by Mark Erelli feat. Kelly Willis on album Signature Sounds Collection, Volume 5

(Mark Erelli) Out here on this road just after midnight Silver sickle rising in the east I'm steady on the wheel But I know just how you feel So just lean back and try to catch some sleep CHORUS Go

by Mark Erelli on album Little Vigils

The wasp she lays an egg 'Neath a caterpillar's skin It hatches and the larva grows Feasting from within It kills the host then off it goes To sting another one Seems to me there's too

by Mark Erelli on album Miscellaneous

When the sun goes back And the first quail calls Follow the drinking gourd The old man is waiting For to carry you to freedom Follow the drinking gourd Follow the drinking gourd Follow the drinking g

by Mark Erelli on album Little Vigils

I took the moon for a walk last night It followed behind like a still summer kite Though there wasn't a string or a tail in site When I took the moon for a walk I carried my flashlight just in c

by Mark Erelli on album Little Vigils

Oh I wish I believed if only for you In a Sweet Ever After beyond the blue In an Eternal Father who after the fall Cast us all out of the garden Now I've found an Eden I can believe in Leavened

by Mark Erelli on album Little Vigils

Your heart is dark as a hemlock grove Where the sun never shines and nothing grows Black as each feather in a murder of crows Your heart is dark as a hemlock grove Your heart is empty as winter in a

by Mark Erelli on album Little Vigils

Stranded on the outskirts Of Columbus Ohio Some motel next to a strip mall church With the neon burning cold It's raining soft and steady Like it always does in movies Now I'm good and drun

by Mark Erelli on album Miscellaneous

God loves everyone Like a mother loves her son No strings at all Unconditional Never one to judge Will never hold a grudge About what's been done God loves everyone There are no gates in heaven Ever

by Mark Erelli on album Little Vigils

Timmy played bass and his brother had a Mexican Strat I was on drums and couldn't find the one but I only sang a little flat Fake wood paneling, linoleum floor Pillow stuffed under the upstairs d

by Mark Erelli on album Little Vigils

There's a junked out truck stuck in the mud Down in the valley where the low fields flood Every spring when the river jumps its banks A few stubborn leaves clinging to the bough By the wing or w

by Mark Erelli on album Little Vigils

Katydid fiddling on a summer's eve Brown bats circle 'round the old house eaves I can taste the ocean on a cool salt breeze Blowing through a torn screen door Can't believe I let the s

by Mark Erelli on album Miscellaneous

Trouble come falling from the pure blue sky Went down to the well but the well was dry Wasn't nothing but a bucket and a hole in the ground I pitched myself like a penny thrown But my wish just echoed

by Mark Erelli on album Miscellaneous

Cobblestone pillow, newspaper sheets Ten below zero, sleeping on the street Someday we all will have a home A place to come in from the cold Somewhere so high above the clouds Why not here? Why not n

by Mark Erelli on album Miscellaneous

We are passing this world on to our kids From the moment that they climb out of their cribs And we try to teach them well And show them they are loved But in the end all we can do Is hope our best is

by Mark Erelli on album Miscellaneous

Take what you want, see to it You dust all your memories away 'Cause I can't find the strength to do it I can't remember what should go or what should stay But it's a fine time of year to do it And i

by Mark Erelli on album Miscellaneous

The Devil's train is long and black And it rides on rails of tears And it's headed for destruction now With a drunken engineer Oh, see the greatness of the crowd That waits beside the tracks They're

by Mark Erelli on album Little Vigils

How can I look you in the eye Tell you everything will be alright When I know everything could change tomorrow How can I promise you right now That I'm never gonna let you down I know you won

by Mark Erelli on album Miscellaneous

You've traveled the river from end to end Never found a true love anywhere you've been You never broke a heart that wouldn't mend On such a lovely summer night Your hands' in your pockets as the band

by Mark Erelli on album Little Vigils

Found me a river So I followed it down Til I felt the spray on my face Where the waves kneel down Like pilgrims lost in prayers of devotion Came the vast and roiling green Pauline Built me a campfire

by Mark Erelli on album Little Vigils

Sailing Far away from here In a magic boat On a silver sea Cresting Over gentle waves Til I see the land Nestled in my dreams Flying With the pillow clouds Under winking stars In a silent sky Glidi