1. |
Leavin
03:31
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Leavin
Leavin, startin’ new
Heavy feet are hard to move
Taking off ‘fore the glue gets dry
Hope you learned a thing or two
Buddy when this is through
You better not ask why
You took one good look
And it scared you silly
No one’s asking
Cause you just ain’t willing
Ivory’s getting cold kid, let it ride
You get one shot sugar
Better shake your maker
Don’t roll over like a school yard faker
It’s right there if you reach down
Deep inside
Runnin’ fast, run away
Could it last? Would you stay?
Holding on
Hoping you might find
Wake up cold, wonder where
All them dreams’ve got you scared
Forecast cloudy, with a worried mind
Well your life keeps living
While your pissing, crying
Your busy living or your busy dying
Water’s getting cold kid, get inside
Yeah the night comes creepin’
When you’re short of breath
Sun comes up last time I checked, if you
Reach in deep and let go
You’ll be fine
Listen, take a breath
Vision, see yourself
Flying high through a cool wet cloud
Roll out smooth, take a dive
Looking down on a city sky
From up here, you got it figured out
You spent too long watching
From a nose bleed bleacher
Cymbals clanging, Mr. TV preacher
Suit up son it’s time you take the ball
And when you’re there wide open
Don’t you fake and pass it
Shoot that sucker like it was your last
Let go smiling and
Watch them blessings fall
Honey let go smiling and
Watch them blessings fall.
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2. |
Don't Know The Half
03:34
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Don’t Know The Half
Don’t know the half, maybe a little
We all get caught in the rain
The driver waits, your fingers fiddle
Searchin’ your pockets for change
You wave him on and watch him disappear
You got your reasons and their so sincere
Keep you safe from any interest shown
The one standing next to you is twice your age
She settled nicely in her comfort cage
Do you really want this life alone
I seen you dance, I know you mean it
I feel you wanting to play
I do my best, I know you see it
And then I get in my way
Take a breath, try not to fake it
Fill up the shoes where I stand
Got these rules, I wanna break’em
And make a change in the plans
I know it’s possible for us to fly
Why, we stand here and just watch the sky
When so many others catch the wind
We’ll cut the anchors we’ve been draggin round
Laugh and run until we leave the ground
Momma look no hands it’s really me.
Take off your coat, take off your sweater
And give your shoulders the sun
Strut your step, don’t it feel better
Honey your second to none
You deserve it and you have for years
Just gets lost under the oldest fears
But it’s always been here, bidding time.
You reveal it with the sweetest spell
I could drink the water from your well
Don’t you ever hide it baby
Let it shine and I think maybe
Someone’s sure to let it shine for you
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3. |
Gospel Story
03:48
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GOSPEL STORY
Someone tell me a gospel story
Lost soul finds a humble glory
Long stumbling road of fall down grace
Hidden heart with help uncovered
Child’s wonder rediscovered
Arms reaching out for Love’s embrace
Learn to hold both sorrow and joy
Less the man forget the boy
Let the color seep out of his sky
Too easy to just stop feeling
Y’ get tired, it’s hard work healing
I’m too young yet
To wait around to die
I wanna feel some deep for certain
Like I was written for this part
I’m wishing Love would
dance across this room
Take my hand and shake my heart
I know redemption’s road
unfolds for those
Who humbly take their mark
I’m stepping lightly mamma
But I got my start.
Dreams die or just go unborn
Sunrise still meets the new morn
Fallow Field, season’s end.
Can’t tell the rain or sun
Just do what needs gettin done
You turn the soil
And try again.
I wanna feel some deep for certain
Like I was written for this part
I’m wishing Love would
dance across this room
Take my hand and shake my heart
I know redemption’s road
unfolds for those
Who humbly take their mark
I’m stepping lightly mamma
But I got my start.
Someone tell me a gospel story
Lost soul finds a humble glory
Long stumbling road of fall down grace
Hidden heart with help uncovered
Child’s wonder rediscovered
Arms reaching out for Love’s embrace
I wanna feel some deep for certain
Like I was written for this part
I’m wishing Love would
dance across this room
Take my hand and shake my heart
I know redemption’s road
unfolds for those
Who humbly take their mark
I’m stepping lightly mamma
But I got my start.
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4. |
Abraham
03:55
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Abraham
I was a runner in school
I used to fly so fast
I find the quickest kid
And stride ride past
I made the team up State
then the baby came
so I went downtown
and signed my name
I used to run so far
I used to fly so fast
there was a blinding light
there was a deafening blast
now I'm rolling here
running with these hands
this boy came back
half a man
I used to grab my girl
I’d dance her up and down
she'd laugh and smile and say
put me down
wraslin’ with my kids
tightly in my loving arms
I’d swing’em round and round
till we also stars
I used to hold my own
I used to carry my weight
now she's lifting in my spoon
now she's wiping my face
there was a deafening blast
these VA walls
my kid’s outside
playing ball
this ain't no temple mount
you ain't no Abraham
you turned your back on love
raised your bloody hands
now they're shattered sorts
each and everyone
their battles only just begun
Well, it’s just begun
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5. |
Drama King
03:18
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Drama King
I’ve seen two people live in love
It ain’t no silver screen set up
It’s just a day by day “I do.”
You check your childhood
at the door. Pick your past up
off the floor. Make a space for just
you two
”I’m startin’ with a
hole in my heart this time
Damn drama king that’s
Off of the charts’ and I’m…
I’m leaning on
invisible strength This time
I got two ears & 1 big mouth
Easy math, I let go south
Everytime I feel that fear
So I’m breathing through this urge
To tell you all that I deserve
I hold my tongue, that I might hear
”I’m startin’ with a
hole in my heart this time
Damn drama king that’s
Off of the charts’ and I’m…
I’m leaning on
invisible strength This time
Done searchin’ for my
Healer of souls this time
No lover’s gonna
Fill up that hole this time
But together you can
Walk to the finish line
Yeah, It’s just a rubber band
‘round my wrist ‘round my hand
Magnet on my freezer door
Reminds me what this livin’s for
It don’t come easily
Nothing worth it’s ever free
We’re all here just walkin’ home
I’m getting’ tired of walking ‘lone
Yeah it may just take some time
I’m gettin’ older on the vine
But when I’m ready, love will come
”I’m startin’ with a
hole in my heart this time
Damn drama king that’s
Off of the charts’ and I’m…
I’m askin’ if you’re ready, here I am
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6. |
Let The Winter Come
03:25
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Let The Winter Come
Let the winter come
Let the winds blow
Kiss the sun goodbye
Let the clouds roll
Bring a cold rain
Send a light snow
Let the winter come
Make me feel at home
Give me naked trees
Through a sunrise
Show me evergreens
On a mountainside
They whisper in the wind
Ancient holy hymns
Let the winter come
Help me breath again
CHORUS
Spring’s a memory
Summer stayed too long
Fall’s a fickle friend
She’s here and gone
When the earth gets tired
Singing growing songs
She finds winter’s arms
And a love so strong
This valley wind
Needs washing down
But the summer rains
Never hang around
So let the showers fall
Leaving air so sweet
Let the winter come
Make me feel complete
CHORUS
Spring’s a memory
Summer stayed too long
Fall’s a fickle friend
She’s here and gone
When the earth gets tired
Singing growing songs
She finds winter’s arms
And a love so strong
So let the winter come
Let the winter come
Let it come
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7. |
Happy New Year
03:23
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Happy New Year
Folks on every corner
Swinging a cardboard sign
Some say buffet two for one
Some say, I fell hard from the climb
This year’s over
Half off at the 5 & 10
Well, the market’s bull
And the streets are cold
And the shelter’s full, again
Fishing’s closed this season
‘cause the bottom’s shiny black
Fridge is full of water
‘cause I can’t drink from my tap
Used to camp in high pines
But they’ve all burnt, dead and dry
Hope our children’s children
Don’t have to play inside
Happy New Year
Happy New Year
Time’s running out for us
Down here.
Reason for this living
Far as I can tell
Find something you love
And do it very well
If you don’t love nothing
Your bones will ache with need
That hollow hole that was your soul
Will lose itself to greed
Happy New Year
Happy New Year
Time’s running out
And the choice is clear
Happy New Year
Happy New Year
Well, We’ll live in love
Or die in fear
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8. |
Solid Ground
04:05
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Solid Ground
Walls are slowly fading
Sweet and misty air
We’re staring at the fog bank
I can’t believe I’m here
There’s so much I want to tell you
I never thought I’d have the chance
Not a word is spoken
There’s no time for
Token speeches so
I lean to you, reach out
As you slowly take my hand
Like it’s planned
Side by side we rise together
Walking toward a memory
Called ‘home’
You say ‘Is it okay?’
I promise we will make it
Now that we don’t have to be alone
You couldn’t understand it
So, you put it in your pack
Maybe it would make you stronger
Maybe it would break your back
I remember you decided
You could do it by yourself
But you knew the better
When she loved you let her
Just enough to tear you wide
Let a little light into your heart
What a start
Now you tremble with a hungry fear
So ready for another round
Okay
There is one way
We’ll walk this road together
‘til we find ourselves
Some solid ground
We’ll walk this road together
‘Til we find ourselves
Some solid ground
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9. |
Baby You Were Right
03:45
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Baby You Were Right
Baby you were right,
I was wrong
Forrest from the trees,
so much I couldn’t see
Stumbling along
I’s caught up in a loop
I wore that trail to track
The yesterday express
I like that one the best
I’m always going back
CHORUS
So if it’s alright with ya boy
And even if it isn’t
I’m opening the gates
& stepping out of this prison
The key was buried
Deep inside my pocket
But I finally fished it out
In my ignorance & anger
I have caused so many pain
I own every mistake
But now I know it’s not my name
I’ve done my time and now
I’m finding ways to share
The beauty that’s inside
I fell out of the fight
I tossed the terry in
So used to playing small
My back against the wall
Shadow caught my chin
Reeling from the truth
Quaking at the knee
You want back in this fight
Look my in the eye
Show me you believe
So if it’s alright with ya boy
And even if it isn’t
I’m opening the gates
& stepping out of this prison
The key was buried
Deep inside my pocket
But I finally fished it out
In my self-induced indifference
I’ve made so many suffer
I carry these regrets, but
I won’t let them pull me under
I owe it to the world & to myself
To stick around & start again
No one wants to hurt
No one wants to hide
But after all the years
It’s hard to shed the tears
it takes to be alive
I want someone to love
Someone to hold me tight
Someone who knows my name
Someone to share the flame
Someone to say goodnight
So if it’s alright with ya boy
And even if it isn’t
I’m opening the gates
& stepping out of this prison
The key was buried
Deep inside my pocket
But I finally fished it out
In my ignorance & anger
I have caused so many pain
I own every mistake
But now I know it’s not my name
I’ve done my time and now
I’m finding ways to share
The beauty that’s inside
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10. |
When You Come Around
02:47
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When You Come Around
She left her keys swinging in the walk-up door
Figured she wouldn’t need ‘em any more
Crossed the bridge and found herself another free ride
Staring at the tail lights
Frayed at the edges
Killing time along the crooked seams
Hazy mornings, messy barroom scenes
Swimming chaos of her mind
Her rusty heart is heavy, frozen closed from all the pain
A’ letting one too many lovers leave it lying in the rain
The place you imagined ain’t the place you found
Another voice is calling you to make your way
Out to the proving ground
When you come around
Stars were dancing
Circles out the windshield as the moonlight froze
‘Tween what she hoped for and the things she chose
Like the ripplin’ on a pond
Eyes close and those lights are gone
She slipped her shoes off, singing softly with the radio
“Nothing you can see that isn’t shown.”
Flashing vacant, keeping time
Her lonely heart is heavy, holdin’ onto precious stones
She tells herself they keep her safe, besides its all she’s ever known
Now the place you imagined ain’t he place you found
First step is the hardest if you take that leap into the outward bound
When you come around
When you come around
When you come around
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Richard March West Sacramento, California
As a songwriter/storyteller, March is a modern day throwback to the melodic, progressive country music stars of several decades ago when folks like Mickey Newbury, Kris Kristofferson and Glen Campbell were regularly heard on radio and seen on evening television. March's stage skills have him opening for the likes of John Hammond, Straycat Lee Rocker and The Hacienda Brothers. ... more
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