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Angeline
05:00
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I run the local liquor store.
You’ve been in a hundred times before.
The one out on the highway with the neon light.
In a sleepy little town on the edge of night.
My folks died when I was young.
Grandpa raised me he was a son of a gun.
When he passed he left it all to me.
Gotta liquor store legacy.
CHORUS:
And it’s the preachers and the folks living on the skids.
Passerby’s and housewives and their little kids.
Highway men and cops and the lonely girls.
All coming in to ease the weight of the world.
Angeline, Angeline, Angeline, Angeline.
Henry comes in everyday.
And says “Angeline today’s the day
I’m quitting drinking and I’m leaving this town
You won’t be seeing me around."
Every morning at a quarter to ten.
I see Henry at the door again.
Waiting on a six pack and a bottle of gin.
With a glint in his eye and a desperate grin.
CHORUS
Me I never touch a drop.
That way I won’t have to stop.
And every night I sweep the floor.
Pull the shade and lock the door.
I run the local liquor store.
You’ve been in a hundred times before.
The one out on the highway with the neon light
In a sleepy little town in the dead of night.
CHORUS (2X)
Weight of the world.
Weight of the world.
Angeline
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2. |
Tidal Wave
04:29
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When I moved to this small town
It was a little bit dirty a little bit down
Everybody seemed to just be passing through
Used to be when the wind would blow
Folks would run back down below
Leaving us locals here in our Shangri-La
Yeah but Shangri-La got sold
CHORUS
And the money’s like a Tidal Wave
Kinda like a south bound train
It’s like a Hurricane that you can’t stop
And the money’s like a Waterfall
The winner’s gonna take it all
And once it’s gone you can’t go back
People used to move here for the trees
for the mountains for the breeze’s
It wasn’t all about the economy
Then the mountain got sold to a company
Expanded the place made it cheap
More people, more scars upon the land
John Denver saw the plan
CHORUS
BRIDGE
Now I know I wasn’t born here, so I can’t stake that claim
Still I’ve made myself a home here just the same
When I moved to this small town it was a little bit dirty a little bit down
Everybody seemed to just be passing through
Now were having traffic jams, parking problems master plans
And the Hippies have all but gone away, there’s nothing left to save
CHORUS
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3. |
North Star
03:39
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I’m gonna keep my head on straight
Living in a crooked time
I’m going to keep my vision clear
Staring at an empty sky
CH:
It’s not the end of the world
It’s not the end of the road
It’s not the end of the line
It’s just the end of the show
V2
Let’s follow our north star
It guides us wherever we are
On the highway in the wicked wind
It reminds us again and again
CH
BRIDGE
Imagine a true north where the doors are open to us all
There’s no division and the walls tumble and fall
Tumble and fall.
V3
We’re going to die with our boots on
Playing on our guitars
Standing on a mountain side
Following Our North Star
Chorus 2X out + I’m going to keep my head on straight…
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4. |
Highway Islands
03:58
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We’ve been driving all night trying to make town by morning
And the highway signs only flash lies and warnings
And the places where folks used to go
Empty main streets everything closed
Highway Islands all the same, they take away the local money chain
CHORUS
Easy off easy on, and the town is gone
Easy off easy on and the town is gone
Like the small farms we saw abandoned out in Kansas
Made us feel this empty feeling in our souls
And we wonder why the world’s so cruel
They talk about the golden rule
Money does what it wants to do and everyone follows in pursuit
CHORUS
BRIDGE
Box store fast food everything cheap and greasy
No more Mom and Pops big boys are so greedy
We’ve been driving all night trying to make town by morning
And the highway signs only flash lies and warnings
And the places where folks used to go
Empty main streets everything closed
Highway Islands all the same, they take away the local money chain
CHORUS
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5. |
Bug Town
05:07
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Well I left ma and pa in the hills of Iowa.
And that old sod-cutting farm.
I packed a bag and walked the rails.
Down to the train.
I would have given up my right arm.
And I headed my way West to Boulder Town.
Where I first met Trixie Lee.
She said “Lottie you’re a pretty girl
And you could make some easy money,
Come and meet Madame Marie”.
CHORUS
Hi La Hi La Hi La Hi La Hi La Hi
Hi Li Hi Lee
And the Minor’s they came
With pockets full of gold some were young
And some were mean and old.
And Trixie Lee she took up
With Freddie Hawkes, a rich man
Whose wife ruled with an iron hand.
CHORUS
BRIDGE:
And here I am in Bug Town living in a bawdy house.
And I’ve never felt so alone.
With troubles so deep, I can’t remember my home, my home.
Well Maudy Hawkes got her revenge
When she found Trixie Lee and shot
Five rounds into her slight body.
And I left the Rapid Girls of Water Street
And no one ever saw the likes of me.
CHORUS 2X
Me and Trixie Lee
Down on Water Street
God Bless Trixie Lee
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6. |
Only One Today
02:23
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You can only be lucky as the day is long
Living your life singing your song
Kicking the tires and you’re on your way
Always more tomorrow’s Only One Today
I used to be angry I used to go fast
Then I got old and it kicked my ass
It ain't for the light hearted they say
Always more tomorrow’s Only One Today
Always more tomorrow’s Only One Today
I’m still in a hurry at a different pace
Still like to feel the wind in my face
Act like a child most of the day
Always more tomorrow’s Only One Today
Sometimes I think it’s good to let go
Of the things that hold you down on the floor
Kicking the tires and you’re on your way
Always more tomorrows Only One Today
Always more tomorrow’s Only One Today
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7. |
In The Reckoning
04:14
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Autumn has always been
A reckoning time for me.
Days getting short
And shadows in the trees.
And the air so crisp and cold.
And the leaves turn red and gold.
In the reckoning.
Winter winds her way
And the gardens gone to bed.
Flowers dream of spring
When they’ll rouse their weary heads.
And the meadow down below
Windy angels in the snow.
In the reckoning
CHORUS
Seasons come and they fade away
Memories made for another,'nother lonely day.
I feel life beckoning, in the reckoning.
In the reckoning.
I walk in the woods.
Winter, Summer, Spring and Fall.
I follow the mountain path.
And I hear the raven’s call.
And the tree’s with spirits bright.
Yeah, they fill me with their light
In the reckoning.
CHORUS
Seasons come and they fade away
Memories made for another, 'nother distant day
I feel life beckoning, in the reckoning.
In the reckoning.
Autumn has always been a reckoning time for me.
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8. |
Tumbleweed
02:24
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9. |
1999
03:37
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Back in nineteen hundred and ninety-nine.
I met a fellow so sweet and fine.
The name of my father and a third born child.
We found a love sweet and wild
Here I stand on our wedding day.
There’s so many words that I could say.
A love that is true will help you find your way.
A love that is true.
CHORUS
And I promise to be kind.
And always think of you.
And keep our spirits high.
In everything we do.
As we travel this road ahead.
With songs in our wings and dreams in our head.
Around all the corners where the wind blows through.
Our love will stay true.
CHORUS
Here we stand on our wedding day.
There’s so many words that we could say.
A love that is true will help you find your way.
A love that is true.
CHORUS
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10. |
Rootin' For Love
04:13
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They say united we stand and divided we fall
Seems like we’re falling right now
Can’t come together at al
I see a lot of hate I see a lot of love
That’s where the battle lines are drawn
When it come to push and shove
CHORUS
I’m Rootin' For Love
It’s in my blood
I’m Rootin' for love
It’s in my blood I can’t help Rootin' For Love
I grew up on John Lennon and Marvin Gaye too
Singing about the power of love and brotherhood
We stood side by side
Trying to take down the walls
I’m not sure it meant anything
Beards grow longer that’s all
They say united we stand
And divided we fall
Fells like we're falling right now
Can't come together at all still I'm...
CHORUS
Rootin' For Love
It's In My Blood
I'm Rootin' For Love
I can't rootin' for love
Rootin' For Love
Rootin For Love
Rootin For Love
Love, Love, Love, Love RIGHT ON!
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11. |
Red Reign
03:57
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Red, red rain, filling up the reservoir again
Hate and fear, feeding the clouds around here
CHORUS
Rain keeps coming and the river keeps rising
Rain keeps coming and the river keeps rising
Rain keeps coming and the river keeps rising
Rain keeps coming and the river keeps rising
Red Reign
Red Reign
Stand and fight, Run and hide.
Choose high ground, you wanna be above the rumbling sound
Rain keeps coming and the river keeps rising
Rain keeps coming and the river keeps rising
Rain keeps coming and the river keeps rising
Rain keeps coming and the river keeps rising
Red Reign
Red Reign
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12. |
For You
03:55
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We drove across the Mid-West Plains.
Through fallow fields of corn.
Past the barns hanging by a thread.
Dusty tractors old and worn.
Sandhill cranes crossed the sky.
Under low ceiling clouds.
My brother at the wheel.
And we’re calling your name out loud.
CHORUS
Coming for you.
Coming for you.
Tumbleweeds and blackbirds.
And rolls and rolls of hay.
Icy roads and Harvesters.
Along the Interstate.
I tried to write down all the rivers.
For a thousand miles and back.
Big Blue and the Mississippi
But I just couldn’t keep track.
CHORUS
BRIDGE
The sky is dark and gray.
We’re in a time like no other.
Many miles to go.
As we race to reach our mother.
Headed West to Colorado.
In the early morning sun.
The whole world is different now
Our journey’s just begun.
CHORUS
Coming for you
Coming for you
Coming for you
For you, you.
Yeah, Yeah.....
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