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1. |
Come Around
02:44
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I tried to wish you well
But that just made you mad
And I wish I had a dollar
For every battle that we’ve had.
The money that you borrowed
Has long been washed away
What you’re saving for tomorrow
Won’t last but half a day.
Won’t you come around
and lay your troubles down?
Won’t you come around
and see me for a while?
I watch you while you’re sleeping
And you look just like a friend
Lay awake and wonder
Will our good times come again?
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2. |
Sculptor's Song
03:44
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Well, I was meant for one, my love
And that one was you
But I’ve had cause to doubt your words
Though you’ve not been untrue.
You kept me spinning on your web
And that’s where I longed to hang
When sweetly bound above the moon
I clutched at every strand.
‘Til I grew sick of floating high
Above the sea and land
Let me come down to earth
And I’ll be glad to take your hand
I set you there against the sun
Where I can see you shine
And once I’ve sculpted every mood
Then I will know you’re mine.
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3. |
Lessons
03:43
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If the fires underground
Have turned your skin to clay
It’s their duty to burn
And yours to obey
While the rain is softly falling
On every tired shore
And the river’s slowly rising
‘Til it rushes at your door
I never meant to say I knew
A better way to hide
But the lessons I outgrew
Left a face on every side
Swifter then, to fall
Than risk a step behind
On those brittle afternoons
When you molded every line.
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4. |
Rosemary Lane
03:35
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5. |
Ballad of Willie
02:22
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Willie was a nervous man
He wasn’t sleeping right
Left his home for the open road
One warm September night
In the echoes of his footsteps
As he walked the darkened town
Was every choice he ever made
And every dollar he laid down.
Darlin’ don’t you cry for me;
I’ve been wandering alone
These seven years.
While his wife lay sleeping
He rode a southbound train
And the wheels rolled to the rhythm
Of the pounding of the rain
And each town that fell behind him
To be swallowed by the night
Was like every dream
that failed him
In the pale blue morning light.
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6. |
Going North
02:59
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Sitting ‘round dreaming
On the back of the sun
I left you for dead
Now I get nothing done
The moon spills its light
On the water outside
And if you were here
We could go for a ride
On the highway that curls
‘Round her sister the river
And I think I’d like to go north
Please won’t you buy me
A house by the sea
I could work at the diner
We could live easily
And we’d fasten our shutters
Against winter storm
With the waves crashing ‘round us
We’d sleep safe and warm
And in the summers we’d sit
And smile at the tourists
And visit the beaches at night.
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7. |
Thanks Just the Same
03:19
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If you’re thinking of leaving
Better think fast
The time for cold indecision
Has long ago passed.
And if you’re thinking of staying
Better act like a man
‘Cause I ain’t waiting for Monday to come
To do what I can.
I called up the doctor
‘Cause I thought you were ill
He said to burn all your records
They were haunting you still.
And that I was to treat you
Like a horse that’s gone lame
And just let you wander on your own
‘Til you felt sound again.
I followed his orders
And I’m left with my pride.
I can’t condemn you
Though God knows I’ve tried.
My days are a tangle
And my nights are a maze;
But I’m finding my way through alright
Thanks just the same.
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8. |
Sunday Afternoon
03:08
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Another week goes by
I wonder how you are
You like to set me in the sky
And watch me from afar
And as the clouds roll by
I watch the town below,
Where nothing ever changes
And the people all move slow.
I’m alone on Sunday Afternoon
And the sun it will go down
too soon.
The morning light’s so pretty
Along my windowpane
But I’m not feeling ready
So it might as well be rain.
The clouds are softly calling
And I wish that I could fly
Or learn to feel at home down here
And never wonder why.
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9. |
O Lord
02:41
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O Lord, O Lord,
don't hurry me
I'm unprepared to die
I see your servant at the door
Please let him pass me by.
How can you treat
a man this way
And take him back so soon?
I don't want to die behind these walls
In the light of a cold, cold moon.
This world has left
me beaten, Lord
I'm going to glory soon,
But not until I've cleansed my soul
Of lust for earthly jewels.
Don't take me in
this state of sin
My soul is black as night
I never did a thing for you
But gamble, drink and fight.
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10. |
California
02:28
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I might live in California
With the ocean at my door
Or I might move to Colorado
Where I won’t see you no more.
I’ll pitch a tent out in the desert
And pray for rain to fall
Or maybe find some lonesome valley
Where I’ll never have to hear your call.
I’ll stay at home no longer
I’m old enough to go
‘Cause I learned a few things in my childhood
That a young girl should never know.
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11. |
The False Bride
03:45
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12. |
Every Day
02:51
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Every day I’m waiting for a sign to take me
to the place where it all began.
I see birds like omens flying down
so low
Looking for a dry place to land.
And I try to return
to the place where I grew.
But it’s so high above me now,
I can’t pull myself through.
In the deepest ocean lies a seabed meadow
Where the purest wildflowers grow.
Through a velvet forest sails a ship
that drifted there
A thousand years ago.
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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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