1. |
Blues Run The Game
04:10
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Catch a boat to England baby, maybe to Spain
Wherever I have gone, wherever I've been and gone
Wherever I have been the blues run the game
Send out for whiskey baby, send out for for gin
Me and room service, me and room service
Me and room service we're livin' a life of sin
When I'm not drinking you are on my mind
When I'm not sleepin, when I'm not sleepin'
When I'm not sleepin' you know you'll find me cryin'
Try another city or another town
Wherever I have gone wherever I have gone
Wherever I have gone the blues run the game
Living is a gamble baby, loving's much the same
Wherever I have played, wherever I've thrown those dice
Where ever I have played the blues run the game
Catch a boat to England baby, maybe to Spain
Wherever I have gone, wherever I've been and gone
Wherever I have been the blues run the game
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2. |
Pleasant Surprise
04:53
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Pretty lady how’d you know my name?
Your face, your eyes, your voice, your question
All got my attention
Sitting with you, at the back of the bus
Wanted to say and do so much
Hit by this new found crush
3 days of hikes, 2 nights of stars
Through mountain trails, and old mining roads
Never searching I think I found gold
See your smile fill the sky, I listen for your laugh
I’m lost in your eyes
What a pleasant surprise, Pleasant pleasant surprise
What a pleasant surprise
Oh the wonders, life’s random chance
Oh the wonders, when it’s your turn to dance
You didn’t want diamonds, rubies were your thing
You said they had that special bling
Like love embers on a ring
Hey pretty lady, now you’re always by my side
let our love now be our guide
that we found on that bus ride
See your smile fill the sky, I listen for your laugh
I’m lost in your eyes
What a pleasant surprise, pleasant pleasant surprise
What a pleasant surprise, pleasant pleasant surprise
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3. |
Ladder Of Dreams
03:57
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Feel the beat pulse like a heart
The song you bring makes me tap my feet
I ride the melody and follow where it leads
Climbin’ with you on this ladder of dreams
I’m climbin’ with you on this ladder of dreams
I’m climbin’ with you on this ladder of dreams
Pluck the strings tease of notes that ring
The song you breathe its life you sing
Overtones and rhymes meet now the chorus peaks
Climbin’ with you on this ladder of dreams
Climbin’ with you on this ladder of dreams
Climbin’ with you on this ladder of dreams
When the song is over it still lingers on
’Tween my ears it echoes like it just begun
I feel I’m going under in cadence to the wonder
Climbin’ with you on this ladder of dreams
I’m climbin’ with you on this ladder of dreams
I'm climbin’ with you on this ladder of dreams
Still climbin’ with you on this ladder of dreams
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4. |
Long Dusty Road
05:04
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It's a long and dusty road
It's a long and dusty road
In this world, everywhere you go
Things may stick to you but they don't show
You keep them deep inside that's
How you know
It's a long and dusty road
The mile markers and landmarks
Seem all the same
It's the smile on the faces
And laughs and love that remain
They carve a path for you
So you can brave
That long and dusty road
That long and dusty road
So find somebody who'll forever be
At your side in happiness
God forbid there's misery
It's a gift to you and your reprieve
From that long and dusty road
That long and dusty road
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Got no angst to sing about, got no pain to share
Even if I did who’d really care about
An uptight man with a nervous heart
Worry pushes all the buttons once it starts
Mom she got a strange disease and my brother too
When it hit my wife thought that I might sue
Still there’s nothing I could do or say
Time to chalk it up to God’s mysterious ways
Fine, feeling fine.
Fine, feeling fine.
Fine.
Worn a frown but choose a grin with whatever’s happenin'
Silver is the lining that often shines so dim
You got to search it out let it come your way
Do it for yourself everyday.
Fine, feeling fine.
Fine, feeling fine.
Fine.
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6. |
Unvarnished Ted
03:28
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7. |
No Regrets
03:45
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I never learned how to crawl
I walked from the start
I barely learned how to talk
Took ten years check my charts
Had trouble with my a b c's
Especially the b's and d's and p's and q's
That's why I love poetry
So fewer glyphs to see
Oh I'll do my best
Forget the rest
Pass or fail the test
I will have no regrets
It seems I got two left feet
One step behind the beat
I know I got two right brains
It's not hard to explain
Had issues with my 4's and 5's
I'd think but nothin'd arrive
It was tough keeping me alive
Between hospitals and beehives
Oh I'll do my best
Forget the rest
Pass or fail the test
I will have no regrets
Oh won't you dance with me
Celebrate my two left feet
My issues with the 4's and 5's
My trouble with the b's and d's
My love for poetry
Do the dyslexic polka with me
Oh I'll do my best
Forget the rest
Pass or fail the test
I'll have no regrets
If you do the dyslexic
Come on do the dyslexic
Do the dyslexic polka with me
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8. |
Never Going Back Again
02:58
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She broke down and let me in
Made me see where I've been
Been down one time
Been down two times
I'm never going back again
You don't know what it means to win
Come down and see me again
Been down one time
Been down two times
I'm never going back again
Been down one time
Been down two times
Three times
Never going back again
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9. |
Let It Go
04:47
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The dark corners of my mind sing a chorus of no’s
The crumpled map I left behind showed where to go
And walking backwards down the stairs won’t get me there
Let it go Let it go Let it go
Let it go Let it go Let it go
Let it go Let it go Let it go
Let it go Let it go Let it go
To the man in black I confess my sins, as if he cares
That black he wears shows what’s inside his soul, I say my prayers
And that stained glass can’t colorize the brutal errors
Let it go Let it go Let it go
Let it go Let it go Let it go
Let it go Let it go Let it go
Let it go Let it go Let it go
There’s nowhere to find lost time, only now I know
The karma circles we’re trapped inside turn long and slow
The wounded bird if left confined, won’t fly and grow
Let it go Let it go Let it go
Let it go Let it go Let it go
Let it go Let it go Let it go
Let it go Let it go Let it go
Let it go Let it go Let it go
Let it go Let it go Let it go
Let it go Let it go Let it go
Let it go Let it go Let it go
Let it go Let it go Let it go
Let it go Let it go Let it go
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10. |
Hell Is Empty
04:50
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Black crow slices cross the sky
Bleeds the blue from before my eyes
Colors drain now day seems night
Shadows circle us in fright
Grand piano pounds its dark score
Black/white keys sound evermore
Hell, hell is empty
All, all the devils are here
Mynas ride the coyote’s back
Crescent moon peaks through the cracks
Of a circus tent in a hurricane as the trapeze
Of doom tilts in the wind
Bowed strings strain chaotic drone
Underscores were not alone
Hell, hell is empty
All, all the devils are here
Hell, hell is empty
All, all the devils are here
The sky shows scars of the stolen blue
Remnants of the lies once thought true
There’s no comfort in a lesson learned
When cinders show how we’ve been burned
Symphony of discord plays
As we make plans to break away
Hell, hell is empty
All, all the devils are here
Hell, hell is empty
All, all the devils are here
All the devils are here
All the devils are here
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11. |
Wheels Of Night
05:30
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There’s a cry in the wilderness
If you have ears now hear
Shatters our life sentence
Scatters all our fears
Guides of the ancients
Won’t speak by day
One can learn with patience
All they have to say
The wheels of night keep turning
Distant fires keep burning
Cold black sky pressed by time
Shine diamond bright, diamond bright
Diamond bright
Wise ones and sages
Share stories all night long
Translate to your pages
From their foreign tongue
White horse glows in moonlight
Sttill dark secrets never slow
I feel like I’m staring down
The wrong side of tomorrow
And the wheels of night keep turning
Distant fires keep burning
Cold black sky pressed by time
Shine diamond bright, diamond bright
Diamond bright the wheels of night
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12. |
I Won't Back Down
03:53
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Well, I won't back down
No, I won't back down
You can stand me up at the gates of hell
But I won't back down
Gonna stand my ground
Won't be turned around
In a world that keeps draggin' me down
Gonna stand my ground
And I won't back down
Hey, baby ain't no easy way out
Hey, I Will stand my ground
And I won't back down
Well, I know what's right
I got just one life
In a world that keeps on pushin' me around
Gonna stand my ground
And I won't back down
Hey, baby ain't no easy way out
Hey, I Will stand my ground
And I won't back down
And I won't back down
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13. |
Brick Road City
04:59
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He came here five years ago
Vacationed by the bay
Six days of wonder gave
Seven more reasons to stay
He came to the town
No one leaves the same
The town with the roads made
Of bricks perfectly arranged
In brick road city
In brick road city
In brick road city
Where the palms and pines follow sunshine to the sea
Where roots reach deep and bricks make all the streets
It wasn’t just the sunshine
Wasn’t just the sea
The flora the fauna friendly souls
Art 'n music calling
His songs knew the same four walls
He hoped that would change
He found a place on Central
And played the open stage
In brick road city,
In brick road city,
He found himself in brick road city
Where the palms and pines follow sunshine to the sea
Where roots reach deep and bricks make all the streets
Sometimes you’re planted where you can’t bloom
Like the north Atlantic or dark side of the moon
Change ya imagine those new roots
He found himself in brick road city
He found himself in brick road city
He found himself in brick road city
Where the palms and pines follow sunshine to the sea
Where roots reach deep and bricks make all the streets
Where the palms and pines follow sunshine to the sea
follow to the sea follow to the sea
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