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If you could go
To Lilly Braces's
She'll make a mean meal
She'll cook it right from the heart
There you may find
A little shy girl
About to believe
She can be all that she wants
Oh choice
Who could have known
Without the directions
We could find our way home
And old world
Speak not of chance
I believe we assemble
In the strangest of circumstance
A boy slides down the trunk of a tree
The world barely knows him
And in these woods he feels free
Settles down
To think on the day's change
Little knowing
That he wonders way past his years
Oh choice
Who could have known
Without the directions
We could find our way home
And old world
Speak not of chance
I believe we assemble
In the strangest of circumstance
Over the years
As the wind cuts the stone
Days lose their counting
No mistaking they're gone
And quite unexpectedly I suppose
How lives will move around
And so it goes
I know a girl
Who's in love with the small things
Trembles in her wings
Been picking up pieces for years
And who knows how
She fell over a wise boy
Who fell over his heels
Who fell into her
Who knew falling could be so much fun
With a hand
In the strangest of circumstance
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2. |
Change
05:34
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As oceans know
We could find ourselves
Under the moon
Way down below
Before these tipping tides
Hold your mind
Suppose you stop
Upon losing your way
And the roots you leave behind
Feet flat to the rock
Head left wondering
Wondering where to hide
In these brokedown times
Or walk boldly out under the sun
Take a step into the unknown
And see what's begun
If you're afraid to try
Let your feet go
If you wait for your sign
You could be waiting some time
For your stars to arrange
If your choices are slim
Won't you dive right in
'Cos there's nothing but change
In this strange light
Seems like nothing so small
Could make things alright
But what peace we find
Despite the rolling seas
The crazy times
I wish you land
I wish you all the love you can
And if you're in doubt
Well we're all wondering
Wondering where to hide
In these brokedown times
Or walk boldly out under the sun
Take a step into the unknown
And see what's begun
If you're afraid to try
Let your feet go
If you wait for your sign
You could be waiting some time
For your stars to arrange
If your choices are slim
Won't you dive right in
'Cos there's nothing but change
With no place to go
See it slipping right by
With nowhere left to grow
As these days may dim
Deep within you have
Something to begin
There's no place that stands
That doesn't hold back the times cruel hands
And no soul that feels
That isn't wondering
Wondering where to hide
In these brokedown times
Or walk boldly out under the sun
Take a step into the unknown
And see what's begun
If you're afraid to try
Let your feet go
If you wait for your sign
You could be waiting some time
For your stars to arrange
If your choices are slim
Won't you dive right in
'Cos there's nothing but change
nothing but change
If you wait for your sign
You could be waiting some time
For your stars to arrange
If your choices are slim
Won't you dive right in
'Cos there's nothing but change
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3. |
Slow Down
03:04
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There's a road to where you're going
There's a smile up on the hill
There's a force at which you're flowing
That determines your very own will
Keep your feet where you tread
And don't lose your head
'Cos you'll get tired of running round
These days don't ask for too much more than you can give
So slow down
Well I can see there could be danger
This could be the final step
You see what we don't squeeze from nature
The cards will lay to rest
But the dealer's wise
He hides his eyes
In a cold game of glory
These days don't ask for too much more than you can give
Better you change your ways than the light by which we live
Got no time and wrong intentions
Nothing from you now
So slow down
With the momentum of a freight train
You could sweep me off of my feet
There's no change in your direction
If your path is yours to keep
And if you close the door like the time before
And run the whole mile just to save yourself
These days don't ask for too much more than you can give
Better you change your ways than the light by which we live
Got no time and wrong intentions
Nothing from you now
So slow down
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4. |
Fell For The World
05:22
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Heading down to easy
Got a buzz to find
I heard a sweet wind blows this time
We don't need a reason
We could find a way
Follow the feelgood
Chase the day
And while we're searching we can dream
'Cos you fell for the world
We fell for the world
And fill our days up blue and green
And whisper the words
We fell for the world
Little known horizon
Won't you lead me do
This time my home lies over you
It's not just in the knowing
It's in the way we move
Wrapped up in wonderlust like fools
( Chorus )
See I can't help believing
As much as we may know
These moments more than miles will show
Caught up in the motion
We could lose our days
Only to find we've found our way
( Chorus )
Rolling out of Roanoke
I'm gonna see some good folks
I'm proud to call my friends
Jerry's on the radio
We got to get to see the show
And fall once again
Kicking up dust 'till the end
( Chorus )
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5. |
Still Here
03:43
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The morning light
Is breaking low
Upon these islands
The time turns slow
Among the green
Behind the blue
There lie the ways
That we once new
So bring your smile
And spread your cheer
Make true the wise
While we're still here
'Cos we're still here
The midday burns
As changes seep
Beyond these times
The fires burn deep
Before we break
The trust we've earned
Make good the ways
That we once learned
So bring your smile
And spread your cheer
Make true the wise
While we're still here
'Cos we're still here
The midnight mends
In calm and cool
In water's swell
With the stones we threw
May hearts hold more
And hands give free
As guardians all
In ways are we
So bring your smile
And spread your cheer
Make true the wise
While we're still here
'Cos we're still here
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6. |
Freedom Be Bound
04:28
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If I didn't know better
I'd while away these days
Moving only when the weather
Turns my skin cold and so I'd go
Back in the hope that
Days gone by could turn another way
But where would that leave me?
And if I'd know this
Was leading up to now
I'd make no other mind
But hold on to this beauty I find
It's just the way we go around
In this, the space that we surround
And I'm calling out for more
That we can chase this good life
And make this music we adore
And if upon a melody
That speaks of no doubt
We find a piece of home
Then freedom be bound
We've found a way
If I only knew better
I'd know where to begin
Like a tall tale story told
With a brand new spin
Find a beat and make a friend
'Cos right now will never come again
In this, your moment
Is this not what you're waiting for?
And if I'd know this
Was leading up to now
I'd make no other mind
But hold on to this beauty I find
It's just the way we go around
In this, the space that we surround
Break back beat with the hi-hat kick
Snap back to the coast
Where the congas called the most
Six eight, smoke late, sun soak, broke
Sneaking down through the hills
The skinny dip thrills
One hot show
With the three two go go
Make no money but the more we play...
Flaking out to the fire and the fallen stars
Smile and yawn when the sunlight's ours
No hate sleep late no, no, no mistake
A cool blue breeze on the back bone bites
A cold tip of timbales cuts
Upright like glue true tap tone groove
When the band begin to move
And I'm calling out for more
That we can chase this good life
And make this music we adore
And if upon a melody
That speaks of no doubt
We find a piece of home
Then freedom be bound
We've found a way
And outside
We can be more than we fear
Outside
We can be changed
And outside
We can hold all that we hear
With a little tune
Ringing in our ear
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7. |
Not Lead To The Light
03:45
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If you could spare the moment
And put aside the ways that you go
If you could share the load friend
It wouldn't take a lot
Just to let a friend know
I sure do need a change
A southern sky to hold me upright
A hand to hold for when it rains
And I would know the ground beneath my feet is alright
We could spend our whole lives
Chasing these shadows around
Only to find
The way becomes the chains that bind you inside
We turn the wrong way
This road will not lead to the light
You can keep your dark days
That I know are no friend of mine
You're in and out of old ways
Pretty soon gotta stop
Or we may go down
Or we may find the words are too cold
Seemingly losing their rhythm and rhyme
A call back to the hearts that we hold
Never need knowing when feeling's just fine
We could spend our whole lives
Chasing these shadows around
Only to find
The way becomes the chains that bind you inside
We turn the wrong way
This road will not lead to the light
Deep as the hole that you're digging
Far as the way left to climb
Man this is no way of living
We could spend our whole lives
Chasing these shadows around
Only to find
The way becomes the chains that bind you inside
We could spend our whole lives
Chasing these shadows around
Only to find
The way becomes the chains that bind you inside
We turn the wrong way
This road will not lead to the light
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8. |
Get Your Fire
06:02
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Go get your fire and find your way back home
'Cos the width of a river
Is the length of a bridge I'm told
Go find your mind and take what you find to be free
'Cos the weight of our worries is finding the time to see
Won't you tell the four winds
To blow my soul away
I need to dream
A dream is all I ask of today
And if my feet could
Pick up on a different beat, well
We could dance
And wonder where the time begins
So often broken, is rarely found
In this fire we can't hold
but just can't do without
Sing, play, dance, smile, love
Won't you come on round this way
Befriend your ways, won't you
Follow closely inside
'Cos you're counting the days
But you're falling short of just right
Get on your train
And change with the tide when you fall
With your mind full of moon you may find you're not falling at all
Won't you tell the four winds
To blow my soul away
I need to dream
A dream is all I ask of today
And if my feet could
Pick up on a different beat, well
We could dance
And wonder where the time begins
So often broken, is rarely found
In this fire we can't hold
but just can't do without
Sing, play, dance, smile, love
Won't you come on round this way
Pick up your threads
And wind your way back round
May the depth of an ocean find you
In one step over ground
Take on your fears
If the world around you seems so cold
'Cos a curious mind is a key you can find
To walk the weight of this world
Won't you tell the four winds
To blow my soul away
I need to dream
A dream is all I ask of today
And if my feet could
Pick up on a different beat, well
We could dance
And wonder where the time begins
So often broken, is rarely found
In this fire we can't hold
but just can't do without
Sing, play, dance, smile, love
Won't you come on round this way
Won't get your fire
And find your way home
Your way home
Won't you get your fire
And find your way
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9. |
Home
04:23
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Home
Where I wanted to go
But for, this soul
Why can't we drop these heavy loads
Well surely my friend
A change has got to come
One day these waters
That keep you
May just free you
Don't be so sure
That the days will betray you
You don't want to make friends with the night
Even when your light is low
You can tell yourself
It just isn't so
If you care to
And if that undertow
Takes you way further than you know
Brother steel your mind
'Cos where you go
Your heart may find
Who knows
If you wade in high
There could be days that catch you right
So reach out another hand
Help build another plan
Make it known
If there's someone out there
Somebody who knows these bones
Won't you pick them up and take them home
No less than time
Could be hanging between you
And the howling winds we feel
And best known to those who brave
These tides and ride these waves
And if when the oceans rise
Among these hills our souls may hide
And know the beating sound
I pray you find your way around
Who knows
If you wade in high
There could be days that catch you right
So reach out another hand
Help build another plan
Make it known
If there's someone out there
Somebody who knows these bones
Won't you pick them up and take them home
And we'll carry these roots and chains
And know this ground by name
Home
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10. |
Riverway
04:47
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I thought I saw a piece of you today
Under a fallen elm
I tried to see it well
Must have been the way I walked along
I can't recall another time
I loved a day so fine
I'm on my way back
To find out
Just what could have changed
If I'd said it out loud
And maybe there's something in the quiet times
And it's spinning us round
And it's keeping our eyes wide open
And it's making this sound
Right back into the riverway
I thought I heard a way up through the clouds
But I was wrong, the thunder rose
Broke down and we laughed out loud
Maybe this old mountain's holding on
To what we came to call our own
Back round the rooster home
I'm on my way back
To find out
Just what could have changed
If I'd said it out loud
And maybe there's something in the quiet times
And it's spinning us round
And it's keeping our eyes wide open
And it's making this sound
Right back into the riverway
I fell over my shoes the other day
I don't know why I put them on
Barefoot is much more fun
Thinking back I reached up round the light
Made a way out to the coast
This road I miss the most
I'm on my way back
To find out
Just what could have changed
If I'd said it out loud
And maybe there's something in the quiet times
And it's spinning us round
And it's keeping our eyes wide open
And it's making this sound
Right back into the riverway
I found myself adrift among the waves
No stars to pull me in
Cut loose but I'd been saved
Take me back to the riverway
Cut loose but I'd been saved
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11. |
Wishing Well
04:59
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Go get your fire and find your way back home
'Cos the width of a river
Is the length of a bridge I'm told
Go find your mind and take what you find to be free
'Cos the weight of our worries is finding the time to see
Won't you tell the four winds
To blow my soul away
I need to dream
A dream is all I ask of today
And if my feet could
Pick up on a different beat, well
We could dance
And wonder where the time begins
So often broken, is rarely found
In this fire we can't hold
but just can't do without
Sing, play, dance, smile, love
Won't you come on round this way
Befriend your ways, won't you
Follow closely inside
'Cos you're counting the days
But you're falling short of just right
Get on your train
And change with the tide when you fall
With your mind full of moon you may find you're not falling at all
Won't you tell the four winds
To blow my soul away
I need to dream
A dream is all I ask of today
And if my feet could
Pick up on a different beat, well
We could dance
And wonder where the time begins
So often broken, is rarely found
In this fire we can't hold
but just can't do without
Sing, play, dance, smile, love
Won't you come on round this way
Pick up your threads
And wind your way back round
May the depth of an ocean find you
In one step over ground
Take on your fears
If the world around you seems so cold
'Cos a curious mind is a key you can find
To walk the weight of this world
Won't you tell the four winds
To blow my soul away
I need to dream
A dream is all I ask of today
And if my feet could
Pick up on a different beat, well
We could dance
And wonder where the time begins
So often broken, is rarely found
In this fire we can't hold
but just can't do without
Sing, play, dance, smile, love
Won't you come on round this way
Won't get your fire
And find your way home
Your way home
Won't you get your fire
And find your way
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12. |
Lightning
04:36
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Just as the sunlight
Warms my face
Lightning seems to strike
Another place
I'd follow the faintest flight
A born fool for a wonder filled night
Mix a melody to mend these bones
Break the devil and the sticks and the stones
If I run where the wild winds play
Pretty soon I'd be headed your way
Tip the rhythm as the moon rolls round
We all shuffle on shaky ground
In all these lights
We're more than tribes
Just as the sunlight
Warms my face
Lightning seems to strike
Another place
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Rainy Bath, UK
Rainy is a Multi-instrumentalist songwriter living in Wiltshire U.K. He records all his music at home with a couple of
mics, a bunch of instruments and a determination to reach beyond those four walls.
He plays across the U.K. as a solo artist. His band Rainy and The Dust are currently on hiatus.
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