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Ancestral Dogs
03:20
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Every blade of grass is an ancestor coming back as
One more set of hands raised towards the sky
So may we all look back with our rose colored glasses
And to tomorrow too, baby come what may
Well I'm tired of your voices and all your talk of choices
I've heard enough to know you don't want me
So one more time with feeling, make everyone believe in
The things you do and say and teach to all
We don't need reassuring, our confidence is growing
With every little step along the way
We no longer need to go down the only road we've ever know
All roads lead to Rome no more
Oh the boatman takes one more, no empty ships upon his shore
He just wants your last two pennies for the ride
But when you come back across the water,
You'll be no ones son or daughter
Till you find a way to make right by everyone
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Day Comes Anew
03:15
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I drink my tea in the evening when the coyotes sing
And the will-o'-the-whisp draws you near
Hard like the ground but you're soft like the rain
For what you listen you will hear
So I fill my glass with brandy and I fill my heart with love
Fill the air up full of song as below as above
And I fill my lungs with laughter and I hope you fill yours too
And we can love and we can laugh before the day comes anew
The stars look like diamond rings on the fingers of the trees
Blow your kisses in the wind
The rain brings them down like acorns from above
Everything old begins again
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Endless Machine
03:58
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Keep on rolling keep on scrolling
This endless machine is prepared to do as you please
Will you go out the way you came in
There's more blood on the lamb now than there ever has been
Take the wheel I want to let go
I don't feel anymore
Drift away in smoke green rivers
Wash away to the sea
Keep on praying keep on slaying
The difference between shadow and shade has all faded away
Love grief and money cannot be concealed
Pleasure will pass but sorrow will always remain
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The Apple
02:52
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I eat the apple but the doctor, he still comes
I drink my water from an endless cup of love
You've got to find a little magic in the world
The ashes of what I used to burn have all turned into gold
You want your savior, he's got a plan
You want your savior but all you've got is man
Swim like Odysseus into the setting sun
There are two hay thieves in the field who move as one
You breath out to the world and she will breath you in
Tell me where you want to be and I will let you in
So take me tripping slipping through the backbeat of your heart
You don't know what love is 'till you start
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James Keyes
Six string dream slinging musical maestro, teller of tall tales and short stories, social media soliloquist, blues shouter, country crooner Rocknroll raconteur and avant folk rambler, pint quaffer, shot shooter, foot stomper, soul singer, rain bringer, and left fingered proletariat provocateur. ... more
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