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-Hermit King-

Boy Blue

Before the sun she made her run

I woke and she was gone

Poppa's stare said Guinevere

Had flown to Avalon

At least a month her eyes had died

The reasons no one knew

Dad could never bring her back

His world turned silent blue

Spirits send her home tonight
Silence still the eves
Come and touch A blue boy heart
Love that never leaves

I know it's not an act of love

That left him in the rain

If love is what she thought she'd left

It lives here with his pain

Give him back a little time 

Before your leaving nears

Momma hold a moment more

And stay to wipe his tears

Spirits send her home tonight
Silence still the eves
Come and touch A blue boy heart
Love that never leaves

-Hermit King- 

Carry On

Bred to bend but never broke

Made to make a master stroke

Were the answer not a joke
Fate has called as I awoke

Found another torch to tote

Picked a shore and burned the boat

Gonna win that's all she wrote
Glories gain without a vote

Lifted hand to help another

Shining beacon for my brother
Shared the joy among each other

Fires lit no one can smother

Paving ways to understand

Giving all to give a hand

Leaving marks to heal the land
Playing hard to beat the band

Made the world my work of art

Reason clear from end to start

Love it all with all my heart
Fate and I not far apart

Lend yourself to one who tries

See what comes as no surprise
look with clear and wiser eyes

Others soon begin to rise

Born to carry on

- Hermit King--

Uncle Sam's Lament

Oh my country tis of thee

Why hast thou forsaken me

Working days become the night

A dying dollars final fight

Amber blowing wave of grain

Harvest met to others gain

Days of debt infect the masses

Bondage bankers gifted passes

Ceilings fail on our default

No more credit in the vault

Land of milk and honey gone

Nowhere clear for movin' on

Battle lost without a gun

Not too sure who really won

Economic heart disease

The IRS is now chinese

Bring it back oh president

At least attempt to make a dent

Next one up to take a swing

Time to earn the freedom ring

Spend no more by happenstance

Add some magic to the dance

Make a move both bold and brave

It's just my gold n soul you save

-Hermit King-

Oliver

Who would say of Ollie's day 

My eye's have seen enough

Of silly times and pantomimes

And giggles off the cuff

Eyes too light for shadow

As he wonders at the flies

Toothless grinning minnow

Like a god in all but size

Quick to sound and fury

When the winds won't blow his way

Model for an angel

When the sandman ends the day

Bounce and he is broken

Sing and he'll delight

Born a lovers token

Good night my boy good night

-Hermit King-

The Warrior Blues

Give me a gun and a barrel of bullets

Blades and grenades to inspire the muse

I'll play you a way to the valley of shadows 

And sing you a warriors blues

Fields of the fallen still echo in chorus

 lullaby sorrows lost to the years

Many have sung and none left to listen
  Bands of hell no human hears

Peasants and privates play the drum slowly

Generals and chaplains step to the fore

Writing on bars in the heights of Valhalla

Lines for a note to the widows of war

Piccolo's speak of a morning marauder

Trumpets arouse in the clashing midday

Strings softly play in a falling finale

On cymbals of rock where forever we lay 

Give me a gun and a barrel of bullets

Blades and grenades to inspire the muse

I'll play you away to the valley of shadows 

And sing you a warriors blues

-Hermit King-

Devastation Valentine

Sirens sang and mountains roared

Krakens rose in one accord 

Fate awakened on the run

Devil kissed the rising sun

Heroes stand on burning walls

Ghosts at war in flaming halls

Titan saviors facing sin

Kamikazi lose or win

Shaken, stirred, but doin' fine 

Head above the waterline

Toxic whipping wind divine

Devastation Valentine

Blind to where they're goin' now 

Bow to bones that fed the plow 

Fear has fled from men resigned

Father time cannot rewind

One more day to do or die

Calm the way of samurai

Power greater than the pain

Of child's play in acid rain

Shaken, stirred, but doin' fine 

Head above the waterline

Toxic whipping wind divine

Devastation Valentine

Overtime to cool a tomb

Pray the cherry blossoms bloom

Lives in trade 'til evils past

Bravery's greatest living cast

Ne'er a one a run away

Honor is the only play

Raise a pillar to the deed

Final gift to those in need

Shaken, stirred, but doin' fine 

Heads above the waterline

Toxic whipping wind divine

Devastation Valentine

-Hermit King-

  

Hollywood Roulette

Faded sun and rainbow lies

Halos turn to haunted eyes

Shadow days inside me rise 

Bullet in the gun

Empty soulless state of grace

All alone is everyplace

Silence raging into space

Bullet in the gun

Monster bound but bearing bite

Blinding stare devoid of light

Numb to fear of wrong or right

Bullet in the gun

Reach for me and hold me brother

Rip me from the darkness mother

Is there one who'd help another

Bullet in the gun

No one knows quite what I've seen

Haven't found a place to lean

 Mirrors face has lost it's sheen

Bullet in the gun

Hope no more my little man

Races ran without a plan

Leapt to fire from the pan

Bullet in the gun

Less One?

-Hermit King-

We're Away

Finally got some money

For a fare from here to there

Gonna grab my milk and honey

Take our time to anywhere

Pack a bag for El Dorado

Catch a flight through Shangri La

Change a plane in Amarillo

Hop a train to Babylon

No one saw us coming

Raise a glass we're on our way

Life's a risk worth running

Come tomorrow we're away

We can walk the Mayan highland

Dance the night in roman rain

Trek the Easter island

Or a land without a name

The seas will part before us

Time will bend and tear

Only stars to guide us

On our trip to everywhere

No one saw us coming

Raise a glass were on our way

Life's a risk worth running

Come tomorrow we're away

We will wash in mighty rivers

We will race the desert dunes

We'll take what fate delivers

Making love to ancient tunes

Throw away that dusty compass

Light the fires with our maps

 Signs can never stop us

As we slip between the gaps

No one saw us coming

Raise a glass were on our way

Life's a risk worth running

Come tomorrow we're away

-Hermit King-