1. |
Valhalla
06:01
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Someone's in the bathtub
Passing time and in the bathtub
Drinking local beer and blowing smoke up to the rafters
Try to twist the knobs there with your feet there in the bathtub
Soapy water hot, there's a house
{Chorus}
There is a hill
Not to far from here
There upon a hill
Everyone's singing, everyone
On a wooded hilltop
There where the pavement stops
There is a house
Seven children strong
And when they were young'uns
Their mama gave them lovin’
Their mama gave them, their mama gave them
What they need, look at how they've grown
{Chorus}
Susan was vivacious
Bill was never home
Sally loved her mother
and the condo that she owned
in Valhalla She was kinda shall'a
Chester was a genius
Thomas lived alone
Both of them were sleeping
And Tim was getting stoned on the veranda
What about Miranda?
{Chorus}
Susan was strong
William was wrong
Sally was thin
She kept it within
Chester was bright
Thomas polite
Timmy was high
High as a kite
{Chorus}
Do you believe
Fairy tales come true?
There upon a hill
Everyone's singing, everyone.
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2. |
Otis
03:50
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Otis was a workin’ man
Livin’ a life so fine
Otis was a friend of mine
Living a routine life,
never did leave that town
Otis don't you frown
{Chorus}
Me oh, my oh,
Ain't never been down before.
Me oh, my oh {repeat}
It's all right,
it's all right,
it's all right
You can leave it ‘til tomorrow
It's all right,
it's all right,
it's all right
You can lend and you can borrow
Otis was an honest man
Never did tell a lie
Otis, don't you cry
Livin’ and givin’ and doin’ as he could
Otis was damn near good
{Chorus }
Otis was a single man
Never did wanna get hitched
Otis don't you bitch
Chickens and pigs, didn't have no kids,
Doin’ as he pleased
Otis, don't get on you knees
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3. |
Alaska =>
06:21
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Alaska
Friends, gather 'round me
I want to tell you 'bout what's inside me
I had this daydream
Comin' on, comin' on
Jimmy Carter made the national arctic refuge
People laughed at him and wondered why
When Jimmy Carter made the national arctic refuge
He saved the heart of the world in a needle's eye
You've got wind no one is blown by
Views no eyes have seen
Rivers no one had drank from
Mountains no mind has dreamed
I went down to the River Canning
The water was sweet and cold
Crystal clear liquid touched my lips
And it's essence filled my soul
With the power of love, love
I wake up in the morning sunlight
It lights my face and the world around
I lay my head in the midnight sunlight
I lay my soul on untouched ground
Rhythm in the wind and the fire lights are glowing
One thousand antlers pass for a stranger's smile
The fiddle man cast his spell that misty morning
He's bidding you hang around for a while
I've never known a godly kingdom
I've never loved a god of stone
Revealed to me, complete contentedness
In the northern wind, I'm going home
I don't know if there's a place
Where you can find a godly race
But the river is deep and the river is wide
And there's sunlight waiting on the other side
Friends gather 'round
I want to tell you 'bout what's inside me
I had this daydream comin' on, comin' on
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4. |
Angel From Montgomery =>
05:45
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I am an old woman named after my mother
My old man is another child that's grown old
If dreams were lightning thunder was desire
This old house would have burnt down a long time ago
Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery
Make me a poster of an old rodeo
Just give me one thing that I can hold on to
To believe in this living is just a hard way to go
When I was a young girl well, I had me a cowboy
He weren't much to look at, just free rambling man
But that was a long time and no matter how I try
The years just flow by like a broken down dam.
Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery
Make me a poster of an old rodeo
Just give me one thing that I can hold on to
To believe in this living is just a hard way to go
There's flies in the kitchen I can hear 'em there buzzing
And I ain't done nothing since I woke up today.
How the hell can a person go to work in the morning
And come home in the evening and have nothing to say.
Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery
Make me a poster of an old rodeo
Just give me one thing that I can hold on to
To believe in this living is just a hard way to go
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5. |
Alaska
10:16
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Alaska
Friends, gather 'round me
I want to tell you 'bout what's inside me
I had this daydream
Comin' on, comin' on
Jimmy Carter made the national arctic refuge
People laughed at him and wondered why
When Jimmy Carter made the national arctic refuge
He saved the heart of the world in a needle's eye
You've got wind no one is blown by
Views no eyes have seen
Rivers no one had drank from
Mountains no mind has dreamed
I went down to the River Canning
The water was sweet and cold
Crystal clear liquid touched my lips
And it's essence filled my soul
With the power of love, love
I wake up in the morning sunlight
It lights my face and the world around
I lay my head in the midnight sunlight
I lay my soul on untouched ground
Rhythm in the wind and the fire lights are glowing
One thousand antlers pass for a stranger's smile
The fiddle man cast his spell that misty morning
He's bidding you hang around for a while
I've never known a godly kingdom
I've never loved a god of stone
Revealed to me, complete contentedness
In the northern wind, I'm going home
I don't know if there's a place
Where you can find a godly race
But the river is deep and the river is wide
And there's sunlight waiting on the other side
Friends gather 'round
I want to tell you 'bout what's inside me
I had this daydream comin' on, comin' on
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6. |
Neighbor
16:08
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7. |
Chasing Away
13:14
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8. |
Sinner
06:17
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Sinner
I've never been a winner but I wonder if I wasn't myself
Because I've always been a sinner but I never really felt like my own self
I remember days of infamy
I remember my friends and they remember me
And I guess I need a vision cause I never really listen to advice
Well I guess I need a vision cause I never really listen to advice
My father was a preacher and my mother was a diligent wife.
I grew up with the choir singin',
I grew up straight but I raised up swingin'
By my own esitmation, I'm a drifter destination unknown.
{Chorus}
And it's all I can do to stand up.
I'm really tired, but I raise my head and I step up
{repeat 2x}
By my own estimation, I'm a drifter destination unknown.
And I've never lived a life that I'm ashamed of being my own.
Call it sin, call it salvation.
Whichever one it is I know I've found elation.
High steppin' honey like a runnin' gun runnin' from the law, and that’s all
Well I am high steppin' honey like a runnin' gun runnin' from the law.
And I've never been afraid of anyone or anything I ever saw.
A fist came up and it cracked my smile
Then a man went down and now he's sleepin' for a while.
He's got a dirt bed baby only baby he ain't never gettin' up
{Chorus}
He's got a dirt bed baby only baby he ain't never gettin' up, no
I had a dog named Moses, Moses was a diamond in the rough.
For 14 years he walked my side
Walked this world that's where he lived and died.
He was meaner than hell but he loved me well indeed
Well I've never been a winner but I wonder if I wasn't myself
Because I've always been a sinner but I never really felt like my own self
Call it sin, call it salvation
Whichever one it is, I know I've found elation
High steppin' honey like a runnin' gun runnin' from the law - that's all.
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9. |
Poland
07:45
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Poland
Oh in the nineteen thirties
Son born to a Brooklyn ghetto
And when his people saw him
Ohh they could sense his yearning and
There in his eyes
Something was speaking gently
There in his eyes
One lived to come and greet me
Father oh father is working
Soup pot is waiting
Time that was lost and books that were kept
Mother of mother is waiting
There in her eyes
Grayness of morning captured
There where she lies
Black and white photos keep her
Oh at the end of the hallway
A closet and a life that was stolen
The mandolin and pocket book jewelry
Tokens of a life left in Poland
There in her eyes
Something was speaking gently
City street lights
Son born, immigrant lady
There is a pony in Brooklyn
A boy and a pony in Brooklyn
There is an immigrant lady
Wonder what she's doing lately
I was thinkin' about my life
Thinkin' Bout where I've come
All the things he might have said
All the things he might have done
I was lying on the floor
There is what my mind's eye said
What an easy life you've had
What a simple live you've led
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10. |
Oxbow
13:23
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Oxbow
Magazine is empty and its tired morning empty
Twisted music telling of an order not yet woke
Speaking to the paper and its tired morning empty
Ragged clothing lying on the floor from which it spoke
Picture frame is empty and its tired morning empty
Guitar strap is holding with a piece of aging string
Speaking to the riddle and its tired morning empty
Mother's dark beholden to the nail from which it clings
Be on your way
Morning light is going to comfort you
Yes you know you're gonna sleep
Morning light is going to comfort you
Be on your be on your way
The voice of the hunter has fallen to choke
A well-crafted lyric that he must have spoke
There's a light in the window and the chimney brick walls
Smoke only rises and dawn gently falls
Dawn gently falls, and its gone and its gone and
And of the late day sun and it falls back down till the morning comes
Dawn gently falls, and its gone again to the day
Cheek bone finally empty and its tired morning empty
Under garment laughing at the color that it bears
Speaking to the paper and its tired morning empty
Wooden plank is bowing to the burden it now shares
Paper sack is empty and its tired morning empty
Racket lying lazy and the music box is broke
Speaking to the riddle and its tired morning empty
Rhyme is slowly spelling from the flesh in which it woke
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11. |
What Say You
05:49
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What Say You
Upstairs a handsome woman slept
She practiced out the act of creation
With blind acceptance
She bore her station in this life
As one of two that woman lived
He was twice her age, at least he looked it
Years of smoke and worry creased his skin
and hollowed both his eyes
{Chorus}
What say you?
What are you waiting for?
What say you?
Alone on your own.
While walking down the gravel road
Winter came and turned their breath to stone
They walked this world together
But in the end they face their gods alone
Coarse tobacco met their breath
Mingled with the sentiment they spoke
Reflecting on the magic that they lost
They inhaled the fragrant smoke
{Chorus}
He worried 'bout the little things
The telephone and when it rings
And when it rings he leaves it where it lies
He's got those hollow eyes
Swirling wisps of bluish smoke
She smiles at him a silent joke,
She smiles at him and thinks "at least he tries."
He's got those hollow eyes
{Chorus}
So many personalities
Are casualties of lives they didn't choose
Some have merely lost their way
Some have nothing left to lose
Counting sheep and losing sleep
And gaining only glimpses of the problem
She lies there in her bed at night
And resigns herself to solve them
{Chorus}
Oh riding on the wake of sleep
She rocks herself and learns to sleep
Honey it ain't all right
but it ain't all wrong
Play your fiddle and lend your voice
Listen to yourself you have no choice
Honey it ain't all right but it ain't all wrong
Play your fiddle and lend your voice
Listen to yourself you have no choice
Honey it ain't all right but it ain't all wrong
Whoah play your fiddle and lend your voice
Listen to yourself you have no choice
Honey it ain't all right but it ain't all wrong.
Oh riding on the wake of sleep
She rocks herself and learns to sleep
Honey it ain't all right
but it ain't all wrong
Play your fiddle and lend your voice
Listen to yourself you have no choice
Honey it ain't all right but it ain't all wrong
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12. |
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Great Long While (Songbeard)
In the sultry morning, the saint was born
By the many hands only,
A body born away, born away
There's a pious prophecy
Steeped in secret, born to eternity,
Eternity.
{chorus}
Grow the songbeard
Sow the secret
Another song for the prophet to sing
Grow the songbeard
Sow the secret
Born away, born away.
In the pregnant empty, a song will grow
Seize your body, make you whole,
Make you whole
{chorus}
In the Kingdom counties, broken trail
A ong raised up
and you can hear it wail hear it wail
hear it wail
He's been sitting there a great long while, great long while
Sunlit silver hair, a great long while, great long while.
He's got a funny way about him and I don't know much about him
Born away, born away, born away
But he moves a certain way beneath his feet.
Maybe I'm a fool to coin a simple man a Jew
Born away, born away, born away
But he breathes a certain way beneath his teeth
He's been sitting there a great long while, a great long while
Born away, born away, born away
Sunlit silver hair, a great long while, a great long while
Born away, born away, born away
A great long while ... a great long while.
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13. |
Weston
05:38
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14. |
Mud Spring Draw
05:25
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Mud Spring Draw (Genauer)
Mud Spring Draw
Mud Spring Draw was a peaceful town
Just a ‘lil town outside of Jherico
And when the walls came tumbling down
Mud Spring Draw refused to go
Well, the banker froze
The grocer dozed
The drunkards all wore smiles
As they examined the debris
When the mayor got there
he said "I do declare - A little bit of dust and dirt don't bother me."
{Chorus}
I am bored of the idea
That your days become more clearer
After a long time gone
To the folks of Mud Spring Draw
Who keep livin’ where they are
The days get hard you know
On my way, I'm on my way, I'm on my way
On my way I'll be back home again {repeat}
Outside of town there lived an aging whore
Went by the name of Cindy-Lou
The mayor said she could have been a queen
So did every other guy in town that Cindy knew
They gave her gifts of turquoise rings
They gave her lavish strings of pearls
And in a way she truly was a Queen
The richest one of all the mud Spring girl
{Chorus}
Well the Daughters of the Revolution came to eat,
They reveled in their cakes and creamed potatoes.
The mayor's wife talked of the politics of life
And if she knew about his queen she didn't say so.
Well there was bantering and secret sits
From ticklers that were left behind the toilet
The evening passed and the questions that were asked
Were ones that they were certain wouldn't spoil it.
{Chorus}
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15. |
So Far Gone
21:37
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So Far Gone
I fell in love for the first time
Golden hair hanging down
Seems to me I learned a lesson
Won't be the same second time around
And in my songs I tell a story
I couldn't wait for it to end
And from the darkness there comes insight
I lost my lover and my best friend
{Chorus}
Didn't know
Didn't know that I was so far gone
Did it show
Did it show that I was so far gone
Some say I am the winner
To have known a love so true and kind
I'm looking inside from the outside
And I can't tell how I feel
{Chorus}
So I live my life without her
It ain't that bad I'm learning how
Too weak to cry, it'd fate
Too bad, you're sad, you’re still too late
And I can't tell how I feel
{Chorus}
So turn it on and turn it off
My loves grows dimmer every day
But I am not a fucking light witch
Won't someone please show me the way
Show me the, show me the, show me the way
I live my life and I am strong
I've got myself and I got my songs
And I am happy
Most of the time
But I need somebody, and I need someone.
Show me the way
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16. |
Speculator
07:33
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Speculator
It’s a good song, playin’ on the radio
It’s a fine fine day, I tell you cause I think it’s so
It’s a good life that comes upon ya now and then
And I tell ya tell ya tell ya tell ya cause I tell ya think it’s so
‘Cause I think it’s so
I was walkin’ down the hill beside
The town in which I live this evenin’
Alcoholic lemonade
In ice filled glasses givin’ way to the evening - heat, mm-hmm
This is what I (oooooooo)
This is what I (oooooooo)
This is what I saw
This is what I saw
By accident I caught a woman getting dressed
She nearly looked away
And the big round sun was falling down
It grazed the pavement, touched upon her gray
Sipping beer on aging porches
Crooked walls, built before my birth.
Latent heat on the quiet streets and, people sleep and
people talk this evening, mm-hmm.
This is what I saw
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17. |
Utterly Addled
05:36
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Utterly Addled
I've come unhinged
I think I'm coming apart
My mind is udderly addled, my mind is udderly addled
Comin' apart
And there's an old man bent pie man singin’
And there's an old man jug band playin’
One bad apple Meet you at the chapel
One bad apple I'm done, I'm done, I'm done, I'm done, I'm done I'm runnin’ my mouth
I'm spinning my gears
I've been trying lately
Still she seems to hate me
Comin apart Comin’ all apart
Gotta get it while it's good
Gotta get it while the getting’ is good
Gotta get it while it's good {repeat 4x}
I've got a gun, I've got a girl
My tongue is trying to cheat me
Help my self defeat me
Comin’ apart
There is a man he's got a camera
The pictures he is making
Remind me of him faintly
Comin apart Comin’ all apart
Gotta get it while it's good
Gotta get it while the getting’ is good
Gotta get it while it's good
I've come unhinged, I think I'm comin’ apart.
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18. |
Lines and Circles =>
07:50
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Lines and Circles
People come and people go
Winds that howl and winds that blow
And you, got to let it go.
People come and people go
Winds that howl and winds that blow
And you, got to let it go.
{repeated by Jon and Erik throughout song}
Some people, sometimes
Some follow circles and some follow lines
Time and time and time again
Circles break and lines they bend
And you, got to let it go
Time and time and time again
Circles break and lines they bend
And you, got to let it go
He came lookin',
Lookin' for the promised land
With a gun on his shoulder
And a bible in his hand
So that's the position
Is it too late?
Some call it injustice
And some call it fate
This is your country, yeah
This is where you live
I'm asking forgiveness, yeah
Who can forgive?
I don't know, I don't know, I don’t know
I don't really care.
I don't know, I don't know, I don’t know
I don't really care.
Some people follow circles
Some people follow lines
Some people follow
Some people follow what they...
Some people follow circles
Some people follow lines
Some people follow
Some people follow what they...
People come and people go
Winds that howl and winds that blow
Winds that howl and winds that blow
People come and people go
People come and people go
Winds that howl and winds that blow
Winds that howl and winds that blow
People come and people go
People come and people go
Winds that howl and winds that blow
Winds that howl and winds that blow
People come and people go
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19. |
...As =>
02:40
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…As
(Trafton/Genauer)
I hope last night doesn't wake up this morning
And tell tomorrow what I've done
I know {repeat 9x}
I shoulda been sleepin
I know {repeat 9x}
The crap I'm reaping
Never made it to my bed ...
I don't have much time, two ways to borrow
So I'll leave off where I began
I hope last night doesn't wake up this morning
And tell tomorrow what I've done
I know {repeat 9x}
I shoulda been sleepin
I know {repeat 9x}
The crap I'm reaping
Never made it to my bed …
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20. |
Lines and Circles
05:00
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21. |
Things That Fly
12:41
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Things That Fly
Things that Fly
Have you ever seen a two-headed dragon?
Do you believe in things that fly?
We can pretend you are the fair lady maiden
And I the noble king riding high.
Well the day comes together
When the sun touches the sky
After the time they spend together
Knights in shining armor come to take me home
Have you ever seen a bird take to flight
Do you believe in things that fly?
I am a man born of two legs
Take my hand and watch me try
Take my hand and watch me try
Have you ever seen a plant go to seed?
Do you believe in things that die?
The sounds of wonder, mystical sights
You and I and things that fly and by and by
You and I and things that fly and by and by
You and I and things that fly and by and by
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22. |
All The Same
07:39
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Reid Genauer San Francisco, California
Reid Genauer is an American Musician best known for his roles as singer, songwriter, storyteller in Assembly of Dust and Strangefolk
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