Ted Unseth
*The Sub-Basement
Tapes*
--Selected Lyrics--
Over The Ocean
Over the ocean
Comrade of mine she'll
be
Casting the shadow (of) good company.
One thought I wish her:
That she take my love there, too.
I am her
Brother: "Think of me when you do."
If Only I Could Leave The City
The river crossed its heart
off today.
The flowers in the park are undecided.
My ears have told me I shouldn't stay.
The dog is pointing down
saying that's what I did.
If only I could leave the city
And know that everything would be all right if I return to
my home:
I just don't know.
I'm sleeping every night in the tree
But the motors of the mad are eternal.
I've
even tried to down-on-one-knee
But the problem is not only internal.
If only I could leave the city
And know that
I could love the land enough to live a life all alone:
I just don't know.
Your Lady On The River
When your Lady wishes to be alone
Well, you'll find her on the river skippin' stones.
And you'll be watching with all of the tears you have.
You
won't even have your knees.
You listen to the love she feeds the Wood.
Don'tcha know that she's alive"
Here's
your Lady finishing last night's dream.
Well, you know it's a feelin' so clean.
You've got the birches bowed for overjoy.
She's your life, hey boy.
You listen to them cry; and you nearby.
Don''cha know that she's alive?
She'll not
see you--you will just happen by.
She'll be running and talkin' to the sky.
And she will ask you, "Why do your eyes
be full?"
You tell her, "It's just the breeze."
You listen to her eyes--they've brought you home.
Yes, you know
that she's alive.
She Will Be My Friend Forever
All that Life could be
is dying.
My trembling hands torment me night and day.
Only yesterday, I'm crying.
I sit alone. My heart has
turned to clay.
I've betrayed my love for Woman.
My eyes have killed the faith she never had.
I've been dubbed The
One Mistaken Lover.
She lost my heart the day I thought of me.
She will be my friend forever,
No more, no less--this I just now have seen.
And now I find I am stronger.
I
fear no(t) Death/my sacrifices/me.
It's Only The Girl-Cats
Oh, it's only the Girlcat what catches
the mice
'Cuz the Guycats stay home and get fat.
Copyright 2003 © Ted Unseth
