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Gone Fishin'
03:50
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What I'm gonna do, it's for my sanity' sake
I'm gonna sit down in a row boat on a little blue lake
I'm gonna pack me some lunch and a six-pack of beer
I'll be in meditation just as long as I'm there
I'm in the Buddha blue light, I'm gone fishin'
I turned out the lights and I closed up the store
I made a sign and now it's hung on the door
Go and read it, it's right to the point
No use knockin' cuz I ain't in the joint
I'm in the Buddha blue light, I'm gone fishin'
There's no political barb wire
No hearing voices get shrill
No social media candy
To fatten me up for the kill
I won't debate with my old aunt Inez
She's always quoting what the weatherman says
I do not care if it thunders and rains
Inez would come with me if she had any brains, but she don't
That's alright, I'm gone fishin'
Oh yeah, I'm gone fishin'
I'll read a book and I'll take in some sun
Maybe write some lyrics to what hummingbirds hum
I'll catch some fish I could throw in a sack
But I don't bother cuz I toss 'em all back
I'm in the Buddha blue light, I'm gone fishin'
Here, there ain't no winners or losers
There ain't no victory or loss
And I'm free to grab me a fresh beer
Without signing a form for the boss
I'll look for restaurants on my way back to home
It's not cuz I am worn out from me being alone
Got no fish on me, you can come take a look
It's just that Inez, she never learned how to cook
But that's all right with me, I'm gone fishin'
Oh yeah, we should all go fishin'
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2. |
Nova Days
03:39
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I passed by my old house, i did not knock on the door
It belongs to someone else, it’s no longer mine
But my ghost is up there now and he walks the second floor
These are my memories through the tricks of time
Remember old Prince John, I was present at his death
They say he never made a joyful sound
But he whispered “I loved them all” with his dying breath
You never really know someone until the sun goes down
Let’s speak of nova days when we walked in style
Oh how we wished that feast would never end
It was forever, yes, if only for a while
When we’d rise and watch the morning doves descend
We were so dazzled by the great blue blanket sky
When we played love charades by the riverside
The afternoon passed on like a long and drawn out sigh
And all our noble dreams were justified
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3. |
All The Way Home
03:34
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ALL THE WAY HOME
We'll stumble and fall down, we'll think it's the end,
Then we'll rise up and walk and we'll stumble again,
Over the rivers and ravines and bridges,
While the angel of time keeps turning the pages
And we pass through the ages
All the way home -
On through the fields of forest and stone,
Past the sun-buttered pastures where golden bees drone,
Sometimes we're happy and sometimes we're hungry,
Sometimes we're calm and sometimes we're angry
And scream at the blank sky
And weep before sleeping
All the way home -
On past the silos now reddened with rust,
Through the ruins of great cities now crumbled to dust,
Day over day and night after nightfall,
We're all going home, we're hearing a drum call
From a far distant morning
To sharp edge of evening
Through rivers of moonlight
And all the way home -
Keep walking on,
Toward glow of the dawn,
All the way home -
Come let me help you, you help me in kind,
Then let's gather the stragglers and leave no one behind,
Through the snow of the mountains, through the valley of dry bones,
Past the Idaho ghost towns where a cold lonely wind moans,
And sometimes there's laughter
And sometimes there's sorrow,
But never forgetting
The gift of tomorrow
All the way home -
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4. |
Riding the Light
03:12
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RIDING THE LIGHT
One time, it was long ago, we stumbled, and yeah, we took a fall
In night where the harsh winds blow, we couldn't walk, but we found we could crawl,
One thing we didn't know, one fact that slowly came into sight,
In that night we still had the breath of life,
We didn't know we were riding the light -
Remember that one time when the roof caved in because of the snow,
We didn't have one dime, we couldn't think of one place where we could go,
But it turned out just fine, it was another act and part of the show,
Now we know, though we were slung down low,
To and fro we were riding the light -
Here comes that sun again, looks like we're gonna have a good day,
But at a count of ten we know the clouds could blow it away,
We'll go flow with the wind, we'll let the fates all have their say,
Yeah, oh hey, what's it matter anyway,
It's okay, you know, we can always pray,
So it's all right, we'll be riding the light -
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5. |
Long Ago
03:45
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I have been walking through the pagan night
I've been relying on my second sight
I gotta say the stars look bright and knowing
I'm out here looking for my key chain girl
I know she's somewhere in this insane world
She wears a necklace with a precious pearl that's glowing
I won't be talking bout what I don't know
Won't be revealing what's not mine to show
Hope you remember that I told you so, my baby
I'm gonna find you, yeah, I know I will
You could be living on some lonely hill
Or maybe married down in Charlottesville, just maybe
They say, water for the wicked and its wine for the wise
Me, I'll drink either, they're the same in my eyes
I studied love and I have studied war
I studied waves out on a Key West shore
I knocked on my true love's front door, she did not answer
Long ago in San Francisco Bay
I saw Dizzy Gillespie, yeah, I heard him play
He got me thinking in a different way, forever
I'm waiting in the pasture, I'm just standing here
Loneliness is something that I do not fear
I always feel that she's somewhere near, we're together
Down through the drainpipes I spun and I spun
And here flat at the bottom is where I've begun
I have my moments, but now I'm low
I cannot tell you why this is so
Cuz all this happened so long ago, and faraway
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6. |
Blue Highway
04:01
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It was getting hard on me
Breathing in smoke on Avenue Three,
So I packed up my earthly goods
And headed out straight for the haunted woods -
I was up the creek and down by law,
When I met her sitting pretty by a waterfall,
I was so chilled to the bone,
She said, come on little brother, I will take you home -
On the blue highway,
Blue highway -
Her hair smelled like gingerbread,
Her lips were full and ruby red,
She said, well, what you think of me?
I said, honey, I love you desperately -
She said, fear not your heart's misuse,
I'm wont put your head inside a hangman's noose,
Oh, you may die, but don't you mind,
For you will be unbound of time,
On the blue highway -
She kissed me sweet and we then set off,
Going down the highway at the speed of thought,
Right through the glitter of a New York town,
Past the nighttime glowing of a burning barn -
There's the world above and there's a world below,
And there's a world in between them where the dreamers go,
My baby and I will keep sailing on
Through the bones of history to the light of dawn,
Out on the blue highway -
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7. |
Pilgrims By The Shore
03:00
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PILGRIMS BY THE SHORE
We are pilgrims by the shore
Waiting for the sun to rise
From the vault of heaven's door
Through the quilt of eastern skies -
We are weary from the fight,
From the fires of ceaseless war,
Now we pray for morning light,
We pilgrims by the shore -
Now the sky is paling slowly in streaks of light,
We can see each other's eyes, how wondrous is the sight -
Raise a prayer upon the wind,
Let us sing so it may soar,
May a kinder world begin
For the pilgrims by the shore -
We pilgrims by the shore-
The moon was hanging low, as white as bone,
She fades away at last in whispers of the dawn -
Ah, the dark has almost passed,
Soon the cold will sting no more,
We will cross the sea at last,
The pilgrims by the shore -
We pilgrims by the shore -
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8. |
I'm Going Over
04:22
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I got a need to be changing my speed,
So I'm going over,
Yeah, I'm getting so tired of being weary and wired,
So I'm going over -
I really believe that I'm gonna take leave,
Yeah, I'm going over,
There's a mountain ahead, but it's like I just said,
I'm going over -
One soul, one mind,
One step, one time,
I'll wake to find to
That I've never been gone ,
I'm already home -
There ain't any shade inside the devil's arcade,
So I'm going over,
I've had enough so I'll be stepping it up,
I'm going over -
I will pay my respects to whatever comes next,
I'm going over,
For now I'll ride with the breeze through the cottonwood trees,
I'm going over -
No high, no low,
No stop, no go,
I'll wake to know
That it's here I belong
I'm already home -
I pray heaven's work may get done,
Cuz I'm staring straight into the sun -
There's a secret to this and it's easy to miss,
I'm going over,
In the blink of an eye you will find you can fly,
I'm going over -
If you're doing your part, light will be touching your heart,
I'm going over,
And the light's gonna stay if you meet it halfway,
I'm going over -
Hold fast, hold true,
Light will find you,
You don't have to
Go it alone,
You're already home -
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Fare thee well, my weary friend
Fare thee well, you fortune seeker
Now your road has reached its end
And you must seek anew
All your days have gathered close
And your eyes have filled with memories
Oh, the fight you've finally lost
I will also lose someday
Though for now my poor heart weeps
I know a new day shall be dawning
For the lord his promise keeps
And I'll see you in the clouds
All the days that we have laughed
All the nights we cried together
Those were stones that made our path
Now you go forth alone
Oh, when I let go of your hand
I knew that it was not forever
We must obey the lord's command
And I'll see you in the clouds
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