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Alicia
04:43
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I’m the paint brush, not the painter
I just want to entertain her
Please my new friend Alicia & make her stay
I am just the singer, not the song
& all I really did was sing along
She said it made her day
I went to see the child in the manger
I was one in a million of strangers
& they made me stand in a long & winding line
This is just another tourist town
Even the rain is watered down
Not just the wine
She’s just a face in the congregation
Scattered in the dead of night
Now Alicia is moving on
To remain in light
There’s not one thing for certain
Not even the color of the curtain
Not even the promise of the great obscure
Oh Alicia is there anybody out there
Who will listen to our prayers
She says “for sure”
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Solitary Company
06:08
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It’s been a long & bumpy plane ride
But I made it down alive
Feel like a lonely honey bee
Returning to the hive
Here come the wallpaper ghosts again
& I’m falling under their spell
I see a man and a woman making love
At the Carlton Arms Hotel
Solitary Company
Green blanket on the queen-bed
Blood stain on the frame
Voices coming through the sink
I thought I heard your name
Raindrops on the window pane
I hope they never dry
This is the first of many days
The first of many nights
Solitary Company
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Stardust
03:07
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Slow me down before it’s now or never
Break the hands of time before I’m old
Hold me when I want to sleep forever
Let me lie beside you when I’m cold
Strike a match & light another candle
See the wick playing with the flame
It’s a game that only love can handle
It’s a phantom only love can tame
You are stardust
I’m just staying alive in a combat zone
You are stardust
I’m just flesh & bone
No need for enemies or allies
No need for ties to higher ground
Too far away to be on my side
Too close to try & come around
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4. |
When The Lights Go Down
05:16
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I’m gonna take Avalon
To Landers Brew
Find me a friend & companion
For a drink or 2
Among the blind & the lame
The lost & the found
& we’re all the same when the lights go down
Build me a cabin
When it starts to rain
Wait for the flood
On the desert plain
Stake your claim
But you’re nowhere bound
& we’re all the same when the lights go down
Papa did you really try hard enough
Mama did you hold on to your dream when the ride got rough
Did you try hard enough
Wash the blood away
From your fingernails
Get rid of the gun
On Sunflower Trail
No one to blame
But the black-eyed hound
& we’re all the same when the lights go down
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5. |
Beautiful Disarray
03:16
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There’s a lonely spirit at the heart of every crowd
& a secret parallel world behind the clouds
& the darkness like the shadow of a manta ray
Hovering above our heads on a summer day
Beautiful disarray
There’s a soft & very gentle twist in my reality
Comfort in the black & bare branches of the apple tree
Consolation in the eye of a bird of prey
& my bird of paradise won’t fly away
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6. |
11 & 9
04:28
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Gar Robertson; electric guitar
Sebastian Rochford; drums
Eric McCann; acoustic bass
Matthias Loibner; hurdy gurdy
Blind Boys of the Desert; b-vocals
Heike Binder; organ, b-vocals
Georg Altziebler; vocals, electric guitar
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I see the pond come alive in the moonlight now
In a sweet midsummer night’s dream
I see the willow bend & the black reeds bow
& the emerald water gleam
I’ve been listening to the fairies ‘til my ears were ringing
& I had to wash them in the sand
I would listen with my tired eyelids if you’re singing
Listen with the palm of my hand
& you go
I’ll be your lovely waterlily
You’ll be my dragonfly
Can’t you see it’s surely gonna kill me
If the pond runs dry
Tonight I’m gonna give in to the clatter of the crickets
& the gentle sting of desire
One step away from the shelter of the thicket
One step away from the mire
I can’t compete with you
& I can’t fly
I’m gonna wither in the heat
Wither & die
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The Only Child
04:26
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I’m an only child
You’re lonely too
Lonely & wild
She said & she smiled
But only a child
I came so far
For your broken tunes
Diamonds & tar
Birthmarks & scars
Is what they are
Whatever specters are doing after midnight
They don’t want to do it all alone
Helicopters drowning out the moonlight
& the statues in my garden fall asleep
& turn to stone
I’m a fireman’s pride
A firebug’s dream
Liquor & light
There’s no wrong & right
In the long long night
The spell is tied
To the lead colored
High & wide
Solid sky
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The Ferris Wheel
03:52
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The Ferris wheel is spinning round
Going up & going down
In a place where you never see the sunshine
Somewhere deep down underground
& the skeleton will take your hand
You’ll be dancing to the marching band
You’ll be walking down the alley with the dragon
In a cotton candy – wonderland
Just another shot of Maker’s Mark
Makes the German shepherd bark
& the steam trains rolling after midnight
& the tracks are shining in the dark
& the Ferris wheel is spinning round
Round & round & round & round
Going up & going down
Somewhere deep down underground
The Ferris wheel is spinning round
& the sky is liquefied
Satin steel & cyanide
There’s a long line for the rollercoaster
& the rain is falling from my eyes
See the white feathered pretty dove
Fight the magpies up above
You may want to cross your fingers
& send her all your love
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10. |
Remember Me
04:41
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Memory lane is just a dirt road on the Mesa
When the daytime moon-reverie makes you relive
Another man’s life in a little house by the seaside
Where the waves will make you forget if you forgive
All of that dust in the air just adds to the beauty
& the sun’s going down behind a pink velvet veil
The fisherman’s daughter & son now live in the valley
Sending family photographs by the mail
A handful of sand for my son
& a seashell for my daughter
& a song from down in the deep blue sea
Remember me
Their voices still echo in the cry of the seagull
Their toys are still out there in the autumn rain
I still hear their little feet on the staircase
& I know in my heart I will see them again
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