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Right Road

iamdan — Thu, 25 Feb 2021 22:44:30 +0000

Right Road iamdan Thu, 02/25/2021 - 23:44

This cloth it sure is pretty

The sun shine through

Grandma can you help me

Show me a thing or two

Saw a boy just yesterday

And I don't know what to do

Gonna sew me a little something

To make him see me too

And she said,

This ain't the right cloth for that

If you stitch two things together

You never take it back

There's a white church by the willow

Just past the beaten track

You take him there and you say a prayer

Find a fabric that lasts

Grampa we've been working

On this truck now for two years

The rubber upon the blacktop

Is making music to my ears

Can you show me where you used to go

Where no one is near

Saw a girl just yesterday

Gonna let her know I'm here

And he said,

This ain't the right road for that

When you're headin' in the wrong direction

It's hard turning back

There's a white church by the willow

Way off the beaten track

You and take her there and you say your prayer

Together find the path.

Well that was fifty years ago

But it seems just like a day

We took hands in the churchyard

And hand in hand we stayed

And people come and ask us

If we can show them the way

We point them toward the willow

And this is what we say,

This is the right road for that

When you're headin' in the same direction

There's no turnin' back

And this is the write cloth for that

When you stitch two things together

You never take it back

There's a white church by the willow

Way off the beaten path

Weave your hands together

Find a fabric that last

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The Man with the Blue Guitar

iamdan — Thu, 25 Feb 2021 22:23:07 +0000

The Man with the Blue Guitar iamdan Thu, 02/25/2021 - 23:23

See the old guy sitting there

Guitar man with silver hair

He's been around a time or two

The color of the song is blue

Looking back he sees a boy

Through wheat fields running full of joy

He waves his hand above the grass

The birds just like the days fly past

Hello memory, hello

Seems like I've been seeking something

Down here below

And the bread is the bread

And the stone is the stone

Hello memory, hello

And he met her there in that same field

And he wrote a song 'bout how you feel

When you play the world upon a string

And together you both start to sing

Hello memory, hello

Seems like I've been seeking something

Down here below

And the bread is the bread

And the stone is the stone

Hello memory, hello

In the war he tried to write it down

And the ink just like the tears flowed out

But he knew she'd wait however long

So he closed his eyes and he heard the song

But the sky rained fire upon the land

And he returned to an empty hand

The world lay crumbled all around

Nothing but the rubble marked the ground

So he conjured up a ghost from long ago

Hello memory, hello

Dear Marie, I hope this finds you well. We have heard of the zeppelins heading toward France, and so I worry and pray you are taking care. I know we promised forever to be true. And so I won’t lie. I find myself now in the trenches. The rain has filled them foot-deep with mud and so we struggle to sleep. Thank god for the reprieve at night from the shelling. We hear that sometime soon we are to rush the line. My heart races but I take courage knowing you are safe at home and that I will some day return to your loving arms.

And he dropped down to his knees at last

And he reached right back into the past

And he tried to change the way thing are

Bent over there on his guitar

See the old guy sitting there

Broken man with silver hair

He's been around a time or two

The color of the song is blue

Hello memory, hello

Feel like I've been seeking something

Down here below

And the bread is the bread

And the stone is just the stone

Hello memory, hello, etc.

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Rochester

iamdan — Thu, 25 Feb 2021 22:15:17 +0000

Rochester iamdan Thu, 02/25/2021 - 23:15

The greener grass starts at

The edge of town

And there you'll find a wooden house with windows wide

And porch steps leading down

To a meadow before evening casting dust specks

In the sunbeams all around

As by the willow tree you walk pulled forward

By the crickets' talk and the water sound

Rochester your fields are full of horses in the grasses

You step a little closer as each tender moment passes

You know their skin is breathing and the dust smells of forever

You start to think of leaving but you know that you will never

And turning from the road two silhouettes in soft shadow

Against the sky

You see them as they're coming down through corridors of dust specks

In the light

And as they're moving closer and your blood is flowing faster

You realize

That when we come together you will open like a blossom

To a butterfly

Rochester your horses know the secrets of the grasses

They learn about forever with each tender shoot that passes

The heat beneath their rippling skin is rising in the twilight

And if we you come together you will open like blossom

To a butterfly

Rochester your secret's safe with me

Rochester your secret's safe

Rochester your secret's safe with me

Rochester your secret's safe

Rochester oh Rochester

Oh Rocehseter oh Rochester etc.

Lyrics

Moonmoth

iamdan — Thu, 25 Feb 2021 03:53:20 +0000

Moonmoth iamdan Thu, 02/25/2021 - 04:53

It's a moving thing

With a leaf for a wing

It's a moon moth

It's the silhouette

You make when you get

Near the sky

It's the ceaseless track

That keeps bringing you back

To the night

It's another year every year

And you never hear

Anyone cry

It's the place that you stand

With your hat in your hand

In the light

It’s a single tear

And it’s crystal clear

As it longs to escape from your eye

And you turn 17

And you turn 65

And you turn and you turn and you try

It's another year every year

And you never hear

Anyone cry

It’s a scene from a dream

And it floats through your screen

It’s a moon moth

It’s the way you return

To the lesson you learn

In goodbye

It's the endless scrawl

When you’re crawling the wall

To get high

It's another year every year

And you never hear

Anyone cry

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You Never Know

iamdan — Thu, 25 Feb 2021 03:44:11 +0000

You Never Know iamdan Thu, 02/25/2021 - 04:44

Step into the kitchen and you feel like you're losin’ ground

Spend your life looking for a highway from this town

Sometimes you wonder what this turnin’ world is about

But it's Monday morning and you're just trying to make it out

You mama was a dancer and she went by Rosa Lee

She had a painted smile and stockings on her knee

And you watched her dreaming ‘bout what a little girl could be

And you wonder if there’s a sadness you can't see

Oh . . . you never know

The hardest part sometimes is admitting so

You made up your mind long years ago

Oh . . . you never know

You been working in a diner since 1999

And the man who holds the money keep brushin’ you from behind

Each time you smile you know you're steppin’ back in line

Sometimes you wonder if you're servin’ bread or servin’ time

Oh . . . you never know

The hardest part sometimes is admitting so

You made up your mind long years ago

Oh . . . you never know

[Bridge]

And you're lookin’ at a little girl walkin' down a dusty road

Got her shoes in her hand and warm sand in her toes

And you wonder out loud just where'd that little girl go

Oh . . . you never know

Well you're dimmin’ down the lights and turning o’er the open sign

Up to the road into the car you slide

And the streets go by in streams of silver white

You turn a corner and the house sweeps into the lights

And you're sittin’ there and you feel like you're holdin’ time

Like sand in your hand or the dream in young girl's eye

Of a woman who's a mother and a dancer taking flight

Sometimes you wonder if you might not go inside. . . .

Oh . . . you never know

The hardest part sometimes is admitting so

You made up your mind long years ago

Oh . . . you never know

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Sunshine Embrace

iamdan — Thu, 25 Feb 2021 03:22:36 +0000

Sunshine Embrace iamdan Thu, 02/25/2021 - 04:22

Well you put it in drive

and your hands come alive

with the sound of the street and the steel.

And you notice a sign

up ahead in the lights

and you're not even sure if it's real

It's a fork in the road

and it's coming up close

and you're watching your hands take the wheel

It's like your changing your mind

for the rest of your life

and you’re not even sure how you feel

Rays upon on your face

It's a sunshine embrace

Sunshine embrace

Rays upon your face

Sunshine embrace

Warm upon your face

You wipe your weeping eyes

And you get out of this place

And you look back on your life

And you're wondering why

why the couldn't haves couldn't have been

Like lips in the night

In the mists of you mind

Or the time when you first touched the skin

But today you just sigh

And you try to get by

But the weight of the day pulls you in

And you say to yourself

I would only be well

if I now knew just what I knew then

Rays upon on your face

It's a sunshine embrace

Sunshine embrace

Rays upon your face

Sunshine embrace

Warm upon your face

You wipe your weeping eyes

And you get out of this place

So the day turns to night

And the years roll on by

And always comes a moment when it's time to decide

So you come to two roads

Leave the worn one behind

And look off to a place, a place you finally find

And you put it in drive

Put the radio high

And your hands come alive at the wheel

It's like you're changing your mind

For the rest of your life

And you're starting to know how you feel

The rays upon on your face

It's a sunshine embrace

The rays upon your face

Your head begins to raise

Your hand reaches high

It's a sunshine embrace

A long walk through the pines

Light begins to shine

It's a sunshine embrace

You wipe your weeping eyes

And you get out of this place

Sunshine embrace, sunshine embrace

Sunshine, sunshine, etc.

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Remix -- Road Less Traveled

Lights

admin — Wed, 21 Dec 2016 04:25:07 +0000

Lights admin Wed, 12/21/2016 - 05:25

There's something about the season
We all try our best
Hang those lights outside your house
Count the ways you're blessed
Meet up with some old friends
Talk about the year
It's cold at night but warm inside
Christmas time is here

Christmas time, Christmas time
The smile of a baby looking in his mother's eyes
She lays him in the soft straw and we're all shining bright
Watching while the world is born, this is Christmas time

If you know the ground, you will know the grass
Streaming out the window as the miles roll past
We took that trip years ago; it wouldn't be the last
You'd be my friend until the end but the days went by so fast

Christmas time, Christmas time
The smile of a baby looking in his mother's eyes
She lays him in the soft straw and we're all shining bright
Watching while the world is born, this is Christmas time

If you know the water, you will find the shore
The light there in the distance is one you felt before
There's a house there with so many rooms, each is safe and warm
And everyone you've ever loved opening the door

Christmas time, Christmas time
The smile of a baby looking in his mother's eyes
She lays him in the soft straw and we're all shining bright
Watching while the world is born, this is Christmas time

There's something about the season
We all try our best
Hang those lights outside your house
Count the ways you're blessed

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Musical composition -- Screen performance

Gate 10

admin — Wed, 21 Dec 2016 04:25:05 +0000

Gate 10 admin Wed, 12/21/2016 - 05:25

They say time is a river

I don't think it's true

Cause a river rolls on forward

But I'm stuck racing to you

Regrets are like the mornings

They pile up day by day

I will wait no longer

I am on my way

And the speaker's cracklin' overhead

Attention at gate ten

This flight's going nowhere fast

The weather's closing in

When the wheels go up

I know I won't be feeling any pain

Time is stuck I watch the clock

I'm waiting for the world to start again

They say life is a journey

I think it's a test

We were on the road together

Until I went out west

And each step closer

Only took me far away somehow

I lie awake at night and wonder

Where could she be now

And the speaker's cracklin' overhead

Attention at gate ten

This flight's going nowhere fast

The weather's closing in

When the wheels go up

I know I won't be feeling any pain

Time is stuck I watch the clock

I'm waiting for the world to start again

[Bridge] Sometimes there's a quiet

Even in a crowd

I stare off at the distance

For crying out loud

Each flake lasts forever

Frozen there in sight

You know I will never

Want to lose this night. . . .

Well the gate attendant's heading home

Switched off the jetway light

Snow's pile on the tarmac

Everything is white

But I will wait forever

If it's the last thing that I do

Cause every minute longer

Brings me closer back to you

And the speaker's cracklin' overhead

Attention at gate ten

This flight's going nowhere fast

The weather's closing in

When the wheels go up

I know I won't be feeling any pain

Time is stuck I watch the clock

I'm waiting for the world to start again

[Outro] Sometimes there's a quiet

Even in this place

The speaker's cracklin'

I don't hear a single word they say

Something 'bout a time to come

Could be hours or days

But I will wait forever

And I am on my way

The speaker's cracklin'

I don't hear a single word they say

'Cause I will wait forever

And I am on my way

Lyrics

Four Birds

admin — Wed, 21 Dec 2016 04:25:03 +0000

Four Birds admin Wed, 12/21/2016 - 05:25

There's a million stars in the milky way

Way up high.

And a thousand more reflected

With the moon in your eyes

And a hundred days ahead

With the sun shining bright

50,000 after that

I'll be by your side

Four birds flying

In the sky

Three candles burning

In a window in the night

Two of us together

The world on either side

One person

You and I

The sunshine on the beach

Lights up a billion grains of sand

In a perfect line above the shore

You see four pelicans

They combine the sea and sky

Like the folding of two hands

Where the wind turns into water

And the waves come rolling in

Four birds flying

In the sky

Three candles burning

In a window in the night

Two of us together

The world on either side

One person

You and I

A million stars in the milky way

And a billion grains of sand

Total up to nothing

I can add em on one hand

Add 50,000 days ahead

And this I know is true

One is the answer

I'm counting on you

A million stars in the milky way

And a billion grains of sand

One is the answer

Like the folding of two hands

I just can't calculate it all

But this I know is true

One is the answer

I'm counting on you

I just can't calculate it all

But this I know is true

One is the answer

I'm counting on you

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Inspired by -- Pelicans over the Pacific