TUNE UP

Wrong Idea
Music/lyrics by Aaron Booth

Tune up those ears
I don’t want to give you the wrong idea
I’m stuck in the attic, you’re in the clear
Hearing the wrong idea

Don’t ask me why
I don’t have an answer that’s sounding right
Look in the air, you’ll see a sky
Open for you to fly

Is that something you’ve been dreaming
Something you forgot
Is that something you believe in
Something you are not
Is it up to me, for that something

Tune up those ears
I don’t want to give you the wrong idea
I’m stuck in the attic, you’re in the clear
Hearing the wrong idea
Is that something you’ve been dreaming
Something you forgot
Is that something you believe in
Something you are not
Is it up to me, for that something

Don’t ask me why
I don’t have an answer that’s sounding right
Look in the air, you’ll see a sky
Open for you to fly

Ramblin’ Train
Music/lyrics by Aaron Booth

A long time waiting for a ramblin’ train
A long time coming before I’ll be home again
An empty station will afford some time
To think of reason to leave this heart behind

I’ll write you a letter from god knows where
About how right you were and how wrong this felt
To leave you waiting for a dreaming boy
Who finds his homestead in moving between two points

A train pulls from a station
A tear falls from an eye
An open window lets it dry
Track lays down a rhythm
A bell rings out a tune
A sentence writes these words to you

Don’t wait, tomorrow I’ll be far away
Sailing in irons is where I’ve gotta stay
And I will miss you and your welcome arms
But over your shoulder I saw what lay beyond
Pulling me out
Lifting me up

Jaina
Music/lyrics by Aaron Booth

Jaina by the window
Looking over the meadow
Waiting for a wind blowin'
To take her from the shadows

Jaina by the window
Searching for the heart of the matter
Calling for an echo
A thousand miles away from an answer
Reaching over the earth below her

Jaina, do you really need to look so far
To find your heart

Jaina by the window
Hoping love will find her
Never does she turn round
To see us stand behind her
Past her
Passing her

Jaina, do you really need to look so far
To find your heart

Gravity
Music/lyrics by Aaron Booth

Fell into a halo town
I sold my drums
To make room for a couch
We'd sit and wait
For signs to arrive
From a cathode parade
A cathode parade

Closed the blinds
Through the seasons
Between our walls
Past was present
The phone would sound
Like a fire alarm
For our burning sails
Our burning sails

Captured in the weight of open arms
Gravity within our dance
Became a love

But you had to know
Where the world is
Left without a word
You took the anchor
I raised the blinds
Couldn't set sail
Couldn't set sail

A Beast and the Plow
Music by A. Booth; Lyrics by John McAlister

I don't see her face
Much with mine no more
Beauty yellows daily
Outside the fridge door

Captured on polaroid
Like poems in a jar
A distant white light
Oozing from a star

One still life
Is all that remains
Beneath the cold pale pile
Beside the golden reigns

The lack and negation
Is haunting me now
Fierce fearin' longings
A beast and the plow

Her cancer spread like white africa
Inland from sunshine

How Long
Music/lyrics by Aaron Booth

Climbed up a hill
And found another valley
Searched the plains with no end in sight
Marched the streets
And found another crossroad
Strolled a lane of fire escapes

How long
Till I hear my name called
Till I find the one song
Rolled on a train
And passed another station
A different name on the same sign
Rolled down a road
And passed another milestone
Happy birthday, the rent’s paid on time

How long
Till I hear my name called
Till I find the one song

Worked in my town
In the company of strangers
Selling daytime and buying nights
Marched the walk
Heard the talk
So much talking

How long
Till I hear my name called
Till I find the one song
That never tires being sung