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Marooned
03:15
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I’m marooned, I’ve been schooled
And I’ve been right, but more often fooled
I’ve been up, I’ve been down
But you are twisting me all around
Trying to dig my way out of this hole I found myself in
I don’t recall it being my fault but I guess it is
I’m marooned
I’ve been schooled And I’ve been right But more often fooled I’ve been up
I’ve been down
But you are twisting me all around
The streets of this town all run together and I can’t find my way out I drive in circles all night searching for that light
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The Truth and Love
02:59
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“Where are you going?” I said to her
She turned her back on me, walked out of the room
So I said it again, “Where you going to?”
She was the girl that I’d have sworn
Would never break my heart
But there it is, plain to see, on the floor
No one could make up a story like that
And if that’s the price of love then please take it back
Because the truth ain’t worth it anymore
Pictures of her bring me to my knees
But I keep them around like aces up my sleeve
And pull them out every time the truth hits home
She said she loved me too much to carry on that way
Just not enough to stay
And she left me there and my heart on the floor all alone
No one could make up a story like that Please tell me how am I supposed to react
Because the truth ain’t worth it anymore
Peculiar how true love
Are two words that just don’t signify a thing to me
And I swear that next time
I won’t let one or the other get the best of me
“Where are you going?” I said to her
She turned her back on me, walked out of the room
So I said it again, “Where you going to?”
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He took the long way down to the sea
Picking his way through the darkness to the beach
Stood there listening to the waves
Praying that one would carry him away
To the bottom of the sea
To the darkest place there is
Maybe one day they would find
The stones that carried him down
Now some will rise and some will fall
On the fortunes that buffet us around like some rag doll
Some will hang on that thin thread
Praying that someone will reel them back again
From the bottom of the sea
From the darkest place there is
Maybe one day they would find
The stones that carried him down
And where the tide goes
So will I
And where the wind blows
So will I
And where the sun shines down
On the waves that crown me
I will wait for grace to bring
Someone to rescue me from the bottom of the sea
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4. |
Anywhere You Go
03:40
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Don’t you think the times come to stop
Second guessing everything
It’s like a sickness we’ve both caught
Makes us hear everything the wrong way
I cannot say, what’s the right way
Or what it is that’s ailing us
But I will always be the one thing
To stay with you when everything gets hard
Something’s lost when we open our mouth
And try to say anything
It’s like the truth hides when it’s been found out
And we’re left with nothing to say
But then you lie down right beside me
Your heart beat the only measure of time
And all the years bring the peace of knowing
When darkness and fear surround you
You can turn around to
Fall right back into my arms
Anywhere you go I’ll stay by your side
Anywhere you go
So will I
Anywhere you run, anywhere you fly
Anywhere you go
So will I
Because if there’s one thing I’ve learned
This is not some dream
You can to wake up from
Anytime you please
For dreams are fleeting
They leave me empty
I’d rather spend the rest of my days with you
Than choose
All the nights I dreamed alone
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5. |
Borderline
03:14
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James is going to Canada
To cast his eyes at the edge of the world
And walk right on up to heaven
With laughing eyes and cowboy smile
Driving across that long Red River bridge
My sisters and I hold our breath while daddy counts down the mile
Flying above our heads, a long line of blackbirds float
Like a funeral ribbon caught up by the wind
But James is going to Canada
Where endless white stretches to the horizon
Welcomes him home like some ageless friend
With arms held wide
And there’s nothing between the Canadian Shield and the Oklahoma line
But a string of blown down barbed wire fences
Chances are James saw all that he needed to
As he was taking flight
We return across that borderline
There’s silence in this car but for the prairie wind outside
And mother gives us a sign
Sometimes it’s OK to be afraid
But there are many miles left to drive
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6. |
The Plan (is Revealed)
03:59
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He’s big and he’s brash and he’s over the top
He tries too hard to be loved by anyone
And his intentions are fine, he’s just crossed all the lines
And he’s making himself into a monumental mess
But it’s alright, yes it’s alright
It’s all part of the plan
And it’s just fine, just fine Right where I am
With his fading good looks and his weary smile
Still thinks he can run with the colts on the line
But they’re around the track and under the wire
And he’s a $100 short and ten years shy
But it’s alright, yes it’s alright
It’s all part of the plan
And it’s just fine, just fine Right where I am
But he’s running out of time
And he’s running out of spine
And he thinks he knows
How the story goes
Two, three, four
I’m not here anymore
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Waiting for the nightmare to pass
Saving all my prayers for the last
Moment before they cast me out Into a wilderness
I don’t know why they’re telling me I deserve this fate Children heed what I say
If you can’t pick your words, pick your friends carefully
For the times are becoming dangerous
For the chosen few there is no consequence
I don’t know why they’re telling me I deserve this fate
They don’t see the light
They can’t feel the heat
As we walk through the blood in the streets
They don’t feel the blast
Or hear the sound of shattered glass
But so quick to claim victory
Waiting for the nightmare to pass
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Sensible
02:17
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If you want to know the secret of my heart don’t be shy
If you want to taste the truth of my lips Come right by
Leave all your thinking beside Your senses are all that’s required
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9. |
Back and Forth
03:31
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Come to me and speak with me for a while
I promise not to smile before you smile
And I’ll never cry until the time is right
I won’t raise my voice until there’s anger in your eyes
Come to me and speak with me for a while
Come to me and let me apologize
I promise not to try and read your mind
And I won’t let my imagination become my wife
Because the scent of your body, I can’t live without
And the sound of your sighs, I can’t live without
Oh But…
Simple promises are simply broken
And simple lines are easily crossed
Blindness between lovers is a common illness
Your words become noise and communication, talk
And we talk, and we talk, back and forth
And we avoid the discussion, back and forth
And a simple omission was our only fault
Simple enough
Come to me and you’ll see my love
Come to me and you’ll be my love
Come to me
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10. |
Sun Down
04:13
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Stay with me till I am gone I won’t be very long
For this shadow crept up by inches
And the inches lined up are the measure of my life
And my breath slows the hand of time
Sun down, sun down
When all your world goes to ground
The earth gives way beneath your feet and you fall
Sun down, sun down
He said,
“I feel like I’m wasting away
And the living world grows thinner every day
Now no nourishment can satisfy”
And he laid down his head, and closed his eyes
Now all I can remember
Is the last time he smiled at me
Saying we would both be alright
Sun down, sun down
When all your world goes to ground
The earth gives way beneath your feet and you fall
Sun down, sun down
And my breath now slows the hand of time
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Brian Ledford Port Townsend, Washington
Brian Ledford draws from his roots and what’s close to his heart and transforms it into great
songs.
Music as much informed by The Clash as The Flatlanders. At turns as lush as Lanois, or as direct as Cash. The son of Oklahoma concrete finishers and Oilmen, he was born and raised in Texas based in Lubbock, Ft. Worth and Austin before relocating to the Pacific Northwest.
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