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The Power of Prayer
03:30
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It's a long, hard road to the glory land, I'm starting my good work now
Spirit's gonna take me by the hand, if I start my praying now
The earth's in trouble, the people too; I'm looking for a sign
Gonna leave my wanton, worried ways and troubled past behind
The demons are hot on my trail tonight
But my spirit's strong and my eyes are bright
(But my mind is calm and my heart is light)
Twelve burning moons, it's been a long year
But I won't disappear, no I won't disappear, no I won't disappear
My good ghosts will speak to me in dreams and the eyes of creatures
I'll sing the songs that come along from strange, enchanting teachers
I never knew what a prayer could do until they started coming true
Music is the medicine where fear and greed once grew
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Hot Potato
02:59
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You must have thought you were a hot potato
The way you threw yourself around
Always flirtin and tryin those nightshade eyes
On every pretty mama that you found
I always knew you'd never be true, tried to love you as you are
But child, you've taken your cheating one lust affair too far
Come see what you'll be missing one more time
Before you throw yourself a little further on down the line
You're too hot to hold and I'm the fool for thinking you were mine
If those pans are hot, then why the hell not throw them taters in to fry?
I must have thought I was a lucky gambler,
always blowing on your dice
Goin and showin you my hand
Guess I should've thought about it twice
Never rolled those double sevens, never got a royal flush
I guess I'd better find something steady 'cause it looks like I'm out of luck
I'm foldin and I'm boltin out that door
Before I ask the dealer to put me back in for more
You bent the rules and I ain't sold on feeling what I feel
So let me out cause there's no doubt I got the short end of this deal
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Southern Nights
03:01
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Those sunny, sunny days and moony, moony nights
Will carry you away into forbidden arms
Those southern nights so warm will find you wondering what's to come
It's got you smiling when you're trying to sing your sad songs
That humid air's allure will leave you wanting more
As you gaze into the eyes of your enchanted one
You won't know what to do but leave the life you thought you knew
But then the sun arises and you're all alone
The spooky willows weep along the moonlit streets
Pedaling through reveries of Erzulie
The madness of the night will make it all seem right
As if your fates collided in the mystery
You know it will be hard but reality is far
When you are floating through the stars on those southern nights
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A diamond has been hiding, buried in the earth
And under constant pressure since the moment of her birth
Miners try to find her to behold her precious gleam
But darkness overtakes them and she was but just a dream
Time is passing like a freight train through some lonely country town
We can watch from behind our windows, wondering where it might be bound
Or you could lie beside me, darling, in the candle's dancing glow
Where the secret's just a gentle touch and the fine art of takin it slow
We all keep our list of reasons to extinguish a burning love
Fire's wild and needs constant tending; nothing ever is enough
And we cannot know the future until the moment's past
Take me back to the night I met you, before the spell was cast
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Pinch Hitter Blues
03:19
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Chasing your shadows in your field of dreams
You say that you love me, back what can you mean?
I'm not a shadow, I'm real human being
Am I your star player or just part of a team?
I'm your third base lover, you won't take me home
You run me around and leave me alone
Then out of left field, I'm just a lawn gnome
The bases are loaded but you won't take me home
The signals that your catcher makes
Don't match the path your pitches take
And I don't want to sit and wait
For you to bring me up to the plate
I've got the pinch hitter blues from helping you score
When it never ends up as anything more
Than anything I've ever gotten before
Now our little game has turned into a war
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Happy Forever
04:34
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I'm not in the headspace for a love affair
You can hold me, but don't touch me there
I'd run my fingers through your hair
But I'm leaving tomorrow
My aorta's getting overstretched
I leave my heart and pack up all the rest
This gaping hole up in my chest
Just might close up forever
What can I even offer you but astral projection and a letter or two?
I almost start to feel like I'm a deadbeat dad
To the children that we never had
Like I'm always doing something bad
If I don't stay here and love you
If I could I'd pack your town upon my back
I wouldn't have to keep on holding back
Keep your calculated plans intact
You're too heavy to carry
If I'd never left and if she hadn't stayed
They might have never made those plans they laid
Been dealt the hand that leaves one card unplayed
And they're living together
You could blame it on my gypsy blood
But that's a little bit too Hollywood
I swear I'd settle if I could
But I don't know where my home is
The roamers want to settle down, the settled want to roam around.
In your eyes I see a soul I want to touch
And my dreams about you make me blush
Every contact gives me such a rush
Does that mean I'm perverted?
Maybe if I try I can grow out of sex
Let love and loneliness lay down to rest
As it stands my chances aren't the best
To stay Happy Forever
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Le Chien de la Montagne
03:46
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Il fait dodo toute la journée, la chaleur de Louisiane
Des sirènes sonnent, il aime chanter
C'est notre chien de la montagne
Notre chien de la montagne, Kozmeaux tous les coeurs tu gagnes
Buvons-nous de la champagne pour le chien de la montagne
Comme la neige blanche pyrènee, c'est un beau type
Grand et doux, il aime nager dans la Mississippe
On promenade, il est fameux. Tout le monde dit "o o o"
Un garçon bien et paresseux: C'est le grand Kozmeaux
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Hey there little mail lady, you're so cute
With your little mail pouch and your little mail suit
I wish I was that letter stuffed up in your sack
I'd say "return to sender" so you'd have to take me back
Marijuana in the morning, wake and bake the day
Acid in the afternoon keeps the doctor away
Cocaine til the crack of dawn, all my chores are done
Start the whole thing over, a new day has begun
'Scuse me Miss Barista, I need a pick-me-up
And you could use a mister busing those c-cups
I see your empty tip jar, I'll just insert my tip
Foam up my cappuccino, and filter out my drip
Hello Miss bank teller, tell it to me true
If I give you my money, can I count on you?
I got a lot of singles, you're gonna have to count
Leaning over baby, don't stop on my account
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Life Sharks
04:24
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Addicted to this sadness, I feed it til it grows
Larger than my destiny, a fork in every road
I'm a slave to my freedom, can't ever be tied down
I run around in circles away from where I'm bound
My mother and my sisters about to die of thirst
To be a better human or try to save the earth
I'm a wolf in sheep's clothing everywhere I go
They'd put me in the madhouse if they knew what I know
Got all these super powers, only my self to save
I rescue all the villains to prove that I am brave
I choose the meanest teachers, the fastest way to learn
The body of a maiden, the wisdom of a crone
They pretend they don't know better, like they don't know the rules
I'm building a secret lair deep below their souls
I'm waiting in the darkness, praying the sun won't rise
One day I'll rise up singing, I'm taking root to fly
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Another Animal
03:29
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I dreamt that I was normal, they looked me in the eye
They just walked past and never asked a million reasons why
I awoke and was this spectacle who should have stayed in bed
Or went to town in a burlap gown and a bag upon my head
Got that same old pit in my stomach from reaching beyond the sky
Our wisdom leads us far for love with a sadness in our eye
I found another animal from the sea-bound coast
He goes wherever the wild wind blows, he's the love I love the most
In dreams we walk together, heal each other's scars
Grandmother's voice will aid my choice as I follow my guiding stars
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Milly Raccoon Nashville, Tennessee
Trained by campfires and tavern jams all over the world, Milly Raccoon’s eccentric and poignant lyrics mix with musical
stylings that seem to have travelled out of the past, emulating classic country, early jazz, and other antiquated Americana. There is a connecting thread of spirituality, healing and liberation weaving through her work.
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