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Fate of Saints
04:11
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John and Michael
Both good men in their time
One the land the other one just winds
John’s hand is steady
While ol’ Michael carves them lines
The fate of Saints forever intertwined
John says to Michael
Let’s shape this valley wide
Michael turns to John and sighs
You may be mighty
But the realm of grace is mine
And so it goes forever and all time
Oh Saint Michael
Lay your veil down
You’ve been rambling all through town
You know Dolores her arms are open wide
Go on and run to her and leave everything else behind
John says to Michael
This dance of ours, sublime
This beauty barely not a crime
Michael sheds a smile
A tear falls from each eye
May this love of ours not go unrecognized
John watches Michael
From above and with resign
He thinks this vantage point is fine
John remains steadfast
Michael twists around the pines
Merely farewell for they know not goodbye
Oh Saint Michael
Lay your veil down
You’ve been rambling all through town
You know Dolores her arms are open wide
Go on and run to her and leave everything else behind
John and Michael
Both good men in their time
One the land the other one just winds
John’s hand is steady
While ol’ Michael carves them lines
The fate of Saints forever intertwined
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2. |
No Turning Back
04:03
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I said yes with little more than your name
A step towards, also a walk away
But hope is a risk that I’m willing to take
That two rivers become one in the same
Floating forth into another great unknown
The maps of my past my only guides
Choked with fans from canyons flashing long ago
Yet the current flows and our star she shines
Yes she shines
I’ve crawled into the mouth of thunder
Whispered Olo through my lips
Been pulled over, sideways, and under
And given all of the Elves the slip
I’ve heard the echoes of ancients
And roared with lava aloud
Been shown the secrets of Unkar
And through tepid blue waters I’ve bound
But none of that matters now
Everything has shifted somehow
I came down for love
Oh I came down for you
I’ll kiss you till forever comes around
I’ll show you all the secret places I’ve found
Your smile’s quickly become my favorite sound
On a river called love, there’s no turning back now
If love is a river there’s no turning back now
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3. |
Lorraine
03:47
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On a cold and rainy night
Lorraine and I settle down
She’s now the only sound around
She gets to talking
With a heavy heart and mind
Bout a man named Glen who’s stifling her wind
Glen he’s new to town
Bout as big as he is mean
He won’t shut up about his power being clean
Lorraine ain’t buyin it
With all power comes a cost
Thinkin bout canyons and wild sprit lost
Glen may be a mean old man
But Lorraine don’t give a damn
She’ll find herself again
Any old way she can
It rains it pours
My heart it starts to bleed
As Lorraine she pours
Her poor heart out on me
Fifty years gone by
Lorraine’s had it up to here
The time for Glen’s goodbye is near
Not much for guns and knives
Plenty other tricks up her sleeve
Time to reclaim her right to leave
Glen may be a mean old man
But Lorraine don’t give a damn
She’ll find herself again
Any old way she can
It rains it pours
My heart it starts to bleed
As Lorraine she pours
Her poor heart out on me
Lorraine calls a torrent down
From plateaus and mountains all around
Mean old Glen he never heard a sound
Now mean old Glen has drowned
Lorraine she’s free again
It was only a matter of time
Til she left old Glen behind
Glen was a mean old man
But Lorraine didn’t give a damn
She found her way back home
Like only a river can
It rains it pours
My heart it starts to bleed
As Lorraine she pours
Her poor heart out for everyone to see
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4. |
River Wide
05:43
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It’s a starry night
And the river’s wide
Let the sands come marching in
It’s a moonless night
Good friends by my side
And I know I’ll never be the same again
I can feel her calling me
Her depths breathe so easily
But it’s her subtleties that affect me the most
One More carefree mile
Another genuine smile
And a deep peace oh deep down in my soul
One more fine night’s sleep
These crazy canyon dreams
This woman next to me so tight I’ll hold
I can feel her calling me
Her depths breathe so easily
But it’s her subtleties that affect me the most
I’ve never felt so alive
As I do when you look at me with those wild, empassioned eyes
May this last for all our days my dear
At least we’ll always have here
Pools so beautifully blue
It doesn’t quite seem true
As we bounce so happy and free
Light on these canyon walls
Reflects as I start to fall
So much gratitude for this love in me
I can feel her calling me
Her depths breathe so easily
But it’s her subtleties that I’ll miss the most
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5. |
Music is the Way
04:06
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From the first note
To the last nuance made
The melody unfolds itself like a lovely summer day
And I know
As it flows through me day night
That music lights my way through life
And harmony and rhythm give me sight
From the first beat
To the end of all you’ve known
The magic slithers through your veins and the wonder shakes your bones
And I know
As I sit down to write
I’m but a vessel for the source of love
And music is the way the truth the light
So open up your soul and let it in
Sing out loud and dance about and soon you will begin
To see with heart and breathe with heart and shine with heart within
But if you should loose your way then simply
Smile a smile and start this song again
From the first time
I held a guitar in my hands
I knew that life as I had known would never be the same again
And I know
Each and every breath I take
Holds within a world of everything and nothing and the power to create
So open up your soul and let it in
Sing out loud and dance about and soon you will begin
To see with heart and breathe with heart and shine with heart within
But if you should loose your way then simply
Smile a smile and start this song again
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6. |
Mountain Town Blues
03:23
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A hundred empty homes here
Fifty weeks a year
A hundred empty homes here
Fifty weeks a year
Some folks got no place to live
Honey something has got to give
There’s a hundred empty homes here
Fifty weeks a year
A dollar don’t go quite as far
As it once did
A dollar don’t go quite as far
As it once did
Holdin’ down so many jobs
Feels like we’re being robbed
A dollar don’t go quite as far
As it once did
It’s time we all take a stand
Learn to tend her hand in hand
This land was made for
You and me
A little less weird here
A little more picket fence
A little less weird here
A little more picket fence
The weird is what makes a place
Some things you can’t recreate
A little less weird here
A little more picket fence
Crawling with people
Everywhere you look
Crawling with people
Everywhere you look
Of course you’re all welcome here
We need each other that much is clear
Crawling with people
Everywhere you look
It’s time we all take a stand
Learn to tend her hand in hand
This land was made for
You and me
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7. |
Out to Sea
04:07
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8. |
Ballad Grounds
04:46
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I’ve been roaming down solitary streets
Walking my own path with my own two feet
Life as I had know was chasing hopes and dreams
Love is a river, a wave, a sandy beach
In front of me now an elder stands
A fellow bum a lonely traveling man
His baby girl would soon be coming round
I’d have never guessed she’d turn my world upside down
I hadn’t thought for a minute
Of love now I’m in it
From the second I saw her pretty smile
We’ve been lost for hours
In fields of white sand and flowers
I think we’ll stay here for a while
Her old man set out to take a stand
Didn’t want to see his baby girl and a fellow bum hand in hand
The flame by now has grown strong
An elder bum seldom admits when he is wrong
I hadn’t thought for a minute
Of love now I’m in it
From the second I saw her smile
We’ve been lost for hours
In fields of white sand and flowers
I think we’ll stay here for a while
I told that girl one day I’ll marry you
A man of my word and those words I spoke were true
A strange passer by with a message softly spoke
Now that’s true love and disappeared amongst the folks
I hadn’t thought for a minute
Of love now I’m in it
From the second I saw her smile
We’ve been lost for hours
In fields of white sand and flowers
I think we’ll stay here for a while
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9. |
Late Night Drive
03:28
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There’s a long road behind me and a long road ahead
Filled with smiles I have shared and tears I have shed
I can’t help but wonder where this path will lead me next
I’ll find out when I get there I guess
I’ve got old friends to see and new ones to meet
So many stories to share form this company I keep
A new adventure each day and there’s no telling when
I’ll find my way back home again
I’m driving late into the night again
I’m driving late into the night again
The bright moonlight’s shining
On the old river bend
I’m driving late into the night again
I miss friends and family and some semblance of home
But I was born to wander to ramble and to roam
A big world to explore she keeps calling my name
Living life pretty damn full each day
I’m driving late into the night again
I’m driving late into the night again
The bright moonlight’s shining
On the old river bend
I’m driving late into the night again
Still a long road behind me and a long road ahead
There’s been so much love shared and so little left unsaid
This road will lead me on and I’m ok with being led
I just need a place to lay my head
I’m driving late into the night again
I’m driving late into the night again
The bright moonlight’s shining
On the old river bend
I’m driving late into the night again
Don’t know where this journey will end
I’m driving late into the night again
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10. |
June
04:10
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I looked over my shoulder
And what did I see?
A pretty little girl
Just smiling back at me
And I knew right then and there
Oh oh that everything had changed
I saw you sitting all alone
Walked up and took a seat
After a handful of fresh cherries
Well it was plain to me
That everything I thought I’d known
Oh, oh would soon be swept away
Hello summer love
I hope you stick around this fall
And as fall turns into winter
And spring resets it all
June will be here soon
And you can be my summer love again
We danced the night away
And as you wandered off
Well I was sure to follow
And not let you get too far
You leaned in and laid one on me
And I knew that everything had changed
And as the evening wound down
Not ready yet to part
Not knowing this an ending
Or just the very start
I knew I couldn’t let you go
Oh, oh and that I’d been swept away
Hello summer love
I hope you stick around this fall
And as fall turns into winter
And spring resets it all
June will be here soon enough
And you can be my summer love again
As soon as I’d stopped looking
You knew to come around
Stray cats aren’t so simple
As merely lost and found
But you can keep me if you’d like to
And I’ll do my best to keep you safe and warm
Hello summer love
I hope you stick around this fall
And as fall turns into winter
And spring resets it all
June will be here soon
And you can be my summer love again
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11. |
Four Pillars
04:18
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I have lived a thousand lives
And I have walked with the wretched and the wise
I have come to learn I am and nothing more
Just as I will soon be again and was before
My bones have grown strong and turned to dust
I have watched a 100 cities turn to rust
In that time I have come to understand
The plight that befalleth all man
I believe in Mystery and I believe in Love
Gratitude and Kindness will forever be enough
These four pillars are all bound by grace
I find they have no need for time nor space
I am no more than you and her and him
The lines that separate will forever be paper thin
My skin and bones and heart are all yours just the same
We’re so much more than merely bags of bones with names
The veil’s become shrouded in a steel of deceit
The knowing lies behind what our eyes can often meet
But love she’s lurking in the shadows all the while
Rearing her lovely head with every single smile
I believe in Mystery and I believe in Love
Gratitude and kindness will forever be enough
These four pillars they’re all bound by grace
I find they have no need for time nor space
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12. |
Intro
01:09
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13. |
Turning Back
05:06
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Nestled up beside me
Beneath a sliver of stars
We bid adieu to firelight
And hello to a time just ours
Dancing in the kitchen
To a song about falling slow
You said you might just fall with me
It’s now better that I know
Fare thee well, Ms. Yale
I’ll see you in good time
This here drink’s to hoping
I can keep you off my mind
A glance beneath a sunrise
Of a love I hoped might stay
My breeze so sweet and gentle
Was enough to blow you away
Immersed in all these feelings
Though not a one of them is hard
You swept me up in wonder
You may keep my kind regards
Fare thee well, Ms. Yale
I’ll see you in good time
This here drink’s to hoping
I can keep you off my mind
The shadow of past love
May have dimmed our light a bit
Light without shadow can shine through too bright
And better love lost than love left unlit
No right or wrong about it
Some flames weren’t meant to last
The warmth of our love will linger
For the hottest fires tend to burn fast
Fare thee well, Ms. Yale
I’ll see you in good time
This here drink’s to hoping
I can keep you off my mind
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14. |
Nautilus
04:09
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Oh hard times
They’re creeping in
A weight in the bones, love
All the lights seem dim
A second takes a drag
A minute fills both lungs
Opaque’s the norm now
The worst seems yet to come
Every beat feels heavy
A pulse that weighs a ton
The tunnel’s always darkest, love
Just before the light seeps in
But don’t forget you’re not alone
Months in the trenches
Clawing your way home
I’ll keep the hearth warm
And I’ll stoke your guiding light
Oh I love you
Every little thing’s gonna be alright
Shaky with dismay
Daunted by mundane
Every moment reached for
Just seems to slip away
A soul so parched
There’s poison in the well
Who you once were
And who you will become
Looking to reconcile
A fight that goes unwon
Mercy feigns a smile
She’s coming for you soon
But don’t forget you’re not alone
Years of struggle
Have tried you to the bones
I’ll keep the hearth warm
And stoke your guiding light
Oh I love you
Every little thing’s gonna be alright
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