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Back Porch
03:15
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I never thought it would come to this
I never thought it would go to Youtube, but who knew
I took a ride inside the bliss
It took a smile behind the blinds of you too
I am writing from the back porch of my mind
I'm writing a letter, and I go there all the time
Such a crazy factory is mankind
You outta' swing by my porch some time
When you're quiet and alone
and when you're a thousand miles from home, when you roam
just turn on that old radio
You know I'll be there swinging back and fourth and singin'
I am writing from the back porch of my mind
I'm writing a letter and I go there all the time
Such a makeshift mockery is mankind
You outta' swing by my porch sometime
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Too Wrong
03:39
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Broke down on a dead end street of a ghost town with no one around
Heard the cry of a man behind a dilapidated Conoco
He said, "son, can you hand me one of them coffin nails inside my coat?"
Took a pull, said, "I'll tell you just how these fools turned all the green to brown."
They had abandoned the sanctity of all that is pure
He asked an obvious question, just to be sure
How long were we planning to remain
So wrong? I'll ask again and again
How long 'til the heart of everyone is the same?
Don't know how it got so bad when everybody knew what to do
No way they could sustain that system they had set in place
Stuck trying to save their comfort, they were lucky if they'd save their race
They had forsaken the Mother of everything we know
What do you do when the waste has nowhere else to go?
Do you know
How long we were planning to remain
So wrong? I'll ask again and again
How long 'til the heart of everyone is the same?
How long were we planning to remain
So wrong? I'll ask again and again
How long 'til the voice of everyone is the same?
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One Way
03:11
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You in all of your glory. The laugh lines on your face.
Where you walk they all tell stories. Some of which I can trace.
only one way, just one way. There's only one way to get back.
You know someday, ya someday. You know we'll all deal with that.
When you reach out your hands, the truth it pours from your faith.
And your presence so commanding, well that is how we relate
There's only one way, just one way there's only one way to get back.
You know someday, ya someday. You know we'll all deal with that.
Well the crows they fly their own way. Those rivers run to the sea. And this breeze it brings us the new day, and we were all once babies.
We're going one way, just one way. There's only one way to get back.
You know someday ya someday, you know we'll all deal with that.
Oh there you go, you're walking just like you used to know the way.
And you should know. that you can't go back on nothing
you're going alone
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Harmony
05:44
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Forever isn't long if you're unconscious and/or dreaming
I know because it's always been that way
Despite all I've been told about all our immortal souls
I can't help living for today
It's not unwise to theorize how choices we make now
Affect us in a way we'd never dream
But if all things in this life are connected like a blanket
I fear we're tearing at the seams
Let's live in harmony
Join together and sing
Every living thing
In perfect harmony
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5. |
Saving Face
03:23
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I am in no way one to save face
I've got it alright,
my world in place
Oh how that time it goes by
Oh how that time it goes by
I am not wanting to go backward
Yes when that ice melts,
life here returns
Oh how that gold it shines
Oh how that gold it shines
don't look back
don't turn back
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What She Needs
03:41
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She's my baby but I let her down
She kept calling but I wasn't around
And it's just crazy 'cuz I love her so much
Now I feel her touch
And it's calming underneath the trees
With the gentle rains, the cool air, and a mellow breeze
There's one answer to the question, you'll agree
Give her what she needs
She keeps trying to understand
Why I was declining to stick to the plan
One little flower could never say
Enough to take her Blues away
You're my lady lemme be your man
You mean more to me than any Rock and Roll band
Precious sweetheart won'tcha help me see
Tell me what you need
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Step on the light
Let me know how you feel
Let me know what this means to you
To try this one more time
Step on the red light
Lay your head on the ground
I’ll let you know what this means to me
To see you on the other side
Step on the light
Go beyond what feels alright
Let me know what this means to you
To try this one more time
Step on the red light
Go beyond tonight
I’ll let you know how it feels to me
To see you on the other side
I’m old at heart
Step on the red light
I’m old at heart
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One More Line
04:17
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Skin and bones and tangled, questionable just by design
You put it all together, you've got me every once in a while.
If just for a moment the stars would align and this all makes sense, we all unwind.
The soul of your worry is all in your mind. Well that almost works most every time.
When the well runs dry
We were born to wander. To set the torch and pay no mind. And uniforms among us. The iron grip that is getting tight. My eyes are not blurry, I see just fine. They always said you'll always be blind
When the well runs dry. With winged heels fly
The queen of all the angels set me down by her fire. Do you recall me stranger? Lend your ears while I remind ya. The heart of the world is searching to find what's always been, your love inside and nothing is broken. We still gotta try. Those walls are thin and they'll cave in time
When the well runs dry. We learn to fly
When the well runs dry. With winged heels fly
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9. |
American Heartache
03:49
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We went from nothin’ to Tennesee
I wanted Memphis in front of me
So we marched on through the night
Yeah we put up some kind of fight
American Heartache
Life is what you make
American Heartache
It’s one thing we all stake
There was nothin' for turnin’ back
There is tomorrow and that's a fact
What does it matter where you land
When you know where you stand
American Heartache
It's one thing we all stake
American Heartache
Life is what you make
My broken heart is weeping
Tell me the secrets you're keeping
It is a piece of you're history
It's what they didn't want you to see
It's on the wall and it's on the street
and it curls up at your feet
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Rocketship
03:18
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I can see the light that surrounds you
Shining on me forever
Like a golden reverie
Shut my eyes to stare
How do I turn this rocketship around
Gliding by a glimpse of love
With all our hopes inside
Killing time until we’re born
Let’s build a rocketship
I can feel the scan of your eyes
Striking me a thick sensation
Cracking the hull by second hands
Time slipping out of spaces
What will it take for me
To turn this rocketship around
Running around this family tree
A bloodline to see the dawn
Let’s build a rocketship
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11. |
Unravel
06:23
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Don't watch too closely
It'll getcha down
Just inhale slowly
And let it out
You can stand below the clouds and let the rain pour down
Or come inside and warm yourself by the fire
Oh oh oh, wait out the storm
If it's not important
Then why does it make you cry?
It's been reported
Life is brutal, then you die
It's healthy to believe Love is all that we need
We'll just sing and dance away all the disaster
Relax and cleanse yourself with the laughter
Ha ha ha
Bring your thoughts in close before they scatter
Seek out what's in your mind over matter
The answer's always down the road less traveled
Sounds spiral out as time unravels
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cut from a classic mold, very much kindred spirits to Wilco, The Beatles, and The Kinks, i.e. powerhouse groups where harmony, robust playing and dedicated craftsmanship run headlong into rock’s indefinable, exuberant, enduring zeitgeist - a perfect soundtrack for the daily grind that reaches outward beyond the challenges towards something hopeful, real and truthful ... more
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