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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
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2. |
This My Friend
04:11
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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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3. |
For Dan
06:40
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Home
03:43
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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
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How Is This True
08:43
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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
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6. |
Take Me Back
04:45
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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
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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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8. |
Still Reeling
03:07
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9. |
Palm of Your Hand
04:48
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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
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Heart Walls
05:06
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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
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11. |
I Am Ready
04:25
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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
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12. |
Ocean Falls
05:22
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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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