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Walking through darkness we are not alone
We can’t be afraid
Baby that’s what I learned from you
Searching for meaning this is nothing new
Just look around
Baby that’s what you made me do
But now it’s all falling now it's all falling away
But now it’s all falling now it's all falling away
Sometimes it’s simple, just a sunrise
Just the starlight
Baby that’s what I learned from you
Even the traffic can be a good thing
People are living
Baby that’s what you made me do
But now it’s all falling now it's all falling away
But now it’s all falling now it's all falling away
Without hope there’s no meaning
There’s no purpose
baby that’s what I learned from you
But then you told me that it’s hopeless
There’s no future
Baby that’s what you made me do
But now it’s all falling now it's all falling away
But now it’s all falling now it's all falling away
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Mother Stewart, thank you kindly you loved those soldier boys
You gave them something for their trouble, a reason to rejoice
Somewhere there’s a revolution but we’re too blind to see
Laughing through the fire and rain and drowning history
Mother Stewart you sailed the ocean right into the war
Armed with nothing but a pen, you shut that devil’s door
Somewhere there’s a revolution but were too blind to see
Laughing through the fire and rain and drowning history
Mother Stewart if you were here now what words would you say
I suppose the biggest right among us would bow down his knees and pray
Somewhere there’s a revolution but were too blind to see
Laughing through the fire and rain and drowning history
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3. |
Home (March)
02:38
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Somewhere over that mountain
On the other side of the sea
Further down that old highway
That’s where you’d rather be
I can’t help it, I am with you
Even when you go alone
And you’ll always be remembered
When you find yourself a home
Now it’s strange every memory
All the times we thought that we were lost
Every truth that wasn’t spoken
All the words that were tossed
I can’t help it, I am with you
Even though you go alone
And you’ll always be remembered
When you find yourself a home
Somewhere a garden is growing
And the water’s running clear
I see you there in the sunshine
And I can see me standing near
I can’t help it I am with you
Even though you go alone
And you’ll always be remembered
When you find yourself a home
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4. |
I Am Leaving! (April)
02:50
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The end is the beginning the beginning is the end
Every friend is now a stranger every stranger is a friend
I am leaving I am living I'm finally moving on
In the morning I won’t be here in the morning I’ll be gone!
There’s a nightmare in the dream that keeps my sleep awake all night
There’s light up in the darkness and there’s darkness in the light
I won’t pick up what you’re putting down no matter what you say
I don’t know when I was born but it wasn’t yesterday
I am leaving I am living I'm finally moving on
In the morning I won’t be here in the morning I’ll be gone!
We are captives in your freedom we’ve seen time and time before
Oh your war it brings us peace and your peace it brings us war
I feel drunk when I am sober I am sober when I drink
All this thinking is so scary that I’m too afraid to think
I am leaving I am living I'm finally moving on
In the morning I won’t be here in the morning I’ll be gone!
I won’t quit if I don’t stay here if to stay here is to quit
Where my hit’s they keep on missing and my misses never hit
The end is the beginning the beginning is the end
Every friend is now a stranger every stranger is a friend
I am leaving I am living I'm finally moving on
In the morning I won’t be here in the morning I’ll be gone!
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5. |
Now Everybody (May)
03:05
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My sisters and my brothers when you are troubled
I know a place where you can go
On the outside it may look a little shabby
But on the inside the love it flows
Now everybody it’s a revelation, it’s reconciliation
Gotta stop being bad
Now everybody it’s a restoration, it’s rehabilitation
Gotta start giving back
On the inside there are people telling stories
And they’ve got others singing songs real sweet
When you’re hungry they’ll give you a little something
And when you’re tired you can rest those weary feet
Now everybody it’s a reconsideration it’s restitution
Gotta stop being bad
Now everybody it’s a revolution, it’s reclamation
Gotta start giving back
Now I admit that this ain’t Mecca and it ain’t Rome
It ain’t Jerusalem, but it’s home
It’s people who are wandering, longing to be free
People just like you, and just like me
Now everybody it’s a reformation it’s recompensation
Gotta stop being bad
Now everybody it’s a renovation, it’s resuscitation
Gotta start giving back
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6. |
Life Finds A Way (June)
02:12
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I know this fellow who smokes just to get mellow
'til all the walls are yellow where he lives
And he was married to a beauty till she turned into a foodie, says now it’s her duty to educate and give
Life finds a way, life finds a way, life finds a way of taking toll
Life it always finds a way
And his father is a man who drinks his beers straight from the can until he cannot even stand and walk away
As he blows right through his money he laughs at things that are not funny
and he acts like it’s all sunny and okay
Life finds a way, life finds a way, life finds a way of taking toll
Life it always finds a way
I used to get this feeling that there wasn’t any ceiling but the days they started stealing all the years
Oh and time it kept it taking and all confidence kept breaking and mistakes I kept on making reappeared
Life finds a way, life finds a way, life finds a way of taking toll
Life it always finds a way
Life finds a way, life finds a way, life finds a way of taking toll
Life it always finds a way
Life finds a way, life finds a way, life finds a way of taking toll
Life it always finds a way
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7. |
We Aren't Lost (July)
02:49
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It’s been a long long time since I’ve stopped thinking
Sometimes it’s just so hard
It’s been a while since you’ve stopped searching
Side by side and far apart
It’s a wonder that we aren’t lost
When the fires rain down they just keep coming
Sometimes it’s just so hard
When the shadows fall, we’re tired of running
Side by side and far apart
It’s a wonder that we aren’t gone
Oh darling everything that you’re saying
Sometimes it’s just so hard
Oh Jesus now you’ve got me praying
Side by side and far apart
It’s a wonder that we aren’t lost
Oh father now I understand you
Sometimes it’s just so hard
Oh mother I could never blame you
Side by side and far apart
It’s a wonder that we aren’t gone
It’s been a long long time since I’ve stopped thinking
Sometimes it’s just so hard
It’s been a while since you’ve stopped searching
Side by side and far apart
It’s a wonder that we aren’t lost
That we aren’t lost
That we aren’t lost
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Up on the mountain another dogwood dies
And down in the valley a coyote cries
And out on the highway I can hear its lonesome sound
Driving from that city where they beat me down, down, down
And all the people walk and talk about
Things that make you twist
Things that make you shout
But there’s a forest floor
And a river’s edge
And a starry night
Deep inside my head
And in a dark arena Dwight Yoakam sings
About forgotten spaces, forgotten everything
And somewhere in his heartache there’s a silver line
What takes away your trust will give you one more rhyme, rhyme, rhyme
And all the people walk and talk about
Things that make you twist
Things that make you shout
But there’s a forest floor
And a river’s edge
And the smell of rain
Deep inside my head
And here in the west I watch freedom die
But somewhere in the east I hear a freedom cry
And up there in the north the ice it melts away
But down in the south it’s growing day by day by day
All the people walk and talk about
Things that make you twist
Things that make you shout
But there’s a forest floor
And a river’s edge
And a blue jay call
Deep inside my head
There’s a forest floor
And a river’s edge
Deep inside my head
And a starry night
There’s a forest floor
And a river’s edge
And the smell of rain
Deep inside my head…
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9. |
Forever Fun (September)
03:23
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I saw a woman yesterday, she looked like you, old memories came rushing back again
I almost went and lost my head, and forgot what’s real, so happy now I didn’t check back in
Every inspiration, every motivation, every conversation with you
All the elevation, all of the sedation, all the things we said we shouldn’t do
Is it funny, is it sad, is it good, is it bad, sometimes I still cannot decide
Motorcycles, waterfalls, railroad tracks, shopping malls, either way it was quite a ride
Every inspiration, every motivation, every conversation with you
All the elevation, all of the sedation, all the things we said we shouldn’t do
Forever smile forever fun, forever health, forever young, I see now our pictures are a lie
Is it better once you know, is it easy come and easy go this doesn’t mean that you should never try
Every inspiration, every motivation, every conversation with you
All the elevation, all of the sedation, all the things we said we shouldn’t do
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10. |
Ruby (October)
03:02
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There were lights on the dance floor and fire in your eyes
There was love in your whispers, such lovely lies
The more tender the moment the deeper the bruise
The more you gain the more you lose
O Ruby I thought that we were different
That we had something that it was true
Oh Ruby I would have walked the desert
Or climbed a mountain to be with you
He was handsome and heavy and high as a kite
And he came in ready like a fox in the night
You fell for his whispers you fell for his lies
And we disappeared as you said your goodbyes
O Ruby I thought that we were different
That we had something that it was true
Oh Ruby I would have walked the desert
Or climbed a mountain to be with you
And is there hope for the hopeless or sight for the blind?
Is there love on this earth is there peace of mind?
Is there solace and beauty will flowers still grow?
Oh Ruby I’d like to know
O Ruby I thought that we were different
That we had something that it was true
Oh Ruby I would have walked the desert
Or climbed a mountain to be with you
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Bad News (November)
03:28
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Is it true that you are leaving could it be that you won’t stay
Is it finally now or never for the things that I should say
Oh my words they don’t come easy
While my thoughts they move too fast
If it’s true that you are leaving
I can’t see how this will pass
I hear the children in the distance there is laughter in the air
Will their laughter ever come back when find that you’re not there
Oh my words they don’t come easy
While my thoughts they move too fast
If it’s true that you are leaving
I can’t see how this will pass
As the sun it keeps on rising and the river never dries
As autumn olives keep on growing my love it will not die
And my words they don’t come easy
While my thoughts they move too fast
If it’s true that you are leaving
I can’t see how this will pass
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For The Ages (December)
02:44
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Everyone, this one for the ages, like it’s written on pages
That you’re sorry you read
It reminds me of a terrible story like some bad memory
That won’t leave your head
If you can’t see it then you might be it
And this makes it so sad
If you know it you can’t show it
The things you thought that you had
aren’t real
Everyone, history is living and it keeps on giving
Like it always gave
The rulers they never stop ruling and they never stop fooling
You need them to be saved
If you can’t see it then you might be it
And this makes it so sad
If you know it you can’t show it
The things you thought that you had
aren’t real
Everyone, the future ain’t pretty things are gonna get gritty
There’s a cloud all around
But I suppose we’ve still got today, they can’t take that away
We aren’t bound to be bound
No, No
No, No
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