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I'll blur the lines if you won't
I'll take the time if you don't
To call you my friend in the morning sun
We never started so we'll never be done
Just like an old song, the water is wide...
But that doesn't mean it's impassable
Sometimes blue is just laughable
We cross the bridge if we get to it
We watch the waves if our feet get wet
Sometimes there's only one way to go...
In the light
As we walked over the sparkling sands
The wind was blowing and I watched your hands
Moving like you had something to say
You didn’t, but I heard you anyway
Just a mile or so from the undertow...
In the light
Counting the gulls over the parking lot
Sometimes leaving costs a lot
Leaving for good or just for a while
So many mornings in your sweet smile
Happy and sad, as strong as on earth
In the light...
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I'm going back to Rosine
I'm going back to Rosine
I'm going back to Rosine
I know what I'm going for
I have been watching
I have been watching
I have been watching
And I want you more
There is a sadness
There is a sadness
There is a sadness
As big as any sea
I'm going back to Rosine
I'm going back to Rosine
I'm going back to Rosine
Take these reins from me
Ain't you from Rosine
Ain't you from Rosine
Ain't you from Rosine
I know what I'm going for
I have been waiting
I have been waiting
I have been waiting
And I want you more
Broken branches softly
Broken branches softly
Broken branches softly
Underneath my feet
Fog on the mountain
Fog on the mountain
Fog on the mountain
Where earth and heaven meet
Going back to Rosine
Going back to Rosine
Going back to Rosine
I know what I'm going for
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Hear the bells
Beneath the waves
Among the ruins
And the graves
Out in the oaks
Under the pines
Anchor and moon
Pulling the tides
Once Again
I was the keeper
Of the boundary land
I lost my way
In the stones and sand
He promised a kiss
For the one who waits
While the sea swept in
Through the open gates
Once Again
They called me drunkard
They called my name
And they still curse me
In the wind and rain
It was my fault
But it was my fate
And the sea will sweep in
Through the open gate
Once again
And though the road
Was paved with gold
It was only his hand
I wanted to hold
You'll see the faces
Upon the coins
But you'll find the well
In the water, boys
Once again
They called me drunkard
They called my name
And they still curse me
In the wind and rain
It was my fault
But it was my fate
And the sea will sweep in
Through the open gate
Once again
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How soon can you get here?
How soon do you dare?
I'm in need of some company
In need of some care
As the world rolls and tumbles
As the edges fray
How soon can you get here?
How long can you stay?
Here and now I vow
To hold on and let go
Don't you know…
Don't you know…
I want to make my friends happy
I want to make my people proud
I want to turn and face the music
When it's quiet...when it's loud
Here and now I vow
To hold on and let go
Don't you know…
Don't you know…
I don't need to be rescued
Protected or redeemed
But won't you come and visit
Just like I dreamed
Here and now I vow
To hold on and let go
Don't you know…
Don't you know…
In a room full of rainbows
Empty chairs and flowers
How soon can you get here
To waltz me through the hours?
And we'll make our friends happy
We'll make the world proud
We'll turn and face the music
And go waltzing through the hours...
Here and now I vow
To hold on and let go
Don't you know…
Don't you know…
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Phone is talking
My head is buzzin'
Wheels are turning
My mind is fuzzin'
Don't want to
Don't want to go home
Bluebells & daisies
Barstools & bottles
Daydreams & maybes
Street tracker throttles
Don't want to
Don't want to go home
& baby I ain't gonna be a whippin' stone
I'm runnin’ wild & my love has grown
Don't want to go home...
I like it here
& I like it there
Maybe I just
Like it everywhere
Don't want to
Don't want to go home
Highways & tunnels
Hotels & trains
They say the road
Gets in your veins
Don't want to
Don't want to go home
& baby I ain't gonna be a whippin' stone
I'm running wild & my love has grown
It ain't because of me
It ain't because of you
Sometimes it's false
Sometimes it's true
Don't want to
Don't want to go home
Tomorrow's another day
I bet we might
Just find our way
But for tonight
Don't want to
Don't want to go home
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Why did you want my love
But you don't want my name?
Wish I hadn't stopped my horse
To get that drink of rain
How come we move so fast
But some things never change?
Wish I was a satellite
Over the open range...
How long, baby
Should I wait for you?
If I wish with all my wells
Will my wish come true?
One two, buckled my shoe
Then I lost my step
I woke up in Birmingham
With this ribbon around my neck
Red dirt, magnolias
Kudzu on the trees
Once I was a wildflower
Calling to the bees
How long, baby
Should I wait for you?
If I wish with all my wells
Will my wish come true?
Through the woods and back again
Night can get so long
Wish I was that starry sky
Inside your pretty song
How long, baby
Should I wait for you?
If I wish with all my wells
Will my wish come true?
Wish I was a satellite
Over the open range...
How long, baby
Should I wait for you?
If I wish with all my wells
Will my wish come true?
One two, buckled my shoe
Then I lost my step
I woke up in Birmingham
With this ribbon around my neck
Red dirt, magnolias
Kudzu on the trees
Once I was a wildflower
Calling to the bees
How long, baby
Should I wait for you?
If I wish with all my wells
Will my wish come true?
Through the woods and back again
Night can get so long
Wish I was that starry sky
Inside your pretty song
How long, baby
Should I wait for you?
If I wish with all my wells
Will my wish come true?
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going to the station, i'll meet you at the train
going to the station, i'll meet you at the train
ever since i saw you i'll never be the same
don't see you often, i love you just the same
don't see you too often, i love you just the same
i love the way you laugh, i love the way you say my name
when i think about you i don't know the reason why
when i think about you i don't know the reason why
if i am the earth, you are the evening sky
take me to the sunset, take me to the moon
take me to the sunset, take me to the moon
then take me to the station, i'll be leaving soon…
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Take me home
To my feather bed
Take me home
Let me rest my head
And please don't pretend
'Cause there's nothing worse
Than a false hearted friend
And we're all going out in the end...
Take me over
The beautiful water
Please don't mistake me
For another
Cause I've done some things
I did not intend
And I've done some things
I never will mend
And we're all going out in the end...
It's my time
And I'm gonna take it...
It's my time
I don't know if I'll make it
Take my hand
For a little while
Take my hand
Won't you give me a smile
And if you see my mama
Won't you give her a kiss
Tell her she's the one I'll always miss
'Cause we're all going out like this...
Take me home
To my feather bed
Take me home
Let me rest my head
And please don't pretend
'Cause there's nothing worse
Than a false hearted friend
And we're all going out in the end…
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You're on your way now
What's the matter with me
Is what's the matter with you
& the birds keep singing
Even when the sky ain't blue
Day after day now
Dogs at the back door
They'll be there a while
& the moon will return
After many a mile
I think you're okay now
Hubcaps shining
In a setting sun
A lover's work
Is never done
You're on your way now
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Turns out I'm not all I thought I was
Maybe it's all for nothing or just because
Time flies, yes I know that's true
Maybe I think too much, but I didn't think this through
Got on my high horse, went downtown
In the mood for love I took a look around
3 in the morning, just those boys on the street
Making down a pallet out of cardboard and concrete
Running all the roads...how far can we go?...running all the roads
Up the mountain with my friend
Talking god and nature and blazing 'till the end
You have to believe in something, even to pretend
How close to the break can you take the bend?
Running all the roads...how far can we go?...running all the roads
Now I'm in a hotel reading hotel reviews
Comparing soap dishes and fluorescent blues
Wishing like hell I was done paying my dues
Yeah, I just might need me different shoes...
Running all the roads...how far can we go?...running all the roads
You closed the door, you slandered my name
I'd like to say it's a crying shame
But I know you brother, you didn't mean a thing
And I'll always think of you when I hear the coyote sing
Running all the roads...how far can we go?...running all the roads
All these hold ups can't break me down
No, I'm already broken anyhow
In the land of the free anything goes
Just how much can we take? Nobody knows...
Running all the roads...how far can we go?...running all the roads
Running all the roads...how far can we go?...running all the roads
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It was in hotel rooms across the country that Pieta Brown wrote most of the songs on her gorgeous album, 'Postcards.' Like any touring musician, she was on the road to survive, balancing the rewards of performing music for a living with the challenges of trying to stay connected to loved ones and other artists while in motion. So, when she was finally stationed at home, she decided to send out some postcards. These weren't just any postcards, though, these were musical postcards, the stripped-down, acoustic shells of new songs she'd written while traveling, and she sent them to folks like Mark Knopfler, Calexico, Mason Jennings, David Lindley, Carrie Rodriguez, Caitlin Canty, and The Pines among others. Her instructions to each were simple: write back.
