Fragments: Golden Song/ Merry-Go-Round/ Love is a Child

Golden Song written by Steve Gillette
Merry-Go Round written by Tom Campbell
Love is a Child written by Steve Gillette

When the sun is going down
I see golden all around
Golden windows, golden skies
Golden in my true love's eyes

Red and yellow, green and brown
The colors of the horses on the merry-go-round
Silver dreams can be found
To pass rings on the merry-go-round

The face of death is pale and worn
The heart of death is cold
You need me with these things to think upon
As I'm growing only old

Love is a child born to you
With a hunger warm and fine
Tiny little hands, tender little mouth
Love is not a child of mine

By the Fruits of their Labor

written by Robert Kimmel and Ken Edwards

Take the time to look around you
Look what's growing from the seed you sow
Take a look around you
By the fruits of their labor shall you know them

How much time do you waste talking
On and on about the good things you like to do
When all the good's in doing
By the fruits of their labor shall you know them

Without labor the grapes would never ripen on the vine
And never be pressed into wine
Make sure your harvest is taken safely inside
Don't let it wither and die

In the dark abyss of ignorance
It's impossible to make things grow
In the light of truth it's easy
By the fruits of their labor shall you know them
By the fruits of their labor shall you know them

Hobo

written by Tim Buckley

I lit my purest candle close to my window
Hoping it would catch the eye
Of any vagabond that passed it by
And I waited in my lonely house

Before he came I felt him drawing near
And as he neared I felt the ancient fear
That he had come to my door and jeer
And I waited in my fleeting house

Tell me stories, I called to the hobo
Stories of old, I smiled to the hobo
Storie of cold, I wept to the hobo
As he stood before my fleeting house

No, said the hobo, no more tales of time
Don't ask me now to wash away the grime
I can't come in for it's too high a climb
And he walked away from my lonely house

Then you be damned I screamed to the hobo
Turn into stone I cried to the hobo
Leave me alone I knelt to the hobo
And he walked away from my fleeting house

I lit my purest candle close to my window
Hoping it would catch the eye
Of any vagabond who passed it by
And I waited in my fleeting house

Star and a Stone

written by Robert Kimmel and Ken Edwards

Lost somewhere alone
Late coming home
No one to guide me
All I had to call my own
Are a star and a stone

They keep telling me my eyes don't see
That they are blinded 
Come and be just like me
Say the star and a stone

Something keeps whispering 
Nothing can stop you nothing can hold you down
And something keeps pushing me 
Nothing can stop you nothing can hold you now
As I had my take my first step home
My way is shown by a star and a stone

Lost somewhere alone 
Late coming home
No one to guide me
And all I had to call my own 
Are a star and a stone

Let's Get Together

written by Chet Powers

Love is but a song we sing
Fear a way we die
You can make the mountains ring
Or hear the angels cry
Though the dove is on the wing
You need not know why

Come on people now
Smile on your brother
Everybody get together
Try to love one another right now

Some will come and some will go
We shall surely pass
When the wind that left us here
Returns for us at last
We are but a moment's sunlight
Fading on the grass

Come on people now
Smile on your brother
Everybody get together
Try to love one another right now

If you hear the song I'm singing
You will understand
You hold the key to love and fear
All in your trembling hand
One key unlocks them both you know
It's at your command

Come on people now
Smile on your brother
Everybody get together
Try to love one another right now

Come on people now
Smile on your brother
Everybody get together
Try to love one another right now

Come on people now
Smile on your brother
Everybody get together
Try to love one another right now

Up to My Neck in High Muddy Water

Written by John Herald, Frank D Wakefield, Robert Yellin

Yes and now I'll swim ashore for I must make it
Although I'm up to my neck in high muddy water
Now the water's deep and wide
Can't hold out long this way
If I could spend a time
Perhaps I'd find a way

So now I'll swim ashore for I must make it
Although I'm up to my neck in high muddy water

Now I see the distance stir and I hear reckless sound
And something seems to say well I'm bound for higher ground

So now I'll swim ashore for I must make it
Although I'm up to my neck in high muddy water

Now the sun has risen late
But I'm safe at last my friend
Deep water was my pain
But now I've reached the end

Yes now I'll swim ashore and I know I'll make it
Although I'm up to my neck in high muddy water

Aren't You the One?

written by Tim Buckley

Aren't you the one who used to call me names
Aren't you the one who used to play me games
Weren't you the one who said he'd never fall
Now you're the one who's crying not so tall

Oh I know what it's like
It's happened many times to me
Oh do you ache inside
Your eyes wanna cry
You want me back again

Yes you're the one
Should I throw you a crumb
Should I come and pass you by
Would that make you wanna try
Should I come and kiss your lips
Would that make your game slip
Shall I come and dry your eyes
Would that make you realize

Oh I know what it's like
It's happened many times to me
Oh do you ache inside
Your eyes wanna cry
You want me back again

Aren't you the one who used to call me names
Aren't you the one who used to play me games
Weren't you the one who used to run and hide
Now you're the one who's crying way inside

Oh I know what it's like
It's happened many times to me
Oh do you ache inside
Your eyes wanna cry
You want me back again

Wings

written by Tim Buckley

Although he's spoken many times before 
At sight of birth he leaves me by a door 
And now I know he doesn't understand 
And all I need is the warmth of his hand

And if he'd smile my loving blood would dance 
One silent kiss leaves me in a trance
And now I know I cannot live alone
And now I know my future is unknown
One day the questions die
On the wings of time I'll fly

And on that day my laughs and tears will rise 
And fall as free as seabirds climb the skies 
And I will love when love comes my way 
And when it does there's nothing more to say 
And now I know I don't need his hand
And now I know I don't have to understand 
Some day the questions die
On the wings of chance I'll fly

Some of Shelly's Blues

written by Mike Nesmith

Tell me just one more time the reasons why you must leave
Tell me once more why you're sure you don't need me
Tell me again but don't think that you'll convince me

You said, before falling in love again you'd rather be dead
When someone breaks your heart you cry your eyes red
There's nothing so hard about the life that you've led

As far as I can see there's no reason for goodbye
You're just running scared and that's something I won't buy

So you lose
I won't let you go with nothing to show but more blues
All this talk about leaving is strictly bad news
So you settle down and stay with the girl that loves you

As far as I can see there's no reason for goodbye
You're just running scared and that's something I won't buy

So you lose
I won't let you go with nothing to show but more blues
All this talk about leaving is strictly bad news
So you settle down and stay with the girl that loves you
You settle down and stay with the girl that loves you

Stoney End

written by Laura Nyro

I was born from love
And my poor mother worked the mines
I was raised on the good book Jesus
Till I read between the lines
Now I don't believe I wanna see the morning

Going to the stoney end
I never wanted to go to the stoney end
Mama let me start all over
Cradle me, mama cradle me again

I can still remember him
With lovelight in his eyes
But the lights flickered out and parted
As the sun began to rise
Now I don't believe I wanna see the morning

Going to the stoney end
I never wanted to go to the stoney end
Mama let me start all over
Cradle me, mama cradle me again

Never mind the forecast
For the sky has lost control
And the fury of a broken thunder's come
To match my ragin' soul
No, I don't believe I wanna see the morning

Going to the stoney end
I never wanted to go to the stoney end
Mama let me start all over
Cradle me, mama cradle me again