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Undone
He
burns the road behind him
Leaves
no cobwebs on the moulding
Just
a tattered Spanish blanket
Hanging
lonely on the wall
He's
a stronger man at forty
Got
a weathered face from fighting
He's
the only one with guts enough
To
try and break the world's jaw
But
I know, yes I know
He's
coming undone
He's
got a stained and battered Stetson
He
keeps it pushed back on his head some
He's
got a hand rolled cigarette
Clinched
between his smiling teeth
He's
got no romantic notion
About
where his life is going
He's
apt to vanish like the vapors
He
might stay drunk and mean for weeks
But
I know, yes I know
He's
coming undone
I
hear the rain is falling
I
feel the spirit calling
I
hear the echo of the laughter
The
heavy sobbing of a cry
I
let his memory rest
I
won't follow in his footsteps
It's
not for me to pity him
It's
not for me to question why
I
just know, yes I know
He's
coming undone
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Cinders
I have turned
my back on you
Would you turn me back around
Beautiful and ignored
All your dreams are cinders now
Hold to me my one love
Hold to me
Terrified of what’s to come
Terrified of what’s in me
It's a holy place, my faith restored
Comfort found in one last embrace
Hold to me my one love
Hold to me
50 marks upon my back
50 marks for all to see
I can breath now, I can feel now
I can even speak your name
Hold to me my one love
Hold to me
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Meant
to Be
Your
faith is a child
That's
been left out in the cold
With
his face to the glass
Sees
the light he longs to know
Still
your hanging on just the same
To
the one distant voice in the night
That
calls out your name
My
skys are swollen and gone all gun metal gray
Still
I shine like a dime
Sacrificed
on the track for the train
I've
seen those who've run hard
And
those who've tried hard not to run
Saw
a man without sight
With
the guts to stare down the sun
You
are where you are
Meant
to be
You
ask if I care
And
I swear that right now I do
Though
I'm past the point of caring
And
a bit broken too
So
here's one last hope filled plea
From
a man who found gold
Crawling
around on his hands and his knees
You
are where you are
Meant
to be
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Change
She
locked herself inside
With
her dusty books and linen
Never bothered dressing for the day
With the headphones full of Blue
She smoked herself to heaven
Thankful feeling Joni felt the same
She paints her eyes pitch black
Her
mouth a rich vermilion
Her arms and legs are long and thin like vines
She might be Camille or she might be Chameleon
But she damn sure takes your money for her time
Looks can be deceiving
Men are always leaving
Change is something sparkling on the ground
Love is just for suckers
That trust in something other
Than the flesh and blood by which we all are bound
She looked out the window
Of
a seven story brownstone
As a drunken cellist softly played his scales
She left no explanation
Only these words on the paper
Hanging from the mantle by a nail
Looks can be deceiving
Men are always leaving
Change is something sparkling on the ground
Love is just for suckers
That trust in something other
Than the flesh and blood by which we all are bound
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Receive
I
may have doubts, I may have worries
At times it seems I can’t go on
In just one moment that all changes
When in your strength I find I’m strong
You don’t talk down to anybody
You don’t speak with a forked tongue
No held grudges, no bitter judgments
No regrets for anything you’ve done
You just keep giving, just keep giving
You just keep giving to whoever will receive
I am tired of all this living
I am tired of the dying too
All I’m wanting, all I’m needing
Is the life that we once knew
And to just keep giving, just keep giving
Just keep giving to whoever will receive
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Lifted
I
won’t be smiling through the days
Pretending to feel nothing
I’d only do that anyway
To put the rest at ease
Don’t let the language fool you
I swear that I am happy
No reason in this world
No reason to complain
I was drunk and I was laughing
In the mirror at myself
I could hear you through the door
Whispering my name
Another night of sweat and glitter
So called courage in a glass
All our needs have turned to labor
Now the days go by so fast
I am not prepared to feel your body lifted
I am not prepared to feel you move away
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Weary
world
Open
up your arms embrace me now
This weary world has lost its way
Let the light of love shine down upon us
To lead us out of this our darkest day
Lately all I hear about is freedom
It all sounds like hate and fear to me
Shackled by the chains of power and privilege
A life for a life sets no one free
Mothers take the hands of your daughters
Fathers put your arms around your sons
Look into the faces of your children
Think about the damage that has been done
There is a dream that will not falter
There is a hope that you cannot kill
Wherever two or more are gathered
There
shall the grace of God be still
Open up your arms embrace me now
This weary world has lost its way
Let the light of love shine down upon us
To lead us out of this our darkest day
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(album credits)
"Undone"
& "Cinders" were recorded and produced by Craig Ross.
(Music
played by Craig Ross and Nathan Hamilton)
All
other songs played, recorded and produced by Nathan Hamilton.
Mastered
by: Jason Richard
Cover
drawing: Nathan Hamilton
Thanks
to: Craig,Jason and Mark & Melanie McKinney
all
songs by Nathan Hamilton c.2008 irondustmusic/bmi
For
Sarah, Lila & Helena
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