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Stick Around
05:16
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The pink sunrise in the morning sky
The light of a new day fills my eyes
Yellow bird playing in the apple tree
She’s keeping real busy she’s got mouths to feed
Time to get working when I want to play
I got to get going but I want to stay
Milk snake crawling through the front yard grass
Two little birds trying to mark his path
Got a little nest in the apple tree
Gonna chase that snake till he heeds their plea
Time to get working no time to play
Got get going though you want to stay
I will stand and face this life
Till I have no cares, have no cares no more
Blue bird sitting on the garden fence
Working on a meal feeling no regrets
Drops to the ground in a flash of blue
Back to the wire with some fat to chew
I know he’s working but it looks like play
Don’t want to get going you know I want to stay
Ravens whirling in the summer sky
Songbird mobbing them on the fly
Shadow of the wind in the distant trees
Sounds of the summer carried on the breeze
Got no notion what it’s all about
Still want to stick around to see how it all turns out
I will stand and face this life
Till I have no cares, have no cares no more
The scarlet in the west of the day’s sunset
The sailor’s rejoice with just one regret
The blossoms turn to apples on the front yard tree
Gonna fall to the ground when its time to break free
Time to get working when I want to play
I got to get going but I want to stay
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2. |
With The Wind
03:38
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Life’s like the longest too short day
Breezes and winds to blow us away
So why don’t I hold you
Till we’re gone
With the Wind
Love’s like a dance that can’t be named
Steps to mess you up that keep on changing
So why don’t you hold me
Through this song
Till it ends
Tell those white lies to me
We’ll always be
That its part of a plan
And I’ll understand
Just hold on to me
We’ll see what we see
Share those white lies with me
We’ll always be
That its part of a plan
And I’ll understand
Just hold on to me
We’ll see what we see
Life’s like the longest too short day
Breezes and winds to blow us away
So why don’t you hold me
Through this song
So why don’t I hold you
Till we’re gone
With the Wind
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3. |
Little Surprises
03:19
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Just when you think that you have got it made
The morning comes and wakes you up again
Just when you think you’ve got the planet saved
The alarm goes off and your dream abruptly ends
You single handedly have won the war
You take your bow and as the crowd still cries for more
Just when you think you’re doing a-ok
You realize you’re sleeping on the floor
Just when you think you’ve got your dues all paid
The bill collectors got you by the throat
You’ve done your best to save your daily pay
But the automatic teller says you’re broke
The market crashes and you lose your stock
You sit at home and wait for Ed McMahon to knock
The IRS informed you yesterday
They don’t take tax evasion as a joke
Just when I think I’ve finally got this song
I realize I have to change the key
That’s when I find I’ve got the notes all wrong
And I’m wishing I was someone else not me
I worked my part out and it sounded so sweet
That perfect solo was well within my reach
And all that practicing that took so long
Has only served to make my fingers bleed
Just when you think you’ve got your plans all made
The pitching ace of life throws you a curve
Some say you never get back what you paid
While others say you get what you deserve
You think you’ve got your life under your control
Then all the sudden there’s another bell that tolls
Its just like live to upset your whole day
I tell you that its got a lot of nerve
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4. |
Better Angels
04:18
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Gather the faithful
There are beds to be made
Closets to clean out
Dues to be paid
There's work to be done
So let us pray
We've resolve enough
To carry the day
Gather the mindful
There are dreams to be made
Puzzles to sort out
Stones to be laid
Living to be done
So let us pray
We've loving enough
To cradle the day
Gather the hopeful
There's a future to build
Minds to be opened
Hearts to be filled
Caring to be done
So let us pray
We've patience enough
To see through the day
Gather the peaceful
There are songs to be sung
Words to be spoken
Bells to be rung
We've along way to go still
So let us pray
That the best of our angels
Will save us again
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5. |
Coal Train
03:44
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Coal train coal train rolling down that track
Take away that mountain and you can’t bring it back
Freight train freight train hauling that coal
Take away that mountain and you leave a hole
Empty the hillside fill up the holds
To push back the heat and stave off the cold
Down to the valleys through the countryside
To fire up the furnaces and melt the ice
Coal train coal train rolling down that track
Take away that mountain and you won’t bring it back
Freight train freight train hauling that coal
Take away that mountain and you leave a hole
Harvest the mountains to feed the lights
Bury the silences Drowned the night
This hobo's lullaby this landlocked ship
No going home on this one way trip
Million years in the making gone in no time at all
Who’s going to answer when the world comes to call?
Steel wheels and iron lungs They cough and they choke
Take trees from ancient worlds and send them up in smoke
Coal train coal train rolling down that track
Take away that mountain and you won’t bring it back
Freight train freight train hauling that coal
Take away that mountain and you leave a hole
And you leave a hole…
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6. |
Ole Me
02:20
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Ole me ole me
Got a knot of a lot to say
keep on trying along the way
But I can never ever fit it in song
Hold me hold me
Haven't got that much to trade
Simple notes tailor made
As the days keep rolling along
Roll me roll me
Deal me in cause I want to play
Set em up lets start today
Life just isn’t that long
Show me show me
Lets have us a good time
A way more subtle rhyme
As we’re heading down the road
What if we stayed here and hid in our home
Sat on the porch let the world turn alone
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7. |
Wine, Women, and Song
03:30
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Wine women and song
Have made me what I am
I could have dined with Presidents
Instead of cold beans from a can
My constant drinking all night long
Has led me far astray
From the once bright blossom of my youth
Into the wilting light of day
Yodele…..
I’m now as dried up as a prune
My virtue lost long ago
I once ate sweets from June to June
But now am chewing crow
My lifestyle choices point the way
To my end up on boot hill
Until that day I’m here to stay
To wallow in my swill
Yodele…..
Behold the beauty of the this world
Petunias and pansies
I see it all from where I hang
A swinging in the breeze
One day my bones beside the road
Vultures to pick them clean
My entrails strung like popcorn strings
Amongst the Christmas trees
Yodele…..
My eyeballs squished
My fingers broke
My soul to burn in hell
I will not mind the infernal heat
But sure will hate the smell
Of burning flesh
And sins exposed
And wailing all night long
For folks who’ve been dead for many a year
They sure can carry on.
Yodele……
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8. |
Lets Have a Moment
03:40
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I think so and so is crazy
You think pretty much the same
I've got to point a couple fingers
You've got to tear apart a name
So let's have a moment
Headstrong Stand tall Know it all Cat call Fill the frame
Let’s have a moment
Cut down Low down Hit the ground shooting rounds Sound insane
You want everyone's attention
I want every eye on me
Let's chew awhile on bones of our contention
Till they break where everyone can see
Let's have a moment
Fast talk truth balk Sunny squawk Break chalk Play the game
Let's have a moment
Tall tale Strong rail Bearing nails Never fails to Make a name
Let's have a moment
Instrumental bridge
I’m always ready with an answer
You've got one to go as well
I've got a plan for curing cancer
You've got a plan you cannot spell
Let's have a moment
Make hay Word play Turn gray We pay Same refrain
Let's have a moment
Trade barbs en garde Cue card Prison yard Cut to fade
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9. |
Know My Name
03:57
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So pleased to meet you
A flower on the wall
50 years reduced to
A quiet walk in the rain
And dreaming of the southern coast of Spain
These memories in graves
You don't know my name.
Stood up to greet you
Answering your call
With arms stretched out to reach you
As the springs turned to falls
The years passed by with no reasons at all
As we sheltered from the rain
You whispered my name.
That look on your face
You're losing it all
We have run out of grace
The long arm of nature's law
Standing here to greet you
Brought pictures for your wall
Placed here to remind you
Of how we went walking in the rain
We'll make out for that southern coast of Spain
With what memories that remain
You will know my name
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10. |
Identity Crisis
04:06
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Stole my tax deductions
Got me where I dwell
Can you take the look upon my face?
Took my credit rating
Blew it all to hell
Just another number that’s now a case
Filling out my papers like you know me
Holding out your hand to get my due
Wasn’t long ago that I was someone
Now I’ve met the man you never knew
Did I fail to mention
Or forget to write it down
I don’t have the means to keep your pace
I hear your bad intentions
Are coming to my town
Kicking down the back door of my space
Should I ever meet you will I know you?
Can you take my family with my face?
There’s a lesson learned here I’m almost certain
Sweet revenge might cure this bitter taste
You don’t care if you know me
Well I got dues to pay
Just another sucker lost in space
But look in my direction
Hear what I have to say
Before you disappear without a trace
I’ll be looking for you in the shadows
Wouldn’t mind to see you burn in hell
I suppose I wouldn’t recognize you
And maybe never know myself as well
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11. |
Rainbow
04:29
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Once upon a time not far, far away
Morning papers’ old news blown away
It spoke of signals and notes under doors
Lifeboat's listing with rats drawing straws
But we come in yellows and greens, reds and blues
Rainbow
Ones were silent now have their say
Blacks and whites now turn to gray
True religion leaves by the back door
The past’s contrition still keeping score
But we come in yellows and greens, reds and blues
Rainbow
A cup ½ empty still has a chance
The music’s playing so there’s still time to dance
7 billion, we're still adding more
Making up steps paint new feet on the floor
In all those yellows and greens, reds and blues
Rainbow
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12. |
Dog's At Bay
04:46
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You got no business hanging round my front door
Don't come around again
Cause you're not welcome round here anymore
What game you trying to play?
I'm just trying to keep these dogs at bay
These hounds are calling me no chance they'll relent
Wade in the water now
to hide my trail and knock them off my scent
Free these feet of clay
Running wild to keep these dogs at bay
You staring at me all this meat on these bones
You've gone and tracked me down
Caught me barricaded in my home
When did I turn up prey?
Now I'm trying to keep my dogs at bay
You bare your teeth at me
You going to ground
Your hackles up your eyes ablaze
But there’s no way I'm backing down
I know I'll be okay
Till then I will keep these dogs at bay
You got no business hanging round my front door
Don't come around again
Cause you're not welcome round here anymore
What more have I got to say?
I'm just trying to keep these dogs at bay
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Scott Shipley New York
Hails from the northernmost reaches of NY. It's called the North Country and it's beautiful. Any more north and we'd be in Canada. Which is nice too.
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