Arthur jumped

He takes three buses downtown
Where passers by just past him by 
Anonymous 
Doing God's work
A New York Doll in shirt and tie

But he thirsts for your glory
And how you drown in their love

When he saw you on the big screen 
The tremor of a drunk
Shook him till he couldn’t see
Fell down then Arthur jumped

Oh no you could always find him there
Lying flat on the ground
Something tells me He lost her in his rage
Swallowed the key to his cage

Oh no you could always find him there
Lying flat on the ground
Something tells me he lost her in his rage
Sorrow never saw what he found

Written and performed by Stephen Hewitt

Arthur jumped

506 (Haven't seen you in days)

Prophet sent a text
Said she must leave
These big skies for citylines
To teach the blind to see

That's how I met her here
Riding the 506
Mending souls that no one knows
Needed a fix

Follow these street lights 
Ta worlds I've never been
Stay invisible, in daylight. 
Away from those who can see
Those who can see...

Why were you sent?
But had the faith to go
Above these skies for citylines
To the tracks below

For what has been done
And now left undone
This streetcar has led her far
To kingdom come

Sister Holley salvation comes
In mysterious ways
Crossed the border with Brigham Young
Hasn't seen you for days
Seen you for days...

Written and performed by Stephen Hewitt

506 (Haven't seen you for days)

Black box

If I crash and burn
find my black box 
tell the world what went wrong

Feels like I’m falling
straight down to earth
getting burned in the wind

But it’s never just 
one damn thing
in a life time of loose ends

The search party always starts
after the fall
seems a little late, that’s all

You won’t recognize remains
but if it’s all the same
you never recognized me before

Think I’m some black box?
a mystery to unlock 
on a faraway shore


Out of reach

I know love don’t come around here
I know love don’t come around here

My inheritance, daddy left for me
was a broken limb off a family tree

I’ve turned to driftwood
and I am floating out to sea
it’s as dark and cruel place that I have ever been
but it feels good
away from Midland beach
I know how far it takes to be out of reach
I know how far it takes to be out of reach

I know love don’t come around here
I know love don’t come around here
I was young
I didn’t see his pain
Now I feel it every day

It turned to driftwood
and I am floating out to sea
it’s as dark and cruel place that I have ever been
but it feels good
away from Midland beach
I know how far it takes to be out of reach
I know how far it takes to be out of reach
yes I’m drowning in the shadows
of Lady Liberty

I know love don’t come around here
I know love don’t come around here

Words and music by Stephen James Hewitt

Black box + Out of reach

The chance to change the world 

When you are down
 I feel good 
coz maybe your life ain’t as beautiful as it looks

Are you missing  
something I can find? 
I’d give you my heart baby and maybe my mind

If I had the chance to change her world
I’d change her world 

When you’re happy
 I feel blue 
coz something is missing in my life and that is you

There’s a hole 
its crater sized
 every time he walks in a room, you smile

If I had the chance to change his world
 I’d change his world

If I could change the world
I’d make it a better place for me
Expect more and do less
Don’t upset my version of harmony

Suppose that I 
should wish you well 
but God only knows I don’t want that for myself 

Anyway...
my life’s been condemned
the day you said I was your best friend

If I had the chance to change my world
I’d change my world…

Words and music by Stephen James Hewitt

If I have a chance to change the world

I’ve been waiting for you to come on by

I’ve been waiting for you to come on by 
I’ve been waiting for you to come on by 
now that you’re here 
fanfare is a lot less clear 
I’m hardly staring in the Devil’s eyes 

Well your bark is worse than your bite 
your bark is worse than your bite 
maybe barricades 
kept me safe all these days
 but by God this dog just won’t fight 

Still, you robbed me of time 
wished it was my nickels and dimes 
thought your grand theft 
would be taking my one last breathe
 but you stole the only thing that was mine 

Looks like tomorrow, 
I’ll be a lot poorer 
coz you stole the only thing that was mine 

Words and music by Stephen James Hewitt

I've been waiting for you to come on by

Horizons

Love is lost on the restless
In search of other places
Mapping out tomorrow, today

My cost for being careless
Is the punch from the painless
Whose intention was never to stay

You chase the clouds
As they sail away
Forever is just your temporary state
How you love
The way they always change their shape
How I wish they'd stay the same

You live life like a checklist
But I'm no site for a tourist
Though I'm the ruins you picture here

Have you ever been affected?
Are there ways we're still connected
Beyond possession of cheap souvenirs

You chase the clouds
As they sail away
Forever is just your temporary state
How you love
The way they always change their shape
How I wish they'd stay the same

Your eyes reflect horizons
far away, out of reach
when will you understand
that they run from you
like you run from me

Love is lost on the restless
but i know what the cost is
how these clouds hang over you

Written and recorded by Stephen Hewitt

horizons

Shoes
Someone said when I’m dead
Only my shoes will reach heaven
Suppose he knows
Those sturdy soles
Are better suited for travellin’

When you walk away
Pray
You walking too
A place you choose
A beautiful view
In your favourite shoes

Shoes only walk away
When there are feet inside them…

Someone said when I’m dead
Only my shoes will reach heaven
Suppose he knows
Those dirty soles
Are better suited for travellin’

When you walk away
Pray
You’re walking too
A place you choose
A beautiful truth
In your favourite shoes

Written and recorded by Stephen Hewitt

shoes

Depleted
I'm the cloud that disappears
After rain bursts into tears
I'm the cloud that will disperse
As if I never was here 

I'm depleted
Like an army retreated
But if you love me
Like you did before
Maybe I'd fight a little more

I'm a cloud of words you cannot read
I'm just smoke you cannot breathe
You grow together or you grow apart
Either way you grow with your heart

I'm depleted
With nothing left to give
But if you love me
Like you did before
I'd have a reason to live

I'm the cloud that disappears
After rain bursts into tears
I'm the cloud that will disperse
So all you see is blue sky
All you see is blue sky
All you see is blue sky
All you see is blue sky
All you see is blue sky
All you see is blue sky

Written and recorded by Stephen Hewitt

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Park bench
I’d love to solve the world’s problems with you
Won’t take long, just the afternoon
I’ve got a perfect place
With a beautiful view
It’s got sun, and shade
And a park bench too

I’ll meet you there
And with time to spare
We’ll write an inspired speech
For the Nobel Prize we share

I’d love to see the seven wonders with you
We’ll make the rounds, before the sun goes down
The Pyramids are slides, 
Niagara Falls we’ll dive in
We can make a movie about it all
On the park bench one night

I’ll meet you there
And with time to spare
We’ll write an inspired speech
For the Oscar that we share

You make sense of who I am
You believe I can be a better man
Right now, we’re stuck out of luck
In some kind of fantasy land

I’ll meet you there
And with time to spare
XXX
XXX


Written and recorded by Stephen Hewitt

parkbench

Snow day (for Grant)

The army rolled in
On account of snow and wind
We took our cue
Mad Monty's with a view
Of trucks rumbling down Yonge
As the city shuts down
The beauty of an unplanned day

The convoy became
A drinking game
Toasted from toasting
The winter's rage
The commute to work would be hard
So we gathered for cards
The beauty of an unplanned day

Minutes accumulate
Moments melt away
Except with luck
Some will remain
This one, frozen in time
Available to revive
The beauty of an unplanned day 

People and places will go
But you're still with me in snow


Written and recorded by Stephen Hewitt

snow day

between two friends

Let's say we start again
what's lost time between two friends?

Written and recorded by Stephen Hewitt

Fragile

A dome of blue

All the sky heav'n allows us to see
Cannot contain the urge inside of me
A million miles
In search of treasures under feet
Gems and coins that set me free

But I wonder what the moon tells you tonight
And the promises that you've made
Am I in one? Do you dream of birds in flght?
And do my stars shine the same?

The sun beats down on me like a slave
But in the wind I hear my name
It's cool and calm, like rain

I'm coming home to take your hand
We'll see miracles in desert lands
In the wind we hear our children's names

All the sky heav'n allows us to see
A dome of blue, ‎infinity

Song written and recorded by Stephen Hewitt

A Dome Of Blue

Heart on a trail

I'm searching for your story
On crowded avenues
The faces and places are all just traces
Of the real you
 
I end up lost
In some empty parking lot
My shadow disappears at noon
Loneliness is when you got so much to give
No one to give it to
 
In lines
Of old love letters
Something reminds of the real you
 
In time 
A broken b'liever
Comes across what he sees as true

I'd tell you my story
'bout bad truths and tenderness
When you need to scream
To show what you fuckin' well mean
No echo is loneliness
  
In lines
Of old love letters
Something reminds of the real you
 
In time 
A broken b'liever
Comes across what he sees as true
 
When all else fails
the heart on a trail
Hides in view

Song written and recorded by Stephen James Hewitt

Photography: lil A on a trail west of the big city

Heart On A Trail

A chance of sun

Early on I learned in life
Not to trust my weatherman
He wears good suits and speaks a truth 
But half of its pretend
 
It's not that he don't have the tools
To track prevailin' winds
It's just that greenhorns and their fools
Make big bets on trends
 
Whichever way the wind does blow
brings me clouds and the snow
A chance of sun, is all I really need
Just like you, it comes and goes…

Then again, I admit my friends
Got a window to look outside
I base my clothes, you should know
On the colour of the sky
 
Yes it's true, I turned into
Your good ole weather friend
Cos it not like my sunny ways
Are gonna melt you in the end
 
Whichever way the wind does blow
brings me clouds and the snow
A chance of sun, is all I really need
Just like you, it comes and goes…
Just like you, it comes and goes…
I don’t want to live in snow

A Chance of Sun

So many songs
About leavin’ town
What if I said
My town left me

Rush in the night
Lovers take flight
That's when I knew
My town left me

See these streets of fire
You have said
They are for me

How can one stay
And still feel betrayed?
Yes I know
My town left me


Nothing belongs
In old songs
Except when I sing
About the town that left me

See these streets of fire
You have said
They are for me

Song written and recorded by Stephen Hewitt

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