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Armageddon Blues
03:04
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I got the Armageddon blues
Though I know the sky ain’t falling down
It’s all apocalyptic ruse
Don’t you know the sky ain’t falling down
Fallin’ down, fallin’ down
Fallin’ down
I hear masters and their rubes
Talkin’ that the sky is falling down
Preachin’ the end is coming soon
But I know the sky ain’t fallin’ down
Fallin’ down, fallin’ down
Fallin’ down
I got the Armageddon blues
Though I know the sky ain’t falling down
It’s all apocalyptic ruse
Don’t you know the sky ain’t falling down
I know the sky ain’t falling down
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I Give It All (to You)
05:25
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When the walls came down
It set a spark
Lying side by side
Whispers filled the dark
As the sea will roar
The earth will surely shake
The wind will take away
The fire will forsake
All I have I to give
I give it all to you
We only represent what we were given
The soul, feeling and message still remain
Beauty abounds - here and beyond
An open vessel - memories drawn
All I have I to give
All I want to give
I give it all to you
All I want for you
All I have for you
All I want, all I have - I give it all to you
Let your face be the last I see as I depart
I’ve known your heart beat from the very start
Now take this paper scrap and hold it near
It holds no wisdom, It states no fear
All I have I to give, all I want to give
All I have I to give, all I want to give
I give it all to you
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Angeline
03:52
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A calling
That came late in the night
At the speed of light
And left me burning
Embrace, a soul that needs repair
The hot Santana’s flare
And tell me that you’re near
Angeline
I only need to see your smile
Angeline
A change of season in your eyes
Angeline
If I could only see you smile
Angeline
My memories of you, so alive
You spoke
Nothing was the same
Doesn’t matter anyway
You set that fire
Trouble’s brewing once again
Righteous and profane
No one is to blame
Angeline
I only need to see your smile
Angeline
The change of season in your eyes
Angeline
If I could only see your smile
Angeline
Those memories of you, so alive
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Silver Thread
03:24
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Hangin’ like a silver thread
Left alone, left for dead
You gave to me the gift of life
Blockade, a record’s skip
Numbing nerves with needle tip
You gave to me the will to live
Open your arms I’m coming home
Our mission prayer - seeds are sown
Open your arms I’m coming home
Our mission prayer - seeds are sown
Captured, the enemy
Content to dangle remedy
I do not get a single sip
Hiding an elephant
Hard to miss, too big to fit
You ordered me - shoot to kill
Open your arms I’m coming home
Our mission prayer - seeds are sown
Open your arms I’m coming home
Our mission prayer - seeds are sown
Targets running through a mist
Gorilla warfare, march, protest
You handed down a lust for life
Hangin’ like a silver thread
Left alone, left for dead
You gave to me the will to live
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When I Come Home
03:57
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When I was a little boy
I knew of certainty
Learnin’ songs all day long
There’s no sense in hoping for
The old days to renew
‘Cause they’re gone, gone, gone
Some will say we all walk through this world alone
Moving forward at all cost, wanting to be shown
Love is the reason, fall is the season
And that’s when I come home
When I was a young man
I learned of earthly ways
playin’ hard, livin’ hard
There’s no sense in waiting for
The old days to renew
‘Cause they’re gone, gone, gone
Gone
When I was a big man
I knew of earthly ways
Sing your song, turn the page
Now the world is hoping for
The old ways to renew
But they’re gone, gone, gone
Some will say we all walk through this world alone
Moving forward at all cost, wanting to be shown
fall is the season, love is the reason
And that’s when I come home
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Round the Bend
03:18
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I’ve been running at a slow exhaust
Dodging pot holes in a beat up Lancer
The daily grind is at a new extreme
Gotta get away, make a quest
Flirt with fire with a Spanish dancer
The working week is looking mighty lean
Seems were always hoping for a hero in the end
But hold on we’re gonna make it ‘round the bend
Talking to the Doo Dah Man
About the ghetto freeway sound
Trying to make sense of what’s goin’ down
Racing past the radar gun
Rolling ‘round the bend
Knowing that the wind’s my only friend
Seems were always hoping for a hero in the end
But hold on we’re gonna make it ‘round the bend
Talking to the Doo Dah Man
About the ghetto freeway sound
Trying to make sense of what’s goin’ down
Racing past the radar gun
Rolling ‘round the bend
Knowing that the wind’s my only friend
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Scotch Egg
03:13
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Just a scotch egg, rolling around
Discarded and tossed to the ground
Ideas that never find
Their rightful place in pop culture town
Work all night, work all day
To be tested and thrown away
The last chance to have it your way
Before boss man starts taking your pay
The scotch egg just never found
It’s rightful place in pop culture town
Just a scotch egg, rolling around
Discarded and tossed to the ground
Ideas that never find
Their rightful place in pop culture mind
Work all night, work all day
To be tested and thrown away
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Last Time Around
03:51
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Awash in the old days
Thinking of you
The trials and hardships
The power of song
We had some good times
Way back when
But don’t you know
We’ll never see them again
Don’t say it
We are what we are
Don’t blame me
We just pushed it too far
Why keep on trying
When the last time around
We shot for the moon
Never leaving the ground
Lost in the beauty
Of all that was new
Why’d you go away
Still thinking of you
Don’t say it
We are what we are
Don’t blame me
We just pushed it too far
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Sometimes it feels
That there’s only sadness
Filling the spaces between
A wall of anger
Searching for a reason
That only your presence can reveal
Then I hear your quiet transmission
Sorting these memories of you
Coming through the noise and the static
Dressed up in green and in blue
Dropped in an ocean
A vast panorama
Adrift in a freak show parade
Teardrop colors
Flow down upon me
Dreams are just snapshot charades
Falling down…
Then I hear your quiet transmission
Sorting these memories of you
Coming through the noise and the static
Dressed up in green and in blue
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10. |
Don't Walk Away
04:57
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Walk a mile just to turn a page
Muscle verses pound
Stand in line hoping for some change
My spirit shakes me down
Don’t walk away, don’t walk away
This world, spinning ‘round
Don’t walk away, don’t walk away
In time, we’ll rebound
Being pulled into the undertow
The river runs profound
Wooden soldiers falling in a row
My soul is so knocked down
Don’t walk away, don’t walk away
This world, spinning ‘round
Don’t walk away, don’t walk away
In time, we’ll rebound
Watching water darken into crude
Really brings me down
Seeing clouds reshape then start to move
My spirit shakes me ‘round
Don’t walk away, don’t walk away
This world, spinning ‘round
Don’t walk away, don’t walk away
In time, we’ll rebound
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R. Scott Lakewood, California
Sonic journeys and reflective storytelling. Always seeking new inspiration to build the body of work.
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