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Here In The Wild
05:16
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HERE IN THE WILD
Here in the wild
under blue skies
time doesn't try to pass me by
here in the wild
Here in the wild
under blue skies
time doesn't try to pass me by
here in the wild
Lucy was sad
sad to the core
she said lets jump out that window sweetheart
on the count of four
well don't you find it all such a bore
people like us don't exist anymore
we're invisible now
sweetheart we're free
Here in the wild
under blue skies
time doesn't try to pass me by
here in the wild
Tommy was a good man
he did his work well
people say there's not a thing in this world
Tommy couldn't fix or sell
but then he lost the joy
couldn't find the will
the doctors said he's probably been that way since he was a boy
and he's that way still
Here in the wild
under blue skies
time doesn't try to pass me by
here in the wild
Molly swears she was there
the night that they shot Bob Dylan
she says his last words to her were
go do your own killing
sometimes your demons they come in disguise
talk to you in your own voice
and laugh as you choose
cause you think you had some kind of choice
Here in the wild
under blue skies
time doesn't try to pass me by
here in the wild
Take your brother
take your sister
walk them across their troubled hearts
Take your brother
take your sister
walk them across their troubled hearts
Here in the wild
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COME ON IN OUT OF THAT NIGHT
I've been down to five dollars so many times
paralyzed on the corners
of living and dying
and i've had jobs
that gave me less pay
than what it costs to survive from day to day
So you can come on in out of that night
yes you can come on in out of that night
I have suffered in silence like everyone else
rented the rooms
and bought from the shelves beware of the worried
the tired and unsteady
the rich might get richer
but the poor might get ready
So you can come on in out of that night
yes you can come on in out of that night
I've walked up to the edges of some beautiful dreams
looked in at the people
oh how happy they seemed then i returned to the dark where i thought i belonged so afraid to look back
and find the light is all gone
So you can come on in out of that night
yes you can come on in out of that night
Love is the only way
that you'll ever get to stay out of that night
Love is the only way
that you'll ever get to stay out of that night
So you can come on in come on in
come on in
out of that night
So you can come on in get yourself in
come on in now
out of that night
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3. |
Katie Call Home
05:37
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KATIE CALL HOME
The moonlight hits the water
like midnights swimming daughter and i felt weak and felt strong
The hills breathed in and out
like giants sleeping in the dark
and made the grass bend
and the dogs bark
i would kiss her back
she would slowly wake
and the morning rolled out like a song
and we seemed to have all the time we needed
Katie, don't leave it too late to call home Katie, you can leave it too late to call home sometimes life it feels too short
sometimes it feels too long
Well, i hear you walk around now with feathers in your shoes
like a ballerina with broken toes and some old man
he makes you cry
when you hear him singing to his dead boy through his open lonely window
but really why you cry
is you look up at the sky
and its over all these other souls
all these other creatures
and you never seem to have
the time somebody needs
Katie, don't leave it too late to call home Katie, you can leave it too late to call home sometimes life it feels too short
sometimes it feels too long
And if you want to
we can say goodbye together like two golden leaves
from a never ending fall
Or we can skip across the bloodstreams like two shiny stones
on to the shores of nothing at all
Or we can run into the light with chariots for hearts across the final miles of soul
Then that rare old time just might not be needed
Katie, don't leave it too late to call home
Katie, you can leave it too late to call home sometimes life it feels too short
sometimes it feels too long
When we were young
we got it all so wrong When we were young
we got it all so very wrong
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4. |
This Man Cries
05:02
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THIS MAN CRIES
I don't mind
waking up on the kitchen floor
men like me
we kind of think
that's what a kitchen floor is for
Monday morning hits me like
a hammer from the back of my soul
I don't mind
waking up all on my own
anything in this life worth seeing
i feel i have already been shown
Tuesday morning hits me like
a hammer from the back of my soul
I don't know
when i'll get
to see my son again
i hope he grows up to find
steady work, a nice wife, and good friends
Cause Wednesday morning hits his old Daddy
like a hammer from the back of his soul
The nights too short
the days too long
i feel like dying
but i feel like going on
i feel like living for the first time
Thursday morning hits me like
a hammer from the back of my soul
I could be bought
so i got sold
Even when the hardest times are passing by
some men they won't cry
Even when the hardest times are passing by
some men they don't cry
but i cry
i cry
yeah this man cries
i cry
I found this stuff
that makes me feel
oh so free
but then that freedom
took twenty five years away from me
Friday morning hits me like
a hammer from the back of my soul
My pockets and my bed and my arms
are empty
So now i don't know if i was ever
that man i think i used to be
Saturday and Sunday mornings hit me like
hammers from the back of my soul
I could be bought
so i got sold
Even when the hardest times are passing by
some men they won't cry
Even when the hardest times are passing by
some men they don't cry
but i cry
i cry
yeah this man cries
i cry
Its a terrible thing a life
a life
a life is a terrible thing to waste
its a terrible thing to waste
Its a terrible thing a life
a life
a life is a terrible thing to waste
its a terrible thing to waste
Its a terrible thing a life
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5. |
She Was A Question
03:18
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SHE WAS A QUESTION
I woke up to find her
gone just like yesterday
her pillows they lie here
like loyal dogs
I reach out to read the time
i hope it's still early
early enough to
return to my dreams
Now i know
She was a question not an answer
One day you wake up
as the man that you are
and not as the one
you thought you'd become
You stop making promises
You stop telling lies
you look right into your own eyes
and start saying your goodbyes
Now i know
She was a question not an answer
They sold me a dream
that i bought with my time
a dream that i bought with my life
They sold me a dream
that i bought with my time
a dream that i bought with my life
but Now i know
She was a question not an answer
Now that i know
i could not answer that question
i could not answer that question
i could not answer that question
i could not answer that question
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6. |
Bread and Water
05:07
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BREAD AND WATER
I woke up in a poets yard
between two empty graves
sun still low
in the sky
i began to cry
shadows i'd obeyed
turned out to be mine
so i ran down the crooked streets
upon my crooked feet
until nowhere
became somewhere
with silver blankets everywhere
and i clapped my hands
and the birds got scared
out of the windows and her hair
into a cloud
that was not even there
like love time and reason
i wet my face in a fifth season
the rivers licked
the wounded land
the bridges they all fell down like sand
through a yellow sunbeam hand
i wish you'd seen it all
in your eyes
like i did Philomena
my one, my one and only friend
my one and only friend
my one, my one and only friend
my one and only friend
i wish i'd brought you
bread and water now in the end
I was born on a pirate ship
in the shadow of an old lady
we sailed the holy spirit up
the wide and green liffey
tended to his wounds
and we kept him hidden
in the back of an old factory
where he told us tales of a dreamers land
that was far across the sea
where waves of wedding dresses
crashed down upon the shores
for the naked brides
of angry gods
to gather up and wear
oh i wish you'd seen it all
in your eyes
like i did Philomena
my one, my one and only friend
my one and only friend
my one, my one and only friend
my one and only friend
i wish i'd brought you
bread and water now in the end
I woke up in a sparrows heart
somewhere above the sea
lonely as a snowflake
that had fallen too softly
and i looked down on this world
like i never ever had before
everything faded so fast
nothing was less and
nothing was more
and songs of love and loss
victory, peace and war
all played upon one symbol
a big crashing bore
and the men stood in the fields
and the men stood on the streets
and on the throats of children
until they admitted defeat
oh i wish you'd seen it all
in your eyes
like i did Philomena
my one, my one and only friend
my one and only friend
my one, my one and only friend
my one and only friend
i wish i'd brought you
bread and water now in the end
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7. |
Keep My Matches Dry
03:06
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KEEP MY MATCHES DRY
The peoples billionaire
glues back on his golden hair
turns all the stones back over
so the dirt can get some air
some people are born too lucky
can't tell a dawn from a setting sun
the children of god
all burn their little hands
on their fathers warm guns
so all i'm going to do is try
and keep my matches dry
i'm an insurance sales mans son
with a basic education
i shot some arrows out of my station
but they all fell back to earth
i'm not supposed to shake the tree
until the boss picks his fruit first
i've had a job since i was fifteen
but i've never heard a song
about how it's really been
so all i'm going to do is try
and keep my matches dry
I've never had a reason
i've never had a dream
no get rich quick ideas
no clever plans or schemes
i'm not on a road or a path or a journey
i've got no hidden family money
so all i'm going to do is try
and keep my matches dry
so all i'm going to do is try
and keep my matches dry
so all i'm going to do is try
and keep my matches dry
so all i'm going to do is try
and keep my matches dry
and all i'd ask of you
is that you keep your matches dry too
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8. |
Daddy
05:26
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DADDY
I've jumped through my last hoop
i ended up alone
just put a recipe for good soup
on my gravestone
i've lived on rice and beans
but i've always known the stakes
i never could quite stomach what it takes
to get myself one of those breaks
to be lucky or have luck
you need a certain lack of dignity
i was not prepared to entertain
dinner guests or possibilities
chose women and not my wife
my demons and not my child
dragged a heavy chain across so many
good peoples lives
Daddy, Daddy
There's nobody left to
invite me home
Daddy, Daddy
There's nobody left to
invite me home
I've opened up my last suitcase
i've got nothing left to sell
just throw my ashes out the window
of a cheap room at a cheap hotel
i'm disaffected and unemployed
disinfected and paranoid
you can play the game of truth so well
you end up with nothing to say
and nobody to tell
New york city it's such a pity
it hasn't worked out between you and me
but like any real friend
if i make enough money
you'll take me right back
yeah you're a heart attack
chose those women and not my wife
the usual demons and not my child
dragged a heavy chain across so many
good peoples lives
Daddy, Daddy
There's nobody left to
invite me home
Daddy, Daddy
There's nobody left to
invite me home
Help me Daddy help me
you're the only one that's left who
can invite me home
Come and drag me out of the night
into the day
with your love
can't you come and drag me out of the night
into the day
with your love
come and drag me into the light
out of the darkness
with your love
Daddy, Daddy
There's nobody left to
invite me home
Daddy, Daddy
There's nobody left to
invite me home
Help me Daddy help me
you're the only one that's left who
can invite me home
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9. |
A Little Too Real
04:18
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A LITTLE TOO REAL
She just stayed at home
says there's much worse things in life than ending up alone
She used to like to stray
there's nothing quite like the dying light of a wasted day
Children made her cry
cause they have to be born
have to live
and they have to die
so sad that i never got to say
she really made me feel okay
about living
this living
Sometimes it feels a little too real sometimes it can all feel
a little too real
I thought she'd
just keep on going going going get in the empty boat
and keep on rowing rowing rowing she never ever prayed
she'd say get up off your knees
we ask for things standing up today Children made her cry
she wished they were made out of solid gold and they never got old
so sad that i never got to say
she really made me feel okay
about living
this living
Sometimes it feels a little too real sometimes it can all feel
a little too real
So if you can stay
stay alive for anyone
stay alive for me and her tonight
So if you can stay
stay alive for anyone
stay alive for the girl who cried for the children every day
Tonight if you stay alive
stay alive for me and her tonight
Tonight if you stay alive
stay alive for the girl who cried for the children every day
Cause Sometimes it feels a little too real sometimes it can all feel
a little too real
too real
too real
a little too real for me
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10. |
Crazy Crazy Crazy
04:35
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CRAZY CRAZY CRAZ Y
The people stand on the platforms
like gravestones
staring into their terrifying thoughts all alone and a kind of dark acceptance
that seems like light
saves their little eyes from seeing
every day and every night
and its crazy crazy crazy how we go on it's crazy how life can be so cruel to some
I saw a Mother screaming at the sky and in her arms she held
her dead eyed boy
then i saw a wealthy woman squeezing avocados
she treats other people
like rumors from the shadows
and its crazy crazy crazy how we go on it's crazy how life can be so cruel to some
All the naked trees like cracks in the air staring through the broken hearted windows at the broken hearted people in there without their leaves of pity
or their birds of hope
there's nothing quite like a naked tree
to show you life is not a joke
and its crazy crazy crazy how we go on it's crazy how life can be so cruel to some
I miss kissing life
good morning and goodnight I miss kissing life
good morning and goodnight I miss kissing life
good morning and goodnight i miss kissing life
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HAVE A GOOD NIGHT EVERYONE
I wish that i
was more afraid to die
and a little less afraid to live i see people every day
the things they have to do and have to give
to just keep them selves alive and i wonder
well who am i?
I hope that i
learn again to try
and hear
lifes sweet call
and know that faith is just another word for going on
and going on should take
hardly any faith at all
Goodnight
Have a goodnight goodnight
have a goodnight everyone
Sometimes this life
can start to feel like madness without mercy then you find out
the madness was the mercy and you wasted all that time thinking you could get it right
Goodnight
Have a goodnight
goodnight
have a goodnight everyone Goodnight
Have a goodnight
goodnight
have a goodnight everyone
and if they try to say you're wrong if they try to tell you you're wrong i'll poison all of their songs Goodnight
Have a goodnight
goodnight
have a goodnight everyone
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August Wells New York, New York
August Wells is a band created by Ken Griffin and John Rauchenberger in New York.
Griffin is the creative mind behind
Rollerskate Skinny, Kid Silver and Favourite Sons.
August Wells has been described as “Strange other worldly chamber music”, “Sinatra singing Lou Reed songs”
and “The secret marriage of Willy Nelson and Lee Hazlewood” Songs to walk across your troubled heart with.
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