From the bright sunny south to the war, I was sent,
E'er the days of my boyhood, I scarcely had spent.
From it's cool shady forests and deep flowing streams,
Ever fond in my mem'ry and sweet in my dreams.

Oh, my dear little sister, I still see her tears.
When I had to leave home in our tender years.
And my sweet gentle mother, so dear to my heart,
It grieved me sincerely when we had to part.

I lit my love and watched it burn
Asking nothing in return
Except the lessons I will learn
From holding crazy faith.

I've been touched by that bright fire
Down to the root of my desire
While the smoke, it rises higher
Glowing crazy faith.

You're not asking if I love this man
I know you don't, you don't believe you can
Yet I've seen the love open like a dancers fan

I lit my love and watched it burn
Asking nothing in return
Except the lessons I will learned
By holding crazy faith.

I've been touched by that bright fire
Down to the root of my desire
While the smoke it rises higher
On crazy faith.

Your not asking if I love this man
I know you don't, you don't belive you can
Yet I've seen love open like a dancers fan
It's crazy I know but my faith says so.

Daylight falls and I'm lost in the big parade.
Hold my hand, darling, I'm afraid of the daylight.
Shade is dark.
Cool and languid for life or love.
Safe in shadows; never stark as the daylight.
As the daylight.

When I was just knee high,
My Momma told me, never try,
To be someone that I am not.
Yet over time I had forgot,
The wandering child, so lost at play:

When you came to me
You said love could not erase
The ever present memory
Of another face.

I tried to make you love me
How could I be so blind
To think I'd be the one
To change your mind.

And if I'm gone before you start
Well, you can find me in your heart
Who can say if it's right or wrong
I've waited for you too long
And if I can't hold on
I'm Gone.

When you came to me

Who do you think you're talkin' to.
You know me, and I know you.
Your silence and your stony face,
You don't have the ground to waste.
Your love is gone, 'cos it all comes down to you.

What can we say when all is said?
A house divided cannot stand.
Your head and heart and chary gaze,
Life is just too short to waste.
Your love is gone, 'cos it all comes down to you.

Momma loved us, every one.
Every daughter, very son.
She gave herself so happily,
That's just the way she was, you see.

From dawn to dark she'd find a chore.
And work it 'til it was no more.
And every day until she died,
In the evening, Momma cried.

Momma cried;
There was mourning in the evening.
And Momma cried;
'Cause her little girl was gone.

--- Instrumental ---

New Favorite
They all say it
I'll say it too
You've got a new favorite.

Your old standby
Your right hand guy
Is nothing new
You've got a new favorite.

Why do you lie about love?
I saw the light go out.

--- Instrumental ---

And should I go
You won't say so
I know its true
I know you've got a new favorite.
I know you've got a new favorite.

You've got a new favorite...

Stood out in the rain, let it soak me down
For I called you, I called you
You did not see me there
Hidden by the dark beneath your window
But I saw you.

When putting on a face for the mirror on the wall
Dreaming that the looking glass is you
Catching my fondest gazes, living though my fickle fazes
I love you.

Spend my dimes on phones trying just to talk
But you dont answer, you let it ring