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I Am Ready

by Under The Rocks

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1.
Haven’t heard that guitar in quite a while it seems I only hear the banjo and the fiddle in my dreams It’s been too long Since I’ve heard a good old bluegrass song A part of me I never hope to lose I got that bluegrass deprivation blues Sitting at home thinking, in my old rocking chair Haven’t bathed myself in days or even combed my hair It’s been too long Since I’ve heard a good old bluegrass song Been smoking cigarettes and drinking booze I got the bluegrass deprivation blues Put a cassette tape into my old stereo To hear the fancy pickin’ of the legend J.D. Crowe It’s been too long Since I’ve heard a good old bluegrass song Then the tape got jammed and blew a fuse I got that bluegrass deprivation blues As I sat there thinking, time wasted away I picked my dusty banjo up and I began to play It’s been too long Since I’ve played a good old bluegrass song What song should I play I cannot choose I got that bluegrass deprivation blues Haven’t heard that guitar in quite a while it seems I only hear the banjo and the fiddle in my dreams It’s been too long Since I’ve heard a good old bluegrass song A part of me I never hope to lose But I’ve got those bluegrass deprivation blues
2.
Where’d you go, I’ll never know where I hope one day, you’ll find your way out But when you left you put a thorn in my side When you left I thought a part of me had died But I know that you’ll be present ‘til the end So goodbye for now my friend Goodbye for now my friend Many years, but so few tears gone by I hope one day you’ll find your way out But when you left you put a thorn in my side When you left I thought a part of me had died You left as we were living the dream Or maybe it’s just the way it seemed Maybe it’s just the way it seemed Where’d you go, I’ll never know where I hope one day, you’ll find your way Find your way And when you’re back we’ll talk of all the things you missed Of the girls, the ones we did or didn't kiss The late night revelry is what I’m gonna miss But we’ve both been waiting such a long time for this We’ve both been waiting much too long This my friend This my friend This my friend This my friend
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For Dan 06:40
4.
Home 03:43
When she told you she asked him to leave She said it would be for a day or three, and you believed That he was coming home When she noticed you were not alright She started crying herself to sleep every night, all things in spite He was never coming home He ain't comin’ home He ain't comin’ home He ain't comin’ home He ain't comin’ home When you noticed that life wasn’t fair You were heartbroken to find nobody there who seemed to care That you had lost your home Time goes by oh do you, count the days Life will change in so many ways and you’ll Go looking for a home You ain’t got no home You ain’t got no home You ain’t got no home You ain’t got no home You ain’t got no home You ain’t got no home You ain’t got no home
5.
I stare into those bright eyes, the beauty blinds me every time Enamored by all that I see, can’t take my gaze off what’s in front of me Not silver not gold, not silver not gold but something much better Can’t help myself, I can’t help myself it’s so close I just can’t resist The value of what's in front of me The beauty in all that I see You’re the treasure that I want That I need Too good for my own eyes to see it But I’ve got it and I can barely believe it How is this true? Too good for my own eyes to see it But I’ve got it and I can barely believe it How is this true? How is this true? How is this true? How is this true? How is this true? How is this true? That I’ve got you I can’t believe this is true The worry I put myself through Thinking that I would never have you Still I wonder, how is this true? A guy like me and a girl like you Now relaxed and put back, in the comfort of what I have But what do I have? More than any riches a king could ask for More than any riches I could ask for Because it’s Too good for my own eyes to see it But I’ve got it and I can barely believe it How is this true? Too good for my own eyes to see it But I’ve got it and I can barely believe it How is this true? How is this true? How is this true? That I’ve got you I can’t believe this is true The worry I put myself through Thinking that I would never have you Still I wonder, how is this true? Still I wonder, how is this true? A guy like me and a girl like you Still I wonder, how is this true A guy like me and a girl like you
6.
Take Me Back 04:45
Take me back, to that hillside Where I’d sit and dream of you He sun would wake The fog it would rise And reveal the beautiful blue For you, I would wander Until I find what I’m looking for I hardly will rest I’ll travel afar And labour ‘til my body’s sore As the night played to rest I would find My longing for you it is clear I will not give up ‘Till I bring you home My dear, my dear On that day when I found you I took you home to meet my family Who knew that you’d be the one That I would have to thank For feeding my children and me Take me back, to that hillside Where I’d sit and dream of you The sun would wake The fog it would rise And reveal the beautiful blue When the time came that you’d pass I found your body just laying there still I had the honor of knowing and dreaming of you As I sat on the side of that hill I had the honor of knowing and dreaming of you As I sat on the side of that hill
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Mama 04:39
Ever since the day that you left My life seems to move slower than the rest Now it doesn’t even matter what it is Everything now is so damn significant Now that you’re gone Gone Gone Gone There’s so many things I wish I did instead Of what I did before we found your body dead In the past I hardly struggled with regret But now I wonder if my whole life needs forgiveness Now that you’re gone Gone Gone Gone Mama, Mama, I love you Mama, Mama, I thank you Mama, Mama, I’m so sorry Mama, Mama, I hope you knew Mama, Mama, I hope you know So I’ll just tell the new forms of you I see The things that love and hold and teach and nurture me Birds and flowers, all that’s beautiful and free It just makes sense that this is where you would be It just makes sense that this is where you would be Now that you’re gone Gone Gone Gone
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Time wasted, in the palm of your hand Your creative mind is turning bland Productivity gone down the drain like that Because we’re all so infatuated And oh these days no longer work can stay at work It’s just a perk to bring it home and answer emails from your phone But the kids they want to play with you and your wife needs help with dinner too You can't help ‘cause your eyes are glued And you can't peel them off As you stare into the palm of your hand We’d sit side by side for hours with little conversation You can lock it in your pocket but when you’re bored you’re still drawn back To the palm of your hand Yes it’s beneficial but it’s also detrimental To the way we interact, our relationships are less personal You forget it, miss place it have anxiety when you can't find it When you do your stress relieves Is that how you want to live? As you stare into the palm of your hand We’d sit side by side for hours with little conversation You can lock it in your pocket but when you’re bored you’re still drawn back To the palm of your hand The scary thing is it’s getting worse It lives in my pocket and in your purse Now children hardly can converse they are lacking social skill When I was young I’d build a fort, ride my bike or play a sport But now I’m scrolling when I’m bored for no reason at all As I stare into the palm of my hand We’d sit side by side for hours with little conversation I can lock it in my pocket but when I’m bored I’m still drawn back To the palm of my hand To the palm of my hand To the palm of my hand
10.
Heart Walls 05:06
Ten years ago we had, we had it all, what a love we had I’d be in the garden feeling sad for my friends who didn’t have this Faithful in all times, we built a home, a family, I had no worries I felt your love even when I nagged or lost my patience Though you never did, you were always kind, and only gentle I didn’t know I was making you tired when you kept quiet Things were building up inside, ’til one day you had enough So I built my heart walls Thick and strong So nothing could hurt me Like when you left seven years ago When you broke my heart, I still had to see you everyday Talk over coffee, make sure the kids are happy, they behave Put on a smile, put the pain to the side, it’s no big deal It doesn’t matter, they’re just feelings, anyway it’s not about me I’ll just build my heart walls  Thick and strong So nothing can get me My heart hardly works anymore My heart isn’t yours, it’s mine So I’ll tear down the walls make it alright So nothing that’s left could hide The love that is left and coming yet The love that is left and coming yet Oh I’ll build new heart walls Soft and bright So nothing that happens Can stick except the light Oh I’ll build new heart walls Soft and bright So nothing that happens Can stick except the light
11.
I Am Ready 04:25
Field mice and potatoes, that’s all we’ve got No rice on the table, like it or not You’ve been wondering how that perspective just fades away The lark in the morning, ariseth from her nest And mounts in the air, with the dew upon her breast You’ve been wondering if there’s somewhere they’ve gone other than away Now with your fading hearing, so goes your sight The grave you are nearing, while seeming not to fight If Peter was here, we all know what he’d say With peace all or’ his face There is no need here for dismay For I am ready, ready, we are ready to die One child aft’ another, for over 20 years My two aunts and their six brothers, for whom food always appeared In need of more as they aged, you worked for minimum pay It was the handsome ploughboy, the damsel she did say Who caused for me to tumble, all along the new mown hay But the way that he was, was not the way he’d be No he never loved you as well, as you would have liked Go off to Israel, don’t call ‘till grounded is your flight When he answers my dear I’ve gone but far away And I’m not sure how long I’ll stay I don’t much care what you might say For I am ready, ready, I am ready to feel alive I am ready to feel alive
12.
Ocean Falls 05:22
Back to good old Ocean Falls is where I want to be All my childhood memories from the town down by the sea Oh the town down by the sea At the head of Cousins Inlet nestled there up on the hill The town where I was born and raised run by Pacific Mills Run by Pacific Mills We rarely saw the sun our town was often wet and cold The folks of Oceans Falls were known as the rain people We were the rain people Good old Ocean Falls Good old Ocean Falls Oh if I could see it now To spend a day in my hometown Take me back to good old Ocean Falls Every single week day dad was at that paper mill Workin’ hard from nine to five so he could pay the bills So he could pay the bills Mama would stay home and watch us kids as we would play Doing chores around the house is how my mom would spend her days How mom would spend her days As us kids grew older we would have to go to school Waiting eager for day end so we could head down to the pool Down to the local pool Good old Ocean Falls Good old Ocean Falls Oh if I could see it now To spend a day in my hometown Take me back to good old Ocean Falls Instead of stone or concrete all the streets were made of wood In the winter we’d toboggan down as fast as we could As fast as we could Summers we spent lots of time up playing by Link Lake Skipping rocks and catching frogs are memories we would make They’re memories we would make As summer would come to a close you’d hear the children sigh School would start back up again down at Charleson High Down at Charleson High Good old Ocean Falls Good old Ocean Falls Oh if I could see it now To spend a day in my hometown Take me back to good old Ocean Falls A family of six children I was second from the last And left sixty eight years ago oh how that time has passed Oh how that time has passed That great municipality now crumbled to the ground my good old home of Ocean Falls now stands as a ghost town It stands as a ghost town Though all I have left of my town are wondrous memories When I think back I still can smell the familiar ocean breeze Familiar ocean breeze Good old Ocean Falls Good old Ocean Falls Oh if I could see it now To spend a day in my hometown I wish that I could be In that town down by the sea Take me back to good old Ocean Falls

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released April 1, 2021

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