1. |
Something Like That
06:05
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I went down by the river
Trying to find a way to waste some time
And I remembered the love i’d given her
And saw it was no longer mine
So I went closer to the water
Trying hard not to get too close
I saw a dirty reflection
As the water rose
I was down by the river
Saw a lizard slip on the moss
Made me think of how i managed
To forget everyone I ever came across
As I inched towards the creature
As it lay helpless on his back
Well I turned my head
As i didn’t wanna get involved in something like that
Well I went to the tracks
Trying to recall the time i spent
Tripping over feet
And spilling drinks
Now by the railroad there did lie
A dog chewing at a bone
I could see the fleas from here
Trying to make a home
Then I passed by the station
Didn’t see much was happening there
An old woman tried to ask me
For directions to nowhere
And I listened to the sounds
Of the steps of people passing by When I felt the urge to run
But i also felt the urge to hide
And then the train arrived
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2. |
Slice & Dice
04:34
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“You'll do what you've always done,”
Said the bard to the butcher
“You'll slice and dice and roast
And hang your meat on a hook”
“Well you'll always be a fool,”
Said the butcher to the bard
“You'll recite and write and sing
But you'll never get heard”
“This aint no place for foolishness,”
Said the business man to the bum
“You aint never gonna get no change
Only cause you keep asking for some”
“I’m the one who pities you”
Said the bum to the business man
“Cause, you see, you're stuck in what you can't do
I'm stuck in what i can”
“Things will get better,”
Said the politician to the crowd
“You have the right to voice your reason
Just as long as you aint too loud”
“What makes you different than the rest?”
Asked the head of the carpenters guild
“I’ll make sure you get your wood for free
But i'll make sure your tools get billed”
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3. |
Down By The River
04:14
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Hey sweet lady
Can’t you tell things aint the same ?
Come on down by the river
And share a swim with me
Cause it ain’t like me to stutter
And It ain’t like you to fall
It ain’t like me to burn for no reason at all
Come on down by the river let the water calm you down
Hey sweet lady,
Ain’t the way we’re living a shame?
Come on down by the river
Let the sunshine ease your mind
Cause It ain’t like me to stay
And It ain’t like you to wait
Now I ain’t used to looking at you in such a horrible state
Come on down by the river and let the breeze pass you by
Hey sweet lady,
Won’t you stop all your wicked games
Come down by the river
So we can waste some time
Cause it ain’t like me to ask
And it ain’t like you to say
Now I ain’t used to having us act this way
Come on down by the river and let the water take you away
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4. |
Traveling Man
04:34
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I’m a traveling that wanders for the soul
I want you to know they call me the troubadour
Hey mama, I cant seem to not dream of what I’ve been waiting for
I’m traveling light and give no response
I want you to know they call me a vagabond
Hey mama I cant seem to stand being alone any longer
I’m a traveling man bound for the road
I’ve been hearing around they call you the weirdo Hey mama, now didn’t you know I was a weirdo too?
I’m a traveling man that never does refuse
I hope you feel the same with me as I did with you
Hey mama me not being there or you not being here has got me blue
I’m a traveling light with nothing to lose
The road is long and I’ve road it looking for you
Hey mama, won’t you just gimme a sign. I may see you soon
I’m a traveling man and Ive been around
I uproot my grassroots and go from town to town
Hey mama, just tell me why you’re nowhere to be found
Nowhere to be found
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5. |
Morning Gone
04:39
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On the coast of a morning gone
I sit and wait at the docks of your love
There you sail away from me
And i know i’ll never be thought of
Still I wait on the cliffs of your soul
Just to see what comes my way
Maybe when, and if, I get to grow old I’ll look back to find you again
On the banks of chance and hope
I wonder if things will be easy
Cause I’ve learned that the callouses on my palms
Are the only things that belong to me
But I see something in your hand And I understand I’ve missed a part
For you are the only one to who
I’ve ever truly given my heart
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6. |
Moonlight
02:53
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Oh you know I think of you day and night
Just the thought of you makes me feel alright
I just wanna have you by my side
Oh moonlight
Even just the way you wear your hair
Is enough to make me not wanna care
Of all the things standing in our way
Oh moonlight
And I even love the way we fight
Baby if that was all I got
I'd be fighting all my life
For moonlight
Wheres the moon?
From the way your cards never show
To the way you go and pick your clothes
Its enough to make time go slow
Oh moonlight
Maybe If I had a chance
or at least you'd gimme one more dance
We could be having a big romance
Oh moonlight
But why you gotta be so far?
Without you things get to seeming oh so hard
I want you just the way you are
Oh moonlight
Wheres the moon?
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7. |
Collins
03:11
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Now cold Texas Collins was a Texas man
He had a six-string on his shoulder and a 6 shooter in his hand He’d see the Honky Tonk women, juicy like fruit
You ask what he’d been doing, he’ll tell ya “playing Boogie chilling”
Down by the waterfront is where you’d find him most
Usually with a memory or an ice cold ghost
He’d seed the Honky Tonk women. Bring him back to his roots You ask what he’s been doing, he’ll tell ya “playing Boogie Chillun”
Now cold Texas Collins was a Texas born boy
He’d have egg with his moonshine with a tune from Illinois
He’d see all the city women, looking mighty cute
You ask him what he’s been doing, he’ll tell ya “playing Boogie Chillun’:
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8. |
30 & 30 Blues
03:54
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I ain’t seen my baby in 30 days and 30 nights
I ain’t seen my baby in 30 days and 30 nights
Last I seen her it was her and the devil walking side by side
I write her letters, just to keep me in her mind
I write her letters, just to keep me in her mind
She’s the girl you always look for, you guessed it man, but never find
I ain’t seen my baby in just a touch a too long
I ain’t seen my baby in just a touch a too long
It ain’t right to love woman, a woman long gone
I howl at the moon just to let her know I’m alive
I howl at the moon just to let her know I’m alive
Sometimes she howls back, but its usually just the moon and I
I ain’t seen my baby for so long I can’t recall
I ain’t seen my baby for so long I can’t recall
Her face or her voice, lord I can’t remember her at all
And I wake up full of pain, and I go to sleep crying
I wake up full of pain, and I go to sleep crying
Ain’t it a shame when love makes you feel like dying
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9. |
Blue Bird
05:49
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I saw a blue bird
Sittin’ on my window sill
I saw a blue bird
Sittin’ on window sill
She told me to fly to her
Cause she just couldn’t sit still
I told her I couldn’t fly
And she just flapped her wings I told her I couldn’t Fly
And she just flapped her wings She told to me go ahead and try That I’d get the hang of things
I got to the window
Confident and dumb
I got to the window
Confident and dumb
The blue bird told me to jump And I asked her to hum
I saw her fly away
I knew the time was now
I saw her fly away
I knew the time was now
Aint that just like a bird,
Make you fly when you don’t know how
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10. |
Stuck
03:46
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She was born in the Danube in the time of a shaky reign
Green from the moss that would seep into her veins
Now a gypsy man knows where the gypsy never goes
But a gypsy girl tends to follow her own road
Stuck in the Danube heading for a dusty trail
She was raised in a moment of desperate working men
Black fingers from the mines and the letters they would send
Now a working man thinks and a working man drinks
And a working woman understands the other side of things Raised in a moment of being stuck in chains
She lived between moments of confusion and subtle pains
She never quite fit in and didn't bother keeping friends
But drifting men say “keep up or fade away”
But a drifter don't know who listens anyway
Lived between moments of hunger and loving flames
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11. |
Sofia
04:39
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Like a Summer wind she caressed my cheek
And whispered poems in my heart
I could feel the heat from her burning soul
I could feel the weight of all her memories
There she stood, happy as can be
With a twinge of sadness in her look
Her heart open to all of life’s dips and swells
With twist and turns as if from a book of spells
We shared a look, a moment of tenderness
And I was sure I could never love her less
Although it may be in my head
Her presence was something I never did expect
Like a cloudy day my eyes hung low
And then she came to make the wind blow
With her thoughts so strong and her mind so bright
And her soul so low and her love so right
I wonder something darling, I wonder sweetheart
if you’re thinking of us together, or thinking of us apart
We shared a glance, a moment of happiness
And I was sure it mattered more than the rest
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12. |
The Walk
07:10
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I walked along a road forgotten
A road beaten, a road of seizures
A road of death, a road of pleasures
A road with no end
A road with no signs
A road where you’re always lost unless you got a place in mind
I walked along a tortured path
A path forlorn, a street broken
A place aching, a place for cotton
A path with no wind
A path with no sun
A path where you just die if you happen to be no one
I strolled along a broken bridge
A bridge of hope and hopelessness
A bridge of last resort
A bridge bridging nothing
Above nothing but your dreams
A bridge where if you jump you're just stuck in the 'what it seems'
Then I ran across a plain
A plain of greed and vanity
A plain of rigid thought
A plain that grows nothing but trees
Trees that bare no fruit
A plain that if you’re hungry theres just nothing you can do
I swam across a sea
a sea with wicked things
a sea with no shore
a sea that became an ocean
an ocean deep and wide
where the only way to escape drowning is to try to ease your mind
i limped into an alley way
An alley dark and lush
An alley where the pushers push
An alley between nothing
Where you get an eerie sense
A place where the only possibility is consequence
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Mahdi Khene New York, New York
Mahdi Khene was born in Algeria, when he was one year old he moved with his family to New York City. He started playing the guitar at the age of 14. He attributes his song writing style to having been a self taught musician. A troubadour at heart, He is now based in Brooklyn, where he performs his latest Folk/Rock albums and composes original scores for films and documentaries. ... more
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