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Possible Lives
02:32
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Little River
05:33
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Roll on little river, keep rolling down through the valleys that I still keep in my mind
Roll on little river, keep rolling over the falls, through the trees as they branch past in climb
Walking your banks on and on
Listening to you all along
Awake but I'm dreaming of you and your nightsong
Roll on little river, keep rolling under the bridges as you pass through the towns
Roll on little river, keep rolling. I watched you through seasons unfolding, I never kept track of time.
Walking your banks on and on
Listening to you all along
Awake but I'm dreaming of you and your nightsong
Roll on little river, keep rolling
Serpentine ceiling, reflection of sky
I long to get back to that river
Where nothing at all to say is perfectly fine
Walking your banks on and on
Listening to you all along
Awake but I'm dreaming of you and your nightsong
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Love You Brother
03:41
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When you've had enough, be glad you're still receiving
That you got the breath in lungs
That you got that heart that's beating
Love you sister
Love you brother
And when you're having doubts, find ways to keep believing
You can find it in a friend, or in a stranger you're just meeting
Love you sister
Love you brother
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I'll probably live forever
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Rainsong
04:25
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Rainsong
Pitter, patter, lightning scatters
All the time and plans it shatters
Rainsong
Pitter, patter, tell me what's the matter?
I hear just a little rain
Pitter, patter, clouds are scattered
Watch them dance, they part then gather
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Summer to Stay
02:23
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What is post-human?
What will we be doing after we pass on through a grave?
Maybe it's just what you make it, and, of so, I'll "tea and cake" it in a house beside a river all day.
Oh my God I'm ready for this
I'm ready for the Summer to stay
That then got me thinking.
What the hell am I doing?
I cleared the clutter out of my way.
Right now is all I've go.
Though I've wasted quite a lot,
There's no sense to wait to live on the grave.
Oh my God I'm ready for this
I'm ready for the Summer to stay
I thought: "I've got too many problems!", until I stopped and saw them.
I laughed (so hard I felt the earth quake) at my self-imposed dilemmas The cell phones and antennas and all the things put in my own way.
Oh my God I'm ready for this
I'm ready for the Summer to stay
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O Death
03:45
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Days roll away
They seem endless, like waves
Until every once in a while perspective rejoins me, rudely reminding to put those illusions on trial
Oh death, what's left?
Heaven has been on my mind.
And though I can't see it, I want to believe it.
Heaven, you've been on my mind.
Lately, the best of us dream while the rest of us sleepwalk here wondering "why?"
Why the green of the garden fades without pardon
The bloom's off the suffering vine
Oh death, what's left?
Heaven has been on my mind.
And though I can't see it, I want to believe it.
Heaven, you've been on my mind.
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This Is My Prayer
01:09
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This is my prayer for anyone who's listening there.
And if there's no one, my prayer's the same.
It's good to give a thing a name.
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When You're Young
04:09
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When you're young, you don't give a second look
You just run with your feet off the ground
Don't let anyone drag you down
When you're young, and your smile can break the cold
And you dance with your feet in the clouds
Don't let anything drag you down
Good vibrations,
Great expectations,
I wish it all for you right now.
Keep on dreaming, just keep believing in the truth of you somehow.
When you're young, and your eyes are open wide
And you want to know everything now
Don't let anyone bring you down
When you're young, life's a possibility
And your tongue is always singing a song
Don't mind anyone who's not singing along
Good vibrations,
Great expectations,
I wish it all for you right now.
Keep on dreaming, just keep believing in the truth of you somehow.
You're only young right now.
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Don't Hold Back
03:36
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Trade in your time for a paycheck
Your numbered days for numbers stacked in rows
Getting lost in all your obligations
Work until you can't recognize your nose
Today was one for the thorn bush
For growing all the troubles of the world
Good words are taking a vacation
Need time to find another cure
Don't hold back, the world is brand new
And every day is what you turn it into
And you want to share, and you want to care, but you're a little scared
Don't hold back, the world is brand new
And every day is what you turn it into
In the lost and found
In the wall of sound
You can find it now
Today had a glass-breaking morning
Or, one for the mocking, the birds
Never at a loss when the sun burns
Shaded like a tongue beneath the word
Red-faced with empty proclamations
Tuned it out, went running on the shore
Need less of this empty information
But that's all that they have in store
Don't hold back, the world is brand new
And every day is what you turn it into
And you want to share, and you want to care, but you're a little scared
Don't hold back, the world is brand new
And every day is what you turn it into
In the lost and found
In the wall of sound
You can find it now
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The Days Will Be
04:35
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the days will be joyful you will see
and we will lift up our eyes
and all the pain that made our days in vain
will pack its bags up and say goodbye
all i ever wanted is all you'd ever need
i could care less about things we could do without
let's give it all away
we don't need it anyway
i don't want to worry endlessly about things that just don't mean a thing
the lack of peace, the insecurities, and all the things that made you cry
the lies that stain, the blame, the hurt, the shame
will all peel off like some disguise
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Day Morning Time
03:02
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Day morning time to shake yourself awake from sleeping
Day morning time to wake
Day morning time to shake yourself awake from dreaming
Day morning time to wake
So you want to be a sleepy head, to spend the whole darn day in bed, but there are so many things to see and to be
To see and to be
Like you, and you, and me
Day morning time to shake yourself awake from sleeping
Day morning time to wake
Day morning time to shake yourself awake from dreams end
Day morning time to wake
I know you want to be a sleepy head, to spend the whole darn day in bed, but there are so many things to see and to be
To see and to be
Like you, and you, and me
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Magnolia
02:40
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Scent of Magnolias, the mockingbirds low
Cherry sits weeping, in the garden it grows
Scent of Magnolia, the lightning bugs glow
Clouds covered heaven in part, revealing these stars
And Life don't seem so hard
Mountains surround as she's starting to show
Brand new part of my heart starts to grow
I was a daysleeper, I never did know how to make dreams in the dark
And now here you are
And suddenly life don't seem so hard
Here you are
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John Ralston
“I live my life in ever widening circles, each superseding all the previous ones.” -Rilke
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