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Any Old Wind That Blows
02:30
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Lord, she's restless
Like cotton candy clouds that sail the day
Slow and free
And she possesses
A mind that can't resign itself to stay
For long with me
Tho' I've tried and tried to keep her tied and satisfied
Until she really needs me
Yes I do
But when that certain look comes on her face
I can't replace it, and she leaves me
She's a butterfly in mid July
Who just can't wait to try her brand new wings
On brand new things
And she needs no rhyme or reason, when she goes
Her mind is on what lies beyond that wall of blue horizon
I suppose
She'll go sailin' off on any old wind that blows
I know she needs me
About as much as I need someone else
Which I don't
And if need be
I swear someday I'll up and leave myself
Which I won't
And if she loved another man, I'd understand it more than I do
But I know the only reason
That she ever had for leavin', is she wants to
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2. |
Run Walk Crawl
03:31
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Long dark roads, clouds overhead
Missing my home, and my warm bed
Weary feet, holes in my shoes
More miles to go, won't see me through
But I walk till I bleed, till these feet become numb
Till i've crossed every mountain, till every sea’s been swum
I won't shake off these shackles, I won't break these bonds
I’ll keep on walking, until I can run
Until I can run, till I can run
I’ll keep on walking, till I can run.
No sun shining, only rain falling down.
No breaks in the storm, I pray I don't drown
Lightning crashing, thunder gonna shake
I just keep walking, I know what’s at stake
Ground grows muddy as I sink to my knees
Crawling through muck now, filth and disease
Through the grime and the mire, through the swamp and the bog
I just keep crawling, till I can walk
Until I can walk, till I can walk
I’ll keep on crawling, till I can walk
Sun’s finally shining, beating down my back
Burning hell fire, the earth starts to crack
Mouth grows thirsty, throats gone dry
Vultures keep circling, waiting on me to die
But I'll slither on my belly if these legs cease to work
Pull myself all along now through the dust and the dirt
Gonna keep on moving forward, no matter how hard I fall
I'll slither along now, till I can crawl
Until I can crawl, till I can crawl
I’ll slither along now, till I can crawl
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3. |
Can I Come Over?
02:56
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Can I come over? Just wanna hold ya
Cause I don’t think I’ll make it through this night
If I come over, let me hold ya
I can finally feel you by my side
It's been a rough week, I’m so exhausted
I feel I’m at the breaking point I might have lost it
And I can't sleep, my eyes won't close
Clock hand goes round and round, I'm crawling out of my clothes
Can I come over? Just wanna hold ya
Cause I don’t think I’ll make it through this night
If I come over, let me hold ya
I can finally feel you by my side
I don't think this should be this hard
Some nights I don't want us to be apart
You need your space and I need mine
But lyin’ round here feels like wasting time
Can I come over? Just wanna hold ya
Cause I don’t think I’ll make it through this night
If I come over, let me hold ya
I can finally feel you by my side
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4. |
Wishful Thinking
04:13
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She walks across the bedroom, picks her clothes up off the floor
I am sleeping soundly dreaming of our night before
She dresses there in darkness, she is silent as she goes
And I wake up without her, no goodbye kiss, no goodbye note
Is this wishful thinking, that you're here with me each night?
Am I only dreaming
Is this a love I can call mine
Is this a love I can call mine
Is this a love I can call mine
She’s gone before the sun even has a chance to rise
I walk around to find her while I wipe sleep up out my eyes
I fix myself a coffee and I wonder where she goes
I wonder where my love has gone before the break of dawn
Is this wishful thinking, that you're here with me each night?
Am I only dreaming
Is this a love I can call mine
Is this a love I can call mine
Is this a love I can call mine
Dreaming, it's a new weekend
Why don't we sleep in and roll around?
We can be here until evening
You're always leaving, you can't be found
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5. |
Second Gear
02:21
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I been saving all my money
To buy a house for me and honey
Got cash stashed under the mattress
For a place out in the country
One day I come home to see my dear
But I am faced with my worst fear
She's driving off in a brand new car
No more cash just my own tears
And I guess that's livin' life stuck in second gear
I been working hard labor to scrape along
Singing in the dive bars, pickin’ these songs
If I could get a record deal I could tell this job "so long!"
But I got bills to pay and I'm barely hanging on
Just last week a big producer appeared
Looking to shine some light on my music career
As I'm leavin' work to meet him, my boss stands there with a sneer
He said "I need you to work a double, you're staying right here"
Well I guess that's livin' life stuck in second gear
I guess I'm stuck in the mud until I grow old
Each time I look for treasure only finding fool’s gold
My wheels keep spinning but my life is on hold
Frame’s getting rusty and the motor’s gone cold
What can I do but watch time disappear
Count another gray hair in my beard
I'm a-going nowhere year after year
I'll just sit here crack another beer
And I guess that’s livin' life stuck in second gear
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6. |
Turn Out the Sun
03:09
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Dreams seem so hollow, I don't want to sleep
Just sit in this bar every night of the week
Suckin’ down whiskey, air stale with smoke
Sign on the door says enter within and abandon all hope
Cause its whiskey keep me warm, oh my bed is so cold
Long time since you left and I’m getting old
Now, don't care if tomorrow ever bother to come
I’ll still be drinkin’ here when they turn out the sun
Old house seems so empty, won't be sittin’ round here
Find me at the bar with a full pint of beer
Jukebox is kickin’, playing songs i forgot
Sweet melodies they haunt me, they know what I want
Cause its whiskey keep me warm, oh my bed is so cold
Long time since you left and I’m getting old
Now, don't care if tomorrow ever bother to come
I’ll still be drinkin’ here when they turn out the sun
Yes I’ll still be drinkin’ here when they turn out the sun
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7. |
When I Was Young
03:06
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Once there was a girl I knew and she had the sweetest eyes of blue
And she wanted to hold my hand, she wanted to hold my hand
Once there was a girl I knew and she had the sweetest eyes of blue
And she wanted to hold my hand, she wanted me to be her man
But I was young, i was dumb
And I thought that i would be someone
So I just let her slip away, I let her slip away
But I was young, i was dumb
And I thought that i would be someone
So I just let her slip away, I let her slip away
Spent my lifetime with regret and I still haven't gotten over that girl yet
All my sorrow, all my dismay
Spent my lifetime with regret and i still haven't gotten over that girl yet
Yea, the one that got away, the one that got away
But I was young, i was dumb
And I thought that i would be someone
So I just let her slip away, I let her slip away
But I was young, i was dumb
And I thought that i would be someone
So I just let her slip away, I let her slip away
Once there was a girl I knew
Once there was a girl I knew
Once there was a girl I knew and she had the sweetest eyes of blue
And she wanted to hold my hand, she wanted to hold my hand
When I was young
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8. |
Our Mother the Mountain
03:33
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My lover comes to me with a rose on her bosom
The moon's dancin' purple all through her black hair
Her ladies-in-waiting she stands 'neath my window
The sun will rise soon on the false and the fair
Sing a-too a-loor-a-lie-o
She tells me she comes from my mother the mountain
Her skin fits her tightly, her lips do not lie
She silently slips from her throat a medallion
Slowly she twirls it in front of my eyes
Sing a-too a-loor-a-lie-o
I watch her, I love her, I long for to touch her
The satin she's wearin' is shimmering blue
Outside my window her ladies are sleeping
My dogs have gone hunting, the howling is through
Sing a-too a-loor-a-lie-o
I reach for her hand and her eyes turn to poison
Her hair turns to splinters, her flesh turns to brine
She leaps across the room, she stands nieth my window
And screams that my first-born will surely be blind
Sing a-too a-loor-a-lie-o
She throws herself out to the black of the nightfall
She's parted her lips, but she makes not a sound
I fly down the stairway, and run to the garden
No trace of my true love Is there to be found
Sing a-too a-loor-a-lie-o
Walk these hills lightly, and watch who you're lovin'
By mother the mountain, I swear that it's true
And love not a woman with hair black as midnight
And a dress made of satin all shimmering blue
Sing a-too a-loor-a-lie-o
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9. |
Pink Sunglasses
03:12
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I'm dead to the world if anybody comes a askin’
Cause I'm a sittin’ here drinkin’ on a sunny beach just relaxin’
My race is run, I'm moving slow as molasses
I got my old straw hat and a pair of pink sunglasses
I'm a little out of place but I won't let it ruin my good time
There’s a big bonfire and a band playing’ at the Old Key Lime
I’m heading on over for a cold rum floater by noon time
A little sand in my shoes and a tiki bar stool will do just fine
I'm dead to the world if anybody comes a askin’
Cause I'm a sittin’ here drinkin’ on a sunny beach just relaxin’
My race is run, I'm moving slow as molasses
I got my old straw hat and a pair of pink sunglasses
You see these are magic sunglasses because they were found at the bottom of the sea
They probably belonged to a mermaid once, but now they belong to me
They’ve got bottle openers at each end that sit behind my ears
Which comes in handy when I'm about to crush a hundred beers
I'm dead to the world if anybody comes a askin’
Cause I'm a sittin’ here drinkin’ on a sunny beach just relaxin’
My race is run, I'm moving slow as molasses
I got my old straw hat and a pair of pink sunglasses
I got my old straw hat and a pair of pink sunglasses
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10. |
How Deep
04:35
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How deep are you willing to go?
If you don't dig, tell me how will you know?
It could be the truth in our fears,
We find meaning in our tears
Tell me how deep are you willing to go,
To see that dark place in your soul?
For the value of light
is nothing without the night
Are we dreaming our lives away
Call me and I will be on my way
We’ll meet up and greet up, all’s okay
There’s no time like today
How deep are you willing to go?
We can't have joy without sorrow
We keep dreaming up ways
to numb our days
Are we sleeping our lives away
Call me and I will be on my way
We’ll meet up and greet up, all’s okay
There’s no time like today
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11. |
Picture in a Frame
03:26
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Try to drown away the memories, using booze to kill the pain
So I have no recollection, of who is right and who's to blame
I've been hurting so bad since you've been gone, my motivation wanes
And the only thing keeping me alive, is a Picture in a Frame
I brought you some flowers hoping you'd come back again
Now the flowers have all wilted and my heart will do the same
The world keeps on turning, and the seasons they do change
But for me all time is frozen, like a Picture in a Frame
And I remember your eyes on our very first night in an upstate studio
And I remember those lies on our very last night on a downtown city road
No matter how many times we were out of our minds I never thought you’d go
But things weren’t always perfect, like they were in our photo
Grass grows high on my front lawn, as I'm waiting here in vain
And the house has gone to ruins, and my luck is down the drain
I can't tell if that’s the storm outside beating on my window pane
Or the sound of my own tear drops, falling on the Picture Frame?
And I remember your eyes on our very first night in an upstate studio
And I remember those lies on our very last night on a downtown city road
No matter how many times I was out of my mind I never thought you’d go
But things weren’t always perfect, like they were in our photo
Try to drown away the memories, using booze to kill the pain
So I have no recollection, of who is right and who's to blame
I've been hurting so bad since you've been gone, my motivation wanes
And the only thing keeping me alive, is a Picture in a Frame
And the only thing keeping me alive, is a Picture in a Frame
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Dead taxiway to my heart
No aero-planes set to depart
747 all stripped down
junked out and sold for parts
Dead taxiway to my heart
I've got a sneaking suspicion
It'll be IRF conditions
Stormy clouds on the horizon rolling in
Cracks in the tarmac and those tumbleweeds roll bye
and all the hangers got hung out to dry
Dead taxiway to my heart
No aero-planes set to depart
C5A got decommissioned
And sold for parts
Dead taxiway to my heart.
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13. |
A Song to Remember
04:20
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I wrote you a letter from the city, but I couldn't even find a stamp
Even if I tried to send it, would I get a letter back?
Too many miles in between us, even when I’m lying in your bed
And I cannot stand the silence, with these words stuck in my head
Here's a song to remember
All those things you're trying to forget
Because when I said I love you
That’s exactly what I meant
Throwing that old picture to the furnace, cause even flames can’t warm your heart
Every time I tried to hold on, it would all just fall apart
Here's a song to remember
All those things you're trying to forget
Because when I said I love you
That’s exactly what I meant
So I tear this old letter to pieces, and let it blow out of my hand
As this train just keeps on rolling, to another distant land
And I try so hard not to miss you, you’ll pretend you didn’t see me go
Tears will fill your eyes each moment, you hear this song on the radio
Here's a song to remember
All those things you're trying to forget
Because when I said I love you
That’s exactly what I meant
Because when I said I love you
That’s exactly what I meant
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14. |
Pick Yourself a Daisy
02:40
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Pick yourself a daisy, love will follow after
Pick yourself a daisy, love will follow through
Pick yourself a daisy, I'm crazy with laughter
Pick yourself a daisy, I’m crazy for you
Pick yourself a daisy, love will follow after
Pick yourself a daisy, love will follow through
Pick yourself a daisy, I'm crazy with laughter
Pick yourself a daisy, I’m crazy for you
You and I stuck high in a tall oak tree
Singing with the Pterodactyls and the birds and bees
A little dash of pepper and a big ol’ sneeze
We go floating off on a summer breeze
Pick yourself a daisy, love will follow after
Pick yourself a daisy, love will follow through
Pick yourself a daisy, I'm crazy with laughter
Pick yourself a daisy, I’m crazy for you
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The Night Hobs
The Night Hobs are a recording collective and live performance group.
The Night Hobs
Are:
Richard Boyce – Vocals, Guitars
Charlie Bennett – Cello, Strings
Josh Cruz – Basses, Vocals, Recording Engineer.
The Night Hob are a race of nocturnal humanoids from Fantasia that reside in the Southern regions. They have sharp features, wild hair and wear drab clothing.
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