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Low Spirit
05:28
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I hear tolling bells in the valley
I hear longing in the shadow around me
I hear a scared boy, spitting in my face
“Just because we’re rooted doesn’t mean we’re in place.”
But I hear it gets easier
Watching a good thing die—
That’s time spilling through the cracks in my hand
I’m a low spirit in a strange land
Oh yeah
In the morning I see righteous conviction
That I am someone who someone should listen
But by night I see a fool in the moon’s glow
Another Day not playing on the radio...
But I’ve seen what it means to be humbled
To be no one, or nothing at all—
That’s time spilling through the cracks in my hand
I’m a low spirit in a strange land
Oh yeah
Then I smell blood hanging thick in the air
I smell the shame & the anger we share
I smell the sorrow rank & unrelating
It’s been hard to watch the world as it’s ending
Yeah it’s been hard to watch the world as it’s ending…
& though there might be hope come tomorrow
It’s always just out of reach in the moment—
That’s time spilling through the cracks in my hand
I’m a low spirit in a strange land
Oh yeah
Birds eye view, so weary, whiling/
Overwhelmed by darkness but I’m trying/
Sky above the sun’s resigning/
Overwhelmed by darkness but I’m trying—
That’s time spilling through the cracks in my hand
I’m a low spirit in a strange land
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2. |
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Well you spend your whole life lookin’
For some bullshit
Made-up purpose
Mostly helpless
But who can help it?
We’re all chasing
But who knows what after
So much work for how little it seems to matter
What’s the point?
Of really anything
When everything feels terrible
What’s the point?
Of moving forward
When every road leads nowhere
What’s the point?
What’s the point?
Of so much wonder
When the watchtower’s view spans Forever…
What’s the point?
Of such abandon
When the whole wide world feels abandoned…
What’s the point?
There is sadness & it’s infinite
In the quiet space between
Grains of sand in a glass
A heaven so fragile
Like gossamer thread unspooling
What’s the point?
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3. |
August Company
03:49
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Passing reflection
The old man somber
Sometimes forgets he’s a young man
No longer
Dropped bombs over Vietnam
Tried to make good with God
Sometimes forgets how quick
Life keeps movin’ on
Never had much money
Just enough to get by
What he wouldn’t give
For another chance to fly
All those flowers in Panama
A cheap place to rent
What he wouldn’t give
To see blue sky again
Always thought he’d be of August company
Can’t recall where it all went wrong
What it’s supposed to mean
Who’s that man looking back in the window?
Can’t be, he thinks
No way that man is me
Hand stretched to the sun,
Like he almost had it
But he traded his ambition for a killer habit
Tracked down the devil
Told him you can can have it
Tastes sweet like honey
The escape’s like magic
Now he lives out his days at a coffee shop
Oh, the best he was
A man that time forgot
(Chorus)
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4. |
Thunder Roll On
03:51
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When the well runs dry
That’ll be the end of it
That’ll be the catalyst
For a long drive
Or we could take a train
Shouldn’t have to go too far
Sorta starts to look the same
The hills & the pines & the stars in the lake
I heard a voice once say
It gets easier
Watching a good thing die
Watching it pass you by
I swore I heard a voice say
You can watch it all collapse
You can just sit back
Let the thunder roll on
We’re just dancing in the dark
Maybe we should jump
See where the river leads
It’s only ever you & me
Just you & me
We could pack a bag
Or we could leave it all behind
With the rest of what we had
The roots & the vines & the plans that we make
I heard a voice once say
It gets easier
Watching a good thing die
Watching it pass you by
I swear I heard a voice say
You can watch it all collapse
You can just sit back
Let the thunder roll on
Roll on…
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5. |
Nowhere, OK
05:12
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Somewhere off the highway
In Nowhere, Oklahoma
I can just make Texas
As a line divides the sky
That lonesome horizon of song & passerby—
Someone call a tow truck
I think the van might blow up
I really want to get home
I think I want to give up—
So convinced I am dying
Yes, as we speak
Let me sell you my symptoms
Well? What do you think?
Am I dying?
Is this where I go,
On the side of the road
In Nowhere, Oklahoma?
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6. |
Mick & Keith
04:36
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Mother calling out for her young
Had a daughter & a couple of sons
Gone now a while
But their ain’t no bond like blood
Please I just need my kids
Doesn’t matter what you think I did
Come now running
You don’t know the pain I live
‘Cuz in the back of her mind
She’s out of time
No telling when she’ll go
Poor mother, alone
C’mon honey just try
What’s yours well, it outta be mine
Besides, I just have to see Mick & Keith
‘Fore I die
Please won’t you help me kid?
Just forgive me of whatever my sin
Come now running
You don’t know the pain I live
‘Cuz in the back of her mind
She’s out time
No solace for the soul
Poor mother, alone
Crying now anger & tears
Can’t remember what she did with the years
Voice on the wire
But there’s nobody left to hear
A mother calling out for her young
Sweet daughter & her beautiful sons
Gone now a while
But there ain’t no bond like blood
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Rat in the Silo
03:51
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No good vibrations
A racked foundation
Whole lot of anger
Not really your nature…
Got a rat in the silo
You should set them free
You’re not their’s to borrow
They’re not yours to feed
Tumbling helter-skelter
Just have to find your shelter
There is refuge in process—
Say fuck ‘em, be honest
Some people are garbage
Really awful & rotten
Don’t let your hurt be a harvest
Don’t let your heart be an option
No one can take
That thing that makes you great
What goes around, comes around
Can’t let ‘em get you
Down
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8. |
Book on Wild Horses
04:15
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Girl on a park bench
In a part of town she’s never been
Casually leafing through a book on wild horses
When a man sees her reading
He says, “hello, may I ask what you’re reading?”
& she says, “it’s a book on wild horses,
from the thrift store on the avenue.
Now tell me, how can I help you?”
& he says “I couldn’t help but notice the sun through the trees,
how it makes you glow,
so I was wondering if I could, if I should,
ask you your name?”
& she says, “sorry I don’t think so…
but I appreciate the gesture,
maybe another time?”
Then she offers a smile
& he returns a frown
“Another time, maybe,” he says
& she turns her attention back
To her book on wild horses
As she thinks about the world
& how fleeting it seems to be
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The Way it Was
04:08
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Sundown over providence
The rolling hills & promises of life & love
The way it was
But it’s a bittersweet, hey, come on
The way it was is gone
Yeah it’s gone, gone, gone
& it’s never coming back
Our eyes are open wide—
We’re running but there’s nowhere left to hide
When everyday’s more the same
Prophecy of fire & rain
The pain so bad you can’t imagine—
We have killers wearing badges
Our humanity abandoned
& a dollar let’s it happen
God it feels so doomed
But we’re all in this together
We have to give it our best shot
Let’s eat the rich & get those bastard cops
‘Cuz we’re all in this together
Yeah we’re all in this together
Poor children of the earth
Watching as she dies
Shouldering the burden of goodbye—
Sundown over providence
The rolling hills & promises of life & love
The way it was
But it’s a bittersweet, hey, come on
The way it was is gone…
But we’re all in this together
Yeah we’re all in this tougher
& maybe it’s not so bad
Or maybe it’s just too late
We’re all in this together either way
Yeah we’re all in this together either way
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10. |
Little Light
04:30
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Birds eye view
So weary, whiling
Overwhelmed by darkness
But I’m trying
A restless heart
As I circle, wildly
This almighty low I’ve been fighting
Show me a path
Give me sign this will pass
A cold wind blows
But how long can it last?
Hope springs in season—
I just need a little light to believe in
It’s been valley upon valley
I climb up then I come down
You’d think that I’d be singin’
A different song by now
But it’s all I have to hold & follow
Where the river bends & swallows
(Chorus)
In the golden flood of the morning
I see the mountain high as I’m soaring
There is color still unfolding
Just want to know where the hell I’m going
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah
(Chorus)
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11. |
After the Rain
03:29
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Mama, mercy, what are we do
Such a mess that we’ve been living through
Heavy on the mind
Well, I’ll take what I can find
When I’m walking ‘round with you
Chewing on the why & the how
Wondering what the hell this is about
Working overtime just to meet a bottom line
Well, I say send it, ‘cuz we’re only here now
Sky above, our luck’s bound to change
Let’s hurry home & make love
After the rain
Lately I’ve been underneath a weight
Buried by the things I want to say
I’ve known the dark before but I don’t need it anymore
Will you tell me I’m gonna be okay?
Low spirit, I just gotta be okay…
‘Cuz if I’m happy in the moment,
Shining bright
Ain’t that enough?
Oh it would be something to forget!
What I was dreaming of
Dreaming of…
Sky above, our luck’s bound to change
Let’s hurry home & make love
After the rain
Heart of mine, this life is what we’ve made
Let’s hurry home & make love
After the rain
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