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Sarah’s Song

Shut out the light, shut out the town

A soft pillow to raise my head

And now not a sound can wake the dead

And oh-oh, into her arms I’ll go--

Oh-oh, into her arms I’ll go--

Into her arms I’ll go--

Into her arms I’ll go.

There is no Heaven, there is no Hell

Just the Gods within, so far as I can tell

I know the route, I don’t need to pack

I’m Lucid again as she welcomes me back

And oh-oh, into her soul I’ll go--

Oh, oh, into her soul I’ll go--

Into her sould I’ll go--

Into her sould I’ll go.

Wrapped up in her cold embrace

Embodies everything I’ve had to face

Thoughts of love, of sex and death

Will of steel put to the test

But oh-oh, back into the womb I’ll go--

Back into the womb I’ll go--

Into the womb I’ll go.

Spell

Walking uphill

Against the rain

Mind on fire and

Soul aflame

Can’t hold me back

Hold me back

Back to the stones again

She made me laugh

She made me cry

She made me low

While she got high

But she is flesh

And these, my Gods

Guarding the stones again

Crack of wood

Whispered leaves

Bitten by wind-snapping

Icy teeth

Can’t hold me back

Can’t hold me back

Back with the Gods again

Hold my hand

Spin me round

A Spirit-Circle

Ringstone round

Lift me up

Beyond the trees

My Witch-soul flies again

There I leave her

Cold as ice

No more waiting

No more lies

It is all gone, now

There is none left

Left with the stones again

Back to the wind

Soul with the stars

Mind left healing

Mental scars

Time will take them

And I’ll learn from them

When I’m back at the stones

Again                                                                              

© Doug Peters 2000

Sister Soul

Black as night

And about as old

So goes the story of my soul

Who knows where she has been

She remembers forest paths

And pools of deep green

She’ll reveal herself, but not too soon

My old, old, friend

This Daughter of the Moon

She once danced so long ago

In a body that I do not know

But there she was, and she’s still within me

Until I’m too old and she has to leave

She stalks my mind right through the night

Tears me up between wrong and right

She gives my eyes that feral stare

She tells the trees what leaves to wear

She’ll reveal herself (etc)

She picks up the slightest sound

My dreams are Lucid when she’s around

I’m bound by time yet she floats out there

She rushes past like a breath of fresh air

When I’m down she’s a deep, dark pool

When I’m up she dresses me like a Fool

A singing dancing joker and clown

But I don’t lack depth when she’s around.

 Doug Peters 2000

Cactus Night

Gotta find some place to run to

End to the questing flight

Searching for the answers

Deep into the Cactus Night

Office grind and schedule

Same across the globe

Sky hangs loose like a velvet noose

And there’s darkness on my road

Dried up river lizard

Hidden almost out of sight

Followed him through the desert heat

And through the cool of the Cactus Night

Proudly feathered tepees

Not the only thing I saw

In the home for battered women

I saw the hand of tribal law

Hollow eyed and from the past

And driving pickup vans

Their packs of dogs growling quietly

On the banks of the Rio Grande

So I found this place to run to

Just part of my questing flight

But I only found more questions

Hidden deep in the Cactus Night

© Doug Peters 2001

‘Scraper Days

I’ll sing a song

And you can sing along

‘Bout why it always goes this way

Find a friend

But it always ends

And she never seems to stay

And she’ll party on

When I’m long done

And dusted with this place

And all I’ve got

Is photos and memories

Of ‘scraper and desert days

Coming home

God I’m so alone

I’ve lived my last four weeks just for you

And you fit me in

Between your shifts

When you had nothing else to do

But it’s almost gone now

And to get it back

Well, I almost believed in your god

Though sometimes I think

When my heart stops and sinks

That it’s me who carries a cross

I have so much love

Sometimes stronger than they can bear

Sometimes stronger than the rising sun

And like this song, it seems to come from nowhere

And I can never really see ahead

Nor practise what I learn

And as this sun hits my neck

And burns my head

I feel the Wheel begin to turn

And you’ll be standing on the shore

As I fly away

Like that day we took the boat

Like the city slowly receding towards the horizon

As you stood wrapped up in my coat

And I can’t think of anyone I’ll ever miss

Quite so much as you

And if you really believe in those Signs that you have

Well, I’ll leave this one for you

Y no puedo pensar en nadie mas

A quien vaya a extrañar mas que a ti

Y si tu realmente crees en esas señales que tu tienes

Pues, voy a dejarte esta para ti

… Y no puedo pensar en nadie mas

A quien vaya a extrañar mas que a ti

Y si tu realmente crees en esas señales que tu tienes

Pues, voy a dejarte esta para ti

© Doug Peters 2001

Sacred Water

I can feel the Sacred Water

Calling me back

I can feel the Sacred Water

Calling me back

Calling me back

And this time I will be with you

And this time we’ll see all there is to see

I can feel the hot sierra

Calling me back

I can feel the hot sierra

Calling me back

Calling me back

This place of Old Gods’ haunting

Through sierran storms and Chihuahuan heat

I can feel a storm is brewing

Over the sea

I can feel a storm is brewing

Over the sea

Over the sea

This new road’s a mystery to me

Are you here to tread it with me?

Do you fear the fire within me?

Do you fear the ground beneath me?

After all, I met you in the sky

I can feel the Sacred Water

Calling me back

I can feel the Sacred Water

Calling me back

Calling me back

And this time I will be with you

And this time we’ll see all there is to see.

© Doug Peters 2002 

Call Upon Everything

I called the Devil yesterday

To send you on your way

But though he seems to know you quite well

He still seems to’ve lost his way

I called upon the Old Old Gods

I called upon my friends

I called on everything I had inside

When I called for this to end

But I never called you for what you’ve done

Just wanted to hold you tight

I never called you any name under the sun

I just wanted what was right

Cruel heart and cruel love

Cruel dreams that keep me waking up

Love of land and love of sea

Cruelty of history

Well we’ve danced in some strange places

Watched an owl take flight

In a circle of ancient stones

We watched fairies dance into the moonlight

We’ve loved in the shadow of a castle old

And by a stream crystal clear

I may not hold you any more

But I still hold these memories so dear

And now I don’t know where you are

Despite what the papers say

Despite what your friends are telling me

I wish I could hear it from you, sitting on my floor like you used to

Love of moon and love of stars

Stories told in all those scars

Love of stones in circles round

Love of the love that I thought I’d found

© Doug Peters 2002

Samhain Song

I see the Maiden standing there

Soft white hands reach out to me

She says learn it all, as you take me far from here

Another ghost at old Star Carr

I see the Mother standing there

Calloused hands reach out to me

Reminds me to always give my share

Another ghost at Wetwang Slack

I see the Crone standing there

Bloody hands reach out to me

Reminds me of the cycle of my destiny

Another ghost at Sunhoney

Oh You, who takes my friends from me

Who opens my eyes and lets me see

Fairies dance under a misty moon

Nine Stones never comes round too soon

Lyrics -

 Sacred

Water

(2002)