My second protest song. Bring them home. Dedicated to soldiers everywhere.

Krister Axel - acoustic guitar, vocals

there will come a day for you when
nothing makes sense
there will come a day for you when
all you got is you and boy
there will come a day in sunshine
when all you need is wine
there will come a day in time

oh, you'll see what you've done
see what you've done

there will come a day for you when
the sun is gone
there will come a day for you
with nothing left to lose

Karen Teperberg - drums, vocals
Matt Delvecchio - bass, vocals
Mike Freas - guitar
Chet Dixon - harmonica
Krister Axel - guitar, keyboards, vocals

Live at the Knitting Factory Los Angeles, opening for Tony Furtado.

Raw baby! This song is a gem. :)

Peace for the winter I pray for you
that you find what you wanted to
in that old yesterday
you get no second chances babe
you walk out in the pouring rain
you get some kind of lost again
I've been waiting for you
to change your mind
I'm learning how to turn back time
I'll say good night but I don't mean mine
You're a summer drug

she took the hard way
headed for the city on the sidewalk
just trying to be brave
she had never seen a live one
burning with the taste
of a brighter day
As she walked
through the rivers of her thoughts
she was holding on to love
she kept her eyes up
walking like a soldier through the desert
in the desert

you'll never take me
you'll never break me
you'll never take my heart

A forgotten recording, probably written sometime in 2007 under some influence of the whisky, hence the title.

A very old recording of a song I wrote long ago. This is a live take with my Madison line-up - drums, bass, violin, banjo, and Axel on guitar.
Improvised intro by Robert Schoville (drummer).

an old recording from a really long time ago.

an old recording from a really long time ago.

an old recording from a really long time ago.

An old recording from a really long time ago, done on a Fostex 4-track cassette. This was a re-recording and substantial retooling of the original version written as a junior in high school in 1989. The title was taken from a Langston Hughes poem called 'Strange Hurt'.

Krister Axel - acoustic guitar, vocals, Korg CX-3

an old recording from a really long time ago.

an old recording from a really long time ago.

an old recording from a really long time ago.

silver bullet

i don't need your silver bullet baby
i don't want to play your midnight games
don't hold me up against the fire
I'm not the only one
who doesn't feel the same

if we're lost for however long it takes
and somebody leads us through the night
if you keep your eyes closed
and believe the status quo
you'll never know you didn't fight

i don't need your silver bullet baby

(Fast, fast)
I'm fast like a runaway train
I'm fast like John Wayne
I'm fast like you don't know when
I'm fast and I'll do it again

(fast, fast)
maybe you should just stay down
maybe you should just stay down

you can't catch me now
you can't catch me now
you can't catch me now
you can't catch me now

(fast, fast)
I'm fast like a runaway train
I'm fast like John Wayne

Well it's over now
so you can go back home
It's over now
so nothing can go wrong
you don't believe the messengers
you don't have time to know the worst
oh the baby is sleeping

we're coming back next time
next time we're coming back for sure
we'll never stop pushing
next time they'll be too slow
next time we'll take it home
don't be the last to know

we're coming back next time
next time we're coming back for sure
let's stay together
after all this time
you know we will survive
you know we will survive

we'll always be here
we'll always be here again

the way you feel

I've been thirsty for your wine
you get sweeter all the time
I've been through so many tears
you're the one that keeps me here

I want to fly across the world with you
I want to be the one you're running to
I want to keep holding on to you
I'll be the one
I'll be the one

I'm in love with the way you smile
I'm in love with the way you cry

you said my ways
would never change
but here I wait patiently
no one knows
how far this goes
this could be like
a spider's thread

you're in my head
superstar
you're in my head
there you are
superstar

you say my name
it comes back the same
everything is as it was
for one night
we'll get it right
put those bright eyes to bed

you're in my head
superstar
you're in my head

I had a dream and you were looking
at a sun whose color had changed
you were love and love was precious
your precious lips were wet like rain
I'm thinking of a train to Georgia
moving fast and speeding up
I want to be a stroke of lightning
but I'll come down
when there is no one out
and there's no one around

we turned to wolves and ran like tigers
we jumped the fence and headed home

C G Bb F

(goes to G at the end of the verse)

well I'm leaving in the morning
no use trying to say goodbye
all I leave behind me
is nothing more than a single tear in my eye
gonna ride that train
going where the women don't waste my time
gonna ride that train
going where the women don't waste my time

C Bb F
and I feel fine
sang my song and I drank my wine
I feel fine
yeah

I got this voice mail a few years ago. 2007?

you were always out of town
i was always on the way
i could barely see the light
but you could blind me just the same
no one ever knew the truth
but you were always on my mind
all i saw was you
i was waiting for a sign
we were lovers then
we were lovers all the time

you could never stay too long
because you always had to work
but i did the best i could

when i get to Charleston baby
i'll find myself a star
when i get to Charleston baby
i'll be waiting for the night to fall
ooh, ooh
when i get to Charleston baby
i'll be waiting for the night to fall

when i get to Charleston baby
i won't know where to stay
i might have time to drink some bourbon
or i might have to run away
ooh
where's that whiskey bar
ooh

It all feels the same
the winds of change
and summer rain
so it goes
the weight I know
this life of hope

Oh in a thousand years
Oh in a thousand years
what will change
what remains
of the summer rain

Time is all we need
to be received
to cross the sea
so we go to sleep
we rest in peace
with all we need

Oh in a thousand years
Oh in a thousand years
what will change