I'm going upfield, way up on the hillside
I'm going higher than I've ever been before
That's where you'll find me, over the horizon
Wading in the river, reaching for that other shore
The boys were singing shing-a-ling The summer night we met You were tan and seventeen O how could I forget When every star from near and far Was watching from above Watching two teenagers fall in love
The way we danced was not a dance But more a long embrace We held on to each other and We floated there in space And I was shy to kiss you while The whole wide world could see So shing-a-ling said everything for me
And O the poor old old folks They thought we'd lost our minds They could not make heads or tails Of the young folks' funny rhymes But you and I knew all the words And we always sang along to O sham-a-ling-dong-ding Sham-a-ling-dang-dong
So after years and after tears And after summers past The old folks tried to warn us How our love would never last And all we'd get was soaking wet From walking in the rain And singing sham-a-shing-a-ling again
And O the poor old old folks They smile and walk away But I bet they did some Sham-a-lama-ding-dong in their day I bet that they still close their eyes And I bet they sing along to O sham-a-ling-dong-ding Sham-a-ling-dang-dong
O those sweet old love songs Every word rings true Sham-a-ling-dong-ding means sweetheart Sham-a-ling-dang-dong does too And it means that right here in my arms That's where you belong And it means sham-a-ling-dong-ding Sham-a-ling-dang-dong
I was a quick, wet boy Diving too deep for coins All of your street light eyes Wide on my plastic toys Then when the cops closed the fair I cut my long baby hair Stole me a dog-eared map And called for you everywhere
Have I found you, Flightless Bird; Jealous, weeping? Or lost you, American Mouth; Big Pill, looming?
Now I’m a fat house cat Nursing my sore, blunt tongue Watching the warm poison rats Crawl through the wide fence cracks Pissing on magazine photos Those fishing lures thrown in the cold and clean Blood of Christ mountain stream
Have I found you?, Flightless Bird; Grounded, bleeding? Or lost you, American Mouth; Big Pill, stuck going down
Tonight, we're the sea and the salty breeze the milk from your breast is on my lips and lovelier words from your mouth to me when salty my sweat and fingertips
Our hands they seek the end of afternoon My hands believe and move over you
Tonight, we're the sea and the rhythm there the waves and the wind and night is black tonight we're the scent of your long black hair spread out like your breath across my back
Your hands they move like waves over me beneath the moon, tonight, we're the sea
1.When I Go 2.Giving Up On Love 3.I Was Unconscious, It Was A Dream 4.It Doesn't Have to be Beautiful 5.There Is No Good Way To Say I Am Leaving You 6.Trophy Room 7.Because We're Dead 8.Dance Till The Morning Light 9.Sorry About The Doom 10.Come On Youth 11.Apples And Pairs 12.Our Most Brilliant Friends