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1. |
Tangling
03:20
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When the summer comes
And the winter fades
And the shapeless forms
Bloom and stain the ways
Then I put my ear
On a tambourine
Getting blue
'Cause it's tangling
And the news is old
All the same and see
There's a restless heart
And it feeds my feet
And the summer's gone
And the winter's in
All the old
Is getting new again
Then I'm tangling
From the restless way
And my feet are blue
And my ears astray
And my heart it fades
Cause the summer came
And the same
Must now be the same
And I'm tangling
From the restless blues
And my feet are ears
In the summer blooms
And my heart is shaped
And it forms a way
And the same
Must now be astray
And now pink is black
Black is blue
There are bluish reds
In a yellow moon
And I yell 'oh lord
Is this all there is?
Your tulip garden
And the wilderness
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2. |
In The Afternoon
02:17
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Carried away on a weary day
Hurry to see every part of me
You will find just the better in me
Battle of stars to conjure the parts
Rattle and shake while the body aches
Just to find that the weather did change
It's the color of the fall and through
The orchard in the afternoon
Nobody in the days
I'm reeling in the better times
The older ones are paradigms
Of everything I say
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3. |
Birdlike Child
03:36
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I sit and wait for days to fade
Right here this afternoon
A bird that's singing to my ear
Is now howling at the moon
Oh come and see what I create
A dawn with all its blues
I killed that bird now it's alive
Beyond its cry and hue
So now we take in all its yearning
And take its wings so it can be
A feather dangling in the branches
Of the overgrowing trees
Of the overgrowing trees
So long so long it's all so long
The birdlike child is torn
It's been a churning blizzards prey since
I told him to be born
So now we take in all its yearning
And break its wings so it can be
A humbling flotsam in the weariness
Of the ever-parting sea
Of the ever-parting sea
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4. |
Milk White Moon
03:51
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Milk white moon over desert green
The last seconds of the Holocene
So come on we'll run
Till our breath is gone
Till the fear turns fun
Silliness of all mankind
Seems to be all that there is in sight
And furry baboons
Drunkard loons
And old weary tunes
Oh baby I still love you deeply
Oh honey I love you most certainly
Oh baby I love you most sweetly
Come on honey baby, come on let it be
I've seen the pain I've felt the shame
I guess myself prays in my name
For your colorful curls
And these eyes unfurled
How my muscles hurl
Oh baby I still love you deeply
Oh honey I love you almost certainly
Oh baby I love you most sweetly
Come on honey baby, come on let it be
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5. |
Love In Change
03:52
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There's a force to my heart
And a sting to my feet
That tells me to come
And asks me to leave
A smell in my nose
A voice and a soothing heat
There is war on the streets
And stones in the mist
And men singing carols
Whilst shuffling their fists
They're dreaming of death
Scared of the unknown twists
Oh love we'll be just a faded memory
Oh death we'll see you from time to time
So now babydoll
Is it true what they say?
The room's getting sparse
And I'm leaving today
And you want me to leave
Cause I'll see you over there
Now the story is vague
But the herd's keeping still
There's a moon waning crescent
Obeying my will
He's abiding the night
We're sending him our farewell
Oh love we'll be just a faded memory
Oh death we'll see you from time to time
And so it goes
And so it all flows
And it's all for you
And me too
Oh love we'll be just a faded memory
Oh death we'll see you from time to time
Oh love in change in times of peace and praise
Oh death in range won't you fall from grace
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6. |
Bye Now My Babies
02:56
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I was young before I was born
Oh I must have been because then I was alone
There was a cat on my pillowcase
And I watched her closely
But someday she was gone
So bye now my darlings, bye now my babies
And bye now my love
You all are a-passing
But you won't be lost
I once fought on a riverbank
Then I saw a trout
but she didn't hear me shout
Later I watched the ships go by
And she followed them
They knew the route for my little trout
So bye now my darlings, bye now my babies
And bye now my love
You all are a-passing
But you won't be lost
I will hold on and wait on you my darling
Till the day you will appear in the haze
We will watch the sun go up and slowly disappear
And then we find a way into our maze
So bye now my darlings, bye now babies
And bye now my love
You all are a-passing
But you won't be lost
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Lightcap Halle (Saale), Germany
Folk Musik from Halle an der Saale.
Named after Edward Abbey's Henry H. Lightcap.
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