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Rocking Chair
03:38
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Life is a little like a rocking chair
Life is a little like a rocking chair
Life is a little like a rocking chair
Moves forward, back but
Goes nowhere
Oh life is a little like a rocking chair
Life is a little like a water drop
Life is a little like a water drop
Life is a little like a water drop
When your mouth is dry
It ain't enough
Oh life is a little like a water drop
I move one step forward
Ten steps back
hmm
So many times I'm losing track
Hmm
One of these days all will be mine
One fine day my light will shine
Oh, life is a little like a rocking chair
I'm going down to the river where the waters flow
Down to the river where the waters flow
Going down to the river where the waters flow
Gonna rest my mind
Ease my soul
Going down to the river where the waters flow
I move one step forward
Ten steps back
hmm
So many times I'm losing track
Hmm
One of these days all will be mine
One fine day my light will shine
Oh, life is a little like a rocking chair
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2. |
Give Me Space
04:17
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Too many distractions
Puts too much time on my hands
Too many distractions
Puts too much time on my hands
Feels like I'm free falling
Don't know where my feet are gonna land
Too many people talking
No one's listening
Too many people talking
No one's listening
All the clatter, all the chatter
Is mind-numbing, crippling me
I'd stop and smell the roses but I don't know where they are
Take a drive in the valley but I cannot find my car
Don't know which way is up
Which way is down
All the clatter all the chatter filling up my time and space
I gotta free my mind, put a smile back on my face
Treading muddy waters makes me tired
All the time
Give me space
Give me space
Give me back my peace of mind
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3. |
I Try (Covid Blues)
04:54
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Hot, endless summer days
Steamy summer nights
How I'd love to get away
No chance of that in sight
I try
Oh lord I try
Days keep moving slowly by
The news keeps me wondering why
I try
Don't venture out much
Beyond these walls
That makes me want to shout
Far too many pitfalls
To navigate around
I try
Oh lord I try
Days keep moving slowly by
The news keeps me wondering why
I try
Seems like it's been years
We've all had to switch gears
And try
In thick mud, I feel stuck
Hard to keep my spirits up
I try
Theories of conspiracy
Cluttering my mind
Adding to the misery
The truth is hard to find
I try
Oh lord I try
Days keep moving slowly by
The news keeps me wondering why
I try
Hot, endless summer days
Hold up in my home
I know that patience pays
Rewards of its own
So I try
Oh lord I try
With all that's left in me
I won't let it get the best of me
I try
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4. |
Closer to Home
05:01
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We're beginning to see
At the end of this tunnel
A light that is shinning
It's not very far
We're beginning to feel
An end to the struggle
Of searching to find
Where the sea meets the sky
And you and I have tried
And you and I have cried
Just up ahead
We'll be closer to home
How far we have gone
Since starting to roam
The path has been stranger
Than any we've known
But, just up ahead
We'll be closer to home
The ship we have sailed
On a sea of isolation
Has piloted waves
Of anger and fear
But we've turned the bow 'round
Looking for consolation
For the days that we've spent
Closing our eyes
And you and I have tried
And you and I have cried
Just up ahead
We'll be closer to home
How far we have gone
Since starting to roam
The path has been stranger
Than any we've known
But, just up ahead
We'll be closer to home
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5. |
Perfectly Imperfect
03:18
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I am flawed
I am perfectly imperfect
I get along
Being perfectly imperfect
I can't be what I am not
Don't ask for me to change
But, I give all that I've got
My honesty remains
And I am flawed
I am perfectly imperfect
I get along
Being perfectly imperfect
Take me as I am
Cause I can't do anything differently
My mistakes are never planned
But I make them
Perfectly
And I am flawed
I am perfectly imperfect
I get along
Being perfectly imperfect
I am flawed
I wrote this song
That is perfectly imperfect
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6. |
Good News
03:48
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I got no change in my pockets
I got holes in my shoes
No change in my pockets
I got holes in my shoes
I don't know about you but I
Sure could use some good news
Rain keeps pouring down
Soaks my bones, wrecks my views
Rain keeps pouring down
Soaks my bones, wrecks my views
I don't know about you but I
Sure could use some good news
The world is going crazy
I think I'm going too
My mind is hazy
And I don't know what to do
I'd look for silver linings
But the clouds are way too thick
A little positivity
Would do just the trick
And news
Good news
Tell me good news
Good news, good news
Tell me good news
I don't know about you but I
sure could use some good news
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7. |
Till My Last Breath
03:27
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Every morning
I see the lines on my face
Growing much deeper
Time feels like a race
Though my body keeps changing
My mind isn't aging
I still have so many dreams to chase
I got treasures to find
I got mountains to climb
I got places I'm itching to
Explore
I'll go from ocean to ocean
Just keep that forward motion
Till my last breath
I'll continue to roar
Age is a number
Or so they say
I feel its effects on me
With each passing day
But I've got places to go
I still have seeds to sow
Till my last breath
I'll continue to roar
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8. |
Decisions, Decisions
04:17
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Maybe I should'
Maybe I shouldn't
Maybe I will
Maybe I won't
Well I'll do that now
Maybe next time
Why is it so hard
To make up my mind
Decisions, decisions
There's so much to ponder
Decisions, decisions
How my mind wanders
It's amazing to me
I get anything done
Making decisions
Early in the morning
I sit at my desk
Thinking of tasks
I should do next
Time marches on
To the tap of my pencil
My undecided mind becomes
Too much to handle
Decisions, decisions
There's so much to ponder
Decisions, decisions
How my mind wanders
It's amazing to me
I get anything done
Making decisions
There's a time and a place
To let everything go
Put your mind on vacation and
Go with the flow
But then reality sets in
Next thing you know
It's time to make
Decisions, decisions
There's so much to ponder
Decisions, decisions
How my mind wanders
It's amazing to me
I get anything done
Making decisions
If I do this
Then I'll have to do that
If I go one way
I gotta go back
Well it would be nice to have
Someone just tell me
Then making these decisions
Wouldn't be so overwhelming
Decisions, decisions
There's so much to ponder
Decisions, decisions
How my mind wanders
It's amazing to me
I get anything done
Making decisions
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There must be some kind of way outta here
Said the joker to the thief
There's too much confusion
I can't get no relief
Businessmen
They drink my wine
Ploughmen dig my earth
None of them along the line
Know what any of it is worth
No reason to get excited
The thief he kindly spoke
There are many here among us
Who feel that life is but a joke
But you and I
We've been through that
And this is not our fate
So let us stop talking falsely now
The hour is getting late
Once I rose above the noise and confusion
Just to get a glimpse beyond this illusion
I was soaring ever higher
But I flew too high
Though my eyes could see
I still was a blind man
Though my mind could think
I still was a madman
I hear the voices when I'm dreaming
I can hear them say
All along
The watchtower
Princes kept the view
While all the women came and went
Barefoot servants too
Outside in the cold distance
A wildcat did growl
Two riders were approaching
And the wind began to howl
Carry on my wayward son
There'll be peace when you are done
Lay your weary head to rest
Don't you cry
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10. |
A Million Wishes
03:34
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Standing by the wishing well
Dropping in your dreams
Each one added to
A million more
Countless times your hopes were dashed
This time they may come to pass
Throwing wishes in the well
Guard your wishes carefully
Don't throw them around carelessly
You never know
They just might come true
You search the sky for shooting stars
Dissatisfied with where you are
Throwing wishes in the well
If wishes all could fly
On their wings, we'd ride
Viewing life
From a higher plane
But on the ground, we stand
Doing the best we can
Throwing wishes in the well
Ooo a million wishes in the well
Be mindful what you ask
Ooo there is a price for everything
Throwing wishes in the well
Granted wishes you will see
Not always what they seem to be
Once their done, you cannot wish them back
Head the voice inside your head
Look to all that you have instead
Of wishing in the well
If wishes all could fly
On their wings, we'd ride
Viewing life
From a higher plane
But on the ground, we stand
Doing the best we can
Throwing wishes in the well
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11. |
Head Above Water
04:11
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Tides go out
Tides come in
Days end
Days begin
Horizons disappear
Hopes and dreams fly by
I got a life
I got a soul
I got a million
Miles to go
A faceless clock
Tells no time
But time,
Can go to waste
While I try to keep my head above water
Try to breathe some air
Try one path, maybe another feels like
Swimming upstream
The sun will set
The sun will rise
We greet the day
With sleepy eyes
The fog soon lifts
The day moves on
The mind's
An empty space
Still I try to keep my head above water
Try to breathe some air
Try one path, maybe another feels like
Swimming upstream
Every day
Decisions made
With a different set of tools
Should I stay the course
Or turn downstream
Or Just play by the rules
I try to keep my head above water
Try to breathe some air
Try one path, maybe another feels like
Swimming upstream
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Alison Reynolds Tehachapi, California
A go-it-alone singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, home recording enthusiast. Original songs range from up-beat, feel good rock and blues (think Sheryl Crow and Bonnie Raitt) to introspective folk style reflections of life, think Joni Mitchel, James Taylor). The combination of guitar (acoustic or electric) and cello (acoustic and/or electric) make for some unique arrangements! ... more
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