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Always a Road
04:27
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A nightfall of silver
A daybreak of gold
May the diamonds in your eyes shine on through the rain and cold
Reaching for the future
Got one foot in the past
Open up this moment ‘cause the present cannot last
There’s always a road that leads to a sign
Let me feel your heartbeat let me hold your hand in mine
There’s always a hope that leads to despair
If ever you get lonesome close your eyes and I’ll be there
By morning light I will be gone
A lifetime of struggle
A minute of rest
Never claimed to be perfect but I always gave my best
May I be forgotten
May I go as I came
May the river flow my ashes may the wind take my name
There’s always a road that leads to a sign
Let me feel your heartbeat let me hold your hand in mine
There’s always a hope that leads to despair
If ever you get lonesome close your eyes and I’ll be there
By morning light I will be gone
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2. |
Mountain Town Blues
04:01
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It’s not a place that you go it’s not a place that you would choose
It’s not a place that you go it’s not a place that you would choose
You can drown all your sorrow at the bottom of a bottle of booze
There ain’t no pretty ladies so I drink until they’re fine
There ain’t no pretty ladies so I drink until they’re fine
It’s been long hard winter, can’t remember the sun or the shine
I got those mountain town blues
There’s no more loose
Except your pride on a blackjack table
Mountain town blues
Kick of those shoes
Sit back and enjoy the ride, the ride
Woke up this morning I was lookin’ for a place to hide
Woke up this morning I was lookin’ for a place to hide
I blacked out as a bachelor but now I’ve got a new bride
You can get real high but the only way to go is down
You can get real high but the only way to go is down
You could try to leave but you’re always coming back to the town
I got those mountain town blues
There’s no more loose
Except your pride on a blackjack table
Mountain town blues
Kick of those shoes
Sit back and enjoy the ride, the ride
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3. |
Dance with the Lightning
05:19
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Good days getting shorter, the night goes on and on
If there’s any chance of mercy, I’ll be taken before the dawn
The desert wind begins to sing an old familiar tune
In the window stands the shadow of a crow
If you want to show me your love… Just let me go
Used to run with the thunder
Used to roll like a train
Used to dance with the lightning
Used to fall like the rain
You don’t have to come around here, but if you do
Sing to me until the white light comes
Sing me into the light
Is it too late to beg forgiveness for my rough and tumbling past?
Another night, another fight, how long must I last?
The devil’s just a wishing well. If there’s a God who listens I can’t tell
Misplaced my faith the day I had to leap
There are miles and miles to go… before I sleep
Used to run with the thunder
Used to roll like a train
Used to dance with the lightning
Used to fall like the rain
You don’t have to come around here, but if you do
Sing to me until the white light comes
Sing me into the light
Gonna lay this broken burden on the bank of the riverside
Every face a voice without a name
I rise to the light as a moth is drawn to a flame
Used to run with the thunder
Used to roll like a train
Used to dance with the lightning
Used to fall like the rain
You don’t have to come around here, but if you do
Sing to me until the white light comes
Sing me into the light
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4. |
Magnolia Hill
05:33
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So cold in the basement, memories locked away
A faded photo in a dusty frame
From that fair where you took my name
Still feels like yesterday
We built this house, with wood and stone
Too many tales for the walls to speak
The only music is in the floorboards creak
Wherever you go, you’re welcome home
Summer’s got its bees makin’ honey in the trees
In the valley by the old saw mill
I could meet you up on Magnolia Hill
The ghosts of fall through the church bells call
Burning leaves in a moonshine still
I could meet you up on Magnolia Hill
Never tried to stop it, I couldn’t do what’s right
I lost it all, nothing left to chase
I only see you in my dreaming space
I let you go without a fight
Old rocking chair, stop to rest and think
I was weak when you were strong
Been thirty years since I done you wrong
A year to the day since my last drink
Summer’s got its bees makin’ honey in the trees
In the valley by the old saw mill
I could meet you up on Magnolia Hill
The ghosts of fall through the church bells call
Burning leaves in a moonshine still
I could meet you up on Magnolia Hill
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5. |
The Canyon
05:18
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Westbound
Travelin’ by moonlight on the highway
Four dead
Gonna be more if they come my way
Three days
Running through the desert on my own
Two nights
Without a fire and freezing to the bone
There’s nowhere I can hide tryin’ to get to the other side
of the canyon
Morning
A body dead half buried in the sand
Closer
His eyes are gone but a watch lays in his hand
Twelve noon
The desert heat has started to unfold
Red sun
In the blinding light that body is still cold
There’s nowhere I can hide tryin’ to get to the other side
of the canyon
Voices
To the east, no time to stop being brave
One leg
In the bottom of my own shallow grave
Dear Lord
I’m finished if they ever catch up to me
No trial
They’ll string me up and hang me from a tree
There’s nowhere I can hide tryin’ to get to the other side
of the canyon
One gun
One bullet left if I have to draw
My shot
Take my life before giving it to the law
There’s nowhere I can hide tryin’ to get to the other side
of the canyon
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I loved you from the day you came home. I swore I’d never work a nine to five
Never thought you could lift me up, make me laugh, make me feel so alive
You’re my little angel, always do what I ask
Just like a good girl should
Alright (alright), I love you (I love you), be good
I’m going to love you just as hard as I can. We only get a few short years
There will come a day you must go away. The thought of it brings me to tears
We went for a walk, found your favorite tree
I carved our names in a heart on the wood
Alright (alright), I love you (I love you), be good
I hear your yelling through the walls as I leave
Your curses always come on cue
But your love never misses when you shower me with kisses
I always come home back to you
Your my best girl, you got that pretty smile. You’re just the way that you should be
Throughout these years I can tell by your ears you choose when you listen to me
And if I was blind, you could still read my mind
Would my love for you be understood
Alright (alright), I love you (I love you), be good
Alright (alright), I love you (I love you), be good
Alright (alright), I love you (I love you), be good
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7. |
Run from the Ocean
04:29
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If you were a train, I could be your track
Don’t need no baggage, just the clothes upon your back
If you were an airplane, I would be the air
I made up the rules, but I tried to make ‘em fair
I’m shape shifter, my skills you could applaud
Some like to curse my name or blame it all on God
I hit like a ton a bricks, come crashing down one day
You can try to go to the river, but I can’t be washed away
You can run from the ocean. You can run from the sea
You can run on your own two feet, but you can’t run away from me
You can run from Colorado. You can run from Tennessee
You can run any way you want but you can’t run away from me
I’ve been caught in photographs, in pictures sitting on shelves
Some try to fool me with cheap disguise, but they only fool themselves
Some take a drive to the country to leave me far behind
I’ll be here when they get back and I’m always in the back of their mind
You can run from the ocean. You can run from the sea
You can run on your own two feet, but you can’t run away from me
You can run from Colorado. You can run from Tennessee
You can run any way you want but you can’t run away from me
If anyone is so brave to boast that they’ll get the best of me
They’re picking up the last of their pride, I got them first, you see
Don’t let me get you down, don’t let me make you cry
Don’t stop to waste that time, I’ll have to pass you by
You can run from the ocean. You can run from the sea
You can run on your own two feet, but you can’t run away from me
You can run from Colorado. You can run from Tennessee
You can run any way you want but you can’t run away from me
You can’t run away from me
You can’t run away from me
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8. |
Raise the Gate
04:10
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I been stuck in this prison between the earth and the sky
Too old to live and too young to die
Got liquor and pills, got a foul mouthed grin
Let’s start this party come on welcome me in
Go and tell your bossman
Tell him I don’t like to wait
I’m coming down down down
Come on raise the gate
Don’t tell me no lies don’t sell me no bull
My name’s on that list and I know you ain’t full
I won’t take a number, I won’t disappear
I’ll burn Hell to cinders now tell him I’m here
Go and tell your bossman
Tell him I don’t like to wait
I’m coming down down down
Come on raise the gate
I’ve been waiting too long to be thrown in this pile
I want the big man, with that tempting red smile
I blew up a church and a burned down an old cross
Took nothing but hate and gave nothing but loss
Go and tell your bossman
Tell him I don’t like to wait
I’m coming down down down
Come on raise the gate
Raise it up raise it up high
I wasted this body, all starving and thin
I cut many down with a blade made of sin
I was tied to a table poison pumped through my veins
I watched my reflection as he circled down the drain
Go and tell your bossman
Tell him I don’t like to wait
I’m coming down down down
Come on raise the gate
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9. |
Only from Afar
03:53
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Lose myself walking
Down Lonely Street
Drag the smoke off a clove cigarette in the fog of my defeat
Thought I was happy
Thought I was complete
Thought I knew the rules of love but I’m looking for a way to cheat
Sick and tired of living’ down and out
Music refuses to pull me through
Every night I go to sleep and I have the same dream
Where I’m wakin’ up next to you
If I could love you
Every day
If I could love you
In every way
Wish I could love you
Wherever you are
I’ll have to love you my baby but only from afar
I’ll have to love you my honey but only from afar
Used to know the difference
Between what’s real and fake
I can’t tell if this is living or Hell
If I’m dreaming or if I’m awake
Find myself walking
Up Lovely Road
I was trying to steal a kiss from Fall while being watched by Man Winter’s cold
Nighttime alone with these foolish thoughts
Strong enough to drive a strong man mad
Wish you were the one I could say, “Got away”
But you’re the one I never had
If I could love you
Every day
If I could love you
In every way
Wish I could love you
Wherever you are
I’ll have to love you my baby but only from afar
I’ll have to love you my honey but only from afar
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10. |
The End
12:21
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Say your goodbyes to all your friends
This is the way the world ends
Keep on runnin’ if you get hurt
Tears are wasted upon the dirt
I made a promise I will see through
The day is done the sky is black
Whatever you hear, don’t ever turn back
No fish to swim no birds to fly
The trees are barren the river dry
All that I do I do for you
There’s a war blowin’ in and it’s gonna hit soon
The dead are gonna walk by the light of the moon
The oceans gonna boil the mountains gonna rage
Who let the devil out of the cage?
Rest for a moment you don’t understand
Horsemen have set forth across the land
Riding swiftly beyond the plains
Silent cities only death remains
I have a debt I can’t repay
Follow the tracks and stay out of sight
Embrace the dark race through the night
Upon the mountain there is a hallow
Go alone I cannot follow
I am broken and here I stay
There’s a war blowin’ in and it’s gonna hit soon
The dead are gonna walk by the light of the moon
The oceans gonna boil the mountains gonna rage
Who let the devil out of the cage?
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From Austin, Texas, The Forgotten Prophets are an artistic musical collective— immediately accessible to any listener seeking genuine musicianship, song craft, and honest heartfelt performance. Chris Bell, Jonathan Geer, Aaron Lack, Pat Harris, and Steve Schwelling weave their unique abilities into a cohesive and timeless aural tapestry. ... more
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