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never takes too long
03:40
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never takes too long
i run for you honey
'cause you don't get tired
it's the way you're wired
baby so am i
and i still believe
true love never takes too long
true love shows up on time
so i'm gonna take mine
gonna take my time
gonna get it right
gonna get it right
we could catch up over coffee
tell me what do you think
was it a mistake
baby i don't know
but i still believe
true love never takes too long
true love shows up on time
so i'm gonna take mine
gonna take my time
gonna get it right
gonna get it right
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2. |
white whale
04:30
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blisters on your fingers
a chain around your neck
you say you are a stranger here
that you'd like to make a bet
a call to all the ancients
to reckon with your plea
but you bide your time
and you change your mind
every time you breathe
you're the white whale
you're the white whale
the white whale
but this is not the sea
you come where you're not welcome
you leave when you are through
ripped to shreds and seeing red
i'm gonna follow you
if I'm blinded by the darkness
dizzy from the cold
your empty threats and unsettled debts
will fall behind my sword
strewn across the pages
like ashes on the wind
making up excuses
plant your feet now
go ahead and swing
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3. |
sometimes
04:32
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i came with the truth
no reservation
you heard what I said without flinching
so we stay up all night
we were searching
for little bit of solace and a little bit of hope
Sometimes…Sometimes…Sometimes
you want to go home
i saw the look of sad resignation
as you stood up onstage in the bright lights
but the words came along without effort
cut loose on the signal, just a little bit of hope
Sometimes…Sometimes…Sometimes
you want to go home
Sometimes you want to go home
Sometimes you want to go back
Sometimes you want to go home
our bodies beat up from the highway
another week of running without rest
alone in the woods can't get a signal
i'll drift away to dream about your skin against my own
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4. |
oogly boogly
06:18
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i'm a traveling man in a traveling band
i stopped in Lander for some whiskey and some peace
and in my dreams, i heard a cry for help
it said 'you don't know, boy...
you don't know nothing at all
so i raised my glass and he raised his glass for me
we threw back that whiskey and screamed oogly boogly
he said, 'let me tell you about what freedom means to me'
he said, 'you don't know, you don't know nothing at all'
'our peace is deeper than the river, bigger than the hills
but we've been beat down, we've been broken till
we surrendered our horses and gave up our land
you don't know boy, you don't know nothing at all
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5. |
river prayer
05:53
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it was under the aurora
not the first time that I told you
'i love you' , but it's never felt so good
we are wading in your water
you're a mother
you're a daughter
you wash away our sins and make us whole
river take me home
and someday when I'm old
save my soul and bring me back again
yeah you will flow between us
you will go but you'll never leave
you wash away our sins and make us whole
the sun is coming up
there's still whisky in my cup
i am dizzy
but not too blind to see that
true love does what it wants to
only takes what it can give you
so I will try to give you everything
river take me home
and someday when I'm old
save my soul and bring me back again
yeah you will flow between us
you will go but you'll never leave
you wash away our sins and make us whole
gonna gather my whole family around
gonna sing for the whole town to hear
there is magic in this water
and the water's in our souls
so sing the song that you already know
already know
river take me home
and someday when I'm old
save my soul and bring me back again
yeah you will flow between us
you will go but you'll never leave
you wash away our sins and make us whole
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The Contenders Nashville, Tennessee
The Contenders are a two-man band whose music is an amalgam of folk, hints of classic country, and rootsy rock & roll in the manner of The Band and Grateful Dead. The strong harmonies of this stripped-down guitar-and-drums combo are made up of singer/songwriter, Jay Nash and drummer /singer Josh Day who’ve been recording and touring together since 2013. ... more
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