skinny in shadows
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1. Color Wheel
2. To the Wind
3. Candy
4. Winnipesaukee
5. Away With Me
6. Diggin' Your Style
7. Woe Is Skinny
8. Skin Is Smooth
9. Seven Colors
10. Hey Killer
11. To Be A Blessing
12. Eclipse
13. Love Sanctifies

Color Wheel

Turn on the color wheel... Forgive your caretakers Embrace your wife Implore the Holy One to restore your life Turn on the color wheel... Forgive your skinny friend He's got a hungry streak He won't eat birthday cake but he knows he's weak Turn on the color wheel... Turn on the melody Turn on harmony Turn on rhythm Forgive the Ghost of love when neighbors are unkind When sincere friends sell you diamonds less then genuine Forgive your sorry self Let love renew your mind Turn on the color wheel... Turn on the (love) melody Turn on (peace) harmony Turn on the (gentleness) melody (goodness) Turn on (faith) harmony (meekness) Turn on (self-control) rhythm Turn on the color wheel...

To the Wind

Drop the feather in the river What are you holding in your hand How will I make you understand No treasure you find in your land is yours to hide away There is a stranger around the bend who will appreciate the sentiment Why don't you let it ride on the wind and drop the feather in Drop the feather in the river Drop the feather in the river my friend Give your sentament to the wind Give your sentament to the wind Go down under to be restored Greet the white dove on the shore Where I will give you so much more than you could ever ask for Drop the feather in the river Drop the feather in the river my friend Give your spirit up to the wind Give your spirit up to the wind To the wind Give the mercy wheel a whirl (Give the wheel a whirl) Find in your heart the silver pearl (love is the silver pearl) There ain't no nothing in the world to keep forever Drop the feather in the river Drop the feather in the river my friend Give your spirit up to the wind Give your spirit up, give your spirit up To the wind, to the wind, To the wind

Candy

Time is slipping on we really ought to savour some I'm a sorry foul, moping under the stary, cruel, wicked sky I realize God is omnipotent Thunder is a sign of devine light Now I can see And I can see it's fine to be blind before the Son His glorious, radient, schorching golden face The shinning truth will liberate us Restore our hearts with faith, hope and love Child, you're way too much I truly am amazed at such wild exuberence Your beautiful, innocent, happy, guilty face I really do believe you've had enough candy for one day in your life Time is slipping on I really do believe you've had enough candy for one day in your life

Winnipesaukee
(smiling waters between the mountains)

Hey, I know that you don't want to hear this now Remember when you told me how the hurt was gonna fade But that don't mean a thing to you 'cause now your heart is torn and blue She took her love away from you She took her love away from you I thought my lake was deep but yours is deeper than the Winnipesaukee I thought my soul was bleak but yours Your lake is like lake Payette in Idaho Greater than the smiling hole that she knew as a girl But you don't need that metaphore when you're stretching at the ocean floor Praying for an open door to nowhere in your world I thought my lake was deep but yours is deeper than the Winnipesaukee I thought my soul was bleak but yours is the salty sea ... Yeah, I know that hollow feeling in your soul You tremble in the terrible cold even on a shiny day And nothing in your world is right Not a trace of mourning light She took her love away from you I thought my lake was deep but yours is deeper than the Winnipesaukee I thought my soul was bleak but yours is bleaker than the heart of winter I thought my sky was black but yours is blacker than the soul of the devil I thought my heart was blue but yours is bluer than the Winnipesaukee I thought my lake was deep but yours is the salty sea It's the salty sea

Away With Me

If I sing my song will you dance If I sing my song will you cry If I sing my song will you sing along Will you climb the mountain Will you fly away with me If I tell the truth will you laugh If I tell the truth will you svream If I tell the truth will you guard your youth Will you raise your lantern Will you dream away with me 'Cause I don't want to wait until the morning And there's no better time than now to trust another friend The sun will shine again, anyhow If I close my eyes will you hide If I close my eyes will you stay If I close my eyes will you whisper lies Will you hold me closer Will you fade away with me 'Cause I don't want to wait until the morning And there's no better time than now to trust another friend The sun will shine again, anyhow

Diggin' Your Style

Will you write an epitaph to make my grieving widdow laugh Come up with something funny yet sublime You're sly when your serious Enlightened when delirious I guess it's obvious that I'm diggin' your style Sincerely diggin' your style Rhythm is your spiritual gift You always give your band a lift when you ride that open hi-hat hard and wild I know you respected me when I shook the shaker evenly But that don't mean that I'm the golden child I'm diggin' your style Sincerely diggin' your style When you wear your fuzzy hat I confess I covet it Talking french with the school girls' lovin' it You're so clearly hetero who would mind if we play the film where we roll over and over in slow-mo across the meddow, limbs entwined I'm diggin' your style Sincerely diggin' your style

Woe Is Skinny

Skinny doesn't wanna trample your garden Skinny doesn't wanna crush your dream, no Skinny doesn't wanna make you cry when he proves any hope in your heart is a lie When he does he comes clean Skinny didn't come to strangle your chicken Skinny doesn't really wish you dead Skinny doesn't wanna kiss your cheek when the hangman waits at the edge of the creek Then he does he feels bad Woe is Skinny Woe woe woe woe Woe woe woe woe He feels bad Woe is Skinny Woe woe woe woe Wearing sackcloth and ashes Skinny doesn't mean to trouble your angel Skinny doesn't wanna jerk your chain, no Skinny doesn't wanna bang your bars with a hammer he hides in a burgundy jar When he does he's ashamed Woe is Skinny Woe woe woe woe Wearing sackcloth and ashes Woe is Skinny Woe woe woe woe Woe woe woe woe He feels bad... Skinny feels bad

Skin Is Smooth

Unlike the lepers outside old cities I won't cry "unclean" I don't want tour pity My skin is smooth... My spirit is twisted, my spine untrue My nails are jagged but I won't claw you My skin is smooth... My eyes are abrasive, my words sometimes rough Nowhere near severe enough to hinder true love Brazilian chameleons turn greenin trees Please don't confuse lizards with salamanders like me My skin is smooth... Skinny's skin is smooth

Seven Colors

Raindrops kiss your garden Rivers rise up to silver skies I see seven beautiful colors in your eyes When you don't feel for me the way I feel for you Well, what else can I do but try to make that untrue Raindrops kiss your garden Rivers rise up to silver skies I see seven beautiful colors in your eyes I wanna float you like a cloud I wanna swollow you like a flower swollows rain I wanna lift you up to heaven Tonight your eyer are glowing So I'm holding tighter knowing true love is a flower never fading ever growing I wanna float you like a cloud I wanna swollow you like a flower swollows rain I wanna lift you up to heaven Raindrops kiss your garden Rivers rise up to silver skies I see seven beautiful colors in your eyes Feel for me the way I feel for you I feel for you

Hey Killer

Tangled in your vine I'm tangled in your vine now Hey, killer Tangled in your vines on your property Will there be justice or mercy What do ya got in your heart, hey What do ya got in your hand, killer What do ya got, what do ya got in your eyes... Lay down your stones Is your faith so right All will be known in the daylight Christ has atoned for your trechery Will there be justice or mercy Or mercy, killer What do ya got in your heart What do ya got in your hand What do ya got, what do ya got in your eyes... Tangled in my vine You're tangled in my vine now Hey, killer...

To Be A Blessing

I am only here to be a blessing I am only here to be a blessing Don't make me slither away in the mud Lay aside your machete, I've yet to draw blood Open your heart to the truth I profess in the garden of mercy here sinners are blessed I am only here to be a blessing I will advocate only what's right I am only here to enlighten you I have not come here to beg or to take like a wolf wearing lambs wool for heaven's sake Open your door to a thief in the night who will never decieve - like an angel of light I am only here to be a blessing I will advocate only what's right I am only here to enlighten you To enlighten you, you However sinester you say I seem I have come in the name of one who redeems Open your heart to the love I profess in the garden of mercy where sinners are blessed I am only here to be a blessing I will advocate only what's right I am only here to enlighten you...

Eclipse

In July of ninety-one, when the Mexican sun became a spectre of the moon Well I wish I could have been there to send up a freedom flare and I hope to go down soon Was it day, was it night Somewhere between the sun and the shadow Was it dark, was it bright Sometimes ya don't know It was a beautiful, black like sin sky, around noon So I called it a scandalous night Should I offer an apology for comprimising theology when the poetry seemed right Was it day, was it night Somewhere between the sun and the shadow Was it dark, was it snow white Sometimes ya don't know But every now and then you see that holy light You see that holy light When you realize divine love hold on tight You better hold on tight Well, I never met the devil but I ran screaming from one den When I looked into the mirror ball and recognized his twin Mercy, Mercy girl, we fell into this world no more near as bare as now Sure is good to know you well Sometimes the truth is hard to tell but your eyes look sweeter somehow Was it day, was it night Somewhere between the sun and the shadow Were we wrong Were we alright Sometimes ya don't know Sometimes you just don't know But every now and then you see the morning light You see the morning light When she takes your hand you better hold on tight You better hold on tight Every now and then you see that holy light You see that holy light When you realize divine love hold on tight You better hold on tight You better hold on tight

Love Sanctifies

Do you feel how the moon is pulling on our frames Do you think we could climb out of the graves we have dug for ourselves I know your spirit would be skinned alive if it were flesh and I'm sorry And I love you, my friend Yes, I'm sorry Do you feel how the truth is burning in our hearts Do you think we could crawl out of our caves and build a fire in the dark The torch of holiness will lead us out of this wilderness I believe it, my friend We've gotta look up to see the light We've gotta look in to know what's right Hey, we've gotta open our eyes to realize hope is alive Hope is alive We've gotta look up to see the light We've gotta look in to know what's right Hey, we've gotta open our eyes to realize hope is alive (Love sanctifies) Do you feel how the wind is warmer than it was Do you think we could walk together toward the Son until morning comes The radient Lord of Ligh reveals His face in the death of night I believe that, my friend I believe that, my friends We've gotta look up to see the light We've gotta look in to know what's right Hey, we've gotta open our eyes to realize hope is alive (Love sanctifies) Hope is alive (Love sanctifies) Hope is alive