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DIG A LITTLE DEEPER IN THE FUTURE
Been all over town just riding around
greetings for the new day
whiporwhill and the mourning dove cry
as i head out on the highway
the wind drowns out all kinds of things
and my eyes are burning blind
getting up too early so i get to live
and to be right there on time
looking at the hands on my pocket clock
as i change lanes making time
looking out along the hilly fields
man i wish they all were mine
goldās too scarce for digging and i found my
one true love
so Iām gonna get home from work today
just to give a little push a shove
(Chorus)
Dream a little cheaper
kiss my little keeper
live a little deeper in the future
write another sleeper
sing another weeper
live a little deeper in the future
vagabond heart living the part
live a little deeper in the future
when i get smart i always start
to live a little deeper in the future
when I get old I hope I donāt get rolled
into the pile of the people who lose
I see them everywhere I go
and it aināt too hard to fill their shoes
in the lineups at the grocery
they āve been beaten down so bad
and they canāt smell a joke if it came
behind them and kicked them in the ass
living little deeper in the future means
you take the sorrow from the past and learn
roll down the window and let in some air
if you got a quarter tank to burn
make your way to a sunny day
where the river meets the sky
take some beauty and make som beauty
because you never know when youāre gonna die
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Harvest Blues
04:06
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Harvest Blues
The man on the field is worried
he's quickly losing time
he's got two more weeks of harvesting
and the money is near gone
well he's also losing patience
in his dwelling family
we may take it all one step at a time
but we won't take for free
He's a stranger to his freedom
the field it ties him down
though he's always facing it
he's learned to love the ground
he can not tell the future
yet his restless destiny awaits
he lives to watch his hopes and dreams
surrendering to fate
(Chorus)
Father sweats so not to dress me in hand me downs
Father sweats so not to keep us heading welfare bound
As soon as the harvest is over
the wintertime will subdue
it will be time for him to him the road
to see what he can do
but can not stand still for too long
there's others down the line
and man we'd have those harvest blues
if nothing sold this time
(chorus)
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Change And Reflection
02:48
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Change And Reflection
I try to be good to the people I meet
To not stare at the floor and not talk anymore is strange
(Chorus)
Not talking about change and reflection
who cares about who won this election?
Don't ask answers of me
They go on and on like people afraid
of a silence that grew once when people who knew themselves
(Chorus)
Could talk about change and reflection
not the thing I don't dare to mention
Don't ask answers of me.
I'm not a man of too many tales
but they think I'm not them
that's enough for them to think I'm so rude
(Chorus)
Because I talk about change and reflection
Not the things I don't care to mention
They don't ask answers of me.
Once in a while I'll catch one alone
and I'll say I'm not mad
men do not grow by words
(Chorus)
That don't speak about change and reflection
but you don't need my direction
don't you ask answers of me
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Business As Usual
02:57
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Business As Usual
He died broke
like a piece of rope
that went and broke from the strain
he choked on a pipe
that was made from hype
the papers loved his pain.
He tried to make up his mind
business on his brain
or a life on the farm
just a busted old barn
no harm in the simple life again.
His career on the line
from the men who wined
and dined him up to sign
so he stabbed his friends
by accident in the back
with a money blade.
He had tried
just simple to write
but business on his brain
made him stall
but it was cool to crawl
the papers loved his pain.
He put his foot down
and his heart it did pound
when he told them he was bound
to a bunch of smart, cruel upstarts
who changed his words around.
They made him shoot
for all the loot
sell out on his brain
Everyone else
could loosen their belt
but he purged this absurd fucking way.
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Chain
03:21
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Chain
She's got a pocket full of pearls
dreams to see the world
from more than just an open book
she hides behind the car she rides
she never takes a drive
turning down the highway for a second look
(Chorus)
She makes up another chain
gets a man or a kid to change
chains all look the same
she gets a new gym membership
to make herself sick
running on a treadmill to fame
She's got an old stuffed cat
who sits beside her map
hanging on her dusty wall
she says the cat's always been there
she says it as she stares
at the map beside the doll
(chorus)
Seems someday she will find
that there ain't a sign
on the highway saying "fate station"
Up ahead around the bend
so she might as well pretend
that she knows the way
She says I'm a dancer yes I'm sure
I've got the blues to prove it
I've won all the awards
ambition is nagging at my bones
sure I can be alone
give me a chance to leave my home.
(chorus)
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I Should Be Copyrighted
02:30
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I Should Be Copyrighted
I went to school today in my Daniel Hector duds
I had on my blue cardigan and my petal pusher floods
Knee knockers as I call them
people said I was on glue
But I said, "I come to school to learn, not to look or act like you!"
(chorus)
I'm a unique person
I thank God everyday
just because nobody likes me
doesn't mean I'm not ok
People talk a lot about me
their lives are unexciting
They ought to pay to talk about me
I should be copyrighted.
They don't pay me to stay in school
and they think I'm satisfied
to look and act like everyone else
until the day I die
But I like to think I'm different
so take me as I am
I bought myself pink sneakers
because I look good in them.
(chorus)
People stare in my window
as if I'm number one
bought myself a pocket mirror
to burn their eyes out with the sun
they oughta put me in the paper
I would be so delighted
I'd charge a grand for an interview
I should be copyrighted
(chorus)
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How Wrong Is The War, Mother?
(chorus)
How wrong is the war, mother?
how strong are them soldiers
fighting their way to the promiseland
of honor and pride and glory?
It's the same old fight we've been having for years
it starts and it stops and it cries and it jeers
the flag it goes up and the flag it goes down
while the political people stand around.
(chorus)
It's the same old ground we've braved for years
with each war the blood it sinks deeper and deeper
into the ground and the thoughts of the ones
who now fear to hear that gunfire sound.
(chorus)
It's the same old glory we've carried for years
forgiven heroes forget their fears
for they've killed and they've cried and they've danced in blood
while political people stood around.
(chorus)
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Lost River Blues
03:24
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Lost River Blues
Looking for a living and looking to be giving that's all that I want
With a six string shootout
Knock 'em all dead
that's all that really counts.
I'm singing and swinging and looking out at this mess I'm in
They're paying and cheering and I'm leaving and fearing I won't make it home again.
(chorus) I'm looking across lost river since I got these worn out blues
These simple shoes they may seem new to you
I've been looking across lost river since I got these beat up blues
These simple shoes may seem new to you but to me they're old news.
Give me a dollar and I'll give you a holler when the dollar runs out
My tales will be taller with the rope around my collar you'll know nothing about
somehow you'll be tempted to be suddenly befriended by my open hand
and I'll be gone as soon as I see you with a dollar again.
(chorus)
I been a gypsy looking like a son of a gun with a story to tell
I've been a sculpture soul with them chipping away with every ticket I sell.
I've been trying to catch a tail that was in my hands when I was on the skids.
Now I'm looking back hearing echoes wondering what I did.
(chorus)
Looking for a living and looking to be giving that's all that I want
With a six string shootout
Knock 'em all dead
that's all that really counts.
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So Help Me God
02:50
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So Help Me God
(Chorus)
And I'll stay so far away
I'll be free from your reach
and I'll walk until I faint
Someone's coming down to get me
so help me God
Fear will come
it will come through me
living my life
walking around on my knees
every other day I've had to pretend
get on my feet and take a stand
face the wind or I might
get buried alive
(Chorus)
The time will come when all excuses fail
no matter how hard you try to get 'em off your tail
they'll follow you around until you chase
their legs away to outer space
with your face
smiling with angry tones
(Chorus)
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Waiting For The Judgement Days
There's another child waiting for the judgement days
and he don't talk too much about it
there's another boy waiting to take his place
and he don't kid too much about it
(Chorus)
'Cause when it's all washed up on the beach
There for all eyes to see
there for no one to touch
there for no one to heed
When I'm empty and alone
and I feel like I'm living just to die someday
I look through my old junk mail
I hope the smile I grow will stay
(Chorus)
So now I'm waiting for the judgement days
I'm putting in time till they ring the bell
my voice is gentle with hardened words
words that only broken dreams can spell
(Chorus)
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Can't Stop This Old Train Now
I been getting so scared of the road
dealing with the pain
Eyes glued to the world
dreaming of escapes
looking back at love
life keeps rolling on
can't stop this old train now
I'm sad to leave you there
she's in my every prayer
I fight and there's no air
and dreams we're going to share
I can't wait 'til the day
I call the shots and I stay home
life keeps rolling on
can't stop this old train now
(Bridge)
There's nothing out there left for me
just an act I've got to do
to keep paying up for blues
I don't want no one in my shoes
I hope that you can see the use
of my surviving this old road
If you can tell this world goodbye
for the kid who played guitar and tried
to fit in this old world somehow
got sucked into a money war
just sing the songs I wanted to
there's no real chords anymore
(Bridge)
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