The Gathering Field

The ties that bind unravelled on an August night She left his tired love behind, in a laundromat, in black and

My father told me, he told me, "Son, There was one year in my life, I felt so close to God." He

I been down I been around I been lost And I been found I been dumb I been numb I

Here I stand On the proving ground Mortal man Hiding my failures And I can Leave here without

I went down to Leo's Lounge To look at the faces, listen to the sounds Bartender Bernie, look my way he

I want to get close to you But I don't know where you are I had a dream, it woke me up Now I

I can feel you in the crowded bar room As I get into my car Music playing, beads of sweat descending

She says that she is going home now She says that she has seen enough She packed her bags, she's leaving

In the dark heart of my journey On the dark night of my soul I felt an old familiar yearning For what I

Well, I was dabbling in the affairs of the heart Against the backdrop of a broken one And I was grappling

There is an ocean in the sky The road is a river The shoulder I'm following is crumbling

Stood a building by the river in a place called Bordertown Me and my friend Little Steven used to take our money

Destitute, desolation Angels eyes shine upon my curse From this mountain, I make my way Along the

In a small, Pennsylvania town the kind that Looks like a postcard from a distance There sprang a true love,

The crescent moon sits waxing in the clear, blue sky tonight Joanna sits relaxing down by the riverside The