John Smith

Co-Wrote 'There is a stone' With/for John Smith

Soon maybe I will be able
Darling if only you knew
There is a stone that sits on the tip of my tongue
When I need to say something to you

But I shout into the deepest places
So it echoes an end
Where high walls still hold back
And raise the waters black
That some day may take us again

Here are all of my riches
I've laid them all in tribute to thee
And this is the kiss that will stand in the guise
Of an unspoken promise from me

To light the waiting beacons
Illuminate the spires
Whose high walls still hold back
And raise the waters black
That some day may take us in

A bottle spins on the table,
Somewhere he is reminded of you
You are the one whom he shook
With promises crooked
And here is a promise that's true

I will shout into the deepest places
My love will endure till the end
Where high walls still hold back
And raise the waters black
And the fathomless attack
That some day may take us again.



Co-Wrote 'She is my escape' with/for John Smith

The crowd at the gate is hanging on late
Like posters from some lost campaign
Suits loose and frayed, their hats blown away
Sails catching nothing bu rain
I stand with a rope tied firm to the hope
That we'll leave a good night where it fell
And that light bursting free is coming for me
Let's love and let's do loving well

Now I woke in a cloud after speaking aloud
To a vision of you in the street
Back in my room, the heat in full bloom
I see lilies grow wild at my feet
And so down the line I'll keep your heart in mine
And our lungs ring an hourly bell
It's as clear as the moon as it follows and
Taps on my shoulder; I'm under her spell

Out here in the night where I once lost the fight
And abandoned all hope for a home
I seek out her shape, you know she is my escape
And I'll follow wherever she goes
The hinge of her door well it groans and roars
And what stands between us like a veil
Is my fear and my doubt, but I turn and sing
Darling, let's love and let's do loving well.