THE CREATIVE WORLD OF GAIL WEISMAN
See Myself Again
I’m going way to fast I don’t have time
to sit and watch the world of change
I’ve got my life into a scheduled rhyme
realizing no refrain
There’s always open roads that we can choose
it’s either future or the past
I get caught up in things I used to do
tryin’ to make daylight last
Hey I think I see myself again
Living through these changes
from beginning to the end
Hey like a loving long lost friend
I think I see myself again
I think I see myself
I know you got your secrets deep inside
Is that what makes you so damn sure?
Instead of comin’ close you walk away
is that the key to your allure
But when I close my eyes you come alive
I see your long hair flowin’ free
Baby is it true that you don’t ever love
And is it true you always leave
There was a time I forgot who I was
I was a prison of myself
A long unbroken line of crazy thoughts
and wishin’ I was someone else
So many people say they understand
they love you but they turn away
I get to wonderin’ how they fool themselves— and how they live from day to day
Ship Called Love
I’m steppin’ out to meet you
but I don’t know who you are
Where your love is takin’ me
is a mystery by far
I don’t know the road ahead
so baby I’m gonna let you steer
You just drive this big ole’ ship called love right on outta here
I recently removed myself
from things that made my weary
Baby it’s a shame a love like this
has got to be so scary
Ain’t no rules to follow no
no books that we can read
You just drive this big ole’ ship called love
'cause honey I got what you need
The road is rocky the road is steep
Baby you cant love what you can’t keep
Driver’s Ed ain't gonna do you no good
if you don’t love me the way you should
You sit so quiet behind the wheel
baby what is in your head
you got to pay attention to the road
or else we both are dead
steady on the pedal
no no no don’t turn around
You just drive this big ole ship called love
right on up to higher ground
yeah right on up to higher ground
Winter’s Day
What is the time
What is this place
What is that quizzical look on your face
Did you know me then
Do you know me now
Have you crossed that “in-between” somehow
Was your daydream long and slow and sweet
Like the moment that you melted to the beat
Are you driftin’ your memories away
As you shed the broken wings of a winter day
Your timing is good
the feeling is right
There’s something here between us tonight
But I can’t be sure
the look in your eyes
Don’t mean you won’t cut me down to size
The something you said
the something I heard
There’s nothing like the power of words
In the window first
out the back door last
They always get away too damn fast
Lost Sailor
(Bob Weir/John Perry Barlow)
Compass card is spinning
your helm is swingin’ to and fro
ooh where’s the dog star
ooh where’s the moon
you’re lost sailor
you’ve been too long at sea
some days the gales are howlin’
some days the sea is still as glass
ooh reef the mainsail
ooh lash the mast
you’re lost sailor
you’ve been way too long at sea
now the shorelights beckon
it is the price for being free
yeah the sea birds crying
there’s a ghost wind blowing
it’s calling you to that misty swirling sea
‘till the chains of your dreams are broken
there’s no place in this world
you can be
you’re lost sailor
you’ve been too long at sea
now the shore lights beckon
there is a price for being free
you’re driftin’ and driftin’
yeah you’re driftin’ and dreamin’
‘cause there’s a place you’ve never been
maybe a face you’ve never seen
you can hear her calling on the wind
oh honey drift your life away