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Villa Maria Road

by Albin Zak

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1.
Freedom Train 03:48
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Freedom Train When I go out walking Down to the water’s edge I leave all the talking I go dreaming instead Dream about the words That cut to the heart And keep my head together While the world breaks apart I’m gonna walk this crooked highway Across these waves of grain I’m gonna take my place On the freedom train I remember a big country A land under the sun Where a young president Called for work to be done Bear any burden Oppose any foe Out into a restless world Together we might go I’m gonna walk this crooked highway Across these waves of grain I’m gonna take my place On the freedom train I see many people trying to hold on Throats a choking on a sad, sad song Weeping for promises never kept Reaching for dreams stolen while they slept Its time to care about your brother It’s time to care about one another It’s time to care, it’s just time to care It’s time to care New York to California Sea to shining sea Come on babe Come go with me Maybe living in any little town We’ll find a real live Jesus Laying something down Hey wake up all you hippies All you rednecks too Get up offa that thing Come on see what you can do We’re gonna find out At least we gonna try If there’s anything left here That money cannot buy We gonna walk this crooked highway Across these waves of grain We’re gonna walk and walk Through the wind and rain We gonna talk, we gonna holler We gonna make it plain . . . We gonna take our place On the freedom train
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Ballad of a Boy 06:32
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Ballad of a Boy We watched elephants marching down Main Street With short little girls on their backs With sparkles in their hair We jumped high, reached for the sky We came right out of our shoes We had absolutely nothing to lose We were tumbling and growing Going anywhere that we pleased And we watched people flying With the greatest of ease The high wire walker took a bow And you said I’ve seen everything now We walked on railroad tracks By the light of the moon And one night we saw Elvis Just kind of floating And I looked at you, you looked at me Oh we did not know Should we pray, should we run away Should we ask him for some do re mi Then you cried out loud I’ve seen everything now I’ve seen everything now Then we were sent to a foreign land And our ears were exploding with commands We could not understand And the beautiful things that had been our guides They were not there and you said I don’t care for this at all It has no grace or style I think I’ll just float for a while I’m going to go and hang out with the clouds Cause I’ve seen everything now Memories are bigger than tears They cover the years And everything runs into one A circle completed Lies good as gold And I woke up to a quiet morning In a world grown old I looked at the sun on the sea and the sand And in the shimmer I saw a man And I felt a whisper blow across my brow It said I’ve seen everything now I’ve seen everything now I’ve seen everything now
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Home 04:46
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Home This old filling station It’s about all that’s left around here The old men hang around and play 42 And the younger men say someday they’ll drive to salvation Somewhere down the line But they always wind up safe in bed Once they’ve had a few And some folks call this a one-horse town Hell there ain’t even one horse around No cowboys, no rodeo The years are long and lonesome here Time hangs heavy in the air This ain’t nowhere Except home I believe there’s legends somewhere in Texas But they don’t live around here Maybe somewhere farther down the road Where the boots are shiny and the whiskey’s good But if I drink enough of this Lone Star beer And even if my boots ain’t shit I see visions and I have no doubt I’m passing out where brave men stood And some folks call this a one-horse town Hell there ain’t even one horse around No cowboys, no rodeo The years are long and lonesome here Time hangs heavy in the air This ain’t nowhere Except home Down at the graveyard They got some action going on Another soul faithfully departing It’s getting so we got more ghosts dead than living I never did play dominoes But I’m thinking about starting And some folks call this a one-horse town Nothing to do when the sun goes down No night life, no picture show You just sit around and watch the moon rise And rock away in your old rocking chair Welcome to nowhere And this ain’t ever gonna be nowhere Except home
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All This Life 03:09
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All This Life He’s more than a little thick in the middle But that don’t slow him down And she ain’t been a queen since she was seventeen She’s still the best around Loving all this life, they been Loving all this life Loving all this life, they been Loving all this life Kids are grown, wild oats been sown And when the days get long They climb in their Chevy, they head for the levee Singing their favorite song Loving all this life, they been Loving all this life Loving all this life, they been Loving all this life He sees the sunshine in her hair The fairest one of all, beyond compare And when it comes a day It’s time to say goodbye And make their separate ways Across space and time He’ll look into her eyes And say babe, it’s been fine I loved you then and I would love you when We meet again sometime Loving all this life, they been Loving all this life Loving all this life, they been Loving all this life Loving all this life
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The Way 04:20
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The Way She looked in the mirror The mirror looked back Neither much liked What they saw And it might have been a miracle But neither of them cracked They agreed to forgive the flaws Does anybody know why Can anybody say Does anybody know the way It’s a million times we’ve been here A million times we’ve gone Still wonder whether We’re okay I’ve scattered crumbs And told myself There’s nothing here to fear And I may believe it some day Does anybody know why Can anybody say Does anybody know the way Any time, anywhere Something may go wrong Some transgression of some law But if we were to truly Do the Christian thing We’d all agree to forgive the flaws Does anybody know why Can anybody say Does anybody know the way Can anybody show the way
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A Hobo's Prayer 04:45
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A Hobo’s Prayer I been stoned And I been good And I will be again Knock on wood Sometimes I stumble Even fall But I ain’t afraid of nothing That I can recall I feel alright From time to time Push on through Leave the waste behind A bottle of wine And place on the grass To lay my head Close my eyes Wait for time to pass Just a little help Would help you know I don’t even care where you Found these pretty lies I drift away on your lullabies I drift away, away I drift away, away, away Been spending time Up in the sky Just look up You’ll see me Fly on by I do my best To clean up my mess I mean well Can’t you tell Ain’t you listening Just a little help Would help you know I don’t even care where you Found these pretty lies I drift away on your lullabies On your lullabies
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Sing Your Song 03:31
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Sing Your Song Sometimes I’m crispy, sometimes I’m queer Sometimes I can’t tell if I’m really here I’m traveling light, ain’t got nobody tonight I’m filthy I’m sweet, I’m wrong and just right Let the wind blow through your hair Sing your song don’t matter where Make it up as you go along Everything’s alright Ain’t even nothing wrong If I was a carpenter but then again no If I had a part in the Eminem show If I was black and you were blue Who in the world could we sell this to Let the wind blow through your hair Sing your song don’t matter where Make it up as you go along Everything’s alright Ain’t even nothing wrong As I cross over this wide open water And meet this fine bearded fellow Say, one question for you Do I still need these shoes? Back in the world where the whirlwinds whirl I walk a million miles thinking bout my girl Feast or flop I never stop I’m looking for the last lone record shop Let the wind blow through your hair Sing your song don’t matter where Make it up as you go along Everything’s alright Everything’s alright Make It up Your own sweet song Everything’s gonna be alright Ain’t even nothing wrong Ain’t even nothing wrong
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Detroit 03:17
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Detroit (for Aiyana Stanley-Jones) These are not days to wish for We’re just wishing time away And maybe tomorrow Maybe someday, by and by The grace of God will come our way As the shadows take this town Little one lay your weary body down And maybe tomorrow Maybe someday, by and by The grace of God will come your way There she lay Like the morning dew Swept away Into the blue Try to lift your eyes Try to lift your voice Try with all your might to find a reason to pray While we wait for the grace of God The grace of God While we wait for the grace of God To come our way
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On a Sylvan Hill 04:40
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On a Sylvan Hill There’s places I’ve been And places I return to And there’s one place I love with all my heart A place in the sun A place where good things come And where young things grow To be strong On a sylvan hill Blessed with time I’m always there In my mind In my mind They tumble in the grass Fall into dreams They tumble in the grass One more time I can’t see the future But I feel pretty good I see a new generation Standing where I stood On a sylvan hill Blessed with time I’m always there In my mind In my mind Oh my darling I love so well Your many graces Your many charms And best of all Your light at the window Pulling me back Into your arms On a sylvan hill Blessed with time I’m always there In my mind Always there In my mind
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It's Fine Outside 02:29
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It’s Fine Outside Chasing down the sundown Past the last lonesome rays Follow the river To the end of my days Get on here with me babe And hold on tight Climb up here with me babe Let’s take a ride Let’s take a ride Ease your troubled mind It’s fine outside Walk away from all those things You’ve come to regret Little by little, as time goes by We’ll learn how to forget Get on here with me babe And hold on tight Climb up here with me babe Let’s take a ride Let’s take a ride Ease your troubled mind It’s fine outside Ease your troubled mind It’s fine outside It’s fine outside

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released October 17, 2013

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