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1. |
I'm Burning
04:24
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I’ve been standing neath a street light looking for the stars
to give me some direction to help me through the dark
but I see no constellations no conciliatory signs
just the bugs out flying circles neath an empty sky
so Jesus make me a believer or something abduct me now
give me some kind of sign show show show me how
cause I don’t wanna be this way forever I’m really trying to change
I’m out here looking for an answer I’m out here looking for a way
time heal me
world keep on turning
rain fall on me
cause I’m burning
I finally see my generation growing up at last
forced to by the future and condemned to by the past
but me I only work here I feel I’m only passing by
and I sense no real connection to anything beneath the sky
time heal me
world keep on turning
rain fall on me
cause I’m burning
maybe I’ll never find an answer maybe I’ll never find a way
maybe it goes on and on forever and change is all that stays
but I only see two options to give up or to go on
and at least try to win a battle in a war that’s never won
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2. |
How Far
03:30
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this old house has got a name that I don’t know
big trees in the yard
the way highway sings like a ghost
through the light and the dark
I never listened to them quiet so close
to the passing cars
as when I thought they were a voice from god
telling me how far
I had gotten from home
I had gotten from home
how far I had gotten
I had gotten from home
I had gotten from home
how far I had gotten
something in the way that I hate myself sometime
makes it easier to try
being anybody but me myself or I dead or alive
well I was a ghost I was a ghost but I survived
I can still smell the death in the room
and I was running for my life
and I’m running still
I’ve been running for home
I’ve been running for home
how far I’ve been running
I’ve been running for home
I’ve been running for home
how far I’ve been running ~
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3. |
Skit 3
00:38
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4. |
Achilles' Heel
05:00
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all the Kerouacs
all the siren songs
all the Don’t Look Backs
all the nights too long
I forget the most but not them all
ain’t it funny how the only way
to get to love is to fall
oh my oh my my
doctor will it heal
the black and the blue
of this recurring bruise
cursing my achilles’ heel
got it from running like time
always running away
nothing and no one was mine
had no reason to stay
running round as a wheel
running straight down the hill
and if it had no bottom
then I bet I’d be running there still
oh my oh my my
is there a way to feel
like being in love
without giving up
the strength of my achilles’ heel
sometimes a stranger comes across your path
holding a candle to the hourglass
stopping you in your tracks long enough to catch
a glimpse of what you rushed passed
and a spark of what could last
when she came around
I was on my way
held her empty cup out
said tell me don’t I know your name
we bellied to the bar
sat down in the booth
she pulled back her bow
struck me with the truth
oh my oh my my
now there’s nothing left to shield
and I’m holding her kiss
over what I might miss
and resting my achilles’ heel
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5. |
Fire Out of Ash
04:05
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the road ahead is coming and her smiling
my hands upon her shoulders from the back
like I could protect her but I can’t
like I could make a fire out of ash
but there ain’t no way of stopping and she knows it
the rope that pulls her forward has no slack
where she goes I would follow but I can’t
if only I could make a fire out of ash
if I if I if I could make a fire
I’d burn it bright within her to warm her
set her fate asunder and take her home
the way she’d blaze her own way in the pass
when she would make a fire
she’d make a fire she’d make a fire
but the night is almost over now
and the coals barely glow
in the hiss of fire burning out
we know we know
that you are within me
and not alone
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6. |
Skit 6
01:01
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morning came and broke in two
on your hearth and home and my flying shoes
all this stopping made me start to pack
only one way out and no way back
you told me I had to choose
your hand to win or my wings
stalled me taking off a new tarmac
only one way out and no way back
only one way out and no way back
so I gave in and told you you’re the one I love
hoping it would be enough
to use what I stole from you to pay you back
only one way out and no way back
and in the threshold of the door
the other way I passed before
you always stop me like a heart attack
only one way out and no way back
still I see you shining when the rest goes black
only one way out and no way back
only one way out and no way back
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8. |
Driftwood & Tires
03:29
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I burnt my tongue on the fire
of the driftwood and tires
down by the river of by and by
the sandbars of high-school pyres
night that was light as the moon
on the surface of waves
sometimes when answers come too soon
you can’t find them a place to stay
MIS - SIS - SIPPI
I would have drowned just to make it to the other side
Jacob and Walter were pouring
the gas on the wood
I was drunk smoking a Black & Mild
playing it cool on a cold Jeep hood
night that was heavy as vapor
waiting to ignite
I took the match out of Jacob’s hand
and I swear that I can still see the light
MIS - SIS - SIPPI
I would have drowned just to make it to the other side
and from the plane I feel I was right in flying away
if I stayed I’d be stuck in the mud
of a hometown’s hatred
a family fading
all waiting for the flood
I burnt my tongue on the fire
of the driftwood and tires
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9. |
A Mother's Love
03:04
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I touched down in the morning
with just a suitcase and a note
with nothing much to guide me
but the words that she wrote
the memory is blurry
but the message never changed
a mother’s love never fades
with nothing to hold on to
I reached out for anything
strong enough to hold me
and light enough to sing
though many women taught me songs
only one remains
a mother’s love never fades
and though I ran away as soon as I was old enough
it was never you I was running from
so if you’re out there I hope that you know
everywhere I’ve gone
since I set out on my own
you have come along
always been my home
when my soul’s compass is spinning
one thing can set it straight
a mother’s love never fades
a mother’s love never fades
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10. |
I'll Be There
04:14
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it’s not that I always cared
it’s not that I’m always looking back
it’s not just when you are there
it’s not just me hoping you react
it’s just that I know
what it means to fall
with noone to catch you
and noone to call
and that’s why I’m calling
cause you are my friend
and if you feel like you’re falling
then here is a hand
I’ll be there when you need me
oh I’ll be there
when you feel you’re going nowhere
and noone cares
oh I’ll be there
it’s not that I’m doing great
ain’t like I’m a saint or anything
it’s not just when you’re away
that makes it clear what you mean to me
it’s just that I know
what it means to be
all alone, trust me
I’ll be there when you need me
oh I’ll be there
when you feel you’re going nowhere
and noone cares
oh I’ll be there
oh I’ll be there
oh I’ll be there
oh I’ll be there
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11. |
Skit 11
00:43
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12. |
If I Show I Do I Do
04:09
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you’re asking me to think about
the things that I don’t talk about with you
it ain’t always that I wanna tell the truth
it’s no wonder that you got a doubt or two
but the more you are around
the more I start to figure out just who you are
it’s not often that I even got that far
it’s more often that I give up when it’s hard
but if I show I do then I do
if I show I do then I do if I do love
well if you wanna know the truth
then the thought of you is always on my mind
it’s so much there I wish it weren’t some time
yeah it’s so much there to most else I am blind
but I see you in myself
the way I see me in the things I hate in you
you’re a mirror showing me a clearer view
of the things that I’ve been trying not to do
but if I show I do then I do
if I show I do then I do if I do love
try to tell you everything is fine when we know
you and I weren’t meant to play supporting roles
if you can not believe what I am trying to show
instead of love we’ll get nothing at all
so if I show I do then I do
if I show I do then I do
if I show I do then I do
if I show I do then I do if I do love
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13. |
Quiet Down
04:33
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I can still put a grin on the face
of a stranger passing by
but I’m too old now to go chasing round
every wondering eye
so quiet down boy in me
quiet down boy in me
that’s a young man’s game
and there’ll be hell to pay
so quiet down boy in me
silver-tongued were the songs I sung
to muses kneeled in dreams
where the dim red light and gas station wine
grow sweet in memory
so quiet down boy in me
quiet down boy in me
that’s a young man’s game
and there’ll be hell to pay
so quiet down boy in me
I’m good at telling me no
whenever I know that it’s just greener grass
and I wish I believed it myself when I say
that I left my old ways in the past
if I’d only saved half the love I gave
I’d have enough now to retire
though I’m deep in debt I don’t regret
my path straight through the fire
so quiet down boy in me
quiet down boy in me
maybe it’s enough to be in love
oh quiet down boy in me
maybe it’s enough to be in love
oh quiet down boy in me
quiet down boy in me
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Ian Fisher Vienna, Austria
A modern songwriter born in rural America and living in Europe, making what Rolling Stone calls "Half Americana & Half Abbey Road-Worthy Pop".
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