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Father Time
03:33
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Remember when you were three-feet tall
From Daddy’s shoulders you could see it all
Reach up and touch the maple tree
As autumn begins to spill their leaves
In the field behind the house
Ph we gaze up at patchwork night
October dusk, plumb colored
How we felt, felt so alive
And oh, Father time, let us go back, to simpler times
Turn back the clock, let it rewind
Oh take us back to simpler times,
Simpler times
Now twenty-five and what to show for
But crippled self doubt and a closed door
Remember oh curious eyes
Oh gazing up at the night sky
And oh, Father time,
Let us go back, to simpler times
Turn back the clock, let it rewind
Oh time us back to simple times,
Simpler times
Simpler times
Remember when you were three-feet tall
From Daddy’s shoulders you could see it all
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2. |
Learning to Fall
05:31
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Someone once told me, we are all broken
That’s how the light gets in
So pick up all your broken pieces
Hang them on the wall to see
To see how far you’ve come
To see how far, you’ve had to fall
But don’t believe them if they say that it’s perfect
Cause nothing ever really is
And darling, we’re still learning to fall here
We’re still learning to fall
Hold it to the light to see the cracks that line your, line your life
It’s in-between the broken that I see, I see the beauty
It’s okay to let go, you’re not your past, so move on
And it’s okay to not get it right the first time around
Don’t believe them if they say that it’s perfect
Cause nothing ever really is
And darling, we’re still learning to fall here
We’re still learning to fall
Don’t believe them if they say that it’s perfect
Cause nothing ever really is
And darling, we’re still learning to fall here
We’re still learning to fall
To fall, To fall, To fall
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3. |
Marianne
03:19
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Oh Marianne,
Working your 9-5,
Setting those dreams aside,
She’s waiting for something to happen to her
Oh Marianne,
All of the kids your age,
Left this town long ago,
They couldn’t stay here,
If they wanted grow
It’s time to go, It’s time to go,
Strike out on your own,
Oh Marianne,
Feeling the weight of time,
Tighten around your lungs,
And those ghosts, those ghost of regret,
Oh Marianne,
You’re making excuses again,
For the way things have been,
You let it slide, you say for one last time,
It’s time to go, It’s time to go,
Strike out on your own
Oh Marianne,
All of your bags are packed,
Putting your car in drive,
You ain’t looking back
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4. |
Grief is Love
06:01
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An old would remembers, How deep the darkness took hold, Oh the heart will grow stronger,Or so I’ve been told
Grief is just love, With no place left to go, Oh those clouds became mountains, In that lonesome terrible sky
In that lonesome terrible sky, And how we would talk, Something entirely coming back,Down we go each time
Oh you and I, Darling, you said it’s not broken, Then why does your face match the sky, Oh how it’s raining down,
it’s raining down outside, Oh how it’s raining down, it’s raining down outside, And how we would talk
Something entirely coming back, Down we go each time, Oh you and I
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5. |
Orion
04:09
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Said that I was done trying,
You said darling keep your eyes open,
Cause you could see Orion,
All I could see was the big Dipper,
Oh how the barred owl sings to the pine,
Cutting through the dark,
Singing songs of how we fall in love
Oh our hearts were tangled up in that sky,
Oh how the moon how she talks,
All the words we never could find
So close, to losing it all,
Walking on the string of the moon,
Like a trapeze with a heart,
Maybe the wind will have mercy us
And not let us fall into the dark,
Oh how the moon how she talks,
All the words we never could find,
So close, to losing it all
I would’ve run to you,
I would’ve run to you,
I would’ve run to you,
If you gave me a choice,
I would’ve run to you
If you gave me a choice,
Said that I was done trying,
You said darling keep your eyes open
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6. |
Opininonated Birds
03:32
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Opinionated Birds have a lot to sing,
The morning flits on by tied to a sparrows wing,
The sun she paints the windows of the Western sky
Oh my, oh my how these hours fly on by,
We lay down in the field, with our backs to the ground,
And stare up at the shapes of those angry clouds,
And as the moon pulls on the cloak of night
Oh how we watch those giddy stars ignite,
And if I’d known how these years,
Would fly, fly on by
Then I would say, my darling,
Don’t wish away these days,
Be strong, be true and oh be brave
And I hope you never say
To wish away these days,
When that darkness oh she’s pulling you in,
And you’re trying oh to breathe the light back in
I will remember all the good years we had ,
And I will try hard for you, to not wish away these days
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7. |
Every Little Thing
04:45
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Most days, I’m half asleep,
Can’t even make it out of bed,
My mind and my body ache,
Too much fear for dreaming
Too much fear for dreaming,
But every little thing is gonna be alright,
Every little thing is gonna be alright
Every little thing is gonna be alright,
If it’s not alright it’s not the end,
Not alright, it’s not the end
All these different roads to go,
Not sure which one will lead me home,
Every day so monotone
So far gone from feeling whole,
So far gone from feeling whole,
But every little thing is gonna be alright
Every little thing is gonna be alright,
Every little thing is gonna be alright,
If it’s not alright it’s not the end
Not alright, it’s not the end,
I’m feeling so broken,
So tired and scared,
I don’t know if I can go another day
With the darkness out there,
With the darkness out there,
With the darkness out there
So leave a light on, Oh leave a light on,
Oh leave a light on, For the dark,
Oh leave a light on, Oh leave a light on
Oh leave a light on, For the dark,
For the dark, For the dark, For the dark
If it’s not alright it’s not the end,
Not alright it’s not the end,
Not alright it’s not the end,
Not alright it’s not the end
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8. |
Mountain Song
03:03
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Dawn the owl cries,
It’s too early go back to bed,
But we rise while the sun’s still sleeping,
To hear what the mountain says
Blurry eyes still heavy with dreams,
Oh and limbs that want to fall back to sleep,
The coffee pulls the covers off as we go
As we wade out to that fresh blanket of snow,
And oh, And oh, And oh,
Look at all those stars,
Oh mountain, mountain so tall
You make me feel so small,
Something other than,
That feeling racing in my heart
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9. |
Oh Time
03:58
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I was reaching out for something,
That was never there,
You were standing in the hallway, Holding fear
The words you were saying,
I couldn’t hear, Cause time, time,
She’s no friend of mine,
Living a half life for a whole year
Just betting on dreams,
We built a house, Forgot the walls,
You said that you love me, I can’t,
Cause time, time, She’s no friend of mine,
Oh time, time, time,
She’s no friend of mine,
Running out the back door, Blue sky talks
Black dog at our heels, Adventure bound
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10. |
Safe Harbor
04:16
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A storm is coming in and they’re saying it’s gonna be a real bad one this time,
The sheriff she came on the news and said everyone please just stay inside
We stood atop the hill to watch the angry clouds cross the sky
A freighter came round the bay, it was the John G. Munson trying to sleep the storm away
She was looking for, a safe harbor, From the storm, She was looking for, a safe harbor from the storm,
The freighter come up slow and cast all her lights an eerie glow
The sky was turning more grey as the winds from the east they sure did wake
The town above the hill grew more quiet as the stores did close
Cause they were all searching for, A safe harbor, from the storm, They were all searching for
A safe harbor, from the storm,
Oh our hearts our hearts, There not so paper thin
Oh our foundations won’t so, Easily give in,
Cause we made are of stronger
When we stand as one,
And we will rise together oh,
To undue whats been done
Cause we are all searching for,
A safe harbor, from the storm,
Cause we are all searching for
A safe harbor, from the storm
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11. |
Superhero
05:04
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All the stories told when you were young,
Damsel in distress always in need,
She’s never strong enough
Needs some prince to come set her free,
All the boys in the schoolyard,
Say hurry up girl you can’t catch me
All the father’s telling their daughters,
You better choose some simpler kind of dream
But I am my own Superhero,
Don’t need some prince to come set me free,
I am my own Superhero
Don’t need some prince to come rescue me,
Hey girl, what are you doing here,
This is a mans world so run along my dear
Here let me help you with that,
You’re much too pretty to be outside my dear,
But I am my own superhero
Don’t need some prince to come set me free,
I am my own superhero,
Don’t need some prince to come rescue me
You’d better be oh the prettiest in the room,
Ain’t no place for some butch kind of girl,
Better hold some otherworldly poise
But that’s not me,
Cause I am my own superhero,
Don’t need some prince to come set me free,
I am my own superhero
Don’t need some prince to come rescue me,
All the girls in the room say, I am enough,
All the girls in the room say, I am strong enough,
All the girls in the room say, I am enough,
All the girls in the room say, I am strong enough
Cause I am my own superhero, Only I can set me free
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12. |
Goodnight Song
04:16
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Sighs of the evening carry on through,
As the warmth in these walls breaths too,
As the day simmers to a slow burn
And the grandfather clock takes a turn,
Stars how they linger on sky line tonight,
Hopes and dreams how they follow the stars
And lead us to where we are tonight,
The laughter burns the candle low,
Outside the winter winds they blow
Pulling the smoke from the chimney for a dance into the night,
The laughter burns the candle low
Outside the winter winds they blow,
Pulling the smoke from the chimney for a dance, oh for a dance, for a dance into the night
Into the night, Into the night, Into the night, Into the night
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