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BETWEEN THE RIVER AND THE ROAD LAY YOUR BODY DOWN MERCY TOWN PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY IN THE HEART OF THE STORM It’s 82 degrees, ten-thirty I’m going down to Mercy Town Roll down the windows, turn up the heat In the heart of the storm Full moon spinning round and round Going to have myself a look around, oh yeah Beat a hasty retreat down that street In the heat of the night Why do I get the feeling I’m going where the sun shines bright Turn the radio up all the way As you lay here beside me you’re messing with me? And everybody’s soul is filled with light, Take a trip down Pacific Coast Highway Holding me tight Come on, baby, lay your body down oh yeah In the flash of the thunder Street light colors melt through your tears And the bolt of the light We’ve been passing like dancers in the night And there’s no need for struggle, You haven’t felt like this in a million years In the heart of the storm Our feet they barely touch the ground no need for tears Cast your fate and your faith to the wind Everything is all right I want to see you undressing for me No need for irrational fears You’re driving down Pacific Coast Highway, Come on, baby, lay your body down No need to worry about what’s coming round... again In the heart of the storm In Mercy Town In the cold of the dawn I see your skin shimmering Familiar feelings slap at the shore Your love rides along side of me In the pale moon light I’m going down to Mercy Town The moonlight sparkles on waves of black And keeps us strong Is it such a sin Where music is the only sound You’ve hit the ceiling, it’s four to the floor The wind it may shake us For me to want to hold you I’m going where the dogs run free There’s no turning back With all of its might Through the night? And time stands still and waits for you and me, But in the heart of the storm oh yeah Feel the cold wind tangle your hair Everything is all right It’s 81 degrees, eleven-thirty As night lays open your soul to bare Sweet smell of honey suckle abounds And there’s no need for hunger, Nothing matters, anyway Time goes by so slowly Santa Ana wind blowing your shirt wide open no need for pills When you’re speeding down Pacific Coast When the rain is pouring down Come on, baby, lay your body down No injustice and no ill will Highway Even though you’re here to hold me No need to worry about what’s coming down... I know, I just might drown I see your skin shimmering In Mercy Town Familiar feelings slap at the shore In the pale moon light The moonlight sparkles on waves of black In the heart of the storm Is it such a sin I’m going down to Mercy Town You’ve hit the ceiling, it’s four to the floor Let the waters rise For me to want to hold you Bought my ticket, that’s where I’m bound, There’s no turning back With you here to guide me Through the night? Mercy Town I will survive I’m going where the flowers bloom Feel the cold wind tangle your hair And if it’s my turn to go, now It’s 80 degrees, twelve-thirty And peoples’ spirits soar up to the moon As night lays open your soul to bare I won’t put up a fight Crickets are too tired to make a sound Nothing matters, anyway ‘Cause in the heart of the storm I hear your heart’s soft beat And there’s no need for stealing from the poor When you’re speeding down Pacific Coast Everything is all right As our lips meet No need for greed, cheating or senseless war Highway Come on, baby, lay your body down No need to worry ‘bout what going down… In the heart of the storm, In Mercy Town © 2010 Britta Lee Shain In the deep of the calm © 2010 Britta Lee Shain I feel you inside me I’m going down to Mercy Town Rolling on Going to take a stroll around, lie down on the And through a river of darkness ground in Mercy Town I see your light, I’m going where the sun shines bright And in the heart of the storm And everybody’s soul is filled with light, Everything is all right oh yeah In the heart of the storm © 2010 Britta Lee Shain Everything is all right © 2010 Britta Lee Shain BETWEEN THE RIVER AND THE ROAD page 2 HIGH TIMES AND MISDEMEANORS THE HARD WAY DOWN AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL High times and misdemeanors I’m traipsing through the moonscape I’m walking down Main Street America the beautiful Sheriff’s back in town As if I cannot see Hustling for spare change Home of the brave and free There are no losers or winners I’m sleeping through the shadow play Wishing people wouldn’t America the beautiful When you’re this far down Pretending to be free Look at me like I was strange How could you ever... Sirens are blasting The road I walk is a bumpy one Turn your back on me? I’m too lost to be found Though I barely make a sound Got my dog and my rain coat Lovers can’t be choosers As I careen off cliffs above My cardboard box Now I’m going to crawl off When their guns are in the ground Taking the hard way down Don’t need much these days Sleep under a bridge somewhere Don’t need no locks Out of sight, out of mind Lights flashing in passing I’m drifting on the summer wind Going to vanish into air They say crime doesn’t pay Trying not to leave my mark America the beautiful I’m not saying, I’m just asking Sometimes when two souls collide Home of the brave and free And hope that tomorrow’s the day I’ll know for sure come judgment day There’s not even one spark America the beautiful When I wake up There’s a bucket in the sand filled with bounty Not so with you, my love How could you ever... To find that red, white & blue... You’ve got the right of way You’ve charred me to the ground Turn your back on me? Rainbow in my cup I’ll probably die in Tulare As I careen off cliffs above But you could still get to L.A. Taking the hard way down A woman walks toward me America the beautiful Five dollars in her hand Home of the brave and free Call me a thief or a gambler The hard way down Stuffs it in my cup America the beautiful Either way, I just lost my bet The hard way down Trips over a grain of sand How could you ever... Time may be running out for me It’s the only way to fly Turn your back on me? But there’s hope for you, yet The hard way down I know I’ll never see her again The hard way down Anytime later or soon America the beautiful If I could change just one thing You really ought to give it a try But tonight in my newspaper bed Home of the brave and free That night out on the terrace… I’ll dream of her under the moon America the beautiful I’d have taken off your wedding ring And as the days grow shorter Land of peace and prosperity I fear to say goodbye America the beautiful America the beautiful Coyotes howl at that train whistle I’m fragile as a bird’s wing Home of the brave and free God shed his grace on thee Dogs barking at the moon Without the will to fly America the beautiful This old meat has turned to gristle Your arms like broken branches How could you ever... How could you ever... Probably turn to dust, soon Reach up to make my crown Turn your back on me? Turn your back on me? Time is of the essence As I careen off cliffs above On this last day in June Taking the hard way down Some things you’d like to forget © 2010 Britta Lee Shain Meet me at the station Like how you got to where you are On some other afternoon The hard way down Some things you regret The hard way down Some things have simply gone too far Call me a thief or a gambler It’s the only way to fly Either way, I just lost my bet The hard way down First tour of duty Time may be running out for me The hard way down I came back lucky to be alive But there’s hope for you, yet You really ought to give it a try Fifth tour of duty Hope for you yet A land mine took my eye Hope for you yet © 2010 Britta Lee Shain Hope for you yet But I could still see in my dreams Bombs bursting like fireworks © 2010 Britta Lee Shain Body parts raining down On foreign dirt BETWEEN THE RIVER AND THE ROAD page 3 taKE ME FOR A RIDE Take me for a ride To forget that song Days drift into nighttime The way you used to do She was singing from your lap of luxury Like dollars down the drain The valley below us Our love’s just over the horizon And it’ll be the twelfth of never I’ll picture you at the end of the line Gleams like a thousand jewels And out in the blue Before you say forever Seeing me through eyes without blame Diamonds and rubies Take me for a ride To another girl so pretty Emeralds and pearls Take me back when And I’ll love you like there’s no tomorrow It all came so easily It’s a hundred miles to forgiveness Hold you like I did yesterday We roll down the windows We thought it never would end And it’s none of my business Kiss away the heartache and sorrow A warm breeze rushes through We thought it never would end But I’m really wishing you would stay here Like there’s no tomorrow, just today Like yesterday’s memories ‘Cause it’s a split second to heaven Of time spent with you © 2010 Britta Lee Shain When you’re making love again And I’ll love you like there’s no tomorrow With the one who will always hold you dear Hold you like I did yesterday Take me for a ride Kiss away the heartache and sorrow You’re barreling down that The way you used to do I’LL BE AROUND Like there’s no tomorrow, just today, just today Long lonesome highway Our love’s just over the horizon Heading for the outskirts of town And out in the blue It’s a long way home © 2010 Britta Lee Shain Hoping that when you’ll be arriving..

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