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Alright
02:31
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Leaves fallin' down, kids back in school
Red yellow and brown but the gold always rules
The sun'll keep shinin' on the wise men and the fools
But if you wanna reap the harvest ya gotta have the right tools
I'm drifting through the clouds and the papal addresses
Politicians saying they'll clean up our messes
Economists and scientists and college professors
They torture the data until it confesses
But the fresh wind is still blowin'
Clean snow is still snowin'
I know it'll be alright
So let's shake it up tonight
Well it's hard to keep up with all these Kardashians
Surgical diets and plasticized passions
Everything that we need's in our own reflections
But if it's something we can't have it becomes our obsession
I'm drifting through the clouds and the papal addresses
Politicians saying they'll clean up our messes
Economists and scientists and college professors
They torture the data until it confesses
But the fresh wind is still blowin'
Clean snow is still snowin'
I know it'll be alright
So let's shake it up tonight
Shake it up tonight
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2. |
Take A Drink
03:34
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When skies get grey, clouds won't go away
I'm feeling all blah at the end of the day
I need a little treat to set me right again
I take a drink, I'll take a drink
When friends come to call they've got that working pall
Can't stand to see them beaten down by it all
I mix me up a pick me up that's sure to cure it all
Here, take a drink, I'll take a drink
Now I don't abide overdoing my imbibing no no
All good things in moderation 'cept moderation oh oh
I can see that you're thirsty, in need of something strong
You've been toiling you've been roiling all the workday long
I've got a little recipe that'll help you right along
Here, take a drink, I'll take a drink
Now there's many that will tell you drinking is a sin
That's alright bartender, don't let those sad sacks in!
Here take a drink, I'll take a drink, let's have a drink, just one more drink
Just one more drink
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What was that noise? Just be quiet for a second
Was it some kinda rodent that the cat let in?
Did I leave the door open? I mean I just can't even
Well come in relax and join me, I'm just sittin' down eatin'
I'm just trying to keep going
It's good to see you my dear friend
I've never been this old before
But I'll never be this young again
Sometimes I feel so tired with the weight of the world
People everywhere up front with their flags unfurled
So many diseases that can never be cured
People believing every crazy idea they've ever heard
I'm just mindin' my own business
Unless I've got a helping hand to lend
I've never been this old before
But I'll never be this young again
The past ain't gonna change
And the future's unknown
What you do with the present
Is up to you alone
It's not getting any better
Of that there's no doubt
So just take it while you can for what it is right now
I'm finding it's a thin line 'tween a wish and a worry
The future's gonna come ain't no reason to hurry
I don't mean to borrow trouble I don't need to feel sorry
We won't know till then if it's a blizzard or a flurry
Would you argue with a fish?
Would you try to debate with a hen?
I've never been this old before
But I'll never be this young again
Never be this young again
Never never never never
Never be this young again
Never be this young again
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4. |
I'm Not There
03:29
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The world’s a beautiful place
And it’s got plenty of space for me
I could travel all around and take it all in from sea to shining sea
I could paint its picture, I could sing its song
I could treat it right, or I could right its wrongs
But is it a life well lived if no one loves me?
I’ve seen some glorious sunsets
I met a bald eagle and a mountain lion
Been on top of a canyon, at the bottom of a sea
so pretty it caught me crying
I’ve solved some puzzles, I’ve built some tables
I’ve petted some sheep and I’ve mended some cables
If I told you I was proud to do it alone I was lying
So how do I fill this empty feeling?
I can close my eyes and focus on breathing
But how do I pretend that I don’t care
I know I shouldn’t need affirmation
From a world that offers no consolation
But wherever I am it feels like I’m not there
I’m sorry that I feel sorry for myself
I know I should just set it aside
Put it on the shelf and hide it where no one finds it
But I also know my heart’s an open book
It’s not a secret worth a second look
It’s not like there’s some revelation behind it
I’ll jump right in and Join the Dance
I’ll try and give you a smile
I’ll keep on trying and plow right on at least for a little while
I’m a lonesome poet I’m a one-man band
Searching for angels to come and take my hand
And guide me along through my last miles
So how do I fill this empty feeling?
I can close my eyes and focus on breathing
But how do I pretend that I don’t care
I know I shouldn’t need affirmation
From a world that offers no consolation
But wherever I am it feels like I’m not there
I can make myself a little fire
I can feel the forest breeze
I can lay myself down right on the ground and watch the moonlight through the trees
I may be all alone, may not have a home
May be tired of rambling, may not care to roam
There’s a pretty fine line between aimless and free
So how do I fill this empty feeling?
I can close my eyes and focus on breathing
But how do I pretend that I don’t care
I know I shouldn’t need affirmation
From a world that offers no consolation
But wherever I am it feels like I’m not there
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5. |
Stuck In Seekonk
03:22
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Winds blow away the tracks in the snow
How can I follow? Where can I go?
The trail disappeared long ago
Not a trace left ahead or behind or below
Snowflakes are falling, it's Valentine's Day
Its piled so high the plows can't find their way
It's 10 degrees now, but it feels 10 below
I'm stuck here in Seekonk, now where can I go?
This place's been a ghost town for years
People pass through but they never stay here
There's no point in hanging around
They board it all up, then they tear it all down
All you can do is just hope for the best
Choose a direction let Time do the rest
Try and use your time wisely, it's all that you've got
It 'll move right along, if you're ready, or not
I suppose that it's time that I went
Saddled my pony, packed up my tent
One step, two steps, three four five
Savor being alive
And know that you'll never arrive
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6. |
If I Stumble If I Fall
03:52
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If I stumble if I fall
If I slide into the creek
If I trip along the train track
With these shackles on my feet
Would you pick me from the stickerbush
If I’m covered all in mud
Would you help me pull out all the thorns
And wipe off all this blood
I need to know Is your love true
Would you help me find my way back if I lost my way from you
I’m all alone And I’m running Out of Time
I need to know if you’re still out there and if I’m… still ever on your mind
When the dark clouds roll on in
All heavy with rain
When the winds begin to whippin’
All the troubles in my brain
Will you listen to my story
Will you hear the tale I tell
Through all the pounding thunder
And the ringing of the bells
I need to know Is your love true
Would you help me find my way back if I lost my way from you
I’m all alone And I’m running Out of Time
I need to know if you’re still out there and if I’m… still ever on your mind
My clothes are soaked right to the bone and I’m shivering inside
I don’t know where I’m going, I got no place left to hide
If I stumble if I fall
If I slide into the creek
If I trip along the train track
With these shackles on my feet
Would you pick me from the stickerbush
If I’m covered all in mud
Would you help me pull out all the thorns
And wipe off all this blood
I need to know Is your love true
Would you help me find my way back if I lost my way from you
I’m all alone And I’m running out of time
I need to know if you’re still out there and if I’m… still ever on your mind
Still ever on your mind
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7. |
Best To Be Free
03:30
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Everything here has all been here before
The wind and the waves and the sea and the shore
The songs that we sing are the notes that we hear
Things that we want are the things that are near
There’s thunder and lightning inside of the stone
And mountains and caverns you don’t walk alone
But shadows are turning back into the light
And pinnacles climbing down from a great height
The bird wants the sky and the sky wants the rain
The rain it wants to be ocean again
Rocks into sand and sand into sea
Everything’s trying its best to be free
The things we have lost will all come back again
Loved ones and lighters and misplaced red pens
Money in couches and lovers through doors
Will come back as something we’ve not yet looked for
So you the sweet ocean and you the soft sand
Were once walking with me and holding my hand
And the birds o’er the sea were once a dear friend
Everything circles and changes and bends
The bird wants the sky and the sky wants the rain
The rain it wants to be ocean again
Rocks into sand and sand into sea
Everything’s trying its best to be free
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Jesus came cruisin' up Highway 61
on his gold & black Harley-Davidson
With two flags whippin' over twin tailpipes-
the POW-MIA and the Stars & Stripes
He had a lit cigar clenched in between his teeth
As he passed me by he sipped a beer and winked at me
Well it's alcohol, tobacco, and firearms
He said, "it sounds like a party to me"
Alcohol, tobacco and firearms
Ain't that the way Jesus wanted it to be?
With an iron cross sticker on his license tag
and a 30-06 strapped to his saddlebag
We've got 35 bottles set up on the back fence
One for every 100 dollars that he owes in back rents
From 60 yards we've already hit 34
After one more bottle we'll drink 35 more
'Cause it's alcohol, tobacco, and firearms
Said, "it sounds like a party to me"
Alcohol, tobacco and firearms
Ain't that the way Jesus wanted it to be?
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Matthew Gordon & Silvershade Scenery Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Turning on a dime from soulfully funky to longingly wistful, Matthew Gordon & Silvershade Scenery, apply strong folk roots with a hard-driving sensibility. Recognizing the unique power that the combination of music and lyrics has on forging emotional connections with each member of the audience, the mission is completed to rocking effect with this electrifying band. ... more
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