Lyrics from the album Two Pines
All songs by Peter Bolland BMI
Two Pines
Two pines by the lake
They grew together kind of by mistake
Two seeds from different trees
Married together on a summer breeze
In the sweet sunshine
Two pines
Big storms, every year
And the rain it really falls like tears
And they lean on each other
When they feel like giving up
And they stand so tall
And they'll never fall
Till the end of time
Two Pines
They watch the sun, the moon, and the stars
Spin around them
They can't believe how lucky they are
That love found them here
When the fire came and the smoke smothered
It got so thick they couldn't see each other
When the air cleared, all the trees were gone
Except the two that grew together strong
And they stand so tall
And they'll never fall
Till the end of time
Two Pines
Rollin' Lonely
Day after day I've been rollin' lonely
Over the road of my dreams
Where in the world are the things that feel
As real as the way it seems
I know that it ain't easy
To watch the summer fade
I feel like a city worker
After the big parade
If I could fly I'd be gone by morning
High above the clouds
Just for tonight before I grow my wings
Won't you please pull me down
I know that it ain't easy
To watch the summer go
Like a blank piece of paper
Blowin' down the road
Day after day I've been rollin' lonley
Only as blue as my dreams
Where in the world can a man find what he
Wants down in his dreams
Where in the world can a man find what he
Wants down in his dreams
Take Me To the Beach
Well there may have been a couple of wayward years
Back in the day driving drunk on beers
But we kept the seeds and we learned how to grow our own
You look at me now you see an old man singing
But back in the day I was young and bringing you
Flowers and keeping you up all night
Having sex on the beach till the morning light
What if I told you I was still that kid
Would you carry me over the things I did
And make me whole in the pleasure of your arms
Let the teacher teach, let the preacher preach
Just take me to the beach
You're kind of quiet like a preacher's daughter
But you hold me hard and rock me on the water
You listen to me talkin' 'bout all my crazy dreams
I feel safe with you like I never do
Anywhere else I feel like a fool
And when I'm in your arms I'm king of the world
And you're my all night bodhisattva surfer girl
What if I told you I was dead inside
And with a touch of your hand you could raise me
I would come alive in the pleasure of your arms
Let the teacher teach, let the preacher preah
Just take me to the beach
The tide'll rise and fall forever
But you and me'll be together
Well there may have been a couple of wayward years
Back in the day driving drunk on beers
But we kept the seeds and we learned how to grow our own
What if I told you there was something good
Coming down the road would you trust me
Would you let me pull your heart out of the breach
Let the teacher teach, let the preacher preach
Just take me to the beach
Take me to the beach
Take me to the beach
My Favorite Song
Don't know where I'm going, don't know where I'm bound
I'm following traces of light on the ground
And there's a road that I'm travelin', I know I'm not alone
I don't know if I'll ever find a way home
And I've waited so long for my favorite song to come on
I've waited so long
I've been out in the desert where the tumbleweeds roll
And in the cold Rocky Mountains knee deep in the snow
And there ain't no good reason for the things that I've done
You know that I'm sorry that I hurt anyone
And I've waited so long for my favorite song to come on
I've waited so long for my favorite song
Turning the dial, mile and after mile
And I can't seem to find what I left behind
And maybe tomorrow I'll find a friend
Who'll walk on beside me from here to the end
And we won't ask for nothing 'cause we'll have it all
In the way that your eyes shine when night starts to fall
And I've waited so long for my favorite song to come on
And I've waited so long for my favorite song to come on
And I've waited so long
Long Gone
I haven't talked to you in a long time, but I've seen you around
I hear you're living on the east side, and I'm way downtown
You know I'm doing better, but I miss you sometimes
I read your old love letters, looking for signs
A little time. a funny rhyme
A faded flower pedal on
An empty sheet, a quiet street
And though I know I'm holding on
You're long gone
A memory's just a feeling, that don't care how you feel
It leaves you a little of nothing, and let's you think it's real
I hear your feet in the hallway, I hear your voice on the stair
I hear you knocking on my door, but you're not there
A little time. a funny rhyme
A faded flower pedal on
An empty sheet, a quiet street
And though I know I'm holding on
You're long gone
A little time. a funny rhyme
A faded flower pedal on
An empty sheet, a quiet street
And though I know I'm holding on
You're long gone
You're long gone
In the Rain
Well the rain is comin' down and it won't stop
The sky is fallin' on me drop by drop
There ain't no way to go and not get wet
Ain't nobody found one yet
And in the rain, you're alive again
And all your tears, fall away like years gone by
It's the little things that keep you sane
Like the way your baby calls your name
And you need something only she's got
Like the way she loves you no matter what
And in the rain, you're alive again
'Cause all your tears, wash away like years gone by
Well the rain is comin' down and it won't stop
The sky is fallin' on me drop by drop
The rain, the rain, the rain, the rain
The rain, the rain, the rain, the rain
The Longing
Well we've been here all year long
It's hot and dirty like a roadside bomb
We don't admit it but we miss our mom
And we don't talk about the longing
Well we come from the USA
From the Bronx to East LA
And every little town along the way
And we don't talk about the longing
So many kids lying dead in the sand
And guys like me with blood on their hands
But it was him or me you understand
And we don't talk about the longing
No we don't talk about the longing for home
No we don't talk about the longing, no matter how strong
It's just a couple of clicks from Fallujah to a soldier's bed
And I'll be dreamin' of home before the pillow even hits my head
Well the word came down today
We're shippin' home hippy kai-yi yay
Yeah we're finally getting out of this place
Where we don't talk about the longing
Alejandro, Shaneequa, and Dave
We'll load 'em up in the cargo bay
Don't know why they had to die that way
And we don't talk about the longing
No we don't talk about the longing for home
No we don't talk about the longing, no matter how strong
It's just a couple of clicks from Fallujah to a soldier's bed
And I'll be dreamin' of home before the pillow even hits my head
No we don't talk about the longing for home
No we don't talk about the longing, no matter how strong
It's just a couple of clicks from Fallujah to a soldier's bed
And I'll be dreamin' of home before the pillow even hits my head
It's just a couple of clicks from Fallujah to a soldier's bed
And I'll be dreamin' of home before the bullet even hits my head
Yeah I'll be dreamin' of home
Hands
Well I’m sleeping, in the back of a Chevy station wagon
I’m waking, to the sway of the road and the Arizona
Starlight, and my father driving us straight right through
The dark night, two strong hands on the wheel in the moonlight
We put our faith in the Lord above
But we put our lives in the hands of the ones we love
Now I’m standing, at the altar with you baby and your eyes are
Shining, and when you take my hand I know I understand that we
Put our faith in the Lord above
But we put our lives in the hands of the ones we love
We put our lives in each other’s hands
We take a vow and we take a chance
We never know if the road’s gonna end
Around the bend
Now I’m driving, and it’s late at night and you’re sleeping right
Beside me, I keep my eyes on the road and my hands real steady now
We put our faith in the Lord above
But we put our lives in the hands of the ones we love
The ones we love, the ones we love
The ones we love
Take good care of me baby, take good care of me baby
I’ll take good care of you baby, I’ll take good care of you baby
On the Bridge
On the bridge, over the valley
On the bridge, over the trees
On the bridge, you will be carried
You don’t have to worry, you don’t have to fight
There’ll be a light in the darkest night
On the bridge
Well there once was a road, so long and winding
And there once was a home, so warm and inviting
And so worth finding
And in the ones you love, there shines a light
That shows you how to let go
And cross over alone, on the bridge
I see your beautiful smile through the tears
You can’t go on, but you can’t stay here
On the bridge, over the valley
On the bridge, over the trees
On the bridge, you will be carried
You don’t have to worry
You don’t have to fight
There’ll be a light in the darkest night
And you’ll be free, and it’ll be alright
On the bridge, on the bridge
On the bridge, on the bridge
Driving Around
I like the way the curve of the road
Pulls me out of my seat and I know
That I’m alive
Fallin’ down the ridge of the hills
Down to the waves and it makes me feel
That I’m alright
There’s the flag and the old high school
The Taco Bell and the community pool
It ain’t complicated baby just sit down
I like drivin’ around
You like the feel of wind in your hair
And you’re laughin’ like you just don’t care
About anything
But the sound o’guitars runnin’ high and hard
And the look on your face when we’ve gone too far
And can’t get back
Out in the fields where the barbed wire’s strung
From post to post to the setting sun
It ain’t complicated baby just slow down
I like drivin’ around
Nobody knows where we go when we’re through
I’ll drive it hard anywhere with you
When everything’s a little out of reach
I go drivin’ down on the beach
And chase the waves
Cause one more turn of these old four wheels
Would carry me over the way I feel
And make me whole
Kiss me baby like you’re stealin’ it
Hold me tight make me know you’re feelin’ it
It ain’t complicated baby just slow down
I like drivin’ around
I like drivin’ around
I like drivin’ around
I Love the Way You Call Me Baby
I love your fire engine lips
I love your child bearing hips
I love your blood shot eyes
I love your American thighs
I love your dangerous tongue
The way your song always gets sung
I love your pretty skin
Not too thick and not too thin
I love the way you call me baby
I love your crooked little smile
I love your it-ain’t-no-big-thing style
I love the way you wear your hair
Any old way ‘cause you just don’t care
I love the way you think
The way you talk the way you drink
I love the little things
That lovin’ you will always bring
I love the way you call me baby
I love your pretty skin
Not too thick and not too thin
I love the way you call me baby
I love your tears like rain
The way they wash away everything
I love your deep green eyes
The color of the earth where it touch the sky
I love your finger tips
Your hands your arms your legs your lips
I love the way you wait
But never ever hesitate
I love the way you call me
I love the way you call me
I love the way you call me baby
Iron Road
Cuttin' through the ridge above the canyons
Haulin’ all the timber for the bridge
Dynamitin’ tunnels through the mountains
Yeah we did
Eighteen men and twenty pound hammers
Hold ‘em high and swing ‘em down low
Sleepin’ on the ground up in the mountains
In the snow
On the iron road
They say when you die you go to heaven
Preacher say the roads are paved with gold
Out here on the great Mojave
I don’t know
I am growing weaker by the mile
Brother can you carry my load
Coughin’ blood and fadin’ like a shadow
Of a long black column of smoke
O’er the iron road, on the iron road
Mister will you write to my Melissa
Tell her there’s one thing I know
Everything else is just a mystery
I love her so, on the iron road
On the iron road
On the iron road
On the iron road
Hallowed Ground
Caught in the web of my worried mind
I can’t shake the feelin’ that I’ll be alright
And even the tears that are fallin’ down
Are landing on hallowed ground
I’m standing on hallowed ground
Every direction that I stumble in
I find a place where I can begin
Living the good life that I have found
I’m standin’ on hallowed ground
There ain’t nothin’ but hallowed ground
What if our troubles all blow away
And there’s nothin’ left but the wind
Out on the highway, up through the trees
And high on the mountain again, with an old friend
Here in the clearin’ beneath these stars
I got a feelin’ I know where we are
And after all of the wrong turns and ramblin’ round
I’m standin’ on hallowed ground
We’re standin’ on hallowed ground
Ain’t nothin’ but hallowed ground
Hallowed ground
Hallowed ground
Hallowed ground
Hallowed ground
Sand County Time
These are the reaches of our lives
From these beaches and hillsides
Through these canyons out to the desert sun
We’re livin’ like we mean it
If there’s an end we ain’t seen it
We’re goin’ right on out to the end of the line
And there’s a road in the sun
Move your feet, carry on
Lift your heart on the wind
Let it fly home again
Feelin’ fine, in Sand County time
These are the things that we wanted
There are the houses haunted
These are the good old days and the time of your life
So shake your little sadness
And stop the madness
Give your heart to a world outside your door
‘Cause there’s a road in the sun
Move your feet, carry on
Lift your heart on the wind
Let it fly home again
Feelin’ fine, in Sand County time
Feel I’m runnin’ out of time
If you run with me then baby I’ll be fine
‘Cause there’s a road in the sun
Move your feet, carry on
Lift your heart on the wind
Let it fly home again
Feelin’ fine, in Sand County, in San County time
In Sand County time, in Sand County time
In Sand County time