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Questions
06:38
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Questions
Music & lyrics by Grahame Lesh
Just a moment’s uneasiness
What can you see in this
Question that lingers a little too long?
Look at the signs
A breath at a time
Where have you gone wrong?
Life’s only questions and time
The answers are lies
So go on and ask your questions
Had a moment’s uneasiness
I trust my gut with this
Mid life crisis or roll of the dice
It’s early for either
No time for a breather
The world doesn’t let you think twice
Life’s only questions and time
The answers are lies
So sing out and ask your questions
Life’s only questions and time
We age like wine
So go on and ask your question
I’ll give up those days on the road
I’ve left all those troubles at home
I’ll see when the days have gone
We’re all alone in the night
Took a drive up the interstate
An eye on the fuel tank
Ignoring the signs and biding my time
Saw the oceans exploding
The foothills reloading
And past that the end of the line
Life’s only questions and time
The answers are lies
So sing out and ask your questions
Life’s only questions and time
We age like wine
So go on and ask your question
So go on and ask your question
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The Colors Here
04:35
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The Colors Here
Music & lyrics by Elliott Peck
The day begins like any other day
The fields alive with golden rays
The sun in place, the dew on the lawn
The light peeking through, just before the dawn
Things never stay as they are for very long
The winds start calling the horses to the barn
You can hide inside, don’t mean you’ll be safe
The twister might be your best escape
This house has been shaken and twisted from the floor
I got a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore
Is a new perspective worth the fear
Oh but the colors here…
Careful when you close your eyes
Sometimes witches dress in fine disguise
Oh the pressure from the atmosphere
And the smell of poppies is making us tear
This house has been shaken and twisted from the floor
I got a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore
Is a new perspective worth the fear
Oh but the colors here…
The heart can not be judged
By how much it has loved
But by how much love has found its way to you
Can you see behind the curtain?
Can you tell how much you have grown?
While the weather stays uncertain
There is no place like home
This house has been shaken and twisted from the floor
I got a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore
Is a new perspective worth the fear
Oh but the colors here…
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Back to California
03:50
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Back to California
Music & lyrics by Grahame Lesh
Should’ve cut my hair the way you tried to warn me
Maybe I would have liked the humid air back east
Never knew a day would come where home is all I need
But you’re in California
In 30 days I know I'll miss the long grind
Hard days and long nights feel great with time
Run myself ragged but it always stays the same
But I just want to see you
All my days are gone
All my nights are long
Take me back to California with fire in my eyes
And I’ll get up
Till I can’t hold on
Got time to miss you but nothing more to say
Each time it unwinds before it goes away
I see problems around me but can’t find my way
No rest till California
All my days are gone
All my nights are long
Take me back to California with fire in my eyes
And I’ll get up
Till I can’t hold on
Oh, the worries come in the morning
Yeah, the nights are full of endorphins
Turn the lights down low and
Let the starlight follow
thru the notes lost along the way
All my days are gone
All my nights are long
Take me back to California with fire in my eyes
And I’ll get up
Till I can’t hold on
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Walk the Runway
03:22
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Walk the Runway
Music & lyrics by Nathan Graham
Let me tell you a story of love
At a brunch bar in SoHo New York
Walk the runway with me
Cobblestone street at the corner of Prince
Seat for one at the bar he orders coffee and eggs
Same as yesterday
And the day before
His eyes on the bartender
The best part of his day is when she says
“Are you doing ok friend?”
He smiles and never gives up
The truth about how his heart nearly stops
Every morning she fills up his cup
Heels are clicking on the streets
Feels it every time they meet
The models and the mannequins
can’t tell which is real
In his rear view, the glowing sign
She pours a cup for another while she’s still on his mind
Are you doing ok friend?
His eyes on the bartender
The best part of his day is when she says
“Are you doing ok friend?”
He smiles and never gives up
The truth about how his heart nearly stops
Every morning she fills up his cup
(So long)
I can only wait so long
(So long)
I ain’t been home in so long
(So long)
I can only wait so long
(So long)
I ain’t been home in so long
Let me tell you a story of love
At a brunch bar in SoHo New York
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Round & Round
03:35
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Round & Round
Music by Grahame Lesh & Elliott Peck
Lyrics by Grahame Lesh
Where the sun is bright and winds are cold
Where the homes are new and streets are old
It could be for liars or for lovers
It could be for outlaws on the road, full of color
When we run in place and stand in motion
When we close our mouths and scream at nothing
See if you can find the fateful moment
You can see the world reinvent, just close your eyes
Round and round the wheel is turning
Round and round we keep it moving
Round and round and round and round it goes
Round and round we keep it moving on
All the hopeless stand and grab the reins
Try to drive us on towards the flames
Maybe it’s the feel of rock and stone
We are not adrift or alone, just open your eyes
Round and round the wheel is turning
Round and round we keep on moving
Round and round and round and round it goes
Round and round we keep it moving on
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Jupiter
Music by Grahame Lesh
Lyrics by Robert Hunter
At a crossroad, see the sky
Slowly twisting as the world rolls by
I wish I may, I wish I might
Have my fill of wishing tonight
Wanderer tell me why
Brave men blush and young girls cry
Rich men push and poor men pull
Buried promises from their souls
I want to do what I think I should
Carve my coffin out of juniper wood and
Build my house of sticks and sand
When it falls I won’t give a damn
All the ocean in a broken cup
Pour and pour, still it don’t fill up
Wind on the water could mean rain
Thunderbolts ripping up the plain
Wind in the firmament wild and free
Bring down justice in the seventh degree
Roll you thunder, blow you horn
Bright full tones from the thunder born
I want to do what I think I should
Carve my coffin out of juniper wood and
Build my house of sticks and sand
When it falls I won’t give a damn
It’s said and done
The moment passed
Recall in darkness
How it went so fast
Had no time
To rescue my dreams
From the confluence
Of swollen streams
That meet the sea
In joyous shout
And mingle their waters
As the tide rolls out
Wanderer shine on high
Brightest star in the midnight sky
Swing down low, the night so black
Ace of diamonds in the zodiac
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In the Sunrise
03:03
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In The Sunrise
Music & lyrics by Elliott Peck
I’ve been taking all the backroads to get home
Hoping to find some time to talk with you alone
You never know when lightning strikes
When fireflies will turn on their golden lights
Might be in the sunrise
Might be in the moonlight
Might be in middle of the last day of our lives
There’s no perfect time for love to come around
You only know what’s coming when the ship starts going down
We don’t need to be lost at sea
I’ll find you an anchor and a place to breathe
Might be in the sunrise
Might be in the moonlight
Might be in middle of the last day of our lives
It might be where the waves break
It might be where sun escapes
It might be in a daydream while you’re wide awake
I know you still have mountains to climb
And thorns still stuck in your side
And I’m sorry I can help you more
But know I wait with open arms & doors
Whether it takes a long night
Whether it makes for a hard life
I’ll still look for the small signs
Even it takes a lifetime
Might be in the daybreak
Might come when the earth shakes
There’s not day I wouldn’t take
You right by my side
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Old Country
03:20
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Old Country
Music & lyrics by Brian Lesh
Can you hear the rain fall down
Can you feel the breeze
Think I might just sit here, think I might believe
Sweet autumn loneliness
Old tavern walls
Can’t you hear banjo play, swinging down the halls
Took a ferry to the Old Country
Listened to a dark-haired girl, sing a lonely hymn
Back in the Old Country
So bring me a cup, and I’ll start anew
Going over the mountains
Going over the dale
Tripped down cobblestones
Paying back my share
Oh the lazy river
Oh the garden wall
Take me in at supper time
Dirty boots and all
Took a ferry to the Old Country
Listened to a dark-haired girl, sing a lonely hymn
Back in the Old Country
So bring me a cup, and I’ll start anew
Never mind the bitter lies that raised me
Never mind the whiskey in your tea
Never mind the autumn skies or railroad tracks or airplane miles
Just close your weary eyes and sing off keys
Won’t you light me a candle
Won’t you strike me a tune
Won’t you see me sitting there, grinning at the moon
Sing of old Verona
Sing of London Town
Sing of any place at all, just pass the bottle round
Took a ferry to the Old Country
Oh, the Old Country
Listened to a dark-haired girl, sing a hymn
Spent a long, hard day, trying to get away
Bring me a cup, oh I’ll start anew
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Songlines
04:09
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Songlines
Music & lyrics by Amy Helm, Elliott Peck, & Grahame Lesh
Heard a call on a distant line
The voice was telling me
“Call your brother to come home again”
Another log on a burning fire
Wind across the lake
Says it’s gonna start to snow again
Stronger than steel
Lighter than stone
When will you be coming home again?
Pass the lyric down to a troubled heart
A broken choir sings to light up the dark
Your brothers leaving now, he’s gone away
The song lines remain
Write a letter every Tuesday night
Tell him all things
All the things he’s missing here at home
Mom stands at your bedroom door
I saw Tyler kiss
The girl you said like from summer school
Brianna
When will you be coming home again?
Pass the lyric down to a troubled heart
A broken choir sings to light up the dark
Where’s your brother now? Where does he stay?
The song lines remain
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10. |
A Great Farewell
03:19
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A Great Farewell
Music & lyrics by Elliott Peck
Been driving around in circles tonight
And neither of us spots an exit to get off this empty freeway
I guess we’ll repeat the same mistakes
Knowing nothing’s going to change
Maybe we should both climb inside the mirror
And if the road gets muddy like it does when the rain falls
And if the sky feels like it’s never going to clear
Maybe we could both say our goodbye’s
Get it out of the way before the sun rises
Or maybe we can fix it before dawn
And keep on keeping on
We all hold a piece of an era gone by
When the great gates open we’re still left wondering why
There’s a light that’s out there
If we’re open to the spark
If the storms don’t pass & the skies don’t clear
Don’t make it right for you to disappear
The words I love you still
Sound underwhelming to my ears
And if the road gets muddy like it does when the rain falls
And if the sky feels like it’s never going to clear
This is a story of a great farewell
But It’s not just my story to tell
I’ve only lived it from the backseat of my heart
And the heart it stops and starts
And if your heart feels heavy like it does when the rain falls
And if the sky looks like it’s never going to clear
There’s always a path out of the woods
If we leave now while our luck is good
there’s still time to build a new start
from pieces of my heart
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