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The Way We Were
02:41
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Love Song
06:35
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The sun refused to shine that day; She lit the skies up with her eyes up and we loved on anyway; she wore her sun dress, i wore my bell bottom pants; the rivers didnt flow for hours,they stopped just to watch us dance; i stole a kiss and looked into deep her heart; "will you return" she asked me "if ever we are to part?" and I said
lady,child of the roses,id fight the mountains and seven seas,livin on the breeze,just to see you again; woman,sister of the angels, id fly upon heights unknown, live a life broke and stoned,just to see you again
well, there i stood alone,just broke and broken down; south of mason in some kind of ghost town i
stopped in a second hand store for a cigarette and beer; asked "can somebody get me a map to get me the hell out of here?" they said; "its almost dark,why risk loss, sit down and stay with us a while."; "i have a lady love and id risk it all just to see her smile"
My baby,got me wakin up smilin kinda women, id dream forever dream again, in a fantasy world of sin,just to see you again; sister,warm sun on a winters day,id breathe the smoke and fan the fire, livin on the wire, just to see you again
we spent 3 weeks in paris judging the rest of the world; i could have spent 3 years in hell just looking at that girl; she turned wine to water, well hell, we drank it like she could; how my god ever let those days end i never understood; "my lady if i gave you my world would you promise me to stay?"
"man, you could have no world to give and id love you anyway."
my brother,man who moves the mountains,id live a life of poverty, wondering who id be,if i never saw you again; girl,love hard like a summer rain, id wish to breathe but never breathe again, face hard to the wind,if i never saw you again
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3. |
Angel
06:15
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angel, my sweet angel, tell me, im still in your hands; its rainin, dark clouds above me, no soul to love me, no strength to stand
im broken, 30 miles from Austin, where Im goin, I cannot say; its dark, no lights above me, no relief comes to me, still its here i stay
and I dont know, what it takes to be a man, no i cant walk on the water, i cant turn water into wine
but ive robbed 30 banks for my daughter, i shot that damn sheriff for my son, crossed that border for my brother; and now im here, just standin here, on the run; and ill go, by the light of day, and i wish to god, that i could stay
and tomorrow ill hop town, yes ill jump on a south bound train; rap with people i aint never knew, see places i aint never seen; watch the florida sun rise, from behind the deep blue sea and still im thinkin of my home
angel my sweet angel, the road before me, goes on for days and days, its dark, no lights above me, o my angel, wont you light my way
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4. |
Georgia Nights
08:43
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though it wont seem it now, it was a long time ago
when i's still soothed by the rain and silenced by the snow
I stood beside her lost in those september skies
i stood beside myself lost in her september eyes
said im goin to chase the sun, o in georgia
wont you come with me when I go
she said i used to live a block down from easy street the grass was never as green as it seemed
there just aint no money in peace and love and rock n roll aint nothin but a dream
ladadeedada da dada da
10 years out of memphis, i spent counting the rain
i kept most the faces and lost most the names
spent some days with a bar keep, somewhere down the line
me drinkin my whiskey him speaking of time
said have you ever counted the stars, o, in georgia
i used to watch em come, and watch em go
and as they faded with time i began to see, they were never as bright as they seemed
there just aint no money in losin faith, but holdin on it aint nothin but a dream
ladadeedada da dada da
i asked an old grave digger, tell me why must we go
said ive prayed and ive prayed, still god only knows
long look to the west, at bold sun in the sky
said each days its hung lower as the years have past by
tell them to lay me down, o, in georgia
and have the violins playin, sweet and slow
as the souls have passed me by ive began to see,theres never as much time as there seems
there just aint no money in dust to dust, ashes to ashes aint nothin but a dream
ladadeedada da dada da
though it may seem it now, it wasnt too long ago
the spring of my life has passed me by, and i stand watching the snow
i find myself dreamin of all the years passed me by
i find myself dreamin of her september eyes
i dream of all the nights, o in georgia
but with the comin of the days the memories go
and as it all has passed me by ive began to see, it was never as real as it seemed,
there just aint no money in yesterday and tomorrow it aint nothin but a dream
ladadeedada da dada da
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5. |
Of Saints and Poets I
05:53
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we looked for our fortunes written in the stars, blinded though by bright lights and the passing of cars,strung on by hopes and dreams, on the way back from nowhere
we wrote songs of highs lows and love, put our faith into dylan and doves,the men wore long hair the women white gloves,dressed for nowhere
we smoked herb and drank sweet southern wine,we made love in blue grass and caroline, another day a whole nother dime,paid to nowhere
the sunrise shine light on ladies in laces,the sunset through dark on the mens aging faces, we chased the sun then the sun chased us,back from nowhere
the curtains were drawn on opening night, we carried on though the words were not right, the lead lost his voice the director his sight,cast for nowhere
we hoped to be knights and prayed to be kings,in dark times touched the sky though we never had wings, the crooks sat in slums while the heroes road steads,a war for nowhere
under bright stars the 3 men carried on,to find the young stable child of the dawn,few knew him right his own people found him wrong ,a king of nowhere
george gave his whole heart to sweet emily,dreamed of the simple life on farms in the breeze,the living don’t understand and the dead don’t wanna leave,a grave site in nowhere
and they broke the back of the blue collar women and the tattered souls
burned down all the fields in kansas, drowned all the deserts in mexico
they took and sold our heart for gold, hid the youth saying that theyd fixed us
and exiled all the bright lights on broadway, all the cowboys in texas
in front of god exposed as frauds, the powers stood naked and bare
still their torches burned igniting the destruction of nowhere
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6. |
Of Saints and Poets II
03:29
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put your ear to the southern wind, hear the way she comes and the wage of sin, from nowhere
white roses come 12 for 10, come closing time return to the ground again,but you don’t care
the black man with the magic flute, stole your gold and pin stripe suit, and rode there
the big hiest didn’t go as planned, blame it on the driver with the 2 left hands, and cold stare
your worlds spins on like the deepest sea,says the navahoe painted like a cherokee, way out there
brother killin brothers know it to be true,forgive them for they know not what they do,in nowhere
man told me had 20 years to live, spent 10 judging what the next had to give,with no fear
wise man in a chariot swingin low,says the more I learn the less I know, whats out there
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7. |
Another Log on the Fire
05:39
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People say Im crazy, well, i dont know about that
I'm sure I have an angel, but I dont know just where shes at
Ive been walkin through the desert since I was old enough to stand
if I stop walkin now does it make me less of a man
the sun it burns my weary back, the poorin rain drowns my last breath
I feel my words are fallin short I feel I'm failin the test
He said, "I tell you sister, I feel I've been walkin on a wire"
She said, "Brother all we have is time, just lay another log on the fire."
I sat parked on the train tracks, waitin for my time to come
the sun it set and set again, but it seem the train no longer run
I am broken I am jaded, I am fighting a war
Only in my dreams do I smile, lost in the memories from before
you say the levees broke the floods on its way, I say the drought has just begun
I pray for the poorin rain, you pray for the burnin sun
She said, "I tell you brother, my hands are cold my feet are tired."
He said, "sister all we have is time, just lay another log on the fire."
and it seems like years since I seen another soul come this way
and the sun has sunk so low for 100 some odd days
and any fool can see that there aint no way home
still the fire burns at least it burns not to find us alone
I curse the wind I curse the rain, still on and on the storm it spins
this ole road goes on like time, i run and run it never ends
I trust not my own two feet, I walk their way I dont know why
so often do I lose the will, lost faith in faces in the sky
still the southern, breeze blows through the trees, life as they say must find a way
when your lost in the dark of night, theres but no choice to wait for day
He said, "I tell you sister, I feel Ive fell I been livin in this mire."
"sister all we have is time, just lay another log on the fire."
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8. |
Stay
09:35
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Stay, if just to watch the fire fade, if just to watch the stars burn out, or until your sun come round again, if you can stick it out til then. Flame takes me back to when I was young, counting my days by the rising sun, they told me ignorance is bliss, I know now id trade it fast for this. Yes takes me back to a better time, I towed the rope I walked the line, I held the key to every door, o my god, what did I know? This oppressions dark but such is life, you live by your pen fall on your knife, but it seems im stuck here least til day, so until then love wont you stay.
Stay, or I fear I might not make it home, though I suppose we all go out alone and it’s a long and strange trip til the end, but you don’t have to stick it out til then. I fell in love in santa fe, came home to hear my momma say, why couldn’t you have brought home a good Christian girl? Im tired of your freak flag flyin ways. Since then love had some and gone, ive cried them tears ive sang them songs, but as it will time played its part, and I suppose I faded from their heart. But I guess every sunny day must end, eventually the rain comes round again, so until my blue sky returns from gray. Until then love wont you stay.
Everything must change, just as it all remains the same, the oppression as the one before, just a different time a different name. yes and this too will end, just as sure as it all begins, you see Lucifer he deals the cards and the house it always wins. So until tomorrow come on the wind, and all the saints confess to all their sins, until the great Dark Tower falls and the great by and by it calls. So until your final sunset fades, until your final debt it paid, until theres just nothing left to say, until then love wont you stay.
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9. |
If I Knew Then
08:08
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If I knew then, what I know now; I wouldn’t have, Thought so much on the hard times; I wouldn’t have,Worried about how or where I was running, who I was chasing, who was Following behind
I would’ve spent more time in the green grass; I would’ve walked a straighter line; Kept true to more of my vows; If I knew then, what I know now
If I knew then, what I know now; I see it all so clearly, lookin back and thinkin about; Runnin reckless, endless highways; Playin with fire, getting the hell out of Dodge; Livin life like were bullet proof, and findin out that were not; Lovin without knowin how; But if I knew then, what I know now
I would’ve taken my time, to stop and smell the roses; I would’ve read the signs, all we needed was right under our noses; Gone on the wind, like distant rainfall, not where we happen to be; Just where we happen to see, if id only happened to see; What I know now
If I knew then, what I know now; Theres still some road before me, still time to turn it around; Perhaps Ill find what I was looking for, all of those wayward nights ; Hid from the long arm of the law
Perhaps ive out run the darkest times, perhaps ill avoid the fall; Perhaps ill conquer it all
Perhaps ive conquered it all; With what I know now
What I knew then ; What I know now; Then; And now
(Just My imagination:The Temptations)
It was just my imagination, running away with me, it was just my imagination running away with me. Well, soon, soon we’ll be married. And have a family, o yeah. Buy a little house out in Franklin, TN; have a couple children, hell, maybe 3. And I can visualize it all. I don’t even have to tell you how real it all seemed, it was like a dream, but it was just my imagination, running away with me, it was just my imagination running away with me.
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Simon George Nashville, Tennessee
Born in Dallas,TX and raised in Nashville, TN, Simon's sound is a blend of simple story telling and aggressive blues guitar.
He wrote his recently published first album "The Way We Were" while in his early 20's living in Chattanooga, TN and is now in studio working on his second album to be released late 2018.
Southern folk psych rock for the thinkin' man.
infosimongeorgemusic@gmail.com
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