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Hrolf is Rollo Now
02:03
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Mikolai
02:40
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Mikolai, Mikolai
God came to him in a dream and told him the day he’d die
Oh Mikolai, Mikolai
God showed up in a vision and told him the day he’d die
Oh Lord, bless these hands
Bless the stories that survive from they who lived upon the land
Yur’ya, bless the seed
Bless the soil neath the plow may we find joy in all our toil
[like] Mikolai, Mikolai
Ten thousand wooden figures and every on from up on high
That village like an island
That all chose to depart
Save the cat, ten geese, a goat and a sheep and a single wooden handcart
[and] Mikolai, Mikolai
In the patron saint of Stoily there is more than meets the eye
Oh Mikolai, Mikolai
Who could ever change him oh I’d like to see them try
Yur’ya, bring down the keys
We ask and if it please ye we’ll anoint the land with oil
[for] Mikolai, Mikolai, oh Mikolai
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Mother of Our Nature
06:02
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Oh Mary
Reveal yourself
Through the rosary
Or somewhere else
Or Judith,
Show me darkness
Through one little spark
But don’t you threaten to bring some dark cloud
Upon my day
Not when Mary shines her light through my
Mother in her looking-glass eyes
She’s the fire in my night,
She’s the earth in my bones,
She’s the mother of my nature
Mother of us all
Sweet Mary
Or how about Freyja
Show us just war
Or Selina
Show us more
On-and-on, our prayers go on,
To a God without a name,
So on-and-on, our prayers go on,
To a goddess all the same
But don’t you threaten to take away my dear Mary
Not when she’s the burning light, the firelight in my
Every cold winter’s night
She’s the earth in my bones,
She’s the mother of every stone,
She’s the mother of your very nature
Mother of us all
Sweet Mary
Oh Mary
Reveal yourself
Through the mirror
Or some way else
Show me the way
Could you lead me back from the grave?
Or lend to me the source of all your endless wisdom and mystery, and
Make sense of our history together?
And I will hang a Brigid’s cross above my door
I will hang a Brigid’s cross above my door
I will hang a Brigid’s cross above my door
I will hang a Brigid’s cross above my door
You should hang a Brigid’s cross above your door
They should hang a Brigid’s cross above their door
We’ll all hang a Brigid’s cross above our door
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Black Haw
03:03
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Been a long long time since I heard your name, Black Haw
Been a long long time since I saw your face
Allow me a study of your shape, Black Haw
And to memorize your patterns and your ways
Fell winds are bringing down the ashes
I hear even the the oak has fallen prey
Though many have come and gone, rouse and rally and linger on
I’ll sing a song to you my love and that’s “Soldier on”
What may I find that I’ve forgotten
Oh all of those tales I’ve craved so long
I wanna bring you into the light, show the whole world what you’re like
But you’d be out of place and surely you’d fade away
Long, long time since I heard your name, Black Haw
A long long time since I saw your face
Let me love you just away you are, Black Haw
And never seek to change your fate
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LMAIYSMOITO
05:21
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Leave me alone—if you see me out in the ocean
I’m not there—to do no harm
There is a presence—out in the ocean
No world above—only—the depth beneath
A billion creatures—in the depths of the ocean
Endless colour—never seen
A bitter breeze—is warming the ocean
We’ve been warned—the sun speaks his peace
A little fish—deep in a canyon
Ten thousand leagues—beneath the sea
In utter blackness—it swims in the silence
No Latin name—for an unknown beast
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Riverbound
04:24
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Oh no tellin where I am goin now
But them ragin rushin waters is roarin loud
Oh and tell me who’s gonna stop me now?
When my banner’s raised high and it’s wavin proud
Well i’m riverbound
Oh and I guess that’s just the way it is
When ye ain’t got no one to call your own
Oh and what’s the difference in goin alone
When most o’ them buggers ye already outgrown?
Well you’re riverbound
You’re riverbound— for now
Oh there some mighty pretty ladies in this town
May they all draw near and gather around
Cos I’ll be up and I’ll be gone withe sun
But I’ll give up all my sleep just to have a little fun
Then I’m riverbound
Oh I’m riverbound— (at least) for now
Oh you know ol’ Brother Hill he ain’t alone
One bottle of Styrian wine that tastes like my second home
And though I wish i could hit the Century for a dram
Gonna have to spark one up for all of my Dayton fam
Cos I’m river-bound!
I’m riverbound for now!
Oh tell me who’s gonna stop me now?
Now that i’m riverbound…
(Not a soul in this world.)
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All I Know
03:46
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See I delight in the—cool oak shade
And I won’t let no tornado come and stand in my way
—That’s all i know
See and for a good life—I seek my—mothers grace
And to earn ev’ry wrinkle upon my fathers face
—That’s all i know
Oh and ain’t that the good life—when you know down in your bones
You’ve all you need, you’ll be all you can be if you’ve only got the stones
The storm took ev’ry maple and the soft ones in its wake
But my leafless ash won’t be torn down and my oak it will not break
—That’s all i know
See I delight in the cool oak shade
And ain’t never gonna be no storm clouds that can stand in our way, he ’n’ I
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All I Wanna Do
02:44
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Well I gave up once the cigarettes after I’d been caught,
Replaced ‘em with a pipe grandpappy bought
Never wanted to do what I said I wouldn’t do
Cuz all I wanna do is make you proud
I sat out in the elements for the freedom that I sought
Choosing my battles and stickin it to ‘em oh it’s what you taught
Never was an option just to give up or turn around
Cuz all I wanna do is make you proud
All I wanna do is make you proud
Oh my dear Madonna you don’t deserve this crowd
With the firebrander’s cheap sledgehammers swingin for your brow
Never unto an idol will the robot children bow
When all they wanna do is make you proud
All I wanna do is make you proud
The stream of many lovers was a stream in which I’d drown
If I’d have had it my way Solomon himself would tip his crown
Thirty years and only one I want to stick around
And all I wanna do is make her proud
All I wanna do is make her proud
All I wanna do is make her proud
All I wanna do is make her proud
All I wanna do is make you proud
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One Day I'll Be on Time
03:38
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One day I’ll be on time
Not yet, on down the line
I cut my teeth on cigarettes and 1000 pounds of crushing student debt
Made up my mind I’ll speak my peace, leave anytime cause I can break my lease
I lost my mind into the booze just a couple of times ‘fore I saw there was no use
Now what I’m wantin most of all is the space to breathe without my back up against a wall
One day I’ll be on time
Aristocrats and the city rats are wanderin in the streets
A grey cloud blocks the morning light and all that they could see
“Y’all people below, gather round, we got nowhere to be — and
If you get in my way, there ain’t much to see”
One day, we’ll be on time
Not yet, on down the line
Foggy windows and café lights are pouring in the street,
the bars are all a-closin now, the morning star to greet
One day I’ll be on time
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11. |
Western Plains
04:06
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When I was a cowboy, out on them western plains
When I was was a cowboy, my honor was in flames
I caught a half a million, pullin on the bridal reigns
So come all of you young men, now don’t you wanna go
Come all of you young men, now don’t you wanna go
Go catch a half a million out there ridin to New Mexico
Come-a-ki-ki-yicky, come on, come on, come on
Come-a-ki-ki-yicky, come-a-ki-ki-yicky-yicky-yea
Oh it was the hardest battle that was ever on them desert plains
Oh it was the hardest battle that was ever on them desert plains
Them bullets was-a-fallin, just like a shower of rain
If your house catches fire and there ain’t no water ‘round
If your house catches fire and there ain’t no one ‘round
Well me & all the tough guy kind we be watchin your house burn down
Come-a-ki-ki-yicky, come on, come on, come on
Come-a-ki-ki-yicky, come-a-ki-ki-yicky-yicky-yea
So come all of you young men, now don’t you wanna go
Come all of you young men, now don’t you wanna go
Catch a rusty blade on an injun’ raid on the warpath to Mexico
When I was a cowboy out on them western plains
When I was a cowboy my honor was in flames
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Little Suns
03:46
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To all the ones you’ve known
Ev’ry seed you’ve sown
You can’t always be there for everyone you’ve outgrown
There’s no end to the well
When it’s sacred and void of self
But you go tossing yourself in and it’s sink or swim
I simply can’t deny
I grow towards the light
And if you wanna come along you must grow yourself
From my roots move to my hands
Spread shade across the land
But I can’t spread too far or I will fall apart
This worlds wild and unkind
But it runs on warm sunlight
So all you little suns go on and keep burnin bright
And the young ones grow, and grow,
And the elders grow, and grow
We’ll all grow, and grow
Together grow, and grow
From your roots move to your hands
Spread shade across your land
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