IS THIS DESIRE?

Angelene My first name Angelene Prettiest mess you've ever seen Love for money is my sin Any man calls, I'll let him in Rose is my colour, and white Pretty mouth and green my eyes I see men come and go But there'll be one who will collect my soul and come to me Two-thousand miles away He walks upon the coast Two-thousand miles away It lays open like a road Dear God, life ain't kind People getting born and dying But I've heard there's joy untold Lays on that open road in front of me My first name is Angelene -------------------------------------------------------------------------------The Sky Lit Up I'm walking in the city tonight I'm walking in the city at dark Remembering, remember light Thinking of nothing, and the shooting stars And this world tonight is mine A world to be remembered in Think on a faded photograph My hair longer than its ever been and then,the sky lit up The sky, my friend And I'm lighter than I've ever been I saw the trees crossing the moon I saw the stars in the Heaven above Shine on my own beautiful prayer Shining on my own beautiful love The sky lit up And I'm dancing with him In this city and in this town I don't care what he's thinking of Just take the car, just take my hand The sky lit up -------------------------------------------------------------------------------The Wind Catherine liked high places High up on the hills A place for making noises Noises like the Whales Here she built a chapel with Her image on the wall A place where she could rest and

A place where she could wash and listen to the wind blow She dreamt of children's voices And torture on the wheel Patron-Saint of nothing A woman of the hills She once was a lady Of pleasure, and high-born A lady of the city But now she sits and moans and listens to the wind blow I see her in her chapel High up on a hill She must be so lonely Oh Mother, can't we give A husband to our Catherine? A handsome one, a dear A rich one for the lady Someone to listen with -------------------------------------------------------------------------------My Beautiful Leah Did you see her walking? Did she come around here, Sir? Black hair, brown eyes My beautiful Leah She was always so needing Said, "I have no-one" Even as I held her She went out looking for someone She only had nightmares, And her sadness never lifted And slowly over the years Her lovely face twisted Did she come around here, Sir? I swear you would remember Black hair, Brown eyes Late September October November December It never leaves my mind The last words she said "If I don't find it this time, Then I'm better off dead". -------------------------------------------------------------------------------A Perfect Day, Elise He got lucky one time Hitting with the girl in room 509 She turned her back on him facing the frame Said, "Listen Joe, don't you come here again". White sun scattered all over the sea He could think of nothing but her name 'Elise' God is the sweat running down his back The water soaked her blonde hair black Its a perfect day Elise He got burned by the sun

His face so pale and his hands so worn Let himself in room 509 Said a prayer, and cried, 'It's a perfect day Elise' -------------------------------------------------------------------------------Catherine Catherine De Barra, you've murdered my thinking I gave you my heart, you left the thing stinking I'd break from your spell if it weren't for my drinking And the wind bites more bitter with each light of morning. I envy the road, the ground you tread under, I envy the wind, your hair riding over, I envy the pillow your head rests and slumbers, I envy to murderous envy your lover 'til the light shines on me I damn to hell every second you breath I envy Oh my Catherine For your eyes smiling And your mouth singing With time I'd have won you With wile I'd have won you For your mouth singing -------------------------------------------------------------------------------Electric Light The beauty of her, under electric light The beauty of her, under electric light Tears my heart out every time Dawn there waiting, right outside Dawn there waiting, right outside She tears my heart out every time Siren rising across the sky Sirens rising across the sky Tears my heart out every time -------------------------------------------------------------------------------The Garden and he was walking in the garden and he was walking in the night and he was singing a sad love song and he was praying for his life and the stars came out around him he was thinking of his sins and he's looking at his song-bird and he's looking at his wings there inside the garden came another with his lips said, 'Won't you come and be my lover?' 'Let me give you a little kiss' and he came, knelt down before him and fell upon his knees said, 'I will give you gold and mountains if you stay awhile with me' and there was trouble taking place. there inside the garden they kissed, and the sun rose

and he walked a little further and he found he was alone and the wind, it gathered round him he was thinking of his sins he was looking at his song-bird and he was looking at his wings and there was trouble taking place. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------Joy Joy was her name A life un-wed Thirty years old Never danced a step She would have left these red hills far behind if not for her condition 'Would have left these red hills long ago if not for my condition' Pitiful Joy She looked away Into a hollow sky Came face to face With her own innocence surrounding her until it never was a question Innocence so suffocating, now she cannot move, no question No hope for Joy No hope or faith She wanted to go blind Wanted hope to stay 'I've been believing in nothing since I was born, it never was a question.' -------------------------------------------------------------------------------The River and they came to the river and they came from the road and he wanted the sun just to call his own and they walked on the dirt and they walked from the road til they came up close Throw your pain in the river To be washed away slow and we walked without words and we walked with our lives two silent birds circled by Like our pain in the river and we followed the river and we followed the road and we walked through this land and we called it a home but he wanted the sun and I wanted the whole and the white light scatters and the sun sets low Like the pain in the river -------------------------------------------------------------------------------Is This Desire? Joseph walked on and on

The sunset went down and down Coldness cooled their desire And Dawn said, 'Let's build a fire' The sun dressed the trees in green And Joe said, 'I feel like a King' And Dawn's neck and her feet were bare Sweetness in her golden hair Said, 'Im not scared' Turned to her and smiled Secrets in his eyes Sweetness of desire Is this desire Enough enough To lift us higher To lift above? Hour-long, by hour, may we two stand When we're dead, between these lands The sun set behind his eyes And Joe said, 'Is this desire?' Is this desire Enough enough To lift us higher To lift above? Is this desire Enough enough Enough inside Is this desire