Once, when I was a child, I was going wild
‘Cause my mama was so sad
She taught me what’s worth while, killed herself in style
Things don’t come so easily
Faced with love we take
I’m giving it away
Beware of fate
And rules you must obey
I’m not in the game
I’m playing anyway
Losing every day
One thing you’ve got to learn is you’ll never be the same
As the child you once where
Life brings a lot of pain and bends you out of shape
Teaching you things that are hard lessons learned
Faced with love . . .
Hey kid get out of the road before I run you down
Where ‘d you learn to lie like that
Go on keeping to the code, skipping down the stairs
Taking every bullshit load
Faced with love . . .
Baby do you know
What Happens when we die
Does anybody care
On the other side
There is only one life to lead
And I’ve made mistakes
Seen too many sunsets and bad bets
I’m a train running late
There’s a story I was told
When I was just a child
Of a frozen mountain pass
Above a lake made out of fire
And a furnace in a cave
That makes or breaks the chains of our fate
But you’re the only one undone by sea and sun
That can help me to escape
Among these fallen angels
You’re the only one with wings
And I will grab on to your ankles
As you fly to better things
Maybe love exists
And one day it will save us
Or maybe I’m just dreaming
And one day I’ll wake up
Or maybe I’m a ghost
Who never knows how it ends
Wandering these corridors, slamming doors
Looking for a friend
Among these fallen angels
You’re the only one with wings
And I will grab on to your ankles
As you fly to better things
Let me down
I cannot help but pick you up
The sound of you falling’s like a drug
That I want, no, I need
I need it with me constantly
Its the only thing holding me up
Let me fall
Like a reckless lover
From a ta ll precipice above
A dark and yawning endless chasm
The faithless and abandoned
The reason why we want to fly
The falling makes me feel so light
There are dreams that we all share but never speak of
There are fears that keep us up all night
And I hope, one day, all the lonely people
Will figure out that they’re all right
Let them fall
like a bottle rocketing in the sky
A riot of white light
And they’ll fall but when the flame is finished
It will not be diminished
The Earth will catch them every time
The falling makes me feel so light
The falling makes me feel so light
The falling makes me feel so light
And if I knew just where I’d be landing
I don’t know if I would go
I’m afraid I have made so many bad choices
All I want to do is just let go
Let me fall
Like a reckless lover
From a tall precipice above
A dark and yawning endless chasm
The faithless and abandoned
The reason why we want to fly
The falling makes me feel so light
Additional musicians:
Chris Haugen - weissenborn
Jason Smart - drums
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I have seen the awkward grace
Incircle me, the sun rise in
The middle east where every hand that reaches out
Gets a silver coin
The lambs have got the pastures filled
The wolves are watching from caves in the hill
The theives of a thousand day dreams serve
The light that keeps the darkness in reserve
Fare thee well
Fare thee well
I’ll see you in hell
And that I can tell
Is the truth
There’s lies we tell and truths we hide
But the sun’ll still rise like a point of pride
Devoured by the waves that ride
On its ascension across the sky
Into the sorry pit of hell
Doing things he’d never tell
No one there is innocent
Or ashamed of anything they did
Another secret, another crime
There’s a moon in the morning on the rise
Don’t look down as if its too bright
Get up off your knees and do what’s right
In the golden age of planet earth
With titans fighting in the dirt
where gods and men coexist
and there are no existentialist
The moon and sun heave and sigh
the earth tries to catch the sky’s eye
while hades needs no alibi
he’ll just get by on water, wind, and wine
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F C/E
1.The farms been sold
G/B C G
The banks been broke
F C/E G/B C
I can’t ever go back home
F C/E G/B C G
News reports are without hope
F C/E G/B C
Now don’t you listen to them
Build a home out on the plain
Protect it with your bare hands
Constructed with fine steel and gold
Torn apart by lightning
Chorus:
E F C G
Oh man, I can’t
E F C G
Give in or understand
E F C G
Oh man, I can’t
E F C G
Hold out just one more chance
Am C7 F C F C F C G
Cause all of its gone
2.Had a dream of my old age
Was walking through my garden
Thinking about the fruit I grew
I wonder if its ripened
But someone stole the body’s soul
And he’s rather war-like
Gifts of silk and healing herbs
Are shadowed by our missiles
Oh man, I can’t . . .
Dirty, ugly south
There's no trouble from the law
But the highway's runnin' out
I haven't gone too far
Oh I like to see it burn
It makes me feel right
To use up all the fuel
And make the night time bright
I'm gonna make the night time bright
Dirty oil in this engine runs
As 5000 acres burn
5000 acres burn
5000 acres burn in California
I’m in Mississippi now
It's unusually cold
I'm laughin' 'cause I'm wrong
I'm not what I've become
I'm not what I've become
No, I'm not what I've become
Dirty oil in this engine runs
As 5000 acres burn
5000 acres burn
5000 acres burn in California
Oh man, give me a life
Give me one before I die
If freedom's just like flying
I always walk the line
You were once my sweet Lorraine
We got lost out in the rain
Life's greatest lessons learned
After your worst mistake
'Cause this year
It's your turn
For fear to tread
You're gonna get burned
Unless you take my word
Undressed, flipping the bird
Let's go down to the parking lot
Let me see what you have got
I won't be such a tease
If you give me what I need
'Cause this year
It's your turn
For fear to tread
You're gonna get burned
Unless you take my word
Undressed, flipping the bird
'Cause this year
It's your turn
For fear to tread
You're gonna get burned
Unless you take my word
Undressed, flipping the bird
Where have you gone
The lessons that rains may bring
Are gurgling up
And out of my kitchen sink
The mud and the flood
A cat in my chimney hides
Away from the the tide
Rising inside these walls of mine
Long is the day, Dark is the night
Short is our stay, Bright is our light
Where have you gone
My darling of winter storms
Treading alone
Above our summer homes
The mud and the flood
Covers the cat anew
And buries my love
Wearing her birthday suit
Long is the day, Dark is the night
Short is our stay, Bright is our light
Where have you gone
I know that I drink too much
And you are too young
To remember much
Of the flood and the mud
As it came dripping down
My cheeks and my chin
And swallowed my legs and swallowed my arms
Long is the day, Dark is the night
Short is our stay, Bright is our light
Wind stirs the branches
Setting sail the seeds and leaves
Like slave ships a-rowing
Free in the breeze
I was promised fortunes
In the land beyond the sea
All I found was the devil
And he looks a lot like me
You look like your mother
And I’m my father’s son
Let’s lie down in the shade
And wake up in the sun
With flowers all around us
In your hair and at your feet
When the color’s gone
They still smell sweet
Some birds sing at twilight
Some birds sing at dawn
Some birds sing all night
Mocking me with their songs
I was promised fortunes
But it was not enough
The devil makes his bargains
But he cannot promise love
These flowers that I cut for you
Are drowning in a vase
I’ve been so long without you
I can’t recall your face
With flowers all around us
In your hair and at your feet
When the color’s gone
They still smell as sweet
Wind stirs the branches
Setting sail the seeds and leaves
Like slave ships a-rowing
Free in the breeze
Let us quit this country
Let us leave the land
Let us go with nothing to show
But a suitcase in our hands
Yes we’re running from the devil
We are what the devil needs
But my suitcase is over flowing
With wild flower seeds
Yes there’s flowers all around us
In your hair and at your feet
And when the color’s gone
They still smells sweet
Yes there’s flowers all around us
In your hair and at your feet
When the color’s gone
They still smell sweet
Sweet
Sweet
Additional Musicians:
Chris Haugen - weissenborn
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For every lonely lady there’s a man just her type
That’ll love her in the morning after he loves her through the night
But not all of us are lucky, not all of us are blest
The world is filled with failures trying to do there lovin’ best
And for every desert flower there’s a dozen cactus spines
For every idle hour, that’s a true love left behind
Not all of us our children, not all of us our young
Some of us our foolish and some are just plain dumb
Even if you’re a great beauty, that is no guarantee
A fish may love a birdie, but he still won’t climb that tree
There is no easy answer, there’s no one way to get by
You may spend your life through Jesus or waste it drinking his wine
But we’ve got to learn our lessons, we’ve got to lead our lives
You may be tempted by the devil or always do what’s right
They say the soul’s immortal and our father’s in the sky
He herds us like a shepherd into his paradise
If that’s what makes you happy, it doesn’t matter if it’s true
I don’t need a here nor after, I got my paradise with you
I write my lyric on the landscape
I sing my song beneath the sun
My true love’s waiting at the ending
Of the road I’m walking on
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It’s a never ending story
That never even started
I’m walking by the star light
‘Cause your lantern has grown cold
I’m learning that I’m nothing
But a shaking pile of atoms
That grows larger while in motion
And unstoppable at rest
The last chance gas station
Is watching us and waiting
For our bellies to be aching
But some how the grace is said
I’ll take you out I’ll take you up again
I’ll take you where the winter wind grows thin
Take you where you’ll be forgiven
And you lay this song on down
Cause my hearts already weary
And it’s leaking and it’s bursting
But it’s beating without stopping
And it’s stirring up my soul
Everything is connected
That’s why it’s no good lying
Cause the truth is always coming
If you want it to or not
The bus will not be waiting
So you better show up early
With the money you’ll be needing
And someplace you want to go
I’ll take you out . . .
