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All Songs written by Bet Williams and John Hodian
intuition
you were surprised by my traditions
you say the woman’s wrought with contradictions
i shake the salt over my shoulder
i knock on wood, do things I never told you
yeah I know they’re only superstitions
but somehow when you say a thing you make it so
everywhere i go (that’s what you say)
the only thing i know (that’s what you say)
i’m relying on my intuition
i believe that’s what we’re doing here right now
tonight
to freely say, “you’re beautiful”, takes a wise man
it takes another not to speak sometimes
and with that said and done I cannot really give a damn
if that diamond ring don’t shine
i’m relying on my intuition
says I’ll be here forever like i’m here right now
everywhere i go - it’s you and me now
everything i know - it’s you and me now
i’m relying on my intuition
tonight
tonight
i’ll live on nuts, i’ll live on berries
we’ll have a hollow log as sanctuary
i’ll give up every thing i think i own
if you would set yourself free… tonight
everywhere i go - that’s what you say
everything I know - what you say
it’s you and me now
scott bricklin – electric guitar
gale anne dorsey – bass
dean sharp – drums
john hodian - organ
bet – acoustic guitars and vocals
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will you fly away if i say the wrong thing?
will you give a little word of warning
if i clip your wing?
oh and by the way
i saw you in the water
you were either waving me to lead you
or waving me to follow
upon my body I will lay you down
upon my word I’ll keep you sacred
keep you safe and sound
from my body I will set you free
like the dragonflies in spring our lives entwine and then release
will you walk away if I speak too loudly?
will you find a little hide away
and live in there without me
oh and by the way
i saw you in the dark clouds
i swear that if you fall into a blackness
i’ll pull you from it somehow…
scott bricklin – bass and electric guitar
john hodian - hang and additional percussion
randy crafton - drums and percussion
cornelius dufallo and aaron brown - violin
lisa heffter - viola
rubin kadheli - cello
bet – acoustic guitars and vocals
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I was somehow moved
I was somehow moved
I was somehow moved by you last night
And I never really liked you
You know I didn’t like you
I really didn’t like you much before
But something in your face was
more than innocent
it shocked me, shamed me, made me see that
something else was going on
and I had been so wrong
I saw you in the door
I saw you in new light
I saw the way you let the others by
And I guess it just surprised me
I never realized these very things they make you what we are
They say you never change until your passion makes you
Will you, wakes you, up and takes you
We were somewhere in the night
And it was so right
Take me across your blue stone floor
Straight up the stairs and through the door
Show me what I’ve been waiting for
I woke up in the dark
Lying next to you
In the middle of the night love pierced me through
And I’m never really like this
You know I’m never like this
I’ve never really been like this before
But something in your face is so compassionate
It shocks me shakes me makes me see
Something in your face…
scott bricklin – electric guitar
gale anne dorsey – bass
dean sharp – drums
john hodian- organ
bet – acoustic guitars and vocals
strings:
cornelius dufallo – violin
aaron brown - violin
lisa heffter - viola
rubin kadheli - cello
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domino
If I ever have a chance to have you back I swear you this
I will never let you go without you a goodbye kiss
Last I saw you, you were laughing in the kitchen watching birds all day
Last I saw you, you were waving from the garage as I drove away
When one link breaks, the chain lets go
The finger flicks the domino
It’s really more than you can hold
Empty pockets Empty pockets
They don’t mean an empty mind
And I loved you but I blamed you for my pain
And now I’m left behind
When one link breaks, the chain lets go
The finger flicks the domino
When something in your heart explodes
Last I saw you, you were dancing in the snow you sang It’s May (tra la)
Last I saw you with your cigarette and brandy, you were on your way
When one link breaks, the chain lets go
The finger flicks the domino
it ricochets around your soul
When something in your heart explodes
The finger flicks the domino
The finger flicks the domino
scott bricklin – electric guitar + bass
dean sharp – drums
john hodian - organ
bet – acoustic guitars and vocals
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raw (torn and tattered)
Tripping through the corridors
She walks through the pain
She has seen things she cannot tell you
She has lost and found her way again
She comes home today
Hangs her robe in the closet
Everything is stripped away and she’s… raw
Torn and tattered
Empty pockets
Now my life is so symbolic
I am burning like a candle
Layers melt away
Torn and tattered
Empty pockets
Inside out it’s symbiotic
All my nerves are on the surface
Now you’re seeing me …. raw
She has said things She can’t remember
She is lying to herself again
He came home today
Brand new shoes on his feet
He you says he’s doin’ fine
But everybody sees
He’s still…. raw
Torn and tattered
Empty pockets
Now my life is so symbolic
I am burning like a candle
Layers melt away
Torn and tattered
Empty pockets
Inside out it’s symbiotic
All my nerves are on the surface
Now you’re seeing me …. raw.
scott bricklin – electric guitar
gale anne dorsey – bass
dean sharp – drums
john hodian - organ
bet – acoustic guitars and vocals
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girl i used to know
i found the glass
you shattered on your porch that night
you watched it rain and it rained all day
damn the weather
damn this town is tired
cursing heaven, you'll never feel right
but didn't i see you laughing like a child
you lassoed the world not long ago
where's the girl i used to know?
where's the smile on her sleeve?
innocence is not that hip
she up and slipped out the back one evening
if you find yourself out tripping down the
devils dirty street
if you can't talk to the angels
talk to me
changing horses
you change direction like the wind
all your changes won't change the hole
that you're in
i know you're weary
it must be hard to look so bored
ah your anger i know you want more
didn't i see you crying like a child
you can't let the world steal your soul
where's the girl I used to know?
dave biddison - drums
scat bricklin - electric guitar and bass
john hodian - piano
bet - acoustic guitar and vocals
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bleed
time won’t wait for you
life it keeps on blowing through
go in with the tide
welcome to the ride
we are strong enough
we were born a little rough
grab the ring hold tight
hold on for your life
and the wind is blowing and the dogs are howling at the moon in the sky
and the rain in falling and the drummers are calling and you wanna know why
you begin to bleed this way
all your lies now you throw them all away
you shout it love love love love love love…
you been feling strange
you could use a little change
may you touch the sky
hold on for your life
you begin to bleed again
now you see what a wayward soul you’ve been
you shout it
love love love love love love love love love love love
scott bricklin – electric guitar + bass
dean sharp – drums
john hodian - organ
bet – acoustic guitars and vocals
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superman
Tin Soldiers in the closet with your clothes
that I will maybe wear someday
Old army jackets and coats you had made in Italy
They’re a little too big for me
But hey I can’t give ‘em away
There’s still your lighter in the pocket
There’s still your picture in my locket and it’s clear
Superman’s not coming back
nor the Tin Man nor the Lumberjack
The armor crumbles, the man inside fumbles
turns to dust and flies for the last time
up up and away
Merlin lived down in that cave
out on the waves in England where
You said you could teach me everything
Running on the beach in time
You were telling me that time is only in our minds
And I believed you
There was still my hope of you getting sober
Still your body getting older, And now
Superman’s not coming back
nor The tin man nor the lumber jack
The armor crumbles, The man inside fumbles
turns to dust and flies for the last time
up up and away...
I wish I could remember the details of my life
the details of my love and how I spent it
on kryptonite and magazines
and you and me and stone dead dreams
you kick me out into this nasty world… alone
john hodian - piano
bet - vocal
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blind eye
Blind eye don’t see
We all accept that’s the way it will be
I in you, You in me
Why is the concept too much to believe?
These eyes, these eyes while they have vision they see lies
Along the road I stumble I don’t recognize
These shoes, these feet, they are raged, faded, beat
But still I cross the borders searching for you…..
Barefoot in the street
Barefoot on the banks
Barefoot in the demolition tanks
Therefore goes the body that begs the mind of the world to see…
Barefoot on the boats
Barefoot in the bar
But it doesn’t get you very far
If misunderstanding the martyr is all you achieve
Looking at you, What you got on your mind?
You think I’m happy being blind? Oh no
Look a little closer and see
Could it be me?
Maybe I been confused
Do we live the life we choose?
Got a little lesson to learn
What is right, What is wrong?
We find the answer takes too long…
Ask the wise, Catch a song
Know by your questions you remain strong…
These eyes, these eyes, they see spirits in disguise
They watch us struggle on the road to paradise
This hand, this hand reaches out for you again
The ink and well spill out the message from within
Naked on the page
Naked on the stage
Naked in a demolition rage
Naked in the truth that you are enabled and unafraid
Barefoot in the street
Barefoot on the banks
Barefoot in the demolition tanks
Barefoot on the beach
Barefoot you and me
Barefoot on the road
La di da di da
La di da di dee…
scott bricklin – electric guitar + bass
dean sharp – drums
john hodian - organ
bet – acoustic guitars and vocals
strings:
cornelius dufallo –violin
aaron brown - violin
lisa heffter - viola
rubin kadheli - cello
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hanalei
they say on your wedding day that rain is good luck. people probably say that because they feel sorry for you. what do they say about rain on your honeymoon in Hawaii? Whatever I like to think it is anytime… anywhere… and more. This little beach town in Kauai seems to be the inspiration for puff the magic dragon… when a place is so beautiful you really don’t mind the rain you know. So there really are places in this world where its so beautiful you don’t really mind the rain.
all my life … i was waiting
on the shore… simply waiting
like the sand… i was drifting
merely drifting
in your hands i was lifted
to the land of hanalai
through the sky elevated
blue cerrealian now you say you’ll
stay here right beside me
we could be the ones in the sun
but if we’re standing in the rain i don’t care
i can hear you
i can hear you…. hanalai
now we’re moored in blue water
and when storms flood the harbor
let it pour we don’t bother
run for cover
for they say there’s a magic
in the mists of hanalai
where the earth sings a strange song
can yo ancient calling
stay here right beside me
we could be the ones in the sun
but if we’re standing in the rain i don’t care
i can hear you
i can hear you…. hanalai
scott bricklin – hollow body gibson + bass
john hodian - percussion
bet – acoustic guitars and vocals
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sugar in the water
i think I'm gonna sit down and die
in the beauty of your face
drowning in your eyes i'm carried away
gimme one time up time anytime i'll take
the time once around your pocket
you carry me i'm drowning in your hands
and it feels like sugar in the water
melting sweetly into your hands
and it feels like sugar in the water
i'm sugar in your hands
i walked out this morning and laid out on the land
called upon the damp mother earth to take me down
along you walked across my body
i thought that i could roll
but in your path i could not move to save my
frozen soul
and it feels like sugar in the water
melting sweetly into your hands
and it feels like sugar in the water
i'm sugar in your hands
come look out on my fields
and see what i have plowed
if you could take my soiled hands
i will be taken down
down in your pocket down in your palm
i leave the grains of self behind and drown in your calm
and it feels like sugar in the water...
melting sweetly into your hands
melting sweetly into your hands
nothing so sweet has been in your hands.
gail ann dorsey - bass
dean sharp - percussion
john hodian - organ
bet - acoustic guitar and vocals
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peace of mind
Once I was laughing
So sure of all the things I thought I knew
Of all the things that kept me high
Now I been humbled, I stumble
On all the things that fill my head
All the things that drive me mad
Peace of mind won’t you come to me
Peace of mind, come on, I’m waiting
Waiting for something while nothing
Is out knocking at your door
Is the white bird you been looking for
Peace of mind, well that’s up to you
Peace of mind, come on
Oh let me see you, let my eyes drink to
and from that incandescent smile
Let me stay with you a while
Peace of mind, don’t you laugh at me
Peace of mind, come on
My peace of mind is coming through
A few things left I must tend to
My peace of mind is in the air
It whispers “Baby will you be there?
When I come for you?”
scott bricklin – electric guitar and bass
john hodian - percussion
bet – acoustic guitars and vocals
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ted and laura got married and I wrote this the night before to sing at their wedding. Revised it for janis and craig.
You were there in the doorway
Like and angel before me
Like a bird or a blossom
A sparrow with a song
When I walked on your mountain
Felt your breath deep inside me
And the sky opened wider than I knew it could and you said listen
Come with me
Come with me to the mountains
Come with me through the rain
Come with me today
We are younger than water
We are older through light
I will follow the echo in your eyes tonight
It’s calling, Come with me
Come with me to the mountains
Come with me through the rain
Come with me forever.
rubin kadehli - cello
peter kiesewalter - accordion
bet - acoustic guitar and voice
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