MOUNTAIN SUN (2018)

Ways to Go

 

Here I sit…and then I look around for the light on me now…

Not a lot I know… ah but what I found seems to fight a fever

 

And it may be what you hear.. But at least I’m holding ground

 With a raven smile….and an open hand gonna hold me true

Then I make my way… across the land that’s runnin old and new

 And it may be all you feel…At least I’m moving round

 

And I….got a ways to go…

Till I come a find…A place I know….

 

In a cabin up high.. they come around just to move with the music

But for all you try …you never really get to come and pick and choose it

 

And there’s nothing you can do..‘cause it’s only good for now

 

And I …got a ways to go

Looking for the signs …where the sun lay low…

 

And when I pull away …don’t want to feel like I nearly won

So I turn my head… shield my face from the sinkin sun

 

And there’s nothing you can say…‘cause it’s all been said before…

 

And I …got a ways to go….Looking for the signs …where the sun lay low…shine a light on me…from a place I wanna be…

We‘re all just chasin rainbows..to the dark sea..till we all can see

 

Woman’s Gotta Groove


I’m gonna tell you what you need to know
Only one thing gonna move your soul

 

          Woman’s gotta groove it, this I know

 

Some folks tell you that they know what’s best
They ain’t different than all the rest

 

          Woman’s gotta groove it,
          Woman’s gotta groove it
          Woman’s gotta groove it,
          All night long

 

They say that love makes the world go round
My head’s spinning gonna fall to the ground

 

Woman’s gotta groove it,
All my day
Woman’s gotta groove 
This is what I say

 

You see I was lost in the angry sea
Woman come in to rescue me

 

Woman’s gotta groove it,
          Woman’s gotta groove it

Mama Mama what a heavenly sight
I wanna a groove with you every night

 

Woman’s gotta groove it,
          Woman’s gotta groove it
          Woman’s gotta groove it
          Woman’s gotta groove it   

Trumansburg

 

I leave my inspiration on the frozen ground...to where it all began

And I see my old my reflection in the things I found...to bring it back again

 

And in my hour darkness I remember you

Over the back roads …into the night

Believe my satisfaction will coming true…in my mind

 

And soon we look upon the days of summertime…like waitin on a friend

and the path we dig will go away before our time…but it’s comin back again

 

And you see me sad and lonely but I’m over you

Onto the back roads …into the night

And it seems like all the places we been going to…in my mind

 

Bridge:        And in the sun we all will gather round

And all the lonely days will soon be dying down

oh dying down

 

And all my tracks will slowly fall away from you

Over the back roads…into the night

and you see my independence will be coming through…under the light

 

On the Road

 

Even on the high side … darkness come

With my head above the ground

Gonna leave here… on the road to where I’m bound

 

I been feelin… high and low

I been lyin over the sea

And all the time I’m waitin…for love to roll on me

 

Waiting for the road

On the road again

 

I seen lightning…on the run

I seen fires in the sky

Oh on the way home…waning love don’t pass me by

 

Leave it for the road

On the road again

With the highs and the lows

Of my faceless friend

 

Far beyond the hill

We’ve been standing still

Waitin for the sound

Spinnin all around ….spinning round ….

 

Got you spilling me down the road

On the road again

With the highs and the lows

Of my faceless friend

 

Rising Tide

 

 Lay my head on your pillow before I go away

For I long to see you…every night and day

In the light of the evening….the moon is shinin down

I see you lyin on the pines….with our love coming round

 

With the evening arms come reaching…there’s a chill up in the air

And I remember you looking at me..with ribbons in your hair

Every day seemed like Sunday…and I was young again

We’d sit and watch the summertime fall…with the winter movin in

 

Now all the skies are golden

They’re all that’s kept me here

And I’ll be singing all day long …

But you’re the song I hear

 

Midnight waves are approachin…let em fall on me

Cause I’m the risin tide and you’re the deep blue sea

 

Mountain Man

 

All the sinners spend their time…stealin signs from above

Waiting for the wheels to turn…the uncertainty of love

 

Come and be my one true love… show me all you know

Pull me from the movin train …’fore the hurricanes-a-blow

 

When I’m lost I’ll try again..I’m a rider on the mountain man

 

Waiting for my bones to break…for my hands to fold

Seein colors of the sun…turning brown red and gold

 

But I try …the best I can…I’m a rider on the mountain man

 

Bridge:        Wait for the sunshine

And all that golden sound

And all the light…and all the signs

They feel a long way down…I’m feelin down

 

Gonna make my livin from a hole under the ground

I’ll raise my shovel high till the darkness come around

 

But I’ll try to understand…I’m a rider on the mountain man…

 

Ah but now I’m gonna take my time… crawling through the mud

seven seasons on the hills of the high ground to the flood

 

Pretty soon I’m gonna settle down with the blind mountain sun

Take another look around...’fore the long dealing’s done

 

All for now.. I’ll  make my stand…

Then I’ll fly away.. to the promise land…I’m a rider on the mountain man

 

Blame it on the Rain

 

I kind of worry… to myself

Like a hammer… to my health

And I’m waiting for a change…or something else..something else

 

And I’m waking up… in my old bed

I see a photograph.. above my head

I may be looking good.. but feeling dead… good and dead

 

Can we bring it back together..when all the storms a come

And leave behind the traces.. of the work we done

 

Blame it on the rain

Blam it on the sun

 

Take a loaded deal… and a broken crown

A rollin wheel… when you’re coming down

And I’m singing for the good… and the truth I found

 

Can we bring it back together…when all that seem to be

Is playing on the silver line that’s so alluded me

 

Blame it on the rain

Blame it on the rain

Blame it on the sea

Blame it on the rain

Blame it on the rain

Blame it on me

 Blame it on me

 

Come the Morning

 

Take a long last look in the morning…I leave here with the sun

Love like me don’t come along…remember me when I’m gone

 

Pay no heed to the darkness… let the low light call my name

Today I feel the good times.…tomorrow I feel the pain

Aint it all….a long way back...But maybe I’m to blame …

In the morning…in the morning…It’ll be all the same

 

Lay my head in the midnight…Pull the covers over my eyes

I got no time for the singing …I leave here before you rise

 

I may not tread so lightly… I take what I can find

In all that lies before me now…the less I leave behind

 

Stay up on the open line…before you send me down

In the morning……I don’t make a sound…

 

Roll me out of the window now cause I’m as good as gone

In the morning…oh the morning… I’ll be moving on…moving on…

 

Torn in Tatters

 

And though I’m contemplating the guilt that’s in my head

Getting tired of waiting got a chance to run instead

 

I never meant to be here… must have lost my way

Set a new direction… by the stars that gone astray

 

Seen the sign above you… oh I’m feelin green

Never meant to love you..you were only in my dream...

Where things aint what they seem

 

Seen the storms a comin..from the mountains way out west

You grew up in the country with a gun across your chest

 

Nothing really matters…when you’re swimming with the gold

I’m torn in tatters…and your lips they leave me cold

No one sees you when you’re old

 

Winter time’s approaching…oh you bring me down

You leave me guessin… when will love be coming round

Oh when I’ll be coming round

 

Though I’m contemplating the guilt that’s in my head

Getting tired of waiting gonna sing this song instead

 

Deeper Dawn

 

When I feel the low light fallin over me

I shade my head for nothing neath a fallen tree

For a while I spent my time on the frozen land …

For the sake of what’s to come now and for who I am

 

I went up north for a while…’cross the mission line

I got more to figure.. than in all my time

I left my love behind…for the deeper dawn

I’d rather fall behind an empty heart than to lead her on

 

Oh…. it’s fine to go away

And I believe this kind of love is pullin me away

 

There are tales of golden seas of crystal blue

There are hearts left forgotten for the sorry few

I want a wife and two kids just to ease my fears

But I’m still all alone after all these years…

 

Oh…. the sun is turning gray

And I believe this kind of love is pullin me away

I believe this kind of love is pullin me away

I believe this kind of love is pullin me away

 

Higher Than The Mountain

 

Come with me we’ll float up higher than the mountain

Come with me we’ll sink to the bottom of the sea

 

I had a girl like you… she rolled me in the shadows

Then she blew away… and left me all alone

 

Felt a little familiar

 

The girl I knew she ruled with the rhythm of the sunshine

A girl like you…she knows just how to please

 

She’s a one in a million…roses in the rain

She’s gonna leave you…coming back again…

 

I only wanted to be…I only wanted to be…

one in a million…(3x)

 

Come with me we’ll float up higher than the mountain

Up..higher than the mountain

Up..higher than the mountain

Up..higher than the mountain

 

Midnight Trail

 

On the Midnight Trail ….that’s where I was born
On a lonely night as cold as the day is long
Let me take you there…..
On the Midnight Trail

On the Midnight Trail …. That’s where I was sold
I was gone for so long got to call it home
Let me take you there…
On the Midnight Trail

          Well I’m alright
          If I get me through the night
          Hope to see you all again…..

 

          Well I’m alright
          I made it through alright
          now I see it all so clear…..
          in the morning light….


On the Midnight Trail ….That’s where I was found
You never know when you find your love it’ll bring you ‘round
Let me take you there…..
Love is everywhere…..
On the Midnight Trail 

When We Were Young

 

Oh when were was young…..we’re rising on

Over the hill…over the hill

 

Right and well on the way…and all we say

Sounds so real..sounds so real

 

Then we’re all on our own…full and grown

holdin so high…holding so high

 

Are you willin to come… and find the sun

are you willing to try…willing to try

 

When we were young…everything’s fine

when we were young…it’s all on the line

all of the time

 

Now we’re half of the same….with fire and flame

and roses in bloom …roses in bloom

 

Soon all the green will be gone…we’ll all be gone

try to find a way through…find a way through

 

When we were young…it’s never too old

When we were young…lo and behold

When we were young…but only for long

When we were young ….right or for wrong

The old and young…along for the ride

When you hold the sun……it’s harder to hide

Harder to hide…it’s harder to hide

 

Farm

 

Down on the Farm…That’s where I was born

A child of the foothills….in the thunder of the sun

 

When I’m on the farm…There’s nothing much I need

Just beatin on the drum…reading the book the old folks read

 

I’m goin down… Down on the farm

 

Call it the open wide now…call it a lonely day

Plenty of place to hide now… till the wind come blow it away

 

I’m goin down… Down on the farm

 

That’s the good life…that’s the good life for me

Hold no fortune or fame…only sunshine or rain…

 

That’s the good life…that’s the good life for me

That’s the good life…that’s the good life for me

That’s the good life…that’s the good life for me

That’s the good life…that’s the good life for me

 

Love is a terrible thing

 

Love is a terrible thing

And it always seems to bring

Long and lonely nights

Things aint feeling right

 

gonna sit and waste some time

gonna sip a little rain or shine

Then I’ll wait to chase it down

Till love……come back around

 

When I look…….out on the sky

See a train come rollin by

Weavin on by sea or land

Gonna make you understand

 

Then we walk……… where the sun lay low

see a high unfadin glow

you know it’s always hard to win

When you’re losin faith again

 

Oh no… you never know once you find it all

Slow down… oh it won’t be long…no it won’t be long

 

Till love is a beautiful thing

And the winter it turns to spring

And I’ll be runnin new…

When all’s in doubt…and I’m fading out…

I’m holdin on…holding out.. for you…just for you

 

Meet Again Someday

 

May we all be happy… far away from sad
May we all remember….good times that we had
And there ain’t no sunshine…..without a drop of rain
And we’ll all meet again here some day

Well I once was lonely…..Now I’ve company
And I once was blinded …. now my eyes can see
And my hope was fading ….  ‘Til there came a ray
That we’ll all meet again here some day

          May we all be happy…. Not so sad and low
          May we all rejoice in….Good times that we’ve known
          When the lord comes to greet you….let him lead the way
          ‘Cause we’ll all meet again here someday

         

The Spring time is coming….. Winter’s in the past
The warm sun is shining… cold ain’t gonna last
And I saw two children…come outside to play
Yeah we’ll all meet again here someday….

         

Let us all be happy…. Just like Ma and Dad
          Let us all remember….Good times that we’ve had…
          So when the lord comes to greet you….let him lead the way
          and we’ll all meet again here someday. …..hay….

Yeah we’ll all meet again here someday….. hay

And we’ll all meet again here someday…..