Song 43

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Blue Open Wide

What color is the color of words?

What’s the best way to sound obscure?

What moments are the ones that matter in time?

What’s the best way to become refined?

Red always seemed to fail

Blue open wide

The line that was devotion

Was crossed at first daylight

There’s a grey spread out through the sky

There’s a mystery and a truth behind the lies

There’s a hole in the center of time

It moves forward but I can’t unwind

If it don’t come out, no sound

I mean it now, I scream it loud

Song 42

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Faint Outcry 

It’s been one hell of a long day

Been waiting on your voice to say

It’s alright it’s ok

Never mind that anyway

You got something for this pain

I’ll take codone or codeine

You hear them talk about a new doomsday

Nearly every day, the end of days

Is nigh is a faint outcry

Or an alibi to cover up

The sins that they committed behind closed doors

In the daylight, beneath a watchful eye

I’m seeing prophets now all the time

It’s been one hell of a weekend

Keep waiting for it to end

Hoped my mind could transcend

Some sort of time and space and come back again

I get close every now and then

See space ripple and time is on a clothespin

Couldn’t you let me know?

I simply had no control

You caught it like some disease

Then passed it on to me

Oh I know I am able

Learning to hate evil

Temptations from the devil

Are fleeting and futile

Song 41

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Go On Fly

 I don’t know when but one day I’ll write the words

That mean the world to me

There must be a reason why you keep walking

Out the door

I might have ignored it the first time

But this time I can’t take it anymore

I say go on fly find blue skies I say go on fly

I guess I wasn’t right

You said you’ve gone to find

Anyone but I

Baby please don’t write

I say go on fly find blue skies I say go on fly

You take you take

And you never give away

You take a little bit of this take a little bit of that

If I sound bitter if I sound pissed

Then leave it at that.

Song 40

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Leave The Bills

The sun is shining all day long

And the river flowing wide

The wind has yet to breathe it’s breath

Oh isn’t this a sweet life

Tell me again where you have been

Because I needed you that night

If it’s not too much to ask

I would like it if you tried

Get out of Illinois

Come to the hills

Leave the bills stacked high

It will be alright

Your daughter

Is missing you tonight

The sun burns hot and on my skin

I am feeling it again

The has yet to breathe its breath

I wonder where it has been

Tell me once more what this life is for

Something bought hating sin

Get out of Illinois

come to the hills

Leave the bills stacked high

It will be alright

Your daughter

Is missing you tonight

Illinois you got some roots

But Colorado is missing you

And it’s making the better beer

I know you want to be here

New Mexico I called it home

Got a brother I love

Mother worries too much

Song 39

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Liberation Road, Come Back New

There’s something about my heart that doesn’t want to work

There’s something in my mind that’s impure

There’s a little town that I used to know

All the people there are getting old

Tell me where a man might find a drink

Because these parts are much more dry than one might think

Here on liberation road you either get clean or get out

It’s the cleansing of a soul, not sure if it’s for me though

If not here where you gonna go? Hope you can find your way now.

It’s a want to be left alone, but alone you will never grow

It’s a melody you thought you would try

It’s a machine that you need not buy

It’s a simple song you heard in your dreams

It’s the meaning of life it’s the naming of things

Here on liberation road you either get clean or get out

It’s the cleansing of a soul, not sure if it’s for me though

If not here where you gonna go? Hope you can find your way now.

It’s a want to be left alone, but alone you will never grow

It’s the music behind words that makes you move

It’s the whistling of the birds in the morning dew

It’s the strange way sounds can make me think of you

It’s a journey to mountaintops and I come back new

Song 38

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Minor Sound


I am not mad I was just weakened
Out of the running, out of the running for
A soul I adore
I am not lost I was just thinkin
Minor sound a coming
Time to settle the score
Come on and step up mi amor

Say there's a fire ya a flame burnin deep in your chest
you claim you hate but you're always gonna wish him the best
I should've guessed it was only a matter of time
Until into his arms you'd run and you'd rest
And get undressed you know the rest and I detest him for it
I should've known you would never be mine

My mind is not gone just forgot to breathe in
An idiot wind started sweepin in
No way in hell I'm going to win
My heart did not break but it sure did bend
Caught in my chest I should've guessed
this would be how it would end

Song 37

Wasn't sure if I'd get a song written today, but I did here it is.

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Gotta Go

Started off on a straight line

Figured it would only grow with the light

With this dark passenger by my side

I’d turn and run but not hide

I’d stretch the truth but not lie

Somedays I wish the snow would fall

And calm me down but all in all

It’s not bad I guess I’m the same as the next

One waiting in line

Cause we all gotta go sometime

All my fears

All my anxieties

Have not been at ease at peace

Please leave me to my thoughts

My god they won’t stop

Somedays I wish the snow would fall

And calm me down but all in all

It’s not bad I guess I’m the same as the next

One waiting in line

Cause we all gotta go sometime

They say it’s a day to give thanks

And fill up those shopping bags

Somedays I wish the snow would fall

And calm me down but all in all

It’s not bad I guess I’m the same as the next

One waiting in line

Cause we all gotta go sometime

Song 36

This next song is one that I started writing months ago and thought I'd revisit it today. This is now the finished project.

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Jesus Bride

You had your chance but

I’ll be I’ll be leaving soon

I took a shot to

Ease the ease the tension of the room

I put a prayer in for you that day

You started talking about that dream

Where you were dressed in white

On a mountainside

With a glowing light

You were a Jesus bride

Happens every time,

You close your eyes.

Was I standing tall?

Was I there at all?

Smoking menthol

Cigarette

In that back yard with you again?

Should I let you in?

Would you drink my words?

Would you think me a sin?

Or accept me as a lover?

All of this time

All of this time

I’ve been worrying so much for my hairline

I’ve been drinking of the fruit from the vine

Thought I could twist you something up from this twine

Make the sign of the cross then call it divine

I had a chance but

You’ll be breaking out of that cocoon.

I took a shot

In the arm just to get a different view

You put a prayer in for me that day

I started talking about that dream

With fire all around

Churches burnin’ to the ground

Twisters touchin’ down

The voice I heard said

“I think now you’re found”

Where were you in all this mess?

Probably wearing a sundress

Smoking menthol cigarette

In that backyard with me again

Should I let you in?

Would you drink my words?

Would you think me a sin?

Or accept me as a lover?

All this time

All this time

I keep waiting for that aching to subside

I’ve been staring out across the great divide

I’ve been thinking of that night and how you cried

Realized I could never be

I could never be

I could never be

That glowing light

Song 35

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Dear Ol' Friend

Dear ol’ friend I was only kidding

All jokes aside I hear your down again

Saving up bit by bit, little place to live, bills piling in

I know you can’t wait, to be in a different state

Of mind again with your gypsy kin

In a letter collect your thoughts

In a mailbox send them off

To friends you got, or you’ve lost, or to God

Or to yourself to recollect

On your mind at the time

What you find you might not want to know

Is it a low? Is it a high? Is it God? Is it a sign?

Is it a law? Is it a right? Is it a feeling? Is it a fight?

To forget or forgive, to retell and relive

To be caught in the past in the presence of sin

Dear ol’ friend I was just thinking

I can’t keep my mind from rambling

Of course my job I can’t wait to quite

There’s a reason I’m reasoning with myself again

Started off strong but I lost my head

Tore this place up just trying to find it

Song 34

Well I messed up when making the video and put song 33 instead of 34 My apologies. This song is a Christmas song.

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Christmas Time

Carols playin wherever you go

It’s beginning to feel like Christmas

Joy to the world and Rudolph’s red nose

It’s beginning to feel like Christmas

1 2 we’ve got some presents for you

3 4 look you’ve got some more

5 6 oh my gosh there’s ol Saint Nick

7 8 here comes his sleigh

9 10 it’s Christmas time again

Ho ho ho, hey hey hey

Reindeer stomping around in the snow

It’s beginning to feel like Christmas

Santa Claus laughing a “ho ho ho”

It’s beginning to feel like Christmas

1 2 we’ve got some presents for you

3 4 look you’ve got some more

5 6 oh my gosh there’s ol Saint Nick

7 8 here comes his sleigh

9 10 it’s Christmas time again

Ho ho ho, hey hey hey

Filling up shopping bags

It’s no time to be a drag

Ho ho ho, come on spread your cheer

Buhumbug I think not

Give the kids what they want

Song 33

Well I've got to be honest writing a song a day is turning into quite the chore. More of a burden then something fun to do. This song is called that little tweet tweet.

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That Little Tweet Tweet

Oh can’t sing the blues when there’s no pain

Oh boss man said, “Go” and he took my pay

Oh who has time to worry these days

I want to shine but who’s got time

I want to write my songs but there’s no time

I’d love you love you babe

But who’s got that kind of time

Not I

A bird flew up

Up above my head

I took the time

To listen to what he said

That little tweet tweet

Can sound so sweet sweet

To me.

Oh looking for the light of a better day

Oh wife said goodbye then she went away

Oh can’t sing the blues when there’s no pain.

Song 32

Song 32 is about Cimarron, old relationships and cold moments. I hope you enjoy it. It's also a video!!

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Cold Moments


Once there was a time when we would swim
In that little creek and the cold sank in
Deep into our skin, into our skin.
We would hold each other close
With chattering teeth and out wet clothes
You would say this town is filled with ghosts.
I would laugh and ask, "Do you think they're shivering,
Or warm and alone dry as a bone?"

In the cold moments at the perfect time of day
All the things that I've been trying to say
Get caught in me like some fish on a string
I'd never ask of you what you asked of me
the day we stole the shade from the willow tree.

One day a line I was fed
Snowy dreams filled up my head
Then you said go on disappear
I would walk the streets at dawn
Looking for a soul looking for a home
Screaming to a God that seemed to leave me alone
I would laugh and ask, "Do you think I'm shivering,
Because I'm covered in snow, dry as a bone?"

It was in that cold moment at the perfect time of day
All the things that I'd wanted to say
Just flowed from me like a river to the sea
I'd never ask of you what you asked of me
The day we stole the shade from that Spanish cedar tree
Ya I think you're lovely, but please don't love me
Consider me that town of ghosts
It was long ago and you could never call it home
You just seemed to leave it alone
Now could you please just leave me alone?

Song 31

Song 31 is called Spirits At Ease. It's about love and stuff burning ha ha, also it's about animals oh ya and spirits. That was a run on sentence if I've ever seen one.  You get an actual video this time! WOOHOO!!!

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Spirits At Ease


Love was no where to be found
I awoke to animal sounds
Crickets in the leaves
cicadas in the trees
birds the fluttering of wings
Coyotes howling at the moon
Creeks bending through the hills
The burnin of that ol' sawmill
My thoughts on the breeze
My mind not yet at ease
Oh how I yearn for sleep

I never thought it could be
A room full of spirits at ease

Love was hiding away
I awoke in the middle of the day
To sirens racing past
People ducking out the rain
Birds fluttering away
Dogs barking at the sound
Puddles filling up the street
The burning of the north country
My thoughts on the wind
My mind not right again
How I wish I was sleepin'

I never thought it could be
A space full of spirits at ease

song 30

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This next song is sort of bluesy. I think I like it. It's hard when writing a song a day to really spend much time on any one song in order to make it perfect.

What You Thought Was Love

I’ve been thinking out loud

I’ve been drinking and keeping it all to myself

Dig a hole in the ground

Shallow enough for your love to be found

I don’t want to be the one to tell ya babe

What you thought was love was just the high from the cocaine

I don’t want to be the one to tell you babe

What you thought was love was just the sound of the rain

I’ve been drinking alone

Everytime I call they say you’re not at home

Dig a hole in the ground

Deep enough to bury the sound

I don’t want to be the one to tell you babe

What you thought was love was just the high from the cocaine

I don’t want to be the one to tell you babe

What you thought was love was just the sound of the rain

I’ve been drinking again

Slurring my speech relearning to sin

Dig a hole in the earth

Deep enough to bury this curse

I don’t want to be the one to tell you babe

What you thought was love was just the high from the cocaine

I don’t want to be the one to tell you babe

What you thought was love was just the sound of the rain

Song 29

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Song 29 is about nothing at all. Today wasn't the easiest day to write a song. I tried to get creative and this is what I came up with.

Take The Long Way

Just because the summer sun goes

That don’t mean you can’t dry your clothes

Watch leaves fall and welcome the snow

Next thing you know you’re going to call it home

I wonder where you left that song

It was in your head but now it’s gone

Takin the long way home

Take the long way

Just because you fell in the street

That doesn’t mean you don’t know your feet

Waiting for a sadder day

Thought your name was this but now it changed

I wonder where you left that song

It was in your head but now it’s gone

Takin the long way home

Take the long way

Just because we lost the heat

 That doesn’t mean we’re shivering

Watch dogs chase discs and talk on the phone

Check in with old friends man we’re getting old

I wonder where you left that song

It was in your head but now it’s gone

Song 28

Well this is a little jazzy/soul sort of thing I tried to do in this song. It's definitely not my forte. Toward the end of the song if you listen closely you can hear one of the strings break on my guitar. Pretty funny stuff. I was too lazy to restring my guitar then re-record the song.

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I Need Your Love

Oh you know I need you
Oh you know I care yet it hurts sometimes
Oh you know I need you
Oh you know I'll be there you'll always be mine girl

You're taking it off
I need your love
You're taking it off tonight

With your body on me
we breathe heavy
and I need your love
The breath in the air that surrounds me
I need your love

Song 27

I wrote this song early this morning. It's a recycled idea of mine. It's a pretty sad idea of a song but I think it turned out all right.

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The Fire That Took Her Babe

She’s waking up in the middle of the night

Smoke in her lungs fire burning bright

Thinks to herself, “what has he done this time?”

“always seem to fall for the wrong kind”

Oh my god it’s all happening so fast

Oh my god if you wanted me gone you could’ve asked

Frantically searches for her baby inside

Cannot see she cannot find

A hand reaches out from the blackest smoke

Takes her by the arm say’s we’ve got to go

Oh my god it’s all happening so fast

Oh my god if you wanted me gone you could’ve asked

Her face painted white

Angela, begins to cry

My baby is still inside

Oh my god, it’s all happening so fast

Oh my god, if you wanted me gone you could’ve asked

Song 26

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Well I just wrote this song early this morning. It's fall seems like a good time to write a depressed sort of song. So I called this song Teenage Angst.

Teenage Angst

Swerving down the city roads

I’m feeling empty

The leaves

Are floating by me like snow

I never thought that I’d get here

I feel so low dear

The guilt will surely kill me

Everytime I think the past is gone

And it can’t haunt me any longer

It comes creeping in and I’m stuck again

Here in the present I start to sin

I was born evil so I can’t win

Swerving down the city roads

I’m feeling empty

The leaves

Are floating by me like snow

I never thought that I’d get here

I feel so low dear

The guilt will surely kill me

Oh the memories

Are turning me

Into something I don’t recognize

Oh the way they creep

An apology

is necessary for sounding sorry

but I am more then that

I’m truly sad

I’ve been beatin me up

It’s eatin me up

I’m alive

But gone inside

My soul it writhes

Sounds like some teenage angst

But I’ve been angry for some time

song 25

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Guess It's about time for another love song. This next song was a co-written song in a sense. My aunt ladonna said seasons come and seasons go, then I ran with it from there. It's called Moments Like These

Moments Like These


Seasons come and seasons go
Summer sun and winter snow
Will you take the time
to keep me on your mind
When the Gray is gone
and silver colours your hair
You know I will always be there

In moments like these
I realize your love is all that I need
In moments like these
I find my mind truly at ease
In moments like these

Seasons come and seasons go
Spring brings new things
fall helps let them go
Will you take the time
to keep me by your side
When the old is gone
and routine start setting in
You know I'll be there like I've always been

In moments like these
I realize your love is all that I need
In moments like these
I find my mind truly at ease
In moments like these

Song 24

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Apparently writing a song a day isn't too hard so far. I'm just wondering when I'm going to get fed up with it. haha this next song is called Green Like Oregon.

Green Like Oregon

Right as the snow fall

Wrong as a criminal

The sun threatens to melt it all away

You know it will someday

Sure as death comes

Gone like the woman

You used to be

Now there is just something missing

The winter now here it comes

To collect all your demons

You said you saw it falling apart

You say your women is hardly there

And you know she doesn’t care

That’s not true I saw here falling apart

Green like Oregon

Gone like summer songs

Played round the campfire at night

Vanishing before your eyes

Again like a junkie

You spread like ivy

There’s something gone behind your eyes

I found it missing there tonight

The winter now here it comes

To collect all your demons

You said you saw it falling apart

You say your women is hardly there

And you know she doesn’t care

That’s not true I saw here falling apart

song 23

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Hey folks this next song is called Carried Us Away, Carried Us Home. In a dream the other night some girl asked me, "could you please not rock your chair so close to those graves." When I told Ashley about it she said, "that would be a good line for a song." Well here it is in this song.

Carried Us Away, Carried Us Home

Good morning the rain was beating on the window all damn night

Could you please not rock that chair so close to them graves?

You were the ghost that carried us away

You were the ghost that carried us home

Good morning the wind was whipping the branches down to the ground

Could you please not rock that chair so close to those tombstones?

You were the ghost that carried us away

You were the ghost that carried us home

Good morning fall is here the snow soon will appear

Could you please not rock that chair in the presence of the dead?

You were the ghost that carried us away

You were the ghost that carried us home

Song 22

Well I made a mistake yesterday and forgot to upload this video. Just to let you know I did record this video/song yesterday in Illinois with my father in law before flying home. This song is called Anything Will Change.

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Anything Will Change

As the sun starts to set in Illinois
I start thinking of a friend in Californ
Remember the way she used to sing
In that Idaho town where she was born
Somewhere in the mountains of New Mexico
I know me some folks that refuse to grow

It's foolish to think doing the same day after day
That anything will change

You know those days when you can't write
or even get out of bed you feel uninspired
When all you see is darkness when you close your eyes
When you look round you wonder who turned off the light
I have days like these from time to time
When you're so far down you've got to try and climb

It's foolish to think doing the same day after day
that anything will change

As the sun starts to set in Illinois
Start thinking about the town I was born
And the place I live now in Colorado
Will I find peace enough to ever call it home

It's foolish to think doing the same day after day
that anything will change

song 21

Finally have some lyrics ported for this one. I hope you enjoy it. It's called Fresh Tracks.


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Fresh Tracks

Fresh tracks in the snow

Breeze blowin cold

Sinks to the bones

The river has all but froze

Try to harmonize your life

Breathe in what is right

Exhale the evil inside

 

Breath hangs in the air

Your good woman made aware

You were havin an affair

The river flows from here to there

Try to get me on your side

Swear you were victimized

Now why do you have to go and lie?

Woman you got the notion

He’s creepin behind your back

Oh man her heart you’ve broken

You can mend it just go back

 

Sun melts away the snow

Winter’s always had to go

You can put back on your clothes

You hope the river’s the only one that knows

Try to harmonize your life

Breathe in what is right

Exhale the evil inside

 

Woman you got the notion

He’s creepin behind your back

Oh man her heart you’ve broken

You can mend it just go back

Song 20

Song 20 is a slow banjo tune called Sunday Mornin Come. I hope you enjoy it. Just added the lyrics.

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Sunday Mornin Come

Well hell I think I’m drinking with ghosts

Cause I’m talkin’ with friends who left this world long ago

Lawrence says hello, Cody’s layin’ low

Tom is singin’ “where were you while we were getting high?”

Aurelia is home, Louis Joe didn’t want go

Tom’s still singin’ “where were you while we were getting high?”

 

There must be a reason why you’re here

Why I can see you all so clear

Tell me what is the meaning of this?

Put down the bottle and screw tight its lid.

If you’ve come to let me know you’re in a better place

Could you please go? Because we all think I’m crazed

 

Sunday morning come

Make me feel less like a drunk

Make me feel less like a bum

Sunday morning come

Make me feel loved

Send some peace from above

 

Well hell I think I’m drinking with friends

It’s hard to tell cause I’m losin it again

Gretchen says hello, Stormy’s layin low

Will is singin’, “I heard the sound of music when I awoke”

Miranda is keeping clean, Josh is chasing dreams

Ry is singin’ either Cool Breeze or Tall Trees

 

There must be a reason why we’re here

I just wish we could see it clear

Tell me what is the meaning of this?

Pick up the bottle unscrew the lid

If you must know I think we’re in a better place

A little grown from our reckless ways

 

Sunday morning come

Make me feel less like a drunk

Make me feel less like a bum

Sunday morning come

Make me feel loved

Send some peace from above

Song 19

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This next song is called Day at a Time. Felt like writing a good ol folk song and this is what came out.

Day At a Time

Sittin here waitin on a train to carry me on

Not much to my name, forgettin’ where I’m from

Gonna ride that train on threw the night

Be in sunny California by first daylight

Pick up the phone call an old friend of mine

She said, “you got some nerve, goodbye!”

The day is nearly gone

I’m sorry what have I done

When I’m takin it a day takin it a day at a time

Surely I can find a place to sit and unwind

Sittin here waitin on a train to carry me home

All out of cash and I didn’t even find my soul

Gonna ride that train on threw the night

Be in ol’ Raton by first daylight

Pick up the phone call an old friend of mine

“Glad you’re in town, when you comin’ by?”

The day is nearly gone

I’ve never felt at home

When I’m takin it a day takin it a day at a time

Surely I can find a place to sit and unwind

I don’t expect the rain to wash away anything

I surely don’t think it will make me clean

As long as you’re in love, believe in someone up above

I guess there’s hope for anything

Song 18

This next song is called Moment of Progress. Lyrics coming soon.

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Moment Of Progress

Layin alone in the meadow the sparrows are flyin around me now

Sippin on dandelion wine I don’t make much of scarecrow I know

You say you’re free but I’m not sure how

You say you’re breathin for just one now

You say you feel love but I’m not sure how

You say you’re livin for just one now

You say you’re happy but I’m not sure how

You say you’re feedin just one now

The dead always put it best

Playin’ the magic in the moments again and again

How I wish I could express

Just possess a moment of progress

 

Sun beatin down on the face of me sweat beads drip I can’t quite think

Clear long enough my thoughts hazy

You say you’re free but I’m not sure how

You say you’re breathin for just one now

You say you feel love but I’m not sure how

You say you’re livin for just one now

You say you’re happy but I’m not sure how

You say you’re feedin just one now

 

The dead always put it best

Playin’ the magic in the moments again and again

How I wish I could express

Just possess a moment of progress

 

Do you miss the red of the great southwest the burn concerned with what occurred

The day you left and the day after

You say you’re free but I’m not sure how

You say you’re breathin for just one now

You say you feel love but I’m not sure how

You say you’re livin for just one now

You say you’re happy but I’m not sure how

You say you’re feedin just one now

Broken Man

Sorry about the lack of lyrics lately, but I promise i will stop being lazy soon and write them here for you. It's just hard to take a lot of time out of my day while on vacation. Illinois is awesome and my wife's family is a lot of fun. This next song is called Broken Man. At the end of the song I sing "I hope it lifts" three or four times. I never realized how hard it was to sing those words in succesion. Ha ha I hope you enjoy it.

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Broken Man

Let that wild winter wind keep blowin in

And with it just sit alone with your sins

Let the snow fall come tie that loose end up

Don’t paint it red just repent

 

I can tell you’re a broken man

It’s a crooked road on this crooked land

I can tell you are a friend

Fools mock at making amends

 

They say there’s a way to feel love

I haven’t found it yet, but that don’t keep me from trying

They say there’s a way to feel ok

I haven’t found it yet, but that don’t keep me from trying

 

Can you tell I’m a broken man

It’s a crooked road on this crooked land

Can you tell I am a friend?

Fools mock at making amends.

 

Is it a god given gift, to feel low like this?

As a soul begins to split, I think we all hope it lifts

I can feel it in the pit, of my gut I’ve been deemed unfit

For the crimes I did commit, like a fool some dim half-wit

The lights always been half lit, when it’s my time I hope it brightens

I hope it lifts I hope it lifts I hope it lifts