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Heart & Mind
03:33
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Well you never really know what anybody’s thinking, you only know what your told
You can scratch the surface until your fingers bleed, hoping something will unfold
But it can take a lifetime, just to know yourself
There’s a big gap between the heart and mind
So much lies in between, yeah so much lies in between
You can spend your whole life searching for things to find, still not even find yourself
You can get so caught up in working things out, that working becomes your life
I can hear people call out from all over the world, but no one answers their plea
Sometimes I wonder if anybody cares, or is this world to serious to take seriously
Yeah this worlds to serious to take seriously
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Let Go
05:03
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You want to let go,
The reason is there, but the will is not
The further you go,
The deeper the loss
You know there is further to fall,
Your already counting the cost
You’re driving home
Asleep at the wheel
The road knows you
Better than you know yourself
This road it can blind you,
This road it can find you
Have faith in your journey, Destinations never change
And where ever you go,
I will be there, You may reason too much
But you will always know
When you’re asleep at the wheel,
I will know, before you know yourself
This road it can blind
This road it can find you
Keep faith in your journey, our destination is sure
In the middle of the night, you can leave those ghostly bites
I will be waiting I won’t need to find a reason
Heaven’s gates have never been that appealing to me.
You’re driving home
Asleep at the wheel
The road knows you
Better than you know yourself
This road it can blind you,
This road it can find you
Have faith in your journey, Destinations never change
You want to let go
The will is there, but the reason is lost,
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Drifting
04:33
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I’m drifting, there is no place that I want to go
Just a one way ticket to a travelling show
And I’m drifting through a world
That just doesn’t want to know
Dreamers, make believers contented passengers
What you gonna do with all that thought inside of you
Ruminations don’t lead to nothing new…
And I ain’t nothing new…..
I’m been thinking, not about anything tangible…
But I think a lot just not enough to remember anything…
And where does it go,
All that thought you leave outside
Just dancing on the breeze, floating into other peoples’ lives.
All those times you tried to look inside
And I would take my thoughts and hide
You only wanted something, to hold on to
To give a reason to let me in you….
And I’ve been drinking, lost in a world of no memory
Just heightened awareness, of what is no longer me
What you gonna do with all that thought inside of you
Ruminations don’t lead to nothing new…
And I ain’t nothing new…..
I see your face, feel you breath over me,
And I remember why I’m drifting again…
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4. |
Lost Highway
04:41
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It’s been a four hour drive, down the Western highway
Instead of driving home for Christmas, I’m driving away
And Christmas never felt all that real to me
And these dry western plains, seem to agree
No snow covered mountains that I can see
And a turkey’s hard to swallow, when its 35 degrees
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Saturday Shoes
04:24
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You can weather a storm
Rise above a flood,
Make a heart of stone, seep blood
You can keep a mind alive,
A soul singing sweet
Long after a heart refuses to beat
You can’t chain a man,
Like a dog and expect him to breath
Leave your Saturday shoes,
Off those dancing feet
Let Sunday’s blues put you soul at ease
And rise above those shinning lights
Temptation is a thief
It only hides the truth
Turns the strength of a man
Into the shape of a fool
All the faith you could give
Will come back to you tonight
Your prayers won’t need wings
For you to rise above and win this fight
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6. |
Too Many Miles
04:10
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We stood on the pier, watching the water rise,
Sometimes you need more than tears in your eyes,
It’s funny how different the same view can be,
when you’re looking for a moment that has already passed
And you wonder what has changed or is change what you see, when you looking at your inside from reflections and memory.
Time put too many miles between us, too many broken white lines,
Seems we had lived too many peoples lives, before the chance to live our own
You grew weary from trying to believe all those story book dreams,
But I could grow old just waiting for you just to read another line
You asked me to write down my commitment to you
Something practical and believable, but alls I could do was pick up my guitar and write down this song
You are always moving, seems I am always in your way
It’s so easy to fall when your reason for standing moves on past
Time put too many miles between us, too many broken white lines,
Seems we had lived too many peoples lives, before the chance to live our own
You grew weary from trying to believe all those story book dreams,
But I will grow old waiting for you just to read another line
Somewhere in the desert a star will shine, may your journey through life see that light some day.
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7. |
Things We Do
04:48
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Cold wind blowing at my door, rattling my hinges seeping through the floor,
I heard you calling out, left you wet and wrung out,
Why do we do the things we do, to those we care the most
It’s like a perfect crystal glass, so scared that it won’t last
Its gonna slip right through your hands, while you keep making other plans
So some things should just be, throw caution to the wind,
step over where it lands
Why do we do the things we do, to those we care the most
It’s like a perfect crystal glass, so scared that it won’t last
Its gonna slip right through your hands, while your making other plans
You can live your life, anyway you like, be the boy that lives next door
Or maybe the perfect wife
Why do we do the things we do, to those we care the most
It’s like a perfect crystal glass, so scared that it won’t last
Its gonna slip right through your hands, while your making other plans
When your cards are dealt, there is still a way you can get out
There is always a better deal, a dice can fall more than once
Why do we do the things we do, to those we care the most
It’s like a perfect crystal glass, so scared that it won’t last
Its gonna slip right through your hands, while you keep making other plans
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8. |
One Night
04:09
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Some where out on that road tonight, drives another weary driver
Token dreams, fading light, heading off into the darkness
Hold onto what you can, let go of what you can’t
Step back to watch if fall, like rain drops falling into sand
Headlights carved into the night, only a white line to guide
She took her dreams on a solo flight, headed off into the darkness
Hold onto what you can, let go of what you can’t
Step back to watch if fall, like rain drops falling into sand
You’re standing in a windswept field, Darkness circling around
You can hear the wind through the leaves, feel the chill blow right through you
Some where out on the road tonight, drives another weary driver
Took his dreams, rolled the dice, and headed into the darkness
Hold onto what you can, let go of what you can’t
Step back to watch if fall, like rain drops falling into sand
Like rain drops falling into sand
Some where out in the night, there is another lonely driver
Watching lines fade to dust, heading into the darkness
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10. |
Five Minute Lover
04:11
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I’ll be your five minute lover
Sweet nothings will never sound so sweet
Every moment will be, our new memory
No promises, Just wild and free
I’ll be your five minute lover
No need for promises you’ll never keep
You will never need, to meet my family
Pretend that your friends all like me
No kitchen teas, or bucks parties
Five minutes is the new working week
15 minutes of fame, is now so obsolete…
No more counting the costs, No more budgeting
No more wasted words, Responsibility’s
I’ll be your five minute lover
Sweet nothings will always taste so sweet
And every moment will be, our new history
I’ll be your five minute lover……
You can be my five minute lover…..
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11. |
You Know Me Well
04:23
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There’s a light in me, that only you can shine
A place inside of me, that only you can find
And I know you should know yourself, before you can know someone else
I’m always asking too much of you, still you keep on trying
The more you give the more I want and I never want you to stop
I never think of growing old, because with you I never will
You know me so well
Move than I could ever know myself
I don’t mean to take so much
But I love what you give so much
You are all I see before I go to sleep
And I don’t want to face another day without you next to me
And I want you to want, to love the person you are when you’re with me
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12. |
Closing Time
03:08
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It’s closing time and your this far down the line
And you can’t find a way out, and you can’t find your way home
And all the things you’ve known, mean nothing to you now
Every breath you take comes from somebody else
You don’t want to surrender, when there’s nothing to defend
No movement forward, without crosses to bear
Let the setting sun fall on closing eyes and doors.
In a breath, things can change
In a storm a violent rage
Keep tucked in warm
Darkness can last for days
You don’t want to surrender, when there’s nothing to defend
No movement forward, without crosses to bear
Let the setting sun fall on closing eyes and doors.
And all those things you’ve known
Are so far from you now
Let that thief inside you
Run forever free……
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Ian W. Beer VIC, Australia
I have always been inspired by great songwriters, Dylan, Waits, Springsteen and Elvis Costello and after hearing Ryan Adams
Heartbreaker, I was up and running, setting up my first home studio and rediscovering my love for the acoustic guitar.
As with any journey there are bumps and cracks along the way. New single, Midnight Train releases Feb 12, 2024
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