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Just Ghosts
04:44
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The torn-out paper clouds
Pasted in the sky
Mirrored in the windshields
Of cars going by
And it makes no difference now
These miles in between
The town we left behind
And the city of our dreams
CHORUS: I want to get out of everywhere
And know them when they come
Maybe join them just long enough
To see where we started from
To see where we started from
Sitting here a while
There’s some coffee in my cup
I’m waiting on a refill
But no one here looks up
Maybe I’m just ghost
In a world of make-believe
And some stranger’s paid my bill
And now it’s time to leave
CHORUS:
BRIDGE:I’ve loved you so long, I can’t see my way through
Captain my dear captain! This boat will never do
We swam out across the desert where an ocean used to sleep
We barely saw shoreline when we drifted out too deep
CHORUS
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2. |
Me Then Now
03:45
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3. |
A Skeptics Gospel
04:28
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My thoughts are as busy as flies on old fruit
I can’t seem to shoo them away
I’m stalled at the start of a new undertaking
And I’m still on the first task today
There’s no way to fake the effort life takes
Just to get up and walk in its wake
CHORUS:(So) Wade in the water
Til you get to the other side
Go with god
Or go against the tide
No matter what you choose
You can’t ever lose
If your decent and kind
Then love will provide
Be wary of the rich and those who worship wealth
Who’d lead you into the bondage of debt
If you sign on the line to a lopsided language
You can’t read it, but you’ll never forget
Faith on your sleeve isn’t belief
It’s a pardon for a penitent thief
CHORUS
BRIDGE:I’ll take my chances on chances
That what’s in my heart is enough
And I’ll take my chances on kindness and grace
And I’ll take my chances on love
CHORUS
OUTRO: Love will provide, love will provide
Be humble be grateful and faith will abide
Do something for others and let love be your guide
CHORUS: Wade in the water
Til you get to the other side
Be decent be kind!
And love will provide
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I’m so glad that you reached out
It’s been a while but it’s just like old times
Someone told me that you teach now
It’s gonna be strange here without you
I you know you feel it too
What else can we do?
TELL THE ONES YOU LOVE YOU LOVE THEM X 3
Every stage of grief’s got a spotlight
Where you’re expected to perform still
And sometimes you’ll get it just right
And they won’t even see the steps you missed
But you know they exist
It comes down to this
TELL THE ONES YOU LOVE YOU LOVE THEM X3
BRIDGE: A skeptic sees the light and questions its source
A believer rides a mule and calls it a horse
Love changes things and then changes course
It’s so good just to hear you
That you’re leaving the place you’ been staying
If life’s a scale of what you’ve go through
The loss you’ve borne is certain
Lay down your burden
You’re done now with hurt’n
TELL THE ONES YOU LOVE YOU LOVE THEM X12
YOU MIGHT AS WELL
I’m so glad that you reached out
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5. |
Status Update
02:59
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6. |
Figure Drawing
05:02
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And the lines on the page may soften with age
But the picture’s someone I’ve seen
And they say that the muse is the only thing you lose
But me, I’m still figure drawing
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7. |
History Of I Do
03:46
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Loaded down with adjectives for a love we couldn't use
Burdened by remembrance of a fate we didn’t choose
And so we splintered like a box and so we remained
Holding on to every object it contained
CHORUS: I think about you now like I’ve never done before
And I guess I miss you less, a whole lot more
And I guess I miss you less, a whole lot more
I thought I heard a deer in the woods in despair
Like a scout with heightened senses, it was searching the air
And I only saw it when it ran and left me to live
Never had so much as when I had nothing to give
CHORUS
BRIDGE: And the road rendered me incomplete
Blue lines everywhere two places meet
Take over where maps just disappear
The only home I’ve known I couldn’t find it here
CHORUS
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Thoughts and Prayers
03:42
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Summer break is coming and the Prairie-fire’s in bloom
It takes these kids forever now to settle in their room
And when that bell rings for recess – you should see’em bolt up from their chairs
CHORUS:Thoughts and prayers (thoughts and prayers) thoughts and prayers
Check the cake for spelling and make sure it’s right.
Happy Birthday Son! I can’t wait until tonight.
The tablecloth is set - with balloons hung by the stairs
CHORUS:Thoughts and prayers (thoughts and prayers) thoughts and prayers
We waited for the sabbath and welcomed it with song
Gave thanks to those before us who struggled hard to belong
And the ancient words they spoke we say now as their heirs
CHORUS:Thoughts and prayers (thoughts and prayers) thoughts and prayers
OUTRO:Run little children! The monster’s real and grotesque
Lock all your doors and hide under your desk
But it’s only a drill because your country really cares
Thoughts and prayers thought and prayers thoughts prayers
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Lazarus was a Christian man indeed
But he never stepped foot inside a church
And on the day he died
Both his sisters cried
How quickly we fall from grace to earth
Well Martha, please don’t you weep for me
Faith is both a blessing and a curse
If his return is what you seek
Then his record’s pretty bleak
How quickly we fall from grace to earth
CHORUS:You ought to know by now, you ought to know by now
Keep your hands on the gospel plow
Hold on. Hold on! Hold on. Hold on!
Manger’s just a fancy word for trough
In a barn where a virgin’s given birth
Bring the good dishes down
When the Magi come to town
How quickly we fall from grace to earth
Get thee up and get thee out by dawn
Grab your gold, your frankincense, myrrh
Say goodbye to Galilee
And hello refugee!
How quickly we fall from grace to earth
CHORUS
Lock the nave there’s money in our walls
We hide it there no matter how absurd
Let the needy people know
Just where they can go
How quickly we fall from grace to earth
The doctrine of prosperity and fame
Is the more you have the more your soul is worth.
Saint Peter’s at the door
To check your credit score
How quickly we fall from grace to earth
CHORUS
“Florida Man Eats Locusts On Front Lawn”
With a tiny little loincloth ’round his girth
Is it time to stand your ground?
And shoot that Baptist down!
How quickly we fall from grace to earth
There’s so many true believers who aren’t saved
Whose compassion never fails to convert
So what’s there to debate?
When the love you have is hate
How quickly we fall from grace to earth
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HORUS: I wanna be the one to love you X3 And the one you love
I wanna be the one who love you X3 And the one you love, the one love too
I had fever late last night
I think I thought I saw the light
But all I saw was...God knows what!
And if I had you here to hold, I’d share my vision and my cold We can talk, laugh, and cough til the sun comes up
CHORUS
And I know just what it takes
To make a masterpiece mistake
I call this one, “Another Fine Mess”
And I don’t know what is worse getting old or dying first Just grant me the wisdom to ponder it less
CHORUS
BRIDGE:
If there was something I could say to change your mind I would sing it out in verse and mean every line
And repeat myself a thousand times,
And repeat myself a thousand times...
I wanna be the one to love you!
CHORUS
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Late night, early morning
We talked until there was nothing left to say
How strange, the war was on, but I’ve never felt so safe
And I’ve never seen better days
You laughed you understood something unfamiliar
And I didn’t think I would feel this way
I was cold and tired and the world outside was hungry
But I’ve never seen better days, better days, no I’ve never seen better days
Headlines were tragic, but it didn’t seem to matter
Was it easier then to turn the other way?
From ruins to rage, the truth is, we were scared
And I’ve never seen better days, better days, no I’ve never seen better days
And when I kissed you concealing my confusion
Of what I knew but wouldn’t say
I love you, I love you, oh how I love you
And I’ve never seen better days, better days, no I’ve never seen better days
OUTRO: The end is here
The end is here
The end is here
And I’ve never seen better days,
Better days,
No I’ve never seen better days
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Among The Oak & Ash Indianapolis, Indiana
Created and led by singer-songwriter Josh Joplin, the award-winning musical collective known as Among The Oak & Ash is being joined this time by famed instrumentalist, studio musician, songwriter, poet, actor, and Nashville underground luminary, Wes Langlois. ... more
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