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How The Four Winds Blow
03:58
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How The Four Winds Blow
Staring at the ceiling for the third hour on end
And only four to go before the work week’s here again
Running through these questions and harboring these doubts
Fending all self pity, but I’m feeling down and out
Feeling down and out
I don’t know how hard the four winds blow
Through the northern pines
But I’ll grab hold and let it all unfold
Leave this life behind
A Friday night of excess, a paycheck quarter gone
A Saturday spent strung out wondering where it all went wrong
And all I want is happiness, my soul to feel at peace
My friends to still think of me, oh to do just as I please
Do just as I please
I don’t know how hard the four winds blow
Across the seven seas
But I’ll grab hold and let it all unfold
Set my mind at ease
I don’t know how hard the four winds blow
Through the northern pines
But I’ll grab hold and let it all unfold
Leave this life behind
I don’t know how hard the four winds blow
Across the seven seas
But I’ll grab hold and let it all unfold
Set my mind at ease
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2. |
Slow Down
04:15
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Slow Down
If we are young now, what were we then
Hold on while you’re flying on that rope swing thin
We were going 80, maybe 85 on that highway
Way way down, round and round, up we go
If we are cold now, what were we then
Slow down while you’re gliding on that ice worn thin
We were going 80, maybe 85 on that highway
Way way down, round and round, up we go
If we just hold out, what happens then
Forget all about what happens next yeah
We were going 80, maybe 85 on that highway
Way way down, round and round, up we go
There’s a reason that the lines change when you grow
Do you see me walking mine how do you know
We were going 80, maybe 85 on that highway
Way way down, round and round, up we go
We were going 80, maybe 85
Slow down now
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3. |
Wake Up, Hazy
04:12
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Wake Up, Hazy
Wake up, Hazy, baby
Oh where is it that you’ve been lately?
Running out of my head
To say I haven’t missed you
Oh honey that is so untrue
Feels like I’ve been dead
All the rain clouds roll away
Those are storms for yesterday
Brighter times are around the bend
Baby I’m on the mend
Wake up, Hazy, sweetie
You stole away with my heart completely
Pumping all of my blood
To think you used to love me
And now have you say I just got ugly
Can’t hold back the flood
(chorus)
So I’ll soldier on
Til I’ve righted all that’s wrong
Til I’ve righted all that’s wrong
I’m gonna carry on
Til all….
(chorus)
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4. |
Fare Thee Well
04:23
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Fare Thee Well
Is this the way you always pictured it to be
When did the stars in your eyes die
New variations on the same old theme
It shouldn’t come as a surprise
One day you think you’re firmly planted to the ground
And you will never need a hand
Then so sudden it creeps up without a sound
And you’re staring down at sinking sand
So before we go
and I never get the chance to say to all I’ve come to know
listen now to me carefully
Fare thee well to all those I love
peace be the journey for you now
I’d love to say I’ll see you up above
But I feel the heat upon my brow
And so you think that you can drown it all away
The flood will be nothing but kind
All it brings is death and decay
And magnifies the darkness in your mind
Pretty soon you find you’re only staring back
The future holds no lasting view
You’re so desperate to make up for what you lack
That you forget what it is to be you
(pre-chorus x2)
(chorus)
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5. |
Mama
05:01
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Mama
Mama I’ve been here too long
For anything to now go wrong
No one’s gonna go while I’m away
I’ve been here eleven years
Alleviating all my fears
So I think here’s exactly where I’ll stay
It’s just the way I am
Always making the stupidest plans
It’s just the way I deal
It’s better than feeling what’s real
Mama I can’t draw the well
It’s been that way for quite a spell
It froze up when I stayed upon the plains
But I don’t have a need to cry
Cause no one close will ever die
We’ll never have to feel that kind of pain
(chorus)
Mama you won’t get my call
Cause if I don’t hear words at all
No set of them can start my downward fall
Let’s all just keep this place in time
Is wishful thinking such a crime
I wish it out of hope and love for all
(chorus)
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6. |
May Song
04:03
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May Song
Like a breeze you came down to cool my brow
Like the sun you came along and to warm my frown
You’re my May song, you’re my every day
You’re my daylight and my night song
Little bird, you know, you know me well
Like the land that’s always green when you’re around
Like the rain that soothes and renews the hungry ground
(chorus)
You felled my heart, showed me the way
To love who we are, and from where we came
Little bird, you know, you know me well
Like the leaves you make me feel free high on the bough
Oh and the birds, my little birds, you sing with me this vow
Sing with me now
(chorus)
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7. |
Family
04:27
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Family
Brother, it’s been awhile since I’ve called you, since you have called me
What have we come to
Sister, why do you cry, you don’t have to if you don’t want to this time no
Mother, your chin’s held high, but that’s only to keep from folding
What are you holding
Father, you’re looking tired, but that’s okay you can let go your pride
I’m wise beyond my years
I’m years from being wise
You say it’s all my fault
I’d say you’re telling lies but
Maybe we can do this together
(I’ve got this feeling, it has me reeling, I had this feeling I’ve been holding to forever)
Maybe we can do this together
(I’ve got this feeling we can do this together)
Brother, I bet you’ve tried to hold onto what I held onto
Is that what haunts you
Sister, I’ve seen you smile when you want to, let’s make a choice to this time
I’m wise beyond my years
I’m years from being wise
You say I’m being hard
I’d say you’re slipping by but
(chorus)
I’ve been waiting on you, you’ve been waiting for me too
I’ll keep waiting on you, you keep waiting for me too
I’m wet behind the ears
But I’m not drying any tears
There’s storms we have to weather
But we’re bound and we’re tethered
(chorus)
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8. |
Train
06:17
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Train
The train rolls through at half past two
But this time I can’t be sure I’ll be alright
I feel pinned down and I feel scared
That my dreams will pass away in the dead of night
So I listen close to the words that are spoke
But I don’t find any comfort in their weight
And my bones shake at the thought
Of not achieving anything before the gate
And the rain falls down it tries to calm me now
But all it does is wash away the day
Sometimes these fears well they feel so strong
That neither train nor rain can carry them away
And the whistle warns of its presence here
And the rumbling, oh well it dirties my floor
And my head is so exhausted from the wondering
Where I’ll end up when I chance to hop aboard
And just as I feel that I’m at my worst
A thought rolls in like thunder to my mind
There’s always a second time around
Another chance to free yourself from the ties that bind
And so the train grows small as it carries off its haul
Just as I place my head upon the bed
And although this time I stayed behind
I can always catch the next train out instead
And I dreamt of all the lands where the tracks were laid by hands
And I dreamt of all that coal burned to the sky
And I know if these things can both be free
Then the same truths must for me also apply
And the whistle warns of its presence here
And the rumbling, oh well it dirties my floor
And my head is so excited from the wondering
Where I’ll end up when I’m brave enough to board
And the whistle cries it’s alright now
And the rumbling, oh well it shakes away the pain
And my spirits are so high from the wondering
Where I’ll end up when I hop aboard that train
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9. |
Waiting For You
04:34
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Waiting for You
You built those treasures up to store away
In favor of what seemed the best
But now they’re rusted and they’re lonely
Hiding somewhere in your chest
And you would never utter of it
Because you’re selfless to the core
But all that redness in your eyes
Tells what you’re really longing for
And oh, you know it’s time to go (don’t you know the time has come)
The lights here don’t burn bright enough for the darkness in your soul
And well, now while you’re waiting round (don’t get caught waiting around)
There’s a jungle out there waiting just for you
And so you put it all on hold
While the tree grows taller from the ground
But late at night you know you hear them
You hear those dreams still a-crying out
And you still work the day to day
And the accolades you’ve begun to win
But all you ever really wanted
Was to be a starving artist who was struggling to break in
(chorus)
Oh, do you feel it now
Feel it burn in you now, a hole
Burned in you now, a hole
Well fill it up now, fill it up til it’s gone away
No more leave it to another day
Gotta find another way, not idly by, it’s time to say
Where you are is who you are
While the flame burns on, don’t wait too long
(chorus)
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10. |
Peaceful God
04:11
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Peaceful God
Trying to find the words to say
How it is I feel but it keeps changing
There are fireworks inside my head
And memories of things I still regret
You’re down the line and you’re down on luck
I’m up here letting bottles do my praying
I’m clawing my way through the fog
But the more I fight the more I’m feeling lost
Wondering how many times I’ll see you
Wondering how many tears we’ll cry
Wondering how a peaceful God could let this happen
Wondering when I’ll have to say goodbye
There’s thunder rolling at my door
But in my heart is where the real storm’s raging
What good is good if it don’t do none
And what good is he if he cannot save the right ones
A hall light flickers off and on
And for every dusk a new sun comes a-raising
The ending’s lit up all too clear
But it doesn’t help to take away the fear
(chorus)
And I wanna scream til my voice is gone
I wanna scream til I’m coughing up my blood
And I wanna scream til my whole body is numb
But that could never be enough
(chorus)
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11. |
Voyager
05:29
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Voyager
Well I tasted a kiss on my first lover’s lips
But like all things the moment can’t last
And the seconds and thirds are just scraps for the birds
The newness is doomed to the past
And you’re nearing the end at the dying of winds
And you know now there’s no turning back
But the vastness so sheer makes it perfectly clear
There’s so much that we don’t know we lack
So godspeed to you, oh Voyager
Go now and throw wide the door
For somewhere out there must lie answers to share
Please find what we’re searching for
I was nine years from birth when you hurtled from earth
To undertake this heavenly trek
And now 35 on and several billion miles gone
I come to pay my respect
Cause well who would have thought that the knowledge you sought
Would make us feel so small
But now that it's nigh, oh it makes me want to cry
Accepting the scope of it all
So godspeed to you oh Voyager
Please give us something to see
Somewhere in the dark past our system of stars
Find us a reason to be
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The Host Country Des Moines, Iowa
The Host Country is Ty Wistrand (guitar/vox), Diana Weishaar (keys/vox), Tom Rue (bass), Ethan Weishaar (drums), and Michael Lovan (guitar). We are an exploration of sounds; a fusion of folk, rock, blues, a mix of hard and soft. We hope you enjoy our music. ... more
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