STRATEGEM

1994 Giant Records 9 24580-2
Available on vinyl, cassette & CD
                      
1 KENSINGTON LINE
      2 STRATEGEM
3 WEARING ONLY FLOWERS
 4 NECKBREAKER
        5 MAGDELINA
6 ANGEL LEADS ME ON
   7 IN THE MORNING
     8 CANDLE 99
9 GREYHOUND
        10 POOR MISS
    11 SHADOWLANDS
               
Kensington Line
I work on a wreckin' wall Just off the liquor tracks Onto the shaky ground Oh, I'm fallin' down hey, I'm ridin'
A fool to confide. Hey, Eddie watch your name Let that lady be your guide hey, she's comin' round Hey, I'm flyin'
When the sleep gets in your eyes I'll be on Kensington Line And I'll run my hundred miles Hey, don’t you follow me tonight
Didn't like the look I see Runnin' in the autumn leaves Hasn't got a brain or peeve Oh, the walls are closin' in Hey, I'm headed out of here Oh, I never meant to leave you cryin'
                   
Strategem
Angry hands upon the wheel turn slow Without a star the water turns to stone Here I stand by lovely strategem When love is gone I'll invent again
Lady in Ashes, Forget her name Her beauty was matchless, her nature untame
And by now her face is far below Still beneath the desert rivers flow Take the sand in empty hand and then Blow away and bring her back again
And if you ask it, dear one plays again Her beauty was matchless, her nature untame
Deathless hand in land where devils roam who with a switchblade cut the head of hope It's time to exchange the evil, blow by blow Without a star the water turns to stone
If time is our master, then I'm lost again her beauty was matchless, her nature untame
                
Wearing Only Flowers
She's running on clean power She's wound up at the hip "Wearing only Flowers" came in 27 to 1 I'd love a drink of water Take a little kiss Find a lovely lady-step inside, take a sip
Atlanta turn around and love Will come back to you
His elements are shaking She's wounded at the wrist Person of the hour, the only way she knows how to make it i know I'll get over Two months maybe less I left undiscovered-saw her undress
Atlanta don't look so surprised We belong to life
After ten years taken Accidentally meetin' Realize we were mistaken Oh yes, we arrive late again Fix a little breakfast Time for gettin' married "Wearing Only Flowers" came in 27 to 1
Atlanta don't look so surprised Sometimes love will make you wise up Atlanta close your eyes and I will belong to you
                     
Neckbreaker
If the flower should lose her green And the cold never turn to spring Show me, show me where I'm imagining All the things I haven't learned to see Breaker please ...
Oh, I lost my loving mind, and found it again If my mind should take me down below Black and white blood should lifeless flow Remind my heart that you're listening Break my neck and I'll hear you sing Breaker please ...
Oh, I lost my loving mind, and found it again
In the universe without you and me Love carries on at twice the speed Blows behind us and wrecks everything Break my neck and I'm lost in the breeze Breaker please ...
                              
Magdelina
Awaiting my treasure drifting ashore When from the galleys we're set free And I'll never give you more Than the time that we save Magdelina I forgave And I will feel everything
There are bridges burning here and we have to keep below Lest the guns should overtake us and let out the final blow A deserter I'll be hung, though ever battle I had won And I won't feel anything
Hey Magdelina, there is only now to lay aside All the bad dreams of your past have been lost in the fire Remember, soon I'll be back to bathe in your smile And touch a long time indeed
              
Angel Leads Me On
We keep each other in the air And from there we're afraid of falling down She don't believe I really care Oh, she'll be runnin' as soon as we reach the ground But her angel leads me on 'Til I find her lovin' arms
Just when I think it's safe to doubt I turn about and find I've been left behind There's only so long I can go without Like a fool I shout instead of cryin' But her angel leads me on 'Til I find her lovin' arms
A home sinking in the sand It hurts to understand where I went wrong So I'll believe with an empty hand I'll receive at last what I can't own But her angel leads me on 'Til I find her lovin' arms
                
In the Morning
Won't you tell me in the morning Of the kisses that you left me in my sleep
Of all the thunder and the stormin' Of all the racket in the street
Chorus: And if the sun should open wide Your eyes to find another day And I'll never take you back If you can't find your own way
I want to tell you in the morning Of the demons that I killed in my dreams And should the devil take me now, here's a warnin' Ah, hell can't come between you and me
Chorus
                 
Candle 99
And all of these chains; a sweet caress And all of my weight was tenderness Every time we had it put to bed Oh, the tables are turning 'round and I'm in it again
Now it's the ending of our second chance And there's no telling where we're gonna go Save what I was spending at the circus and Save everything I can before I'm blown away
Every time you had it put to bed The reason I initially believed I finally found someone certain and He left a flower inside of you Only for me to see
                    
Greyhound
As I was walking by the muddy river I was touched by a hand I was laid over in a strange land
As I looked to take myself a silver Beneath the moonlight still lay a-bare Barely unnoticed, bury my head in her soft hair
Greyhound roll on, get on and get me a ride
You made me feel good outside You were a good public affair Everybody knew there was nothin' goin' on
Greyhound roll on, get on and get me a ride
                      
Poor Miss
Lone and alone she lies, poor miss Five flights from earth and one from heaven Dark hair and eyes, she tries hard not to cry But still alone she lies
And I never knew the reasons There ain't no lover in your bed but lady you were always some kind Of woman to me
There ain't no sunshine for my poor miss There ain't no gardens in April's spring Just four dark walls, and light comes shadowly Ah, poor miss, ah me!
And I still remember the sunlight on your face Lady you were always some kind Of woman to me
          
Shadowlands
Ah, soon she will wake When love is the air she breathes Hurry into her please Alight again And take what we reap A harvest abounding The trumpets are sounding A beautiful name >From shadowlands we run A flicker and they're done Away
And the wine that she keeps saving the best for me We're only blessed you see If we believed In something unseen Felt by remembering A wait, and a hoping in The time to receive
From shadowlands we run A flicker and they're done Away
The mountains will rock And crumble into the seas And all of the saints will be Marching home The cities will stop Oh, and they'll sell their kings Oh, and they'll kill their queens On no
from shadowlands we run A flicker and they're done Away

     All songs and lyrics written by Todd Park Mohr          

  

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