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hey mama, if you could see it in here you'd be dreaming too. it gets so dark and lonely and cold, it's so easy to be in two. the people here, they're just living lies. they won't own up to their faults, no, they won't even try. hey mama, these walls keep growing so high. its as if ghosts have taken my body and thrown my mind into overdrive. sometimes i want to commit myself to that dark small room, so i can think about how i lie to myself too. hey mama, if you could hear me out there; know that i miss you. i know you said my drinking would bring me down, i never thought it'd wipe you from my view.
lord forgive me, lord forgive me.
mama can't you see, wont you come and rescue me
i ain't going where the clouds are, im falling deep beneath.
swimming with the coral, bleeding blood for sharks to feed.
mama i ain't ready to be a man, i'm drowning in my sheets with ease.
take me to the place where the dark captain sails so I can be in peace.
hey mama, if you could see it in here you would hate it too. would you still love me? even though i did such horrible things to you. im swimming with the fish and the mermaids too... there ain't no cars or trees to obstruct my view, its just an aura of golden bliss from me to you. hey mama, it's getting cold and now im coughing too. ive got a puddle of blood beside me and now im coming home to you.
lord forgive me, lord forgive me.
mama can't you see, wont you come and rescue me
i ain't going where the clouds are, im falling deep beneath.
swimming with the coral, bleeding blood for sharks to feed.
mama i ain't ready to be a man, i'm drowning in my sheets with ease.
take me to the place where the dark captain sails so I can be in peace.
i said, take me to the place where the dark captain sails so I can be in peace.take me to the place where the dark captain sails so I can be in peace.
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Celebrate You
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call off the armies, take the middle man off the lines; he ain't doing so good these days. standing with his rifle staring into the eyes of god, he ain't doin' so well fighting. take some time, leave it all out in the pine, leave the fence posts to the cold ground. focus now on bettering yourself, so when the fog of war comes - you can face it.
i want to celebrate you.
go on back to basics, find that humour in your grin. the mask you paint these days is serious. i see you battling your demons in the day, they rage and twist behind your smile. those who know might see you squirming in your bones, or hiding out between the chatter.
i want to celebrate you. come on man let's celebrate... celebrate you.
you said 'it takes one to know one, man you know ive got it bad, a case of burning with the poets'. i've been the last to admit to my mistakes and the first to let them happen. apples to oranges and pears to lemon tree's; it all tastes sweet, put it together.
i want to celebrate you. come on man let's celebrate... celebrate you.
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Oak
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i've seen the waterfalls and how the blue sky cracks. i've seen the light of day get buried in the rain. I've seen the moonshine hide behind the ever green, i've seen the light of day get buried in the banks. but when that cold air is freezing up your toes and chilling all your bones - that's when the darkness sets in.
here's to today and all the troubles it may bring,
hidden just like needles in the hay,
and here's to fall and how to rise up from it all.
today im throwing yesterday away.
i've heard them radio tubes playing those summer tunes, ive seen a little piece of heaven in the winds. i've seen the moonshine hide behind the evergreen, i've seen the light of day go dancing in the rain. but when that cold air is freezing up your toes and chilling all your bones - that's when the darkness sets in.
here's to today and all the troubles it may bring,
hidden just like needles in the hay,
and here's to fall and how to rise up from it all.
today im throwing yesterday away.
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im traveling with stars
dancing with the lovely shades of white
i wonder who you are, when you're alone, if you're alright.
i've been to outerspace,
its really not that far you know
just pour a couple drinks and Ill be your holiday
i'm traveling in bloom
diving in the deepest shades of blue
trying hard to find that spark of twinkle in your eyes
i've been down deep within
its really quiete a pretty sight to see
i keep it in my dreams when I am sleeping and awake
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Dim Are Days
03:47
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mothers been smiling
mothers been crying
as for myself
i have been lying
asleep in my bed
trying not to be sad
dim are days
when you're away
not all is said
when times a' wasting
away in a bed with tubes and mushy food
what do we do with days like these?
life the game that Ive been playing
from out with the ins and into the open
a gift from the ins of you to the outs of me
what do we do with days like these?
what do we do with days like these?
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The Farmhouse
05:19
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remember that old farmhouse?
off the dirt road
where you and mom would sing.
house of the rising sun,
and Jimmy's Hey Joe
antique Piano, and her violin.
and you would sing
and mom's strings would bring
a soft tender harmony
and your strings would ring
and I'd be listening
over the stairwell balcony
thats when I first learned that I can make music
i'd bang on pots and strum on strings
you guys helped to make me believe
that I can be someone
someone as myself
and every time I feel afraid
i pick up your guitars
and I jam with the animals
inside of my head
they come out in the dark
they come out in my song
Jeremiah was a bullfrog
he lived by the old creek
him and I, we'd go fishing
for goldfish and memories
you'd be riding on that lawnmower
mom would be cooking dinner or sweeping the floors
you taught me how to be a friend
and how impossible should be tossed out the door
crushed not adored
cause I can be anything I want to.
and every time I feel afraid
i pick up your guitars
and I jam with the animals
inside of my head
they come out in the dark
they come out in my song
and every time I feel afraid
(out in the dark)
i pick up your guitars
(out in my song)
and I jam with the animals
inside of my head
they come out in the dark
they come out in my song
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Saint John
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saint John,
you taught me how to breath in water
you taught me how to lose myself when my lips touch the bottle
saint John,
you taught me to believe in others
you taught me to believe myself when my body isn't well
but what about the time
when I needed you the most
and you left me all alone
abandoned me like most
what about the girl
all she did was love
you told her to go home
that "sinners were not welcome".
she was sixteen, now she's dead.
saint John,
you taught me how to leave my mother
you taught me to believe in wrong all of the time
saint John,
you taught me how to show my anger
you taught me to believe in you the only truthful father
if this is all true
then fuck your family
fuck the clouds you live in
its all the same to me
id rather die alone
alone with all my friends
alone with some good people
who accepted me for me
who accepted her for her
i am nineteen.
your dead.
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The Worrying Team
04:37
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at the end of the day we're all doing the same. lay out bodies down on to foam mattresses, as our heads hit the clouds, staring off into star speckled roofs of our homes, and i'm thinking of you. were you thinking of me?
as our minds start to spin circles in bed. donut drifts around fears of uncertainties. as i run out of gas; dreams, life, in a flash and you were there my friend...you were there my friend.
dreaming. dreaming. dreaming.
and when we awake, we'll do it again.
and the morning's arrived, it's a sun scattered sky. and the comforters are warm, its so comforting. my first thought of the day: who came up with that name? he's a genius my friend, he's a genius thing.
and i get out of bed, though i wish i could stay, sleep the day away, it's an easy escape but i wont coward to time. slip the slacks on my legs, slide the boots on my feet. walk a mile to work it's become my routine, a younger version of me would kick the shit out of me, he says i have a disease... i'm on the worrying team.
so i'm dreaming, dreaming, dreaming
and at the end of works day, we'll do it again.
at the end of the day, seems we're doing the same. sharing time at the wheel, mighty morphing appeal, sharing time my friend... sharing time dreaming, dreaming, dreaming... one day these dreams, they'll be real.
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packed my bags and caught a train
to meet my love at a gate
left behind the weeping eyes
of a father fearing change
though I didn't know it then
that your lovin' would ache and strain
though I hardly knew you then, I'd still call out your name
you were married with two children then
both with honest names
born with gifts of labours pride
it would make you glow to say
though I didnt know it then
that your lovin' would cheat and stray
bonds will break and time will shape
and some love bakes in vein
though I hardly knew you then, I'd still call out your name
waiting in a whisper you'd come and ease my pain
i was working dead end jobs
to put food on my plate
dealing dimes from time to time
it was no honest wage
her father disapproved of me
he said I needed change
no one tells me who to be
my life's my string to playing
though I hardly knew you then, Id still call out your name
waiting in a whisper, you'd come to ease my pain
waiting in a whisper, you'd come to ease my pain
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The Silence Of A Flame
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hey there friend how have you been?
it's been so very long
how long it's been I can't quiete say
our expressions seem so worn
i know things haven't been so easy
between us as of late
i've wandered around from time to time
and battled with my shape
it would be so nice to feel you and your presence once again..
what goes around comes around,
the silence of a flame.
ive wondered where you came from
it was no early morning train
and I've thought about leaving town
though I know I'd feel the same
with every gaping hour and every yellow dotted line
that lead me to another place
i cannot escape my mind
tt would be so nice to see you. Oh my friend, remember when we laughed?
what goes around comes around,
the silence of a flame.
oh friend, Oh friend, Oh friend, Oh friend
oh friend how have you been?
its lonely here, wish you were around
i'm burning in my skin
i'm like a whining, crying, smiling giant
in a circus crowed by kings
my friend the clown, came up from down
painted me a Bobo man
that smile that he wears is bright,
but his eyes like burnt out coal.
what goes around comes around,
the silence of a flame.
it seems these days I ache and grind
the jesters heavy stone
oh friend, Oh friend, Oh friend I miss you
when will you say hello?
and show your face upon my window;
a reflection of a ghost.
what goes around comes around,
the silence of a flame.
what goes around comes around,
the silence of a flame.
ive got so much love to give
but at times Im feeling faint
like a smile and I talk too much
and everything I see relates
and everyone around me smiles and laughs, do they feel the same?
what goes around comes around,
the silence of a flame.
what goes around comes around,
the silence of a flame.
what goes around comes around,
the silence of a flame.
what goes around comes around,
the silence of a flame.
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When The Demons Come
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wendy, will you please listen
at times I sink into false limitations
i'm here but I'm not there
wielding wheels of sins and fears
that I put away
will you love me when the demons come?
peter, I'll hold honest reservations
i'll do my very best to stay through
i'll hide myself away, deep within the brave
know that I love you
will you love me when the demons come?
(better yet, will you love me when mine show?)
will you love me through pouring rain?
(better yet, will you love me on sunny days?)
when I'm low as could be and you're more cheerful than me
will you love me when the demons come?
will you love me when the demons come?
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David James Allen Prince Edward, Ontario
David James Allen is a producer, graphic artist, and maker of folk and country songs including those on his new album By The Summertime. He lives in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada.
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