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1. |
Bloom
03:11
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Yea I know that you know
Feel what you feel
The center of the earth
Has got a hold of your heel
But the color of the lights
And the music of the sound
Fills the space in your lungs
And floats your feet off the ground
Now you see me
Poor and all alone
Through the eyes of a dog
With the patience of a tree
And to the rhythm of a train
It is returned unto me
Yes I guess
I'm alone but I'm ok
Yea I hear that you hear
So say what I say
Sing how I sing
And play what I play
Now do as the devil
Pleases you to do
And bloom
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2. |
Adelaide
03:51
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Well recently
It seems to me
I’ve come to see
That my walls
Are closing in
So I’ll begin
Adelaide
I’m coming for you babe
Leave your light
On tonight
For me
Started out
From my father's house
Where I laid in bed
Dreams of the road in my head
Is that what drew you there?
To that western air?
Did you breathe real deep?
Feel complete?
Adelaide
I don't know
How this story goes
Though I’ve read and read
I never said
I knew
I’m older now
Though I don't know how
But the tank is full
And I’ve got a beard to pull
Well I heard last week
You used to laugh in your sleep
Like you heard the song
That said it won't be long
‘till Adelaide
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3. |
Little Ones
04:05
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Made a little bit of money then I went and I spent it all
Got some good love then I threw it away
I held the world
In the palm of my hand
As they say
Goodnight little ones
Your lonely days have just begun
And no bad things are behind
Just keep on keepin’ on
What’s here today will soon be gone
But you can see it through
Like I do
Like I do
So you’re not who they think
Who they thought
Who they'd like you to be
Well the sun goes up the sun comes down
All things find a place under it eventually
And those good times they come back around
Your guess is as
Good as mine
In the end
Goodnight little ones
Your lonely days have just begun
And no bad things are behind
Just keep on keepin’ on
What’s here today will soon be gone
But you can see it through
Like I do
Like I do
Look at all these empty rooms
My inclinations brought me through
Had a dream I was standing on the edge of everything
With past and future calling out to me
Singing
Goodnight little ones
Your lonely days have just begun
And no bad things are behind
Just keep on keepin’ on
What’s here today will soon be gone
But you can see it through
Like I do
Goodnight little ones
Your lonely days have just begun
And no bad things are behind
Just keep on keepin’ on
What’s here today will soon be gone
But you can see it through
Yea you can see it through
Yea you can see it through
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4. |
Young
04:55
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Dark of the night street lamp glow
You already know you're gonna be my girl
Tonight
I may not need to ask it of you
But I'm feeling like you want me to(O)
So it's good night I'll see you soon
I guess I'll go home try and write a tune
Well I don't know
What it is I need from you
But I just want to kiss your mouth under the moon
Oh my the things that I
Would do if I were young
I'd take some chances
I'd hear the starting gun
No words more spoken
Between father and his son
Than I never quite did what I always knew I
Should've done
They went and made up a word that describes it well
The pangs that you feel in your little hell
Thou shall not ask what you already know
There is no answer to the way things go
Now I'm alone and I see your face
You march in here like you own the place
That I'm in
Where my old tricks they don't work anymore
And my nails leave marks on every god damn door
Oh my the things that I would do if I were young
No words more spoken between father and his son
Oh my the things that I would do if I were young
I'd take some chances
I'd hear the starting gun
No words more spoken
Between father and his son
Than I never quite did what I always knew I
Should've done
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5. |
Rockingbone
04:04
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Hey mister Rockingbone man
I’m gonna tell all the truth I can
Walking through town and I’m takin my time
And the neighbors are waving and I’m feelin’ fine
Saw a bird that was caught by a little white string
So I cut it and she flew and she started to sing
Oh man the gun in your hand
No fit for a christian man
You lack the will to see it through
I drink from the spring and I wipe my hands
And I smile and I sigh at the sight of the land
Down through the valley where the sun don't shine
But the moon is out so I take a little wine
I saw his face and I froze in my tracks
How’m I ever, how’m I ever, gonna get back home
Oh man the gun in your hand
No fit for a christian man
You lack the will to see it through
Now the river used to run where the valley now stands
I’ve gone to live with the Rockingbone man
Na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na
It's you
It's true
It's you
Na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na
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6. |
Pretty Ricky Blues
04:28
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Take me to your room
And put on your perfume
To remember me
When you’re far on down the road
You will stop and say
That on day
I had all that I’d been
Ever looking for
I never meant to hurt you
Desert you
Break your heart
I’m the one
Your mother warned you of
Me and my
Promiscuous love
Keeping on tonight
And I’m hoping I might
Find a reason why
My reasoning was wrong
Cause in an hour or two
As the dark
Turns to blue
I’ll be standing there
Knocking at your door
I never meant to hurt you
Desert you
Break your heart
I’m the one
Your mother warned you of
Me and my
Promiscuous love
And then one day
I’ll find you’ve gone away
With the one who you had
Mentioned once before
And I won’t blame you
It’s just a shame to
Know I’m alone
And he’s lying
Next to you
I never meant to hurt you
Desert you
Break your heart
I’m the one
Your mother warned you of
Me and my
Promiscuous love
We’ll meet again
Don’t know where
Don’t know when
But I know we’ll meet again
Some sunny day
Keep shinin’ through
Just like you
Always do
Till the blue skies
Blow the dark clouds
Right away
And won’t you please say hello
To the folks that I know
Tell them I won’t be long
They’ll be happy to know
That as you saw me go
I was singing this song
We’ll meet again
Don’t know where
Don’t know when
But I know
We’ll meet again
Some sunny day
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Ryan Rickenbach New York, New York
"The little king of cosmic folk"
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