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Snowstorm
03:22
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snowstorm is a simple word first used in 1771
it must have been a frightful storm the day it was spoken
its a compound like skyscraper looming up so high
baby its cold out wherever you're holed up i hope that you're all right
baby its cold out wherever you're holed up i hope that you're all right
there's a blizzard raging outside. It used to mean to get hit
over and over or even just once by gunshot or by fist
i never been shot but i know how it feels to want someone around
baby its cold out wherever you are i hope you're safe and sound
im a man who needs some definition
my meaning has become a little loose
come on over sweetness
save me from obsoleteness
baby all I need's a little use
washington the patriarch gave us the word ravine
he took it from the french even though there were already dozens of words that meant the same thing
he could have said gully or valley, he could have said fissure or flume
he could have said screw it, it's only New Jersey, Martha I'm coming home
I'm tired of freezing my rebel ass off, Martha I'm coming home.
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Train
03:42
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Are you riding on the train I'm on?
Ooh, I declare
Are you goin to the place I'm going?
Ooh, I'll be there
And if I told you that I loved you,
Would you think me weird?
Well, I do
What a lot of ground we've covered here.
New York, London, Amsterdam
Buenos Aires, Tokyo
So many bones in so much skin
Feel my high hello
Next Sunday is communion
Ooh, I declare
We got the Spirit and we're movin' in it
Ooh, I'll be there
And if I told you that I loved you
Would you think me weird?
Well, I do
What a lot of ground we've covered here.
In the olden, golden days
People stopped to say hello
In the olden, golden days
People stopped to cut your throat
Are you riding on the train I'm on?
Ooh, I declare
Every wing and every wheel that rolls
Brings us close together, dear
And I know you're gonna be
with me wherever I go
And I know you're gonna feel
Feel my high hello
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When i came down off the mountain I was breaking like a wave
rolling over everything in sight
shining like a silver-plated nickel in the sun
I was dispersed across the universe of light
I came up to the ocean and i didn't hesitate
I zoomed right over looking for a new way home
all the birds and fishes flew and swam right up to me
and reminded me that I was all alone
Scannin the horizon looking for a sign of you
when I saw your sillouhette my heart stopped
but then I got up close and found out it was just a ghost
and i was sad that i had left the mountaintop
Wondering where you'd gone i made my way around the sun
i called your name out loud just like it was my own
but you didnt show your face so i just gave up on the chase
and made my way down to the city far below
who's going to love me today?
who's going to call me their own?
who's going take me as I am?
who's going to take me home?
yeah, whos going to take me home?
I signed up for midnight madness at 11:45
I was too early to be anything but sane
all the crazy kids caroused until the break of day
they were dancin like their feet were made of flame
I could not feel the beat so i just there in my seat
with a longing that the earth could not contain
i sat there in the corner counting particles of dust
with memories flooding me like rivers in the rain
who's going to love me today?
who's going to call me their own?
who's going take me as I am?
who's going to take me home?
yeah, whos going to take me home?
I saw a spider spinning string into the wind he's tying things
you never know the lengths he'll go to catch a fly
I want to spin stuff to so that's just what I'm gonna do
I'm gonna sing and swing and spin until I die
Going up the mountain with an ever-ready heart
it looks much different than it did on the way down
lookin for a sign of you and let me tell you when I do
I'll sing it in the cities and the towns
who's going to love me today?
who's going to call me their own?
who's going take me as I am?
who's going to take me home?
yeah, whos going to take me home?
who's going to call me their own?
who's going take me as I am?
who's going to take me home?
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Moon Mission
04:02
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moon mission movin' on up
let's see how high she goes boys
moon mission fuel her on up and let's
get the hell out of this noise
black distance silent as time
tell me how how far does it go?
buckle me in and ill see for myself
and report back to you folks down below
I'll be your sweet sailor up in the sky
don't waste a wish for me, dear
I've had enough of this Earth-binding stuff
there's nothing for me down here
hey humans what will you find
water or life on a star
nothing at all? it's alright, no one minds
when you're up there so high and so far
so here we come, you unlucky old sun
we do what monkeys cant do
we'll steal your light then we'll take off and run
we'll fly some circles round you
All of my life I've been waiting so long
to get out of this gravity
look at me now I'm a white shining light
there's a black moth that burns up in me
re-entry fast-falling star
looks like you ran out of breath
they'll throw a parade say goodbye then replace you with
Ramblin' robots that never fear death
I'll be your sweet sailor up in the sky
but don't waste a wish for me dear
I've had enough of this earth-binding stuff
there's nothing for me down here
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Grandma
02:18
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Grandma, tell me 'bout the days before TV,
Back before the internet and polio vaccines.
Was it hard to be famous and so easy to be clean?
Grandma, tell me all about back then.
Grandma, was the living hard from hand to mouth?
Make me up a list of all you had to do without.
Tucked away so cozy from the clamor and the shouts,
Those were golden days without a doubt.
There goes the ice-wagon rolling down the street.
Put something cool under your tongue.
And here comes the coalman so your house can have some heat.
Grandma, tell me all about you young.
Grandma, well, I'm afraid that I just might explode.
I get so tired of doing all the things that I get told,
And the boys are so mean and the girls are so cold.
Grandma, what happened to my soul?
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Outposts
04:58
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These bodies belong in a tangle of sense
an angle of shame a whiff of innocence
I kissed you at dawn you kissed me right back
and we waited for the sun to show
you made a bad joke, sounded just like my dad
but looked like a kid in a big winter hat
and waited impatient for traffic to pass
said goodbye and stepped into the road
what answers are found in the roads we go down?
what secrets do latitudes hold?
no matter how tightly i hold on to you
we're all at these outposts alone
my deal came undone
my roots came all up
with connections asunder and friends far away
you wrote me a letter i didn't write back
i was too full of something to say
yesterdays prayers sit in this mornings trees
they squabble like crows that won't ever know peace
until suddenly risen as one they are gone
lifted like a black cloud to the sky
what answers are found in the roads we go down?
what secrets do latitudes hold?
no matter how tightly I hold onto you
we're all at these outposts alone
Hallelujah I sing
Hallelujah I bring
Words are so hard to say and so easy to mean
inclement mix on an off beaten path
i kissed you at dawn but you pulled away
and its really alright and its rarely ok
fix your eyes up ahead and move on
what answers are found in the roads we go down?
what secrets do latitudes hold?
no matter how tightly I hold onto you
we're all at these outposts alone
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One of These Days
03:05
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one of these days I'm gonna get right, yeah, one of these days
one of these days I'm gonna get right, one of these days
but until then I'm gonna get so gone
until then I wanna be so wrong
until then I'm gonna see what damage I can do
one of these days I'm gona be sweet
see a little ray of sunshine shootin from my feet
until then i'm a bitter batch
see me suckin on a sour patch
until then I'm gonna see what damage I can do
I'm goin down to lonely town no you cannot go
when one goes to lonely town one must go alone
I'm sinkin down to a deep dark place that you don't want to be
I'm sinkin down in front of your face and you don't want to see
one of these days I'm gonna be a little blue bird on the wing
come on over sittin on my shoulder listen to me sing
until then I'm just a filthy rat, hear me scratchin in the dark like that
until then I'm gonna see what damage I can do (down)
one of these days gonna move out
move myself right offa your couch
until then I'm gonna sit right here
watch tv and drink your beer
until then I won't be getting out of here
I'm goin down to lonely town will you go with me
when one goes to lonely town one needs company
I'm sinkin down to a deep dark place will you come along
I'm thinking when I'm sinking i dont want to sink alone
ootd I'm gonna get right
yeah I'll be getting it right all night
one day I'll shine real bright
be true and bona fide
I'll walk high road and swim high tide
one of these days but not tonight
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Chains
03:45
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Take these chains from off my neck
that keep me from being free
throw em down into a hole or
throw em out into the sea
Take these chains from off my neck
melt em down into something good
something shiny set down in the middle
of the neighborhood
And people driving by will stop and wonder what it is
and I'll say it is a monument to you and what you did
Take these chains
Take these chains from off my neck
that keep me so far from you
take my mind and body back
and make em something you can use
Let me be a piece of light
or just a particle of air
let me be a cup of something cool
for somebody somewhere
I'm not old
I'm not young
I been down
but I'm not done
I believe, I don't know why
Only you can make me shine
I remember when I was young
and I felt you in my sweat
I never knew despair
and I lived without regret
Now I'm driving down the road and I got mean things on my mind
and I want to get them done, I got bucketfulls of time
I want to get so gone that i cannot feel a thing
and I want to get so close to someone who wants the same thing
I am skin
I am bones
I am lovely
I'm alone
Take these chains
from off of me
Only you can make me free
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Nemo Incognito
03:11
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Nemo Incognito
On the waves of the sky and the sea
All the way from London Nemo came
Riding his invisible sea-plane
All around the world is where he goes
He hides all of his weapons in his clothes
Nemo knows the fishes and the birds
He's learned all of their customs and their words
He rides a great big turtle through the sea
Striking into fear his enemies
And he rides, yes he rides
Through the seas and the skies
And he rises over a hurt and hungry world
I saw him one time in a pastry shop.
He called me "Chief," I let my danish drop
He's everything that I would want to be
He shines like sunlight when it hits the sea
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Movie Song
05:04
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I went out to the movie
I got lost on my way down
Oh so dark at the movie
I don't want to be found
See the hard-bitten hero
In the West out on his own
Ridin' with the sun in his eyes
I don't want to go home
Hey that's me up there
Yeah that's me up there
Shining
I got lost in your eyes
Waiting for you to call
I forget what they shine like
No, I can't say at all
But they call me out
When they look at me
Oh, so dark at the movie
I just want to be free
Cause that's me up there
Yeah that's me up there
Shining
Now I'm sinking in my seat
Just beneath that beam of light
That's my dim blue Damascus
I just want to be right
Cause that's me up there
Yeah that's me up there
Shining
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Naomi
03:47
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Oh, Naomi.
Won't you go and seek the lost ones?
Oh, Naomi.
Waiting days for just a taste of you.
Oh, Naomi.
We only see what's empty and invisible.
Oh, Naomi.
Find us all and bring us back with you.
Oh, Naomi.
The world is black and open like a golden throat.
Oh, Naomi.
We only see the world is small and blue.
We all will dance in the honey-suckle vine.
We'll drink you in like a cool, clear wine.
Oh, Naomi.
We want to pour our selves into the rifts and seams, the rifts and seams.
Oh, Naomi.
We want to rise and vanish like dew,
Waiting days for just a taste of you.
We all will dance in the honey-suckle vine.
We'll drink you in like a cool, clear wine.
We all will dance in the honey-suckle vine.
We'll drink you in like a cool, clear wine.
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Jason Harrod Durham, North Carolina
“What singer-songwriter Jason Harrod does best is turn daily moments numinous. Quite simply, Harrod’s imagination is for
this world; he finds deep secrets in ordinary places.” — Image Journal
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