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Find You There
02:41
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FIND YOU THERE
I can find you there, you’re everywhere
You’re in my head, all the things you said
You’re in my shoes, they run back to you
I’m in your arms, they grab your heart
You can find me there, I’m everywhere
In the air, you’re everywhere
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Eyes on the Sky
04:08
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EYES ON THE SKY
I run it into the red, I always push the line
I’m gonna think of myself this time
It’s easy to yes, nod and comply
Gonna shake my head no this time
I’m a terrible wind, tearing back the sky
I’ve gotta settle down my mind
I think I’m cool, but I’m heat and fire
You’ve gotta calm and soothe my mind
The needle says I could break any time
Keep your head down and hide
The siren sounds, hear the warning signs
Keep your eyes on the sky
Tryin’ to come down, tryin’ to slow down
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Together All Alone
04:57
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From This Valley
03:44
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Water
04:31
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WATER
Water, sweet running stream
Water, I’ll see you in my dreams
Irene got tired from the heat
Ramblin’ around, walking the streets
From farm to town and in between
I looked for her; she waited for me
She was just 16 and wondered why
The stars scame out and wells run dry
She ventured out to meet the sky
Turned on her heels; left me to cry
I found her at the riverbed
Cuts on her hands and dust on her head
I love her now like I loved her then
Singing a song, pulling me into water
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The Fixer
03:42
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THE FIXER
Hid my heart full of shards away from view
None could see the holes except for you
You patched me up and set me straight
On the path to a lover’s gate
I took it out and tried it on
My new heart, the same old song
It whistled and leaked all the way
Leaving a trail to my lover’s gate
Fix me up
It seemed to be shiny and fine
Withstood the fear and trouble in mind
It grew and grew and could not wait
My heart, it rushed to my lover’s gate
It filled up and burst the seams
Gushing, flooding beds and streams
Drowning all in its way
My heart, it broke at my lover’s gate
I bring it back for you to fix
You say sometimes it’s how it is
“You drop your heart, and then you break
You mend and then, one day, you love again”
Go through the gate
Fix me up...love me, fix me
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A Bird Apart
04:25
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A BIRD APART
People sway like trees
Flying, humming in the breeze
They’re all connected now
And I won’t be left out
I’ve been a bird apart
Small wings and a broken heart
What crows did before wires I never knew
What I was before now, I have you
My heart has seen the miles
Lived free fast and wild
Healing from stormy blue
It’s landed here with you
Through the waters we wade
Braving heat and jumping trains
And if a fire next time
Your wings are bound to mine
We sway like trees
Flying, humming in the breeze
We’re all connected now
I’m not gonna be left out
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Trust Your Boots
03:15
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TRUST YOUR BOOTS
Trust your boots, they’re made for walking
Mind your heart, it’s done with breaking
Trust yourself, know when to walk away
Head and heart go different ways
My hands have often strayed
What is right and what should be
Trust your boots, I hear you say
I see those signs of hate
And often walk away
Got marching in my bones
Like my dad, I won’t obey
My feet had once been free
But got weighted down with words
Soft like stones, hard like me
If birds could talk, they could not fly away
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Sunny
05:23
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It’s always sunny-oh, when there’s money-oh
And the honey flows down in streams
It’s always sunny-oh when there’s money-oh
And the green just grows off of trees
Sunny when there’s money but when there’s none
It’s dark and so cold, you’re young but feel old
Yourself you don’t know at all
But you remember when it was
I feel sick in my soul, how my family fell low
I really don’t know at all
We remember when it was
I lost my third child, I’m dead too inside
Don’t want to survive at all
I can’t remember when it was
You can’t hardly see all the birds and bees
All the air we breathe, all the love that’s free
How you needed me to be sunny
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I Got a Tree
02:45
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I GOT A TREE
Surrounded by unexpected lovers
Oozing romance, roses and such
So silky, milky sweet, so tempting to me
But I don’t envy your flowers
I got a tree, solid and true
I got a tree with roots back to you
I got a tree with years of rings
I got a tree
I hear the loon call, the single life
Calling the wild out in me
It looks real nice from far away
But up real close it’s not the same
You yell at me, I don’t know why
I hole up, I start to cry
We regret ourselves and make up quick
No flowers here but we’ve
Got a tree, solid and true
We got a tree with lots and lots of roots
We got a tree with family rings
We got a tree to last long past the flowers
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Mother Banjo Minneapolis, Minnesota
Featuring Ellen Stanley on banjo and vocals, Mother Banjo is a New England-raised, Minneapolis-based songwriter. Called “an outstanding poet” (Inside Bluegrass), she was a Midwest Finalist for the prestigious NewSong Contest and has been featured nationally on SiriusXM Radio and CMT.com. Whether playing solo or with her award-winning band, she artfully mixes folk, bluegrass and soulful Americana. ... more
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