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Walking Shoes
03:53
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Walking Shoes
Call the airport and book another flight
Day or night, I got no preference
’Cause I’ve been waiting to leave it all behind
I don’t mind, no point of reference
Pour me a whiskey and seat me with a smile
Window, aisle, it does not matter
Unwrapping peanuts and staring at the sky
Don’t know why the urge to scatter
And when I set down somewhere far away
The sun will hit me in the eyes
I’ll marvel at the miles of everything
That I can’t recognize
Once I’m done with unfamiliar soil
Perhaps I’ll set a course for you
But don’t expect me to stay long enough
To lose my walking shoes
When I get tired of everything I know
Off I go – it’s my compulsion
Over the garden wall with a suitcase in my hand
Overland or jet propulsion
She won’t find me here again
She won’t find me here again
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Sweet Soul Sing
03:54
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Sweet Soul Sing
Well, I don’t want to be your everything
’Cause I don’t need a second job
No, I just want to hear your sweet soul sing
It’s the music of the gods
Well, I don’t want to buy you all the things
’Cause you’re filled with abundance now
No, I just want to hear your sweet soul sing
For as long as you will allow
Simple things I still don’t understand
And we still can’t afford the life of kings
And we don’t have the smoothest hands
But I melt when I hear your sweet soul sing
And it’s all yours to command
Well, I don’t want to sit here till next spring
Trying to grind out the perfect rhyme
But whenever I hear your sweet soul sing
Then my heart keeps perfect time
Simple things I still can’t understand
(In a world of breadth and wonder)
All these things I still don’t understand
Love has cost me all I have
But I’m richer than before
Nail my manifesto up on the door
Love has cost me all I have
But I’m happy poor but proud
Write my call to action up in the clouds
(Write out loud)
Well, I lived for the unimportant things
Waved the flag at my own parade
But until I had heard your sweet soul sing
I was lonely and afraid
Now your smile is my only diamond ring
And your touch turns my heart to gold
And whenever I hear your sweet soul sing
Then I’m happy growing old
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Time Enough for Love
04:39
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Time Enough for Love
Here we stand, at heart’s end
I can’t believe what you’re saying to me
I can’t believe what I’m saying to you
And I wish I could take it back
And say that I was wrong
But that would be untrue
There’s always time enough for love
When love is dying
And even when my mind is made up
There’s still room enough for doubt
There’s always something in your eyes
That keeps me trying
’Cause there’ll be time enough for heartbreak
When all the options have run out
I think I see how it’s gonna be
I have to make the right choice
Listen to the right voice
I tried to reignite that flame
But in a puff of smoke
Nothing felt the same
There’s always time enough for love
When love is dying
And even when my mind is made up
I hear a sad, familiar song
There’s always something in my life
That keeps me crying
But there’ll be time enough for heartbreak
If all the love has really gone
We can talk it out until early in the morning
We can fight about who ignored the early warning
If there’s the slightest doubt, something we could be ignoring,
If there’s a chance that we can make it
Then you know that we’ve got to take it
There’s always time enough for love
When love is dying
And even when my mind is made up
There’s still room enough for doubt
There’s always something in your eyes
That keeps me trying
’Cause there’ll be room enough for heartbreak
When all the options have run out
There’s always time enough for love
When love is dying
And even when my mind is made up
I hear a sad, familiar song
There’s always something in my life
That keeps me crying
But there’ll be time enough for heartbreak
If all the love has really gone
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Something True
02:57
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Something True
Someone pulled me clear
Of the path of a speeding train
Led me through the fear
To a place I can breathe again
It was you
Something true
Old men tell their tales
Of the lover that got away
Why was I the one
Thank the Lord, standing here today
Here with you
Something true
We didn’t know how to do it
We stumbled our dark way through it
And somehow came out on the other side
Sometimes I cry out
In the midst of a pouring rain
At times, I may doubt
Will the sun ever shine again
Still there’s you
Something true
Sometimes I cry out
In the midst of a pouring rain
At times, I may doubt
Will the sun ever shine again
But there’s you
Something true
Still there’s you
Something true
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My Young Man
04:08
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My Young Man
I remember the day you left, my young man
As you boarded the waiting jet for unknown lands
And though you were all grown up, I still held your hand
My young man
When the desert was dark and cold, my young man
Couldn't anyone reach your soul or stay your hand
Fighting an endless war so far from your home
So very alone
And did they believe – believe it was only
Another hill to climb – just a matter of time
Till you were back on top, and ready for duty
Carefree and strong – they were wrong
I’ll remember you as you lived, my young man
With a smile and a heart to give, my young man
And though I don't feel so brave, I do what I can
My young man
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Alice in Wonderland
02:52
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Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland
You’re too far down the hole
To reach out for my hand
Sleep in the sinking sand
And dream of how I’m already gone
I wish you all the best
You never liked goodbyes
That much we can attest
Rest in your emptiness
And know that I cannot lead you home
All your friends have since retired
You’re the only one
And you smooth down your dress
And you wonder where we have gone
All your lovers have expired
You’re the only one
And I tried to explain
But we both know that bird has flown
Alice in Wonderland
The strategies you cast
Did not go as you planned
Stand at the glass again
Reflecting on the shadows of the dawn
And know that I cannot lead you home
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Leaves of Glass
03:50
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Leaves of Glass
Sun’s in his sky
Spirits are high
Ocean and wind come out to play
Float on a cloud
Reckless and proud
Bask in this warm eternal day
Still the summer of my life will last
On leaves of grass
I dream
Grounded by rain
Adrift and in flames
Chasing my tail, a sweep second hand
Can’t stop to rest
I’ll fail the test
And never catch up to all I planned
And as autumn falls, the days go past
Like leaves of grass
They blow away
Will I never find my way back home?
Will I live to see tomorrow?
The landmarks fade from view just like a stone
Upon a field of snow
Over the hill,
Voices that kill
Words that belie a friendly face
Blood on the ground
Hurry sundown
I don’t want to win this master race
And I’m barefoot now on leaves of glass
My broken past
Made whole again
And I’m caught in winter’s icy glare
I see him there
My foe
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8. |
Make It Love
03:16
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Make It Love
Make it love, make it last
You got me working all ’round the clock until the whistle blast
Make it love, make it right
The way you compensate my overtime, yeah, I could work all night
Like a busman’s holiday
You got me working even when I play
And when our short-term goals are met
You got me dreaming 'bout projects that we ain’t tried yet
Make it work, make it last
You got me loving all ’round the clock until the whistle blast
Make it love, make it sweet
I guarantee I'm not leaving the meeting ’til the job’s complete
Like the workers in Santa’s shop
You get me going and I don't want to stop
When every day is Christmastime
Loving you is as easy as a downhill climb
Make it work
They say love takes a lot of work
And no one wants to be a slacker jerk
But when your partner is your loving wife
Then you never have to work a single day in your life
Make it love, make it last
Make it love, make it love, make it love until the whistle blast
Make it love, make it last
Make it love, make it love, make it love, make it love, make it love, make it love, make it love
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I'll Take Tomorrow
03:36
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I’ll Take Tomorrow
Life is spinning madly like a tilt-a-whirl ride
The scenery keeps changing but we’re glued to the side
It’s tempting to applaud the simpler days of long ago
But you can’t stay in yesterday
I’ll take tomorrow
Cheap nostalgia takes us back to fantasyland
Conveniently forgetting what we now have in hand
A life of less disease and suffering, free to live and grow
You can stay in yesterday
I'll take tomorrow
Heaven is a place where things will always stay the same
While we’re on the ground we’ve got to keep on moving on
Amid the change
Life’s a mad disaster and we made it that way
Unintended consequences lead us astray
Still our eyes see farther so we know which way to go
On our way from yesterday
To bright tomorrow
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Russell Shaddox East Haddam, Connecticut
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