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I Used to Dream

by Bill White

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Leaving Traces 03:34
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The last time you saw me I was dragging a broken guitar Down Aurora Avenue You had jumped off the #5 At the stop before the bridge We walked down the hill together And spent the rest of the day At the broken cup cafe chorus... In times gone by. we had been friends But I dont remember where or when Ive been lost in the world since then While you haunted the same old places I was six steps out of Hell Leaving traces Verse 2 Singing in the Moscow subways Sleeping in a Charlotte Jail My fingerprints are everywhere My blood is in a milkmaids pail Some say that I was famous But I was never that well known Even among those who knew me best repeat chorus Ive got to catch a freight Before the trestles break And I put down roots On foreign soil repeat chorus
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I Used to Dream 03:12
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I used to dream of giving you A red shoes tickle and a judo chop kiss I used to dream that I could fly In formation with the people I missed I used to dream of a time when getting stoned Meant living in a world of laughter The colors were brighter, the air was always lighter And the cold was just a draft I used to dream I was in love With people I never knew But I woke up from those dreams When I fell in love with you Today I walked beneath a rainbow The rainbow said, “Hi there” But I kept on walking Because I didnt care I never thought songs would be out of date I thought people would always be singing Even when armies tore down the houses of the gods I expected the bells to keep ringing I used to dream of evil And the christening of doom Every time I woke up I felt the devil in the room Still I dream of a time When everyone agrees That no one has the right To take another persons life
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A Tree That Cried 02:46
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A tree that cried for those who died Hanging from its arms Became a girl Who spun and twirled And sang a weeping song When she arrived at the city Incredibly pretty They put her on a stage She started to sing Her tears would bring Out the sorrow and the pity of the tree The people heard Her crying words Tears began to fall Into sorrow so deep The song that weeped Covered them, one and all As the water recedes She goes back to the tree Still weeping for all humanity In the forest of dreams The world hears the screams But the killings go on and on
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Sadly Came the Day 02:33
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It was the day The day had come Sadly came the day A leap, a jump The day had come For the human jump Back they jumped, not forward Back into the sea Some followed the gorilla Some the chimpanzee Nothung remains of Hamlet None follows the Christ The chimpanzee or the gorilla Leads them back into the night It was the day The day had come Sadly came the day
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It's Raining In the Mountains 03:37
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Its raining in the mountains There is fire on the plains Aint no place safe any more And there is no one left to blame No more buses leaving I cant even take a train Its raining in the mountains and I cant go home again Down into the Maple Valley To where the Cedar River flows We used to swing across it Hanging from a piece of rope It wasnt hard to catch a salmon Using both of your hands with the morning sun a rising Feet planted deep in the sand I found water in the deset Where there was none to be found I found love in the asylum Now its buried in the ground Its raining in the mountains There are fires on the plain Aint no place safe anymore And I cant go home again
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Blackberries 03:17
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I have been looking for you, my love In the smell of blackberries Between the sailing boats and the ferries I am passing through buildings Like the breaking of the air While the clouds are collapsing I can find you in the eucalyptus honey As I climb the Evergreen Baby baby Are you falling From trees you have never seen Or are you looking for me in the street Where blackberries grow wild Like they did when you were a child I have been looking for you, my love In my dreams and memories Surrounded by blackberries I can find you in the eucalyptus honey As I climb the Evergreen Baby baby Are you falling From trees you have never seen Or are you looking for me in the street Where blackberries grow wild Like they did when you were a child
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Rainbows in the Dark 04:52
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Sometimes it seems Hopeless, I know Cant stay here But theres nowhere to go People say Im crazy Thinking about it Life is a puzzle And the pieces dont fit You can feel the chill of the evening When ( night balances the day The birds finish their singing and the wise men have nothing more to say You remember the leaping sunrise When you ran barefoot through the park But try as you might In the middle of the night You will never see )Rainbows in the (C) dark Stupid and stubborn Refusing to learn At the end of the road The wheel has to turn I look in the mirror See a naked ape Sometimes a dream Is the only escape
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In My Dreams I Am Never Old 03:01
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The rain fell as it used to fall When I ran through the red square. I entered a house where I used to live And spied a rain-soaked student there. She disappeared into a room, I started down the stairs, My life alive with tales untold. In my dreams, I am never old Whose face is at the window Whose shadow on the door Who whispers to me nightly This house is yours no more The bookcases are empty All that was bought is sold Awakening to ashes In my dreams I am never old Though nails would confine me Within this dreadful place I shall never lose my ties With the human race The story is not over Until all the tales are told Im racing with the children In my dreams I am never old
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I Miss My Friends 03:31
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Got a happy birthday mesage from an old friend Saying we sure did have some good times But time and distance had put us so far apart That we should admit those days had come to an end I miss my friends Showing our movies singng our songs Jake is still around Owen and Chris are gone Wish I could return to those radio days Give my favorite song a couple extra plays Some things that get torn you never can mend I miss my friends Richard Moore, Brother Blue, Billy Barnum, sad but true Even those still in the game are fading out down penny lane We drift apart, some take it hard We stop exchanging Christmas cards sometimes the ones you loved the most Hang around like angry ghosts There is a package that I forgot to send I miss my friends
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Everybody's Plane is Leaving 03:24
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You are my friend We do not agree I am in accord With the enemy Looks can be deceiving But if seeing is believing Then everybodys plane s leavng Except mine Danger in the land You think its about to pass But your freedoms are done The worst is yet to come You put a man in power You think he rules alone But the shadows that surround him Used to work for Al Capone You have been cheated You have been lied to You get what you have got You havent had a decent leader since Kennedy was shot

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released July 16, 2020

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