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Common Coin
03:08
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Give me patience, hope, and love
To balance out my strife
Fill me up like the holy ghost,
And I've just accepted Jesus Christ
Oh, my, my
Hard as I try
It's something that ain't easy to find
Like the wildebeest
Who becomes the feast
When the lion sinks its teeth in his hide
It's not written in the towers,
But rather in the tears
In the common coin of blood and bone
You are not alone
Remember child,
You are not alone
That ain't no angel on your shoulder
But an anvil on your chest
Like an anchor that's
Wrapped around you ankles
Sinking you into the depths
Remember child,
Hold onto your breath
You can't cage the animal
It will keep on runnin' wild
But a buddhist and a cannibal
They both started as an innocent child
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2. |
Free Wave
03:53
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Won't you let me in the door?
When it rains, you know it really pours
Bring me in from out in the cold
(c'mon baby warm me up)
Let me fall
Into the fold
I can't be held accountable for all my sins
Don't make me out to be the bad guy, honey
Funny how I missed out on these
Sunny afternoons - I've been feeling locked away
But I'm not a prisoner anymore
No, I'm not a prisoner anymore
You never did cease to amaze
When you played it cool, it put me in a craze
Show me where you lay down your head
(c'mon baby warm me up)
Up the stairs, into your bed
We didn't start it, it just happened to begin
Don't make me out to be the bad guy, honey
Funny how I missed out -
On the money to be made
But who would want to be a slave
I'm not a prisoner anymore,
I'm not a prisoner anymore
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Tourniquet
03:32
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Oh, I've been a man on the lam
You've been a safe house
Where I feel I can take my final stand
And when the law's creepin' in
You sound off like a wailing siren
That just doesn't quit
Oh my god, I think I've been pinched
Oh, it's not so bad once your put the tourniquet on
Take me back to the place I belong
If I'm the hound, then you're the hare
This paper chase ain't fair
When there isn't a scent on the trail
If I'm the apple, then you're the arrow
If you're a small song sparrow that's singing a sweet melody
I'm the tree that you're perched beneath
Oh, it's not so bad once your put the tourniquet on
Take me back to the place I belong
You are the stars in my space
And yet you put these lines on my face
It ain't a far fall from grace with you
Tell me how many roads will I take
To get to the same place?
I've been sinking like a stone
You've been the ocean floor
Softly telling me "You're not alone,
You can fall right down to me"
Oh, it's not so bad once your put the tourniquet on
Take me back to the place I belong
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4. |
Better Way
04:18
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Hard times are falling on my head
I wanna sleep all day in bed
But I don't, I just face it for once
And I don't lose my grip instead
I've been trying find a way to see it
I've been trying to find a different way
To feel it
Walk on, you never welcomed me in
You think the life I lead is sin
But it's alright, yeah, I know your kind
Oh, its the straight and narrow mind
So i spent a lotta time trying feel you
But when it came down to it, I couldn't see you
And I don't know if you'll come around
But the day you do it's gonna free you
Wake up in the dead of the night
You've got a sweat and an awful fright
A bad dream, and you're feeling uneasy
But it's all gonna be alright
Well, I don't know if you'll come around
But the day you do its gonna free you
And I know you had your way to see it
But maybe there's a better way to feel it
And you haven't found it yet
And I haven't found it yet I guess
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5. |
Bicycle
04:46
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I had a bicycle when I was a boy
Pedaled 'round the neighborhood with all of my friends
Held it dearer to me, than the rest of my toys
Took a spill down the hill, and then that was the end
Went just like that for some-twenty-odd years
First sign of failure, I'd head for the hills
Oh, it took me a while to start facin' my fears
They ain't gone, but my wandering mind is staying still
No, it don't feel so long ago
That I was lost and alone
No, it don't seem so long ago
That I
Couldn't find
My own
Way home
It's not always easier the second time around
To get back on the horse and ride back into town
Where they just ran ya out, and swore they'd cut ya down
If they saw you again, pistol shots they rang out
As you fell to the ground, you cried out "Oh my dear!
I just couldn't live with knowing that I left you back here."
Sometimes love, it truly casts out fear
No, it don't feel so long ago
That I was lost and alone
No, it don't seem so long ago
That I
Couldn't find
My own
Way home
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6. |
Indian Summer
04:31
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Long after our Indian summer had passed
I was still trying to sharpen the axe
Always looking back
With one foot in the past
Don't move with such haste into the present day
I'd hate to face what has made me this way
I fear that I'll stay
A small songbird,
Who will never be heard
Last night I heard a clambering chorus astir
The voices were starting to beautifully blur
Into one melody, that I now can't forget
Oh, how seemingly blessed
To bear such witness
How my heart could just hardly contain
Felt like the clouds swellin' up before a heavy rain
Last leaf on the tree, oh, where will you go?
Onward wherever the wind starts to blow
Down the winding road
You're dying to know
Last night I heard a clambering chorus astir
The voices were starting to beautifully blur
Into one melody, that I now can't forget
Oh, how seemingly blessed
To bear such witness
How my heart could just hardly contain
Felt like the clouds swellin' up before a heavy rain
I've bridled my treacherous tongue, best I can
Oh, vessel don't sink me before we reach land
I'll drown if you can't
And wash up
An unfinished man
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7. |
Opposite Sides
03:05
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Oh, little girl, you're getting to be too much
I wanted something more like a cane, and less like a crutch
And oh, my friends, I know that I've been withdrawn
You know, I used to feel like a king, but now I feel like pawn
Now I move along one step at the time
The odds ain't good for getting to the opposite side
But if I can bring back my queen, I think I might be just fine
Time is running' - it's passing' me by
One hundred things to do with my day
But I don't even try
Why is it that time doesn't stop?
I used to wanna lead the revolt
But now I'm a cop
Now I walk my beat one step at a time
In a neighborhood that wants to eat me alive
I guess I don't blame them for being unkind
When the dreamer woke I shot him
And that's the worst kinda crime
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8. |
Rowing Stoned
04:20
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My goodness sake, is this to be my fate?
Obtuse or know-all, a recluse or a vagabond
It sometimes seems like an endless road
And I've been driving way too slow
Once more down on my knees
What I want before the things I need
I hope I find a little in-between
And it don't take long
My goodness sake, to have and eat my cake
I've pulled my weight, and held fast for another day
It sometimes seems like an endless road
And I don't know which way I'm going
I've lost track on time, beggin' for another shoe to shine
When's it gonna be I get mine
Hope it don't take long
Don't you take too long
Don't you come too late
My goodness sake, would I've had bones they'd shake
So mystic, so cryptic, blink once you might miss it
With one foot across the great divide
To get a little taste of the divine
I was waiting for the moss to grow
Down by the river in the shallows
You know one day that stone is bound to roll
Hope it don't come soon
Don't you come too soon
Don't you come too soon
Don't you come too...
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9. |
Brandywine Blues
05:29
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I look after all these women like you'd
You'd look after your kids
Every one they take a part of me
I wanna see how he is
I wanna know he'd treat you right
If he only could've hung around
Wanna know that when he kissed you
Your feet would float right off of the ground
I can't be satisfied
Oh, honey, I'm not gonna crack
There's no turning back when you're living this fast
My friends and I, we wonder why
We wonder how, and we wonder when
Cause we know that every moment, good or bad
Is gonna come to an end
I wanna know what's after life
But wanna live to see whats coming around
But if I don't, well then I won't
And they can put my body under the ground
I can't be satisfied
Can you convince me otherwise?
You're welcome to try
But I can't be satisfied
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10. |
Playground
03:24
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You riddle me this and I riddle you that
Kids on a playground, you tag me and I tag you back
Round it all goes, from the stream to the river
That flows down into the Gult of Mexico
If it can happen to me, than it can happen to you
If you put into it, you'll get out what is due
So just get on your feet
Leave all these wayward ways behind you
You'll find it can be quite a treat
On a playground, we are
On a playground, we are
So as far as I know
We can have some fun
If you will it to death, you just might get your wish
Don't you get yourself sidetracked while fryin' your fish
Cause there's plenty I've seen, further south in the seas
Off the coast of your mind's eye, you'll just have to try
And trust me
On a playground, we are
On a playground, we are
And so as far as I know
We can try to have some fun
You riddle me this, and I riddle you that
It's the same conversation, keeps circling back
So on and so forth, now you've got my two cents
So be sensible as you determine the rest of your course
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11. |
My Sweet Honey
04:51
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Whoa-oh, my honey
So sweet and yet so cunning
Is she after my heart, or just
After my money? She said,
"Are you trying to be funny?
Cause you're broke as hell,
And no wising well
Could get that old dog back to hunting
Oh, my sweet honey
I'm gonna make her my queen
Something is happening and I don't know what it is
I'm seeing the future, my wife and my kids
The things that I've done - things that I thought I kept hid
Oh, what I'd give for just a few moments more
The time of my death or when my babies were born
Then the room started spinning, and everything bore
Such resemblance to you
In just a few moments more (x4)
Oh, my sweet honey
Now that I've had you
It tastes better with time,
As an aged wine might
The thought alone has got my feet running
Back to you
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Can You Canoe Arden, Delaware
Can You Canoe is a rock that gathers no moss - and will continue to roll.
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Can You Canoe is a 5-piece rock'n'roll band living in Arden, Delaware - a small artist's community in North Wilmington - just south of Philadelphia.
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