Hammer And Nail

clearing webs from the hovel
a blistered hand on the handle of a shovel
i've been digging too deep
i always do
i see my face on the surface
i look a lot like narcissus
a dark abyss of an emptiness
standing on the edge of a drowning blue

i look behind my ears for the green
and even my sweat smells clean
glare off the white hurts my eyes
i gotta get out of bed
get a hammer and a nail
learn how to use my hands
not just my head
i think myself in a jail
now i know a refuge never grows
from a chin in a hand
and a thoughtful pose
gotta tend the earth
if you want a rose

i had a lot of good intentions
sit around for fifty years
and then collect a pension
started seeing the road to hell
and just where it starts
but my life is more than a vision
the sweetest part is acting
after making a decision
started seeing the whole
as a sum of its parts

and i look behind my ears for the green
and even my sweat smells clean
glare off the white hurts my eyes
gotta get out of bed
get a hammer and a nail
learn how to use my hands
not just my head
i think myself in a jail
now i know a refuge never grows
from a chin in a hand
and a thoughtful pose
gotta tend the earth
if you want a rose

my life is part of the global life
i'd found myself becoming more immobile
when i'd think a little girl in the world
can't do anything
a distant nation my community
and a street person my responsibility
if i have a care in the world
i have a gift to bring

i look behind my ears for the green
even my sweat smells clean
glare off the white hurts my eyes
i gotta get out of bed
get a hammer and a nail
learn how to use my hands
not just my head
i think myself in a jail
now i know a refuge never grows
from a chin in a hand
and a thoughtful pose
gotta tend the earth
if you want a rose

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Coup De Vent
Promnight Queen
Touch The Hand
Contigo
Les Oiseaux Du Bonheur
These Arms Of Mine
Finis Terra
Grab It
Ole Man Trouble
N 2 Deep
ADVENTURE TODAY
Heavenly Arms
The Ordinary Boys
Carpet Crawlers
Paper and Fire
Never had it
Giants
Merry Minuet
Lucky Star
Hannibal
Thousand Fold (Bonus Non-Album Track)
Cake and Sodomy
How Can That Be Beautiful?
Every Rose Has It's Thorn
Crazy Del Song; Operator
Hatred is the Cure
Danny's Chant [various chatting noises]
Little Red Rooster
Ohne Zukunft
This Ole House
Blood On Da Rug Pt. 2
Six Blade Knife
Sundown
Poor You
Doovorbe
Prove My Love
Ballet for a Rainy Day
Uncomplicated
Wherever You Are (Donde Quiera Que Estas)
The Wonder of You
I Can't Play More My Part
Try
Gearhead
VCRHCHO
Str8 Ballin'
A Moment Of Clarity
SLOWPOKE
Nadine