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speck
03:23
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you're just a speck
no one can see
flung on the wind
with the birds and the trees
glistening leaf you rest upon
falling flora brings you down
you land in a field
atop a daisy
a girl comes along
plucking loves or loves me not
petals fall one by one
at least you landed
on somebody loves me
twirling down in the breeze
still you wonder what might've been
had you been on the last petal to cling
you hit a dandelion
gone to seed
fluff-puffy landing
like the room full of pillows
on "i dream of jeannie"
blown into the blue
on the breath of a boy
floating up on the warmth
looking down upon a smile
you dance with the wind
the one who loves you
flying up to the sky
your best friend in the world
together by and by
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hello
04:00
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Seems the circle may be broken
Or turning a new direction
Finding home in the grace of the road
Ringing 'round a rosy posy time
Calling out hello
Hello, you drift your way over to say
Hello
Friendly chatter til the cows came home
Really they were dogs
Maddie and Tulie and Blossom
Running round the beach
And I miss my own
Am I a magnet to a friendly voice
When I need it the most
I'll take it
Hello, I call out hello
The only way I know how
Sweet childlike man
You laugh like a chirping bird
Were you scared in the storm
Or did you sing yourself to calm
I drew a heart in the dust of your demise
A little love I leave behind
Seems all I got
Hello, you call out hello
The only way you know how
And I smile tho you don't see me
We stand together alone
Hello
Hello
I'll keep saying til I go
Hello
Hello
Hello
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love stanley
04:00
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Well we came...cross the land
....A sight to well my eyes
Oh the beauty....all directions
Caught my breath to take it in
Crosses dot the highway
Snow collapsing trees
Fire burning yonder
Flowerpoking through winters end...
Then we saw it....through the turnstile
A spell to fall between
Oh the power...of the river
Rushing voice to lull my sleep
Wind over the mountain
Gusting down the way
Breathe between the boards of the ol barn a-sway
Chandelier a-tinkle, nest in rafters symphony
Mountain bluebirds fly
Crissing-cross the fenceposts
Osprey dust the lines
Elk scatter in the wee light
Coyotes are calling
Sweaters on the cattails
The otters are hiding
Oh the sun warms...through the windows
Rising flow to grace
Mountains ever...o majestic
Promenade til sky turns gray
In the barn the bluebird, singing in the wings
Echoing my own, melody it seems
Wind flutters our feathers, roosting by and by
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feast of days
03:48
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feast of days
There you go
Life changed so quickly
Where'd you go
quiver of grass on winter shore
cast to the wind
Salt spray returns the sea
I want to keep....part of you....
Ear to a windswept hill
I heard "I love you" (or was it a dream?)
It's hard to feel the world
Without you
Fox running by, slows to see
takes unshakable poise
At the ragged end of the day
count the hours
An eternity in words of regret
bird leaves the rail
And my heart ....flies....
remember the days
Of sweet cream and tea
We laughed til we cried
and cry til there's nothing but to laugh again
A feast of days
A feast of love....
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this life
04:52
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You talk about the weather
Long after the storm has passed
As if I wasn't there
Or you can't remember my face
I'm waiting for you to say something outside the blue
of the ones you think are setting the bar
Do you know you're still alone?
Do you know I still hear you?
Hey I get it...
I been living in my own waiting room
But I put myself out there braving the truth
Sparked a flame in my tender heart
Wind blowin' hair across my face
Gentle hand brushing it from my baby blues
And you know it's the sweetest thing
Sweetest thing I ever knew
Talking over candles through the night
nourishing the soul dance in moonlight
Take it in the kitchen, washing up the pans
Cuz we can't imagine this story would ever end
Reminds me of a tune I once heard
Was it an old man’s whistle or a trilling bird
Well we're here now let's make the most
Gotta take the time to breathe
Into this life
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more than then
04:30
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I stare at the page and wonder why I can't see the words
You tried so hard to spell it out
Well i wanna say but you don’t seem to hear
it's just my way
to read your face instead
oh we're walking around out in the cold
hands deep in pockets and dry as a bone
The skin on my fingers and I can't feel you anymore
well your touch was hard but warm
and it drove me home more than once
You took me home
home
bridge:
Oh when I'm with you
It’s okay
But when I’m down the road
i can't see my own reflection
am i here
Were you there
INSTRUMENTAL
the night sky lightens and stars disappear...
But in this city they hardly show anyway
and I long to be where I can see the sky
so I know the difference between... day and night
take me back home
take me back home
home where I knew myself
and knew you more than now
More than then
More than you
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Mercy Street - by Peter Gabriel
Looking down on empty streets, all she can see
Are the dreams made solid, are the dreams made real
All of the buildings, all of the cars
Were once just a dream in somebody's head
She pictures the broken glass, she pictures the steam
She pictures a soul with no leak at the seam
..lets take.. the boat out
Wait until darkness
Let's take the boat out
Wait until darkness comes
Nowhere in the corridors of pale green and grey
Nowhere in the suburbs in the cold light of day
There in the midst of it so alive and alone
Words support like bone
CHORUS
Dreaming of mercy street
Wear your inside out
Dreaming of mercy
In your daddy's arms again
Dreaming of mercy street
Swear they moved that sign
Dreaming of mercy
In your daddy's arms
Pulling out the papers from the drawers that slide smooth
Tugging at the darkness, word upon word
Confessing all the secret things in the warm velvet box
To the priest-he's the doctor, he can handle the shocks
Dreaming of the tenderness, tremble in the hips
Of kissing Mary's lips
CHORUS
Anne, with her father is out in the boat
Riding the water
Riding the waves
on the sea
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mettle
04:10
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Photos of you
Fade in time
Through the door
And gone
Temperament of love
Heady with possibility
A treasure trove
A bounty
Color the coast
Azure no words
Out to seize
The sea
Swelling waves
Don't turn your back
This is the tide
We're on
Fire storm
Prove our mettle
On the wing
Come the dawn
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jean mann Seattle, Washington
Experiencing jean mann’s music is akin to sitting around the kitchen table, catching up on the news of the soul. A genre-
hopping, contemporary singer-songwriter, she flavors her tunes with tenor and acoustic guitars, ukuleles and harmonica. All to accompany a warm, texture-laden vocal style.
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