I had a dream ’bout a funny scene In my hometown. Just walked into this big parade. My mom and dad and all my friends there From the old days, With all the old folks in the shade. Then I spied my best friend Don And I said, “Hey man, what’s goin’ on?” He looked […]
D Songs
Dear God
Dear God who made the shades of nightWho made the sun that makes the light.Whose sacred veils of mysterySpeak to the hungry soul in me. Chorus:For every clue, I thank you.For all that’s true, I thank you. Dear God who weeps, unheard, for allFor every grain and every fall.Whose light is in each living cellAnd […]
Dandelion
Well I tried to be normal, I mowed my lawn,’Til considering the dandelion.How it pushed right on from dusk to dawn.How it paid my plans no mind.How the dandelion paid no mind,To the poison Green Machine.It couldn’t be confined inside my lines,Painting yellow on my green. Chorus:Dandelion, dandelion, color of the sunshine.Any friend of dandelionís […]
Dirty Larry
“This is a song about a friend who got in trouble, not so much because he enjoyed cocaine but he just loved the way that it smelled.” -Introduction from a performance on 5 Mar 1994 They invoked the Virgin Mary,Then they buried Dirty Larry’Neath the blanket of a February fall.But they never did explain whyLarry […]
Different Kind of Fool
“Here’s a little song called Different Kind of Fool. I think we should all try to be a different kind of fool each and every day of the week. And I know I hold up my end of the bargain.” -Introduction from a live performance on 25 Jun 1987 Well the moon finds me in […]
Died 4 U
“It’s a beautiful sounding song. If it weren’t for the fact that it’s seven minutes long – which we never really realized. See, I write songs from a lyrical standpoint and there’s only three verses and three choruses, so I thought, hey – pop song, right? But it’s a long beautiful song and it has […]