Songs of the Spirit Wolf

 

Saint Peter's Gate


G D C G
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Verse
When I go on down and see.
Does the Devil have a hold on me?
He'll say, "Your word is true.
Saint Peter has the claim on you."

This life of mine took many turns.
And all the way, you walked the line.
What would I be without your hand?
Three foot high, salt and sand.

chorus G Am G Am C G
Though we can't be
where we can't be.
And we can't see
what we can't see.
Your love...
is in my memory.

You don't want to see me, in your state.
The windows wane; the dreams come deep.
How much weight can one man stand?
Sixteen tons, steel and stone.

In a fortnights space, I'm homeward bound.
You know you'll always be, ten foot tall.
One day you'll rest, and then you'll sleep.
But don't go yet, to Saint Peter's Gate.

Though we can't be
where we can't be.
And we can't see
what we can't see.
Your love...
is in my memory.

Outro G Am G Am C G
One day you'll rest, and then you'll sleep.
But don't go yet, to Saint Peter's Gate.
One day you'll rest, and then you'll sleep.
But don't go yet, at Saint Peter's Gate.

Pacahuara


Verse
Cut my teeth at the Riverside.
Turned 18 and the Mountains called my name.
I've seen Lightening strike from a clear blue sky,
felt the sparks ignite my soul on Fire.
Life in the City can push my spirit down,
but the Fire breathes back energy.

Chorus
Hopeless hearts and Destinies.
Get my love from memories.
What will I become,
When all is said and done?

Verse
Got my boots in Calgary,
and I walked the miles away.
Ten years in Foreign Lands,
and I learned one lesson well.
Yeah, the world is a diversified place,
but people, people we're all the same.

Chorus
Hopeless hearts and Destinies.
Get our love from memories.
What will we become,
When all is said and done?

Bridge
They say Time is pulled by Gravity.
Like our thoughts, we’re pulled by Yesterdays.
We need a more Holistic way.
Tomorrow … where the Children Play.

Verse
Yeah, I came back home one day,
and I heard you call my name.
Now, I've seen the way you look at me…
Can your dreams push the darkness down?
What you don’t see in the light of day...
The Fire will take your breath away.

Chorus
Hopeless hearts and
Destinies.
Get our love from memories.
What will you (me) become,
When all is said and done?

Ode to David

verse
Oh, David
The warm wind blows
The sun is shinin'
and the river's risin'

chorus
Times for you are a changin'
and I can see you smilin'
Hope they don't put tassels
on your shoes in heaven
or you'll say, "No"

verse
Hey, Cousin
Forest, sky and water
Salmon, sons and seasons
You know you're only teasin'

chorus
Times for you are a changin'
and we can't follow
Hope they don't put tassels
on your shoes in heaven
or you'll say, "So"

verse
Hey, Rachel,
Grace, love and cherish
It's hard to keep from cryin'
Is the world around us dying

chorus
Times for you are a changin'
and I can see him smilin'
Hope they don't put tassels
on his shoes in heaven
or he won't go

verse
Oh, David
The warm wind blows
The sun is shinin'
yeah and the river's risin'

chorus
Times for you are a changin'
and I can see you smilin'
Hope they don't put tassels
on your shoes in heaven
or you won't go

Forest Poem

 

I'll sing an earthen song

All the only all night long

Listen, hear, meet the cadence

Close your eyes, remember

 

There’s a calling in the air

All the only all night long

The forest holds in secret

A gift of white bestowed

 

Blackness throws its shadow

All the only all night long

The shadow tells a story

A tale of myth and rife

 

The lightness hears it calling             

All the only all day long

The forest holds the answer

In whiteness love will grow

 

A tree may touch the meadow

All the only all day long

A blade of grass won’t tell you

An answer from the grove

 

Destruction, falling

All the only all night long

The forest calls out softly

The white, the wolf, she knows

 

I'll sing an earthen song

All the only all day long

Of black as black as snow

Open your eyes, believe

 

A whisper in your ear

All the only all day long

The forest holds my sorrow

The gift of white must know



Selene

 

The Goddess smiled

At the edge of night

She gave a sigh

To the morning light

 

Yesterday,

When the sun rose higher

She looked away

Oh, I wondered why


She appeals and mystifies

She hides from the deep blue sky

And I'll say, "Hi"

When she walks on by

 

I'd walk ten miles

To the edge of sight

To see her shine

And be her acolyte

 

The day declined

And the moon rose higher

With stars arrayed

her luster amplified

 

She appeals and mystifies

She hides from the deep blue sky

And I'll say, "Hi"

When she walks on by

 

When worlds collide

So the sparks ignite

In love resides

The key to afterlife

 

Corporeal man

Says, "I do decry"

And I looked away

Oh, I wonder why

 

She appeals and mystifies

She hides from the deep blue sky

And I'll say, “Hi”

When she walks on by



Forty Foot Down

 

Well the Northern Lights 
The Fire and Snow 
When the Midnight Sun 
Lies Down Below

 

And on a Cloudless Night 
The Stars don’t Shine

Forty Foot Down 
There ain’t no Stars around

 

Well the Northern Heights 
The Pyre and Throe 
When Alberta's Son 
Sees the Afterglow

 

And in the Tessellate Light 
The Stars don’t Shine

Forty Foot Down 
There ain’t no Stars around

 

Yeah the Northern Sights 
The Spire and Floe
When the
Midnight Sun 
Lies Down Below

 

And in the Tessellate Light
The Stars don’t Shine

Forty Foot Down 
There ain’t no Stars around

 

Forty Foot Down 
Forty Foot Down 
Forty Foot Down 
There ain’t no Stars around

 



Irish Fairyland

 

Fantasy is like a melody

And when the daylight breaks

The dream awaits

 

I saw you standing there

With your hair down straight

Dew and lace, an Angel's grace

 

When I woke up this morning

I was dreaming of you

In the night, all in White

 

History is just a memory

And when the daylight breaks

The dream abates

 

Makes me wish I would

have kissed you then

A time and place, an Angel's face

 

When I woke up this morning

I was dreaming of you.

Dressed in light, in the night.

 

Reverie, dream what love can be

And while the daylight waits

There's no debate

 

Analogies, reciprocities

Thoughts progress

Desire undressed.

 

When I woke up this morning

I was dreaming of you.

In the night, in the night.



The Warm Wind Blows

 

Vestral lines of prose

With, the warm wind blows

She sees the young ones grow

And knows that they must go

 

Words spoken in the wind

Lines through time turn thin

She sees the world within

And knows what love has been

 

Hear the warm wind blow

Hear the warm wind blow

Everybody knows

When, the warm wind blows

 

River field and tree

The child upon my knee

December waits for me

The wind will set us free

 

Hear the warm wind blow

Hear the warm wind blow

Everybody knows

When, the warm wind blows

 

The seasons fall and flow

While, the warm wind blows

She dreams the time turn slow

And dances through the snow



Restless Nights

 

Restless days

And Sleepless Nights

A Wandering Soul

An Angel’s Height

 

The Day will Come

To see it Right

The Night will Pass

Into the Light

 

Fortune Smiles

On a Wayward Child

The Windward Son

Fiery and Wild

 

The Pressing Wind

Ahh, Breath Confines

Earth and Dust

Love and Chance are Blind

 

Deeper than the Sea

What can’t you Be?

Wiccan Fire and Tree

Ahh it’s You and Me

 

Midnight Moon and Lore

Standing by the Shore

Through the Open Door

Take Flight and Soar

 

Restless days

And Sleepless Nights

A Wandering Soul

An Angel’s Flight


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