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Valley of the Shadow
04:07
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Valley of the Shadow
Watch the red-faced children of the sun,
I know what will make them run
When their best laid plans have come all undone.
In the Valley of the Shadow, x2
Wise men, good men and even saints like me,
Will bow and scrape and fall on their knees
When the sounds of black bells still the breeze
In the Valley of the Shadow, x2
No rest for the weary no light for the blind
No comforting thoughts in anyone’s mind
Angels and demons searching to find
In the Valley of the Shadow, x4
When you talk about my God, you’d better fall on your knees x2
Joshua fit the battle of Jericho, Jericho, Jericho,
Joshua fit the battle of Jericho and the walls came tumblin’ down…
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Elevator Operator
02:35
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Elevator Operator
You’re an Elevator Operator and you have no cause to get uptight
You’re an Elevator Operator you just don’t seem to have that down right
You’re in no place for judging others by the varying covers of their faces
You think your thinking’s fine but you ought to wash your mind of your foul graces.
You been workin’ here for many years according to the cheers of your home town
Everything’s been very smooth but you’re gonna loose the ups are coming down
It’s difficult to go along for violence and wrongs cause so many griefs
But paraphrasing Steinbeck’s cries, fear when men refuse to die for their beliefs
So Mr. Elevator Operator, you’re the vertical ticket to social floors
You’re pressing on the basement button and you’re about to open up some doors
So let them in, they’re eager men, they merely want to stand by our side
So let’s forget the past remarks, take our hands both lights and darks, turn the tide.
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Hello There
03:42
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Hello There
Hello There, won’t you take my hand and sit by my side
I’d like to get to know you a little better my dear
Before the wind sets in and carries you away again from me
Hello There, my love for you is growing ever stronger
Hold me close and say you’ll always love me
Before the wind sets in and carries you away again from me
Try and look around, there I’ll see
Your gentle little face pleasantly
Then I’ll know you were meant for me
Hello There, won’t you take my hand and sit by my side
I’d like to get to know you a little better my dear
Before the wind sets in and carries you away again from me
Try and look around, there I’ll see
Your gentle little face pleasantly
Then I’ll know you were meant for me
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4. |
Can You Hear Me
03:15
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Can You Hear Me
Too many people been singin’ my song
Too many people been round too long
Guess that’s why I come on so strong
Can You Hear Me callin’ my name
You’re tellin’ me it sounds the same
Can You Hear Me callin’ my name
You’re tellin’ me it sounds the same
How many words can a wise man hear
How many lives can you hold dear
Gotta be a star by the end of the year
I got a little tune I’d like to call mine
You say you’ve heard it before, well, I don’t mind
I better play it fast cuz I don’t have much time
If the wind wanders free, darling, why can’t we
Oh, I’m getting’ so tired I can hardly see
And who are you to tell me I ain’t me
And who are you to tell me I ain’t me
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Flesh Failures/Let the Sunshine In
Galt McDermott, James Rado, Gerome Ragni
We starve-look at one another short of breath
Walking proudly in our winter coats
Wearing smells from laboratories
Facing a dying nation of moving paper fantasy
Listening for the new told lies
With supreme visions of lonely tunes
Somewhere inside something there is a rush of
Greatness, who knows what stands in front of
Our lives? I fashion my future on films in space
Silence tells me secretly
Everything
Everything
Singing Our space songs on a spider web sitar
Life is around you and in you
Answer for Timothy Leary, dearie
Let the sunshine
Let the sunshine in
The sunshine in
Let the sunshine
Let the sunshine in
The sunshine in
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Lay Me Down
01:08
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Lay Me Down
Lay me down by the meadow
Scotch-broom green, flowers yellow
Hills are rollin’ soft sky, blue
Clouds are golden,
I think of you
My mind is rushing
I think of you.
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Bad Credit
03:13
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Bad Credit
Now the day has gone away
You’re sitting in the dark
When you say you are that way
You are because you are
When you lease a life worth living
You can buy it on time
Your credit is bad
I call that dying
Death’s a bitter wine
Soon you’ll say you’ll have to pray
Cause praying is a start
Good for you ‘cause I pray too
I feel it in my heart
When you lease a life worth living
You can buy it on time
Your credit is bad
I call that dying
Death’s a bitter wine
When you lease a life worth living
You can buy it on time
Your credit is bad
I call that dying
Death’s a bitter wine
Kindly souls they find a home
And very rarely lose
Life is light
When switched on right
Your nature you must choose
When you lease a life worth living
You can buy it on time
Your credit is bad
I call that dying
Death’s a bitter wine
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Someday
03:57
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Someday
Ya know someday you’re gonna need someone
Someday you’ll need someone to care
Well one day soon I hope you find someone
Hopin’ that the one you find is you
One day soon you’ll realize
All good things they have their price
It doesn’t matter now, but you’re gonna find out how it is
You left yourself out in the cold
Ain’t it kinda strange how time just slips away
You always find yourself back in the hole
A friendly smile has turned into a villain’s snare
You find that you’ve got no place left to go
The progress that you thought you made the love that’s turnin’ into hate
The way you throw it out, it’s gonna come right back on you.
I’ve heard you say that to yourself, you’re no use
You’re down too low, to just sit down and cry
Ain’t no way to walk out of this mess you’re in
It does no good to sit and wonder why
And all this time you contemplate
tell yourself there’s just no way
You’ve heard tales of another side
So ya better spread your wings and fly.
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Changing Me
03:16
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Changing Me
I can only hope to see what is changing me
Being here like I am
The world is spinning faster heading for disaster
Changing Me, Oh oh Changing me
Turn on the light in the dark I can’t see
I can’t taste what I’m eating
The earth is being tread upon and bled upon
Blood dripping to the sea
I can only hope to find how I got in this bind
Being here like I am
The world is spinning faster heading for disaster
Changing Me, yeah Changing me
Bring on the sleigh I want to slide away
I’m not hot, I am freezing
Bring on the sleigh I want to slide away
I’m not hot, I am freezing
Turn on the light in the dark I can’t see
I can’t taste what I’m eating
The earth is being tread upon and bled upon
Blood dripping to the sea
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Battle Fatigue
08:19
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Battle Fatigue
Hey you young soldiers, wherever you are
Put down your weapons, It’s not very hard
Your king is worthless
He’s failed to serve his purpose
As your leader and your guide
He plans to kill you all
Come all ye faithful, join the triumphant x4
Now it’s all over there’s no one around
Your king has failed, the decision was your
I was your leader your king was the devil’s pride
Come all ye faithful, you all have died
Come all ye faithful, join the triumphant x8
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Les and Joyce Carlsen Visalia, California
We're singer/songwriters who have been in rock bands for many years. Now we're experimenting with different genres and discovering our own music. Follow us as we explore and create.
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