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Too Weird For Words
03:09
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Sitting on a stone in a cellar full of fear
Collapsing in the lapse of luxury
My mind’s dried up from this weeks' tears
Draining out of me
You’ve got to make that living
Ain’t that what they say?
Make that living
Lots of bills to pay
Got to push your wares where no one cares
That you’re so far away
From the thing that keeps you pushing every day
Too weird for words
Sometimes it’s just too weird for words
Must be for the birds
Too weird for words
Wouldn’t you know my tongue has lost its taste
The sheep and cattle feasting 'round the clock
I cannot even fathom how much food must go to waste
While poverty sits dying on the dock
Too weird for words
Sometimes it’s just too weird for words
Must be for the birds
Too weird for words
You’ve got to make that living
Ain’t that what they say?
Make that living
Lots of bills to pay
Got to push your wares where no one cares
That you’re so far away
From the thing that keeps you pushing every day
Too weird for words
Sometimes it’s just too weird for words
Must be for the birds
Too weird for words
Sitting on a stone in a cellar full of fear
Collapsing in the lapse of luxury
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Lying to your feet while the truth is in your hand
Nobody you meet in a thousand miles can understand
What you’re up against
Now you’re fenced in
Lonelier than anybody else you know
Tell another lie and it’s time to do another show
And what do you do
When the whole thing turns on you?
You want to run away together
Say goodnight and stay forever
Make your bed and pray the weather
Holds out long enough to let you land
How much longer can you take it?
Making it alone and naked
How could you ever hope to fake it?
Lying to your feet while the truth is in your hand
Points on your tongue and opinions up your nose
None of them are yours and you’re wearing someone else’s clothes
And a baby cries with her daddy’s eyes
Lonelier than anyone should ever be
Tell another lie and then look at you, you’re lost at sea
And what do you do
When they all depend on you?
You want to run away together
Say goodnight and stay forever
Make your bed and pray the weather
Holds out long enough to let you land
How much longer can you take it?
Making it alone and naked
How could you ever hope to fake it?
Lying to your feet while the truth is in your hand
While the truth is in your hand
How much longer can you take it?
Making it alone and naked
How could you ever hope to fake it?
Lying to your feet while the truth is in your hand
While the truth is in your hand
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And The World Goes Round
04:07
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Hawk of a man with a bill in his hand
Sucking all the good seed out of the land
And the world goes round
And the world goes round
Chopping down trees in the dirty breeze
Dropping down a deep freeze over seas
And the world goes round
And the world goes round
And I’m in love I'm in love
I'm in love I'm in love
And I want to stay alive
Want my children’s children to survive
I’m in love I'm in love
I'm in love I'm in love
Peeping Tom with a CD Rom
Learning how to make his own atomic bomb
And the world goes round
And the world goes round
Talk is at an all time high today
Still nobody knows exactly what to say
And the world goes round
And the world goes round
And I’m in love I'm in love
I'm in love I'm in love
The elves say the sun is a she
I must say indeed I do agree
Giving all the light she can
She’s too warm to be a man
The dwarves say the earth’s her sister
Tell that to the men who’ve twisted her
She’ll still be coming around
Long after they’re all in the ground
And the world goes round
And I’m in love I'm in love
I'm in love I'm in love
And I don’t care if it’s naïve
To give your heart and still believe in love
I'm in love I'm in love
Awed by the size of a baby’s eyes
She smiles at her daddy and he’s hypnotized
And the world goes round
And the world goes round
Bigger than the name, bigger than the game
Bigger than the bang from which everything came
And the world goes round
And the world goes round
And I’m in love
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Melancholy Boy
03:41
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Don’t know why you’re such a melancholy boy
Nothing but the sky blue sun for years
Never had a problem with the falling of the rain
It isn’t how it sounds or it appears
Stirring up the green and indigo
Every time you hear that Sundays song
Melancholy comfort in a slow decaying echo
You know you never really did belong
You’re lost
You’re out of sight
You fumble for the light
You’re naked in the dark
They say you have a choice
To hear the silent voice
Down upon your knees in the bathroom (ocean)
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Where That I Should Be
03:43
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I hopped a train not particularly anywhere
I thought I’d see myself the coast
I ended up here on the beach tonight in Portland
Chasing down some kind of ghost
Now I don’t usually hop a train that takes me nowhere
And ride the rails to see the sea
Just something in my mind inspired me to go there
I don’t know where that I should be
All I know is it’d be a lot more meaningful
If you were walking here with me
I’m on a boat and I am sailing now to Mexico
Although I hear the water ain’t too good
All by myself and I admit I don’t know where to go
I’d beat a path back to you if I only could
But I still have my shoes firmly placed inside my mouth
I can’t believe I don’t believe
And now I’m on this boat and everything is facing south
I don’t know where that I should be
All I know is I’d feel a lot less miserable
If you were standing next to me
Take a look in the vault now baby
Oh I need some help
It’s not the family’s fault now baby
There ain’t nobody else
And I’m finding out all for myself
You are where that I should be
I hopped a train not particularly anywhere
I guess I tried to run away
I am young but I am older than I really care to say
All I know is I’d be a lot more beautiful
If you were with me here today
Take a look in the vault now baby
Oh I need some help
It’s not the family’s fault now baby
There ain’t nobody else
All the wounds full of salt now baby
All the books on the shelf
Are not the family’s fault now baby
There ain’t nobody else
And I’m finding out all by myself
You are where that I should be
I hopped a train not particularly anywhere
I guess I tried to run away
I am young but I am older than I really care to say
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Seaside Town
03:15
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I took my love down to the sea
And as we walked along she smiled for me
I took my love down to the sea and she smiled
I took my love down to the pier
We sat and watched the people walking there
I took my love down to the pier and she smiled
In a seaside town you can find yourself
In a seaside town when the sun goes down
You can find yourself
You can find yourself
You can find yourself again
I took my love down to the sea
We watched the waves flow in so endlessly
I took my love down to the sea and she smiled
In a seaside town you can find yourself
In a seaside town when the sun goes down
You can find yourself
You can find yourself
You can find yourself again
I took my love down to the sea
And as we walked along she smiled for me
I took my love down to the sea and she smiled
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Ocean waves the lonely moon goodbye
Moon rocks the baby stars to sleep
Sailor sees the way the clouds cry
Baby stars in dreams of mine so deep
Ocean waves the only son hello
Sun bursts the morning sky awake
Sailor sees the way the clouds go
Ocean waves this lonely heart to break
Break
Break
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I fell pretty hard
When we got together
Out in the backyard
Birds of a feather
You said by my side
Forever
Wouldn’t seem that long
I didn’t think I could love you more
I was wrong
When we fell apart
A couple of years there
It caged up my heart
With all of my fears there
You said as we cried
Our tears there
Would make for a good country song
I didn’t think I could love you more
I was wrong
You came down the aisle
Eyes full of sea shine
You gave me that smile
And pledged that you would be mine
Until the day I died
The rabbi and the priest signed the license
A week we didn’t leave that room for long
Oh what a furlong
You took my name
For the ever keeping
The baby came
Now you’re never sleeping
I’ve known not joy or pride
As when my mother hears her sing that Beatles song
I didn’t think I could love you more
I was wrong
I was wrong
Out here in the dust
A hot wind is blowing
And I am amazed
How love can keep growing
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Cozumel
03:35
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In the humid hotel in Cozumel
Barely aware they’re not doing too well
Down in the narrow street
Trying to beat the heat
What a heathen mess of burden to bear
And we want to go swimming but we don’t know where
Chicken fajita
Flour tortilla
Fairly aware of the flies and the flea
Up in the restaurant
All of these ghosts that haunt you
Aren’t even necessarily there
And you want to go swimming but you don’t know where
Hey Cozumel
What the hell?
It’s just as well you know
Say Cozumel
Can’t you tell I can’t let go
The days we never get back
Hey there sweetie in the sugar shack
I need you so
I need you so
In the humid hotel in Cozumel
Fairly aware I’m not doing too well
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Vanishing
04:41
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Vanishing
Melting in the sun
St. Thomas never knew
What he was getting into
King John was always cheating
On the run
And I’m vanishing
Here without you vanishing
Vanishing
Right behind a cloud
People working hard on their vacations
Guy in the next room sleeping way too loud
And I’m vanishing
Here without you vanishing
Can’t do anything
And I’m vanishing
Help me now
I’m vanishing
So hoist up the John P sail
Here at the luxury jail
I ain’t no dolphin, shark or whale
Let me go home
I want to go home
Why won’t you let me go home?
I feel so broke up
I want to go home
Vanishing
I feel it in my veins
Sun upon my skin
Moonlight creeping in
You keep on waiting but it never rains
And I’m vanishing
Here without you vanishing
Can’t feel anything
And I’m vanishing
Help me now
I’m vanishing
So hoist up the John P sail
Here at the luxury jail
I ain’t no dolphin, shark or whale
Let me go home
I want to go home
Why won’t you let me go home?
This is the worst trip I've ever been on
This is the worst trip I've ever been on
Vanishing
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Endless Blue Horizon
05:36
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The juggler offers a kid five bucks
To pull the wig off the head of a clown in a tux
The clown so fried and frustrated he chucks
His game face into the sea
The soulless shell of a man don’t float
A luxury liner’s nothing more than a boat
But one thing I noticed enough to take note of
In the slow reality
An endless blue horizon unaware of me
It was here as the tired old jazz trio played
With obscene amounts of dessert on parade
That the juggler’s assistant claimed he never gets laid
And complains through lame comedy
Nothing to do but retire to bed
The terminal email already dead
But visions of cherubic cheeks in my head
Kept me from getting to sleep
An endless blue horizon unaware of me
Spooned against the unforgiving bowl
Feeling suicidal
Even hate my rock and roll
I stumbled through the minefield long enough to find some coal
To light the stove so I could see
And in the morning
I was visited by a ray of sunshine wearing shades
And he stayed with me all day
By the time I re-embarked I knew that I could play
All those joyful melodies
An endless blue horizon unaware of me
How I got here I don’t really know
My bags are all packed
You know I’m ready to go
Would it be cliché of me to say I love you so?
I love you I love you baby I love you
When you see me again wipe these tears from my eyes
For your beauty is far deeper than I even realized
Usually reserved for the sea or the sky
Not this cruel mortality
So lay me down in this beautiful bed
With visions of cherubic cheeks in my head
I only hope that even after I am dead
Your eyes are what I see
An endless blue horizon waiting there for me
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A wise man once said to me
“You want to taste the sun, you peel an orange.”
I didn’t know what the hell he meant
I was young and arrogant
The smartest woman I ever knew said
“You know sweet boy you’re not the only one
In this world who struggles day to day.”
Oh there was nothing I could say
Life is weird life is tough
And life is beautiful I suppose
Why it’s all these many things
Surely only The Good Lord knows
And I really cannot say
Whether God’s involved each day
I swear I still can feel Him when I pray
But I am also aware
That the universe don’t care much if I’m here or not
I am meaningless
It irks me I confess
But discovering the indifference
Accepting the indifference is what I need to do
If I’m to take me less seriously
And get down to the only thing that’s true
And that is that
I love you
Oh how I love you
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For Eddie Ray Howard
07:26
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Saw the ghost of Bob Dylan
Floating there over the sea
It was dark and I was stumbling down deck 3
In that voice of sand and grit
The iron joker spoke to me
Said, “Maybe now you go get yourself stoned.”
It been three days since I heard any voice of a friend
With no words left to read and no letters left to send
I believed at that moment this might really be the end
But you get that crazy way when you’re alone
And you know I’d like to be there
Wherever there may be
Because I need now more than ever for you
To send your love to me
Now Eddie Ray Howard
He’s my good eye in the storm
And the hurricane it rages
In some sad amorphous form
I feel that it’s been coming
Since the day that I was born
But he says, “Don’t you mind
Go and play your trumpet.”
And I know that I should listen
And follow his advice
But that would be too easy, too rational, too nice
I’m a sad, neurotic valley
With a river full of ice
If there’s a cliff over despair
I’m gonna jump it
And you know I’d like to be there
Wherever there may be
Because I need now more than ever for you
To say you pardon me
Now the cattle all line up to taste the bounty of their dreams
When the ship pulls in no one can even fit back in their jeans
The cooks know well enough here not to stock up on the beans
Or the whole damn place would stink like exit fourteen
On the turnpike in New Jersey, yes I know it all too well
I was there the night the license plate was just too far to tell
And the Good Lord sent an angel and he barred the door to hell
To keep me from a life of pain and morphine
And you know I’d like to be there wherever there may be
Because I need now more than anything to know
You are still with me
There’s a message at the terminal and it’s from Eddie Ray
Having now said almost everything he don’t have much to say
He’s busy with his life and trying to live it everyday
I cannot say I blame him or resent him
No I love him like a brother and I think I always will
For what he did for me there ought to be some kind of bill
No doctor from the east could pull me off that window sill
When I was screaming for the sanity I’d lent him
And you know I’d like to be there wherever there may be
Because I need now more than anything for you
To save your love for me
There’s a house I thought was heaven
With a yard where she plays
Not one day of the year it ain't hard to be away
And I think of my good fortune and I think of Eddie Ray
Saying, “Don’t you mind
Now go and read your Dylan.”
And I wake up in the morning with your aloe on my mind
And everything that’s in between and how you smell like sunshine
And how you made that child an absolute one of a kind
And how you find each hole in me to fill in
There’s a headcase full of love here if you’re willing
And you know I’d like to be there wherever there may be
Because I need now more than ever for you
To say you’ll wait for me
And you know I’d like to be there wherever there may be
Because I need now more than ever for you
To say you’ll wait for me
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Baby Girl Ocean Blue
02:58
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There’ll come a time when I have to let you go
Although you’re lying here asleep in my arms
With your tumbling sunshine and your dancing ocean blue
How on earth will I ever release you?
Loving you the way I do
Loving you the way I do
There’ll come a time when you want to go your own way
Although you’re happy now between your mom and me
With your ruby rosebuds in a smile that validates my life
How on earth will I ever release you?
Loving you the way I do
Loving you the way I do
To love something so much is very frightening
Something more than yourself
You came along and you’ve been quite enlightening
Is there really anything else?
Was there ever really anything else?
There’ll come a time when I have to let you go
Although you know I’ll always be here if you need me
And all I ask is that you call to let us know how you are
For you know that I will miss you
Loving you the way I do
Loving you the way I do
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