1. |
New Today
01:07
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I'm new today
Just like you I'm new today
I'm different just like you
I'm new today
And with these seeds in my hand
Give myself to this land
I'm new, like you, I'm new
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2. |
Black Walnut
03:32
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There's a black walnut dying in my backyard
But you wouldn't know 'cause the leaves are green and the bark is still hard
There's a new building going up nextdoor
It was delivered in boxes and slid into place, floor by floor
I can't seem to throw away the foam
From the time I thought I'd leave this home
No I can't seem to throw away the foam
From the time I thought I'd leave this home
And I'd play music everywhere
I'd sleep in my car and never cut my hair
I'd play music everywhere
I'd sleep in my car and never cut my hair
There's a bouquet of herbs drying on my wall
I read an article told me it would cure it all
The sadness and the restlessness inside
I could learn to live like this if I really tried
I can't seem to throw away the foam
From the time I thought I'd leave this home
No I can't seem to throw away the foam
From the time I thought I'd leave this home
But I'm not an herbalist
I'm not a seer
I'm not a doctor
I'm just trying to heal
But you know I have vision
You know I have dreams
I know that it's hard
But somehow it seems
That I'm playing music everywhere
I used kitchen scissors to cut my hair
I'm playing music everywhere
I'm not sleeping I swear
I'm not sleeping I swear
I'm not sleeping I swear
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3. |
Going Nowhere
03:29
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Let's buy a boat and sail away
Up to Alaska where we'll watch the ice melt away
We'll build our home up on a dream
A perfect paradise where you're the king and I'm the queen
I'll paint a picture out of dust
And decorate our living room with photographs of us
Don't you know this dream ain't ours
We're just two kids, trying to smoke a big cigar, so
Leave your sweater in a drawer we aren't going where the weather's cool
Some say cold
It's too warm outside, I've heard you three times maybe four
Let's steal a plane and fly somewhere
They'll never catch us just as long as we stay in the air
We'll bring all our food on board
And all the water that we need to make the garden grow
I'll be the captain of our plane
You'll be the flight attendant all our passengers can blame, say
"Sir I need another drink or two or three"
Oh don't you wish, this wasn't all a fantasy, so
Leave your spacesuit hung up dry I'm not quite ready to make flight
Out of here
I could use another year or two of gravity to keep me down before we go
Away, together
Away, forever
Away, away
Let's buy a boat and sail away
Up to Alaska where we'll watch the ice melt away
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4. |
Side of the Road
05:03
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I met a girl in Portland and she
Felt important to me
Brewed me some jasmine tea and we talked about the big one
She followed me to Washington
Where I found my love in a man I trust, you know,
Trust don't come easily to me
As we drove to Montana
I met a woman from Alabama
She broke the law by putting her body first
And as we got to South Dakota
I met a widow in a long wool coat
He was looking for a place to find his home
My car is full of people that I
Picked up on the side of the road
We were going in the same direction
I was tired of driving alone
We finally made our way back east
Where the great Atlantic was at her peak
She was coming down from her summertime heat
Ready to take me in
Stripped down to nothing and now
Darling ain't it something to see
Five naked strangers running full force into the blue
Full force and first choice
I was using my most desired voice
I saw a love I'd never see again
I could feel my body's core
Use everything to hold in store
The hope I felt from salt drying on my skin
My car is full of people that I
Picked up on the side of the road
We were going in the same direction
I was tired of driving alone
My car is full of people that I
Picked up on the side of the road
We were going in the same direction
I was tired of driving alone
And I gave in I gave it everything I knew
A fleeting paradise, imperfect and true
And I'll keep collecting and protecting all I know
I might not be with you but I'm not quite on my own
My car is full of people that I
Picked up on the side of the road
We were going in the same direction
I was tired of driving alone
My car is full of people that I
Picked up on the side of the road
We were going in the same direction
I was tired of driving alone
My car is full of people that I
Picked up on the side of the road
We were going in the same direction
I was tired of driving alone
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5. |
Eddy
03:33
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Eddy came walking out from an olive tree stand
Long hair with a gentle stare, a branch in his hand
Didn't speak, didn't shout
Just looking for a runaround, oooh Eddy
Then he made a promise that he probably couldn't keep
But some will say or do anything when they're ready to leave
All he needed was a little faith and two pairs of legs, oooh Eddy
So take me down and bring me back again
Spin me around in that dry old river bend
Climb me up to the center of the world, ooooh
He introduced me to the hillside, overgrown by design
Bleeding cactus flowers and prickly pine
Clock tower ringing out, a quarter past nine
Oooh Eddy
So take me down and bring me back again
Spin me around in that dry old river bend
Climb me up to the center of the world
Oooh Eddy, no this ain't no funny town
Are you ready, people here don't stick around
Keep it steady, you're not the only one I know
I can make it on my own
I don't want to lead you on, Eddy
So take me down and bring me back again
Spin me around in that dry old river bend
Climb me up to the center of the world
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6. |
Paradise
03:19
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When I was a child my family would travel
Down to Western Kentucky where my parents were born
And there's a backwards old town that's often remembered
So many times that my memories are worn.
So daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County
Down by the Green River where Paradise lay
Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking
Mister Peabody's coal train has hauled it away
Well, sometimes we'd travel right down the Green River
To the abandoned old prison down by Airdrie Hill
Where the air smelled like snakes and we'd shoot with our pistols
But empty pop bottles was all we would kill.
And daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County
Down by the Green River where Paradise lay
Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking
Mister Peabody's coal train has hauled it away
Then the coal company came with the world's largest shovel
And they tortured the timber and stripped all the land
Well, they dug for their coal till the land was forsaken
Then they wrote it all down as the progress of man.
And daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County
Down by the Green River where Paradise lay
Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking
Mister Peabody's coal train has hauled it away
When I die let my ashes float down the Green River
Let my soul roll on up to the Rochester dam
I'll be halfway to Heaven with Paradise waitin'
Just five miles away from wherever I am.
And daddy won't you take me back to Muhlenberg County
Down by the Green River where Paradise lay
Well, I'm sorry my son, but you're too late in asking
Mister Peabody's coal train has hauled it away
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7. |
Count on me Too
05:18
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If you change your mind
And leave me behind
I will need some time
If you change your mind
'Cause I'm counting on you
To count on me too
Yeah I'm counting on you
To count on me too
If you wanna be
Far away from me
Yeah there's plenty of fish in the rising sea
If you wanna be
But I'm counting on you
To count on me too
Yeah I'm counting on you
To count on me too
And as the colors change
And the leaves fall again
Yeah I'll be missing
The air you're breathing in
'Cause I'm counting on you
To count on me too
Yeah I'm counting on you
To count on me too
Please count on me too
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8. |
Follow it Home
02:13
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Under some crushed velvet sun
You tingle with the hum of it
Buzzes up around your every motion
Your every sound
You don't yet see it's face
Can't call it by name
Won't follow it home
Not yet not yet
Home, oh home
It coats you like warm honey
Like the softest of sheepskin
Clings as you shake the dusty
Broken relics of the past
Oh home, little darling
Home
It pushes you towards some
Cracked open sky some starry night
Breath that's clean
Some mouth half grinning
Singing you home
Little darling, home in the all of it
Home, oh home
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9. |
Everything in Motion
04:40
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I'm on the wing of a bluebird
Up in a redwood
Looking down at my own mess
I'm only human at best
I am the hole in the ozone
Burning up my home
But I'm so in love with the view
I'm over feeling this much resistance
To closing the distance
To be more persistent with myself
Everything is still in motion
Everything is still in motion
Everything is still in motion
Everything is still in motion
Everything is still in motion
Everything is still in motion
Everything is still in motion
Everything is still in motion
Everything is still in motion
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10. |
Mycelium
04:24
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If I were a cedar I'd give you all I needed
When I lay myself to rest
Drink up my wisdom and soak up my love
And I know, you'll use it for the best
If I were a pine I'd grow straight up the sky
I'd be shade in the summer
And comfort in the fall
And if I were an oak tree
I'd spread my arms widely
I'd be a grand gesture in your eyes
But I'm bare to the bone
I'm looking for a home
So dig me up, leave me in tact
And a little bit of rain
I've seen fires rage
Come straight through my memory pages
Thought they'd last forever
But you know what they say about forever
Growth and generation take some time
So please be patient
Wildflowers need some space to grow
And if we can't start over
Then what's the use in getting older
What's the use in making love
What's the use in giving it all up
But I'm bare to the bone
I'm looking for a home
So dig me up, leave me in tact
And a little bit of rain
Sometimes I'm the fire
Sometimes I'm the rain
Sometimes I'm the sun
Others I don't know which one
But always and forever
Find a way to storm the weather
Find a way to ask for what I need
Even when I'm just a seed
But I'm bare to the bone
I'm looking for a home
So dig me up, leave me in tact
And a little bit of rain
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