All lyrics written by Natalie Meadors, with the exception of “Mom & The Acid Kids”, by Neil Wogensen and Natalie Meadors.

Stranger

Was I lost and gone from the start

Was I much too strong on your heart

Is it love that makes me stay

Or is it love that drives me away

Was I the stranger who only did you wrong

Now just the ghost who died, but lingers on

Was it the dark that fooled you, you couldn’t see

Or was it the light that led you to me

I don’t wanna be the weight now, baby

I don’t wanna be the weight you’ve got to lift

I just wanna be a bird now, honey

Fly me off of this sinking ship

I don’t wanna be the weight

No, I don’t wanna be the weight

I don’t wanna be the weight you’ve got to lift

Was it youth that drew me close to you

A naïve heart, un-battered, never bruised

You felt my fire and you stood close to the flame

Is that the fire that burned down this love we made

I don’t wanna be the weight now, baby

I don’t wanna be the weight you’ve got to lift

I just wanna be a bird now, honey

Fly me off of this sinking ship

I don’t wanna be the weight

No, I don’t wanna be the weight

I don’t wanna be the weight you’ve got to lift

Well you take the heart, I will take the soul

Split the two apart, away we roll

Down two roads, will they lead to Galilee

Or will they lead you right back home to me?

I don’t wanna be the weight now, baby

I don’t wanna be the weight you’ve got to lift

I just wanna be a bird now, honey

Fly me off of this sinking ship

I don’t wanna be the weight

No, I don’t wanna be the weight

I don’t wanna be the weight you’ve got to lift

Honey

I wanna be the queen of the hill

I’m satisfied and I want my fill

I want peace and I want war

Now I want nothing and I want more

Just a little more

And honey, ya gotta’ give

And on the front lines I was the man in charge

At strangers I would aim my arms

And I shot ‘em down

And yelled, honey ya gotta’ give

Oh the sweet taste of salvation

This holy rollers gonna’ cut you down

But at the heart of our damnation

You can find me, I’ll be hangin’ out

Now there’s a mirror on my TV screen

Did I choose them, or did they choose me?

Well honey, I could never tell

So honey, I had to give

Oh the sweet taste of salvation

This holy rollers gonna’ cut you down

But at the heart of our damnation

You can find us, we’ll be hanging out

Now what’s this mirror, what’s this TV, honey

You say it’s a joke, but it’s not real funny

you bought it all, you bought it all, well yes you did

‘cause honey, you had to give

and at the corner store, your precious soul

was in the new shampoos and prescriptions to go

you bought it all, you bought it all, well yes you did

‘cause honey you had to give

so to hell with all the questions, ya gotta’ give.

Santa Fe

Silent stands the oak tree

Like a woman with her feet in the ground

Quiet, she stands waiting

Waiting on the water to flow on her brow

But the sky, it’s never gonna fall down

How shes pleaded with the stars a thousand times

And the earth, it’s only gonna’ rise up

And swallow her branches when she dies

Well will we write a history golden

Or will the story be buried by the dust

Well hear my voice, let it rise from the ashes

This river of love ain’t drying out, we’ve got a choice

To look to the sky

We fear he will fall down

How we’ve pleaded with the stars a thousand times

When the earth, she’s only gonna rise up

And swallow our bodies when we fly

And the wind keeps howlin

And the wind keeps howlin

Well men have died

One by one they go

Some men stay alive and they never really know

Why the wind keeps howlin

Like….

And the wind keeps howlin

And the wind keeps howlin

And the wind keeps howlin

And the wind keeps howlin

The wind keeps howlin, like hammer at my door

It keeps on

howlin

Howlin

Howlin…….

Oh Bobby

Oh Bobby, been hangin around

Been waiting since half past two

I came here to see the band lay it down

Came here to find out about you

I’ve been looking all over this town

Cant seem to get satisfied

But every time you start to play

Those fires in me rise

Oh bobby, sets me free

Every time you hit that note and ya feel that beat

Oh bobby, oh please

Just set me free

Oh bobby, see the groove in you

That music that’s setting you free

Don’t you know that same old grooves been festering inside of me

And I know I got a man I love

Never fusses and treats me so nice

But every time you start to play those fires in me rise

Oh bobby, sets me free

Every time you hit that note and ya feel that beat

Oh bobby, oh please

Just set me free

Shhhhh…..

Quiet down when the band it plays

 and the horns start singing smooth

How I shiver when the kick drum hits

 and the bass settles into a groove

And I know it’s a natural thing

 how a song puts me under its spell

I slip under again and again and again

when the music swells

Oh bobby, sets me free

Every time you hit that note and ya feel that beat

Oh bobby, oh please

Just set me free

Push the Plow

Staring at a suitcase, clothes on the floor

One foot on my home base, one foot out the door

Tonight I’m traveling on a midnight train

Back to my Johnny, to go get lost again

Babylon is crumbling down to the ground

Yeah, but I laying sleeping, I don’t hear a sound

I lay dreaming, floating in the night

Back to my Johnny on a restless flight

And its…..

Steady on, ain’t got no time to waste

Steady on, this train keeps moving on through time and space

Steady on, won’t someone take me home?

Back to the garden where I belong

Johnny was a farm hand, where the air was hot

He poured me a cold beer, and we put our feet up

Magic in his madness, tears in his eyes

When he played that guitar, I nearly died

Back is broke as you push the plow

Johnny been sweatin’ since that sun came out

My back is broke as you push the plow

My baby been sweatin’ since that sun came out

Now I am going crazy

In the heat of the moment

Steady on, ain’t got no time to waste

Steady on, train keeps moving on through time and space

Steady on, won’t someone take me home?

Back to the garden where I belong.

(And we’ll all be singin’ like……)

Mom & The Acid Kids

Mama, won’t you take us acid kids

And dress us up for Sunday school

All our school yard scrapes and bruises

Scared the hell out of you

Papa, won’t you teach us how to kill

We’re gonna need it to survive

Sister won’t you tell me what I did wrong

Brother, lets just stay alive

Brother, lets just stay

Brother lets just stay alive

Well sister, wont you tell me what I did wrong

Brother, lets just stay alive

Well papa won’t you teach me that rock n’ roll

These blues I’m feeling, they don’t play them anymore

Brother, won’t you help me sing my song

Well this highway it rolls and I can’t stay for long

Brother, lets just stay

Brother lets just stay alive

Well sister, wont you tell me what I did wrong

Brother, lets just stay alive

(x2)

Alive…..

Copyright 2012, Mojo Stone.