1. |
Gather Your Ghosts
04:27
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neon lights
eyes that ain’t cryin’
that open sign lit up all the time
seems when they’re gone
we’ll finally learn about dyin’
what it’s like when the music’s gone
i hear you now from across the field
cryin’ out for something real
so gather your ghosts and grab the wheel
‘til we find our way home
autumn leaves
their deepest surrender
the hands of time
their fates aglow
and i wish i knew
how to learn from them
how to open, how to let go
i hear you now from across the field
cryin’ out for something real
so gather your ghosts and grab the wheel
‘til we find our way home
are you listening
to the sound of the world
it’s bleedin’ out
or has your apathy
left you tongue-tied and believin’
that there’s no way out
i hear you now from across the field
cryin’ out for something real
so gather your ghosts and grab the wheel
‘til we find our way home
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2. |
Waking in the Wild
03:06
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were you born again
by the river's edge
did you climb the hills
for the heather bells
kneel down to the stream
lookin' for a lift
blueberry stains
on your fingertips
you hear the ptarmigan
in the aster eyes
everlasting pearls
did they make you cry
you hear the whistlin'
from the talus stone
did you heart stand still
in the alpenglow
hungry as a newborn child
destined to go changin' the world
naked in the sunshine
waking in the wild
woodsmoke in your hair
come in cold and wet
oh where have you been
oh mama i forget
ears down to the ground
where there were no words
goin' walkabout
chasin' thunderbirds
on the interstate
of your dyin' dreams
is your reckoning
sweet as gasoline
hungry as a newborn child
destined to go changin' the world
naked in the sunshine
waking in the wild
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3. |
Morning
01:41
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everywhere is the morning
and everyone is just fine
songbirds sing to the dawning
another song for the sun that’s rising
eyes that cry when you’re leavin’
you opened me up so wide
tell me what is it you believe in
i know i can’t take it
so i guess i just have to fake it
again
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4. |
Splinter
03:44
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splinter from the wood
is underneath your fingernail now
it's got you good
it's all you can think about
it's like heartache in the wintertime
days losin’ to the nights
you swore that you'd change
but my mother warned me that
when promises are made
you can't always count on them
now i'm laying ‘neath an oak tree
hoping someone finds me
do you feel like you're fading
you're wasting all of your precious time
are your days like a mountain
you’re never ever able to climb
you’re so scared
the wood's sitting cold
before it enters the fire and
we're getting old
still we can't seem to quiet
the voices in our heads that say
get up get out
you're doin it wrong
they’re heavy with doubt
like the knot on a barbed-wire fence
you can't get it out
but it doesn't make any sense
'cause everything you dreamed of
is right there in the palm of your hand
do you feel like you're fading
you're wasting all of your precious time
are your days like a mountain
you’re never ever able to climb
you’re so scared, you’re so
a ghost in the night asking for your last breath
who am i to think i know better than you?
quick go on and call your mother
it’s been too long you know that she’s worried
when life is a mirror that won’t look back
we run from that fear but it chases us down ‘cause
we’re so, we’re so, we’re so
scared
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5. |
Highway 89
04:03
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highway 89
take me where i want to be
a million stars are circlin' you
and now they're catchin' up with me
crossing over the state line again
big water just ahead
won't you lay me down inside the canyon walls
and tell me how you've been
when the light falls on the sand and stone
the summer storm is comin' on
i smell the rain upon the cottonwoods
and i taste the desert in your bones
and i taste the desert in your bones
and i hear the music in my blood
as i pull you closer to me
we move so fast and so far away
and i miss my family
when the light falls on the sand and stone
the summer storm is comin' on
i smell the rain upon the cottonwoods
and i taste the desert in your bones
and i taste the desert in your bones
so highway 89
take me where i want to be
a million stars are circlin' you
and now they're catchin' up with me
and i can feel you in the sun
i can feel you in the sun
i can feel you in the sun
i can feel you in the sun
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6. |
What's in Your Heart
04:04
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lies and dreams and memories
collide like thunderclouds
above the trees
when that lightning strikes
it pulls us to our knees
and we pray for the rain to save us
the beauty of your language
the words you use to shake me
now i’m seekin’ out some patience
like a daphne from a seed
we watch the petals open
we wish that we weren’t goin’
away, away, away
one question
before you leave
what’s in your heart?
what’s in your heart?
hope and fear and anger
a fragile skeleton dancin’
emotions like bones
hidden by skin
we tiptoe tango across the wood floor
but the beams they creak
and the truth you seek
your fingers long to touch the ivory
and the tears that fall
when you let yourself feel it all
all the colors of the reef beneath the surface
one question
before you leave
from the desert to the deepest sea
what’s in your heart?
what’s in your heart?
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7. |
To the Loons
03:40
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are you fadin' away at the end of the road
when the rain never comes
thistles overgrown
caught in the barbed-wire
out talkin' to the crows?
did you throw a thousand questions way up into the stars
when you slept out in the backyard?
oh how you've come so far
yesterday you were just a child
it's way too soon to say goodbye
so i wished all the planes away so i could hear the wind
we all grew grey in quarantine
is it friday night again
searching for a new song
or only pickin' over bones?
so for now it's me and you
out countin' moons around jupiter
on the shore naked as the night
singing to the loons
in the summertime
oh the cobwebs in the prayer flags, rosehips on the shelf
did you pull the plugs out of the wall
to really see yourself?
the candle in the mirror
burns hotter than the sun
through all our years of dreamin', lost in listening for the wolves
took them howlin' 'neath the floorboards
before we ever understood
all that you've been searching for
is right before you now
oh to be, me and you
out countin' moons around jupiter
on the shore naked as the night
singing to the loons
in the summertime
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8. |
Shadows Lions Kill
03:48
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how you love the dogwoods in april
and all that roadside reverie
now you’re changing the station
for a change in scenery
how we’re guaranteed of nothing
arriving soaking wet
do you remember where you came from
oh the mothers we forget
as i fight through what is shaking me
i’m a worn and blown out fuse
weary in the ramble
oh these bodies we abuse
do you love like you used to?
are you putting up your walls?
do you dream like you used to?
are you dreaming now at all?
in the blistered sweat of summer
under big top pyramids
it’s as cold as the pistols
in little hands of little kids
in little hands of little kids
as the clown takes to the spotlight
the ringmaster takes the till
with all eyes on the juggler man
in the shadows lions kill
in the shadows lions kill
as we fight through where it’s taking us
with a worn and blown out fuse
darkness in the daylight
oh this country we abuse
do you love like you used to?
are you putting up a wall?
do you dream like you used to?
or are you dreaming now at all?
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9. |
Ladder
03:30
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can i borrow a ladder
i need to get in my attic
i have so many things
i keep leaving unattended
mountains of letters
and a full-body carhartt suit
lonesome in the garage
next to cobwebs in my lawn-mowing shoes
is all this running around
gonna lead me back to you
it's like waiting on the sound
of a rising moon
when you gave up on your garden
did you heart have to harden
watching the hawthorns
and dandelions win
we tore out that fencing
that same night we were dancing
it felt like the whole world was
slippin’ away
is all this running around
gonna lead me back to you
it's like waiting on the sound
of a rising moon
i'm never ready
to leave any season
turns out i'm not so
good with change
i change my mind
every time that you ask me
what i want
or who i dream i could be
if we live like tides
chasing time
in the cold sea
i'll never find me
i'll never find me
i'll never find me
is all this running around
gonna lead me back to you
it's like waiting on the sound
of a rising moon
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10. |
Old Piano
04:22
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play the old piano
and bid the bats from the beams
the candles cast their shadows
rain drips through the seams
the fox across the pasture
by the barns painted red
is well rehearsed in deception
in putting things in your head
be careful what you ask for
she might hit you in the nose
her fingers around the slingshot
and she’s got pockets full of stones
have you no idea what you’re fighting for
bones inside you still
sleepin’ on the floor
and you are never goin’ home
you are never goin’ home
if you filled up all your pages
with your colors and your crimes
would you bury them in the backyard
when you’re all out of time
we’re dyin’ in the daydreams
but what is god supposed to do
there’s music in the river
all for the love of you
all for the love of you
have you no idea who you’re gonna be
dust that blinds your eyes
words that help you see
that you are never goin’ home
you are never goin’ home
now we’re as sick as the ocean
frightened so easily
we plunge into the drowning
of our own captivity
had we no idea, sand in hourglass
in this masterpiece
we all come to pass
and we are on our way home
we are on our way home
and i see you now
i see you now
i see you now
see you now
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11. |
Jedediah
04:15
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may you never lose your softness
find the gold down in the grey
shooting stars underwater
may they light you underway
there were smoke signals and telegrams
even pigeons flyin’ home
but i sent messages in bottles
while you waited by the phone
how we change the ways that we hold hands
and though your voice i longed to hear
it was the summertime of nighthawks
how they always kept you near
in the midnight lagoon, no don’t be afraid
they’re only ghosts of the loons
and kingfisher grenades
under strawberry moons
my green-eyed mermaid
so come down from the mountains
o’er to jedediah
you’ve got nothin’ to lose
but time
we spend all our days waiting
for the money or the time
storing all our lonely treasures
gambled years countin’ dimes
so come out on the ocean
o’er to jedediah
you’ve got nothin’ to lose
in a midnight lagoon, no don’t be afraid
they’re only ghosts of the loons
and kingfisher grenades
under strawberry moons
my green-eyed mermaid
on jedediah
our own serenade
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12. |
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of all we've lost
this shall remain
i wanna see
see you again
the snowdrops bow
down their heads
back to the earth
earth where they came
i wanna do the same
somewhere down the ragged road
i'll meet you there and offer a rose
as we get older
all in a day
time moves on
on and away
oh god we're doing the same
somewhere down the ragged road
the carousel
the dust and bone
the path that leads you far from home
i'll meet you there and offer a rose
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Sway Wild Friday Harbor, Washington
SWAY WILD - New Name/Music from Mandy Fer & Dave McGraw. Sway Wild’s infectious sound explores the corners of folk, rock, pop, and funk, but at its nucleus it is undeniably a music full of joy. Sway Wild has shared stages with Iron & Wine, Lake Street Dive, and Watchhouse, and more. Mandy also tours as lead guitarist for Amos Lee and Allison Russell and recently performed with Brandi Carlile. ... more
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