1 Strong Man’s Address to the Circus Crowd
by Benjamin Dakota Rogers

Fe Fi Foe hold me close
Cause I’ve been traveling
For far too long
Fe Fi Foe let me go
Because a strong man’s heart isn’t made of stone
Despite what you’ve been told

The acrobats got himself in a twist
He’s hanging from his toes
Blood coming out of his nose
They tried to cut him down from his drink
But that made him think
Oh and that made him cry

Fe Fi Foe let me go
Cause I’ve been traveling
For far too long
Fe Fi Foe hold me close
Cause a strong man’s heart isn’t made of stone
Despite what you’ve been told

The bearded lady’s at it again
It’s why she has no friends
She’s picking fights with all the men
We tried to put her back in her cage
But she swelled with rage
and she ran away

Fe Fi Foe let me go
Cause I’ve been traveling

For far too long
Fe Fi Foe hold me close
Because a strong man’s heart isn’t made of stone
Despite what you’ve been told

She came to me in the midnight hour
Setting down for the next towns fair
She came to me oh sweet desire
Oh the girl with flowers in her hair
She said
I don’t want to live this way
Selling my soul for the next towns freak parade
So away we’ll go
To a place that’s unknown

Fe Fi Foe don’t let me go
Cause I’ve been traveling
For far too long

Fe Fi Foe don’t let me go
Because a strong man’s heart isn’t made of stone
Despite what you’ve been told

6 Ashes to Ashes
by Benjamin Dakota Rogers

Ashes to ashes and dust to dust
Oh my darling what’s to become of us
They swept me away on the morning tide
Without you hear I’ve been losing my mind
Ashes to ashes and dust to dust
Oh my darling what’s to become of us
They swept me away on the morning tide
Without you hear I’ve been losing my mind
So when I was a young boy I would turn to my father and say
I wish I was a little bit taller
And a little bit stronger so I could fight off the monsters
That slipped past our borders when the army’s faltered
The wind bends the trees like politicians bend our knees
I wish I had the strength to stand up against the breeze
But I’ve been shuffled into line like reforested trees
Ashes to ashes and dust to dust
Oh my darling what’s to become of us
They swept me away on the morning tide
Without you hear I’ve been losing my mind
Ashes to ashes and dust to dust
Oh my darling what’s to become of us
They swept me away on the morning tide
Without you hear I’ve been losing my mind
Long forgotten cities are crumbling to dust
Left out in the rain they have turned to rust
Left by men who fought in wars
For which they’d forgotten the reason
And for that very same reason I won’t teach religion to my children
What once was coveted now seems to be gone for good
I built a tower and a castle where a mountain once stood
But we’ve walled up our hearts with stones
Take me back to where the wild things roam
Ashes and ashes and dust to dust
Oh my daring what’s to become of us
They swept me away on the morning tide
Without you here I been losing my mind
Ashes to ashes and dust to dust
Oh my darling what’s to become of us
They swept me away on the morning tide
Without you hear I’ve been losing my mind
So when I was a young boy I would turn to my father and say
I wish I was a little bit taller
And a little bit stronger so I could fight off the monsters
That slipped past our borders when the army’s faltered
The wind bends the trees like politicians bend our knees
I wish I had the strength to stand up against the breeze
But I’ve been shuffled into line like reforested trees

2 Flower Petals
by Benjamin Dakota Rogers

Flower petals round the sun
So will you be my only one
Of this place I am the king
Will you stand with me as Queen?
And we’ll go dancing
Wanderer oh wanderer where have you gone
I’m lost and afraid without a place to call my home
I said Wanderer oh wanderer where have you been
I’m lost and afraid without a place to rest my head to rest my head
This mountains’ too tall to climb
I said give me more time
Rung by rung up to the stars
They wrap a quilt around my heart
And Ill be singing
I’ll sing Wanderer oh wanderer where have you gone
I’m lost and afraid without a place to call my home
I said Wanderer oh wanderer where have you been
I’m lost and afraid without a place to rest my head to rest my head
The tree is the tallest in the woods
Cut it down it you could
But it’s made of flesh and bones
And I’ve made this place my home
Wanderer oh wanderer where have you gone
I’m lost and afraid without a place to call my home
I said Wanderer oh wanderer where have you been
I’m lost and afraid without a place to rest my head to rest my head
Flower petals round the sun
So will you be my only one
Of this place I am the king
Will you stand with me as Queen?
And we’ll go dancing

7 Walk on Water
by Benjamin Dakota Rogers

So follow me follow me into the dark
Cause I have been selfish and stolen you heart
I knew that I wanted it right from the start cause your gaze pierced m own like a dart
I’d walk upon the water but my shoes are made of stone
I’d fly up to the heavens but I’ve made this world my home
And I’d walk upon the water but my shoes are made of stone
So I’d fly up to the heavens but wherever you are is my home

So follow me follow me into the night cause
I’ll keep you safe until mornings first light
Oh my darling come back to me
I’m down the river and out across the sea
And I’d walk upon the water but my shoes are made of stone
I’d fly up to the heavens but I’ve made this world my home
And I’d walk upon the water but my shoes are made of stone
Cause I’d fly up to the heavens but wherever you are is my home
Come back to me oh my wayward love tell me all the stories of all the things you’ve done
Please oh please don’t leave me
Without you here I’ve ben loosing sleep
Come back to me my wayward love tell me all the stories of all the things you’ve done
Oh my darling come back to me
Down the river and across the sea
Down the river and across the sea

11 I'll Build You a Boat
by Benjamin Dakota Rogers

I’ll build you a boat
And well sail around the world in a couple days
And I hope it floats
But if were taken by the waves we’ll be soaked
Oh my dear we’ll be soaked
And I am out on the clouds in a hot air balloon
Making my rounds but I’m coming down
There’s a hole in the canvas and I’m racing towards the ground
Racing towards the ground
So hold me close and hold me tight
Cause the night is dark and I am scared of the light
Hold me close and hold me tight and love me
So I’m walking the streets nodding to all of the people that I meet
But I’m feeling cheat cause there’s a hole in my pocket and the beggars they reach
The beggars they reach
And I’m off to sea
Oh my darling I wish you could come with me
But it wasn’t to be so now I’m lost at sea
So hold me close and hold me tight
Cause the night is dark and I am scared of the light
And hold me close and hold me tight
And love me
And love me

3 Beautiful Mess
by Benjamin Dakota Rogers

Beautiful mess hold me close
It’s been far too long you’ve been spending your nights alone
Beautiful mess don’t let me go
Cause I’m scared of the dark
I hear the howling of my ghost
Beautiful mess this I beg
Don’t mess with my heart, don’t mess with my head
Beautiful mess I ask you this
Was that to be our final kiss?
Darling take me out to the county side
Slip away in the dead of night
I want to be your friend
Darling take me down to the sea side
Sail away by high tide
Cause I want to be your friend
Beautiful mess come away with me
Because your life is so much better
On the other side of my dreams
We will go dancing in the streets
Because our bones are young and your lips are sweet
Darling take me out to the country side
Slip away in the dead of night
Cause I want to be your friend
Darling take me down to the sea side
Sail away by high tide
Cause I want to be your friend
Darling take me out to the country side
Slip away in the dead of night
Cause I want to be your friend
Darling take me out to the sea side
Sail away by high tide
Cause I want to be your friend

8 Man on the Moon
by Benjamin Dakota Rogers

I left my home when I was just a boy
Laden down with broken toys
I said Mamma, please let me go
I walk the stars like stepping stones
Got to the moon and I made it my home
But I’ve never felt so alone
I pull my blankets over me
And watch a shadow roll over the sea
But the night time it won’t let me sleep
Cause I’m the man on the moon
When I dry my eyes the heavens cry
I’m the man on the moon
I’m like fairy tales by firesides
Cause I’m the man on the moon
I listen to the howl of the hounds
The world spins me around and around and around
And around
I see you’ve been watching me
You pull my heart like I pull on the sea
So let me sweep you off your feet
Cause I’m the man on the moon
When I dry my eyes the heavens cry
I’m the man on the moon
I’m like fairy tales by firesides
Cause I’m the man on the moon
Cause I’m the man on the moon
When I dry my eyes the heavens cry
I’m the man on the moon
I’m like fairy tales by firesides
Cause I’m the man on the moon
When I dry my eyes the heavens cry
I’m the man on the moon

12 Long Way From Nowhere
by Benjamin Dakota Rogers

Long Way from Nowhere
Feels like the lights are shining on me
I’m afraid you won’t like what you see
Cause I had love but I lost it
I had love but you tossed it into the flames

I left my home when I was just seventeen
I packed my bags I said I gotta leave this place
Broken stages like my broken mind it gives me no rest
So I boarded a train and rode out west
Now I’m a long way from nowhere
Now I’m a long way from home

Glimpse you among the shadows of all of the trees
Cause rumor has it you’ve been living with the birds and the bees
Cause I had love but I lost it
Had love but you tossed it into the flames
I walk and I walk in the rain
I’ll take my chances on a young man’s game
Made my friends out of sticks and stones upon the road
Cause I learned you can’t break if you got no bones

Now I’m a long way from nowhere

Now I’m a long way from home
Now I’m a long way from nowhere
Now I’m a long way from now where
Now I’m a long way from my home

Feels like the lights are shining on me
I’m afraid you won’t like what you see
Cause I had love but I lost it
I had love but you tossed it into the flames

4 Oh She Goes
by Benjamin Dakota Rogers

Oh she goes
Oh she goes
Oh she goes
Caught a train coming from west
She’s doing her best
To get to the sea
And I am scared she’s lost her way
She’s not afraid
She‘ll make it there someday
Oh she goes
Traveling lady
Do you think that just maybe
You could fall for me
Oh she goes
Oh she goes

Seven months to find the sea
So we set out for the beach
My lady and me

I am scared what if we I sink
She said try not to think
That’s what draws up the beast

Oh she goes
Traveling lady
Do you think that just maybe
You could fall for me

Oh she goes
And oh she goes

Fifty years have long since passed since we crossed paths
On our way to the shore
And I am scared she’s lost her way
But she’s not afraid
She will make it there someday

Oh she goes
Oh she goes

9 Lovely Girl
by Benjamin Dakota Rogers

Look behind you I can see it in the snow
Foot prints of me and this girl that I adore
We go walking out under the trees
The snow is falling but will she fall for me
Lovely girl won’t you stay with me
Give me something to help me sleep
Lovely girl won’t you dance with me
Outside of my dreams

There’s a fire warm
And it’s waiting at my house
We’ll slip in quiet as quiet as a mouse
Cause my friends are sleeping in the bed upstairs
I want you for myself
I don’t care that that’s not fair
Lovely girl won’t you stay with me
Give me something to help me sleep
Lovely girl won’t you dance with me outside of my dreams
Lovely girl won’t you kiss me won’t you kiss me sweet
Lovely girl won’t you kiss me won’t you kiss me sweet
Lovely girl won’t you kiss me won’t you kiss me sweet

5 The King
by Benjamin Dakota Rogers

I was a King
And my land was forever in spring
But they took it by force
And they showed no remorse
And left me out in the rain
Oh and you were my Queen
Of all that it is to be seen
Because I was a King
And I gave you a ring
To stand by me and dream
Now it’s cold
And I’ve lost my home
And a King isn’t a king without a home
My tears they feed the sea
It’s the only place that I am still free
They took all my land
But on sea they can’t stand
Because I’m friends with the beast of the deep
And I can’t go to war
Because men need a king to adore
When they took off my crown
And it fell to the ground
So I am the king no more
Now it’s cold and I’ve lost my home
And a king isn’t a king without his home
A king isn’t a king without his home
I am not a king without my throne

10 La Have
by Benjamin Dakota Rogers

Call the doctor
Call the magistrate
The ships going down and there’s no one to be saved
Call the doctor call the magistrate
Call the doctor
Call the magistrate
The ships going down and there’s no one to be saved
Call the doctor call the magistrate
I’ve been out to sea for two days now and I
Miss you mama but I’m safe and I’m sound
And the sky was red but I haven’t seen any clouds
Then
the waves rolled in from the center of the sea
Called up by the moon, pushed out from the deep
And rain split our sails like knives in our sheets
Call the doctor
Call the magistrate
The ships going down and there’s no one to be saved
Call the doctor call the magistrate
Call the doctor
Call the magistrate
The ships going down and there’s no one to be saved
Call the doctor call the magistrate
I’ve been lost at sea for four days now and either
The waters rising or I’m going down
I’m so cold and I wish I could sleep
So make my bed at the bottom of the sea
Oooh…. Oooohh oh oh oh ohhhhh
Oooh…. Oooohh oh oh oh ohhhhh
I’m sorry mother but I won’t be coming home
I’ve been adrift for too long you’ll be counting my bones
On the shore because the sea has taken my sole for its own
And I’m sorry sister but I won’t be coming home
I’ve been a drift to too long you’ll be counting my bones
I won’t be there to walk you home from school
Call the doctor
Call the magistrate
The ships going down and there’s no one to be saved
Call the doctor call the magistrate Call the doctor
Call the magistrate
The ships going down and there’s no one to be saved
Call the doctor call the magistrate
I’m sorry mama but I won’t be coming home
I’ve been adrift for too long you’ll be counting my bones
On the shore because the sea has taken my sole for its own
I’m sorry mama but I won’t be coming home
I’ve been adrift for too long you’ll be counting my bones
On the shore because the sea has taken my sole for its own
And I’m sorry sister but I won’t be coming home
I’ve been a drift to too long you’ll be counting my bones
I won’t be there to walk you home from school