1. |
The Road
03:42
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You ever feel like nothing really matters?
You ever feel like you don't have a voice?
Like a dream left to die, a river running dry
a heart without its beat
You ever feel something in your soul
is alive yet impossible to find?
Like a road with no sign
Hidden and divine
and it leads to the meaning of it all
Oh the road is all I'm looking for
Yes the road hope that's it's much more
Than a bunch of skin and bones
Beneath a granite stone
Yes I hope there’s a meaning to it
All I know
Is that it lives deep down
Where the only sound
Is the hum our spirits singing free
Ooohh ooohh ooohh ooohh
Oooohh ooohh ooooh oooh
You ever feel like nothing really matters
Then moments later feel your heart
We're living and we're dying
And everyday we're trying
to just know the meaning of it all
It's the silence in the glow
The whisper in the soul
It's the feeling that you know
This isn't all for show
It's the river running fresh
The motion after death
It's the spirit that is left
It's the sun that never sets
Oh the road is all I'm looking for
Yes the road I know that's I'm much more
Than a bunch of skin and bones
Beneath a granite stone
Yes I know there’s a meaning to it all
Ooohh ooohh ooohh ooohh
Oooohh ooohh ooooh oooh
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2. |
Heartshine
03:29
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3. |
The Wind
03:54
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I was born on the streets below an underpass
outside of Dallas beside broken glass
I never knew my father the needle took his life,
mother loved the bottle and left me for the night
Thank God the wind's been on my side
Thank God the wind's been on my side
When I turned eleven I stole a pair of shoes
I just kept on walking and stomped away my blues
Winds been on winds been on winds been on my side
It blew me into New Orleans where it saved my life
Cause I was just a boy,
Looking for a home
I was just a boy
When those jazz horns filled Jackson Square,
And that old man placed that silver trumpet in my hands
And when I played my trumpet you know I found my dream
Felt the wind blow through me like a magical airstream
The winds been in my belly living my whole life
And when I blew those melodies you know I found the light
You know I found the light
You know I found the light
And so I thank God
Oh yes I thank God,
Oh yes I thank God
Thank God the winds been on my side
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4. |
Dust and Bones
03:14
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Carpenter looking at what he's made
Banker looking at his money saved
Grave digger looking down at the grave
at uncertainty
Coal miner looking up from the hole
Stripper looking down from the pole
Wise man looking into my soul
for honesty
Madame Maya who reads minds
couldn't read the hands of time
but she told me she can find
The border town in my mind
A woman was stabbed in a parking lot
They closed the windows turned the locks
Looked away so they can't see
Drew the blinds on decency
When you look into the devil's lake it's plain to see
The reflection looking back at you is never free
It's a shackled soul in silver chains and the key
Is broken into dust and bones
I got lost at a carnival
All the clowns just laughed at me
a little boy he asked me
if I'd seen Sincerity?
Soldier looking at who he's killed
Now one heart beats on that hill
Nurse looking into her goodwill
and blood spilled
Red sun falling like a pack of lies
Gonna watch the news
from another man's eyes
Maybe I'll die before I find
The well of wisdom in my mind
I been wheeling north and veering south
Saw ten men in the devil's mouth
Like a wolf pack hiding out
Killing just for fun
When you look into the devil's lake you just may see
The reflection looking back at you is never free
It's a shackled soul in silver chains and the key
Is broken into dust and bones
I wish I knew just where he sleeps
I'd bribe the man who'd help me meet
The man who walks on his bare feet
named Honesty
And I know that for he's real
I saw him once unconcealed
Feeding poor men his last meal
With Dignity
And Sincerity
And Humanity
With his soul
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5. |
On Our Own Again
04:49
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In a small town graveyard
Sits an old man who just prays
Since she's died life's been too hard
and he just thinks about their wedding day
In his hand he holds a gold key
Used to open their first home
When he leaves he passes that old street
The house is there but everything is gone
And he's on his own again
Like a leaf in the wind
Born into this world alone
In between we look for home
Then on our own again
On the outskirts of Reno
A woman's face is black and blue
She cries her last tear and then knows
This isn't love what I've been through.
And she's on her own again
Like a leaf in the wind
Born into this world alone
In between we look for home
Then on our own again
Suitcase in a desert motel
She thinks about the roads gone wrong
Her makeup tries to hide her blackened eyes
And hesitantly picks up her phone
He had a tear that's been falling
since he left his wife's gravestone
But once he saw his daughter calling
He knew deep inside he's not alone
Cause she's coming home again
Like a prayer in the wind
Born into this world alone
But I know there is a home
in love my friend
Yeah she's coming home again
Like a prayer in the wind
Born into this world alone
But I know there is a home
in love my friend
in love my friend
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6. |
Spirits in the Silence
03:23
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Could they be in the red horizon?
They may be in the newborn crying
Oh could they be somewhere in the darkness?
Or in a mansion somewhere down in Memphis?
In Graceland
Could they be in the canyon flower?
They're surely in the dying hour.
An old man from Montgomery Alabama
Felt em' in the Hallelujah's of his Grandma
Hi heart alive
At a Baptist chapel in the summer of 55
Living in her words was something so eternal and divine
The spirits in the silence
Could they be in the autumn harvest?
In the canvas of a starving artist
Could they be a famous jazz musician?
Who's returned as a blurry apparition….
Down In New Orleans
Say Hey Louie is that you passing by?
With a golden trumpet
Drifting through the music of the night
The spirits in the silence
He slid off the bridge into the night rain
With rust in his heart and shadows in his veins
He knew right then he didn't wanna die
Looking for an angel in the midnight sky
But he's falling like a rock
With the devil on his back into the black bay
All his hopes and dreams came flooding out
And he began to pray
And when he hit it felt something caught him
Like a blanket soft and warm beneath him
And in the ambulance he started singing some hymn
About the spirits in the silence
All about the spirits in the silence
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Hello my friend.
How you doing?
I'm just the same,
still got my name
and my job
But what I really wanna do
is motorbike with you
all the way to Machu Picchu
We'll stop in Rio for a day
Be in Bogota by May
On road let's ride away
With you
Hello my friends
How you living?
I'm doing fine
just killing time
in my room
I gotta question.
Are you tired?
of the same scene?
Of the same signs?
Have you lost your mind?
Oh what I really wanna do is fly to Kathmandu
and levitate with some Buddhist dudes
And then we'll wake up and we''ll see
Mt. Everest with our tea
And walk around up in the clouds
Oh what I really wanna do is fly an air balloon
Just like they do in those old cartoons
I've never been to Paris, France
You know I'd like to make romance
Under the stars beside the Louvre
with you you you you you
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8. |
Pull on Through
03:47
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You ever feel like a boxer up against his heels?
Ropes are gone you got nothing brother to rest on.
You ever know the empty feeling of a dead end road?
All your hope is gone
Beneath the dirt and stone
And you got no map to lead you home
But you can pull on through
Even though your heart is black and blue
Just pull on through even though your heart is black and blue
Press on through these hard times
You ever feel like a soldier dying on the field?
When the muscles gone And the wound is open bleeding to the bone
Just know your hurt will heal your heart still feels and what you believe becomes real
You can pull on through
Even though your heart is black and blue
Just hold onto love inside and it'll pull you through
Press on through these hard times
Some days are diamonds that shine
But most days are mountains to climb to climb
You can pull on through
Even though your heart is black and blue
Just hold onto love inside and it'll pull you through
Press on through these hard times
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9. |
Live My Life For You
03:39
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The other night I had a dream
I'm riding a freight train
In the California rain
Lost beneath a violet sky
Honey you were on my mind
On my way to San Francisco
Resting by my side a photo of your bright eyes
Asking how I let you go and knew time suddenly was in control
Somewhere in my mind I felt you fading from my view
But in my heart I knew gonna live my life for you
Gonna live my life for you
That’s what I’m gonna do
Live my life for you
Somewhere deep inside my dream suddenly the train
Stopped beside a wooden farmhouse
And on the front porch in the light
I saw you as my wife with our baby in your belly
You called me up against your side
And I felt the little heart beat inside
I realize love is just a seed
Buried deeply and everything you need
And sometimes it’s frozen in the ice and snow
And if I help it grow it’ll set me free
Gonna live my life for you
That’s what I’m gonna do
Live my life for you
Gonna live my life for you
Live my life for you
That’s what I’m gonna do
Waking up into the day
I somehow knew the way
Thinking bout my dream I knew
Just what I had to do what I had to do
You lay sleeping by my side
Today I'm making you my wife
Gonna live my life for you
That's what I'm gonna do
Live my life for you
Gonna live my life for you
Live my life for you
That's what I'm gonna do
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10. |
When I Die
04:16
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When I die will I regret my days gone by?
Will I wake up one morning cursing all my life?
When I die will my love for you live on?
Like a river in the night rushing into dawn
Will I hold onto light inside?
With everyday gone by?
Or will I close my heart and let it fade away?
Will I close my heart and let it fade away?
Years from now standing on some ocean pier
Will I be holding your hand and thinking bout the years?
One sure thing that I know here and now
Is I'm a better man baby when I make you proud
Will I hold onto light inside?
With everyday gone by?
Or will I close my heart and let it fade away?
Will close my heart and let it fade away?
Will I close my heart and let it fade away?
And as I wake my bones into the light of day
Don't let me close my heart and let it fade away
And when I shut my eyes beneath the blackest sky
Don't let me close my heart and let it fade away
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John John Brown New Milford, Connecticut
No Depression: "The Road is one of those albums that suggests Brown’s talents have been stirring for some time. A supple and suggestive blend of astute Americana accompanied by a quiet, reflective glow, these ten songs offer up an air of quiet contemplation and wistful contentment." - Lee Zimmerman ... more
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