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East Sky
02:45
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Here I sit holding all my troubles tight
I think it's been a long, long time
Since I last spoke fairly judged and shining bright
And brought some reason to my rhyme
So I ask of you, look upon these hands
And try to share my view across these lands
I stole an apple from a tree
Moments before it fell to me
Think what you will of my luminescent runes
Fuel for my fire to shed light upon my tunes
Days I stand high nights I lie still
Look to the sky from down on my hill
All that I've known remembers me well
And free from my throne inside I dwell
Your thorns gently on your rose
Cannot begin to sink my prose
Sailing along on a shining crescent ride
Reflecting the moon to shed light on the tide
Days I stand high nights I lie still
Look to the sky from down on my hill
All that I've known remembers me well
And free from my throne inside I dwell
Now I lay down before you fire and ice
I'll offer innocence to you
So you decide who is just, I'll sacrifice
To know this magic must be true
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Instead
03:43
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We first met in a crowded hall on graduation day,
She signed my paper, smiled at me, and walked away.
Then we met in an empty hall the size of my lonely heart,
Optimism called my bluff and that dream fell apart.
Now I’ve been told,
If you’re in love then go ahead
But ever since, I sing instead
Many times I’ve bet my pride and ventured to the door,
And though I’ve failed I’ll here confide, I wish to seek once more,
I’m lonely and I need a hand to help me through the day
And with her strength, I’d rise and stand – so help me lord, I pray
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Decide
04:05
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Sometimes I feel like letting go
Sometimes I feel like giving out
Sometimes I want to find my own way around
Let me have this doubt
Help me sort out out myself
Help my find in this fuss
Separate places everyone
Separate places all of us
Sometimes I feel like clinging fast to you
Sometimes I feel like pushing you away
Sometimes I want to find my own place to go
Let me find my way
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Cafe Car
04:11
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Nothing can keep me away from you any more
So you're not the perfect person, that's for sure
The moonlight shining on your eyes turns to gold
Every time I stop to think, it gets old
So you live for life, that's why you're so free
So you laugh through death, I'm afraid of losing me
So you hate to rhyme, that's just through the day
So by night we'll live through time
And for us that's okay, we'll find a way
Raining on parades is fine for you
You don't know how you come across, what you do
Sometime I will fly you through the cloud
Even though I'm low you make me proud
So you live for life, that's why you're so free
So you laugh through death, I'm afraid of losing me
So you hate to rhyme, that's just through the day
So by night we'll live through time
And for us that's okay, we'll find a way
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Lucifer
03:47
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Finding my comfort in beautiful faces
Looking for love in all the wrong places
Reading your words again and again
Laughing aloud at something you said
I know you, do you know me
I miss you, do you miss me
Lucifer stole my heart, she said it was beautiful
Lucifer bought my heart with a smile
You promised me something that you never had
A shimmering soul so beautifully clad
I lie on the beach and iím in the sun
I'll tell you something sad, I thought you were the one
i know you, do you know me
i miss you, do you miss me
Lucifer stole my heart, she said it was beautiful
Lucifer bought my heart with a smile
I need some peace in my mind
I need to leave this behind
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Seattle Dime
02:52
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Living around your life out here
Living inside my mind out here
Send me some time out here
Send me some time, it's my time
Thinking about my friend back home
Thinking about good times back home
Send me a dime sometime
Send me a dime, Seattle dime
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When I'm Not Around
02:51
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I miss the times I'd run
With you right behind me
I miss the times I'd hide
And you'd come and find me
Don't leave now, say you'll stay,
And come back soon, chase my fears away
Can you warm my heart, I'm cold inside
Will you let me lift you off the ground?
You know I love you so please don't cry
I'm with you always, even when I'm not around
Although we're far apart we're closer than ever
And when we meet again I'll hold you forever
Don't leave now, say you'll stay,
And come back soon, chase my fears away
Can you warm my heart, I'm cold from the rain
Will you let me lift you off the ground?
You know I love you so please don't cry
I'll never leave you, even when I'm not around
You know I love you, so please don't cry
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From Up Here
03:58
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I'm sorry i've always been so dark
I can't remember sunny days with you
I'm sorry for all the times I've lost
And made you feel like you did too
But most of all I'm sorry
That I never knew
Watching over me, how it was for you
What it feels like from up here
I'm sorry the winds can blow so cold
What it feels like from up here
And this young heart grows slowly old
I looked around myself today
I couldn't feel the sun at all
Have you seen yourself this year
I've just been waiting for the fall
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Thank You
02:45
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Crying alone or walking apart
You bring warmth and a change of heart
I fly in the midst of the nightmare I see
And you bring me back to reality
To fall in love with dreams
That I thought that I knew
But I fell down from grace
To a pillow of truth
So thank you
I'm never alone with freedom within
To express myself yet that's worn thin
So I thank you for being there
And smiling through confusion's stare
As I fall in love with dreams
That I sang and I drew
And I fell back from heaven
And I'm still alive
So thank you
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Pineapple Sunset
04:14
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As the pineapple sunset sinks betwixt the trees
And the voices of old stain the cedar tinted breeze
As the gypsy within wanders high upon trapeze
And the staggering colors precariously soar and bring me to my knees
So I kneel and I pray for the dawn of a new day
And I play outside or inside or elsewhere I stay
And joined by the day but traveling by night
Discover love past fear, see the light
Then I search high and low and look inside my soul
And on down the line is where away I stole
This spiraling dream is my newfound hopeful goal
Happiness flocking toward me now becomes this quiet calm black hole
So I kneel and I pray for the dawn of a new day
And I play outside or inside or elsewhere I stay
And joined by the day but traveling by night
Discover love past fear, see the light
So a world of magicians gathers blinding light
And a song of musicians blends within my sight
My shepherd and herd shall have company tonight
And the sunset herein stays a legacy of light, perched atop its height
So I kneel and I pray for the dawn of a new day
And I play outside or inside or elsewhere I stay
And joined by the day but traveling by night
Discover love past fear, see the light
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Rider
05:06
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She rides a horse the color of the skies (after a storm)
Reflecting back and shining off her eyes
She rides the wings of angels she can't love
They fly her home, shining from above
She rides alone, shining through the blue
Reflecting on the only thing that's true
She rides reflections of herself when she can see
And when she's blind, well then she rides with me
Lonely and full of light
Sadly it's how I feel
Only shed tears tonight
Gladly begin to heal
If I should wake before I die please take my love from thee
My silver faith to fall or fly, through golden eyes I see
Waltzing through the forest greens, dead and yet alive
Directions all relation leans, in love I shall now strive
Lonely and full of light
Sadly it's how I feel
Only shed tears tonight
Gladly begin to heal
Walk with me to the ends of the earth
Talk with me so I know of my birth
Glide with me through the sky like a dove
Ride with me to the sunset above
So shall we part as lovers do, or shall we talk some more
Through the rain I see the sun shining through the door
Heaven holds me in her heart, hoping she will stay
And through her light I see my love as she rides away
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Labyrinth
04:21
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I need some light before I go away
I need some love before the light of day
The sunlight shining breaks through my shroud of hate
Until they listen I'll hold my breath and wait
Leaving by night all the houses we know and love
Never return to the image you built above
Never believe all the darkness here shall see you die
You should know as well as I, it's sometimes better to live a lie
There's a little boy standing on the corner
Tugging at his daddy's leg
Sliding those fears right into the light
Sometimes it's safer not to beg
This maze of faith confirms that I'm alone
I cannot see through fear 'til love is known
The silence only means this much at night
Through the tunnel I see a spark of light
There's a young man standing in the lamp light
Tugging at his father's throne
Sliding those angels into the light
Sometimes the lighting comes alone
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Merlin
07:13
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When all the world has locked you out
And you fall to lying low
I love the loneliness inside every shout
Where living life becomes a show
I'm too strong to die in an instant
But I would go without a fear
So when I'd gone you'd feel my heart beating still
And shed for me a single tear
Freedom at the cost of friends and kin
Never shall I lose, so let's begin
Leave alone the covenant you hold deep within
And I shall open you to sin
Follow my dancing erratic as it may appear
Lie to me dying erotic as I draw you near
Watch me now poised and artistically feeding on fear
Nuclear minds go ballistic to reach the frontier
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James Tristan Redding Nashville, Tennessee
British-American songwriter, singer, audiobook narrator, studio player, Godin Guitars official
artist.
Founded global collective www.SongAWeek.org, performance art experience The Under Over: tinyurl.com/uoxuo (song circle underneath a highway) and writing retreat www.TheNashville24.com (annual challenge: write 24 songs in 24 hours).
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