Angel Called

Angel called tonight
Called me on the telephone
Caught me on the wires of my soul
Out on the highway all alone
Angel called tonight
Seemed to me he needed a friend
So I tried to be there
Cuz I believe there could be love
When I think of him

Once I saw a meteor
Fall to earth not very far
From where I stood in unprepared amazement
But it's not as bright as the light that you bring me
It's not as bright as the love

Angel called tonight
Sent me to the Twilight Zone
Left a message blazing cross the sky
Out on the highway all alone
He's looking my way through the phone
And so I told him
Ah, but he should have known
He should have known

Words & music copyright © Cici Porter 1989

Eden

If I had a chance I surely would
Go back to the days of pure romance, I remember Eden
Just one more dance if I only could
But I cannot go and so I sing of the nights of Eden
There was just one who knew my name
It was a song of joy that I remember singing
We were so young and we were playing with a flame
And we set fire to the skies in the nights of Eden
I'm on the outside now but I remember Eden
I've not forgotten how the taste of life was
Sweeter than we ever could have dreamed then
No we never did imagine
I heard it said the other day
There was a rumor that the garden gate was broken
He was alone and coming out to play
And it was time to say the words that were left unspoken
Oh--I remember Eden
I remember Eden
I'm on the outside now but I remember Eden
Oh-I remember Eden

For the Ironwood

When I was a child I dreamed of a great land
Fearlessly wild and taken by no man
Green as a long summer's day
I never understood when they told me, "Don't believe it,
You'll never get it back that way."
So I dreamed and I played, I watched the trees fall around me
Those mean city ways, they never ceased to astound me
"It's all right," they'd say, "Didn't need that old thing anyway."
But when I was alone an ironwood tree consoled me
A few miles from home, strong branches would hold me
If I'd ever known it was true what they told me
That my friend would fall some day
I'd go to the hills, the crowd overwhelmed me
I'd go to be still, the loudness repelled me
What could the ironwood say?
"Listen to the wind, come on girl, climb in.
You just got to be strong and pray."
So I dreamed and I prayed and I made my escape plan
A long string of days never taken by no man
"That's all right," I'd say. "Didn't need no old man anyway.
Oh but I was afraid, I started growing my own armor
The ironwood swayed, I couldn't stay and watch them harm her
So I ran away
To a place where no foreman or farmer would ever lay claim
Go to the hills, the trees they won't blame you
Go to the sea and the sky will reclaim you
Throw all your armor away
Pick it up again if you think you really need it
when you go back someday
Pick it up again if you really need it
when you go back someday

Orion

Red lights glow
Out of evening windows, soft against the snow
I am walking, talking to the wind in whispered voices
In oaken leaves the winter breeze rejoices
Just the talk of vagabonds and bums
Along the tracks behind the houses, the sound of howling comes
At the moon, from every yard in town
From every kenneled hound
That wants to track us down
Walking on the waters now trapped beneath the snow
Soon in the spring how they're gonna shimmer
They will dance and they will flow
Funny how at night this deep frozen land
Looks like the desert
Looks like the night on shining sand
Stars above the desert burning clear
But with a light as cold as winter, as this blue evening here
And the fires shining through them windows casting taunting shadows
Are every bit as clear as the desert sun
To this cold lonely one
So far away so near
Orion my dear friend now with your arrow and your bow
Shoot for me a dream and send it falling softly through the snow
Into my hands
A dream of summer friends
Of nights on desert sand where day and evening blend
Into a purple glow soft against the snow

Purple & Green

Once in a dream of a mountain slope
Purple and green the colors that spoke up and stopped me
Heaven only knows the world before me I see
Up in the wind where the hawks will pass
Fireweed and the sunshine through the foxtail grass
Heaven only knows how long the daylight will last
Purple and green, she stood high on the mountain
Purple and green, he lay back in the grass and watched her play
Fiery seas, all purple and green
Heaven and earth in one breath taking gaze
Proud as a king in a purple robe
Or bowed to the green like monkshood on a mossy road
Heaven only knows how far that road's gonna go
Some gonna make sure you know their name
Some disappear just as quiet as flowers the way they came
Heaven knows we all got to go just the same
Purple and green, he stood high on the mountain
Purple and green, she lay back in the grass and watched him play
Cool as a breeze, all purple and green
Heaven and earth in one breath taking gaze
Waiting patiently there by a dying stream
Days of magic solitary flying dreams
Heaven only knows the world before me I see

E/Motion

Bittersweet like heather
Staring out across a mossy green sea
Stormy weather between you and me
Set it free, between you and me
Hush upon the ocean
Whisper soft under a mist of rain
Pure devotion, things will never be the same
Let it change, let it rain
The nature of emotion is motion
The nature of emotion is change
The nature of emotion is motion
The nature of emotion is change
But always I love you
Breathing in, breathing out
Feeling like the ocean in motion constantly
Oh let it be
Set it free between you and me
The nature of emotion is motion
The nature of emotion is change
The nature of emotion is motion
The nature of emotion is change
But always I love you
Bittersweet like heather
Staring out across a mossy green sea
We are together no matter what that means
Set it free between you and me

The Fault Line

I got my beads on
I'm calling from San Francisco
In these neo-revolutionary times
Out here on the fault line
When Leonid died
Oh will you or won't you
And do you or don't you need me?
I got nothing to offer but my name
Out here on the fault line
Nothing has changed
Nothing's changed
Nothing's changed
Nothing's changed
Silver companion
Fall away till the rockets lose you
In your pocket a feeling full of cloud
Out here on the fault line
It's a worried crowd
And do you or don't you?
And will you or won't you see me?
I got nothing to offer but my shame
Out here on the fault line
There's no one to blame

The Lion Song

You set the world in motion once again
I thought I heard the ocean roaring in your hand
You uncaged the lion pacing restless in me
I gave up all of my new found security
For the singing of a lark who's just like me
Because he swears he's gonna fly away and always be free
Just fly away and leave me in the dark
But at the break of day the arrow found its mark
So don't you worry about what's happening tomorrow or yesterday
I'm sick of living in another time anyway
If you don't mind I'll just be right here in your arms
For as long as you'll stay
It happened when I was only a little child
I heard the laughing of the moon out in the night so wild
And out across the lake the footprints left behind by the moon
And she brought me on her hunt when the sun went down
And she taught me how to run like one of her hounds
And she warned me of the lark singing in my room
She said he's gonna fly away and leave you in the dark
But at the break of day the arrow will find its mark
So don't you worry about what's happening tomorrow or yesterday
I'm sick of living in another time anyway
If you don't mind I'll just be right here in your arms
For as long as you'll stay
You set the world in motion inside of me
You set the girl and the woman and the lion free
You let me hear the wilderness calling for me
You let me hear the wilderness singing in me
You let me hear the wilderness laughing at me

The Moonisbloominginaroom

The moon is blooming in a room
Where flowers are forbidden
Blossoms smouldering a jasmine perfume
I must keep them hidden, hidden
Something's growing where it oughtn't to grow
A red rose in prison
Someone's going where they oughtn't to go
Imminent decisions, decisions
Try and understand that's just the way these things go
Try and take a stand and tell that man no
Just say no
We were speaking of souls, seeking, finding
We were thinking things out of our control
Forgetting, reminding, reminding
The moon is blooming in a room
Tunnels to chambers
Jungle drumming a persuasive native tune
Calling you to danger, danger
Try and understand that's just the way these things go
Try and take a stand and tell that man no
Just say no

Marisol

Marisol, I hardly even knew you
Marisol, I loved you just the same
Marisol, you're sitting right above me when I call your name
Marisol
Marisol, I know you had to leave us
Marisol, I never will know why
Marisol, do you know how it grieves us to tell you goodbye?
Marisol
We are changed into the grass of springtime
We are changed and yet we remain
Our hearts will grow green again
And they will open their petals
And lift up their songs
Marisol, the sun upon the waters
Marisol, this beauty will remain
Marisol, you are heaven's daughter
And you are home again
Marisol
Marisol