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By The Handles
04:37
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Stones shuffle round at the bottom of my feet
You know it’s more work than walkin’ on the street
Long steel rail saying where I should go
Where I end up I don't wanna know
My clothes are worn out my shoes are worn through
When you got no helping friends what else you gonna do
Will this ol’ rocky road lead me to greener fields?
Where there’s no money worries and “that’s no big deal”
I’ve taken life by the handles
And I stepped outside and began with a grin
With my face held high
When the sun's settin' low
I’ll take on the world in the morning
There’s a nice cool breeze when the train passes by
But the dust flies up and gets into my eyes
This big tall oak’s where I’ll rest my chin
When I wake up that’s where I’ll begin
I’ve taken life by the handles
And I stepped outside and began with a grin
With my face held high,
When the sun's settin' low
I’ll take on the world in the morning
Cars speed under the overpass
I’ll lie down when I find a good patch of grass
Like a bird I’m free to do as I please
I pay no mind to the mud and the dirt
and the holes that show my knees
I’ve taken life by the handles
And I stepped outside and began with a grin
With my face held high,
When the sun's settin' low
I’ll take on the world in the morning
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2. |
Miner John
04:25
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When miner John and Thomas Poole
Were setting blasts for fossil fuel
A tiny fuse, no workmen knew
Was waiting lit down in that hole
It was close to quitting time
Monday evening in the mine
"Let's blow this hole an easy one
Before the working day is done"
John was one of the blasting gang
He was the black powder man
Poured a gallon in the hole
His time had come God bless his soul
No time to wait they acted fast
They pulled him back after the blast
What was said from lookers-on
They could see John's jaw was gone
Ring a bell, say farewell
I'm not too long on this earth
Fare-the-well that sound's my knell
My love to you for what it's worth
'Twas Friday night in eighteen eighty eight
By his side was his soulmate
Now John's wife has no one
But two daughters and a son
The largest one for many-a-year
That funeral shedding many tears
John won't see forty-one
But I'm here now to sing his song
Ring a bell, say farewell
I'm not too long on this earth
Fare-the-well that sound's my knell
My love to you for what it's worth
One last thing before I go
What I'd like for you to know
Don't risk your life don't risk your soul
Digging up a rich man's coal
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3. |
Same Suit
03:21
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Same suit, same haircut
I've got the same pair of shoes
Same suit, same haircut
I've got the Monday morning blues
In our world if you don't look the same
won't get a dollar to your name
there's just one thing left to do
get myself to dress the same as you
I've been watching stocks go up and down
today is smile, tomorrow's frown
A mad zoo of nothing but bears and Bull
The mirror looking back to me with the eyes of a fool
Same suit, same haircut
I've got the same pair of shoes
Same suit, same haircut
I've got the Monday morning blues
There is no way I can stand this forever
everything is crazy in my mind
There are many paths to get to heaven
A hat, t-shirt and jeans is more my style,
meanwhile...
Same suit, same haircut
I've got the same pair of shoes
Same suit, same haircut
I've got the Monday morning blues
I've got the Monday morning blues, all week
I've got the Monday morning blues
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4. |
Long Road To Nowhere
05:09
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Headed north from El Paso
Highway 10 New Mexico
Pulled off the road and I stood by red rock
Just to watch a red-tail soar
And it's a long road to nowhere
If you don't know who you are
So take the road into the mystic
that's where you find the spirits are
I made my way to Albuquerque
Sandia peaks against the sky
Took the roads of the Jemez Mountains
Old Santa Fe was on the rise
Chorus:
Stopped and prayed at the old courts mission
I said my prayer by candle light
I took the high road into Taos
The rocky mountains filled the sky
Chorus:
I made my way down to the river
I picked some sage by the Rio Grand
Traveled north to the spring called black rock
where I laid my body down
Chorus:
I traveled back to the Taos Pueblo
and I stood by the waters side
I turned to face Sangre De Cristos
I bowed my head and then I cried
Chorus:
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What can I do to make you happy?
What can I do to make you smile
All the things that seemed so easy
Haven't been for a while
A heavy cloud that hangs around you
You pull along by a thread
You know someday that line will hang you
If you don't cut that cord instead
If you can fall in love in rain
See the beauty in the plain
Gather wisdom found in pain
Okay, I'll wait
To get along you show them laughter
But I can tell it's not sincere
You endure through every season
Dark thoughts that you adhere
Well I know you have your reasons
You always try make that clear
your conviction always deepens
that your way out remains unclear
Maybe you'll fall in love in rain
See the beauty in the plain
Gather wisdom from your pain
But Okay, I'll wait
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6. |
Willow
04:51
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Bring down that willow
Bring down that tree
Bring down that willow
Branches low that hang weak
A cold winters a coming
What will we decide
Many men oft wonder
How will it survive
Bring down that willow
Bring down that tree
Bring down that willow
Branches low that hang weak
Many rains have fallen
Many suns have set
Now in the way of progress
There's no time for regrets
Wrinkled bark, mostly heartwood
Gnarled stubborn roots
Why not remove the crown
Before that old tree falls down
Bring down that willow
Bring down that tree
Bring down that willow
Branches low that hang weak
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Ride Upon the Wind
04:24
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Let the four winds blow
And the secret fires glow
And the heart beats stronger in the land
Then you will hear the nation sing
Of the healing it will bring
When we walk we will walk hand-in-hand
We will ride again
When we ride upon the wind
And we will ride again
When we ride upon the wind
So let it go now put it down
From your heart back to the ground
Heal your soul, speak the truth, be a man
And turn your heart back to the sky
Hear the winged one as he cries
Do it now, do it now, do it now
We will ride again
When we ride upon the wind
And we will ride again
When we ride upon the wind
So turn around now meet your fate
Hear the earth begin to wake
Hear the clouds and the thunder clap their hands
And as the stars come out tonight
They will guide us with their light
Back to the land where the fires touch the sky
And we will ride again
When we ride upon the wind
And we will ride again
When we ride upon the wind
And we will ride again
When we ride upon the wind
And we will ride again
When we ride upon the wind
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8. |
Starting a New Way
03:48
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9. |
As it has Usual Done
03:51
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If I should die,
And you should live,
And time should gurgle on,
And morn should beam,
And noon should burn,
As it has usual done;
If birds should build as early,
And bees as bustling go, --
One might depart at option
From enterprise below!
'T is sweet to know that stocks will stand
When we with daisies lie,
That commerce will continue,
And trades as briskly fly.
It makes the parting tranquil
And keeps the soul serene,
That gentlemen so sprightly
Conduct the pleasing scene!
If I should die,
And you should live,
And time should gurgle on,
And morn should beam,
And noon should burn,
As it has usual done;
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