Skye: "Sourire"

Bruce Springsteen: "Nothing Man"

Rochester, New York
11/3/03

darling, give me your kiss
come and take my hand
i am the nothing man

John Prine: "Some Humans Ain't Human"

have you ever noticed
when you're feeling really good
there's always a pigeon
that'll come shit on your hood

Brian Peters: "Earth"

2007 Sheffield Folk Festival

I am Earth; I am eternal,
You are but one moment's pause,
Just a line lost in my journal;
You are mine; I am not yours.
--Les Barker

Paddy Homan: "The Rising of the Moon"

out from many a mud wall cabin eyes were watching through the night
many a manly heart was beating for the blessed warning light
murmurs rang along the valleys to the banshees' lonely croon
and a thousand pikes were flashing to the rising of the moon

all along that singing river a black mass of men was seen
high above their shining weapons flew their own beloved green
death to every foe and traitor! whistle out the marching tune
and hurrah, me boys, for freedom, 'tis the rising of the moon

Doc Watson: "Blue Railroad Train"

1991

Kris Kristofferson: "The Pilgrim Chapter 33"

from the 2007 Ottawa Folk Festival

see him wasted on the sidewalk
in his jacket and his jeans
wearing yesterday's misfortune like a smile
once he had a future
full of money love and dreams
which he spent like they were going out of style
and he keeps right on a-changing for the better or the worse
searching for a shrine he's never found
never knowing if believing is a blessing or a curse
or if the going up is worth the coming down