1. |
Living Within
03:52
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Living Within
ã 1998 David Shepherd Grossman
It takes all of the patience and faith you can stand
To look in the mirror each day
There is beer in the bath-tub
You’ve emptied your plans
But maybe it’s better that way
If it hadn’t been love it may have been money
To keep you awake form your dreams
Yellow haired cowboys in Rhinestone hats, displaying designer blue jeans
You say you hate it all now
You hate it all now all the glitter and gloss that paints commercials and news
They lie and they lie and it captures the eye, ‘cause there is nothing else better to view
But it all comes down
It all comes down
To looking at living with you
Long lonesome road give me a call
Tell me it is time to return
I haven't the structure to withstand a fall. I’ll shatter as ashes burn
Back on the highway
Back on the road
Its an ageless escape for the man
Some leave their lovers their jobs their goals. They empty their pockets and plans
To walk down a road
Blow with the wind
Rise like a tide
Fall like a sin
‘cause it all comes down
To looking at living within
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2. |
I'm A Poster
03:59
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I’m A Poster
In the cold
When it’s warm
See the sun
Feel the storm
It’s ok
For me now
I will stay
Here somehow
Hear the ocean
Far away
Misty nights
Foggy days
Children work
Gamblers play
Space feels still
I spin round
On my head
Looking down
See the stars beneath me now
Tow the line
Lift your weight
Watch our time
Dissipate
Angles in
Straight ends out
All free will
All free will
I’m a poster
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3. |
Heaven On Earth
02:29
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Heaven On Earth
Words and Music by David Shepherd Grossman
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
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4. |
Smiles For The Morning
05:43
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Smiles For The Morning
David Shepherd Grossman ã1989/2001
Drainpipe dripping to the sewer line
Clothes strung out across the alley
X's mark the windows
Sadness as the wind blows
The waitress at my cafe says she's feeling fine
Smiles for the morning
When I met her
I thought it'd be easy to forget her
But then she held on
I used to read the bible with 3-D glasses
Thought maybe then I'd see some light
The priest sent me to hell
My father said, "Oh well, he seems to know his let from his right."
Now there's an inside and an out side and there's beside you
It was out of the city
High up on the hill
There I first noticed stars
The people said they'd seen them
But I never believed them
You can carry that line too far
And she said, "Take me away in the morning
We'll make our way our way.
Take me away in the morning you'll find happiness by mid day
Take me away in the morning heaven ain't reached alone
Take me away in the morning, take me home
When I woke up this morning
There was a smile drawn across my mirror
Ashes will be ashes and dust is so fine
But all can do is forgive her
Smiles For The Morning
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5. |
Roadman
03:53
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Roadman
words & music david shepherd grossman ã2002
Nothing there but desert ground
Riding roads town to town
Saw him and spun around
Hollow eyes say, “Keep moving.”
Standing still outside nowhere
He must be hiding - must have done some deed
Hundred miles in all directions
Nothing but road and desert to see
Sifting dirt though his fingers
Watch it fall into a baseball cap
Staring hard into the silence
Once you go you can’t come back
(Chorus)
Roadman sitting down
A hundred miles from any town
Roadman wondering round
The unpaved land
The barren ground
Star filled skies lift the spirit
Road kill keeps the body fed
Some folks say these roads are haunted
By the living and the dead
Clinging to the back top pavement
Like a blanket in the cold
Midnight trucks are bound to wake you
On their way to where they go
Pressure – gone forever
Bushman of the western world
Asphalt river, billboard tree
Exit off your memories
(Chorus)
Plain as darkness
Nothing matters
To feel worse
You first must feel
Boulder blanket
Pebble pillow
Where can the Roadman heal?
On the crossroad….On the crossroad…On The Cross Roadman. – Chorus.
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6. |
Money Drought
04:12
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The Money Drought
David Shepherd Grossman ã93/2002
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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7. |
Live And Grow
03:47
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Live And Grow
It was a tropical journey on a dark blue sea
Heading for the island of the Moroni
Met a girl with a distant smile
Her love was strong and it lasted for a while
Palm trees swayed and we danced
Silhouettes, too scared to take a chance
Chorus
Hey ho you live and grow
If you're going to let go you're Gonna loose some soul
Hey ho you live and grow
If you're going to let go you won't stay whole
In the seconds sliding into sleep
That's the time I feel the most complete
I wonder why this has to be
But the answer remains a mystery
Throw your life on the lilly pad
If it floats good luck if it don't to bad
Chorus
The biggest mistake I ever made
Was thinking that love was an even trade
They say you get whatever you give
When you think about life don't forget to live
Chorus
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8. |
Any Direction
02:54
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9. |
This Time Around
04:56
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This Time Around
Your back in the city
On your own but that's alright this time around
Nobody knows where you come from
So you tell them that you're from some other town
So far away gray was the field where you left her
Waving down a dusty road
Her hand was waving like a flag on a pole
When you said goodbye goodbye goodbye
And hello to the highway sign
And hello to the dotted line
And hello to an empty seat
She used to sit right there
I'll take the blame you make the move
Quick change of lanes under the over pass
Lights on the ground getting closer
The stars look farther away
There's a bobtail pulling up the right side
There's a Greyhound pullin up the left look out
There's a pickup pulling up floodlights on
And a railroad crossing up ahead
And you remember what she said when you left
You think about it over and over
She never believed you'd leave
Miles and miles and miles and miles and miles
'till you're back in the city
Where the days don't end when the sun goes down
You got one room on the first floor
It's two doors down to the liquor store
A cup of coffee in the morning
The television on all night
Smoking cigarettes round 'till the filter burns down
See the smoke pulling into the light
Did you catch the name of the girl in the leather gown
Or were you too fucked up to write it down
Another blues band played your one night stand
All you took home was a good God dam
There's a pay phone ringing in the alley
A fight breaking out in the hall
A couple going at it in the room next store
The sound whips through the crack in the wall
And you remember what she said as you left you think about it
Over and over
She never believed you'd leave
Miles and miles and miles and miles and miles
'till you're back in the city on your own but that's alright
This time around
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10. |
It Takes Love
03:22
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It Takes Love
David Shepherd Grossman ã96/2005
I have grown in many ways
Known a lot of years a lot of days
Felt more than I can put in words
But there's one thing that I know you might have heard
Chorus
It takes love you see
To live
It takes love you see
To give
This I know, this I know, but it's so hard to show
From me to you
I don't know what to do
But it takes love
I was small
But weren't we all
Time passed slow
Kicking cans
Across the snow
In my dreams I was more
Than I am now
But it takes more that dreams
To get you through
The things that cloud your view
Chorus
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11. |
Obituary Blues
08:46
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