When you feel like something’s calling
But you’re not really aware
Then walk around your old home town
And imagine that it’s anywhere
When you feel like something’s missing
That you really outta know
Then spend your time feeling fine
Everywhere you go
Let the grief fall
Let the past just fade away
The horizon grows beyond your view
So hoist up your new main sail
When you feel like somewhere’s calling
Somewhere, over there
Then walk around that same old town
Thinking it could be anywhere
When you feel like something’s missing
That you really outta know
Then spend your time feeling sublime
Everywhere you go
Let the grief fall
Let the past just fade away
The horizon grows beyond your view
So hoist up your new main sail
This is inspired by a Tai Chi exercise where you imagine that you are in a vat of honey. An exercise in humility
What would you do, standing alone
In a cool vat of honey
Fight for your freedom or leave it alone
and move with the speed of the honey
No I won't entertain that thought any more
I won't even entertain the discussion
I'll try to be good, try to be more
and move with a fluid percussion
What would you do, standing alone
In a warm vat of honey
Fight for your freedom or leave it alone
and cruise with the speed of the honey
and cruise with the speed of the honey
This song inspired the album title, Lane Hog Mind With A Timid Heart. It's about leaving familiar and stepping out in the world, recovering your mojo. The Oldsmobile is the metaphor for 'mojo'. It's a solid, stable car which takes up the full width of the road.....
It’s nice to know
what’s going on
down the road
And it’s good to know
I’ll be driving the Olds.
A long way from madness,
so little away from sadness
Still out riding on my own
Living with plenty,
I never leave anywhere empty
Got to somehow find some fuel for the Olds.
It’s big enough to lie to me
and big enough to glide with me
Through troubled times with ease
Lane-hog mind with a timid heart
You sure do tease
Open the window,
leaving the snow
Idle for too long,
It’s you I’ve got to know.
It’s nice to know
what’s going on
down the road
And it’s good to know
I’ll be driving the Olds.
A long way from madness,
so little away from sadness
Still out riding on my own
Living with plenty,
I never leave anywhere empty
Got to somehow find some fuel for the Olds.
It’s big enough to lie to me and big enough to glide with me
Through troubled times with ease
Lane-hog mind with a timid heart
You sure do please
Val was strolling along the beach at Broken Head one day in 2012, when he saw these words written in the sand. They inspired this beautiful song, written in 3/4 time.
I was walking the beach this evening
Strollin' and thinking and dreamin'
When these words I saw written on the sand
In a hand that was almost prancing
They moved me to sing and start dancing
To a tune so romantic and grand
'And it's so easy,
It's so easy
When the whole world fits in your arms
And it's so easy,
It's so easy
When the whole world fits in your arms'
A song comes once in a blue moon
You can't help when it comes as a blues tune
With beautiful words written in the sand
In a hand that was almost prancing
They moved me to sing and start dancing
To a tune so romantic and grand
And it's so easy,
It's so easy
When the whole world fits in your arms
And it's so easy,
It's so easy
When the whole world fits in your arms
Here’s to the girl who wrote this evening
Before the high tide completely
Removed such beauty written in the sand
In a hand that was almost prancing
They moved me to sing and start dancing
To a tune so romantic and grand
And it's so easy,
It's so easy
When the whole world fits in your arms
And it's so easy,
It's so easy
When the whole world fits in your arms
It's pretty obvious, this one! To all you Sexy Sadie's out there, who help alleviate the hard times - 'ain't that what life is all about? Getting through hard times, enjoying good times..
They took all my money, left me wondering what to do
They took all my money, left me wondering what to do
But I’ve got a new kind of loving and it goes by the name of you
She used to call me Honey but it didn’t really seem to ring true
She used to call me Honey but it really didn’t seem to ring true
But I’ve got a new kind of loving and it goes by the name of you
I called her Sexy Sadie, she was some lascivious lady that I knew
I called her Sexy Sadie, she was some lascivious lady that I knew
So I hugged her and I kissed and I soothed and I wooed her too.
There's a shaking in the bedroom and a crying on the ward
a shaking in the bedroom and a crying on the ward
But I’ve got a new kind of loving and it’s one where I’m adored
Pacific Rim a quaking and the blues have climbed on board
Pacific Rim a quaking and the blues have climbed on board
But I’ve got a new kind of loving and it’s one where I’m adored
Now you’re rubbing on my shoulder and whispering give me more
Rubbing on my shoulder, whispering give me more
Saying I know where you’re aching cause I’ve been there before
He took all my money, left me wondering what to do
He took all my money, left me wondering what to do
But I’ve got a new kind of loving and it goes by the name of you
I’ve got a new kind of loving and it goes by the name of you
I’ve got a new kind of loving and it goes by the name of you
Resolution always leads to hugs and tears, except when there can be no resolution. That is when you just need to walk away. No more thinking about it.
When the war is over
and the healing has begun
When the man and woman
lay down their guns
When the resolution's winning
you put the voodoo doll away
When the crime of passion
is left in yesterday
Hugs and tears
Hugs and tears
They'll go rolling down the years
Hugs and tears
When the war is over
and the righteous can't be found
The bully's under lock and key
With nothing sharp around
Not innocent, not guilty
no adversaries named
Not They nor Them, She nor Him
no one left to blame
Hugs and tears
Hugs and tears
They'll go rolling down the years
Hugs and tears
He said he kind of loved her
now he thinks he kind of lied
He knows he stopped believing
that she was cheering on his side
It's what he kind of wanted
to turn and walk away
When she didn't want to hold him
didn't want to say
Hugs and tears
Hugs and tears
They'll go rolling down the years
Hugs and tears
When the war is over
and the healing has begun
When the man and woman
lay down their guns
When the resolution's winning
you put the voodoo doll away
When the crime of passion
is left in yesterday
Hugs & Tears...etc
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