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California I Cry
04:54
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CHORUS
skyscrapers of stone, turn the metal into mountains
give me a home, that ain’t so damn crowded
we are made blind, by golden light
california
california i cry
it’s been dry as a bone, no rain on the horizon
one cigarette out the window and all of it burns
one giant shake, the oceans will rise
california
california i cry
not so long ago, they all came for riches
and riches they found beyond measure, a bounty no end
what is the price to steal paradise
california
california i cry
CHORUS
the money it flows into highrises
up on the hillside they see a far view
down in the flatlands we’re just trying to get by
california
california i cry
the moon it hangs heavy over bridges of steel
we sit in our cars on our phones surrounded by cars
suspended in heaven, under wide western sky
california
california i cry
CHORUS
BRIDGE
you can sleep out every night, enjoy the life
but to pay your rent, you ain’t got the time
miss a couple paychecks and you’ll be fresh outta luck and
sleeping out all of the time
CHORUS
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2. |
Glory
04:22
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GLORY
sometimes i am and sometimes i ain’t
i ain’t baby most of the time
sometimes i can and sometimes i can’t
i can’t without you by my side
The sun is shining all around
it’s not shining on me
how long will you stay in this town
will you come go, come go with me
will you come go with me
glory wind in my hair
glory sun at my heels
glory shadows are lengthening down
glory the world
come go with me
sometimes i ain’t and sometimes i am
i am when i know where i stand
sometimes i can’t and sometimes i can
i can be the one you demand
The sun is shining all around
but it’s not shining on me
how long will you stay in this town
or will you come go, come go with me
will you come go with me
glory wind in my hair
glory sun at my heels
glory shadows are lengthening down
glory the world
come go with me
you came to me in a color scheme
blacks and browns turned into greens
yellows and reds filled up my bed
and my head filled with glorious dreams
glory…
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3. |
Life Raft
04:11
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the only time it was good
we’d hold each other if we could
sad against the world
keeping the world away
it’s a bad bad world
keeping the world away
the only time we felt alright
we shut the door against the night
sad against the world
keeping the world away
it’s a bad bad world
keeping the world away
CH
life raft - daring the loneliness to turn us over
life raft - if I let go will I sink or swim
life raft - will the loneliness turn us over
life raft - will I sink or will I swim
life raft - turn us over
life raft - sink or swim
life raft - but I let go and I swim
life raft - to the shore
life raft - I land
life raft - put my feet on the floor
life raft - I swim
life raft - to the shore
life raft - Don’t need you any more
you telling me i ain’t no good
that you would leave me if you could
sad against the world
keeping the world away
it’s a bad bad world
keeping the world away
holding me out in the road
can’t get gone though you know it’s
over
keeping the world away
it’s a bad bad world
keeping the world away
life raft - daring the loneliness to turn us over
life raft - if I let go will I sink or swim
life raft - will the loneliness turn us over
life raft - will I sink or will I swim
life raft - turn us over
life raft - sink or swim
life raft - but I let go and I swim
life raft - to the shore
life raft - I land
life raft - put my feet on the floor
life raft - I swim
life raft - to the shore
life raft - Don’t need you any more
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4. |
Gone Again
03:45
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Early one morning in the dirty light
Me & my Billy went out on a ride
We had to move fast, had to catch wind
Take another turn, we’re gone again
gone again, gone again
He bragged to me of all his plans
Heading up north to grab some land
Needed me to help him win
Take another turn, we’re gone again
gone again, gone again, take another turn we’re gone again
gone again, gone again
Late in the day with the sun in our eyes
Me & my Billy went out in the rye
We lay down to have a little rest
Wake up in the morning, he’s gone again
gone again, gone again, wake up in the morning he’s gone again
gone gone gone again, take another turn he’s gone again
gone again, gone again
He’s not your boy and he’s not your friend,
Shows up late and stays till the end
Comes for the food and stays for the bed
Take another turn and he’s gone again
gone again, gone again
gone again, gone again
gone again, gone again
gone again, gone again
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Let’s go downtown
Go get down
Papa says i can’t go ‘less you go with me
Sunday morning comes on fast
I want this night to last
Sunday morning turn out your light
I’m holding on to Saturday night.
I’m holding on to Saturday night.
Let’s go downtown
Just wander around
Papa says I can’t go ‘less you go with me
Check out the clubs they got every kind
Deejay, metal, house, country line
Sunday morning turn out your light
I’m holding on to Saturday night.
I’m holding on to Saturday night.
Let’s go downtown
Go get down
Tell your mama to let you go cuz you’ll be with me
We’re gonna to dance till our feet are sore
Then we’ll dance a little more
Sunday morning I can see your light
I’m holding on to Saturday night
I’m holding on to Saturday night
Sunday morning turn out your light
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6. |
Tumbleweed
03:15
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Roll me like a tumble,
a tuuuumble
roll me like a tumble weed
a hop a skip a jumpin
sailin and a bumpin
handspringing down the street
let the wind catch me and a lift me up high
knocking and a rockin, got my down on the upside
baby what do you do when we’re rolling around
tumble me to the ground, my baby & i
Roll me like a tumble,
a tuuuumble
roll me like a tumble weed
how the wind is blowin
we move in a slow mo
float on a breeze
caterwauling hauling cross a wide open sky
smashed up and crumpled, caught on a wire
baby what do you do when we’re rolling around
tumble me to the ground, my baby & i
See us tumbling down
Rolling around on the ground
Free, we are found
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7. |
Late in the Evening
05:06
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Late in the evening when the sun is all gone
I put up my work and head up for home
But supper’s not waiting in a pot on the stove
This is not how my story goes
No, this is not how my story should go
But men play their war games and our lives are sold
So I earn dollars, send them back home
Late in the evening when the sun is all gone
CH Late in the evening when the sun is on fire
Burns the horizon like a jumpin live wire
I look at my hands, will they carry me on?
Late in the evening when the sun is all gone
INST
One day to another, we’re trying to survive
For us to eat, they eat us alive
I learn a new language, still they spit out my name
the jobs they don’t want, they don’t want me to take
When I save enough I’ll bring you here
Its not what we’re aiming for but a little bit nearer
and when in this country our children are born
they’ll have one foot in the door
CH: Late in the evening when I lay down to rest
I thought i’d be doing better, and this isn’t my best
Stars in the east Lord I wish I was home
Late in the evening when the sun is all gone
I look at my hands, will they carry me on?
Late in the evening when the sun is all gone
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8. |
News Cyclone
04:48
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I can’t stick to a schedule it seems
I move slowly in and out of my dreams
I wake and fall back into bed
I tell myself its the rain
It’s coming, and the day is dark again
I hear gunshots, the news is bad
I get the feeling that we’re all being had
There’s fire and smoke and the laws are broke
How do we push back the rain
It’s coming and the day is dark again
CH all i hear is the radio
let me hear the rain
its a news cyclone
verbal hurricane
all i hear is the radio
oh let me hear the rain
trapped in a vacuum
news cyclone hurricane
Tunnels of money under river of souls
The borders are broken their stories left un-told
The sun has taken off running
I tell myself its the rain
It’s coming, and the days are dark again
CH all i hear is the radio
let me hear the rain
its a news cyclone
verbal hurricane
all i hear is the radio
oh let me hear the rain
trapped in a vacuum
news cyclone hurricane
Build a fire, take off the chill
Look for the way even if there is no will
Fire, smoke, laws broke
How do we push back the rain
It keeps coming and the day is dark again
CH all i hear is the radio
oh let me hear the rain
its a news cyclone
verbal hurricane
all i hear is the radio
oh let me hear the rain
trapped in a vacuum
news cyclone hurricane
Let the words empty out of my head
Stare out the window and watch the sky
Just a little bit lighter than it was in the night
I tell myself its the rain
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9. |
People Are You Ready
03:05
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People are you ready
People are you ready
People are you ready
don’t you want to go
And we’ll all go together
We’ll all go together, children
See them walking down by the water with a rainbow round their shoulders
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10. |
Almost Everywhere
04:08
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CHORUS
New York to New Orleans
Every point in between
San Francisco, Baltimore
I’ve been almost everywhere
Everywhere ain’t worth it anymore
if it all comes from the same store.
I ain’t no johnny cash
never claimed to be
but still i got the gas
pedal riding under me
my job it takes me on the road
riding, rolling, gotta drive
i’ve paid off all i owed
never had a 9-5
the more the years go by
every exit looks the same
i can’t believe my eyes
the homogeneity
micky d’s, box o’jack
shells and gulfs a mile wide
family diners get a stack
of precut precooked freeze dried fries
CHORUS
CHORUS INST
VERSE INST
no matter where you are
you don’t have to talk to folk
you don’t have to leave your car
do your business by remote
Everywhere ain’t worth it anymore
if it all comes from the same store.
in my home town
they’re tearing pretty houses down
behind them rise and rise
boxes filled with boxes no surprises
Everywhere ain’t worth it anymore
if it all comes from the same store.
That shirt says USA, but it’s made in Singapore
and it all comes from the same store
Cut down the Amazon, deliver it to your front door
and it all comes from the same store
Enough is enough, but more is more
and it all comes from the same store
New York to New Orleans
Every point in between
if it all comes from the same store.
San Francisco, Baltimore
I’ve been almost everywhere
if it all comes from the same store.
Everywhere ain’t worth it anymore
if it all comes from the same store.
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11. |
Mr Joe
03:16
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CH in your pretty little dress with your eyes so bright
come dance with me tonight
take my hand, fly away
move it or you lose it and i ain’t gonna lose it today
old man in the middle of a crowd
his eyes are heavy, music’s too loud
we all get old, we all slow down
tonight he’s gonna dance around
he tightens the tie, lace up the boots
ride the 24 down the same old route
It’s Friday night, the hall’s aglow
come on dance with Mr Joe
CH
Mr Joe’s got it all going on
he won’t hold you too close or too long
his hands are clean, his eyes are closed
hold on, kick back, let the good times roll
When its all he can do he put the suit back on
pays his tab, calls a cab, city rushes on
Mr Joe, he floats above
he’s filled up with love
CH
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12. |
Let Me Lay Down
04:06
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i want to go slow, i want to slow down
been running so fast can’t keep my feet on the ground
i need a break from my life
i am working on overtime, time and a half,
when can i stop and lay down my head
CHORUS
Let me lay down beside the cool water
Let me lay down on the cold hard ground
Lay myself down on a bed full of feathers
When can I lay down and rest
Let me lay down take my rest
i’m getting off this train, before it hits the next stop
i gotta stop moving or things are gonna get dangerous
I wanna sit down
my head is aching just from holding it up
when can i stop and lay down my head
CH
BRIDGE
Memory lingers of when we connected
Right here beside one another what pleasure
To touch and to taste and to talk in real time
Let us lay down you and I
Let me lay down beside the cool water
Let me lay down on the cold hard ground
Lay myself down on a bed full of feathers
I hear the horns honking, the cars racing by
I want to live high i want to live low
sit down and give some time to the people i know
let the light and the love filter into my eyes till they
burn with the lust and the lift of this life
it is long, it is short
when can i lay down my head
Let me lay down beside the cool water
Let me lay down on the cold hard ground
Lay myself down on a bed full of feathers
When can I lay down and rest
When can I lay down and rest
When can I lay down and rest
Let me lay down take my rest
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13. |
Mockingbird
02:28
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Mockingbird outside my window
Make me think the dawn has come
I get that ugly feeling that I put away another one
makes you think it’s dawn
you’ve been singing all night long
Another all night all night long
playing all night
playing all night mockingbird,
lets you and me
holler into the trees
Most little birds they sing at dawn
they’re not singing all night long
I don’t know what other birdies sing
Mine just hollers bout everything
Makes you think it’s dawn
that you’ve been singing all night long
Another all night all night long
singing all night
playing all night mockingbird,
lets you and me
holler into the trees
Seems every gal who writes a song
has a little birdie helping her along
well my little bird outside my door
is a mockingbird and it sings the night o’er
makes you think it’s dawn
that you’ve been dancing all night long
Another all night all night long.....
Mockingbird, you mocking me….
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Evie Ladin Oakland, California
The polyrhythmic heat and funk of Evie Ladin's clawhammer banjo, resonant voice, real stories and rhythmic dance - have been heard from A Prairie Home Companion to Celtic Connections, Lincoln Center to Hardly Strictly Bluegrass. The Evie Ladin Band is an expansive stringband, with Keith Terry - bass and percussion, and Erik Pearson - guitar. Body-slappin neo-trad urban folk. ... more
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