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All I've Got To Lose
03:34
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Sweep the dust out from the front door
Sweep the bones out of the valley floor
And keep the rust out of the airport
I’ll keep the loneliness I knew before
Another face comes thru the night
The wrinkles lay just out of sight
A waste of time
A taste of life is hard
And brave or not
The grave is all I’ve got to lose
The gypsy girl down at the corner
Is telling fortunes for a quarter
And she says, I can see your dreams are many
Well memories are just a penny
In tattoo ink and candlelight
She pulls the shades down for the night
A waste of time
A taste of life is hard
And brave or not
The grave is all I’ve got to lose
A waste of time
A taste of life is hard
And brave or not
The grave is all I’ve got to lose
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Been Here Too Long
02:41
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We grew up tired
Bored even in our dreams
We grew up tired
Bored before we turned fifteen
I know what you said
I've said it, too
But saying things
Is quite overused
And we've been here too long
There was a time
When I thought my heart would ring
There was a time
When I could feel anything
I know what you want
I want it, too
But wanting's all
That I want to do
And we've been here too long
You were a child
Well I guess I was, too
All we did
Was all that we could do
Now I see your face
And I just don't know
Where's that girl I knew?
Where did she go?
I used to think
That love never died
I used to think
If we tried and we tried
And we tried….
But we've been here too long
Yes we've been here too long
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3. |
Shade
05:41
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Falling softly down
The moonlight bathes the town
And the daylight starts to drown away
Sleeping free from dreams
Is harder than it seems
When the stars aren’t forgiving anything
The sweetest rememberings
Are the things that you haven't seen
Like a newborn promising to breathe
The best thing that you can hope for is some shade
But it's the kind of thing that changes through the day
Summer passes by
without giving a reason why
And we're saying goodbye before me meet
So I drink up the watershed
Where the river is running red
And the words that were left for dead repeat
Newness is new to me
And I'm shaking like a leaf
But I thinking of other things right now
The distance is deafening but
Sometimes it seems to me
The hearts are still beating out a sound
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Globe
03:17
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Take the atlas down
Spin the globe around
Lift off and then touchdown
Move along the ground
Take the sky apart
Blackness wrapped in stars
Look deep into your heart
And soul
Fly, fly....
I dreamt the Tethys Sea
Was moving under me
The mountains pitch and heave
And groan.
How old will I be
When sand and stone and scree
Are crushing over me
The snows pile up so deep
Free, free...
I met an ancient man
Sitting in the desert sands
He looked into my hands
And eyes
He said the world abounds
In scenery and sounds
And Time's a wave that drowns
So ride the bastard down
High, high…
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Always and Always
03:11
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Daylight dragged me to another day
Stealing dreams that disappeared and strayed
No one ever said that they
Were for always…
Even faithful people have their doubts
Of the things they whisper and they shout
What is within and without
And what is always and always true
What is always and always true
There are deserts that I’ve crossed for you
Sands that swallowed all the blood they drew
Canyons burning till they hollowed through
All the stones that we held on to
What was always and always new
It was always and always you
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The Iris Bell Washington, D.C.
The Iris Bell has crafted a distinctive style of Americana noted for its lush harmonies and soulful, acoustic rhythms. Playing at festivals and shows across the region, the band is both raucous and melodic, making music that goes from foot stomping to haunting. Switching instruments frequently, the five members of The Iris Bell use their range to bring a fresh sound to the world of indie folk. ... more
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