1. |
New Wine In Old Skins
02:52
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New wine
Old skin
New wine
Let me in
Would you mind
Where to begin
For just a start
A quick peek in
Not under my skin
No wherewithall
No within
Hard heart
Thick skin
Enough vain
To withstain
Me in
I don't boast
This temple ain't holy
But there's room here
Only for one ghost
Is it a crime
To pine for old times
Your hand knows that shelf
Don't fool yourself
Yes, I am weak
And you are strong
But no more than me
Here do you belong
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2. |
Come On
03:49
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The field is still green
The trees are a glow
With embers for leaves
Fanned in the breeze
Are they holding on
Do you think they know
The North door is open
And a cold wind will blow
If you come and look
You surely should see
Can't really be blamed
Or ashamed to weep
Or covet, love it
And want it for keeps
The only one thing
That never does change
This petition I pray
It not go quietly
Into yesterday
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3. |
I Gave You Up
03:37
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I gave you up
You put me down
It gets so old
I dialed you up
You turned me down
You won't hang up
You're mucking around
I took a step back
You stood your ground
You're messing around
(2nd voice)
Don't cry
I'll never die
Or leave you alone
Up on your throne
Don't cry
I won't shy
Away......
You're in my head
I can't even wish you dead
If you're just a ghost
That makes me your host
It gets so old....
So easy
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4. |
It's Now Clear
03:55
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It's now clear
There is another
Where my pride
Used to be
It's outtasight
That's right
The river's deep
The river's wide
I'm flopping on the bank
panting high and dry
Just a touch
Just a taste
Just a dip
Into to the pool
That collects
Clear to the bottom
One lap
One turn, one dive
Into you
Where my pride
Was supposed to be
It's now nearly time
To regain my peace of mind
This ain't no time
To bate my breath
On my fortune
My Fate or death
Win it back
Earn it back
Steal it back
Or fake it back
Drink it back
Choke it back
Ingurgitate
Digest and wait
But not forever
Win it back
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5. |
Divinely Hide
04:28
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Is it finally time
to separate
Is it finally time
to take some time apart
From
Not knowing
Not hearing
Not seeing
And all of this
That some call the bliss
Of the faithful
It sounds like a leap
Whereas my two feet
Are firmly planted
In ignorance
Or just boringly
Ignoring
What's supposed to be
Obvious
I wonder
A life unexamined is not worth it
So a dude once said
But I'm not quite comfortable
Under your eye
And even with whatever
You could ever come up with
It would hardly be enough
To fill a pie in the sky
What you do is divine
-ly hide yourself away from me
The young garden of love
Got plowed under by experience
Innoncence and roses
Hedged in by briars
With monks making their rounds
And making no sound
Took up residence
And sowed seeds
For thorns to grow
Heads bowed low
But they left the gate open
They left the window open
And it's now freezing inside
What you do is divine
-ly hide yourself away from me
We were supposed to be saved
Were supposed to be brave
Supposed to have nothing to lose
But to be the few
In the land of milk and honey
No need for money honey
No one looking down their nose
At our ecstatic throes
Instead of lost on this highway
It's taking its toll
With our thumbs stuck out
Our privates not private
For all the world to see
As they glare and blare
Their horns as they
Pass us by
No wonder why I'm so shy
I showed you mine
You won't show me yours
You won't let me see
What I'm supposed to see
To help me be
What you'd have of me
I wonder
I wonder why
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6. |
Silver Friend
03:03
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7. |
Give Me One Reason
02:44
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Give me one
Reason... to
Believe in
Give credence
pay respect to
til my face turns blue
you keep repeating
while you're bleating
Like a little lost lamb
Turned cut throat
ramming your scape goat
up to the alter
you never f-falter
When it's your neck out on the line
You mock the meek
wallop on the weak
and when called out
you piss and pout
and pour out
your gall and bile
Then turn and walk away just feeling fine
Give me one....
to think about
to worry about
to pontificate about
to use big words about
to write a song about
Give me one...
reason to...
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8. |
Cain
03:04
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Elwood Stroud Nantes, France
Elwood Stroud is a banjo and 5 string viola player and singer living in Nantes, France. He goes beyond conventional repertoire into lands of sound that move himself and his audience into an experience of elsewhere.
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