BREATH Cho: What makes one breath More precious than another? When every breath we take is new All life is sacred, on this Earth How you use your breath is up to you. Is your first breath more precious than your last? Or the laughter of your friend, or your lover’s gasp? Or your mother’s […]
Audience: Folk/Political
Low Flying Crows
LOW FLYING CROWS Low flying crows Sail in on a wind As cold as a city As cold as their grin Skimming over our fields Sowing seeds full of tears For their hybrids won’t yield Even one seed next year Cho: Low flying crows Want your eyes to stay closed Make sure everyone knows Watch […]
If Jesus Had A Gun
IF JESUS HAD A GUN Cho: If Jesus had a gun, He would not abuse it He would keep it handy, in case he had to use it (repeat) Now if some tough guys, pushed Him down, or maybe They disrespected Mary, … you know, Jesus was her Baby! If Jesus had a gun, He […]
When The Women Say No
WHEN THE WOMEN SAY “NO!” Way far away in the land of the Schwar Down deep in the jungles of Ecuador The men cut the trees and they hack the vines And the women take care of the houses inside And the men hunt the animals and kill for food And the women they cook […]
The Bank
THE BANK Cho: The bank, the bank, they keep me so busy The bank, the bank, and I’m getting dizzy Bridge: Stand-in-line to deposit, I put money in Write a check, send it off, start all over again! The bank, the bank , the bank! Chorus Downtown all around, I look in the air Banks […]
Handful of Moonlight
HANDFUL OF MOONLIGHT You were sleeping, I was not It was almost three o’clock The moon outside lit up the leaves And through the window, onto me While you slept on the bed’s dark side I held my palm up to the light And gathered all the moonlight It could hold. I gently handed it […]
Our Dog Bit Our Cat
OUR DOG BIT OUR CAT Our dog bit our cat last nite I think that our cat is all right Some blood in his ear, his eye’s swollen half-shut But he’s freaked out because of the bite He’s almost twenty years old He’s survived two coyote attacks And our dog is uptight and she heard […]
So-So Security
SO-SO SECURITY I put a little bit in They take a little bit out I put a little more in They say “There’s never any doubt! You’ll get yours when you retire!” But there’s nothin’ left for me, That’s So-So Security! Instrumental The cost of food goes up And then my car breaks down Then […]
The Guitar
THE GUITAR Once I had a fine guitar She taught me to play Her rosewood fingerboard Had little birds of pearl inlay Her simple voice was clear It had the ring of youth She had heartwood deep inside So she always sang the truth And the days that I spent holding her Were full of […]
I’m Lucky
I’M LUCKY AND YOU’RE NOT I’m lucky and you’re not I enjoy all the stuff I got N’ that’s tough t’do, ’cause your pain keeps makin’ me blue I got privileges, you don’t I get things in ways you won’t God just loves me a lot more than He loves you! I’m lucky and you’re […]