all music and lyrics c.2oo7 gregory and the hawk

Kill The Turkey

kill the turkey
shoot him down
pluck his feathers
make him ground, make burgers
kill the cow
slit his throat
let him bleed
make steaks, make burgers good to eat

kill the beast
who took our dirt
oh, black gold
if you want it bad enough
keep your eyees on the prize

kiss the clever one who said
you made your bed
now lie in it, die in it
kiss the shit that hit the fan
when you went and killed another man
if you want it bad enough
keep your eyes on the prize


Neither Freer

baby come save me, i'm going crazy without you
steal me away, these nights just aint the same
you can watch me wisely
but i'll turn on a dime
you can try and surprise me
but i've made up my mind
and you've known the whole time
i want you beside me

or we can weight our lines here
let it drown us, drag us down
tangled in fear
that it won't come around
that we've lost what we'd found
neither of us freer


Memory and Honesty

i had a dream, it was lasting
it lasted the whole day
i dreamt you had left me
and when i woke the mirror said to me
maybe it's true, it could be true

you were caring, you had honest eyes
you were perfect, the perfect surprise
til your hands crept up my chest
and gave a stronghold on my neck
you said baby it's true, i'm leaving you


The Oats We Sow

someday i'll toss all your presents
and bury the letters left unsent
cause it's bad to do what's easy
just cause it's easy
and i wanna do what pleases me but i can't

the road, she'd roll round the side of the mountain
with nowhere to go
but the heart, we know,
when it's needin it's careenin toward bein alone

someday i'll find the mind to mend it
and make dry these eyes i've gotten wet
cause it's bad to do what's easy just cause it's easy
i wanna do what pleases me but i can't

the crow, he'd mow half the grass on the knoll
with nowhere to go
but the heart, we know,
when it's lovin it's leanin toward bein alone

the oats we sow,
they could seed on forever with nowhere to grow
but the heart, we know,
when it's askin its exact twin it will not be alone


Sets

today day is a slow day
and i'll play guitar til the day goes away
trying to write a song that says i love you
trying to let you know i do
the dawn is bowing out
and the afternoon dawns on me now
trying to write a song thats says i'm tired
of trying to get you
the night is a dark night
when it finally sets
and i'll make it out to seem like i wanted it a little bit,
the better to see you with


Stone Wall, Stone Fence

big open land,
you hold the weight of the air in your hands
big open air,
you feel the tickle of the trees on your chest
why'd you go and waste it
the things that you know
are making you a stone wall, stone fence
your stories so old you just tend to keep them

long winding road,
you've got a secret but you won't share it


Bad Habit

think my bones are breaking
under black eyes and bookcases up to the sky
the promises i made myself -
that i wouldn't land it cause it's a bad habit -
they don't help

the nights are crazy
and when i try to sleep
all i see is grinding teeth and soft skin
you're biting into my mess
and i bask in the pain that comes to pass

the heart wants us to fall in love
everyone i know wants to fall in love
but love once got me in the gut
there was no real fight, it tore me up


Sweet Winter Hello

to the hills we go
bring all of your fog and smoke
bring all the friends you know
to the hills we go
to the fall we blow goodbye kisses, bid winter hello
feel the pine needles give way below

oh, winter, sweet winter, hello...
steal my sun i'll be your only one

in the times we know
life takes money and money makes woes
like your lover leads your heart, lets it grow,
keep an eye on the silent sky
see the splendor in a short ride
be the slow falling snow
in the times we know


Blame-Qui

if i'm bound to forget you, don't you let me be
from the day that i met you i've been set on you
what a tragedy it'd be if you and me weren't happy

if you've been tellin all the tall tales end to end
since the day that we met and became good friends
then i've been lying too, is it really you

say
hey, what's the big deal
oh, where'd all the fun go
since we got serious i've been such a mess
blame the stars or a bleeding heart...
what a tragedy, you and me


The People Who Raised Me

i've been the wild one
i've run through the streets and i've suffered
i've been the quiet one
sequestered and smothered

but i won't mind no time spent to save me
just trying to be good to the people who raised me
and glide through life without a meaning
on trails torn up between clouds and turf
i've wished for you for what it's worth
and i want to visit on the wind

it's been a strong year
with a bright, bright sun
from here the past looks cold
and the future seems a promising one


Season Poem

one by one the days fall beside us
like yellow leaves
we have no conscience
oh, what we're becoming...
month by month the rings on our tree trunks
like old wise eyes
grow wider
and winter lends them a dead disguise

now time, like an ocean, knows tide, like a notion,
to toss about the house and lose inside the couch
&piles of our thoughts run miles in the dark
just trying to get home

age by age
we rime with our seasons' rehearsed routines
still turning and returning

now i'm wide as the ocean
now i bleed roses
you are just a mark on the map of my past
i am a road
i wind along alone
all day until the coast


Wild West

when the end comes
you'll see hydrogen electrolyzed
you're amazed at the cold you see, the fire by your face
bitter bloom
flightless skies
the fear the doom it's no surprise

realize, there's no sense in losing your mind before your time

in order not to worry you write the words down
but it's a fool's game and your game face is shameful

rise youngs sun you're a tireless one
and you'll be back, burning
when the morning comes when you catch my soul upon waking
will you make a wish

for the wild west to accept the excess?

when the end comes you'll see fields of green beyond your reach
and heartbeats

rise young sun, you're a tireless one and you'll be back burning
when the morning comes
when you catch my sould upon waking
will you make a wish

for the fool's gain to equal his insane?


all music and lyrics c.2oo7 gregory and the hawk