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A Billion Strong
04:21
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Stepped outside in lonely cold
To stop a warming world
Sat alone. A paper sign
A swine-resistant pearl
A single voice above the din
Of smoking engines laughing
Hoping that somebody else
Would only pause
And join the cause
It’s all I’m asking
Come along
We’re a billion strong
Call out all
And make it better
It’s all I’m asking
Come along
We’re a billion strong
Call out all
And make it better
Walked along, a single-minded
Sea of human purpose
And not alone, another sign
A swell beneath the surface
So raise your voice above the din
Of politicians crying
Time for everybody else
To only pause
And join the cause
It’s all I’m asking
Come along
We’re a billion strong
Call out all
And make it better
It’s all I’m asking
Come along
We’re a billion strong
Call out all
And make it better
It’s all I’m asking
Come along
We’re a billion strong
Call out all
And make it better
It’s all I’m asking
Come along
We’re a billion strong
Call out all
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2. |
Desert World
05:48
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Water jug and kicking dust
Backpack holding everything I own
Under sun and mystery
Understanding nothing but my home
Running for the one I love
Running out of all the things I need
Think of all the times we had
Thinking that I got some mouths to feed
It’s a desert world
It’s a desert world
Got to get to family
Got to get away from enemies
Never been away so long
So long as I can keep my sanity
Holding on to memory
Keeping track of trails in the night
Separation desperately
Hear me howling at the cold moonlight
It’s a desert world
It’s a desert world
Yeah yeah
Oh
Hanging on and digging in
Holding out for opportunity
Cactus, snake, tarantula
Cheering section underneath my feet
No more drops of sweat to give
White man’s warning baked into my brain
Past and present pioneers
Lead me on with footprints and remains
It’s a desert world
It’s a desert world
Yeah Yeah
Oh
It’s a desert world
Yeah Yeah
Oh
It’s a desert world
It’s a desert world
It’s a desert world
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Time flies so fast
Before you know it
You won’t believe
The time we’re wasting
Even now
Your thoughts collide into your past
A dream is bursting
Come back and choose your silence
Choose to take her hand
She is all you’re wanting for
She is all you’re wanting for
Keep out of
All the tiny factions
Keeping you apart
From open heart
And gentle mind
You can’t remember all the I.O.U.’s
And promises
Come back and choose
To let it out and let her in
She is all you’re wanting for
She is all you’re wanting for
I found you once in desperation
I found you laying out your cause
Time flies so fast
Before you know it
You won’t believe
The time we’re wasting
Even now
She is all you’re wanting for
She is all you’re wanting for
She is all you’re wanting for
She is all you’re wanting for
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All Your Money
03:32
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Streets are lined with broken minds
Just trying to get a break
Where have all the flowers gone
They’re planted on our graves
All your money, all your money
Ain’t no good to anyone
Ain’t it funny, ain’t it funny how
A piggy bank ain’t nothing ’til it’s broke
Overflowing, spill it out into the world
For everyone
Where're you going, step into the bigger world
With everyone
All your money, yeah
People standing up to find
A trap door underneath
They’re not asking for the world
Just need a little peace
All your money, all your money
Makes you lie and cheat and steal
Ain’t it funny, all the money never
Lets you feel a single thing that’s real
Overflowing, spill it out into the world
For everyone
Where're you going, step into the bigger world
With everyone
All your money, yeah
All your money, yeah
All your money
Ain't it fun to see
The numbers adding up
We'll be coming for the money
And you're never gonna miss it
When it's gone
Overflowing, spill it out into the world
For everyone
Where're you going, step into the bigger world
With everyone
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5. |
The Point
05:07
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Echoes in the grass
The future calling
This may be the last
You’ll ever hear
Lifetime moving on
The silent dancer
Offerings withdrawn
From everyone
People, places, things
Beside the point now
Everybody pushing on
Til it’s over
Everybody pushing on
Til it’s over
Sorry siren sings
A different song
But you know some things
Best left alone
Batman’s cold cave got
Nothing on you
Burning hot sunlight
Is coming due
Keeping up with kings
Is not the point now
Everybody pushing on
Til it’s over
Everybody pushing on
Til it’s over
Echoes in the grass
The future calling
This may be the last
You’ll ever hear
Lifetime moving on
The silent dancer
Offerings withdrawn
From everyone
People, places, things
Beside the point now
Everybody pushing on
Til it’s over
Everybody pushing on
Til it’s over, yeah
Everybody pushing on
Til it’s over
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It's A Hard Time
04:18
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Early rising
City sleeping
Shifting hours
Patience fleeting
Supervisors call
Routine free-for-all
It’s a hard time
For a good life
But it’s a good time
For a hard fight
Understaffing
Buses filling
Flesh is weaker
Spirit willing
Undermining all
Catch the bouncing ball
It’s a hard time
For a good life
But it’s a good time
For a hard fight
It’s a hard time
For a good life
But it’s a good time
For a hard fight
It’s a hard time
For a good life
It’s a good time
For a hard fight
It’s a hard time
For a good life
But it’s a good time
To fight
It’s a hard time
For a good life
But it’s a good time
For a hard fight
Oh
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I can’t be there when you call
I know you won’t mind at all
Running down my dates to keep
Miles to go before I sleep
I’m the ghost of present time
I’ll be happy down the line
I’m the ghost of present time
Live a life that’s never mine
Alone
Slip out through the kitchen door
Don’t rely on me no more
Love you all, you know I do
Don’t see why I’m losing you
I’m the ghost of present time
I’ll be happy down the line
I’m the ghost of present time
Live a life that’s never mine
Alone
I’m the ghost of present time
I’ll be happy down the line
I’m the ghost of present time
Live a life that’s never mine
Alone
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Horoscope
02:36
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So Lonely
04:44
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Well someone told me yesterday
That when you throw your love away
You act as if you just don't care
You look as if you're going somewhere
But I just can't convince myself
I couldn't live with no one else
And I can only play that part
And sit and nurse my broken heart
So lonely, so lonely, so lonely
So lonely, so lonely
Now no one's knocked upon my door
For a thousand years or more
All made up, nowhere to go
Welcome to this one-man show
Just take a seat, they're always free
No surprise, no mystery
In this theater I call my soul
I always play the starring role
So lonely, so lonely, so lonely
So lonely, so lonely
So lonely, so lonely, so lonely
So lonely, so lonely
So lonely, so lonely, so lonely
So lonely, so lonely
So lonely, so lonely, so lonely
So lonely, so lonely
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10. |
The Land Of California
04:11
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Time and places making your life
Done my time
Just lighting my fire
Lighting my fire
You still running from a tragedy
I still run
But just imagine me now
Imagine me now
If you land in California
You will find your way back home
In the land of California
You will find your way back home
Come so far just to start again
Find your way
To a family shield
A family shield
Nothing but sun hanging over your head
Ride the wave
Of a brand new deal
A brand new deal
If you land in California
You will find your way back home
In the land of California
You will find your way back home
You still running from a tragedy
I still run
But just imagine me now
Imagine me now
If you land in California
You will find your way back home
In the land of California
You will find your way back home
If you land in California
You will find your way back home
In the land of California
You will find your way back home
Yeah
California
Whoa, whoa whoa
California
Yeah, yeah, yeah
California
Whoa, whoa whoa
California
Yeah, yeah, yeah
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DOWN WEST is an alternative rock trio. Featuring songwriter Steve Stanard on guitar, Theo Waddell on drums, and Ron Feliciano on bass, it’s the kind of indie music that could only be grown in Southern California.
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