Humble The Poet:
We went to the Italian place
to accommodate your tastes
and I asked you to explain
the origins of your name
cuz arent 'Humble Poets'
not supposed to know it?
like, Leonard Cohen, he would never call himself a poet
why? why? would you call yourself a poet? why? why?
And isnt 'Humble' a word you'd use
to describe a man who's views
of himself are reality?
Not pride-filled insecurity?
In all your Hollywood stories
you showed me no humility
and certainly no beauty
so can you please
tell me
why? why why would you call yourself a poet? why? why?
I told you of my modesty
I used my words audibly
I just wanted to leave
and for you to take your hands off of me
I tried to say that I couldnt breathe
a kiss should not make your mouth bleed
I cried that night and then for weeks
you left your mark on my neck and cheeks
so tell me please
why? why? why? would you call yourself a poet?
why? why?
Is it because we wouldnt have known it? had you not called yourself
a poet?
Sad Story:
I was sitting there
tying my shoe
and I'm not sure why I decided to
get up from my chair
and look in the mirror
but you were there!
you didnt see me there cuz my hair is blonde now
and I'm bigger now, cuz I am happy now oh!
you left me with a sad story to tell
but I still wish you well
Did you hear the one about Narcissus?
son of a river god and a forest nymph
who had contempt for all of those who loved him
until he saw himself
in that river's mirror oh!
but you didnt see me there cuz
my hair is blonde now
and I'm bigger now
cuz I am happy now
oh!
you left me with a sad story to tell
but I still wish you well
My Mother's Body:
Frankinsense and Eucalyptus
bring me into my mother's kitchen
with rosaries, and crystal beads
her pink heart bleeds out
green money that she'll give to me
and I remember the day that I felt she was afraid
of me dying
and I remember the day that I felt she was afraid
of me living too
Rosemary, cotton
dry linen
my mother's body
is the only one that I've ever been in
I remember the day that I felt she was afraid of me dying
and I remember the day that I felt she was afraid
of me living too
Coffee, toast, jam with butter
I hear every word she utters
and I can't wait to taste
I remember the day that I felt she was afraid of me dying
and I remember the day that I felt she was afraid
of me living too
Hazy Little Thing:
We are the same
but we are not acting in that way
I blamed the moon when I said I loved you way too soon
and I still haven't called you back!
I'm not afraid
to fall in love in this new age
but dont put a screen
between me and your flesh body
and I still havent called you back!
Its a hazy hazy hazy hazy little thing
I still haven't called you back.
‘FRIENDS’, an Album from Dayle McLeod LYRICS
1.) TRY
In June we confused a clock for the moon
And I gave you a rose, actually two
But I couldn't come for you, no I couldn't come for you
I was too high
In case you're wondering, in case you're every wondering
why
Next time remind me that in Love
You must not try
I live for your messages and
I wish to be the muse and you the artist
Oh, I wanted you to free the portrait in me
but I was too high
In case you're wondering, in case you're every wondering
why
Next time remind me that in Love, you must not Try.
2.) WATERLILIES
I met him on a Parch Bench in New York City
of course I did, he's perfect
And I’m more scared than I thought I would be
Of course I am, he's perfect
But I asked God for a romance and I got it, of course I did
Oh and I cried when I saw the Waterlilies
and you smiled, like what I was seeing was seeing me too
and I really like that about you
It’s the artists that show us; to love is to notice
So I welcomed him into my house
of course I did, he's perfect
And all this space I thought I needed
to find out what this means has
been filled up with him breathing beside me while he sleeps
Oh and I cried when I saw the Waterlilies
and you smiled, like what I was seeing was seeing me too
and I really like that about you
It’s the artists that show us, to love is to notice
Dont look dawn in breaking!
I am soil in his hands
he is water in mine
I'm the swirls in starry night
and he is kissing me blind
I cant remember what life was like before
Oh and I cried when I saw the Waterlilies
and you smiled, like what I was seeing was seeing me too
and I really like that about you
It’s the artists that show us, to love is to notice
3.) TIME
I like the way you say 'thats okay'
when I say 'thank you'
I love the force that moves your lips to kiss me
I want more of what this is so I'm leaving my city to be with you in yours
so come on! lets spend our money and a day in the park on the bench that I swear Lennon's haunting
and we'll begin to recognize our truths and our lies
In each others eyes is where we gain our sight
Lets imagine that our love is old and wise
and promise me, New York, we'll take our time.
I'm sorry I couldn’t find a way to tell the truth in the room filled with butterflies
the truth is I was with him twice before you and I and a third time when we said goodbye
lets imagine that our love is old and wise
and promise me, New York, We'll take our time
cuz I am only as I am
and I can only as I can
So baby come and eat this stew that I cooked for you and make love to me in the afternoon
It’s your hands that understand how to be man and now I cant ever go back home again
Lets imagine that our love is old and wise, and promise me New York we'll take our time.
4.) ADVICE
We were talking at the party and I was laughing at your jokes when they were not funny
Then you turned to me and you asked me how to know when a love was gone
I didn't answer, I was interrupted by the talk of politics
But if I had a time-turner baby, I'd tell you this:
Love should make you strong
and strength's not holding on
and love is never really gone
it just takes a man to know when to move on
but here we are again
not quite lovers and not quite friends
and you don't see me again
so I take my own advice, again
You walked me to the garden and told me
how you hoped someday soon
that this love you've been breaking your back on could be like the lilies and bloom
But Love should make you strong
and strength's not holding on
and love is never really gone
it just takes a man to know when to move on
but here we are again
not quite lovers and not quite friends
and you don't see me again
so I take my own advice, again
I was dancing in the kitchen alone when I saw you see me through the window
with your words you tell me there is someone else
but your eyes tell me you lying to yourself
and here we are again, not quite lovers and not quite friends and you don’t see me again so i take my own advice again
5.) SAME PLACE, SAME TIME
I walked into the bar with my heart open wide
I moved my bed from off the wall to make room for a lover on the other side
It was that night that I came to realize love is not up for me to decide
You just gotta be ready and at the same place at the same time
So maybe now you can empathize with my surprise
when I saw your eyes leave mine for the gaze of your lover's from another life
she was in the same bar!
and now here we all are!
at the same place at the same time
and it takes a hero to break that spell so I called for an angel so quiet that you could not tell
you’re hands were shaking as you smoked that cigarette
you said you though she had left you, but baby a body can never forget
and under that Silverlake light, Josh Tillman comes by and I cant believe, oh my god, we're all here at the same time
and it takes a hero to break that spell so I called for an angel so quiet that you could not tell
it was not about me
though i wanted it to be
and it takes a hero to break that spell so I called for an angel so quiet that you could not tell
6.) NIGHTS WITH DAVE
New Years Eve
2018
Dwayne Gretzky
I made mushroom tea
You and me
were in a prophecy
dancing cheek to cheek to Gordon Downey
and every girl in the room loves your sequined jacket
but i see the way you move its like Michael Jackson
and I will go home with you tonight
but only to catch some sleep thats right
our bodies breath beside one another
but we do not dare touch each other
my nights with dave
January 19
his movie
plays near me
he's in at 5:30
at the after party
he turns to me
and says baby
have a baby with me
and every girl in the room loves your sequined jacket
but i see the way you move its like Michael Jackson
and I will go home with you tonight
but only to catch some sleep thats right
our bodies breath beside one another
but we do not dare touch each other
you say that you love me
but you cannot love me today
and you say that you want me
but thats why you have to stay away
my nights with Dave
7.) FRIENDS
Bitch you took what was mine
blamed it on time and money
and i watch you walk away with a smile
Whore you've used people before
But I felt safe and assured cuz I was the one keeping you warm
Now we've got secrets I cant keep no more
I saw your two faces, your mask on the floor
now that its out, what we gonna do?
I know the truth about you
Friend you were sleeping in my bed
with my mouth on your breast I could have sworn I heard the words that you said
Kid its my religion to forgive
Observe I cannot keep swine where I live
Now we've got secrets I cant keep no more
I saw your two faces, your mask on the floor
now that its out, what we gonna do?
I know the truth about you
Hey now you know I only wanted to be friends!
I take my grief, I let the pain wash over me
convince myself that you didnt mean that much to me anyway.
8.) SILENCE OF THE DESERT
She lied under the Yucca tree her face toward the mountain
A little dog watching her offered his protection
she has not been here before, I just had to show her
the silence of the desert
We ate the mushrooms and we lied our backs against the blanket
and in the sky we saw a dragon eating at a banquet
and when we saw death approach
all we heard when he spoke
was the silence of the desert
and I don’t know why
but I cried
when I saw the moon in the sunlit sky
we are born in the quiet
and did you know that years ago I was here with someone
peeling back the mystery like layers of an onion
we had love but didn’t know
that love's a garden and wont grow
in the silence of the desert
and I don’t know why
but I cried
when I saw the moon
in the sunlit sky
we are born in the quiet
so here it is I lay to rest this time we've had together
let the tears fall down my cheeks to be dried out in this weather
I'll keep you in my memory
discovering that life's a dream
in the silence of the desert
IN BLOOM E.P LYRICS
ALOHA
Theres two of you, Joe
The one I see, and the one you don't show me, Joe
But after a few drinks, I was hoping you would think about maybe kissing me?
Oh Joe!
These Hawaiian nights ease the fight in me
and I must confess that I wore this dress as a last ditch attempt
Oh Joe!
A gemini and I under the moon in the sky
At the brightest it had been since 1965
Still neither side of you wanted to be mine
and thats alright
Aloha Aloha Aloha
You bring your camera with you
To capture flowers, skies and pink fruit
Looking through the lens, we could play pretend that I'm your lady friend?
Oh Joe!
A gemini and I under the moon in the sky
At the brightest it had been since 1965
Still neither side of you wanted to be mine
and that's alright
Aloha Aloha Aloha
If we don't share the feeling
We can still share the moment
Aloha Aloha Aloha
A gemini and I under the moon in the sky
At the brightest it had been since 1965
Still neither side of you wanted to be mine
and that's alright
Aloha Aloha Aloha
MELANCHOLIA
You jump, I jump with you
You cry, I cry for you
You scream, and I scream too
But now my spine in aching
From all these shapes I've taken
to wrap myself around you
I cant feed myself if I'm not feeding you
I don't need my body if it don't belong to you
So Prince Charming, come disarm me
I am needing your melancholy
Melancholia Melancholia Melancholia
You said yes, I said yes too
You said forever, I said forever with you
But now time has shown her faces
And she's in all these changes
Baby look at me, and look at you!
I cant feed myself if I'm not feeding you
I don't need my body if it don't belong to you
So Prince Charming, come disarm me
I am needing your melancholy
Melancholia Melancholia Melancholia
SUGAR TREES
You bring the wine, I'll bring the weed
We can drink the water straight from the creek
Tell me all about your honey bees
And how you live with these sugar sugar sugar trees
You blushed and said this syrup was better than sex
And I laughed, you're the most Canadian person I've ever met
Now its off to the honey-moon suite
With nothing between us and the Earth but this old sheet
Baby we're in for a treat
Its you and me and these sugar sugar sugar sugar trees
My first taste of what you make
Shook me inside like an Earthquake
You had to stop me from screaming!
But how did life make something so sweet?
I wanna put you in my coffee and with milk in my tea
I'd give up this bourgeoisee
For you and me and these sugar sugar sugar sugar trees
The most tender September I ever....
Its you and me and these sugar sugar sugar sugar trees
IN BLOOM
High as a kite, I'm floating on air
This love has got me with my hands in the boys hair
And I have though about him more this week
Than I did about myself
And thats an improvement
This love's got me like, oh baby, go slow baby
Lets keep our heads above the water
And ooh baby, it's true baby
We've both been here before
But this time, oh this time around
I refuse to drown
I am child, mother, sister, daughter
But time with him has shown me I'm a lover too
And I have prayed for him more than I prayed for myself this week
And thats an improvement
This love's got me like, oh baby, go slow baby
Lets keep our heads above the water
And ooh baby, it's true baby
We've both been here before
But this time, oh this time around
I refuse to drown
And if you should leave, I wont beg you to stay
I know the seasons, I see how they change
Just remember the summer
We had eachother
In Bloom
This love's got me like, oh baby, go slow baby
Lets keep our heads above the water
And ooh baby, it's true baby
We've both been here before
But this time, oh this time around
I refuse to drown