Vinyl Wings of Joy
On the surface of the moon
On the surface of the moon
I've got nothing to put in my heart
Millions of my closest friends
Loved me, but now we're drifting apart
I read the paper yesterday
The words stayed fastened on to the page
So sad to think the time is now
Just when think you're seen it all age
I won't hold back if you love me
There must be something to say
Stop holding back if you love
I feel you drifting away
On the surface of the moon
Time flies even when there's no fun
Fragments of our hopeless dreams
Burned out on their way to the sun
I won't hold back if you love me
There must be something to say
Stop holding back if you love
I feel you drifting away
On the surface of the moon
I've got nothing to put in my heart
Rebecca in pigtails
Rebecca in pigtails
Washed up in the laundry
Got lost in the details
I think it is only a dream
Just a dream
Washed up in the country
Washed up in the city
Washed up at the café
I think it is only a dream
Just a dream
Out of the pan and into the fire
Out of your mind and into desire
Got wet in the mountains
Got wet in the valley
Got lost in emotion
I think it is only a dream
Just a dream
Rebecca in pigtails
Washed up in the laundry
Got lost in the details
I think it is only a dream
Just a dream
Vinyl wings of joy
As I sit and drink my tea
The old world fades outside my door
The way things used to be...
They're not the same way any more
In the shadow of your pain
I breathe your dark absurdity
Will nothing lift the stain
Up from the grave and gravity
On vinyl wings of joy
The four apostles sing
Free from the grave and gravity
All you love is need
One golden solar ray
Could melt the apple of my eye
Dreams stay packed away
They feel the sun but not the sky
On vinyl wings of joy
The four apostles sing
Free from the grave and gravity
All you love is need
I Fly
I just touched down on a flat rock in New Mexico
My soul was beating rhythm and my heart was all a' glow
From deep outer space to the earth's burnt inner atmosphere
I could hear the angels singing hallelujah
Saw a dozen or so blank Russians on the border
Looks like fashion made a statement
but forgot to unplug the war
From Niagra Falls to the Gulf of California
They can hear the angels singing hallelujah
Now the northeast girls wear the world on their feet
And southeast girls can go wild in the street
Northwest girls have some clouds in their hair
But the southwest girls know I'll always be there
I fly, fly like a stone
Fall from the sky and fly like a stone
From New York, New York to the
sad, sad San Francisco bay
You can hear the angels singing hallelujah
Now the northeast girls wear the world on their feet
And southeast girls can go wild in the street
Northwest girls have some clouds in their hair
But the southwest girls know I'll always be there
I fly, fly like a stone
Fall from the sky and fly like a stone
I fly, close both my eyes
Choose my disguise and fly like a stone
I fly, fly on my own
Fall from the sky and fly like a stone
I’m Stone
I woke up this morning with the sun in my eyes
Purple clouds scattered 'cross the skies
Reflections of orange, lavender and green
Most beautiful morning I've ever seen
I see a lovely lady with an ugly frown
Kids skipping school heading for downtown
A man by the pond with his ducks in a row
Waving his arms, telling me to go
Say what you want to me
Can't change my fate, my destiny
Is to stand here for eternity
Can't you see, can't you see I'm stone
I used to be somebody, had a life of my own
Was just thirteen when I left home
Sailed the seas, killed a hundred men
Had my share of love, my share of sin
Do what you want to me
Can't change my fate, my destiny
Is to stand here for eternity
Can't you see, can't you see I'm stone
Afternoon stumbles and evening falls
Splashing shadows on the garden walls
Lights of the city glow a neon theme
Most beautiful evening I've ever seen
Do what you want to me
Can't change my fate, my destiny
Is to stand here for eternity
Can't you see, can't you see I'm stone
Must be the weather
The sun shines bright today
I hope it will shine bright tomorrow
Yesterday my sky was grey
Then the clouds all blew away
The wind knows how I feel
The rain affects the way I feel
Makes everything I feel so real
I can't help the way I feel
Must be the weather
When things turn out bad or good
It would be better to blame the weather
Let's blame the weather
The sun shines bright today
I hope it will shine bright tomorrow
Yesterday my sky was grey
Then the clouds all blew away
BTW have you noticed my new hair?
Election day is coming, but that don't mean a thing
I don't know what exactly I should do
I hate politicians, they're all the same to me
What else on god's good earth can I do?
All I want is to be like you
All I really need is not to care
All I want is to be like you
By the way, have you noticed my new hair?
The terrorists are coming, but that don't mean a thing
I don't know what exactly I should do
I say, live and let live, it's always been my motto
What else on god's good earth can I do?
All I want is to be like you
All I really need is not to care
All I want is to be like you
By the way, have you noticed my new hair?
Judgement day is coming, but that don't mean a thing
I don't know what exactly I should do
I try to love my brother, I really love my sisters
What else on god's good earth can I do?
All I want is to be like you
All I really need is not to care
All I want is to be like you
By the way, have you noticed my new hair?
Keep up with the times
It’s not enough to keep up with the times
The road gets rough, I’ll tell you there are times
when all the world is blue, a frozen motion blur
Can’t tell a sparrow from a skyscraper
And that ain’t all, there’s more that I can say
Beneath it all I’d rather spend my day just
walkin’ through the trees, listening to the breeze
Sink my feet into the meadow grass
Walkin’ through the trees, listening to the breeze
Step aside and wait for time to pass
It’s not enough to keep up with the times
The road gets rough, I’ll tell you there are times
when all the world is blue, a frozen motion blur
Can’t tell a sparrow from a skyscraper
A dark fast moving cloud,
No substance, without form
Precipitating oceans of our tears
Sky is falling
It might be rain but I don't think so
It's hard to say but I don't think so
The sky is falling on my head
They might be clouds but I don't think so
With thunder loud but I don't think so
The sky is falling on my head
I won't believe that it's over
Till you say that it's true
It might be rain but I don't think so
It's hard to say but I don't think so
The sky is falling on my head
Vinyl Wings of Joy - Lyrics
All songs written by John Swerdan © 2008
Nodding off
I placed my foot upon a cloud
Proceeded then to fall
It was made of steam (It was a dream)
I dream but I don’t hear at all
Landed hard on both my ears
Proceeded then to hear
I could hear the train (I heard rain)
I hear but I don’t feel at all
Nodding off, nodding off
Just can’t keep from nodding off
Now I lay me down to sleep
I pray the lord my soul to keep
Nodding off, nodding off
Just can’t keep from nodding off
If I die before I wake
I pray the lord my soul to take
Placed both feet upon a cloud
Proceeded then to fall
It was made of steam (It was a dream)
I dream but I don’t live at all
Ashes
When the paint dries on your picture
The world will see you just like you wanted
The flames will burn you
and the sea will quench you
And the clouds will lift you to the sky
I'm a stranger, lonesome traveller
I see your picture just like you wanted
The flames they burn me
the seas they quench me
And the clouds... they lift me to the sky