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The
Rain Song
Written by Susan Cowsill & Vicki Peterson
Main Vocal: SUSAN
I don't think about us much anymore
And frankly the topic has become a bore
And you don't come up much in my conversations
And I don't think about you on vacation
But when it rains
That's when I remember
I remember you
I don't think about you when I'm sleeping
It doesn't even cross my dreamlike mind
And I don't think I see your face through the curtain
Hell, I don't even miss you half the time
Rain, rain, go away
I'm doin' fine as long as you stay
Locked up inside your cloud of grey
Rain
Drifters
Written
by Susan Cowsill & Peter Holsapple
Main Vocal: SUSAN
It's been a long haul
L.A. to LA
We've always done it our way
That's just how we are
Rolling off that mountain
Headed out for glory
I guess you heard the story
Man, we felt so strong
I never thought we'd laugh this long
We are all drifters
Singers and sisters
Brothers and lovers and mothers and confidantes
We were born alone
We're alone when we're gone
So while we're here, we might as well just
sing along
Keeping up the good fight
And we'll be alright
We always have each other
And that's all we need
And if you want to find us
We left a map behind us
Meeting in the circle
Swirling sky and stars
You never have to look too far
You don't understand, no
You don't understand
And if we're all wrong
We'll have to sing our own songs
To one another
Until we grow old
And that's the way we started
And even if we're parted
There'll always be a road sign
To lead us home
We never have to be alone
So while you're here, You might as well just
sing along.
Way
of the World
Written by Susan Cowsill & Vicki Peterson
Main Vocal: VICKI & SUSAN
There's a mean wind blowin' this way
Everyone thinks it's okay
The common law is lowest of all
So why do we laugh when we watch someone else take a fall
It's the way of the world
Say a prayer and it all comes true
Cross your heart, hold your breath, touch the wall
You might make it through
Oh Lord, please let the landing gears come down
It's a cry in the dark
And you know you don't make a sound
It's the way of the world
Like a good soldier marking my time
I got my reward, it was mine
Cut off my hair and burned down my home
Sold my voice to the devil
And all I got left was alone
What were you expecting
What did you have planned
I know a woman, she's so very small
Has nothing to say so she speaks for us all
Looking for love and karmic relief
An act of contrition heals everything
That's her belief
What were you expecting
It's not what you had planned.
Don't
Do What I Did
Written
by Peter Holsapple
Main Vocal: PETER
Don't do what I did
Don't do what I have done
Turning the world against you
All in the name of having fun
You'll never be the same
You'll always feel ashamed
Like I did
Don't do what I did
Don't do what I did
Don't break a beating heart
Don't try to rend asunder
What no man should tear apart
You'll always feel so bad
You'll only wish you hadn't
Done like I did
Don't do what I have done
All the love I ever had
Only ever wanted bad
Bad enough to wind up dead
All the moves I might've made
All the best plans ever laid
Only wound up shot instead
Don't do what I did
You break your own heart first
If you're miserable now, just wait
It only hurts all the worse
Like a presence that won't leave
It makes it hard to breathe
Don't do what I have done
This is not a helping hand
I'm not one to understand
I'm just pointing out the time to you
How much more can one soul take?
What's the measure of mistake
When all you ever make is mine?
Once you're a loser
All you can learn to do is
Don't do what I did
And pick on a love that's true
That was the big mistake
The one that I had to make
Don't do what I did
Don't do what I did
Don't do what I have done.
Spring
Day in Ohio
Written
by Susan Cowsill
Main Vocal: SUSAN
It was a spring day in Ohio
You were such a special child
Let's hold you out the window
Oh just see the small crowd smile
Let's take you home and make a fuss
Let's cram you down their throats
And wait 'til daddy sees you
He wants only just to please you
He is at the corner bar
This is your life, how do you like it so far.
Well, they are tryin' hard to like you
Can you blame 'em if they don't
You could tell them all the things you know
It might kill 'em so you won't
And you keep your eyes wide open
And you know when to disappear
Wait 'til daddy needs you
He wants only just to tease you
So you go drivin' in his car
This is your life, how do you like it so...
Far down the road from me
She is miles away where she can breathe
She is free
I've always been free
She lives far down the road from me
She is miles away where she can breathe
And you can't take that away from me
She is free
I've always been free
It was on a spring day in Ohio
That's where all of the plans were laid
Where they teach ya how to smile
And be a good girl every day
Well I had my own secret
And it was shining in the sky
Wait 'til daddy frees you
He meant only just to please you
But I was wishin' on a star
Now this is my life
How do you like it so far
Watermark
Written
by Vicki Peterson
Main Vocal: VICKI
There's a watermark
The tears are all dried
And leaving a stain
On an empty heart
Where nothing is right
Ain't nothing like rain
Oh and when it falls down on me
There's a man I know
He's keeping his face
Turned into the light
I can see the glow
Shine into the dark
Shine into the night
Oh and when it shines down on me
Oh, I believe.
I
Want to Learn to Waltz With You
Written
by Peter Holsapple
Main Voice: SUSAN
Business as usual usually goes
All the way always and never means no
You shoot past the mountains on en route to the store
There's no time, no windows for us anymore
Once there were hours of just sitting still
And there will be, there will be
Starting right now there is this I must do
I want to learn to waltz with you
Working all day and into the night
Well we are not no ways suggesting that's right
We do what we've done from force of habit
And if we find a way out we might as well grab it
Once there were hours of just standing still
And there will be, there will be
Starting right now I've got nothing to lose
I want to learn to waltz
Two arms curled at the waist and then
Two hands held out in space and then
Three/four, let there be more
And there will be, believe me
Millions of moments and dozens of days
And all of them covered in blue misty haze
What were we doing that brought us both here
Well, maybe three/four time will help things to clear
Maybe it only takes our opened eyes
And it thrills me, it thrills me
Thinking of holding you close pulls me through
Meet
Me In the Middle
Written by Peter
Holsapple
Main Voice: SUSAN
I could be persuaded, yes I could
Ask me very nicely if I would
Wait to get an answer (and you will)
Wait a little longer 'til you get my bill
Time is of the essence, all in all
Catch me at my weakest, up against the wall
Of good intentions, which were mine
When you didn't like it I was out of time
Don't go to extremes, no no
Don't go to extremes
Just meet me in the middle
Give a little credit where it's due
You know that I would always do the same for you
And all I wanted was to hear it said
I wasn't gonna let it go to my head
Just meet me in the middle
That's all I ask
Meet me in the middle
Is it such a task.
Halfway wrong, halfway right,
Halfway left and then out of sight
Out of mind, out of line,
I was all lined up like a sitting duck
So come on, well come on
Never did expect to feel this way
Never did intend it turning out this way
Never meant you harm, not a single thought
Never was malicious and look what I got
Every accusation that was thrown on me
Based on no foundation and you just don't see
Lest you think we've gotten to the very end
Well, everything that goes around comes around again
Heart,
Home
Written
by Robert Maché
Main Vocal: VICKI
This heart needs a home
To keep it from stumbling out in the street
To keep it from suffering anight without sleep
To keep it from dying
Just a home with a room
To keep out the lightening when it's
thundering down
And the words grab the anger and come
dancing around
This shattered foundation
When I close my eyes, I dream through the night
I dream I'm an angel just learning to fly
Brought up by the winds and I'm taught by the clouds
When I open my eyes... I'm still on the ground
This heart needs a home
This heart needs a home
To keep it from stumbling out in the street
To keep it from suffering a night without sleep
To keep it from dying.
This heart needs a home
This home needs a heart
Darlin'
Darlin'
Written
by Peter Holsapple
Main Vocal: PETER
Darlin Darlin
Darlin please
I'm so afraid to go away
'Cause when I get back will everything have changed
And I alone will be around
To wonder what it is that I've found
I know my mind has a mind of it's own
And I head off for parts unknown
But I've always come back to look for you
If you weren't there what would I do?
Yeah, yeah
There, there
Hold my hand and
Touch my hair
And I'm so relieved when you say to me
"It'll all be alright if you'd just let it be"
It's gonna get hard, we both know that
But we'll survive 'til I get back
Christopher
Columbus Transcontinental Highway
Written
by Vicki Peterson
Main Vocal: VICKI
It took two hours to drive out of post-quake L.A.
Where the freeway is sliced up like sheet cake
Got new tires I'm not gonna worry
Got three days to go so I'm not in a hurry
Get into Tucson and what do I find
I'm having some trouble just keeping my mind
On the 10
Driving by that detour we took
To watch the sunset at the scenic overlook
The light was lovely but to my surprise
The most violent colors were in your eyes
All the reds and yellows, black and blue
It's what I remember from driving with you
On the 10
On the 10
Whoa oh, white noise and lightening
Ooooo on the radio, oh no
Looking up a tree like a Georgia O'Keefe
And the Texas stars are in high relief
University Road
you think I'd have learned
So many new ways to get bitten and burned
Devil's River Inn at three A.M.
Hey, give me those keys I gotta get back on the 10
Feeling unbound of heart and breast
Got the visor down and I'm headed west
A little wiser now
I'm unimpressed
By the secret you and I confessed on the 10
Who We Are,
Where We Live
Written
by Vicki Peterson
Main Vocal: VICKI & SUSAN
Come on in and grab yourself a seat
There are some people here I think you should meet
Listen to the voices, look at these eyes
Some faces you might recognize
You are one of us
You're headed down the highway
suddenly jackknifed
And when somebody blows a hole in your life
And now your bed's too big and your pillow is too small
You gotta try and make
sense of it all
You are one of us.
Here is where we live
It's who we are
It's where we live
It's who we are.
The walls are made for silent debating
And the windows are for watching and waiting
Emptiness is the foundation
Yeah, soul and center of our little nation
You are one of us.
One of us.
Daddy
Just Wants It to Rain
Written
by Peter Holsapple
Main Vocal: PETER
Daddy was the eldest of ten, and my mama was an only child. She must've
represented back then the part of him that couldn't go wild. She was free,
Something he could never be, 'cause Daddy was the one who always took
responsibility.
They met at a USO dance hall at the start of the Second World War. She
was gentle, kind and intelligent, something Daddy'd never known before.
And they danced. And later on came the romance, 'cause Daddy shipped out
before he had the chance to ask for her hand.
But it all turned out all right, and he would lay in his hammock at night,
dreaming of a family and home with the woman that he left behind. At night,
his shipmates would go check out the bars, but Daddy'd just stare at the
stars and dream of her 'til he thought he might lose his mind.
They got married on V.E. Day by the preacher from my mama's church. Mama'd
always dreamed of a honeymoon, but Daddy had to go back to work. He plowed
those fields since the Navy never tought him a trade; Mama'd make his
lunch, and they'd eat it out in the shade.
The boys were born in the fifties, Georgie, Herman and me, and we grew
up wanting for nothing 'til Georgie saw his first TV. It was the Christmas
of 1959; there was a console in the living room. Mama and the boys watched
variety shows and daddy just stared out at the moon.
The drought hit hard in the sixties, and the irrigation couldn't control.
Mama sighed when they sold the farm, but Daddy lost a piece of his soul.
He said "Hard work is a virtue, and you should always work as hard as
you can." He said "Hard work will never hurt you," but he never said nothing
about the land.
Yeah, but mama always told us boys "You should follow the Golden Rule.
Always look for the good in the other guy, but never be anyone's fool."
Then Daddy'd laugh a little and look out at his weather vane. Mama wants
a rainbow. Daddy just wants it to rain.
They moved in with Herman's family In the nice part of the city. Mama'd
help Gina with the grandchildren and tried to make the house look pretty.
But Daddy'd sit at his window from when he got up 'til he went to bed,
just knowing that he'd failed his family. He couldn't get it out of his
head.
It was the summer of 1978 when mama caught pneumonia and died. Daddy lost
his will to live that fall. Now they're buried side by side, and in the
midst of all our grief, Georgie said to our relief "Well, mama got her
rainbow and it's starting to rain".
It's starting to rain".
Anything
Written by Vicki Peterson & Peter Holsapple
Main Vocal: VICKI & PETER
The ends of the earth
Are the lengths I would go to for you
For you
And the weight of the world
I'd lay upon my shoulders for you
I'll do anything
You asked me to
And when I'm asleep
I dream that I'm sleeping with you
With you
And when I awake
I'll kiss you so sweetly
you'll know
That it's true
I'll do anything
You ask me to
Ask me to settle any score
To escalate a war
I'll always know what I was
Fighting for
You are the one
A dream has been given to me
And nothing you ask
Will go against my nature you see
It's easy
I'll do anything
You ask of me
I'll do anything
You ask of me.
You are the one
A dream has been given to me
And it's easy
I'll do anything
Anything
You ask of me
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