The Man On The Flying Trapeze

Wake up, Balthazar. Come outside and see this westward star.
Cos I wonder if the one that shines tonight is the one that we've been waiting for?
Let's leave right away, can't get back to sleep now anyway.
And though I haven't said a word to Gasper, his satchel's packed and by the door

We who watch the wheels of heaven turn / patterns in the sky we try to learn
the seasons as they pass and then return / Balthazar, what do you discern?
Cos I feel like something big is going on / And I don't want to wait for break of dawn.
If we fall asleep it might be gone / When we wake up. When we wake up.

Wake up Balthazar, everybody's tired from traveling far.
But I just had quite a conversation with a shepherd down across the field.
Tie the camels by the tents, don't forget to bring your frankincense
some kind of prophecy fulfilled, Some kind of mystery to be revealed.

Wake up Balthazar, I know this may sound a bit bizarre,
but I just had an angel in my eyes and a strange and distressing dream.
Let's keep out of sight, leaving under cover of the night
Underneath the shade of Herod's smile is a desparate and deadly scheme.

But then we met an ancient, infant king
Who shakes and breaks and changes everything
In my mind that wise and radiant face
Is gonna stay with me until my final days
When I'll be watching as the wheels of heaven turn / Maybe by my twilight years I'll learn
Seasons always pass and then return / Balthazar, what will we discern?
Cos I feel like something big is going on / Up ahead I see a sliver of the dawn
And if we'd been asleep it would be gone / when we wake up.

Ballad Of The Magi (Wake Up, Balthazar)

This song has evolved over time, and this is my latest take on it.

Remembrance Of Death

Drivin through a snowdrift get a little sideshift
and almost kill a traffic cone
then you heard the sirens then they took your license
now you gotta drink at home.

When you got laid off I said I'm with you my darlin
but how could you hear anything while the bottle kept calling 

feet up on the dashboard tangled in a phone cord
tryina get some cash from me
letting out a long sigh nerve of me to ask why
it's your everyday catastrophe

But I'm standing my ground, I won't watch you drown
You're not going down as long as I've got arms to hold you up

What you want from me, what you need from me, ain't it plain to see that they're not the same
What you expect from me, what you're gonna get from me, well I'm sorry but they're not the same

I've learned how to tell when you yell somethin else has got hold of you
I compare the voice of the man I'm devoted to and it's not the same

When I look in your eyes there's a beast right inside there to glare at me
Further down you still hide, hurting terribly, and I can see
that although the beast may have stolen your name, you two are not the same

So I'm standing my ground, I won't watch you drown
You're not going down as long as I've got arms to hold you up

What you want from me, what you need from me, ain't it plain to see that they're not the same
What you expect from me, what you're gonna get from me, well I'm sorry but they're not the same


David Mathewes

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