Pool All The Love * Pool All The Knowledge (2009)



1. This Moment With Me
Please don’t you take it wrong
If I call you up on the phone
And please don’t you take it wrong
If I come by all alone

'Cause yesterday’s already gone
Tomorrow’s no guarantee
So just take this for what it is, my friend
And spend this moment with me

Outside the rains are comin’ down
Another year earth spinnin’ 'round
Inside it’s chilly to the bone
On the couch all alone

The walls in this town are closin’ in
Time to move on again
I just hope that you’ll take the chance, my friend
To spend this moment with me

I could say “I love you” and it’d be true
If you only knew how much I do
But I’ll just keep quiet and smile
And hold you close for a little while

Tonight we’ll sing Hare Krishna
Tomorrow praise the lord
Can't you see it's all the same as the love
In this moment with me
In this moment with me


2. I Found Love
I found love on the 101
With rain fallin' down outside
Sitting next to you I was just happy
To be alive

I found love in a quiet hall
We were tangled up in blue
I could feel your heart speak
I wonder, could you?

And I found love as the songbird sang
And angels danced around
And I heard a sweet voice saying,
"I was lost and now I'm found"

I found love in my baby's smile
He's got the purest heart
You ever did see
That's why it's so hard, my baby,
To set you free.
Oh but I'm trying, I'm trying, my baby
To set you free


3. Hippie Boyfriend
I'm gonna get me a hippie boyfriend
And live with him in a hippie house
I'm gonna get me a hippie boyfriend
And kiss him on his hippie mouth

Diggin' dirt and plantin' flowers
Work real hard in the daytime light
Incense, records, and sweet caresses
Play real soft in the darkness of night

Chorus

Open the fridge and what'll you find
Organic spinich and fruits of all kind
Open the cupboard and what'll there be
Mismatched mugs from NYC

Chorus

Smoke some pot and play guitar
How I wonder where you are
So I send the message through my heart
This fairy tale's about to start

Chorus

I Woke up in the nighttime hours
Sky full of starlight and head full of you
You shine so bright
Creature of light
Reflecting back to me what's true

So will you be my hippie boyfriend
And live with me in a little house
Will you be my hippie boyfriend
And kiss me with your hippie mouth
Kiss me with your hippie mouth
Kiss me with your beautiful mouth


4. California King
Someday I'll have a California king
Summer's kisses and a tattoo ring
"There ain't much to this love thing"
I'll say to my California king

Someday I'll have a room with a view
A baby grand and my guitar, too
Up so high the sky so blue
Out the window of my room with a view

High
So high
High
As a cloud in the sky
Blowin' by

Someday I'll be where Jerry played
Way back in those good old days
Lookin' out from that great big stage
I'll be where Jerry played

Then I'll have peace of mind
The kind that's so hard to find
Ecstasy runnin' up my spine
Oh I'll have peace of mind

Chorus

Someday I'll know joyful love
Sent down from the stars above
Right to me on the wings of a dove
Oh I'll know joyful love
Oh I know joyful love


5. Kihei Blues
I drove down through Kihei
Hopin' to catch a glimpse of you
I drove down through Kihei
Hopin' to catch a glimpse of you
But you were nowhere to be seen
So I just cruised on through

Then I drove upcountry
Thought you might be there
Yeah I drove upcountry
Thought you might be there
I think I mighta seen your ride
But I didn't see you anywhere

So back down to Pai'a
You never know who you might see
Yeah back down to Pai'a
You never know who you might see
But there was just a bunch of bliss drunk hippies
Where oh where can you be?

Now I'm back on the west side
Think I'll go to the beach
Yeah I'm back on the west side
I think I'll go to the beach
'Cause it's your turn to come lookin' baby
But you know I ain't that hard to reach


6. Ulysses (Om Namah Shivaya)
Lyin’ by the lake in a little wood hut listenin’ to Mason
Tryin’ to understand what he means when he says
That Ulysses can explain everything
I don’t have it here
Nor have I ever read it
Guess that’d be a good place to start

Dreamin’ on the dock yesterday
Sun was purifyin’
Pulled out all of the rottin’ roots
Inside me that were dyin’
Now I’m filled with space
Though not sure what to do
So I sing another song for you

Om om namah shivaya om

Starin’ at the sky in a Northern Night
Tryin’ to piece together
All the puzzle parts that I gathered up
From the songs of my sisters and my brothers
I think if we could just pool all the knowledge
We’d all find what we are looking for

Om om namah shivaya om


7. I Left My Heart In San Francisco
I left my heart in San Francisco
I left my heart in San Francisco
I left my heart in San Francisco
But I am going to get it back

I lost my way in San Francisco
I lost my way in San Francisco
I lost my way in San Francisco
Yeah I feel right off the track

Then I walked away from San Francisco
Then I walked away from San Francisco
Then I walked away from San Francisco
Right into that ocean blue

But I'm going back to San Francisco
But I'm going back to San Francisco
But I'm going back to San Francisco
'Cause that is where that I belong

I'm gonna face on up to you little boy
I'm gonna face on up to you little boy
I'm gonna face on up to you little boy
And take back what is mine

Then I'm gonna break your spell in San Francisco
I'm gonna break your spell in San Francisco
I'm gonna break your spell in San Francisco
And cast one of my own

Then I'm gonna walk the streets of San Francisco
'Till I find my heart in San Francisco
I'm gonna be on track in San Francisco
When I face on up to you


8. More Than Friends
Baby why you do me like that
You think you're pretty smart
The only thing I think you know how to do is
Break my heart

Baby why you treat me so mean
Why can't you play nice
'Cause first you're burnin' like Sammy McGee
Then you're cold as ice

You know you're making me lose my mind
Not just once but time after time
Why can't you just decide once and for all
How many times do I have to fall?
C'mon

Baby why you playing these games?
You know you're for me
I think it's time that you just opened your heart
And set your spirit free
You gotta set your spirit free

You know you're driving me straight up the wall
How hard is it to pick up my call?
You know I just wanna see you again
We both know that we're more than friends
C'mon


9. sweet mornin' love
you're an angel in disguise
with curls like cupid
and starlight in your eyes
you're a willow in the wind
you sway away from me
but you always sway back again

baby i missed you so much
i'm in ecstasy
when i feel your gentle touch
did you come from above
oh sweet mornin' love

baby you're a wild rose
you grow so free how you found me
only heaven knows
although you're a mystery
what you have revealed has somehow set me free

can i do the same for you
open your heart/take away the pain/and make you new
when times get tough
i need your sweet, mornin' love

you're a candle in the night
at my darkest hour
you are my guiding light
and even when you cause me pain
the tears that fall they are like
a sweet summer rain

cuz they wash away my doubt
and help me figure
what this life is all about
i can't get enough
of your sweet
mornin' love


10. Blue Angel
I first met you at the laundromat
You were with your girl
To you I was just washing clothes
To me it was the world
'Cause you looked up at me with great blue eyes
As I said hello
And then you walked back out the door
Dreamin' down the road

Blue angel
Blue angel
Tell me who you are
'Cause you know my heart and you read my mind
And you shine just like a star
You saved me once and you saved me twice
So I just have to say
Thank you for your kindness
And thank you for your grace

The next time that I saw you
I was naked by the sea
Letting all the poor lost souls
Attached to me go free
You told me that you cut your foot
But it would heal in time
And then we laughed at all the craziness
Of walkin' down the line

Chorus

You stopped me on the corner
of Castro and 18th
Just to let me know that you're still
Watching over me
I don't know what the heck you are
But I know that you're real
It's not something I can explain it's just
Something I can feel

Chorus


11. I Just Had To Say
I had to tell you that I love you
So I wrote you down this song
Couldn't say it outloud
Outloud it just comes out all wrong

Had to tell you that I need you
Even though I think you know
'Cause you're the one who makes it all right
All right you make me lonesome when you go

Had to tell you that I love your sweet smile
I just wish I'd see you more
'Cause darlin' you're everything that I have ever hoped for
And I just had to say

I had to tell you that I'll miss you
When I'm there on the road
But my friend the moon'll keep me safe
And your friend the sun'll keep me warm
I've never known a love like this
I can feel it in my soul
'Cause I'll my life I've been so broken broken broken
Oh you make me whole
And I just had to say

Had to tell you that you're perfect
Perfect enough for me
'Cause you're the on that opened my heart
Oh I was blind but now I see



  Outta My Head (2006)


1. beautiful boy
beautiful boy
with the beautiful heart
i don't even know where to start
i want to cover you
i want to cradle you
i wanna never let you go

sweet sweet songbird
you're singin to me
well you open up what's closed
and you help me to be free
you got the voice of an angel
and the heart of a child
let me see you smile

tangled up
in your hair
well you take away my troubles and my every care
well you're just like a drug
and i can't
i can't get enough

2. something i can feel
mixin colors in that cd case
sittin on my bed
looking at the lines on his face
mixing in some red
you inspire me so much
it makes me cry
and i didn't even get
to say goodbye

reaching out to touch me
through the lines of this song
like you can sense it
exactly what's wrong
and loneliness pervades this place
loneliness like outer space

strangers and lovers
sing into my soul
i think that maybe
this
could make me whole
and i don't know you
but i will
it is simply something
i can feel


3. goodbye blue monday
goodbye blue monday
hello sunny days
the first of april is upon us
shining in so many ways
looking back on the story
the story of my soul
looking back to the places and the people who made me whole
you made me whole you made me whole

and i wanna feel your arms around me
i wanna feel your love like rain
i wanna help you understand me
and i want to apologize for the pain

you were such a sweet, sweet friend
thought about you time and again
but what would make you come to me now
i don't know why and i don't know how
i don't know how i don't know how

chorus

a simple line, a simple note
i just hope you read what i wrote
or maybe you'll hear this song
and you'll know that i know that i was wrong
i know that i was wrong

chorus

4. if you build it
they say if you build it
they say that he will come
they say if you build it
they say that he will come
but my bricks are almost gone
and i ain't seen no one

my shoes fit my feet
and my key fits in the door
my shoes fit my feet
and my key fits in the door
and my belly's full
but still i keep wanting more

i met this little boy
he seemed to good to be true
i met this little boy
he seemed to good to be true
and now he's off playin' around
and i'm stuck here feeling blue

5. The Most Beautiful Thing I've Ever Seen
I think you may be
The most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen
Not that I know
What that’s supposed to mean

But somehow you inspire
Something seen a thousand times prior
An inspiration that leaves me standing
At your door

You can see the stars
From your house you said
And I can see the stars
When I think about your eyes
And I lie here
I lie here in my bed

Your face is like the sky
And your mouth a crescent moon
Be my constellation
Be my cocoon

Won’t you/ won’t you be my poet
Won’t you/ won’t you be my muse
Be my country music
Be my delta blues

Just be with me
Walk with me
Help me find my path
Be my strong wheel
Rolling into my future
And out/ out of my past

I miss you my friend
And I miss the sweet sweet tune
Wanna feel the heat
Hear the crickets sing in June

And I want to be free
Wanna know what it is to be me
Wanna give
And I wanna receive

I want to make you smile
Make you mine if only for awhile
And I want to know love
But tonight in your arms just might be
It might be enough

6. catch me if you can
catch me if you can
catch me if you can
do you wanna
be my man
why don't you tell me if you think
that you can

give me back something
give me back something
that was lost
that was lost
lost in the river or was it
was it tossed?

my ears are burning
my ears are burning
look around
at what you've found
don't stop rolling or you
you will drown

11. nowhere you need to go
feel like i've been treading water all these years
holding on to memories and childhood fears
but i haven't shed a tear
since that night for you dear

takin' tiny steps now it's true
trying to keep on keepin' on like a bird that flew
with little wings stretched out wide
i got nothing left to hide

chorus:
and chance appears if you let it
and love is near if you can get him (it)
just take it slow
you've got nowhere you need to go

heavy like a motor full of weeds
petals falling, a flower bleeds
and repeats itself each time
got to find a way to unwind

chorus

can you hear me now
as i speak without words
'cause i will sing you a song
i would sing to you forever

feeling so good feeling so right
everything is sweet in the city tonight
and i'm sure our paths will cross
try not to consider you lost

chorus


Unreleased

1. This One's For You

You sat in black in the dark all alone
The light in the bar on the stage softly shone
The snow outside swirling and the folks inside whirling about
And when I saw you it turned me inside out

I wondered if you could build me a bridge
To a time when I believed in everything that I did
And the future was open and my heart hadn't broken just yet
Can you help me remember all the goodness that I did forget

You painted a picture and the picture was love
I told you we come from the same star above
So why must you leave now why must we always part
Why must we finish right after we start

As the snow falls around us we say our goodbyes
The light from the back porch reflects in your eyes
Do be do be do be do
Sweet first love, this one's for you