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When the long legs of daylight slide away under the covers
And the gray comforter in the sky is turned over
I could die if I let go of the only edge of warmth I felt inside of
I was holding you right there in my mind
Now the short legs have run off across the road into an open field
Of pale grass, November lasts longer than I remember it
In the past, I could forget you, only when I could forget everyone else
Now I'm a stranger to myself
Either way
Leave the flowers growing on the track
Whistle blowing, screaming gray, here comes Nothing No. 1
A golden bloom lays no shadow down before the sun
On the last leg of what might be or what it was or who is out of
Reach up for the closest shade of blue and read the writing
On the beach, I am invited to reverse the face of certain destiny
It's easy when it's flowing
Heaven is a bullet train
I'm half-loaded
Either way
Leave the flowers growing on the track
Whistle blowing, screaming gray, here comes Nothing No. 1
A golden bloom lays no shadow down before the sun
Golden bloom lays no shadow down before the sun
Let me go
Let me let go
Of the only edge of warmth I felt inside of something breaking down
A bed built out of shadows
Somewhere the earth is cold
Somewhere it is burning
I am but a stranger here
Heaven is a mile behind
Lord willing
Either way, will you leave the flowers growing
In my last moment of knowing, if you're near
Will you sweetly sing me gone?
A golden bloom lays no shadow down before the sun
A golden bloom lays no shadow down before the sun
Lays no shadow down before the sun
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Tell It All Brother
03:15
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Tell it all brother, before we fall
Tell it all brothers and sisters
Tell it all
How much you're holding back on me
When you say you're giving all?
And in the dungeons of your mind
Who you got chained to the wall?
Tell it all brother, before we fall
Tell it all brothers and sisters
Tell it all
Did you plant your feet on higher ground
To avoid life's mud and stone?
Did you ever kick a good man
When he was down, just to make yourself feel strong?
Tell it all brother, before we fall
Tell it all brothers and sisters
Tell it all
Tomorrow just might be too late
Now is the time
To get your jumbled mind straight
And seek a new design
How much you're holding back on me
When you say you're giving all?
And what made you think one feeble hand to God
Was gonna make him call your name?
Tell it all brother, before we fall
Tell it all brothers and sisters, tell
Tell it all brother, before we fall
Tell it all brother and sisters, tell
Tell it all brother, before we fall
Tell it all brothers and sisters, tell
Tell it all brother, before we fall
Tell it all
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I waited all day, for the middle of night
A sweet thing, a moment of quiet
We pine and pine, get turned inside out
For a sweet thing, a moment of quiet
Dusk has laid it on so thick
The trees hang low, looking so lovesick
If you see what I see, you couldn't deny it
A moment of quiet
The lines on the wall ripple and sway
A cutting look, a movement in darkness
I don't want to play games, I don't want to keep score
Eyes on the sky, eyes on the floor
Dusk has laid it on so thick
Saw the light on your face, but it was gone so quick
Ribbon of smoke so thick you could tie it
A moment of quiet
Have you heard singing roads converge in the strangest round?
Baby, have you heard oceans in the heavy highway sound?
I waited all night, for the middle of day
For a clear pane, an image of silence
We dream and dream and lie in wait
To see what's outside, an image of silence
Dusk has laid it on so thick
Trees hang low, looking so lovesick
Moon burning bright, shadows a riot
Have you heard curlews weep for the ones who can't return?
Have you heard fires on the water softly burn?
Have you heard singing roads converge in the strangest round?
Baby, have you heard?
Underneath the ground, there is no sound
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Holy Roses
03:18
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I'll be wading through the dawn water
I'll be wishing through the fading sun
I'll be feeling like Althea's daughter
I'll be standing up like Jesus Son
Washing in the muddy water
I'll float just like a dragonfly warding off the sun
Where reflections and the breeze go under
I'll be waiting until we become one
If you wanna not feel
If you wanna not feel bad go now
If you want to heal
If you're tired of feeling like you're holding on to shelter that you don't believe in
Take my hand
By the time the holy rose has wilted
We'll be higher than the tree line's top
And if the Bible tries to get you for drifting
God is watching from the firetower out there on loan
He let go of the kite line laughing
We'll float off wide into the great unknown
If you wanna not feel
If you wanna not feel bad, go now
If you're wanting to heal
If you're tired of feeling like you're holding on to shelter that you don't believe in
You don't believe in
You don't believe in
You don't believe in
You don't believe in
Stop holding on to shelter
Babe, if you believe in me, take my hand
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Skyway Man Oakland, California
"I've been living the wilds for 20 years now, hardly speaking to anyone." - Dr. James Oliver CYR, 2011
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