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Traveler
04:22
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I was in mourning
For nothing important
Except being broke and alone
And miles from home
As much as I had one
I reckoned I’d sleep in in the park
Make friends with the dark
But I walked past a bar
And you saw my guitar
And said “How ‘bout you play us a song?”
Without skipping a beat
I stepped off the street
Opened my case
And looked at your face
As inside my heart raced
I figured I’d play the one
Where I play the hurt guy
Missing the girl that he knew
The one that I figured
Might mean something
To someone like you
And you found a pulse
Where there had been none
But baby before we’d begun
We were done
Cause love has a life of its own
Travels along and it’s gone
Twenty-four hours of love
Is better than none
But losing it hurts every time
No matter how long
You had your run
As your head spins about
Try not to think about
Tomorrow morning
Without warning you find yourself
Turning and walking away
At the break of the day
In the stillness of dawn
And you made a home
Where there had been none
But baby, we’re both on the board
Like two pawns
Cause love has a life of its own
Makes its move and moves on
Love is like fire, it burns
We all get our turn
And whatever we earn
And hope that we’ve learned
But being afraid of the hurt
Is just no way to live
You love, you forgive
Be happy you did what you did
We love when we give
And you were my own
For only a moment
But I was still there
Even though I’d flown home
Cause love has a life of its own
Yeah love keeps on moving along
You made a home
Where there had been none
But honey, before we’d begun
We were done
Cause love has a life of its own
Buries your heart and its gone
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I barely heard the sound
As the world came down around
I was taken by the view
And all I saw was you
And when it goes wrong
We'll be long gone
Baby we won't
Even look back
Been a long time come
It had a good run
And when it's gone from view
I don't care there's only you
When it goes wrong
We'll be long gone
Baby we won't
We will move on
When it goes wrong
Won't be too long
We'll be long gone
And we won't look back
When it goes wrong
Won't be too long
We'll be long gone
We won't look back
Baby keep it going
Somewhere down the road
There's a place that grows
There's somewhere for us
We can make a home
Baby keep it going
Baby just beyond
I can see the sun
I can feel the warmth
Baby keep it going
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3. |
Everyone I Know
04:31
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Forgive the sentiment
You sound a little hesitant
Right here in my burned-out tenement
Our fingers stained by cigarettes
Living life in present tense
Lonely-eyed pedestrians
Looking for white elephants
Doling out prerequisites
And I tell you honestly
I don't know what I believe
I fell into your life and
I don't want to have to ever leave
But I'm always wondering
Why we're all recovering
The slumbering and hungering
While the people all in the church all sing
La-la
Like the players in a Broadway show
Everyone that's been searching
Honey, everyone that I know
Well I'm here meandering
Down in Fort Green again
Just trying to comprehend
All the time that we just spent
I cannot wait till when
I get to see your face again
I'm all adrenaline
Gonna be a better man
And I tell you honestly
That you got a hold on me
You fell into my life and
I don't want to have you ever leave
And I tell you everything
So you're never wondering
Hell, everyone and everything
While the people in the church all sing
La-la
Like the players in a Broadway show
Everyone that's been hurting
Honey, everyone that I know
Guess at the end of it
When you take a big step back and
It don't amount to much
And there ain't a whole lot left
But since we're here and all
And you brought the beer and all
Guessing that we might as well
Get high and have a ball
Cause I tell you honestly
That you got a hold on me
I fell into your life and
I don't want to have to ever leave
And I tell you everything
So you're never wondering
Baby, if you're not convinced
Guess I'm headed for the church to sing
La-la
Like the players in a Broadway show
Everyone that's been searching
Honey, everyone that I know
All the fallen and the lonely
And the dogs in Central Park
All the gentlemen in their clubs
And the women out after dark
Everyone that's been hoping
For a feeling that can grow
Everyone that's been coping
Honey, everyone that I know
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4. |
Beijing In Snow
02:54
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Run down and shitty
Near the Forbidden City
Busy with nowhere to go
And nothing to show
Flat as my tire
Visa expired
Temperature dropping below
Beijing in snow
Shivering dormouse
I saw a guesthouse
Dark as a carrion crow
One window aglow
And with no agenda
‘Yo kung fang jian ma’
A corner to settle my bones
And then I’ll be gone
And somewhere the sound of your voice
Is still here in my head
Yeah I can still hear it
And all of the things that it said
So much unspoken
Your English broken
But I could divine what you meant
The night that we spent
The city was swollen
Ancient and frozen
But golden, the hearth by the bed
Where your body was spread
And somewhere the seal of your breath
Is still here on my skin
Yeah I can still feel it
The surface and then deep within
I took it as given
The world was a prison
And God was just giving us rope
Clutching at hope
But somehow the answers
No longer quite mattered
The anchor was cut from the boat
The fever had broke
And honey the thing of it
I never found what we knew
And I keep on wondering if all of the things
That I thought were the truth
Were just you
But honey the fire in your eyes
Is still burned on my heart
Yeah I can still see it
It shows me the way in the dark
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5. |
You Never Know
03:05
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A stone’s throw from the broken bones
I saw the walls fall at Jericho
Felt the fires and the ashes blow
They said no survivors but you never know
All the memories you can get on video
The only thing that’s left to feel is vertigo
But see the lesson of the noble buffalo
It could get worse, but you never know
They built a palace on the sacred tombs
And made a ruler of a face they barely know
Under the Thunderdome a puppet show
Can't say I'm optimistic but you never know
Crowd control overflow
A black hole forming in a sea of coal
Heart and soul rock and roll
All may be nothing but you never know
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6. |
Valley of Gold
03:11
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Been so alone since you first left our home
All of the neighbors hearing me wail and moan
Just like a ghost in a burned out catacomb
A pile of old white stones we call bones
I can remember when you said to me
That we are the ones who could set ourselves free
You said there's a place where one day we'd go
Where the sun sets red on a valley of gold
I guess it's unknown
If our lives are our own
Or spun by the fates
And written in stone
But I had a dream
And it seemed so real
The kind where you wake up
But inside you still feel
And you were there and I was there
Growing old on a porch
And you looked at me and said baby
I still carry that torch
We sat for a while watching our children grow old
As the sun set red on a valley of gold
Where will we go I can't say i know
But I can see you and me baby
In a valley of gold
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7. |
Annie O
03:19
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Annie don’t look down
But don’t go anywhere
Just stick around
And trust you're getting there
You were run aground on the rocks
But I’m a lighthouse on the dock
And even if your deep down fears come true
I still ain’t gonna leave you
And even when your best-laid plans go wrong
I’m gonna ride along
On any day
My Annie O
And anywhere you go
On any day
And anywhere you go
My Annie O
Annie don’t turn round
The doubts are everywhere
Trying to knock you down
And out but anyway
I’m your shelter in the rain
I’m a respite from the pain
And even if your deep down fears come true
I still ain’t gonna leave you
And even when you’re feeling like you ain’t that strong
I’m coming right along
On any day
My Annie O
And anywhere you go
On any day
And anywhere you go
My Annie O
Don’t look down
But don’t go anywhere
Annie stick around
And know we’re getting there
You’re a diver, I’m a bell
You’re a wish, I’m the well
And even if the deep down fears come true
I still will never leave you
And even when your best-laid plans go wrong
I’m coming right along
On any day
My Annie O
And anywhere you go
On any day
And anywhere you go
My Annie O
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8. |
Gonna Run
01:48
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I been running from the man with the black hood
Ducking him 'round every corner
Out of Dodge to a lodge in the backwoods
Man I thought I was a goner
Got a new name, new face, new place
"Yo I got a buddy, make sure you bring the money"
Thought I lost him in Boston he found me in LA County
Now he's coming for his bounty
He's coming for me
For all the things that I done
He's gunning for me
But I'm still gonna run
My man don't forgive or forget debts
Comes correct when he comes to collect
All business - neither enemy or friend, I'm'a run
But I know he's gonna get me in the end
He's coming for me
For all the things that I done
He's gunning for me
But I'm still gonna run
I been running from the man with the black hood
Ducking him like every minute
In a chase, I'm'a race like I withstood
But I'm never gonna win it
He's coming for me
For all the things that I done
He's gunning for me
But I'm still gonna run
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9. |
Mary
03:20
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Walking cross our old bridge in the snow
How it looks from an age long ago
Down the ridge where the creek used to flow
Time moves fast but the past burns slow
And breathing is the only sound
I’m hearing in this lonely town
I’m tired of the lost and found
I’m turned around
And almost headed for the tracks
What a fool to let you go
Lonely jester sitting on his little throne
But I was in a blizzard of my own
Trying to love was squeezing blood from a stone
And freedom was the only sound
You were hearing in this lonely town
I was tired of the lost and found
We're upside down
And now I’m dodging all the cracks
Oh Mary
You were there at the start
You were the beat of my heart
Yeah Mary
You were a shot in the dark
You were the beat of my heart
Underneath the street lamp's glow
Silhouette and I regret you had to go
But even then I wouldn’t forego
One single minute of the love we’ve known
I’m standing here on holy ground
I’m still here in this one horse town
And everything I lost you found
You turned me around
But now I’m underneath the axe
Oh Mary
You were there at the start
You were the beat of my heart
Yeah Mary
You were a shot in the dark
You were the beat in my heart
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10. |
State of Doubt
04:25
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I'm ordinary
Not much to speak of
Not a lot I want to prove
But I have known what it is like
To find a real love
And what that's like to lose
You haven't seen me
In anything on TV
No I'm no one that you know
And I'm not sure that I can be
The type you call your trophy
But I'd never let you go
I'm ordinary
But just in reach of
And I guess I see it now
Honey you had every reason
Anybody can conceive of
To turn and take your bow
You were in a state of doubt
You wanna get the fuck right out
When you question the intentions
That's the moment to go
Got no reputation
No one to speak up
But if you think you could forgive
Well I can promise that
The love I have is enough
Baby it's infinite
And you were trying to warm your hurt
Burning all of my self worth
All the things I couldn't see then
Everything I now know
And we were in a state of doubt
We wanna get the hell right out
When you question the intentions
That's the moment to go
This time
No, never gonna let you go this time
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