1. |
Jubilee
04:18
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Trucks on the highway on a rainy old Monday
Shipping their wares to some foreign city
All I know is that I used to like dancing
Now C major is just any old key
It used to be that we were much closer
Our lives had a steadfast opacity
Once in a while I can get myself going now
But that big picture's getting harder to see
Some think marriage the most perfect union
I say careful it can it you in three
One part hope, one part abandon
One part eventuality
Maybe it's time we got going
Try the geographic cure
'Cause I'm not down with sticking around
Beating that horse
Just to be sure
See those windmills spinning in the foothills
Green grass and tarmac stretching out to the Bay
Let's make the most of this quotidian folly
Hold each other like its all okay
Jubilee...
All is forgiven
All is not lost
Jubilee...
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2. |
New Emperors
04:17
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NEW EMPERORS
When the slot machines rang
We were singing in tune
Rolling in laughter
Over the moon
Nothing could stop
The trail of treasure and tears
We lived like new emperors
We danced in the aisles
Doubled-down on our bets
Played it for smiles
Nothing felt better
Than not having to feel for a while
Where'd the money go?
Now that it's gone
You're looking at me
Like I should have known more
Where'd the money go?
Nobody knows for sure
There's a card that you play
When you're down on your luck
You look both ways twice
And then you say...
You're not the only one
With nothing to lose in this game
Because sometimes you win
More often you lose
You can say it's misfortune
Or call it the blues
Maybe it's just the way
Things were meant to play out
Where'd the money go?
Now that it's gone
You keep looking at me
Like I should have known more
You're not the only one
With nothing to lose in this game
Where'd the money go?
Damned if I know
There's some things
That we both didn't wanna let go
Where'd the money go?
Nobody knows for sure
We threw back the drinks
Never heard the last call
Floated free down that river
Barrelled over the falls
Hit the bottom hard
Blew the whole thing apart
Now that you're on the wagon
It's back to the grind
And every other cliché
You can finger and find
To help you move forward
Away from the smoldering wreck
Where'd the money go?
Now that it's gone
You keep looking at me
Like I should have known more
You're not the only one
With nothing to lose in this game
Where'd the money go?
Damned if I know
There's some things
That we both didn't wanna let go
Where'd the money go?
Nobody knows for sure
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3. |
It's Up to You
02:54
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IT'S UP TO YOU
Oh, if you listen, you might hear
The sound of your own voice
Breaking through the crowd
And giving you a choice
You can take what they will give you
Or you can wander your own road
Learn the songs they teach you
Or make up one of your own!
It's up to you (it's up to you)
No one else needs to approve
Find a path to follow
That means something to you
It's up to you (it's up to you)
No one else will do it for you
Listen to your own voice,
Don't let them drown you out
Now I have always wandered
Never truly found my way
But I understand the journey
Is much longer than today
It may take a thousand steps
And then another thousand more
But the path that I am on
Was never walked before!
CHORUS
When I get up the mountain
I'll look back down and say
There was no single truth
There was no easy way
To recognize my reason
Had to cover all that ground
To finally find my freedom
I had to unwind what I had bound!
CHORUS
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4. |
Churches
03:39
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CHURCHES
I've been to old churches
I've been to new churches
I've been to some churches
Too blind to believe
I've been to red churches
I've been to blue churches
When I went to no church
It was then I did see
Now I've seen a man
With a book in his hand
He's telling the people
What they should believe
Only men can be leaders
Women can't have choices
There's rules to the kingdom
And we hold the keys
CHORUS
Now I've seen a man
With a gun in his hand
Quoting from scripture
With God-given might
I see another one
Reads from a different book
That assures him the same thing:
"You're wrong, and I'm right"
CHORUS
Now I've seen some men
Groups of believers
Fighting and fussing
About their homes in the sky
Gotta keep order
Keep people from thinking
They'll want the same thing
Start questioning why
CHORUS
Now it's always some man
Setting up boundaries
Divide 'em and conquer
Read 'em and weap
Every creature on this earth
Only wants its freedom
You can't rule the order
If you can't keep the peace
CHORUS
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5. |
Angel's Face
04:59
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ANGEL'S FACE
Alright, okay, you win
Alright, okay, you win
Try as I might
I can't turn the darkness into light
Try as I may
I can't make the feeling go away
So I wait and I wait
Desperately humming along
Pray that an angel's face
Comes and lights the way home
Alright, okay, you win
Alright, okay, you win
Try to be true
Do all the things that I should do
Try to believe
Something soon will come to my relief
CHORUS
Alright, okay, you win
Alright, okay, you win
Pay what I owe
Better to be above ground than below
Get what I give
Remember what it takes to keep on living
CHORUS
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6. |
Station Down the Line
04:29
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STATION DOWN THE LINE
If I can just remember
That's all part of a plan
Remember to remember
It's all out of my hands
Truth or coincidence
No one knows for sure
But come light or darkness
There's time to even up the score
Don't leave me hanging here
Dried up on the vine
Just keep me moving toward
That station down the line
If I can just convince my eyes
Of the beauty all around
Believe in what I can't see
All that matters is right now
Don't leave me hanging here
Dying on the vine
Just keep me moving toward...
How I long to see
The light beyond the clouds
Right now I need to hear
The words come from your mouth
And I'll believe
Don't leave me hanging here
Dried up on the vine
Just keep me moving toward
That station down the line
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EARLY BIRDS (SOMETHING FOR ME)
Maybe I will never sleep
Have to be content to keep on dreaming
Of something that might never be
Something that's just out of reach
Wishing won't make it true
It doesn't bring me back to you
It's just something that might never be
It's just something that you'll never see
Time might tell us differently
For now it seems like an eternity
Just give me something, something please
That I can hold, that I can release
Something real, some kind of peace
Just give me something, something for me
There's a sound outside the window
All the little creatures stirring
They know something we don't know
They know what to keep, and what to let go
Wishing things were somehow different
Pining away for another chance
It don't change the master plan
It doesn't bring you back again
Time might tell us differently
For now it seems like an eternity
Give me something, something please
That I can hold, that I can release
Something real, some kind of peace
Just give me something, something for me
Time might tell us differently
For now it seems like an eternity
Give me something, something please
That I can hold, that I can release
Something real, some kind of peace
Just give me something, something for me
Just give me something, something for me
Just give me something, something for me
Just give me something, something for me
Just give me something, something for me
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8. |
Ratchet
04:36
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RATCHET
Ratchet me up
Wind me back down
Pull up the covers
You'll come around
Lght a candle
Let's play the game
Tonight
Open your drawer
Lift up the tin
Take out your day planner
Pencil me in
It's high time
We make the case
For love
We've been tethered
A couple of years
Lets do something
To settle our fears
Once and for all
Acetylene
Like a burning torch
Won't you make the walk, mama
Across my front porch
Gonna get intense
We'll swing for the fence
Tonight
CHORUS
Come to my doorway
Throw me a line
Read me a chapter
It'll all be fine
Drop what you’re doing
You've been busy
Working overtime
The shape of your cello, mama
The small of your back
Keep you around
For another heart attack...
Alright!
CHORUS
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9. |
Dress Like a Poet
03:25
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DRESS LIKE A POET
Is there more to be seen
More to be gleaned
When you're dressed like a poet?
Dressed like a poet
It's not how you look,
It's how you look at things
When you're dressed like a poet
Dressed like a poet
Do the feelings last longer
Is the beat a little stronger?
When you're dressed like a poet
Dressed like a poet
Are the colors all brighter
The world more exciting?
When you're dressed like a poet
Dressed like a poet
Yeah!
Now I've got the answers
I know all the dances
When I'm dressed like a poet
Dressed like a poet
If you've got the time
I'll spin you a rhyme
When I'm dressed like a poet
Dressed like a poet
I quote Keats and Yeats
and Meredith
When I'm dressed like a poet
Dressed like a poet
I can feel my feelings
With the best of them
When I'm dressed like a poet
Dressed like a poet
Put on your autumn coat
Let's take a stroll
Out in the nighttime air
Hold my hand, love
The future's just a hop from here
QUOTED LINES FROM G 'N' R:
"I've been walking the streets at night
Just trying to get it right
It's hard to see with so many around
You know I don't like being stuck in the ground
And the streets don't change, but baby the names
I ain't got time for the games
'Cause I need you, ooh ooh yeah, I need you..."
...to dress like a poet!
Dress like a poet
Dress like a poet
Dress like a poet
Dress like a poet
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10. |
Lost on You
04:08
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LOST ON YOU
A thousand missed chances
Words flying past your ear
Across the room and back glances
Whispers you never hear
Stories that are really worth telling
Can't seem to find a way through
Your so busy being busy
It all gets lost on you
Lost on you
Lost on you
It all gets lost on you
Lost on you
Lost on you
It all gets lost on you
You never really made the cut
But somehow you always break your fall
Now you have the gall to wonder
Why you don't have it all
You know you're driven by some fire
Think that you can't lose
That's just primitive desire
But that's lost on you
CHORUS
Perhaps some greater lesson
Will be left unlearned
And as the flame smolders out
I won't be the one burned
You'll still be slithering around
Snake-eyed, scrounging for pearls
Stealing fruit off of the tree
Like it's lost on you
CHORUS
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11. |
New Traditional
05:22
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NEW TRADITIONAL
Lord, you gotta get me through the day
Lord, you gotta get me through the day
Please won’t you take this pain away
Lord, see me through to another day
Please, won’t you take me by the hand
Please, won’t you take me by the hand
Lord, you got to help me understand
Please, don’t you let go of my hand
Lord, help me beat this demon down
Lord, help me beat this demon down
Look out, I can see him coming round
Lord, help me put him underground
See, I’m just beginning to see the light
See, I’m just beginning to see the light
Lord, you got to help me put things right
Please, don’t you let me out of your sight
Lord, you gotta get me through the day
Lord, you gotta get me through the day
Please won’t you take this pain away
Lord, see me through to another day
Oh, Lord, see me through to another day
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12. |
State of the Union
06:21
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STATE OF THE UNION
I will never be young again
I have no one to blame but myself
There's a shadow flying over me
Hawk, dove or something else?
My children are just like me
Young and headstrong, eager to fly
Burn the nest like a pile of kindling
Hope they know better sooner than I did
The best that I can do
What I have to say
The most that I can offer you
Is this...
We will never be free again
Don't even know what freedom means
For your legs, they'll sell you a nightstand
It'll hold the the flat screen of your dreams
Right-wing lunatic flapping his gums
Preying hard on the feeble and green
Pundits preaching on the television
Treat the poor like some social disease
CHORUS 2X
There just a bunch of tired old men
Love addicts, one and all
Can’t stay long, but don’t wanna miss out
Make the scene for their curtain call
You think you’d better use it or lose it
I think you better just leave it alone
'Cause home-wrecking ain't recreation
Pack your things and go on home
CHORUS
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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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