1. |
There Is Not Flame
02:56
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There is not flame there is not fire
When love is not the first thing on my mind
There is no sound there is no choir
When love is not the first thing that you find
Chorus:
Here I somehow see the love
And you can know the ancient song
This is what all the saints believe
And you can sing along
Shuttered windows closing blinds
This privacy that covers shame
The incense of our groping minds
Burns to hear the holy name… CHORUS
Solitaire cannot erase
Our hunger for the sweet embrace
Solitaire cannot decrease
Our hunger for the sweet release… CHORUS
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2. |
What Goes Round
03:36
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What is this dream I’m dreaming
Of a mansion by the sea
If I’m lyin’ smack dab in the middle
Of this lonesome poverty
Tell me who scrapes this bottom
When I’m down here lookin’ up
Why are all these tears here
In this paper cup?
CHORUS:
And I can’t afford these prices
(It’s more than I can spend)
What goes round goes round
But comes around again
Now I am not a man to weep
When the stocks are lookin’ down
But I can’t believe that what was up so high
Has tumbled to the ground
And I don’t believe in karma
But the consequence is clear
If you dance the dance the fiddler
Is the only one who’s near… CHORUS
I’ve learned that cash is just some paper
That I use to pay the bills
The things I own are only here
To keep away the chill
And my so-called friends only come around
When the rest of me is right
But the things that really matter
Are simply out of sight… CHORUS
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3. |
Twenty Three
04:52
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Though I walk through the darkness
Though violence surrounds me like a glove
Though stolen kisses are bought and sold
On my own personal TV
Though my so-called friends expect
My moral compromise
I’ll fear no evil for you are here with me
CHORUS:
You care for me. You watch for me.
Your goodness and mercy all… all of my life.
Though innocent be denied
Though the honest speak with guns
Though the zombies claim the right to rule
Though the blind lead the blind
And claim the sight to see
I’ll fear no evil for you are hear with me… CHORUS
Though reason give way to control
Though the destitute be on sale
Though service be just a matter of reward
Though love and truth like weather change by degree
I’ll fear no evil for you are here with me… CHORUS
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4. |
Original Song
03:09
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1) I never heard an original song (X3)
Till you came into my life
CHORUS:
No one ever sang a song the way you do
You can touch a cold cold heart (and melt right through)
And you fill my mind with mystery
Strike a match in the darkness…
I can see
That I never heard an original song
Till you came into my life
2) I never felt an original song (X3)
Till you came into my life… CHORUS
3) I never saw an original light (X3)
Till you came into my life… CHORUS
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5. |
Metaphor
05:02
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Like a mystery where the danger
Can only be solved in the end
Like the best part of lovers
When they shine like the sun
(As if it never would end)
When you reach for the shimmering sunlight
Just to touch the radiant sky
When you yearn for the wings of the dreaming
And the glory flying by
(Earth looks so small)
Something here is more than I knew
And I know it is not me
There’s a crack in the earth and its current
Is moving beyond the sea
Let me sit down and catch my breath
And take this whole thing in
Let me lie down and take a rest
From this energy rushing in
And it moves me through the distances
To the place that always was
This must be what they call heaven
And I wonder what it does
Heaven lasts forever
Earth can only give a metaphor
Heaven last forever
Earth can only give a metaphor
Something ‘bout this planetary life
Makes you look for something more
Heaven lasts forever
Earth can only give a metaphor
Like a magic trick with a special touch
That is more than slight of hand
Like my deepest wish coming true
Like some visit to a promised land…
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6. |
There's Still Time
06:15
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1) Though you’re looking for the river
To see the safety on the other shore
And there are several roads to walk on
And mountains left to climb
And even if the blue sky in your window
Gets all clouded up in misty gray
CHORUS:
Never mind. It ain’t over. There’s still time.
2) And even if your sweetheart broke your heart
Like the crack of ice in the frozen winter chill
And you feel lonely as an eagle
In the midnight sky
And it don’t seem right somehow
And thought the tears you cry
Are never never comin’ back again… CHORUS
3) And this cotton candy jingle melts on the tip of your tongue
And you can sense the melody is over
Even though it’s only just begun
And you are clutching at the moments
Just to stop the ceaseless climb… CHORUS
4) And I am just like you I feel it
When the world shakes beneath my feet
And I just like you I know it
When the weather starts to take control
And I am just like you I’m human
And I bleed when I’m wounded in my soul… CHORUS
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7. |
Desperate Places
03:08
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1) Water shallow hit the bottom
Boats all grounded
Motion all adrift
And shifting always
Fearful anxious eyes and gazes
Heads and legs and raising voices crying
CHORUS:
We are in desperate places
And we cannot stand here waiting
There is no progress
Our boats are standing still
2) I am not safe
I am almost drowning
I stir the air and my emotions
The SOS…
But no one answers
No one hears me in this commotion… CHORUS
3) Do not pass these moments by
Do not forsake our nervous laughter
Never think that all is well
When all the while
Our boats
Are standing still… CHORUS
4) I am in a strange condition
And you are shouting out the answers
But you are in the same position
And we are only turning up the volume… CHORUS
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8. |
Guess I'll Cash It In
02:41
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The stakes are always high
More than I can afford
My chips are kinda low,
I got the blues for my reward
Guess I’ll cash it in before it’s gone
The floor is burning hot
As the money shuffles in
The spinnin’ wheel the blackjack
The poker and the gin
Guess I’ll cash it in before it’s gone
They say doors swing both ways
But I always end up in
I wish I was outside
But it’s just he nature of this sin
I walked in here to win
But I always seem to loose
I know this game is rigged
But you see I tend to miss the clues
Guess I’ll cash it in before it’s gone
Got a hole in my pocket
My feet are full of lead
My mind is made of concrete
And my bankbook’s in the red
There’s a trick called self-resistance
But my money’s all been spent
I’ve cashed in my whole paycheck
And the money for the rent
And there’s nothing to cash in
When it’s all gone
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9. |
Shadowboxing
05:29
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1) Shadow boxing, walls around me listening
Naked, lonely, can you find me echoing?
CHORUS:
Only you have ears to hear me
Only you will never let me go
2) Silence screaming, can you turn the music down?
Secrets whispering, can you stop the guilty sound?… CHORUS
Hold my hand and walk with me, talk with me…
3) Quiet streams here, we will sit and talk awhile.
You are shining. Can you hear the angels smile?… CHORUS
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10. |
Mountain
03:10
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You’re always on the Mountain
You’re always in the valley
You’re always on the river
I need you to remind me
When it’s like I never knew you
You say all is forgiven
I wake up in the morning
And you are here beside me
I know… more than I ever knew
And I laugh more than I ever loved
And I love more than I ever saw
And I see more than I ever was… before
(Constantly beside me)
You’re always on the Mountain
You’re always in the valley
You’re always on the river
I need you to remind me
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11. |
Pin The Tail
03:43
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1) Pin the tail on the donkey
Put the spotlight on the fool
Put the robe on the jester
Dunk the clown into the pool
CHORUS A:
We mock the hand that feeds
The joy that makes us cry
Pin the tail on the donkey
And watch him die
2) Pound the hammer on the anvil
Forge the plow into a spear
Plunge the dagger in the madness
Feed the anger with out fear… CHORUS A
CHORUS B:
But you are all I need to know
And never to be cruel
This is this and that is all
And love your only rule
3) Bend the tree before the whirlwind
Bow the knee below it all
Pride of man before his maker
Dust to death the great and small… CHORUS A&B
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12. |
Still Small Voice
04:25
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evidence displayed in tumbled trees
moving mobiles
clouds and grass
cosmic contact
land and sea
and all who dwell therein
and all who dwell therein
sprayed caps white water flames
dust flies pollen wings
born aloft
and seagulls pass
pushed by invisibility
I stood on the helm of swaying branches
struck by the need to enter in
greater than I am…
He is
joy floods the inner cavities
the empty placed
filled to fountains
as mammoth smoke is shoved aside
blue sky sings in clouds I cannot sing
and yet a crown upon my head
Wind Lord,
Storm King,
Mover,
Changer,
Cosmic Lover
now speaks the whirlwind
still… small… voice
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13. |
Every
03:07
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1) When I rise or when I lay down
When I go out, when I stay down
When I cry
or sing
or bleed
or laugh
or pray
When I listen or I walk out
When I’m confident or still doubt
When I fail a hundred times a day
CHORUS:
Every note you listen
Every sight you see
Every joy you love to share with me
Every tear you store up
Every cost you pay up
Every night you stay up and comfort me
2) When I eat or talk or leave town
When I win or lose or stay found
When I stand
or sit
or crawl
or run away
When I forget you or remember
When inspired or confused
When I’m twisted up
And cannot find the way… CHORUS
Every thought you notice
Every hope you promise
That everywhere I go you’ll always be.
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Dave Petty Charlottesville, Virginia
Acoustically-driven, highly versatile and audience-interactive, Dave Petty sends you dreaming after just one night’s encounter. Performing from New York City to Detroit, from Princeton to Yale, from Martha's Vineyard to Florida for thousands and for handfuls… with voice, guitar, harmonica and much more… Dave prefers to relate with his listeners rather than simply ‘wow’ them with versatility. ... more
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