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Songs 3 + 4
13:31
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Not Another Minute (I See You)
- David Elias, all rights reserved worldwide
Come a little closer to me
While it’s early in the day
And the morning light shines through me
I hear everything you say
CHORUS
There’s not another minute left between us
There’s not a minute we could lose
It’s the middle of the morning
I see you
I see you
Turn around a let me hold you
Let me whisper in your ear
Was it something I never told you
Or something you just couldn’t hear
CHORUS
So come a little closer to me
There ain't no where else to be
Can you feel the sun shine through you too
Like your favorite memory
CHORUS
I see you
I see you
I see you
I see you
I see you
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Stand In The Middle
- by David Elias, all rights reserved worldwide
You said you'd never run away from the game
But you stood up and walked away all the same
And you said you'd never run to another love
But you walked right up to her door in the night
And you said you'd never turn your back on that road
But your shoulders were heavy and so was the load
So you wasted away in a place in your mind
Where the spirit was black as the night was unkind
And some things don't matter
And some things don't change
And some things will free you
And some are a drain
And nothing will leave you
If nothing remains
So stand in the middle
And see if it rains
You looked to the left, you looked all around
Asleep in the night camped out on the ground
Say goodnight to the island from where we all dream
And find your way up and across your own stream
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Songs 5 + 6
17:06
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I'll Never Know Tomorrow
Words & Music by David Elias, all rights reserved worldwide
[ See the video of The CasualTees playing this track
at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLAlQowKSGE ]
I set fire to the page
I burned those words right down
Saw the ashes in the air
Sink right to the ground
I don't know if I was there
If I'm lost or if I'm found
Let's begin again I'll never know tomorrow
I saw the rings of Saturn spin
In a dream I had last night
That gold dust ice was thin
I held on with all my might
Now I can't remember where I been
In the early morning light
Let's begin again I'll never know tomorrow
I see the ocean from the trees
And the hilltop from the barn
I sail the seven seas
And never leave the farm
Don't tell me what I need
Don't take me by the arm
Let's begin again I'll never know tomorrow
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You Roll Right On
- Words & Music by David Elias, all rights reserved worldwide
Coastal range of inspiration all you have is meditation
Trees of fire burn the choir singing for their salvation
Hints of glamour girls enamored with their own affliction
Situations complications never mind the contradictions
You roll right on
You roll right on
You roll right on
As you roll right by
You roll right on
Memories of disenchantment paying back the conversation
All you owe is paid in full the rest is just hallucination
Early water Sunday's daughter ran away no hesitation
Where she goes nobody knows hell to pay in moderation
Acupuncture found a juncture in between the constellations
Heaven knows those bodies glow when forced away from contemplation
Witness this with mortal bliss the gods can't touch our incarnation
And after all is said and done you wind up back where you begun
Everlasting peace will mark the end of our emancipation
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Songs 7 + 8
13:39
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Lost In The Green
- Words & Music by David Elias, all rights reserved worldwide
Lost in the green
Follow the magic stones
Winter comes tomorrow
Solstice all alone
Strangers never knew you
Friends become the same
Lost in the green
Follow signatures in the sky
Winter comes tomorrow quietly
Families in the fields
Hollow in the wind
And all those one way conversations
Repeat yourself one time or two
Freedom of speech has limitations
Forget the words and you'll be through
Lost in the green
Follow the river stones
Winter comes tomorrow
Solstice all alone
Strangers never knew you
Friends become the same
And all those one way conversations
Repeat yourself one time or two
Freedom of speech has limitations
Forget the words and you'll be through
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The Riddle Song
- Words & Music by David Elias, all rights reserved worldwide
I took a little piece of thread
From the pillow on my bed
I put it underneath my arm
To keep it safe and keep it warm
It found its way into my heart
Where it was destined from the start
Hey that's the way it goes
Ain't that the way it goes
I picked a penny from the floor
Walkin through the hardware store
I put it into my old shoe
It seemed to be the thing to do
It found its way into my soul
Filling up an empty hole
Ain't that the way it goes
Ain't that the way it goes
A feather landed on my knee
When I was leaning 'gainst a tree
It wasn't any kind of test
Just looking for a place to rest
It found its way under my skin
Grew to spread its wings within
Ain't that the way it goes, ain't that the way it goes
Ain't that the way it goes, ain't that the way it goes
Ain't that the way it goes, ain't that the way it goes
That's the way it goes, ain't that the way it goes
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5. |
Songs 9 + 10
10:57
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You Never Know
- Words & Music by David Elias, all rights reserved worldwide
So you left that crazy man for someone that you could stand. And
you waved it everywhere like a flag in every hand. Were you so righteous? Were you so sincere and true? Or did you always twist the light just so to focus back on you. How could you know everything about someone you never knew. When will you grow up? You never know. You never know.
So you left that coast behind to try the other side. And all those people way back there became the scorn of your own pride. Are you the only one who has vision for the truth? Do you regard yourself so highly, eye for eye and tooth for tooth? How could you know everything about someone you never knew. When will you grow up? You never know. You never know.
Judge yourself before you ease into your throne. If advice is so damn nice maybe you’ll take some of your own. Think to tread lightly where you should not go. Or maybe not at all. Just think, you never know. You never know.
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The Road To Bethlehem
- Words & Music by David Elias, all rights reserved worldwide
I looked here and I looked there
For the road to Bethlehem
I walked far and I walked near
Down the road to Bethlehem
I saw a sign on the way
Looked like a fire in my eye
But the truth lay in vain
On some hill I couldn't climb
I saw an angel from afar
Measuring those stars
But she could not tell the difference
Between wounds and battle scars
With no words to wish me well
I saw a crater fall to Earth
And the hole open to Hell
Marked the image of my birth
I looked here and I looked there
For the road to Bethlehem
I walked far and I walked near
Down the road to Bethlehem
Know I'm thankful for my time
And the road I've grown to know
My true passing I won't mind
Nor will you how well I know
I looked here and I looked there
For the road to Bethlehem
I walked far and I walked near
Down the road to Bethlehem
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Song 11
12:18
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Hummingbird
- Words & Music by David Elias, all rights reserved worldwide
Hummingbird keep your back to the highway
Hummingbird keep your eye on the sun
Hummingbird will you come and fly my way
Hummingbird a new day has begun
I wish I was a tall tree in a meadow
Higher than the blue sky by a mile
I'd shake my arms at the ground down below
And pray the stars let me sleep for awhile
Hummingbird keep your back to the highway
Hummingbird keep your eye on the sun
Hummingbird will you come and fly my way
Hummingbird a new day has begun
When I can't walk no longer to the water
When I can't reach my arms up to touch your hair
When I can't rise up and look any further
Then I'll be with hummingbird in the air
Hummingbird keep your back to the highway
Hummingbird keep your eye on the sun
Hummingbird will you come and fly my way
Hummingbird a new day has begun
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7. |
Songs 12 + 13
11:28
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Heaven's Destiny
- Words & Music by David Elias, all rights reserved worldwide
The moon was golden just like the sun
Clouds were furrowed just like your brow
These days of old have just begun
To catch up back where we are now
And those dreams of gold don’t grow on trees
They seek the bottom of the sea
When you are old and look like me
You’ll follow heaven’s destiny
Dreams of old have just begun
Shining through the dust and sun
When you are old and you look like me
Remember heaven’s destiny
That ring of fire may burn some wings
Sure as the crow and sparrow sings
Well they’ll float on down to easy street
And call it heaven’s destiny
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Audience of One
Words and Music by David Elias, all rights reserved worldwide
A
You were transient, you were careful
C#m
You were safely well unknown
F#m
The shadow of a building
B7
Making calls from a payphone
A
Lose a little bit of history
C#m F#m
And everything is reduced back to none
B7
The single source well on its course
E
The perfect audience of one
You were patient you were pardoned
You were practically left out
You could disappear and still be there
Well within and then without
Lose a little ideology
And everything is reduced back to none
The single source well on its course
The perfect audience of one
You had friends in higher places
In the limbs and in the boughs
With the winter constellations
Catching magic in the now
Lose a little shelter and you're riding
In the aisles of the sun
And everything is reduced back to none
B7
The single source well on its course
E
The perfect audience of one
B7
The perfect audience of one
E
The perfect audience of one
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Songs 14 + 15
17:36
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Poor Polly
- Words & Music by David Elias, all rights reserved worldwide
Settle down the question now poor Polly
Was it you who rode away or was it you who drowned
Was it Halfway Jim who did you in poor Polly
Or did he sweep you off your feet
And ride to higher ground
Settle down the question now poor Polly
Was there silver in that wedding dress
And diamonds on the ground
Were there three horsemen who knew you well poor Polly
Did they tie you in that chair
And bid you never make a sound
Settle down the question now poor Polly
Did you ride out with your lover straight across the border
Where's the papers that he left behind poor Polly
To vindicate your brother
Identify your daughter
Settle down the question now poor Polly
How many days before we hear your cross chain on the floor
Why waste your time with such small time poor Polly
You could have had most anyone
And struggled never more
Settle down the question now poor Polly
You hunger for the truth as you drink from every stream
Will we ever see your pretty eyes poor Polly
Or do you leave us running endlessly
Right back into your dream
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Save The Church
- Words & Music by David Elias, all rights reserved worldwide
save the church
it's sinking fast
holy ruins
holy past
sacred grounds
they cannot last
save the church
it's sinking fast
save the ground
i pray to thee
the holy stone
the holy tree
as birds pass o'er
the fervent seas
save the ground
i pray to thee
save our hearts
one by one
unlock them from
the time we've done
release them lord
and set them free
as me to you
and you to me
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Songs 16 + 17
14:32
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Good Old Days
– Words & Music by David Elias, all rights reserved worldwide
Put a foot down on a hard luck story
Put a foot down on a fallen pine
The world’s as blue as a morning glory
Lost in a field of tumbling vines
And you know I saw your cold and careless ways
And you know I always love them good old days
Put a hand on a shoulder there’s a frost in the air
The winter’s here before tomorrow’s gone
The gatherin’s over better take what’s fair
The reaper will leave you bare as a bone
And you know I saw your cold and careless ways
And you know I always love them good old days
So give your heart to a whisper in the wind
And give your mind to the time of man
Give your blood to the river bend
And give your soul to Abraham
And you know I saw your cold and careless ways
And you know I always love them good old days
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Field Of Wood
-- Words & Music by David Elias, all rights reserved worldwide
You don't really know anything
And you don't know when the going is good
In the end it means everything
Sunday flowers in this field of wood
Your glasses are too strong
Your vision's far too long
Bake it in the sun for a day
Your rainy day is here
It never seemed to clear
Step far away
In the air
You recall that high waterfall
And you remember where that hemlock stood
In the end it's a winters wall
Of Sunday flowers in this field of wood
Poetry's real nice it never breaks the ice
File it away in a dream
Your rainy day it's here
It never seemed to clear
You step far away
In the air
You recall that high waterfall
And you remember where that hemlock stood
In the end it's a winters wall
Of Sunday flowers in this field of wood
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10. |
Songs 18 + 19
16:02
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Hi
-- Words & Music by David Elias, all rights reserved worldwide
Tell me the reason I feel this way
Is it something I said or just what I might say
Am I closing an old book or writing a new
Is it one long hello or just one short adieu
Hi
Blueberry season the mountains are one
The days are all long we just sit in the sun
And talk through the hours, til the pale glimmering
If you lean a bit closer you might hear me sing
Hi
And I won't look back I won't look back
I'll never go I'll never go
I can't say yes I can't say yes
I won't say no I won't say no
And all that I need
Are the eyes that can see in my heart
So go wander away but don't linger too long
Or you may miss the reason you first came along
Tell me your story tell me your heart
We won't share those secrets til way after dark
Hi
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Before Those Winter Nights
-- Words & Music by David Elias, all rights reserved worldwide
4/4 – strong medium (tune low E to D)
Verse: Dm | Bb Bb C C
Dm | C C C C
four a.m. in the morning
my eyes are open as my mind is closing
city of the golden bridges doesn't
bring me any closer to my resting place
i can always stop for coffee
god knows i need the caffeine
in a blink i can become my witness
witness this you are forever
five-thirty can it be that early
i miss the days that i slept in daylight
always running on an empty track
always tryin to make it through an open door
can i keep up with the landscape
can i rush ahead and never look back
warm my hands beside the engine
i better try to find some gloves with fingers
did she say something i missed
did i really look the other way now
i never could remember dates and first names
but i can't forget those days of autumn
joseph's coat is getting old now
someone else had better rake him over
i better try to get some sunlight
before those winter nights begin to roll me under
C C C C
before those winter nights begin to roll me
C C C C
before those winter nights begin to
C C C C
before those winter nights
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Dm | Bb Bb C C
Dm | C C C C
Ending Instrumental (celtic 4/4)
F C Bb C | F Bb C C |
F C Bb C | C Bb-C Dm Dm |
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