Many Times

Jeseppi Trade Wildfeather © 1/6/97


there were many times in our journey
i found myself in a dark and lonely wood
searchin for the right way to follow
walkin when i wasn’t sure i could

many times i would stumble
many times i would fall
many times i’d only stand there
with my head poundin against a wall

many times
many times
and many other times
too hard to understand

there were many times when the clouds would open
and the sunlight come pourin through
many times when the wind was blowin
and the fragrance in the air was fresh and new

times when evil angels would surround me
boastful mouths filled with vain deceit
but they could not turn my gaze from Jesus
as i lay prone and praising at his feet

many times
many times
and many other times
too hard to understand
there were many times when the sea was troubled
many times calm before the storm
many times when my ship was floatin
where the breeze is gentle and the air is warm

and seagulls would fly all around me
laughin and cryin all the same
times when i have seen the dove descending
to comfort and take away my shame

many times
many times
and many many other times
too hard to understand

there are times when we must retire
times to rest the burdens that we bear
there are times we must release our debtors
from the invoices that we prepare

times to clothe the naked
times to give sight to the blind
times to speak the truth out boldly
even when the world seems of a different mind

many times
many times
and many other times
too hard to understand

Hour After Hour

Jeseppi Trade Wildfeather ©1993


hour after hour
sitting in this lonely place
thinking 'bout my life
and some things i would erase

in the quiet quite moment
when his words fall softly through
when my child the father speaks
can no one hear but you

there are many sore distractions
competing for your time
and many other matters
that would occupy our mind

he may come amid the turmoil
peaceful moments scarce and few
when my child the father speaks
can no one hear but you

may be people all around you
maybe you're on a stage
maybe you're on a battlefield
or locked up in a cage

maybe you're being counted
or being taken to the shu *
when my child the father speaks
can no one hear but you

many people have heard his sayings
and many have been healed
so few will ever know the good news
that our salvation has been sealed

while many teachers and preachers be strainin'
to hear his words so true
when my child the father speaks
can no one hear but you
__

* solitary confinemrnt

Sad Eyes

Jeseppi Trade Wildfeather ©2/22/99


where is the garden of eden
in your sad and lonely eyes
when i take of this knowledge
you and i together gonna die
there is no other
that i wanted
you are my body my soul
if you die
i will perish
i cannot living
if you go

sad eyes
sad eyes
give me the fruit
sad eyes
sad eyes
i go with you you


where is the gardian of evil
in your sad and loving eyes
when i taste of your knowledge
you and i together both must die
there is no other
that i wanted
you are my body my soul
if you die
i will perish
i cannot live
if you go

sad eyes
sad eyes
give me the truth
sad eyes
sad eyes
i go with you you

Simple Dreams

Jeseppi Trade Wildfeather ©3/25/99


i live in a complex universe
where all my dreams
come to pass
i live where the
tides flow soft and free
on saphire streets
made of glass

simple dreams
come to be
simple dream
of you n me

she once met a
humble mason’s son
lived down by the sea
they sailed to an island paradise
lived naked up in a tree

simple dreams
come to be
simple dream
of you n me

they tried to wake me
tried to make me stand
i started dreaming
nothing else got planned

you may be a dreamer
may be you’re in a trance
may be you’re hung up on
some ancient tribal dance

but when the spirit carries you
to your inner place
you find yourself traveling
way out in space

i am coming to
everlasting dreams
where children wake up and play
i live with
all the little ones
who dream their sad lives away

simple dreams
come to be
simple dream
of you n me

they tried to wake me
tried to make me rise
i started wearing
burlap rainbow ties

you may be a dreamer
may be in a trance
may be you are hooked in
some ancient tribal dance

when the spirit carries you
to your inner place
you travel to another world
way out in space

She’s Standing

Jeseppi Trade Wildfeaher © 9/21/95

how long you gonna hate your brother
how long you gonna ‘spise your mother
how long you gonna wait on some other
whose telling you lies

how long you gonna carry your burden
how long you gonna pretend it ain’t hurtin
how long you gonna deny what is certain
wearing a disquise

she’s standing right in front of you and me
wisdom is plain to see
to love the lord is what we need to do
and your neighbor like you love you

nothin the history of the world has ever shown
a greater freedom from the bondage of flesh and bone
nothin that mankind has ever known
is so wise

this does not seem appealing to the lost
who choose vengence and hatred
at your cost
now who has been duped
a double cross
is painted in their eyes

she’s standing right in front of you and me
wisdom is plain to see
to love the lord is what we need to do
and your neighbor like you love you

but we do not have to settle any score
that’s not what we come here for
let him judge who can see so much more
and we will rise

she’s standing right in front of you and me
wisdom is plain to see
to love the lord is what we need to do
and your neighbor like you love you

Satie Deeper Than Blue

Jeseppi Trade Wildfeather © 10/98/99

one day i drifted in the sea
time and space encompassed me
it was a quiet soft and warm
coastal breeze my sails aloft
liquid power
would soon unfold
as she swelled
and as she roled
spreading open by phosphor light
she ran my noonday
into night

satie deeper than blue
no other woman will do
[repeat]

where azure currents
are apt to flow
no sandy beaches
are apt to show
chilled suspended deep until
volcanic passions encrypt the will
can’t see the sea
but in your eyes
cant taste the fruit
that makes me wise
i search for life
in this ocean of you
with salty tears
as you dance in blue


satie deeper than blue
no other woman will do
[repeat]

she takes you where you wanna go
she moves you in her gently flow
cannot resist to breathe her breath
her soul can break the bonds of death
somethings this heart cannot reveal
locked beneath her golden seal
intimate is far away
i must cross this sea today

satie deeper than blue
no other woman will do
[repeat]

Betrayed

Jeseppi Trade Wildfeather © 9/25/1995


been betrayed
by words that seemed to care
been betrayed
by love that wasn’t there
been betrayed
by friends i thought were fair
and i simply do not know what to do

been betrayed
for thirty pieces sold
been betrayed
by a kiss so hot and cold
been betrayed
did not fit the mold
and i simply do not know what to do

it’s easy to believe
in what seems strong
what looks so right
often turns out wrong
put too much faith
where it don't belong
how can you know what’s true and blue

been betrayed
expelled from the womb
been betrayed
by a race that won’t make room
been betrayed
as they eulogized at my tomb
and i simply do not know what to do


everthing i touch will change tomorrow
hold it too tight and it brings you sorrow
the time we’re livin in we only borrow
the hours and minutes are so few

been betrayed
by what i need the most
been betrayed
near to giving up the ghost
been betrayed
just like the lord of host
and without him
i simply do not know what to do

Be Aware

Jeseppi Trade Wildfeather © 1/26/99

be aware of your own human being
be aware of the images you’re seeing
be aware of your own human being
be aware of the images you’re seeing

there will never be
another one in the univers 3x]
like you like you

be aware of your own ailing spirit
be aware of the one who came to heal it
be aware of your own ailing spirit
be aware of the one who came to heal it

there will never be
another one in the univers 3x]
like you like you

be aware when the body starts dancing
be aware what the spirit wants to say
be aware when the body starts dancing
be aware what the spirit wants to say

there will never be
another one in the univers 3x]
like you like you

be aware when they don’t want what is you man
be aware the beast is on it’s way
be aware when they don’t want what is you man
be aware the beast is on it’s way

there will never be
another one in the univers 3x]
like you like you

be aware his name sounds like betraya
be aware who’s sitting on the throne
be aware his name sounds like betraya
be aware who’s sitting on the throne

there will never be
another one in the univers 3x]
like you like you

Beth

Jeseppi Trade Wildfeather ©9/2/99

late one night
at nicki’s place
danced with an angel
put a smile on my face
had rosey cheeks
and a mission of love
lighting down
like a turtledove
beth beth beth beth

concentrated
life in her eyes
miraculous lines
make a dead man rise
teaching dance
set a soul free
animated
fluidly
beth beth beth beth

so many years apart
this cherub from heaven
stopped my foolish heart


left mc cartney
back in liverpool
to the poconos mountains
to dance in a school
to a fiery cab
as divinity
just come and gone
like a wave in the sea
beth beth beth beth

so many years apart
this child from heaven
stopped my foolish heart

surrogate daughters
coast to coast
a few bright few sons
of whom i boast
this cherub came down
with celestial force
calibrated
right on course
beth beth beth beth

so many years apart
this child from heaven
stopped my foolish heart

now i been trvelin
in hazardous way
gonna strengthen my lines
gonna tighten my stays
when an angel comes
need to praise
the host of heaven
in glorious ways
beth beth beth beth

so many years apart
this child from heaven
stopped my foolish heart

Bad Bill of Goods

Jeseppi Trade Wildfeather © 1993



i see money
i see riches
i see labels on your britches
i see pleasure beyond measures
all around
i see young men dressed for hire
i see old ladies filled with fire
i see children hooked
on video sight and sound

i see needles
i see horses
i see multiple divorces
i see bondage in the land
that they call free
i see babies locked in closets
i see spermicide deposits
i see the day is comin'
to pay the fee

somebody sold us
a bad bill of goods
but you can pay it off in time
somebody sold us
some bad bill of goods
soon your money
will not be worth a dime

i see taxes high as heaven
i see morals low as hell
i see hidden agendas everywhere
oh i see the day is comin'
you'll be out there a thumbin'
yo' mamma will pass you by
won' even care



i see judges dressed like monkeys
i see gurus leading donkeys
i see doctors setting bones
that are not broke
i see lawyers fighting cases
that separate the races
i see them hanging christians
from the old oak

i see images that surround us
i see idols that confound us
i see full acceptance
of most we see and hear
i see the power of the media
to tightly hold the key to ya
thinkin' minds they've
colonized by fear

somebody sold us
a bad bill of goods
but you can pay it off in time
somebody sold us
a bad bill of goods
soon your money
will not be worth a dime

i see candidates our running
i see senators out bumming
i see overfed overpaid government
bureaucrates
i see good citizens getting drained
i see silk ties getting stained
they're drinkin' rothchild's wine
and strokin' persian cats

i see heads that look so foolish
i see styles that look so ghoulish
i see the desecration
of the human form
i see macy's tills a ringin'
i see textile moguls singin'
i see the crowds decendin'
like a storm

somebody sold us
a bad bill of goods
but you can pay it off in time
somebody sold us
a bad bill of goods
but soon your money
will not be worth a dime


i see daddies work late hours
i see mommies needin' flowers
i see kiddies watchin' diddies
on the tube
i see no one taking time
no more reason
no more rhyme
only self-fulfilling oil changes
and lube

i see kelp in our hot fudges
i see mafia killing judges
i see pollution in most we
eat and do
i see farmers killing sucklings
i see exxon cleaning ducklings
i see tide pools and beaches
becoming few

i see pimps with their hookers
i see some takers
and some onlookers
i see rocks
and lots of colorful balloons
i see yo' poor uncle cyrus
jus' caught the h i v virus
i see this ain't no time
for fancy tunes

i see corruption in high places
i see dirty hands
and smilin' faces
i see business deals
designed to scoop the cream away
i see helpless hopeless workers
i see sorrowful tearjerkers
i see solutions that never have
their day

somebody sold us
a bad bill of goods
but you can pay it off in time
somebody sold us
some bad bill of goods
but soon your money
will not be worth a dime

i see hidden agendas
i see federal reserve offenders
i see administrative process
changing the laws
i see a higher i r s steeple
not by or for the people
we have been torn apart
by the rich man's claws

i see the world going global
but i don't see anymore mobil
i see the oil still flowin' from kuwait
i see electronic transfer
gonna make us all dance for
our next meal
the hook is in the bait

i see families hid in bankers
i see bankers hid in nations
i see interest being paid
beyond belief
i see their strategies have succeeded
i see our resources been depleted
we may never find the way
to catch this thief

somebody sold us
a bad bill of goods
but you can pay it off in time
somebody sold us
some bad bill of goods
but soon your money
will not be worth a dime

i see moviemakers reelin'
from the profits they are peelin'
from the wallets of lustful
minds and eyes
i see women used as slobjects
how come nobody objects
your pregnant teenage daughter
was not so wise

i see the real issues being skirted
i see justice being perverted
i see handcuffs on the
wrists of the poor
i see whiskey glasses knockin'
i see rocks rollin' and rolls's'
rockin'
i see the vice
but i do not see the cure

somebody sold us
some bad bill of goods
but you can pay it off in time
somebody sold us
a bad bill of goods
but soon your money
will not be worth a dime

i see actors building churches
i see birdies on their perches
i see lambs being led to
slaughter every where
i see light in the lowly
i see truth in the holy
i see salvation in hope
not in despair

i see his day a' comin'
i see his word a' hummim'
in the hearts and minds
of his blessed saints
i see his joy in children
that always seems to fill them
come free us lord
from all of our restraints

Charity

Jeseppi Trade Wildfeather ©9/12/99


she kinna floated on by
one night out dancin
she caught my eye
this gypsy woman could swing
she wasn’t hung up
on anything

she worked her way to my space
i saw the muses
in her friendly face
a moment passed she was gone
someother dancer
ws turning her on

but i know where she goes babe
and i know how it flows
‘n i can see it’s gonna take some time [repeat]

charity dancing in mime

tribal rhythms release you
sonic power increase you
dance like smoke in a breeze
no sitting down if you please

as her motions reveal
new soulful colors
that touch and heal
the leaves are shaking in me
from the dynamic
of this deep energy

but i know where she goes babe
and i know how it flows
‘n i can see it’s gonna take some time [repeat]

charity dancing in mime

they watch but cannot surmise
the flow of love from her
mysitical eyes
my turbulence now is calm
her shaman dance
is her healing balm

i met her spirit that night
my eyes were blinded
in her open light
the space between us stood still
there was no more space to fill

but i know where she goes babe
and i know how it flows
‘n i can see it’s gonna take some time [repeat]

charity dancing in mime

Peace of Mind

Jeseppi Trade Wildfeather © 7/7/99

i find comfort
and peace of mind
in the solice of my day
sometimes i work
sometimes i weep
sometimes i kneel down just to pray

can’t see the future
don’t want the past
it is now i need to find
a place where all my
lifetime stress and sorry
will loosen up and unwind

at times i got nobody
i lay those lonesome feelings behind
got someone ever with me
my best friend my peace of mind

when i call her
in the middle of the night
when my heart is filled with pain
sometimes i cry out
and she stretches over me
when i’m caught in the pouring rain

then my eyes open with the sunrise
it all comes clear in her design
got someone ever with me
my best friend my peace of mind

will come a time
when my teary eyes will fail
my weary soul won’t stand so tall
lord keep me walking
through your promised land
i will not stumble then or fall

carry me over
sweet jesus
everything else i lay behind
got someone ever with me
my best friend peace of mind

This Thing I’ve Got For You

for Jen

Jeseppi Trade Wildfeather © 12/24/97

that night we met
something in the air
led you to me
when no one seemed to care
not so sure
what to say or do
you’ll never know babe
this thing i’ve got for you

first time you spoke
couldn’t believe my ears
half my age
and wiser by forty years
i like the way
your heart and soul shine through
you’ll never know babe
this thing i’ve got for you

a tender spirit
lives inside you
to guide our journey
day by day
don't let no one night lover leave you
all caught up in
skin deep games we play

you’ve got that look
i know how you feel
but from the cradle
i ain’t one to steal
many others
say they will be true
you’ll never know babe
this thing i’ve got for you

if cold and heartless words
have hurt you
one can’t help but sadly weep
no need to lie there feeling lonely
just close your eyes
and i’ll sing you to sleep

i love that pretty glow
in your warm sweet smile
i see a swan in your
soft and graceful style
if there’s ever anything i can do
you’ll never know babe
this thing i’ve got for you

My Friend

Jeseppi Trade Wildfeaher ©5/29/96

you have always cared for me
always looking out after my hide
my friend
you are always there for me
nothing could keep you from my side
my friend

there has never been another
so faithful or so true
there has never been another
friend like you

you have always heard my cry
in the night when the day is done
my friend
i see you in my mournings
you are like the warm glow of the son
my friend

there could never be another
who could do the things you do
there will never be another friend like you

golden calves
are playing all around us
inviting us to covet all we see
as everything we touch just
turns to powder
there is nothin like the friend
you are to me

wonder why i waited
so long to tell you how i care
or why i hesitated
to sing these words
to a friend so rare

even when i turn from you
in your pain you still hold me so high
my friend
forgiving me for all i’ve done
saying there’s no need to cry
my friend

in the moments or in waning hours
i’ll be there to help you make it through
there will never be
another friend like you

Turn Your Head Around

10/4/03
Jeseppi Trade Wildfeather

[the highest value of tribe
is to love the stranger]

he was a drifter
nuggets of gold
she was a miner
her pick too heavy to hold
diggin channels
deep veins of sound
got something to sing about
turn your head around

chosen family
good seed to sew
lovin strangers
best way to go
come together
lost and found
got something to sing about
turn your head around


a prophet searches
the promised land
unbelievers
don’t understand
when it happens
you stick around
got something to sing about
turn your head around

frightened creatures
lying still
some in the valley
some on the hill
living moments
cannot be rewound
got something to sing about
turn your head around

love to some folk
blind dumb and lame
like a drifter
without a name
hands up to heaven
feet off the ground
got something to sing about
turn your head around