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Snow settles on the evergreens
A smoldering fire and a pot of beans
The river roars as the birdie sings her song
The bustle of the city life
A lookout on a mountain side
You’ll find me here or there but not for long
I’m a ramblin man, I’m a wanderin’ soul
I’ll make my home anywhere I go
Find me sleeping underneath a tree
Or out upon the wild wild sea
‘Cause anywhere I am is where I’ll be
A wayward son, a freeborn man
Out roaming on a distant land
Tote sack full five dollars to my name
I mean no harm, I’ve done no crime
Rambling’s where I’ll do my time
If I did it again, I’d do it just the same
I’m a ramblin man, I’m a wanderin’ soul
I’ll make my home anywhere I go
Find me sleeping underneath a tree
Or out upon the wild wild sea
‘Cause anywhere I am is where I’ll be
I built a house of stone and wood
And burnt it down because I could
Ain't no building gonna tie me down
When I was young my pappy said
No house, no job, you’ll end up dead
So I’ll live this way ‘til I’m six feet in the ground
I’m a ramblin man, I’m a wanderin’ soul
I’ll make my home anywhere I go
Find me sleeping underneath a tree
Or out upon the wild wild sea
‘Cause anywhere I am is where I’ll be
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I Left
05:17
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I left my home yesterday
To see if I could find my way
To a place where I could free my mind
Of the things, that cover up the light
So I left and I found it in a spider
I left and I found it in the water
I left and I found it in the trees
That are dancing and motioning in an embrace
I left and I found it in the sound of the guitar
I left and I found it in my friends’ arms
I left and I found it in my body
It is nothing, nowhere, everywhere, everything
Mmmm, just let it carry you
There’s no thing you have to do
Just let yourself break, open up
You might find that here to stay is love
So I’ll leave and I’ll find it in a spider
I’ll leave and I’ll find it in the water
I’ll leave and I’ll find it in the trees
That are dancing and motioning in an embrace
I’ll leave and I’ll find it in the sound of the guitar
I’ll leave and I’ll find it in my friends’ arms
I’ll leave and I’ll find it in my body
It is nothing, nowhere, everywhere, everything
Let’s go, take a trip, and find out the truth (x4)
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3. |
Over The Hump
03:44
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Instrumental
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Bound For Glory
03:54
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With a subtle hurry he left his hometown, when he hopped on a Greyhound Bus
A poor communicator and a social demonstrator who could always see the “I” in “us”
Bound by glory by an awful story between the bathroom and a guy named Gus
You can’t hear his mourning while he figures that you must
Alone in the city, walk to the highway, sleep underneath a tree
Make a cardboard sign he mined a dumpster to find, start looking for a ride for free
Hours on the roadside, bugs in his bedside, one province turned into three
He never called his girl, now he’s ruined everything
Oh my Lord, they say that you should never look the other way
I found myself, staring in the mirror too long today (x2)
At a loss on the side of that lonely road, there were vultures circling overhead
He caught a ride from some truckers and oh that poor sucker was offered a spot in their bed
Alone in the sleeper with The Scary Prairie Creeper, in shock after what she said
It’s time to find a new ride, I might end up dead
Oh my Lord, they say that you should never look the other way
I found myself, staring in the mirror too long today (x2)
Hey hey
Hey hey
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Met While Incarcerated
04:53
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It’s been nineteen long years, of rotting in this cell
And it’s truth that hurts me, that I’ll never leave from here
But you love me nonetheless, despite the death sentence
And you know I’ll never make it out alive
You know I’ll never make it out alive
Oh Lord what I’d give to go back in time
To erase my past and never do that crime
But if I never took that poor man's life
My love, my dear, you’d never be my wife
When I received that letter, I instantly felt doom
Hope from the outside world I’d never feel again
But I opened up that note, and read the words you wrote
It was the first time in my life I’d felt alive
Was the first time in my life I’d felt alive
Oh Lord what I’d give to go back in time
To erase my past and never do that crime
But if I never took that poor man's life
My love, my dear, you’d never be my wife
Love, there will come a day, where on that bed I’ll lay
And take my last breath as this world fades away
Some will feel justice, some will feel pain
But with me my love, what do you have to gain?
With me my love, what do you have to gain?
Oh Lord what I’d give to go back in time
To erase my past and never do that crime
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6. |
The Breakup Getdown
02:29
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Instrumental
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All That I'm Looking For
04:50
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I was hoping we could run through the meadows of the things we’ve never done
You lay in waiting through my life as Japedo’s one and only son
Door slowly closing, through years of sorrow and it’s one layer at a time
Where is that pain now, besides the morrow’s still frame in a mind
This is all that I’m looking for now (x3)
I was hoping we could shed our inhibition, one day at a time
But there’s a gap between your head and your heart’s mission every time I cross your mind
Door slowly closing, there’ll be no sorrow only things we’ve never done
Look who’s in love with every offering of the morrow it’s Japedo’s only son
This is all that I’m looking for now (x3)
This is all that I’m looking for now (x3)
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Walking Each Other Home
04:39
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As the creek flows, down down down
Some days we know some days we don’t
Oh, no matter how slow
We’re all just walking eachother home
As the wind blows, ‘round and ‘round
Some days we rest some days we run
Oh, no matter where we’re from
We’re all just spinning ‘round the Sun
So may you be free, to live truthfully
Mind, body, world in harmony
May you live here, as here is now
Not some way else, let life be alive
Hey!
As the creek flows, down down down
Some days we know some days we don’t
Oh, no matter how slow
We’re all just walking eachother home
So may you be free, to live truthfully
Mind, body, world in harmony
May you live here, as here is now
Not some way else, let life be alive
Hey!
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The Whole Thing
03:38
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Up from the sea, we see another spectrum of life
Where what’s in and what’s out, is named with no doubt, but drawn without lines
What’s you and what’s me, the space in between, seems to be fading sometimes
What’s in and what’s out, I name with no doubt, but Momma I can’t see the lines
It’s like the whole thing, is the whole thing
And it’s pouring you a glass of the finest wine
That you’ve always had
Drink it slowly with me
From the fresh to the salt, the wet to the dry, the dirt to the tree to the sky
From the depths to the hill, my mouth to this pill, all happening inside a mind’s eye
As I look back to see what’s left inside me, there’s nobody here to find
Thoughts think they’re me, in a space that can be, no different than what’s called outside
It’s like the whole thing, is the whole thing
And it’s pouring you a glass of the finest wine
That you’ve always had
Drink it slowly with me
It’s like the whole thing, is the whole thing
And it’s pouring you a glass of the finest wine
That you’ve always had
Drink it slowly with me
Drink it slowly with me
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10. |
Ode's Getaway
03:16
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Instrumental
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All I've Never Had
04:26
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And it feel like fate
Still free will has never seemed as real, as it does now
So it’s himself he gets to hate
And when she’s gone he loses all his self-esteem
Giving power to an algorithmic scheme
The thing he fears the most starts to gradually appear
And desperate for relief he calls and says I love you dear
Oh, he don’t know that he’s in love ‘til things go wrong
No, it’s his pain that makes him finally get along
Oh, she was so in love for so long
No, he met her there, and she was gone
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12. |
Honest Try
05:03
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Okay, I’ll take a risk and find out what it’s worth
I’ll put my best foot forward, button up my shirt
And if it all falls hard and breaks apart maybe i’ll cry
At least I gave an honest try
You lost your job but laugh it off, say you’re a retired man
In the back of your mind you wonder if it’s a good plan
To start afresh at thirty one, see if your dreams can fly
I’d say give it an honest try
Give it and honest try, and take that nagging doubt within your mind
Give everything you have and you will find
When you do what you were made to
And put your money where you passion lies
That you can’t take it with you when you die
A giant house that’s full of all your memories of the past
You stop and wonder why the hell you grew up so fast
Yet full of so much strength that she left with you when she died
Mama says give the most honest try
Growing up you always had the dream of living fast
Always changing routes and often down another path
But in the midst the melody is where your passion lies
My friend, give it and honest try
Give it and honest try, and take that nagging doubt within your mind
Give everything you have and you will find
When you do what you were made to
And put your money where you passion lies
That you can’t take it with you when you die
Man about that last verse, I know that it’s been hard
To come to a decision and feel peace within your heart
But boy we’re gonna miss you it will be hard to say goodbye
Go give life an honest try
Give it and honest try, and take that nagging doubt within your mind
Give everything you have and you will find
When you do what you were made to
And put your money where you passion lies
That you can’t take it with you when you die
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