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Sun In Winter
03:24
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Sun In Winter
Well it’s the space between the notes that makes a song
And I will trace the outline of where you belong
Beautiful lace is just a thread that strung along
And I must face the ways in which I treated you wrong
Chorus
(First day was easy, second day was hard)
And I miss you like the sun in winter
Laying in the yard in the snow
Tryin’ to catch that glow before it goes
I’ll take this time upon this rock to just be still
And let no rhyme distract and all my visions fill
Quiet my mind, it is the hardest test of will
The gears they grind, and I have broke down the mill
Chorus
(Gettin’ here was easy, staying here is hard)
These dusty walls, well they belie the shape I’m in
An order tall to reckon with my many sins
And my resolve I fear is ever growing thin
The echos call and I wonder just whose turn it is
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93,500 Miles
02:45
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93,500 miles
No one said it’d be easy, yes I knew it’d be hard from the start
All it takes is one stuck bolt to stop the wheels and break your heart
Ninety three thousand, five hundred miles, bound to hit a bump in the road
Got ninety nine questions and two bad directions how the hell am I gonna get home
Never been one for what ifs, yeah I figure I’ll just figure it out
Every once in a while, even a fearless heart knows the feeling of a little bit of doubt
Thirty six hundred fifty days, a heavy load we’ve been towing
Got ninety nine questions and two bad directions, can you tell me where the hell I am going
Do you ever wonder just what you’re doing here
Do you ever ask the question- does anybody even care
Sometimes it seems the breakdowns are more than we can bear
But turning back now just don’t make sense when you’re already halfway there
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Leave the Path
02:39
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Leave the Path
I have walked many miles with my life upon my back
I’ve survived off the sustenance contained within my sack
I have slept on the ground in the rain and in the drought
I have learned in my time how to do without
In my youth I rode the rails, I thumbed my way from there to here
these days I mostly drive, but I still hold those memories near
Well I will keep on wandering as far as the days are long
And all I really need is what I can bring along
Chorus
You’ve got to leave the path behind sometimes to find your way
And only you can walk that line you lay out every day
There’s something in those forests, fields, and desert canyon lands
Says this is your only lifetime, better get it while you can
So if you have been dreaming about leaving your hometown
expectations, obligations, they conspire to keep you down
Well I am here to tell you don’t be scared of the unknown
Just keep your wits about you, they will get you where you’re going
Chorus
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Show Me
04:15
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Show Me
I need you to show me that you love me
If you want me to believe those pretty words
When you don’t show me that you love me
You had best believe it fills my heart with hurt
Chorus
All through the day, into the night
I want to treat each other right
All through the night, into the day
If we try, then we can always feel this way
I need you to show me, don’t just tell me
Love is something that you have to feel
But when you show me, please still tell me
I need both to believe that this is real
Chorus
I need you to show me, oh my baby
What you really think this love is worth
But if you show me, oh my darlin
Then I will always be your girl
Chorus
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Tell the Mailman
03:18
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Tell the Mailman
Chorus
Oh won’t you tell the mailman I got a new address
It’s been 30 long years looking for what I lack
And you can mark those letters return to sender
Cause lord knows where I’m going they’re gonna send them back
I’m tired and young, I’ve come up short far too long
If living is flying, I’m dying to know here my life has gone
Cause I’m trying to get by just living fancy free
Keep hearing a voice inside me saying all is for nothing
Chorus
Bridge
It’s days like these I want to crawl down the hill like a waterfall
It’s days like these I could it all away and live below the salt
I could give up now, run away and restart
But I’ll keep my eyes on the prize
Like it’s the last train out of the yard
The painted lines on the highway guide us safely across the land
But I know this ol’ road like the creases in the palm of my hand
Chorus
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Sand Into Pearls
04:03
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Sand Into Pearls
Have you ever lost your way in this world
Countin up the cost of turning sand into pearls
The discomfort of skin, stretching tight, wearing thin
Wondering if we are broken or just breaking it in
Unravel and mend, how can I begin
Laying hardly movin, wondering what will sooth this state I’m in
Round the corner, there’s another high hill
I can see the mourners, tell me who’s laying still
Well our flesh and our bones are just made out of stone
It’s some alchemy knows how to make something grow
We don’t need to be show what we need to atone
Laying hardly moving, wondering what’ll sooth my soul
Have you ever wanted to find your way in this world
Can’t say I’ve never thought it, giving leaving a whirl
I just wanted to feel something other than real
There's no way to conceal what our eyes will reveal
Well we all know the deal, seems that our fate is sealed
Laying hardly moving, wondering if I’ll ever heal
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Ridgelines
03:19
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Ridgelines
If nobody was lookin, who do you want to be?
Tucked away from the world, just you and me
How would you spend your lifetime, if all expectations fade
If now one would see it, what would you make
I’d build a cabin on a hillside, I’d clear some brush to make a trail
I’d put some forts up in the trees, so all my friends can visit me
And build a fire for telling all our tales
If nobody was listening, how would your songs sound
What do you play for yourself when no ones around
If you never took a picture, what would make you smile
What do you do that makes life worth the while
I’d spend my summer walking ridgelines with my banjo on my back
I’d spend my winters staying in, learning tunes in golden afternoons,
and spring would find me heading down the tracks
If nobody was watching, would you dance for fun
If no one ever saw your body would you still run
Do you walk a straight line, are things as they seem
Or is your head, like mine, still full of dreams
I’d spend my mornings tending flowers that I’d make into my tea
I’d spend my evenings on the porch, picking melodies through open doors
And afternoons we’d spend down by the creek
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8. |
What Makes Me Think
04:02
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What Makes Me Think
This old brown coat, it hangs on the wall
Covering my room with a shade
It’s simple design leaves much to be desired
But it’s never let me down on a cold day
The old window by bed has no time to be concerned
With the fleeting light that it lets in
It’s just happy to be of use
An objective point of view of the condition of the world or my yard
Chorus
What makes me think
I could have it in a blink
What makes me think
I have the right
I’m cold, calm, collected
I’m not one to be affected
By the tumultuous relation of time and space
But when I look into your eyes
I see thousands of miles
Of bad roads you helped me to evade
It ain’t too hard to see
In the end the fool was me
For admiring a cart with no horse
Like an old time expression
Your words they are a lesson
On putting care into everything you do
Chorus
Life’s a funny story
Where the end is always blurry
And the start is too hard to recall
But as far as I can tell
We make it up by the hour
Stretching our poor brains to the bone
Now I’ve taken my time to wander
I’ve broken dreams that couldn’t be soldered
Like a carved mountain soil, I’ve had to settle
I’m burying my excuses
I see the lines, I am lucid
I could throw cold water until I wear away
Chorus
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Misery Is My Company
02:25
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Misery is my Company
Misery is my company, she has always been my friend
It’s the sort of friendship that i fear will never end
Sometimes when I see her coming, I try to pretend
That she ain’t my most familiar feeling toward I tend
chorus
I keep on finding myself standing on this sharp, unsteady ground
Clinging to my misery, too afraid to look around
And once I follow her out to that dark and dreary land
Well I can't find my way back home, I tremble where I stand
Misery is my company, I’m so comfortable with her
And when I see her face I can feel finally understood
I try to stay away because I know she aint no good
But into her sweet cold embrace I’m always gently lured
I keep on finding myself standing on this sharp, unsteady ground
Clinging to my misery, too afraid to look around
And once I follow her out to that ??????????
Well I can hardly breathe and tears are streaming down my face
Misery is my company yes I know her far to well
And even when I move around she finds me where I dwell
I tell her to go away sometimes I even yell
But habits they die hard we’re walking hand in hand to hell
Chorus
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10. |
Reset My Heart
03:14
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Reset My Heart
Reset my heart, let’s take some time
You work on yours, I’ll work on mine
We’ll start anew another day
Take time apart, so love can stay
Well life can be an awful grind
We get so tired, body and mind
And in the haze of overwhelm
Too often we will start to yell
Chorus
Even the best of friends must part
And lovers leave to keep the spark
It takes a change to day to day
To remember why we live this way
Chorus
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Slow Burn
03:01
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Slow Burn
Finding peace in a small town is like watching a doe at sundown
Patienting waiting gently for a moment’s surprise
These golden hills in winter ain’t no perfect photo filter
But their hues do shine likes summer’s dying wishes
And there ain’t no use in whispering like secrets we keep from our neighbors
All the wounds beneath our hides are plain to see
I never yearned for the hurtin’ of the letting go of persons, places, and things that make the streets seem a humble abode
Bridge Chorus
It’s a slow burn, I can see the leaves have turned
Chorus
Let me work when I’m hungry, let me eat when I’m lazy
Let me choose the ways I want to be remembered
Both you and I know now, there’s a darkness that lurks in this town that’ll make a poor boy shake and the cows come home
I’ll employ my senses to find some deep reflections to honor the ones that made me who I am
Bridge Chorus
Chorus
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What Happened to That Feeling
We used to watch the sun go down, I’d touch your tender hand
And we’d talk until the morning bout our lives and all our plans
And our love it felt much bigger than even this vast land
What happened to that feeling, has it slipped away like sand
We've been working so hard that our hands are worn and rough
And it’s an understatement saying times they have been tough
And our romance can get buried under piles of life's hard stuff
Oh what happened to that feeling, will it ever be enough
Well I’m walking in the rain again, feeling mighty blue
And even though you’re close, I feel so far away from you
Walking in the rain to wash these teardrops from my eyes
I’ll just keep on walking, hoping you’ll stay by me side
Last night we watched the moon rise and I took your hand in mine
Said that maybe like the moon our love has phases for to shine
And when we can’t see it, we must trust it will return in time
What happened to that feeling, our love is on the line
Chorus
We still stay up talking bout our fears and all our dreams
And how our life is different than it from a distance seemed
There ain’t no denying that we make quite a team
What happened to that feeling, flows like water in the stream
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The Resonant Rogues Marshall, North Carolina
The Resonant Rogues’ dark Appalachian folk paints a picture of their lives in the mountains of Western North Carolina and on the road. Anchored by the songwriting duo of Sparrow (banjo, accordion) and Keith Smith (guitar), the duo has traveled the byways and highways of America and crossed the oceans with instruments in tow. ... more
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