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Lyrics: I Love the Moon
I Want To Be Your Blanket
Holding hands, making plans
We're each others' fans
Jump the gun, it's easy to run
When you see a prize worth being won
My rising star, my shining sun
Being stuck in traffic with you is fun
I've felt love heal, I've felt love hurt
With you I feel our love can work
I want to care for you
Like you care for me
I want to give to you
You give so much to me
CHORUS
I want to be your blanket
Protect you from the cold
You're the one who showed me how to unfold
I want to be your blanket
A dream you can hold
You open a door I never never want to close
No no no
When I'm low, moving too slow
You help me keep on down the road
You say Don't disguise, you'd be surprised
If you could see yourself through my eyes
I'll tell you what I want to do
Is spend more of my time with you
I want to feel my life's complete
You seem to be the missing piece
I want to care for you
Like you care for me
I want to give to you
You give so much to me
CHORUS 2X
By Helen Avakian © Helen Highwater ASCAP
I Love the Moon
I, I love the moon
Through the shivering night
From the warmth of my room
And I, I love you too
I look in your heart for the light of the moon
I, I love the sun
When it's dark outside
And I'm loved by no one
And I am loved by you some
I look in your skin for the glow of the sun
I, I love the stream
When I'm floating
In my little dream
And I love what you mean to me
I look in your soul for the flow of the stream
I, I love the sky
When I'm lonesome and the stars make me cry
And I, I love your eyes
I see in your eyes the stars in the sky
I, I love the moon
When there's darkness in this cold little room
And I, I love you too
Can I trust in you like the light of the moon?
By Josh Bass, Terry Champlin, Helen Avakian © Helen Highwater ASCAP
Greetings from Asbury Park
Greetings from Asbury Park
I wouldn't want to stay here after dark
We walk the moaning boardwalk hand in hand
Past the closed down World Famous Salt Water Taffy Stand
Carousel sings to itself
Down by the penniless arcade
People pass by
No one stops to play
Greetings from Asbury Park
Popular beach, looks infested by sharks
The Ice Cream Palace that won't melt on the hottest day
Now looks sad, its strawberry paint peeling away
Rows of rusty batting cages
Trap the empty air
So much to do here
No one seems to care
Greetings from Asbury Park
Glory days passed away, reality looking stark
Young people living here are gonna go, cause it's too slow
What about that old-timer by his deserted two story HoJo?
Outside the Grand Convention hall
Where the rock bands used to play
Marquis's so out of date
Marble floor cracked with decay
The Boss and his Jersey Girl
Are long gone from these local bars
Off to live in LA
Like so many other hometown stars
Fortune teller left
Saw no future here
Maybe what she saw
Was all too clear
And even summer seagulls
Have flown off
To hang out in parking lots
At the shopping mall
Greetings from Asbury Park
No need to worry about finding space to park
Bruce wrote so many songs about leaving this place
I've got ruts of my own I wish I could escape
Maybe I should stay
Always wanted to live by the beach
Real estate around here
Looks like it might be in reach
Live real cheap
Play music all day
Start our own scene
Maybe open a cafe
Between the topless bar
And the adult bookstore
Before we get too tired and worn
Like this ghost town haunting the shore
I listen to the only song
That's sure to stay
The wind ripping through the air
And the faithfull waves
Pounding away
Greetings from Asbury Park
By Helen Avakian © Helen Highwater ASCAP
Right Now
I like a song with a groove about now
I need a way to get through about now
I want somebody like you
Anytime you're ready
Right now would not be too soon
Anytime you're ready
Right now sounds just right to me
How about you?
So happy life looks to me about now
Take a snapshot memory about now
With you smiling back at me
Anytime you're ready
Right now would not be too soon
Anytime you're ready
Right now sounds just right to me
How about you?
How about you you you you?
How about you?
How about you you you you?
Now how about you?
I like (I like) a song with a groove
I need (I need) a way to get through
I want (I want) somebody like you
So happy (so happy) life looks to me
Take a (take a ) snapshot memory
With you (with you) smiling back at me
Anytime you're ready
Right now would not be too soon
Anytime you're ready
Right now sounds just right to me
How about you?
How about you you you you?
How about you?
How about you you you you?
Now how about you?
About now
by Helen Avakian © Helen Highwater ASCAP
I Met a Witch Today
I met a witch today
And she reminded me of you
She had long blonde hair
Wore a pentagram like you used to
She was friendly and pretty
Easy to talk to
Recalled our good times
We had, me and you
I met a witch today
And she reminded me of you
How you showed me a new point of view
I saw a young girl
And she reminded me of me
In the woods we crossed paths
Smiled and said "Hi" shyly
She was skipping and singing
Wearing an Indian skirt
Looking carefree as I worried about work
I met a young girl
And she reminded me of me
How I think I used to be
People I see
In movies on the street
Are somehow familiar
Does our history repeat?
I met a witch today
And she reminded me of you
I thought of my dreams
That have and have not come true
I wonder sometimes
If I ever cross your mind
When you hear Suzanne Vega
Or classical guitar
Did you form yourself a family
Stick it out with your art?
Do you forecast the future
With your tarot cards?
I met a witch today
And she reminded me of you
And all the things I never knew
About you
By Helen Avakian © Helen Highwater ASCAP
Bird Flying
Bird flying, tree reaching up to the sky
Bird flying, tree reaching up to the sky
Well, I look at that bird
But I feel like that tree
Roots tied to the ground
Hands reaching up to be free
Bird flying, tree reaching up to the sky
The sun's rising, think I'll let it do my traveling for me
The sun's rising, think I'll let it do my traveling for me
Rising sun, yellow sky
Warms up the pillow where I lie
The sun's rising, think I'll let it do my traveling for me
Bird flying, casts a shadow going by
Bird flying, casts a shadow going by
Well, I look at that bird
But I feel like that tree
Roots tied to the ground
Hands reaching up to be free
Bird flying,, tree reaching up to the sky
By Terry Champlin © Helen Highwater ASCAP
I Hear You Call
From across two countries to across the room
From might happen someday to happening soon
From easy beginnings to where we are now
I hear you call, and I answer somehow
From the shadowed valley to the top of the hill
From maybe we should to yes, we will
Through it all I think that you knew
I hear you call, and I call back to you
From letters that are written to letters that are read
From words that are thought to words that are said
From things that have ended to things just begun
I hear you call, and you know that I come
From the sometimes cruel world to the sometimes cruel heart
From the sometimes cruel ending to a brand new start
From across the worlds both old and new
I hear you call and I call back to you
By Terry Champlin © Helen Highwater ASCAP
Threshold of Tomorrow
Look, new sprouts push through the plain
Which are thorns and which are grain?
All may be chaff to those who eat
While starving eyes may only see wheat
Distant drums, far off footfalls
Blood spreads like flames, floods shake the walls
Now is the time to spread wisdom and kindness
To the tortured who hurl themselves and us
To the precipice
Chorus
Kneeling on the threshold of tomorrow
Wondering who to trust enough to follow
Falling over the threshold of tomorrow
Sending up a prayer to anywhere it will go
You who trimmed the wick of the mind
Poured the oil of life into mankind
Do not let your lamps be overturned
Let them illuminate paths to the truth
Chorus
Plant love in the eyes of grownup and child
Banish cruelty to exile
Let the fortress of egos tumble
And the tight fist of greed
Unclench and crumble
Chorus
Let the garden gate open
Let no flower be broken
Let hope rise up like the sun
End these endless wars
That cannot be won
Inspired by the poem Prayer on the Threshold of Tomorrow by Vahan Tekeyan.
Used with permission by Diana Der Hovanessian Published in Sacred Wrath:
The Selected Poems of Vahan Tekeyan Translated by Diana Der Hovanessian
Ashod Press 1992.
By Helen Avakian © Helen Highwater ASCAP
Goodbyes
Goodbyes, tearful goodbyes
Truthful goodbyes
Nothing good dies in the end
Goodbyes, no room for goodbyes
Ancient goodbyes
Nothing good dies in the end
Save your goodbyes for somebody else
Save them for yourself
Save them for someone who really needs them
Because you'll be around when
Leaves turn to gold and
April skies return tenfold
Keep your goodbyes
Goodbyes, icy goodbyes
Fearful goodbyes
Even truth lies in the end
Goodbyes, keep your goodbyes
Save those goodbyes
Nothing good dies in the end
Save your goodbyes for long lost friends
For remember whens, save them for
Someone who doesn't know you
Because you'll be around when
Grandchildren laugh and
The sun breaks through the aftermath
Of darkest skies
Goodbyes, tearful goodbyes
No room for goodbyes
Nothing good dies in the end
By Josh Bass, Terry Champlin, Helen Avakian © Helen Highwater ASCAP
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