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Soul-Songs: Ohia
05:54
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Soul
I tell all your friends that
You're bound for glory
And how long did you know
That you'd make it there before me
And what is it like
Is it worth this misfortune
What is it like on the other side
These 20 years I've loved one thing only
I love what I know about passion
I love what I know about mercy
I love what I know about patience
I love what I know about soul
And I know you
And I know you
And I know you
I tell all my friends
That I'm bound for heaven
And if it ain't so
You can't blame me for living
I know what it's like
And it's worth this misfortune
I know what it's like on the other side
These 20 years I've loved one thing only
I love what I know about passion
I love what I know about mercy
I love what I know about patience
I love what I know about soul
And I know you
And I know you
And I know you
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Weathering-Brown Bird
03:58
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Weathering
there's a fundamental flow
made of truths known and unknown
made of lies both petty and profound
it provides a sense of place
a state of pain, a state of grace
and I've got one foot planted firmly on each ground
though I've sown my seeds sincerely
since you came into my life
I do fear past indiscretions have come around
like this predicament we're in's
a kind of karma for my sins
Entwined with testimony to the love I've found
there are land mines buried in the road to our home
of fear and loathing, self pity and stone
though our steps be guided by a force unknown
may our will still weather on
when we are broken we are born
a sailor weathering a storm
a thirsty seed soaked in the aftermath of floods
a few more scars from facing fate
a racehorse entering the gate
a little wiser about the course we've got to run
and when the storm it does subside
this flood of roller coaster rides
we'll lick the wounds and learn to live with this new blood
and on the other side of tears
we'll build our strength and face our fears
and hit the ground running the race that's yet to come x2
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Tugboat-Galaxie 500
02:29
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I don't wanna stay at your party
I don't wanna talk with your friends
I don't wanna vote for your President
I just wanna be your tugboat captain
It's a place I'd like to be
It's a place I'd like to be
It's a place I'd like to be
It's a place I'd be happy
It's a place I'd like to be
It's a place I'd like to be
It's a place I'd like to be
It's a place I'd be happy
I don't wanna stay at your party
I don't wanna talk to your friends
I don't wanna vote for your President
I just wanna be your tugboat captain
It's a place I'd like to be
It's a place I'd like to be
It's a place I'd like to be
It's a place I'd be happy
It's a place I'd like to be
It's a place I'd like to see
It's a place I'd like to be
It's a place I'd be happy
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Supernatural
Built a king on compliments
Charisma and advertisements
Still they see him shimmy ephemeral
It ain't supernatural
No, it ain't supernatural
Supernatural, or maybe
Out-of-body experience
I flew around the hospital room once
On intravenous Demerol
It weren't supernatural
No, it weren't supernatural
Supernatural, or maybe
Sudden smell, a certain view
Sparks a whoppin' case of the déjà vu
Is it inexplicable
It ain't supernatural
No, it ain't supernatural
Supernatural, or maybe
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Tangle Tongue
You were on the couch
And I was in a chair
That you found in the trash
And I was tremble hands
And I was cotton mouth
And I was tangle tongue
A carnival photograph
And you thought you looked Chinese
But I thought you looked just fine
So sit and I contemplate the phone and
This heavy weight on my heart
And in my head
Now I am on the couch
And I am tangle tongue
And I wish I was with you
Just tangle tongue with you
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Radiator-Ida
02:16
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Radiator
I could watch you sleep for hours
Without noticing that it's getting really late
But last night i just wanted to wake you up
Hear the city hum underneath the pink moonlight
Well i drove all night to see you
And i beat the sun, but not by very much
The radiator was hissing in the kitchen
We sat on the fire escape your hand was in mine
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Little Fat Baby
Did you save your wisdom teeth?
Did you burn your Christmas tree?
He got dragged by a donkey
Through the dirt and the myrtle
But he was once a little fat baby
Did you lose your fatty in the bath?
Did you make the city slickers laugh?
He got dragged by a donkey
Through the glass and the myrtle
But he was once a little fat baby
Did you burn your wisdom teeth?
Did you save your Christmas tree?
He got dragged by a donkey
Through the switches and the myrtle
But he was once a little fat baby
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Coriander Eyes
You made me some chili
And I pulled up a chair
I didn’t know it was
The last time I’d be sitting there
You showed me the recipe
You said it’s not that hard
But it’s your eyes that I remember
When I think about that index card
Coriander eyes will never leave my memory
This bottle’s almost empty but I’ve got time to get me by
Coriander eyes will never leave my memory
This bottle’s almost empty but I’ve got time to get me by
I went to the grocery store
Around 2 am
My list was simple
Just some garlic salt and cinnamon
I saw you at the checkout
As I came up aisle four
And then you watched me watch you
Walk out that automatic door
Coriander eyes will never leave my memory
This bottle’s almost empty but I’ve got time to get me by
I wonder if her eyes will water
When she chops the onions that I bought her
Coriander eyes will never leave my memory
This bottle’s almost empty but I’ve got time to get me by
Coriander eyes will never leave my memory
This bottle’s almost empty but I’ve got time to get me by
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The Warmth of the Sun
You said you would leave and you did
You said you were sick of my shit
And I couldn’t blame you
For any of it
I said I would leave and I stayed
Almost every fucking day
Like I was asking for it
I was asking for it
And if you thought I could change
You were wrong I’m the same as the day is long
And the day is long
They say you’re just young
You’re just young but enough Is enough
Cause I’m just not having fun like I was
They call you names like boy and kid
But the fact of the matter is
This kid is who I’ve become
And I thought I could change I was wrong
I’m the same as the day is long
And this day’s been long
And now I’m begging for change
It don’t come the warmth of the sun
Is not enough
It’s never enough it’s never enough it’s never enough
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Christmas-Jason Anderson
02:13
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Christmas
You were December the best Christmas ever
Such glorious, glorious evenings
A skeleton tree we huddled beneath
What warmth just crouching beside you
A hundred false starts oh trembling heart
I swoon I melt I focus
Now from afar I sing to the stars
Let the universe blink and assure you
Put your ear to the sky and listen my darling
Everything whispers I love you
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Fingernail Moon
It's night and the fingernail moon
Brings me to dance through your room
Make me home, make me home soon
Oh
Come, my dear child
I only ask for a smile
To make all life worth the while
Oh
And when I can dream no more
I wake to be found on all fours
Blessed to be here on this floor
Oh
The unrighteous man follows his own folded hands
While he waits for some whispered command
Oh
But I knew from the start
To follow the beat of my heart
Back to dreaming and right where you are
Oh, Oh
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Better Days-Northern
02:48
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BETTER DAYS
We hardly speak these days
It’s seems we’ve lost in all the ways we might have gained.
And when I moved away
Well, I thought that we’d be in for better days.
Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, hey, hey.
Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, hey, hey.
But if you would cross the sound
You could meet me in my town.
We could shake and bury the rest underground.
Bury the rest underground.
Bury the rest underground.
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Only to Find-Nat Baldwin
02:14
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Only To Find
In a dark parking lot
With even-lined empty spaces
Pulsing echoes pound the pavement
Under the skies stars
I left behind
blistered footprints
I left behind
bloody fingertips
Only to find
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Balthazar's Song
Are you with me now
Working like a mule
I'm pulling slow
On a rainy black road
With a load I can barely feel
If you could come to me
You could take away my mind
You could fill me up
Like an empty cup
That would be fine
That would be fine
La-la-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
La-la, la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
La-la, la-la-la-la
No turquoise jewelry, no
Don't bury me with silver
Don't bury me in gold
When I die
The earth as my bride
Give me a dark and shady home
And are you with me now?
I'm working like a mule
Eventually I'll be set free
And that would be fine
That would be fine
La-la-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
La, la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
La, la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
La-la, la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
La, la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
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