Phoenix

                                  It was a late-in-the-summer night

Nearing the end of a bumpy ride 

Through the backstage parking lots of the country

We went past the cars at the fray

The cops on bikes

The security gate

Into the trees where the dark comes easy

See the light of the Venus shining

High over the mid-western plains

Is it telling you you gotta go?

That your heart's been burning way to slow

I guess I'm the last to know again



But I will rise up, I will

Who was the Phoenix anyway?

Just some bird that flew away

And flies still



It was a late-in-the-summer day

The breeze had blown the clouds away

The fluttering ones were covering the fields

I've been walking by myself

I've been thinking about you again

Maybe one day I'll tell you how I feel

See the light of the satellite tower

The only thing that's blocking our view

Is it telling you what's on my mind

That I think about you all the time

That I wish for it even thought I know not to.



I will rise up, I will

Who was that phoenix anyway?

Just some bird that flew away

And flies still

Flies still

You know I will