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Ways of Wind and Water

by Cheshire Moon

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1.
Cast the bones, read the stones Working for the dead Nothing too unusual Just a little taste of red. Walking with a fearsome sight Green eyes take me in 10 of 6 does mark the spot With a perfect hat and a gleeful grin We’re just Envy green and Cinnamon Moving through the morning Moving through the morning Followed by the rabbit Stalked along the way Not sure what he’s looking for But he left the white coat home today He’s one of mother’s faithful Caught somewhere in between But I guess that’s what happens when You’re the new Red Queen (yes, well) The Doormouse raised his sleepy head Told me to beware The Jabberwock lives on this block And he doesn’t play fair, well Envy green and Cinnamon Moving through the morning Moving through the morning Mama loved the sound of her own voice, She wanted things her way But sooner or later I always knew That the Bandersnatch would have his day Then that day came and she was gone But no tear of mine was shed For a green-eyed man, he took my hand For my hatted love, I wear the red East or West, up or down We grow, we shrink, we fall But a single smile against the dark Disappears, despite it all So we make it through as best we can, Serving queen and kingdom, all But keep an eye to the setting sun If a hood and hat should come to call We're just Envy Green and Cinnamon Moving through the morning Moving through the morning
2.
Child of stars, walkin by the ocean side Trying to touch the moon again I asked can I walk with you In this place that may never be my home again And we walked, down by the water And we walked, down by the water Slow we drifted down into the rolling waves, He reached out to his friend And as he sank he smiled at me and from his bone white hands He brought alive his brothers in the darkened waves again And we walked, down by the water And we walked, down by the water They strap me to an 87 megaton bomb Sending me and my team straight out to the stars My last night on earth was spent with a a man Going my way He was trying to get home as I was running away But Fate had us going to the very same place He taught me that home isn't where you are But where you wanna stay Driving out into the night I caught a glimpse of him Riding shotgun next to me on a single moonbeam I said a little thank you for letting me along His journey, and he on mine And we walked, down by the water And we walked, down by the water
3.
Catching leaves in autumn Carry them away Tripping over stones as I’m moving on my way I know each rock and pebble Known the mountain all my life I skip under the sunlight Give the rain a home at night Bubble, tumble Wash it all away… People try to know me A few may know my name But my bottom’s deep and my song is wide Come back, I’m not the same Take from me What you need You always know Just where I’ll be Waving to the moonlight, as she watches far away Been wished upon a thousand time There’ll be a thousand more And I hold each wish close until It’s ready for the shore Faces on my surface I remember every smile I keep their memory to keep me warm In winter’s chilly while I change with every season I grow with every day The years may pass me by but I Will always come to play So if you want to sing with me Or simply share some shade Come take a dip along the trip Or even come to stay Bubble, tumble Wash it all away Waving to the moonlight, As she watches far away
4.
Fireside, whisperin’ On an autumn breeze Voices singing through the snow Come along with me You wear the starlight well But you long now for the sea I promise nothing but my hand Come along with me You worked your way up to the top Of all there was to be You climbed so high but then looked up There’s so much more to see I promise you no mountains I hold only one key And that’s to laugh along the way Come along with me… To every game of Calvinball To Invisibility From transmogrification Come along with me We’re off on high adventure But we’ll still be home for tea Dinosaurs and jet pack wings Come along, come along with me… The years pass by like paper planes You give her hand to me I promise to take care of her As you once did or me You never let your childhood go And so neither will we I see you in your daughter’s eyes Calvin’s girl, come along with me…
5.
World Walker 02:53
I would be your Solace when Sorrow comes for tea And close the door behind when she is gone I would wrap you in the starlight if it would dry your tear I’d sprout wings of fire to protect your dearest dreams Child of Long Dead Trees Fallen from the farthest stars Onyx heart bleeds rubies for you under amber skies Beauty seen so clear only to you I part the way between the worlds protecting those that cross But I would let the world collide to touch your fragile heart Everything I ever was, now more with your sweet smile The beast I am is just a girl to you The rivers you have crossed would wash lesser girls away You come to me and I kneel at your feet You voices it rings out to the sky gods, you laugh the pain aside And now I know just what it means to be Bodyguard Neanderthal is not my cup of tea But running away just leaves me heart behind To hear you sing I would keep the moon from falling down Because my home is anywhere you are Child of Long Dead Trees Fallen from the farthest stars Onyx heart bleeds rubies for you under amber skies Beauty seen so clear only to you
6.
If I were the rain, if I were the rain Would I be able to reconnect the pieces of your broken heart The way the rain connects the earth and sky? If I were the rain, if I were the rain Would you catch me every time I fell down Catch me like a raindrop in your hand If I were a star, if I were a star I’d fall into your dreams and light your way The way a star is company to the moon If I were a star, if I were a star Would you come to visit me in the night Would you remember me when the clouds block you from my sight If I were a tree, if I were a tree Would I reach deep enough to touch you when you’re gone Across the land, across the sea, and far beyond If I were a tree, if I were a tree, Would you catch my leaves upon the winds in colors of red and brown Bits of me to take and call your own
7.
Lighthouse 02:14
A rover had my father been And I bound for the sea But though I mounted up to sail One did wait for me A lighthouse, reaching out As through the dark I roam A beacon through uncharted seas Showing me the way home Twas on my third day out at sea She tossed our way a squall But through her harshest wind and rain A beam of light did call A lighthouse, reaching out As through the dark I roam A beacon through uncharted seas Showing me the way home Many seasons, many years A rover I became But there’s no greater sight to see Than a light upon her waves Though the sea had always held my soul My heart was bound ashore If either mistress had her way The other would be no more At last my sailing days were done A harborin’ no more But though I leave, I find at last A smile at my door A lighthouse, reaching out As through the dark I roam A beacon through uncharted seas Showing me the way home Chorus repeat, final line: A lighthouse, to call my home
8.
If you're coming in the summer, you'd be better to split off on Thirty-Five There's the Starlight Drive-In Movie, on your left, just beyond the county line Right after that, you'll see two silos. One is silver; one is blue. 'Bout a quarter mile further, make a left onto Highway Forty-Two. Then follow that road, cornfields just as far as you can see. Follow that road back through time, back through distance, back to me. If you're drivin' by in autumn, you should follow up the river to Bear Lake. That's the time to see the colors. There's an old covered bridge you'll want to take. Late at night, be careful. Just be sure to look for deer out on the road. And if it's early in the morning, sometimes it gets foggy. Take it slow. But follow that road, sugar maples far as you can see. Follow that road back through time, back through distance, back to me. If you get the notion in December to drop by for just a day, There's that tiny little road that no one knows about. It's safe to go that way. It's up between two fields, so the sunlight melts the ice by afternoon. You'll see two houses by the fields. Someone's always there. If not, they'll be back soon. So follow that road, snowdrifts just as far as you can see. Follow that road back through time, back through distance, back to me. You'll remember in the springtime how the puddles look like pieces of the sky, Fallen down by the roadside to delight any stranger passing by. The softness of the grass on Raven Hill where we counted stars at night-- You must know how much I miss you, and that any way you get here is all right. Just follow that road, wildflowers just as far as you can see. Follow that road back through time, back through distance, back to me. (Words & Music Anne Hills © 1995 Raven Heart Music)
9.
Companion 04:27
I sit and wait beside the only tree for miles The path before me barely visible at night I wait there patiently alongside As one by one they all come by Seekers trying to find their way along I ride the winds on wings of black and heather I never know where they all go, just where they’ve been I have to say it wasn’t always like this But that’s a life that I don’t miss I hold the moment for all those who need just one For I am the Guardian, and I am the Guide For all who journey here, I walk beside I pass along all the things I learned Cause nobody can know just where the story turns Then a young man came with heart so heavy Looking for a way to make it all make sense I rode the top of the bag he had on He had the tools he needed all along He just needed a companion on the way A girl danced through the misty shade She liked my voice as I kept her rhythm true She didn’t know just where this road might lead But she was happy for the company So I gave her one feather to remember Yes I’m the Guardian, and I’m the Guide I keep them safe from where the shadows hide The choices that they make are on their own But I’m always there to make sure they don’t walk this road alone Then a flutter of wings caught my attention A glow of white landed on the darkened road He looked around and then he smiled at me He came to sit with me beside my tree And when I heard the footsteps on the path, I knew That we are Guardians, and we are the Guides For all who journey here, we walk beside We pass along all the things we learned Cause nobody can know just where the story turns Yes we are Guardians, and we are Guides We keep them safe from where the shadows hide The choices that they make are on their own But We’re always there to make sure no one walks alone And now we know that we’ll never be alone
10.
In the light of the full moon you came to me Showed me all your world was, and all I could be A Foundling child, embraced by a Fae But you never told me, “Say goodbye to the day.” I’d never see the sun that day Never seen the sun since that day You took up my hand, took me out of the light And together we wandered the ever twilight But your world was never mine, we knew this day would come It was always we two, now I’m down to one Gonna see the sun today. I wanna see the sun today It’s autumn leaves on fire, stretched wide ‘cross the sky But as I watch the twilight end, I can feel your good-bye I look to the wind, will I see you again? But the wind doesn’t answer, will it ever again? But I saw the sun today, yes I saw the sun today You defied your own people to take me in And for seven long years we remained in your glen Seven more years, a wandering dream From dragon to ocean, to our house by the stream Your sword would lead us, my staff just behind And years passed like stardust in the endless night I was daughter and sister, partner and kin You were father and brother, teacher and friend I awake every morn to the sun on my face And I still hear your laughter far away from that place And I wonder if you think of me in the soft summer rain And I wonder if you’d want me if I came home again Cause you’re worth the sun, any day And I’m coming home to stay
11.
My young love said to me, my mother won´t mind And my father won´t slight you for your lack of kine, And she stepped away from me and this she did say, It will not be long love ´til our wedding day. She stepped away from me and she moved through the fair, And fondly I watched her move here and move there, Then she went her way homeward with one star awake, As the swan in the evening moves over the lake. The people were saying no two were e´er wed, But one has a sorrow that never was said, And I smiled as she passed with her goods and her gear, And that was the last that I saw of my dear. I dreamt it last night that my young love came in, So softly she entered her feet made no din, She came close beside me and this she did say, It will not be long love ´til our wedding day. (Traditional)
12.
In the sleepy hours of dawn they come callin’ In the wilds of the wood they come crawlin’ Every tree a road, every flower a star Into the Widow’s garden, they roam Twas a time they played with little children’s toys Beneath a weepin’ willow, with a lovely little boy But now the tree is silent save just for the wind But into the widow’s garden still they roam For time takes all things on, be they mountain, sea or storm But they never are forgotten, no matter what time has worn For those that live forever have the longest memory And no matter what time has lost they still see One day when the boy was young there came a summer squall And a single fisherman that night never did make it home His picture fell down from the wall in a pile of shattered glass And in that moment she knew he was gone The little boy he ran away not believing a single word He fell into the darkened wood, where his tiny cry was heard Next mornin’ he awoke among the petals soft and blue Into the widow’s garden, he was home For time takes all things on, be they mountain, sea or storm But they never are forgotten, no matter what time has worn For those that live forever have the longest memory And no matter what time has lost they still see Though the sea had took her bonnie beau and her son had up and grown Still the Widow keeps her garden, where little blue flowers grow And every morn ‘tween dusk and dawn, upon the creepin’ dew Into the widow’s garden they roam For time takes all things on, be they mountain, sea or storm But they never are forgotten, no matter what time has worn For those that live forever have the longest memory And no matter what time has lost they still see Into the widow’s garden, they roam….
13.
Family 06:28
The trees, they whisper What do they say? You look to me and smile “You’ll know someday.” Hair of sunrise Mine of night All I remember Is your smile, so bright Teach me, Mother Teach me, Mother Teach me, Mother I watch in wonder As Magic breathes Wherever you are near Secrets you weave The years, they leave us One day you know You take my hand and We walk one time more Teach me, Mother Teach me, Mother Teach me, Mother You find a Yew tree You sit and sigh I hold your hand And just cry I sing there with you You drift away Show me, for I Know not the way Teach me, Mother Teach me, Mother Teach me, Mother I return alone And at my door A little girl in rags Shivering cold Her hair a sunrise Grass green are her eyes I give a secret smile For I know why I’ll teach her, Mother I’ll teach her, Mother I’ll teach her, Mother

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released September 12, 2012

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Cheshire Moon Ames, Iowa

Cheshire Moon is a fanciful melding of trickster bird Lizzie Crowe and mad hatter Eric Coleman.

These two-time Pegasus Award recipients are part of the growing music genre known as MythPunk, bringing old gods and folk tales into modern day, and bringing faerie tale princesses into the light of dark magic.

They weave journeys of song and story, bringing their listeners along for the ride.
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