Kings In The Trees

©Vaughan Hoy

2017

So many nights

So many days

Come and spent

So many ways

In the Prairie winds

Clinging to the storm 

Mornings in the rain

Crossing wheat fields 

Again and again

Old weather vanes

Kings in the trees

You left us now

Before summer light fades

Kings in the trees

You left us now

For fields in

Other days

Loves shiny things

Tomorrow may bring

More gems 

And tambourines

Rooms of pretty things

You had to go

In the golden light

As the drive-in faded

Into rusty night

Into rusty night

Kings in the trees

You left us now

Before summer light fades

Kings in the trees

You left us now

For fields in

Other days

You're on the radio

While life drags on

In a slow wide line

On the 401

We'll be fine

 So many songs

Peel time away

Across corduroy fields

Of burning hay

Of burning hay

Kings in the trees

You left us now

Before summer light fades

Kings in the trees

You left us now

For fields in

Other days

GREAT PRAYER

©Vaughan Hoy 2017

Who has a great prayer

Who has a great prayer

Seven billion people hanging in the thin air

Seven billion people hanging in the thin air

Oh oh oh we need a great prayer

Walking on the moon

Flying to the sun

Thinkin' science won

Who has a great prayer

Who has a great prayer

Seven billion people and who will care

Seven billion people and we will need a great prayer

Poor woman, poor child, poor man

Help them up we can

Today's bread, tomorrow's life

So much of our home under strife

Who has a great prayer

Who has great prayer

Harmony in the air

Harmony in water 

Water water everywhere

Plants and animals

A great chain of life

Under the fiery sun of universal light

Who has a great prayer

Who has great prayer

Half sister, brown brother

Black and white mother and father

Home is where the heart is

Where peace, love, and spirit live

And in the end We know love should be there

And in the end We know love should be there

Who has a great prayer

Who has a great prayer

HELIUM EYES

©Vaughan Hoy

2015

Helium eyes

Helium eyes

Been looking for you

 Halo kissing the 

Sky

Sapphire gaze

Through the maze

Helium eyes

Helium eyes

 Figure tracing an isle of 

Blue

In the mist I knew 

It was  you

Fire and rain

Purified again

Helium eyes

Helium eyes

Ion hair so fair

Liberty forming there

Words a breath

Of air

Devil, devil may care

Helium eyes

Helium eyes

Out of all that 

Will pass

This will surely last

Forever your own 

Light speeds home

Helium eyes

Helium eyes

Where To Now

©Vaughan Hoy

2016

Hmmmmm mmm

Where to now

Hmmmmm mmm

Where to now

Time flies

On the morning tide

Had my eye

On the view

And on you

Hmmmmm mmm

Where to now

Hmmmmm mmm

Where to now

Last time I looked

The sun was up

Now the stars 

Are in view

What do you do

Hmmmmm mmm

Where to now

Hmmmmm mmm

Where to now


Hmmmmm mmm

Where to now

Hmmmmm mmm

Where to now

Birds in the air

Shooting stars

New moon a flare

Waterfall again

Get home soon

Hmmmmm mmm

Where to now

Hmmmmm mmm

Where to now

Travel long

Travel deep

Mind the soul

It's yours to keep

Hmmmmm mmm

Where to now

Hmmmmm mmm

Where to now

Tell Me

©Vaughan Hoy

2014

Tell me your real name
And from where you came
Before you go away

Tell me what you see
Through your blue eyes
Before I hear more lies

Tell me what you feel
What is really real
Before you run away

Time spins round
And I'm floating off the ground
And I'm not thinking of you anymore
Walking on a new shore, new shore

Time spins round
And I'm floating off the ground
And I'm not thinking of you anymore
Walking on a new shore, new shore

Tell me when the sun sets low
And your nowhere to go
Someone'll be there for you

Tell me when the stars shine bright
But you don't feel right
To be out on the road

Tell me when the sunrise
Blinds your eyes
And you don't know which way to go

Time spins round
And you'll float off the ground
And there'll be someone there for you
Walking on a new shore, new shore

Time spins round
And you'll float off the ground
And there'll be someone there for you
Walking on a new shore, new shore

This Town

©Vaughan Hoy

2014

This town

Oil and gas

And highways 

That don't last

This town

Tears and grease

Freezing rain

In the crease

This town

Fast money and pain

Alcohol and dust 

And little rain

This town

Got morals and you

And a wide sky so blue

And a river that's brown and long

That ain't a west coast song

Dirty sidewalks

Wild nature at the steps

Homelessness livi'n 

In the forest depths

Patchwork of everyone 

From everywhere

This damn town 

It don't care

This town

Got morals and you

And a wide sky so blue

And a river that's brown and long

That ain't a west coast song

This town

  Big and brown

Red letter day

Smoke and hay

Walk a coloured bridge 

It'll tell you what you want

Luck's hanging round

Like a baptismal font

This town

Got morals and you

And a wide sky so blue

And a river that's brown and long

That ain't a west coast song

JETTY

© Vaughan Hoy 2015

We know here

Is just today

Tomorrow is 

Whichever way

The river runs 

The whole day long

I see you naked

Sun singing your song

This place is 

Out of time

And out of step

 And out of rhyme 

And the breeze gathers 

All the particles of love

And scatters them

Like feathers off a dove

God only knows

The syncopated memories

That fall between

 Blades of light and dark

This place is 

Out of time

And out of step 

And out of rhyme 

And the miracles

And occasional truth

That keep us together

Or apart in youth

We know here

Is just today

Tomorrow is 

Whichever way

This place is 

Out of time

And out of step 

And out of rhyme 

Calais

©Vaughan Hoy 2016

So far away from home

So, so, so alone

Sun shedding tears

Run, run, run, run

Run, run, run, run

Run, run, run, run

Politics, havoc everywhere

Tyrants don't care

Hell's influence isn't fair

Run, run, run, run

Run, run, run, run

Run, run, run, run

If you run long enough

If you run far it's tough

Light will find your way

Run, run, run, run

Run, run, run, run

Run, run, run, run

Green fields are there

Still waters do care

Stars will show you the way

Run, run, run, run

Run, run, run, run

Run, run, run, run

If you run long enough

If you run all day

You will find Calais

Run, run, run, run

Run, run, run, run

Run, run, run, run

POWER & FREEDOM

©Vaughan Hoy 2015

You were born 

With your power and freedom

They came with you

You don't redeem 'em

Life and love

Is a 

Big thing

And you wanna

Hang on and keep em'

Power and freedom

You don't redeem them

Power and freedom

Don't give em' away

To another person

On another day

You don't trade em'

A teacher may tell you

Only what you can do

But they can't take away

Your point of view

Job may grind you down

Feel'n like undertown

No place is home

Can't take your soul and bone

Power and freedom

You don't redeem them

Power and freedom

A bank may 

Own your home

But not your power 

And freedom

A politician may lie 

And take your vote

Not your power 

and freedom

No religion 

Can steal your soul

Or your power 

And freedom

Power and freedom

You don't redeem them

Power and freedom

No government

Can take your 

Identity

Or your power and freedom

The media 

The morning news

Can't take away 

Your

Personal views

Love real love

Don't take away 

From your power and freedom

Love real love

Your gonna need them

Power and freedom

You don't redeem them

Power and freedom

You don't redeem them

Power over freedom

Ain't the same 

Control and domination

You don't need 'em

Families can't take away 

Your power

And freedom

You were born 

With your power and freedom

They came with you

You don't redeem 'em

Life and love

Is a 

Big thing

And you wanna

Hang on and keep em'

Power and freedom

You don't redeem them

Power and freedom

You don't redeem them.................................They came with you.

It All Depends

©Vaughan Hoy

2014

Yesterday brought feathers 

And scarlet letters

Today brought time lost in the hollow

Reading books together 

In the light of gothic panes

I asked you for a walk to the meadow

You said silly fellow 

It all depends

It all depends

It all depends

If you'll love me tomorrow and not just today

It all depends

If you'll love me tomorrow and not just today

Cleaning grease at Austin's garage

Serving guests at the public house

Working my days off thinking of you

I didn't have the courage

To say a simple thing

You asked me to meet you 

Down near the vicars place

And I said

It all depends

It all depends

It all depends

If you'll love me tomorrow and not just today

It all depends

If you'll love me tomorrow and not just today

This town got smaller

As the years got longer

And we did a lotta things together

People still wonder how

We're never tired of being here

And didn't move away to the city

Well 

it all depends 

It all depends

It all depends 

If we'll love each other tomorrow and not just today

It all depends 

If we'll love each other tomorrow and not just today

Monkey Mia

©Vaughan Hoy

2015

Monkey Mia

I found you

On the pier 

Eyes so blue

I kissed your brown skin and knew 

It was you

Fell in love again and nothin 

I could do

Looking into your eyes

And soul so true

Lightening on the horizon

In a cloud shaped view

Hopin' God can hear me when I 

Say I need you

Fell in love again and nothin 

I could do


Monkey Mia

I found you

On the pier 

Eyes so blue

Wind blowin' through your hair

And sail on blue

Gold shells and pearls

Strung all around you

Harmony sings loud 

Harmony sings low

Stayin' in this lagoon

Nowhere else to go

Hopin' God can hear me when I 

Say I need you

Fell in love again and nothin 

I could do

Gauguin Girl

©Vaughan Hoy

2014

First I saw you on a wall

Amongst other pictures short and tall

A godhead flower with a fuchsia heart

I couldn't let Tahiti keep us apart

I fell into your tranquiline gaze

A breeze only you can raise

Brown skin brown eyes 

Under translucent skies

My Gauguin girl

Maybe I waited too long

My Gauguin girl

How I miss your song

Living on love and wine and bread

Having nothing but you inside my head

Day by day and hour by hour

Ebony figure of a godhead flower


My Gauguin girl

Maybe I waited too long

My Gauguin girl

How I miss your song

But sadly now I know I must go

Murmurs of darkness come from below

The sky holds a place for your love in grace

A tropical flower I must leave this hour


My Gauguin girl

Maybe I waited too long

My Gauguin girl

How I miss your song

Lila

©Vaughan Hoy 2016

In the summer time

Stealin' red wine

Jumpin off the river bridge

Just fair oaks kid

In the summertime

With Lila for love

Couldn't help thinking

God smilin' from above


In the summer time

Steallin' red wine

Goin' to art shows

In our hippie cloths

Then her dad did appear

With a badge and his gear

Ran for the oak trees

In my worn out jeans

And I saw her tears

They lasted for years

For we were in love

God smilin' from above

When it came to an end

Would I see her again

Through the old oak trees

In her cut-off jeans

There came another day

Flyin' through L.A.

I stopped at a bar

In my Austen Healy car

A beauty owned the place

Said I know your face

I've missed you all these years

Through all my tears


In the summertime

With Lila for love

Couldn't help thinking

God smiled from above

Bought a big beach house

Down Santa Barbara way

Where we settled down easy

For many a day

Had a gaggle of kids

Now we're back in show biz

With Lila for love

God smilin' from above

In the summer time

Stealin' red wine

Jumpin off the river bridge

Just fair oaks kids

Jean

©Vaughan Hoy 2008

Oh Jean

Oh Jean

Oh Jean

I asked you to come out on the dusty road with me

You met me halfway but said I remain free

I accepted just to hold you close

I got so much more than most

Oh Jean

Oh Jean

I fell for you shining like a crystal on the window sill

Years rolled by and you said honey I love you still

My lover in the morning my lover at night

Always there to tell me it’ll be alright


The days went by under blue sky

You were there all the time

Then one day you were gone over that long dusty hill

I been waiting on the porch and I’m sitting there still

I miss you and your old rusty truck

Staring into the sunset I guess I’ve run my luck

My lover in the morning my lover at night

Always there to tell me it’ll be alright

Oh Jean

Oh Jean

Oh Jean

SOLSTICE

©Vaughan Hoy 2015

The mist grows long and damp across the moor

You search for a reason and ask for more

The soul cries out in hunger n' being poor

And you can't see your way to the light in the door

Love deep

Love long

Love forever

Love for a song

Love for the memory

Love for that time

Love for that moment

In universal light

Reason slides off the side of the earth

Sun goes down leav'n the heart without mirth

The stars fall from the sky spread out upon the ground

And the emptiness runs crazy like a wild, wild hound

Love deep

Love long

Love forever

Love for a song

Love for the memory

Love for that time

Love for that moment

In universal light

When all you have is the light in your palm

Speak to the wind don't be alarmed

For the universe holds you longer than you can

And spirit made you more than mortal man

Love deep

Love long

Love forever

Love for a song

Love for the memory

Love for that time

Love for that moment

In universal light

Thinking of Ginger

©Vaughan Hoy 2013

New girl moved in across the road yesterday
Didn’t see her dad he must be away

Skinny wild thing with red hair
Runnin round like she don’t got a care
Wild wild as can be
Don’t see me in her magnolia tree

I see her riding her horse through the olive grove
Stealing oranges from the farmer across the road

Ginger’n me swapping secrets in her magnolia tree
Riding bare back to the river and being free

Sittin on the porch in the dark
Making promises we don’t believe
Heat of the day at night comes undone
Love has no words on the run

Whittle it in wood
Speak it if you could
Leave some things undone
Love has no words on the run

Touching stars together
Stray words floating away
Stealing thoughts from each other
Listening at night to crickets in the park

Whittle it in wood
Speak it if you could
Leave some things undone
Love has no words on the run

Ginger’n me swapping secrets in her tree




LITERATURE

Hey Little Honey

©Vaughan Hoy 2014

Hey little honey
How are you today
The suns up early
Shining away

The birds are singing
And the creek is runnin'
Dews on the grass
And the kettles a hummin'

I love you in the morning
And all through the day
And I just can't stand it
When your so far away

Love comes heavy
And love comes soft
And hope and good times
Is what keeps us aloft

Your flowers are out
All over the garden
I put breakfast on yer' table
In beggin' your pardon

Hey little darlin'
I see you standing on the stair
So beautiful in your nighty
I forgot I had a care

Love comes heavy
And love comes soft
And hope and good times
Is what keeps us aloft

I hope you find peace
And I hope you find joy
And we'll keep the candles burning
All around our boy

The cats are in the yard
A breeze through the trees
Honey suckle is everywhere
And all full of bees

Hey little honey
How are you today
The suns up early
Shining away

I work hard and long
All day
And git small dollars
In corporation pay

I wanted to buy you
A diamond ring
But life takes too much
Of my everything

Love comes heavy
And love comes soft
And hope and good times

Is what keeps us aloft




LITERATURE

Goin' To The Woods (for David)

©Vaughan Hoy 2014

Goin' to the woods with you today
Hummingbird said it's the first of May
Leaving Church barefoot along the tracks
Picking up coal getting our whites black

Hey I'm thinking of you now it's been so long
Hey I'm thinking of you now I can still hear the songs

Runnin' through the wood sheds at the mill
I can smell and hear it still
Jumpin' from the barn roof into the hay
Swimmin' and fishin' at the dam all day

Hey I'm thinking of you now it's been so long
Hey I'm thinking of you now I can still hear the songs

I hear, I hear, I hear you sayin', you sayin', you sayin' wait for me
I hear, I hear, I hear you sayin', you sayin', you sayin' wait for me

Left for America and you and Ma behind
Settled on the West Coast thought it'll be fine
Looking back could've been different somehow
The stories what it is change won't allow

Hey I'm thinking of you now it's been so long
Hey I'm thinking of you now I can still hear the songs

Goin' to the woods with you today
Hummingbird said it's the first of May
Leaving Church barefoot along the tracks
Picking up coal getting our whites black

Hey I'm thinking of you now it's been so long
Hey I'm thinking of you now I can still hear the songs

Old crow on the fence I am
Old crow on the fence I am
Old crow on the fence I am




LITERATURE