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My Hands
04:44
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Nature's Paean
03:38
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Summer burns in skies above
Lives on fire, time of love
Autumn falls on dry parched soil
Open arms and times of toil
Can you feel the seasons change
Can you feel the spinning earth
Will you sing in nature's paean
Will you dance in sylvan harmony
Winter soothes the icy soul
Frozen ground and hearth light full
Springtime melts the coldest heart
Flowers bloom in times apart
Can you feel the seasons change
Can you feel the spinning earth
Will you sing in nature's paean
Will you dance in sylvan harmony
The dance goes on come dawn or dark
Swirling round all through the park
Join in to the world’s pulse
Earth’s heart true and never false
Can you feel the seasons change
Can you feel the spinning earth
Will you sing in nature's paean
Will you dance in sylvan harmony
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3. |
Monsterkin
03:04
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I let the fire in
I shed my human skin
Reveal the beast within
I am a monster kin
I taste the colors and I drink the flames
People run upon seeing my face
They do not care to hear me say their names
They do not want me in their human race
I let the fire in
I shed my human skin
Reveal the beast within
I am a monster kin
I wander ageless in a darkened void
I cannot blend among the gentle folk
I watch the passersby get paranoid
The world around me going up in smoke
I let the fire in
I shed my human skin
Reveal the beast within
I am a monster kin
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4. |
Siúil a Rún
04:22
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I wish I was on yonder hill
'Tis there I'd sit and cry my fill
Until every tear would turn a mill
Is go dté tú mo mhúirnín slán
Siúil, siúil, siúil a rún
Siúil go socar agus siúil go ciúin
Siúil go doras agus éalaigh liom
Is go dté tú mo mhúirnín slán
I'll sell my rock, I'll sell my reel
I'll sell my only spinning wheel
To buy my love a sword of steel
Is go dté tú mo mhúirnín slán
Siúil, siúil, siúil a rún
Siúil go socar agus siúil go ciúin
Siúil go doras agus éalaigh liom
Is go dté tú mo mhúirnín slán
I'll dye my petticoats, I'll dye them red
And 'round the world I'll beg my bread
Until my parents shall wish me dead
Is go dté tú mo mhúirnín slán
Siúil, siúil, siúil a rún
Siúil go socar agus siúil go ciúin
Siúil go doras agus éalaigh liom
Is go dté tú mo mhúirnín slán
I wish, I wish, I wish in vain
I wish I had my heart again
And vainly think I'd not complain
Is go dté tú mo mhúirnín slán
Siúil, siúil, siúil a rún
Siúil go socar agus siúil go ciúin
Siúil go doras agus éalaigh liom
Is go dté tú mo mhúirnín slán
But now my love has gone to France
To try his fortune to advance
If he e'er come back, 'tis but a chance
Is go dté tú mo mhúirnín slán
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5. |
This Body
03:05
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I built this body with my own two hands
I shape this life and how it stands
This is my world, this is my game
Ain’t got no time for fear and shame
Home from the airport
My girl by my side, oh yeah
We celebrate our love
We celebrate our pride
I love her face
And how she’s dressed, oh yeah
Not a day goes by
I don’t feel blessed
I built this body with my own two hands
I shape this life and how it stands
This is my world, this is my game
Ain’t got no time for fear and shame
Home from the airport
My girl by my side, oh yeah
We celebrate our love
We celebrate our pride
I love her face
And how she’s dressed, oh yeah
Not a day goes by
I don’t feel blessed
I built this body with my own two hands
I shape this life and how it stands
This is my world, this is my game
Ain’t got no time for fear and shame
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6. |
Stranger in the Street
03:17
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I saw
A stranger in the street
My fate perchance to meet
I'd take a step to say
But maybe not today
Oh no
My stranger in the street
Turned 'round, her fate to meet
I said I shan't impose
The subway doors will close
Oh no
Why, oh why does my own mind stop me
From taking chances
What I could see
Why, oh why does is it all so scary
Unnecessary
What I could be
Maybe
We would meet again
But I could not say when
I could say hello
See where things could go
Oh no
If we meet again
I said well maybe then
I'd make a different stand
Reach out and take her hand
Oh no
Why, oh why does my own mind stop me
From taking chances
What I could see
Why, oh why does is it all so scary
Unnecessary
What I could be
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7. |
Arizona
04:16
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Cross the state line
With the sun beating down
From the nuclear sky
In this old western town
Already lost
Never be found
What is the cost
For what comes around
Arizona
Strip me to the bone
Arizona
Take away my childhood home
One thousand gunmen
Playing with fire
Salvation summoned
From tattered desire
One thousand cactus
Heed the zanate's call
I rise from ashes
Only to fall
Arizona
Show me all my pain
Arizona
Take away my childhood name
Do you remember
The meaning you'd find
One day in November
When I lost my mind
If I leave you here
In the coyote's care
Let the desert sun sear
My cold soul bare
Arizona
Shed me like a glove
Arizona
Take away my childhood love
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8. |
The Possessed
03:26
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Thoughts on my mind like a ton of explosives
Open my eyes to a stormy black sea
Rain on my skin, it feels so corrosive
Hell's gate would open to set them all free
And I fight demons
Every day
I fight demons
In every way
Pinprick my skin with a million needles
Heat on my face from a white fallen star
A thousand bee-stings to make my heart feeble
Tear off the bandage to reveal the scar
And I fight demons
Every day
I fight demons
In every way
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9. |
Innocence Highway
03:41
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She don't believe in hotels
Just rest stops and exit signs
'Cause seein' this big old crazy world
Is the only peace she'll ever find
She don't believe in maps
Gettin' lost is half the fun
'Cause nothing good comes from the beaten path
She will wander 'til the yearning's done
Out on the endless stretch of miles
It don't matter where you're goin'
When your tank is overflowin'
On the innocence highway
Where you fill yourself high
On the innocence highway
Where your heart comes to fly
On the innocence highway
One thing's for sure
On the innocence highway
Every mile brings one more thought of her
She don't believe in luggage
What she finds is all she needs
Her best friends are her backpack named Thelma
And her old Dodge named Louise
She don't believe in interstates
Rather have rows of eucalyptus trees
And with small town strangers she commiserates
All she needs is what she sees
Out on the endless stretch of miles
It don't matter where you're goin'
When your tank is overflowin'
On the innocence highway
Where you fill yourself high
On the innocence highway
Where your heart comes to fly
On the innocence highway
One thing's for sure
On the innocence highway
Every mile brings one more thought of her
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10. |
Crime to Speak
02:47
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Twenty miles outside of nowhere in the deepest darkest cave
I turned off my light to see the night but my ears struck awe in me
As if it was a crime to speak
Such a silence as I’ve never heard
As if it was a crime to speak
Please don’t say a word
Thirty miles outside of nowhere in a forest of ancient pines
The snow so white, the trees so green but my ears struck awe in me
As if it was a crime to speak
Such a silence as I’ve never heard
As if it was a crime to speak
Please don’t say a word
Forty miles outside of nowhere I stopped to see the sights
The hills were painted red and gold but my ears struck awe in me
As if it was a crime to speak
Such a silence as I’ve never heard
As if it was a crime to speak
Please don’t say a word
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11. |
Walk With Me
04:24
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Walk with me
To the ends of the land
Will you follow me
From the depths of the sea
Won't you walk with me
I will take to the sand
Will you follow me
As I set my soul free
Walk with me
I will fight for my kind
Will you follow me
Though I frighten you so
Won't you walk with me
Never will you be blind
Will you follow me
To hear my tale of woe
Cause I am forsaken
But I'm not mistaken
I'm on a mission
Your superstition
Come walk with me...
Walk with me
Out of ashes I rise
Will you follow me
When I call out your name
Won't you walk with me
Answer my people's cries
Will you follow me
Though I will not be tame
Walk with me
To the ends of the land
Will you follow me
From the depths of the sea
Won't you walk with me
I will take to the sand
Will you follow me
As I set your soul free
Cause I am forsaken
But I'm not mistaken
I'm on a mission
Your superstition
Come walk with me...
I am forsaken
I'm not mistaken
I'm on a mission
Your superstition
I am forsaken
I'm not mistaken
I'm on a mission
Your superstition
I am forsaken
I'm not mistaken
I'm on a mission
Your superstition
Come walk with me...
Come walk with me...
Come walk with me...
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12. |
The Parting Glass
05:09
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Of all the money that e'er I spent
I've spent it in good company
And all the harm that ever I did
Alas it was to none but me
And all I've done for want of wit
To memory now I can't recall
So fill to me the parting glass
Good night and joy be with you all
If I had money enough to spend
And leisure to sit awhile
There is a fair maid in the town
That sorely has my heart beguiled
Her rosy cheeks and ruby lips
I own she has my heart enthralled
So fill to me the parting glass
Good night and joy be with you all
Oh, all the comrades that e'er I had
They're sorry for my going away
And all the sweethearts that e'er I had
They'd wish me one more day to stay
But since it falls unto my lot
That I should rise and you should not
I'll gently rise and softly call
Good night and joy be with you all
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Wenda Rose Portland, Oregon
Wenda is a singer-songwriter, pianist/keyboardist, and producer who has been playing music her whole life. Originally from Los Angeles, California, she now finds her inspiration in the forests and rivers of the Pacific Northwest.
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