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Blindsided
03:19
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Walking down the street
Minding my business
Never saw it coming
God as my witness
But you were there
Like a shot of green in the grey of the city
And I was unprepared
for the way it hit me
Blindsided
Blindsided
(I was) Blindsided
By your love
Mama tried to warn me
But I wouldn’t listen
Love can set you free
Or love can be your prison
You can try to keep
your heart protected
It will still creep up
when you least expect it
(CHORUS)
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Can't Stand Myself
03:30
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How many teardrops can you cry
Before that river just runs dry
How can I say my love is true
And still keep doing the things I do
I can’t stand myself
When I let you down
I should’ve had it figured all out by now
I’m gonna do better
Next time around
I can’t stand myself when I let you down
We swore a vow better or worse
I know you wish it was more of the first
I get scared my best won’t enough
What’ll I do if I lose your love
(CHORUS)
Honey, honey I’m on my knees
Have mercy mercy on me please
Gonna make you proud that I’m your man
Just give me one more second chance
(CHORUS)
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A Little Kindness
03:25
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You’ve always walked beside me
In joy and in despair
Now I need something to lean on
but you’re not here
There’s an evil wind a-blowin’
Chills me to the bone
I don’t know where I’m going or how to get back home
I’ve been looking for a little kindness
but it’s hard to find
I’ll keep looking for a little kindness
though it’s hard to find these days
If I could go back where we started
Would the sun be shining still
Now I only see a darkness
and holes that can’t be filled
All the things that brought me comfort
They just seem tired and worn
What always used to work ain’t working anymore
(CHORUS)
All I’ve learned from growing older
Is how to carry what I’ve lost
But I don’t know how to pick up
where you left off
Maybe I should just stop talking
And let the music fade away
You always knew when there was nothing more to say
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Her Town Now
03:28
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The days are cold
The nights are long
The bed’s still here
but her pillow’s gone
All her friends
were my friends too
I lost them
the day she moved
This is her town, this is her town
This is her town now
This is her town, this is her town
This is her town now
It makes me wonder why I stick around
It’s her town now
The walls are bare
in the morning light
All my dreams
were in black and white
A little bad TV
would’ve helped me through
Or some Blonde On Blonde
but she took that too
(CHORUS)
There’s a stranger in our midst
It’s her town now
They crossed me off their list
It’s her town now
(CHORUS)
The birds are back
The hills are green
I saw her downtown
but she didn’t see me
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Stranger's Eyes
03:08
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I watch you go about your days
in your ordinary haze
Like there ain’t nothing wrong
I’m worried ‘bout our prognosis
You don’t even notice
we’re barely holding on to this love
It used to be so strong
Now I feel so all alone
Wondering where we went wrong
After all this time
I thought maybe you could read my mind
But you look at me with a stranger’s eyes
We said for better or worse
now we’re running in reverse
Falling out of love
Honey, I can’t tell
is there someone else
Or am I just not enough for you anymore
Ain’t I the same I’ve always been
And if you figured me out once, baby
Maybe you can learn to love me again
(CHORUS)
Time can be a thief and leave you blinded (blinded)
Maybe all we need is to be reminded
Reminded
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Lost In Translation
03:50
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The silence in this house tonight is deafening
The thunderclouds above us now are threatening
Go on and say it
I can take it
The only thing I’m afraid of is when you say nothing at all
Don’t send me a sign
Or make me read ‘tween the lines
Scream and shout
Just don’t leave any doubt
Come on out and tell me what you’re saying
Don’t let this love get lost in translation
A band of gold holds us alone together
I know this hurts but we swore for worse or better
Tender soldier
Sweet warrior
Does it matter who’s right I just don’t want to fight anymore
(CHORUS)
We’re one and the same, beyond blame and forgiveness
So honey don’t retreat if you need a witness
You can’t divide
The coastline from the tide
Always changing but in constant conversation
(CHORUS)
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The River Always Wins
03:58
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The River Always Wins
At the diner downtown old timers sit around
Talk about the flood of ‘42
How they watched from higher ground, as the water took it down
Like a verse from the bible come true
After losing everything, you could hear the hammers ring
As they built it back up again
The mill wheels turned, and they kneeled in church
Washed of all their sins
But the river always wins
I come down from the mountain
Like judgment from on high
Going home to the ocean
I don’t give a damn
About the dreams of man
And I won’t be denied
I’ve seen boys with fishing poles, born again souls
Lovers with their hearts ablaze
I’ve always been there, for the lonely in despair
I took a few in my dark embrace
I’ve seen the mills pull out and the jobs go south
It ain’t ever been the same way since
For every thing they try to change, I will always remain
I’ll be damned but I won’t give in
‘Cause the river always wins
(CHORUS)
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The Western Veil
04:30
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I strummed a song I wrote for you
by the river’s edge
As the sky turned neon blue
above the canyon ridge
Somewhere in the distance
a lone coyote wailed
And the stars appeared, one by one
In the western veil
Heaven’s wheel kept turning
The moon was on the wane
Dawn spilled on the mountain
and washed across the plain
It colored in the bones of time
Illuminated tales
On the sandstone canvas
of the western veil
Distant voices calling
along an ancient line
Time and space collapsing
a glimpse of the divine
I’m just another pilgrim
following the trail
That leads beyond the curtain
of the western veil
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Rose-Colored Rearview
04:13
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There was a time
We all watched the same screen
Springsteen was mainstream
Everybody had a hungry heart
There was a time
We weren’t rich but you could make a living
A 40-hour week and a two-day weekend
could get you pretty far
Was there a time
Or was it only in my mind
When everything seemed simpler
And we all sat down for dinner every night
Or am I only looking through
This rose-colored rearview
There was a time
This town felt like family
I could ride my bike down any street
and somebody always knew my name
There was a time
Before the mill pulled out and pills moved in
When we didn’t need no medicine
to take away the pain
(CHORUS)
There was a time
We all pledged allegiance
And we thought we knew what we meant
When we stood and faced the flag
Are we blind
Lost in some nostalgic haze
Only white men miss the good ole’ days
that ain’t coming back
Was there a time
Or was it only in my mind
When everything seemed simpler
And we all sat down for dinner
And we all watched the same screen
But we didn’t see the same thing
Maybe all that’s in the mirror
Was never close as it appeared
Like the way the truth can seem so black and white
After all our looking through
This rose-colored rearview
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Doubt My Love
03:21
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I don’t believe in fiery furnaces
burning underground
And none can tell if hell
is simply where we’re living now
Who knows if there’s a golden kingdom in the clouds above
Oh babe, don’t you ever doubt my love
I was born to be your witness
your lover and your friend
I’ve had to beg for your forgiveness
and likely will again
But what else can we believe in if we are not enough
Oh babe, don’t you ever doubt my love
Love
Love
Don’t doubt my love
I’ll not ask you to succumb
to some reckless fantasy
I ain’t saying you should place your faith
in something you can’t see
I’m walking right beside you, honey, flesh and bone and blood
Oh babe, don’t you ever doubt my love
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Careless
04:40
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You left a note on the counter
I found it when I got home from work
You only wrote a few lines
but in between ‘em I could read the hurt
Now it’s almost 10
and still you haven’t come home or called
I’ve had nothing but time to think
Staring at the clock on the kitchen wall
Careless
How could I be so careless
Oh I’d say a prayer if I thought it would turn back time
If you give me one more shot
Honey I swear I’d give it all I got
And I would not be so careless
Careless with your love
Oh the days are long
but the years pass in the blink of an eye
For a love to stay strong
you got to work it all the time
It’s more than just the birthdays
and the anniversaries
And I know just what I’d say if you walked through that door
and found me down on my knees
(CHORUS)
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Mark Erelli Boston, Massachusetts
"You know those artists who release a great first record and then have enormous trouble following it up with anything as interesting? Yeah, that’s not Mark Erelli." -Red Line Roots
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