1. |
Pearls
04:35
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One fine morning you knocked at my door
You knocked at my door
You knocked at my door.
You had sailed from a far distant shore.
For fourteen days you pined and implored
Your hunger was something my soul did abhor.
What you wanted I could not give
I could not give
I could not give
You wanted me to die so that you could live.
So I sat alone for fourteen days more
Then I lay my cheek on the cold hard floor.
I lay my cheek on the cold hard floor.
Then I heard a voice and it called out to me
An echo of the girl I used to be
A desperate plea to get up from the floor
Shed my skin renew and rejoice.
After my weeping I took to the sea
I took to the sea
I took to the sea.
Searching for something that I couldn’t see.
Then I heard a wail so familiar to me
So I followed the cry where I knew you would be.
Then I found her crying all alone in the dark.
Her head in her hands, it nearly tore me apart.
Her shoulders they carried the weight of the world.
You’d broken to pieces this marvelous pearl.
Softly she called and I strained to hear
I strained to hear
I strained to hear
Her whispering so that I would draw near.
Then weeping she showed me the sign on her door
and she lay her cheek on the cold hard floor.
She lay her cheek on the cold hard floor.
Then I heard a voice and it called out to me
An echo of the girl she used to be
A desperate plea to get up from the floor
Shed your skin renew and rejoice
Shed my skin, renew and rejoice.
Once in a while I think about you
I think about you
I think about you.
Only once in a while do I think about you.
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2. |
Don't Know
04:54
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I don’t know if spring will come, melt the snow with the blazing sun, don’t know, oh don’t know
I don’t know if a falling seed will yield a fruit or get choked by weeds, don’t know, oh don’t know
Ain't that the way that it goes
I’ll wear my shiny clothes
I’ll learn to breathe through my nose
I’ll carry on like a Rose
I don’t know if I’ll be fed, in the desert heaven bread, don’t know, oh don’t know
I don’t know if you’ll stay my hand, kill my son or provide a ram, don’t know, oh don’t know
Chorus
I don’t know if you’ll be mine, through the dark till the end of time, don’t know, oh don’t know
I don’t know if I shed my skin you won’t take a knife and cut me in, don’t know, oh don’t know
Chorus
I don’t know but I’ve been told, the path we’re on has always been gold I know, oh I know
I’ll help you remember spring, ten good men are worth saving, I know, oh I know
Ain't that the way that it goes
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3. |
The River
05:08
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Paddling a boat down a river of tears
There was an old man I’d been longing to hear.
Though he is gone I look for him
in every star in the north every bird on the wing.
Since he’s been gone been wandering through
Like a leaf in a river, don’t know what to do.
When out of the pines an eagle flew
With eyes that are blue like mine and a spirit I knew.
All of these questions are killing me.
Are you real or just something I see
When I’m lost, when I’m alone
When I can’t find my way back home?
He called to me, showed me his nest
Invited me in but I had to protest.
I knew if I went I would never return
And I still have a hearth that needs my fire to burn
A life before me yet to behold
And a lover with whom I am meant to grow old.
With pain in my heart I made to retreat
Before I could he beckoned me to speak.
I told him all of these questions are killing me.
What is eternal, what’s it mean to be free?
If I leave you now will I leave here alone?
How will I find my way back home?
I looked in his eyes the mirrors of mine
Found all I am there buried inside.
There I found all I need.
You see, all he was is reflected in me.
I know I’m good, I’m steady and true
My love is fierce, see I learned that from you.
Closing his eyes he lowered his head.
Before he flew away this is what he said:
“Don’t waste your life crying for me.
I am eternal and my soul is free.
If you’re lost, when you’re alone
I’ll help you find your way back home.”
I’ll just be paddling my boat year after year
But they’ll always be an old man
I’m longing to hear.
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4. |
Mirror
03:18
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Will you take it up? She’s waiting time and time and time again
Leave that kid alone
Four sided mirrored room, you, you , you, you,
Leave those poor kids alone
Take up the image, let it creep, weep, steep, seep,
Deep, I invite you in
Come in to wrestle with me day, night, day, night
Now take your fingers off my skin
Be that kid, safe at last
Be that kid, watch it slip away
Be that kid, safe at last
Be that kid, away
I don’t know why you’re acting up to me in that mirror mirror mirror tell me all
Come a little bit closer so that I can see you in that mirror mirror mirror tell me all
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5. |
Be Still
05:53
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For a moment I stand to hear the falling snow
It’s how I know I’m alone.
And in this darkness a quiet so loud it shakes my knees
And it rattles my bones.
When they called to say the Lord had called her home
We all knew he would.
What we didn’t know was how she tended the roses
Would be lost for good.
Let it fall down, let it fall on me.
Let it run through my hands and lie at my feet.
In the wild north woods there’s a towering pine
Standing tall on a hill.
And the rocks at her feet mark the hallowed ground
Where our hearts lie still.
Let it fall down, let it fall on me.
Let it run through my hands and lie at my feet.
For the moment I will stand attentive to the peace
Of the falling snow
If only to learn from the long descent
How to let go.
And just be still.
And just be still.
And just be still.
And just be still.
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6. |
Ruby Jones
03:24
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Ruby Jones is after me
Better not make a sound
Ruby Jones is after me
Shortly I’ll be bound
All my friends are gone
All my friends are gone
My hands they shake and my stomach turns
A tightness in my chest
My hands they shake and my stomach turns
I cannot catch my breath
All my friends are gone
All my friends are gone
I am so bad and I am so mean
I never do right
I am so bad and I am so mean
I can’t see the light
All my friends are gone
All my friends are gone
Little bird out my window
Opened up invited him in
There’s a little bird at my window said
“You gotta separate from your sin”
All my friends are gone
All my friends are gone
I took the advice of that little bird
I spoke all my darkness away
Acknowledged my shame to that little bird
I separated from my decay
All my friends are gone
All my friends are gone
So Ruby Jones don’t come for me yet
Remember how I am made
Ruby Jones don’t come for me yet
You better put away your spade
All my friends are gone
All my friends are gone
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7. |
Keep It Simple
05:16
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Keep it simple, daddy.
Don’t be all Genghis Khan and don’t call me the Queen of the Nile.
We got our own style.
But keep it movin’ daddy (keep it movin’).
One and two and three and four and then wander on for awhile
Just to make ‘em smile.
What’s so wrong with having a little fun every once in a while?
Let the music take you, the rhythm make you come alive.
And when those fingers snap and toes are tappin’ don’t try to hide.
Just let the music take you for a ride
(For a ride)
For a ride
(For a ride).
Keep it smooth, daddy.
Put that sugar in my tea, put it in the pot and keep it hot.
Give it all you got.
Keep it groovin’ daddy (keep it groovin’).
Fingers jumpin’ round them keys and boy I like that a lot.
You’re hitting the spot.
What’s so wrong with coming out on top? Baby, don’t stop.
Let the music take you, the rhythm make you come alive.
And when those fingers snap and toes are tappin’ don’t try to hide.
Just let the music take you for a ride
(For a ride)
For a ride
(For a ride).
Keep it cool, daddy.
What on this green earth could possibly be wrong?
There ain’t a thing.
Joy ain’t a sin.
But keep it loose, daddy (keep it loose).
Let it all fall out and then let it pull you right back in.
Then do it again.
What’s so wrong with letting a little loose every now and then?
Let the music take you, the rhythm make you come alive.
And when those fingers snap and toes are tappin’ don’t try to hide.
Just let the music take you for a ride
(For a ride)
For a ride
(For a ride).
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8. |
Playing With Thunder
03:33
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Chorus
Baby how you wanna be held?
Baby how you wanna be held?
I’m six feet under, playing with thunder
Wanna know baby how you wanna be held?
I’m gonna try and hold you real tight
I’m gonna try and hold you real tight
Am I feeling you, or am I feeling my might?
You just can’t move and it don’t seem right
Just can't move and it don’t seem right, it don’t seem right
I’m gonna try and hold you real loose
I’m gonna try and hold you real loose
But the problem is that I can’t find you
You slipped right through like a bird in a noose
Slipped right through like a bird in a noose, bird in a noose
Chorus
I’m gonna try just holding your hand, I’m gonna try just holding your hand
Pretend that’s all of you, so I can understand
There ain’t no doubt when all I know is your hand
Ain’t no doubt when I all know is your hand, know is your hand
I’m gonna hold you the way I was taught, I’m gonna hold you the way I was taught
The way my momma held, and she held a lot
Flesh and blood and the sign of the cross
Flesh and blood and the sign of the cross, sign of the cross
Chorus
Ahhhhhhh Can’t hold you with mind
Ahhhhhhh Poles
Ahhhhhhh Picture a branch and a vine
Heart knows
I’m gonna let another human hold you
I’m gonna let another human hold you
They hold you in a way that I couldn’t do
But them and me we can hold you true
Them and me we can hold you true, we’ll hold you true
Maybe you don’t wanna be held
Maybe you don’t wanna be held
Then I’ll be a channel, you can play me like a piano
I said maybe you don’t wanna be held
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9. |
The Way To Begin
05:38
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There is a line between pleasure and pain, loss and gain, Abel and Cain.
There is a battle in me where war is waged,
Passion caged and nothing gained.
Nothing gained.
So I let go, give in - to the honey on my skin.
Melting, molding, swelling like the sail is open to the wind.
Let go give in - to the honey on my skin.
To accept that sweetness is meant for your tongue
It’s the way to begin.
I fear these heights so I play hide and seek, I cannot speak, I feel so weak.
The setting sun is filling me, colors spreading, spilling
Lord, they’re washing over me.
Over me.
So I let go, give in to the honey on my skin.
Melting, molding, swelling like the sail is open to the wind.
Let go, give in to the honey on my skin.
To accept that sweetness is meant for your tongue
It’s the way to begin.
Turn the lights down baby I think I am ready to give in.
But keep a candle burning, baby I want to see the flames alive on your skin.
And listen to the secrets of the shadows as they are whispering.
Let go
Give in
To the honey on my skin.
Melting, molding, swelling like a sail is open to the wind.
Let go, give in to the honey on my skin.
To accept that sweetness is meant for your tongue
It’s the way to begin.
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10. |
Wait 4 It
04:31
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If the sun don’t shine, wait for it mom
If the sun don’t shine, wait for it mom
If the sun don’t shine, wait for it mom
It’ll shine, it’ll shine in the morning
If the rain don’t fall, wait for it mom
If the rain don’t fall, wait for it mom
If the rain don’t fall, wait for it mom
It’ll fall, it’ll fall in the morning
If the grass won’t grow, wait for it mom
If the grass won’t grow, wait for it mom
If the grass won’t grow, wait for it mom
It’ll grow, it’ll grow in the morning
I’ll take you closer to the earth, we can see see see all the scars
I’ll show you open jagged wounds, we don’t have have have to go far
But take a closer look at them, they are give give giving forth weeds
Bend down your ear and listen-body knows knows knows what it needs
If the leaves don’t die
If the flowers won’t bloom
If the wind don’t blow
I don’t know why you keep me here, in the palm palm palm of your hand
Eat or be eaten here, I will try try try to understand
Hey throw me something good down here, I will catch catch catch it in my hand
And I’ll throw it back to you, holy god holy god holy god holy man
If the baby won’t birth, wait for it mom
If the baby won’t birth, wait for it mom
If the baby won’t birth, wait for it mom
It’ll birth, it’ll birth in the morning
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11. |
Gloryland
03:55
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I got a home in gloryland.
I got a home in gloryland.
Lord knows I’m a sinner but I understand
That I’ve got a home in gloryland.
When I was a child I looked fair and bright.
When I was a child I looked fair and bright.
Now I cried in my pillow every night.
But I got a home in gloryland.
Said I got a home in gloryland.
I got a home in gloryland.
Lord knows I’m a sinner but I understand
That I’ve got a home in gloryland.
The one I love treats me so mean.
The one I love treats me so mean.
He’s the meanest man that I ever seen.
But I got a home in gloryland.
Said I got a home in gloryland.
I got a home in gloryland.
Lord knows I’m a sinner but I understand
That I’ve got a home in gloryland.
I had a baby she was small and sweet.
I had a baby, small and sweet.
And I’m gonna hold her when we meet
Way on up in gloryland.
Said I got a home in gloryland.
I got a home in gloryland.
Lord knows I’m a sinner but I understand
That I’ve got a home in gloryland.
Winter’s hard and the wind blows cold.
Winter’s hard and the wind blows cold.
Winter’s hard and the wind blows cold
But spring’s gonna come before I’m old.
Some day soon I’ll fly away.
Some day soon I’ll fly away.
And I’ll be as ready as I am today
To meet on up in gloryland.
I got a home in gloryland.
I got a home in gloryland.
Lord knows I’m a sinner but I understand
That I’ve got a home in gloryland.
Said I got a home in gloryland.
I got a home in gloryland.
Lord knows I’m a sinner but I understand
That I’ve got a home in gloryland.
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12. |
A Return
06:18
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You order my chaos
You open me like no other man
Your shoulders, my favorite
Their freckles I can hardly stand
Chorus
I wake, and I see what you’ve done for me, ah
You gave your life for me, ah
From a lake to a salty sea, ah
I you me we
Your body against me
An exhale, it’s a return
A part that was missing
But wholeness from you I have learned
Chorus
The lilies in their glory
They ain’t as bright as you
And I will, I will hold you
Till you can see it too
Chorus
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Minorbirds Minnesota
The Minorbirds consist of two strong, fervent women of the northwoods. They exhibit a strong musical connectedness, which is evident in their effortless vocal blending and tight delivery. Minorbirds’ music is driven by rich harmonies, deep lyrical connection, and a diversity of influences which provide depth and breadth to their performances. ... more
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