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Pulling Shoots
04:23
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I’ve got something to say but I can’t find the words
like birds I see ‘em, but then they scatter into a tree
I feel it in my heart but as soon as I start to try to look around and see it
it ceases to be
maybe with time in the dark I’ll find how to spark
that truth that I know and I’ll have something to show
but you know what they say ‘bout these things
you may think you have wings
but until you take flight you don’t know if you’re wrong or you’re right
these things come around in mysterious ways
like days and nights they follow their own line
out of the blue here from me there to you
in these words who knows what meaning you might find
thank you my friend in advance for indulging my dance
it’s awkward, that’s true, but it’s the best that I can do
remember the tale ‘bout the man who tried to hasten his demand
he pulled on the shoots and mistakenly pulled roots
I’ve got something to say but I can’t find the words
like birds I see ‘em, but then they scatter into a tree
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2. |
Daffodil
04:12
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I tried to warn the daffodil not to trust the days promise
I hate to be a buzz kill I’m just trying to be honest
a time to live a time to pass
of all that comes well nothing lasts
I try to feel what I don’t know
while moving through this earthly show
a time to mourn a time to dance
you cannot plan a game of chance
what can you tell me
before it’s time to go?
I tried to love the whistlelil but I was always off in timing
It seems that only force of will is not enough to bring the shining
a time to live a time to pass
of all that comes well nothing lasts
I try to feel what I don’t know
while moving through this earthly show
a time to mourn a time to dance
you cannot plan a game of chance
what can you tell me
before it’s time to go?
I tried to warn the daffodil not to trust the days promise
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3. |
Love Deserves the Crown
05:56
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no one ever wants it any other way, there’s just one thing that we’re looking for each day
and that’s love... and love and love and love and love
so god only knows why we ever waste time, mistakenly we learn we have to learn how to shine
sons and daughters, cross the waters, lay your worries down
I don’t know you, but I know you know it’s true, love deserves the crown
look at that change in the space all around, it’s evening outside in the yard laying down
we might not even know just where it is we’re going, but there’s a moon in the sky and who knows what it be showing
sons and daughters, cross the waters, lay your worries down
I don’t know you, but I know you know it’s true, love deserves the crown
warm the embers to start, what you might find in your heart
there’s a crack in the world and we’re spinning apart, it’s so hard to believe I don’t know where to start, and all of these words of how I’m right and you’re wrong,
can’t we just stop and sing the same song
sons and daughters, cross the waters, lay your worries down
I don’t know you, but I know you know it’s true, love deserves the crown
warm the embers to start, what you might find in your heart, what you feel in your heart
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4. |
Let the Right One In
03:57
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I’d do my best to keep you if there was any way
but the trees are overgrown and the moss is here to stay
and I remember long goodbyes and the thrill of your warm embrace
now the road has grown much stranger than the clouds that darken your face
I didn’t let the right one in but I wish I had
it’s so hard to get rid of them once you let the wrong one in
there are those who will uplift you and those that drag you down
and it’s not always that clear when you decide to keep someone around
‘cause one day its hallelujah and the next fare thee well
I didn’t let the right one in but I wish I had
it’s so hard to get rid of them when you let the wrong one in
so tired of feeling guilty but too tapped into that vein
let’s drink one for the good times before they’ve left without a trace
and one to bless and keep you before we’ve gone our separate ways
I didn’t let the right one in but I wish I had
it’s so hard to get rid of them once you let the wrong one in
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5. |
Sprite
04:35
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dream, you look long in the tooth
faded like an old photograph
you’re as state-of-the-art as a telephone booth
what a laugh
should I dig a hole in the earth of my heart
and bury you with ornamental feather and stone
maybe light a candle in your name
and leave you all alone
as long as I remember you’ve been around
sticking to me like day to night
but you’ve got no form that can be found
you’re just a little sprite
this dance of intention and what is so
graph it on the corner of x and y
but the sand’s dippin’ on the hour glass hole
saying don’t be shy
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6. |
Adrift
06:23
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ocean she was adrift on, blanket arms
tossed by ancient matter,
made for higher power,
you cast a net too tight,
with perfume of tongue and fire,
no avalanche of reasoning to loosen rope and wire
its damned desires, that weaken more, her oily skin her deepest pores
out of darkness, light ignites a blinding place, her blood and veins remain
her blast of blue, as open palms release her hue,
letters dripping from her tongue, it is done
breathing in, holding four
It is time to let it go
exhale
exhale
exhale
exhale
exhale
exhale
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7. |
Looking For Free
04:35
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I had a seat on top of the world, a star in my crown
I was knocked from my feet as fate unfurled my face to the ground
life is a wheel, that’s the deal, it turns you around
whatever you feel, you better let it all heal or you’ll lose what was found
freedom’s a word what does it mean can anyone say?
I think it’s like love only truly seen when you know its way
is there a false understanding that comes into play?
you’re strong up until the landing, and then you’re made out of clay
looking for free
looking for free
I walked to the water, the morning was new
the starlings were diving out of the blue
exquisitely woven all through the sky
their changing pattern came to my eye
I could not help but be who I was and where
a being of light made of water breathing the air
looking for free
looking for free
looking for free
looking for free
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8. |
I Was a Child
05:39
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I was born, I was a child, I grew up, I went to school, I got a job
I was born, I was a child, I grew up, I went to school, I got myself a job
that job became a thing that I do well and now I do it all the time
have mercy, I’m trying to do my best
lord have mercy, my demons don’t rest
I woke up today trying to find my way, I was a child
I was alone, I met a girl, I combed my hair, we fell in love. we made a home
I was alone, I met a girl I combed my hair, we fell in love, we made ourselves a home
a home is a place in the heart where love can feel at home
have mercy, I’m trying to do my best
lord have mercy, my demons don’t rest
I woke up today trying to find my way, I was a child
I was born without knowing when I might die
I was born without knowing when I might die
to die is to fly from underneath to up above or so I’m told
have mercy, I’m trying to do my best
lord have mercy, my demons don’t rest
I woke up today trying to find my way, I was a child
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9. |
War on Truth
03:41
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hello crooked line, so hard to trace
may I learn to turn gracefully
I’ve been drawing lines inside my heart
may I learn to turn
shiny next thing, I don’t know just how
you’ve won any favor in the theater of now
those words are untrue coming out of that face
and if there’s a heart I see no trace
I’ve been thumb-typing in the echo chamber
it’s such a disheartening place
there’s a war on truth, there’s a war on
you’re weaving your tale from then to right now
how you remember the why and the how
hey just one more thing, listen right now
I wish you a future as good as allowed
as good as allowed, the why and the how
we haven’t much time
what came from before is hard to unwind
listen dear one we haven’t much time
for what lies ahead
you better leave something behind
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10. |
Moonshot
04:19
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I want to know
what I can not
I want to show
a good face
things forgotten long ago somehow still around
misremembered happenstance never really found
undetected influence silently resounds
dandelion seeds are sleeping underground
I want you
to hold my hand
I want you
to understand
unconstructed memory
decomposing tide
misconnected company
unrequited pride
undesired souvenir looking kind of tired
reluctantly admitting that the moonshot’s missing wide
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11. |
Blue
04:11
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she’s a country girl down in her heart
she wakes up when the bird song starts
she says she once merged with the color green
but her name is blue and that’s plainly seen
she’s the lightning flash and the thunder boom
when she’s not around I hope she comes back soon
when I think of her you know it makes me smile
our kisses last a long long while
she’s a cumulous cloud up in the sky
a thing of beauty coming to my eye
she dances like a willow tree, full of grace, light and free
she’s the lightning flash and the thunder boom
when she’s not around I hope she comes back soon
when I think of her you know it makes me smile
our kisses last a long long long while
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12. |
Great Divide
03:25
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there’s no way across this divide
we’ll never see things the same way
you say your logic’s sound and no one can deny
all of these half-truths that you’re saying
there’s no telling what may lie before you
when your words are so disguised
before too long misfortune will enfold you
and it’ll come as no surprise
there’s no way across this divide
we’ll never be on the same page
every other thing you say is a total blatant lie
you’re the one who belongs inside a cage
there’s no telling what may lie before you
when your words are so disguised
before too long misfortune will enfold you
and it’ll come as no surprise
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13. |
Slip Away Quietly
04:12
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I me my, when where who
is it the same as this for me and you?
wake now, it’s time to rise
morning light comes to the eyes
I don’t know, I just feel
What you love you just can’t steal
let’s slip away from this noisy crowd
somewhere quiet where we can sing real loud
if only I could listen better before I put my words together
but I’m here speaking in tongues because something’s alive
somewhere inside me and you
what is the way to here
it’s not so clear
somethings alive somewhere inside me and you
sleep now it’s time for bed
rest your tired feet and weary head
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14. |
Woodstock
05:53
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Saint Ophelia Vashon, Washington
The Alt Folk-Rock band, Saint Ophelia is a five-piece ensemble fronted by vocalist/guitarist Rebekah Kuzma, singer songwriter Joe Panzetta, and pedal steel magician Dan Tyack. With a killer rhythm section of Wesley Peterson on drums and Chuck Keller on bass, their original songs run the gamut from groovy to rockin’ to spacious, and seem to move through them rather than from them. ... more
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