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1.
Flying Aces
2.
Your Life And Mine
3.
Garden Wall
4.
It's Gonna Snow
5.
Black Star
6.
Picture Puzzle Piece
7.
Zero
8.
Stone Joe
9.
Kicking Stones
10.
Dirty Black Summer
11.
Pennies In A Jar
12.
Rhythm Tree
13. White
Gloves
14.
Tell You What I know
15.
Got You By Numbers
16.
Snowman
17.
Stranger To Me Now
18.
How Much For Your Wings
19.
Children Of The Sea
20.
Needles And Pins
21.
The Straightener
Flying Aces
1991
Brian Riedel/Joe
Olivieri
Now I lay me down
the track
I pray the
Lord my soul to crack
All this I ask
in due respect
This broken
heart will not infect
A jealous bone can
make life hell
But now I’ve
learned to break the spell
So if I’m
seeming effortless
The sins of
youth I will confess
My country’s
greatest flying ace
Mends the
lines that crack my face
For seven
years of waging war
He’s brought
our lives a little more
Of all the ways a
man can die
I fear the way
they crucify
With two arms
out and two legs down
The greatest
love below the crown
Now I lay me down
the track
I pray the
Lord my soul to crack
All this I ask
in due respect
This broken
heart will not infect
Your Life and
Mine
1993
Laurel
Lisovskis/Brian Riedel
I’m not trying to
tell you that I understand you better that you do
I am not
looking into corners that simply aren’t there
I’m not
searching for the answers to the questions from before
Starting over
never works goodbyes aren’t the end
They begin
they begin for evermore and evermore
Love dies like
flowers in the fall
But
friendship’s in the sky and it’s watching over watching over us all
But can you
tell me can you tell me the right words to tell you
that I’m movin
on movin on
Starting over…
Shot down the
future is ahead
And the
memories are loading in my mind
In my mind can
you talk to me somehow
Can you lead
me through trials and confinements for then and for now somehow
Starting over…
The road we’re on
it has changes and curves
And it winds through,
runs through your life
You’re life
and mine and that’s fine but can you read me
See I’m tryin
to cry but I can’t
seem to look
up the cause and to fight it and knock it down
Starting over…
And that’s the
truth
This is the
end now you begin
Some thoughts
speak more clearly than words
Eyes, yes well
eyes can say a hundred things
Look at mine
find yourself within
I’ve got to
reach you, I owe it to you
Look inside me
and say goodbye
Garden Wall
1991
Brian Riedel
Ever since my
angels left me laughing alone downtown
I’ve seen
faces in the trees.
Well I know my
devils will be watching my every move
I’ve planned
my life to end in ease.
South of Heaven
where the season’s dry
Beyond the
garden catching dragonflies
And we used to
say…
Some say that
buildings cast a dreary cloud over cardboard homes
Girl I never
get down there
All I know is
one day past the hustling of a small circus town
I’ll find my
lost electric crown
South of Heaven
where the season’s dry
Beyond the
garden catching dragonflies
And we used to
say…
It’s Gonna Snow
1994
Brian Riedel
Out in the fields
of gold
When the world
was new
The hawk and
the dove they built their home
Where the
angels flew
But one with a
broken wing
Fooled the
world
You should all
know know it’s gonna snow
Are you a decent
boy
Is your body
numb when the day is done
And if it’s a
cloudy day do you wish to play
Do you still
have fun
One with a broken
wing
Fooled the
world
You should all
know know it’s gonna snow
Out in the dusty
land
This man has a
plan for you
So follow the
street lights home
And you’ll be
all right
You can pull
on through
One with a broken
wing
Fooled the
world
You should all
know know it’s gonna snow
Black Star
1994
Brian Riedel
Blue is the color
of the swirling sea in your eyes
And red is the
rose that knows the mirror lies
It’s been a
long, long time and things are strange
I know you are
a friend of mine but your face has changed.
Black Star, wind
and rain, I hear the tap tap at the windowpaine
Black Star
wind and rain again
Now everyone loves
a relic priceless with a two inch crack around the rim
If I see
another brim ace-deuce you’ll see me trading
After the bell
while the referee’s swaying
Yes he is
damn, I’ve had it with the fiction
I’m on time
with impeccable diction
Sit back let
the message arrive to you without the locs or the butter boy jivin through
Blue is the color…
Black Star…
Now every little
notion up in smoke as the black man played
The brass
screamed and the people swayed.
But tonight
was like a new invention
Gave me the
news but you didn’t even mention this
So with my
feet off the ground tip my hat to the new jack sound
and if you
don’t mind let me hop in the car
No need to ask
boy you know you gonna go far
Blue is the color…
Black Star…
To insure my
longevity brevity is the road that I hike on
The
underground sound is the drum that I strike on time
As I continue
to rhyme my heart pumps to it you’ll be saying you knew it before the last
note of my
funky hip hop song
Before the
year double zero you’ll be singing along
Blue is the color…
Black star…
Picture Puzzle
Piece
1994
Brian Riedel
I am the sunset
I am the storm
in your crystal ball
I am the rain
song
Make your
flowers grow
Woah five feet
tall
I am the tin man
Heavy parts
but there ain’t no heart
I am the face
upon the moon you know
Whoa here we
go
I am the picture
puzzle piece
Free from the
frame that calls my name
I am the
picture puzzle piece
But you can’t
find me
No you can’t
find me
I am stone free
Never hazy
I’ll be rid of
my friend billy blue
Woah I’ll run
ya through
I am a brother
I’m a world
traveler
I am a simple
woodstock harmony
Free people
see
That I am the
picture puzzle piece…
(repeat first
verse)
Zero
1994
Jack Brian Riedel
And the children
say…
Zero thank you
for making me smile
Zero I haven’t
heard a fairy tale in a long while
Would you
bring me back to the cradle
Cuff the hands
of time if your able
And…
Maybe I wanna be
just like you
Maybe I wanna
be just like you
Zero whenever
you’re lost and low
Zero the
phonograph seems to slow when you whisper
Tiny faces
lost in laughter
The rumor
spread the morning after
That you left
town, but this time you left for good
Stone Joe
1994
Brian Riedel
Joey Joey took a
stone and knocked down the sun
Since his
neighbors caught him lives his life on the run
And the corn
it would not grow
And the rivers
they would now flow
Jimmy Jimmy row on
down that broken line
Ain’t the
story sweeter with a sparkle of wine
When the dark
night comes to my town
I’ll remember
you turned my world around
Johnny Johnny
might be safe in Heaven
But in the
stories all blues men go to hell
Free Bird
spread your wings
Free Bird
spread your wings
Free Bird
spread your wings and fly
Kicking Stones
1995
Jack Brian Riedel
These old stairs
that carried my feet one time
Are worn away
by the rain and the gold sunshine
And now the
fool on the hill
Must reach the
shore some other way
Like the
hitcher’s thumb
Or the
changing face of the bay
In a summer’s
dream
it almost
seems
like we found
the farm
Where I was
kicking stones
and kicking
away my days
Dirty Black
Summer
1995
Jack Brian Riedel
There was a place
in my mind where the sun shined
But now the
rain’s so think I’m blind
There was a
place in my soul where the sky was blue
Just what kind
of blue blue out kind
So today just like
any other day
The bright sun
was out of view
Yeah today
just like any other day
Was a dirty
black summer too
I took a
walk down on the beach
And you can
hide on the other side
You see the
good Lord made her deep
But he chose
not to make her wide
So today just like
any other day
The bright sun
was out of view
Yeah today
just like any other day
Was a dirty
black summer too
Pennies In A
Jar
1995
Jack Brian Riedel
The sun peaks
through the trees
On its way
down to meet the ground
And it’s all
so unfamiliar
As I spin my
head around
I’m thinkin
what could be under ground
What could be
under ground
She was playing
hide and seek
In the think
wood off the road
She was up on
Kitty Creek
She shouldn’t
be left alone
Ah what could
be under ground
What could be
under ground
So I stumbled
cross the cabin
But it was
empty as could be
Am I in any
danger
And will he
ever get to me
Oh what could
be under ground
What could be
under ground
You see the sun
still peeks through the tres
On its way
down to meet the ground
Doesn’t make a
damn bit a dif’rence to me
Cause it’s all
so foreign
I’m thinkin
what could be under ground
Ah what could
be under ground
Rhythm Tree
1996
Jack Riedel
Well I came out
this far
Just to see
what I could find
Dancin on the
roadside
Ain’t nomean
river gonna change my mind
I was given
the chance to be free
And I’m lookin
away from the city
I was given a
chance to be loved
And I’m walkin
away from you
And I’ll be runnin
through the shuffle of leaves
Until the
world stops spinnin
Swinging from
the Rhythm Tree until it breaks that day
And I’ll be…
Get your drinks
and get your gun
Report to
General Washington
Not everybody
does it
But everyone
should
Cause you got
to sing to make me groove
And I won’t
pry or make you prove
That we won’t
fade away…
And I’ll be runnin
through the shuffle of leaves
Until the
world stops spinnin
Swinging from
the Rhythm Tree until it breaks that day
And I’ll be…
White Gloves
1996
Jack Brian Riedel
So to the women in
the white loves
Then watching
them fade away
Shots to an
old man
I can see from
the corner of my weary eye
And now that
eagles dare
Becomes my
affair
Mvin on in a
steel chair
It’s what you can
bear
The smiles and
stares right on me
Oh woman you got
your hair
Caught in a
wheel of sorts
I’m lookin for
ice blue shades
I’m lookin for
an easier way
Monico Mexico
Where does the
wind blow
Movin on in a
steel chair
It’s what you can
bear
The smiles and
stares right on me
Tell You What I
Know
1996
Jack Brian
Riedel/Josh Berka
I’ve seen people
run around
with no place
to go
I run to the
delta
that’s where
the river flows
People run
around
With no place
to go
I’m doin fine
Just leave me
alone
Please don’t ask
me somethin’
If you don’t
wanna know
But if you ask
me something
I’ll tell you
what I know
All that this
house needs
is a window
and a door
It’s to you I
give this tune
take nothing
more
Please don’t ask
me somethin’
If you don’t
wanna know
But if you ask
me something
I’ll tell you
what I know
Got You By
Numbers
1998
Jack Brian Riedel
Look up in the
mountains
The mountains
of your mind
They got you
by numbers
Their legions
swarm the hillside
So be careful
where your words go
Somebody may
know what you know
And they ain’t
gonna stop
No they ain’t
goin down until the clouds roll
Look at you know
Still runnin
for your life like a child
And all that
restless music
Is makin the
hounds go wild
So be careful
where your words go
Somebody may
know what you know
And they ain’t
gonna stop
No they ain’t
goin down until the clouds roll
Snowman
1998
Jack Brian Riedel
I’ve been living
in a van down by the river
Suntanned, I
never had to learn to stand and deliver
Gonna hit the
road baby
I’ll change my
name
Trouble is,
down at the border,
They know the
reason I came
Here comes the
snowman
He’s knockin’
on your door
He’s bleedin
yes he’s bleedin
He hollars for
more
Take the time
to read me lady
Sort of brings
you down
Trouble is no
one believes me
What a merry
go round
There goes the
snowman
to the county
jail
Here comes the
surf roach
My country for
sale
Gonna hit the
border baby
And gonna
change my name
Trouble is if
no one believes me
It’s all the
same
Stranger To Me
Now
1998
Jack Brian Riedel
It’s quite a spell
they got you under
The shade
comes down on me somehow
And I can
count the miles between
this place and
distant thunder
But you’ve
become a stranger to me now
I walked up to the
edge and looked down
When all the
world’s a stage, I’ll take a bow
And I could
take the feather’s end
And meet you
at the ground
But you’ve
become a stranger to me now
Yeah you’ve
become…
At the surface now
it’s all right
The shade is
pulled aside somehow
And I can hear
the voices singing
Somewhere in
the night
That you’ve
become a stranger to me now
Yeah you’ve
become…
Needles and
Pins
1998
Jack Brian Riedel
Eyes of the
needle, head of the pin
Sew me a sail
and catch me the wind
Sew me a sail
stronger than than the gail
When I can
hear knockin
It’s a hammer
and nail
When I can
hear knockin
It’s a hammer
and nail
Build me a
boat now
Gonna go
chasin the whales
There goes a life
you never had
There goes a
life that you’ll never need
And if you
never surrender
You still may
lose the lead
I’m guessin it
hurt you pretty bad
I’m guessin it
hurt you pretty bad
Chasin the whales
Swayin in the
blue
Find me a
captain and sign me a crew
Find me a
captain and sign me a crew
Take me, oh
take me to anywhere new
Long as, Saturday
they’ll all be back again
Saturday,
they’ll all be back again
And you with
the changes, I still remember when
Saturday they’ll
all be back again
Saturday
they’ll all be back again
Saturday
they’ll all be back again
Saturday
they’ll all be back again