1. |
Big Old House
04:31
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we'll put Francis in the yard
Grow some ivy
Wrap our saint in flowers
I’ll quit the band and take a job
Still write music
In our den for hours
In a big old house
We will mark our days
When the floors are cold
Get the coffees made
Light a fire
And when the snow is gone
We will still be here
I’ll mend the roof
You decorate
Thrift store paintings
Nudes of Paris
Plaster
And maybe Friday for a date
Make some children
At our party, after
In a big old house
We will mark their age
On the door jamb
By the white bookshelf case
On the morning
When they're moving on
They will still be here
Let’s turn the barn into a shop
Make your art
Sterling silver feathers
We’ll make due with what we got
We can weld
Any break together
In a big old house
We will make our way
And the drafty windows
Oh I wouldn't change
In the morning
When the winds are blown
We will still be here
We'll put Francis in the yard
Hear our blessings
Wrapped in flowers
Singing
In a big old house
We did live our days
It was cold and small
But a warm heart blazed
And the morning after we are gone
It will still be here
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2. |
Follow
04:11
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Follow my heart
Come follow my heart
Follow my heart
Just let me walk beside you
Let me walk beside you
Oh, just follow my heart
Ya, follow my heart
Follow my heart
Yet let me rest beside you
Let me rest beside you
Oh we’re All in the dark
We’re All in the dark
All in the dark
We’re all in the dark
Here in the dark though
Here in the dark
Here in the dark it just takes a spark
Follow my heart
How ‘bout I follow your heart
Oh I’ll follow your heart
Follow your heart, just let me walk beside you
Let me walk beside you
Oh, I’ll just follow your heart
Come and follow my heart
Oh i’ll follow your heart
Just let me rest beside you
Let me lay beside you
Oh we’re all in the dark
We’re all in the dark
All in the dark
We’re all in the dark
Here in the dark though
Here in the dark
Here in the dark it just takes a spark
So I’ll just Follow your heart
A light set on a wave
Through a storm,
She wouldn't break
I let her go away
Light another wave
Come and go away
Our light set on the moon
She goes for coming soon
I let her go away
Light another wave
Come and go away
Let it go away
Oh we’re
All in the dark
We’re all in the dark
All in the dark
We’re all in the dark
Here in the dark though
Here in the dark
Here in the dark it just takes a spark
It just takes a spark
Co just follow my heart
My light set on a wave
Through a storm
She wouldn't break
I let her go away
Let it go away
Light another wave
Come and go away
Like the light upon the moon
She goes for coming soon
I let her go away
Light another wave
Come and go away
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3. |
Glow
04:47
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The wind is blowing over the hill
The raindrops stirring the birds of the field
And I was absolutely hurting for love
The mountains raised like a curtain above
I saw the past like a river
That river enraged
With nowhere for certain to rest for the day
I was drifting in that river enough
I would have stayed there forever lighting it up
But I can’t shine
If I don’t glow
Peace of mind
Light this soul
Though all my crimes
Built this road
I don’t have to walk alone
The moon like an elbow resting in space
I wonder who’s looking down on our face
Sometimes I feel like an angel who got on the wrong bus
But then you know I’m that devil inside all of us
And I can’t shine
If I don’t glow
Peace of mind
Light this soul
Though all my crimes
Built this road
I don’t have to walk alone
I sought to leave this old world
I was just saving face
With nowhere for certain
To rest for the day
Then I saw I was leaving
Some kind of grace
The mountains revealing
Sunlight on my faith
I can’t shine
If I don’t glow
Peace of mind
Light this soul
And all these crimes built this road
We still shine even though
And we don’t have to walk alone
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4. |
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Never trade your promise for regret
The day you do your laying down a bet
That someones going to hold you when you're old
Let’s hope that human kindness doesn’t fold
Brother, it’s a wild and wary game
Then we count up the pieces that remain
Love will burn then bury you
Hearts will break then carry you
Truth will teach her song to you
As we walk our wild and weary way back home
These bridges were built by engineers
These lips could burn in days what took them years
Be careful when you reach for that last word
The last one is the only one they heard
Oh, Sister, it’s a long-forgotten tale
The lonely one is writing for himself
Love will burn, then bury you
Hearts will break then carry you
Truth will teach her song to you
As we walk our wild and weary way back home
An Elephants will always be your friend
The question is will you remember him
Never teach a bear karate
He’ll punch in the neck and break your body
Teach him how to care
Then he’ll learn to share
Take you out for dinner
Yah, he’ll take me everywhere
Sister, it’s a wild and weary road
Then we count up all the pieces that we sold
So, hang a sign and write it not for sale
These precious little items on the shelf
And sing
Love burn bright, then set me free
Heart be strong and carry me
Truth, tonight, sing your song for me
As I walk my wild and weary way back home
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5. |
Goodbye Grandpas
04:58
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goodbye cowboys
goodbye whiskey
goodbye cigarettes
goodbye mornings with leftover gravy
and afternoons we slept
goodbye world war
goodbye union
goodbye and bombs away
goodbye steel cars
And all the ruins
we're building up every day
he said it all before
So there was nothing left to say
he got what he came for
to watch it all just slip away
I guess,
so goodbye
goodbye watches
that hang from an old chain
goodbye John Wayne
goodbye angels
And goodbye devils
your looking more and more the same
goodbye Oreos
goodbye steel-toes
goodbye JFK
goodbye Bonnie
and goodbye Clyde
I hear you had a rough day
did he wake up one morning
to see that o’l watch had ticked-away
and he’d heard it all before
So there was nothing I could say
I guess
But, Goodbye
goodby playboys
goodbye Christmas toys
goodbye silhouette
framed by the old tv
In a chair he called ‘easy’
that’s where we slept
goodbye grandpas
goodbye grandsons
goodbye every day
goodbye real tall Santa Claus
I knew it was you anyway
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6. |
Hero Song
04:13
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Say in silence what I can't explain
Say too much when I can feel the blame I guess it's so
I know it's the old story told
But In my heart
I still want to be your hero
Broken promise I left too soon
Tearing down the world I built for you I guess it's so
I know it's so long past the show
But In my heart
I still want to be your hero
I only did the best I could
We say when it wasn't good enough
On new day wild and free
Then I wake up in our history
There's a lonely hero song
in every show that's moving on some debt I can't repay
All that is and yesterday, yesterday
I turned a page and put away those lies Now I'm waiting on my Nobel prize
I guess it's so
I know, there's a long way to go
But In my heart
I still want to be your hero
All I did and didn't say
All the words that got away
If I could go back, I would But I can't promise I'll be good
There's a lonely hero song
In every show that's moving on
Some debt, I can't repay all that is and yesterday yesterday
I guess it's so
I know, It's so long past the show
But in my heart
I still want to be your hero
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7. |
Beat Of My Heart
03:09
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When I wake up I feel unstoppable then the morning begins
Trip on the dog and it’s so impossible
The world as it goes never ends
When I hold you in my arms,
Now I'm talkin' to my pills
Baby, I feel all kinds of regret
You're better off just to run for the hills
This guy just a losing bet
Then she sings,
Hold me in your arms
I’m gonna be your lucky charm tonight
I love you like the beat of my heart (that feels so nice)
Anywhere you go, I would
Don’t care about the neighbourhood
I Follow like the beat of my heart
That’s good ‘cause
I feel at home in the neighbourhood
Where the Tejano shoot the guns in the sky
We’re making love like the stars in hollywood
We dance like the 4th of July
She sings,
Hold me in your arms
I’m gonna be your lucky charm tonight I love you like the beat of my heart (that feels just right)
Anyway you go, I would
Don’t care about the neighbourhood
I follow like the beat of my heart
When I hold you in my arms
Now I’m talking to my pills
I feel such anxiety
Has my life been reduced to the thrills of just trying not to be me
I’m gonna love you like the beat of my heart
I’m gonna love you like the beat of my heart
I’m gonna love you like the beat of my heart
I’m gonna love you like the beat of my heart
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8. |
Family Songbook
06:15
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My father was a poet
I could hear him sing
Through the walls
as I lay in my bed
with just a poet's dream
My mother played the piano she wrote love stories
Through the walls in the night when she sang
I dreamt it's just for me
Then I went to school
just a forgotten teen
I never felt I could belong
until they heard me sing
So Play me your song
I’ll sing along
I kept the words beside my bed
When everything's wrong
And I need to be strong
I hear the poet's verse he read
Play me your song
Let it go on until the dawn
My daddy went back to work
he was in carpentry
In the night I would strum his guitar
As he tried asleep
My mother planted her love songs
In the family tree
In the night I would play her piano
Like she played for me
I could see in their eyes
All the forgotten dreams
Like they didn’t belong
Without a song to sing
I’ll play you a song
And you sing along
I put the words beside your bed
When everything's wrong
And you need to belong
Just hear this verse the poets read
Play me your song
let it go on until the dawn
play me a song
I put the kids into bed
And write my song again
Behind the walls
I hope they dream in the night
I sing it just for them
play me your song
I'll sing along
I put the words beside your bed
When everything's wrong
And you need to belong
Just hear this verse the poets read
Play me your song
let it go on
play me your song
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9. |
A Cherry Moon
04:10
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In this old town, people say
Look at him he’s walkin’ in a different way
They know our past and taking names
Betting double-down will they change
They hung a picture up of my sin
For little boys and girls to see at the museum
This town is full of our broken dreams
Little angels, porcelain, and a man of means
In a dark night with the fallen sun
We will run, we will run
On a dark night ‘neath a cherry moon
Leaving soon
Leaving soon
We pay the piper with fools gold
Complicated lies and a promise of old
Here in this town, they're all asleep
Or maybe were nodding off on our feet
In a dark night with the fallen sun
We will run, we will run
On a dark night ‘neath a cherry moon
Leaving soon
Leaving soon
In a dark night with the fallen sun
We will run, we will run
On a dark night neath a cherry moon
Leaving soon, leaving soon
In a dark night with the fallen sun
We will run, we will run
On a dark night neath a cherry moon
Leaving soon
Leaving soon
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10. |
Mighty River Soul
04:34
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Son before you leave
On that journey to the sea
Where we all go
And heaven knows
The rivers flow
Strangers on the land
We sail the desert sand
Looking for that stream
That’s where you wanna be
Mighty Rivers grow
There will be dark and weary nights
Maybe a crippling appetite
For a dream you thought was yours
Sailing off for distant shores
Just let it go
We can't slow
The Mighty River’s tow
Son, I wish you well
If never learn to sail
But Even if you fold
That old boat will hold
Where Mighty Rivers go
And on your darkest nights
Look inside you
There's a light
Turn it on and glow
But don’t put on a show
That Mighty River knows
There may be songs
Left unsung
Broken things
And setting suns
Hope too far from reach
Like a mirage up on the beach
Heaven knows
You can’t slow
The Mighty Rivers tow
On to the sea eventually
Mighty Rivers go
Son, you’ll always be
A child upon my knee
But I can’t go
Where you need to go
So let them Mighty Rivers flow
There will be dark and lonely nights
Maybe a crippling appetite
For a love that once was yours
Sailing off to other shores
Just let ‘er go
You can’t hold
The Mighty Rivers tow
Just find the sea
And there you’ll be
A Mighty River Soul
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11. |
Our Town
03:53
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If you want
We can feel
What the stars have in common
With the seed in the field
Of God’s beautiful garden
And If you cry
then I cry
Just to bless your tears
And if you fall
then I fall
just to hold you near
Break the wood
With your hands
For the fire in the morning
Here in our town
Right here in our town
Well there's so much to fear baby
When love is severe
Right here, right here in our town
We are strong
Ye are gods
We are one
In the the sunrise
We are fools
Ye are wise
We are visions
In common
And if you fall
Then I fall
Just to hold you near
And if you cry
Then I cry
Just to bless your tears
Break the earth with your hands
For the earth is our calling
Here in our town
Right here in our town
Well there's so much to fear
Baby, her love is severe
Right here, right here
In our town
We are strong
Ye are gods
We are one in the sunrise
We are fools
Ye are wise
We are visions in common
Here in our town
Right here in our town
There's so much to fear baby
Her love is severe
Right here
Here in our town
Right here in our town
Well there's nothin' to fear baby
Love is severe
Right here, right here
In our town
There's nothin' to fear baby
Love is severe
Right here
Here in our Town
if you want
we can feel
what the stars have in common
with the seed of the field
in god’s (or Our) beautiful garden
if you cry
then we cry
to bless the tears
if you fall
then we fall
just to hold you near
break the wood
with your hands
for the fire in the morning
here in our town
right here in our towm
there aint nothing to fear baby
when love is severe
right here, in our town
we are strong
ye are gods (or we are bright)
we are one
in the the sunrise
we are fools
ye are wise
we are visions
in common
--Still writing --
And the sun is in your eyes
there is no fear
the moon is on the rise
??? cheer
-----
dig the earth
with your hands
for the earth
is your calling
here in our town
right here in our towm
(all the world is in fear baby)
aint nothing to fear
(but we’re (seeing?) in the clear)
with all of us near
here, in our town
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12. |
Shine
04:16
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ezra vancil Dallas, Texas
Ezra Vancil is an American singer/songwriter based in Dallas, Texas. While in the past he has written and recorded in the rock, pop, and experimental genres, a more mature Vancil has now found a sense of permanent belonging and connection within the community of Americana artists. ... more
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