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1.
Adrift 03:25
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If water is holy then I’m waiting on a river To rise up and carry me away And as I’m going under I’m hoping for redemption Keep my head above the water Just to hear you say Don’t be scared I’ll be there When you need me most Be there To deliver you Cuz the desert is lonely and you’re lost without direction Waiting for a sign to show you where to go Sun upon your back and you follow your own shadow It’ll lead you to the place Where you can hear me say Don’t be scared I’ll be there When you need me most Be there To deliver you Steel your heart From the things that hold you back If you fall I will carry you
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Like a Lighthouse 03:42
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I’ve been counting orange streetlights Wishing they were stars tonight I’ve been thinking of driving when I can Till the road runs out of land It’s easy to wish for escape When it’s 3 a.m. and you’re wide awake The sea’s awash with promises it will never keep The waves are tossing every night trying to get some sleep In my dreams I walk alone on a dark and rocky shore Then I see you like a lighthouse And take shelter in your heart once more This winter’s been three years long All the birds sing frozen songs The icicles are cold as bones In this skeleton I call my home
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Candle, Candle 04:13
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Candle, candle burning bright You snuff the darkness from the night Now I can see by your dim light I lit a candle and you smiled I have wandered across this land Dipped my toes in Pacific sand I traveled east without a plan But to hold your sweet hand There’s a hope I hold Before tomorrow we grow old That you and I will find our home In the forest, we built our camp In the mountains, lived off the land In the oceans, we swam and swam This earth is wide and I’m your man We learned to love the smell of coal Burning as the trains they rolled We slept beneath the stars so cold In fields laced with marigold There’s a hope I hold Before tomorrow we grow old That you and I will find our home In the twilight of our years At the crossroads of faith and fear We settled down on wild frontier You and I, love’s pioneers
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The Ballad of Ponce De Leon 04:09
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Well, you know I have traveled the road And I’ve wandered every which way from home I’ve circled the earth in search of my youth But I’m older wherever I go I’ve scoured the swamplands of Florida I’ve sailed the seven blue seas I’ve turned my eyes to the glorious skies But the stars they just stared back at me Well exploring, it is my nature And I’m searching for the Holy Grail The Fountain of Youth, be it fiction or truth I’ll keep searching until I’ve found you I’ve read the maps in the lines of my hands Followed rivers in faraway lands My time here is short, and I am praying, cuz Lord Staying young is every aging man’s plan Well, they say that love is a tincture The hallowed honey of God Now I’m starting to see what the future could bring What we’ve found, babe, is something to laud Well exploring, it is my nature And I’m searching for the Holy Grail The Fountain of Youth is a singular truth And I think that I’ve found it with you Well, I’ve searched high and I have searched low Learned lessons that help as I grow There’s a dignity in the love that we keep And a beauty in the age that we show Now I’m getting up there in years But it’s no longer something I fear The more rings on a tree, the more life that we lead It is sweeter with you next to me While exploring, it was my nature I never found that elusive Grail The only clear truth is youth is wasted on youth I’m looking forward to growing older with you I’m looking forward to growing older with you
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Unified Theory of Everything 04:01
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The science that they taught in grade school Well it’s still true, I guess The ropes they made us climb in gym class They still scratch like your dress Bloody Mary came to my sleepover And the great city of Dover Was still the capital of Delaware The last time anyone checked And the Unified Theory of Everything Can’t explain How I feel ... about you The pool sharks in the bar Use vectors to place their bets The bartenderess is in her pockets Counting out cigarettes How many to get a buzz She thought she knew what love was And why the music in the jukebox Quit orbiting her heart The doctors are in their beds But the seamstress can stitch your head And gravity isn’t just a good idea It’s the law
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Wakin' Up 02:32
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When I was a younger man I stayed up late at night I’ve become a wiser man Now I wake at morning light Learned my lessons as I grew up Drinkin’ wine from a paper cup Fate has held me long enough I’m making my own luck Tuck my baby in at night She smiles up at me Read a story and hold her tight So her they might be sweet I’ve live my life I traveled wide I’ve raised my family Now the golden years are in my sight But that’s not the end of me
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(You Just) Walk on By 03:34
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I saw you in line at the drug store I saw you waiting for the train I bought you this cheap plastic mug for Your fancy bottle of champagne I would knit mittens for your cats I bet all your kittens would love gloves like that My letters are written like a diplomat But you say don’t bother to try You just walk on by Like you’re on a diet and I’m a french fry How I wish we’d embrace like two octopi But you just walk on by I like to watch French movies You’d like to float down the Seine You think the sixties were groovy And I think pretty much the same I’d grow you a garden of forty acres You know the point guard in the LA Lakers I’m so glad you work hard as an undertaker Cause without you, I want to die You just walk on by Like you’re drinking beer and I’m a mai tai I’m pretty good looking for someone cross-eyed But you just walk on by You just walk on by Like I was a fish and you were the sky Like I’m in the Empire and you’re a Jedi Like I was an ant and you’re a samurai Like I was Mel Gibson and you’re a rabbi How I wish we’d embrace like twins’ nuclei But you just walk on by
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Skyline Drive 04:49
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On Skyline Drive you can ride the wide blue skies You can memorize the wind where the freedom bird flies You can coast down mountainside and cast all your demons aside Things are lookin’ up and I, I’m feelin’ fine On Skyline Drive there’s no rain to cloud up your eyes The day’s never blue and the night holds the stars where they shine You can see forever for miles from the seat of sunrise I’m feelin’ good and the weather is fine Sometimes you wanna get away and that’s alright Sometimes you wanna fly for some peace of mind Sometimes you wanna leave all your worries behind Sometimes you just wanna feel alive Skyline Drive On Skyline Drive there’s a light that kisses your mind Where faith feels simple and belief has a reason and rhyme And your heart beats a rhythm like a bell that echoes a chime Now I’m gonna drive cuz I, I think that it’s time
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Scientists Swear 02:55
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Sunset is an illusion A trick played on the eyes The poets like to call it A revolution in disguise But is it a lie? Scientists say Chicago is sinking every year It’s a nasty little rumor that you hear Scientists swear the universe is drifting apart So why do I feel so close to you my dear? We’ve studied the constellations and our neurons like the stars But all I need is your heart to beat to know exactly who you are I know exactly who we are 5 billion years from now the sun will fade away and love is just a chemical or so they claim but I don’t feel that way
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Man in the Moon 03:55
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I like to leave my job early Sit at the bar with a can of beer Pretendin’ that you still prefer me And that neon sign’s a chandelier You used to praise all of my skill And my strength at certain times Then you said my kisses were like Nyquil And my heart pumped cheap turpentine All the astronauts are hopin’ Gravity won’t put up a fight All my life I’ve been floatin’ Like someone else’s satellite But the man in the moon Is just a cartoon Tonight You said you might go back to Texas I said I’d meet you in my room I like my letters circumflexless You like your letters all drowned in your perfume This diner’s decorated with chickens That cop is towing my used car And ain’t it funny how blood thickens Until your heart becomes a scar All the astronauts are smokin’ On their intercontinental flight All my life I’ve been mopin’ Like a long lost meteorite But the man in the moon Is just a cartoon Tonight
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American Dream 04:46
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There’s a light on in the hallway And I’m stumbling downstairs I’ve fallen one too many times Built a life on indecision And drowning all my cares When the engines turned, you know I fell behind I broke my share of bottles Like the promises I made A habit of dusting up the floor My knees are bruised and battered From all the many times I prayed Made the deaf hear, but he don’t listen anymore And whatever happened To my star-spangled youth? And how did regret become The flag that I salute? When I lost my job I lost my home In a catch of consequence I found myself living on the street Diving into dumpsters The way direction lost all sense Crushing cans, my crushed American Dream And it got cold Searching for gold In garbage cans, the filth on my hands Redemption rang Her voice, it sang It was a wrecking ball and I heard her call Well Jesus said the meek Shall inherit all the earth I turned my life into a kind of art I scratched away at copper And I forged a kind of worth Started putting back together what I had torn apart And how did I find pardon From my life on the street? I’m living out a new American Dream And how did I reclaim My star-spangled youth? Regret it won’t ever be again That flag that I salute
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Walk Away 05:52
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I’m walking away from you I guess you never really knew me like you thought you did You always listened so hard To your own voice all the time You never paid Attention to what it was I did So don’t watch me Walk away Walk away from you Don’t be sorry Don’t be angry Just know it’s what I had to do Don’t cry Don’t scream Don’t follow me this time Don’t call me Don’t worry I’m without you I’ll be fine I’m sick and tired of going round and round about us I’m still dizzy from your talking in circles all the time I am not like you I am not steel because I will break some day I don’t want you Not like I have you Like I have you anymore Don’t ask me why cuz this time I really don’t know I’m empty handed I’m standing naked I’ve got nothing left to show I’m out of tricks I’m out of magic I’m out of games for us to play I’m out of patience We’re out of time So I’m walking away this time
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Good Lookin' Daughter 04:14
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Farmer, I thought your Good lookin’ daughter Was a lamb to the slaughter We jumped in the water The water was fine Farmer, I made an offer To your good lookin’ daughter Like two drunken otters We jumped in the water The water was fine We drove from the ice cream stand Down rocky roads all sugar-cone tan Like Princess Camilla Her skin was vanilla Beneath my sticky hand She was jumpy and her call was on hold On the bridge above the telephone pole Like Queen Nefertiti She did her graffiti All turquoise and gold She said, Honey, this sting makes it clear This buzz isn’t just from the beer Like Abraham Lincoln Our glasses were winking Till they disappeared Then her horse broke one of its legs And the hens wouldn’t give up their eggs Like an old Mr. Coffee My tears colored toffee And left with just dregs Maybe I’ll see you around But at the square dance she laid her hoe down
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Potter's Field 03:08
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Potter’s Field I connected the coasts Workin’ the railroad A cog in the industrial machine And I made the most Growing up on the road Though my life on the streets was mean My daddy’s name on Ellis Isle Though his legacy’s forgotten now Just a poor immigrant worker One day I’ll be buried in a potter’s field A potter’s field A potter’s field With a headstone that bears no name I tilled the fields Prepping soil for wheat My back ‘neath the sweltering sun Slaughtered steer for their meat My hands growing real weak I worked till my wages were won My mama died on the boat All my life I’ve been on my own Strugglin’ to make my way One day I’ll be buried in a potter’s field A potter’s field A potter’s field With a headstone that bears no name I worked the line Canning foods for long shelf life The blisters they riddled my hands Left my job for a dream Headed west on a steam engine Planted my flag in some land God, shed your grace on thee And upon my pilgrim feet I call America my own One day I’ll be buried in a potter’s field A potter’s field A potter’s field With a headstone that bears no name
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Superman 03:51
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The whole world’s lit up like a war in a dynamite store Everybody’s wagin’ to win, but they don’t know what for I ain’t a hero, but I’ll sacrifice I’ve got a feelin’ gonna fight tonight Everybody’s pickin’ a side, gonna settle a score Good verses evil and I’m on the side of the Lord Ain’t got a halo, but I know what’s right Gonna stave off this darkness with some candlelight Prayin’ for a savior Waitin’ on a superman Prayin’ for a savior Waitin’ on a superman Drawing lines in the sand, standing up for the meek with our might Undeterred by the cross or by Kryptonite Ain’t got no cape, ain’t no need to fly Gonna fight the good fight with my heart and mind Prayin’ for a savior Waitin’ on a superman Prayin’ for a savior Waitin’ on a superman On the brink of revelation, you know I’ll be glorified Horsemen of Apocalypse, they will be stopped where they ride Ain’t afraid of my destiny Rip open my shirt to see what’s inside me Prayin’ for a savior Waitin’ on a superman Prayin’ for a savior Waitin’ on a superman
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Ladybug 03:38
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There’s a ladybug crawlin’ in the garden And I can tell she’s makin’ to fly She spreads her wings and then She lifts like an amen She’s taken by the beauty of the sky There’s a lesson don’t you see? About how we should be So, baby, won’t you be My ladybug queen There’s a caterpillar crawlin’ on an oak leaf He’s fixin’ for a spell in his cocoon A humble dream in bliss Then he crawls from his chrysalis A brilliant butterfly now on the move There’s a lesson we surmise About beauty in disguise So, baby, won’t you be The beauty of my life There’s a little seed we planted in the soil And one day it’ll be a pretty rose Some sunlight and some rain It’ll bloom, baby, you just wait A lovely flower sprouting at your toes And there’s a lesson, don’t you know About how we all grow So baby know you’ll be Most beautiful
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Same Mistake 03:28
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What would have been wrong with just sayin’ “so long” And leaving it there were it laid Between you and me, we just couldn’t agree That gold’s always worth it’s true weight I stepped on a crack and I busted my back, Just to find that the path is too steep Now I’m on this broke road embracing a torn soul That just doesn’t find time to sleep I’d say that I miss your sweet kisses I’d say that I miss your advice But it’d be a lie, so I won’t even try And I won’t make the same mistake twice So I think about things, like old ancient kings And traveling up to the moon. I sent me a postcard stamped with a growth chart And things to get done before noon Right there on that list was the sign that I missed It warned of perpetual doom But I see it now, as I fight through the crowd On my way to the local saloon I’d say that I miss your sweet kisses I’d say that I miss your advice But it’d be a lie So I won’t even try And I won’t make the same mistake twice Oh, it’d be a lie So I won’t even try No I won’t make the same mistake twice
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Not Far From Here 03:33
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Just a little town up the road is a house we should know And our life should be And our baby should grow Not far from here Our life should be Beautiful and shining and cavalier in our home Just up the road Not far from here Ref Though the road it might bind And it gets hard to unwind We can't even see clear And yet we face the fear I get you and you get me And the point is Well' it's that we have a course to steer But I'll love you near Not far from here
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Poor Dwayne 02:14
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I got a pretty good friend, says he’ll sleep when he’s dead Sits around the house drinking holes in his head Plays his guitar as he sits on his bed Mumblin’ on every other word I got a pretty good feelin’ he’s been lost for awhile Stumblin’ around with no reason to smile He’s losing his mind but he’s biding his time Figurin’ he’ll find it in the end [Chorus] Poor Dwayne Poor Dwayne Got a bag full of trouble And a prescription for pain My buddy, Dwayne, he dresses kinda strange Grows his medication and refuses to age He references things that I can never place But I go along and listen what he says He talks real big but he stands kinda small His band’s only played at this hole in the wall But he’s planning to add pyrotechnics to his show Thinkin’ that they’ll blow up in the end [Chorus] My friend, Dwayne, he writes his tunes Wastin’ away every afternoon Playin’ guitar and tappin’ his spoons All his songs are stuck inside my head He said to me, brother can’t you see Livin’ in this world is a bit much for me I can come and go and do as I please I guess I’ll stick around to see how it all ends [Chorus]
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XO 05:22
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It’s a quarter past the midnight moon Sleep it won’t be greeting me soon I’m aching for your arms, baby I’m lying wide-awake in my room It’s snowing in the globe on my desk Been raining in my heart since you left My cell phone is weeping silently I called your bluff and now I’m a wreck We play the games every lover knows We’re all X’s and O’s We play the games every lover knows We’re all X’s and O’s Smoke, it surrenders to wind The needle rests on black vinyl skin My songs are broken elegies Love lost long before it could win If pain is a symptom of truth I spent all of my joy in my youth And if it’s truth you want, baby I’d rather by lying with you We play the games every lover knows We’re all X’s and O’s We play the games every lover knows We’re all X’s and O’s I’m counting the memories Us counting the stars I cheated my bounty By counting the cards I failed you, baby I lost who we are We play the games every lover knows We’re all X’s and O’s We play the games every lover knows We’re all X’s and O’s Now regret holds my heart in her teeth I’m her prey and she’s starting to feed I pray I find your forgiveness, my lady Let’s lick our wounds, restore our belief The checkerboard floor at our feet You and I a king and a queen Won’t you dance with me again, baby Find the flesh of our ghost in these sheets We play the games every lover knows We’re all X’s and O’s We play the games every lover knows We’re all X’s and O’s
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The Chicken Coop Romp 03:36
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Bethlehem, PA 06:09
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