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The Lucky One
03:39
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The Lucky One (Dan Frechette)
After all his life’s work was ploughed into the dirt
He began to drift to times when his every whim would flirt
With the impossible, the dream
Of knowing there's a way
To look upon the moon and the stars
And the dawning of the day
(Chorus)
You can follow him and hope you'll be the lucky one
In your forefathers footsteps, the lucky one
And hope whenever there's a chance that you can repay
The debt their inspiration left to help you find your way
He didn't have to show you the trail he blazed for you
making his mistakes and never knowing what to do
mansions never graced his hills but hot sweat graced his brow
he used to look upon this world the way that you do now
(Chorus)
In his time of dying he only asks that you're freed
of treachery and doubt and never knowing what you need
everywhere you go in life I'm sure he's made the turn
and looked upon these times and all the things you never learn
(chorus)
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American Refugee
03:46
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American Refugee (Laurel Thomsen)
Dark highways stretch for miles
Through town's that are all gone
Ghosts howl through the cracks
Where our lives once had grown
And fear has a name
Clings tight to his mama's side
A hungry child in a world that's broken
(Chorus) We're all drinking from the same cup
Fighting all the way up
This dream held tight in effigy
I'm an American refugee
America the beautiful
America the grand
America the sand
Slipping right from your hand
Slipping right from your hand
We've traded on our dreams
Health, happiness, or homes
As corruption makes the rounds
Stacking money on every roll
And with monkeys writin' rules
Building prisons for our kids
We're squeezing dry our dreamers, cashing in the bets
We're all drinking from the same cup
Fighting all the way up
A dream held tight in effigy
I'm an American refugee
America the beautiful
America the grand
America the sand
Slipping right from your hand
Slipping right from your hand
May the road rise up to meet you
But faith not make you blind
To all the gifts that silence brings
To all that comes of making noise
And if you find yourself alone
Driving by candlelight
Open your doors and gather
We're in this together
All together/driving by candlelight
All together/where our lives once had grown
All together/driving by candlelight
All together/we're American refugees
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Morning Time Lovers Waltz (Dan Frechette)
Morning time lovers awoke ‘neath the dawn
beautiful music crept down through the trees
maybe someday I will write a true song
about a young morning time lover and me
You were a stranger when nothing was pretty
you sang of devils who played with your mind
when I first saw you, you put on a sad smile
’til your beauty touched me these streets were not mine
My longing was matched by someone who loved me
I sat down yesterday and wrote a new song
this is to you my sweet morning time lover
The morning time lovers awoke ‘neath the dawn
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When You Come My Way
03:32
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When You Come My Way (Dan Frechette)
When you come my way, baby
you'll never be alone.
You'll never wake in the night
and be on your own.
You won't cry the blues
for things sad lovers do
I won't make you cry
and that is why
I want to be near you.
Your heart shines golden, baby
your eyes burn my dreams
I go through these days knowing
what a gift true love means
and I'm open to waiting
I want you to call my name
when you come my way
baby, you'll never be alone.
I'm willing to do anything
it takes to treat you kind
to be your sweet lover
it's worth it this time.
When you smiled to me
when you caught my eye
Won't you come my way?
Baby, you'll never be alone.
Won't you come my way?
Baby, you'll never be alone.
Won't you come my way?
Baby, you'll never be alone.
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Jester
02:56
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Jester (Laurel Thomsen)
There's no room for the jester
in the house upon the hill
He wanders through our dreams
Not quite what he seems
Shadows paint pictures
Across a frozen land
Clocks tick tock
Where beauty never stands
(Chorus)
Slow down, slow down, Sally
Fess up, fess up, Freddie
Back down, back down, Billy
It's too late when you're dead
The jester's counting hours
in all the streets below
He tries to get a rise
Trying to surprise
Couples take to marching
Gathering more things
So many tied together
But only by their rings
There's no room for the jester
In the house upon the hill
His picture's fading fast
In storybooks of the past
To the edge of time we're rovin'
We might fall right off the end
Exploding like a dream
The joy we forgot to spend
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The Seeds That You Won't Sow (Dan Frechette)
(Chorus)
Love in the rain
walk in the world
laugh in the wind
all you boys and you girls
Time is rolling on
no matter how you blow
no answers you may find
from the seeds that you won't sow
You're on your own again with a little bit of time
you'll spend it on addiction some downhill road you'll climb
just sitting by your lonesome and connected to this world
a future of regrets all you boys and you girls
(Chorus)
Think back to those years before this came along
you used to cook together and sing all your songs
now you share your links and nobody's getting on
there's another hour been wasted and another path foregone
(Chorus)
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8. |
Back From Heaven
04:22
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Back From Heaven (Dan Frechette)
Summer lies
Summarize the chances we've been taking all this time
Angels fly
there ain't no way a devil can be sailing off the ground
off the ground.
(chorus)
So smile, there's nothing here to do but just be sailing now
we've made it back from heaven it's all good somehow
no more chances wasted
say goodbye.
She relates, pulls strings from all the vampires
she has chosen her battleground
and he relates, tries to fit her stories
and he aches for common ground
for common ground.
(chorus x2)
background doubts behind smiles broken hearts torn desires
foreground amber sunsets stars and open spirits finding fire
finding fire
(Chorus)
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9. |
To Keep You Company
03:11
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To Keep You Company (Dan Frechette)
Remember when we used to walk upon the water?
and we never thought we'd ever fall through?
We always knew each other
even when we were strangers
we washed in each others tears when we were blue
I loved you
I'm glad I found you in a moment in a lifetime
and we kissed beneath the rising sun afraid it was too soon to tell
and every chance I had to say I loved you
were somehow lost in the disappearing breeze
I loved you.
I haven't come to visit your familiar tones of home
I drifted away unafraid to be alone
But I have written you 30 sad letters
to keep you company
and were written in stone
Just like this letter
which I sing to you now
You may not choose to sing along
you may not know how
but these words are yours
to keep you company
I love you.
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Crow Flies High
03:40
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Crow Flies High (Laurel Thomsen)
Storm clouds rage, beyond the land
'Where people rise, to take a stand
But what will come, of all their pleas
With wisdom scattered in the weeds
Forgotten beauties, remaining seeds
(Chorus) The crow flies high
Beyond the sky
Spirits stand
Reach out their hands
(And who am I
When all will die
And only land
Will weep with sand)
Our hearts break, for the ones who've gone
'We come to sing, their final songs
But what is death to a soul now free?
'To live beyond, the memories
Remember who we forgot to be
In quiet corners, bright lights shine
Whispers call us, to align
The prayers stream in, from every side
In fertile soil to reside
In rapture, all our, hearts collide
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11. |
Ragtime Baby
03:17
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Ragtime Baby (Dan Frechette)
(Chorus) Ragtime baby won't you sing for me
Ragtime baby won't you sing for me
I've been blue and busted out on bluegrass street
Ragtime woman I'm cooked and solid gone
Ragtime woman left me here to sing a song
She's gotta hit me with progress
hit me with a bill
when I pull out my money she'll go straight for the kill
(Chorus)
I got 20 years on the kids you'll kiss for free
I got open holes in the legs of my old blue jeans
I can't go on living like this
adding to the list everyday of fun I've missed
(Chorus)
She'll pull my lucky card and we'll hit the town
there's hard times whether or not you're settled down
better to be sane
better to be free
don't need no tedious company
(Chorus)
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Mandolino Waltz
04:31
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Mandolino Waltz (Dan Frechette)
Confusion has made a mystery of me
Nowhere I go do I feel free
Seems now and then when I meet you again
I can’t think of what to say
It makes no sense to love you when you’re taking my senses away
(Chorus) And I look to the ocean the horizon has no faults
When I’m in your horizon let’s dance the mandolino waltz
This poor boys in love with you he can’t do somersaults
But I can ask you, “Kind miss, could I steal a kiss
as we dance the Mandolino waltz?”
I sit down to have a smoke, collect my memories
But nothing comes to mind but this old Spanish melody
Where do you go when you’re floating on conversation?
I wish I could find that place in my imagination.
(Chorus)
You don’t know how much I wish I could give you a laugh
How can I kiss you when I ain’t made it past a paragraph?
You’re quickly losing interest to that old man across the room
He’s told you about love he wants to be my doom
(Chorus)
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New York City Sundance
04:23
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New York City Sundance (Dan Frechette)
It's a New York City sundance.
I was breathing all the air.
It's about time I got the world out of my hair.
The Gods they must be crazy
because I've been sending it to the sun.
This feeling that I'd hoped someday
to become someone.
(chorus)
But you can call me friend
buddy it better feel that way.
I'm young inside
and I'm living no lies
loving something with my faith.
My peace is all that I have.
I'm steering clear of the dark.
I was watching the wheels on fire
while I lit my spark.
Everywhere I was hungry
and everywhere I was free.
I was inside paying homage
to the outsider in me.
(chorus)
I saw this whole world dying as I watched that sundance crying on the field.
It's a New York City sundance.
It's a New York City morning.
It's a New York City sundance.
Watch the wheels slowing down.
(chorus)
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