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Scarecrow
05:50
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Scarecrow
Standing waist deep in a field of straw
Scarecrow is waiting for his namesake to caw
And call him awake like a trumpet that blows
He'll rattle and shake and shout what he knows
I'm over here when I should be there
I run away from the things I should scare
I'm stuck on a pole unused and forlorn
When crow and his buddies are in Farmer Brown's corn
I'm full of sunshine full of fields of hay
I'll scare crows for nothing 'cause for me it's just play
Shedding the old, I'm embracing the new
Right here right now there's not much else I can do
I cannot run, I cannot fight
I'm keeping still with all of my might
Stuffed full of straw in my socks and my shoes
I awake in the morning covered with dew
At times I look fierce but the crows aren't afraid
They chuckle and cackle and they won't go away
I'll be your old friend 'cause you'll recognize me
It's the clothes that you gave when you created me
They fly through the mountains like they see through my dreams
They find shiny things in the rivers and streams
They can remember when the earth, it was young
And all of the creatures spoke the same mother tongue
I've been a crooked man and I've hoed a crooked row
And I've eaten plenty of the one they call crow
After the harvest and the scythe man he come
You mark my words of my remains there'll be none
I'm full of sunshine full of fields of hay
I'll scare crows for nothing 'cause for me it's just play
I'll be your old friend 'cause you'll recognize me
It's the clothes that you gave when you created me
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2. |
Raspberry Cane
03:25
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Raspberry Cane
Each and every day I wake I take a stone from off the hill
I put 'em in that old stone row and make it longer still
I put 'em here, put 'em there stories much the same
There's never been a year gone by I ain't pulling raspberry cane
I got dirty feet from pulling the plow I got hard and callused hands
I'm putting the seed here in the ground 'cause it's my promised land
When the full moon comes in October and the leaves have gone away
You're still gonna find a little sweet green upon the raspberry cane
I go down to the brook below to hear her waters sing
And up on the hill old man pine he show me everything
And in the towns and cities fair where no one knows my name
I will sing the song pass the word along about the raspberry cane
Each and every day I wake I take a stone from off the hill
I put 'em in that old stone row and make it longer still
I put 'em here, put 'em there stories much the same
There's never been a year gone by I ain't pulling raspberry cane
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3. |
Stepping Stone
06:30
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Stepping Stone
You take one foot forward and you are stepping on air
I know no sense of weight 'cause my intentions are clear
Well I've had all these troubles, but now my troubles are all gone
I don't even know what the heaven was wrong
Since I've found my stepping stone
Some people I know, they have a beautiful vision
Some people I know, they remember their dreams
Me, I find it when I'm walking a shadow leaps in the corner of my eye
Something will run away laughing and leave me
With another stepping stone
You've got to dig up your stepping stone
Only your body knows
Yea the earth will show you how to bring up your stepping stone
Only your body knows
Where to find your stepping stone
Now I walk often in the forest and you never look the same
One side exposed to the whether and your dark sides plain
Show me your smooth white belly as I turn you over in my hands
Show me another reflection of the man within this stepping stone
I read you like a book of wonder and I listen to your tales
Your eyes have seen the likes of trees that lived a million years ago
Well I hold you at my belly as I take you upon the hill
Not a bird is singing the forest, the forest is still
Still for your stepping stone
You've got to dig up your stepping stone
Only your body knows
Yea the earth will show you how to bring up your stepping stone
Only your body knows
Where to find your stepping stone
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4. |
Child's Game
04:19
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Child's Game
Have you ever seen someone walking down by the tracks
And wonder where they're at, babe
Have you ever seen someone walking down by the tracks
Ane wonder who they are
Tell me why are you crying
It's just a silly child's game
Tell me why are you dying
It's just a silly child's game
Have you ever seen someone that you really love
Turn and walk away
Have you ever seen someone that you really love
They've got nothing left to say
Tell me why are you crying
It's just a silly child's game
Tell me why are you dying
It's just a silly child's game
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5. |
Coyote Hey!
04:09
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Coyote Hey!
You come back here upon a day
A day so warm and fine
A big wide grin was on your face
You said that it was time
You said that it was time to dance
You said it's time to play
But while I's lost within your song
You stole my wife away
Coyote Hey! Coyote Hey!
Bit while I's lost within your song
You stole my wife away
I lay me down beside a stream
To rest the weary day
And when I woke I found
My blues had gone away
You stole my hat, stole my tie
Stole my coat and shoes
I stood there on my dying day
With nothing left to lose
Coyote Hey! Coyote Hey!
I stood there on my dying day
With nothing left to lose
When God gave out the gifts
To all the creatures that he made
He told this lonesome dog to go
Where all the tunes are played
I hear him sing from in the wood
Coming through the night time blue
So keep you way from my back door
You'll take my daughters too
Coyote Hey! Coyote Hey!
So keep you way from my back door
You'll take my daughters too.
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6. |
Billy Wilson
06:24
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Billy Wilson
Little Billy Wilson slung his pack and turned to go
The road was deep with snow and a wind was rising
It would be a fortnight before he'd return
To the place he loved so well it was a haven
Thinking about those he loves and why he walks alone
To better hear the voices of the water and the stone
So out there in the chilly night he says a little prayer
Into thin air for all those listening
Within his trusty pickup truck he drove to warmer ground
To the lost and found of the city lights
With one hand on his trembling heart and one hand on the wheel
He thought about the deals he'd be making
And on the busy street corner he opened up his case
Lifted his fiddle to his chin and a smile to his face
Out there in the city lights he played some reels and airs
Through the vacant stares for all those listening
So on he'd go from town to town for any audience he'd play
Any time of day just to keep the music alive
And it would happen a light would shine into somebody's face
A little changes taking place a little healing
He'd have 'em do a circle dance and up and down the line
Little Billy'd have 'em hoot and holler and clap their hands in time
And when the tune was over he'd pass around his hat
They'd give him this and that for just listening
When the moon turned waxed full and headed for decline
The night turned blind over the staggering sea
And over sweetly rutted roads Billy's truck would hum and roll
And carry him toward home in the mountains lee
Greeting him were silent gardens sleeping in their beds
Chickadees and bluejays just waiting to be fed
He put a pot of coffee on and fed those hungry birds
There a song he distant heard and sat there listening
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7. |
Empty Page / Start Again
04:01
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Empty Page/Start Again
You've had a name from which you could call from
Draw from in your sleep
Find an empty page and start again
A new culture a new town another lover
A new friendship and I've found
Another missing piece of this jungle
I've seen a good ship sink and a ragged boat sail
For the sailor who's on the links no dreams can ever fail
How long has it been since you've felt such abandonment
From the minutes you've been holding
I'm gonna sell everything
I'm gonna make you sing
Can a loners wishes ever turn somebody's wheel
Can you say your hands can make that picture real
It's going to a fallen friend
Is where this arrow is flying
And the water is rushing down can you feel it's patient pull
Like any train out of any town
is going to soothe a vagrant soul, whole!
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8. |
Singing Bones
02:50
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Singing Bones
Singing bones singing bones
Oh pick up my singing bones
Have a heart, bring it home
I don't want to be alone
My singing bones
Oh the night has been so long
Such a darkness in my heart
When I've lost how love does feel
Ever since we've been apart
My singing bones
Come on home my singing bones
Oh come here my shining son
You're the one that helps me heal
It's your touch that makes it real
My singing bones
Oh my heart it beats so hard
My knees get so weak
Every time you kisses me
I find it hard to speak
My singing bones
Speak up my singing bones
I give to you a name
And you give to me the same
And all of us be changed
To hear those singing bones
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9. |
Dancing with Seneca
03:10
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10. |
Mud Boot Road
03:33
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Mud Boot Road
I live up an old logging road
It used to be a milk wagon road
But now it is just a mud boot road
Season come and seasons go
All I know is mud and snow
On that mud boot road
If you got holes in your shoes
You can go and sing the blues
Bout that mud boot road
I know when I got friends
They’ll come and see me end
Of that mud boot road
Go on down to your general store
They’ll know what you’re looking for
For that mud boot road
Close the schools close the town
Everybody’s slipping around
On that mud boot road
When the summer’s warm and dry
Squish your toes in a fresh cow pie
On that mud boot road
I know when I’ve found my honey
She’ll walk up that road that’s muddy
On that mud boot road
I get lost upon the trail
Just by telling you this tale
About that mud boot road
With a big crow bar and a comealong
You can help me sing this song
About that mud boot road
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11. |
Elemental Lullabye
03:46
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Elemental Lullabye
Brother sun and sister moon
Opposing ones
Will you sing me the sweetest of tunes
You turn on your quarters and then off you go
Trading the day for the night
And the desert for snow
That’s to say nothing of the people inside
Who dance by the ocean and cry by the tide
I’ve raged through so many stormy days
Waiting for you to come by in some jolly parade
And caught on the window and perched on the sill
Came a moment when time stood still
A message came through so loud and so clear
Do what you want to and have no fear
And I’ll cast myself
across the byways and roads
And I’ll see all of your shining faces
and I’ll ask you to lay down your load
By the word of the stone and of the wind
The word of the water and the fire that burns within
The cry of the babe and whispers of the old
Can we balance heaven and what is down below
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Dana and Susan Robinson Cabot, Vermont
"From Cabot, Vermont – Americana-roots and folk duo, Dana and Susan Robinson combine vivid, songwriting with fiddle tunes, oldtime banjo, elegant melodies, and rich harmony singing."
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