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| 1. |
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| 2. |
| 4:43 | 
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I was walking alone through the lofty San Juans
With a heart full of light and a head full of songs I was thinking of time and how much it will cost To recapture the souls that we surely have lost In the cities and towns there are millions who dream But the traffic's so loud that you can't hear them scream There's a heaven on earth that so few ever find Though the map's in your soul and the road's in your mind So many mountains before us, so many rivers to cross Where is the wisdom to bring back the vision we've lost Can we gaze with the wonder of children into the deafening night Has it gotten so dark that we cannot remember the light When you sleep on the ground with the stars in your face You can feel the full length of the beauty and grace In the wild places man is an unwelcome guest But it's here that I'm found and it's here I feel blessed |
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| 3. |
| 4:53 |
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They came from Scandinavia, the land of midnight sun
And crossed the North Atlantic when this century was young They'd heard that in America every man was free To live the way he chose to live and be who he could be Some of them were farmers there and tilled the frozen soil But all they got was poverty for all their earnest toil They say one was a sailor who sailed the wide world round Made home port, got drunk one night, walked off the pier and drowned My mother was of Scottish blood, it's there that she was born They brought her to America in 1924 They left behind the highlands and the heather-covered hills And came to find America with broad expectant dreams and iron wills My granddad worked the steel mills of central Illinois His daughter was his jewel, his son was just his boy For thirty years he worked the mills and stoked the coke-fed fires And looked toward the day when he'd at last turn 65 and could retire And the sons become the fathers and their daughters will be wives As the torch is passed from hand to hand And we struggle through our lives Though the generations wander, the lineage survives And all of us, from dust to dust We all become forefathers by and by The woman and the man were wed just after the war And they settled in this river town and three fine sons she bore One became a lawyer and one fine pictures drew And one became this lonely soul Who sits here now and sings this song to you And the sons become the fathers and their daughters will be wives As the torch is passed from hand to hand And we struggle through our lives Though the generations wander, the lineage survives And all of us, from dust to dust We all become forefathers by and by |
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| 4. |
| 5:37 |
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Broken clouds along the blue horizon
The sun is setting and the wind is dying down Outward bound, there is music all around Can you hear it, it's the song of the sea Soundings taken at the edge of darkness The widest silences the heart can ever hear You can steer to the stars along your lee Set you bearings to the, the song of the sea Oh and the song is as ancient as the days And the winds upon the waves Let it carry you away, so far away Trim my sails to greet the breaking morning Past the headlands to the rolling open sea And it comes to me, I have never felt so free As when I'm listening to the, the song of the sea Oh and the song is as ancient as the days And the winds upon the waves Let it carry me away, so far away Some were meant to watch the world from windows And never look beyond the road beneath their feet But for me, I was always meant to be One forever chasing the song of the sea The song of the sea The song of the sea |
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| 5. |
| 3:55 |
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There's thorns on the cactus tree
There's thorns on the rose There's thorns in the heart of me That nobody knows They tear at the flesh until The tears start to rise They form in my heart But they fall from Anastasia's eyes. And I was lost in the wilderness Without courage or hope I was setting my signal fires And watching the smoke When out of the smoke appeared The sweetest surprise And I knew I'd been found When first I looked in To Anastasia's eyes. There's thorns on the cactus tree There's thorns on the rose There's thorns in the heart of me That nobody knows But finally I've found out where My salvation lies It lies in the love that lives In Anastasia's eyes |
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| 6. |
| 6:14 |
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In the overcrowded cities where the nights are bright as day
You spend your weekly paycheck and turn your eyes away From the crisis we've created with our self-indulgent ways Living like there's no tomorrow, well that just might be the case Now they're tearing down the forests and the jungles of Brazil Without a second thought about the species that they kill But extinction is forever and still the forests fall And push it ever closer to extinction for us all But you're so blind to the truth, blind to the truth And you can't see nothing Cause you're so blind to the truth, blind to the truth And the judgment day is coming Now the politicians bicker on the early evening news Pledging their allegiance to whoever they can use The corporate bosses snicker as they watch the profits soar They don't care what they make next month just as long as it is more They take our farms and marshlands, drive nature to the wall Just so they can build another Goddamn shopping mall And it doesn't seem to matter if they cannot see the stars As long as they can keep on building obsolescent cars They're so blind to the truth, blind to the truth No they can't see nothing They're so blind to the truth, blind to the truth But the judgment day is coming Now you cannot drink the water and you cannot breathe the air The sky is ripping open and you still don't seem to care The soil is tired and toxic and unable to provide The clock is running out and there is nowhere left to hide Now there's laws that we must live by and they're not the laws of man Can't you see the shadow that moves across this land The future is upon us and there's so much we must do And you know I can't ignore it and my friend neither can you Unless you're blind to the truth, blind to the truth And you can't see nothing You're so blind to the truth, blind to the truth But the judgment day is coming |
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| 7. |
| 4:47 |
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The hours grow shorter as the days go by
You never get to stop and open your eyes One day you're waiting for the sky to fall The next you're dazzled by the beauty of it all When you're lovers in a dangerous time Lovers in a dangerous time These fragile bodies of touch and taste This vibrant skin, this hair like lace Spirits open to the thrust of grace Never a breath you can afford to waste When you're lovers in a dangerous time Lovers in a dangerous time Lovers in a dangerous time Lovers in a dangerous time When you're lovers in a dangerous time Sometimes you're made to feel as if your love's a crime But nothing worth having comes without some kind of fight You got to kick at the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight When you're lovers in a dangerous time Lovers in a dangerous time Lovers in a dangerous time Lovers in a dangerous time |
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| 8. |
| 4:22 |
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Listen to the rhythm of the falling rain
Telling me just what a fool I've been I wish that it would go and let me cry in vain And let me be alone again The only girl I've ever loved has gone away Looking for a brand new start But little does she know that when she left that day Along with her he took my heart Rain please tell me now does that seem fair For her to steal my heart away when she don't care I can't love another when my heart's somewhere far away Listen to the rhythm of the falling rain Telling me just what a fool I've been I wish that it would go and let me cry in vain And let me be alone again The only girl I've ever loved has gone away Looking for a brand new start Little does she know that when she left that day Along with her she took my heart Rain won't you tell her that I love her so Please ask the sun to set her heart a glow And rain in her heart and let the love we know start to grow Rain please tell me now does that seem fair For her to steal my heart away when he don't care I can't love another when my heart's somewhere far away Oh listen to the falling rain Oh rhythm of the falling rain Oh listen to the falling rain Oh rhythm of the falling rain |
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| 9. |
| 3:48 |
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Up through the branches
The stars shine above On the arroyos And mesas you loved And as the moon rises The black mountain mourns For the old friend He'll look on no more Jacks-In-The-Pulpit Bones in the sky Long winding rivers That never ran dry And the secrets she gathered From the wild blowing sands Breathed in her heart And her hands I sing to your spirit Where all my dreams dwell The vision, the freedom The life lived so well And I sing in your canyons And the echoes ring clear And I wish somehow You may still hear |
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| 10. |
| 6:00 |
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The light is long the sun is low
I'm riding fast across this dusty road But I don't want to be, no I don't want to be Above the ridge an eagle flies In lazy circles in the western skies I want to fly with him I want to walk the spirit trail I've seen them come I've seen them go Off to the oilfields and rodeos To find a better way, they leave their native soil But I can hear a different song The drum within my heart is beating strong I want to follow it, I've got to walk the spirit trail Let every creature I see be a brother and a friend to me Let every step that I take leave the footprints of a warrior Along the spirit trail Heya-heya heya hiyo Heya-heya heya hiyo Heya-heya heya hiyo Heya-heya heya hiyo They took the land, they took control They robbed my father of his very soul To be like one of them, to be like one of them But I was born a native son And I will never be another one To give it all away I've got to walk the spirit trail Let every creature I see be a brother and a friend to me Let every step that I take leave the footprints of a warrior Along the spirit trail Heya-heya heya hiyo Heya-heya heya hiyo Heya-heya heya hiyo Heya-heya heya hiyo Let every creature I see be a brother and a friend to me Let every step that I take leave the footprints of a warrior Along the spirit trail Heya-heya heya hiyo Heya-heya heya hiyo Heya-heya heya hiyo Heya-heya heya hiyo |
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| 11. |
| 5:48 |
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May the trail rise up to meet you
May your heart rejoice in song May the skies be fair above you As you journey ever on Ever on, Ever on Ever on, Ever on In this planetary circle We are but a single stone Spinning on our fragile axis Through the endless night alone Ever on, Ever on Ever on, Ever on May your love be there to guide us May it always keep us strong May we walk within your footsteps As you lead us ever on Ever on, Ever on Ever on, Ever on Ever on, Ever on Ever on, Ever on |
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