Quicksand

The Lyrics to Quicksand

1. Your Heart Belongs to You

Verse One:
Listen please,

My darling Broadview baby;

I know you know that 

I love you.

And you know it makes me sad 

To see you so unhappy

And I see red when others

Leave you blue. 

Leave you blue…

Chorus One:
Your Heart belongs to you
So to your Heart be true
Something to remember

When your dreams and schemes    

are shattered

Or fall like faded petals

  From a Roses’ withered bloom:

Your Heart belongs to you
Your Heart belongs to you

Verse Two:
Your own heart

Is sure to never leave you

In all the world 

Your heart loves you the best

And even when you say
You give your heart away
Still your heart keeps beating soft

Inside your gentle breast,

Gentle breast…

Chorus Two:
Your Heart Belongs to You.
So to your Heart be true.
And give your love out freely,

Darling, never worry,
That anyone might steal 

your heart

Or break it all in two:
Your Heart Belongs to You.
Your Heart Belongs to You

I dedicate this song to you, (my dear,)
A song that’s soft and Blue:
Your Heart Belongs to You
Your Heart Belongs to You

2. Road Outta Hell

1.
Black bird, Black bird,
Way up in the sky,
When you turn a lazy circle
Will you turn a blind eye?
Don’t you tell no one you saw me
At the corner five and dime,
With a naggin’ notion floatin’
In the corner of my mind

I hear the Black bird singin,,
“Who mills these chains?”
I hear the Black bird cryin’,
“Who fans these flames?”
And the riddle of the Black Bird,
Is a secret in itself,
‘Bout a drowsy Purgatory
And the road outta hell

Chorus:
So Long Pappy,
So Long
When you wake up in the mornin’
I’ll be Done Long Gone
When the Frog in the rushes
Sings a rusty Bagatelle,
I’ll be walkin’ like a Texan
On the road outta hell

2.
Hey, Brother Badger,
Whose that calling to me?
From the gravel, in the shadows,
From the Thistles in the weeds?
In the song of the Cicada
In the flabby summer heat?
In the dust devils spinnin’
In the middle of the Street?

Hey Brother Badger,
Tell me is it True?
Are there ghosts in the alley?
Are there angels on the roof?
Does the wind in the pines really whisper  “Fair thee well?”
Does a long crooked bough point
To the road outta hell?

Chorus

3.
Badger tell the black bird
Sittin’ in a tree
About a dime store dreamer
And a Dark Epiphany
Come the break of the dawn, there’ll be
One less sleepy soul
To stumble in the darkness,
Or to Flounder in the coals

Badger hear the Black bird
Singin’ in the pines
A song about a schemer
And a race against time.
In the still of the mornin’
You can hear the angels yell
Wakin’ up the dreamers
On the Road outta hell

3. Wild One, Come by Me

1.
In the town I left behind
    There’s a sad and weary tree, Lord,
That bends beneath the weight of

10,000 restless days.

The wind moved her branches

And she whispered to me,

“Wild one, I wait on you

To ramble back my way.”

“You can wear a crown 

Of leaves and tangled vine

And lean on me, as if I were

The sturdy, rugged cross

And you can lose yourself

In the town you left behind

Wild one, come lose yourself 

And never be lost.”

Chorus
“Wild one, come by me

And rest in my shade 

Can’t you see, I’ve been so lonely

Ever since you’ve been away?

Wild one, come by me

And sing me a song

Of places that you been to 

Ever since you been gone.”

2.
So slowly I walked up 

To a sad and weary tree

She bent down and touched me 

With a single green tress.

And I was over come by fear

And I tried to break free

But I was brought down to my knees 

By a great emptiness.

(And she said,)

“You might wear a crown 

Of thorns that choke the vine

And beg for your salvation

On your knees before the cross

But you’ll never really leave

The town you left behind

Wild one, go on and run,

Your dreams are all but lost.”

Chorus

4. Moses Heard the Calling

1. Verse
Moses heard the callin’
Someone callin’ his name
Calling from the mountain
Someone callin’ his name
A bush that was burning
But not consumed by the flame
Moses heard the callin’
Someone callin’ his name.
 

Chorus 

(It said,)
I am that I am, that I am, that I am
For now and forever,
In a World Without End
I am that I am, that I am, that I am
In all that’s unfolding,
Forever Amen

2. Verse
Within and without him
There’s someone callin’ his name
And all things all things that surround him 

There’s someone callin’ his name

A bush that was burning
But not consumed by the flame
Moses heard the callin’
Someone callin’ his name.
Chorus 2
(It said,)
I am that I am, that I am, that I am
For now and forever,
In a World Without End
I am that I am, that I am, that I am
In all that’s unfolding,
Forever Amen

(It said,)
I am that I am, that I am, that I am
I am that I am, that I am.
I am that I am, that I am, that I am
In all that’s unfolding,
Forever Amen

3. Verse
Within you without you
There’s someone callin’ his name
And all things all things that surround you

There’s someone callin’ his name

A bush that is burning
But not consumed by the flame
Moses heard the callin’
Someone callin’ his name.

5. Stealin’ Away

1.
I had a girl
who held me close when we went dancin’
Muskoka green eyes
Deep and shining bright
Like sunlight skippin’
On a shimmy pond

Stealin’ away,
She done went stealin’ away
Her breath on my neck
Left me knock out narcoleptic
Woke up with the rain to find out
She was gone

Fat sloppy drops fall
Soft and warm as blood
A lifetime of tears a pourin’ down
On the ground here all at once

Chorus
Stealin’ away,
She done went stealin’ away
Wish I was the lover,
The man who moves her
And holds her at the end of the day
Wish we was stealin’ away

2.
Restin’ these dogs
On the seventh storey balcony
With an old stack of wax
From way back
And a record player 

to keep me company 

Stealin’ away,
Wish I was stealin’ away
See them searchlights in the sky
Sweep across the night
Wonder what they’re lookin’ for..

Somethin’ in that man of hers
Stirs that woman deep
A black cat bone or a pheromone
Calling her away from me

Chorus

Wish we was stealin’ away
Wish we was stealin’ away
Wish we was stealin’ away

6. Good morning, Jazzman!

Hey Man!
I wanna play the morning like a Jazzman
I wanna lay my groove on the afternoon 

And on the dinnertime too.

I wanna work my hands and fingers
On the smooth keys of a china blue dusk.
I wanna touch the cool night and make it so it’s
Ringin’ and singin’ out
Don’t you know it

I’ll tell you what:
I wanna play the hours like a Jazzman!
And make every minute I get 

Into a bop-rhythm minuet!

Now check this out:
The moment is my mouthpiece:
I am my own trombone!
And the true player knows: There are no wrong notes
And the harmony comes from how you come to hear it.
Can you dig it?

Hey Man!
I wanna play the days like a Jazzman!
From the sweet yellow greens and young blush of spring,
Into the deep chill of the Long night
And then I still wanna be blowing and doing my thing
And come the wee sleepy hours
Some notes might play sour,

And the song might be sad

But the cats in the band
Are gonna lay it down,

True fine and solid gone.
Don’t cha know it?

And, Man,
When Brother Sol comes creepin’

And, all over again, it’s mornin’,
You know, 

I wanna play the days like a Jazzman plays!

My craft is superb execution:

My music is a life worth livin’

That’s right!
I wanna play the morning like a Jazzman!
I wanna play the morning like a Jazzman!

Good morning Jazz Man!
Jazz man, how do you do?

7. Preacher’s got a Brother on the Dark Side of Town

Well, in the Gospel Congregation
There’s a Holy Roller preacher
Who looks so fine and handsome
When he speaks the word of God
And when he gets into reelin’
Every mother dame and maiden
Kinda gets a funny feelin’
like their all tied up in knots

But that preacher man is a righteous soul
He don’t sing and he don’t dance and he don’t mess around.
And if that breaks your heart, there’s a thing that you should know;
Preacher’s got a brother on the Dark Side of town

Chorus:
And I say, “Hallelujah! Preacher’s got a brother,
And I might not get to Heaven, but you know I’m glory bound!”
And I say “Hallelujah! Preacher’s got a brother!
Preachers got a brother on the Dark side of town!”

Now, every Sunday Morning,
In that Gospel Congregation
There’s a sweet young thing whose smilin’
Like she did the night before.
‘Cause when she goes out carousing’
And when she gets into rocking
All that fussin’ and commotion
Feels like Praising the lord!

And she loves to hear that Sweet Chariot,”
The choir sings, the chorus rings, “Rock of ages Cleft for me.”
And if that’s not enough to save your very soul
Preacher’s got a brother who can rock you tenderly!!

8. Walkin’ in Quicksand

Mamma tried to tell me so
Papa tried to tell me the same
Runnin’ in the dark like a midnight rambler
(Is) sure to be a dangerous game

But I had a hunger for glory
And pleasure, and fortune and fame
So I took to catting in the dim velvet alleys
With a longing like a runaway train

Now I’m walkin’ in quicksand
And I’m sinking slowly into the ground
Yes I’m walkin’ in quicksand
And I’m going down. Yes I’m going down 2x

Oh, Darlin’, will you forgive me
Forgive me for the things that I done:
The promises broke and the lies that I told
And the dreams left to rot in the sun?

Oh, Darlin’, will you please tell me:
Tell me how it come down to this?
Am I so possessed? So sadly obsessed?
Undone by a sweet little kiss?

9. The Lost

Chorus 1
A song for the lost
A song for the desperate ones
Who dance like shadows on the wall.
Like the ghosts you can’t touch
And the dreams you forget
And the things you can’t believe in anymore.

Verse 1.
A song for the ink slinging 

Sons of old sailors

Who relish the pain 

As they stab at themselves.

Whose flesh is a canvas 

Of toxin and anger

Whose skin is a window 

That looks on to hell

Who sit in the cafes 

And carefully bleed

As they look through the faces 

Of each passer-by

 And it takes all they got 

Not to let slip a scream:

“These are the marks 

That condemn you and I!”

 
Chorus 2
Just like the lost
Just like the desperate ones
Who dance like shadows on the wall.
Like the ghosts you can’t touch
And the dreams you forget
And the things you can’t believe in anymore.

Verse 2.
A song for the young one 

Who brags how she flies

As she tumbles and falls 

To the street like a stone

And a song for the few 

Who remember her name

And pick her remains 

From the cuts in the road

She laughs about dying, 

But she’s scared to be lonely

So she dreams up a lover 

To cradle her hand

As the darkness seeps in 

From the cracks in the corners

And blocks out the sunlight, 

She waits for the end

Chorus 2

Verse 3
And those who envy 

What it means to be Lost

Or covet the untold 

And tormented streets

Craving the solace

Of a heroin solstice 

Who strike a stark pose, 

The small and naive

They will come to know nothing, 

As there’s nothing to know 

Except that the craving  

Is ugly and vast.

And their bellies will wrench 

And they’ll wish to their soul

That they had not ever 

Once envied the lost

Chorus 1

10. The Jelly Song

Verse 1

It’s a quarter past dinnertime

and I got me this plan,

To call and place an order 

With my Sweet Suzanne!

I’ll tell her, baby you can cook it

Like no other gal can

Lemmie be your ever-lovin’ huggin’

Big Hungry Man!

Chorus

But don’tcha spread that Jelly Too Thin!
Don’tcha spread that Jelly Too Thin!

I know the other fellers
Like to eat at your counter,

But Don’tcha spread that Jelly Too Thin!

But don’tcha spread that Jelly Too Thin!
Don’tcha spread that Jelly Too Thin!

Deliveries are easy
And the skillets hot and greasy,

Don’tcha spread that Jelly Too Thin!

Verse 2

I love her short bread biscuits

And her raspberry jam

I love to lick the shine right off of her

Honey glazed ham

Gimme Coney Island Red Hots!

Fry ‘em up in the pan

And add a heapin’ helpin’ of

My sweet Suzanne!

Chorus

Don’tcha spread that Jelly Too Thin!
Don’tcha spread that Jelly Too Thin!

You got a whole lot o’ goodies
In the downstairs pantry

So don’tcha spread that Jelly Too Thin!

Verse 3

She’s got a big pumpernickel, brother,
That’s no Lie!
And if you don’t wanna eat it, 

She’ll find some other guy

‘Cause if she opened up a diner, 

They’d be standing in Line,

Shoutin’ hey Suzie, baby, Now,
Oh, My My…

Chorus

Don’tcha spread that Jelly Too Thin!
Don’tcha spread that Jelly Too Thin!

See the butter meltin’
On dat Hot Corn muffin?

Don’tcha spread that Jelly Too Thin!

But don’tcha spread that Jelly Too Thin!
Don’tcha spread that Jelly Too Thin!

I know the other fellers
Like to eat at your counter,

But Don’tcha spread that Jelly Too Thin!

11. Where Shall We Behold the Kingdom?

“Where shall we behold the Kingdom?”

The wise are said to wonder.

They set their eyes 

On distant skies,

And mountains overhead.

But look you not from here to there, 

Neither look you Yonder:

The Kingdom is within you, children;

That’s what Jesus said

“Where shall we behold the Kingdom?” 

The wise are heard to wonder.

Their musing dreams
Are rushing streams,

That ramble through their heads.

But heed you not the reckless rush,

Of thoughts that brood and ponder

“Be still and know that I am God,”
So the Bible Says.