Red Meadow
Red Meadow
Album By Red Meadow
I played a waiting game where I waste my time
I let my dreams die young ‘cause I misread the signs
Signs it might be over, signs I’m not so young
I’m not so young
He was a mountain boy, there he walked the line
He’ll stay forever young, he did not read the signs
Signs within the weather, signs this is the end
You know it was his end
War was a trial by fire, falling from the skies
War would not break his pride, because he read the signs
Signs it could not last long, he knew they would now overcome
The faithful held their heads high
His homeland would endure
He knew they would endure
So I quit my waiting game and I don’t waste no time
I keep my dreams alive and now I read the signs
Now I read the signs, now I read the signs
I let my dreams die young ‘cause I misread the signs
Signs it might be over, signs I’m not so young
I’m not so young
He was a mountain boy, there he walked the line
He’ll stay forever young, he did not read the signs
Signs within the weather, signs this is the end
You know it was his end
War was a trial by fire, falling from the skies
War would not break his pride, because he read the signs
Signs it could not last long, he knew they would now overcome
The faithful held their heads high
His homeland would endure
He knew they would endure
So I quit my waiting game and I don’t waste no time
I keep my dreams alive and now I read the signs
Now I read the signs, now I read the signs
A voice just like lilac wine, I heard it through the trees
And eyes holding pain inside, lost on stormy seas
Time quickly passed us by, she reached out to the stars
Was then that she cried for me, she loved me from afar
She said she loved me and I believed her
She helped me cure my pain and sorrow
A life in the city lights, I felt so out of place
Nights drunk on lilac wine, I could not keep the pace
She said she loved me and I believed her
She helped me cure my pain and sorrow
I tried to love her, tried to be there
I could not hold on for long, she let me go
A voice just like lilac wine, I hear it in my dreams
And eyes holding pain inside, lost on stormy seas
Time quickly passed us by, she reached out to the stars
Was then that she cried for me, she loved me from afar
She said she loved me and I believed her
She helped me cure my pain and sorrow
A life in the city lights, I felt so out of place
Nights drunk on lilac wine, I could not keep the pace
She said she loved me and I believed her
She helped me cure my pain and sorrow
I tried to love her, tried to be there
I could not hold on for long, she let me go
A voice just like lilac wine, I hear it in my dreams
We were young, the day I fell into the sun
Something down inside of me was tellin’ me and I knew you were the one
It was time, for me to step into the light
I asked you for your name and when you smiled at me I knew that I was right
Oh Oh, everything was right
You know we’re free to live our lives the way we please
Nothing is impossible, with you life is just like a summer breeze
Take my hand, we’ll walk together in the sand
We’ll dress in white and drink the wine, I’ll take a vow to always be your man
Oh, Oh I’ll always be your man
I can see the future right in front of me
We’ll build a home to call our own and fill it full of joy and harmony
You know he’ll come, with curls and eyes of ocean blue
Running free in the summer sun, discovering the world we know is new
Oh, everything is new
Something down inside of me was tellin’ me and I knew you were the one
It was time, for me to step into the light
I asked you for your name and when you smiled at me I knew that I was right
Oh Oh, everything was right
You know we’re free to live our lives the way we please
Nothing is impossible, with you life is just like a summer breeze
Take my hand, we’ll walk together in the sand
We’ll dress in white and drink the wine, I’ll take a vow to always be your man
Oh, Oh I’ll always be your man
I can see the future right in front of me
We’ll build a home to call our own and fill it full of joy and harmony
You know he’ll come, with curls and eyes of ocean blue
Running free in the summer sun, discovering the world we know is new
Oh, everything is new
I’m a dead man, hangin’ from the old oak tree
And there ain’t nobody higher, far as I can see
I’m a dead man, layin’ on the side of the road
I got me no more worries, I carry no heavy load
And the live man, he ain’t got nothin’ over me
I'm a dead man, washed up on the shore
No time left to wonder which side won the war
And the live man, he ain’t got nothin’ over me
I'm a dead man, but you can't take my soul
And there ain’t nobody higher, far as I can see
I’m a dead man, layin’ on the side of the road
I got me no more worries, I carry no heavy load
And the live man, he ain’t got nothin’ over me
I'm a dead man, washed up on the shore
No time left to wonder which side won the war
And the live man, he ain’t got nothin’ over me
I'm a dead man, but you can't take my soul
You fly into the night to find a future
You can never know unless you try
No more time to waste anticipating a change
You've come so far and still you're moving forward
And now it's time to spread your wings and fly
I have no doubt you'll make it on your journey to the sky
Hey sister where you going
Do you think you'll get there soon
You must know that there's an empty space you left here
Oh and I fear that you won't be home soon
Do you recall a time when we were children
Running through the fields and feeling free
It sure did seem those days would last forever, no end
Now we're grown but inside we're still children
Struggling with the burdens of our lives
But you will never lose that fire burning in your eyes
Hey, sister where you going
Do you think you'll get there soon
You must know that there's an empty space you left here
Oh and I fear that you won't be home soon
From Arkansas to Southern California
The years went by and brought impending change
We moved across the world to lay our roots down, far away
Well, you know that your fate is what you make it
And making it meant leaving us behind
But don't forget to keep us at the center of your heart
Hey, sister, have you gone now
Do you think you'll be back soon
Don't you know that there's an empty space you left here
Oh and I fear that you won't be home soon
You can never know unless you try
No more time to waste anticipating a change
You've come so far and still you're moving forward
And now it's time to spread your wings and fly
I have no doubt you'll make it on your journey to the sky
Hey sister where you going
Do you think you'll get there soon
You must know that there's an empty space you left here
Oh and I fear that you won't be home soon
Do you recall a time when we were children
Running through the fields and feeling free
It sure did seem those days would last forever, no end
Now we're grown but inside we're still children
Struggling with the burdens of our lives
But you will never lose that fire burning in your eyes
Hey, sister where you going
Do you think you'll get there soon
You must know that there's an empty space you left here
Oh and I fear that you won't be home soon
From Arkansas to Southern California
The years went by and brought impending change
We moved across the world to lay our roots down, far away
Well, you know that your fate is what you make it
And making it meant leaving us behind
But don't forget to keep us at the center of your heart
Hey, sister, have you gone now
Do you think you'll be back soon
Don't you know that there's an empty space you left here
Oh and I fear that you won't be home soon
Live your life here and now
Never know what time allows
So we live like butterflies
Tomorrow we may die
Now’s the time to fly
Leave behind memories
Anger, hate, jealousies
Release your bird of soul
Wings of white peaceful flow
Oh there she goes
The power of the moment
The truth and light inside
Never know what time allows
So we live like butterflies
Tomorrow we may die
Now’s the time to fly
Leave behind memories
Anger, hate, jealousies
Release your bird of soul
Wings of white peaceful flow
Oh there she goes
The power of the moment
The truth and light inside
Born in the hills with a mind that could not breathe
He was trapped in a life of a million postwar dreams
He would sit at night and plan the great escape
And no circumstance would ever seal his fate
Well, he grew up strong in a country filled with fear
And he missed the draft ‘cause he didn’t have a year
And it blew his mind how nobody else could see
That there was more to life than mediocrity
And the mountains reach into the sky
The river flows out through the night
The forest sways with every breeze
I long to be in foreign seas
I will be free
No one in the world puts chains on me
I'll be free
Born in the hills in the winter of ’54
Raised by the firelight and the stories from the war
Well he gave 'em hell, but the scars won’t go away
And he knew back then that there was no way he could stay
And the mountains reach into the sky
The river flows out through the night
The forest sways with every breeze
I long to be in foreign seas
I will be free
No one in the world puts chains on me
I'll be free
He was trapped in a life of a million postwar dreams
He would sit at night and plan the great escape
And no circumstance would ever seal his fate
Well, he grew up strong in a country filled with fear
And he missed the draft ‘cause he didn’t have a year
And it blew his mind how nobody else could see
That there was more to life than mediocrity
And the mountains reach into the sky
The river flows out through the night
The forest sways with every breeze
I long to be in foreign seas
I will be free
No one in the world puts chains on me
I'll be free
Born in the hills in the winter of ’54
Raised by the firelight and the stories from the war
Well he gave 'em hell, but the scars won’t go away
And he knew back then that there was no way he could stay
And the mountains reach into the sky
The river flows out through the night
The forest sways with every breeze
I long to be in foreign seas
I will be free
No one in the world puts chains on me
I'll be free
I've been riding hard toward the borderline, I am a wanted man
From San Antonio across the Eagle Pass, down to the Rio Grande
Oh black river you stand in front of me on a moonlit night
If I don't get across, they'll hang me up high
I may be guilty but I'm not ready to die
For three days now I've been running for my life, posse right on my tail
Just this morning ran my horse into the ground, back there along the trail
It was nightfall when I fell upon the bank, along the riverside
Oh black river, so deep and so wide
And I know my freedom lies on the other side
If I could go back to yesterday, If I could turn back the time
I would take it back and, they would still be breathing
They would still be alive
No time to contemplate, not place to hide, riders on the ridgeline
I can see them, silhouettes in the night, got to make up my mind
Oh black river you stand in front of me on a moonlit night
If I don't get across, they'll hang me up high
And I don't know if I can swim to the other side
She was all my hopes and dreams, to take her for my wife
She promised love forever, but I found them together
In a rage I took their lives
From San Antonio across the Eagle Pass, down to the Rio Grande
Oh black river you stand in front of me on a moonlit night
If I don't get across, they'll hang me up high
I may be guilty but I'm not ready to die
For three days now I've been running for my life, posse right on my tail
Just this morning ran my horse into the ground, back there along the trail
It was nightfall when I fell upon the bank, along the riverside
Oh black river, so deep and so wide
And I know my freedom lies on the other side
If I could go back to yesterday, If I could turn back the time
I would take it back and, they would still be breathing
They would still be alive
No time to contemplate, not place to hide, riders on the ridgeline
I can see them, silhouettes in the night, got to make up my mind
Oh black river you stand in front of me on a moonlit night
If I don't get across, they'll hang me up high
And I don't know if I can swim to the other side
She was all my hopes and dreams, to take her for my wife
She promised love forever, but I found them together
In a rage I took their lives
There's a circle in the distance
Megaliths so high, reach into the sky
And the tribes all come together
To celebrate as one, waiting for the sun
Communion with the heavens
August stars of light, coursing through the night
And the gods all dance above them
Life will carry on, reborn with the dawn
They lived their lives by the Earth and sky
Wisdom lost to the sands of time
Selfish and deluded
Spreading war and dearth, masters of the Earth
And what will we leave our children
If we cut down all the trees, pollute the air they breathe
Illusions of progression
Towers built so high, blotting out the sky
And where are all the heroes
Brother can't you see; it's up to you and me
Who, oh who do we think we are
Take us back 'cause we've gone too far
Take us back the way we've come, to the circle, to hail the rising sun
Take us back where we belong, in the circle, we join our hands as one
Who, oh who do we think we are
Take us back 'cause we've gone too far
Megaliths so high, reach into the sky
And the tribes all come together
To celebrate as one, waiting for the sun
Communion with the heavens
August stars of light, coursing through the night
And the gods all dance above them
Life will carry on, reborn with the dawn
They lived their lives by the Earth and sky
Wisdom lost to the sands of time
Selfish and deluded
Spreading war and dearth, masters of the Earth
And what will we leave our children
If we cut down all the trees, pollute the air they breathe
Illusions of progression
Towers built so high, blotting out the sky
And where are all the heroes
Brother can't you see; it's up to you and me
Who, oh who do we think we are
Take us back 'cause we've gone too far
Take us back the way we've come, to the circle, to hail the rising sun
Take us back where we belong, in the circle, we join our hands as one
Who, oh who do we think we are
Take us back 'cause we've gone too far
She was born an August summer’s day
Just a child, confused by faith
Growing up, she always felt the guilt
If God is love, why do I fear
Why do I fear
I fear
Does your mind go back in search of some redemption
Can you dispossess your past
Does that voice inside ask you why you suffer
Let it go, let it go
Darkness fell, she almost lost it all
She faced her hell, she chose to live
She realized the answer to it all
The path of life is paved by love
It's paved by love
By love
Does your mind go back in search of some redemption
Can you dispossess your past
Does that voice inside ask you why you suffer
Let it go, let it go
Let it go
Just a child, confused by faith
Growing up, she always felt the guilt
If God is love, why do I fear
Why do I fear
I fear
Does your mind go back in search of some redemption
Can you dispossess your past
Does that voice inside ask you why you suffer
Let it go, let it go
Darkness fell, she almost lost it all
She faced her hell, she chose to live
She realized the answer to it all
The path of life is paved by love
It's paved by love
By love
Does your mind go back in search of some redemption
Can you dispossess your past
Does that voice inside ask you why you suffer
Let it go, let it go
Let it go
Woke up in the morning I could hear the highway calling out my name
Thoughts are roaming through my head, the wind will help me blow it all away
All my love I gave to you, you wouldn’t see and then you let me go
Now I’m driving down the road in search of answers to the questions but I know
Over you, over you
Flying through the plains out in the distance the mountains meet the sky
I hope I never see that little town again, till the day I die
Seems like it was yesterday you swore to me your everlasting love
Now the afternoon is dying with the sun into the lonely sky above
Over you, over you
Moving over Couer D’Alene the strangest feeling crept into my heart
Maybe time and distance were the only way to break my love apart
Freedom coming over me the future is the road that lies ahead
And as I stand above the waves I finally realize that what I felt is dead
Over you, over you
Thoughts are roaming through my head, the wind will help me blow it all away
All my love I gave to you, you wouldn’t see and then you let me go
Now I’m driving down the road in search of answers to the questions but I know
Over you, over you
Flying through the plains out in the distance the mountains meet the sky
I hope I never see that little town again, till the day I die
Seems like it was yesterday you swore to me your everlasting love
Now the afternoon is dying with the sun into the lonely sky above
Over you, over you
Moving over Couer D’Alene the strangest feeling crept into my heart
Maybe time and distance were the only way to break my love apart
Freedom coming over me the future is the road that lies ahead
And as I stand above the waves I finally realize that what I felt is dead
Over you, over you
April fields, the sun in your hair
We’ve been here now forever I swear
I can’t believe that I’ve only known you a day
A summer breeze, a smile in the crowd
I saw your eyes they were saying out loud
You’ll be here when all this is gone long ago
Woman, won’t you remember to watch over me
I can see to some distant time
Woman tell me you’ll always be mine
Like the day when we took our vows feel the same
Woman, won’t you remember to watch over me
And I want you to know how I feel inside
I want you to find what I cannot hide
I need you to be there to catch my fall
Pick me up when I’m feeling small
Feel my heart when it’s reaching out to you
Woman, won’t you remember to watch over me
We’ve been here now forever I swear
I can’t believe that I’ve only known you a day
A summer breeze, a smile in the crowd
I saw your eyes they were saying out loud
You’ll be here when all this is gone long ago
Woman, won’t you remember to watch over me
I can see to some distant time
Woman tell me you’ll always be mine
Like the day when we took our vows feel the same
Woman, won’t you remember to watch over me
And I want you to know how I feel inside
I want you to find what I cannot hide
I need you to be there to catch my fall
Pick me up when I’m feeling small
Feel my heart when it’s reaching out to you
Woman, won’t you remember to watch over me