Born Of Longing-Simon Joyner

[ti:Born Of Longing] [ar:Simon Joyner] [al:Songs For The New Year] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Born Of Longing - Simon Joyner [00:19.00]A baby begins chewing on letters on wood blocks [00:24.23] [00:24.95]To get to the root of the problem at hand [00:30.19] [00:34.64]All your language is splinters it can't stick together [00:39.85] [00:40.37]When you open your mouth you start loosing your head [00:45.53] [00:49.85]And you still can't explain why the sky is blue [00:57.12] [01:01.03]There is nothing so sweet as the milk of your mother [01:06.43] [01:07.11]That's how you bounce back when the bough breaks [01:12.08] [01:17.14]Now you've got these two eyes that go from wandering to wise [01:22.61]Depending on the wind and how it's feeling today [01:27.57] [01:32.26]And you've been thinking about swimming upstreams [01:40.06] [01:43.36]Are you embarressed by legends of cowboys and maidens [01:49.42]Do you remember how David caught a giant on his tongue [01:54.87] [01:59.12]The light through the window holds the dust of past heroes [02:04.40]And they're never destroyed only scattered around [02:09.40] [02:14.00]By the drunk wind spilling his guts [02:20.80] [03:04.47]So a child lights a fire just to look in the mirror [03:09.58] [03:10.11]For soon he'll be wearing his Papa's grey beard [03:15.61] [03:19.21]All his days in the country full of flame and born of longing [03:24.49]Into the haze of the cityscape they all but disappear [03:31.08] [03:34.77]Like horses running out of prairie [03:42.56] [03:46.44]If the stars can't quit dreaming [03:48.77]And if the sun is still sleeping [03:51.23] [03:51.83]Then beholden they'll swallow the sad empty space [03:56.92] [04:01.13]While the moon casts her shadows and spells on new lovers [04:06.36]Who must blush as they brush the hair from their faces [04:11.95] [04:15.69]And the crickets know nobody is immune [04:21.92] [04:26.20]You assume that I'm wounded because [04:29.20]I'm hunchbacked and hooded [04:31.13] [04:31.81]But I've got a dream just like any honest man [04:36.32] [04:40.97]I might keep it hidden so sweet is my burden [04:45.39] [04:46.04]But if someone tried to steal it [04:48.58]They'd have to cut off my hands [04:51.28] [04:55.20]For it's as heavy and as precious as gold