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Half An Hour Away
03:44
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Half An Hour Away
Words and Music by David Elias
© 2001 David Elias
I wish I had a field of corn
Or half a rag to keep me warm
A bag of bones to blow my horn
Time to fade away
I wish I had a bowl of wheat
Or half an ear to keep the beat
See me on a one way street
Half an hour away
Old time
Old time old time
Half an hour away
I wish I had a room of gin
And all the keys to lock me in
Never see my face again
Time to fade away
I wish there was a world of green
And half the time to be unseen
Never what you really mean
Half an hour away
Old time
Old time old time
Half an hour away
I’ll look for you in dreams come true
When all you see is what you do
Never mind the world you knew
Half an hour away
Old time
Old time old time
Half an hour away
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One Last Chance
03:09
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One Last Chance
Words and Music by David Elias
© 2001 David Elias
Dm
If I had one last chance
C
Would I throw it away
G
Reach for your shoulder
Dm
Or turn my back away
And if I had one last match
Would I burn it for you
Or follow the water
To find some deeper blue
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If I had one last wish
Would it ever come true
Am I wasting my time
While I’m doing what I do
And if I had one last word
Would I say it aloud
Or carry it forever
With me through the clouds
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If I had one last day
Would I watch the sunrise
Or would I turn my face away
And cover up my eyes
If I had one last day
Would I watch the sunrise
Or would I turn my face away
And cover up my eyes
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The Riddle Song
02:41
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The Riddle Song - by David Elias
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
That’s the way it goes, ain’t that the way it goes
I picked a penny from the floor
Walking 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
That’s 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
That’s the way it goes, ain’t that the way it goes
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Heavy Is The Water
05:59
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Heavy Is The Water
Words and Music by David Elias 3/28/96
Em C
Heavy is the water
D Em
Blank is the stare
Em C D Em
We are congregated in these moments of despair
Em C
Heavy is the water
D Em
Heavy is the rain
Em C D Em
As we try to gather round these moments that remain
Heavy is the meaning
That we are forced to face
It looked you squarely in the eye
And put you in your place
Heavy is the meaning
Of loss to those who loved
And watching from a distance while they carry on above
Heavy is the mourning
Halfway to the grave
Daughters sons and lovers
And those who never came
Heavy in the evening
From whiskey rye and song
You talked about it all night
It passed you and was gone
Heavy winter whispers
The sorrow and the pain
Flowers in the river
And water down the drain
Heavy winter whitening
Erasing all below
You ask me where it's going
I tell you I don't know
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Nail In The Sea
03:25
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Nail in the Sea
Words and Music by David Elias
G F
There’s a nail in the sea
C G
And a shell on the door
And nothing in me
Even less than before
If you try to be free
You may find yourself poor
With a nail in the sea
And a shell on the door
There’s a tide full of rage
And a boat lost at sea
An unwritten page
Left for no one to see
Will the clove scented sage
Erase all memory
Of the tide full of rage
And the boat lost at sea
There’s a morning that’s clear
And the waves face the sky
And everything’s near
No one’s saying goodbye
If you listen you’ll hear
All those tears in my eyes
On the morning that’s clear
And the waves face the sky
There’s a nail in the sea
And a shell on the door
And nothing in me
Even less than before
If you try to be free
You may find yourself poor
With a nail in the sea
And a shell on the door
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Stormy Early Warnings
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Stormy Early Warnings
by David Elias
G C/G
Friendly on the avenue
G C/G
Friendly on the street
G C/G
And the only one who never knew
G C/G
What you couldn't beat
Em A9
You would linger through the morning
Em A9
Linger through the afternoon
Em A9
Those stormy early warnings
Em
Would come on none
A9 G G/C G G/C
Come on none too soon
Ask me if it matters
Ask me if I care
Through walls and under ladders
Never really there
You would linger through the morning
Linger through the afternoon
Those stormy early warnings
Would come on none
Come on none too soon
In the presence of the fiction
With the pressure of a lie
In a common contradiction
Hey never time to say goodbye
You would linger through the morning
Linger through the afternoon
Those warnings come too early
And nothing comes, nothing comes
Nothing comes, nothing comes too soon
Friendly on the avenue
Friendly on the street
And the only one who never knew
What you couldn't beat
You would linger through the morning
Linger through the afternoon
Those stormy early warnings
Would come on none
Come on none too soon
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Meet Me In Eureka
04:01
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Meet Me In Eureka
Words and Music by David Elias
© 2001 David Elias – All Rights Reserved
My life has been a 2-lane road to nowhere
And now I wonder if I am the only traveler there
And did I drive it drunk or was I sober
An empty road leaves little room
For anyone to care
And when I came between those empty boundaries
Were there fence posts or some arrows
Telling me ways to go
Or did I hide inside a dream from those who found me
What’s the difference and then how the hell would I know
Come see me in Eureka
In Nevada on a Sunday
Eight hours from Blind Valley
On the loneliest highway
We’ll both sit down and never find
A single thing to say
That’s how it is in lonely towns
On lonely old highways
I finally found where friends of mine been hiding
Way out on lone highways
In their vehicles of sin
A single wave says howdy and goodbye then
As we pass each other
Without looking back again
Come see me in Eureka
In Nevada on a Sunday
Eight hours from Blind Valley
On the loneliest highway
We’ll both sit down and never find
A single thing to say
That’s how it is in lonely towns
On lonely old highways
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8. |
High Desert Roll
03:58
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9. |
All The Wrong Words
04:33
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All The Wrong Words
by David Elias ©1996
G/A G/B G/C
G/A G/B G/C
G/A G/B G/C
G G/A G/B G/C
He switched and he settled for all the
G G/A G/B G/C
wrong words
G G/A G/B And pulled them like blankets up
G/C G/A G/B G/C
close to his ears
G G/A G/B G/C G
He tried to deny all that had come before
G G/A G/B
But those words hung like windows and
G/C G G/A G/B G/C
frames around doors
G Bm
All the wrong words
Am7
All the wrong whys
D
All the wrong times
D7 G
Collections of lies
G Bm
All the wrong words
Am7
All the wrong whys
D D7 G
All the wrong times
Reconstruction is awkward and different at best
Like a point out in time
No connections at all
Well it's just an idea of what might have been
And you can't say it's right til it's standing again
All the wrong words
All the wrong whys
All the wrong times
Collections of lies
All the wrong words
All the wrong whys
All the wrong times
Collections of lies
He switched and he settled for all the wrong words
And pulled them like blankets up close to his ears
He tried to deny all that had come before
But those words hung like windows and frames around doors
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