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To The Ground
05:16
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He lost control, slid and began to roll
And on the wings of an ocean gale
He crashed right through the rail
Down to the valley below
Down in the charred remains
They stripped the chassis clean
And the bramble grew through the frame
Until it swallowed everything
Return to the ground
Trees growing tall, weeds covering all
And the animals made their homes
Underneath its rusted dome
All things come around
All comes around and returns to the ground
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Kids In '99
03:13
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I’m thinkin ‘bout those kids
I’m thinkin ‘bout those kids
back in ‘99
The gas leakin’ in the creek
A firecracker then a spark
And in a moment they were
Gone, gone
Our house was shaken by the blast
Black smoke billowing off the landscape
Sirens crying through the streets
With choppers hovering like vultures above a meal
They were gone, gone
In the waters where we used to swim
Where we thought we would be young forever
The beads that glistened on your sunburnt skin
Evaporated in the flames and embers
I’m thinkin ‘bout those kids
I’m thinkin ‘bout those kids
back in ‘99
And wonder who they woulda been
For not a spark and a flash and the moment they were
Gone, gone.
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Man In Blue
03:02
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If you know my name
Why are you calling out
To an old love?
And when you need someone
Why do you always run
To your Lord up above?
I just want to understand you
I don’t need to be your man in blue
Are your days all the same?
Prayers like drops of rain
As you wait for the flood
To cleanse everyone
And can you hear my voice
In high lonesome rejoice
Sing a song for you
In and out of tune
I just want to understand you
I don’t need to be your man in blue
I just want you to see yourself the way I do
I don’t need to be your man in blue
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Before The Bombs
03:41
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Before the bombs, before the walls came down
We would lie in the summer sun
Watching the clouds pass one by one
Before the fires, before the spools of barbed wire
You said you would never forget
What pierces deeper than the bayonet
There’s only one thing that will save this place
The only thing that that they cannot face
There’s only one thing that they cannot take
Love
Before the mobs, before the inside jobs
Sleeping in on borrowed time
Too distracted for the minor crimes
Before the war, before the troops came ashore
I held you deep in my arms
A fool to think that they could save you from harm
There’s only one thing that will save this place
The only thing that that they cannot face
There’s only one thing that they cannot take
Love
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Blue Bloods
05:42
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All the east coast blue bloods had come out west
And I watched them argue about who loved you the best
I was conspicuously of my kind
Overdressed but woefully under-refined
With a story held together like boulders with a piece of twine
Three helicopters circling
Retreating and returning
Your photographs were on the news
And I was there just out of view
I was standing with a smile chiseled into my head
With a mind in retreat to the places I wished I would have been
And when you caught my gaze I turned away
And planned an exit like a grand escape
As I watched you spinning through the revelers like a cheap ballet
These words all sound familiar
Convictions of forever
You tied a wish to a balloon
And watched it fly into the blue
But you will find someday soon
That it will fall, yes it will fall
They all do
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