ESCAPADE

(J.Seif 2010)

can you hear the whispering?
the tender branches trembling?
your words light up an empty room!
where did I go right?

life inside a photograph...
meet me at the water's edge
i'll take you on an escapade

...the sun won't mind

days when i would walk alone
no one to greet me when i'm home
but how, the stars they smile on you

flashing on a movie screen
beauty like i've never seen
i'll take you on an escapade
we're breaking like an ocean wave

...in pearls of light.

meet me at the water's edge
i'll take you on an escapade
i'll take you on an escapade
...on an escapade.

__________________________

SONOMA SKIES
(J.Seif, 2010)

you see it over and over
you keep it all inside
your heart is drowning in longing
the well is running dry

another day has broken
she rises by his side
the turning world, you feel it
you feel it pass you by

they'll be no denying
just have to let it go
you're winning the battle
but you're losing the war

I'm back from Petaluma
with a broken bow

changing faces and places
to settle the score

under sonoma skies
the world is changing
 
her boots from texas
they wait by his door
her black panties are lying
on his hardwood floor

Baby don't deny me
I still love you so
my heart is breaking
you've got the morning glow

but you can go to boston
for all I care...
 
what good is your love
when your body's a fairground?

under sonoma skies
the world is changing

Baby don't deny me
I still love you so
my heart is breaking
you've got the morning glow

but you can go to boston
for all I care...

under sonoma skies
the world is changing

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TASTE OF HEAVEN
(J. Seif 2010)

It wasn't just an accident
it wasn't a coincidence
a spark of life in my vacant eyes
my little taste of heaven

and if you come back around
I'll be stronger, I'll make you proud
but what if nothing happens
and I'm locked out in the rain?
will you hold me closer,
to the promise of your skin?

It wasn't just the loneliness
or a bout of ignorance
that rippled from my empty hand
I came here for another chance

you know you're beautiful
you've given me wings
for you i'd do most anything
but what if nothing happens
and I'm locked out in the rain?
will you hold me closer,
to the sunshine in your veins?
 
It wasn't just an accident
...my little taste of heaven.

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ALISON
(N. Halstead, 1992)

listen close and dont be stoned
i'll be here in the morning
cause i'm just floating

while your cigarette still burns
your messed up world will thrill me
alison i'm lost

alison i said we're sinking
there's nothing here but thats okay
outside your room your sisters spinning
but she laughs and tells me shes just fine
i guess shes out there somewhere

and the sailors they strike poses
the covered walls answer slowly
with your talking and your pills
your messed up life still thrills me
alison i'm lost

alison i'll drink your wine
i'll wear your clothes when we're both high
alison i said were sinking
but she laughs and tells me its just fine
i guess shes out there somewhere

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WHITE CLOUD
(J. Seif 2010)

i'm drifting in the silence
please don't say a single word
dusty road, tired heart
everyone must play their part
and you're a white cloud
on the ocean

and it's so hard to fight
all those tears that leave us dry
It's freezing cold in san francisco
you're sleeping in your mother's bed
while this should be the
the prime of our lives
 
nothing like an endless cord
that binds your heart to mine
you're a white cloud
on the ocean
 
is that not how it's supposed to be?
you've got the wind, you have the sea?
and now i have to make my way
back down to LA
rusty signs that lead to nowhere

nothing like an endless cord
that binds your heart to mine
you're a white cloud
on the ocean
 
oh love.
oh love.

Maya Deren
(J. Seif, 2008)
________________

I saw a photograph of you
clutching your camera
your arms, so graceful
your fingers nimble

there was a sadness in your eyes
a sorrow I can't describe
you are so graceful
in the light of your life

the sun will rise in the morning
to dry away your demise
your face is blurry in the morning
with all the sunlight in my eyes

open your heart...

the sun will rise in the morning
to dry away your demise
your face is blurry in the morning light
it's the light of your life

Transamerican
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by J. Seif (2008)

chinese characters
on everything in sight
i swerve to the right
walking is harder than driving

the transamerican
pokes through the clouds
it's my only friend
for crying out loud

and i swear
i'll live another day
i'll keep climbing, i'll keep climbing
these hills and never stray

and i swear
i'll live to see laughter
in the madness
of this place

i will feel better
when everything's in place
i look to outer space
for a heavenly embrace

when it rains
and i smell the earth
you know it breaks me
and it makes me want to stay

the transamerican
pokes through the clouds
it's my only friend
for crying out loud

Edge of the World
(J.Seif 2008)
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here i am, i live at the edge of the world
without a care, without a worry
to leave this gold rush town, i'm in no hurry

the shades of gold looked better on you my dear
ten long years have brought me to my knees
turning in space, i'm tired of the longing
when the bed that we had made is riddled with bodies

better to have loved
than to die trying
to die trying
better to have loved
than to die trying
to die trying

I live at the edge of the world
without a care, without a worry

say to me you'll never be lonely

Carnal Parade
(J. Seif, 2009)
________________

with love on his shoulder,
he's already there
standing at the gates,
waiting for the answer

and the wheels keep on turning
on the tired interstate
he's standing at the gate
waiting for the answer

and there will be no mercy
for the faint of heart this time
you're the life of the party
but he'd be happy
just to wait in line

with love on his shoulder,
he floats like a feather
in the carnal parade,
he's covered in down

though the weather
may grow warmer
you make them all shiver
'cause you're smart as a whip
in your corset of leather

...with so much that's left to save
blame it on you
blame it on me

sunday morning
she stares into the rising sun
what's done is done

sky is on fire
(J. Seif)
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the time is now
let your hair down
the sky's on fire
in new mexico.

No Man Is An Island
(J. Seif)
_______________________

Give me my sun my piercing sun
over a deep blue sea
I can feel it on my eyelids
when you're lying next to me

I'll give you my mountains high
where my falcons fly
to balconies over city streets
in the late days of July

No man is an island
at least that's what they say
but I'll build us an island
out of urban decay

Give me my sun my piercing sun
I want to be free
over a sea my deep blue sea
with you lying next to me

Give me the broken wings
you've carried with you
no man is an island
islands on avenues