THERE'S A RIVER, SWEET VIRGINIA

You walked the garden wall with me
Walked the garden wall with me
Could have had eternity
And we came upon the secret tree
Turned us out eventually
We took the muddy Euphrates

There's a river, Sweet Virginia
Rolling out, it's like a dream
Join me now, you have it in you
We'll come around

And east became Assyria
And east became Assyria
And trouble found me near to you
You found it hard to hold my hand
You found it hard to hold my hand
We climbed the rocks across the sand

There's a river, Sweet Virginia
Rolling out, it's like a dream
Join me now, you have it in you
We'll come around

And it's all been said and done before
It's all been said and done before
We stayed until the waters pulled us through
I'm waiting for the time
And I am waiting for the time and
I'm prepared to wait a lifetime over you

There's a river, Sweet Virginia
Rolling out, it's like a dream
Hold me now, you have it in you

Chris LeRoy © 2012
Published by New West Crash Music/ASCAP

THE NARROW WAY

Hear the sounding of the trumpets
They're taking orders from the mindless brigade
Rolling heads and dice 'til sunset
Put their faces on the coins that they trade
You know Jesus was an outlaw
He roused the rabble in the temple today
You can't buy your way to heaven
It's a narrow way

He heard the thunder in the mountains
He saw the fire called the struggling day
Felt the wind when it changed direction
Bending sycamores along the way
You know Jesus was an outlaw
He stood his word on a mountain of clay
You can't make your way to heaven
It's a narrow way

Garden late past midnight
He calls his friends but they're asleep in the hay
Came an angel soft as satin
She says "The morning gonna bring a new day,
 Jesus you're an outlaw."
He says, "Now, cant you take this cup away?"
She says, "You'll find your place in heaven
It's a narrow way
You gotta open wide the gates
And find the narrow way."

Chris LeRoy © 2012
Published by New West Crash Music/ASCAP

THE BELL

There's a mission
Without a mission bell
She's cracked and rusted
In the lake she fell --
The air is humming
Yellow orchids swell
Is that my lover
Down the wishing well?--

If you answer
I'd want to ask why
Are we getting high?
Or we gonna cry?

Was a devil
Was was an angry man
She bought a ticket
On the rails she ran--
When she came  here 
She wouldn't sing or tell
Then she went walking
By the wishing well--

If you call me
I'd want to ask you why
Are we getting high?
Or we gonna cry?

Hold your arms out
Fingers touching souls
I almost held you
It was time to let go--
The air is heavy
Like a mission bell
I heard you singing
Down the wishing well--

If you're  here now
You could tell me why
Are we getting high?
Or we gonna cry?

© Chris LeRoy  2012 Published by New West Crash Music/ASCAP

NOW

Went to the coffee bar almost alone
Someone got lost in this phone
Went to the post office under the moon
Streetlight and static I'm half the way home
Went to the super mart cold coming on
Went for a serious song
Sat in the parking lot almost alone
Click the locks slowly bang the drum home
there's no mountain higher
than we're together, now
no river stronger
than we're together, now
I lay me down

Lost my connection - the freeway sign
Went back to get back in line
Went for the mirror I'm almost alone
Not quite the right words - bang the drum home
there's no mountain higher
than we're together, now
no river stronger
than we're together, now
I lay me down

Someone I think about flashed through my head
Gone like the battery's dead
"Drive"someone tells me I'm almost alone
Think the words slowly and bang the drum home
Some kind of feeling occurs to me now
Something from out of a dream
Song of the headlights is calling me home
Speak the words slowly, I'm almost alone
there's no mountain higher
than we're together, now
no river stronger
than we're together, now
I lay me down

© Chris LeRoy  November 2011  Published by New West Crash Music/ASCAP

HERE I STAND

Maybe you know its true
We could spend a life together
But from our varied points of view
I'll try to be a man about it
All that I ever hoped to be
Exactly who I am
No matter where you run to
Here I stand

Maybe you're a sad one too
We could work it out together
About our varied points of view
I'll try to be a man about it
All that I ever hoped to be
Exactly who I am
No matter where you run to
Here I stand

You've been lonely
You've been lonely
You've been lonely too
And I been thinking about you

Maybe when you hold my hand
Tell me everything about you
And I will try to understand
I'll try to be a man about it
All that I ever hoped to be
Exactly who I am
No matter where you run ta… 
Here I stand

Are we getting high?
Or we gonna cry?

© Chris LeRoy 2012 Published by New West Crash Music/ASCAP

LAMP IN THE MIDNIGHT HOUR

This time tomorrow I'm miles away
Miles from my window, this table and flower
This time tomorrow the skies could be gray
I look for the lamp in the midnight hour

Show me your heartaches, show me your tears
Show me the trouble that caused you to cower
I turned a blind eye, in darkness for years
But look for the lamp in the midnight hour

There is a light from a light to a light
Cuts through the darkness, the wind and the showers
There is a light from a light to a light
The lamp from the midnight hour

Here is a story that's just like your story
They scrambled the words like a babylon tower
You found all the struggles but never the glory
Come look for the lamp in the midnight hour

There is a light from a light to a light
Cuts like the darkness, the wind and the showers
There is a light from a light to a light
The lamp from the midnight hour

This time tomorrow we're faded away
Miles from our windows and tables and flowers
Miles ahead looks like skies could be gray
Look for the lamp in the midnight hour

There is a light from a light to a light
Cuts through the darkness,the wind and the showers
There is a light from a light to a light
The lamp in the midnight hour
There is a light from a light to a light
There is a light from a light to a light
There is a light from a light to a light
The lamp from the midnight hour 

© Chris LeRoy May 18, 2012 Published by New West Crash Music/ASCAP

RAPPING TELEPHONE LINE

(meditation for Adam Yauch)

Minds
Like telephone lines
Easy to find
Even in broad daylight
Get High
Like telephone lines
Easy to find our souls...

Find
Your telephone line
Our moment in time
Here in the fine white line
Try
Meditative mind 
It's easy to find our souls...

In Time
You tried to design
A filament so fine
That we could speak our minds
This time
In your decline
You helped us find our souls...

Whipping up this lightning storm

(If you have the)Time
Please get in line
And we'll make it shine
Even in darkest night
Goodbye
Rapping telephone line
From all of our hearts and minds

© Chris LeRoy May 4, 2012 Published by New West Crash Music/ASCAP