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Scenic Highway
03:10
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When we started this thing we agreed
To pack up and only take what we need
And take a little road trip, you and me
Down the scenic highway to eternity
The scenic highway to eternity
I haven’t regretted it a single day
We’ve picked up some passengers along the way
That’s alright; I think these kids are ok
Down the scenic highway to eternity
The scenic highway to eternity
Though there’ve been potholes and stormy weather
Those just add to the adventure
And no one asks, “When will we get there?”
Because the trip just keeps getting better
And we’ll drop off our trip mates under fading skies
Our journey rolls on; it’ll be you and I
Life is the road; love is the car we drive
Down the scenic highway to eternity
The scenic highway to eternity
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Verse 1:
Beach Haven ain’t my home, I’m just a-driftin’ through
My wife and angel kids are trapped inside these walls
Where I can’t plow nor plant nor hang out my family’s clothes
No, no, no Old Man Trump, old Beach Haven ain’t my home
Chorus:
Beach Haven ain't my home! I just cain't pay this rent!
My money's down the drain! And my soul is badly bent!
Beach Haven looks like heaven where no black ones come to roam!
No, no, no! Old Man Trump! Old Beach Haven ain't my home!
Verse 2:
Across Beach Haven’s grass I see my brethrens pass
They try to hide their misery behind that window glass
We all are crazy tools as long as race hate rules
No, no, no Old Man Trump, old Beach Haven ain’t my home
Chorus
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Black Swan
03:37
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Traveling on space highway now
Three long years to this day
A billion million trillion miles
Home is a long, long way away
From bow to stern she's 20 miles long
Ten miles high and wide
A beautiful swan in a silent sea
No water to slow her down
Sometimes it seems we're motionless
Caught between time and space
Other times star systems rush headlong by
Like stallions who will burst if they rest
No earthly sound can penetrate
There’s black and there is void
Only thoughts and dreams of the unborn there
Free your body and fill your mind
Every day down those quiet canyons
Like a love that formed the stars
And people that shop at the market place
And the ship floats ever, ever on
If ever we come to our promised land
Gotta take the shuttle back
For the black swan never ever comes to rest
Never stops to say goodbye
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Us Against Them
03:04
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Like an 18-wheeler
On the info superhighway
Another headline-stealer
Is barreling down my way
Another senseless murder
Over race or creed or preference
I’m getting buried under
The volume and I have no defense
No defense against the heartache
At another creature sacrificed
And it’s nothing like they’ve faced
How much more can any of us take?
Stop thinking it’s us against them
We’re all on the same side
Stop thinking it’s us against them
There’s no need for us to divide
There are those in power
Who seek to play upon our fears
They paint the future dour
Yeah, it’s been going on for years
And while they have us fighting
They horde away more money for themselves
I know that sounds frightening
But guess what? They’re frightened as well
They mistake the smile
That is on a friendly neighbor’s face
For the sneer of a crocodile
Their heart pounds and their pulse begins to race
Stop thinking it’s you against us
We’re all on the same side
Stop thinking it’s us against them
There’s no need for us to divide
Stop thinking it’s us against them
We’re all on the same side
Stop thinking it’s us against them
There’s no need for us to divide
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Song Sparrow
02:14
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Verse 1:
I was sittin’ in the grass, a gentle breeze blew past
Nearby a little creek ran through
It was singin’ a song of spring
And someone else was singin’, too:
Chorus:
Song Sparrow on a branch there-o
Singin’ for the love of the song
Song Sparrow doesn’t have a care-o
Just singin’ there all day long
Verse 2:
Song Sparrow. no thought for the morrow
Yesterday is yesterday’s news
Joy from sorrow, when your tune I borrow
To chase away my wintertime blues
Chorus
Bridge:
Song Sparrow, what’s that key?
Song Sparrow, what’s the meter?
Song Sparrow, nothin’ but glee
Song Sparrow, nothin’ is the matter
Chorus
Verse 1
Chorus
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6. |
The Castle
02:49
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There is a castle on the hill
It is lovely and genteel
Though I know it isn’t real
I see it standing up there still
Built on a foundation of lies
Its fearful towers reach the skies
And what really makes me cry
It was built by you and I
With stones of ignorance and hate
And I hope it’s not too late
For kings and queens to meet their fate
But we can’t sit back and wait
We will tear the towers down
With the courage we have found
Throw each stone onto the ground
With wise love that does abound
Hear the trumpet blast of truth
Shake the cellar and the roof
We will set the captives loose
And our freedom will be proved
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In Christ there is no East or West, no North or South;
Only one great love inside and out.
True hearts everywhere, some deaf and some blind
Singin' one melody, lost souls cannot find.
Join hands and have faith, whatever your race may be!
Who serves my Father as a child is surely kin to me.
In Christ now meet both East and West, there is no black or white
Only one great love hatred cannot divide
Join hands and have faith, forgive your enemy
Surely we're all a part of one big family
Join hands and have faith, whatever your race may be!
Who serves my Father as a child is surely kin to me.
Join hands and have faith be with the one you choose
Take care of the plank in your eye, walk a mile in your neighbor’s
shoes
Join hands and have faith, forgive your enemy
Surely we're all a part of one big family
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8. |
Night Ballad
03:12
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The moon is framed with angel hair
Cuts me to my soul
In the dark the rustling leaves
Whisper tales untold
I walk the spiral stony path
Blades of grass protrude
In the breeze the frog sings low
A brassy interlude
The starry dome-shaped panorama
Of the nighttime sky
Shames one thousand manmade chapels
Makes the stone saints cry
In the midst of all of this
My questions flee undressed
For no words can ever clothe them
My thoughts can find no rest
I have found a makeshift chair
Of haphazard stones
Along the foamy sea shore there
And I sit down alone
All my fragile, feeble queries
I cast them to the winds
There’s no meaning I can find
Save experience
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There is a castle on the hill
It is lovely and genteel
Though I know it isn’t real
I see it standing up there still
Built on a foundation of lies
Its fearful towers reach the skies
And what really makes me cry
It was built by you and I
With stones of ignorance and hate
And I hope it’s not too late
For kings and queens to meet their fate
But we can’t sit back and wait
We will tear the towers down
With the courage we have found
Throw each stone onto the ground
With wise love that does abound
Hear the trumpet blast of truth
Shake the cellar and the roof
We will set the captives loose
And our freedom will be proved
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Lance Eads Portland, Oregon
Portland-based singer-songwriter & multi-instrumentalist
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