Monday, July 5, 2010

dreamline

"Dreamline"

He's got a road map of Jupiter
A radar fix on the stars
All along the highway
She's got a liquid-crystal compass
A picture book of the rivers
Under the Sahara

They travel in the time of the prophets
On a desert highway straight to the heart of the sun
Like lovers and heroes, and the restless part of everyone
We're only at home when we're on the run
On the run

He's got a star map of Hollywood
A list of cheap motels
All along the freeway
She's got a sister out in Vegas
The promise of a decent job
Far away from her hometown

They travel on the road to redemption
A highway out of yesterday -- that tomorrow will bring
Like lovers and heroes, birds in the last days of spring
We're only at home when we're on the wing
On the wing

When we are young
Wandering the face of the Earth
Wondering what our dreams might be worth
Learning that we're only immortal
For a limited time

Time is a gypsy caravan
Steals away in the night
To leave you stranded in Dreamland
Distance is a long-range filter
Memory a flickering light
Left behind in the heartland

We travel in the dark of the new moon
A starry highway traced on the map of the sky
Like lovers and heroes, lonely as the eagle's cry
We're only at home when we're on the fly
On the fly

When we are young
Wandering the face of the Earth
Wondering what our dreams might be worth
Learning that we're only immortal
For a limited time

We travel on the road to adventure
On a desert highway straight to the heart of the sun
Like lovers and heroes, and the restless part of everyone
We're only at home when we're on the run
On the run... 



I am on the run again, not from the law, nor into the light. Rather I am  heading out west on aug. 1 to do some art for a client ( a mural and some delivery of paintings) A much needed respite from the studio and the last year of plugging away seven days a week without a vacation. The thought of travel and adventure is very close to my sag. soul but I find myself ever mired in deadlines and the studio day to day grind..my batteries have been feeling a bit low lately, the candle too often burned...lates nights and early mornings and the deadlines that come like moths to light.


Im only at home when Im on the wing even if "the wing" is a brief escape into a canvas, a novel, a drawing or a glass of red wine...

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