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Wake Up On The Run
02:00
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Wake Up On The Run
Been not traveling
Been just staying here at home
wake up in the morning
wonder where the day has gone
Sun already setting
looks like the day already done
Sad to see time drifting by
I really gotta wake up on the run
Make something quick to eat
dress myself make my bed
try to remember
to do something proud before I'm dead
Every day is a winner
no matter where you come or go
the day has got us living
we choose to shrink or grow
Someday we will be free
and life will be what it should be
just hiding out in limboland
so these demons won't catch me
Sun already setting
looks like the day already done
Sad to see time drifting by
I really gotta wake up on the run
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North Of North Dakota
04:56
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North Of North Dakota
I'm from north of North Dakota
If anybody knows or cares
I'm from north of North Dakota
If anybody knows or cares
They say "Why Not?" in Minot
and the rapids are grand up there
If you go to Fargo
you still got far to go
If you go to Fargo
you still got far to go
we're talking past the snow and bug line
three more hours on the road
You know where I'm from
is the land of never-ending skies
it never leaves you when you go
that's where my spirit lies
I'm from north of North Dakota
If anybody knows or cares
They say "Why Not?" in Minot
and the rapids are grand up there
Canada has a feeling
you just don't get nowhere now
Canada has a feeling
you just don't get nowhere now
I sure love everywhere I go
but I gotta get back there somehow
I'm from north of North Dakota
If anybody knows or cares
I'm from north of North Dakota
If anybody knows or cares
They say "Why Not?" in Minot
and the rapids are grand up there
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No Fear No Lies No Pain
02:54
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No Fear No Lies No Pain
Though I must part I do love you
I know life is settling down
but with my old spirit needing refuel
to roll this show out of town
so goodbye to staying out of trouble
look ahead at what we've both got to gain
but for now just call me farewell
no fear no lies no pain
Dirty old blues has got me lowdown
searching for some newfound joy
I remember how to have fun
with every single girl or boy
so goodbye to staying out of trouble
life has become too mundane
but for now just call me farewell
no fear no lies no pain
It's about time I got straight with you
told you what's ever on my mind
life seems to always get complicated
why can't it turn to simpler times?
if you let the wheel go when driving
you bound to drive yourself insane
but for now call me farewell
no fear no lies no pain
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Prison House Blues
03:56
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Prison House Blues
I ain't gonna listen to what you say
I'm just gonna watch what you do
I ain't gonna listen to what you say
I'm just gonna watch what you say
You can have everything you ever wanted
but still have nothing inside of you
You can have everything you ever wanted
but still have nothing inside of you
Gone is gone you still live on
it's the death of a fire when the storm comes strong
Gone is gone you still live on
it's the death of a fire when the storm comes strong
I'm gonna do a deed that ain't no crime
I'm gonna change this world a ukulele at a time
I'm gonna do a deed that ain't no crime
I'm gonna change this world a ukulele at a time
Today's pain is tomorrow's strong
pain is the glue that will make you belong
criminalize greed because greed's a crime
why must everything be a blessing in disguise?
criminalize greed because greed's a crime
why must everything be a blessing in disguise?
Remember how the people used to clap and sing?
Someday again we will do anything
saying a prayer for some simpler times
the lost years will be over while we're still in our primes
saying a prayer for some simpler times
the lost years will be over while we're still in our primes
Everybody's talking because things ain't fair
we're all dying but bless those unaware
Everybody's talking because things ain't fair
we're all dying but bless those unaware
Got the heat up and my heat off the floor
bring on the long winter
I can do this some more
Got the heat up with my heat off the floor
bring on the long winter
I can do this some more
I ain't gonna listen to what you say
I'm just gonna watch what you do
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What's Been Left Behind
03:46
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What's Been Left Behind
He's running away from the sun
Something dark on this lonesome ground
life is what's been left behind
and not what's coming around
He's saving his broken mind
from thinking things too real to stand
He's going away from being kind
He'll never own his own land
Changing gears and breaking in his strength
knowing life turns and twists on the fly
has a plan to escape the howl of the mockingbirds
in the daylight sky
He's served his time of strife
not knowing the meaning to his life
only certain he will live through dreams
never knowing if the path is right
Changing gears and breaking in his strength
knowing life turns and twists on the fly
has a plan to escape the howl of the mockingbirds
in the daylight sky
He's saving his broken mind
from thinking things too real to stand
He's going away from being kind
He'll never own his own land
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Pebble Beach
03:42
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Pebble Beach
You can fly you can catch a train
go out walking and shouting your name
run out to the Pebble Beach
learn a lesson that you want to teach
take pride in your time alive
while you're waiting for a reason to survive
there ain't a sad song you ain't sung
since the tolling of the bells you rung
You don't need my attention ma'am
don't even need to know who I am
Just cast your heart real wide
find out who ain't on your side
life's too short to form a lasting bond
if it's some stranger that you don't want
good to know what you don't want to do
it kind of helps you to pick and choose
You don't want to be my pride
stay close be by your side
don't change after someone says
well I'm trouble when I don't confess
don't sleep too deep to dream
don't lose what you can't keep
I just want to love who you are
or hold you close and let you go real far
I'll admit I'm a fool for you
Just don't want to see what time will do
don't want to see things turn around
watch my sunrise while your sun goes down
on the other end of the world from me
because I let you get that far and free
but in the end I hope you're satisfied
even if it means some good love died
You can fly you can catch a train
go out walking and shouting your name
run out to the Pebble Beach
learn a lesson that you want to teach
take pride in your time alive
while you're waiting for a reason to survive
there ain't a sad song you ain't sung
since the tolling of the bells you rung
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The Hurting Comes Free
04:12
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The Hurting Comes Free
I've been for so long at a white cold wall
and wondering where can my baby be?
She's gone on a long - long and tall
and it's easy
because the hurting comes free
Hurt comes free like the hillbilly moon way up on high
Hurt comes free when you know that you're too young to die
She's gone for a long - long and tall
and it's easy
because the hurting comes free
He met her long before I knew her name
and they had hard rains until now
I wish I could say the right flow of words
to keep her by me somehow
So I've been hanging all alone by a white cold wall
and wondering where can my baby be?
She's gone on a long - long and tall
and it's easy
because the hurting comes free
I wish warm colors would paint over the lies
and the mysteries we built through the years
but that's all that can be said for the ties that bind
is when heaven gives way to the fears
She knows he asks one thing from her
my darling who has strayed far from me
and in return he smiles and so as if it were for me
because the hurting comes free
Hurt comes free like the hillbilly moon way up on high
Hurt comes free when you know that you're too young to die
She's gone for a long - long and tall
and it's easy
because the hurting comes free
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8. |
That Old Open Road
03:24
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That Old Open Road
Busting down that old open road
You got the way! You got the way!
Ain't gonna be lonesome no more
You got the way! You got the way!
Gonna show them whose the boss
We got the way! We got the way!
Gonna show them lines we've crossed
We got the way! We got the way!
Keep that road unraveling before our eyes
until we see the sea tide rise
Time will tell who's more satisfied
ain't got no money but we got the way!
We got the way! We got the way!
Gonna tell them we got the way!
We got the way! We got the way!
Gonna tell them that we got the way!
Ain't no factory to go to everyday
Got the old open road
we got the way!
Not an ugly one room shack in a town
where ain't no one smiling around
Busting down that old open road
You got the way! You got the way!
Ain't gonna be lonesome no more
You got the way! You got the way!
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9. |
She Is On My Mind
03:32
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She Is On My Mind
She is on my mind
but may never believe in me
I've been burned enough to see
fire becomes a friend
She is on my mind
I'm always by her side
someday I will catch her eye
but someday does not say when
I run away
without her I am anything
but with her I am everything
she is on my mind
She is on my mind
I try to reach out for her
but she's afraid our future
isn't worth the faith
If I were on her mind
then we could be lovers
but I'm just a dreamer
and dreamers always wait
I run away
without her I am anything
but with her I am everything
she is on my mind
I run away
without her I am anything
but with her I am everything
she is on my mind
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10. |
Nasty Dungeon
02:44
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Nasty Dungeon
Hey Hey
I'm sitting in a nasty dungeon trying to get my own way
Girl you know I'm tired of playing you these songs
I want to get out of here babe before Sunday goes dark
Hey Hey
I'm sitting in a nasty dungeon trying to get my own way
I used to love this place
because it was the only place I'd been
But now just to leave this behind
would be the least of my dreams
Hey Hey
I'm sitting in a nasty dungeon trying to get my own way
Hey Hey
I'm sitting in a nasty dungeon trying to get my own way
Hey Hey
I'm sitting in a nasty dungeon trying to get my own way
I'm sitting in a nasty dungeon trying to get my own way
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11. |
Life Goes On
04:32
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Life Goes On
When the day turns into darkness
the night surrenders to the calm
across this city I wander aimless
but I'll be busting out by dawn
it happens to the best of us
but you don't seem to understand
if you get lost along the way
you find another road to take
to get back home
(Chorus)
Life goes on and on
Life goes on and on
Life goes on and
do you understand my soul?
or are you dancing with my soul?
Day to day I'm just another survivor
it feels so good to be alone
you say I need to vent my anger fading
since I've been gone away so long
Life goes on and on
sometime I'll get back home
Life goes on and on
Life goes on and
do you understand my soul?
or are you dancing with my soul?
Every night I fall in love
I fall in love again
Life goes on and on
Sometime I'll get back home
Life goes on and on
Time rolls on and on
Dust to dust to ashes to ashes
that's the way love goes
Sometimes your secrets follow you through the ages
It'll make you feel unknown
I'll pick up the pieces of my broken promises
and hope someone will lend a hand
but still I try to bust a smile to you, to anyone
who comes around and understands
Life goes on
when you want it to
Life goes on
the way you want it to
Life goes on
Well you can make it through
Life goes on
memories are fading
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12. |
Clearwater Park
03:50
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Clearwater Park
A blind man feels
and a deaf man sees
and a poor man praying for his meal
prays alone
his hands in his pockets
his world full of wreck
and now he's walking away from the life that he now knows
and he's going to escape
and run downtown
to Clearwater Park
from there
(Chorus)
Oh Clearwater Park
is waiting for me
I'm tired of thinking there's nowhere to be
At Clearwater Park
there's something to see
it's an oasis of space in the
middle of the concrete jungle
The park wind breathes
with the essence of comfort
there ain't no one around playing tricks with his soul
his love for the place
is like his love for fantasy
it's taking him away from the life he now knows
and he's going to escape
and run downtown
to Clearwater Park
from there
(chorus)
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