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Where should we go to next, my friend? I don't know
Let's set our course for the wind and we will go
That way, when we find it
We can ride it
And give up the days
Of making up our minds all the time
Yeah, all the time
Something tells me there has to be something more
In this life than just trying to reach another shore
Do you feel it
Like I feel it?
Do you know that there are things
Things bigger
Things bigger than me and you?
Of course you do
Of course you do
Where should we go to next, my friend? I don't know
Let's set our course for the wind and we will go
That way, when we find it, we can ride
And give up our minds
And all the stuff they make up all the time
Yeah, all the time
You and I never did accept
That we could only see what light reflects
So let's
Just set
Our course for the wind
And even if it means our end, we will go
Where should we go to next, my friend? I don't know
Let's set our course for the wind and we will go
That way, when we find it
We can ride it
And give up the days
Of making up our minds all the time
Let's set our course for the wind
Let's set our course for the wind
Let's set our course for the wind
Let's set our course for the wind
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I was speaking with my friend
In his hospital bed
Waiting for a cure to fly in on a plane
And he told me this:
"Half this battle is
Having friends that love and help you on the way
We're not here to do this alone
We've got people pushing us along
If Heaven's a path, then all I know
Yeah, all I know is that
Ooh, Heaven isn't a lonely road
Ooh, Heaven isn't a lonely road"
He said, "It's time like this
When the real power shows
In all the friendships that you've made
Now all the love I feel
More than I could have known
I think that now I could face any type of weather
And I, I've had time to reflect
On all the friends I've had and choices that I've made
And I do not regret
A thing because I gave them all I had
Ooh, Heaven isn't a lonely road
Ooh, Heaven isn't a lonely road"
He said: "I know you've got something you're waiting to become
And that belongs to you alone
But don't forget about the friends by your side
You'll never reach that place if you try to get there on your own
Now, you and me, we always rode together
And you know, it's made each of us better
I want you to remember the people you can lean on
You've got potential, man, so just dream on, dream on.
And don't dwell too long or think too much
On all the loneliness you feel along the way
I will give you my touch"
Ooh, Heaven isn't a lonely road
Ooh, Heaven isn't a lonely road
Ooh, Heaven isn't a lonely road
Ooh, Heaven isn't a lonely road
Ooh, Heaven isn't a lonely road
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I'm Not That Anymore
04:20
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I once was a child
Tender and naïve
I could walk through a desert and still find life
And laughter brought me to my knees, but
I'm not that anymore
I'm not that anymore
I became a Country singer
They told me I should write songs about trucks, girls and beer
And I gave up my voice, as if I didn't have a choice
Until one day, I looked myself in the mirror and said
I'm not that anymore
I'm not that anymore
They can knock, they can bang, they can beat on my door, but
I'm not that anymore
There was a seed in the ground
And it grew up with help from all that's around
Changed color, changed shape
And offered itself for the world to take
One day I'll be a raindrop
And fall from great heights
Become part of a snow, join in a river's flow
Before taking my place in the ocean
And I'll rise again
I'm not that anymore
I'm not that anymore
You can call out my name, I won't answer, because
I'm not that anymore
You can search up and down, everywhere, every when
You can write me in your story, insist and pretend
But if you are still living in yesterday, then
I'm not that anymore
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Can't Be Nothing I Ain't
04:45
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On a prison phone, I said I wasn't sure
I wanted to live this life anymore
Please forgive me, dear, for I misspoke
But this place has got me against the ropes
And sometimes my words get ahead of my brain
I didn't mean to worry you, that's just who I am
I can't be nothin' I ain't
Still I wish I had shown some restraint
On Water Street, that night in July
Every day it takes hold of my mind
The man in the gold chain and the baggy white shirt
Came up from behind and reached his hand up your skirt
And sometimes my hands get ahead of my brain
I pulled out my knife, pushed it deep past his chain
I can't be nothin' I ain't
Still I wish I had shown some restraint
He fell to the ground, there was nothing to be done
He was dead before the ambulance come
I got fifteen years for my short fuse
Fifteen years in government shoes
And I'll never get the sight out of my head
How his eyes bulged out as his shirt dripped red
I can't be nothin' I ain't
Still I wish I had shown some restraint
I can't be nothin' I ain't
Still I wish I had shown some restraint
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5. |
Seas Change
06:25
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Tides roll in, they roll our again
We watch behind our walls
Might get too high and take us out with them
Maybe that's our fault
But honey, I need you to know
That whatever comes our way
There's always love between us flowing
And in it I will stay
And when the seas change, I'll drift away with you
When the seas change, I'll drift away with you
Wind blows the windows of your eyes wide open
Salt wind stings in the dawn
I'm reminded of the pain you held inside
Back when your curtains were drawn
But all fear and anxiety
The tide will wash away
There's this thing inside of me
That always knows the way
And when the seas change, I'll drift away with you
When the seas change, I'll drift away with you
Cliffs disappear from view as hilltops sink
And water takes the land
You tip-toe through the grass, out to the brink
You just take me by the hand
And then say:
The tides won't do us in no more
We'll just be born anew
No matter what they've got in store
I'm not lost, I'm with you
When the seas change, I'll drift away with you
When the seas change, I'll drift away with you
When the seas change, I'll drift away with you
When the seas change, I'll drift away with you
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I'm only gonna write things I believe
Not trying to be different than I seem
And if the world's gone a bit obscene, I am still here
I'm tired of people saying what they don't mean
Just 'cause they wanna be part of a scene
And everything they really believe is clouded by fear
I'm here waiting for you,
Like a flower holding out its bloom
For the moment it feels the cloud move from the sky
Yeah, come on, give up try'n'a be cool
This is your life, it's not high school
Don't turn yourself into a fool, living a lie
So where's the voice from all the nations?
Who speaks free from reservations?
We've been standing at the station for so long
Yeah, let's give the world back to the meek
Let's don't raise up our voice before we learn how to speak
Let's be quiet and then meet where we can transform
Yeah, I'm here waiting for you
Like a dog in a living room
For the moment I hear your footsteps 'round the bend
And you walk in, hey, I'm your friend
I'll sniff your face and I'll kiss your hand
And we won't try and break what we don't understand
If we need to transform
Let's make the time for it
We've got a lot of love to keep warm
Let's make the time for it
Let's don't start a fire up in a storm
Let's make the time for it
Yeah, we need to transform
Let's make the time for it
What if the new roads that we make
Are all built by the same mistakes?
And if we are the guard at the gates,
What will we let through?
Yeah, I'm here waiting for us
With patience, love and trust
I cannot claim I know just what to do
But if it's for us to create
A life together all in one place
I reckon silly hate won't see us through
See us through
Let's make the time for it
Let's make the time for it
Let's make the time for it
Let's make the time for it
Let's make the time for it
Let's make the time for it
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Aurora
04:05
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Would the colours find your eyes
If you went searching for the northern lights?
Or would your sickness cloud over
You mystic, you rover
All the beauty you were hoping to find?
When you saw them dance, did you whistle
And tempt them to come steal your life?
Or was your position to throw out superstition?
Did you hold a faint hope that they might?
When that Aurora
Blew up for ya
Did I cross your mind?
That old Borealis
It don't care about us
But I would scream out at those lights
All your friends say that your dark brown eyes
Turned a fiery green that night
When atom and ion
Gave the earth to you to lie on
And taught you it was senseless to fight
With your face in the sand, you remembered
That you came here with no guarantees
So you gave up insisting
Jettisoned resisting
And walked hand-in-hand with your disease
When that Aurora
Blew up for ya
Did I cross your mind?
That old Borealis
It don't care about us
But I would scream out at those lights
That our love was real
Like magnetic fields
And the sun's wind when they danced in our eyes
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I Watched You Smile
02:07
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I watched you smile from behind the stage
You couldn't fake the pride upon your face
You played the violin while your daughter sang a hymn
And the audience cried out for more again
She was a babe when you taught her to dance
And when you put a guitar into her hands
Now she's full-grown, getting ready to leave home
And I heard our children aren't our own
And that, in life's great yearning for itself
It brings forth children in good health
And we may guide but never own
She's the arrow, you're the bow
And the archer is unknown
I watched you smile from behind the stage
I smiled as well but there was pain upon my face
For I felt the pride with you, but also this is true
I thought: "Here is a joy I'll never know"
"Here is a joy I'll never know"
"Here is a joy I'll never know"
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Got Things on My Mind
05:04
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You got to move, or die
There are treasures to find
They're in you to mine
It just takes a little time
And when you're feeling sure
When you're feeling safe
That's when you make your wish
That's when it will take
You've got a will
You've got a plan
You've got a voice
You've got hands
And you can do
That which you can't yet say
You came to
Just in time today
I've got things on my mind again
Some moments you're happy
Some moments you're blue
Some moments you find peace
In nothing but you
And to your dreams, you bring problems
Tiny riddles to solve
Then you wake up in a panic
Because there's no time to do it all
You've got theatres
You've got arenas
You've got the space of what's in between us
You can do
That which you can't yet say
You came to just in time today
I've got things on my mind again
I've got things on my mind again
I've got things on my mind again
I've got things on my mind again
I've got things on my mind again
I've got things on my mind again
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Youngtree and The Blooms St John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Based in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Youngtree & The Blooms have become known for their ability to blend multiple genres to create truly engaging music. It’s all there on the band’s new self-titled album, Youngtree & The Blooms, a nine-song collection that establishes front man Peter Youngtree as "one of the most engaging new voices within the Americana scene" (Roots Music Canada). ... more
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