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Silver Wheels
silver eagle rollin' thru
the pennsylvania night
past little farms asleep
inside their cicled safety lights
like little pools of righteousness
that stand against the dark
with help from a harvest moon
and a solitary star
they go to bed real early
out west of bethlehem
the towns close down and the theory is
that trouble can't be found
but you and i know better
but why worry them with proof
we slide by on wings of eagles
like an ill wind blowin' thru
and we see the world on silver wheels
we are travelors and know
that life like this jus' can't be real
hi-ho silver wheels, hi-ho silver wheels
we see the bad ignore the good
because the good does not bring danger
so used to the unusual
that the normal seems a stranger
we can take the trash talk
and the gangs and all the jive
but the good word and a god bless you sir
seem to take us by surprise
the things that are important here
seem easier to see
could it be that we jus' need
something simple to believe
or are we just too jaded
by our travels and our big-time greed
that we see no valus
in living clean, and good, and free?
and we see the world on silver wheels
we are travelors and know
that life like this jus' can't be real
hi-ho silver wheels, hi-ho silver wheels
they go to bed real early
out west of bethlehem
When Fear Follows
unsung heroes lost from memory
returning home unwanted history
when fear follows, retreat is impossible
from the trojan horse within
guns and bombs cannot compare
to the danger of the souls dispair
and the cost cannot be counted
by those who were not there
take the sons of a nation
following their flag
watch them coming home
in a body bag
when fear follows retreat is impossible
from the frozen corpse within
and economies can prosper
outside of wars we cannot win
home again, home again
fear follows even here
comfort sings let freedom ring
oh, take comfort in your fears
for guns and bombs cannot compare
to the danger of the souls dispair
and the cost cannot be counted
by those who do not care
and time will never set us free
from the burden that we share |