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Meet me high up on the hillside
Bring a matchbook and your pocketknife
And we'll stay here
Til the birds start talking English
And we sing their songs
Nothing could go wrong
The power lines give up a spark
The prairie fires light up the dark
And the rattlesnakes
Will rattle in time
To the sound of my guitar
Meet me high up on the hillside
Bring a matchbook and your pocketknife
And we'll stay here
Til the birds start talking English
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Broke Down
03:30
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Old North wind
Why do you blow so cold
You took me pure and pretty
My story's left untold
Grasses grow
Round names you'll never know
You could meet them now
If you'd stop for a spell
Rows and rows
Rows and rows of sleeping souls
Are arranged here
Hold your own
It's too late to place the blame
Cause i sleep here
Just the same
Settle down and rest now
It's gonna be a while
Close my door against the wind
But still it whistles wild
If you're looking
You will see
They're pining for your company
And I wish that I could wrap myself
Around you in the ground
I wish that I could wrap myself
Around you in the ground
Rows and rows
Rows of sleeping souls
Are contained here
And you know
The most restless souls
Are the ones who were
Too young to go
And I wish that I could wrap myself
Around you in the ground
I wish that I could wrap myself
Around you in the ground
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Ugly Stray
03:28
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Who's that sleeping under the porch
Have you seen him before
You don't mind him sleeping out there
But when he comes near the door
You say
Go away
Go away you ugly stray
Go away
Go away you ugly stray
And he walks away
To a quiet place
Where no one's above you
I said leave him alone
Everybody needs a home
And where would you be
If nobody loved you
Sleeping in backyards
Passing time by the river
Riding in strange cars
Stay awake
Til you can see the lines
Wake up
The dream is fading
Are you sure
That weren't no dream
For objects in the mirror
Are farther than they may seem
Go away
Go away you ugly stray
Go away
Go away you ugly stray
And he walks away
To make our final arrangements
On the payphone
Blowing this old town
Got a one way ticket down
With no ground below
And no sky above you
Sleeping in backyards
Passing time by the river
Riding in strange cars
Stay awake
Til you can see the lines
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Will Try
04:08
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Hey look at you my dear
From out here things look clear
You turned around to talk to someone
And found nobody there
So you walk out alone
And you walk home alone
Open the door a crack
Never to go back
Boxes falling to the floor
I thought I'd thrown out long before
But I won't be afraid
No I won't be afraid
How could you see a different moon
There's only one to find
Strawberries will come in June
And maybe you'll be fine
Will try I will try I will
Will try will try
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Anchorage
04:06
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You missed the boat to Anchorage
So you spent the night
Floating through icebergs alone
He took away things she recognized
Led her away from a beautiful home
Oh you should have run
You should have used your gun
When you saw him come
And when you fly so high
You can't see any signs
Where's your peace of mind
He's got the tv up so high
He forgets to remind you to breathe
Is nothing worse than silence?
I wear your ring to keep me warm
The calm inside the storm
Now nothing's worse than silence
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Soft City
03:53
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The moon is as bright
As the soft city lights
All rolled up in one
The secret's out
There's no getting away
From the things you've done
The hiss of the cars
And the lights from the bars
Will not fade away
The farther out you get
The less you have to say
Oh
It's a faded dream
It's gone when you awake
The path you might have taken
No
It's a jaded dream
You can't find the peace you lost
Watch another sunset fall
Stand on a bridge
Watching the path
Of a passing train
Someone left
Their sleeping bag
And its getting wet
In the rain
The moon is as bright
As the soft city lights
All rolled up in one
The verdict's out
The jury's hung
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Idaho
03:44
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I dreamed
That Idaho
Was on the coast
But I couldn't find the state
To take its place
We stayed up all night
Listening
To your grandpa's 78s
Til the lights
Begin to glow
And shadow
All the lines in your face
Cast off
Your belongs
Let the rain fall
On the awnings
And age each day
A hundred years
Til you've grown
As old as the sea
At night
A sleepy thousand years
Old as the rocks and the trees
Old as the rocks and the trees
I've never
Been so far
As Idaho
But I hope
To make it there
One stormy day
And hear
A cowboy song
To keep me
In this empty
State of grace
The lights
Will start to glow
And shadow
All the lines
In my face
Cast off
Your belongings
Let the rain fall
On the awnings
And age each day
A hundred years
Til you've grown
As old as me
At night
A sleepy thousand years
Alone as a poor soul could be
Alone as a poor sould could be
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Love Song For a Comet
03:46
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So long
So long since you've gone
And oh so far away
Out in space
It's all wrong
That you could come this far
And still have nothing to say
And you can't stay
I knew just where to find you
Every night
In the black sky
You're the brightest
Streak of light
But now it's getting
Fainter every day
Always moving
Farther away
Comets in jars
One way ticket to Mars
Billions and billions
And billions and billions
Of stars
I thought
That I could make it
On my own
I thought
I'd see more clearly
Alone
But now the only thing
I've ever loved
Is gone
The only thing
I've ever loved
Is gone
Comets in jars
One-way ticket to Mars
Billions and billions
And billions and billions
Of stars
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Litch
03:51
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It's hard being you
Cause no-one else
Sees things
The way that you do
Stuck sitting there
Alone with your brain
It's singing
The same old refrain
And when you're down
There's nowhere to go
Except farther
When you're down
There's nowhere to go
Except farther
You see everything
Everything everything
And then none
You feel everything
Everything everything
All at once
One slip will set you back
A hundred miles
Back where you said
You'd never go
Turn that frown upside down
You could move off
And start your own little town
Bring the tv
But forget the phone
Some folks
Is best off alone
Close the eyes and they no longer see
Break the heart and it no longer feels
Close the eyes and they no longer see
Break the heart and it no longer feels
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Nothing
02:31
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Don't say a word
It's not a risk worth taking
What's that you heard
It's just a dawn that's breaking
Breaking breaking breaking
Just listen
Tie a knot around the past
Make it your last
Things long forgotten
In the ocean
Are coming back
And I'm sorry you came all this way
Just to hear me say
I'm sorry you came all this way
Just to hear me say
Nothing
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What Is It This Time
03:31
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What is it this time
What do you need from me now
Mouth half open again
What should I put in
You say you're like a kid again
But your lines are deep as ever
The way you take him
Is not so tender or delicate
Near to some river
Whose name I don't know
And the safety fence keeps me
From getting close
The waves are lazy
And the birds have left for
A better stretch of shore
Everything is fluttering
Hovering and eating
Mouth half-open now
Repeating
What is it what is it
What is it what is it
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Amy Annelle Austin, Texas
A prolific writer and interpreter of songs, Amy Annelle maps out the farther reaches of American music, while conjuring visions of our restless musical past. Over the course of ten albums & thousands of miles logged on the road, Annelle has cultivated a rarified voice and repertoire that "blooms with open-hearted, lustful vulnerability and a harrowing naturalistic solitude”(Crawdaddy). ... more
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