Hilltop burning solo

oh we wander felled in regions hand
voices peeling off each mirror
going door to door elliptical decision
helena nash talked about you once again
in a dream last night
or at least i think it was her voice
beside the envelope of music
where have the years gone alissa
has someone turned your head toward
a northern solution to your lonesome wilds

that sign becoming your protection
painted high above the roadway
belly full and going nowhere after january cold
moxie fruvous told the restless gale
to wind down or be counted as a sales pitch
naturally bending low a branch is broken in the rail ditch
where have the years gone alissa
has someone turned your head toward
a northern solution to your lonesome wilds

how courage won the day from boredom
nodding off behind the wheel
is not an option for a singer like you
editing each line before our modest dream
explodes in saturated colors
onto the scene where dudes are walking
i saw you family cast in orange
and over breakfast they were talking
where have the years gone alissa
has someone turned your head toward
a northern solution to your lonesome wilds

(revised 6/15/09, basic tracks recorded 7/16/09)