• Can you Call the Angels Down, 2001
• River of Love, 2001
• Amazonka, 1998
• Turning, 1995
• Prologue to Rapture Rumi, 1995
• Rhythm Train, 1995
• Slip Away, 1990
• Mind says No but my Mouth Says Yes, 1990
• Screaming Mimi, 1989
• Young Dead Boy Blues, 1989
• Jumping Out of MY Skin, 1989
• Sweet Fire, 1988
• Hot Cha Mama Ya Ya,1988
• All Must Come this Way,1987
• Living on the Edge,1985- 86
• Fast Eddies,1986
• Dark Hour, 1986
• She’s Got the Look, 1985
• Bringing the Love back to Life (Live and let Love), 1985
• Cat Face Stew, 1980
• Music,1979
• Laying my Life on the Line, 1978-79
• Carry Come Down, 1977

• Can You Call the Angels Down

A stormy ocean swirls around the sailor
He’s treading water as his ship goes down
He’s cold and tired and scared and he keeps wondering
“What’s it going to feel like if I drown?”
And as he starts to slip away
He turns his heart to Jesus and he prays,

Chorus
Can you call the angels down?
Will they hear, will they come?
Can they touch us with their lives?
Can they speak or are they dumb?
Do they care about my pain,
Or do they watch with careless eyes?
Can you call the angels down
From their mansions in the skies?

Safe at home another man sits grieving
The news brings tales of cruel and savage crimes
Of families that are driven from their homeland
of children taken way before their time.
“Where is the human heart?
And how can people do this to their kind?
And why is it no one can see an answer?
Are we like Saul, have we all been struck blind?”
He asks these questions every day.
He opens up his heart and then he prays,

Chorus

All through the night a woman writhes in labor.
She’s cries out, “What in the world was I thinking of?”
But finally with the sunrise she delivers
She holds her child, her world explodes with love.
And as they fall into each other’s eyes
This wonderment is realized,

Chorus

Written by Steven Flynn 2001 Copyright 2001
Unrecorded.

• River of Love

I want to lay down with you tonight
Lay down the load I bear all day
Lay down my head where I can feel you breathin’
and let it all go
let it all flow
down to the sea
on the river of love

I want to touch you
as the sun starts rising
touch you with my heart and with my soul
touch you so deep
that we’ll be one together
and let it all go
let it all flow
down to the sea
on the river of love

In the eyes of the world
I’m a lone bird flying
one small speck against the big blue sky
but the wings of your love
lift the wings of my heart
and together we can fly away

I would lay down with your heart forever
lay there ’till I don’t know night from day
lay down my stories and my worries and my wondering

and let it all go
let it all flow
down to the sea
on the river, river of love
If I go
oh let it all flow
down to the sea
on the river of love
down to the sea
on the river, river of love

Recording
Title: For Sale by Jr Cadillac 2001
Written by Steve Flynn, Vocals by Ned Neltner

• Amazonka, 1995, Commissioned for Silk Road Dance Company

• Turning

Each day we wake up, empty and frightened,
facing the dark,
facing the dark
Let the Music light up the morning
Sing with your heart
Sing with your heart

Turning, and turning, and turning, and turning around
Turning, and turning, and turning, and turning around

Hollow reed,
Wind roaring through you,
be what you love
be what you love

Turning, and turning, and turning, and turning around
Turning, and turning, and turning, and turning around

Dancing Shadow
Light Shines behind you
Turn Away from
Facing the dark
Sing with your heart
Be what you love

Title:Turning from Welcome to the Dance 1992
Written by: Steven Flynn, inspired by Poems of Rumi; translations by Coleman Barks
Vocal by Lily Wilde

• The Prolog to Rapture Rumi

Soul of the world
no life nor world remain
no beautiful women and men longing
only this ancient love.
circling the holy black stone of nothingness
where the lover is the love
the horizon and everything within it.

Inside water a water wheel turns
A star circulates with the moon.
We live in the night ocean wondering
What are these lights?

Don’t come to me without bringing music
We celebrate with drum and flute . . .

Start of Rapture Rumi; verse by Rumi Spoken and arranged by Steven Flynn
1995

Prolog: the Poems. 124K AIFF sound file

• Rhythm Train

Well I’ve been having a little trouble
keepin’ sole leather on my shoes
I gotta notice from the union,
I’m a little bit behind in my dues
There ain’t much that I can do about all that mess
there ain’t no blood in a stone
I just go down to the station,
take a ride on the rhythm train

Well my woman’s been complaining
that I don’t pay her no mind
And my children are complaining
that their clothes are behind the times
My friends have been sayin’ that I ain’t no good
I got a six bet at my favorite bar

I gotta get on down
take a ride on the rhythm train

Well the rhythm train is rockin’
and the rhythm train is rollin’
and I don’t need a ticket
it’s taking me where I wanna go

Well I just sit back, ride and my smile grows wide
let the whole damn world pass by outside my window
that’s why I ride...
the rhythm train

Well the rhythm train is rockin’
and the rhythm train is rollin’
and I don’t need a ticket
it’s taking me where I wanna go

I really can’t see any reason to get out of bed
and I really can’t stand these little demons runnin’ ‘round in my head
seems like my whole life’s story
ain’t nothin’ but a 12-bar blues
that’s why I’m going down
take a ride on the rhythm train
I’m going down to the station
take a ride on the rhythm train
I gotta get, gotta get, gotta get,
down to that rhythm train

Recordings:
Title: Rock and Roll Party 1995

• Slip Away

I want you right now
I want you here
i want to whisper sweet and low in your little ear
tomorrow maybe too late
gotta slip away

got an invitation to play the blues
an initiation into paying dues
gotta slip away
gotta slip away

The hot night summertime streets are calling’ to me
tomorrow’s kinda hazy
things are getting crazy for me
can’t you see
gotta slip away

I had a momma, I had a home
I had a dog, that dog had a bone
but it slipped away
it all slipped away

I like my whiskey, I like my tea
anything to ease the pain, is good enough for me
gotta slip away
gotta slip away

I woke up cryin’
dreamed that she said good bye
now that dream’s sad story
is all that she’s left me
so don't ask me why
gotta slip away

I gotta go now
move on down the line
I gotta jump off
see if I can fly
gotta slip away
gotta slip away

I gotta run down the road
grab a piece of that dream
gotta open up the door
go on through
find out what that dream could mean
gotta slip away

gotta slip away
gotta slip away
gotta slip away
gotta slip away
gotta slip away
gotta slip away
gotta slip away

Recordings
Title : All Nite Long 1986
Title: Jr Cadillac 20th Birthday Party Live 1990
at the Sheraton Grand Ball Room
Written by Steve Flynn,


• My Mind Said No But My Mouth Said Yes

I was walkin’ around town just the other day
worrying about some bills that I had to pay
when right there in the window was a beautiful gown
I stepped into the shop just to try the thing on
when the sales girl said “would you like that dress”
my mind said no but my mouth said yes

I was talkin’ one night with some fine young men
one of them was really tight with my best girlfriend
then he asked me on up to his room for a drink (sure)
well what did I do? what do you think?
I jump head first into his nest
my mind says no, but my mouth says yes!

seems like it happens all the time to me
resolutions I make on Sunday
will be all washed up on Monday

there's some short circuit in my mind you see
despite my best intentions I do things
I do things that I’d rather not mention

so I was watching my weight
I was feeling real fat
I know some of you people can relate to that
when I received a little gift
about five pounds
of the sweetest little chocolates you can find around
so I cleaned that box I must confess
my mind said no but my mouth said yes

there's some short circuit in my mind you see
despite my best intentions I do things
I do things that I’d rather not mention

so I was watching my weight
I was feeling real fat
I know some of you people can relate to that
when I received a little gift
about five pounds
of the sweetest little chocolates you can find around
so I cleaned that box I must confess
my mind said no but my mouth said yes

now who is this one that I can not see
who who who can it be?
who is the woman speaking words for me?
and why is she there hanging out in my head?
if she don't shut up I’m gonna wind up dead
everything ends up in a terrible mess when
your mind says no but your mouth says yes

I'm doing things in complete excess
now my mouth says no but my mouth says yes
everything ends up in a terrible mess when
your mind says no but your mouth says yes

Recording
Title: Jr Cadillac 20th Birthday Party Live 1990
Recorded at the Sheraton Grand Ball Room
Written by Steve Flynn, Vocalist Lilly Wilde

• Screaming Mi Mi
(not Available)

• Young Dead Boy Blues
(Not Available)
Written by Steven Flynn and Lily Wild 1989

• Jumping Out of My Skin
Gotta heart full of love
gotta gut full of heat
gotta head full of dreams
rhythm's fillin' my feet
gotta topped off load
I’m about to explode

Jumpin out of my skin
hanging on by my finger nails
I need a little bit of something that cures what ails

I’ve been pounden the ground
I’ve been sniffing the air
if I wanna get high
I don’t need no stairs
I’ve been walking through walls
Feeling way too tall

Chorus

They are going to put me away
I’m having too much fun
I’m a righteous man (he’s a righteous man)
I won't bother to run
I’ll just laugh at the law
haw haw haw

Chorus

• Sweet Fire
(Not Available)

• Hot Cha Mama Ya Ya

See that girl on the street
She’s looking nice and neat
See that girl on the street
She’s looking nice and neat
Hot Cha Mama Ya Ya
Hot Cha Mama Ya Ya

CHORUS
Hot Cha Mama Ya Ya
Hot Cha Mama Ya Ya

See her winkin' her eye
At all the boys passing by
See her winkin' her eye
At all the boys passing by
Hot Cha Mama Ya Ya
Hot Cha Mama Ya Ya

Chorus

Loving her would be nice
But I just can’t pay the price
Loving her would be nice
But I just can’t pay the price
Hot Cha Mama Ya Ya
Hot Cha Mama Ya Ya

Chorus

. 1988 Steven Flynn

• Dark Hour

Well it’s a dark hour
Seems like the sun ain't never gonna shine
It’s a dark hour
I’ve got the fear, got it bad this time
I don’t know what tomorrow brings
and all I know is now and it’s a dark hour.
In th valley of the shadow,
a sick man’s on his bed.
he don’t now if he’ll rise again or tomorrow find him dead.

Chorus

Some ones killed the roster
Made some magic with his blood.
Now we got no roster
how’s the sun gonna know when to come up?

CHORUS

The whole world has gone crazy,
It’s got poison in it’s brain
Some people got the power
Other people get the pain

Chorus

Just one smile from my baby
makes the shadows fade a way.
But even while she’d smiling
I’ve got to get down on my knees and pray.

CHORUS

Copyight 1986 Steven Flynn

• All Must Come This Way (Performance art Piece) 1990

• Living on the Edge.

The doctor tells me that I’m not a healthy man
they say I’ll surely live a very short life span
But what do they know about the longitude or the latitude of my mind
My friends tell me that I really should come down
that my feet are never planted on the ground
I like to cruise up in the stratosphere
I've forsaken fear
to fly

Living on the edge down by the border line
Some night I might just cross on over.
Living on the edge down by the border line
Some full moon night I might just cross on over

It’s hot and steamy down here in the tropic zone .
The iguanas and the spiders
always call me on the phone.
The tension hangs around here like the vines hang on the trees
I feed orchids to the bees
at lunch time.

The kids on my block are all totally insane
they hide out when the sun shines
they fly kites out in the rain.
they take the candy from the stranger when he comes
they think it’s lots of fun
to be

Living on the edge down by the border line
Some night I might just cross on over.
Living on the edge down by the border line
Some full moon night I might just cross on over.

(followed by very eerie instrumental bridge)

I like to dance
It always makes me feel so free
The Edge of the Abyss has always been the place for me.
I’ll get a date and we’ll go dancing there
I have quite a flair for the tango
When I’m dancing on the edge
When I’m whirling in the air
then the crowd there always screams
BRAVISSIMO!

Chorus

NOTES: Steve wrote and sang this song with Jr Cadillac a lot but it’s been shelved in recent years. I don’t believe it was ever recorded in a studio. 1985-86

• Fast Eddie’s

Gotta half tank of gas and a 10 dollar bill
it’s a hot Texas night and I can’t sit still
got a ‘55 chevy I’m ready to roam
gonna find me a lover I can take on home

Going where the beers ice cold
goin down to easy my load at Eddie’s
Fast Eddie’s

Well little Willy went to Fast Eddie’s last night
said the band down there really did it up right
the joint rocked so hard that the roof caved in
they just boogied on out and let the moon shine in

Goin where the beer’s ice cold
goin down to ease my load at Eddie’s
Fast Eddie’s

gonna make that juke joint jumpin’ right
I’m gonna boogie ‘till I bust my hump tonight
I’m gonna shout yeah, yeah yeah, yeah
it’s alright, it’s alright
it’s alright, it’s alright

and when the band starts playin’ them rhythm and blues,
and singin’ them songs about women and dues
come on down to the road house bar
you can rock, bop, bounce off the walls at Eddie’s
Fast Eddie’s
talkin’ ‘bout Eddie’s
Fast Eddie’s

Well I spent all my money and I drank my fill
now the sun’s comin’ up there over the hill
well I got a little woman here by my side
goin’ down to my Chevy, gonna give her a ride

Goin’ down to the place I know
funky little joint at the end of the road called Eddie’s
Fast Eddie’s
talkin’ ‘bout Eddie’s
Fast Eddie’s

Recordings
Title : All Nite Long 1986
Title: Rock and Roll Party 1995
Written by Steven Flynn
Vocals Steve Flynn

• Dark Hour

Well it’s a dark hour
Seems like the sun ain't never gonna shine
It’s a dark hour
I’ve got the fear, got it bad this time
I don’t know what tomorrow brings
and all I know is now and it’s a dark hour.
In th valley of the shadow,
a sick man’s on his bed.
he don’t now if he’ll rise again or tomorrow find him dead.

Chorus

Some ones killed the roster
Made some magic with his blood.
Now we got no roster
how’s the sun gonna know when to come up?

CHORUS

The whole world has gone crazy,
It’s got poison in it’s brain
Some people got the power
Other people get the pain

Chorus

Just one smile from my baby
makes the shadows fade a way.
But even while she’d smiling
I’ve got to get down on my knees and pray.

CHORUS

Copyr. 1986 Steven Flynn

• She’s Got the Look (Not Available)

• Bringing the Love Back to Life (Live and Let Love)

Just a little bit
A little bit of this man’s soul
Could go so far
Could rise up from the valleys
reach up to the stars
I’d cross the universe to get to
where you are

I can see you there
You give your life to someone who don’t even care.
He spends his love on guns and money
Unaware
he’s turning all you dreams into his own nightmare

Chorus
But we’ll be bringing the love back to life
bringing the life back to love and romance
bringing the love back to life
live and let love.

Won’t you come with me
We’ll search out all the beauty
and the mystery
We’ll dance the ancients rhythms
filled with joie d’espirit
We’ll sing a simple song about how
Life is free
Love if free

And we’ll be bringing the love back to life
bringing the life back to love and romance
Bringing the love back to life
live and let love
live and let love
(REPEAT)
. Steven Flynn 1985

• Cat Face Stew
(unavailable)

• Music
(unavailable)

• Laying my Life the Line (For Your Love)

I’m laying my life the line for your love
Darling please don’t let me down.
If you were ever to go, ever to leave me
for some other man
The clock would stop, my heart would break
The sun would fade from the sky
My life would end
the minute you said good-bye

I’m laying my life the line for your love
It’s getting deeper every day
I feel like a man floating on a carpet
Of magic through the sky
If the spell were gone, I couldn’t hold on
I’d fall like the tears from my eyes
That would fall to earth
If ever you said good-bye

I’m chained
naked in the sun
My soul shines
Like a crystal
On the face of the moon,
It’s you
My love

(alternating bridge lyrics)
I’m changed
never would have bet
My heart before
Now I’ll risk it all
because I’m sure
it’s you
I love
(repeat first verse)
Copyr. 1979 Steven Flynn

• Carrie Come Down

Carrie come down.
Your old man’s waiting down by the corner bar .
He’s getting pretty far,
gone and getting goner all of the time


Carrie come down
I miss your loving
more than I miss the sun.
More than anyone
I need your light shinning
through all this damn Seattle rain

You’re someone I might fight for.
Someone to make tonight
a night of loving
Some one I might cry for
Someone who
Could give me the blues.

Carry come down.
My watch is busted
All the friends I trusted are gone.
They moved to the country
while I’m still getting funky
down town

Carry come down
For god sakes girl
What the hell I’m waiting on?
I’ve done all my pleading
Now my hearts bleeding
Carey come down

Copyr. 1977 Steven Flynn

Other songs lyrics not available ye