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Saint Claire County
04:39
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All my tears are dried up
In the ashes of the fire
Now the narrow road to freedom
Looks a little bit wider
The lesser light that rules the night
Is glowing on the path
Four months I've been heading north
Now there's been a change of plans
I’m going back to Saint Claire county
Any way I can
Some places will freeze your bones
Others are a raging fire
Don't matter where you are
You're always close to fear and near desire
I don’t care about the decline of the west
Or any spiritual charades
But I care about you babe
And I know now that I should’ve stayed
I’m going back to Saint Claire county
Hope I don't get there too late
Chaos in the cosmos
Changing everything around
All my complaints in January
Seem so false and foolish now
Some suffer for a moment
Some say it never ends
Either way this ain’t the beginning
And the road's about to bend
I’m going back to Saint Claire county
Might not ever leave again
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2. |
High Desert Hymns
04:47
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There is something deeply hidden
In the tall grass where we live
No oracles, no blackboxes
Know what it really is
And still the saints stare up into the sky
With ropes around their wrists
While arrows fly and fires light
And the feet of kings are kissed
There are beasts among the baobab trees
There are exiles in our midst
There are wild dogs around us
Howling high desert hymns
Howling high desert hymns
The kind you might hum
When you’re lonesome
Or you’re lost or you’re just lookin
For a lover, or another
Or just a crumb of bread and butter
And a simple little bed
That you can lie in for a while
While the cup of coffee cools
Buildings crumble and stars go dim
You’ll hear those high desert hymns
When the wind begins to growl
And the birds begin to shout
And the night is full of broken vows
And clearing throats and open mouths
And the fossils in the fuel
Start to flicker and go dim
You'll hear 'em then
Those high desert hymns
This is a high desert hymn
The kind you might hum
When you’re lonesome
Or you’re lost or you’re just lookin
For a lover, or another
Or just a crumb of bread and butter
And a simple little bed
That you can lie in for a while
While a cup of coffee cools
Buildings crumble and stars go dim
This is a high desert hymn
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3. |
Along The Road
05:32
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There are people wrapped in rags
All along the road
Some are laughing, some are crying
Some are young and some you know
Some are mystics and magicians
Don't leave them behind
Some are traveling musicians
Best to treat them kind
Some are telling stories
Tall tales of falls from grace
Some are going nowhere
Some are desperate to escape
Oh my mother
Oh my father
Are you still awake?
I have been here many years
But some nights I'm still afraid
Some are worried about the future
Of the working class
Some are troubled by the thunder
Some are transfixed by the flash
Some are staring at the stars
As they cross the sky
Some are tracing all their patterns
To help them steer at night
Some are rambling, some are rollin'
Some are loved in vain
Some are building fires
Some are digging graves
Oh my mother
Oh my father
Are you still awake?
I have been here, many years
But some nights I'm still afraid
Some are dancing in a trance and
Some are keeping time
Some are searching for some meaning
In some very ancient lines
Some are silently observing
The movements of their mind
Some are happy just to be there
Thanking someone they're alive
Some are prisoners of a war
That they never waged
Some are praying there's another world
Where some of them are saved
Oh my mother
Oh my father
Are you still awake?
I have been here, many years
But some nights I'm still afraid
Everybody walking
How far no one knows
Some are mothers, some are fathers
All are children of the road
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4. |
Oceans Of Love
04:02
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I see your rowboat in the moonlight
Your solitary silhouette
Silver shapes slip through the water
As you calmly cast your nets
You might need a bigger boat my dear
Never know what you could catch
When there are oceans, oceans of love
Coming straight for you
You read the ripples in the water
Just like tealeaves in a cup
You know that something’s gonna happen
But you won’t say exactly what
Well in the east now there’s a red sky rising
Thunderclouds now up above
They’re bringing oceans, oceans of love
And they’re coming straight for you
They’re bringing oceans, oceans of love
And they’re coming straight for you
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5. |
The Healer
04:20
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I went to a healer
I said healer do your best
He said I see nothing wrong with you
It must be in your head
I said oh, oh yes, yes she is
Well let me see what I can do
Tell me what’d she do to you
Did she sing for you beneath the moon
Did she tell you everything she knew
About the perfect forms, the incantations
The birth and death of ancient nations
The last great doubt, the first temptation
Did she show you to her bed
I said oh, oh yes, yes she did
And did she promise you that she’d reveal
The secrets of the seven seals
The theory that unifies the fields
The truth behind that crossroads deal
Did she give you fire, roll the wheel
Did she blind your eyes but let you feel
Did she speak to you of what is real
As she placed your hands upon her chest
Oh yes, yes she did, yes she did
Did she recite the wisdom of the holy pages
Did she take the positions of the sutras’ sages
Did she give you the map
Did she number your days
Did she teach you all the mysterious ways
Of the pyramids and the UFOs
Gravity waves and quantum particles
How the center will fold and the folds unfold
Did she lie with you on the bed
Oh yes, yes she did, yes she did
Tell me then, the healer said
Would you kindly take me to her bed
I’d love to know just what she said
I’m dying here you know
I said oh, oh no, oh no no
And so I lost the healer too
And the healer lost himself to you
I should’ve known that’s what he’d do
You know I was once a healer too
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6. |
Grace, Fury, Fate
04:26
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One two three
The graces, the furies and the fates
One two three
The graces, the furies and the fates
I.
The graces bathed Pandora
On the day of the seduction
Gave her a silver necklace
And a silvery gown
Ok, she said, so man got fire
But at a terrible price
And she opened the jar
To let death and doom out to fly
One two three
The graces, the furies and the fates
II.
The furies wanted the blood
Of Agamemnon's son
For he had murdered his mother
For the murders his mother had done
Needless to say someone needed to pay
And the whole case went to trial
The jury vote was evenly split
With the furies demanding fire
One two three
The graces, the furies and the fates
III.
The fates they spun the thread
Stirred the pot and sharpened blades
Cooking up a plan to meet
Among thunder, lightning and rain
Singing oh man is helpless, hopeless,
Forsaken and confused
He thinks he has the power to choose
But he hasn't got a clue
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7. |
Volcanoes
02:41
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You light the stove, pour the milk
Warm it in a pot with a spoonful of honey
And the streets are full
Of people shouting that the flood is coming
When the bridges break apart
And the power plants go dark
And the motors just won’t start anymore
Will you hold my hand
As volcanoes turn to sand
So everything will end as it began?
There is a time for bitter suffering
There is a time when it all falls away
There is a time for revolution
There is a time when the blessed must pay
But when the bridges break apart
And the power plants go dark
And the motors just won’t start anymore
Will you hold my hand
As volcanoes turn to sand
So everything will end as it began?
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8. |
The Lost Swimmer
05:48
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I woke up to someone knockin'
Opened up to see Regret
Standin' next to him was Trouble
Wasn't the first time we had met
Whatcha want boys are ya hungry
Are ya lookin' for a bed?
No we just came here to ask you
Have you found Forgiveness yet?
So I drove through blue Mississippi
Texas I kept headin' west
Santa Fe said someone saw her
A week or so ago they guessed
Arizona every canyon
Once or twice I caught her scent
Every night I heard the wolves cry
Have you found Forgiveness yet?
I crossed into California
The border ballads had me wrecked
All the deserts were deserted
There was only one place left
At the coast the ocean crashin'
Through every chamber in my chest
Seagulls circlin' above me
Have you found Forgiveness yet?
Have you found Forgiveness yet?
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Jake Shane Madrid, Spain
Jake Shane is an American singer-songwriter based in Madrid, Spain.
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