Fiery Blue - from 'Lighting Out'

THE NORTHERN MYSTERY

Oh, the sea and sky turned turquoise from gray

as we pulled away

We fear the dragons that lay ahead

less than those we've slayed,

so with a last glance home. we pushed on.

We rusted in our cities. though they were made of gold,

the air was old

From over the walls the horizon called

"Come to the sun"

(So) to a future so bold, we run.

A voice called from the sea: Come to the mystery,

The Northern Mystery!

The air felt new as we rounded the cape

toward our northern escape

The compass just spun as we made our way

by following fate.

the past is done - history we chase,

on and on.

The voice called from the sea: Come to the mystery,

The Northern Mystery -

The Northern Mystery !

DANZA FLORA

If that fickle moon hadn't come back so soon

I might have missed just how good you look tonight.

Like this desert in bloom, and the roses outside our room -

shimmering white, under the blue moonlight.

And if those flowers could get up and dance

they couldn't thrill me like you can.

When I look into your eyes they're like a prism,

where I can see all the colors I've been missing.

And if those flowers could get up and dance

they couldn't thrill me like you can

LIGHTING OUT

Twilight, twilight

Let's take a ride together.

Moon's out, moon's out -

lights our way down to the river.

Look back, look back,

the skyline glow from our old city

So bright, so bright,

from here life looks so pretty.

Stars rise, stars rise,

the later it gets, the more they shimmer

This time will end,

But it belongs to time forever

Climb up, climb up!

it's time to take our ride together

First light, first light,

Guides our way across the river.

TRANSCONTINENTAL

I'd climb the highest peak above the sea

look back in the direction that brought you to me

Over all these states, the hills and valleys,

that wide expanse between you and me.

I'd fly, jump a train, paddle through the rain

Swim to the other ocean, and back again.

Across the canyons, the scorched plains,

that 1000 mile river that divides you from me.

Transcontinental, so far away!

Long distance, oh, how I wished you had stayed.

If I can find you I won't let you get away.

I'd climb the highest peak above the sea,

look back in the direction that brought you to me

STAGE DOOR ROSES

Last night I heard a noise at my stage door

Someone had left me flowers on the floor

It made me a little blue

No card, didn't say from who

I wish they'd been from someone that I knew.

Been a long way here from my hometown

My Daddy used to drive me, but he ain't around.

When I was young he threw me into a pool -

to sink or swim, so I flew!

He taught me no one will do for you what you can do.

So now that I'm here, what's my next step?

I've arrived, but my heart hasn't caught up yet.

I can put up a good front, but who'll watch my back?

And who do I look for when I finish my act?

PALE RIVER

My baby drove me down to Pale River,

his family town down on the border.

I don't like it there but we've got news to deliver.

It's strange to me it's still called the Pale River

'cause now it's just so low, dark and dirty

but, oh, how they welcomed our news at the family dinner.

My baby wants to live back down in Pale River -

I worry so about our unborn daughter,

it's so different there,

But some ties you can't sever

There's a fork in the river

where it divides,

so we must bridge her.

So now the three of us live in Pale River,

her cousins fuss over our little angel -

she's got all the love here that life can give her!

There's a fork in the river

where it divides,

so we must bridge her.

The same sun shines on the Pale River,

and all our shadows have no color -

It was a good thing when we moved from where we were.

NEW SNOW (for Kate McGarrigle)

Surprised by my own tear when I first heard

you'd gone from here,

I guess my heart knew just how much

it'd been touched by you

Oh, how you filled the air with forgotten sounds,

remembered from somewhere -

I'd listen for you when I needed to hear

something dear and true.

Goodbye, sweet melody,

though you'll never disappear -

All that beauty's still out there somewhere!

You left in the hardest of winters

though in the new snow, your footsteps still show

You're lost but you're found, the trail that you left

circles round and round.

We'll listen for your sound, in the flow of the river,

in the quiet towns, in the rush of the city,

in far away places, that we haven't found.

Goodbye, sweet melody,

though you'll never disappear

All that beauty's still out there somewhere

NO PARDON

Never saw it coming

or ever thought I'd be the one

to do, just what I've done

A life, a good life, I took it all away

I didn't see it coming

until I did it that day

No Pardon, no pardon

should ever come my way -

and I just pray that all the hurt I've caused

is gone away

No clue, what I could say or do

I just have to leave it, leave it in these blues

and just live today

TAKE US BACK

As the train is leaving town

Kids run in vain to chase it down

but it's gone too fast

like you and me

reaching for the past.

But still we try -- Oh! how we try

'cause it takes us back

It takes us back

Take us back!

Down the hill and around the bend,

hard to still see it then, as it picks up steam,

and pulls away,

just like our dream.

But still we try -- Oh!, how we try

'cause it takes us back

It takes us back !

Take us back!

WHO WE ARE

WIll we be walking through the fields from where we come?

Will we be talking to those that we come from?

And what is the secret, in memories sweetly recalled,

of things that never happened here at all?

Oh will it be just like before, and I'll still be who I am?

And all that's been and gone will all be back again?

I hope it will be kinder there,

and we won't be so blinded there

And it just doesn't just go round and round again

Will we be waking into our dreams from afar?

When we know for sure, then we'll know who we are.

All songs written by Paul Marsteller