Rapunzel
 

Open wide

Oh so good I'll eat you

Take me for a ride

In your sweet delicious

Perfect little mouth

Thereupon I linger

You will have no doubt

I'll do my best for you, I do

Love

Let's stop to get it going

Lost myself just thinking

About the two of us

From each other drinking

Begin with the lips

Fingertips and kissing

Turn me inside out

I do my best for you

Up and down we go

From the top you push me

This is such a thrill

Lost in love and dancing

Shake your tambourine

You blow my head open

Of this there's no doubt

I do my best for you I do

For you I would crawl

Through the darkest dungeon

Climb the castle wall

If you are my Rapunzel

You let your hair down

Right in through your window

Good they locked the door

I do my best for you

I think the world of you

All of my heart I do

Blood through my veins for you

You alone have all of me

I give my world to you

To you I will be true

Too good to be real

Smell of something cooking

My soul you're to steal

Food of love we're filling

What you've given me

For it there is no measure

Of one thing I am sure

I'll give my best for you

I think the world of you

All of my heart I do

Blood through my veins for you

You alone have all of me

From you my strength is full

To carry your burdens too

I give my world to you

Hip lock up so tight

You drive me crazy

Crazy is all right

With you looking at me

You make me feel high

Every single thing you do to me

is like I'm drunk

I do my best for you, I do
 



 

The Last Stop

Fire

The sun is well asleep

Moon is high above

Fire grows from the east

How is this

Hate so deep

Lead us all so blindly killing killing

Fools we are

If hate's the gate to peace

This is the last stop

For raining tears

War

The only way to Peace

I don't fall for that

Raining tears

You're righteous, so righteous

You're always so right

Go ahead and dream

Go ahead believe that you are the chosen one

Raining tears

Oh no

Gracious even God

Bloodied the cross

Your sins are washed enough

Mother's cry

"Is hate so deep

Must a baby's bones

This hungry fire feed?"

As smoke clouds roll in

The symphony of death

This is the last stop

Scream

Right is wrong now

Shut up you big lie

This black and white lie

You comb your hair to hide

Your lying eyes

You're righteous, so righteous

You're always so right

But why your lie

Go ahead and dream

Go ahead believe that you are the chosen one

This is the last stop

Here there's more than is showing up

Hope that we can break it down

It's not so black and white

You're righteous

You're righteous

You're righteous

You're always so right

There you are nailing good to a tree

Then say forgive me, forgive me

Why

Raining tears

This is the last stop

Here there is more than is showing up

Hope that we can break it down

It's not so black and white
 



 

Don't Drink the Water

Come out come out

No use in hiding

Come now come now

Can you not see?

There's no place here

What were you expecting

Not room for both

Just room for me

So you will lay your arms down

Yes I will call this home
 
 

Away away

You have been banished

Your land is gone

And given me

And here I will spread my wings

Yes I will call this home

What's this you say

You feel a right to remain

Then stay and I will bury you

What's that you say

Your father's spirit still lives in this place

I will silence you
 
 

Here's the hitch

Your horse is leaving

Don't miss your boat

It's leaving now

And as you go I will spread my wings

Yes I will call this home

I have no time to justify to you

Fool you're blind, move aside for me

All I can say to you my new neighbor

Is you must move on or I will bury you
 
 

Now as I rest my feet by this fire

Those hands once warmed here

I have retired them

I can breathe my own air

I can sleep more soundly

Upon these poor souls

I'll build heaven and call it home

'Cause you're all dead now

I live with my justice

I live with my greedy need

I live with no mercy

I live with my frenzied feeding

I live with my hatred

I live with my jealousy

I live with the notion

That I don't need anyone but me

Don't drink the water

There's blood in the water
 



 

Stay (Wasting Time)

We were walking

Just the other day

It was so hot outside

You could fry an egg

Remember you were talking

I watched as sweat ran down your face

Reached up and caught it at your chin

Licked my fingertip

Wasting time

Let the hours roll by

Doing nothing for the fun

Little taste of the good life

Whether right or wrong

Makes us want to stay, stay, stay

for awhile

Later on the sun began to fade

Then the clouds rolled over our heads

And it began to rain

Oh we were dancing mouths open

Splashing tongue taste

For a moment this good time would never end

You and me

You and me

Just wasting time

I was kissing you

You were kissing me love

From good day into a moonlight

Now a night so fine

Makes us wanna stay, stay, stay, stay for awhile

Wasting time

I shall miss these things

When it all rolls by

What a day

Wanna stay, stay, stay, stay for awhile

Hey love

Oh just groping you

Rolling in the mud

Stay a while

Come on love

Wanna stay, stay, stay, stay for awhile
 



 

The Stone

I've this creeping

Suspicion that things are not

as they seem

Reassure me

Why do I feel as if I'm in too deep

I've been praying

For some way to show them

I'm not what they see

Yes I have done wrong

But what I did I thought

needed be done

I swear

Unholy day

If I leave now I might get away

This weighs on me

As heavy as stone and as blue as I go

I was just wondering if

you'd come along

To hold up my head when my head

won't hold on

I'll do the same if the same's

what you want

If not I'll go

I will go alone

I'm a long way

From that fool's mistake and

now forever pay

No, run

I will run and I'll be ok

I was just wondering if

you'd come along

To hold up my head when my head

won't hold on

I'll do the same if the same's

what you want

If not I'll go

I will go alone

I need so

To stay in your arms, see you smile, hold you close

And it weighs on me

As heavy as stone and

a bone chilling cold

I was just wondering if

you'd come along

Tell me you will
 



 

Crush

Crazy how it feels tonight

Crazy how you make it all alright love

You crush me with the things you do

I do for you anything too

Sitting, smoking, feeling high

In this moment it feels so right

Lovely lady

I am at your feet

God I want you so badly

I wonder this

Could tomorrow be

So wondrous as you there sleeping

Let's go drive 'til morning comes

Watch the sunrise

To fill our souls up

Drink some wine 'til we get drunk

It's crazy I'm thinking

Just knowing that the world is round

Here I'm dancing on the ground

Am I right side up or upside down

Is this real or am I dreaming

Lovely lady

Let me drink you please

I won't spill a drop, I promise you

Lying under this spell you cast on me

Each moment

The more I love you

Crush me

Come on

It's crazy I'm thinking

Just knowing that the world is round

Here I'm dancing on the ground

Am I right side up or upside down

Is it real or am I dreaming

Lovely lady I will treat you sweetly

Adore you

I mean

You crush me

It's times like these

When my faith I feel

And I know

How I love you

Come on

Lady

It's crazy I'm thinking

Just as long as you're around

And here I'll be dancing on the ground

Am I right side up or upside down

To each other we'll be facing

By love we'll beat back the pain

we've found

You know

I mean to tell you all the things I've been thinking deep inside

My friend

With each moment the more I love you

Crush me

Come on

Lady

So much you have given love

That I would give you back

Again and again

Meaning I'll hold you

And please

Let me always
 



 

The Dreaming Tree

Standing here

The old man said to me

"Long before these crowded streets

Here stood my dreaming tree"

Below it he would sit

For hours at a time

Now progress takes away

What forever took to find

Now he's falling hard

He feels the falling dark

How he longs to be

Beneath his dreaming tree

Conquered fear to climb

A moment froze in time

When the girl who first he kissed

Promised him she'd be his

Remembered mother's words

There beneath the tree

"No matter what the world

You'll always be my baby"

Mommy come quick

The dreaming tree has died

The air is growing thick

A fear he cannot hide

The dreaming tree has died

Oh have you no pity

This thing I do

I do not deny it

All through this smile

As crooked as danger

I do not deny

I know in my mind

I would leave you now

If I had the strength to

I would leave you up

To your own devices

Will you not talk

Can you take pity

I don't ask much

But won't you speak

Please

From the start

She knew she had it made

Easy up 'til then

For sure she'd make the grade

Adorers came in hordes

To lay down in her wake

She gave it all she had

But treasures slowly fade

Now she's falling hard

She feels the fall of dark

How did this fall apart

She drinks to fill it up

A smile of sweetest flowers

Wilted so and soured

Black tears stain the cheeks

That once were so admired

She thinks when she was small

There on her father's knee

How he had promised her

"You1ll always be my baby"

"Daddy come quick

The dreaming tree has died

I can't find my way home

There is no place to hide

The dreaming tree has died"

Oh if I had the strength...

Take me back

Save me please
 



 

Pig

Isn't it strange

How we move our lives for another day

Like skipping a beat

What if a great wave should

wash us all away

Just thinking out loud

Don't mean to dwell on this dying thing

But looking at blood

It's alive right now

Deep and sweet within

Pouring through our veins

Intoxicate moving wine to tears

Drinking it deep

Then an evening spent dancing

It's you and me

This love will open our world

From the dark side we can see a glow of something bright

There's much more than we see here

Don't burn the day away
 
 

Is this not enough

This blessed sip of life

Is it not enough

Staring down at the ground

Oh then complain and pray

more from above

Greedy little pig

Stop just watch your world trickle away

Oh it's your problem now

It'll all be dead and gone in

a few short years

Just love will open our eyes

Just love will put the hope in our minds

Much more than we could ever know

Don't burn the day away
 
 

Come sister

my brother

Shake up your bones shake up your feet

I'm saying open up

And let the rain come pouring in

Wash out this tired notion

That the best is yet to come

But while you're dancing on the ground

Don't think of when you're gone

Love! love!? what more is there?

We need the light of love in here

Don't beat your head

Dry your eyes

Let the love in there

There are bad times

But that's ok

Just look for love in it

Don't burn the day away
 
 

Look

Here are we

On this starry night staring into space

And I must say

I feel as small as dust

Lying down here

What point could there be troubling

Head down wondering what will

become of me

Why concern we cannot see

But no reason to abandon it

Time is short but that's all right

Maybe I'll go in the middle of the night

Take your hands from your eyes, my love

Everything must end some time

Don't burn the day away
 
 

Come sister

My brother

Shake up your bones shake up your feet

I'm saying open up

And let the rain come flooding in

Wash out this tired notion

That the best is yet to come

But while you're dancing on the ground

Don't think of when you're gone

Love! love!? what more is there?

We need the light of love in here

Don't beat your head

Dry your eyes

Let the love in there

There are bad times

But that's ok

Just look for love in it
 



 

Spoon

Spoon in spoon

Stirring my coffee

I thought of you

And turned to the gate

On my way came up with the answers

I scratched my head

And the answers were gone

From hand to hand

Wrist to the elbow

Red blood sand

could Dad be God

Crosses cross hung out like a wet rag

Forgive you? Why?

You hung me out to dry

Maybe I'm crazy

But laughing out loud

Makes the pain pass by

And maybe you're a little crazy

But laughing out loud makes

it all subside

Holding, I'm holding

I'm still falling

Spoon in spoon

Stirring my coffee

I thought of this

And turned to the gate

But on my way

Crack

Lightning and thunder

I hid my head

And the storm slipped away

Well maybe I'm crazy

And laughing out loud

Makes it all pass by

And maybe you're a little crazy

And laughing out loud

Makes it all alright

Laughing out loud

From time to time

Minutes and hours

Some move ahead while

Some lag behind

It's like the balloon that

Rise and then vanish

This drop of hope

That falls from his eyes

Spoon in spoon

Stirring my coffee

I think of this

And turn to go away

But as I walk

There're voices behind me saying

Sinners sin

Come now and play
 



All Songs Written By David J. Matthews 1