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Known Corners

by John Lyle

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1.
We All Fall Down 02:38
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We All Fall Down You were sitting by a river Lost inside of days gone by Something came and made you shiver Something came and made you cry How much would you beg or borrow For it to be the way it was Would you pay the wage of sorrow Pretty is as pretty does Life’s a bed of roses Where the magic comes and grows Hushabye, we all fall down Humbled as we tumble Over ruins that have crumbled Hushabye, without a sound Did you see your Mother’s image Painted in a pale, blue sky Did you see the Painter in it Clean a brush in tears you cry Life’s a bed of roses Where the magic comes and grows Hushabye, we all fall down Humbled as we tumble Over ruins that have crumbled Hushabye, without a sound
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Bone Dry 02:56
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Bone Dry Someone said that you have gone bone dry There is not a thing can make you cry You can sail a painted ship across a silver sea And bring it home without a thought of me Up all night, waiting for the rain I might have to dance that dance again Shake my fist into the sun And beat my feet across The barren face of everything I’ve lost Whosoever built this paradise Forgot to put the light behind your eyes You can sail a painted ship across a silver sea And bring it home without a thought of me If I live to see the light of dawn I hope that when I wake you will be gone Then I will slip my painted feet Into my painted shoes And walk away, bone dry just like you Walk away, bone dry just like you
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I Know You Rider 04:35
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I Know You Rider Could be a story or it could be true Could be about me, it could be about you I’ve lost so many reasons for things I think I’ve done If I thought this pride of fools Called the shots and made the rules I’d take a flying leap back to the place from where I came I know you, rider, but I love you just the same You’ve been trying to break a code You’ve been trying to drop a load You’ve been carrying your own mountain Past the point of no return You’ve been living where the sun goes down Where what goes around, comes around They say a storm is brewing but they won’t give it a name I know you, rider, but I love you just the same Waves are lapping like a big dog’s tongue Just like it happened back when we were young You’re not here to solve the problems of the world Standing on the corner with your wings pinned back Barefoot and pregnant on a mountain path Screaming to the heavens like a keeper of the flame I know you, rider, but I love you just the same I know you, rider, like a dreamer knows his hand Like a rose that grows you’ll come to know I’m your biggest fan   In the velvet afterglow of memory I go Footloose and funny in the shadow of the show I hear you whisper there ain’t no wind at all You made it here without a map All the stars smile behind your back You tremble at the mention of the One who has no name I know you, rider, but I love you just the same
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Bound and Determined 02:41
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Bound And Determined I must have missed it Cause you sure had it ready to go You had it all sewed up Like a head on the wall for show Your ducks were all in line You must have went to Columbine Bound and determined You will keep what you have not got Is that a purse you hold so close To your cardboard heart I try to stand still When your dead eye begins to dart The crowd down on Slaughter Row They’ll watch a child see the red blood flow Bound and determined You will keep what you have not got You take it so personal Like it’s something you think you own Something to hide behind when you get back home No, no, no, no!
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Funny Funny Animal 01:52
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Funny Funny Animal You’re a funny funny animal, But I forgot to laugh They think you’re together But you’re cut right in half I see you prowlin’, like a god of the dead I hear you howlin’ like a wind in the head You’re a funny funny animal Pretending to be kind All the while, you been double-dealin’ from behind I see you prowlin’, like a god of the dead I hear you howlin’ like a wind in the head With a begging bowl in one hand And a knife behind your back You hide like a jackal With kittens in a sack I see you prowlin’, like a god of the dead I hear you howlin’ like a wind in the head You’re a funny funny animal Loathsome to yourself Dirty, and unwanted, but you can’t be no one else
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Nothing But a Dream 01:30
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A Breath of Light 04:51
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A Breath Of Light Love lies bleeding, in the death of night Something needs a breath of light Birds are feeding, they are hoarding for a flight To where the wild things lose their sight Tribal drums are beating rhythm out of time What it is, is not mine Just missed meeting a meeting of the minds Being half a double bind A lonesome wind-chime beating on itself Like a hollow, empty shell Not even this time, could there be any help That’s all she wrote that I can tell All the boulders standing in the way Have turned to dust and blown away Both the shoulders they cried on every day Have grown wings and flown away We fly so slow and low we almost touch the ground With laughing children all around It’s always touch and go on the borderline With so many ways to be kind For Kerrie Speers.
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Like a Blank 01:55
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Like A Blank My guts are tied in knots my eyes are filled with clay I’ll get there when I leave when I get my way Like a blank I missed it Guess I better roll it back one more time Branded like a long horn on the down hill drag Drunk on my reflection like an evening stag Like a blank I missed it Guess I must have had a hole in my mind There’s a fire on the mountain, there’s a fire below There’s a fire in the garden where the wind won’t blow Like a blank I missed it Guess I better roll it back one more time I guess I better roll it back like a big old stone Nothin’ gonna stop it on its way back home Like a blank I missed it Guess I better roll it back one more time Like a blank I missed it Guess I better roll it back one more time I better roll it back down the railroad track There ain’t nothin’ at the end of the line There’s a fire on the mountain. there’s a fire below There’s a fire in the garden where the wind won’t blow Like a blank I missed it Guess I better roll it back one more time
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City of Love 03:09
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City of Love In the city of love, the cops don’t use a gun They catch you with the stars in your eyes The sun don’t shine, it radiates The mystery train is never late Clouds don’t hold no rain in the city of love Clouds don’t hold no rain in the city of love In the city of love, all change comes from above Singing like a stone in the sea We stand and pray for who knows what But every case is open shut Clouds don’t hold no rain in the city of love Clouds don’t hold no rain in the city of love In the city of love, I’m glad for what I got Flashing like a bolt from the blue Shining as my own true face Laughing down this bitter place Clouds don’t hold no rain in the city of love Clouds don’t hold no rain in the city of love In the city of love, I dreamt I never was Drifting like a ghost in the wind Backing down a faded stair Past a clock I can’t repair Clouds don’t hold no rain in the city of love Clouds don’t hold no rain in the city of love

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released October 10, 2007

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John Lyle Sechelt, British Columbia

The lyrics for most of the songs appearing in these albums are available in book form: "The Kindest Lies: the Lyrics of John Lyle", published by Leaky Boot Press (June 28, 2013).

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