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Intro
02:35
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Ten Thousand Years
03:32
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I’ve got ten thousand years for you to know
and the last of them, I’ll be taking to my grave
First thousand came when I was born
It was all I knew of love, there were no shadows yet above me
Second thousand came on like a drug
It’s where I formed my little bones into a picture I had seen of you
Third thousand came on spinning like demons
It’s where I learned what people could do to you
I’ve got ten thousand years for you to know
and the last of them, I’ll be taking to my grave
Fourth came I loved another one
My TV screen blew up and I learned how to run
Rest of those years were fight and fun,
just learning how to be that ten thousand and one
Hey baby, hey
Hold your head up high
Don’t matter what they say, you’ll turn out alright
Hey baby, hey
Hold your head up high
Don’t matter what they say, you’ll turn out alright
I’ve got ten thousand years for you to know
and the last of them, I’ll be taking to my grave
Ten thousand years for you to know
and the last of them, I’ll be taking to my grave
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Colors of the Highway
04:03
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Oh I can taste the many colors of this highway
I’m gonna get there someday soon
Oh I can taste the many colors of this highway
I’m gonna get there someday
What’s it gonna be baby, you want me to take my life
What’s it gonna be this time, you want me to walk the line
Which side of the coin will I fall on tonight
What’s it gonna be baby this time
What’s it gonna be baby this time
I’m sure I’ll have the choice between remembered or forgotten
Either is fine by me
I’m sure I’ll have the choice between remembered or forgotten
Either is fine by me
Forgotten memories they go unseen
They done mind if they fail or achieve something
Remembered voices, they can burn a hole in your heart
Well, I might just prefer the mystery
I might just prefer the mystery
Oh I can taste the many colors of this highway
I’m gonna get there someday soon
Oh I can taste the many colors of this highway
I’m gonna get there someday
The hand that feeds, it moves so innocently
Doubles as a fist that’s coming back on me
But it will light my way through the darkest of hours
This highway was meant to find me
This highway was meant to find me
What’s it gonna be baby this time
What’s it gonna be baby
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Waukee
04:23
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Like a story you told me on the way to Hy-Vee,
five inches just fell in only half of a day
It’s like a treasure map I drew when I was young
to bury and pretend that I had found something fun
Ooo, ships are passing in the night
Lookout guards are sleeping, they’re losing their sight
Ooo, ships are passing in the night
Lookout guards are sleeping, they’re losing their sight
We always need reminding of what we haven’t lost
They’re gonna tear my old condo down but it’s never gonna fall
Because time is such a rebellious bird
flying under the wings of a dream I didn’t believe in
There’s a soft spoken angel flying over Waukee
drifting so fast to a place that I knew when I was seventeen
Well, it’s funny having double digit numbers in the family
or I guess it’s just a teacher in some summer pool of glory
Oh, you lit the family car on fire with your dead end cigarette
and Raymond came out to look at you and said ‘go on, get to bed’
Ooo, ships are passing in the night
Lookout guards are sleeping, they’re losing their sight
Ooo, ships are passing in the night
Lookout guards are sleeping, they’re losing their sight
Because time is such a rebellious bird
flying under the wings of a dream I didn’t believe in
There’s a soft spoken angel flying over Waukee
drifting so fast to a place that I knew when I was seventeen
Because time, it’s always quick to pass us by
and the beauty of it all is that we can’t control the tides
It’ll bring up the sea bottom like some southern hurricane
Something in our blood that we find so comforting
Oh there’s something in our blood
that we find so comforting
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Delaine
04:41
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Her name was Delaine
She was the richest thing I ever did find
She cut me up and she kicked me around like a hammer to the ground
She spit me up and spun me around but it was nothing I couldn’t love
Prairie fields of rural love, now
Prairie fields of rural love, now
Her name was Delaine
She was the richest thing I ever did find
She caught my hand covering my mouth and she forced me out
Opened me up like a country field and I found myself flying south
Prairie fields of rural love, now
Prairie fields of rural love, now
Where drinking was a passing state
and the only way you could run away was with a cold and salty blood
With the Bible on her breath she always invites you in
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Strangest Thing
03:52
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Walked into the store one day and I swear to God
it was almost as if you were standing there
Phone rang through the back door and I turned my head
It was almost as if you were calling me
To say, ooh if you come back to me
don’t worry baby I’ll still be your friend
And ooh, if you come back to me
don’t worry baby I’ll still see you then
see you then, ooh ooh
Ooh, it’s the strangest thing
how the wind can blow it down but can’t be seen
Ooh, I guess it’s bound to happen someday
but it’s falling through the cracks again
If I had the chance to tell you, we’re all fading in the sun
If I had the chance to tell you, we’re all fading in the sun
Singing’ ooh, if you come back to me
don’t worry baby I’ll still see you then
And ooh, if you come back to me
don’t worry baby I’ll remember to live
don’t worry baby I’ll be in the wind
don’t worry baby I’ll still be in the wind
don’t worry baby I’ll be in the wind
don’t worry baby I’ll still be in the wind
Walked into the store one day and I swear to God
it was almost as if you were standing there
Phone rang through the back door and I turned my head
it was almost as if you were calling me
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Just in Case
05:45
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Just in case you forgot to call
Just in case you forgot to pick me up
Just in case you ran into your shadows in the dark,
it doesn’t matter anymore
‘Cause I find you sometimes in my head
and I find you sometimes in my head
and I contemplate that simple feeling
of this long gone love, a death worth stealing
Just in case you’ve lost your ground
Just in case I left you hanging around
I’m deeply sorry for ambiguous lines
It was just a matter of deciphering what’s mine
And I find you sometimes in my head
and I find you sometimes in my head
and I contemplate that simple feeling
of this long gone love, a death worth stealing
And I know it was a part of the coming down
and I know it was a part of the coming around
and I know it was a part of the coming around
and I know it was a part of the coming down
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Combustible Stars
04:42
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Oh my baby, do you remember the time
I metcha baby in the night
Oh my baby, do you remember the time
I called you ocean eyes, alright
Oh my baby, I think you’re hotter than the sun
Oh my baby, I think you’re hotter than the sun
Ooh, ooh
And I think I’ve finally found why it feels like this
And I think I’ve finally found why it feels like this
We are two combustible stars
We are two combustible stars
And I think I’ve finally found why it feels like this
Oh my baby, do you remember the time
I left you baby in the night
Oh my baby, I was feeling crazy
I walked three thousand miles
I walked three thousand miles
Oh my baby, I know I broke you that night
Oh my baby, I don’t know how to do this
We are two combustible stars
We are two combustible stars
And I think I’ve finally found why it feels like this
We are two combustible stars
We are two combustible stars
And I think I’ve finally found why it feels like this
Oh my baby, do you remember the time
I metcha baby in the night
Oh my baby, do you remember the time
I called you ocean eyes, alright
Oh my baby, I think you’re hotter than the sun
Oh my baby, I think you’re hotter than the sun
Ooh, ooh
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Head Rush
04:02
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I’ve got a head rush, go on and burn me up
And I’m feeling alright, go on and hold me ‘til I cry
‘Cause I’ve been walking all night
drinking alone in the street with my shirt undone
And I’ve got a headrush, go on and burn me up
Well I’ve come undone but thank God for the safety of love
And what can I do but let these ghosts fly
Oh you are the sun to these fine days
And you are the sweetness of my ways
And if it was mine to give I’d give it all away
I’m struck by the the way you still like me when I am crazed
I’m holding your head like a river bed
and there’s something that makes you cry everyday
Oh you are the sun to these fine days
And you are the sweetness of my ways
And if it was mine to give I’d give it all away
Oh you are the sweetness of my ways
Oh you are the sweetness of my ways
Well I’ve got a head rush, go on and make me blush
Baby hold me like you used to
Oh baby hold me like you used to
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Love is Love
04:47
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I am not the shadow of your broken hands
and I am not who you think I am
There are many things from your mother's mouth
you oughta keep with you like your grandma loves her house
Then again there are many things you can live without
like that box of old thoughts from your weightless mouth
Love is love, time’s a changin’
Love is love, time’s a changin’
Love is love, distance is gaining on you
I’ll give you a little time to sort your mind but not too long
‘Cause different words can make the same sentence
Different words can describe the same thing
Oh and love is a changin’ thing
Love is love, times a changin’
Love is love, times a changin’
Love is love and distance is gaining on you
It’s never too late to look at the sun
‘cause falling into fear is the hardest one in the long run
‘Cause love is love, times a changin’
Love is love, times a changin’
Love is love and distance is gaining on you
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Dying Here
06:01
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It taught me I can be found in every foot that hits the ground
and I leave my troubles true where they can be found,
like the scent of a bloody, bloody, bloodhound
Splinter in the sky, is it a bird or a sly creature
‘Cause the illusion likes to paint with a heavy, heavy hand
on a heist across the sea and who are we
If we’re dying here we are free here
and if we die we are gone
If you’re dying here you are free here,
fuck the man you are home, ooh
Oh, I wish upon us now a gravestone for the ‘somehows’
and colors that are free of you and me
What I really mean to say is nothing at all
‘Cause with my voice comes a safety, a privilege and a call
If we’re dying here we are free here
and if we die we are gone
If you’re dying here you are free here,
fuck the man you are home
For example take the green,
it turns to dust eventually
And the fire’s not in the rich,
it’s in the fire that lights the ditch
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Sam Rae Charleston, South Carolina
Originally from Iowa City, now Charleston based singer-songwriter, Sam Rae (they/them), blends their classical roots on the cello with their dusky alto vocals and lyrics inspired by traditional folk tunes. The result is a unique yet familiar sound that makes everyone feel like they are on the same boat. ... more
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