always Some things
never change Our love is one of them That's what you say In ....
Burgundy Heart-shaped Medallion
from How Did You Find Me Here? .............................................. If I had a
spell of magic I would make this enchantment for you A burgundy heart-shaped ....
Carry All The Water
They'll use a saw to cut through your breastbone They'll take a
jack and break your ribs apart Ah but there never was a weakness ....
Cheap Beer Joint
DAVID WILCOX DO THE BEARCAT I went to the zoo Just the
other week Saw the kangaroo Had a talk with the chimpanzee He said, ....
Chet Baker's Unsung Swan Song
from Home Again .............................................. CHET BAKER'S UNSUNG SWAN SONG My old addiction
Changed the wiring in my brain So that when it turns the switches ....
City Of Dreams
from Into the Mystery .............................................. From the top of the towers You
could see past the narrows Past our lady of the harbor To the ....
Cold
from East Asheville Hardware .............................................. You ever wonder why you get a
cold Look at the word - spell it - C-old. C-OLD You're pulled ....
Come Away To Sea
The wind is right for sailing The tide is right to go
So come away to sea with me There's things that you should know ....
Common As The Rain
from How Did You Find Me Here? .............................................. The night before she's
leaving there's suddenly a change She slowly sits beside me and she softly ....
Covert War
from Home Again .............................................. Dear Mom and Dad Here's why I can't
come home I can talk to either one of you just fine When ....
Daddy's Money
Look what Daddy bought her for her birthday Well it's idling beside
me at the light And Sweet Sixteen is fussing in her rearview mirror ....
Dangerous
I'm dangerously romantic When the leaves are coming down When the air
was clear this morning And the frost still on the ground When I ....
Deeper Still
from What You Whispered .............................................. by David Wilcox/Beth Nielsen Chapman In the
tears you gave to me I found a river to an ocean A ....
Distant Water
from Home Again .............................................. It's like you pass to me this bitter
cup So I can take a sip And I know that it's likely ....
Distortion
What's with this distortion, distortion in the line Between the things I
said and your heart and mind 'Cause I can hear the echo reflecting ....
Do I Dare
Do I dare believe and let love lead my life Could I
not believe and leave that love behind? Do I dare believe and let ....
Do The Bearcat
DAVID WILCOX DOWNTOWN CAME UPTOWN I used to wear jeans I'm in
italian slacks I had long shaggy hair It's cut short and slicked back ....
Do The W-2
There's an awful lotta people deep in trouble you know Ain't got
a penny in'er pocket, fifty million they owe So it seem like there ....
Down Here
Under the castle in the land of snore, down in the dungeon
where the weird are stored all the different and the outcast sneak back ....
Down Inside Yourself
Somewhere deep in the midwest There's a middle aged man in a
midsize car Driving down the middle of the road In the middle of ....
Downtown Came Uptown
DAVID WILCOX DO THE BEARCAT I went to the zoo Just the
other week Saw the kangaroo Had a talk with the chimpanzee He said, ....
East Asheville Hardware
An angel appeared in a holy vision Stood by my bedside in
shivering light Spoke my name Told me my mission I could not believe ....
Evergreen No More
The joke's on the Christmas tree, New Year's is here The king
of the living room's out on his ear You take back the gifts ....
Eye Of The Hurricane
from How Did You Find Me Here? .............................................. Tank is full, switch
is on Night is warm, cops are gone Rocket bike is all her ....
Fall Away
from Into The Mystery .............................................. Everything I knew Falls away All the
shining lights and music Will not stay Everything I do Falls away All ....
Farther To Fall
from Home Again .............................................. Walking on the railroad rails Leaning into one
another Balancing so we won't fail Into timeless friends and lovers We're still ....
Fartherest Shore
from Big Horizon .............................................. We were there in the woods by the
water We left our packs up against that willow tree We dove right ....
Fearless Love
Fearless love, fearless love Fearless love makes you cross the border At
your church they asked for volunteers To make a presence in the park ....
For Real
from East Asheville Hardware .............................................. - (by Bob Franke) Death took the
husband of a neighbor of mine On a highway with a drunk at ....
Four-lane Dance
The driver right in front of me is making a mistake He's
stopping on the entrace ramp, waiting for his break The more he hits ....
Freeze To Me
DAVID WILCOX DOWNTOWN CAME UPTOWN I used to wear jeans I'm in
italian slacks I had long shaggy hair It's cut short and slicked back ....
Frozen In The Snow
I used to know a love song It was something about a
flower That blossomed out to early When a sunny day turned sour Only ....
Glory
Well, I'd be dead by thirty-three That was my best guess But
hey, here I am this morning singing happy birthday to me as I ....
Golden Day
Was golden day November a one long year ago I came to
stay the holiday into your mountain home I came to share your friendship ....
Golden Key
I used to walk down every road Holding out a golden key
And I would search the heart of everyone I was hoping was right ....
Gone To Santa Fe
Winter was gray in my small town sky When Sarah came back
with a smile Something's just brought here around this whole world Back to ....
Good Together
Soft and sweet, strong and salty Cool cream and hot coffee When
we come together there's a change I know you're good for me You ....
Guilty Either Way
I'm tired of all the jagged edges that cut me every time
you fall and the pieces of your life come down around you. And ....
Guitar Shopping
from What You Whispered .............................................. There's a guitar here in the window
I'd like to play before its sold Its such a classic, mint condition ....
High Hill
I walk the High Hill tonight It stands behind the town It
was golden in the autumn sky As the sun was going down I ....
Hold It Up To The Light
from Live Songs And Stories .............................................. It's the choice of a lifetime
- I'm almost sure I will not live my life in between anymore ....
Home Within Your Heart
Too tired to sleep, too angry to pray, too far down to
get back up, too lost to find my way. Who knows what happened, ....
Hometown
She wanted to move. She wanted to try something new. She wanted
to live in San Francisco in a place with a view. She wanted ....
How Did You Find Me Here
from How Did You Find Me Here? .............................................. The night I fell
in sorrow I knew I was alone A dozen good-time friendships But my ....
Human Cannonball
Time, this time finally the moment is mine The crowd is wowed
I'm walkin' to the cannon so proud The cannon fills the spotlight so ....
If It Wasn't For The Night
from Into The Mystery .............................................. If it wasn?t for the night So
cold this time of year The stars would never shine so bright So ....
In The Broken Places
from What You Whispered .............................................. IN THE BROKEN PLACES Stronger than ever
now In the broken places Stronger than ever now Looking at the X-Ray ....
In This Stream
from Into The Mystery .............................................. Sacred secret forest Where the breeze smells
sweet Grateful to awaken from a Deep sleep, dreaming of The river we ....
In This Terrarium
In this terrarium lives a librarian Spending her money at the grocery
store And there at the grocery store, out from the register Comes a ....
Invisible Shield
I woke up this morning and prayed to the gypsy rose lady
Gypsy can you help me I'm struggling you see. I heard her laughing ....
It's Almost Time
Just across the sea on this world so round the sun's shining
hot right now. And even though the winter still surrounds this town I ....
It's What You Do With What You've Got
You must know someone like him He's strong and tall and lean
His body like a greyhound And his mind so sharp and keen But ....
Ivory Tower
News is always bad on the radio But the music tells a
story to my soul Let the winter wind take the day away outside ....
Jamie's Secret
from How Did You Find Me Here? .............................................. JAMIE'S SECRET Near river
bend where the stream runs clear One winter morning of a day last ....
Jesus' Mom
Wake up! she said, you dreaming fool, don't throw your life away.
Because life's too short and you're too smart to want to hurt yourself ....
Johnny's Camaro
This is the story she told... Can I have another quarter? he
said. What? Can I have another quarter? Why? she said. Uh, I dropped ....
Just A Vehicle
from How Did You Find Me Here? .............................................. The warm water beads
as it runs down the curves Of the beautiful surface so tan She's ....
Kindness
I love your sense of humor I love to see you smile
I love your sense of balance I love your sense of time I ....
Language Of The Heart
from How Did You Find Me Here? .............................................. We made our warm
bed out of blankets in the meadow way up high You took off ....
Last Chance Waltz
from Home Again .............................................. I'm standing before my old high school. It's
been 10 yrs since I touched the door. But to heal the old ....
Last One Gone
from Into The Mystery .............................................. When my grandfather spoke about the eagle
He would raise his face up to the sky The sunlight reflecting on ....
Lay Down In Your Arms
She can't sleep for the dreams That walk inside Tear down the
walls Are standing still She's seen the shadows Drift and flow Still can't ....
Layin' Pipe
Must be more to this than I'm seeing now Or is it
my eyes can't tell why or how Not exactly clear something isn't right ....
Leave It Like It Is
from How Did You Find Me Here? .............................................. Now when the paint
jar tipped Off of the table You watched as it started to fall ....
Leaving You You (Reprise)
I've got nothing to say. You've been leaving all day. Now it's
time that you go, and let me cry. You've got somewhere to be; ....
Let Them In
from Home Again .............................................. by John Gorka Let Them In was made
into song by John Gorka from a poem found in a hospital in ....
Levi Blues
I was doing my laundry baby I thought I'd do my new
jeans too Yeah, I was doing my laundry I threw my new blue ....
Long Road
There are the ones that you call friends. There are the ones
that you call late at night. There are the ones who sweep away ....
Make It Look Easy
from Big Horizon .............................................. A bright kite he's hangin' from Jon rides
a glider above the clouds He stepped off Haleakala Ten thousand feet above ....
Mango
When you love somebody and they dick you around Doesn't that really
suck When you love somebody and they dick you around Doesn't that really ....
Mighty Ocean
from Home Again .............................................. Would you like meet in Soho? This is
David I don't know Just talk of how New York has been Yes ....
Miss You When You Go
News is always bad on the radio But the music tells a
story to my soul Let the winter wind take the day away outside ....
Mow 'em Down
DAVID WILCOX FREEZE TO ME Come on pretty baby take a trip
with me I'm gonna put you on tv Make you feel like a ....
My Eyes Keep Me In Trouble
DAVID WILCOX MOW 'EM DOWN You don't listen You just talk Always
catch a ride And never have to walk You try to teach me ....
Native Tongue
from Into The Mystery .............................................. Truer words were never spoken You picked
them up when you were young Maybe woven in a story That goes ....
Never Enough
One man cruising on his ocean liner, One trying to keep his
lifeboat afloat. One man trying to make his mansion finer, One trying to ....
New World
from Big Horizon .............................................. I wrap around you skin to skin We
sleep inside this curl And after how alone we've been It's like a ....
No Far Away
There's no far away, There is no more far away, so these
dreams of the wild west will lead us astray there is no more ....
Older
I grow older. Getting wiser, everyday. 'Cause when I fall down now
I don't jump back up. I let 'em count to eight. Slower. Getting ....
On To The Next
from Into The Mystery .............................................. Someone said it was suicide His empty
chair is all - we see Not that anyone knew him well, But ....
On Your Way Back Down
I've got you right beside me But you've got him on your
mind But I said I would drive you Cause I've got time on ....
Our Town
Stop drinkin' coffee Start drinkin' tea This life I'm living Is gonna
be the death of me I believe in miracles and I believe in ....
Out Of The Question
from Into They Mystery .............................................. Case closed. I was certain in my
youth God knows, I had my scientific proof In my mind, I thought ....
Please Don't Call
from Big Horizon .............................................. How good would it feel to be needed
by me To watch me put you first time after time How good ....
Pop Out World
Billy cut his hair last night The cops said he didn't look
right For our town We sell poultry, eggs and meat, but Your kind ....
Preachin' The Blues
DAVID WILCOX MY EYES KEEP ME IN TROUBLE My eyes keep me
in trouble I want every woman I see My eyes keep me in ....
Prisoner Of War
I respect what you can do, but I'd say the same about
a gun: depends which side of you they see, some feel safe and ....
Right Now
Riding out into the night You know why and where to go
She can't wait to roll you right She called you up and told ....
Rise
from Into The Mystery .............................................. I see you dreaming by the ocean
window I hear you breathing like the waves upon the shore The tide ....
Riverboat Fantasy
DAVID WILCOX PREACHIN' THE BLUES My name is David Wilcox I am
the high sheriff of Hell My name is David Wilcox I am the ....
Roadside Art
Well I'm gonna drive to West Virginia Buy myself a shack Put
my good car in the front yard Block it up on jacks Then ....
Rule Number One
Could be the one, could be tonight A love that would feel
so right You look in his eyes, he pours the wine They shine ....
Rusty Old American Dream
from How Did You Find Me Here? .............................................. I don't look all
that ragged for all the time it's been, But I'm weakened underneath me ....
Saturday They'll All Be Back Again
from How Did You Find Me Here? .............................................. Johnny's out cruising down
the fast food strip He rides the high-wheeler Ford He's down here every ....
Secret Church
This great cold steel that bars the way inside was molten when
the Blacksmith was still living This dead heavy door that's oak by oak ....
September 12th
Long ago they built this fort of stone above the Hudson To
guard against intruders, there were cannons in these walls But now it's just ....
Sex And Music
There's no sense in talking about music, but talking of sex can
be done The abstraction of music's confusing; the directness of sex is more ....
Shake It Baby
DAVID WILCOX RIVERBOAT FANTASY Sittin' on a riverboat Havin' a party Me
and my Cajun Queen She's turnin' twenty-one on the Mississippi river Headin' down ....
She's Just Dancing
from Home Again .............................................. She can run beside the stream through the
forest The wind will lift her hair She can almost see the moon ....
Show Me
When our lives give us time again Sometimes we dive right in
Sometimes you're here but gone When your thinking of things to do And ....
Show Me The Key
from Turning Point .............................................. When our lives give us time again Sometimes
we dive right in Sometimes you're here but gone When your thinking of ....
Show The Way
from Live Songs And Stories .............................................. SHOW THE WAY You say you
see no hope, you say you see no reason We should dream that ....
Silent Prayer
from Turning Point .............................................. I used to pray for rescue by burning
up my pain. That's the only kind of prayer I knew back then. ....
Slipping Through My Fist
I have drifted down a ways along the shoreline, I just watched
these ropes give way where they were tied. I could have reached out ....
So Far Gone
In the mall outside the organ store, He plays the Lowry Genie
And if you'd fake a smile and ask for more, He'd tell you ....
Somethin's Shakin'
DAVID WILCOX THE GRIND Your baby is a good cook His baby
has a cool look Her baby wrote a great book But my baby ....
Soul Song
I have drifted down a ways along the shoreline, I just watched
these ropes give way where they were tied. I could have reached out ....
Spin
Circus-boy run-away steely-eyed gypsy Seems to be adjusted to the clatter of
the fair He says watch your step as he tears two tickets briskly ....
Spirit Wind
So you're driving from the funeral through the desert land, you see
something moving in the wind so wild, so you stop the car and ....
Start With The Ending
The secret of a happy marriage, maybe you should write this down
If you want to keep a love together, the best way is to ....
State Of Grace
Stop drinkin' coffee Start drinkin' tea This life I'm living Is gonna
be the death of me I believe in miracles and I believe in ....
Step Into Your Skin
Take your situation, all your circumstances, Put it on you like its
made to fit you right Take your friends and family, take the mile ....
Still Life
What is it in her eyes Light of love when she smiles
I heard her heart beat In time with mine A million times No ....
Still Small Voice
In a still small voice in the middle of the night, Brother
Martin heard the simple truth And he followed its pleading, though it led ....
Strong Chemistry
from Big Horizon .............................................. I got a weakness for strong chemistry One
touch - all my resolutions change I can say this is no good ....
Sunshine On The Land
I went to see an old friend Who was soon to pass
away. He said, My life has been so good to me. Now I ....
Tattered Old Kite
A tattered old kite must have been spring when you got flown
but there's no leaves in sight She left you to swing up there ....
Tear Out Your Heart
Know what you say Say what you know Go where you live
Live where you go Don't take advice Take a chance Roll the dice ....
That's What The Lonely Is For
from Big Horizon .............................................. The depth of your dreams, the height of
your wishes The length of your vision to see, the hope of your ....
That's Why I'm Laughing
Clear blue sky Looking through my father's eyes Way up high A
diamond made of nylon flies Out of a fishing reel the string is ....
The Grind
DAVID WILCOX SOMETHIN'S SHAKIN' Somethin's shakin' Early in the mornin' People movin'
Tryin' to be free If you listen You can hear them Don't they ....
The Kid
from How Did You Find Me Here? .............................................. by Buddy Mondlock I'm
the kid who ran away with the circus Now I'm watering elephants But ....
The Natural Edge
There's a time only truth buys In the early small hours of
the morning When you brushed the sleep from my eyes And told me ....
The Nightshift Watchman
I'm the Nightshift Watchman for the planet Five days a week I
watch the tube Five nights a week I'm waching radar Easy Job with ....
The Song He Never Wrote
My daddy worked construction My brother too He got me in the
union I'm payin' my dues Oh but the woman I love Has expensive ....
The Whisper Of The Wheels
She couldn't sleep She fired up the engine Cause she had no
place to go She likes the window open She's listening to the road ....
This Tattoo
With this tattoo you make a promise of who you are and
what you think this will be your binding contract written down in blood ....
Too Cool
DAVID WILCOX WHEN YOU MISTREAT HER I like it best when she
cries The tears roll down from her eyes I take her in my ....
Top Of My Head
The top of my head shines through my haircut Even when I
brush, shape and style Top of my head smiles at the young man ....
Top Of The Roller Coaster
from Home Again .............................................. Say good-bye to your twenties Tomorrow is the
Big 3-0 For my birthday present I've got a place where we can ....
Turning Point
Just one turn to steer your fate or wait for fate to
spin you Your trusting's fine but much too blind Your compass is within ....
Underneath
I know that compassion is all out of fashion, and anger is
all the rage... Grow up and give in to that cynical spin that ....
Waiting For A Change
In a boxcar in the moonlight In the open in the place
You are sleeping on my jacket And I'm waiting for a change When ....
Western Ridge
from Turning Point .............................................. This is where the trail just disappears This
is where their story ends No one knows where they went from here ....
What You Whispered
I've got time walking down this road Got a mile and a
half to go to see you in the evening When you take my ....
When You Mistreat Her
CANADIAN ARTIST DAVID WILCOX Dear darling I love you always Some things
never change Our love is one of them That's what you say In ....
When You're Ready
You say you get so haunted by these memories Well of course
there must be plenty that you'd just as soon forget Here's a chance ....
Which Way The Wind Blows
I was born on a barstool Tellin' lies to the lady on
the right Nobody to come home to Just hangin' out all night Lone ....
Who's Got Who
Kill your television. Said the poet on the street It's just mental
anasthesia And it's putting us to sleep 'Cause they copy what's been copied ....
Why'd You Have To Do It So Slowly
I must say it's provocative. You tease your tongue across your lips
To catch that drop of wine. Are you just tryin' to hurt me? ....
Wild Child
There's a time only truth buys In the early small hours of
the morning When you brushed the sleep from my eyes And told me ....
Wildberry Pie
from Home Again .............................................. When you pick a sprig of balsam pine,
On your hike along the mountain view, You can wrap the scent in ....
With The Little That I Know
With the little that I know about dancing, With the little that
I know about left-foot-right, Maybe I can turn these blues into something... bright. ....
You Should See The Way It Feels
It might look to you like nothing much to see But you
should see the way it feels to me Here's the sidewalk I used ....
Young Man Dies
There's a young man dying as he stands beside the sea. You
can see him smiling, unbelievably free: wind in his hair, light in his ....
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