I'M ALRIGHT

Open the shutters when I'm alone

Cat's eyes open make me moan

Want you beside me but you're too slow

Caught in an instant low cat grow

Please girl stop when it's time to find me

Cat come crawling right behind me

Excuse me for looking don't mean to stare

Cause you know something that I'm not aware of

Roses red and violets blue

All good cats crawling after you

© 1991 Shane Faubert

OPHELIA

I can see the world go by enraveled in a shroud

I see a postcard on the way with words that speak too loud

Fixed in all enlightened stages floating through the air

And come to rest upon your eyes I only want to stare

In your eyes

Open up the congregation open up the crowd

Get them to forget and maybe scatter them about

Without another hand to grasp my fingers remain small

And so I find you reaching me and I begin to fall

In your eyes

I've occupied your monument and sanctified your host

I've meditated freely with my father's holy ghost

An orphan lies above you and she's shedding on your life

A drip or two anoints you as she covers up the lies

In your eyes

© 1991 Shane Faubert

REMEMBER CHANGES

Would you stop here would you try

No one's been here for a while, for a while

Trains don't come here anymore

Roads all seem to lead away, lead away

I remember, I remember now, and I cry

I have witnessed all the changes and they're all mine

All the trees they've burned them down

And the grass is turning brown, turning brown

All I need is far away

There's no way to get me there, get me there

I remember, I remember how, and I cry

I can feel you spin and watch me live on a line

© 1991 Shane Faubert

HOLD ME CLOSE

Going back to find where I got lost

Back in the hills so far away

Yes I know that it can never be the same

And I know I'm bound to find you there

And that you'll love me like you do

But I know that it can never be the same

Hold me close and never let me see you cry

Hold me close - you know I never realised

That searching can be such a waste of time

You never can be sure of what you find

Always thought I heard you call my name

But I ignored it like I do

Guess I don't trust it when it doesn't sound the same

Hold me close and I won't let you see me cry

Hold me close - you know I never realised

That leaving you behing could hurt me so

And loving you would lead to letting go

Going back to find where I got lost

Back in the hills so far away

Guess I know that it will never be the same

© 1991 Shane Faubert

SAILING

Far from shore as the sun goes down

See the daylight fading

Leave the one I've come to love

On the water sailing

All the waves are washed away

Horizons all been swallowed

Shade my eyes as I shade my heart

On the water sailing

Undercurrents drag me down

Find my destination

Help me carry the one I love

Help me bring her sailing

© 1991 Shane Faubert

HAIL THE SKY

Hail in, hail the sky

Want to bring it closer when I close my eyes

Hail in, hail the sky

Let me fly to the water let it take me oh so high

Go to the well and the well it run dry

Go to the river and the river run dry

Set me a fire 'cause the fire eats rain

Wait for the rain and the sky it takes me

Hail in, hail the sky

Let the rain put out the fire in my eyes

Hail in, hail the sky

Blue turns dark everytime I close my eyes

Drink all the water but it don't stay down

Cool on my lips but it never stays down

Inside a fire that i can't put out

Wait for the rain and the sky it takes me

Hail in, hail the sky

Let the rain put out the fire in my eyes

Hail in, hail the sky

Blue turns dark everytime I close my eyes

Hail in, hail the sky

Let the rain put out the fire in my eyes

Hail in, hail the sky

Blue turns dark everytime I close my eyes

© 1991 Shane Faubert

EDGEWISE

He could only fit the world in edgewise

He could tack it on the wall

Move it down when he was feeling small

He could never get a word in edgewise

Or he might've got the girl

As it is he's all wrapped up in his world

He'd be talking about Elijah's gold

With the people painting all the stones

If I ever had the urge to look

I'd find him all alone

He could only see the world in edgewise

Never meant to walk around

His world would end where sky would touch the ground

He could only fit the world in edgewise

Between the wall and his surprise

He could see the world but never feel its size

Never tell hime that I think he's wrong

'Cause I don't think that he's missed a thing

No wonder that his world stays flat

It's become his everything

He could only take the world in edgewise

Straight and narrow, night and day

There never could have been another way

He could only see the world in edgewise

Wasn't meant to walk around

The world would end where sky would touch the ground

If he ever saw the world outside

He would go a bit but then no more

Why take him where it's gonna hurt

That's not what he's here for

© 1993 Shane Faubert

SHE'S THE ONE

Darkness in the town tonight

Rolling like a river grey

Come to us without a sound

Touch of cloud and no moon, and no moon

Dimmest hope unspoke tonight

Glowing like this glass i hold

Lights the way to me tonight

Flash of an eye and you'll know, and you'll know

This girl's got love in her eyes

She's the one, she's the one

This girl's got love in her eyes

She's the one, she's the one, she's the one

Faintest voices far away

Leaving silence in the air

Speak to me without a sound

It's her eyes and you'll know, and you'll know

This girl's got love in her eyes

She's the one, she's the one

This girl's got love in her eyes

She's the one, she's the one, she's the one

I'm still learning how to love you

I'm still learning how to love you

She's the one, she's the one, she's the one

This girl's got love in her eyes

She's the one, she's the one

This girl's got love in her eyes

She's the one, she's the one, she's the one

© 1987 Shane Faubert

THE TRAIN SONG

I'm on a train I believe isn't leaving on time

The bridge is gone and this train isn't leaving on time

You told me so but I didn't wanna hear

And now I gotta wonder if we're getting out of here

I'm on a train and this train's not leaving on time

It's all aboard but I don't think we're ready to leave

The tracks switch by themselves gotta see to believe

You said we gotta go and you said don't be long

So I got aboard a train and the train is all wrong

I'm on a train and this train's not leaving on time

I'm on a train and there's nobody on it but me

Start it up, let it go, it'll only take me

I'll think of you in every strange town

I'll think of you when the train goes down

I'm on a train and this train's not leaving on time

© 1991 Shane Faubert

ANYWAY

In your glory now you can show me how

It can be true, yet be so unreal

An old story now, if it's true than how

Can I believe in what you've concealed

Anyway...

Can I show you now, can I slow you down

Or will you always be one step ahead

If it's so wrong to fall in love with you

Should there be someone else here instead

Anyway...

Can you take me now, can you hold me down

Do you wish I were somewhere instead

Of a place like here where you seem so near

That I feel you without your consent

Anyway...

© 1991 Shane Faubert

SOMETHING'S WRONG

Hold me down and pray for rain

Face the land and taste the rain

Something's wrong, I can't explain

All along I've tasted rain

Ached for compassion - tender arm

To navigate my course into calm and brighter waters

Lay me down and pray for prayer

Face the sky and taste the rain

Called to my brother, I had none

Called to my mother she said "Stay away from placid waters"

Far away from placid waters

© 1993 Shane Faubert

NEW WAY

So I hear that you see in a new way

I can teel that you feel in a new way

Can't explain what it means in a new way

Wish it could've been me that he came for

But the spirit is yours and it's paid for

Now you're seeing us all in a new way

You let it go on, but I don't understand a word you say

You let it go on, and now there's no way home

Could've seemed like a dream in an hour

Just a dream that you'll always remember

Now you're looking at me in a new way

He gave you a song, but with a melody that can't be sung

He led you on, and now there's no way home

So you're looking at love in a new way

So you're looking at me in a new way

So the passion can die in a new way

Now you say your goodbyes in a new way

Just a wave of your hand in a new way

See you wash them ashore in a new way

© 1989 Shane Faubert

OVER YOU

I can see you floating in the wind

I can see him hanging on a wing

You been acting any way you please

He can't bear to be led on again

After all, he's broken down

After all, he's tried

You can laugh as you break his heart

You can see him cry

Over you

I can hear you laughing in the street

I can see him squirming in his seat

You can take him anywhere you please

He won't try to free himself again

After all you torn him down

You can build him high

Just to knock him down again

You can see him cry

Over you

Everybody needs someone to love

Everyone needs someone to care

Half of you is floating on the wind

Floating on the wind that keeps him down

He could rise and stand his ground

You could let him try

All he wants is to be with you

You can feel him cry

Over you

© 1993 Shane Faubert

HOW LONG

How long, simple to see, how long, how long

How far, too far for me, how far, how long

Your open spaces smothering me (how far)

Clocks without faces, timeless to me (how long)

Sharpen my edges, cut inside you (how far)

Bite on your heartstrings, look into you (how long)

After my fall from grace

I can recall a trace of sadness in your eyes

What did you see, my love, what should I care

Can't you believe my love

© 1993 Shane Faubert

LATE FOR TEA

Late for tea

(Hush) Got some secrets hard to find

(Hush) Half a soul to peel away

(Hush) Second hand thoughts to trick my mind

Late for tea

(Hush) Someday I'll find you moonlight blue

(Hush) Sort of regular and true

(Hush) Let's talk of macaroons and castles

Late for tea

(Hush) I've travelled too far like a child

(Hush) In the back seat of a car

(Hush) When are we ever gonna get there

Late for tea

© 1993 Shane Faubert