Campfire
Sunny days, they come and go for you and me
It's been a long time since I could see
My way, my face.... in you and me

And I can see it in the way you walk, and how you smile
It's been awhile
And you've walked many a mile


     But there's a campfire calling you home/   Wherever you roam
      It's a place you'll remember/  Staring into those glowing embers
      It's calling you home/  To warm up your toes
      And as you sit there and sigh/  You don't wonder how
      You don't wonder why/  But oh, how you wonder
      You sit there in wonder
      As you gaze in the eye/  Flames dancin' so high
      Oh, you'll remember/  In those glowing embers
      It's calling you home

Though you may have wandered so very far/  Well, here you are
And that burden on your shoulders has left its mark
Those lines on your face/  Each one marks a place on your road

You might think that you never could start fresh again
Never again could it be so simple like way back when
But could you wash it away? It's time to burn it away...

            'cuz there's a campfire calling you home...  (  ~  Chorus  ~   )
    


All I Know lyrics
Alone lyricsRemystify lyrics/   Presente lyrics
 
1. Laughing the Roof off the Sky
The angle at which I hit the earth is perpendicular to it's parallel
And everything explodes laughing into all colors and stars
I tried to make a serious face, but with every argument I make
The universe smirks and giggles and laughs me off my sheer edge cliff
Down into the ocean, never to be found again
And all my ideas go scattering with the shore gusts
Never to be found again
Papers of an organized book I thought was ready for publishing
Never to be found again
       And I stand up in my wet clothes
       And laugh the roof off the sky
       And the universe raises its eyebrows
       Just like that,   Never to be found again
All my thoughts and worries
Never to be found again
Ideas and hurries
Never to be found again
Preconceived notions, false emotions
Never to be found again
       And I stand up in my wet clothes
       And laugh the roof off the sky
       And the universe raises its eyebrows


2. All I Know
The sun is shining outside my window
That's all I know, it's all I know   (x2)

Last night the moon came peeking (it's yellow eye) over the hillside
That's all I knew  (x2)

Lying alone (together under the moon) in the tall beargrass
Just me and you, that's all I knew
Just me and you, that's all I know  (x2)

The sun is shining outside your window
That's all I know, it's all I know  (x2)

This little song on my cavaquinho,
it's all I know


3. Abaete

4. Sundown
Sittin' on a hammock, waiting for you
The sunlight, streamin' through the trees,
A cool breeze, this is true delight
Come night, remind me how I like to get warm when it's cold outside
The moment, so wide,  oooh ooh....
     Sundown, no sound, happy
     Sundown, my town, happy
Now we're sittin' by the fire in my mud house
Cozy simplicity, no electricity
Nothin' but the fire and the candlelight kissin' me
Rice and beans, corn tortillas on the fire
It's all from the garden, it's all I could desire
How could my standard of living get any higher?
I said, how could my standard of living get any higher?
     Sundown, no sound, happy
     Sundown, my town, happy


5. Mouse Shower
A leaky roof means that rain can fall in your house
If rain can fall in your house, then for your mouse you've got a nice shower
Maybe then your mouse can invite his (her) friends for the dinner hour
If you can join your mouse for his dinner party
If stars can point to the South and if life is just starting
Then why can't the stars also leak in your house?
If stars can leak in your house, then (with your mouse) you can put 'em in your mouth
Wouldn't that be nice if we all spoke only brilliant light?
We'd have nothin' left to do but shine and twinkle in the night
Am I gonna make any sense tonight? I just might
Tonight with your hidden wings you might take your first flight
Ooooh,    with your mouse

6. Evolution
     How can we go from this to that, when that to this is evolution (they say)?
Standing on the fringe of the city
Babylon's walls stretching this far
Off in the distance, the city leaves a cloud
A million stars above....I feel only love from above
Ooooh  moon up above
Which way will I go today? 
Back to the city? 
Sometimes I feel I could turn around and walk away
Is there anywhere to go?
Is there anywhere left on this wild green planet to go?
     How can we go from this to that, when that to this is evolution (they say)?
Which way will I go today?
Will I have the strength to carry on?
Or will I too fall victim to Babylon's walls...
Those same walls that have crushed my brothers and sisters
In America....in Africa...sisters and brothers in Australia
Desert people, mountain people, all my island people, people of the sea
A million stars above...I feel only love from above
Ooooh    moon up above
     How can we go from this to that when that to this is evolution (they say)?
This evolution is war on the people, inside of them and out
And when you have war you take it with you
So we take our war to the North, South, East and West
Down into the ground, up into the sky and clouds
If evolution is to from peace to war,
I don't want your evolution no more
     How can we go from this to that, when that to this is evolution (they say)?
I don't want your evolution no more
So I'm packing my bags and leaving them behind
My friend: I'll see you on another side
     How can we go from this to that, when that to this is evolution (they say)?

7. La Rana Bailadora

8. Crack Open the Gift
Cleverness can only take you so far
As some point you gottta' learn how to be what you really are
I say "what" and not "who" for a particular reason
If you say "who" then you might be committing treason
To the wild mystery inside your soul
The thing inside you that might feel like a crow or a rabbit, a tiger or a frog
Or you might feel like the grain in wood, or a fallen log
Perhaps you'll feel the lotus inside, blooming
As you suddenly touch a sliver of pure human
There's only a few ways to be that we've decided for a "who"
You gotta be like me or him or she or you
How far outside the boundaries could we go
If the truth of ourselves was what we really wanted to know?
We might not smile so often
We might start to growl
Or you make break out laughing when you're supposed to be mad and scowl
All I'm saying is: look with fierceness at the fire in your heart
And see what journey to mystery we could start
     Sundown, blue skies, the darkness of night
     Healthy and crippled, blindness and sight
     The unfolding vortex of a moment in time
     A random act of kindness, a beating, a crime
     Family, brotherhood, gangs, feuds,
     A splinter in your toe, hunger and food
     The view from the top of a mountain
     A beautiful fountain, a deep bloody wound
     The lover who's swooned over one single glance
     The only chance you ever had to know that person who might hold the key to your soul
The end, the beginning, an idea, a goal
Shot from the corner, a teal green shoal,
Waves smashing on the shore, a man yelling "fore!"
A fall from a cliff, a hit from a spliff,
The simple and silent, a beautiful riff
That cracks open the moment
Like you crack open the gift
     Crack open the gift

9. Candleflame
In the late night light, your soft glow touches on the unknown
The dark edge of profundity, stunning me so deep
Into the moment
All your life
You've spent trying to dull your knife blade
Trying to be unobtrusive, so inclusive
     But in the quiet of the night
     I see you in your true light
     Like a candleflame, seemingly so tame
     Sitting there quietly in your wax world
     All the while
     The wild girl inside burns

10. Poppa
Alone in the chill night, walking down the Korean street
What is it I feel? Starting in my feet
Now flooding up through my veins
Opening passageways and freeing pains:
The energy of a young man, walking free without a plan
     Now I see your face, as young as me
     Your smile now takes it's place on my lips, and I can see
Poppa
I can finally feel how your seed sprouted into my weed
And now I let it grow with the truth I know
That one plus one makes one
And I am really two
Poppa, I am really you

11. Walking on the Moon
Walking on the moon
Apples exploding in bloom
Your skin imploding in tune
My one-room house
Broom, mouse
Un-derstood,  we never could
Un-derstand,   have a plan?
Be a man?  Drive a van?  Have a...job?
Corn on the cob?
This is my first time
     This is the first time,
     So keep nothing in mind

12. Lluvia negra          (translation)
La lluvia negra, oscura          The black rain, darkness
Ahora lentamente, sensualmente          Now slowly, sensually
Se menea la cintura sobre mi          Moves it's waist over me
Tiempo:  cese          Time: halt
Mi percepcion crece con la infleccion          My perception grows with the inflection
La voz, guitarra, esta seccion,          Voice, guitar, this section
Cancion, abre la puerta          Song, open the door
Pensamuerta          Death of thought
La sensacion se divierte con la lentitud del momento          The sensation takes pleasure in the slowness of the moment
     Lluvia de noche          Night rain
     Agua, amante          Water, lover
     Afloja el broche          Loosen your gown
     Sere tu cantante          I will sing for you

13. A Proper Plate
Eat your veggies with a wooden spoon
Chomp 'em down just like a lunatic
You don't need a proper plate
Ain't nobody gonna hate you here
You can do just what you feel
Cuz' after all, this could be your last meal
     You can say just what you wanna say
     You can do just what you wanna do
     You can live just how you wanna live
     I want you to
Oh the rabbit's got the lion running scared
You can live your life without these heavy cares
Stop doing what you don't wanna do
I can see the wild lion running free in you
     You can say just what you wanna say
     You can dance how you wanna dance
     You can sit just how you wanna sit
     I want you to

14. Who Can Navigate This Life?
Who has a map? 
Who can avoid the traps set along our path?
Who knows the way?
Who can tell, who can say?
Who can smile from the depths of his (her) soul?
And cry in the cold night outside?
Who can laugh like a child?
And be quite a little bit wild
And calm in the candleglow night
     Who can navigate this life?
      (And) walk the blade of a knife
Who can feel the stars burning in your chest?
Go hard, and rest
Travel far, and be content at home
Support your friend's decision and not your own
Who can smile from the depths of her soul?
And cry in the cold night outside?
Who knows the way?  Who can say
    To navigate this life
    Walk the blade of a knife
    Who can navigate this life with courage
     To those who try, it brings a tear to my eye
     I salute you, my friend
     To navigate this life
     Walk the blade of a knife