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For Emily
05:32
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What’s that one word?
What’s that one verse?
Or is it a song I heard
Maybe like crimson and clover
Now I’m gonna reach out
And I want you to reach out
I’m gonna call out
And I want you to call out
Ah, now I know what I’m thinking of
It’s that one word we never said it’s ____
That morning star
Always catches me off guard
And it hits me just how far you are
Sweet Emily I never meant to miss you as much as I do
I pull up to the gate
I take the lock away
I push open the gate
And drive down the driveway
As the skies dark
I think of you
As the skies dark
I think of you
As the skies clear
I think of you
As the skies clear
I think of you
As the skies blue
I think of you
As the skies blue
I think of you
That morning star
Always catches me off guard
And it hits me just how far you are
Sweet Emily I never meant to miss you as much as I do
You know what word I’m thinking of
It’s that one we never said it’s ____
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It’s cold at the window
The rain falls upon the soil
I’ll be the one
Lord I’ll be the one
Just draw the evening down
Let it burn like scented oil
I’ll be the one
Lord I’ll be the one
There’s a passage in the heart
That knows no sorrow
There’s a passage in the heart
That knows no hollow
I’ll be the one
I’ll be the one
I’ll be the one to keep you warm like the burning sun
I’ll be the one
I’ll be the one
You can hold on to
I breathe in the light from your eyes
Just to hold you inside me
It’s as if I’ve been chosen
Lord I’ve been chosen
There’s a passage in the heart
That knows just to follow
There’s a passage in the heart
That knows no tomorrows
There’s a passage in the heart
That knows no winter
And when I’m with her
Lord when I’m with her
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I let you slip down through my skin
You ran through my blood like dawn runs through the wind
I marked your words your rhythm of speech
I lived by this pattern and moved by the beat
I kept your secrets you gave them only to me
Though after a while it seemed they were all I could keep
I still have you here
Yeah, I got away, but I never got clear
Your heart had on it my fingerprints
I held on to it until it could hold itself again
When your voice gave out you wrote it down
I held the pages in my ribs and carried them around
Even now though it’s been so long
I keep your shadow written book of psalms
I still have you here
Yeah, I got away, but I never got clear
I carried your name across desert plains
Over mountains and back again
I’m sitting here now it’s way past midnight
After a year away and out of sight
I kept you close you gave yourself to me
Though after a while it seemed that was too much to keep
I still have you here
Yeah, I got away, but I never got clear
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I'm Coming Back
06:07
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there’s a light in the alley
from the late night restaurant
there’s road off winding
That takes you anywhere you want
there’s an all night diner
where i go sometimes
to watch the cars on the street
through the old crooked blinds
there’s a waitress there who serves me
black tea with a smile
she calls me sweetheart and honey
and lets me stay there awhile
the cooks in the kitchen
put on the country radio
they play lefty and tammy
and the old opry show
when i walk back out
i’m headed for the park
i put my hands in my pockets
and watch the moon in the dark
it’s back to work on monday
but for now i’m free
i let bus pass me by
and walk awhile down the street
the city lights are burning
it’s like an old photograph
yeah i know i never i left here
but i feel like i’m coming back
there’s my old house on harmon
we’d sit out on the roof
listen to the interstate
and wait for the stars to come through
and now the soft church lights
fall down on the scene
i remember when i was younger
how much i use to dream
i turn back down the drag
on that old familiar road
i use to work at this building
and after work we’d all go
to spider house or somewhere
with some music or a book
we all had stories back then
we had our versus and our hooks
when i walk back out
i take the way through the park
i kick the leaves as i’m walking
and watch the moon in the dark
it’s back to work on monday
but for now i’m free
i let the bus pass me by
and walk awhile down the street
the city lights are burning
it’s like an old photograph
yeah i know i never i left here
but i feel like i’m coming back
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let’s start together
let’s start forever
no death could ever
take this life from you
your hot iron heartbeat
those cold iron bed sheets
your pocket knife grief
they don’t know you like I do
your skull sharp memory
that falling star scene
your tear and lost dream
they were never meant for you
and those casket wind chimes
that matchlight moonshine
those fog and fear eyes
they’re too much a part of you
hey
and I know how much it hurts
trust me, I do
yeah I know how much it hurts
cause it hurts me too
so you’ve been changing
and I’ve been changing
so we’ve been changing
well let’s start something new
if we just start walking
then we’ll start running
then we’ll start flying
right up into the blue
and raise our hands up
and raise our hearts up
and raise our heads up
and sing something new
it goes:
let’s start together
let’s start forever
no death could ever
take the life from you
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The River Has Many Voices Austin, Texas
The River Has Many Voices is music that is born of the poetry and harmony of the hill country. TRHMV lives and writes in Austin, TX where he grew up.
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