i don't know where here is -------------------------- by pap ridin' this train / down through this town our love in flames / but no rain comes down cops cruise the streets / where the justice is found here in my room / i can't hear a sound she says "i don't know where here is," and he cries. up in the north / where the fir trees abound down at the bar / he orders another round up at the lake / gotta put your roots down here in the woods / is purity found? back in town / where my neighbors are loud thunderclouds roll / but still we stand proud here in my room / with the AM on loud doin' my best / to drown out the crowd lake creek days --------------- by pap lake creek days, they are gone tarpaper lean-to, summer sun sand over the stream, mini-bike trail big salamander, richfield hail rocks on the water / water over the dam will you come play with me / child that i am playin' with erik swingin' through the trees faith it was easy then fall on my knees mom & dad loved me, life was a breeze bury it under someone else's dreams now there's a pond there but i don't mind stopped playin' games of those kind jumped in the water with my friend dave jumped in for five bucks i didn't save and i dreamed i went back home last night the trees, they are much taller now and I know that things will never be the same and dave has gone away to school and anna follows father's rules and i know that we will never play again the leaves they fall down from the trees again i fall upon my knees you know i fear i'll forever be alone and i know i should call upon your name but i fear forever the same that i'll run like i've a million times before something inside me dies when i think about you there so i tell myself more lies just so i don't sit and stare into space... retrospect treats me well how much time i've spent i cannot tell i wait for the bus on that same rock and still too much i talk caribou rock ------------ by pap sunrise / on caribou rock john miller talks hot chocolate / russian tea you there with me can i go down with you there? can i go up with you there? is this as close as I will get / to touch your face? is this as high as I will climb / to drown in your grace? clouds / cover the sky wonder why what do you mean / to me? i can lie and only you will see astronaut's blues ----------------- pap really we're all travelers through these starry skies and i guess it's no different up here but i want to see my family, want to see my home and i know I won't be long tonight well the stars in the heavens shine a light on everything up here and i can see my hope through this telescope but that don't mean much i fear 'cuz it's friday night and you're out of sight from the side of the planet i'm on and i'm still too weak so i can't quite reach for this waltzing maneuver you've thrown so basically we're all travelers through these quiet clouds and i hope that it's different down there 'cuz i'm floating alone and i'm revolving here and I know I won't belong tonight matthew ------- by pap 20 years ago your daddy's soul went away flyin' next thing you know, your mother remarried a lion you found you had no place oh you were cryin' 10 years ago i met you and oh we were fast friends you know i first heard her name from jesse who i hope is not dead you were trapped in a small town, to another town still you were looking 'round, matthew matthew, where are you now? i know things went wrong, but i don't know quite how. right about now i wonder what you're doing are you sitting at home? do you have any children? are you lonely? i'm thinking of you, because I'm lonely too. feeling alone though the city surrounds me. you know she's so far away, I can feel it inside me. trapped in a big town, oh Chicago I owe you. but you owe me everything now. peace of mind ------------- by pap i don't think i want your hunger what must i do to need that pain what do you give me but companion? what do we do but play your games? where do you go to feed your hunger? where do you go to heal your pain? I don't enjoy so much deception, and i don't get off on too much fame. you don't often come around so we can't share our holy ground you don't burden all those things but you won't wear my diamond ring where do you go to feed your hunger? where do you go to heal your pain? I don't enjoy this separation, but can we reconcile salvation? and i am but this lonely fool following all my rules i must trust in Him to find someone else's peace of mind where do you go to feed your hunger? where do you go to feel your pain? you should have known I'd walk away. ok --- by pap you were dancing on the floor make the guys ask, beg for more and i looked at you, and i looked away 'cuz if i had you, i know you could not stay that's ok, today we were standing on the raft you were scared but i just laughed and i looked at you, into your blue eyes and i'm thinkin', and i realize you were singing up in front and i still can't tell if this is love but when i call you, you sound so far away and i wonder, could you stay? we were sitting on the shore let the fire warm us more and i looked at you, warpaint on your face and i wonder, could i stay? b-side ------ by pap i look up to you, and what do you do? i look up to you and you just fail. I listen to you, and what do you say? you just turn and walk away. you can't stop time, and like a bad rhyme it is painful where it lies you cannot control what you do not own, and i hate to watch you try. i used to see, lights beckoned me you used to inspire my innocent smile do i feel betrayed? well, i couldn't say but i don't want to talk anymore so unless you try, don't expect me to lie yes, i know where to find the door i used to know just where to go i used to say hey every day i used to know just what i owed i used to stay every day sliding to you -------------- and i know i don't have much to say but i keep laughing and talking i keep hoping and praying for you and i know you don't have much to say and i know time is a bitter enemy but you keep laughing and talking i keep hoping and praying for you well it's all so easy i am so uneasy beause you cannot try to fall halfway you're over there i am under here i can only hold this ground for so long and i know i can see the sky and i know you're trained to fly but things keep movin and slipping i keep slipping and sliding to you