1. |
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We walked by the mission and we watched the men smoke,
some read the papers and others told jokes
about the places they'd been, all their old friends
and everybody crossed when that ambulance came again
Everybody moved from the shady side of the street
to the sunnier side of the street.
Everybody moved.
They'll do anything to get out of the heat,
they will risk their lives on the rocks at the sea,
they will stand in the street in a lightening storm
but in a couple months, they'll be crossing to get warm
as they move from the shady side of the street
to the sunnier side of the street
as they move
to where we do anything, we'll go out in the cold,
we risk our lives on those icy roads
we'll help out a neighbor in snow storm
but in a couple months, we won't even say "good morning"
as we move from the shady side of the street
to the sunnier side of the street
as we move
We'll walk by the mission and the men will still smoke
they will still read the papers, they will still tell jokes
about the places they're going, all their new friends
and everybody will cross as the ambulance comes again
Everybody moves from the shady side of the street
to the sunnier side of the street
Everybody moves
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2. |
Folk/Love Song
02:11
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I want to buy the farm like lovers will
80 years old and lovers still
a front porch, a dirt road
an old dog, a wood stove.
We will never work for Maggie again
you and me, my best friend.
Sunrise to sunset,
the fireplace is our T.V. set
Oh, won't you move to the city with me?
We'll get a place down on Main Street
and up above the corner store
we'll spend our nights on the floor
We'll be laughing at all the crowds
and the way that they move around.
Where are they going to?
I don't need nobody... but you
Or we could take it out on the road
and live life out of a window.
The stars above would be our only friends.
No one knows where these highways ends.
So let's search for a reason
by following the seasons,
we'll keep moving on,
we'll be three lives lived in a folk song.
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3. |
Past the Moon
03:43
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Look up to the night sky and see the satellites be
eclipsed by the moon. Soon, that will be me and you.
Look down to the deep see, the reflections of you and me
surrounded by the stars. How far can we really go past the moon?
Out into inner space, released from the weight of this world
and all it's pull. We are fully, finally, free.
There is no more day and night. Our sun is a fading light.
We have nothing to fear past the moon.
Do our feet need the ground? Do our heads need up and down?
Do our lungs need to breathe? Do our hearts even need to beat?
So look up to the night sky and see the satellites be
eclipsed by the moon and soon that will be me and you...
Past the moon.
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