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No Easy Answers
03:56
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Is there anything wrong with me
Or am I doing just fine?
Is there anything more to carry with me
While I'm locked down doing time?
No easy answers
All the lines are crossed
No way forward
Other than to feel the loss
No easy answers
Only pay the cost
To keep your head with eyes around you
And to suffer what others are going through
When everyone else around doubts you
While taking no time to see it through
When the only way out is to sink down
To the deep dark depths of the sea
Only to lose and start again
And never speak a word of your loss
Never speak a word of your loss
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Humboldt Joe
03:51
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Humboldt Joe was an innocent victim of circumstance
Out of touch with the world since leaving the dance
He turned to prospecting upon a mountain of silver
But couldn't have foreseen the pain nor the hidden danger
Caught in the crossfire
Between two mountain sides
While searching for the way
Neither army won the war nor found what they were after
They fired a shot or two and then went back to Atlanta
Those hostile toward each other became indifferent
And the only one who was lost was the man with no side
To this day still no one knows his name
And to him it was all some cruel game
The stalemate served no solace for Humboldt Joe
And his love was lost all the same
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Carcajou
06:01
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Behold the departed soul
Who tramped with a snarling fury
Who braved the storm to hunt
And drove ahead tirelessly
But soon he was trapped
And began to fear the unknown
In the cage that set him in
For once, he had nowhere to go
So he clawed at the walls that surround
And tore away at what stood in his way
Forgive the beast who can't escape his instinct
That which is wild must remain wild
To his surprise he was free
To disappear into the sun
The elusive creature flees
And gifts us the lessons that we need
Too scarce to see for anyone to believe
Be free this land of mortality
Forgive the beast who can't escape his instinct
That which is wild shall remain wild
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The Rogue Detective
03:28
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Just cause it ought to be
Doesn't mean it is
To strive to live peacefully
Does it make it exist?
You need to speak up now
Or face the fact that you never did
Shame makes you wanna change
And beats you down again all the same
Shame makes you wanna change
And beats you down again all the same
There's no shame in holding onto grief
Battered by disbelief
And held down by pain
There's no shame in holding onto grief
Just as long as you leave room
For all the good things that you'll find
For all the good things that you'll find
Just cause it ought to be
Doesn't mean it is
To strive to live peacefully
Does it make it exist?
Soft eyes will make you realize
What you've been looking for this whole time
Shame makes you wanna change
And beats you down again all the same
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Sawtooth Monk Boise, Idaho
Outsider's Music
Seeker of Doom Wisdom
"Play the truth and it will remain the truth for listeners to discover when they are ready."
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