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True North
04:41
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Show me a picture of the world through your eyes
What are the colors you have chosen for the late sky
Is there a rhythm in the soil where the roots grow
Can you hear the humming through the trees when the wind blows
I read the papers and you see the way the news runs
You could just close your eyes and wait til the end comes
But you would miss out on the offer of a new day
For as surely as this world spins we’re in for a long stay
We took for granted what we thought the simple truth was
You let your heart choose your direction like a compass would
But where the needle ought to be to point you to true North
You will have found the perfect reason to know what love is for (repeat)
Show me a picture of the world through your eyes
What are the colors you have chosen for the late sky
Is there a rhythm in the soil where the roots grow
Can you hear the humming of the trees when the wind blows
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2. |
Chrysalis
03:20
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When you left you thought that things would change
Like a chrysalis turned to butterfly wings
As the sun rose gold over sky in Santa Fe
You thought noone would notice you’ve gone
Like a cheshire cat hiding it’s smile
You can close your eyes but you don’t disappear
In the desert you said things become clear
Where a whispered voice floats in the air
And the heat rolls of the blacktop to the hills
‘an baby take your time
the spinning world won’t stop
and though you’ve wandered
I would not say you’re lost
Though you’ve wandered
I would not say you’re lost
Now we all do the best that we can
To hold on to the love that we’ve earned
From the friends and lovers
Passing through our lives
So remember me when evening comes on
As the crickets serenade you with song
There’s a star that rising bright
That’s just for you
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3. |
Ocean Beach
03:37
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You said meet down at Ocean Beach
Where the broken windmill stands
Pointing useless to the sea
Bring a beer and some paper cups
And we’ll toast to another day
Tethered to this big bright world
Mmmmm
Do you think you could really change
Fill your eyes with a different view
Try to shed this weathered skin
And I know just what you’re thinking
Like a whisper in my ear
You said David when tomorrow comes
Today will dissapear
Mmmmm
Love will try and tempt you
With that sweet sirens song
The melody is so soft
But the words fall short sometimes
Yeh, the words fall short sometimes
And it’s a kind of lost and found
But the circle’s incomplete
For even stars can fade from view
And you say you’ll always love me
An I hope to God that’s true
But the road of good intentions
Is paved by me and you
Mmmmm
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4. |
Gloria
02:58
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Love was the first word
Mother to son
That you understood
Try as you may try as you might
Echo that back
Through shining eyes through shining eyes
You’re gonna fall pick yourself up
Learn how to walk
And soon enough run
But there was a hand arms open wide
A kiss for what hurt
Tears to a smile
And how much of you became the best of me
Though memories fade
I hold onto days gone by
I hear your voice inside
Don’t ever fear this life
Left up to me to make my own way
That’s how it’s been
Same as today
Open my eyes steady my heart
Follow your path
Accept who you are
Love was the first word
Mother to son
That I ever heard
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5. |
Blue and Gray
04:01
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Mothers hide your sons
They’ll take what they can get
Fourteen ‘ain’t too young
To fit them with a rifle and a cap
Tell ‘em that they’re fighting for the flag
Answer to the doubt that nips and nags
God is on our side
Letters make their way
To the ones they love
The ink that marks the page
May as well be blood that flows between
What you’ve heard and wish you’d never seen
Is victory supposed to wash you clean
I can’t rightly say
‘an if heavens where I’m bound
with all the just and right
that God has sorted out
would it come as a surprise
to see another man
who died for the other side
Glory often fades
Like sugar on the tongue
For when you’ve killed a man
For what you’re told he stood for drives that hate
Across your fields and burning through your states
Will this burden ever lose it’s weight
When all is said and done
The fallen make no sound
Nothing left to say
The night cannot discern
Betweent the blue and gray when all is quiet
Politics and prayers have all retired
On the wind a mother softly cries
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6. |
Moth towards a flame
04:09
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I fall into your beauty
And if feels like Summer opens in my heart
And oh my head is telling me to keep perspective
For this is one day this is one year from the start
And how that logic falters
When you speak my name
All will be forsaken
Like a moth towards a flame
Like a moth towards a flame
Now I have been the doubter
When it comes to thinking everything will change
And for you it might be a forgone conclusion
That you can count upon the sun after the rain
And here is where I’m grateful
For when I close my eyes
I picture myself smiling
With the gift of bluer skies
With the gift of bluer skies
I’ve had my share of wishing things would turn out right
Good intentions with open arms
You learn which promises won’t stand the light of day
From the ones that drift away
Now I’m fine with the mystery
And I could say that would qualify as one
There is this overwhelming feeling when I kiss you
There are some things that will never be undone
An I would squarely shoulder
If pleasure turns to pain
Love is oft compared to
As a moth towards a flame
As a moth towards a flame
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7. |
o' Tiny Spark
03:09
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o’ tiny spark
So close so far
All those misspent wishes upon a shooting star
Was it for love or money gained
Would you use it up to ease another’s pain
‘An could you feel
Your heart grow light
All the sorrow take up wings and turn to flight
And in it’s place for all to see
Is the promise of the joy that’s yet to be
The morning sky
Will never know
Where the secret wishes of the nighttime go
o’ tiny spark
So close so far
Will you hear my wish upon this shooting star
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8. |
Gravity's Draw
03:29
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I was the first to stay
You weren’t the last to leave
We were a witness to that
‘An for all the times when your kiss was the medicine
It never quite worked as a cure
‘An I always thought
You made the world smaller
Like it was just you and I
And inside that life were the moments and memories
That acted like gravity’s draw
And I said for what it’s worth
I never counted on you
To fix what was broken in me
Sometimes at night
When sleep overtakes me
And sentiment calls out your name
How many times will the darkness reveal to me
The shadow of love you’ve becone
So follow me into the dream
Where we are forever young
And time will forget what it saw
And start again
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9. |
Thimbleful
03:15
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What used to get me by
Fells like a thimbleful now
This weathered smile just shows how far
I have let myself go dry
Well you never start out saying
I know I’ll never change
Why would you tell yourself that lie
Just to save yourself some pain
Pushing through the days
I’ve been reborn ten thousand times
Wishing for that grace
To see the world unfold in some new way
An’ my mother said to me
Don’t you waste the gifts you have
Those words they echo back in time
To right before I fall asleep
I would wish to live forever
When I was just a boy
How could I know a life well lived
Would grow to be the better choice
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10. |
Open Sky
02:36
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The thunder slapped the sky so hard
Hesitated it was caught off guard
And cried upon the steps outside my house
As a force of nature love reveals
Itself to unwitting minds and ears
With print so small
You never stop to read
Well I used to think that ghosts could fly
Like letters folded mailed through time
To travel to some place to speak your name
Well I held that picture torn in half
The part that’s missing is where you laughed
At how I thought your smile was close to God
I dreamed you once while I was still awake
The bed remembers the shape you made
And the morning sun
Still asks me where you’ve gone
I miss the things we never planned
I wish we could I know we can’t
But wishes are for things that you can’t buy
The rain and I both share this song
But rain and lovers both move on
And once again you’re left with open sky
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11. |
Waking Dream
04:32
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Kelly made his way along the concrete snake
That winds itself through sunburnt hills
Any exit leads you to a tract home hive
Big Wheel on the challenged lawn
The evening holds the promise of a red-eyed drive
And the prospect of a strip mall meal
Back seat full of empties and a green suitcase
No need for a rear view mirror
And California played him like a billboard ad
All sunshine and a broad mouthed smile
Sandy beaches filled him with a lemmings drive
Unfettered in a cloudless sky
All he wanted to know
Was the world outside this windshields view
Fast asleep at the wheel
Of this waking dream, this waking dream
Kelly rode a cloverleaf off Interstate 5
That spun him like a pinwheel North
Seven hours later off of Ocean Beach
The sun set in a practiced arc
Abandoned off the highway with a bald rear tire
Brandishing it's Kansas plates
A Duster with a ticket and an empty tank
A suitcase and the driver gone
Chorus-
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12. |
Starling
02:53
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