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One Drop of Rain
04:09
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Chairs turned over on their sides
Worse for the weather ‘round here tonight
So put on your brave heart, put on your thickest skin
It’s a fight to the end
The worst bad habit I fell into
Is wanting it all, all the time from you
If I have to ask, I’ll ask for more
Like a beggar at your door
The need is endless but it don’t take much
One drop of rain and we’re soft to the touch
One drop of rain and we’re soft to the touch
Mercy’s all I have to share
And I’ll bring it to you and I’ll keep it there
In the broken spaces the spirit moves
It comes pouring through
i can feel the pain, open me right up
One drop of rain and we’re soft to the touch
One drop of rain and we’re soft to the touch
So cover me over
Cover me over
Cover me over, hold me under tonight and tell no lies
And I’ll tell no lies
Put your hands on me baby and feel me breathe
There’s a storm raging inside of me
If I shed one tear I’d flood this town
And together we would drown
Hearts grown hard ‘til they turn to dust
One drop of rain and we’re soft to the touch
And only love could make us so damn tough
One drop of rain and we’re soft to the touch
One drop of rain and we’re soft to the touch
One drop of rain
One drop of rain
One drop of rain
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2. |
Sunny Days
05:04
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Sunny days
They suit you well
You were born to stand in the light of the angels
I know all your places
All your fair weather friends
I know that I’ll see when those clouds roll in
Looking for a quiet place
To hide you away
You stay one step ahead of the storm
Looking for a bed that’s safe and warm
I always find you at my door
One step ahead of the storm
You still got your suitcase
And all your souvenirs
You been dragging it ‘round with you now for all these years
And all that you borrowed
And all that you bought
I guess it ain’t living dangerously if you don’t get caught
And I”ll put some coffee on
There ain’t nothing you’ve gotta say
You stay one step ahead of the storm
Looking for a bed that’s safe and warm
I always find you at my door
One step ahead of the storm
One step ahead of the storm
Is it too much to hope for that you’d be mine
What i wouldn’t give to be with you just one time in the sunshine
In the sunshine
Yeah, in the sunshine
You stay one step ahead of the storm
Looking for a bed that’s safe and warm
I always find you at my door
One step ahead of the storm
You stay one step ahead of the storm
Looking for a bed that’s safe and warm
I always find you at my door
One step ahead of the storm
Yeah, one step ahead of the storm
Sunny days
Sunny days
Sunny days
They suit you well
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3. |
Everything You Know
04:06
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Cortez sailed on his boat so brave
It was too late to trade
His treasures for feathers
As he was sinking down under the waves
Where his cannons won’t fire and his flags won’t wave no more
Shipwrecked ghosts
Floating like driftwood
‘Til one bright morning they come washing up on your shore
Don’t tell ‘em everything thing you know
Let the whole world wonder
When the time is right to give up the gold
Hold a little back for the folks back home
Checked out of my room, walked down to the Rio Grande
Fortune teller on the sidewalk
Laughing at the way I talk
He drew a map upon my hand
Said what’s to be and what might have been
So I pulled up these chains
Set a course for the Spanish Main
And I’ll be coming back someday, baby, but I don’t know when
Don’t tell ‘em everything thing you know
Let the whole world wonder
When the time is right to give up the gold
Hold a little back for the folks back home
Empty handed ‘cept for a sidewalk rose
Hey mama, it ain’t easy
To keep that skillet good and greasy
A pot of coffee on the stove
Don’t tell ‘em everything thing you know
Let the whole world wonder
When the time is right to give up the gold
Hold a little back for the folks back home
Don’t tell ‘em everything thing you know
Let the whole world wonder
When the time is right to give up the gold
Hold a little back for the folks back home
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It’s been said every man has a need to find his glory
Tooth and nail his fortune at any cost
But I see it plain in the fields laid out before me
All not gained in honest shall be lost
Oh the careless way we cast aside the cries of a stranger
What a ruthless age and it preys upon us all
Somewhere ‘neath the anguish and the anger
Sweet charity’s there just waiting on a call
Oh sister don’t you know it well
You can sow the seed but you just can’t tell
Oh from the father to the soldiers son
Love’s gonna keep them, every one
Oh let the hallelujah play
Sing it together in the old-time way
Every stone must fall, every fear must fade
Every river’s got to carry on
Can’t you hear the wretched wheels filled with disaster
Listen to the wreck and rumble of the mighty gears
Bolts of war they’re falling, falling faster everyday
All on a whim and a whisper in the tyrant’s ear
But we shall not cave to to a house of deception
We shall not cave to the kings living only for the crown
Steady on through the seas of desperation
Oh captain won’t you set that compass for the common ground
Oh sister don’t you know it well
You can sow the seed but you just can’t tell
Oh from the father to the soldiers son
Love’s gonna keep them, every one
Oh let the hallelujah play
Sing it together in the old-time way
Every stone must fall, every fear must fade
Every river’s got to carry on
Oh sister don’t you know it well
You can sow the seed but you just can’t tell
Oh from the father to the soldiers son
Love’s gonna keep them, every one
Oh let the hallelujah play
Sing it together in the old-time way
Every stone must fall, every fear must fade
Every river’s got to carry on
Every stone must fall, every fear must fade
Every river’s got to carry on
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5. |
Honey on My Tongue
03:23
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You’re gonna leave
I better get used to that
I thought I might watch your back
All the time
You introduced me to
A whole wide world who
Lights up the way I do
When you walk up smiling
Open me right up
Find the joy of way too much
Find the pain of never enough
Dancing their dance
Arm in arm
Circling round this room
Like the sun chasing the moon
Yeah you open me up
I’m in my bare feet
Standing in the clover
Got you buzzing around my head
I don’t care if I get stung
For a little bit of honey on my tongue
For a little bit of honey on my tongue
You can’t keep a secret
Or leave a keepsake on the shelf
Every little bit of yourself
You give it away
Is it mine to tell
That you ought to go carefully
Baby leave that care to me
Run along and play
I’m in my bare feet
Standing in the clover
Got you buzzing around my head
I don’t care if I get stung
For a little bit of honey on my tongue
In my bare feet
Standing in the clover
Got you buzzing around my head
I don’t care if I get stung
For a little bit of honey on my tongue
For a little bit of honey on my tongue
For a little bit of honey on my tongue
You’re gonna leave
I better get used to that
I thought I might watch your back
All the time
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6. |
In the Next Life
04:08
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Once I had a lover who never held back
Once I had another who wanted all I had
It took a few years to remember them well
To leave my tears right where they fell
Maybe in the next life
Maybe I’ll get it right
Maybe in the next life
Baby, give me one more try
And I’ll wait my turn
I’ve still got karma to burn
Somewhere in a past life I must’ve been a real saint
Hey, lucky me, born with money in the bank
And to my future self, I’m sorry in advance
But I’m feeling too good now
To worry ‘bout a second chance
Maybe in the next life
Maybe I’ll get it right
Maybe in the next life
Baby, give me one more try
And I’ll wait my turn
I’ve still got karma to burn
It’s too early to call, it’s too late to call sober
When you were out in the woods, did you hear me fall over
Falling on your quiet place, wrecking the scene
Turning all your time away into some strange dream
Maybe in the next life
Maybe I’ll get it right
Maybe in the next life
Baby, give me one more try
Maybe in the next life
Maybe I’ll get it right
Maybe in the next life
Baby, give me one more try
And I’ll wait my turn
If it’s not too late to learn
I’ve still got karma to burn
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7. |
Bullet in the Fire
04:42
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The day that he dropped out of school his father said he’d be a fool
To hang around this little town too long
But what his father didn’t know was Sara was starting to show
And they didn’t give a damn if it was wrong
Folks ‘round here they like to talk
They love to think the road they walk’s the only way
That’s what they say
For a while there it was chaos there were hungry nights and tradeoffs
Trying to dig their way out of that hole
At night he’d sit out on the couch wondering if he was cut out to play this role
With no control
The man is a liar who says that he sees anything beyond this day
The bullet in the fire is laughing at the choices and the plans we made
It will give and it will take, break your heart
But it cannot touch your mind and how it shines
And the rest just fades over time
Now his eyes are hard as stone, there’s not much left but skin and bone
So far from how he’d pictured growing old
All the ones that he’d proved right or wrong and all the times that he’d been strong
And somehow he outlived them all
When i asked him for the reason why he longs for the next season
Why he’s holding on
He told me, son
The man is a liar who says that he sees anything beyond this day
The bullet in the fire is laughing at the choices and the plans we made
It will give and it will take, break your heart
But it cannot touch your mind and how it shines
And the rest just fades over time
The man is a liar who says that he sees anything beyond this day
The bullet in the fire is laughing at the choices and the plans we made
It will give and it will take, break your heart
But it cannot touch your mind and how it shines
And the rest just fades over time
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Give me nothing to hold that you don’t mind breaking
My nerves are on fire, my fingers are shaking
I’ve been taking the news pretty good ‘til now
Never did any good anyhow
I’ve been racking my brain for a simple solution
A little peace to replace my shattered illusion
‘Cause I’m losing the stories that I once believed
Reality won’t let me be
Take my mind
Send it on the next thing flying
On down the line
Take my mind
Take my mind
Send it on the next thing flying
On down the line
Take my mind
I could walk out in the rain, find me a rainbow
Instead I sit in my room and pull the shade on the window
But the shadow I cast never fades away
It covers up my brightest days
Take my mind
Send it on the next thing flying
On down the line
Take my mind
Take my mind
Send it on the next thing flying
On down the line
Take my mind
Waking up with the fear, she’s a mean ol’ mistress
The cradle’s gonna fall, I can’t cover the distance
My resistance is shot and my strength is gone
Helpless as a sinking stone
Take my mind
Send it on the next thing flying
On down the line
Take my mind
Take my mind
Send it on the next thing flying
On down the line
Take my mind
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9. |
A Body Like Yours
05:02
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A body like yours fits just right with a body like mine
Don’t you believe we can love all night if we take our time
Daylight’s fading, no persuading ‘cause you know what’s on my mind
A body like yours fits just right with a body like mine
The taste of your kiss is sweet on my lips like homemade wine
I love how it hits me the way that it gets me every time
Daylight’s breaking no mistaking cause I know what’s on your mind
A body like yours fits just right with a body like mine
I’ve seen the blue skies and that LA county skyline
I’ve seen the moon peek through the Carolina pines
Felt the sand beneath my toes swimming in the Gulf of Mexico
But I’ve never known anything so fine
A body like yours fits just right with a body like mine
A heart like yours knows how to love a heart like mine
Giving me the rhythm, the rhyme and the reason to be living this life
When I’m off track you bring me back to beating right in time
With a body like yours held so tight to a body like mine
I’ve seen the blue skies and that LA county skyline
I’ve seen the moon peek through the Carolina pines
Felt the sand beneath my toes swimming in the Gulf of Mexico
But I’ve never known anything so fine
A body like yours fits just right with a body like mine
I’ve seen the blue sky and that LA county skyline
I’ve seen the moon peek through the Carolina pines
Felt the sand beneath my toes swimming in the Gulf of Mexico
But I’ve never known anything so fine
I’ve seen the blue sky and that LA county skyline
I’ve seen the moon peek through the Carolina pines
Felt the sand beneath my toes swimming in the Gulf of Mexico
But I’ve never known anything so fine
A body like yours fits just right with a body like mine
A body like yours and a body like mine
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10. |
Afterglow
04:49
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Not an actor nor an action, just a quiet satisfaction
If I’m stoned just let me be
Underneath a quilt just as smooth as silk
Leave me lying just as long you please
Don’t mind me
If I’m a sight to see
All the band left town but I hung around
There’s a sound that I was looking for
I’m not ready yet to quit it ‘cause I might just forget it
The minute that I walk out the door
This might be paradise
To see it all through innocent eyes
I should be somewhere, I know
But I’m enjoying the show
Still in the afterglow
Still in the afterglow
Tie a string around my finger and let it linger
Let it last
While the fire’s still going, let’s don’t let this moment
Go slipping off into the past
This might be paradise
To see it all through innocent eyes
I should be somewhere, I know
But I’m enjoying the show
Still in the afterglow
I’m not ready to go
I’m enjoying the show
Still in the afterglow
Still in the afterglow
Still in the afterglow
Still in the afterglow
I should be somewhere, I know
But I’m enjoying the show
Still in the afterglow
I’m not ready to go
I’m enjoying the show
Still in the afterglow
I should be somewhere, I know
But I’m enjoying the show
Still in the afterglow
Still in the afterglow
Still in the afterglow
Still in the afterglow
Not an actor nor an action, just a quiet satisfaction
If I’m stoned just let me be
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11. |
Crystal Ship
03:55
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The leaves are turning gray
She said the sky is filled with lead
I’m weary to my bones and I can't sleep in my own bed
She did not ask that I might follow
That I might understand
All she asked as I recall her by her footprints in the sand
Oh, the crystal waters
Oh, the crystal sea
Oh, the crystal ship that took my love away from me
Every creek and every raindrop
Cries out with the sound
For the sea she is their mother and she calls them to go down
So the restless river runs
Without a moment's peace
To lose itself at last in the silence of the deep
Oh, the crystal waters
Oh, the crystal sea
Oh, the crystal ship that took my love away from me
And I fear there’ll be no stars
Looking out from that far shore
And I don’t know how you’ll find your way home anymore
Oh, the crystal waters
Oh, the crystal sea
Oh, the crystal ship that took my love away from me
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Steep Canyon Rangers Asheville, North Carolina
Steep Canyon Rangers have spent two decades bending and shaping bluegrass, wedding it to pop, country, folk rock, and more to create something original and all their own. The genre-defying band has developed a remarkable catalog of original music that links them to the past while at the same time, demonstrates their ambitious intent to bring string-based music into contemporary relevance. ... more
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