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Any Direction by DSG & The Limit

by David Shepherd Grossman

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When I Fell C F I was thinking bout the time I had C F Went down so well, woke up so sad C F In the morning the birds would sing C F I’d be out so cold I never heard a thing C F Am C Driving home on the wrong side of the road F C G Looks like the moon is sinking F C G There must be someone else up drinking F C G F C F Am F I wish I knew what I was thinking when I fell in love C F All the times I had to learn C F Which house was yours which way to turn C F And which bed in the house was yours C F Walking in wrong rooms Knocking on wrong doors C F Am C Waking up wondering where I am F C G She went to work – left me alone F C G I’d of stayed if I’d a known F C G D (yes D!) Note said I should make myself at home F C G F I wish I knew what I was thinking when I fell in love C F I remember the time I had C F Wasn’t all that good, wasn’t all that bad C F Borrowed bedrooms borrowed phones Am Am addGbass F Never paid one bill never slept alone F C G F I wish I knew what I was thinking when I fell in love
2.
Heaven On Earth Words and Music by David Shepherd Grossman Ó 2000 Destiny shows her face And no one can take her place Her hands are wheels Her eyes are blind She has no need no fear Her heart is a greaseless gear It wears away As friends who drift apart Chorus: You want to go than you go You're going to be what you'll be Gonna take all you give You're gonna give what you leave It's a long way up It's a long way down To have heaven on earth You'll have to stay on the ground Wait for love to ease the hate Heaven it has no gate There's no sign To let you know you're there Summer comes you’re gone again I'm sinking down within My hands are tied There is no way out Chorus Destiny says goodbye Before you can ask her why She's gone
3.
Standing on the ground Looking to the sky you ask yourself Which way will my soul fly? Old, old and gray The people once you thought were right are wrong today Chorus Bleeding In company you keep Needing Nothing more than lots of sleep The dice you roll The cards you lay The dice you roll The cards you play Standing on the shore Waiting for your ship to come in Strange how all true sailors have no home Manipulate the wind Righting all your wrongs you come to find Another ending from where now you must begin Chorus Send me back in time Paint me in a cave Put me in a world where there's nothing I must save 'cause I won't choose One to win or and one to lose I won't choose one to win or and one lose
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Kelly 03:31 video
Kelly ãDavid Shepherd Grossman How do you feel today Kelly? Did the sun set down on you? Only you? When the old man took you by the hand and made you stand up Was there something else you wanted? There’s a light in your eye There’s a grin on your face And no one’s telling lies With any more grace ‘cause it’s all about Feeling low down And out You’re a long way from home I’m a long way from you If we had a dream It didn’t come true ‘cause it’s all about Feeling low down And out How do you feel today Kelly? Did the sun set down on you? Only you? When the old man took you by the hand and made you stand up Was there something else you wanted?
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The Seer Words and Music by David Shepherd Grossman Brown man on the ground Limbs flashing all around Tribe gathers near the sound To hear the song on the seer Lighting wings in his screams Seer man projects his dream Love it powers everything >From hope pity to doomsday Power lines criss across the sky Phones on people passing by Deep in space the signal flies Some they live and others die Seer man he hears their cry Needs to share his alibi Others pass through on the sly Trying to destroy him Faith it travels at a speed Love has power beyond greed The more you loose the more you need To keep your faith alive The walls go up The walls come down The walls go up And the walls come down Get down on the ground and pray To the song of the seer He's bound to raise the dead someday Raise the dead someday If you get down on the ground and pray To the song of the seer He's bound to raise the dead someday Raise the dead someday If you get down
6.
Born in an apartment 
Raised up in a house 
 When I was small I figured that was what life was about 
 Get yourself a job, a mortgage and a wife 
 Have a couple kids and you'll be set for life 
 My brother did 
my sister did 
my cousin did 
 But I'm out on the road 
 Every day and every night 
 No place I got to go 
 Laying low living light 
 Nothing else has worked 
 Nothing else has felt so right 
 Caaaarrr Living To hell with all the rest this license plate is my address 
I'll be heading out in the morning 
Caarrr Living 
 Everything's in back - pillow and road map 
Ice chest and a spare - there ain't no room back there 
 Pulled off at a truck stop along the interstate 
 Gotta get some gas and crash 
Before it gets too late 
 Gotta get up early gotta job in the next town 
I don't need much money just enough to get around 
But my brother does 
 My sister does 
My cousin does 
But I'm out on the road 
Every day and every night 
No place I got to go 
 Laying low living light 
Nothing else has worked 
 Nothing else has felt so right 
Caaaarrr Livng 
To hell with all the rest this license plate is my address 
 I'll be heading out in the morning 
 Caarrr Living 
 With a lap top and cell phone this ain't no rental- I own 
Every town is different Every town's the same 
 Dairy Queens and Wall Marts boarded by different names 
It used to bring me down 
Used to break my heart 
Then I realized all I need is 
Someplace to park 
 But I'm out on the road 
Every day and every night 
No place I got to go 
 Laying low living light 
Nothing else has worked 
Nothing else has felt so right 
 Caaaarrr Living 
 What street am I on? 
It don't matter much 
I'm gone 
In the morning 
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The New You 02:44
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Years keep rolling by me Sometimes you see what you want to see I had a job and lost it On a day like any other day it would seem All the tine I was running round Felt pretty good like the smell of wood Burning at a camp fire All right Each and every night I’d go out on the town Throw it all around Now I’m gonna leave I want out Of the money drought Out of the money drought I want out Some folks live how they want to live Some live to get by Some folks hold their head to the ground Some hold their head to the sky Some will take donations Some will rob you blind Some will trade away their souls Some just trade their time Now I want to leave I want out Of the money drought When I was young and fancy free all you needed was love Love and a stereo That's all you'd ever need and I believe I believe in the hippy - like I believe I believe in the government - I believe I believe in the wars The wars fought on TV - yes I believe I believe in the rain dance Like I believe in the weatherman I believe that make believe is going to be here after me So I want to leave I want out of the money drought If I stay here long enough Will things just come to me I don’t want to have to steal it no more I don’t want to have to borrow it no more I don’t want to have to pray for it Why can’t some things just be they way I want them to be Money can’t by happiness It pays for everything else You’re never gonna know just who’s it is until you pay for it yourself I don’t want to sound greedy I’m just tired of being broke I may not ever afford a home But I can afford this toke Lord I’m gonna get high Higher than the rich man ever can Higher than the poor man ever can Higher than most any man That’ the way its gonna be until I find my way Find my way out Of the Money Drought
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Baby's In The Basement Chorus Baby's in the basement Working on the car I'm in the kitchen watching T.V. Playing this guitar Full moon  on the calendar Half  moon in the sky Dinner's in the freezer Couldn't chew it if I tried Sparkles on the ceiling Plants in the bath Got water in the ashtray And ashes in the glass Chorus Someone's coming over I can't remember who Got papers on my table Full of stuff for me to do Full moon on the calender Half moon in the sky Headache on my shoulders Chaos in my eyes Chorus
11.
How many years? Where does the time go? I know you loved me the best you could Some part of me just misunderstood I've been alone thinking we were in love The days changed so fast If I could have just slowed them down some Know that I loved you the best I could If I could start over you know that I would 'cause I've been alone thinking we were in love There's nothing colder Than knowing his arms are keeping you warm I won't stay long I just had to see you again The judge let me out But you set me free 'cause I've been alone I've been alone, been alone, been alone I've been alone thinking we were in love 

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There's a broken sign That marks the city line Where the black paved road turns to dirt and sand There's a burning tree Down by the city green sea Why they keep it lit I still don't understand You say you want a destination Where nothing is what it seems? City Green We got gardens Filled with potted life Our minds are all we can afford To sacrifice Set it all a flame And see if it feels the same Coming down You want a destination Where nothing is what it seems? City Green We got a fast way For you to slow down You'll read between the lines Step beyond the ground You say you still feel unaware I guess you never been there You got burned You want a destination Where nothing is what it seems? City Green
14.
Love Brings Me Down By David Shepherd Grossman The years have passed The time has lapsed These eyes are not the same There's a girl I knew She had a frozen view When it melted she fell like rain I got on the phone today and called her up She pretended she wasn't there Love Brings Me Down So I let her go Thinking I didn't know How I knew it was her all along And she laughed out loud hanging up the phone Life it will go on We may not ever have meant that much Still it's nice to say so long Love Brings Me Down Everywhere I go it's always one thing or another They're in love or out So happy  or trying to recover It's left me empty and stray And maybe I'm better that way Love Brings Me Down
15.
Blacked out when the lights shut down Wished I had some love around Movies, TV, these I had Stereo tuned in Pen and pad But its not enough All the time I keep these things plugged in my mind What I really need is a way to leave To leave the world behind I need some Night Wings Crossed the street and a girl walked by She was looking at me looking at her watching the sky Keeping designated movements timed to her eyes She was sad but liked the rain She walked across with her head hung low Wondering which way to go Her head moved back from left to right But her mind was far away in flight Night Wings Love gets cold when love goes dry Staring forever in another's eyes A matter of minutes fades to days Then weeks to years time moves away From where you were to where you'll be That's where we are constantly 365 degrees Beyond the pull of gravity Night Wings 

about

This is an album of songs that didn't fit on other albums.

Destiny, or Heaven On Earth was inspired by Mickey Newbury's writing. I wrote it in 1989.

When I Fell is about how love feels like forever though it can be temporary as life.

If I Had It All was also inspired by Mickey Newbury. I wrote this in 1989.

Kelly is about dreams that don't come true. Written in 2001

Alone In Love. It is really one of the saddest of feelings. To be in love with someone - all by yourself. 1989

Baby's In The Basement was written about an apartment I had in SF on Duncan St. My best friend at Saint Ignatius, Len, his father owned some apartments in SF and he gave me a great deal on the place. 1990

Paint Me In A Cave - I identify with a time before apartments, cars, products, and electricity. Sometimes I feel like I am bio-cave art. A time before we had the pressure to save the planet and all that lives here. 1993

Car Living: I did it from 1984 to 1985. Heard, with the economy spinning out of control and jobs being taken by machines, it was happening to a whole generation of folks. So I wrote this about that. 2001

The Seer was inspired by the book Black Elk Speaks and a bottle of tequila. Long live The Lakota! 1993

The New You is for anyone who has had some sort of makeover and believes they are someone else. 1996

Better Than This: An answer to the question I used to get asked most at live gigs. Why are you not famous? 2001

City Green was written in HIGH School. I don't know about the others but I was getting HIGH there. 1983

Love Brings Me Down is the true story of a telephone call gone bad. This really happened. I called a girl I had broken up with to see how she was... and well..... she had moved on....way on. 1985.

Any Direction: This weird song is a tribute to The Talking Heads. A really good songwriter I know told me it was his least favorite of my songs. I took that to heart and stopped playing it. Now (2019) I sort of dig it again. I have to go with the theory that not every song is for everyone. Listen to my instincts instead of everyone's opinions. 1996

Night Wings: I played it at a music class I took at Blue Bear School Of Music in SF in 1985 taught by songwriter Bonnie Hayes who wrote many songs for many established artist. My favorite from her was recorded by Bonnie Raitt ..."Have A Heart." She really liked Night Wings and sort of used it as an example to the rest of the class of what a good song was. I was proud of that.
Written in 1984.

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released July 22, 2014

Matt Murman, Jason Montero, Andy Kern, Greg Lisi, Johnny Kempt, Rick Hatfield, Terry Anderson, MIke Giacalone, Gary Bruzzese, Tommy Blue, Kerry Jackson, and a few people I never actually met were responsible for the recording of these songs.

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