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In the month of November, eighteen and fifteen
Was the coldest of winters that ever we’d seen
I gave myself up at the age of thirteen
And he promised we’d marry in springtime.
When the rivers they froze and the mills would not run
We’d sit close by the fire ‘til each cold day was done
And dream of our fields growing green in the sun
And he promised we’d marry in springtime.
I listened through June and watched all July long
For the first buds of spring, and the hummingbird’s song
But the snows never stopped ‘til my love he was gone
And he promised we’d marry in springtime.
I will go to the meadow to lay myself down
With a stone for my pillow and my bed the cold ground
“Neath a blanket of snow, with the stars all around
And I’ll never awaken ‘til springtime.
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Rolling Train
03:30
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You’ll never stop the wind
Never stop the rain
By standing in the path of a hurricane
Let the thunder roll; let the waters rise
Turn away the sun and wring the storm clouds dry.
You are a rolling train
I’m a railroad track
You are the going forth
I’m the coming back
You are a sleeping town in the middle of the night
And I am the whistle blowing in the morning light.
I wish I could take back those words I said
I never learned to quit while I’m ahead
But you never count the battles lost and won
And all of the cruel and foolish things I’ve done.
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Just Like a Song
02:25
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Blazing hot when you’re hired to work outside
Then the weekend comes and it turns around and hides
But ain’t that just like the sun
Ain’t it just like the sun?
Looking up and trying to read the sky
Won’t bring down one drop before its time
But ain’t that just like the rain?
Ain’t it just like the rain?
Everything comes around again
Though you don’t know how or when or why.
Sometimes you might think the well’s run dry
Then you know just what to write, but you don’t know why
And ain’t that just like a song?
Ain’t it just like a song?
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Never Realized
04:30
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You took me by surprise
I never saw it in your eyes
I never realized.
All the things you’ve done
Got me thinking I’ve never had much fun
And all the things you said just haunt me now.
The people that you know you watch them change
You watch them grow you watch them go.
Days go by so fast, each one fading into the last
But dreams they die so slow, you never see them go.
You took my surprise
I never saw it in your eyes
I never realized.
Failure’s not as bad as experience I might have had
It’s harder not to try, I finally realize.
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Any Forgotten Thing
02:42
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Lately my hands don’t seem to work the way I want them to
And I’d like to look up at the sky instead of down at my shoes
Can’t seem to turn my mind to what each day might bring
'Cause I’ve fallen into disrepair
like any forgotten thing.
The clock upon the mantel has fallen out of time
Can’t see why I should wind it, while I’m so far behind
But I might replace the front door bell, just to hear it ring
Or let the old one rust away
like any forgotten thing.
Some things here can still be fixed, for others it’s too late
But I can’t be sure of what to keep and what to throw away
It’s like living in the space between the winter and spring
One season of uncertainty
for every forgotten thing.
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The music of the carousel echoes a sweet refrain
Of fairground scenes
From days gone by
And how we used to play.
My horse is faded silver
Yours is white and gold
Swiftly around the track we go
And where we’ll stop, who’s to know?
You’re always half a length ahead
No matter how well I ride
And the further I stretch to grasp the ring
The more I start to slide.
Play on, play on calliope
I hear you winding low
Our ride has only just begun
We’ve still got so far to go.
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Falling Star
02:20
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I saw one just the other night
Making its way through the sky was a tiny light.
Just a falling star.
I like to think it fell down to the ground
Someplace safe, someplace it could be found.
Just a falling star.
Oh little star can you see me?
Was it love that brought you down so easily?
Just a falling star.
Falling star you shine so bright
I wonder what you would become without your light?
Just a falling star.
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Sally Lazy
04:39
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Sally Lazy let your hair hang down
Leave it trailing, trailing on the ground
Sally Lazy let your hair hang down.
Worry too much worry too hard to sleep
Had some friends, but none that I could keep
Worry too much worry too hard to sleep.
Walk with me oh walk with me a while
I’ve been traveling such a lonely mile
Walk with me oh walk with me a while.
Keep on moving or you fall out of time
Got no rhythm, running out of rhyme
Keep on moving or you fall out of time.
Got no money nowhere to lay my head
So I’m gonna make you smile instead.
Sally Lazy let your hair hang down.
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Make It All Work Out
02:14
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If something’s not what it’s supposed to be
You can make it up so easily,
Make it all work out.
If you cringe at the stupid thing you said
Just pretend you said something smart instead
Make it all work out.
Don’t wake up.
And if someone said something cruel to you
Maybe you weren’t who they were talking to
Make it all work out.
You can be that guy with the perfect life
And the perfect job and the perfect wife
Make it all work out.
Don’t wake up.
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Under a Broken Sun
03:27
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Living on the floodplain
Down in the river’s home
You learn to keep your suitcase packed
And drive all night alone.
Fall asleep on higher ground
And wake up in a drought
Search the sky for signs of rain
And turn your pockets out.
Under a broken sun
There’s no rain but a flood
The skies will keep their promise back
Until your work is done.
Flame it grows up from a spark
And soon becomes a blaze
It burns a fire right through the sky
And on to brighter days.
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Like You Do
03:34
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Wish I could forget the words you said
Wish I could forget where you lay your head
Time keeps spinning round me like a clock
Your voice inside my head don’t ever stop
So many things I meant to say
Somehow I forgot.
You never knew me
I only showed you what I wanted to
Been saving all the rest for someone who
Won’t make me nervous like you do
Like you do.
The other day I met a girl
Who seemed like she was living in your world
She sang a song that sounded strange to me
Like sailing on an unfamiliar sea
I raised my voice to sing
But I started out of key.
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The Sweetest Flower
01:59
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The sweetest flower I ever saw
Grows on the westward plain
The only boy I ever loved
I never may see again.
The blue star blooms but once a year
When the sun shines bright in the sky
But if you pluck those flowers out
Then they will surely die.
And if you tell the one you love
That you’ll be no man’s bride
He’ll leave you sure as the sun will rise
As sure as the tears you’ll cry.
The flowers in my garden grow
And bloom from spring to fall
But wildflowers grow just where they will
And need no care at all.
The sweetest flower I ever saw
Grows on the westward plain
The only boy I ever loved
I never may see again.
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Hungrytown Townshend, Vermont
After more than fifteen years of world-wide touring and three album releases, Rebecca Hall and Ken Anderson--otherwise known as the folk duo Hungrytown--have earned a reputation for the quality and authenticity of their songwriting.
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