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That Blue Montana Sky
01:46
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Burnin' Breeze
03:36
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Woke up to a hazy, yellow sky
Been three months a-runnin with the weather hot and dr
Smoke is blowing in from the fires ‘cross the line
Some will say we’re livin’ but it’s all on borrowed time
And we’re,
Diggin’ all the coal up from the ground
Burning all the oil ever found
This empty hope is blowin’ smoke, into the sky with ease
And coming back down to the ground to blow a burning breeze
Once upon a time the sky was blue
Pines were smelling sweet and they were wet with /morning dew, but a
hundred /years of indus/try and open-ended chemistry
Has finally found a way back home to me
And we’re,
Diggin’ all the coal up from the ground
Burning all the oil ever found
This empty hope is blowin’ smoke, into the sky with ease
And coming back down to the ground to blow a burning breeze
Now it’s hotter than Mohave in July
Sixty /million folks are seeking shelter from the lie
Seas are risin’ faster than the levees are built back
Hard to see the /dawn when the sky’s have all turned black
And we’re,
Diggin’ all the coal up from the ground
Burning all the oil ever found
This empty hope is blowin’ smoke, into the sky with ease
And coming back down to the ground to blow a burning breeze
Now we’re,
Dryin’ up the earth into a dusty pile of ash...
Hope someone can understand the math... because we're...
Diggin’ all the coal up from the ground
Burning all the oil ever found
This empty hope is blowin’ smoke, into the sky with ease
And coming back down to the ground to blow a burning breeze
And coming back down to the ground to blow a burning breeze
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Just Cause
04:12
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Just cause you're dark, it don't mean you're morose
But they scrubbed my knuckles till the dirt was exposed
Just cause...
Didn’t fall far, and it didn’t seem fair, but
They let me go, like I never was there, for
Just cause...
And just ‘cause the sun shines, don’t mean she’s aware
looking on all that we do.
And just ‘cause it’s written or out on the web
Oh, don’t you believe that it’s true.
Eventually everyone talks of beginnings, or
Endings, but they’re all the same.
A yellow moon’s rising, and I ain’t advising, and
Just cause is all that remains.
Just ‘cause you’re lonely, it don’t mean you’re alone
And love’s overrated, once overthrown
Just cause…
Just ‘cause you’re grinning, and a battering ram
It don’t mean you’re winning, and I don’t give a damn for
Just cause…
And just ‘cause the sun shines, don’t mean she’s aware
looking on all that we do.
And just ‘cause it’s written or out on the web
Oh, don’t you believe that it’s true.
Eventually everyone talks of beginnings, or
Endings, but they’re all the same.
A yellow moon’s rising, and I ain’t advising, and
Just cause is all that remains.
And just ‘cause the sun shines, don’t mean she’s aware
looking on all that we do.
And just ‘cause it’s written or out on the web
Oh, don’t you believe that it’s true.
Eventually everyone talks of beginnings, or
Endings, but they’re all the same.
A yellow moon’s rising, and I ain’t advising, and
Just cause is all that remains.
A yellow moon’s rising, and I ain’t advising, and
Just cause is all that remains.
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Go, Go, Go
03:32
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Here I am, up late again, wonder I got any thing left
Except all this restlessness. That’s the main thing that you left—to me
And I’m missing you again
What I can’t forget, I can’t pretend, when you said...
Go go go, to follow all my fears
You said go go go, and never shed a tear, and
Oh how I have grown, Now I’m on my own
No matter where I am I am alone, you said
Go go go, and go again
Here I am, awake again, wondering if you are still alive
Somewhere in the ecosphere, somewhere far beyond the empty sky
And I’m missing you again, beginning and the end
What I can’t forget and what I can’t pretend, when you said...
Go go go, to follow all my fears
You said go go go, and never shed a tear
And oh how I have grown, Now I’m on my own
No matter where I am I am alone, you said
go go go, and go again
How you would always miss me, a gypsy in a mystery, and the
Only one who dared to give me life
Like you were always saying , you were never good at staying, but
Remember that you’re always on my side
Go go go, to follow all my fears
You said go go go, and never shed a tear
And oh how I have grown, now I’m on my own
No matter where I am I am alone, you said
Go go go, to follow all my fears, you said
Go go go, and never shed a tear, and
Oh how I have grown, Now I’m on my own
No matter where I’ll never be alone, you said
Go go go, and go again!
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Yason’s Lullaby
02:59
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Little boy was sleeping low upon a little bed
Dreaming of the stories told, still to lie ahead
Don’t you wish that you could dream that way?
Don’t you wish we all could dream that way?
Now he is just a little one, sings a little song
Love the light we’re living on, but oh, the wait was long...
Don’t you wish that you could sing that way?
Don’t you wish we all could sing that way?
Chubby hands and tiny toes; eyes that see it all
He’s blooming like a winter rose, powerful and small
Don’t you wish you could be that way?
Don’t you wish we all could be that way?
A little boy was sleeping low upon a little bed
Dreaming of the stories told, and still to lie ahead
Don’t you wish that you could dream that way?
Don’t you wish we all could dream that way?
Don’t you wish you could dream that way?
Don’t you wish we all could dream that way?
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The Kings of Salem Road
04:01
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I remember you when we were kids
You decided everything we did
You had just your mother and I wished I was your brother
And no one ever questioned what we did
Lived across the street from me and Dad
Bleached out mobile homes and photographs
You had all the toys and I never made a noise
And no one ever asked where we were at
We were the boy kings of Salem Road
Holding court upon a porch of weathered two by fours
We were the boy kings of Salem Road
The kingdom fades to black, in a
Prologue of boy who’s looking back
Sixties SciFi on the TV screen
The white noise filled the room in flickering
Nights we stayed up talking while our innocence went walking
And no one ever said what it would mean
We were the boy kings of Salem Road
Holding court upon a porch of weathered two by fours
We were the boy kings of Salem Road
The kingdom fades to black, in a
Prologue of boy who’s looking back
And we both graduated into fields that were ill-fated
And your early discharge seemed to set a stage
I went to the West Coast
And you became my best ghost
To slip away and disappear in flames
We were the boy kings of Salem Road
We were the boy kings of Salem Road
We were the boy kings of Salem Road
And a kingdom fades to black
In a prologue of boy who’s looking back...
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Information, Please
03:39
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Cookies and profiles, pretty online forms
Endless encryption; become the new norm
User agreements that just use your good name
To take a turn in the identity game. Well, it’s a
Scary old world when you can’t shake a man’s hand
It may be convenient, but I think it should be banned
We want your, information
Information, please
We want your, information
Information, please
Email and password. Privacy pact
Give it for free, Or get your money back
Your personal habits, All are up for sale
This click addiction, it feeds without fail. Well, it’s a
Scary old world when you can’t shake a man’s hand
It may be convenient, but I think it should be banned
We want your, information,
Information, please
We want your, information,
Information, please
Well, it’s a...
Scary old world when you can’t shake a man’s hand
It may be convenient, but I’m pretty sure we’re damned
We want your, information,
Information, please
We want your, information,
Information, please
Well, in the net, you betcha get, you anything you bid
But sometimes, I’m of a mind, to get it off the grid!
We want your, information,
Information, please
We want your, information,
Information, please
Information, please
Mm-mm....gimme, gimme, gimme, gimme...
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8. |
These Three Things
04:19
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These three things are beautiful wings
Living on the edge of the road
These three things are beautiful wings:
Sustenance, shelter and hope
Rain fell down from the cloud in the sky
Water so clear and so fine, but
Jimmy’s so thin that it’s making me cry, need
Bread for that baby of mine
These three things are beautiful wings
Living on the edge of the road
These three things are beautiful wings:
Sustenance, shelter and hope
Daddy gave it up, said he’d had enough
The money ran out in the Fall
Landlord says, “Yeah, the timing is tough.”
So momma’s gonna make a new call
These three things are beautiful wings
Living on the edge of the road
These three things are beautiful wings:
Sustenance, shelter and hope
Got to get over that wall
Bring it back home, bringing it all
Livin’ on the streets for 31 weeks
It’s hard to get up when you’re down (on the ground)
Hard to believe that we’re down in the weeds
And all we do is move it around
These three things are beautiful wings
Living on the edge of the road
These three things are beautiful wings:
Sustenance, shelter and hope
These three things are beautiful wings...
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James Dean Cotton Seattle, Washington
James Dean Cotton hails from the Missouri Ozarks where bluegrass and Americana infused an easy, 70's acoustic style. He writes and performs solo and with the acoustic duo, American Sons, in the Seattle area.
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