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The Sea Around Us
04:58
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Step out onto the sandbar
See the waves all around us
See these things shine, blue and green, in these nighttime waters of this Atlantic Ocean
Come see the sea around us
Fill your bathing cap with saltwater
Tip it over your hair
Hold my hand and run out into the waves
Pretend like nobody’s there
On the beach see the sand, you say to me, it’s purple with manganese, black with iron
See these lines here, see these lines here, year after year and year after year
Come see the sea around us
Hold your mouth wide open and
Eat up the land all about you
See the swallows in their nests in the cliffs and
Spiders riding the dune grasses
And I’m gonna float on my back out here for the rest of the whole damn day, and I’m gonna tip my head back here and swallow this whole landscape
Come see the sea around us
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Kiss me once by the harbor, kiss me twice by the docks
Where the dories all are floating, where the seagulls crowd the rocks
Kiss me once by your pickup truck, twice by your pickup truck
I hope you pick me up tonight
Kiss me once by the moon and kiss me twice by the railing of the
Porch of my house, come on in and don’t be shy
Kiss me once by the threshold, kiss me twice by the kitchen stove
I know you wanna love me tonight
I’ve had my eyes on you for such a long time now
I hope you’ve had your eyes on me too
I’ve had my mind on you, can’t think of nothing much else now
I hope I’ve been on your mind too
So kiss me once on the cheek and kiss me twice on the lips
Where the corners of my mouth are waiting for your fingertips
Once on the fingers, twice on the hands
Lead me out on the floor of this living room bandstand
Kiss me once in the hallway, kiss me twice by the stairs
You know where I wanna go, so take me there
I’ve had my eyes on you for such a long time now
I hope you’ve had your eyes on me too
I’ve had my mind on you, can’t think of nothing much else now
I hope I’ve been on your mind too
I’ve had my eyes on you
I’ve had my eyes on you
I’ve had my mind on you
I’ve had my mind on you
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Four and twenty blackbirds up in the sky
Four and twenty blackbirds coming in from the afterlife
They land on my balcony, I feed them a handful of rice
Four and twenty blackbirds darken with flight
Four and twenty blackbirds up in the sky
Four and twenty blackbirds rise in a funnel so high
They leave from my balcony, they leave me alone
Four and twenty blackbirds, flying back home
And when I go back there there’s no one around
Your daughters have scattered from your old stomping grounds
You left me the backwaters, you left me an empty town
Four and twenty blackbirds rise up from the ground
Four and twenty blackbirds up in the sky
Four and twenty blackbirds, no pattern to my eye
They leave from my balcony, ascended in flight
They leave me like you before, alone in the light
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By The Shore
03:58
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By the shore of a rolling sea I left the last of my memory behind
For the gulls to pick over, let ‘em have there fill
I put a sign up for all to see, here lies the last of my memory
For some long distance rower, headed west with the sun
By the last of the border towns, I found a stretch of unbroken ground and I
I am going to break it, if it takes all year
In the mouth of the desert dry I see no reason to wonder why I’ve come
To the dust and the drylands where no river runs
In the light of the early dawn I see the road I’ve been walking on and I
I am weary of walking, I am weary and far from my home
But I’m on my way back home, though there’s miles and miles to go
Though there’s miles before I’ll know
Where I am and what the years have yet to show
On I’m on my way back home, though there’s miles and miles to go
Though there’s miles before I’ll know
Where I am and what the years have yet to show
There are miles and miles that I have yet to go
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Hey Girl
03:56
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If you should see me when I’m walking down the street
If you should see me with my back straight as can be
With my chin up and my teeth… flashing you a smile
If you should see me
Say hey girl, whatcha hopin’ for today
Say hey girl, whatcha singin’ on your way
To the bus stop, to the train, in the sunshine, in the rain
And what’s your name, hey girl, what’s your name
If you should see me when I’m coming home from school
If you should see me bundled up in winter wool
If I’m looking straight at you, well then honey as a rule, I hope you say
If you should see me
Say hey girl, whatcha lookin’ for today
Say hey girl, whatcha thinkin’ on your way
To the bus stop, to the train, in the sunshine, in the rain
And what’s your name, hey girl, what’s your name
And Lord knows I’ve been hollered at before
And Lord knows, that’s not what I’m lookin’ for
But hey girl, I’ve been waitin’ for you for so long
And so there’s nothing wrong
If you should see me when you’re weary from the years
If you should see me when you’ve had it up to here
You want someone you can share both the sweetness and the tears
Well I hope you say, If you should see me
Say hey girl, how you doin’ for today
Say hey girl, can I walk you on your way
To the bus stop, to the train, in the sunshine in the rain
And what’s your name, hey girl, what’s your name
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Years and Years
03:37
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There are days I could lay my head on the shoulder of my neighbor
On the number one bus to Harvard
There are days, there are days
I’m so goddamned tired I could fall into the arms of the nearest pretty stranger there are days
There are days
There are days and days when my feet are running late
Through my tears I heard your voice
You have years and years and more will be revealed
In this year, oh in the year
I have seen the face of the morning in its grace, in the fullness of its grace
In this year, oh in this year
I have found the faith resting in the shining center of my spirit of my solar plexus here
For I have years, I have years
I have years and years and more will be revealed, and more will be revealed
On this day that the Lord has made
I am lifted up by the brass band and the choir
By the morning and its fire burning clear
For I have years
I have years and years and more will be revealed
I have years, I have years
I have years and years and more will be revealed, and more will be revealed
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Through to Morning
04:14
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I remember one night in November
The moon rose, cold, like a warning
Time grabbed me up by the collar
Dragged me down the street by my ear
And I don’t know what you were thinking
I don’t know what I was
I don’t know how I made it through, but I made it through
To the morning
Pipers walk the line of the harbor
Seasons mark the time of my tears
Wave rises up into water
Marches up the beach without fear
And I don’t know what you were thinking
I don’t know what I was
I don’t know how I made it through, but I made it through
To the morning
And I don’t know what you were thinking
I don’t know what I was
I don’t know how I made it through, but I made it through
To the morning
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Just Like Yesterday
04:20
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Got up today just like I did yesterday
Took the bus into the city
Crossed the bridge same way as yesterday
Same way as yesterday
Got up today just like I did yesterday
Took the bus into the city
Crossed the bridge same way as yesterday
Same way as yesterday
And I don’t know how to get the energy
I don’t know how to go on and on and on
I don’t know how to be brave enough to live
Instead of [merely existing]
I see the road looking long and empty
See my days running on on repeat
All the time that’ll be left to fill
All the time that’ll be left to pay
And I don’t know how to get the energy
I don’t know how to go on and on and on
I don’t know how to be brave enough to live
Instead of merely existing
And I’ve been reading
Too much about dying this week
And God knows what’s been on my mind when I sleep
Got up today just like I did yesterday
Took the bus into the city
Crossed the bridge same way as yesterday
Same way as yesterday
Got up today, just like I did yesterday
Got up today, just like I did yesterday
Got up today, just like I did yesterday
Just like I did yesterday
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9. |
New Flowering
03:50
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Let the fields turn mellow in the sun
Let the days come one by one
Like pearls through our hands we are dreaming of the work to be done
Let our hands be tender from
From love, let love be at the end
Let the night come softly like a friend
We are dreaming of a dawn, pink and gold with a view of the mountaintop so
This is the valley we must tend
Take my hand while we weep
For there is much that we must grieve
But I know joy comes in the morning
Let there be a new flowering
I know joy comes in the morning
Let the fields turn mellow in the sun
Let the war be over once
And for all we are dreaming of a peace that will reach and will come
Let our hearts be tender from
From love....
Let love be at the end...
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Sail Away
05:18
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Sail away to the other shore
Take your heart into your hands and hold it before you
I remember that summer day
When you took me down to the Harwich Bay
I remember we sailed into the wind
We sailed into the sound, we went out to the Cape
Sail away to the other shore
Take your heart into your hands and hold it before you
Sail away to the other shore
Take your heart into your hands and hold it before you
I remember when I was a child
And you took me down to the riverside
That October, we walked over the water
To watch the white sailboats racing into the harbor
Sail away to the other shore
Take your heart into your hands and hold it before you
Sail away to the other shore
Take your heart into your hands and hold it before you
Oh the heart wants what the heart wants
And this heart wants to be free
Oh the heart wants what the heart wants
And this heart wants to be
Sail away to the other shore
Take your heart into your hands and hold it before you
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Lullaby
03:08
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Come lay your head upon my shoulder
And let me hold you in my arms
For you are safe now from the cold here
No worry the world now, oh no worry the world
Come lay your head upon my shoulder
And let me sing you fast to sleep
For all my love is here to hold you
No worry the world now, oh no worry the world
Oh my love, my darling baby
Precious gift from every God
And though its roads lead out forever
No worry the world now, oh no worry the world
And when you wake from all your dreaming
And when you see the rising sun
Know that my voice will still be singing
No worry the world now, oh no worry the world
No worry the world, now…
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