1. |
Sun Don’t Care
04:45
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Find me someone who knows, now – or someone who might care
I got some place to go and I don’t know how to get there
Thought I could fly but now it looks like I’ll hafta crawl
And I got so many good reasons to do nothin at all
Sometimes I get so confused… I don’t even get the blues
Why’s it so hard to live with what you choose?
My mama she showed me right, now – taught me so well
How to carry my burden so that no one could tell
So everyone keeps askin me, yeah – as if I knew
What makes the people we love do all the stupid sh*t they do
I just tell ‘em what I’ve learned so far – like you’ll need two hands if you’re gonna open that jar
And you’re not invisible in your car
And the sun don’t care if you get hot
The wind don’t care if you’re cold
Ain’t no use blamin life for what you still ain’t got
Cuz time don’t care if you get old
I don’t get to be prepared for what hasn’t happened yet
And there’s no prize for rememberin what others have the good sense to forget
I got someone who loves me strong but I need a bear to save my skin
Someone to drive me fast to the place where the ships come in
A dog’ll get you outa bed but you still gotta claim what’s in your head
And you don’t get to quit until you’re dead
And the sun don’t care if you get hot
The wind don’t care if you’re cold
Ain’t no use blamin life for what you still ain’t got
Cuz time don’t care if you get old
And the sun don’t care if you get hot
The wind don’t care if you’re cold
Ain’t no use blamin life for what you still ain’t got
Cuz time don’t care if you get old
No time don’t care if you get old
No time don’t care if you get old
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2. |
Angel Fly
04:06
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Ain’t for wimps livin here in this place
Every way you walk gonna find the wind in your face
I got a few calls to make, probably some falls to take
But baby give me some balls to break
I’ll try to fake it through today
You know they’re thinking ‘slacker’ when they tell you you’re so brave
How dare you think you’re better than us ordinary slaves
yeah, they’re thinking that you chose
to stick your face in doors that close
they can’t hear that voice, I s’pose
that goes ‘do it anyway’
Fly low – keep your eye on the line – angel, fly
run slow, but keep your eye on the time – angel run
So if you think it ain’t work if I ain’t up at dawn’s early crack
Don’t be the one telling me how you got my back
Cuz you don’t know who I’ve talked to
And you ain’t been where I’ve walked through
But I got eyes like a hawk to
Stalk some hope today
Fly low – keep your eye on the line – angel, fly
run slow, but keep your eye on the time – angel run
I’ve got a real job, thank you – I’ve got a chance
If you can’t hear the music, don’t tell me how to dance
Fly low – keep your eye on the line – angel, fly
run slow, but keep your eye on the time – angel run
Fly low – you got your life on the line – angel fly
Run slow, but keep your eye on the time – angel, run
Fly low – keep your eye on the line – angel, fly.
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3. |
Not
05:08
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I know what you’re thinkin when you look at me that way
You think you want me; think I’m the one,
Think about that time you think we had a shot
And I know what you’re seein when you look at me that way
The box of letters you can’t open and still can’t throw away
But can you see what I’m not?
I’m not Atlantis; I’m not Rome
I’m not the girl you left at home
I’m not tomorrow; I’m not yesterday
I’m not what you lost along the way
I get a little squirmy when you look at me that way
An empty vase, a secret joke, a half-full glass
Some days it’s all I’ve got
But you know it’s nothing when you look at me that way
I’m not the reason you’re feelin better –
Look around, babe – some things have changed a lot
I’m not Atlantis; I’m not Rome
I’m not the girl you left at home
I’m not tomorrow; I’m not yesterday
I’m not what you lost along the way
What you lost along the way isn’t gone –
You’re the needle; it’s the thread
And if you finally wanna look, babe,
Better start inside your head
And ask yourself when you look at me that way
‘what should I do instead?’
cuz she’s not me and I’m not you and you won’t find it in my bed
I’m not Atlantis; I’m not Rome
I’m not the girl you left at home
I’m not tomorrow; I’m not yesterday
I’m not what you lost along the way
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4. |
Listen
03:24
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listen, if you listen to the birds at 4 am
And they don’t say ‘here comes the sun’
Well, then it’s time – then it’s time to run.
But if you listen, you can listen, come and listen to my eyes
You might be surprised to hear
The secret joy that hides behind the tear
Listen… listen: maybe the sun laughs when it burns
If you listen, if you listen to the cars on your way home
And they don’t say ‘we’d rather fly’
Well, then it’s true – the spirit is a lie
But if you listen… let me touch you… you can listen to my hands
And you might just catch the ring;
The private peace…underneath the sting
Listen… listen; maybe your heart shouts when it learns
I’m thinking maybe we could even rest a little while
Count our toes, maybe, listen close, see if we can hear them smile
If you listen, if you listen to the waves as they roll out
And they don’t say ‘we’ll see you soon’
Well, then it’s done – yeah, then we’ve lost the moon
But try to listen if you wake up every day and still you try
Still you eat, you walk, you drive
Well, don’t call it faith, but it’s keeping you alive
Listen… listen; maybe the earth hums when it turns.
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5. |
All I Said
03:54
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My name is Jesus and I work a trade; get hot and tired, go sit down in the shade
My friends they join me and we talk about life. Loyalty and love and wanting kids and a wife.
My parents worry about the things I do
“You got some ideas, kid, don’t seem right for a Jew”
I say, look, I’ve seen it, life’s a bitch and then you die -
I just think we all should get along or at least we oughta try
Cuz I can’t believe god’s such a fool to say
‘you’re mine if you were born a Jew, yeah, that’s the only rule’
And all i said was if heaven’s so great then it must be full of love
And if it’s only god and us up there well that must be what we are made of
That’s all i said.
My name is Jesus and I’m here in hell
Got water and a sleeping pill if you ain’t doin so well
I must admit I might have been wrong
Maybe god is not so kind or maybe not so strong
Cuz so many fall and we don’t help them stand
When there’s so much we can do with just the fingers on one hand
Someone just told me I’m famous now
But when they told me what my fans were like well it made no sense somehow
Cuz I can’t believe - I’m coal red with shame
When I hear about the dreams and souls you’ve murdered in my name.
When all i said was if heaven’s so great then it must be full of love
And if it’s only god and us up there well that must be what we are made of
That’s all i said.
It’s all about love is all i said
It ain’t that hard if you use your head
Not love if you’re white, not love if you’re straight,
Not what you call love when it’s actually hate
I said love your fucking neighbor; that’s all i said.
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6. |
August River Blues
04:53
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My deepest love – someday you’ll know
How fast and strong the pull
The current of the river
That dragged me to your dock and paused just long enough – just a breath –
To let me grab your hand.
My sweetest gift – you’ll have to know
How cold and dark the ground
The dirt around the roots
I sunk to keep me in one place
It shields me from the light
The light that lets me see your face
So I’ve come to fight with you
Live through the night with you
I’ll pull you close
Then push you away
And when it’s all said and done
I’ll be the lucky one
Who loved you every way
That you dared to be seen
And the river washes us clean.
My tender dream – you’ve let me know
How long and high the rope
With your love as the net underneath
And the rest at the end
In the tower, the tower where I shout down the world
So I’ve come to fight with you
Live through the night with you
I’ll pull you close
Then push you away
And when it’s all said and done
I’ll be the lucky one
Who loved you every way
That you dared to be seen
And the river washes us clean.
The river, the river, the river
It washes us clean.
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7. |
Paper Boats
05:17
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When I was a kid we never worried
‘Bout the paper boats we sent sailin down the stream
Wasn’t till much later that I realized
Things ain’t always as sturdy as they seem
And now that I’ve arrived here in this unfamiliar place
I wish I’d had a chance to ask someone
Hey now, is there anything that I should bring along
And what’s it feel like – what’s it feel like when you’re gone?
So only now does it occur to me to wonder
Why we never found the soggy paper on the shore
Musta been that our job was the building and the letting go
And the rest was what the wind is for
So now as I prepare myself to step out of the dark
And take that wind to wherever those ships stand
I know I can no more stay here than a paper boat can cling
to the child who launches it as planned
And I’ve sung so many love songs
I’ve hushed so many fears
I’ve sunk so many battleships
I’ve dried so many tears
so make my sails tall enough to reach the sky
make the bottom strong and wide
remember that the stream will flow much faster if it’s full
and that’s the use for all the tears you’ve cried
Cuz I’ve sung so many love songs
I’ve hushed so many fears
I’ve sunk so many battleships baby
I’ve dried so many tears
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8. |
24-7
04:49
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I can see the way your head springs from the pillow as soon as the phone rings
And i can see it’s after 4 and all still you’ve been waitin for my call
I can see the way your lips move around the word ‘hey’ like they always do
And I can see that slow sweet smile that climbs your face
And you don’t know how clear I see the you that sometimes thinks of me
And touches your burning body in the night
I can see you riding in my truck you got your feet on the dashboard I’m a sittin duck
And i can see it’s time to watch my speed as you pick up on my need
And I can see in my shower by my fire and by the hour
And i can see you slip under my skin without a trace
And you don’t know how clear I see the you that sometimes misses me
And reaches for my body at first light
Feeling you, feeling good
24-7
I know you do; I wish you would
24-7
I’d be with you if I could
24-7
I can see the dawn will be here soon and then another lunch and another moon
And I can see that little thing you do when you think that I’m not watching you
I can see you happy see you sad
see you scared see you mad
I can see you slide into a safe and distant place
And you don’t know how clear I see the you that sometimes looks at me
And wonders if it’s better to take flight
Feeling you, feeling good
24-7
I know you do; I wish you would
24-7
I’d be with you if I could
24-7
Feeling you, feeling good
24-7
I know you do; I wish you would
It’s hot as hell here in heaven
I’d be with you if I could
24-7
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9. |
My Machine
04:20
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Go ahead, babe, go ahead now
Tell me tell me that you love me
Go on now tell me
Just how much you miss me
Cmon tell me how you just can’t wait can’t wait to
kiss me
Cmon darlin tell me about your day
Take your time now make sure you say exactly what you mean
Keep on talking keep talking
Talk to my machine
Well I want to pick up but I’ve got to stick up for my pride
Got to hold out until you can’t hold on you can’t hide
Till you decide you gotta have me enough to
Keep me satisfied
Go ahead babe go ahead now tell me tell me that you need me
Go on now tell me it’s more than you can stand
Cmon tell me how you’re gonna save me from my hand
Shit baby your voice won’t let me walk away
Trying fake some self respect but i feel like I’m fifteen
Just keep on talking keep talking yeah talk to my machine
Well I want to pick up but I’ve got to stick up for my pride
Got to hold out until you can’t hold on you can’t hide
Till you decide you wanna have me enough to
Keep me satisfied
Of course i made the bed - you’re welcome
Ah, you found my note…
You’ll never find the pieces of the first one that I wrote
And I know you’re gettin nervous cuz your friends all called today
But I didn’t talk to them either so they won’t have much to say
You know baby I want to pick up but I’ve got to stick up for my pride
Got to hold out until you can’t hold on you can’t hide
Till you decide you gotta have me enough to
Keep me satisfied
Can you do that?
I said i want to pick up but I’ve got to stick up for my pride
Got to hold out until you can’t hold on you can’t hide
Till you decide you gotta have me enough to
Keep me satisfied
You can talk to my machine.
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10. |
Keeping The Peace
04:42
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Used to be so fine to be your hero – kill a bug, change a lightbulb, dry your tears
Used to be so easy to be your best friend – stand between you and your fears
Like every time that company came and you’d send me to the door
And I’d go… ever mindful that I’d left my heart out there years before
Used to be so fine to be your teacher – you didn’t seem to mind you never got the A
Used to seem so safe to be your daughter – never wanted to grow up anyway
And then one day when company came and I opened up the door
I saw my heart just sittin there waitin right where I’d left it years before
And I haven’t been lovin you; I’ve been keepin the peace
and now I’ve raised my flag so high it won’t come down
I haven’t been holdin you – I’ve been holdin back my heart
And now I’ve let it run so far it can’t be found
And it looks like you’re a casualty of my sudden inconsistency
But I just can’t keep on keepin the peace
Used to be so fine to be your hero – since someone told me that I couldn’t have it all
Used to be so mine to be your daughter – guess I just got tired of acting small
And Saturday when company came and I opened up the door
My heart stood bravely on the steps and said ‘I can’t wait anymore’
We used to try to talk sometimes but I’d hate myself whenever you cried
And later I hated both of us when I saw how hard you finally tried
I used to think I could prove I loved you, that I loved you if I lied
But I haven’t been lovin you; I’ve been keepin the peace
and now I’ve raised my flag so high it won’t come down
I haven’t been holdin you – I’ve been holdin back my heart
And now I’ve let it run so far it can’t be found
And it looks like you’re a casualty of my sudden inconsistency
But I just can’t keep on keepin the peace
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11. |
Petals From A Rose
03:30
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She said I can’t feel my edges, but I know I’m driving off the road
I should be past it by now, I am told
There’s a little less of me every day when I put on my clothes
The things I love fall away like petals from a rose
Some thirty-two times now I’ve told my story to my mother my friends
The cops and the jury
And they gave him eight years I was lucky they say
But it won’t make me into what I might have been today
There’s too many out there; we’re too much alone
Dirt under justice’s shoes
You can lock the pricks up till peace finally comes home
But you can’t give us back what we lose
No you can’t give back what we lose
She said I can’t feel my edges, but I know I’m driving off the road
I should be past it by now, I been told
There’s a little less of me every day when I put on my clothes
The things I love fall away like petals from a rose
I had something in me i guess just from birth
Never knew it was there or even what it was worth
Till he took it from me on the point of his knife
And it turned out to be the whole point of my life
Now I’m just driftwood left on the shore
In the wind and the sun and the sand
I know you wanna touch me but I can’t take any more
And I’d probably leave dust on your hands
Yeah, I’ll turn to dust in your hands.
She said I can’t feel my edges, but I know I’m driving off the road
I should be over it by now, if you go by what I’m told
There’s a little less of me every day when I put on my clothes
The things I love fall away like petals from a rose
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12. |
Feel the Green
04:29
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What are you gonna do?
How are you gonna get through?
There’s whispers behind you, they’re waking you up
But there’s something stuck to your shoe
You didn’t mean to get here early
And now you think you might be late
But your business here’s not over so
You’ll prob’ly hafta wait.
Who is it on the phone?
Why can’t they leave you alone?
Just wanna rest here on your laurels and luck
And wait for your nerve to come home
There’s no breakdowns on the schedule
Nobody really jumps a train
And you can’t just settle someplace
When you came for what’s to gain
You came to see the mountains
You came to feel the green
The people all seem different here
Yeah, they don’t say what they mean
But somewhere in West Virginia you remembered why you came
You came to see the mountains
You came to feel the green
Deadlines and pit stops to make
Comments and pictures to take
Stop and see people you used to get drunk with
Sell em tickets for memory’s sake
You don’t know if you’re a player
Or just a summer referee
You’re just hoping at game over
You get what you came to see
You came to see the mountains
You came to feel the green
They treat you like you’re different here
Like they don’t know what you mean
But somewhere in Pennsylvania you remembered why you came
You came to see the mountains
You came to feel the green
Dreams can take you places
You never meant to go
But you better grab a souvenir
Cuz a dream won’t take you home
You came to see the mountains
You came to feel the green
Though it would be different here
Though you can’t say how you mean
But somewhere in California you remembered why you came
You came to see the mountains
You came to feel the green
You came to see the mountains
You came to feel the dream
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13. |
Red Rover
04:48
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The Bible, the Torah, the Quran
The lord is my shepherd… Psalm 23
I know I’m starting to turn away
I just can’t look at it, listen to it every damn day
And I feel like I need to get on with my life
But I stall
And I don’t really need any more information
I’m still hanging my hopes on the idea of one nation
Under god
Indivisible
With liberty and justice for all
So let’s all go and light a candle
Raise our flags, pretend we can handle
What the human heart
Was never meant to bear.
And if it turns out to be never ending
Will we just keep right on pretending
That it’s sometimes right,
And we only sometimes care.
Red Rover, Red Rover
Let your soldiers come over
With our arms locked in peace
Around the earth we stand.
Red Rover, Red Rover
Let your hatred come over
With our arms locked in love
Around the earth we stand.
Red Rover, Red Rover
Let your terror come over
With our arms locked in strength
Around the earth we stand.
So let’s all go and light a candle
Raise a flag, refuse to handle
What the human heart
Was never meant to bear.
The only thing that’ll be never ending
Is the sound of our voices and the message we’re sending
That there’s no peace till peace is
Everywhere
Red Rover, Red Rover
Let your soldiers come over
With our arms locked in peace
Around the earth we stand.
Red Rover, Red Rover
Let your hatred come over
With our arms locked in love
Around the earth we stand.
Red Rover, Red Rover
Let your terror come over
With our arms locked in strength
Around the earth we stand.
Yo god…
Hey, some help please….
Peace ain’t the same thing as lying down, right?
No such thing as a holy war
You said thou shalt not kill, right?
I’m scared man
Freaked out
Wake up one day and stuff matters
We need Jesus and Gandi, Martin Luther King
The Bible, the Torah, the Quran
The lord is my shepherd…
Now i lay me down to sleep
I pray the lord my soul to keep
And if I die before I wake
I pray the lord my soul to take.
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14. |
Wild Ride
04:05
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Hasn’t it been a wild ride so far, this Red Eye
To the center of our lives
Over rocks and alligators
Flames and floods, cracks and craters
Burned by the sun and blessed by the daughter
And healed by the strands of time beside the water
What a wild, wild ride
Hasn’t it been a sweet adventure, this?
This tango with love’s delicious fear.
From the bedroom to the boardroom
Just lookin for some living room
Sickness, thickness, lust, bust and boom
Work for a dollar to buy yourself some time to play
And hope when your moment comes
You remember what to say.
What a sweet adventure, this.
Hasn’t it been…
Hasn’t it been…
Hasn’t it been too much to handle?
Hasn’t it been too much to ignore?
Haven’t you sometimes prayed for less…
And then been given more?
Hasn’t it been a wild wild ride?
Hasn’t it been a wild ride so far, this Red Eye
To the center of our lives
Over rocks and alligators
Flames and floods, cracks and craters
Burned by the sun and blessed by the daughter
And healed by the strands of time beside the water
What a wild, wild ride
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Steel Dog Chicago, Illinois
Sarah B has produced albums, pumped gas, trained dogs, written songs, fed people, coached T-ball, kept books, read books, carried books. She plays guitar, piano, bass, chess, dumb. She's done therapy both physical and psycho, reads animal medicine cards and gives unsolicited advice. She's done and learned so much she has to write this in the third person so it doesn't sound like she's bragging. ... more
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