1. |
Just Play Nice
02:44
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Just Play Nice
I got this crazy idea, such a crazy idea. It really was my mama’s advice.
I was thinking of us and thinking of them and thinking we should just play nice.
If you see someone who is suffering, don’t hesitate to stand by their side. ‘Cause if you’re not nice, we all pay the price, there’s really no place to hide.
My mama said it’s all fun and games up until somebody gets hurt
You gotta say something nice or nothing at all, it’s so simple it just might work. Say, “Hi my friend.” Say, “You look good.” Say, “Let me try to understand.” Say, “What can I do?” Say, “How can I help?” Say, “C’mon man, I’ll give you hand.”
I got this crazy idea, such a crazy idea. It really was my mama’s advice.
I was thinking of us and thinking of them and thinking we should just play nice. And there’ll be no more of “us” and “them” if “us and them” just play nice.
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2. |
Misty In The Morning
03:17
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Misty In The Morning
I get misty in the morning, angry in the afternoon.
By the time the sun goes down I’m floating like a lead balloon
I burrow in my blanket as if I’ve got the flu. Oh, I’ve come down with the blues
A little human touch is what I miss so much; there ain’t no guarantees
I’m looking for some hope but all I get is nope and it’s dropped me to my knees, and I get (chorus)
I’m searching for a God sign, maybe just some sunshine peeking out behind a cloud
Would it be so hard if we all let down our guard; now I’m just thinking out loud….’cause I’m so (chorus)
I’m just a call away is what you always say and it ain’t no lie
But I’d do a happy dance if you ever had the chance to say you’re coming by…’cause I’m all (chorus)
Yes, I’ve come down with the blues.
You bet, I've come down with the blues
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3. |
Refugee’s Lament
03:39
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Refugee's Lament
I’m crossing deserts, I’m crossing mountains, I’m crossing forests, I’m crossing streams
I’m leaving all that is familiar to cross the border of broken dreams
I’m leaving my mother, leaving my father; they insisted they had to stay
I’ll never see them, I’ll never hug them, I’ll never kiss them after today
And I hope we’ll be saved by love, I hope we’ll be saved by love.
There’s so much vengeance, so much brutality, so much fury and so much hate
We were not safe there, we couldn’t stay there, we had to leave there, had to escape
I thought this war was just a skirmish, just a conflict to be policed
But now I wonder which generation will say we finally can live in peace
And I hope we’ll be saved by love, I hope we’ll be saved by love.
I miss my language, my easy lifestyle, the meals we shared, the games we played
I miss the joking, my native clothing, I miss my family and friends who stayed
I dream oppression, greed and violence will forever leave us alone
I dream my children one day can go back, back to the land that I once called home
And I hope we’ll be saved by love, I hope we’ll be saved by love,
I hope we will be saved, and I hope we’ll be saved by love.
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4. |
Love On Rivers
05:28
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Love On Rivers
She was floating down the river and met him at Shady Beach
Can’t say he was the man of her dreams but clearly within reach.
His front tooth black from a rope swing; he came back and hit the tree
All her teeth are turning brown; she smoked since she was three
And that dragon on his belly grows bigger every year
And somehow she has found a way to wear bottle caps in her ears…that’s right, bottle caps in her ears
Finding love on rivers, gives me the shivers.
but if love, for them delivers, then love will find you too.
That bracelet locked on his ankle… “wrong place at the wrong time”
He says to err is human but escaping is divine
He says she must be an angel God sent down from a cloud
And then she breaks into a song but she sings way too loud
His jorts sag in the water; he's got a metal plate in his head
Because she says that fools rush in where angels fear to tread…
he goes where angels fear to tread
When his mom died he got a new tattoo; so sweet, it’s a dead rose
And everybody noticed ‘cause he got it on his nose
And the only thing she doesn’t like, he doesn’t shave his neck
But she don’t shave her ankles, so I guess, what the heck.
And he also has some whiskers creepin’ damn near to his eyes
He says those whiskers keep away mosquitoes and the flies…
that’s’ gross, mosquitoes and the flies
Finding love on rivers, gives me the shivers.
But if love, for them delivers, then love will find you too.
Her dog runs ‘round unruly; of course it is half pit
I’ve seen it pee on people’s beer before they take a sip
He's got Garth Brooks blaring from his truck; his battery will die
His rear wheels in the river spitting sand in people’s eyes
Now it goes without me saying he wears a wife beater t-shirt
And it is stained with blood and beer from when he hits the dirt…
oh, he often hits the dirt
They’ve got a big old cooler but it doesn’t have a lid
So they have to drink beer fast before the ice melts, God forbid
He looks as mad as a hatter, but he’d never hurt a fly
He’s missing some grey matter, but he’s the sweetest guy
When she topples from her lawn chair he knows just what she needs
He throws her a Jello shot, he’s a good man, guaranteed…
Indeed, he’s a good man, guaranteed
Finding love on rivers, gives me the shivers.
But if love, for them delivers, then love will find you too.
I am a firm believer that love will find you too.
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5. |
Mostly You
04:10
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Mostly You
Slip-n-slides; pony rides; playing kickball, choosing sides
Shoebox full of cool cassettes; sneaking out with cigarettes
Flashlight tag; front porch flag; Last one there is a rotten egg
Lightning bugs in mayonnaise jars; cicada nights, counting stars
There are many things I miss tonight but …. mostly you.
There are many things I miss tonight but …. mostly you.
Basement shows; tie dyed clothes; watching mud squish through our toes
Building forts, just girls allowed; watch Psycho and scream out loud
Bottle rocket wars at night; Careful - you’ll put out an eye
So much nerve, so much hair; pot pie dinners, bedtime prayers
There are many things I miss tonight but …. mostly you.
There are many things I miss tonight but …. mostly you.
Riding bikes, nature hikes, people said we were “look-alikes”
Chasing down the ice cream man; don’t let that screen door slam
Inside the fence we’d pitch our tents; up all night without parents
Ghost stories ‘til we got scared; and then a game of truth or dare,
There are many things I miss tonight but …. mostly you.
There are many things I miss tonight but …. mostly you.
There are many things I miss tonight .....but mostly you.
There are so many things I miss but …. mostly you.
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6. |
Nowhere Fast
02:09
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Nowhere Fast
That boy is goin nowhere fast
I’m thinkin that his future will look just like his past
He ain’t goin’ from here to there,
No he ain’t goin anywhere
That boy is goin nowhere fast
That boy is goin nowhere fast
He learned in Sunday School the first shall be last
When he was young his mom was proud,
Now she just yells “for crying out loud
Boy, you’re going nowhere fast”
Along about noon he leaves his bed
Then he plops down on the couch instead
Checks his phone, grabs the remote
Then goes through the pantry like a barnyard goat
That boy is going nowhere fast
He is just so lazy, that I am quite impressed
Change a light bulb, chop onion,
Or mow the grass, it don’t get done
That boy is going nowhere fast.
Along about noon he leaves his bed
Then he plops down on the couch instead
Checks his phone, scratches his crotch
The whole damn thing is getting’ hard to watch.
That boy is goin nowhere fast
Everyone’s concerned, but he’s having a blast
His To Do list ain’t a lot: it’s
1. Drink beer
2. Smoke pot
That boy is going nowhere fast
That boy is goin nowhere fast
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7. |
Ozark Dream
03:37
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Ozark Dream
If I were to stand upon that rock and cast your name to the valley far down below I would hear my own name echo through the hills because they go together don’t you know.
And if I were to float upon that winding river, would I find you wading near the shore? You would tip your straw hat and I would pass some moonshine to you on the end of my oar.
But dreams just go so far when I wish on falling stars.
You were never meant for me.
If I were to run across the meadow would you meet me in suspenders with blue flowers in your hand? Gazing out as far as we could see, you would tell me that one day all of this would be our land.
You’d whistle O Susanna while you make a daisy chain and place it so gently in my hair...Pull me down into the tall and waving grasses and kiss me; not one soul would find us there.
But dreams just go so far when I wish on falling stars.
You were never meant for me.
If you were to knock upon my door I would say nothing but I might blush before I look away. And you would brush so close to me that I’d pretend we’re dancing to the fiddle with a slow and steady sway.
And I’d pretend my sister did not run into your arms and offer you some warm bread from the stove. And I’d pretend you winked at me and I’d pretend you wanted me to meet you later down at Stovall's Grove.
But dreams just go so far when I wish on falling stars
You were never meant for me.
Dreams just go so far when I wish on falling stars;
you were never meant for me
Dreams just go so far when I wish on falling stars;
you were never meant for me
Dreams just go so far when I wish on falling stars...
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8. |
Reasons To Stay
02:27
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Reasons To Stay
17 years
1 American dream
2 handsome boys
1 Little League team
2 golden rings
1 promise you made
Do you really need more reasons to stay?
1 dog you named Pal
6 pickets to mend
1 trip to Cancun
That we planned with our friends
4 seats to the game
On the 50 yard line.
1 boat at the lake
With my name on the side
2 glasses of wine by
1 fireplace
Always would put
A smile on your face
A dozen scrapbooks
Of memories so dear
1 masterpiece that took
17 years
17 years
1 American dream
2 handsome boys
1 Little League team
2 golden rings
1 promise you made
Do you really need more reasons to stay?
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9. |
Keeping My Distance
02:34
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Keeping My Distance
They say no matter what you should always trust your gut
and now I know it to be true
Because I saw your police mug looking guilty and smug
So I’m keeping my distance from you.
I know what you did to the cat and you know what they say about that…they say it’s a pretty good clue
No, it’s a guarantee you’re a psychopath trainee
So I’m keeping my distance from you.
If you take 2 steps forward, then I’ll take 3 steps back
I can’t let down my guard
If I see you on my road I’ll change my zip code
So I’m not between a rock and a place that is hard
Was I out of my damn mind; I was trying to be kind
though you have a twisted point of view
But you’re a ne’er do well who belongs in a cell
So I’m keeping my distance from you.
If you take 2 steps forward, then I’ll take 3 steps back
I can’t let down my guard
If I see you on my road I’ll change my zip code
So I’m not between a rock and a place that is hard
There really is no tellin’ what a crazy felon
might dream up and actually do
I try to have a heart but I’m trying to be smart
So I’m keeping my distance from you
Yes, I try to have a heart but I’m trying to be smart
So I’m keeping my distance from you
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10. |
Tired
02:11
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Tired
When you tell me how clever you are
And you tell me how you travel so far
And your tell me you should write a memoir
I get tired; oh I get tired of listening to you.
When you tell me how much you make
And you tell me that you don’t make mistakes
I can tell you it’s all I can take ‘cause
I ‘m tired, oh I’m just tired of listening to you
Don’t you care what I did today?
Don’t you care what I have to say?
My mind starts to wander and my ears just ache.
Oh, listening to you.
When you tell me about all your plans
Grab a napkin and draw diagrams
I start holding my head in my hands
‘Cause I’m tired; oh I’m just tired of listening to you
Don’t you care what I did today?
Don’t you care what I have to say?
My mind starts to wander and my ears just ache.
Oh, listening to you.
When you tell me you have to admit
You’re fanatic about keeping fit
I just wonder, do you ever quit?
‘Cause I’m tired;
Oh, I’m just tired
Yes, I get tired of listening to you
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11. |
If The Snow Ever Melts
03:21
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If The Snow Ever Melts
If the snow ever melts and the sun ever shines
I’ll find my way back to you
Kicking ‘round in my head all those things that I said
That you took exception to
What I want to do is prove it to you
That I’ll stick with you through thick and thin
If the snow ever melts and the sun ever shines again.
I feel a cool breeze, it’s such a deep freeze
That you are holed up in your room
I said too many things that I didn’t mean;
Too many things I just assumed
Your shoulder is cold and all of those things that I told
You I’d like to trade in
If the snow ever melts and the sun ever shines again.
Well the cold and the wind are never a friend
When they blow between you and your love
When you don’t think twice about rolling your eyes,
I know enough is enough
The air has a chill but I know I will
Apologize soon as I can
If the snow ever melts and the sun ever shines again.
If the snow ever melts and the sun ever shines
I’ll find my way back to you
Kicking ‘round in my head all those things that I said
That you took exception to
What I want to do is prove it to you
That I’ll stick with you through thick and thin
If the snow ever melts and the sun ever shines again.
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12. |
Come Back
03:28
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Come Back
I only knew a thing or two about you.
But I didn’t know I couldn’t go to sleep without you.
I fought those tender thoughts I had about you to
Come back, come back, for me.
A little fling, really no big thing is what they all say
Then try to hide what’s going on inside the next day
I got burned ‘cause I always learn the hard way
Come back, come back, for me.
I wonder if you thought our kiss was something special
Or did our touch not mean too much; it’s only flesh, well
I wish you knew just a thing or two about me….
I didn’t plan to meet a man with your eyes
I was doing well when it seems you fell from the clear blue skies
I don’t regret that we ever met, though my heart cries to
Come back, come back for me
I wonder if you thought our kiss was something special
Or did our touch not mean too much; it’s only flesh, well
I wish you knew just a thing or two about me….
I only knew a thing or two about you.
I didn’t know I couldn’t go to sleep without you.
Since you split hope you get your wits about you and
Come back, come back, for me.
Come back, come back, for me.
Come back, come back, for me.
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13. |
June Bugs
03:19
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June Bugs
Something’s going on, what it is I can’t say, but there are June bugs on the first day of May.
Something’s going on, it rubs me the wrong way - June bugs on the first day of May.
Saw crape myrtles blooming in Koochiching County, saw a bear lumber across Hwy 10
Cicadas now sing all night long; hear mountain lions now and again.
Kudzu covered a cow standing still. Floods took the White’s weathervane.
Smoke from the fires rise higher and higher as the hills are crying for rain.
Something’s going on, what it is I can’t say, but there are June bugs on the first day of May.
Something’s going on, it rubs me the wrong way - June bugs on the first day of May.
I saw snow down in Houston; Bar Harbor endured a heat wave like never before.
And what is surprising, the tide just keeps rising and washing away the whole shore.
Saw geese flying south and geese flying north this year on the Fourth of July.
And a the craziest sight - all the starlight is fading away in the sky.
Something’s going on, what it is I can’t say, but there are June bugs on the first day of May.
Something’s going on, it rubs me the wrong way - June bugs on the first day of May.
There’s a shortage of shrimp and a surplus of soy; good tomatoes are so hard to find.
I don’t know what the heck’s going on, but I’m thinking that we’re in a bind.
I remember those nights when fireflies lit up the meadow like sparks from a fire.
But now just a few come into view and I think that I preach to the choir…when I say
Something's going on, what it is I can't say, but there are June bugs on the first day of May.
Something’s going on, it rubs me the wrong way - June bugs on the first day of May.
Something’s going on, and we’re all gonna pay for June bugs on the first day of May.
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14. |
Again, My Friend
03:12
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Again, My Friend
Oh, oh, don’t want you to go.
But I know, I know, that you gotta go.
When you’re thinking of me know that I’m thinking of you.
But, oh, don’t want you to go.
Hey, hey, be safe.
Away, away is a dangerous place.
The miles that come between us will not keep us far apart
But, hey, be safe.
Again, my friend, we’ll meet again.
But I tend to spend my days wondering when.
The next time I see you we will stay up all night long
Again, my friend.
Oh, oh, don’t want you to go.
But I know, I know that you gotta go.
When you're thinking of me know that I'm thinking of you
But, oh, I don’t want you to go.
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Susan Marting Saint Louis, Missouri
Born, raised, and roams St Louis.
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