1.Hope of a Lifetime
There's a light that's shining now
And a calm wind in the pine
For the fate of a fearsome travesty
Seems to have forgotten me
Seems to have forgotten me
If it hasn't learned by now
Where I've hid so very long
I'll come safely out into the silence found
In the wake of its passing on
In the wake of its passing on
A Spartan smile and westward stare hold a promise in the air
That's the way they used to find their own way home
By the stars, on their own
By the stars, on their own
While I pray for Promised Land
To replace all I have made
Darkness steals the light I bear
And the hope of a lifetime fades
The hope of a lifetime fades
In the newfound reverie
Of quiet peace I found
Freedom comes from being unafraid
Of the heartache that can plague a man
The heartache that can plague a man
A Spartan smile and westward stare hold a promise in the air
That's the way they used to find their own way home
By the stars, on their own
By the stars, on their own
2.Snake Eyes
Swing low, swing low
for to carry me home
in fire the skies of red.
My breath's gone cold
a kiss from the coal
a blanket of snow overhead.
Slow, holy roller
it's just rock and roll.
Hold your tears
where they've hung all these years
down from the heavens above.
Old snake eyes
you had better disguise
all that appears of thee.
Pray for love
from the heavens above
laid in the ashes below.
Laid in the ashes below.
3.Honey, Honey
Honey won't you please sing another song？
Honey won't you please be gone？
Your sentimental shakedown rattles through my bones
Honey won't you, honey please, move your honey on？
Momma won't you take, take another turn？
Momma when you gonna learn？
Trouble comes to everyone who dares to be a muse
Momma won't you, momma please, spare your momma's blues？
What you don't know never will hurt you
Don't you know, know that I used to
Pray like all the others on what you never will
Honey won't you, honey please, hold that honey still？
Sister won't you show mercy for my deeds？
Sister won't you hear my pleas？
Virtue takes a lover in vice, god only knows
Sister won't you, sister please, let your sister go？
Honey won't you listen, listen to my song？
Honey won't you please be strong？
You may not see the ending but the story's not so long
Honey won't you, honey please, shake your honey, hun？
What you don't know never will hurt you
Don't you know, know that I used to
Pray like all the others on what you never will
Honey won't you, honey please, hold that honey still？
Honey won't you, honey please, hold that honey still？
Honey won't you, honey please, hold that honey still？
4.Years Gone By
Years gone by start to show
I still wait for the door to close
When you go, when you go
I don't know myself anymore
What might have been you'll never know
Time's a thief and stole the show
Long ago, long ago
Nights turned slow
Thunder would roll
Winters rise white as snow
Right as I turn around to go
The wind blows, the wind blows
Caught in the cold
A wheel for my shoulder
Fires rage across the bow
Warning shots failed again somehow
Without you, without you
I'll never hold
Young hearts grown old
I don't know myself anymore
5.The Ash ＆ Clay
The swing sets are empty like dirt turned the dark of the night
The center of this town it used to whirl in the glow of twilight
It might look like god's away with all the trouble these days
We'll come home before the girls are grown
We're coming home tonight
What, oh, have we done to run this country into such a sight
Stolen from our brothers like we couldn't find a fair enough
fight
You wait on promise you will say
Won't forsake the ash and clay
Let's come home before the girls are grown
Let's come home to fight
I know we want whats best for usi know it has to come at a
price
I also know the trouble that you find when you stop being nice
You look around you one day
What you once knew didn't stay
Let's come home before the girls are grown
Let's come home tonight
Have you ever asked a man to take your place at the head of the
table？
You could shed away your shame if in the end
You found you simply weren't able
You might find out you could stay
On the ash and on the clay
Come on home before the girls are grown
Come on home tonight
Come on home before the girls are grown
Come on home to fight
6.Promised Land
Every now and then
I'm gonna make you cry
You won't remember when
I won't remember why
Every peace I find
Seems to rise to say
Live for every light
Live for every day
I raise my hand, I raise my hand
I raise my hand, I raise my hand
I raise my hand to the Promised Land
Little girl you're all we've got for now
You've gotta find a way to save us now
It's turning dark and soon the chill will come
If you find it in your heart would you find me some？
I raise my hand, I raise my hand
I raise my hand, I raise my hand
I raise my hand to the Promised Land
I'll say goodbye and say farewell, it seems
My work is done - no more chasing dreams
And if you left, leave my heart to spare
We could part but I'd still find you there
I raise my hand, I raise my hand
I raise my hand, I raise my hand
I raise my hand to the Promised Land
I raise my hand to the Promised Land
7.The Jewel of June
Mercy come upon us
Mercy let us go
Hold me up just longer
Shine a light on hope
Shine upon what's missing
Shine upon the rest
Calm the winds inside me
Torrents in my chest
It only takes a moment for a lifetime to go by
It only takes a moment for the changing of the signs
You will not remember
Though you were the same
The jewel of june, the gemini
Forever shares your name
Forever in our minds
As if love would obey time
As if wonder could be lost
As if truth could tell a lie
It only takes moment for a lifetime to go by
It only takes a moment for the changing of the signs
Mercy you're upon us
Mercy you've been slow
Lest you think we're stronger
For what we've got to show
Cast upon what shines now
A shadow laid to rest
The voices of our fathers
Whispers of our death
It only takes moment for a lifetime to go by
It only takes a moment for the changing of the signs
8.Whisper in Her Ear
I could never take it
I was never one to be tough
Someone says we'll make it
I never thought that I could
Follow up the paces
Every time your misery clears
A spectacle of mercy
Running down the hope that appears
Listen up I mean it
There's something here between us to hear
Think I wouldn't notice
Something else is fighting my fear
If I had one more try I could fly with her
Hide away the years
If I had one more life I could die with her
A whisper in her ear
Everything is rising
Like I never hoped that it would
Somewhere down inside me
I could never find what was good
Memories are tough here
Heartache is rougher than time
Someone left a promise
I'm already aching to try
Who would ever want it
Who would ever even dare
Hope remains hopeless
The joke is that it's always there
If I had one more try I could fly with her
Hide away the years
If I had one more life I could die with her
A whisper in her ear
9.On the Mend
The mice tell bedtime stories
Lullabies turned blue
A crib song for the baby who has figured out the ruse
I travelled half way 'round the world to tell a story with no
end
The dirt under a nation
Forsaken, on the mend
I could say that for a moment it all made perfect sense
No one holding posture, nothing heaven-sent
Hold the hand that leads you, there's no god here to believe
What matters moves around us in the air we breathe
There's nowhere left to sit
It's the dirt ground or a broke-down bench
Four walls and a roof - they say the house that Jesus built
A child knows the kindness of a woman at her end
In song she found salvation
Forsaken, on the mend
I could say that for a moment it all made perfect sense
No unholy posture, nothing heaven-sent
Hold the hand that leads you, there's no god here to believe
What matters moves around us in the air we breathe
What matters moves around us in the air we breathe
In the air we breathe
10.Heaven
This don't feel like home anymore
Nothing's familiar when I walk through my door
So I thank the heavens or who's ever in charge
This don't feel like home anymore
I don't feel the pain I once did
One day it just vanished like a milk carton kid
or your rooftop set free in a the hurricane wind
I don't feel the pain I once did
Home was just a broken heart
A driveway to park a car
A memory of a dream long since in discard
So you won't be surprised
'Bout the joy in my heart
This don't feel like home anymore
I no longer feel such a shame
Since the day she stood beside me at a football game
And I knew that I loved her before I knew her name
I no longer feel such a shame
Home was just a broken heart
A driveway to park a car
A memory of a dream long since in discard
So you won't be surprised
At the joy in my heart
That this don't feel like home anymore
This ain't no time for regret
To witness without mercy but neither to forget
If we keep looking backwards, it'll break our necks
This ain't no time for regret
This ain't no time for regret
11.Hear Them Loud
Such a long road
Still to travel
Crossing state lines
Pressing gravel
'Neath the tires
'Tween the lines
Spinning wild
Humming loud
The ones you love
Where are they now？
So many people I once knew
Now just pictures faded through
Stuck to pages rarely turned
Their dusty smiles lost somehow
The ones you love
Where are they now？
The ones you love
Where are they now？
And I'm hoping that I'll still hear them loud
My old friends they are few
I still know them, they know me too
Can't hear my tires hum in tune
Far from home, I hope they're proud
The ones you love
Where are they now？
The ones you love
Where are they now？
And I'm hoping that I'll still hear them loud
12.Memphis
There was a dream
I had it too
You could see it
Coming true
It would travel
In the air
You could make it
If you dared
Now the sun goes down over Dolly Parton bridge
The one time home of soul takes our country's final breath
I guess it takes
More than a man
More than a dream
For such a fight
Graceland is a ghost town tonight
This ain't a trip
With my son
There's no guitar
Shines in the sun
Those days are gone
May new ones come
Before it's all just
A museum
Now the sun goes down over Dolly Parton bridge
The one time home of soul takes our country's final breath
I guess it takes
More than a king
More than a song
For such a fight
Graceland is a ghost town tonight
I guess it's been a long decline
God bless the souls that shook up mine
Graceland is a ghost town
Graceland is a ghost town
Graceland is a ghost town tonight
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