The Crossing - Menahan Street Band

Leaving the whole week behind Stop the trouble, open your mind Is this the live you want to live Clear up your mind, zebras crossing the street Loosing control, everything is in your hand Running around, down the street Buying some frozen food, put it in a fridge Turn up the music louder Leaving the whole week behind Stop the trouble, open your mind Is this the live you want to live Clear up your mind, zebras crossing the street Loosing control, everything is in your hand Running around, down the street Buying some frozen food, put it in a fridge Turn up the music louder Thank god it's friday

I crossed the Rubicon on the 14th day Of the most dangerous month of the year At the worst time, at the worst place That's all I seem to hear I got up early So I can greet the goddess of the dawn I've painted my wagon, abandoned all hope And I crossed the Rubicon Well, the Rubicon is a red river Goin' gently as she flows Redder than your ruby lips And the blood that flows from the rose Three miles north of purgatory One step from the great beyond I prayed to the cross, I kissed the girls And I crossed the Rubicon What are these dark days I see? In this world so badly bent I cannot redeem the time The time so idly spent How much longer can it last? How long can it go on? I embrace my love, put down my hair And I crossed the Rubicon I can feel the bones beneath my skin And they're tremblin' with rage I'll make your wife a widow You'll never see old age Show me one good man in sight That the sun shines down upon I pawned my watch, I paid my debts And I crossed the Rubicon Put my hide up on a hill Where some happiness I'll find If I survive, then let me love Let the hour be mine Take the high road, take the low Take any one you're on I poured the cup, I passed it along And I crossed the Rubicon Well, you defiled the most lovely flowers In all her womanhood Others can be tolerant Others can be good I'll cut you up with a crooked knife Lord, and I'll miss you when you're gone I stood between Heaven and Earth And I crossed the Rubicon You won't find any happiness here No happiness or joy Go back to the gutter, try your luck Find you some nice pretty boy Tell me how many men I need And who can I count upon I strapped my belt, I buttoned my coat And I crossed the Rubicon I feel the holy spirit inside See the light that freedom gives I believe it's in the reach of Every man who lives Keep as far away as possible It's darkest 'fore the dawn (Oh Lord) I turned the key, I broke it off And I crossed the Rubicon Mona, baby, are you still in my mind? I truly believe that you are Couldn't be anybody else but you Who's come with me this far The killing frost is on the ground And the autumn leaves are gone I lit the torch, I looked to the east And I crossed the Rubicon

Oh, look at how she listens She says nothing of what she thinks She just goes stumbling through her memories Staring out on to Grey Street She thinks, "Hey, how did I come to this? I dream myself a thousand times around the world But I can't get out of this place" There's an emptiness inside her And she'd do anything to fill it in But all the colors mix together To grey And it breaks her heart How she wishes it was different She prays to God most every night And though she swears He doesn't listen There's still a hope in her He might She says, "I pray Oh, but they fall on deaf ears Am I supposed to take it on myself To get out of this place?" Oh, there's an loneliness inside her And she'd do anything to fill it in And though it's red blood bleeding from her now It feels like cold blue ice in her heart When all the colors mix together To grey And it breaks her heart There's a stranger, speaks outside her door Says, "Take what you can from your dreams Make them as real as anything Oh, it'll take the work out of the courage" But she says "Please, there's a crazy man that's creeping outside my door I live on the corner of Grey Street And the end of the world" Oh, there's an emptiness inside her And she'd do anything to fill it in And though it's red blood bleeding from her now It's more like cold blue ice in her heart She feels like kicking out all the windows And setting fire to this life She could change everything about her Using colors bold and bright But all the colors mix together To grey And it breaks her heart Oh, it breaks her heart To grey Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, now Ah, ah, ah, ooh, ooh It breaks her heart Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah yeah La-da-da La-da-da La-da-da, la-da-da, la-da-da La-da-da Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Sunny Day Sweepin' the clouds away On my way to where the air is sweet Can you tell me how to get, How to get to Sesame Street Come and play Everything's A-OK Friendly neighbors there That's where we meet Can you tell me how to get How to get to Sesame Street Sunny Day Sweepin' the clouds away On my way to where the air is sweet Can you tell me how to get, How to get to Sesame Street How to get to Sesame Street How to get to Sesame Street How to get to Sesame Street How to get to Sesame Street

I sold my banjo for a bag of dope And a pitcher of beer at the 404 and Sitting here I'm crying I broke my hand over my good friend's head And now it's two weeks later in a hospital bed and That curse will follow you And no, I won't hurt you anymore I'll just walk right out that door Well I was lost and so was she She taught me to love, to feel and breathe And it was Daisy, Daisy Five states ago I was a different man And now I've done some things that you may resent but I don't think you mind And whoa, oh I won't hurt you anymore I'll just walk right out that door I pawned my banjo for a bag of dope And a pitcher of beer at the 404 and Sittin' here I'm cryin' And whoa, oh I won't hurt you anymore I'll just walk right out that door