St. Francis fumbled in the dark Up the stairs and down the hall And in his midst the crows moved slow Whizzing by like thunderbolts And I cried go. With flint in teeth and fire and hand He fought a fleet of angry men Who boast of birds they stole from St. Francis tamed those witless thieves And I cried go. St. Francis learned th wolves lived in Towns with wives and with children His eyes grew blind from this awful truth The real wolves wore pants and shoes The crows know that your wavering The crows know that your waiting To escape. St. Francis says says says GO.

Like a river To the sea Like a river To the sea We turn away To face the cold Enduring chill As the day begs the night For mercy love The sun so bright It leaves no shadows Only scarves Carved into Stone On the face of it We run like a river To the sea We run like a river To the sea And in a world of highest darkness A firezone Where poets speak their hearts Then bleed for It Jara sang His song a weapon Into the hands of one You know his blood still cries From the ground It runs like a river Runs to the sea It runs like a river To the sea Like a river To the sea Like a river To the sea Like a river To the sea Like a river To the sea Like a river To the sea

In a house that's by the tracks I want, I want you back In a dress that's faded black I want you back, I want you back All the ways my mother taught me how I want, I want you now In any place you'll allow I want you now, I want you now It's never very hard stayin' true When I'm stayin' true to you And your kisses are all I think about The proof is in your moves and your grooves And the little things you do And the silly things you laugh about I called, you came I called, you came It seems to be our only way I'll be dreamin' of the kissin' That I'm missin' Truly wishin' that you listen When I sweetly ask you to Striptease for me, baby Striptease for me, baby Striptease for me, baby Aaaah! All the ways you never ever had I want, I want you bad You know I'll never make you sad I want you bad, I want you bad As if I never said the words I want, I want you first Only thing that can quench my thirst I want you first, I want you first It's never very hard stayin' true When I'm stayin' true to you And your kisses are all I think about The proof is in your moves and your grooves And the little things you do And the silly things you laugh about I called, you came I called, you came It seems to be our only way I'll be dreamin' of the kissin' That I'm missin' Truly wishin' that you listen When I sweetly ask you to Striptease for me, baby Striptease for me, baby Striptease for me, baby Aaaah! In a house that's by the tracks I want, I want you back In a dress that's faded black I want you back, I want you back All the ways my mother taught me how I want, I want you now In any place you'll allow I want you now, I want you now It's never very hard stayin' true When I'm stayin' true to you And your kisses are all I think about The proof is in your moves and your grooves And the little things you do And the silly things you laugh about I called, you came I called, you came It seems to be our only way I'll be dreamin' of the kissin' That I'm missin' Truly wishin' that you listen When I simply say to you Striptease for me, baby Striptease for me, baby Striptease for me, baby Raow!

It's so cold here and I miss you And I can't help feeling broken I treat myself like I'm not fragile Like there's no care to be taken And I was up last night just thinking A hundred reasons to be sorry Why don't you come and lay beside me Since there's too much now that's vacant And all the time that we keep wasting Like we don't know the joy that's harder to bear For the ground that we stand on Won't long be there I pray that we will never tire Of the work that lies before us I feel that I will be the weak one And that you will have to carry me I hope there never is a phone call To say it's too dark to keep trying I hope there's time left to discover How to cry at all the beauty And all the time that we keep wasting Like we don't know the pain we're called to bear For the ground that we stand on Won't long be there And all the time that we keep wasting Like we don't know it's why we stop and stare At the ground that we stand on 'Cause it won't long be there I guess it's me there in the mirror But I can't say that I know him When you tell me that you love me There's no reason I should doubt you