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Oh land of hope
Oh man of peace
Oh world of woe
And lost sheep
I pray the Lord
Our souls to keep
But if I die
Please let me sleep
In marble tombs
And catacombs
In splendid rooms
In broken homes
I've got a secret
I've heard the call
I've got a word
For one and all
Here is the future
Here is the past
And here's the answer
It's your's at last
Do you feel indifferent?
Are you feeling fine?
Do you feel indifferent?
Are we wasting time?
Emotion, in motion
Differences in devotion
Like fissures made oceans
Interpretation split open
From the high rise in the skyline
To those that feel so hopeless
The future's where our hope is
The past is where we broke it
Now we feel indifferent
Even when we're feeling fine
Now we call it progress
Even when we're in rewind
There's value in reflection
But an evil inside pride
As symobls of deflection
Try to swim as they fly
Oh land of hope
Oh man of peace
How do you cope?
Have you found release?
Is it all too much
Too much to take?
Will you need a crutch
When your spirit breaks?
And let me ask you
Please answer clear
Did your plans fall through
All those wasted years?
If there's repentance
At the end of it
You must face your sentence
No throwing fits
The dice are loaded
The game is rigged
Trust has corroded
Down with the pigs
No more indifference
I'm in my prime
No more indifference
No more wasting time
Emotion, in motion
We're floatin', not hopeless
When waves crash, ideas clash
Don't drown or lose your focus
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Strong Man
04:39
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I put my heart in my work
As I wear it on my sleeve
I put my pants on one leg at a time
As I force my foes to their knees
I got no time for regret
I got things that I have to do
So don't you forget
None of this is about you
I need a strong man, baby, tonight
Someone to tell me that it'll all be alright
'Cause I'm frightened and I'm lonely and I'm feeling unwell
And the wolves are at the door and they're scary as hell
I ain't got time for these games
You know I'm a busy guy
You best remember my name
'Cause you'll be saying it all the time
I'm at the head of the pack
I'm at the front of the line
So you'd better get back Jack
'Cause nobody's gonna take what's mine
I need a strong man, baby, tonight
Someone to hold me nice and tight
'Cause the world is going crazy and I think I am, too
And it feels like the end oh what will we do?
I need a strong man, baby, tonight
Someone to hold me nice and tight
'Cause the world is going crazy and I think I am, too
And it feels like the end oh what will we do?
I need a strong man, baby, tonight
Someone to tell me that it'll all be alright
'Cause I'm frightened and I'm lonely and I'm feeling unwell
And the wolves are at the door and they're scary as hell
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Come gather 'round, people
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters
Around you have grown
And accept it that soon
You'll be drenched to the bone
If your time to you is worth savin'
And you better start swimmin'
Or you'll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin'
Come writers and critics
Who prophesize with your pen
And keep your eyes wide
The chance won't come again
And don't speak too soon
For the wheel's still in spin
And there's no tellin' who
That it's namin'
For the loser now
Will be later to win
For the times they are a-changin'
Come senators, congressmen
Please heed the call
Don't stand in the doorway
Don't block up the hall
For he that gets hurt
Will be he who has stalled
The battle outside ragin'
Will soon shake your windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin'
Come mothers and fathers
Throughout the land
And don't criticize
What you can't understand
Your sons and your daughters
Are beyond your command
Your old road is rapidly agin'
Please get out of the new one
If you can't lend your hand
For the times they are a-changin'
The line it is drawn
The curse it is cast
The slow one now
Will later be fast
As the present now
Will later be past
The order is rapidly fadin'
And the first one now
Will later be last
For the times they are a-changin'
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Sin in a Small Town
07:48
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Bobby’s out with Katie but he’s married to Michelle
Tanya’s baby-daddy got thrown in the county jail
Jeffery’s hooked on pain killers and Susan drinks to much
And the deacon got caught stealin' from the offering plate at church
There’s lots of sinnin’ goin’ down
In a small town.
There’s lots of sinnin’ goin’ down
In a small town
Samantha’s got a black eye but she says that she just fell
Sean’s been gone since April blew his cheatin’ ass to hell
Patty’s sellin’ food stamps for blow and Mountain Dew
And the lawyer Mr. Sawyer has a bastard son or two
There’s lots of sinnin’ goin’ down
In a small town.
There’s lots of sinnin’ going’ down
In a small town
Tell me that you’ll keep innocent and clean
And if you must confess, baby, please confess to me
Forgive us for our sins, Oh Lord, we know not what we do
Bright and early Sunday morning I’ll be with the chosen few
There’s lots of sinnin’ goin’ down
In a small down.
There’s lots of sinnin’ goin’ down
In a small town
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Amen
05:17
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I feel you baby beneath my skin
I feel you baby please let me in
I want you baby I wanna live in sin
You drive me crazy
I need you
Amen
I would kill I would die for your love
I wanna live I wanna give all my love
Let me see what see what I’m made of
Come on now baby
I can’t get enough
I feel you baby beneath my skin
I want it baby I wanna win win win
I want you baby I wanna live in sin
I need you baby
I need you
Amen
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2017
07:46
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I can’t believe we’ve made it, baby
I can’t believe how far we’ve come
I can’t believe that you’re still with me
I can’t believe we’re so in love
And it’s only twenty-seventeen
It’s only twenty-seventeen
It’s only a world, it’s only a life
A parody, a passion play, a beautiful lie
It’s only a game, it’s only a ride
A ticket to tomorrow as you star starry eyed
It’s only twenty-seventeen.
I can’t believe all these things we own
I can’t believe how much we’ve lost
I can’t believe we’re so alone
I can’t believe how much it costs
And it’s only twenty-seventeen
It’s only twenty-seventeen
It’s only a moment, a blink of an eye
A tidal wave, a flickering flame, a rallying cry
An age of wonders, an age of strife
An eon of enlightenment at the edge of a knife
It’s only twenty-seventeen
If you believe in tomorrow’s promise
If you believe yesterday’s gone
If you believe that God’s still got this
Lift your eyes unto the sun
It’s only twenty-seventeen
It’s only twenty-seventeen
It’s only twenty-seventeen
It’s only twenty-seventeen.
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The God of the Streets shuffles his feet
Lays down in the gutter and tries to sleep
But he has no pillow and he has no bed
He has nowhere to rest his head
The whores in the alley the man in the moon
Are cryin’ for help and hummin’ a tune
But there’s no one to listen and there’s no one to hear
There’s nothing to do so just lend an ear
I’ve tried to be still and make myself blind
But I open my eyes and it’s back to the grind
And I’m tryin’ to get some peace and quiet
But the whole world feels like a burnin’ riot
We got starvin’ billions dying for food
Cash in the billions drugs for your mood
So pull up your seat at the table of kings
It’s a new day baby let freedom ring
God of the asphalt steel beam angels
Disciples on street watch eyes on each angle
Christ bangs trashcans preaches of the dangers
Why’d the angels sing such a beautiful arrangement?
But Satan watches from his penthouse twenty stories high
Held by the same angels that sing out
Disciples show respect every time that he passes by
Even Christ is on time to pay his tithes
It might trickle from rags to suits and ties
Then maybe one day you might hear his truth that lies
Hear his truth that lies
Hear his truth that lies
Let the rich hoard and may the poor never, ever ask for more
Let the rich hoard and may the poor never, ever ask for more
The God of All Lies closes his eyes
Braces himself for judgment from the skies
Caught elbow deep in the offering plate
With a grin on his face and a heart full of hate
The whore on the back of the beast from the sea
Bears the fruit of death of says take heed
It’s sweet to taste and free to touch
Don’t hold back boys it don’t cost that much
I try to stay calm and I try to unwind
But it feels just like I’m losing my mind
Like the floor is givin’ and about to cave
And I'm asking how can I be saved?
Then I cover my face and I fall to my knees
And I pray for the grace that I desperately need
Where’s the light inside? Where’s the inner peace?
Where’s the spirit of the God of the Streets?
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Fire Fight
05:13
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Maybe you’re not all you thought you’d be
You’re not all you wanted to be
But you’re still so much to me
Baby tell me that when I’m old and gray
You’ll still look at me that way
Like I made the stars and the sea
Step out into the light
This is the fire fight
That you’ve been waiting for
Step out into the sun
We’ve only just begun
There’s no one keeping score
Hey man, I’ve got a bone to pick with you
Don’t you see what we’re all going through?
Don’t you even care at all?
I can see something like the child you used to be
Something that’s trying to get free
Something noble, something pure
A wise man growing old with dignity
Is something like what I need you to be
Because wisdom and love will endure
Step out into the light
This is the fire fight
That you’ve been waiting for
Step out into the sun
We’ve only just begun
There’s no one keeping score
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I dreamed they dropped the bomb
And that it killed everyone
And in a blinding flash of light the world went bye, bye, bye
Well, I dreamed you didn’t love me
That you had other men above me
And as I reached out for you all I could do was cry
I repented for my sins
Surrounded by my friends
But time had stopped and come to an end
I don’t know where the future’s gonna take us
And I don’t know how it’s gonna end
I don’t know what’s happening around me
But I know that I need a friend.
I dreamed they dropped the bomb
And it all came undone
And in the blink of an eye, the world was on fire
But then I opened up my eyes
And saw you laying by my side
Sleeping beauty filling me with desire
I looked through the window blinds
And everything was fine
All my fears a cheap trick of the mind
I don’t know where the future’s gonna take us
And I don’t know how it’s gonna end
I don’t know what’s happening around me
I just know I’m thankful for my friends.
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Everything Is Easy Now
10:36
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Remember when you were young?
You had to watch what the TV told you to watch
All that after school fun
In Technicolor but time takes you down a notch
Remember when you were bold?
You had no fear and your dreams would all come true
Does it make you feel old?
Does it feel like time’s running away from you?
Can you feel a new sun rising
Incinerating the sacred cow?
Sometimes the fear is paralyzing
But everything is easy now
Remember when we were kids?
We had forever and forever was enough
So we played and we hid
Maybe sometimes we played a bit too rough
But you and I we both know
We do our best, our best with what we’ve got
And what have we got to show?
Sooner or later, everything turns to rot
Do you hope for a brighter morning
When swords are beaten into plows?
It’s hard not to ignore the warnings
‘Cause everything is easy now
Do you hope for a brighter morning
When swords are beaten into plows?
It’s hard not to ignore the warnings
‘Cause everything is easy now
Can you feel a new sun rising
Incinerating the sacred cow?
Sometimes the fear is paralyzing
But everything is easy now
All hail the age of drunks and gluttons
Throw off your chains and renounce your vows
Destroy the world with the push of a button
Everything is easy now.
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Rance Garrison Norton, Virginia
Rance Garrison is a singer-songwriter and music producer from the Appalachian region of Virginia. He has released several albums of original music including 2017’s Deplorables and 2015’s The Fireside Season which Whurk! Magazine called, “Virginia’s most secret weapon: a moonshine-swilling, snake-handling, junk-shooting, redemption-seeking opus.” ... more
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