SPANISH WELLS

Kingston Morning

Kingston morning said I shield my eyes against your sun Sad Blue Mountain reminds me that our Love has come undone

You’ve gone too far babe to turn back now Step wide dive deep in the water You left it hanging on Half Way Tree Let what can wait on what ought to

Kingston morning said I shield my eyes against your sun So much trouble and I know it’s only just begun

You’ve seen the seabird, the firefly John Crow just hang in the sunlight You set your watch to the crickets’ cry Palmetto sing through the twilight

Kingston morning said I shield my eyes against your sun Sad Blue Mountain remind me that our Love has come undone

Soul black trouble, a keeper of the shadows and the rain Kingston morning is never going to feel the same

Take me home to the ocean Take me home to the deepest blue You know I can’t stand it And I go crazy if it’s true

And when you want it you know it’s there Don’t speak of long nights spent waiting They’ve seen your smile, they know you’re there Love’s strong and destiny’s changing

Kingston morning said I shield my eyes against your sun So much trouble and I know it’s only just begun Sad Blue Mountain, a keeper of the shadows and the rain Kingston morning is never gonna feel the same

And when you want it you know it’s there And when you want it you know it’s there You know it’s there You know I can’t stand it – and I’ll go crazy if it’s true

Ten Ten

Ten, Ten the Bible Ten Zachariah walk Fox Hill again Ten, Ten the Bible Ten Sammy Swain walk ‘pon hill again

I left Nassan with a premonition This love was an ill-fated expedition I should have learned from the tales you tell ‘Cause your love is as dry as Spanish Wells

Am I drifting across your heart Lost and drifting across your heart And your face is a mess

Ten, Ten the Bible Ten Zachariah walk Fox Hill again Ten, Ten the Bible Ten Sammy Swain walk ‘pon hill again

I pride myself on a sense of direction But here I am lost in Austin, Texas Menthol cigarette tastes like cocaine Waltz me right back down to Port of Spain

Am I drifting across your heart Lost and drifting across your heart And your face is a mess

All the way down to Bailey’s Bay Fish and taters every day All the way to Tucker’s Town Chew on the whale and you blow the horn All the way to Spanish Point Half a gill and half a pint All the way down to Paget side Nothing down there but foolish pride

Rebel in the morning, rebel in the evening

Walk Like I Do

You say that love don’t count for much ‘Cause it only dies I’d argue living well might be your best reply Well, I want your love; it’s what I’m dreaming of It’s what I can’t let go Well I live in cabs and plastic bags And I dig two holes

You walk like I do, I do, I do You talk like I do; your heart is as dark And what can I do, I do, I do If all you want is to tear us apart

You say revenge is still a treat best taken cold

And unpaid bills and tasteless thrills Till the day we’re old

You walk like I do, I do, I do You talk like I do; your heart is as dark What can I do, I do, I do If all you want is to tear us apart

Well lovers change and for the worse Well lovers change, I won’t be cursed

It’s in unpaid bills and yellow pills and in songs so sad It’s in stitched up wounds and in vinyl grooves and in feeling bad

Well lovers change and for the worse Well lovers change and I won’t be cursed

Nothing Else Matters

How am I gonna sleep without you darling? I feel like I can’t breathe How am I gonna tell my friends about it? I don’t expect much sympathy

Chorus: But that doesn’t matter I lost my best friend and I know We ain’t never ever gonna make sweet love again And I remember your honeysuckle scent I still adore I can’t believe that you don’t want me anymore Nothing else matters no more

How am I gonna pray without you darling? The words won’t mean a thing How am I gonna phrase this in a sweet song? When all my love’s in vain

(Repeat Chorus)

How am I gonna sleep without you darling? I feel like I can’t breathe How am I gonna tell my friends about it? Yeah, you know they warned me

(Repeat Chorus)

Wide Sargasso Sea

Yeah, you’ve been a cruel mistress
to me 
 We knew it sweet like molasses
and cornbread Till the slavers made a mess out 
of my head
 Press-ganged to the loyalist cays baby
 And a quartermaster simply hates me

I took a Guinea ship across the water
 To singe the beard on the King of 
Spain’s daughter
 She sent me searching for the fountain
of youth baby
 And her overseer simply hates me

And there’s a wide Sargasso Sea between 
you and me
 And the Spanish moss hangs heavy in the 
oak tree I’ve been a slave to you
 You’ve been a cruel mistress to me
 (Lord, you’ve been a cruel mistress to me)
 Still I work your fields and Spanish
chains called misery

You left a debt piling high in Savannah
 And made a midnight flight to Havana
 I’m still working in Florida
fruit fields
 And the overseer simply hates me

So be free, so be free So be free, so be free, so be free, 
so be free

You’ve been a cruel mistress to me
 Lord, you know you’ve been a cruel mistress to me…

Upon The Vine

The grapes are rotting upon the vine
 The flies are trapped baby behind
the blind
 The cider apples are bruised and sore
 And they lay claim darling against 
your door

Where is the power to pull the tides
 To block out the sun darling and
cloud the sky
 Where is the mistress of my desire
 Now you’re cold,
so cold

You press the flowers, you kiss
the bride
 You look so happy, where’s that tonight I hear the voices inside your brain
 Of rusted yard art out in the rain

Where is the power to pull the tides? To block out the sun darling and
cloud the sky
 Where is the mistress of my desire? Now you’re cold

All you need is divine forgiveness
 And help to harvest your wine
 I send your money to Santa Ana
 And pray for you sometimes Where is the mistress of my desire? Now you’re cold

All you need is divine forgiveness
 And help to harvest your wine
 I send your money to Santa Ana
 And pray for you sometimes

And I can’t take no more thrills with
my sadness
 And I’m not walking your line no more
 I know you numbered the beats of my heart
 On the Sierra Madre floor

Cold Hard Road

Who do you run to, and you do I wasn’t born yesterday Cry, oh cry till you’re empty to the bone It’s a cold hard road and you walk it alone

I cant learn to live everyday as it comes And each time you stray I slip further down Down into dreams of walking tight ropes and tapping phones It’s a cold hard road and we walk it alone

And each time we laugh do we only let pass What our hearts have tried to cling on to All that make believe, smiles and sweet deceit But I wanna live like a man not a child that’s full grown It’s a cold hard road It’s a cold hard road and we walk it alone

How Did You Know

You wanted a show of strength darling And I won’t let you down I’d guess that you had me branded Before I came to town

You were fanning like a fire all those impure dreams And indiscretions so sad and yet free You’d talk into the night and if I heard you right Said there’s no need to keep the faith with me

How did you know I was lying, I was jealous, I was bitter Feeling cold to my soul as I called your name How did you know I was lying, I was cheating, I was hurting Well you said you’d be strong and not lose control

I promised to guard against evil Share watch till eight bells I’ve met you a thousand times darling You buy short and won’t sell

You were fanning like a fire all those impure dreams And indiscretions so sad and so free You’d talk into the night and if I heard you right Said there’s no need to keep the faith with me

How did you know I was lying, I was jealous, I was bitter Feeling cold to my bones as I called your name How did you know I was lying, I was cheating, I was hurting Well you said you’d be strong and make your own way home

And I know I’ve hurt you darling And I’m gone again

Spanish Wells (instrumental)

I Am The Man

You say you want to find someone that’s easy to talk to Someone who will look you in the eyes and understand Say you’ve been looking so long you don’t know if he’s out there Look no further ‘cause I am the man

And you don’t even know how good a love I’m gonna give you You don’t even know you’re going to be Changing all your plans You’ve been worrying, waiting, wondering where he’d come from Look no further ‘cause I am the man

I want you to forget about the times that love has failed you Put it all behind you now, just smile and take my hand And every precious dream of everlasting love and friendship I’ll make it real baby ‘cause I’m the man

And I know it’s not easy, easy to believe me But you’re gonna know before I’m through That every word is true I’m the loving proof

Nothing To Laugh About

If you look in to your heart baby It’s a demon you will see I never bought your flesh fe diamonds Why’d you feign sweet love for me

Selling it cheap babe, selling the last ditch shreds Of the silk you wore Diving deeper, drowning in stale red wine from the corner store

Chorus: You’ve got nothing to laugh about You’ve got nothing to tell your friends If you’re still breathing behind those shark’s eyes My love you surely must taste the bends

If you sail across the water If you dive beneath the sea If you look into the shark’s eyes you will see the shark is me

Spitting out flesh baby, chewing the last ditch shreds Of the silk you wore Diving down deeper drowning in stale red blood And un-civil war