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1. |
Grow
04:56
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GROW
strike up the band
we got a new thing coming down the wire
that newfoundlander
she's a beauty, she gonna make you high
and if we make it
we're gonna scream and shout
and if we wait it out
we're gonna make it
yeah
time is on our side
we all know, we all know
we all grow, we all grow
still, time is on our side
we're counting down
the days, the moments, and the steps we take
come gather 'round
and hear the legend of the huge mistake
hell yeah, we made it
hell yeah, we'd do it all again
just gotta wait it out
we're gonna make it, yeah
time is on our side
we all know, we all know
we all grow, we all grow
still, time is on our side
is this the end?
i'm gonna suck it up and do it all again
is this the end?
i'm gonna suck it up and do it all again
to break the chains
to release my soul into the wild
no more waiting out
it's time to make it yeah
time is on our side
we all know, we all know
we all grow, we all grow
still, time is on our side
-2/28/14
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2. |
Four/Zero
04:56
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FOUR/ZERO
four-zero to one shot, double-up
no time to waste no more
ain't gonna take it easy now
a lifetime with these bones
crack me up and send me to the moon
pin me to the wall
the night ends far too soon
pick me up and put me out the door
scrape me off the floor
and all i ever wanted was to see the lights
in the rearview, fading out into the night
four-zero to one shot, double-up
no time to waste no more
ain't gonna take it easy now
the road goes on and on
take me to the garden of the sun
pardon me, i'm one of you
now we're in too deep
way beyond the shadows of our souls
we're holding on to those
and all i ever wanted was to break the spell
i've been in so long that none of us could even tell
four-zero to one shot, double-up
no time to waste no more
ain't gonna take it easy now
the end may come too soon
don't look beyond the finish line
we still got time to take it all
back from where we've come
we came so far from those old walls
they crumble now
and all i ever wanted was to sing these songs
building halls and hills like i can do no wrong
four-zero to one shot, double-up
no time to waste no more
ain't gonna take it easy now
-3/5/14
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3. |
Devil On My Shoulder
04:35
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DEVIL ON MY SHOULDER
we got a whole lot of nothin'
but we're doin' fine
if we wait another year
we just might lose our minds
and send 'em down the river
where we sold our souls
to the captain and the king
of rock and roll
nights ain't the same
without that sweet, sweet sound
nights ain't the same
since we gave it all away
i can see right through the mirror, yeah
i know just what you need
i can see into the future, yeah
in the garden, there grows
some sort of whipporwill
if you don't know
then make it up and stay until
the first light creeps
between the window shades
and you hit the door
and blow all the dust away
the morning ain't the same
without that sweet sweet sound
the morning ain't the same
since they took it all away
i can see right through the mirror, yeah
i know just what you need
i can see into the future, yeah
and it looks like today
but in a different way
when the moon hangs on
over our battered heads
when the sun burns our eyes
and leaves us all for dead
just another day in the life
of you and me
and the devil on my shoulder
there for all to see
life just ain't the same
without that sweet sweet sound
life just ain't the same
since they scattered all away
i can see right through the mirror, yeah
i know just what you need
i can see into the future, yeah
-3/4/14
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4. |
Newfoundland
03:46
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NEWFOUNDLAND
over in the corner
where the world don't spin so fast
over in the corner
where the assholes finish last
you can see the sun rise from the
edge of the world
over in the corner
where the world don't spin so fast
and i've waited and i've waited
all my life to be there
and i've waited and i've waited
just to breathe
i'm gonna do it my way, my way
over in the corner
with the fog and the wild sea
over in the corner
with the dogs and the jubilee
you can let it all go
at the edge of the world
over in the corner
with the fog and the wild sea
and i waited and i waited
all my life for something
i waited and i waited
just for this
i'm gonna do it my way, my way
and i waited and i waited
for this life to pay off
i waited and i waited
just to breathe
over in the corner
where the wind sweeps through the trees
over in the corner
you can be all you want to be
you can see it all end
at the edge of the world
you can see it all begin
at the edge of the world
over in the corner
where the wind sweeps through the trees
and i waited and i waited
just to make that change
and i waited and i waited
for the strange
i'm gonna do it my way, my way
-3/5/14
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5. |
Late For The Woods
04:41
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LATE FOR THE WOODS
it's not just the wind
that's taking you in, my friend
it's not just the way
that we make these mistakes again
two feet on the floor
but our spirits they soar til they fade
it's our mess to make
can't you smell the mistakes we all made
like pipers we stroll through the fields
gathering moss til it grows underneath our heels
like pipers we stroll
and we'll never stop when we are told
we're getting too old to be here
no, we'll never learn
one, to the wall
as if nothing at all was the same
what kind of bird
understands all these words they all say
moments of glory
not just some old storybook tale
it's our turn to shine
and we'll piss on the lines and prevail
like pipers we stroll through the fields
gathering moss til it grows underneath our heels
like pipers we stroll
and we'll never stop when we are told
we're getting too old to be here
no, we'll never learn
we'll take to the road
and the hills that erode in sweet time
hammer to nail
like a bird to a whale, we're all fine
dance on the line
take a chance and we'll find it's all good
enough with the wait
we are already late for the woods
like pipers we stroll through the fields
gathering moss til it grows underneath our heels
like pipers we stroll
and we'll never stop when we are told
we're getting too old to be here
now we burn through the best of our years
no, we'll never learn
-3/3/14
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6. |
Move Like Wind
04:02
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MOVE LIKE WIND
pray for rain, pray for no rain
stay for the ride, or stay inside
gonna fight em off, fight em off
til they let go
gonna ride it out, ride it out
and feel the flow
and move along now
to swing or sway, swing or sway
it's what we say to get our own way
gonna hit the road, hit the road
and hit it hard
gonna cut them down and leave them out
in the yard
and move along now
this fear dissolves into the ether.
another year to think about the mess
all we take away still lets us be there
what's next? it's anybody's guess
to move like wind, to move like wind
it'll even out in the end
these pillars of doubt, pillars of doubt
they tumble down
we're gonna wipe the crumbs or swipe the crumbs
and blow this town
and move along now
-3/6/14
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7. |
Our Time To Shine
04:34
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OUR TIME TO SHINE
the rain it missed us, on and on
straight into a groovy kind of weather
out the window, down the line
no looking back, we're terrified and smiling
it ain't no thing, we grew our wings
and we learned to sing a happy kind of song
this kind of life can bring us everything
from sweat to swing to anything, so long
i heard the angel bargain, leave his mark
on that old man from down the road
t'was nothing new i guess but when it's mine
i want the rest of what i'm owed
i don't care, at least i'm there
i'm screaming in the front row of the show
knockin' off the beggars in the way
this way just ain't the way to go
this is our time
our time to shine
shine like the gold in the hands of the mother sun
shine like the crest of a wave before it's all done
shine like the eyes of the greatest love we've ever known
shine like a rolling stone
the message from beyond the fold
it read you better never damp the fire
that's burning in my soul
i cannot vouch for what ain't rolling down the wire
to make through the morning dew
and hold on til the fireflies at night
it's what we want, it's what we got
ain't nothing but the sweetness and the light
this is our time
our time to shine
shine like the gold in the hands of the mother sun
shine like the crest of a wave before it's all done
shine like the eyes of the greatest love we've ever known
shine like a rolling stone
-3/7/14
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8. |
Sweet Summer Wine
03:25
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SWEET SUMMER WINE
sweet summer wine
we just need a taste, yeah
we're takin' our time
rolling through the days, yeah
we'll all be just fine
just you and me and sweet summer wine
sweet summer wine
we waited all our lives to
break all the lines
and do what we wanna do
we'll all be just fine
just you and me and sweet summer wine
when we first dreamed it up
i called you crazy
when we first dreamed it up
i was feelin' lazy
when we first dreamed it up
four hundred days ago
we were already in the haze of
sweet summer wine
no mountain, ain't no hill
that we won't try and climb
til we tumble, til we spill
we'll all be just fine
just you and me and sweet summer wine
when we first dreamed it up
i called you crazy
when we first dreamed it up
i was feelin' lazy
when we first dreamed it up
four hundred days ago
we were already in the haze of
sweet summer wine
we just need a taste, yeah
we're takin' our time
rolling through the days, yeah
we'll all be just fine
just you and me and sweet summer wine
-3/10/14
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9. |
Circle Up
04:33
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CIRCLE UP
circle up those wagons, yeah
this old man is moving on
circle up, it's time to sing
morning, what's your poison, son?
yeah, it's a new thing
real thing, everything
we got the ring and we're
gonna be king, yeah yeah
circle up and sleep it off
nothing left to do, yeah
circle up and thank me
when you get there, sing the blues, yeah
it ain't the freeze or the fire
in our bad knees
we're gonna beat the devil
til he can't see no more
to stumble out the back door, man
to think of all the days gone by
to crumble like a dirt roof, man
to think of all the days gone by
circle up, the water's cold
drink it if you want to
circle up and circle out
roll into the blue, yeah
we had our fun
once, twice, just for kicks, yeah
and if i could
i would do it all again, yeah yeah
to stumble out the back door, man
to think of all the days gone by
to crumble like a dirt roof, man
to think of all the days gone by
circle up those wagons, yeah
this old man is moving on
-3/2/14
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10. |
Better Off Outside
04:51
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BETTER OFF OUTSIDE
sea to sea and all between
i've seen it all and lived to wipe it clean
i was twenty when i lost it
i was thirty when i found you in a dream
the closer that i come to sitting down
the further off it becomes
another part, another play, another time and place
between where my hands and face collide
sometimes we're better off outside
we're better off outside
hand in hand like grains of sand
conversing with the wind and with the tide
there's nothing ever sweeter
than a summer rain, trying to hitch a ride
and the closer that it comes to moving on
the further off it becomes
another wall, another door, another window keeping score
for all the years we thought to hide
sometimes we're better off outside
we're better off outside
now all those missed years fade away
like mist in a noon day sun
we're on the run
take your time, yeah, you've got time
that's what we always said, to ease our minds
and we're still here after all these years
it's time to move, just to see what we might find
and the closer that we come to letting go
the further off it becomes
another life, another world, another way and mean
between all the things we've been denied
sometimes we're better off outside
we're better off outside
-2/27/14
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11. |
Dreamers On The Road
03:51
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DREAMERS ON THE ROAD
when the wind is still behind me
and the day seems wild and long
if you look you just might find me
hangin' on
to the mirror image, bless me
count your cards and do your time
it's the small things that impress me
down the line
and we may not have a penny to our name
shoot first, it's only just a game
this life we're living, it's a gift
one good turn deserves another
moment in the light
if you do it right
when the sky is cold and quiet
when the rain is ragin' on
you can think about the riot
and how it's gone
you can close your eyes and dream
about another place and time
click your heels, wait out the steam
and cross the line
and we may just be two dreamers on the road
where does it end? nobody knows
just how it came to be like this
but something in my mind keeps telling me
that it's the way that we must be
and what it is is what it is
when the road has reach the end
before the cliff, before the sun
we're gonna do it all again
before we're done
and thank our lucky stars
that we still have it in our souls
to push on ever farther
from this hole
and we may change the way we talk
the way we move, the way we walk
along the way, it's not for us to say
the only way to grow is just to go
and live the next set of this show
we'll sing along, we'll sing along
-3/2/14
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12. |
Crazy Times
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CRAZY TIMES
each and every time i break the rules
there ain't no looking back
each and every time i play the fool
it's like a heart attack
but it keeps me coming back
the city lights ain't all they're cracked up to be
and lazy nights ain't what they used to be
crazy times are here again, here again
my old friend
each and every time i turn around
it's still the same old road
each and time i hit the ground
still can't shake the load
that i keep on hanging on
the city lights ain't all they're cracked up to be
and lazy nights ain't what they used to be
crazy times are here again, here again
my old friend
each and every time i make a move
it's still that same old move
each and every time i try to prove
myself, i disapprove
but it's time to move along
the city lights ain't all they're cracked up to be
and lazy nights ain't what they used to be
crazy times are here again, here again
my old friend
-2/28/14
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13. |
Keep Your Head Down
09:12
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KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN
keep your head down
they always tell you, now
i'm over it now
gonna walk out
gonna make out
like a king now
taking my time
shake it up, yeah
before we shake down
look around, yeah
i want nothing but a good time
i ain't gonna walk no lines
but they're always tellin' ya
keep your head down
they always tell you, now
im over it now
gonna see it through
gonna see you
on the road, yeah
shatter my soul
bring it back, yeah
bring it all home
in the end, yeah
no road is wrong, just take the next one
i wanna open up my eyes and reconnect
but they're always tellin' ya
keep your head down
they always tell you, now
i'm lookin' for the sun
lookin' for the moon
lookin' at you
you're lookin' good, yeah
talkin' that talk
mighty big, yeah
might've gone down
we hit the ground, yeah
this time it's for real, we cannot fake it
spin those driving wheels and reawake
i'll never hear again
keep your head down
they always tell you, now
-3/2/14
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Chris Anderson Alexandria, Virginia
Chris is a wildly prolific songwriter who has hovered among the outskirts of the music world for over 30 years. On his own
label, Flying Dachshund Music, Chris has released 154 CDs, 96 of them being full-length albums. That's just the tip of the iceberg and there are no signs of stopping. Ever.
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