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by Lance Eads

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1.
Ballad of Little Jungle Turtle 02:58
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Jungle Turtle was born on 7/7/7 Turtle Ma said, "He's a gift from heaven." She didn't know yet Turtle Pa was gone He took the last Grey Hound to Saskatchewan Chorus: Don't carry it around, Little Jungle Turtle You were made to fly Call of the wild sounds, Little Jungle Turtle You know you gotta try Jungle Turtle grew up on the mean side He grew a hard shell but he was soft inside Carrying the weight of the world on his back 1 of these days his shell was gonna crack Chorus 1 day on the streets in the city Jungle Turtle made a new friend She was beautiful, she was so pretty He promised he'd be with her 'till the end Chorus Jungle Turtle came home to find his wife & their little boy at the point of a knife With his shell as a weapon he took the villain on He saved his family, but his own life was gone Chorus
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Summer of Lost Tears (w/ a Hopeful Postlude) 04:54
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When the grass was crayon green & skies were bluer than The bluest skies you’ve ever seen I remember friends of mine Playing ‘till the evening time And drinking Kool Aid like fine wine Then I made a big mistake T’was the last fresh breath I’d take As I stared into the fiery sun Bumblebees are on their way Gonna take my fun away & soon they had me on the run Bumblebees have got you on the run & ca-ca the sun Bumblebees have got you on the run & ca-ca, ca-ca the sun Now it’s the summer of lost tears Season of sardonic smiles Since all those carefree years I’ve crossed a thousand miles Now it’s the summer of lost tears Season of sardonic smiles Since all those carefree years I’ve crossed a thousand miles Faith is the substance of things hoped for The evidence of things that are not seen Faith is the substance of things hoped for The evidence of things that are not seen Now to the King who lives forever To the true God without end May our thanks & praise end never Hallelujah, Amen Now to the King who lives forever To the true God without end May our thanks & praise end never Hallelujah, Amen
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Heaven Bound 03:46
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I went down to the river Jordan To wash & become clean Washed 7 times in the river Jordan My body’s clean, but my soul is stained I went down to the river Jordan To wash & become clean Washed 7 times in the river Jordan My body’s clean, but my soul is stained Chorus: Jesus came to seek and save me The lost, & make me found Died on the cross to seek & save me He paid the cost; I’m heaven bound Jesus came to seek & save me The lost, & make me found Died on the cross to seek & save me He paid the cost; I’m heaven bound There are times when the light is blinding The dark still clings to me Sinner & saint when the light is blinding The dark won’t let me be There are times when the light is blinding The dark still clings to me Sinner & saint when the light is blinding The dark won’t let me be Chorus
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Not Me 02:18
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Rusty metal boxcar in the sun Just an empty husk Turning into dust Dreaming of a day when this is done Pile of bricks all chipped & growing moss Life was yesterday Now they turn to clay Grieving over time that they have lost Chorus: But not me I'm not going that way I'll be free On that last day As sure as I'm a free man here today Nothing can take that freedom away Shards of broken glass jammed in the dirt Once their surface gleamed Reflected all that's seen Now they just reflect heartache & hurt Ripped up piece of denim in dead grass 1 time they belonged But that time is gone Vanity, that time is surely past Chorus
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Contemplating Grace on an Exceptionally Cold October Night Opus #11 03:08
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Neon blots the dimming sky Icy black, the hues take flight The wind screams chaos in my ear & I’ll be up next to all night It’s nothing new once again I contemplate the same old sin There’s nothing different under heaven Subtracting 70 x 7 Something’s wrong with the world today Our morals lie in disarray I cry w/ joy at His divine love That pulls me close although I shove While I’m strumming you may be humming But won’t you listen to the words I sing Just when you’re thinking that your soul is sinking He’ll bear you up upon His wings Stepping in from the lead curtain Which winter has draped on the earth I feel the fire on my skin & the cleansing heat of my soul’s rebirth
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Patmos 02:25
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Heaven’s 7unleavened loaves have rose Dispatched from ash that has been blown & glows Near as bright as the lamp stand’s light Echoing in cosmic flight Down to earth’s strange aliens below Fission’s visions spinning toward fiords As much will gush w/out support of chords As the might of the tide of night That caused good old Noah’s plight Drowning all the evil throngs & hordes This time the dime dropped in the brine is heads The call after the fall is dead instead It’s been replaced through time &space Mankind is the chosen race To change the call is why the Savior bled Heaven’s 7 unleavened loaves have rose Dispatched from ash that has been blown & glows Near as bright as the lamp stand’s light Echoing in cosmic flight Down to earth’s strange aliens below
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Jonah's Prayer 03:56
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The word of the Lord came to me & I turned on my heels to flee No way, don’t wanna do what you say to do I jumped aboard a west-bound ship & tried to give my God the slip Farewell, to Tarshish I shall sail For God wants to set right The hearts of the Ninevites & wants me to burn bright W/ his guiding light, but They’ve done wrong in my sight And my heart does delight W/ every ounce of its might In their painful plight & so I took flight & did not do what is right A hellish storm did rock the boat & almost made it cease to float Heave Ho, they blamed my God & through me overboard Swallowed whole by a great fish For not doing as God wished That day I began to really pray Oh, God, save me from The belly of this whale Save me from this tale of A strange living hell, for I know as my tears swell That setting sail is how I Failed to do well & so you sent forth a gale & that is why the sailors do bail & I do wail The hand of the Lord came to me & pulled me from the raging sea Heave Ho, he grabbed my soul and rescued me w/ 1 pull I headed east to Ninevah To tell them of the Lord’s sweet love That’s right, the gospel light I spread that night
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Cold, Cold, Cold Blues (A Psalm of Lament) 01:35
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Cold, cold, cold blues & Cold, cold, cold fusion Cold, cold, cold blues & What’s to become of me? I’m downcast, forlorn, & Forlorn & abandoned I’m alone & lonely No one even knows me Here & I fear I’ll disappear Cold, cold, cold blues & Cold, cold, cold fusion Cold, cold, cold blues & What’s to become of me?
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The Valley of the Dry Bones Blues 02:14
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In the middle of a valley Stranded and alone In the middle of a valley W/ no quarter for the phone I found myself surrounded By a sea of scattered bones W/ a voice like echoed thunder W/ a voice like breaking waves The Lord of heaven told me By the name of He who saves To preach unto these dry bones & to raise them from the grave W/ a rattle and a shakin’ The graveyard came to life As with tendon, flesh, & skin then The bones were fitted tight & with the power of the 4 winds God breathed the breath of life These bones you see a dancin’ By the light of dawn’s first rays They’re the people of the promise & they dance in thanks and praise & Jesus is the reason He’s the word of life that saves
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Ode to a Little Prince 02:08
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Casey, Oh Casey Where have you gone? You died so young, child And we must carry on Down beyond the cattails Where lily pads entwine There you took your last breath Gone before your prime I was a child, too, then Now it seems like a bad dream The lake waters are still now Sometimes the tears still stream I hope you’re happier by far now Above the clouds the lake reflects & as you frolic with the angels Here on earth we can’t forget Here on earth we don’t forget Here on earth we won’t forget
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Epistle to B-Man 01:54
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We saw the city by foot Undercover of the night & a good root beer buzz Made you feel alright Tried to scare the near-sighted girl W/ raspberry jam But even with her glasses off She knew it was a scam Chorus: B-Man where’d you go, I don’t know B-Man where’d you go, I don’t know In your slippers & your robe Smoking an old wood pipe A serious look on your face Though you were laughing inside Beating the dormitory doors With a wiffle bat You fooled that old R.D. With sounds of dog & cat Chorus Roscoe P. Coltrane Lives inside your brain & it really chaps my hide The one I seek I can’t find We stayed in touch a while & across many a mile But so much time has passed & it went by so fast Chorus
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What News the Eagle Brought 03:23
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Soaring as a glider, hazy rider the air has caught Harbinger of past dues, oh what news the eagle brought The eagle brought Ho, rumble, rumble, drums belabored, beat the drums Happiness is fleeting, & what’s being has become Has become See the shadows fading, we’ve been waiting all along Melting as a dream into the stream that’s here & gone That’s here & gone Morning greets our faces in the places the sleep employed Now begins the chapter, ever after, the endless joy The endless joy

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There's blood on the tracks
& some of it's mine
There's tears in the grooves
& some are from cryin'
But I assure you just as many
Are from laughter

What I have wrote
I won't take back
Not one note
Shall I retract
May they endure beyond
The great hereafter

Written over the course of a little over 20 years, this is the 1st time I've committed most of these songs to recorded form. I've opted for the diamond-in-the-rough approach, rather than elaborate arrangements, though at some future date I might decide to record some or all of these songs with a full band, 4-part harmony, and a string-section for good measure. Who knows? Surely not I. I recorded every song here in 1 or 2 takes w/ no overdubs, using just an iPhone 4S. Enjoy your auditory sensory experience and have a nice day!

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released January 14, 2015

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Lance Eads Portland, Oregon

Portland-based singer-songwriter & multi-instrumentalist

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