The Long War

The man don't loan and you won't borrow
But he takes a moment inside your sorrow
And with a pleasant timely smile  
Gives a handshake across the aisle 

Going to live this day inside the moment
Going find out where it truly goes
Not going to spoil today
Despairing bout tomorrow 

You can delight and you might wallow  
Put up a fight or choose your battles
Turn out the lamp throw wide the shutters 
Dance around inside your shadow 

Going to live this day inside the moment
Going find out where it truly goes
Not going to spoil today
Despairing bout tomorrow 

And the sweetest sound I heard
Was the calling of the bird 
And I whistled to the wind
And she sang her song again 

Going to live this day inside the moment
Going find out where it truly goes
Not going to spoil today
Despairing bout tomorrow

Inside Your Shadow

Sundial

Someone told me yesterday 
That everything both tried and true had come undone
You didn't have a game to play 
You were running back this way you'd be here soon
Put your woes away my friend 
Everyone just happy you are coming home
Put your mind on easy street 
And let the rhythm back into your soul 

And the sundial don't make the weather bad
And the love you lost just the way it went 
You can dwell yourself into the permanent 
And its a quarter past you must be moving

I thought I'd find you sitting there 
With the old wise men trading pawns 
And if you listen up my son 
You might learn a thing or two about how life is won
Put your woes away my friend no one gives a damn for too long
Put yourself on easy street 
And let the music back into your song

And the sundial don't work when the clouds move in
And if what you gained in the driving rain
You pulled yourself out before you went in
And its almost past you must be moving on

And the sundial don't make the weather bad
The love you lost just the way it went 
You can dwell yourself into the permanent 
And its a quarter past you must be moving on

SUNDIAL

We’re all looking for a little peace in our life
Ease for your mind calm for our strife
But we’re faced with the constant fight we are in 
Fight for belief fighting to win

Cause there’s war and there’s hunger
And hate all around
Loss to be gained and loss to be found

There’s peace in your world though the city’s a blaze
Peace in your world in the darkest of days
And you said to me and it gave me a start
	
To have peace in the world you need peace in your heart 
To have peace in the world you need peace in your heart 

Want to be free to stand to be proud
Build up the walls or knock em all down
The strength you possess is silent and sure
Scars on your hands [work] ethic so pure

But you walk through this world like you don’t walk alone
Its deep in your soul and your gaze and your bones

There’s peace in your world though the people are mad
Peace in your world and its getting so bad
And you showed it to me and I knew how to start

To have peace in the world you need peace in your heart 
To have peace in the world you need peace in your heart 

Quiet and humble not quick to speak salt of the earth
Quiet and humble not quick to speak the salt of the earth 


There’s peace in your world though the city’s a blaze
Peace in your world in the darkest of days
And you said to me and it gave me a start
	
To have peace in the world you need peace in your heart 
To have peace in the world you need peace in your heart 




People are mad

Social Set

Proud Young Men

When all the blinders are behind us and we see the railroad station
The morning of the journey
Know where to begin
When I am searching for the somber and so kind meditations
Hidden incantations, just looking for the truth
And I am rolling along so free, forever's just a stray of energy
Aint nothing written down
And we go on and ever a flash of light to see 
Where moments tend to be 
If you could capture what you picture 
Put it on like a fresh clean shirt
Compliment your ink stained arms
That tell it like it is
But you would you buy it or deny
That there could ever be a place for you
Somewhere you could lay right down
A bed upon the roof
And we are rolling along so free forever just a stray of energy
Nothing written down
And we'll go on and ever 
A flash of light to see
where moments tend to be

Inside Your Shadow

Joe Hehir