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Nine-Volt Battery
04:56
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Nine-Volt Battery
15 years is a long long time.
Feels like yesterday
Since you were on my mind.
15 years I’m really showing my age.
I’ve traveled a long long way,
Hoping that maybe you’d smile at me
A nine-volt battery never broke my heart.
Never ran out on me or died in a car.
I know what you’re thinking,
I know you’re going down that road.
Oh oh oh oo whoa
Keeping me in tune like it does my guitar.
“There might be more love songs
Than fish in the sea.”
Frank Zappa, he said to me
One night in my dreams.
He said: “Illinois Valley Girl
Don’t get discouraged, don’t cry.
I’ll try to encourage you’re smile.
The moon is bright while the stars align.”
A nine-volt battery never broke my heart.
Gave me extra energy and warned me of fire.
I know what you’re thinking,
I know you’re going down that road.
Oh oh oh ooh whoa
Keeping me in tune like it does my guitar.
Sometimes I feel like I’m melting
Like the wicked witch of the west,
On the dark side of the moon.
When I need a little therapy,
Running down that rainbow’s got me tired.
Not a moment too soon.
You’ve gotta find another rainbow,
Another hummingbird.
When you’re feeling solo,
Let your voice be heard.
With a nine-volt battery that never broke my heart.
Gave me extra energy and warned me of fire.
I know what you’re thinking,
I know you’re going down that road.
Oh oh oh ooh whoa
Keeping me in tune like it does my guitar.
Keeping me in tune like it does my guitar.
Keeping me in tune like it does my guitar.
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2. |
Uncrazy
04:57
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Uncrazy
Here I am alone again,
Can’t seem to find my sleep.
Talking to myself again,
Maybe my soul the Lord will keep.
And I wonder where you are tonight,
Are you sleeping by yourself?
Talkin’, tossin’, turnin’,
Never dreamin’ when I turn on my TV.
You’re driving me uncrazy.
Driving me uncrazy.
They say money can’t buy love,
Presents aren’t going to buy you friends.
Keep on throwing punches as you justify
Your actions in the end.
There is no justifying a good person
That you will never be.
Every time I think revenge
Remember she’s a bigger bitch than me.
I’d rather be uncrazy.
Just a little uncrazy.
I’d rather be uncrazy.
Just a little uncrazy.
Am I lying to myself
When I believe you’re being honest with me?
Am I honest with myself
Or maybe just a little uncrazy?
Keep your friends close and an eye on your enemies.
Keep your friends close and an eye on your enemies.
You’re drivin’ me uncrazy.
Drivin’ me uncrazy.
Drivin’ me uncrazy.
Just a little uncrazy.
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3. |
Beautiful Child Of God
05:07
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Beautiful Child of God
Lyrics and music - Jerry Wayne Joseph
Her guardian angels
Follow her ‘round
Through moments of silence
In the rough parts of town.
Her guardian angels
Hover above,
Sit on her shoulders
Shower her with love.
Now when she crawls out through the darkness,
She knows she’s not in there alone.
Her guardian angels
Live in her dreams,
Cloak her in comfort
Keeping her clean.
She used to be scared of the voices,
Now she knows they’re just calling her home.
She’s a beautiful child of God.
He’s holding her hand.
A beautiful child.
He understands
This beautiful child.
Guardian angels
All over the place
Watching her children
Keeping them safe
They tell her the sun also rises
Holding her head through the night
She’s a beautiful child of God.
He’s holding her hand.
A beautiful child,
He understands.
Well, she’s a beautiful child of God.
She’s a beautiful child.
Up there in Heaven the angels all smile.
On this beautiful child.
On this beautiful child.
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4. |
Tuesday's Child
02:54
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Tuesday’s Child
Remember how to touch,
Remember how to feel.
My eyes are fixed on the road again
With one hand upon the wheel.
You make it sound so simple
When it’s really hard to see.
Open my eyes to a life in front of me.
I’ll be alright.
I’ll be alright
In a matter of time;
Tuesday’s Child.
Remember how to touch,
It’s really been too long.
Remember how to sing again
And I’m trying to write this song.
Remember how to love again,
Remember how to smile;
All with the grace of
Tuesday’s Child.
I’ll be alright.
I’ll be alright
In a matter of time;
Tuesday’s Child.
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5. |
Goodnight August
05:16
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Goodnight August
Every summer I feel like a child,
As the double doors open;
Let the children run wild.
Take a deep breath
At that sweet summer air.
Seizing the day
As a legend would say;
Living without a care.
Yeah, living without a care.
Goodnight August,
Hello Sturgeon Moon,
I can see you shining
On a guitar playing fool.
Hello September,
I welcome you with open arms.
In your own cruel way
You took my daddy away.
All I can do
Is just move on.
Move on.
Yeah you gotta just move on.
Yeah you gotta just move on.
Doesn’t matter what time of day
The call arrives.
Takes my breath away, floods of memories
Flash before my eyes.
Raise a glass, make a toast.
Spend your time with those you love the most;
Tell them you love them, tell them you care.
Someday your lover won’t be there.
Won’t be there.
Your lover won’t be there.
Your lover won’t be there.
Goodnight August,
Hello Sturgeon Moon,
I can see you shining
On a guitar playing fool.
Hello September,
Oh hello Harvest Moon.
In your own cruel way
You took my daddy away.
All I can do
Is just move on.
Move on.
Yeah, you gotta just move on.
Yeah, you gotta just move on.
Some people say
you’re never alone.
No one’s talking while we’re all
Staring dumb at our phones.
Communication’s lost;
No one looks in your eyes.
Listen to the music
When you feel compromised.
Take a picture;
It may be the last blue sky you see.
Goodnight August,
Hello Sturgeon Moon,
I can see you shining
On a guitar playing fool.
Hello September,
Oh hello Harvest Moon.
In your own cruel way
You took my daddy away.
All I can do
Is just move on.
Move on.
Yeah, you gotta just move on
Yeah, you gotta just move on.
Move on, move on.
Yeah, you gotta just move on.
Yeah, you gotta just move on.
Ooooo oooo ooooo oooo
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6. |
Chasing Lyric
04:26
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Chasing Lyric
I’ve been chasing lyric
Like I’ve been chasing love.
I couldn’t ever hear it.
Another ill-fitting glove.
Chasing other’s rainbows
For a pot of gold you’ll just have to share.
At least we’ve got that rainbow,
It’s the simple things that simply need care.
Righting other people’s wrongs,
Living other people’s rules.
Singing other people’s songs,
Feeling their blues.
Time to find something sacred
On hallowed ground.
Stripping the layers naked
‘til the truth we have found.
Tantamount to pleasure.
Paramount to pain.
Taking the time to measure
If things are different or if nothing has changed.
Philosophizing bumper stickers
While we analyze confusion and pain.
Something sacred means that something matters
Nothing sacred means that nothing remains.
Righting other people’s wrongs,
Living other people’s rules.
Singing other people’s songs,
Feeling their blues.
Time to find something sacred
On hallowed ground.
Stripping the layers naked
‘til the truth we have found.
All we ever wanted
Was to learn, live and grow.
All we ever wanted
Was the truth to be told.
All we ever wanted
Was to learn, live and grow.
All we ever wanted
Was the truth to be told.
Well, I’m still chasing lyric.
I’ve given up on love.
Funny thing I no longer fear it.
Gonna shine like the sunshine above.
I’m gonna shine like the sunshine above.
I’m gonna shine like the sunshine above.
I’m gonna shine like the sunshine above.
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7. |
Interstate Soul
05:18
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Interstate Soul
Take me to the highway,
Life on the line.
I know that on the highway
My life is really mine.
Searching for the meaning,
A little clarity;
Praying for the sound.
Running from that feeling,
I’m so scared
I never will be found.
A long way from California;
San Francisco, you’ve still,
You’ve got my heart.
Sometimes you’ve got to
Find your way back home
And try to make a brand new start.
Driving from the city,
Through the desert, the canyons,
The old country roads;
Where the midwestern sky’s
Going to reunite
My interstate soul.
My interstate soul.
I’ll sing you a lullaby,
Sing you to sleep.
Whoa ooh whoa.
Wrap your arms around me
And pray my interstate soul to keep.
My my my my,
My my my my,
Interstate soul.
My my my my,
My my my my,
Interstate soul.
Turn on the music,
Turn out the lights.
Hold me ‘til the morning,
All through the night.
I long to see the sunset
As your eyes reflect the evening sky,
Giving me the sweetest joy
That I have always been dreaming to find.
I’ll sing you a lullaby,
Sing you to sleep.
Whoa ooh whoa.
Wrap your arms around me
And pray my interstate soul to keep.
I’ll sing you a lullaby,
I’ll sing you to sleep.
Oh ooh whoa.
Wrap your arms around me
And kiss my interstate soul to sleep.
My my my my,
My my my my,
Interstate soul.
My my my my,
My my my my,
Interstate soul.
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8. |
Thoughts and Prayers
04:32
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Thoughts and Prayers
It’s a sad situation
When the flag’s always flying at half-mast.
We’re all angry and we’re shattered,
Emotions are scattered;
Innocent blood spills the sins of outcasts.
Thoughts and prayers
Don’t seem to be enough.
Wear the colors of the flags
To show we still have love.
For the fallen, for the mighty,
for the brave.
We have love
For the children and the mothers,
For those who risk their lives to save,
Protect and serve.
I don’t care who you choose love.
I don’t care which God you pray to up above.
Thoughts and prayers.
Thoughts and prayers.
Thoughts and prayers.
Thoughts and prayers.
It’s a sad situation
When the leaders of our nation can’t be trusted.
Manipulating hatred,
Capitulate your powers, you’re busted.
You can’t hide from the demons
Your devices spy.
Whoa ooh whoa
Big brother’s always watching
And remember on the 4th of July.
Thoughts and Prayers
For the fallen, for the mighty,
for the brave.
We have love
For the children and the mothers,
For those who risk their lives to save,
Protect and serve.
I don’t care who you choose love.
Whoa ooh whoa
I don’t care which God you pray to up above.
Ooh whoa ooh whoa
Oooo ooh hoo
Oooo ooo ooo ooo hoo
Thoughts and prayers.
Thoughts and prayers.
Thoughts and prayers.
Thoughts and prayers.
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9. |
Grace Again
03:08
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Grace Again
Colors of sin are spinning furiously;
Fleeting pleasures, selling soul to greed.
Brown eyes turn to a changing sky,
Needing grace again.
“Don’t take yourself so seriously,”
Pop had always preached to me.
When will I start listening
To his grace again?
Slow my mind,
I think too much.
Wasting my time
With faith in blind, dumb luck.
Smoke turns to dust,
Cherries in a line;
Bloodshot eyes
From whiskey and wine.
Yesterday’s not worth remembering,
Mistaking fun for debauchery.
Can’t stop the time from fast forwarding,
Fearing life will pass me by.
When the time has come to realize,
Inspiration saints will newly baptize.
Fear the trite but honor the true,
Remember to play the tape all the way through.
Slow my mind,
I think too much.
Wasting my time
With faith in blind, dumb luck.
Smoke turns to dust,
Cherries in a line;
Bloodshot eyes
From whiskey and wine.
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10. |
Fly Away
04:06
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Fly Away
I thought that you were gonna be okay.
You weren’t alone at the break of the day.
You were loved, I believed that would get you
Through the night.
Suffering in silence, enclosing walls;
The sun was shining,
But you were already gone.
You had to fly away, get away, go away
From all the pain and heartache
That never goes away.
And I pray that God has opened his arms
And you are living in the Garden of Eden.
And I pray that you have reconciled
All your demons and are living in
Eternal light.
And I pray that the family you left behind
Can find some healing and peace of mind.
You had to get away, go away, fly Away
From all the pain and heartache
That never goes away.
The rest of us, we’re gonna put the pieces
Back together.
Always searching for answers
To questions that we’ll never find.
There are angels,
They’re circling ‘round my shoulders,
Whispering in my ears
“it’s gonna be alright.”
Whispering in my ears
It’s gonna be alright.”
So you don’t have to get away,
Break away, fly away
From all the pain and heartache
That never goes away.
And I pray that God has opened his arms
And you are living in the Garden of Eden.
I pray that you have reconciled
All your demons and are living in
Eternal light.
I pray that the family you left behind
Can find some healing and peace of mind.
You had to get away, break away, fly Away
From all the pain and heartache
That never goes away.
Please don’t fly away.
Don’t fly away.
Don’t fly away.
Don’t fly away.
Please don’t fly away.
Please don’t fly away.
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