Disc 1 | ||||||
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1. |
| 3:46 | ||||
One little gutter town 3:00 in the morning
I whispered these words I believed Said leave me alone girl I'm so tied down and broken It's too late it's too late to save me Ain't no wish in this world slight of this moment No dream I could dream that comes near No heaven or hope that comes near No wish in this world except you right here It's cold and it's dark and I'm sure it makes you crazy Runnin' to grass so green Dangerous road but it's not going to change me Paved with 10 million broken dreams Chorus Sometimes I feel it's the end of the ride Like distant water the well keeps running dry Chorus And you right here And you right here… |
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2. |
| 5:07 | ||||
Another beautiful morning under stars and bars
And F series pickups and rusted out cars And they're eating breakfast at the strip bar Just to have a peek… And the beer soaked angels spread their wings And dream of twenties and diamonds and things And somehow that might ease the sting Of the company they keep Yeah… And the vets still talk about the tet offensive And the freshmen boys all look so pensive Because living large is so expensive Hope daddy fueled the jet… And we'll all fly out to the Hard Rock casino And we'll put on our neatly pressed and fine chinos And we'll laugh at the guy in the El Camino Is that the only car he could get? It's a beautiful life It's just as advertised It's all for one low price Just read the fine print, and you'll be content With your beautiful life And record smoothies say 'What a sound' You're the greatest thing we've found But you're gonna have to lose a few pounds We're gonna put you on TV And don't think our place is so swank Don't worry about that guy, he's high on crank That's exactly why his last record tanked And let that be a lesson to me It's a beautiful life It's just as advertised It's all for one low price Just read the fine print, and you'll be content With your beautiful life And all our churches glow Communion wafers trash TV shows Say 'Hey, at least you don't have this strife' 'Cause you'll be warm and safe In your beautiful life Yeah… And it's hard to tell what's true compassion When it's dressed up in hair and nails and fashion And the tabloids all rush to cash in on what we should believe And I hope I never see the day When there's nothing left on the planet left to save And oxygen is the designer crusade As we all fight to breathe… It's a beautiful life It's just as advertised It's all for one low price Just read the fine print, and you'll be content With your beautiful life Yeah.... |
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3. |
| 5:33 | ||||
Promise of you
It sleeps in the air The air that I breathe And I know that it's true Don't have to convince myself to believe What secrets sleep in the heart of a man So much love wasted Slip right through my hands See it in the eyes of the lonely As they make their weary way Shimmer in the eyes of longing I hear it say Promise of you It sleeps in the air The air that I breathe And I know that it's true Don't have to convince myself to believe To believe... What secrets sleep in the heart of the night Dreams of salvation Slipping out of sight In the shimmering moments of twilight Closing up the shine Whisper on the wind of a rescue Savior in time Promise of you It sleeps in the air The air that I breathe And I know that it's true Don't have to convince myself to believe All this time I've been fighting my own private war All this time You were the peace I was looking for Chorus |
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4. |
| 4:17 | ||||
Ghost on the street today
Doorways of Jackson Square In tinsel and tap shoes Mardi Gras beads in her hair Down to the graveyard She wrung out her hands As if he will meet her All day she stands Chorus: So don't leave me And I know you're justified So don't leave me Cause a part of you in me died We wish ourselves beautiful We cry in the night And it's not the love you feared But the fall from the height My personal ledges Afraid to look down My crepe paper bridges Enough water to drown Chorus And I see the lonely souls Searchin' But before the heartbreak rose Draw the curtain I'm a ghost on the streets today Surrounded by eyes I feel them peer through me And my harlequin disguise If it makes you feel better Come join me awhile Cause love in my open arms There's love in my spirit's smile Chorus |
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5. |
| 4:37 | ||||
Lying here with you
Listening to the rain Smiling just to see the smile upon your face These are the moments I thank God that I'm alive These are the moments I'll remember all my life I found all I've waited for And I could not ask for more Looking in your eyes Seeing all I need Everything you are is everything to me These are the moments I know heaven must exist These are the moments I know all I need is this I have all I've waited for And I could not ask for more * I could not ask for more than this time together I could not ask for more than this time with you Every prayer has been answered Every dream I have's come true And right here in this moment is right where I'm meant to be Here with you here with me These are the moments I thank God that I'm alive These are the moments I'll remember all my life I've got all I've waited for And I could not ask for more *Repeat I could not ask for more than the love you give me 'Coz it's all I've waited for And I could not ask for more I could not ask for more |
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6. |
| 4:34 | ||||
Just Do Your Thing
Go on and sing If it makes you feel better Shufflin' feet Snuck up on me now This young man's lost his way He don't believe All the stuff they told him He's caught up in the fray He said I've got this great big Bag full of dreams And I don't know what to do I said a wise man gave me The key to life And now I give it to you And I said Just do your thing If it makes you feel better Go on and sing If it makes you feel better You're running that race A little bit faster now Towards your finish lines Such a disgrace You missed all the beautiful You can't buy back the time So stop and love And dance and live And laugh until you cry Don't wake up to realize that Your time has passed you by Just do your thing If it makes you feel better Go on and sing If it makes you feel better You can cling to your fears if you want to To your heart and your soul You must be true Just do your thing If it makes you feel better Go on and sing If it makes you feel better Just do your thing If it makes you feel better Go on and sing If it makes you feel better |
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7. |
| 3:44 | ||||
Prayer To St. Peter
Give them couches where the angels sleep And light those fires Let them wake whole again To brand new dawns Fired by the sun Not war-times bloody guns May their peace be deep Remember where the broken bodies lie God knows how young they were To have to die Give them things they like Let them make some noise Give dance hall bands not golden harps To these our boys Let them love Peter For they've had no time They should have bird songs and trees And hills to climb The taste of summer And a ripened pear And girls sweet as meadow wind And flowing hair And tell them how they are missed But say not to fear It's gonna be all right With us down here |
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8. |
| 3:45 | ||||
Perfumed and smoky
She swears that she knows me She's falling down drunk again I say she's mistaken She's visibly shaken Emotions all drowned in gin She said I used to be beautiful But now it's all gone I let my dreams slip away from me That's where it went wrong Go be young, go be free Follow your heart where it leads you Don't end up like me The Indian in the guardhouse used to spin me yarns Stories of canyons and Boston in winter And losing his family's farms He said I've outlived my three sons, they died in three wars I laughed and I cried while they lived and they died And I know that they deserve more Chorus Perfumed and smoky She swears that she knows me I'm falling down drunk again I say she's mistaken She's visibly shaken Emotions all drowned in gin Isay I used to be powerful But now it's all gone I let my dreams take control of me That's where it went wrong Chorus |
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9. |
| 3:49 | ||||
Rolled in last night
to the dawn, the porch, and both our floodlights no excuse but we were having such a good time why, oh why can't i just walk the straight and narrow so ashamed bLl do it all again tomorrow maybe you're the only one that sees anything good about me anything good about me i found a friend to get the number just to call you line was jammed i trie Tried, but could not get through all these calls to warn you of my scoundrel heart but these walls and still they can't keep us apart chorus and i promise to take care and love you You promise to keep seeing anything good about me . and i swear sometimes there's asphalt running through my veins and let me go and never ever pull my reins and i'll return with cuts Ruises scarred but smarter lick my wounds and try again but twice as hard chorus |
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10. |
| 4:38 | ||||
The strands in your eyes
that color them wonderful Stop me and steal my breath Emeralds from mountains thrust towards the sky Never revealing their depth Tell me that we belong together Dress it up with the trappings of love I'll be captivated, I'll hang from your lips Instead of the gallows of heartache that hang from above *I'll be your cryin' shoulder I'll be love suicide I'll be better when I'm older I'll be the greatest fan of your life Rain falls angry on the tin roof As we lie awake in my bed You're my survival, you're my living proof My love is alive and not dead Tell me that we belong together Dress it up in the trappings of love I'll be captivated, I'll hang from your lips Instead of the gallows of heartache that hang from above I've dropped out, burned up, fought my way back from the dead Tuned in, turned on, remembered the thing you said |
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11. |
| 6:01 | ||||
Wendy's sittin' next to me
She's trying hard to drink it away And I feel the rumble of the subway Beneath the stage And her eyes are screaming And her lips are pursed And this ain't her first heartache But it feels like, it feels like the worst And she says Can someone tell me how this can happen And I guess that God only knows My heart used to be The sweet shop of love But now the sign on the door It says sorry we're closed And I hear myself tell her Some old words I know they won't help And then I feel guilty 'Cause I closed some sweet shops myself And we all talk about timing And lifestyles and such But to a heart that's been shattered Those words don't mean that much And all of our pining It just goes to show Don't you enter a shop With the sign on the door Saying sorry we're closed And she's been through all the pain That one can endure And her new man thinks she loves him But he can't be sure And his heart pines for Wendy She says that's how it goes How am I supposed to know He can't read the sign saying Sorry we're closed Yeah we're closed And she says Can someone tell me how this can happen And I guess that God only knows My heart used to be The sweet shop of love But there's a sign on the door There's a sign on the door There's a sign on the door There's a sign on the door One more sign… |
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12. |
| 7:05 | ||||
She's a Blue Ridge cradle
She's a mother to some And home to the laughter Of road weary ones So we'll sing all the old songs Sing to grandmama road And we'll sing cause we miss her And we're sad she had to go If I could see off this mountain Through the clouds in my eyes I would see off this mountain On the nights stars fell And see off this mountain Through the tears in my eyes I would see off this mountain And the stars fell from the skies In the air I hear a fiddle Down along Hickory Way And the mandolin guitar Like we used to play And down on Dunn's rock Brothers boasting a dare We tell them they're crazy And pretend we don't care If I could see off this mountain Through the clouds in my eyes I would see off this mountain On the nights stars fell And see off this mountain Through the tears in my eyes I would see off this mountain And the stars fell from the skies The air tastes like moonshine In the wind a carnival tune It soars with our laughter But we'll all leave too soon So I raise a toast to family Put thanks in my glass In the arms of your loved ones It's the only home that lasts If I could see off this mountain Through the clouds in my eyes I would see off this mountain On the night the stars fell And see off this mountain Through the tears in my eyes I could see off this mountain When the stars fell from the skies When the stars fell from the skies Going up to grandmama road Going up to grandmama road I'm happy as can be 'Cause can't you see I'm going up to grandmama road… |