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Great Sailor
04:50
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oh great sailor do not hide behind the shadows
true that every breathe presents a battle
but then again without the struggle
would victory come to mean fuck afll
oh great sailor do not hide behind the shadows
true that every breathe presents a battle
but then again without the struggle
would victory come mean fuck all
to bear the thought in isolation
is to become the thoughts possession
do we all have ghosts on our back? I know I
do we all have scars from demon lovers?
i know i do
i know i do
talk close to me again
my oldest friend
intimate the tones
that i am not alone
tell me you're along on this hearts journey
tell me without speaking that you need me
i need your breathe upon my soul
i give up the illusion of control
i become a vessel to set sail
for the wind and the sea
oh great sailor, come and teach me
oh great sailor, come and reach me
the houses we keep open for the muses
so they will not be turned away when they come for tea
when i don't give a fuck just what the use is
when i withstand the punishment of what the voices say
i know i do
i know i do
i know i do
i know i do
to forsake your greatest lover
to become the fodder for the rotting of a soul
to see the flowers start to whither
is to become the reason for the fruit that fills the bowl
be close to me again my oldest friend
steady my whole body so that my aim is true
is your will the wind or the oceans wave
let me ride the surf on what my lover made (repeat)
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Lubbock, Texas
03:51
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what the fuck am I doing
in lubbock texas
strung out and miserable
my eyes are all bleary
my mind is road weary
I ain't got nowhere to go
I mightta left my life in a mess
I haven't been keeping track
its selfish I guess, foolish b.s.
but its a matter of fact
there wasnt a woman
there wasnt a friend
who can keep me safe from myself
the desert is south
the ocean is west
I can't decide which is best
I'm smoking again
I bought my first pack
since I quit nine years ago
can somebody let me know?
I gone astray again
I'm following
I'm chasing after the wind
oh the texas skies
they hypnotize
if you will let them
I'm staring at clouds
and talking aloud
to myself again
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3. |
Just In Time
04:55
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Song
and he walks right on thin air
to a different sort of snare
and he doesnt really care
when the people seem to stare
so i couldn't really fault her
he was standing at the alter
it was there that she would say
welcome to a brand new day
he would love her like shes crack
cause hed always want her back
and shed always cut him slack
and shed get me in the sack
you dont really have to pay
if you dont really want to stay
it was there that she would say
welcome to a brand new day
things are gonna change from now on
no one really needs a new song
no one really needs a new rhyme
just a point of view
just in time
so go walking on your own
how you love to be alone
i wont call you on the phone
until i know your home
and your heart is settled in
with an extra glass of gin
and we'll drink it for our sin
and for our next of kin
and the work is good to do
yah itll get you through
ive been standing in your shoes
looking for some sort of clue
so i couldn't really fault her
he was standing at the alter
it was there that she would say
welcome to a brand new day
things are gonna change from now on
no one really needs a new song
no one really needs a new rhyme
just a point of view
just in time
just in time
just in time
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4. |
Two Dead Ravens
03:16
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She whispers affections on the page
skeleton thoughts to be made into someday
lost boys nobody saw
the graveyard silence she saw them all
crows call with the the clang of the clasp
at the side of the flagpole
the wind stirs the baretree leaves
shift under feet
asking the questions
what’s a god doing with two ravens?
what would you trade for wisdom if you could?
what would the queen say to this way
in the cold dark night of the neighbourhood
she remembers the words of a man of grace
the language is rusty but she can
trace
her featherered pain along her wrist
of two dead ravens in a ditch
crows collect and file the dead
and feathers in the drawer of the desk
each reminder sparks in the light
to help us to remember
what's a girl doing with two dead ravens?
what would you trade for wisdom if you could?
what would the queen say to this way?
in the cold dark night of the neighbourhood
what's a girl doing with two dead ravens?
what's a girl doing with two dead ravens?
what's a girl doing with two dead ravens?
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Seafoam
03:28
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Sea foam
and a dream of home
been so long on this road
if only to know where it goes
if only to know where it goes
sunshine
and the silver vine
reflecting off your skin
bubbling up within
like its somehow seen a sign
like its somehow seen a sign
the wind and the rain
the clouds and the sunlight
fading in and then coming back again
fading in and then coming back again
where to settle all my burdens
where to lay my burden down
where the stones are all golden
where my soul is muddy brown
seafoam
and the silver and pacific
bubbling something innocent
the laughter is magnificent
the laughter is magnificent
sunshine
and the clouds across the bay
I like the way you say
signs along the way
signs along the way
the wind and the rain
clouds across the way
sunshine and hills
across the golden gate
signs along the way
signs along the way
where to settle all my burdens
where to lay my burden down
where the stones are all golden
where my soul is muddy brown
bridging the gap
between my mind and the map
another step
another step
oh you so slow of heart
slow of heart
another step, another step
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6. |
Terrible Beauty
03:26
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May you walk among the aspens
May you contemplate the clouds
May you see into your beauty
as far as your allowed
May you see the desert sunrise
from a dusty canyon ridge
may you fall in love forever
and let loving be your bridge
May you love wisdom
in its intensity
in its supreme and terrible beauty
May you listen to the rivers
May you feel the cool of earth
May you fall in love forever
with every day's rebirth
May you gaze into her fires
May you dance about her fields
May you bathe inside her waters
as deep as you can feel
May you love wisdom
in its intensity
in its supreme
and terrible beauty
aha
aha
ahaaa
aha
aha
aha aa
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The hills of Ohio
The wings of a hummingbird
The Tennessee woods
In the orange light of sunrise
The river at night
A blanket of starlight
Laid out on the plains
In the skies of Fort Worth
And we
Follow
Words
Through the desert
Like water that flows for parched lips
Never been to Dubai
But I can live with that
Never been to Rome, but oh
That's one thing I regret
Seen a lot of places
Met a lot of faces
Left a couple traces
To be in good graces
Cathedrals of caves
Mountains that drink the sky
Cities of stone
Way of the butterfly
These golden hills
And cities of white
At the edge of forgiveness
At the ocean side
Never been to Shanghai
And I can live with that
Never been to Cairo, and oh
That's something I regret
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8. |
Weight Off My Shoulders
06:37
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My heart’s been hurting for some time now
The imagery you left imbedded in my mind
Haunts my dream almost every night
Your beauty, which I fell for like a dark spell
Is now a curse I am meant to live with forever
Forever, this is what I now fight
Will this pain ever subside
Can I get past every single lie
Will I get better one day at a time
Can I get over you with a little rhyme
Only in time, Only in time….
My heart’s been hurting for some time now
The images you left inside in my mind
Haunts my dream most every night
Your beauty, for which I fell for like a dark spell
Can I get past every single lie?
Will I get better one day at a time?
Can I find the simple rhyme?
Only in time, Only in time…
it's been some time since i've know your beauty
The images you left inside in my mind
it's no longer a fight every single night
this seems to be gone like a weight off my shoulders
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9. |
Broken Heart Attacks
03:15
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well i thought you mighta kept it in a shoebox honey/ next to your confessions that you never loved me/ i was under the impression you kept all your memories/ so when you got old and things got slow/ you'd be digging up the artifacts of broken heart attacks
i was just another war in your history/ just who won or just who lost is still a mystery/ i'd like to say it represents a certain victory/ but i don't know/ if i'd show/ a poppy on my jacket for your broken heart attacks
i think i might/ turn out the lights/ and go inside/ when things are right/ when things are wrong/ i carry on/ i carry on
do you ever think about the time to you told me/ that you'd always love me and you'd always hold me?/ looking at the lemon of a deal you sold me/ broken down/ at the side of the road/ a victim of your car crash your broken heart attacks
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10. |
I Can Barely Move
05:43
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11. |
Deathtoll
04:25
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hundreds lose their husbands, lose their wives, lose their lives, lose their family on the daily
chemicals on mountains suffocating doctors, suffocating children, suffocating women
who is winning?
bombs are being dropped, hitting schools, hitting mosques, family homes, the red cross
children who love playing, mothers who love singing, fathers who love cooking, we are lost
How long?
the death toll keeps on ticking
How long?
death by barrel bombs, death by thermal bombs, death by tomahawk
How long?
this endless nightmare of loss
death by starvation, death by dehydration, death by desert sun
How long?
whats falling from the sky
death by drowning, death by gas, death
we want to go home
we are tired of the empty words, empty threats, thoughtless actions, baseless blame
we want peace, we want justice, freedom and security, children to be safe
internally displaced, we are running out of space, we want to stop running and we want to hear silence
we want justice, we want home with our family or alone, we want to see an end to the violence
the death toll keeps on ticking
death by barrel bombs, death by thermal bombs, death by tomahawk missle
this endless nightmare of loss
death by starvation, death by dehydration, death by desert sun
whats falling from the sky?
death by drowning, death by gas, death by gun, death by suicide
we want to go home
we want to go home
and one day you awake and your twelve year olds eighteen
their eyes that looked for years at the ravage find an enemy
to finally find a purpose in the chaos there’s a way
another soldier with a weapon, riding with a flag, playing death games
and the death toll keeps on ticking
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12. |
Toucan Mask
02:22
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Toucan mask
well you told me to put on a mask of a toucan and that you had
written a letter to brad pitt requesting work on my behalf
what a laugh
oh you seem to have a way
of making shades of gray
brighten up my day
I never lived in a phone booth out in Hollywood
I never went down the road you said I should
I never made what you gave me into a payday
but you love me, yah you love me, yah you love me anyway
and you'll get me to help you take home some piece of junk from the side of the road
knowing the house you're living in is filling up to over flow
there you go
oh you seem to have a way
of making shades of grey
Well you make it a joke that you're not into fitness
and you auction our gifts out to us call it Christmas
and you colour and complain
and you're trying to stay sane
and I love you, yah, I love you, yah I love you any way
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13. |
Ladybird
02:56
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Lady Bird, bone hand creature
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14. |
Heavy
00:39
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C.D. Onofrio Niagara Falls, Ontario
"troubadour wearing a crown of fire".
Imperfect music for imperfect
people
Award winnning songwriter and published poet. Songs for dreamers, contemplative dancers, broken romantics, laughing lunatics, seekers, souls with hard spots to reach, and anyone else who can give these songs a home.
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