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