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Tropical Depression
04:07
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TROPICAL DEPRESSION
Life is good on my island
Except for when the weather gets bad
This tropical depression
Is the worst I’ve ever had
Won’t you come out to my island?
Bring me a lifeboat today
When you see how bad it’s gotten
You might not want to stay
Tropical depression
An endless lifeless lesson
You know school is still in session
I can’t make the grade
Over there on the mainland
They’re playing games all day
Smiling and posting pictures
Always got something to say
Me I ain't figured it out now
Still trying to get unstuck
Move myself off this rainy rock
Back out into the sun
Tropical depression
An endless lifeless lesson
You know school is still in session
I can’t make the grade
Life is good on my island
Except when the weather gets bad
I stumble over the little things
And am left here holding the bag
Whispering empty curses
Getting in my own way
Shouting out to the passers-by
Wont' you come out and play?
Tropical depression
An endless lifeless lesson
You know school is still in session
I never get the messages
Tropical depression
An endless lifeless lesson
You know school is still in session
I can’t make the grade
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2. |
Go Down Now, Mama
03:17
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GO DOWN NOW, MAMA
Got to go down now, mama
We both got work to do
Got to go down now, mama
Someone gotta pay these bills
You know if I could
I would stay right here with you
I know you’re hurting
Girl, I’m hurting, too
I know you’re hurting
Wish I could pull you through
You know if I could
I would wipe away your blues
Everybody loves somebody
I wanna love somebody, too
Everybody wants somebody
I want someone to want me, too
It’s please her, please him
You know there’s too many rules
It’s please her, please him
We all serve too many fools
You know if I could
I would send ‘em all right back to school
Stay right here with you
Wipe away your blues
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3. |
Let Me Out, Lord
04:11
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LET ME OUT, LORD
Let me out, Lord
So I can see what I can do
Let me out, Lord
So I can see what I can do
If I don’t make it to the station
Please just take me home with you
Since the morning
I’ve been working like a dog
Since the morning
I’ve been working like a dog
Now down come the evening
And my head is in a fog
I ain’t been idle
I’ve been playing by the rules
I ain’t been idle
I’ve been playing by the rules
Lord just give me something
Give me something I can use
Touch the bottom
Touch the bottom of my heart
Touch the bottom
Touch the bottom of my heart
Lift me to the ceiling
Blow these blues apart
Let me out, Lord
So I can see what I can do
Let me out, Lord
So I can see what I can do
If I don’t make it to the station
Please just take me home with you
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4. |
Long Way Down
03:03
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LONG WAY DOWN
She’s selling records
Bussing tables on the side
Or is it the other way around?
She’s pushing 40
Maybe 45? You know
She’s too scared to let on
She’s burning bridges
As fast as she can cross ‘em
Trying to get somewhere
Stealing glances
With whoever comes across
She thinks could get her there
Down, down, down
It’s a long way down
Down, down, down
You know it’s a long way down
Don’t look now
Don’t you look around
You left some bodies back there
We all remember
When you were cleaning house
Playing chicken with the band
And the money
All the money in the basket
Where did it all go?
Is it just ‘the way it is’
‘How it’s supposed to happen’?
Or the only way you know?
CHORUS
We’re all doing what we gotta do
It ain’t really nothing new
The only difference is you think
It’s only you
CHORUS
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5. |
Breakfast in Bed
03:41
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BREAKFAST IN BED
Breakfast in bed
It’s all that I’m really wanting
So darling heed my calling
And give me breakfast in bed
I know it’s early
I know that your blue
I can tell you’re tired
But our love is true
I’m so cozy and hungry
You’re up with the sun
The dogs they are barking
We’re all hungry for somethin’...
CHORUS
You’re off to work
Soon I’ll go too
But can’t we delay
For an hour or two?
It’s now or never
The moment won’t last
Better come take my order
And cook it up fast
CHORUS
No need to hurry
No need to fuss
Pets have been fed
Kids off on the bus
Can’t we enjoy
One for the road
Better serve me up something
Or I might explode
CHORUS
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6. |
Yankee Rant (Stay)
04:09
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YANKEE RANT (STAY)
Never got away
Never made it out to California
Guess the weather here ain't killed me yet
Didn't die young
Couldn't stop myself from getting older
Guess I ought to run while I got the legs
But I just stay...
Out here on the right coast
We got a little dirty water
It don’t mean we don’t jump right in
Not trying to boast
We never sweat a power outage
We’re full of hot air, we got thick skin
Think I’ll just stay...
Getting away,
Only for a couple of days
East coast interstate
Taking us back north
Way up in Blue Hill
They got a choir of steel drumming
Man, you’d think it was the carribean
And them green mountain red roads?
That’s life the way it ought to be lived
Nothing prettier than just being there
Think I’ll just stay...
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7. |
Walk Another Mile
03:52
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WALK ANOTHER MILE
I could never tell you
I could never explain
All about the heartache
All about the failure
Is there a dying secret
Locked inside your heart?
I hope that when I hear it
It doesn’t drive us apart
Infinite time
Is there a line
One we can hold on to?
Into the future
Given the past
Let’s walk another mile
We hold a broken basket
We like to keep things in
We try to work together
But we end up losing things
Pieces of our journey
Have come a long long way
They’re spilling out around us
But we both choose to stay
CHORUS
You like to take it easy
Say we should take it slow
Though the day is over and done
We’ve still got miles to go
CHORUS
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8. |
Passages
04:49
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"Passages"
Fire on the mountain
Blood on the trail
Road leads to ruin
Time to move on
Been to the valley
Destruction I’ve seen
World too unsettled
Time to get going
When the horses are bred
For war and not work
World’s out of order
Time to let go
Play that old song
"Love’s all we all need"
Past time to be healed
Time that we know
The memories remain
Of simpler ways
Return to the garden
Time to regrow
When the old ones won’t work
We need some new prayers
World full of delusion
Time to atone
When the summer sky shines
A light in our eyes
Wake up to the moment
Time to be born
So goodbye my old friend
We’ll all miss your smile
Remember to write home
Time to move on
Time to move on...
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9. |
One For All
03:52
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ONE FOR ALL
I’m gonna write
You a song
Hope you all sing along
If you don’t, if you can’t
Please just listen
We’re all here
On our own
Keeping on, getting older
Each of us just
Dying to go on living
Carry on... this evenin’
Keep it moving along
We are all.... here together
All for one
One for all
There is peace
In this circle
There’s a drink in your glass
Let go of the darkness
It will pass
You and I
We’re the same
In so many ways
Let us toast
What brought us here together
CHORUS
Let’s have one
For the road
Hope we all make it home
See you down along the road
My friends
CHORUS
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10. |
On The Beach
07:24
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ON THE BEACH (NEIL YOUNG)
The world is turnin’
I hope it don’t turn away
The world is turnin’
I hope it don’t turn away
All my pictures are fallin’
From the wall where I placed them yesterday
The world is turnin’
I hope it don’t turn away
I need a crowd of people
But I can’t face them day-to-day
I need a crowd of people
But I can’t face ‘em day-to-day
Though my problems are meaningless
That don’t make them go away
I need a crowd of people
But I can’t face them day-to-day
I went to the radio interview
But I ended up alone at the microphone
I went to the radio interview
But I ended up alone
Now I’m livin’ out here on the beach
But those seagulls are still out of reach
Went to the radio interview
But I ended up alone at the microphone
Get out of town
Think I’ll get out of town
Get out of town
Think I’ll get out of town
I head for the sticks with my bus and friends
I follow the road though I don’t know where it ends
Get out of town, get out of town
Think I’ll get out of town
The world is turnin’
I hope it don't it turn away
I hope it don't it turn away
I hope it don't it turn away
I hope it don't it turn away
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The Rivergods New London, Connecticut
The Rivergods are an original band based in southeastern CT that has played its own heartfelt harmony-rich folky/rootsy/rockish music (and occasionally others) since 1997. The Rivergods are fronted by husband/wife songwriters, Ben and Nancy Parent, and the band includes some of the finest, most talented players in the region. We have several albums out… available right here on Bandcamp! Enjoy. ... more
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