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Roots In The Air
03:57
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Roots In The Air
You’ve got roots in the air (3X)
And you’re climbing towards the ground
The more you climb, the further you grow down
You’re gonna be in heaven
When you hit the ground
All this time with your up side down
Walking with the birds
As if you might grow wings
To you, Icarus never meant a thing
You’ve got roots in the air (3X)
And you’re climbing towards the ground
The more it rains, the further you grow down
You wanted all the planets
Millions of them there
Giant steps you’d take
Lightyears through the air
It’s ok the time you spent will multiply
And when you’re on the ground
Then you’ll start to fly
You’ve got roots in the air (3X)
You’re climbing towards the ground
The more you live, the further you grow down
You’re gonna be in heaven
When you hit the ground
All this time with your up side down
It’s ok the time you spent will multiply
When you’re IN the ground
Then you’ll start to fly
You’ve got roots in the air (3X)
You’re climbing towards the ground
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Perfect Girl
02:42
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Perfect Girl
You've been lookin’ for the perfect girl
Been lookin’ all around the world
You’ll be lookin’ til the end of time
‘cause I already made her mine
My baby is the perfect girl
You been lookin’ for the angel face
Been lookin’ all over the place
You might have had her, man
But I already got her hand
My baby is the perfect girl
Oh lord I’ve had a few
I was a lot like you
The girls were such a blur
And then I married her!
You’ve been searchin’ for the flawless one
Lookin’ everywhere under the sun
The sun goes down, you continue to roam
But I already took her home
My baby is the perfect girl
You've been lookin’ for the perfect girl
Been lookin’ all around the world
You might have had her, man
But I already got her hand
My baby is the perfect girl
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209.1 FM
04:13
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209.1 FM
209.1 FM
Way at the top of the dial
DJ oh DJ what are you playing?
Could you play something slow for a while?
The night is half gone but the day hasn’t left
Those hours at work were like trash
Blown up against some playground fence
‘Til the wind changes they’ll never pass
Out at the airport a plane comes in low
My antenna shakes from the roar
The lights of the city vibrate like crazy
And then I can hear you once more
When ducks fill the air and the rain is your jacket
It’s easy to breathe and to sleep
But tonight is a season I’ve not seen before
All wide-awake disjointed beats
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With The Horses
04:29
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With The Horses
Chorus:
A nod to the fences
A wink to the field where there is no fence
A wave to the horses
Follow through the grass where the horses went
Verse:
The honeybees ‘round her capris in the clover there.
The water’s sweet, down by the creek in the shaded air.
The narrow days, what goes away – forgotten here
You could almost say, I could almost pray – It’s almost clear
Chorus
The olive trees in the gentle breeze some kinda greenish grey
The bending knees, what the magpie sees in the dappled day
The crumbled spine, the what is mine – gone for now
You might kinda feel, like it’s gonna heal – maybe this is how
The narrow days, what goes away – forgotten here
You could almost say, I could almost pray – It’s almost clear
A nod to the fences
A wink to the field where there is no fence
A wave to the horses
Put my feet in the grass where the horses went
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Ice At Home
03:11
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Ice At Home
His baby left the ice at home
Maybe the guys’ll think she’s all alone
Little ring, big shiny stone
It’s sitting by the bed and he’s sitting by the phone.
She’s walking with her pretty friends
He’s 18 all over again
He was harmless way back then
The thing is now she likes older men.
Maybe he’s been with a married girl
And maybe that trouble clouded up his world
Trust is not an issue here
He just knows how things get weird.
His baby left the ice at home
Maybe the guys’ll think she’s all alone
Little ring, big shiny stone
It’s sitting by the bed and he’s sitting by the phone.
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Calendar Blues
02:29
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Calendar Blues
There is one question that gets asked a lot
Whichever way you answer, things get hot
The day you’re ready and the day you’re not
There is one question that gets asked a lot
On our first date I said I think I might
Had no idea that she would spend the night
And in the morning it was love all right
On our first date I said I think I might
On our wedding date I cried “I do”
Could not believe how love just grew and grew
I was sure what I’d bit off I’d chew
So on our wedding date i cried “I do”
There were a lot of dates there in between
Some were very sweet and some were mean
The calendar remembers every scene
There were a lot of dates there in between
Our date in court I told the judge I don’t
She told the judge without a doubt she won’t
May the day you lose your love be long postponed
Our date in court I told the judge I don’t
The question that is always asked
Comes on a date that’s tricky to get past
I’m telling you - don’t give your answer fast
To the question that is always asked
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The Rider
04:14
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The Rider
All her life baby’s sick of it
She needs someone who gives a shit
She tries hard to make her own luck
Baby needs someone who gives a fuck
Disappointed, been abandoned
Had enough of what a man can
Run over or tear a hole in
Glass is busted your shit is stolen
Room is empty curtains blowing
Phone is ringing, no one’s coming
But the point is to be the window
To open up and let the sun in
All her life baby’s sick of it
She needs someone who gives a shit
She tries hard to make her own luck
Baby needs someone who gives a fuck
Covers open what they held now
Getting colder run the day down
Shiny object on her finger
Run away or love and linger
Several years and several states
Have gone by and she’s tried
But she’s never sure if she’s the horse
Or is she the rider, is she the rider?
All her life baby’s sick of it
She needs someone who gives a shit
She tries hard to make her own luck
Baby needs someone who gives a fuck
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Mexicali Army
03:21
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Mexicali Army
The Mexicali army
Washing up upon the shore
Half of them are missing arms and
The other half is missing more
Floating on the salty water
Out among the bags and cans
The Mexicali army
Little toy Americans
From a Mexican factory
Upstream from The Salton Sea
Muddy feet Californian guys
Collecting mutilated toy GIs
Bringing thousands to the schoolyard
These army men are worth a lot
‘Cause these purple heart battalions
Lost their heads when they were hot
Now they float on brackish water
They’ve already lost the war
This Mexicali army
Is not for sale in any store
Wounded, they want the wounded. Less is more.
Children of the 60’s
And certain kids at play today
A lot of times if something’s broken
It's better that way
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The Cure
04:58
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The Cure
Not that anything’s wrong
Not that everything’s gone
But when I look in your eyes
I know there’s something to try
We’re gonna take the cure
Come on now, let’s make love some more
And as the hours pass
We will try to make it last
Skin will be in
Then we'll do it again
We’re gonna take the cure
Come on now, let’s make love some more
Watch your troubles fade
With the light of the day
The birds ending their songs
Our love goin’ on and on
We’re gonna take the cure
Come on, let’s do it some more
Closer together now
Showing each other how
When the touch is just right
Adding up all of the nights
We’re gonna take the cure
Come on now, let’s make love some more
A whole world of two
Just look at you
Breaking the old stuff apart
Building a healthy heart
We’re gonna take the cure
Come on now, let’s make love some more
Keep it simple then
All you women and you men
Just hold out your hand
Someone will take it if they can
Then you can take the cure
Go on, make love some more
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Ways To Say Goodbye
04:16
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Ways To Say Goodbye
The geese are on the ice
And the horses are headed for the barn
The wood is on the fire
And the smoke is curling upwards toward the stars
Complication solid ‘til the spring
Broken arms embracing everything
Everything is clear except the sky
Remembering the ways to say goodbye
In the woods down by the river
Silence fills the spot where lovers sat
Putting on another sweater
Turning down the lonely thermostat
Complication solid ‘til the spring
Broken arms embracing everything
Everything is clear except the sky
Remembering the ways to say goodbye
In between two cities
On a frozen road where distance spends the night
A ghostly wisp of snow
Illuminating what is lost in my headlights
Complication solid ‘til the spring
Broken arms embracing everything
Everything is clear except the sky
Remembering the ways to say goodbye
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The Whole Shake
03:36
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Lookalike Bikers
03:57
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Larry Hirshberg Missoula, montana
The years reveal what the moments are made to conceal.
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