Lyrics to the songs in Jaguar

Jaguar

In the emerald cathedral
In the valley of clouds
In the span of the branches
Two eyes keep the watch
Where the hummingbird dances
And the snake hesitates
With the calm of command
The jaguar waits

The chain saw is whining the bulldozer roars
Monkeys are screeching in flight
The spires of the Arawak cut down at one blow
Where will the jaguar go
Where will the jaguar go

Under the hammer of hunger
On the anvil of fear
The poor of Sao Paolo
Stream to the frontier
With the promise of farmland
Honest work honest pay
Till the rains unrelenting
Sweep the topsoil away

The captains of cattle take the land cheap
New York and Osaka crave beef
Hooves crush the dirt into dust below
Where will the jaguar go
Where will the jaguar go

When the circle is broken
When the crystal is cracked
When the thread of creation is torn
We slip through the veil into terrors unknown
Where will the jaguar go

In the canyons of commerce
In convoys of light
The armies of loneliness
Drive into the night
Trading plastic for plastic
Making fashion of trash
We are dreaming of love
As love turns to ash
The fires of Prometheus flare to the sky
The seas of the prophets boil dry
This gutted globe was a garden I'm told
Where will the jaguar go
Where will the jaguar go
Where will the jaguar go

Simple Living

Too many words too many sounds
Too many attractions turn me around
Too many miles in a chrome cocoon
I never get anywhere I can't see the moon

Too many commercials too many lies
Too many celebrities I don't recognize
Too many brand names too many magazines
I got so much sensation I can't feel a thing

Simple living
Got to get to simple living
Simple living
Simply living

Too many things we just throw away
If we put it in the garbage we're gonna eat it someday
We turn on the lights and a river dies
We turn the TV on to see and eagle fly

Too much work with nothing to do
Too many dreams that never come true
Too much hurting without a second glance
Too much desperation they call romance

Gonna take this life, pare it to t he bone
Baby when you knock baby I'll be home
I'll make my breakfast sweep the floor
Open the window unlock the door

Gonna turn off the video the audio too
Open my eyes take in the view
See the divine in the veins of a leaf
In the hands of a beggar in the eyes of a thief

Simple living
Gimme simple living
Simple living
Simple living

Warlords

In a dry world in a barren world
Water people need water
In the desert night around the dying light
Fitful sleepers dream of water
And peaceful tribes rule their lives
By water
And seething hordes raise their swords
And kill for water
In a world of drought
Water is lord of all

In a driven world in a plastic world
Oil we drill for oil
All the meek and the mean choose their dream machines
Line up for oil we shoot up oil
And nation states stake their fate
On the price of oil
While their obedient sons prime their guns
And kill for oil
In a rundown world
Oil is lord of all

Oh there's gotta be more than this
The drudging dance the obscene kiss
Oh there's gotta be some way out
A smile a shout

In a hurting world in a hating world
Love we reach for love
In the restless heat of sweat-stained sheets
We strain for love cry out for love
In a child's look an open book
And every page is love
And pushed to shove we kill for love
We cannot kill for love
We cannot kill for love
We cannot kill love

In a desert world
In a driven world
In a doubting world
Love is lord of all
Love is lord of all

Gravity

When gravity's dragging you down
Look up

So you see yourself stalking the city
Staring straight down at your feet
You notice the scuff on your shoeshine
You avoid all the holes in the street
And you pity the drunk in the doorway
While you wave the panhandler away
And you take it as a sign of insincerity
When someone says "Have a nice day"

But when gravity's dragging you down
When gravity's dragging you down
When gravity's dragging you down
Look up

Look up where the sun hits the skyline
Where the thunderheads warn of a squall
You don't need to believe in a miracle
It's a miracle to be here at all

Where the bus driver grins through his mustache
And an old woman's lost in her book
And a man is possessed of a paisley vest
That insists upon a  second look
And a little girl in a baseball uniform
Is leading her father who's blind
And a man who is muttering under his breath
Is having a very hard time

And when gravity's dragging you down
When gravity's dragging you down
When gravity's dragging you down
Look up

I have looked in the eyes of the damned and despised
Seen souls no different from mine
And what I perceive in this world I believe
Is no more than I'm looking to find

So when gravity's dragging you down
When gravity's dragging you down
When gravity's dragging you down
Look up

The Last Time I Had Autumn

Northfield Minnesota frost upon the plow
The barley and the soybeans are at the feed lot now
Leaves as dry as paper crumble neath my tread
Colors of October like memories of the dead

And the last time I saw autumn's fire was a thousand years ago
I put my faith in autumn -- seasons come seasons go
And every sign of autumn now is bound to make me blue
The last time I had autumn I had you
The last time I had autumn I had you

The crooked streets of Cambridge are skirted now with snow
There's a bookstore crammed with browsers every twenty yards or so
And one night last December I searched each one high and low
To find the gift you wanted that only I would know

And the last time I felt winter's blast was a thousand years ago
I put my faith in winter -- seasons come seasons go
And every gust of winter now is bound to make me blue
The last time I had winter I had you

How many times must I pull the car to the shoulder
Just to cry by the side of the road
How many times must I reach and grasp at nothing
Before I can let you go

In the hills above Las Cruces forget-me-nots have bloomed
I walk the ridge till sundown and whistle a lover's tune
They've put me in the same old bed and the people here are kind
I get the urge to call you and put it from my mind

For the last time I breathed springtime air was a thousand years ago
I put my faith in springtime -- seasons come seasons go
And every breath of spring now is bound to make me blue
The last time I had springtime I had you
The last time I had springtime I had you

I Didn't Know

I didn't know they showed me photographs
I didn't know -- circles and crosshatches
I didn't know that you had two eyes
I didn't know I would recognize your voice
I had no choice

I didn't know -- you can't see much from so high
I didn't know -- only the earth and sky
I didn't know about your dignity
I didn't know as the bombs fell silently
Did you even see them?

I didn't know you were someone that I knew
I didn't know it was you

I didn't know we hit our target clean
I didn't know I'd have these waking dreams
I didn't know under the blanket of flame
I didn't know that you wore my name next to your heart
I was too smart

I didn't know -- I read the newspapers
I didn't know your hair smelled just like hers
I didn't know I could touch your face
I didn't know you would take me in this embrace
It was not wasted

I didn't know you were someone that I knew
I didn't know it was you

Light in the Hall

There's a light in the hall
There's a crack in the doorway lets it into my room
Tells me everything tells me everything
I curl up in a ball
Try to slide in the crack between the bed and the wall
I am falling I am falling

Daddy they'll know
I'll walk funny and they'll know I've been bad
Daddy please don't please don't please don't
I'm shaking all over
I squeeze my legs together just as tight as I can
You can't you can't you can okay okay okay

I see the tree through the window
The tree is my friend
I see the moon through the clouds
And the stars without end
I am flying away I am dying

Is there a cradle big enough for this little girl
It wouldn't have to be so very big
For a girl and a teddy bear and a patchwork quilt
It's waiting somewhere for me

Don't you tell anyone
If you know what's good for you
And your little sister don't you love your sister
And who would believe you
Just a little girl with a big imagination
Everyone knows me I'm an important man

I get ready for school
My hair is brushed and pulled tight in a bow
But I am dirty I am dirty
Mommy puts on my coat
Red and purple blotches up and down my legs
She won't look at me she won't look at me

I will run to the park
I will climb on the swing
I will swing so high
Up above everything
Till a cloud takes me away

Is there a cradle big enough for this little girl
It wouldn't have to be so very big
For a girl and a teddy bear and a patchwork quilt
It's waiting somewhere for me

Now I am grown
On a silver chain I wear a pretty stone
A friend gave me to say she loves me
And to say I can love
And to say I am worthy of it
It is not easy it is not easy

Sometimes I scream
Sometimes I weep like the little girl
I never was I never was
I tell the story
Somebody stole my life but I'm taking it back
I can see colors I can see colors now

Tracing the truth through the tangle of lies
Forgiving myself what I did to survive
I am living I am living

Is there a cradle big enough for this little girl
It wouldn't have to be so very big
For a girl and a teddy bear and a patchwork quilt
It's waiting somewhere for me

The Distance

We pass through these rooms without speaking
Where the light throws a pattern of lace
You say you don't know if you are leaving
But there's no shadow of doubt upon your face
And you tell me there is no other
And I know you well enough to know it's true
And well enough to know you need a lover
Who can give what I never gave to you.

You can say that you were lonely
When I lay right by your side
You can say you saw the distance
When I looked you in the eye
And you can say I never reached you
No matter how many times I tried
But don't say I didn't love you
Cause that's a god damn lie

I emptied the drawer filled with letters
And I bowed my head and cried
No one ever loved me better
There was love in every line
But there were times I didn't hold you
When all you needed was a touch
And there were times when I said nothing
When one word would have been enough

And it seems sometimes like I lost my hand to a machine
In an accident a long time ago
It grabbed at my fingers and tore them off clean
Still I wait for these fingers to grow
And if I had fingers I'd touch your cheek
With a gesture so gentle and fine
I would braid your hair with baby's breath
I would take your hand in mine

You can say that you were lonely
When I lay right by your side
You can say you saw the distance
When I looked you in the eye
And you can say I never reached you
No matter how many times I tried
But don't say I didn't love you
Cause that's a god damn lie

I hear your voice in the morning
Singing softly to yourself
I know you imaging the loving
That awaits you with somebody else
And maybe I will find another
Who will take me in spite of these scars

And each of us yet may discover
How innocent we are

You can say that you were lonely
When I lay right by your side
You can say you saw the distance
When I looked you in the eye
And you can say I never reached you
No matter how many times I tried
But don't say I didn't love you
Cause that's a god damn lie

I know you won't say I didn't love you
Cause you know it would be a lie

Mistaken Identity

I touch your hand
It's not my hand you feel
It's the touch of another man
It's the touch of a dangerous time
It's the blow that leaves no trace
It's the face of the perfect crime

Mistaken identity
I am not the man
Look at my face
I am not the man

I whisper your name
It's not my voice you hear
It's the voice of the waking dead
It's the father of original sin
It's the brother of unlocked doors
It's the lover of broken skin

Mistaken identity
I am not the man
Look at my face
I am not the man

Sunlight filters through the leaves
A breeze blows the curtains wide
Children play across the street
And I am by your side
But I get confused
And I am frightened too
Am I the beast in the shadow
Or am I here with you

Mistaken identity
I am not the man
Look at my face
Please take this boy for who I am

Can we lay down this fear and love each other
Can we lay down this fear and love each other
Can we lay down this fear and love each other
Can we lay down this fear

All the Time in the World

I have no time for heedless hurry
I have no time for the hustler's bluff
I have no time for restless worry
I have all the time in the world for love

I have no time to chase perfection
I have no time for the rock of righteousness
I have no time for cruel correction
I have all the time in the world for tenderness

All the time in the world to watch you when you're sleeping
All the time in the world to kiss you when you wake
All the time in the world for the promises worth keeping
And the promises sometimes we must break

I have no time for the veils of violence
I have no time for walls without release
I have no time for the smiles of tyrants
I have all the time in the world for peace

All the time in the world to watch you when you're sleeping
All the time in the world to kiss you when you wake
All the time in the world for the promises worth keeping
And the promises sometimes we must break

I have no time for pretty poison
I have no time for what is not true
I have no time for quiet desperation
I have all the time in the world for you
I have all the time in the world for you