Cobblestone Lyrics Written, Performed, and Recorded by Jeff Dernlan. Close to the Bone was written with Paul Lyons. Close to the Bone Winter’s deep and black as pitch Morning cold cuts like a switch Hit the flint, strike the stone A spark is thrown Close to the Bone Cast your thought across the field See the crop the land will yield Never healed, never grown Sins to atone Close to the Bone Bending back closing eye Calloused hand leather dry Western sky…light is shown A shadow’s thrown Close to the Bone Twisted root taps the pain Stunted stalk, needed rain Harvest grain summer grown Reap what you’ve sown Close to the Bone Good Man God protect the homeless man out on the street. Feed the hungry child without enough to eat. Let you angels watch my loved ones as they sleep. And if you can, make me a good man. Give courage to the soldier fighting far from home. Protect the runaway on the streets tonight alone. To the broken sinner let your light be shown. And if you can, make me a good man. There’s many others who need you more than I. Tonight someone will lose a lover a child will cry. But I still believe in you and if you believe in me. I know you can, make me a good man. Out of State Plates There were smokestacks in the distance, fingers in the night. The pitch black hit the resistance that lingers in starlight. All the ashes fell from drifting on the shingles and the slate, Heading home steady and straight, driving out of state plates. The warning lights were flashing and they closed the Erie line. Some things you know without the asking, some things you figure out with time. That big diesel came crashing off the tracks under the freight, And I felt that crushing weight driving out of state plates. There was a song on the radio, a sad familiar tune. I hummed the words I didn’t know, let the melody ring true. The storming shook the shelter. The rumble raised the dead. In the morning I still felt her like an engine in my head. The ditches they were dragging all of my dreams small and great, Through the open arms of fate, driving out of state plates. I Won’t Be Dismayed I’ve walked a fool’s mile far from my home I’ve laid my head down on Jacob’s stone I’ve wished on a star in Orion’s long arm Underneath the wild skies all alone I won’t be dismayed I won’t be dismayed When a troubling wind comes blowing my way Until I’m called home at the end of my days I won’t be dismayed I won’t be dismayed I’ve know the taste of an empty plate I’ve felt the sting of betrayals swift blade I’ve dragged my mistakes like an anchors weight Through the valley of sorrows sweet shame I’ve seen hope arise like the morning’s long light Where the giant oaks grow tall from a seed I’ve seen dreams that don’t die in a young child’s eye And felt God’s gracious had guiding me Weathervane Hide me inside your cyclone Close to your quiet eye Take me out where the wind blows Where the weather fronts collide Lift me up like a rooftop Set me down in the shade When the stormin’ won’t stop You’re my Weathervane A natural disaster Was spinning inside me When all the windows shattered You kept me in one piece You’re the blanket in my basement The flashlight in my crawl space When all the walls start shaking You’re my Weathervane When I hear the sirens sound When the big oak branches break When I’m fighting off that funnel cloud You keep me standing tall and pointing straight So let the lightening clatter Let the rivers rise Let the thunder shake the rafters I’ll be warm and dry You’re the blossom in my Spring time In the Summer you’re my shade When I feel that strong wind blow by You’re my Weathervane World of Sin Take away my hate Give me a clean heart inside Make my way narrow and straight Help me see things through your eyes Give me the faith to be strong Through the trials in life Let me help others along Who are less blessed than I Take me by the hand. Shine your light down on my path. And when this life here is through Lead me to heaven at last In a World of Sin make me Born Again Cobblestone You can leave at the daybreak You can leave at midnight Whatever road that you take Whatever end’s in sight You can peel it away Peel the pavement back But it’s all still the same You’re just leaving new tracks Cobblestone Cobblestone Until you come back home Walk down the Cobblestone You can skip the beginning You can start at the end But there ain’t no winning There’s no rules that don’t bend You can let it unwind That line that’s got you bound A slow turn at a time Until you come unwound You can leave it behind you You can shove it up front You can let the light blind you You can see what you want Break through the concrete Where the mason makes the mend Find the missing piece Let it lie down end to end Rest Easy You can rest easy in a stormy night When the thunder rolls when the lightening strikes When the power blows and knocks out the lights You can rest easy in a stormy night You can rest easy in a the Summer days When the fields reach out into a distant haze When your sweet time is fading away You can rest easy in the Summer days You can rest easy, close your eyes You can rest easy, sleep well tonight Let mamma sing you a lullaby You can rest easy, sleep well tonight You can rest easy wherever you are Underneath a storm cloud or a summer star You know I’ll never be very far You can rest easy wherever you are Save the Day Count the crashing bells in the cathedral tower Tales in passing tell until the daylight hour Morning’s blanket wraps around a waking moon Don’t you take it don’t you take your love so soon Save the Day Save the Day In the winking of an eye Life recedes to memories Time takes wing to fly To their graves To their graves Chase the ghosts Back to their graves Save the Day Save the Day Save the Day Hang a picture up across the plaster patch Make no mention and no one will ever ask Ride the rocking rails on home through the twilight Signals fail stolen by the satellites