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Miles Yet
03:28
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Grain silos and Wall Drug signs
The prairie opens up and you leave those hills behind
I lost track of you one morning down in the cottonwoods
I could go on looking but that doesn't mean I should
Somewhere down the line, in a dusty town
Somewhere down the line our paths will cross again
They say the truth is a millstone
You share it with somebody or you carry it alone
We planted the three sisters and begged those seeds to grow
At night we prayed for chariots but they did not swing low
Somewhere in the middle, where we never met
Somewhere in the middle our paths will cross again
Thinking of that sweet by and by
Of a long green valley where I'll grow old and die
Leave my body to the wind from a high point at sunset
I am on my way there but I've got miles yet
Somewhere east of here, rivers in between
Somewhere east of here our paths will cross again
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Outskirts
03:23
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Out here on the outskirts, green river flowing by
I followed it forever with some friends of mine
Tunneled through the hillsides searching for the core
I will revel in the wandering, always forevermore
Patient like a steamship coming home from sea
I'll wait for the day you return to me
Golden light descending from the harbor to the shore
I will revel in the glory, always forevermore
It's quiet at the treeline as the sun goes down
The valley glows with lights from peaceful sleeping towns
All our battles fought now, the ending of the war
I will revel in the stillness, always forevermore
A thousand roads to turn down, a thousand more to pass
A thousand unlived lives reflected in the glass
There will never be a key to open every door
I will revel in the mystery, always forevermore
From the rocking cradle, a stone's throw to the grave
Surveying the decades there's nothing left to save
Some of us are born rich, everyone dies poor
I will revel in the leaving, always forevermore
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River Takes You Home
02:47
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The river takes you home, no matter where you are
The north wind blows you off the map but the river takes you home
That woman holds your hand, even when she's gone
The empty sky weighs on your heart but that woman holds your hand
Wake up in the morning, trying to get it right
Everyone just needs to find a way to sleep at night
Howling at the moon, we wash the water off our bones
Help us forget everything we know
The orchard gives you fruit as the seasons turn
Hunger lines your skeleton but the orchard gives you fruit
The fire keeps you warm, burning through the night
Winter steals your breath away but the fire keeps you warm
The river takes you home, no matter who you are
The truth brings you to your knees but the river takes you home
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Big Broken Land
02:50
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I've been all around this big, broken land
Seen the valleys so low, seen the cold hearts of men
I have been snowbound, I've been on the run
I have been saved by the rising sun
I've seen the Great Wall, I've crossed the seas
The miles of horizon unfurled from me
A banner of lightning tears open the sky
Won't you sing for me softly on the night that I die
Nobody knows which way the wind blows
We are just weathervanes waiting
Nobody knows when they've got to go
We are just trains at the station
I've paddled the rivers and I've breached the dams
I have fed blue jays straight out of my hands
Home is a cabin we all pine for
There through the thick woods I can make out the door
And I don't see the wolves circling it anymore
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Kind of Mercy
02:41
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There is a light shining on the water
There is a home waiting by and by
Like a mother watches o'er her daughter
Like the crescent in the sky
We have wandered the deserts cold and hungry
We have crossed through the highest mountain range
We have floated the river to the delta
Waiting for our tired hearts to change
If there's some kind of mercy, let it all rain down
Everyone who is lost, let them all be found
Keep me close as the shadows stretch around you
As the shoreline is revealed by the low tide
A companion through the darkness and the briars
Even gone, I am always by your side
Sparrows, they will sing their songs forever
We trust the silent earth to hold our bones
In the canyons and the valleys ever after
None of us with ever be alone
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Nathaniel Lotze Pennsylvania
songs like woodsmoke.
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