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The Rose Garden
00:37
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Life in the rose garden is thorny but sweet
All these things that I own
They don’t belong to me
The sun casts its glaze on the west hills at dawn
Windows like mirrors reflect me
Then I’m gone
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2. |
Blue Light
03:12
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I feel we’re living under blue light
In this bomb shelter home
I don’t speak, and you don’t dream
The radio spills in the hall
Now the light turns green
Ranch hand heard me along
I wonder off, out in the field
Counting blades of grass as I walk on
Red light fills the room like smoke
My skin the color rose
We shed some blood; I’ve had enough
Of wondering why we are all alone
Then it’s yellow in a flash
Like some old Polaroid
The kitty sleeps upon my knee
Her warmth I always did enjoy
Now I see your face so clear
Staring back at mine
The light turns blue; it's a soulful view
Of all the lessons we already knew
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3. |
Duet
03:28
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Painted hills and gravel roads
Pick and shovel and dead skin in tow
I find my self just digging holes
To bury things that have now grown cold
Beverly, won't you sing with me
This duet is lonely and I'm struggling to breathe
I don't mind; I can bide my time
With cigarettes and bourbon and a little LSD
There's no soul in factories
Goodhearted people replaced by machines
I'm growing wary of my junk and greed
Common confusion between want and need
Beverly, won't you sit with me
Listen to the water flowing in the stream
This duet ain't as lonely as it seems
Hear the trees are humming
even crows knows how to sing
The voices sing but I can't hear you anymore
I'm all out of patience and I'm tired of keeping score
And now Caroline stands in the door
Simple substitution ain't so easy anymore
Beverly, won't you sing with me
This duet is lonely and I'm struggling to breathe
I don't mind; I got all my time
To sing the harmony and softly pull the stings
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4. |
Interstate
03:53
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Empty beds and butterflies
We take the rain just like a sedative
Our mood begins to change
And all these faces that I’m feeling
Cast a stronger gaze
But I don’t mind, it’s just springtime
Underneath the water’s weight the petals they do fall
Cast upon the cold concrete, this sidewalk that I call
My routine of up and down is no routine at all
It don’t change; things ain’t the same
Underneath the blood and sweat our skin is raw
Still dig in every chance we get and we survived it all
Through whiskey, beer and cigarettes
And this thing we call law
Its ok, we’re all insane
So take me as I am or change me
Shave me, cut my hair
Dress me in a suit and tie or patchwork
I don’t care
This feeble fixation only causes me grey hair
You see through if you choose to
So now your desert bound and I’m still on the block
A rainy day to mourn a love, what we gained and lost
I missed my opportunity to sail out past the rocks
So interstate is where I’ll stay
I never meant to disappoint and I’m sorry if I have
Life and love confuses me and failure it’s a drag
But I still love you limb and soul
With every ounce I have
We will stay just not this way
Again I’m walking down the street
This sidewalk of my past
This man he offers me some food
I know that’s all he has
Give me shelter when the clouds roll in
But they will pass
When spring makes way for sunny days
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5. |
The Living Room
00:39
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To live in the living room is public but neat
All the lovers I’ve had
They hide behind bed sheets
A blanket of stars keeps you warm through the night
But nothing can stop the dawn’s early light
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6. |
Drifting Away
02:52
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Drifting away to the song in my head
And all of the thoughts that I never said
Take me back home; now I sleep in your bed
We were born by the firelight
Survived all these years, gypsies of the night
But no honeymoon and no ten-hour flight
I can still feel you lying next to me
Humming the tune that puts me to sleep
All of this change, it takes me way too long
So I'll just sing you a little love song
I've come to know you as I knew you then
The grace and the fire that you held within
Comes flooding back, and again it begins
These tickets and trinkets are strewn on the table
A human touch to existential fables
Memories and dreams of lost time that we cradle
I can still feel you though your miles away
Humming the tune that I knew yesterday
All of this change, it takes me way too long
So I’ll just sing you a little love song
I'm thirstier now then I've ever been
This taste of life with passion and a grin
Takes me back home to sleep and dream again
The key to my heart is in someone's hands
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7. |
Open Country
04:03
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Give me open country
Give me high grass in the plains
Fields of home, now well over grown
Moving west bound through the mountains
Narrow passes that we take
Touch the sky, if only for a while
We are born upon the wind
Take me everywhere you blow
So these things that I have forgotten
Again I'll come to know
All these things that I have forgotten
Again I will come to know
Breathe in the pacific
Taste the salt that's in the air
The water moves the blood that's in my veins
All these faces, features, places
Frame the landscape in my head
I dream of days when we'll return again
We are born upon the wind
Take me everywhere you blow
So these things that I have forgotten
Again I'll come to know
All these things that I have forgotten
Again I will come to know
We are brothers in this journey
Won't you take me by the hand?
Guide me home, wherever you may call
And if I fall would you please catch me
Before I hit then ground
We are one or we are not at all
We are born upon the wind
Take me everywhere you blow
So these things that I have forgotten
Again I'll come to know
All these things that I have forgotten
Again I will come to know
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8. |
The Last Candle
00:43
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The last candle burns
All our stories have been told
Until we’re born again
Then again we get old
Tripping too much has warn my soul so thin
But I just need a retread and I’ll walk again
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Shaggy Molasses Portland, Oregon
A little bit of sunshine, a little bit of rain, a little bit of sweet to right your brain. The delicate singer/songwriter stylings of Shaggy Molasses are reminiscent of classic James Taylor and Paul Simon with intricate folk arrangements coupled with lyrical content flowing from the journey of our lives. ... more
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