The Eagle and the Boy in the shadow of the sun an eagle feather fell fell toward the earth from an eagle wing the eagle was the mother of the egg in the shadow of the sun the snake was sinister looking for the egg to swallow with his mouth mouth and forked tongue the eagle caught the snake the snake was in her claws her claws killed the snake the snake the eagle ate in the shadow of the sun on the ancient ground an eagle feather fell landed on a stone was found there by a boy walking by moon the moon that rose so full that day in late september the five brothers came together with a plan to kill the bird their brother had the eagle knew, the eagle had to fly away she had to go to escape the brothers evil ways she told the boy his brothers had an evil plan the boy was very, very sad in the shadow of the sun in the shadow of the sun boy pleaded with the bird to let him go with her to fly over the mountain escape on eagle's wing so eagle stretched her wings boy climbed on her back eagle with the boy rose up on the wind never to return the eagle with the boy flew up past the moon landed in the grass there the eagle changed into a princess

The Legend of Wandering Spirit by Travis Oberg He set out on the trail with all his earthly treasure in his pack He broke the sacred seal with his father, he's never going back He says, "Now I have these riches in my hand I don't expect my tribe to understand..." He met some friendly strangers who helped him find his fantasy and thrills They granted him their company, as long as he could pay the bills "I don't care how long my money lasts As long as I am living, living fast." It's taken every fiber of his being to put away his past He is just a prodigal looking for the truth, looking for the truth Set his feet a-wandering so far away from you, so far away from you Help him find his way back home yippie ki yay, yippie ki-yo, yippie ki yey, yo Well, his friends they took his dignity and left him by this fire here to die Says "I miss my home and my family I'm tired and I wanna cry." He hasn't got a penny to his name, he can't go on cause he can't bear the shame If he returns to his father he'll be a slave and take the blame Like memory it haunts him, it's the weight of all that's said and done Like a nightmare in the daylight, his fear chills him to the bone The anger of his father was so plain, he had brought disgrace upon his name All these questions and the heartache can make a man insane He is just a prodigal looking for the truth, looking for the truth Set his feet a-wandering so far away from you, so far away from you Help him find his way back home yippie ki-yay, yippie ki-yo, yippie ki yey, yo Now the road that he is walkin' is a-winding and his feet move so slow His body is weary and it's taken him as far as he can go Will forgiveness be enough to bring in? He doesn't even know where to begin... So his father sees him coming down the road just a boy who lost his way He's running out to meet him and he cries out "Celebrate!" His father says that he was lost, but now he's found, "He was dead now he's alive safe and sound." Now he has his family around him, and his feet back on the ground He is just a prodigal looking for the truth, looking for the truth Set his feet a-wandering so far away from you, so far away from you Help him find his way back home yippie ki-yay, yippie ki-yo, yippie ki yey, yo

Jezebel hey silver moon i can see you're wide awake I threw my key into the lake have you seen me now? can you see me? How can we be so blind one road is wide and leads to death open up your eyes one narrow gate lead us back to life sweet jezebel I can see that you don't respect yourself don't you dare take that out on me will you go near her now have you seen me? How can we be so blind one road is wide and leads to death open up your eyes one narrow gate leads us back to life all these tiny thoughts inside my head, i wish you well remember when you knew what it was like when you were free, so free How can we be so blind one road is wide and leads to death open up your eyes one narrow gate lead us back to life

The Secret of Samuel McGee This is a story of Samuel McGee Who murdered his brother Elijah In a house on a hill at the end of the street With a bullet made out of steel Time to head for the hills When they found the body They questioned the girl For they knew that Samuel had loved her She was the daughter of preacher McGill And was sharing a bed with Sam's brother A secret that Samuel discovered Hey everyone, this is my gun and my name is Samuel McGee She broke my heart and I shot my kin with a bullet that buried me In that fateful house at the end of the street Was Sam's brother and bride-to-be Samuel came in at a quarter-to-three There was a shout Then a shot rang out Now Samuel is hanging for murder, you see They found the gun and came looking That bullet of steel stole his good name away And his blood went cold Now his story's been told... Hey everyone, this is my gun And my name is Samuel McGee She broke my heart and I shot my kin with a bullet that buried me

Silver Lining i'm in the alley i'm on the street scrounging again for something to eat they are the archers, and were all thieves What I don't get is how we play for keeps Pick a card, any card I heard you whispering while I played my guitar They are the liars Were all cheats if this was a game, i think i got you beat you're my silver lining babe I'm on my way you're my silver lining, i'll be your sail If i were king, you'd be my queen lavender blue // dilly dilly if i had a dollar for every time i've been broke i'd still be laughing at my own joke If I had a boat we'd go around the world looking for the edges, listen to the words that you heard if hope were an island then we're all cats When we leave this place were never coming back you're my silver lining babe I'm on my way you're my silver lining, i'll be your sail

Till I Die I will love you till my dying day when all is said and done you take my breath away I will hold you like a little child, rock you in my arms until the night is done here comes the morning and if i die before i wake i pray the lord my soul to take and if i wake and i see your face i know that this is real I will love you till I die I will keep you far away from harm just hold me in your arms forever in your arms hold me close I will build a shelter in your heart / i'll give you all I can to keep you safe and if i die before i wake i pray the lord my soul to take and if i wake and i see your face i know that this is real i will love you till i die take my hand and walk with me slowly to a place where i can see clearly i will lay down this tired old bluegrass song and i will love you I will love you til i die i always knew you'd be my girl i knew what i had found in you it's in the way you touch my face when i was lost you brought me back

Red & Gold I had a dog his name was blue betcha five dollars he's a good dog too nine pound hammer and a ten penny nail took another nickel to the wishing well heard a freight train far away howling at the moon autumn leaves were all on fire wind was cold the open sky was falling in all the trees were naked cats in the garden, sheep in the pen church bells ringing house is empty, the barn is cold i threw the doors off the hinges wandered north like an ol' coyote out to the wild blue yonder All is fair in love and war I took the long way home last night All the money's gone again all the moneys gone, money's gone eh-i-ooh red and gold eh-i-ooh red and gold walk on down that road if i had a horse i'd name her sal ride in the morning all around my town just about suppertime back at the stable gather all my friends round the kitchen table we'd sing those tired ol gospel songs sing about love, sing about loss a log on the fire, the kettle on the stove telling our stories winding like the old crow there's an old man looks just like me living in a deep green valley if he clap's his hands you can hear the echo to when i was ten years old when i was ten years old.. eh-i-ooh red and gold eh-i-ooh red and gold walk on down that road

The Ballad of Darci Price Darci sat in the seat next to me on the bus as it whirred off again I suddenly had a new friend Speaking as if he had nothing to say he kept telling his stories to me Speaking so conversationally He told of books he’d been reading through written on catastrophe And on life’s deepest mystery He wondered of science and politics and how many girls I’ve kissed I thought of the words Darci waited to tell and the words that somehow I’d missed On the bus that kept stopping and starting again Like the words Darci tossed all around were the answers that somehow we found He wondered of science and politics and how many places I’d been I thought of the words Darci waited to tell to the one that turned out to be me We answered how strange questions can be……. and why Darci sat in the seat next to me How our questions can turn eternally to the ways of our maker To the ways of our mighty maker

Truth Truth is big enough for all of us to stand inside, never buy nothing from a president who robs from the blind headlines read the war is ending we are fighting with ourselves could we put down our bullet machines put down our weapons please we all need wings love will bring us home hope will carry on and Truth, Truth, Truth stands on it's own Stand for someone Who has trouble with staying on their own two feet it's like a remedy for a wandering deadly disease Hope is moving through our streets deaf are reaching out to hear, to be healed would you drink from the fountain at the foot of the mountain the way will be made straight love will bring us home hope will carry on and Truth, Truth, Truth never stands alone

Book of Poems Biding time, reading off these lines from my book of poems sitting in a blur with a corner on a world that's impossible to show 'em there are no surprises here and you know it I jumped into a burn, so cautious and concerned, you watch me go and hold a rescue rope you've always had that smile i've missed for quite awhile, you've seen the way I lose my reasoning i just ran out of pretty, pretty things to say when you're here the shadows fade innocence and ocean tide look your trouble in the eyes great northern lights, in seven quarter time wrapped in reverence and silver ribbon shining like a star, hanging in the sky back in corners where you never see em we're back to where we started refrain: i need awhile to catch my thoughts kangaroos and polka dots you used to be so small ever o so skeptical that's not who you are I hoisted you over and now you'll see the morning can you find the secrets of this life

White Stone by Travis Oberg Copyright 2012 I've been walking through this world Wondering where I fit All I know is I don't know the half of it Remove this heart of stone See what I have done When I go I'll take with me All these things I can't leave behind, I lose my way I hear your voice you know my name You've been waiting with my white stone that you picked for me, picked for me In another couple minutes this will all be different I won't have to call you on the phone We'll open up a window and climb inside You won't have to face those demons on your own All I know Is I need you, all that we've been through I swear it's not too late to head for home I hear your voice you know my name You've been waiting with my white stone that you picked for me, you picked for me Every time I see your face, I watch you smile when you say my name I follow right behind Every time I close my eyes I see the sunlight burning in it never makes a sound, makes a sound Every time I look at you all that we've been through I swear it's not too late to head for home Every time I close my eyes, see the sunlight burning in, it never makes a sound, makes a sound

I Am Nothing-words and music by travis oberg © 2000 If I could speak in tongues of angels and of men But have not love it's only noise If I could fathom all the mysteries of earth Without love it's pointless Love is patient Love is kind Love never fails If I could speak a word and make the mountains move And give all I have to the poor Without love I have the same I had before I gain nothing Love is patient Love is kind Love never fails I am nothing, nothing Without love Without love I am nothing, nothing Without love Without love I am nothing I know a man who took nails in his hands And gave his body to the flame At the right hand of the father he now stands So love remains Love is patient Love is kind Love never fails

The Summer of 1970 In the summer of 1970 you and your brother drove out to Kansas Running on half a tank of gasoline you got lost in the big rock candy mountains so down along the riverside where you parked the car and talked all night that's when you told him you were scared and ran your fingers through your long dark hair instrumental tiny bubbles on the river passing in the night something cold made you shiver and you swore you'd never love again at twilight around 5:15 you both walked a mile to the station to buy gasoline and one last pack of cigarettes and a fashion magazine then your brother drove while you were fast asleep you could climb the highest mountain swim across the deepest ocean make your bed down in the canyon lose yourself still I chase you like a lover call an army out to fetch you every mountain stream runs into the sea life is like a vapor life is like a rising sun

Now’s the time for moving on… I captured all my thoughts and wrote ‘em down On this tiny piece of paper All my thoughts were summed up in a paragraph But I lost that piece of paper Now’s the time for moving on I heard about your poem in a jar All the skeptics say that it will never work But I think I know what’s going on Poetry in glass it’ll catch on fast Now’s the time for moving on… I heard we shot a rocket to the moon And we know the color of the universe Such a giant leap for man Tangerine green and turquoise Now’s the time for moving on…