1. |
River by My Side
02:47
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Vagabond
Will you share your fire?
Vagabond
Please share your fire
And I'll play for you
For a little while
And when I'm gone
That highway's mine
When I say goodbye
That highway's mine
Just a road under my feet
And a river by my side
There was a time
I think I knew your name
There was a time
I think I knew your name
Back when the road and the river
Were one and the same
And when I'm gone
That highway's mine
When I say goodbye
That highway's mine
Just a road under my feet
And a river by my side
You can bathe
And you can eat
You can bathe
And you can eat
As you walk
All the way down to the sea
As you walk
All the way down to the sea
As you walk
All the way down to the sea
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2. |
Sickbed
03:34
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Hold my candle
I'm a shaky flame
Darling, I know you'll love me just the same
Blue and red
I'm burning in my new sickbed
Do you like the tune that's running around my head?
Put your ear to my chest
Try to hear what I'm confessing
We got hearts of stone
And no minds of our own
Hold my candle
There's visions dancing on my wall
Darling, your shadow seems so long and tall
It's you and I
On the waves of this lullaby
Cross my heart, I hope to die
Put your ear to my chest
Try to hear what I'm confessing
We got hearts of stone
And no minds of our own
We got hearts of stone
And no minds of our own
We got hearts of stone
We got no minds of our own
We got hearts of stone
And no minds of our own
We got hearts of stone
We got no minds of our own
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3. |
North Child
03:09
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As a boy I spent some time
In the breezy mountains of Caroline
But a northern child is a northern child
And he's always north bound after a while
Because a north child don't feel at home
Not without those cobblestones
That your dear old great granddaddy laid
Not without the cold drizzling rain
Ain't you got love left for Caroline?
Ain't you got love left for Caroline?
In the field I was a fine young man
A southern belle, she held my hand
She said "wanderer, please won't you stay a while?"
Though I'm a wandering man
Darling, I'm a northern child
Ain't you got love left for Caroline?
Ain't you got love left for Caroline?
I tried to fight but I could not stand
Don't a boy need someone to hold his hand?
Come now reflection, you don't need to grin
It ain't no fight you're ever gonna win
Ain't you got love left for Caroline?
Ain't you got love left for Caroline?
Ain't you got love left for Caroline?
Ain't you got love left for Caroline?
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4. |
Throw Down the Hammer
03:32
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If she
Could see me working
Would she know
I love her still
Or should I tell her
The first time I saw her
My heart pounded
Broke my will?
Throw down, throw down
Throw down the hammer on the concrete ground
And if I make a dollar by the sweating on my collar
I'm gonna take out my Maggie on the town
My hands burn
My fingers blister
But I'll never draw the line
Because only she
Can cool the blood
That's boiling
This heart of mine.
Throw down, throw down
Throw down the hammer on the concrete ground
And if I make a dollar by the sweating on my collar
I'm gonna take out my Maggie on the town
I once knew her
When I was younger
In the evening light
Of some summer dance
She said one
Must love another
Both with a heart
And with a hand
So I keep on
Throwing down, throw down
Throw down the hammer on the concrete ground
And if I make a dollar by the sweating on my collar
I'm gonna take out my Maggie on the town
Throw down
Throw down the hammer on the concrete ground
And if I make a dollar by the sweating on my collar
I'm gonna take out my Maggie on the town
Throw down
Throw down
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5. |
Soldier Blues
03:20
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Walk a mile in my boots
With your toes all turning black
Try living another month
Out of the pack upon your back
With a gun tied to your shoulder
Resting in your hands
You may feel what it's like
But you sure won't understand
Redemption on my mind
The question as to how
I feel it my bones
A laughter haunts me now
Haunts me now
It's resting in my hands
Well I feel what it's like
But I sure don't understand
Oh Satan did you laugh
When that old curtain tore?
Or when that sky turned turned black
Or when that soldier swore?
He said goddamn
You may feel what is like
But you sure won't understand
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6. |
Wilderness Song
03:42
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Maggie says she's walking alone
On the road through the wilderness she's going
A good forty days
Maggie says she met some evil there
As she hides her frostbit fingers in her hair
Says it's how she prays
Ain't it always in the corner of your mind?
The ghost-like face of something divine?
Who can say what's fact or fiction?
Who really has conviction?
Walk on down out of the wilderness
Well I followed her down and I almost died
From having nothing to eat and no place to hide
From a burning sun
And I strayed off the road
When I took a little shelter in an evil home
Now I'm the lonely one
Ain't it always in the corner of your soul?
Sometimes broke, sometimes whole?
Who can say that we'll part friends?
I will say it all depends
On if it's stone or sand we built the past upon
Maggie says if her heart is still warm
When temptation fades and the evil moves on
She'll come and see me again
Now I'm watching a figure walking my way
And Maggie's just a memory fading away
In the back of my brain
Ain't it always in the corner of your mind?
The ghost-like face of something divine?
Who can say what's fact or fiction?
Who really has conviction?
Walk on down out of the wilderness
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7. |
Bloody Thief
04:51
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Well it came down the line
Put your soul in a bind
All the prison and religion
On your mind
And no-one ever tried
To put you to sleep
For any words in a voice
Dark and deep
But you can let those demons rest
Leave it to me
Well I'll do my best
Because I know who you are
And who you're talking to
A bloody thief crying on a cross
And we left a few women
Crying by the door
What you stole in those days
It don't matter anymore
Because a thief he turns poet
When the nails go through
Well you told it God
Now I'm telling you
That you can let those demons rest
Leave it to me
Well I'll do my best
Because I know who you are
And who you're talking to
A bloody thief crying on a cross
Well I was fourteen
When I strummed my first chord
Seventeen said goodbye
To my lord
Then I got me a wife
And a baby boy
Who lets a thief have a life
To enjoy?
But we can let those demons rest
Leave it to someone
Who's gonna try their best
Because I know who you are
And who you're talking to
Na na na na na...
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8. |
Cool Clear Water
03:16
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There's cool clear water
From the mountaing spring
Way off in the sunshine
Where the river begins
I wanna go there
I wanna drink that fountain dry
Before I swim on down the river
Of all those tears I cry
I slept out on a mountain
Way under the moon
I swear by the starlight
I'll be home soon
You got all my promises
You know my heart won't lie
I'll meet you down the muddy river
At the place we use to lie
Yes I will
There's blood in the water
It flows through the earth
Drained from an altar
Tell me what is a dreamer worth
I use to go fishing
The grass was soft and cool beneath my knees
Now I'm kneeling by the holy water
Bless me if you please
Said I'm kneeling by the holy water
Bless me if you please
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9. |
Hey Now My Love
03:52
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Hey now my love
Do you remember the time
When I made my pretensions clear?
I tripped right over the jukebox and I
Baptized myself in a beer
And the bottle got smashed
And my heart abashed
You'd seen the nature of my ploy
That I really did care
As a slick-back-haired-
Black-jacket-wearing little boy
Hey now my love
Do you remember the time
When the sky fell just like a dream?
You and me tripping through the snowfall trading
Sips from a bottle of Beam
And the floodlamp light
Shining in the night
On the cold brick wall wear we hid
One two hearts calling
Fat snowflakes falling
On a couple of crazy kids
Hey now my love
Do you remember the time
When I asked if you would marry me?
I had no ring
And I did not think
To get down upon one knee
In the dim lobby glow
It was about time to go
You smiled like a movie scene
And the cold concrete
Hard beneath our feet
And the hum of one soda pop machine
Hey now my love
Hey now my love
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Ginger Bug Ellington, Connecticut
Conceived in a basement in north central Connecticut, Ginger Bug is an all-original indie rock trio devoted to stark, vivid storytelling. Prolific singer songwriter Reuben Torrey spins tales of latent sorrow, forgotten places, and the indomitable human spirit. With Jesey Meche on drums and Dr. E on bass, Ginger Bug’s songs captivate with rootsy grooves and an undeniable crowd-drawing energy. ... more
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