Unreleased

As the early morning filters through
My shuttered window pane
I look about and realize
That things are still the same

These flowers in a glass
Mark the hours that have passed
As i lay sleeping

And i can hear my footsteps ringing
Down the empty morning street
And the concrete that i walk upon
Is cold beneath my feet

A single winging dove
Reminds me of the sleeping love
That i am leaving

'cause everyone must someday do his own thing
'cause everyone must someday do his own thing
And i have a brand new song to sing

In the morning skies the stars
Begin to sputter and to fade
As the night surrenders all its claim
On shadows it has made

A watchdog's hungry bark
Is the morning's first remark
Upon my walking

And everyone must someday do his own thing
And everyone must someday do his own thing
And i have a brand new song to sing

And i'm told that if i try
That i can do most anything
Well then i would like to sing a song
And make this morning ring

As the morning turns to day
Hear the waking city say
Who is that singing

Melissa, i knew i just had to kiss ya
Heaven knows what i had in mind
When my eyes went blind
And you had to take me home
Because i could not find my way

Mimi, you make my glasses steamy
Heaven knows that i'll take a chance
On a girl from france
Just so long as we don't have to dance 'till dawn

Maybe baby i'm not so smart
But i know i'm not your brother
And the way you affect me
You needn't suspect me
Of falling in love with another

Daisy, your old man thinks i'm crazy
Heaven knows i used to go insane
When i heard your name
I knew what i was doin'
When i had my brain removed

Maybe baby i'm not so smart
I never claimed to be a thinker
But you gotta respect me
Cause the way you affect me
I'll never have to be a drinker

Bessie, my dreams of you are messy
Heaven knows i used to lie awake
And try to make my heart stop pounding
Long enough to take my rest

Now that it's time
Now that the hour hand has landed at the end
Now that it's real
Now that the dreams have given all they had to lend
I want to know
Do i stay or do i go
And maybe try another time
And do i really have a hand in my forgetting

Now that i've tried
Now that i've finally found that this is not the way
Now that i turn
Now that i feel it's time to spend the night away
I want to know
Do i stay or do i go
And maybe finally split the rind
And do i really understand the undernetting

Yes and the morning has me looking in your eyes and seeing mine
Warning me to read the signs carefully

Now that it's love
Now that the candle's falling smaller in my mind
Now that it's here
Now that i'm almost not so very far behind
I want to know
Do i stay or do i go
And maybe fall another side
And do i really have a sound that i can ride on

Now that i can
Now that it's easy ever easy all around
Now that i'm near
Now that i'm falling to the sunlights and to song
I want to know
Do i stay or do i go
And do i have to do just one
And can i choose again if i should lose the reason

Yes and the morning has me looking in your eyes and seeing mine
Warning me to read the signs oh carefully

Now that i smile
Now that i'm laughing even deeper in the side
Now that i see
Now that i finally found the one thing i denied
I want to know
Do i stay or do i go
And it is finally i decide
That i'll be leaving in the fairest of the seasons

Tumble down beside me here and now
And then inside we can be sure
That if the rain is only silver
And the sun is only gold, we won't be poor

Sing a song around me here and now
And then surround me with your eyes
If it turns out that tomorrow we can fly
I promise i won't be surprised

And surely you must know by now
That you've got me wondering how
I was fortunate to find you

Look upon me kindly here and now
And then remind me i'm alive
Let me know i need not worry
If the answers to my questions don't survive

Talk with me
I believe that we can find a tomorrow
Lend to me and i will try to borrow
I can see you and me
Love is free
We can be free

Sing with me
Melodies that soar as high as a swallow
I can lead the way if you will follow
I can see you and me
Love is free
We can be free

You show me
Words of beauty that describe your love
Let me know the things that you are sure of
I can see you and me
Love is free
We can be free

You know me
I'm as reckless as a mountain stream
Careless as a could-be, someday dream
I can see you and me
Love is free
We can be free

Marianne, marianne
With your voice like silver strings ringing
And sounds of laughter and singing
Keep repeating, marianne, marianne

Marianne, marianne
Oh i can tell better than anyone else could
That there's more to you than just bad or good
There's a teardrop or a shaft of light for your heart

Marianne, oh, marianne
The dawn will be breaking soon
And my voice will fade with the moon
And the sunlight will remind me of you

As i saw you, you were looking through your window
Looking at the clouds to know which way the wind blows
You saw me - i was walking down your highway
You didn't need a cloud to know the wind was blowing my way
You didn't need a cloud to know the wind was blowing my way
And wasn't it fine
All the questions and the answers were mine

I sang you a song about my walking
A song i felt i had no right or reason to sing
But you showed me that no matter what is said in song
A singer has the right to sing as long as he can go on
A singer has the right to sing as long as he can go on
And isn't it true
Now all the questions and the answers come from you

I'm here at fourth and main
Been standing in the rain
I feel no joy, i feel no pain
I got nothing to lose, nothing to gain
I'm at fourth and main

Been down at city hall
Been writing on the wall
The grass is wet and the trees are tall
I listen to the pigeons, to the raindrops fall
I'm at city hall

Been down at pershing square
I can't seem to care
If the people stop or the people stare
I don't care if i'm leaving, i'm going somewhere
I'm at pershing square

Just like a leaf that's just been rained on
Something of a cloud above, a soon-awaking sun
And i see the day has just begun
Feeling windblown, reeling
I have grown out of my time

And like a circle casting shadows
Rolling over growing clover fields so far below
And i see i've just begun to grow
Climbing, spinning, rhyming
I am pinning down my time

And like a river flowing seaward
Bounding down, surrounding things that have puzzled me before
And i see the ever-open door
Flirting pure love, certainly
I'm sure of what i know

Just like a leaf that's just been rained on
Something of a cloud above, a soon-awaking sun
And i see the day has just begun
Feeling windblown, reeling
I have grown out of my time

Once i was on my own
And falling
Once i was all alone
And calling
For someone, anyone today
To help me just a little on my way

And then i took a look around
And i saw the love that surrounded me
I knew that it was up to me
To cast off all the fears that bound me

You'll find you can't go on
Demanding
On ways to help you in
Defending
Your reason for being who you are
And asking for the lightest brightest star

I found that all i had to do
Was believe in the things that are true to me
And that'll happen naturally
And cast off all the fears that bound me

Yes, people let me say that
I took a look around
And i saw the love that surrounded me
I knew that it was up to me
Cast off all the fears that bound me
I had to cast off all the fears that bound me

Oh the light from your smile
Can be seen for a mile
By travellers dark in their sorrow
If you want me to stay
Throw a smile my way
And i'll stay by your side 'till tomorrow

Woooah...

'cause all my battered dreams are shattered now
And i need all your beauty to warm me

In the time that i've known you
I've always shown you
That i could be captured in kindness
Now a storm's blowin'
Tomorrow i'm goin'
Well the sun takes away my blindness

Woooah...

Cause all my tattered hopes are shattered now
I wait for the future to touch me

Oh the morning is nearing
The clouds disappearing
The sun will be coming to guide me
Wherever i go
I want you to know
That i carry your smile beside me

Woooah...

The slowly shifting fog is lifting now
And i see the road i'll be taking

My head is in the forest
And i'm thinking about you
The mist is pulling lightly on the timber
My thoughts are of the forest
And i'm sure i'm not in view
Of anyone but the dragon
And the prince of song

I cannot see the daytime
For my head is in the night
The fog is gently swaying on the moor now
I hardly know the difference
>from the dark into the light
Since i was with the dragon
It's been far too long

My feet can't keep my thoughts
>from running out on me this time
The haze is passing fully 'cross the skyline
Where's the girl to hold me
To the boundaries of my mind
Princess with bag of crystal
That's where i belong

Now will my head stay with the night
And watch the chance i take
All the dew has gathered on the heather
Will i go to sleep again
Or will i stay awake
Let me linger with the dragon
And the prince of song

I've been up all night
I've been writing this letter
And i think i might have found a better way
To tell you all the things i've got to say
I put it in writing and you'll get it in the mail today

Well i don't know but i can't help feeling
That you got to stop your double-dealin' ways
Cheatin' on me is a crime that never pays
And that's all in the letter and you'll get it in the mail today

Well i would tell you to your face
But you'd just lie to me
Put you in your place
But you'd just try to defy me

Been up all night
Pencil and a paper
And i think i might have found a safer way
Say goodbye without much more delay
Well it's all in the letter and you'll get it in the mail today
I don't mean tomorrow
It's all in the letter and you'll get it in the mail today
I don't mean no western union
It's all in the letter and you'll get it in the mail today

Well it's funny you should ask me how i feel
As the scenes before my eyes begin to reel
I can't remember how long i cried
I can't remember how hard i tried
Turned my thoughts away from you
Like i had something else to do
And now i find you here

And it's funny you should want to see me now
Well i'd refuse you but i can't remember how
I can't remember how long i cried
I can't remember how hard i tried
I'd tell myself i didn't care
That i was down and you weren't there
You've been away so long

And it's funny you should want to know my plans
As the future disappears beneath my hands
I can't remember how long i cried
I can't remember how hard i tried
Now i'll cast aside my memories
And shut you out most bitterly
I'm down on my last smile

She's a flying thing that sings
With her eyes like smoky rings
The sun can feel her presence in the sky
And i think i'm gonna stay
'cause there's nothing in our way
And she says that she can teach me how to fly

If i could love her more
Than i have ever loved before
Then tomorrow i'll be standing at her door

And when i hear her voice
I have no other choice
Than to bend back my head and search the sky
Her hair is spun so fine
Roses fell like laughing wine
And she says that she can teach me how to fly

If i could give her all the things
She's never had before
Then tomorrow i'll be standing at her door

To see her walking by
Is to see a windy sky
And the clouds reflecting in her eyes
The softness of her skin
Makes me wonder where i've been
And she says that she can teach me how to fly

If she could love me more
Than she has ever loved before
Then tomorrow i'll be standing at her door

She's a flying thing that sings
With her eyes like smoky rings
She says that she can teach me how to fly
And she says that she can teach me how to fly
And she says that she can teach me how to fly