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I
I’m a gathering storm
I’m the tree that’s been bent
By the wind
I’m a yawn in the morn’
That sleep sent to
Draw you back in
I am born
I am restless
I am sunrise
I’m a stone
I am breath
I am hunger
I am sunset
I am gone
II
I’m a pillar of salt
I’m the morsel that hangs
In your teeth
I’m the secret you vault
Though that binding brings
Little relief
I am born
I am weary
I am rivers
I’m alone
I am smoke
I am rumor
I am oceans
I am gone
III
I’m the red of the clay
I’m the blue of the base
Of the flame
I’m the trench in your way
That's been dug as a place
For your shame
I am born
I am restless
I am sunrise
I’m a stone
I am rumor
I am thirst
I am oceans
I am gone
I am born
I am weary
I am rivers
I’m alone
I am breath
I am hunger
I am sunset
I am gone
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I picked up the paper, and I turned to the back
Chicken's on sale, at the Pic N Pak
The church is having a Yard Sale, If it don't rain
and at the bottom of the page, I saw your name
Once you were mine, yes a long time ago
I asked for your hand, but your daddy said "No"
You went off to college, left me here behind
You made a life in the city, I went to work in the mine
I started seeing Becky, then I made her my wife
We scrimped and we saved, to buy a used double-wide
I heard you married a rich man, a big house on the hill
he couldn't make you happy, so you turned to pills
Sometimes I wonder, about what might have been
If I could do it all over, would I change a thing?
I'm happy here, and I have a good life
that never would have happened, if you were my wife
You divorced your first husband, and your second one too
and I heard that your third, well he walked out on you
he said you needed to choose, between the pills and a home
You chose the pills, and the streets you did roam
I was born in this holler, where I've lived all my life
I like to sit out at night, to hear the trains rolling by
watch my kids play, and chase lightning bugs
with my Becky beside me, giving me a hug
Sometimes I wonder, about what might have been
If I could do it all over, would I change a thing?
I'm happy here, and I have a wonderful wife
here with my Becky, she's the light of my life
I picked up the paper, and I turned to the back
there an old Mopar for sale, 318 with Glass-paks
there by the score, for last nights football game
in the Obituary column, I saw your name
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EMcBride - In Burdon
03:44
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Every day is an uphill battle
And I fight with the strengh of one
Broke and beat and torn at the seams
I find that I'm under the gun
The devil sits upon my shoulder
Whispering words into my ear
The weight of the world comes crashing down
And I'm sinking in this hole
My eyes are deceived and I'm making believe
That I've got it all under control
The devil's sights they do offend me
And I'm plucking out my eyes
Now I'm under the water the lights go low
And I'm drowning in this well
At the end of the rope and I'm praying for hope
Please save me from all this hell
Jesus wrap your arms around me
Please cleanse my soul before I die
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v1:
We've been locked up tight for a little too long
I know I'm right when I say you gotta sing along
5 months in, we'll take the risk
So let's begin, grab our bag of tricks
ch:
Get out on the beach, put the speakers in the sand
Run the cables like you planned
and make some noise
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Life's within reach, so everybody lend a hand
You've just got to understand
This is one of life's little joys
v2:
Meow meow meow
ch:
Get out on the beach, put the speakers in the sand
Run the cables like you planned
and make some noise
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Life's within reach, so everybody lend a hand
You've just got to understand
This is one of life's little joys
v1.5:
We've been locked up tight for a little too long
I know I'm right when I say you gotta sing along
ch:
Get out on the beach, put the speakers in the sand
Run the cables like you planned
and make some noise
-------
Life's within reach, so everybody lend a hand
You've just got to understand
This is one of life's little joys
ch:
Get out on the beach, put the speakers in the sand
Run the cables like you planned
and make some noise
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Life's within reach, so everybody lend a hand
You've just got to understand
This is one of life's little joys
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It’s hard to find lighting outside the storm
Where we can see clear as day
And not get blown around or soaked to the bone
It’s hard to know peace again without the pain
Of shattered hopes and dreams
It's the dreams, you know, that keep us awake and alive
It’s all, all we want to know
All we've waited for
It’s happening once again
All, all it’s ever been
All that it can be
It's right here and now
I want you to lean into liminal times
And listen to the silence
You'd be surprised at what you see when you're not looking
I want you to know that it's not the end
Of sunlight on your face
And sweet air to fill your lungs and bring you home
It’s all, all we want to know
All we've waited for
Patiently, cautiously
All, all at the same time
The rhythms and the rhymes
Start making sense once again
All, all your hopes and dreams
Are coming back again
They're coming back again
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I
Pale, ugly sky
Blue bird fly by
Singin’ his song
Through the snow
Tune sweet and fair
Froze in mid-air
And it’s midnight wherever I go
II
A Dank, bitter breeze
Wafts o’er the trees
And hints at what’s waiting below
Sick dog of sin
Cries, hungry again
And it’s midnight wherever I go
Bridge:
Wherever I go, I never can flee
There’s no separation, I’ll never be free
Wherever I am, wherever I’ll be
I carry sweet midnight with me
III
Cicada shell
Clings to the rail
And the firefly stars start to glow
Weak drops of rain
Streak ‘cross the pane
And it’s midnight wherever I go
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8. |
Doug Baker - Around Her
03:18
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Was it destiny or just dumb luck?
When I first met her I was feeling stuck.
She pulled my heart right out of the muck.
I’m heading to see her in a little while
Just up the road, little over a mile
Got no plans just wanna see her smile
CHORUS: I celebrate the day I found her
I love everything about her
I just want to be around her
She melts in the summer and loves the fall.
She loves her cats and SEC football.
Somewhere in there, I get the call.
She gives me a stare when I do something wrong
Drying her hair takes too damn long
Doesn’t mind when I put her in a song.
CHORUS
BRIDGE: Guess I did something right.
For her to come into my life
Her cooking’s so good, it’s just not fair.
Hard to predict the color of her hair.
Wherever she is you know I’m going to be there
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AG Y'all - Sunrise
04:26
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Traveling down the canyon road to get some rattlesnake bones
Every step is an ordeal
No escape from the furious sun, so he wished he was done
But he had get his grandfather healed
The sun is high and the water low
You take a chance every time you go
You need to be brave to make the journey
to find healing in the canyon snow
The snake was inclined to be kind
So he offered the boy a trade
“I can show you the herbs for healing superb
If you just sing me a serenade”
The boy raised his voice for he had no choice
The wind carried his song
He sang of the grace in his grandfather’s face
Rattlesnake hummed along
The sun is high and the water low
You take a chance every time you go
You need to be brave to make the journey
to find healing in the canyon snow
Grandfather learned when he returned
How rattlesnake had made a deal
No more fear when they are near
a new trust now was sealed
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William Nesmith - Great
02:58
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7 gigs, 6 days
Drinking way too many IPAs I been
So reclusive, with free time
Conversations with a restless mind
Am I standing on the pinnacle
Is this as good as it gets for me
I can be a little cynical
But honestly,
Will I ever be great, great
Will I ever be great
2 months from 31
Wonder if I had enough young fun
Am I ever gonna meet the one
If I don’t know that I’m lonely
Am I standing on the precipice
Is this when everything turns around
Haven’t got a lot of confidence
But I’ve got plenty of doubt
That I’ll ever be great, great
That I’ll ever be great, great
And how is that defined
I don’t really know
Been looking at the clock
And it ain’t moving slower
All I know is that it’s getting kinda harder
To believe
That I’ll ever be great, great
That I’ll ever be great
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Luke Payne - Deep Time
01:35
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Counting down
Keep time
Living in deep time
Prepare for a steep climb
Thought he galaxy
Deep time
See you there
Joy of missing out in deep time
En route to Andromeda
Lift the curtain you will find
Ever more
Sweet time
Living in deep time
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these dreams you’re dreaming
my sweet speed demon
careful what you pray for
this pace you’re setting
these bets you’re betting
the bill somebody pays for
cause I can read the warning signs
we’ve all been burned before
the night can fool the moon sometimes
leave you wanting more
This ain’t no place to start
halfway down the highway
Let’s go back to the chart
Why don’t we take it from the top
from clay to castle
from haste to hassle
you’ve gotta take your sweet time
we came out gunning
stellar and stunning
you can’t just stop on a dime
cause I can read the warning signs
we’ve all been burned before
the night can fool the moon sometimes
leave you wanting more
This ain’t no place to start
halfway down the highway
Let’s go back to the chart
Why don’t we take it from the top
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Hush a bye
Now don’t you cry
Easy comes the lie
Clear the air
With one small prayer
Now lay thee down to die
Remember red wagons
And freshly mown grass
And the mower dad pulled you behind
Lay you there bleeding
You best be believing
All the saints will be there tonight
Hush a bye
Now don’t you cry
Angels they sing as you fly
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life can be a tug of war
you never know what the fates will send
bottom never seems to hit
just piles on and on and never ends
does it feel like a cruel joke?
you never saw your life this way
you don't have to do it on your own
I'm pulling for you
I'm in your corner
you can count on me
I'm pulling for you
are you beat up winded and bloody?
feels like you can't take another hit
are you running on empty
do you feel it in your bones
you don't have to do it all alone
I'm pulling for you
I'm in your corner
you can count on me
I'm pulling for you
you're a friend to me and we will always be connected
if you're feeling drained hurt down in pain neglected
I've been by you and you will be by me protected
throughout the days anytime that you are tested
I'm pulling for you
I'm in your corner
you can count on me
I'm pulling for you
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Moon Song
when the rain falls down around you
and you gaze upon the moon and the stars
do you know who you are
do you know who you are
from my window I hear the factories
and the noon whistle and the old man bars
do you know who you are
do you know who you are
playing solitaire with a deck of cards
on the kitchen table
as i listen to 45’s on the turntable
when i’m standing in a doorway
when the snow falls
trapped amid the broken hearts
do you know who you are
do you know who you are
from the rooftop I see the sunlight
through the clotheslines
do you know who you are
do you know who you are
playing solitaire with a deck of cards
on the kitchen table
as i listen to 45’s on the turntable
when the rain falls down around you
and you gaze upon the moon and the stars
do you know who you are
do you know who you are
when the rain falls down around you
and you gaze upon the moon and the stars
do you know who you are
do you know who you are
do you know who you are
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Took me to the rooftop bar, & everyone was there.
Drinking up dirty martinis, you had a jacket made of camel hair.
We were just pretty as a picture, like Emilie and Voltaire,
Making jokes & holding hands, so blissfully unaware.
But I got up to powder my nose, gave you a hug from behind
what I saw over your shoulder, almost made me lose my mind.
You had a letter from another lover there in heald in your right hand.
What I thought was real deal love, was really just a two-timing man.
If you love me truly if you give one dog on damn.
Don't treat me cruelly, 'cause I can't understand.
You say you're gonna change your ways but I don't think you can.
I think you're a low down no good, rotten two-timing man.
Tears started fallin' I couldn't seem to speak.
The soul I thought was all in, was really just some tongue and cheek.
You tell me I'm your only girl, but I know that's not true!
You run around all over town, doing things that you shouldn't do.
And if you love me truly if you give one dog on damn.
Don't treat me cruelly, because I can't understand.
You said you're gonna change your ways but I don't think you can.
You're really just a low-down no good, lying rotten evil two-timing man.
You made me feel half-deranged, I don't know if I'll ever be the same.
You're a low down no good, etc SOB two-timing man.
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I’m just a fish in the eye
Of the waterspout
I’m just a fish in the eye
Of the waterspout
I’m just a fish in the eye
I don’t know why, but I fly
Higher and land harder
Every time
I swim this dark and boundless sea
Searching for the old church key
To calm the warring winds that blow
Both north and south, the old heave-ho
Shearline winds begin to spin
Air grows hot and patience thin
No weather man can yet foretell
When love and rage and guilt will swell
The funnel pulls me up and in and
Hold on, here we go again
I’m just a fish in the eye
Of the waterspout
I’m just a fish in the eye
Of the waterspout
I’m just a fish in the eye
I don’t know why, but I fly
Higher and land harder
Every time
I swim this dark and boundless sea
Searching for a static me
To calm the warring winds that blow
Both east and west, no ebb just flow
Shearline winds begin to spin
Air grows hot and patience thin
No weather man can yet foretell
When jealousy and pain will swell
The funnel pulls me up and in and
Hold on, here we go again
I’m just a fish in the eye
Of the waterspout
I’m just a fish in the eye
Of the waterspout
I’m just a fish in the eye
I don’t know why, but I fly
Higher and land harder
Every time
I fly higher and land harder every time
I fly higher and land harder every time
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