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Tuesday, February 8, 8:30pm
Rodeo Bar
375 3rd Avenue
212-683-6500
Friday, March 11, 9pm
Rockwood Music Hall
196 Allen Street
New York, NY
Distant Drumming (2008)
1. The Day I Found My Hands (with Mike
Viola)
2. Monday Morning (Sky Above You)
3. Becoming
4. Good Year for a Change
5. The Circle’s Not Broken
6. Water Falling Down
7. The Words (with Larry Campbell)
8. Time in the Night
9. Let’s Pretend (with Mike Viola)
10. Wake Up Your Heart
1. The Day I Found My Hands (Philbrook)
On the day I found my hands
A soldier died in the desert sand
On the day I found my hands
You said look at our fine young man
On the day I found my hands
On the day I found my feet
An iceberg melted in the horrible heat
On the day I found my feet
You said look at him ain’t he sweet
On the day I found my feet
I don’t want to make too much of it
All this talk of impending doom
I just want to laugh at everything
And see the faces walking round the room
On the day I found my voice
The TV droned on making senseless noise
On the day I found my voice
You said we made a perfect choice
On the day I found my voice
I don’t want to make too much of it
All this talk of impending doom
I just want to laugh at everything
And see the faces walking round the room
The song your singing in my ear
Drives away any thought I have of
What will become of me.
On the day I found you
The sky turned into an azure blue
On the day I found you
You said look at what we can do
On the day that I found you
2. Monday Morning (Sky Above You) (Walker)
There isn't a way of looking at you
That wouldn't inspire my soul
There isn't a way of thinking about you
That I wouldn't feel from head to toe
Do you get that feeling when you see me on the pass
If it's in you then let it last
On Monday morning with the sky above you
Don't let that feeling die too fast
There isn't a thing that I could tell you
That would make me blink an eye
There is one thing you held above me
Last night you had your alibi
Did you hear that warning as it was whispered in your ear
Don't hesitate till I'm in the clear
On Monday morning with the sky above you
Don't let that feeling disappear
Now I'm waiting for the right moment
And I'm watching time go by
And if I can see you in the light of the daytime
I'll give you all my reasons why
There isn't a way of looking at you
That wouldn't inspire my soul
There isn't a way of thinking about you
That I wouldn't feel from head to toe
Do you get that feeling when you see me on the pass
If it’s in you then let it last
On Monday morning with the sky above you
Don't let that feeling die too fast
I’ve lived half a life
I’ve only seen one side
I’ve wasted many days and nights to know it
Sadness in the world
But I love a girl
I’m still learning ways and means to show it
The thought runs through my mind all the time
Like the sound of fingers strumming
My heart is keeping time like a rhyme
To the sound of distant drumming
I’m becoming, I’m becoming
Thought I’d seen enough
Convinced I knew my stuff
Until it all went up in the great inferno
Just another hell
A wish lost in a well
I’m still mystified by the hope eternal
The thought runs through my mind all the time
Like the sound of fingers strumming
My heart is keeping time like a rhyme
To the sound of distant drumming
I’m becoming, I’m becoming
I’m becoming, I’m becoming
If I was fading fast
And each breath might be my last
I’d still be looking forward to tomorrow
There is no journey’s end
Just another unknown bend
On an ever-twisting road I know I’ll follow
The thought runs through my mind all the time
Like the sound of fingers strumming
My heart is keeping time like a rhyme
To the sound of distant drumming
I’m becoming, I’m becoming
4. Good Year For A Change (Walker)
To say the least it’s been a good year for a change
It’s guaranteed to last a while
I’ll be home once I kill the beast
More and more I can see the blue sky from the trees
And I don’t mind the time with you
That’s an understatement to say the least
I’ll be a good boy instead of…
Messing up the moment
Preparing our demise
Where would I turn if something cruel just took me by surprise
If I’ve taken you for granted
Then put me in a hole
And cover me up,
I’ll be no wiser when all my breath is gone
Now we’re holding onto something
Not everyone can see
The batted lids, the turning tides
Warning signs we’re on the skids
If it chews you up in the morning
When strangers say hello
We’ll arouse some deep desire
Of something we lost a long time ago
Move over now and find a place for us to be
Together through the thick and thin
Like some old fashioned fantasy
And if you push the buttons that will trigger me to feel
I’ll give it back with heart intact
Maybe that’s not what you expect in the deal
But I’ve been a good boy instead of….
Messing up the moment
Preparing our demise
Where would I turn if something cruel just took me by surprise
If I’ve taken you for granted
Then put me in a hole
And cover me up,
I’ll be no wiser when all my breath is gone
5. The Circle's Not Broken
(Philbrook)
I can’t believe what I’ve been seeing
They keep twisting the knife into those already bleeding
In the name of saving us all, don’t do me the favor
A steady beat of platitudes and stumping
Bible thumping and oil pumping
My friend is a foe and our city’s a graveyard
Summer come sing me your seaside song
I’m headed to a place where I belong
With the windows down and my eyes wide open
I want to believe it so I won’t stop hoping
The circle’s not broken
Flashing messages without meaning
Science is silenced, dreamers must be dreaminig
I’m hitting the books and I’m reading the bottle
I think about the lovers and the missing
And everyone hurt by territorial pissing
But I’m not afraid and I’m not changing my motto
Summer come sing me your seaside song
I’m headed to a place where I belong
With the windows down and my eyes wide open
I want to believe it so I won’t stop hoping
The circle’s not broken
Believe it, believe it
6. Water Falling Down (Philbrook)
We stepped out into a bright new morning
Without any warning
Dark clouds rolled into view
The rain began and we were unprotected
But we remained connected
She asked if I was true
And she said ‘I love the sound
Of water falling down’
She asked me if I might
Want to do this right
And as we fell to the ground
I loved the sound
In days to come we watched the skies and waited
Never satiated, we both prayed for more rain
At first a drop and then a sudden shower
Along with all the flowers
We welcomed it again
And she said ‘I love the sound
Of water falling down’
She asked me if I might
Want to do this right
And as we fell to the ground
I loved the sound
It haunts me even still
I hope it always will
I can’t cut the tether
At night when I’m asleep
These memories run deep
I dream about bad weather
These little words of mine are not
what I would call conventionally flawed
At least I try, isn’t that better than nothing at all
I know I am no good at revealing what’s in my heart
You noticed it from the start
The words might not appear to me today
but for tomorrow….I just can’t wait
I’ve left a thousand things unsaid, I know, it’s
true
But what’s bouncing ‘round in my head I’m not privy
to
So I’ll plagiarize those old and tired worn out lines
I thought you might want to hear
I hope they sound sincere
Although they come out awkward and removed
I promise that… to me they’re true
I believe that if I open up my mouth
Maybe my brain will send a message to my vocal chords down South
Then I’ll tell you properly
How fortune has come over me
Let’s attempt the impossible and see
How good it can be
And I might never have the gift of gab it seems
That’s why I walk around and hope that you can try
And infiltrate my mind
To know what thoughts are kind
The words might not appear to me today
but for tomorrow….I just can’t wait
You lie here in my heart
Sparing me from misery
And I know why I can’t sit still when you stand there next to me
I can’t say a decent word
About this hell-hole of a town
But I know how those feelings change
When you’re here to lead me around
I don’t want to be your only thought in the daytime
I just want to take up a little bit of time in the night
Someone will stop at nothing
To destroy every brand new day
But I’m ready to sit and watch it happen
Till they come to take it away
And as you lead me to confusion
It’s the kind I’ve grown to like
I can hardly stand to fight for something
Only you could make it right
I don’t want to be your only thought in the daytime
I just want to take up a little bit of time in the night
Would it be wrong if I called you up
Would you be long if I let you up
What would you say if daylight left it in my hands
I know you so well
I can always tell
When I should shut my mouth
I remember who
Made it all seem new
Parts of you and someone else
Let’s cut the lights and turn our projector on
All the troubles of the day will soon be gone
When we pretend
So let’s pretend
Nights when you feel bad
Are the best I ever have
Where do you get the nerve?
Too much self-control
I need another role
One that’s a pleasure to serve
Let’s cut the lights and turn our projector on
All the troubles of the day will soon be gone
When we pretend
So let’s pretend
I know you so well
I can always tell
When I should just shut my mouth
I remember who
Made it all seems new
Parts of you and someone else
Let’s cut the lights and turn our projector on
All the troubles of the day will soon be gone
I want you just the way you are and ways you’re not
Forget you know me let’s work with what we’ve got
Let’s Pretend
Baby, let’s pretend
10. Wake Up Your Heart (Walker)
How would you feel if I did what you wanted
If I got up and walked out on you
You were the girl with the whites in her eyes
Keep proving what I feel is true
Carry me back to the same situations
When I forgot what was not right for me
Carry me back to a blue sky of patience
When I knew who you wanted me to be
This is a thing that you may know too well
Me trying to reach
And you trying to run
You don’t have to decide what to ask or to tell me
Let’s get one more to go
Let’s get one more for the road
Let’s get one more to go then you’ll let me
Wake up your heart
What will it take for your eyes to open
I don’t want to be someone you cry for
I don’t need no friend, I don’t need no big sister
I just need you for what I want more
Then we won’t laugh, and then we will argue
Then we won’t be who we are
We’ll be the town joke without no happy ending
We’ll keep pushing that punchline too far
This is a thing that you may know too well
Me trying to reach
And you trying to run
You don’t have to decide what to ask or to tell me
Let’s get one more to go
Let’s get one more for the road
Let’s get one more to go then you’ll let me
Wake up your heart
How would it feel if I did what you wanted
And moved onto something that’s new
Maybe you’d care and maybe you wouldn’t
I’m still trying to figure what to do
Where’s your control? Where is your reason?
It’s scattered all over the floor
Friends say you’re gone and can’t seem to reach
You just keep coming back here for more
