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This Life

by Ian W. Beer

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1.
Into the Wild 03:14
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Into the Wild Into the wild im going go and I am never coming home Tell all the friends I use to know and all those I’ve yet to say hello Won’t leave a trail for anyone, not that I expect anyone to come cause lately my scent is hard to find and my souls been bleeding dry… wrung out too many times And into the wild im gonna go, a credit card you wont need to show You can tell everyone I know that I finally found the guts to go Tell my children they will understand, I’ve always been their crazy old man, they’re going understand……. And all those stars are going to shine, Burn the darkness I’ve left behind Into the wild I’m going go, and it will feel like coming home Wont leave a trail for anyone, Not that anyone would come Going to ease this worried mind, leave this troubled man behind No more doing time……ease this worried mind…… And all those stars are going to shine, Burn the darkness left behind Into the wild im going go…and I aint ever going home…
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Best Laid Plans 03:27
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Johnny’s running with the circus again, Doesn’t know the trouble he’s in 4 in the morning and he’s just getting in And he’ll soon by gone, gone again Tired of living with the struggle within Another journey without an end Wheels are turning, around again Over the same old ground…. Your tired of living and its tired of you Sick of walking in the same old shoes There aint a damn thing that you can do When all those best laid plans start catching up on you Janies running in circles again, Cant breathe and the list never ends More patients than she has friends, One day, she’ll start living again, she move on, on on…. Chorus Freedom comes for a chosen few But just don’t think its something you can choose Somethings in life you won’t understand So just let go of all those best laid plans Just let go of all those best laid plans. Ran into Johnny just the other day, I caught his eye as he looked away He told me he was going to change, its just my best laid plans always stay the same
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Dancing in Circles 'round our Dreams 04:30
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Dancing in Circles 'round our Dreams Another end to a day, another one you let, slip away You couldn't even feel it sliding through your hands Sea change, tree change the only thing that don't change is you, Your still waiting for your moment in the sun to come through We're just dancing in circles round our dreams Never owning, never touching anything Lost in a journey we all keep following Never stopping long enough to learn what it means Some people free fall, but never fall free Lost in the search, from where they’re going, to where they want to be Sometimes it feels this life has slipt away, bowed it head gone off, found somewhere else to play We're just dancing in circles round our dreams Never owning, never touching anything Lost in a journey we all keep following Never stopping long enough to learn what it means Some people free fall, but never fall free Lost in the search, from where they’re going, to where they want to be You got no time for a past, you keep trying to catch a future, that’s running so fast And all this yearning, does it ever really end, sometimes it takes a lifetime just to let the silence in We're just dancing in circles round our dreams Never owning, never touching anything Lost in a journey we all keep following Never stopping long enough to learn what it means Some people free fall, but never fall free, Lost in the search, from where they’re going, to where they want to be Stay lost in the search, from where they’re going, to where they want to be….
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Lipstick and Roses 03:38
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Lipstick and Roses Lipstick and roses and a broken wedding vow, She’s going out tonight to the dark edge of town Past the arcades and the street lamp glow A promise from a stranger, she wants to get to know Fire in the water and it won’t cool down Rising like a river, till its banks have drowned Every string is tangled on a heart so tight There will be a ring around this Rosie, before the last train tonight Somewhere beyond those fields of dreams Life takes over from those glossy magazines Past the moment when those alarm bells ring Beyond the smoking haze, where the blind men sing Fire in the water and it won’t cool down Rising like a river, till its banks have drowned Every string is tangled on a heart so tight There will be a ring around this Rosie, before the last train…….. home tonight Lipstick and Roses and a long drive home Keys fit a door, but a heart can lock a home TV flickers shadows on her scattered magazines Tomorrow she will keep on searching beyond her field of dreams
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Coal Mine Town 03:52
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Coal Mine Town Living in an old coal mine town Its been 50 years since the mine shut down But I still feel their struggle and their fight, wife and kids what a hell of a life At 12 o’clock a siren still sounds Like a ghost from the past that’s been found People keep moving around this town but you cant bury a past, like a hole in the ground Ohhh oh oh ohhh….. Im going down, to the underground Past the devil and his deep blue sea Not seeking my fortune, just a place to land Just feed a wife and a family Every day’s a fight in a miners life When the darkness moves to a new day’s light The world can change on the edge of a knife Turn all your daylight into night I’m going down, to the underground Past the devil and his deep blue sea Not seeking my fortune, just a place to land Just feed a wife and a family Ohhh oh oh ohhh….. Standing on the edge of an old coal mine town Watching the ships as the sun goes down Across the ocean time and tides Just searching for a better life….
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Sanctuary 03:55
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Sanctuary Take your boat out onto the water, sail out from that misty shore Leave every fight and struggle behind you See how long you can stay afloat Watch the horizon, get smaller and smaller, Feel the waves lick at your feet Don’t be afraid of the sounds of silence, silence is the hardest sound to hear You can find your sanctuary, in floating clouds of the deepest sea There ain’t not better place to be, starboard sail to your sanctuary Take a walk into the forest, hear the leaves crack at your feet, Fill you senses with all around you, watch the sun dance through the trees A troubled mind can lead to troubled times, a simple path to a mountain climb Take the view when you reach the top, take it with you when you drop Don’t be hard on your inner soul, keep it close, but let it evolve Let it loose, set it free, let it bask in your sanctuary.
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This Life 04:13
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This Life It’s not the way I thought I would be living now Somehow I thought all my stars would align somehow All the chaos and the fight, storms in the night, you don’t always get to chose in this life When you fall, there’s always someone further down Just like a deck of cards fallen on the ground Any gambler can tell, your gotta learn to lose well You must be lost before you can be found Oh oh they say nothing stays the same, but every broken promise still remains…. With every little piece, fallen at your feet, reminding you your living, On broken promises again I’m only telling you what I believe is true We’ve all put up our hands for things we couldn’t do No one will remember why, no matter how hard you try A promise remains a promise, until it becomes a lie Oh oh they say nothing stays the same, but every broken promise still remains…. With every little piece, fallen at your feet, reminding you your living, On broken promises again, Feeding that thief inside, on broken promises again Believe is what they say , Dream big, and they will pay When your backs against the wall, they will come your way Like the breaking of the dawn from the darkest day You will be left with broken promises, so hard to give away Its not the way I thought I would be living now Somehow I thought all my stars would align somehow All the chaos and the fight, struggles in the night, proof you don’t always get to choose in this life….you don’t always to choose what you want in this life….
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Second Skin 03:49
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Second Skin She’s my second skin, she’s my second skin She keeps everything alive, everything inside, she’s my second skin When I’m wandering, when I’m cold and thin, When I scratch and tear, she is always there, she’s my second skin When the night is cold, the day is long, she keeps holding on Keeping me strong She’s my strength within, she’s my second skin Holes in the wall, Blood on the floor, smoke in the mirror, she sees right through it all When my backs against the wall, I’m a cannon ball, She catches my fall, takes way the war, She’s my strength within, she’s my second skin When the night is cold, the day is long She keeps holding on, keeping me strong When my back’s against the wall, I’m a cannon ball She catches my fall, takes away the war She’s my strength within, She’s my second skin She’s my second skin, she’s my second skin She keeps everything alive, everything inside, she’s my second skin
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Simple Life 04:13
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Simple Life I’m living a simple life, Been waiting all my life trying to find it Been giving all my life, stirred the pot once or twice trying to find, what’s inside it Been wading in the deep, tossing in my sleep to try and find it Now it feels like is going to change Even though its 39 in the shade I can feel the wind blow and its turning south And I can feel the rain fall, breaking this drought Been living suburban dreams, Where nothings quite what it seems, All just a mirror, looking through my soul Waiting on my life, waiting for my life to unfold And it feels like it’s going to change, Even though it’s 39 in the shade I can feel the wind turn to the south And I can feel the rain fall and break this drought There’s been too many hours, and not enough days Too many reasons making me stay I’m living a simple life, been waiting all my life, trying to find it, waiting all my life, waiting all my life to justify it
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Whistling in a Bottle 04:53
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Whistling in a bottle Look at this life, look at this pain, you wake up in the morning, do it all again You keep on holding on, till everything is gone, and you wash it all away, into another day I'm whistling in a bottle Cause there's nothing left to swallow And it has done all that it can to drown away my pain Now there's nothing in between me and tomorrow There are things that only you, can realise, like you cant look for truth, when you’re saved by its lies And there’s too many lonely nights, and a burning frail light, before the dawning of tomorrow Im holding on to a world, so out of place Just a numbness in my brain and hands that wanna shake Forgotten conversations, and a past too hard to face And a fear of what I might find and be left to embrace Chorus

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released February 5, 2021

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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 ... more

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