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There was a boy who covered his face
he couldn't bear to look at anyone in the human race
one day in the woods while walking his dog
he stumbled on a fountain and it was bubbling
this silvery song
the light you save may be your own
the light you save may be your own
There was a man who did everything he could
but his wife still hated him and one day
she decided to end his life for good
and then he woke up out in a cotton field
and the locusts were singing to him
singing this silvery song
the light you save may be your own
the light you save may be your own
So where ever you are
maybe stuck in some traffic
maybe high on a mountain ... on a train
or at the carnival
maybe you're in the capitol city
in Austria picking flowers
the sky might open up to you with this song
the light you save may be your own
the light you save may be your own
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Blackbirds of Arkansas
04:50
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In heaven we ride horses on the beach
surrounded by seas of grieving iris'
and the waves out off the cliffs of Dover
where they've been trapped
for centuries
You're like a desperate flower
so blue in the morning
before the stars are thrown out
of the dawning
now nothing matters anymore
now that you're a blackbird
surrounded by so much light
All i care about is you. you you you you you *We love you DCB*
One night the kind of night
soft breeze was blowing on
there was a halo round the moon
underneath massive trees
the blackbirds of Arkansas
tuck their heads and go to sleep
The time in the King Kong chair
you lifted me up
and we laughed until we cried
leaning sidelong on the stair
sunglasses on
you told me you loved me so many times
All i care about is you. you you you you you
One night the kind of night
soft breeze was blowing on
there was a halo round the moon
underneath massive trees
the blackbirds of Arkansas
tuck their heads and go to sleep
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Night of the Blackbirds
03:35
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Birds know the galaxy is spinning uncontrolled
with the answers that we will never know
where's the beast? he's in the jungle
lying without mirrors in his
own twilight of green
Forming, falling, what it takes to see
you have no idea what is love... what is love?
Night of the blackbirds falling
night of the blackbirds calling
the birds know that you are alone
Conned by electric wiring,
reaching over glades of heaven
they finally reach their zone
Forming, falling, what it takes to see
you have no idea what is love... what is love?
Night of the blackbirds falling
night of the blackbirds calling
the birds know that you are alone
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Charming in a coma
03:38
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My love the TV he's so kind to me
always talking what a friend
O TV without you I'd have no friends
Now Sylvester Stallone everyone called him dumb
though he wrote and oscar winning movie
some cheap starlet broke his heart
and he was never the same
Now a subway train sounds like a hundred trash cans
rolling down a steep hill
picking up speed by the Hudson river like some
friends of mine!
who think they're fooling me
with their half-assed attempts and lies
i can see that their souls are just like
trashcans
And my love my love he's the reason
I won't ever let anyone in
There is no one who could ever be pure
and good like him
but he doesn't have the strength to stand up
and get away, get away get away
but lord he's even charming in a coma
Yeah my love my love he's the reason
i won't ever let anyone in
there is no one who could ever be pure
and good like him
but he doesn't have the strength to stand up
and get away get away get away
but lord he's even charming in a coma
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Jerusalem
03:58
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So i rode a dangerous bus southward to Egypt
i longed to see the moon hanging like some kind of blood over the sand
and we learned there's no such place as Golgotha
and no such sound as high-pitched mournful singing
O jerusalem
where the sky hangs like blood over the wailing wall
O jerusalem
where your love is like my love and all the angels call
Seeing your arms wave methodically just like angels wings
becoming afraid under the lights of Tel Aviv
we stood cut off by the Judean mountains
separated by goats and olive trees
O jerusalem
where the sky hangs like gold over the wailing wall
O jerusalem
where your love is like my love and all the angels fall
Where one's true love may hide another real love
Where one man's brother hides another man's brother
and your arms are like the wings of strange birds we've never seen
and your legs like the trunks of strange fruit trees
O jerusalem
where the sky hangs like gold over the wailing wall
O jerusalem
where your love is like my love and all the angels fall...
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See Cleft music release Brian Jones
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i carry love in a little black bag for you
i bury my soul in a blanket for you
and this love goes with me whereever i go
poems drifting across the seine
o take your bags on the plane with you
deep down in them is a hidden picture
where once like farrah fawcett and john ritter
we were crowned king and queen of hollywood
my tender heart does not lie to you
o how many times have i turned down other lovers for you
i was with you in paris
poems float down from the eiffel tower
under the cold tower of london
you held my face with your trembling hands
darling no fear behind these prison walls!
i'll offer up my head for you
i carry love in a little black bag for you
i bury my soul in a blanket for you
and this love goes with me whereever i go!
poems float down from the eiffel tower
poems drifting from the eiffel tower
poems float down from the eiffel tower
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Will you sing?
03:56
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Will you sing my song?
Will you sing my song?
will you make it resonate in every city
that you don't wanna be in?
Will you make it ring?
will you make it sing?
from every stage
that you wish you wouldn't be on
will you make it right?
will you make it high?
feeling all the joy
and no more suffering?
like our rings
in a circle dear
that never let go
that never lets go
will you be mine?
when you sing my song?
will i ever belong to you
when you sing my song?
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Thursdays and Mondays
03:07
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thursday was the day
you always came around
friday was the day
you disappeared from town
the birds always know
when it's time to go
and monday was the day
i was set free
O free
O free
Monday was the day
i was set free
i remember the time two bluebirds
suddenly flew out and startled me
yes they were just like the deep blue colors of your eyes
and the good times that you gave me
O the blue and the flight
like a consolation of light
and like those two birds my soul
will fly back to mondays
in the silver court this world will not stand
the summer of river's wine
riting together the song of songs
O darling i am set free
O free
O free
Monday was the day i was set free
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Flowering tree
02:11
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Out on the edge of the desert
there's a forest we cannot see
and this forest seems to draw water
from somewhere we can't believe
yesterday you were a coward
but today you're like a lion
when I think of lions I don't think of death
I'm thinking about survival
Out in the middle of the desert
lies a flowering tree
and this tree seems to draw water
from somewhere we cannot see
so miles and miles above the shelter of the heavens
lies the sands of what we believe
this isn't a song about the heavens again
it's a song about a flowering tree
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Spiritual Family Reunion Nashville, Tennessee
Songs of dreams, nature, observation, and life stories, by a little-known, somewhat respected artist, writer, and musician, who sometimes has a band.Thank you so much, followers and supporters! I need you.
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