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Down the Road
04:04
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Down the Road
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Even though it's all up to me
These things that we say we can't see
We can find
Anytime
Even though it's all up to you
These things that you know you can do
For yourself
No one else
Chorus
Help me get down the road
Where we can share the load
Our freedom is running through
Help me get back down the road to you
We go through some good times and bad
Fights all day, love all night, happy times,
Then we're sad
It's not too bad
Even though it's all up to us
If we whisper, talk, or discuss
How we feel
It keeps it real
Chorus
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2. |
Eventuality
04:25
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What can you give me
To make me happy?
Whenever we're apart, I close my eyes
Whenever you break my heart
It's no surprise
What can I give you
When you're feeling blue?
A kiss, a smile, or a bottle of wine
A half-full whiskey jar,
And a real good time
Chorus:
Changes, seasons
Spinning through my life
Questions, reasons
For sorrow and strife
Do you want to see?
Do you want to come with me?
Do you want to see?
Do you want to be a part of my eventuality?
Sun shining on me
So bright that I can't see
It's one of those days it seems, that I'm feeling fine
Cause I'm caught in between your world and mine
Chorus
Sun shining on me
So bright that I can't see
It's one of those days it seems, that I'm feeling fine
Cause I'm caught in between your world and mine
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3. |
Without
04:36
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Livin' life ain't easy
Finding out it's hard
To live a life that's pleasing
And set apart
When we were young things seemed so easy
We hung out, we had fun
Now that look in your eyes, it seems to me
That's all done
Look around
At all the faces in town
They're all strung out
Without
This thing eating us is a cancer
It's tearing us apart
I don't have the answer
Of where to start
What happened to those boys and girls
Laughing down at the farm?
Now they're passed out on the couch
With tracks in their arm
Look around
At all the faces in town
They're all strung out
Without
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4. |
Black Heart
04:30
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I will be the one
I will be the one for you
Make all your dreams come true
Do anything you want me to
And like that knife that cuts clean through
I'll be the one for you
Can you see right through
Can you see right through my soul?
When your love grows old
And your blood is turning cold
Seems as though it's black as coal
Can you see right through my soul?
Close your eyes, my love
Close your eyes and say goodnight
It's not the time to fight
Embrace the tender comfort of the night
My old black heart can shed some light
Close your eyes and say goodnight
Can you see right through
Can you see right through my soul?
When your love grows old
And your blood is turning cold
Seems as though it's black as coal
Can you see right through my soul?
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5. |
Another Dark Morning
03:40
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It's another dark morning
And it's looking like rain
I want to stay here in bed
Cause I can't face the pain
Of standing on my own two feet
To do it again
It's another dark morning without you
I've been living with this pain
So long it's hard to think
In the past I've tried to dull it
With drugs, food, and drink
In the end there's an acceptance
When you're on the brink
It's another dark morning without you
When you're feeling down
When your face is in the dirt
Do you call out for justice
When you feel the hurt?
Just remember the love in your heart you can bring
A light that can part the dark clouds in this new morning
Now it's time for me to get up
And face another day
There's plenty of pain
And it's probably here to stay
But there's a spirit inside of us
That can never go away
It's another dark morning without you
When you're feeling down
When your face is in the dirt
When you call out for justice
When you feel the hurt
Just remember the love in your heart than can bring
A light that can part the dark clouds of this new morning
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6. |
Ice and Snow
04:20
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These days it seems
We're living in a dream
These days I know
We all got room to grow
Don't let your feelings show
Your love to me
Is not that hard to see
My love to you, I know
Is cold as the ice and snow
Cold as the ice and snow
Sometimes it feels your love
Is a cold wind blowing at my back
Even though its cold and rough
And cutting me no slack
At least it has my back
These days it seems
We're living in between
What we do and what we know
Two worlds that come and go
Just like the ice and snow
Someday soon you'll bring
A thaw to start the Spring
Looking out my old window
A blossom to bloom and grow
Till then its ice and snow
Sometimes it feels your love
Is a stranger knocking at my door
Just when you've heard enough
You don't know what they're coming for
Can't hear you no more
Sometimes it feels your love
Is a cold wind blowing at my back
Even though its cold and rough
And cutting me no slack
At least it has my back
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7. |
Twisted Words
06:18
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These twisted words running through my head
As my twisted body lay upon my bed
I thought about what it meant instead
When I was just getting by
Swimming through a sea of drought
Never uttering a scream or shout
Just a victim of my own self doubt
But does it really matter?
Chorus:
I'll sing a song for pleasure
I'll sing a song of pain
Can you tell me what is the measure
To make a man feel like a king again
Driving down a long dirt road
Thinking about the love I've showed
Running it down, until my head explodes
Has it really made a difference?
I've been forsaken and alone
Embraced by love when I've come home
Slipped, declined, and fell like Rome
Living among the ruins
There's a voice out in the wilderness
Sweeter than any lover's kiss
That can show the true meaning of happiness
But can you really hear it?
Chorus
Now a hard rain is driving down
Flooding rivers with the sound
A treasure lost again is found
Revealed throughout the heavens
These things I've seen with my very own eyes
Wondrous visions of paradise
Only a fraction scarcely memorized
Have all vanished in the ether
You don't really know me, nor I you
The fleeting time we've got just flew
Isn't that a fine how-do-you-do
But you can't deny it either
Chorus
Drinking poison hemlock, I drained the cup
Knocked it back, and set 'em back up
Laughed and cried at my own bad luck
But I made it out alive
Soon I flew into a burning rage
Spitting out fire on the written page
Engulfed by flames I could not assuage
Until the shadow passed me over
Then it all became eerily still
Rolling thunder crashed up over the hill
Twisted it's way to bend to my will
And the stillness was golden
Chorus
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8. |
Joseph
04:31
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Joseph worked the ground
Sweat blood, and tilled the land
Losing what he'd found
The moment it slipped into his hand
Seven years of fat
And twenty seven years of lean
There's no time for looking back
To think about what might have been
Chorus:
O Joseph, don't you hang your head so low
It'll get better now don't you know
You still got a long row left to hoe
So go on, get up Joe
Joseph he hit the bottle
To help dull his misery
Corn squeezins cranked the throttle
On his dependency
Market went into the tank
In the spring of '83
Lost the farm to the bank
And the rest is history
Chorus
Took a job here in town
At the local feed store
Feelin so low to the ground
He can't go on no more
Wind whispering through the field
The corn's already shoulder high
Joseph surveys the yield
With a yearning in his eye
Chorus
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9. |
Truck Drivin' Man
04:26
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Chorus:
Highways out on the open road
Goin' my way, haulin' a heavy load
Windows down, the breeze is in the air
Ten more miles and I'm almost there
I'm a truck drivin' man and I grew up in the hollers
A south east Indiana country boy
Didn't go to school, so I ended up chasin' dollars
Wound up haulin' steel out of Illinois
Sometimes when the nights get lonely
And the darkness seems to stay
I get right down on my knees to God and pray
Chorus
Got a family back home that loves me
Three kids, two dogs, and a Cadillac
Took this job cause I thought I'd see more of the country
Now I just can't wait to get on back
Sometimes when the nights get lonely
And the darkness seems to stay
I get right down on my knees to God and pray
Chorus
I'm a truck drivin' man and I keep this country runnin'
Movin' freight up and down the interstate
When I'm up to speed I keep that engine hummin'
Got a load to haul and I can't be late
Roll on 18 wheeler
80 thousand pounds of steel
Watch out all you four wheelers daddys movin' on behind the wheel
Chorus
Sometimes when the nights get lonely
And the darkness seems to stay
I get right down on my knees to God and pray
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10. |
Satisfied Mind
04:24
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This old world keeps spinnin' round
And we're all along for the ride
Constant change is always inbound
And you got nowhere to hide
We fire bits and bytes back at each other every day
So damn sure we're right, we'll burn it down to get our way
Chorus:
Through it all, I've got you
Together we can see this through
Everybody's searchin', but few can find
It takes a lot of love to live
With a satisfied mind
Why's it so easy to tear things down
Instead of buildin' something new?
Things keep fallin' down
And nothing lasts like it used to
Maybe I'm just yearning for the days that used to be
But this old world keeps turnin' and it turns on you eventually
Chorus
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Chris Wahlman Chicago, Illinois
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