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Chased by the Sun
03:34
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CHASED BY THE SUN
standing there at the water's edge
the sun is halfway up and
the heat fills your head
i know you want to jump right in
but you know that when you do
that summer day will begin
a landing bird meets its shadow on the ground
some will say it's lost
others think it's found
but the little bird knows
someday its wings will fold
somehow it keeps on singing
never misses a note
and there you are
reachin' out
the mirror in the water draws you near
your fingers reach the fingers
your wrists slide up the arms
and sealing off at the toes
you're in
and you can't shed that skin
you're in
and you'll never be free of yourself again
you'll recognize this song
cuz you've been here all along
now you're also that bird lookin' down from above
and the days'll go by fast
though you try and make 'em stay
and there's no right or wrong in it either way
and there you are
reachin' out
the mirror in the water draws you near
well you can run
chase the sun
but the sun is also chasin' everyone
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Old Dog
03:37
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OLD DOG
we had a good life, didn't we
we had a home with a cherry tree in the backyard
old dog grinning into the sun
i can't fall asleep again
i had to wake up when you left me
and all the things I had to do
just to be okay without you
all the things i had to do
well they made me a better man
i still wish i could've done them with you
and all the good i've done with you gone
all that you've become on your own
i love you more
and all the ground i've landed on
the open roads that you have found
i love you more
we had a good life, didn't we
we had a home with a cherry tree in the backyard
old dog grinning into the sun
and all the good i've done with you gone
all that you've become on your own
i love you more
and all the ground i've landed on
the open roads that you have found
i love you more
and all the friends i've made with myself
all the time you gave to yourself
i love you more
i love you more
i love you more
maybe that's what leaving is for
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Black Raven
04:12
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BLACK RAVEN
black raven
white skull bone
on the side of the road
between here and Raton
they say
New Mexico's an ashtray
but my Georgia loved it best
her hands were worn out West
and there are many secrets in the ground
and i can only see them
cuz there's nothin' much around
roots that clutch
branches that grow
many things you cannot say
for you only know
smell of rain
but it never hits the stone
that old river carved a ribbon to the sea
and the road followed
and it goes, it goes, it goes, it goes
and i can only hope for
that same meandering return
and now that bird on high is circling
over an old scaffold of a sign
and the sun is sinking low
and i got somewhere to go
black raven
white skull bone
on the side of the road
between here and Raton
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WAITING FOR THE CREEK TO RISE
i got two strong hands
gonna make a better plan
where every man is a landlord
where every man is a landlord
if we can make it out West
God will give us the rest
we'll build a home in the ground
we'll build a home in the ground
we'll trade the cattle for grain
and a few years of good rain
seem to follow the plow
they seem to follow the plow
they built a town in a day
how they flashed all that money
player pianos and cars
player pianos and cars
it often seemed like a lie
but the prices kept goin' higher
maybe the hard times were through
maybe the hard times were through
we were meant to see the sunrise
the earth shouldn't have filled the sky
and when the winds would whip us dry
we could always wait for the creek to rise
well soon the highs turned to lows
the stocks fell and the banks froze
but we had our land
we still had our land
so when the price hit the floor
we just planted even more
tryin' to make up the loss
tryin' to make up the loss
but the grain just sat there in piles
rotting there by the rails
the hungry waited in line
the hungry waited in line
we were meant to see the sunrise
the earth shouldn't have filled the sky
and when the winds would whip us dry
we could always wait for the creek to rise
many things cast their shadows
but that's the life that we know
prairie fires and floods
prairie fires and floods
but even then we could plan
the wheels of fortune would come 'round again
they'd come 'round again
well those winds have always blown
but they'd never taken the gold
we had in the ground
took years to come back down
we were meant to see the sunrise
the earth shouldn't have filled the sky
and when the winds would whip us dry
we could always wait for the creek to rise
we could always wait
we could always wait for the creek to rise
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The Arrow
05:38
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THE ARROW
one little song
get you out of that unfinished thought
you're trailin' off
one little song
get you out of that unfinished thought
you're trailin' off
come over here
we'll find that river again
it'll rise
i could tell you all about it...
i could tell you all about it...
or we could just get in
get in
get in
see an old sign
an old industrial sign on the skyline
a stretch of busy highway
hands out the window
they're not the only hands
to search the dark for a shape that's familiar
last service for miles
now you are gone discovering the fire
and that jealous sun will burn
just as sure as the shivering
will keep you warm
i know we all come wired
to a world where sabertooth tigers flee or fight
we've got more than that choice tonight
we let it all go
the heart is a sail, a rudder and a bow
and the arrow
and the arrow
we're livin' like so
the heart is a sail a rudder and a bow
and the arrow
and the arrow
one little song
to get you out of that unfinished thought
you're trailin' off
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6. |
Queen of the Night
04:10
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QUEEN OF THE NIGHT
one night a year
in that deserted hour
the moon
the stars
the insects conspire
beckoning
coaxing
all she can muster
to make that
blooming flower
that opening flower
that white queen of the night
waxy white petals
slowly unfurling
the bats diving
the wings clustering
how many lovers could she satisfy
leading the wolves away to paradise
you found a way
you found a way
you found a way
you found a way
to make me dream again
make me dream again
make me dream again
or am I just remembering
make me dream again
make me dream again
make me dream again
or am I just remembering
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7. |
Shine
05:24
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SHINE
the sun isn't afraid
the sun isn't afraid
the sun isn't afraid at all
it is trying to tell you
it is trying to tell you
it is trying to tell you and say
how could i be anything but
how could i do anything else
how could i give anything less
how could i
how could i
how could i not begin each day awake
how could i not wake the open to the eye
how could i not open the seed to the breeze
how could i not read the garden in each leaf
how could i not see
when everything is shining
one light makes
how could we stop ourselves
one light makes more light
how could we stop ourselves
more light makes
how could we stop ourselves
one light makes more light
how could we stop ourselves
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8. |
All The Lights
05:44
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ALL THE LIGHTS
darlin' go easy on me
i don't yet know
what i can be
all the lights are shaking
i need a good shaking too
i need a good shaking too
i want an '84 ford pickup of a mind
sometimes breakin' down
somewhere down the line
as long as i'm moving
i'll learn how to fix it
i'll know how to sometimes
i'll just have to somewhere down the line
you tricky little thing
you tricky little thing
you tricky little thing
you tricky little thing
you tricky little thing
you tricky little thing
you tricky little thing
and when i'm really busted flat
laid up, low down, real good
taking stock of what's left of the wreckage
what's on the ground
what's under the hood
all my belongings
feels good to wear things out
feels good to wear things out
feels good to wear things out
all of the lights are shaking
all of the lights are shaking
all of the lights are shaking
all of the lights are shaking
all of the lights are shaking
all of the lights are shaking
all of the lights are shaking
all of the lights are shaking
i need a good shaking too
i need a good shaking too
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Natalie Tate Denver, Colorado
Natalie Tate's indie-folk-pop music merges the roots sensibilities of her Colorado home with the planes of a more ethereal land. Drawing comparisons to artists Feist, Cat Power and Lykke Li, Tate's voice has a way of bringing us back to the forgotten spaces inside ourselves. Tate was voted Best Singer-Songwriter in the 2016 + 2017 Westword Music Awards and recently made her debut at Red Rocks. ... more
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