1. |
Holy Smokes
03:38
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Well I been driving around no two bit town,
Driving around no two bit town.
And there’s nothing left but holy smokes,
Nothing left but holy smokes.
Get off your horse
Well waltz right in
But stay the course
Ride on again
Now the highways rise to heaven’s wild
The highways rise to heaven’s wild
And this land is old but this town’s a child,
This land is old but this town’s a child
And it’s getting dark
When the day’s been done
Middle of the night
And I can see the sun
Now the highways rise to heaven’s wild
The highways rise to heaven’s wild
And I said this land is old but this town’s a child,
This land is old but this town’s a child
Get off your horse
Well waltz right in
But stay the course
Ride on again
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2. |
The Big Sound
02:49
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Let those swim who can and the heavy ones
Will sink down where no one belongs
And you can hear them calling
Through a thunderstorm
I’m gonna right this wrong
Yes I am
Stuck at the stations that we know
The revels change but never seem to go
And this train will take you far away
But on the platform you’ll remain
Across broke down bridges and desperate cities
Inside of the old subway
I can hear them say we’ll have to make this land
Whole over again, all over again
And you can hear them calling
Through a thunderstorm
I’m gonna right this wrong
Let those rise up who may
And the mighty ones
Will sink back down to where they belong
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3. |
Take Me Down
05:42
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Take me down and I will go
Go to sleep upon your shoulder
Take me in my new friend
Show me love we’ll never grow older
And we’re alive breathing in the air
And I’ll survive when you’re not there
Cause all roads ends my old friend
What once was love will rise again
Behind closed doors you never know
What you’ll see through the keyhole
So look inside and what you find
A memory that never dies
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4. |
Nobody Knows
03:57
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Breathe on me mama please me offer
Reel me in but what are you doing
Like a wolf at my door
Push me in the water pull me under
Neath my mind is wet and my heart begins to sink
Down like your skipping stones
And oh we reach our hands out but they get cut off, they get cut off
And for all the chances we don’t take they haunt us while we lie awake, we like awake
That’s the way it goes
Let the full moon show
My heart’s got no shadow
But nobody knows
Crazy in the stairwell you fell there in laughter
And I was here once before but it ended, it ended
Quicker than a branding mark
Sitting at a table across from me but able
To hold your eyes on long enough to tell you
until tomorrow
And oh we reach our hands out but they get cut off, they get cut off
And for all the chances we don’t take they haunt us while we lie awake, we like awake
And that’s the way it goes
Let the full moon show
My heart’s got no shadow
But nobody knows
Light breaks through my window
I let the darkness go
And my heart’s got no shadow
But nobody knows
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5. |
Choose A Path
04:04
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We are what we do
alone at night inside our rooms
And my lover’s face holds no mask
A stranger a one time and that time has past
Now will you lie down on these tracks with me
Choose a path
And follow
Climb the mast
To see right and wrong
There are voices in the wind
Who say we are all kings and queens
But I’m not the only one
Who feels I’m not where I belong
And when our bodies can bear a child
Will we live on in story
For love or glory
We all stand naked and fade away
But you choose a path
And follow
Climb the mast
To see right and wrong
There was a time
When I knew love well
But it was left behind
In the city’s swell
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6. |
The Nature of Things
04:39
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Oh bless thee
Mother of Eden
From this garden of Cretans
who drove a cross
If you believe in a firey hell
It’ll never let go of your will
That there’s some fear from below that’ll kill ya
Alas I say
The soil will restore
What our bodies were before
The willow weighs
Its leaves on my face
And here there’s no time and no space
To try define
We are made from the same soil and stone
There are no single truths and all is unknown
Life just ferments and it is relentless
But no Devil will drink me
Down into Earth’s core
Where this myth will work no more
The soil will restore
What our bodies were before
Down into Earth’s core
Where this myth will work no more
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7. |
Epic Diva
02:22
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An epic diva was drowning in quick sand
I came along and I grabbed her hand
She said my savior you are my man
I said you can tag along if you want to
All over again
And it was dark and cold in the woods at night
A beast approached us she held me tight
To hell with you I said you evil creature
With wicked teeth
I drew my sword as it leaped on two feet
And it was ten feet tall and oddly modeled
With the Devil’s horns and all that’s awful
And I turned around to see where my love had gone
But she’d become another form
And these fair ladies are like wild animals
Try and take them home and they’ll scratch your eyeballs out
And this kind of gallantry is gonna kill me
The next time you see a diva drowning brotha
Let her be
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8. |
The Future's in the Past
04:00
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Well every man’s on this victory march
And all the saints are on the arch
And the gallions go with those who chose to chase after the lark
Chuck an anchor overboard
Hit your head on the cement
Let me take you down first avenue
And show you my lament
Well I was driving in my car and it was like a time machine
I said you see these things we see outside they’re things we’ve never seen
And the way we live our lives is really all a lie
We die first and then are born again forget and live our lives
Forget and live your life
Forget and live your life
Forget and live your life, oh
And I was sailing in a war ship
with a twenties football team
I said let’s furnish all these ships
with skin clad kicks and diamond demons
And we’ll go around the world and never come back
Not until this history’s future
And the future’s in the past
The future’s in the past
The future’s in the past at last, oh
Well I was driving in my car and it was like a time machine
I said you see these things we see outside they’re things we’ve never seen
And the way we live our lives is really all a lie
We die first and then are born again forget and live our lives
Forget and live your life
Forget and live your life
Forget and live your life, oh
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The Herbert Bail Orchestra Los Angeles, California
From the depths of the modern American folk movement comes The Herbert Bail Orchestra, incorporating elements of folk-rock- Americana-blues and country music. "A fusion of past and present, frontier and adventure, psyche and soul. Full sounds and powerful live performances pull listeners into their timeless dimension." says The HuffPost. "A journey into the American psyche" says Nowness. ... more
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