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Road to Nowheresville
03:51
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Heading out at 6 o'clock, the blacktop stretches long
On the road once again to Nowheresville
Turn up the radio, where for once I can belong
See your face in that song that haunts me still
Chorus:
Joe, won't you play that sad song again
The one that always makes me cry
Where the rain is still falling, a broken heart is calling,
And sweethearts are waving goodbye.
Roll the windows down let the cool breezes in
I can see your impish grin in the rear view
Our funny potholed street, roots intertwine and meet
And our dog's not been the same without you.
Chorus
I can't set my heart on cruise, when we should be breaking news
Why'd you have to go and choose your first love?
Turn up the radio where for once I can belong,
See your face in that song that haunts me still.
Chorus
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2. |
Times Like These
03:28
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I, I'm a one-way motorway, I'm a road that drives away
And follows you back home.
I, I'm a street light shining, I'm a white light blinding bright,
Burning off and on.
Chorus:
It's times like these we learn to live again
It's times like these we give and give again
It's times like these we learn to love again
It's times like these, time and time again.
I, I'm a new day rising, I'm a brand new sky that hangs
the stars upon tonight.
I, I'm a little divided, do I stay or run away,
and leave it all behind, ooh, ooh.
Chorus
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3. |
Dear Rose
03:29
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Dear Rose he's doing well
Your best work as far as I can tell
Dear Rose he turned out okay
You raised him right then sent him on his way
Dear Rose time flies so fast
Twas just a babe held within your grasp
Dear Rose
Dear Rose he's got your chin
That famous nose and your charming grin
Dear Rose when he gets down
Picks himself up
He learned to stand his ground
Hey Rose here's the best part
You shared the tenderest and softest heart
Dear Rose.
Bridge:
It seems he has your temperament, your humor, and New England ways
I know your memory always helps him through the stalls and darker days
Dear Rose I had four cats
He didn't blink, ever the diplomat
Dear Rose now that they're gone
Lends me his shoulder that I can cry upon
And Rose he misses them too
Never quite as much as he misses you
Dear Rose
Bridge:
Oh Rose I wish we'd had more time before you had to move along
Guess I'll have to settle talking to you through this song
Hey Rose here's the best part
You shared the tenderest and softest heart
Dear Rose.
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4. |
Calmer Waters
04:26
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It first hit me in the grocery store
That I am on my own
No one to hold my place in line
I push that cart alone
Now I'm walking the aisles all by myself
Making like I'm cooking for two
Almost reached for that Japanese beer you liked
Babe a good drunk Is overdue
Chorus:
Treading water in the stormy seas
Now the wake is over my head
I'll set my course for a distant shore
Calmer waters, on an even keel instead
Fog curls up on delta sands
Tules sway where her bow should be
Haul the groceries in, set the alarm
'Cause no one's coming in after me
Chorus
Bridge:
Sailing towards a west coast sunset
Always seemed a safe bet
Until that boat capsized
Soon I'll wake to an eastern sunrise
Just save your hollow goodbyes
Her reflection's in your eyes
Chorus
It first hit me in the grocery store
That I am on my own
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5. |
Jesse
03:16
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Jesse, come home there's a hole in the bed where we slept,
Now it's growing cold.
Jesse, your face in the place where we lay by the hearth,
All apart, it hangs on my heart.
And I'm leaving the light on the stairs,
No, I'm not scared; I wait for you.
Hey, Jesse, it's lonely, come home.
Jesse, the floors and the boards are recalling your steps,
And I remember, too.
All the pictures are shaded and fading in grey,
And I still set a place at the table at noon.
And I'm keeping the light on the stairs,
No, I'm not scared, I wait for you.
Hey, Jesse, it's lonely come home.
Jesse, the spread on the bed it's like when you left,
I kept it for you.
All the blues and the greens have been recently cleaned,
And are seemingly new, Hey, Jess, me and you.
We'll swallow the light on the stairs,
I'll fix up my hair, we'll sleep unaware.
Hey, Jesse, it's lonely come home.
Hey, Jesse, it's lonely, come home.
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6. |
River Slope Mine
04:27
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I'm from Scranton Pennsylvania
just another working town
Sitting ducks in a row house
front porch is falling down
Falling down falling down
Porch is falling down
The winter's hard, the work is harder
Hard on lungs and hands
Is this why we crossed the ocean?
Risk our lives in this promised land
Promised land, promised land
This promised land
They forced us up, up ever higher
They said it's safe, it's safe you'll see
No need to worry about the river
12 who died would disagree
Disagree, disagree
12 would disagree.
Chorus:
Oh Susquehanna River, their souls ever to enshrine
that mournful winter's day they were
Digging their own graves in the River Slope Mine
The mines closed down
My brothers scattered
Like leaves blown from the trees
Their profit's all that mattered
I'm only left with time to grieve
Time to grieve, time to grieve
Left with time to grieve.
Chorus:
Oh Susquehanna River, their souls ever to enshrine
that mournful winter's day they were
Digging their own graves in the River Slope Mine
River Slope Mine, River Slope Mine
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7. |
Red Line Train
03:43
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He got off at Porter, Red Line train, Boston bound
Old case ripped and tattered, doors slide shut without a sound
Stepping off the platform, he heaves a sigh, rubs his hands
Hoping for the millionth time someone will hear and give a damn.
She's out there selling Jesus and she smiles as he takes his stance
She's always there on Fridays 'tween the exit sign and the pretzel man
Her old man up and left her, didn't love her much anyway
For those who dare to ask her, loves her madly even to this day.
Chorus:
Please play that one again she said, though it cuts me to the core
That song was my only friend when he was walking out the door.
He sings songs of freedom, and when it moves him songs of God
And if she asks him nicely, he'll sing the one of unrequited love
The song she snuggles into, like a blanket round her heart
Blanket 'round her heart, when her whole world is torn apart.
Chorus:
Please play that one again she said, thought it cuts me to the core
That song was my only friend when he was walking out the door
Walking out the door, walking out the door
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8. |
Wayfaring Stranger
03:27
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I am a poor wayfaring stranger,
While travelin' through this world of woe.
Yet there's no sickness, toil, nor danger,
In that bright world to which I go.
Chorus:
I'm going there to see my father,
I'm going there no more to roam.
I'm only going over Jordan,
I'm only going over home.
I know dark clouds will gather round me,
I know my way is rough and steep.
Yet beauteous fields they rise before me,
When God redeems their vigil's keep.
Chorus:
I'm going there to see my mother,
She said she'll meet me when I come.
I'm only going over Jordan,
I'm only going over home
I'm only going over Jordan,
I'm only going over home
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9. |
Cherish This Day
03:25
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Walk me down the garden path
Where sunlight spills across the meadow
Pink asters sway in tall grass
And the red-winged blackbird sings her song
Amble down the old dirt road
Where stately elms stand beside the river
Their leaves dancing in summer's clothes
As we joyously sing our song
Chorus:
Cherish this day, cherish this day,
Cherish this day, cherish this day.
Sail me down the clear blue stream
Where turtles sun on the bullhead lilies
Herons glide on the eastern breeze
And we sing our song
Chorus
Rolling through the Berkshire hills
Sunflowers bloom in fields aplenty
Summer dons her finest frills
And the red-winged blackbird sings...
Chorus
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Folkapotamus Boston, Massachusetts
Folkapotamus is a Boston area based folk duo consisting of Penni Hart and Tony Trites. They have been performing together
since 2011 at various venues throughout New England, such as the legendary Club Passim and The Burren.
Folkapotamus was honored to be selected by Wanda Fischer of WAMC to perform in the Folk DJ showcase at the 2019 FARM folk conference in Michigan.
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