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My Old Friend
04:42
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Hello my old friend how’s it going?
Seems like years have gone by the way
you caught me smiling again
been so long I don't know what to say
but here you are standing
underneath my overhang
I've been feeling blue all day.
But now it's yesterday again
so come on in my old friend
Hello my old friend how’s it going?
since you been gone the sky ain’t been the same
This town is stepping on my nerves -
everyone's a little bit too lame.
But take away the seasons
and fill them up with rain
Ain’t nothing they can say
is gonna take away the moment when…
the lights turn low and beverage flows
and it’s just a matter of time
‘til everyone’s laughing
'bout everything that’s happened
and I kick my heels back and wonder
if the time has passed us by
or circled back around again …my old friend.
Hello my old friend how it going?
Can’t remember much to complain
You rolled my car and stole my shirt
But still it’s good to see you just the same
But here I am standing
underneath my overhang
and you just drove away
and I can’t wait for the moment when…
the lights turn low and beverage flows
and it’s just a matter of time
‘til everyone’s laughing
'bout everything that’s happened
and I kick my heels back and wonder
if the time has passed us by
or circled back around again …my old friend.
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2. |
All That's Changed
04:02
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When my back is up against the wall
and loneliness makes me stumble 'til I fall
I can only hope for single ray of light
cutting through the trees that obscure my sight
In the final hours just before daybreak
when we try to run from our every mistake
nothing that you say is going to stop these winds
blowing all the dust from all my sins
It's too late for the tide to roll
it's too late to avoid these heavy tolls
and throw all our last possessions overboard
I can only see for a minute or two
pieces of me I left in you
times the words cut to the bone
everytime I left it better off alone
Before everything slowly moves away
time slips back like it's here to stay
every little motion in your face reminds me
nothing really changes anyway
It's too late for the tide to roll
it's too late to pay these heavy tolls
and throw all our last possessions overboard
It's times like these I hunger for a little rain
to hide the tears I shed for you today
to hold you in my arms for just a moment more
I would hold you tight a never let you go
I set out for New York on the evening train
every little town I passed through looked the same
but I can only hope to come back here someday
and recognize it after all that's changed
It's too late for the tide to roll
it's too late to avoid these heavy tolls
and throw all our last possessions overboard
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3. |
In The Wind
03:41
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Once I stood beyond the walls of this city
no one ever bothered me there
Too much of anything
just leaves this strange taste
but today I find it hard to care
did you believe
do you still grieve
or are you struck by all that's left in the wind?
Do you you follow it or does it follow you
Once I drifted on top of this cloud
the winds ripped a hole in the earth
it left me so crumbled and cross
I hardly ever thought I was there
did you believe
do you still grieve
or are you struck by all that's left in the wind?
Do you follow it or does it follow you?
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4. |
Cold Brick
04:50
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Cold brick back o' my neck
only 'bout an hour got my vision back
and I lay 'wake just a little bit more
'for I drag my ass up off the floor
God Damn what happen' to me
only went out to the alley to...
piecing it all back together again
got to get in from this rain
Out of this rain
cold brick beneath my feet
lost a shoe and a half my seat
stumble round back got hold this wall
stop this spinning 'for I fall
back down on the cold wet brick
and the rain keep pourin' down
whisky done robbed me of my name
everything else done did the same
I don't feel the same no more
not the way I done before
last night is comin' back to me
like rain soaked through my bones
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5. |
Spring
03:32
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Walk along the river
Will you think about me
When the leaves begin
To drift out to the sea
It's been a while
The autumn never seemed to end
But in a little while the Spring will come again
Opened up your letter yesterday
And the words just seemed to fall right off the page
What can I do?
Time slips in and eats away the pain
But just remember darling, the Spring will come again
And someday soon you're gonna see me smile
if only for a little while
And we'll walk along the river
little darling your hand in mine
And we will not even worry 'bout the time
how the ice and snow have grown
since you've been away
But with a little rain the Spring will come again
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6. |
Awake
04:33
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How do you do my friend
before you pass my way again
Please stop to say hello
this time before you go
To me she said these words,
“A good deed is never undeserved”
I said as my reply,
“I wasn’t even asking why!”
So we rolled on beneath the moon.
The dust we’ve traveled on this lonely road
keeps haunting every word you say
every dream, every day I’m awake
I asked the smiling man
living alone in a rusty van
“How do your kind survive?”
He smiled again and offered no reply
It’s true I’ve lost my way
Ain’t nothing more I got to say
I’ll get back on the road
Before the winter winds begin to blow
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7. |
Step Away
02:38
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Don't mind about the wreckin' ball, boy
just pick up your mess
sometimes it's not who you are
but how you dress
well wait a minute son
don't jump and run
at the first sign of flame
just tie your shoes
and lick your brow
and kindly step away
Blue skies don't get me down, boy
so why all that grey
sometimes it's not where you are
but what you say
well don't come round
an' bring me down
I don't wanna
share the blame
so please turn off
that broken smile
and kindly step away
You done 'bout wore me out
conversation's getting thin
sometimes it's not who you are
but where you've been
so what the hell's
wrote on nose
waivin' in freaks today?
somebody jump in
an' tag my hand
so I can step away
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8. |
Cruel Winter
05:13
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I took a walk for a while
came back in the cool spring rain
discussed the state of the empire
been a long, cool, cruel winter
It take a cool soul to weather these waves
and sometimes that's all we have
but when I awake to see your face
through pale blue colored eyes
It's all I ever needed
It's all that I can see through this fog
and when the last of the waves have receded
All I ever needed was you.
She sits alone by the shore
while the rain falls silently down
when she was young she never
thought she could be left behind
still waiting after all this time
Eyes still belie her smile
and she's waiting for something
to carry her dreams
and it keeps her from dreaming.
It's all I ever needed
It's all that I can see through this fog
and when the last of the waves have receded
All I ever needed was you.
Today is going to be a glorious day
feel the rainfall on your skin
what lies behind these heavy doors
open up, let it all in
But it takes a cool soul to weather these waves
and sometimes fear's all we have
but when I awake to see your face
through pale blue colored eyes
It's all I ever needed
It's all that I can see through this fog
and when the last of the waves have receded
All I ever needed was you.
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9. |
Water Rising
04:03
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Look at the face
It tells you every single thing you need
It’s hard to place
Reality gets tangled up in dream
I can’t believe
you wound up selling flowers on the streets
Then again,
you thought that it would happen to me.
I can see the water rising high above the floor
Just in time to open up and pull me out the door
Until we breathe it’s just impossible to believe
This moment has happened…
Seems like last week
I stumbled out in time to see you leave
Let’s not forget
a face can really show you what it means
But time it passes so slow
I can’t feel a thing
But gravity reminds me
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10. |
Velvet Curtains
04:22
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The frost fills my morning shadows
she greets me with her eyes
wrapping me up in a sweet caress
and a soft sensuous sigh
magnetic rays attract
and pull me to her side
filling me up with a sweet perfume
and taking me for a ride
catch her sweet breeze as it whispers
'cross her glistening fields
find me as I ride my shadow
through the deep unreal
her boundaries start to crumble
sets me off inside
and once again I trip and stumble
as they begin to rise
She keeps a velvet curtain
wrapped around her heart
she slips into the shadows
before she feels that feeling start
every time I try to find my way
into her golden light
she slams the door
and leaves me locked out in the night
The fire in the distance
spreads its light across the water
reflections melt the land into the night
it's so easy to confuse
what you can't see clearly
It's hard to tell who's wrong
or right
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11. |
Value of Nothing
04:52
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I’ve walked that silent road
As far as it will go
So maybe I’ll Just walk away
Into the woods so deep
Just disappear
Bury my head
Under a stone
The life that’s followed you is all you’ll ever own
So take a chance
Open your eyes
Swallow your tears my dear
Just disappear
Slip ‘neath waves
Sink like a stone
And when this time is gone
we will meet on the higher plain
And walk that narrow course
we’ve walked again and again
It’s all for nothing if you won’t roll the dice
so don’t be confused it’s all a ruse
No one promised you’d win the fight
'Cause it's all worth nothing
and I don't give a shit
What you paid for it...
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Dalton Brand Port Clinton, Ohio
A northern Ohio recording artist whose rust-belt roots are embedded in vivid lyrical imagery and inviting song writing that draws you into a world both familiar yet at times still uncertain and searching for the answers to questions that haunt everyone of us ... more
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