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Skeletons
02:44
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we’ve all got a skeleton
hiding behind our clothes
we push them way in the back of our closets
hoping that no one knows
we’re all hiding the same old secret
we’re all skin and bones
oh i know nobody’s perfect
i would just like to be
i keep to trying to shake of these bones
followin’ me
i take an x-ray and
i do some cut and paste
until i look just like you
now i’m up to my neck
with things on my chest
it’s time we cut down to the bone
oh i know nobody’s perfect
i would just like to be
i keep to trying to break of these bones
followin’ me
but my bones take me
where I’m goin and
give you something
to hang on
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2. |
Railroad to the Moon
02:34
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I don’t know if I told you yet
But darlin’ I can’t get you out of my head
And dear it’s clear as day to me
That I would do just about anything
For you
I don’t know how far it is
But if you wished I’d build you a railroad to the moon
I don’t know how long it’d take
But what’s time got to do with space anyway
I don’t know if I told you yet
But darling I can’t get you out of my head
Maybe it’s your gravity
Been this train's been running round
In circles
Call it fate or providence
But I’m convinced there’s nobody like you for me
I don’t know what line it is
But this train has only got one station
I’d forge those rails of iron ore and I’d
Drive a million spikes to see the smile in your eyes
to see the smile in your eyes
to see the smile in your eyes
to see your smile
I don’t know how far it is
But if you wished I’d build you a railroad to the moon
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3. |
My Heart
03:32
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Mostly in the morning, and late at night
Sometimes in the evening, and at first light
Also in the afternoon hour
I’ll be thinking of you, and your easy smile
Won’t you travel safely my love and take good care
Won’t you travel safely my love and know I’ll be here, I’ll be here
Follow all the lines that make you be
They hold up the sky of the sky of the trees
And this is the secret that I wear on my sleeve
I’ve got you with me, here in my heart
Won’t you travel safely my love and take good care
Won’t you travel safely my love and know I’ll be here, I’ll be here
And this is what’s keeping the stars apart
I’ve got you with me, here in my heart
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Revolution
02:52
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It’ll be high tide in Tucson tonight
Open all the windows and turn out the lights
Storms blowing in let that lightning strike
Cuz it’s raining justice in the desert tonight
And I wonder, would you join me for a revolution
For a revolution
It’ll be midnight on main street tonight
Turn up the radio set our hearts on fire
Old boys in the back seat, go on retire
Cuz Liberty’s got a lead foot and it’s her turn to drive
And I wonder, would you join me for a revolution
Pledge allegiance to your neighbor
Use your heart for what it’s made for
We can change this for the better
It’ll be supper time in the country tonight
Let’s roll up our sleeves and reap what’s right
Come right on it, sit wherever you’d like
Let’s be all for one, one for all tonight
And I wonder, would you join me for a revolution
Cuz I pledge my allegiance to you
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Gravity
04:30
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The very first painting was done on a wall
Earth made an outline, a shadow of palm
Fingers wide open with spaces to fill
We are evolving but we are still
I am only human, circling a star
Count the revolutions, count the time we are
I am a line I will come to an end
But we are a circle again and again
What is more beautiful than roses in bloom?
I’m getting older right here with you
Forget and remember what day is today
The beauty of roses is that they fade.
We are only human, circling a star
Count the revolutions, count the time we are
Write all the names of the places you’ll go
Know all the faces of people you’ll love
May this be our gravity
May this be our gravity
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6. |
Elephants & Whales
04:23
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Burden to be reckoned
A face so wide
Between folded ears
Bright ideas.
King of the ocean
A smile so wide
Between folded arms
A heart the size of a car.
Oh these elephants and whales
are getting hard to hide
so we keep them in yard
at an arm’s length.
Oh now we’ve grown too big for our room
More than walls can endure
This gravity has no need for a ceiling
These quarrels, for the floor
Oh these elephants and whales
are getting hard to hide
so we keep them in yard
at an arm’s length.
They remember, oh how they love.
They remember, oh how they love.
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7. |
Blue Bird (Carolina)
03:42
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Oh I was hoping for a blue bird
Got a hornet instead
Had my heart set on a new one
Yellow jacket moved on in
I slept in a raft in my bed
Brought branches from the outside in
Oh what stings it stings within
Wings are all relative
I left that jacket way up high
Outside my window in July
I’ll never go back to save my life
Oh oh to hell with Carolina
Oh I was dancing with a blue eyed doe
Now I’ve got hooves for toes
What’s left is right is wrong I know
Up is down and down I go
My hooves were over my head
Tangled in the things that were said
Oh what speaks it speaks within
Words are all relative
Words are all relative
I left that jacket way up high
Outside my window in July
I’ll never go back to save my life
Oh to hell with Carolina
I suppose that we all need homes
A place to rest our heads
When the sun it goes to sleep
A place you go to bed
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8. |
January
04:13
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Dark night in January
I drove right to the cemetery
Parked right where you told me
Now I’m dead, dead and buried
Dug me a shallow grave in your mind
And ya covered me covered me with cold lies
And you choose not to recognize
That I am still breathing, here and alive
But if you bury a seed it grows
Climbs on earth shoulders and stands on its toes
No one can tell them, they just know
If you bury me I’ll grow
If you bury me I’ll grow
If you bury me I’ll grow
If you bury me I’ll grow
If you bury me I’ll grow
If you bury me I’ll grow
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9. |
Poughkeepsie
02:26
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What’s a penny to a horse
A nickel to a flea
I reckon they don’t care about money
And I’d save a day, maybe two or three
Just to spend a little time in your company
What’s a button to a bear
Cotton field to a bee
I reckon they don’t wear a thing
And I’d tie my shoes on the wrong two feet
Just to spend a little time in your company
Cuz I got you and you got me
Oh what a menagerie
And I’ll take you if you take me
On down to Poughkeepsie
What’s an ear of corn to a long-long-horn
A mashed potato to an alligator
Roast a marshmallow with an armadillo
Bake a sweet potato pie with a porcupine
And I’d cook up something mighty fine
Just to spend a little time in your company
Cuz I got you and you got me
Oh what a menagerie
And I’ll take you if you take me
On down to Poughkeepsie
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Oh she, oh she
Oh she, oh she
Oh she calls them like a siren
Stealing their hearts, oh she
Dark as night and belly deep
She calls them, calls them to the sea
Oh she, oh she
Oh she draws them to attention
Wanton, cold, and sharp as teeth.
Taste her mouth, oh swallow deep
The more you have, the more you need.
Oh she, oh she
The saga of the captain and his cargo that were taken
On the high seas at the hand of the pirates
Remind us that the ocean she,
Will steal your heart and leave you lonesome
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11. |
Paradise
04:26
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Put your body in the river
and let the sun warm your hair
Frigid water makes you shiver
It don’t matter we’re here
Paradise is anywhere I am with you now
New love feels old somehow
Kiss you on sidewalk I’ll kiss you on the mouth
But not for too long I’m from the south
Wrap your body in a blanket
and turn on the electric stove
Wake up honey smell the coffee
Sun is coming up real soon
Paradise is anywhere I am with you now
New love feels old somehow
Kiss you on the rooftop I’ll kiss you on the ear
Kiss you until we forget we’re here
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12. |
Try Something New
01:22
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try something new and call it routine
put your telephone in the ground in the spring
give your sentiments time to grow sweet
stay for summer and learn how to get along
get along, get along
cuz when the fruit falls, you can't put it back on
and i turn to tell you in a rational way
i love you darlin there ain't more to say
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Mo Pepin Boston, Massachusetts
Mo's guitar-driven music has an eye for nature and a heart for lovin'. Buckle up for melodic finger picking and simple melodies, and whatever you do, enjoy the ride.
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