But the Days and Nights Are Long (formerly known as: Boulder Hotel Room) * Cheryl Wheeler * Life is short, but the days and nights are long * Time will heal all these wounds * Some day soon * I'll be rising I'll be strong * But now I'm loosing all my battles * Now I'm down and dropping still * And this snow's blowing through * Like some ghost * With this blue I know too well * Broken hearts keep on beating just the same * So I guess I can too * Go through these moves * Facing forward, walking straight * But now my glance keeps drifting downward * Now my feet can't find their way * And this cold's creeping in * Through my bones * Whisperin it's here to stay * I'll bide my time, like there's any other way * It moves too slow, moves too fast * It's gone and past * And stopped entirely today * I know there's light on some horizon * But I can't see so far ahead * Patience and grace, blessed is love * I'm loosin my faith * In most of that stuff those wise men said

What I say when I say that I miss you Is that I will always love me more What I need when I bleed just to drown you Is that someday you'll become a shore It's my wave that will crave and will pull you And another that will push you back We will be just a sea they can sail through They can split us but we never crack On occasion, our sea will swallow 613 shades of Sad And occasionally, we'll be just shallow Enough for them to see the things we had 20,000 different leagues of sorrow They will surface but we'll let them drown And the moon will lift our holy bodies And we'll live as one With the rate and the weight that I pound you You will tell me that you understand Every shell I'll propel just to spite you You will break it and you'll turn to sand We will be just a sea and a shoreline We won't need no words, we'll have the tide I will bleed and I'll plead that I miss you Even though you'll never leave my side On occasion, our sea will swallow 613 shades of Sad And occasionally, we'll be just shallow Enough for them to see the things we had 20,000 different leagues of sorrow They will surface but we'll let them drown And the moon will lift our holy bodies And we'll live as one

I know I am dying Still, I'm gonna go trying I'll make it better Cyclamen, you're holding it in again There's winter in every spring It's time to let go Cyclamen, the temperature's rising again But your tuber is absorbing the rain Continues to grow I know I am dying Still, I'm gonna go trying I'll make it better It's over. It's over. It's over. Cyclamen, it's hard to breath 'cause the air Is filled with your prayers again You've got to let go Cyclamen, Time will always be lighter than Pain It floats away from your stem You're left with a bulb I know I am dying Still, I'm gonna go trying I'll make it better It's over. It's over. It's over. It's over. It's over. It's over. It's over. It's over. It's over. It's over. It's over. It's over. Over.

Speak, baby speak Tell me I'm weak Tell me these promises are not mine to keep Tell me I'm ugly But tell me you love me Tell me you cannot go through this world without me Oh I'm, I'm just a tree My roots Are with her But my leaves are with thee. Heal, baby heal Take all the time you will I never thought I'd say this but I'm letting go of the bill I don't wanna see Your face here no more Still that doesn't mean that I'm shutting the door Oh I'm, I'm just a tree My leaves are with her But my roots are buried with thee Speak, baby speak Tell me I'm weak Tell me these promises are not mine to keep Tell me I'm ugly But tell me you love me Tell me you cannot go through this world without me Oh I'm, I'm just a tree My roots Are with her But my leaves are with thee. I know these words are tearing you apart Still I told you, right from the start This is how our little song Is gonna play out.

They said his mama had cement for milk And that his papa built him brick by brick And now the world breaks line waves on his skin And all the words like broken birds are Traped within They said his mama had cement for milk And that his brother was ten foot thick And now the world breaks like waves on his skin And all the words like broken birds are Traped within

Hangwoman, hangwoman Sleeping in my bed Got me a hangwoman, Hanging round my bed. Lord I dunno but, I think she wants me dead. Sir I dunno but, I think she wants me dead. Hangwoman, hangwoman Got me wearing my best clothes. I said this little hangwoman, Got me wearing my best clothes. But if it's for a wedding or a funeral, only she knows Said if it's a wedding or a funeral, only god knows You can't stop a fly flying You can't stop a flood from flooding You can't stop, a man from lying You can't stop this girl from tying. Hangwoman, hangwoman Tie that noose around my neck Hangwoman, hangwoman Tie that noose around my neck Hangwoman, tie that noose, so our love would never break. Hangwoman, tie that noose, so our love would never break.