Salute

Whatever you think of me
I'm still your friend
So other than nothin' what's new
The water 's still flowin'
Through the rose on my skin
This here tattoo is for you
The boys at the parlor downtown
Didn't waste anytime puttin' it down
Time has been wastin' away i can see it
Go sailin' on by as it slips through my fingers
The bow and the wave never wait for tomorrow
They just keep on rollin' as straight as an arrow
Good night

Girl of my dreams
You get better each day
I wish i could see you somehow
Girls that i love is there no other way
This here tattoo is for now

I'd been out drinkin' all day
I got carried away at the parlor last night
This summer rose is for you it's no wonder
I bothered to wander back into the parlor
It's red and in bloom and it's more than one color
It lives on forever for just a few dollars
Good night

Whatever you think of me
I'm still your friend
So baby whatever you do
Now that it's taken its permanent home
This here tattoo is for you

The boys at the parlor downtown
Didn't waste any time puttin' it down
Time has been wastin' away, you know time doesn't
Wait for nobody to find what they're after
It just keeps on rolling on down the deep canyons
And through the green meadows into the broad ocean
Good night

Whatever you think of me
I'm still your friend
So other than nothin' what's new
The water's still flowing
Through the rose on my skin
This here tattoo is for you
The water's still flowin
Through the rose on my skin
This here tattoo is for you

If i can last through another sunrise
In the past i knew what to do
But this was such a grim surprise
If i wait for the sun to shine
How can i pass the time
Without you, without you
If i can break the spell that is in me
Any fool would no where to go
I huess i'd better send a mayday
If i find me a rainbow's end
How will i find it then
Without you, without you
Without you

Wait 'til i see you next time
Maybe i'll lose my mind
Livin' without you

If i can last, wait until the wind dies
I've been all up and down like a clown
And this is such a thin disguise
If i wait for the sun to shine
How will i pass the time
Without you, without you
Without you

Wait 'til i see you next time
Maybe i'll lose my mind
Livin' without you
Without you, without you
Without you, without you

There's an ocean in my mind
I'd give the world if i could find
A sailing ship and leave the past behind
Now that i must say adieu
It's killing me, i'm telling you
When freedom calls what can a person do
I have felt the winds of change
Go stealing through my heart and soul
How wild it seems
In love songs and in nursery rhymes
On movie screens, in fairy tales
Lie broken dreams
Life's broken dreams
Love's broken dreams

Sometimes a broken dream
Will make you sad or make you mean
Sometimes things ain't as bad as they might seem
You might walk a lonely street
Until one day you chance to meet
A stranger who might ask where have you been

You will see the light of change
Come shining through your windowpane
When hope is gone
Though money, fame, and riches are
For fools and kings or anything
That turns them on
Life's broken deals
Life's spinning wheels

There's an ocean i have found
I'd like to sail the world around
And dream about the life i hope i'll find
Now that i must say adieu
To love's returns, i'm telling you
When freedom comes what can a person do

I have felt the winds of change
Go stealing through my heart and soul
How wild they seem
In sounds of spring, in winter storms
In autumn gales, on summer morns
Lie broken dreams
In love songs and in nursery rhymes
On movie screens, in fairy tales
Like broken dreams
Life's broken dreams
Love's broken dreams

Is there someone i can believe in
Is there somewhere i can hide
Take me out of the straits i'm in
Come and stay here by my side
Somebody i can rely on
I broke the law, i've been set free
Give me something to decide upon
Come and show yourself to me
Is there someone sewing seams
Through all my hopes, through all my dreams
You know living a life of ease
Don't make yer meals taste better
If you please

Is there someone i can relate to
Who will break the ice for me
Take me out of the place i'm in
Come and share your life with me
Somebody with nothing to live up to
Who will mend my broken dreams
Give me a wave i can ride upon
Come and show your strength to me

I have felt the final rush
Of love's embrace, the magic touch
Running headlong to attract
I felt the breath of satan
On my back

Is there someone i can believe in
Is there something i can do
Take me out of the straits i'm in
Let me show myself to you
Somebody to whom i can belong
Take my hand, i've been set free
Give me some wings i can glide upon
Come and show yourself to me

Is there someone sewings seams
Through all my hopes, through all my dreams
You know living a life of ease
Don't make yer meals taste better
If you please

Whispers of the north
Soon i will go forth
To that wild and barren land
Where nature takes its course
Whispers of the wind
Soon i will be there again
Bound with a wild and restless drive
That pulls me from within
And we can ride away
We can glide all day
And we can fly away

Whispers of the north
Soon i will return again
To those endless afternoons
In sunshine and in rain
Whispers of my love
Days and weeks on end
I will share my thoughts of her
In prayers that i will send

And we can ride away
We can glide all day
And we can fly away

Whispers of the north
The river and the shore
In the land that tested eskimos
Ten thousand years before
Whispers of my heart
In the tracks of animals
I will leave my footprints there
To lie beneath the snow

And we can ride away
We can glide all day
And we can fly away

Whispers of the wind
I will feel it sting
I will see it rise and fall
I will hear it sing
The sound is like a song to me
It takes away the pain
The river is the melody
And sky is the refrain

And we can ride away
We can glide all day
And we can fly away

And we can ride away
We can glide all day
And we can fly away

Whispers of the north
Soon i will go forth
Whispers of the north
Soon i will go forth