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You’re ready for the river
Let it take you down, you’re ready now
To be free of everything
Throw down your silver
Get rid of it, forget the debt
That held you in chains
Your travels brought you far
And you saw some things most never see
And it marked you I can tell
But now’s not the time to
Relive it now, so break it down
Leave the pieces where they fell
Down, down lay it down
Down, down lay your burdens down
Miles ahead or miles behind
It don’t pay to think that way
For miles don’t measure you’re worth my friend
No miles don’t make the man
Raise up your white flag
Surrender, don’t tempt her
For you know she may bite
You’re half-mad with fever
And you’re shaking, heart’s racing
But still you wanna fight
But tender was the night
That hangs over you, disarming you
Holding back the fear you disguise
Adrift in the stream
Where nothing can harm you now, or pull you down
Yeah you’re weightless as the sky
Down, down lay it down
Down, down lay your burdens down
Miles ahead or miles behind
It don’t pay to think that way
For miles don’t measure you’re worth my friend
No miles don’t make the man
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2. |
Cursed Spot
04:11
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Oh well time has been cruel to you oh it’s true
But today, without warning you’ve been pardoned by the few
Who make the rules
And how you got there is anyone’s guess
I Imagine you got dark secrets in your chest
You’ve got blood on your hands
And no matter what you do they’ll never be clean
You got the will to power now you tower over me
You swept the board with a wave, checkmate, you took the king
But your nose ain’t clean
I can see the evil in your eye
Picking off the wings of a dragonfly
You’ve got blood on your hands
And no matter what you do they’ll never be clean
Now you’re lost within subconscious, spouting nonsense down the hall
Scared to death of the shadows that echo your lonesome call
You’re bound to fall
You ain’t caught a wink since the last new moon
Your paranoia’s put one over you
You’ve got blood on your hands
And no matter what you do they’ll never be clean
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If I Knew The Name
04:17
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If I knew the name
That you give your pain
You know where I’d be now wouldn’t you babe
If I could turn back time
If I could cross that line
You know where I’d be now wouldn’t you babe
What is it that keeps us from
Finding some solace under the sun
Who holds the reins
Who holds the gun
If I could stop the rain
If I could halt the train
You know where I’d be now wouldn’t you babe
If I knew which way to go
If I knew which card to show
You know where I’d be now wouldn’t you babe
What is it that keeps us from
Finding some solace under the sun
Who holds the reins?
Who holds the gun?
So many things in our way babe
Obstacles every day that we overcome
Ready to jump, ready to run
Ready to jump!
Ready to run!
Everything got to die it’s true
But as long as I’m alive I’ll see it through
I’ll send this message on home to you
So can I have this dance girl
So many things left to chance in this world
But I won’t let it stop me from knowing you
I won’t let it stop me!
I won’t let it stop me!
I won’t let it stop me!
If we could start again from the top
If we could pick it up where we left off
You know where I’d be now wouldn’t you babe
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4. |
Come On Easy
05:33
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Never gonna get out of this town
Backwater born, backwater bound
To make it here you gotta keep your head down
I work three jobs just to get by
A little extra for that baby of mine
For a moment we can suspend time
Come on easy, come on easy,
Come on easy, I need it easy
Come on easy, come on easy
Come on easy, Come on easy now
I was a rake I was a mixed-up kid
Never paid no mind to what lay ahead
Never figured that my world could end
Trouble has a way of finding me
I try to do good but it don’t pay to be
Something I don’t really believe
Come on easy, come on easy,
Come on easy, I need it easy
Come on easy, come on easy
Come on easy, Come on easy now
Rolling rocks up the hill again
Unpacking each and every burden
Some of us carry much within
Come on easy, come on easy,
Come on easy, I need it easy
Come on easy, come on easy
Come on easy, Come on easy now
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Sandcastles
04:33
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Castles carved out of sand now collapsed
Castles of what used to be
Reflections of time well spent, time long past
Reflections standing on the sea
I feel the ebb and the flow of the tide
I feel it’s pull and release
Like a love sometimes low, sometimes high
Like a love can be
And every day I see the flash
A lifetime caught in photograph
Monuments to all we had
Swept away with the sand
Love me now while I’m here, while we have the time
Love me now and I’ll love you
Never mind tomorrow’s cold crazy lies
Never mind what can’t hold you
And every day I see the flash
A lifetime caught in photograph
Monuments to all we had
Swept away with the sand
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6. |
Spirit Drive
04:06
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Restless rider
White freight driver
Disappear, disappear
Headlight halo
Chasing shadows
Down the line, down the line
Under the yellow moon you glide
Just like a spirit in the night
Duskland highways
Stretched across your face,
Across your face, across your face
East to west end
Imperfection through and through
Through and through, through and through
Under the yellow moon you glide
Just like a spirit in the night
Time erases
Your foundation
With each mile, with each mile
Under the yellow moon you glide
Just like a spirit in the night
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Green Screen
03:37
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Rain on me
Chase away the ghost
Of mad misery and man made majesty
Leave ruin
The sky is coming down
The curtains have been drawn and now I see
Who commands
The great wheel in the sky
Whose calloused hands
Signs the master plan
I alone
I, etcetera
The lines have all been drawn and here I stand
Do you want to repeat history?
Do you want the one sided story?
Better get to finding out what you can do without babe
Cuz I’m done with this sick fantasy projected up on the screen
Nothing is revealed here no matter what you think you hear babe
Carry on across the violet dawn
Radios on can you hear it playing our song
Waltz with me
In the pouring rain
The lights have all gone out but we dance on
The lights have all gone out but we dance on
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Bigger Picture
04:58
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Stoned alone in a motel room
Watching shadows play upon the light
Mr. Wilson singing on the air
“I Guess I Wasn’t Made for These Times”
Carousel spinning ‘round my mind
Painted horses kicking up their heels
I’m walking in dreams lost in the light
The phone rings in the dead of the night
But no one’s hanging on the line
But at first you swore you heard a voice
One you knew from another time
Caught between a dream and a nightmare
Hello, hello can you hear me now? Is there anyone out there?
Remember babe when we were young and dumb?
You know everything seemed easier
Too busy letting our hair grow wild
Getting high off the sound of our laughter
Maybe that’s what it is to be in love
Never recognizing it until you leave it in the dust
If we didn’t have our mistakes to teach us
What kind of life would that be then?
Not one we could sing about no...
Not one we’d care to defend
You can’t fit it in a single frame
You miss the bigger picture yeah life just doesn't work out that way
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Page By Page
04:44
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Every day I write the book
Page by page a babbling brook
Between the lines one must look
If what is writ is understood
Another town, another stage
Motel rooms left in disarray
Skywriting on the clearest day
Wandering words appear and fade
As I’m racing, wheels a blazing
Visions flash before my eyes
Flip the station, FM station
Another town, another stage
Forgive me if it rubs you wrong
I don’t intend to stay that long
I made my mark I pray it’s strong
This love will echo on and on
Don’t you doubt it, I can’t hide it
It’s written all over my face
I can’t erase it, why would I change it?
This love will echo on and on
Every day, page by page
Words appear only to slowly fade
Fade away, fade away, fade away
Fade away, fade away, fade away
Fade away, fade away, fade away
Time has set our lives askew
Grown apart to start anew
Another path splits off in two
To each his own, one card to choose
There is no start there is no end
Behind my nights your days begin
There was time before, there’ll be time again
Here’s a kiss to remind you when
We were wasted, bold and brazen
We shot the moon right out of the sky
Half-crazy, thoughts hazy
Here’s a kiss to remind you when
Every day, page by page
Words appear only to slowly fade
Fade away, fade away, fade away
Fade away, fade away, fade away
Fade away, fade away, fade away
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Zachary Cale Brooklyn, New York
NEXT YEAR'S GHOST out May 24th via Org Music.
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