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Til the Day That You Die
05:44
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TIL THE DAY THAT YOU DIE
I heard what you said when the day came around
But I could not forget the words you’d written down
I hope you’ll forgive me I’m sorry to wait
Pray the words that I say still aren’t too late
But you just stood there with your hands to your eyes
Talking in rhythms to the tune of demise
With your heart in your hands and your fists to the sky -That’s just how you’ll be til the day that you die
Well you knew for some time this would come to an end
But if the boat’s going down you might as well swim
With your past all behind you the West to your back
It can’t hold a flame to the hope that you lack
I told you the truth it was worse than a lie
‘Cause now your heart really knows what your face tries to hide
With your heart in your hands and your fists to the sky- That’s just how you’ll be til’ the day that you die
You’ve gotta make a living so the living is for good
That’s just what they tell me it’s just what you should
But it’s a hard time for living when your heart is on trial
For the things that you’ve done you’ll be done in a while
And who knows what mysteries your heart often hides
‘Cause mysteries aren’t secrets when the truth is a lie
With your heart in your hands and your fists to the sky- That’s just how you’ll be til’ the day that you die
I checked the time it was 2:55 I was pacing the floor where I live
You made the drive said you could not survive this way feels like its come to an end
And on her machine I voiced a plea to believe that we tried oh how we tried.
You said you’d leave ‘Cause it’s easier to bleed when the deck has been stacked oh so high
And maybe someday we’ll put an end to our pride
Talking in rhythms to the tune of demise
And then you will see why I call you a friend
And you can wear it on your sleeve ‘till the bitter end.
With your heart in your hands and your fists to the sky- That’s just how you’ll be til’ the day that you die
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Summer Rain
03:58
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Summer Rain
Summer rain summer rain come and wash me away
From the pain from the pain you make blue skies from gray
And when we get to where we’re going we’ll let nobody take
Summer rain summer rain that dance across our face
Summer rain summer rain why you been gone so long
‘cause our spirits are dry; we’re barely hanging on
but you bring the waters our hearts hold so dear
summer rain summer rain come wash away our tears
Daddy said daddy said we will fall on our knees
At the mercy of the heavens and the next autumn breeze
But until that summer rain comes walkin’ up our steps
We will hold our heads up high and give thanks for what is left
You know our hearts we cannot hide
Wastin’ in the summer sky
Hope is a dream when we’ve not seen you
Whispering in the summer trees
We are dancing in the rivers now the moon is high above
And our hearts are overflowing by the way you’ve filled them up
But the leaves will soon surrender, winter’s just around the bend
Soon you will be teaching us to grieve again
You know our hearts we cannot hide
Wastin’ in the summer sky
Hope is a dream when we’ve not seen you
Whispering in the summer trees
Here the spring has come we’ve just begun
Soon you will be teaching us to breathe..
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3. |
The Balance
05:11
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The Balance
When You called me from the darkness did you know that I would fall?
And if the blood is on my hands does it really matter at all?
And if the apple’s merely poison why’d you put it on my plate?
If this story’s just a rumor does it carry the same weight?
So I contemplate the weight of what it means to die
And if I think therefore I am then who the hell am I
To be cynical of questions whose answers we’ve not heard?
And when did “I don’t know” become such a dirty word?
These are the questions in between
The balance between what we think we know and what we see
So I carry on this burden our parents put on us
It’s ashes to ashes our bodies back to dust
Oh and I have heard it said “to doubt is to exist”
But it feels like mine was placed here inside my father’s rib.
These are the questions in between
The balance between what we think we know and what we see
I put my faith in ancient words I cannot read
‘Cause when I hold them up against my heart I don’t like what I see
and that’s good enough for me
When the sun sets on my anger- my suspicions long confirmed
Will my ears inspire action; ring loud with what they’ve heard?
The view from on this mountain is one I wish not to save
‘Cause if it has to be the gospel I’m afraid it has to start in the grave
These are the messages we see
In the balance between what we think we know and what we see
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4. |
Baltimore
06:07
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Baltimore
I Thought this would be easy /I thought you were wrong
I’d never say sorry/Easier said than done
You had every reason/To just walk away
But who would have thought that I’d be standing here
Trying to find my way
To the place where we could start again
Without getting to the point
Conversations doesn’t need to end
I won’t miss your voice.
I would be over you
I’d have this thing won
Maybe tomorrow clocks will all turn back I won’t wonder what I’ve done
We could start over
The pages could erase
I can still see you standing in this light the moonlight hits your face
I think I’m gone…
Should have seen this one coming/Not like I didn’t have a clue
I always knew that days wouldn’t be the same/Especially without you
And I think that there’s no getting back to the way it used to be
And I hope that you don’t shake this off
Saying maybe it’s just me
I would be over you
I’d have this thing won
Maybe tomorrow clocks will all turn back I won’t wonder what I’ve done
We could start over
The pages could erase
I can still see you standing in this light the moonlight hits your face
And I could kiss away your pain and you would not be so insane to think
That I could one day feel the same we wouldn’t play the blaming game and wait
For some hypnotic trance as this to wake us from the fleeting dance and pray
That we’d get back to life some day we wouldn’t have to stay awake
If I could I would.
The days getting longer/the nights so unclear
Things are not getting that much easer/without you here
I think we’re gone.
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5. |
Million To One
05:04
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Million to One
Granddad was a war hero as far as I could see
He never won no pins or stripes that don’t matter much to me
Loved his wife till’ the day he died told my brother to do his best
When that cancer took his bones then we laid his final rest
One thing he told me when I was young.
You can’t afford to be looking back
I can’t explain why he left the way he done
But a man like him is a million to one.
That green-eyed girl got the best of me my heart she saw right through
All around us the world was dyin’ our love would make it new
I was scared I’d been there trembling on my knees
So I asked her dad for her hand he taught me how to see.
Said “son this train it goes all around. Over hills and through the storms”
You punch your ticket and hold close the ones you love.
‘Cause a hand like hers is a million to one
Sandra she’d seen everything the world could throw at her
Two kids three jobs and a broken home drowning out her words
They called all cars when it burned down it burned right to the ground
You could hear the sirens blazin’ Sandra couldn’t hear a sound
Newspapers asked her where she had been
She worked a double until sun
The kids weren’t home to feel the gas lines explode
The chances were a million to one
I remember when I fought my dad I was screaming on that day
Said “you can stay or you can go it doesn’t matter anyway”
I stood my ground and he backed down we didn’t see much eye to eye
But when we told him of our plans it was the first I heard him cry
Tears fell from my father’s eyes that day
I think about what mother said
There ain’t nothing to make our love come undone
A son like you is a million to one
I don’t know if the world was made in six days or ten more
All I know is the love I’m shown we can’t ask for much more
And if I’m standing on this earth I know each breath I take is blessed
I hope each breath it brings me closer to the ones I love the best
And if my granddad were alive today I’d like to hear him say well done
The world brings troubles with each new morning sun but a life like yours is a million to one
The answer is a million to one.
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6. |
Violent Man
05:04
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Violent Man
Well I’ve know to be a rebel; of this I am not proud
Many times I’ve crossed the lines just to speak against the crowd
I admit I’ve never tried to use sticks and stones for fame
But sometimes my words will cut like knives and they’ll hurt you just the same
‘Cause I am not good enough to help myself
the blood on these hands is much to think to wash off now
So brothers fall in line to the tune of this great pearl
And know we’ve already failed in the eyes of this old world
‘Cause what good is resistance when my heart’s prepared to fight?
I’m just a violent man with peaceful plans of trying to make things right.
It’s hard to beat the system; to pave the way for change
By using words like “left” and “right” to interpret what we say
And I know that it’s not easy to preach against the choir
It’s even harder when my words they come from both sides of my mouth
‘Cause I am not strong enough to walk alone
the weight of our wrongs is much too much to call my own
So brothers fall in line to the tune of this great pearl
And know we’ve already failed in the eyes of this old world
‘Cause what good is resistance when my heart’s prepared to fight?
I’m just a violent man with peaceful plans of trying to make things right.
God knows I’m a violent man with peaceful plans just trying to make things right
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7. |
Kansas (Let Me Be)
06:02
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Kansas (Let Me Be)
This highway is a ghost of what has come to be and what was lost
Sunflowers through my window are brighter than the memories I have tossed
And now the sun beats down on a life we once knew
I know the rest is lost ‘gainst the way I treated you
I always knew I’d leave you when I could make something of myself
But there’s something bout the bright lights haunts me like the wind moves through these fields
And now I think about the way folks often talk
Seems like the more we have the more we seem to fall
Kansas you are leaving me
I thought we agreed
These names and faces have no meaning when you’re gone
Oh Kansas- Oh Kansas please
Oh Kansas let me be
Knew a man who said this town was like a curse. It gripped him like a plague
Now the only sickness he can’t be cured of is the one they call old age
And now his girl’s grown up there’s a little one on the way
We once said we’d skip this town; not a chance in hell we’d stay
Kansas you are leaving me
I thought we agreed
These names and faces have no meaning when you’re gone
Oh Kansas- Oh Kansas please
Oh Kansas let me be
When we were young we had the world held in our hands. We didn’t think it would end
I would chase her down the river in my hands; she would slip and break again
And if love could be the answer to our plans, then lust would be the damned
And we’d ride. We’d ride all day just to give ourselves a chance
In the end that summer wheat steals our eyes for one last glance
Kansas you are leaving me
I thought we agreed
These names and faces have no meaning when you’re gone
Oh Kansas- I’m on my knees
Oh Kansas- Oh Kansas please
Oh Kansas – Let me be.
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8. |
Chosen Words
04:01
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Chosen Words
Covered by chosen words and wounded by time
Loss of the innocent son; we stopped on a dime
And my hands are tied from this
Garment of love burned by a kiss
You second the motion we’ve got to move
We did this for love; we did this for you
Your mouth is a graveyard where words go to die
You question my balance; I’m questioning why
It’s not like I tried for your pain
But chosen words land wherever they may
You take my choices I’ll take the blame
You’re covered in love; it’s never the same
Covered by chosen words
Your voice is a mirror forget what you’ve heard
Reflecting back what it owes
What you mean to me know one can know.
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Kevin Cott Springfield, Missouri
Kevin Cott is a songwriter from Springfield, Missouri. His songs are chock-full of literary references and brimming over with midwestern charm. HIs newest release "Every Highway" features acoustic arrangements with an Americana vibe. Kevin's guitar playing is mostly finger style in the tradition of Mississippi John Hurt and Chris Smither. ... more
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