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If My Time Came Today
02:51
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If my time came today
I'd know my place and know my way
Know my world and know my past
Find me a love that's built to last
Go into the country where I can't be found
Where I can't drive my friends into the ground
Go into the country out among the haze
Forget the broken promise of our days
And if my time came tonight
I'd book my ticket on a one-way flight
If planes don't go where I want to
I'll go on foot, well how bout you?
Go into the country where the fog rolls in
Try to lose my conscience in the wind
Go into the country on that open range
Oh Holly yes I feel so fuckin' strange
If I ever hurt that girl
I'd buy me a ticket around the world
Try my hand on the seven seas
Roll them dice and climb them trees
Go into the country where I'll rest awhile
Remember every time I made her smile
Go into the country where I'm all alone
Leave my best friend back at home
Well if my time came today
The birds and crickets comin' out to play
I'd light a pipe, accept my curse
And watch my body in a big long hearse
Go into the heavens with another name
Unshackle all my bitterness and shame
Go into the country just beyond the sea
Lord I hope she rids herself of me
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Snowboots
04:18
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Sometimes I feel I'm making memories
Of people and times that never were
And I don't know why the hot sun
In the summer sky
And the smell of pollen remind me of her
Well I been associating
Too many sights and smells and sounds
With a world in which I was only
Participating
Swimming in a river in which I'd only drown
Oh how I miss the winter
And how I miss my shovel
And how I miss my snowboots
And how I miss my love that's gone
The face of God crumbled like a mountain
And the rage of Heaven set the sea on fire
The furnace of man
Reduced every cloud into ashes
And her whispering river had made me a liar
The news came out over the radio
Every highway and runway closed
Her soft white hands
Her big eyes and her endless mind;
By the time I left, I was wearing her clothes
Oh how I miss the winter
And how I miss my shovel
And how I miss my snowboots
And how I miss my love that's gone
On hanging day I was saturated
The sunshine mocked me with every breath
Impossible wisdom
And glory anticipated
Yes I think I'd prefer your touch over death
Oh how I miss the winter
And how I miss my shovel
And how I miss my snowboots
And how I miss my love that's gone
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All Your Own
02:24
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I am just a man
Reading all I can
Maybe somewhere in these lines
I'll find your love again
Find your love again
I am just like you
Reeling from the truth
Bleeding from an open wound
And seething at our youth
Seething at our youth
You are just like me
So callous and so sweet
Singing only harmonies
And searching for family
Searching for family
You are all your own
Back turned to your home
Rolling your own cigarettes
Pretending you're alone
Pretending you're alone
I am just a man
Reading all I can
Maybe somewhere in these lines
I'll find your love again
Find your love again
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Sugarplum Blues
03:17
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Got your message this morning and jumped right out of bed
I laced up my sneakers and polished up my head
I was comin' round to see you
Forgetting every word I ever said
Well it was early in the day, honey, and up that hill I raced
Been up all night drinkin' laughin' with your hands on my face
I'd do it all again
If I could only find my way back to that place
I wanna go home
I should go home
I should leave you here
Cry my tears
And keep that big brown bottle near
Oh no I can't
(Well maybe I can)
Just give me one more chance
I can come all over again
Oh I wanna go home
Why can't I leave you alone?
Oh I'm mad
Aw yes I'm sad
But take it as you will:
You ain't the best I ever had
I'm glum
Sugarplum
You might call me romantic
But I'd just call me dumb
You took all I had and put it to use
It's the last thing I want, please let's call a truce
You fucked up my shit
Now I'm scared for you to cut me loose
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5. |
Away From Here
02:46
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I'm waiting
For you to bless my mailbox with your scribbling
Words and jumbled phrases
That I know you can't push through
But I'm prepared to do the work for two
I guess that's nothin' new to you
Sometimes you gotta fall in love for two
I told you
The latest would be the last
I'd leave you
Stranded in the past
Somewhere far away from me
Maybe the open sea
Or maybe
The bar at the GLB
Why'd we always have to sit beneath the lamp?
You know it's hot and bright on the back of my hands
Why'd you order me another beer?
Whose turn was it again to fight back these tears?
I gotta gotta get away from here
I'm learnin
Our love was just a dream
I been burnin
And tearing at every seam
Yes it seems that I been dreamin
Of a world for me and you
And sometimes
You gotta fall in love for two
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6. |
Carpool Blues
03:09
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Rise, rise, rise, for eternity's near
Slow like the nights when it all seemed so clear
And if I was to go, I would have to leave you here
I'd only rise when your face filled the sky
Run, run, run, til the truth is at your door
Run, run, run, I won't ask you no more
The same simple questions, I asked again; you let me in
You asked me to stay in the bed or on the floor
Go, go, go, where you can't feel the rain
Go, go, go, yes I'm going insane
Colorless, frightful, and awful and plain
Wherever I go, I'll still carry your name
Turn, turn, turn, like the Earth and the tides
I might have your bishop but you got me hypnotized
Never again, I tell myself, convince myself
Never again, til I ask you for a ride
Pull, pull, pull and a smile is all I get
Roll, roll, roll, like it's our first cigarette
I tried to forget you, I tried to be strong
I still haven't slept, just been writing this song
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Sligo Rover (voice memo)
02:30
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Anthony Lewis Portland, Maine
27 Portland ME. Bob Dylan is my inspiration. Big influences in Neil Young, Eno, Bowie, and The Band...Julian Cope, John
Cale, Audrey Ryan...John Prine, Townes Van Zandt...Mac DeMarco...Iggy Pop..Mapache...
Avid walker, writer, relaxer.
COYG
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