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A night of songs and poetry focusing on dusting out the cobwebs of our souls and noticing where we are in life. The poet Rumi says in his poem the tavern that our life on this earth is like we are all drunks in a Tavern waiting for whomever brought us here to take us home. This concert will speak of the lighter things in life and celebrate this "prison for drunks." : ) Click Link for Tickets. PLEASE PREPAY FOR TICKETS. No tickets available at door.
$10.00 and bring a bottle of wine
Ushering in its 22nd season, the Scott Valley Bank's Summer Concerts in the Parks Series will once again bring free, live music to Siskiyou County parks this summer. All concerts are from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Bring a lawn chair or blanket to sit on, and pack a picnic to enjoy during the show! I will be playing with my band Five A.M. for this show.
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Lyrics for Birdwings - Full CD
I Am
I am an orphan son
I am a rising father
I am a friend to some
I am trying harder
I am a falling leaf
I am crumbled ground
I am missing you
And you’re not around
It’s been 7 years
Since I saw your face
I am moving faster
I am keeping pace
Too many voices
Are now in the ground
I am missing you
And you’re not around
I tried anger, I tried bitterness
But my throat began to close
I sipped oceans of sorrow and emptiness
But a voice sang out across the grey sea
Let it go and with a whisper I could finally see
only love will define me.
I am opening my hands
I am raising my eyes
I am enjoying this life
Before it passes me by
I am birdwings
Moving through the night
I am letting you go
I am holding you tight
Hallelujah
So many times I wondered what was wrong with me
So many roads I followed that ended in misery
Now here I lie shipwrecked on your shore
And now I I see every storm has lead me to your door
Hallelujah is now the only word this broken voice can say
Hallelujah for all the times I couldn’t find my way
Hallelujah for every lost and lonely year
Hallelujah, Hallelujah love is finally here.
This feels like the first breath I can remember, I don’t think I was alive before now
I can feel the sea air in my lungs and the sun shinning down
Every bitter pill, every heartache kept me moving on my way
Now I know every beautiful mistake brought me here today
Hallelujah is now the only word this broken voice can say
Hallelujah for all the times I couldn’t find my way
Hallelujah for all those lost lonely years
Hallelujah, Hallelujah love is finally here.
Hallelujah, Hallelujah love is finally here.
You are finally here.
Beautiful Ride
Open your eyes, brush off your sleep, take a deep breath
and lets head outside. Its good to be alive.
Have some faith, trust in me, and lets help each other feed the light inside.
Love big arms open wide
Sweetheart sometimes the rain will fall and wind will blow
put on your jacket and lets go.
CHORUS:
I promise you when the lightening strikes I will reach for you, I’ll pull you through.
I promise you I’ll keep you close through low and high tides and laugh down the water slides.
I promise you that when we come to the end of this road, with my very last breath I will look straight into your eyes and whisper, “baby what a beautiful ride.”
Life is not like an arrow that shoots across the sky straight and true.
Never goes how we want it to
It’s a roller coaster of peaks and valleys, wondering if you will make it through
As long as I am sitting next to you.
Sweetheart I don’t want to play it safe for a single day, even when we are old and grey
I promise you when the lightening strikes I will reach for you
I promise you I’ll keep you close through low and high tides and laugh down the water slides
I promise you that when we come to the end of this road, with my very last breath I will look straight into your eyes and whisper, “baby what a beautiful ride.”
BRIDGE:
Say you want the world and I’ll wrap it up
Say you want the moon I’ll bring it in a cup
I’ve only got one thing on my mind
My hand in yours and yours in mine
What a beautiful ride
Open your eyes, brush off your sleep take a deep breath lets head outside
Love big arms open wide.
Wished for song
Come now sweetheart and sit beside me the day is full and I am tired
come now sweetheart and let’s worry no more
These small blessings...these small miracles are all that I want right now.
The kids in the yard, this guitar and your kiss on my brow
You’re my mountain
You are my sea
You’re my sun
You’re my everything
With me you belong, you’re my wished for song
Like two hurricanes that are passing through
We got nothing but love we can cling to
With me you belong, you’re a wished for song
As this day turns into night I pull you close and hold you tight
Sorrow some day will knock on our door but that day is not today
So lets rise and lets shine before our bones grow cold
Our souls live in borrowed clothes so let’s dance before the music gets old
You're my mountain
You are my sea
You’re my sun
You’re my everything
With me you belong, you’re my wished for song
Like two hurricanes that are passing through
We got nothing but love we can cling to
With me you belong, you’re my wished for song
Right here is where you belong
You’re a wished for song.
Come now sweetheart and lay beside me this day is over and I am still tired
Come now sweetheart and lets worry no more, lets worry no more
Lets worry no more.
Boat of stars
Beneath a sky of God’s grace
I don’t need a lot I just need a taste
So unseal these lips, un-cage this heart
Let me down from the stage I’m tired of playing this part
Undress me, unfold me
Unravel me from all the places I hold too tight
Unbend me and unmold me
Make me a boat out of stars so I can cross this dark soul tonight.
I’ve been inside this sleep for far too long
I’ve been living with crows and hiding from the nightingale’s song
This weight I carry I put on my own skin
All these walls that hold me back from love are built from within
Undress me and unfold me
Unravel me from all the places I hold too tight
Unbend me and unmold me
Make me a boat out of stars so I can cross this dark soul tonight.
Coming back for more
She was like moon and stars, she was sweeter than a candy bar
But she was not impressed with me, as you can plainly see
But I finally got my chance, two tickets to the high school dance
But summer came and then she was gone gone gone gone gone
So I sang my lonely boy songs and I tried to get along
But I could not eat I could not sleep
I sat down on my bed and I hung my lonely boy head
And these words they came down so sweetly to me
Chorus:
Love is blind, love is kind, love will make your heart unwind
But keep coming back for more, keep coming back for more
Love is the reason for every season, it defies all logic and reason
Just keep coming back for more, its always knocking at your door.
Six years later I would meet a girl who start to spin my world
With kaleidoscope colors around and around
But I was too stupid to know just what I had so I made her go
When I drank too much wine with shinny tattooed girl so fine
Chorus
Bridge
Why can’t we see how it’s got to be
Even in the dark, there’s a spark inside of you
There’s a spark inside of me.
When the she finally came to me, my eyes could finally see
So I married that girl under the redwood trees
And everything was perfect and bright and I was bathed in a perfect light
And I thought to myself no more heartache for me.
But then my father died and lord how I cried and cried
I cursed the stars and I cursed the sky
When my sons were born love healed the parts that were torn
And when I look in their eyes an ocean sings to me and it says.
Chorus
The light that burns inside
I need to see the sea again and stand by her side
Watch my father’s ashes as they swirl deep inside
I need to see the sea again let her whisper quiet and shy
And I will fall in love again with the light that burns inside
I’ll sail with the speechless moon as my guide
and I'll watch the stars as they call with my heart open wide
I’ll sail with the speechless moon as the sea monsters hide
And I will fall in love again with the light that burns inside
And I will fall in love again with the light that burns inside
Jesus don’t cry for me
I’ll be alright eventually
Just take my hand and sit next to me
For I am going out to sea, for I am going out to sea
I’m going out to sea
I’ll pray to the God of Grace until I reach the other side
Let the wind decide my fate with every rising tide
I’ll pray to the God of Grace to wash these cloudy eyes
And I will fall in love again with the light that burns inside
I need to fall in love again with the light that burns inside
Please help me fall in love again with the light burns inside
One sweet wild life
I don’t want to think or worry or talk today
After a long dark night I can see the sun rising over bodega bay
And I don’t care if this feeling is just going to slip away
Right here, right now it seems like everything is going to be ok
I want to laugh from the belly and cry from my soul
I want to sing out loud as far as my voice will go
I want to let go of every demon that cuts me like a knife
I want to drink every drop of this one sweet wild life
solo
Sometimes the dark can kick your heart until it is black as coal
Sometimes the shadows in my head they can take their toll
I know there is so little in this life that I can control
So teach this boy how to kneel and raise his beggar’s bowl
I want to laugh from the belly and cry from my soul
I want to sing out loud as far as my voice will go
I want to let go of every demon that cuts me like a knife
I want to drink every drop of this one sweet wild life
Help my drink every drop of this one sweep wild life
Come Again
Love comes from afar
Love comes from wherever you are
Love comes through sickness and sin
Love comes through sin
Oh Love, come again. Come again.
Waves like mountains crash over me
Waves of tears and mercy
Waves that seem to have no end
Oh Love, come again. Come again
Bridge:
Forget your sorrows, forget your past
Forget gold and money it will never last
Forget your baggage it will only pull you under
Try something different, try to surrender
Oh how I long to see your face
Oh how I long to find some trace
Oh how I long for the daylight again
Oh Love, come again
Don’t give up on me my sweetest friend
Oh love, come again……come again.
Today
Today I won’t be angry I’ll set my hot coal down
Today I’ll let my shame go and let it sink into the ground
Sweetheart it takes a brave heart….to be alive
Today I’ll tear my walls down and open all the doors
Today I’ll float on grace let it carry me to shore
Sweetheart it takes a brave heart….to be alive
Gonna let it go, gonna let it go all this dead weight that makes me slow
Gonna let it go, gonna let it go all this dead life that makes me old
Gonna let it, let it all go
Today I will set my fears down I will over come
Today I won’t hold my love I will come undone
Sweetheart it takes a brave heart….to be alive
Gonna let it go, gonna let it go all this dead weight that makes me slow
Gonna let it go, gonna let it go all this dead life that makes me old
Gonna let it go
Here comes the sun and I’m wide awake
Here comes the sun and I’m wide awake
Don’t go back to sleep
Don’t go back to sleep
Don’t go back to sleep