i was a dancer in the bolshoi ballet
i was a black bishop, was a green beret
after that, a courageous cancer patient
but i've learned the hard way on many an occasion
you're only as good as your last reincarnation
i've been a blue whale, and cleopatra's pet
a bolivian mathematician, a suffragette
in between, ran an underground railroad station
but i know i won't get a standing ovation 'cuz
you're only as good as your last reincarnation
so in this body may be nobody but a guest
who hasn't done a damn thing since he
left his momma's breast
who's easily discouraged, who's easily depressed
who's to say just what i might accomplish in the next
a future superhero, a devil in disguise
the youngest baby ever to win the nobel prize
now you give your condolences for my frustrations
next time you'll give your congratulations
cuz you're only as good as your last reincarnation
yeah you're only as good as your last reincarnation
i know no better, i know no other, mother
you were another mother's little girl
long before you brought me into this world
the middle child, two girls, a boy
a distant land called illinois, mother
you are our constant, you are our color, mother
you always had a heart a bit oversized
you always had that ageless look in your eyes
you went to school, where you met dad
and soon you saw what you could have, mother
we won't surrender, won't let you suffer, mother
you don't look bad, you seem to think i do
well, mom, i'm mad at what you're going through
but we're gonna laugh, when the going's through
and spring's still spring, and you're still you
cuz once your children had some ones of their own
they promptly moved 'em right back here close to home
so they could grow up hand in hand
with their own queen of soul, their grandmother
so we will not lose you, we have no other mother
the very thought it makes us all shudder, mother
yeah you spent thirty odd years clearing the clouds
of the souls at work, and the ones in your house
the moment you agreed to rest
there came a flood up in your chest, mother
may they repair you, may you recover, mother
because we need you, because we love ya, mother
sail every ocean, shore to shore
in the time we long for
lie awhile on this raft
in the time we have
shake the earth down to its core
in the time we long for
feel the air and walk the path
in the time we have
needn't measure, needn't guess
there's what we want, and what is less
til every breath slips out of you
feeling em all's all you can do
read all the novels, long and short
in the time we long for
savor some sweet paragraphs
in the time we have
dance every dance, win every war
in the time we long for
hold me closely, cry and laugh
in the time we have
every sky or every cell
just breath that's breathed, and breath that's held
no treasure chest, no shooting star
just what we hold, and where we are
life forever, ever more
in the time we long for
live right now, love, not so bad
in the time we have
sydney and san salvador
in the time we long for
sherman st and huron ave
in the time we have
once i was new, but it's long since
and now i find that every inch
from the ceiling to the floor
is full of what i've seen before
for you each scene's a new surprise
oh how i want to see things through your eyes
every stone and each sunrise
i only want to see things through your eyes
once this here world it cast a spell
but now i know it all too well
from the greyness to the ground
and yet somehow, love, you found
a land that can still mesmerize
oh how i want to see things through your eyes
the books, the birds, the butterflies
i only want to see things through your eyes
funny faces in the mirror
walls that wind behind the maze
those were the days that lasted years
these are the years that pass like days
soon i'll be old, but that's weeks away
you've lots of time to save the day
show the city and the sea
how big they used to look to me
the tracks, the tribes, the girls, the guys
oh how i want to see things through your eyes
from now until this body dies
i only want to see life through your eyes
hot damn, she was cooking, caught me leering, la la la looking
she was stirring, she was steaming, i could hardly finish cleaning
my cheeks were blushing bright red, but i got the nerve up & said
hey girl what ya doing after we put the kids to bed
later, bath a'running, jammies waiting, teeth a'brushing
little reading, guess i'm rushing, any hour now the touching
cuz once their books are all read, they'll finally lay down their heads
so hey girl what ya doing after we put the kids to bed
let's get something brewing after we put the kids to bed
though time alone's been hard to come by
you're still the girl who makes my sun rise
the very girl who makes my midnight stars fly higher
the girl who i still desire, every footstep, every fiber
still have fun with, fun & fire, though by bedtime we're too tired
sleep well my love, no regrets, i'll ask tomorrow instead
hey girl what ya doing after we put the kids to bed
girl what ya doing after we put the kids to bed
right after the ruin, after we put the kids to bed
let's get something grooving after we put the kids to bed
a kicker, a cryer
a showman or shyer
til the morning comes
could be anyone
a handful, an eyeful
real playful, real prideful
baby don't forget
we have not met yet
and i can't wait
i can't wait
i can't wait to see
who he will
who he will
who he will be
a builder, a baker
a holy heartbreaker
his biography
still a mystery
an author, an athlete
with such words or such speed
when the day is done
could be more than one
and i can't wait
i can't wait
but it could be a long night
so we have to, we need to
and as long as you're all right
i know he will be too
a whole head, a heartbeat
ten fingers and two feet
what else could he bring
he's got everything
and i can't wait
i can't wait
i can't wait to see
who he will
who he will
who he will be
cuz the answer i can't say, but i can say this
god bless him, i'll love him
whoever he is
mariano
mariano
mariano my love
like your sister luisa
mariano
mariano
mariano my love
like your cousin omri
mariano
mariano
mariano my love
like your sister luisa
mariano
mariano my love
i could imagine
it might be hard for me
to talk like this
so close like this
the way we do
if i had feelings for you
if i had feelings for you
i could imagine
it might be hard for me
to open up
as easily
as i do
if i had feelings for you
if i had feelings for you
i must confess
it's just a guess
but i could imagine
i could imagine
it might be heavenly
if you felt
the same for me
and i knew
if i had feelings for you
if i had feelings for you
no we have not found it in a while
but it's still out there somewhere on the dial
still playin' our songs, been playing them all along, a radio mystery
and you know that we're gonna find that frequency
somehow we misplaced that broadcast magic
been sending out dead silence and pure static
but through all the haze, fly some FM waves humming our harmony
and you know that we're gonna find that frequency
if some strong wind blew out the power
we'll climb that hill, we'll fix that tower
onces it comes in clearer than right now
we're gonna turn it up real nice & loud
cuz when we're in a spin, we're turning, we're tunin' in, you're breathing next to me
and you know that we're gonna find that frequency
and you know that i'm going to find your frequency
you're so fit, you're so fine
you almost make me believe in intelligent design
at times you push me to the edge, but even that
almost makes me believe the earth is flat
and i'd be glad; take me back to the ming, to the mayan
screw you school and screw you science
from your brain to your behind
you almost make me believe in intelligent design
what i gave to ya mama and whatcha gave me
almost makes me believe one plus one just might make three
and we'd be free of the numbers, of the logic, of the letters
we'd be dumb, but we'd be dumb together
still the school door's locked, the chalkboard's black
too late to unlearn, it's too late to go back
so i guess we're stuck with what we know
that you came from monkeys and not from some van gogh
indeed, but need not cue the violins
gotta love indoor plumbing and modern medicine
and goodbye sin, a win-win; screw you salem, screw you sirens
god bless school, and god bless science
still, you're so damn divine
you almost make me believe in intelligent design
you say the hardest thing's to know you won't be there
when the kids are big and skippin' through the square
to miss their wings, to miss their weddings, brings the tremors, brings the tears
but there's one thing you're forgetting, mama
you will be here, you'll be here
here and there and everywhere
you'll never disappear
you will be here
i guess the hole that just might hit you if you let it's
having no idea when or where you're headed
i know no one's gone there lightly, no one's brought a souvenir
but no matter where you might be finally
you will be here, you'll be here
here and there and everywhere
let's make it crystal clear
you will be here
so i'm glad you don't believe you're bound for heaven
or its ugly sister city down below
hate to have to wait to meet you at some gate
rather have you in the earth and wind
and hearts and homes you know
any child can see that i'll be devastated
not to have you in my arms'll be hell, i'll hate it
already makes my head, my heart hurt when i think of the new year
but the thought that gives me comfort's that i'm sure
you will be here, you'll be here
here and there and everywhere
you'll never disappear
you will be here
used to make me tremble, shiver, shake
not knowing if i was deep asleep or wide awake
now i don't care what's inside my head and what's really there
tell the monsters under my bed they can stay
they must be peeved, to be make believe
tell them i'm not gonna bite, not gonna scream
if the nightmare of life is a dream
once made me ache deep in my bones
not knowing if god was watching or i's on my own
but if there's a god, then he's doing such a, well, shitty job
that he really should be fired anyway
and if he sues, we've nothing to lose
so let him take us to court, let his crack legal team
prove the nightmare of life is dream
dear davinci, pinch me pinch me
show me i'm awake
paint me, probe me, o, first disrobe me
take me, leo, take
used to take for granted signs of life
green people and orange leaves and beasts of brown and white
i used to sleep at the bottom of the blue ocean's deep
and i'd swim right up to the surface with the sun
where i'd find your lips, in the sharks, in the ships
and i swear just for a moment it would seem
that the nightmare of life is a dream
first date, she's late, you wait and drink and wait
when she comes, you're drunk, she takes one look and runs
boy ya betta drop another dolla in ya future therapy fund
new job, chop chop, one day ya boss stops
to tell you that he knew your mother when they were young
girl ya betta drop another dolla in ya future therapy fund
if you had a dolla for every dolla
ya shoulda put in that fund
you'd be a rich man instead of
just a deeply disturbed one
but so what, you're nuts, love is crazy, life is tough
and when ya've lied ta, ya've scared or hurt someone
you can just, uh, drop anotha dolla in their future therapy fund
and while you're at it, drop a dolla in ya future therapy fund
betta drop a lotta dollas in ya future therapy fund
gonna need a lotta dollas for ya future therapy fund
and it happened awful quickly but it cut me awful deep
like i slipped on top of the ice and then slipped into a sleep
she'd been moaning all night, she'd been dreaming all day
while i was writing her a letter with all the nothings i could say
which i slipped into her purse between the pillbox and the phone
and i remembered for a moment what it's like to be alone
but as she waited for her ride i somehow found my eyes were dry
and when those four wheels started spinning i saw my right hand wave goodbye
but it doesn't feel like it's over
doesn't feel one day older
doesn't feel like it's over yet
headed back through the city with the radio soft
tried to park her by the curb, walked up to my loft
sat down by the tv with a left-over meal
but my food was awful salty and the people weren't real
but it doesn't feel like it's over
where's that calm, where's that closure
doesn't feel like it's over yet
you can leave me like a wave in the ocean
and i can turn from the tide
i can pick up sand, let it slip through my fingers
while you wash up on the other side
now i step through the hoops and i swing from day to day
and i look at other women but they seem so far away
and i know she's even farther and that i should let them in
but then why do i still sense her on every single inch of my skin?
it doesn't feel like it's over
though my heart's growing colder
doesn't feel like it's over
doesn't feel like it's over
doesn't feel one day older
tell me it isn't over, yet
when i fly, i fly for you
when i fall, i fall for you
when i turn, i turn to you
i do, i do, i do
when i ache, i ache for you
each mistake i make for you
how i love my love for you
i do, i do, i do
even if you tried
you could never be
less than everything to me
when i rise, i rise for you
when i close my eyes for you
i believe i breathe for you
i do, i do, i do
it comes in waves
the wind that shakes the elms
it comes in waves
the flood that overwhelms
the moan that climbs
the heart that caves
it comes in waves
behold, behave
it comes in waves
hellos to those who pass
it comes in waves
the goodbyes through the glass
the light it shines
the time it shaves
it comes in waves
the grief, the grace
it's a deep green valley
it's a pitch black alleyway
it's a crowning, it's a crawling
it's a silence, it's a calling
it comes in waves
the cord, the scale, the scream
it comes in waves
the sleep that knows no dreams
this here's a love that knows no graves
it comes in waves
be broke, be brave