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Diamonds In The Zodiac

by Midnight North

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Questions 06:38
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 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 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 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 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 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
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
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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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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released November 10, 2023

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