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Wild Eye
02:34
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with a wild eye, she blows in on the wind
looks at me again like a memory
draped in green, she climbs out of the rock
i call to her but she's not doing things my way
out on a limb, we dance across the branches
just one of our ancient dances
and i dip her just so
wild eye
wings of ghosts, built for another time
turning on a dime into the sun
she flies with them, drawing deep black stars
i can see so far out in space
wild eye
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Sweet Home Reservation
03:18
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sweet home reservation
living off the line
you can change the station
but country music sure sounds fine
dust tail through the sheep fields
miles from any crossroads
i know where i gotta go
carrying a heavy load
my baby left me
we're not really meant to be
close my eyes and all i see
my hand across her cheek
up before the sunrise
horses run behind my eyes
leaving all i know behind
off into an endless sky
my baby left me
we're not really meant to be
there is nothing more to say
she's in some city far away
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Fields
03:37
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pretty face and hair in a radiant frame
she laid down on me in a dream
she said when you wanna meet me, won't you let me know
well i wish i could honey, but i gotta go... i gotta go
out in the summer fields, collecting my grain
i think a lot about her, but i don't know her name
i could take her downtown
we could stroll the streets
laughing so loud
come and sweep me off my feet
sweep me off my feet
and i don't wanna wake up from this dream
i wanna go right back to sleep
and i feel like i've got a young boy's heart again
if i see you again, will you recognize me?
is love just fleeting, a momentary glance?
where are you tonight, out among the stars?
in someone else's dream
in someone else's heart
in someone else's heart
and i don't wanna wake up from this dream
i wanna go right back to sleep
and i feel like i've got a young boy's heart again
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Delilah
02:47
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baby, you are too good to be hangin' around this old pile of wood
baby, you are too fine to leave lipstick traces up and down the line
when you wear your hat down low
is there something you don't want me to know, delilah?
a man ought to treat you good
honey, i sure wish i could
delilah
baby, i can see you trying to be right with the world you're living in
baby, i could be you, but i've got my collar turned against the wind
when you wear your hat down low
is there something you don't want me to know, delilah?
a man ought to treat you good
honey, i sure wish i could
delilah
maybe someday we might meet down by the creek of tears
and live happily
delilah
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Dark Cloud
03:33
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there was a dark cloud with a silver lining
in a small town far away
there was a fever in the water
and we drank from that well every day
she was a dark cloud with a silver lining
in high heels and wandering eyes
say i did the right thing when i lit the fire
set the black smoke into the sky
we never saw this coming
we never built a ceiling
now the gutters are all running
with the sins of our deceiving
there was a dark cloud with a silver lining
and our hearts drowned in the flood
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6. |
On Your Side
03:06
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just passing through a dusty town
not much to do, not much around
afternoon glow across the sky
i hope you know, i'm on your side
the miles roll on without a word
you point to horses, buffalo herds
we watch the day turn into night
i don't have to say, i'm on your side
sometimes i shiver under covers
i have a dream, you love another
even if you go, i will abide
i hope you know, i'm on your side
we slip into the healing waters
with our son, with our daughter
we watched 'em grow, we lived and we died
i hope you know, i'm on your side
the horses run behind your eyes
you dream of home and northern skies
you want to go, you want to ride
i think you know, i'm on your side
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Big Shot
03:31
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kicking around the past, saw my face in a storefront glass
who is the man i showed you, locked up tight in a three piece suit
leaning on the deal to go down, the tiger of the town
the sweeper of the streets with plenty of bread to eat
everyone has a price, some are cold as ice
fever pitched and chilled, diamond mine and eyes of steel
you picked the wrong man to love, with a heart as tight as a glove
and lies as deep as a grave, and a soul that you'll never save
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These Days
04:29
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i slept with you in the borderlands
making love by the big fire
i swam with you in the ocean blue
way down under
i lit the fire because of you
torched the house and watched it burn
i slit the tire because of you
so we'd have more time alone
these days...
we shot a hole into the moon
so we could crawl inside
we built a bed on the back porch
maybe we won't need another
these days...
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9. |
Desire
03:16
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lonely man in the driver's seat, the lights go past his eyes
he's sure of what he'll never be, out here in the night
lonely lady at the table in the restaurant
she just listens to the people talking, and all she really wants
is desire...
they're not listening, they're not talking
she's looking out the door
maybe it's too late to satiate what they're starving for
is desire...
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The Orchard
03:20
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everybody knows that you and i stole this fruit from the orchard
right where it grows, we fed each other the sweetest bites
everything was perfect in our garden just the two of us
but the world was not ready for what we wouldn't give up on
i'm sorry for what you had to go through
i'm sorry if you ever doubted my love
on a sunny hillside, we laid deep inside each other's arms
down by the arroyo, your skin was like magic to my eyes
but i had to fly over oceans into the dark of the old world
and you waited for me here in our orchard where the fruit was ripe
i'm sorry for what you had to go through
i'm sorry if you ever doubted my love
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