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Message From Michael
03:37
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I started drinking when I was just fourteen
Thought it was a part of the Rock’n'Roll dream
Flying high with the Byrds when I reached the top
But by then you know I couldn't stop
Here's a message from Michael
That comes straight from the heart
Don’t you follow me into the dark
Here's a message from Michael
In a letter from the grave
Losing your life is a high price to pay
You know everybody was my friend
I thought that the party would never end
Never let my feet touch the ground
What goes up must come down
Here's a message from Michael
Comes straight from the heart
Don’t you follow me into the dark
Here's a message from Michael
In a letter from the grave
Losing your life is a high price to pay
Here's a message from Michael
Comes straight from the heart
Don’t you follow me into the dark
Here's a message from Michael
In a letter from the grave
Losing your life is a high price to pay
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2. |
Compasses And Maps
03:38
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Compasses and maps can't help me find my way
If I get lost in your love
Aeroplanes and boats and fast trains and cars
Can't chase me away from your love
For I have found in you
The reason that will make it true forever
Take my pride, toss it all aside for you
To follow one's on heart can try the souls of man
If he gets lost in her love
Many things he sees and lesser things he hears
Until he takes hold of her hand
For then he finds in her
The melting of their hearts into forever
Takes his pride, sets it all aside for her
For then he finds in her
The melting of their hearts into forever
Takes his pride, sets it all aside for her
Compasses and maps can't help me find my way
If I get lost in your love
From your love
From your love
From your love
From your love
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3. |
Sis
04:10
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You don’t have to be so worried
You don’t have to be so sad
Yes, I know, you’ve got your reasons
Yes I know, life wasn’t fair
It was written we had to meet up
It was part of The great Plan
No, it wasn’t really arranged
It’s just happened, I said yes
In our lives we’ve been so fragile
We both felt out of the place
We had fear, we were uncertain
The black beast ruined our dreams
Oh how life has taught me sister
That inside we had the strength
That inside we had a treasure
Have just to believe in that
And if you believe in that sis
Then you’ll stop falling apart
With new eyes you’ll see the life’s things
And your treasures will stand up
And if you believe in that sis
Then you’ll stop falling apart
With new eyes you’ll see the life’s things
And your treasures will stand up
So be faithful, live to the full
Every morning smile at life
Hug your husband, hug your children
Paint the love you have inside
You have good friends all around you
You’re a really gifted gal
Don’t be worried, don’t be sad
Every day just fly away
Don’t be worried, don’t be sad
Every day just fly away
Thanks to Ray O'Neill
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4. |
She Blew This Place
04:33
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She drive a dark blue Catalina
Thru the rain and thru the cold
3 AM she hit the Highway
6 o’clock she should be free
Fading memories on my pillow
A flat blanket by my side
Thick smoke soaks the bedroom curtain
Moonshine flavour on the floor
Never knew that’s what she wanted
Could have told me to my face
I found how this rainy morning
Now I know, she blew this place
Rumble on the Blue Ridge Parkway
The car’s wheels are rolling fast
Not a tear or simply a regret
While crossing the Tye River Gap
Bitter clouds on this fall morning
Long grey shadows on the pond
Pleasing you was never easy
Caring you just not enough
Now I know she blew this place
Now I know, she’s gone away
Yes, she’s finally blew this place
© Ron Martin (BMI) / Marco Zanzi (SUISA)
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You were mine for just a while
Now you're putting on a style
And you've never once looked back
At your home across the tracks
You're the gossip of the town
But my heart can still be found
Where you tossed it on the ground
Pick me up on your way down
Pick me up on your way down
When you're blue and all alone
When the glamour starts to bore you
Come on back where you belong
You may be their pride and joy
But they'll find another toy
And they'll take away your crown
Pick me up on your way down
They have changed you're attitude
Made you haughty and so rude
Your new friends can take the blame
Underneath you're still the same
When you learn these things are true
I'll be waiting here for you
As you tumble to the ground
Pick me up on your way down
Pick me up on your way down
When you're blue and all alone
When the glamour starts to bore you
Come on back where you belong
You may be their pride and joy
But they'll find another toy
And they'll take away your crown
Pick me up on your way down
And they'll take away your crown
Pick me up on your way down
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6. |
Sweet Baby James
03:24
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There is a young cowboy he lives on the range
His horse and his cattle are his only companions
He works in the saddle and he sleeps in the canyons
Waiting for summer his pastures to change
And as the moon rises he sits by his fire
Thinking about women and glasses of beer
And closing his eyes as the doggies retire
He sings out a song which is soft but it's clear
As if maybe someone could hear
So goodnight you moon light ladies
And rock-a-bye my sweet baby James
The deep greens and blues are the colours I choose
Won't you let me go down in my dreams
And rock-a-bye my sweet baby James
Now the first of December was covered with snow
Yes, and so was the turnpike from Stockbridge to Boston
Well, the Berkshires seemed dreamlike on account of that frosting
With ten miles behind me and ten thousand more to go
There's a song that they sing when they take to the Highway
A song that they sing when they take to the sea
A song that they sing of their home in the sky
Maybe you can believe it if it helps you to sleep
But singing seems to works fine for me
So, goodnight you moon light ladies
And rock-a-bye my sweet baby James
The deep greens and blues are the colours I choose
Won't you let me go down in my dreams
And rock-a-bye my sweet baby James
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7. |
Love And Wealth
02:54
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Darling I am all alone in our little mountain home
It's empty cold and loveless now inside
For your childish love and vows lasted only one short year
Now you’ve gone away to be another's bride
You will never know the pain
That I felt the day you left
Should you ever wed again
Let me wish you love and wealth
While that same old whippoorwill breaks the silence on the hill
I stand and gaze upon the faded wall
Where your picture used to hang in a little golden frame
And a vision of your smile I still recall
You will never know the pain
That I felt the day you left
Should you ever wed again
Let me wish you love and wealth
Though they say we live and learn from our sorrows we must turn
And be able to forget sad memories
Let me wish you love and wealth may you take no careless steps
But my broken heart will last eternally
You will never know the pain
That I felt the day you left
Should you ever wed again
Let me wish you love and wealth
Let me wish you love and wealth
© Sony/Atv Acuff Rose Music (BMI)
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8. |
Indian Summer
03:42
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There's a full moon in the sky
It's got a hold on me I'm hypnotized
Like your love it's getting stronger
Please keep my heart a little longer
Indian summer is on it's way
It's cool at night and hot all day
Ain't no black clouds filled with rain
Santa Ana wind blew them all to Maine
Baby takes my hand
She says she understands
About the way I feel
She knows this love is real
And I'm a wide open spaced cowboy
I got lazy ways, I got some hidden joy
Motorcycle and tons of RPM
Ain't gonna wait around till it's here again
Baby takes my hand
She says she understands
About the way I feel
She knows this love is real
An Indian summer is on it's way
It's cool at night and hot all day
Ain't no black clouds filled with rain
Santa Ana wind blew them all to Maine
Blew them all to Maine
© Fool's Gold (ASCAP)
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9. |
Tequila Sunrise
02:51
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It's another tequila sunrise
Starin' slowly cross the sky
Said good bye
He was just a hired hand
Workin' on a dream he planned to try
The days go by
Every night when the sun goes down
Just another lonely boy in town
And she's out runnin' round
She wasnt just another woman
And I couldn't keep from comin' on
It's been so long
Oh, and it's a hollow feelin'
When it comes down to dealin' friends
It never ends
Take another shot of courage
Wonder why the right words never come
You just get numb
It's another tequila sunrise
This old world still looks the same
Another frame
© Cass County Music, Red Cloud Music, Songs Of Universal, Inc. (BMI)
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10. |
It Doesn't Matter
03:45
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She was just looking
Wondering if you might
Notice her smile
She was just watching
Hoping you might want
To stay for awhile
Let her be by your side
You don't have to say why
Have to say why
It doesn't matter
She was just looking at you
Standing alone
While she tells you goodbye
Still wishes you'd stay
Wanting to tell you
The way that she feels
She can't think what to say
Except don't walk away
You might need her someday
Need her someday
It doesn't matter
She was just looking at you
She was just watching
As you walked away
Without turning around
She was just crying
Her head in her hand
And her eyes on the ground
Without making a sound
Oh, but don't turn around
Leave her behind
She'll be around
If you ever change your mind
It doesn't matter
She was just looking at you
© Gold Hill Music, Inc. (ASCAP) / Stephen Stills Music (BMI)
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The Angel Rejoiced
02:17
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A house not a home was a picture satin painted
For sweet little sister and me
Our daddy would frown while mother was prayin'
His heart was so hardened that he would not believe
In anger he'd swear his voice cold and loud
His Sundays were spent out with the gamblin' crowd
I've never seen my daddy inside a house of God
For Satan held his hand down the path of sin he trod
Not long ago our circle was broken
When God called on mother one night
In a voice sweet and low her last words were spoken
Asking our daddy to raise her children right
The Angels rejoiced in heaven last night
I heard my daddy prayin' dear God make it right
He was smiling and singin' with tears in his eyes
While mother with the Angels rejoiced last night
While mother with the Angels rejoiced last night
© Central Songs (BMI)
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12. |
Teach Your Children
03:02
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You who are on the road
Must have a code that you can live by
And so become yourself
Because the past is just a goodbye
Teach your children well
Their father's hell will slowly go by
And feed them on your dreams
The one’s they picks the one you'll know by
Don't you ever ask them why
If they told you, you would cry
So just look at them and sigh
And know they love you
And you (can you hear)
Of tender years (will you care)
Can't know the fears (can’t you see you)
That your elders grew by (must be free to)
And so please help (teach your children)
Them with your youth (you believe)
They seek the truth (make a world that)
Before they can die (we can live in)
Teach your parents well
Their children's hell will slowly go by
And feed them on your dreams
The one’s they picks the one you'll know by
Don't you ever ask them why
If they told you, you would cry
So just look at them and sigh
And know they love you
© Nash Notes (BMI)
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13. |
Here Without You
03:12
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Daytime just makes me feel lonely
At night I can only dream about you
Girl you're on my mind
Nearly all of the time
It's so hard bein' here without you
Words in my head keep repeating
Things that you said when I was with you
And I wonder is it true?
Do you feel the same way too?
It's so hard bein' here without you
Bein' here without you
Though I know it won't last
I'll see you someday
It seems as though that day will come never
But there's one thing I'll swear
Though you're far away
I'll be thinking about you forever
Streets that I walk on depress me
The ones that were happy when I was with you
Still with all the friends I know
And with all the things I do
It's so hard bein' here without you
Bein' here without you
© Gene Clark Music (BMI)
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