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All This Freedom
03:16
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All this freedom
What are you going to do
With all this freedom?
What are you going to do
With all this freedom?
These days are yours
Your hands are free
Where you gonna’ go?
Who you gonna’ be?
It’s your time it’s your parade.
Whatcha’ gonna’ do ?
Whatcha’ gonna’ say?
There was a time you were in chains
Now just yourself remains
Look in my eyes there’s no need to explain
You’ll never were those chains again
What are you going to do
With all this freedom?
What are you going to do
With all this freedom?
Just the silence says so much
If you can’t trust your heart who can you trust
Take your time there is no rush
The world is a lover waiting for your touch
Your hands are free
Where you gonna’ go?
Who you gonna’ be?
It’s your time it’s your parade.
Whatcha’ gonna’ do ?
Whatcha’ gonna’ say?
What are you going to do
With all this freedom?
What are you going to do
With all this freedom?
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Brighter Day
03:17
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Brighter day
It seems like a long time
Since we first began
Lord knows I’ve been trying
To do the best I can
I can’t always take the high road
I don’t always make the grade
But I can always hope tomorrow
Will be a brighter day
Every time I talk about it
Words fall empty on the floor
I don’t blame you if you doubt it
You’ve heard it all before
I can’t always take the high road
I don’t always make the grade
But I can always hope tomorrow
Will be a brighter day
So take my tired tales and tinder
And light a fire in my soul
Cause I’ve been sinking under
Don’t know how much further I can go
I can’t always take the high road
I don’t always make the grade
But I can always hope tomorrow
Will be a brighter day
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Hearts beat and take a beating
The pounding rhythm of my blood
Pain is just another way of seeing
Everything I haven’t understood
When did I learn to be so lonely
In torpid afternoons that last all day
If I could remember what you told me
Maybe this heavy feeling would go away
Or has it always been this way?
Driving up and down this high way
Forgetting where I’m supposed to go
If you go your way and I go my way
Will we meet up on down the road
Like templates of the dreams that never happen
Stacked in piles on the the desk
Would I still have gotten flattened
If I’d said no instead of yes
Wish I could say I did my best
How do you sell what can’t be spoken
How do you find what isn’t lost
Is this still the life you’ve chosen
If I’m unwilling to pay the cost?
Or just another coin you’ve tossed?
Hearts beat and take a beating
The pounding rhythm of my blood
Pain is just another way of seeing
Everything I haven’t understood
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Baby, Don’t Worry (We’ll Be All Right)
Baby don’t worry We’ll be all right
Baby don’t worry We’ll be all right
You know you might not know it now
But things are going to work out fine some how
Baby don’t worry we’ll be all right
I know it ain’t always easy
The sky isn’t always blue
I’ll be right here if you need me
I know our dreams will come true
Baby don’t worry We’ll be all right
Baby don’t worry We’ll be all right
You know you might not know it now
But things are going to work out fine some how
Baby don’t worry we’ll be all right
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5. |
When Will I See You
03:36
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When will I see you again?
There is no one to come home to
Eating dinner by myself
The sun sets like it’s supposed to
it’s going to be a long night I can tell
The silence descends
and the falling rain
It all depends
When will I see you again?
They say that time can heal all wounds
Sometimes it’s time that does the wounding
Tomorrow cannot come to soon
I’ll do my best to keep on moving
The night falls down
At the long days end
Your not around
When will I see you again?
Bridge
Do you know what it feels like
To lose the ground beneath your feet?
Heaven know it’s not the first time
I’ve missed the note and lost the beat
Truth doesn’t always get the facts right
There are exceptions to the rule
There is no fool like an old fool
Who doesn’t know his time is through
Another day begins
Another fence to mend
A fighter only counts his wins
When will I see you again?
When will I see you again?
When will I see you?
When will I see?
When will I?
When?
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6. |
One Candle
03:15
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One Candle
One candle can light the darkness
Let me hear your voice so I know that I’m not alone
When I’m struggling, lost and hopeless
That little light gonna help me find my way home
When my heart’s in shadow
And the night is long
When I’ve lost the battle
And I can’t go on
When the storm clouds gather
And I can’t see the road
When my map’s in tatters
And I don’t know where to go
One candle can light the darkness
Let me hear your voice so I know that I’m not alone
When I’m struggling, lost and hopeless
That little light gonna help me find my way home
When I’m adrift on the ocean
So far from land
When I can't see the horizon
And I need a helping hand
I see the sun rising
I hear the morning dove song
For fools and for wise men
It’s always darkest before the dawn
One candle can light the darkness
Let me hear your voice so I know that I’m not alone
When I’m struggling, lost and hopeless
That little light gonna help me find my way home
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7. |
If Our Time is Over
03:02
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If our time Is over
If our time is over
How come no one told my heart?
I still feel you with me
Five thousand miles apart
If our time is over
Why are you the one I want to see?
When the crickets start to singing
Moonlight reveries
If our time is over
What do we do now?
Bridges we built
All burnt to the ground
If our time is over
Why do I love you even more?
What if we are just getting started?
How can we be sure?
If our time is over
Where do we go from here?
I miss the sound of your laughter
And your voice in my ears
If our time is over
What do we do next?
When there is nothing more to say?
Is there anything left
If our time is over
I hope I didn’t let you down
There is no going back now
There’s no turning round
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8. |
Windowsill
04:05
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Windowsill
Crows calling early this morning
Sent me stumbling out the door
No direction no way of knowing
Where I’m headed
What I’m headed for
Ocean in the distance
Looks like it might spill
Over the edge of the valley
Up to my windowsill
Gamblers love to lose
They don’t trust the wind
It blows them to the top
It blows them down again
Moon in a mud puddle
Sunset draped upon the hills
I can hear the people shouting
From my windowsill
Envy is the currency
They’ll try and pay you in
Truth isn’t always a welcome guest
In this house of cards we’re in
Ocean in the distance
Looks like it might spill
Over the edge of the valley
Up to my windowsill
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9. |
Now That She’s Gone
02:59
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Now That She’s Gone
She wrote me out of her story
She took my picture off her wall
We had love she wanted glory
She doesn’t answer my call
Now that she’s gone
Every song sings to me
Now that she’s gone
It’s not like it used to be
Now that she’s gone
I can’t sleep through the night
Now that she’s gone
Nothing seems to be right
I thought I knew love what did I know?
I thought I knew low, how low can I go?
I’ve never felt so alone
I don’t no where to call home
Now that she’s gone
I thought our love was strong enough
Now that she’s gone
I never knew it could be this rough
Now that she’s gone
I am lost, all at sea
Now that she’s gone
got no anchor, no place to be
Now that she’s gone
Now that she’s gone
Now that she’s gone
Now that she’s gone
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Just Someone I Used to Know
Thank you for the call
Thank you for understanding
I’m not worried about the fall
I’m wondering about the landing
She burned through here with the fire
All I’m left with is the smoke
In the throws of loves repose
No one knows which way it goes
All we can do is hope
I didn’t see it coming
Can’t believe I was so slow
I never thought I’d see the day
When I would here her say
That’s just someone I used to know
Just someone I used to know
Just someone I used to know
Love burns bright when it is new
Only smoke when it is through
Just someone I used to know
Dreams take longer than you realize
When you’re waiting for the sunrise
Little moments turn into days
We get lost along the way
Just someone I used to know
Just someone I used to know
Love burns bright when it is new
Only smoke when it is through
Just someone I used to know
Just someone I used to know
Just someone I used to know
Love is strong when it is new
When it’s gone what can you do? Just someone I used to know
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Knowing How It Ends
02:53
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Knowing How it Ends
I was born weary
I was born unsure
Spent my life looking
Never found a cure
Even knowing how it ends
I’d do it all again
The more people moving
The slower it goes
Each in our boxes
All the windows closed
You can’t push the River
You can’t fight the day
If you dive in that water
It will wash you away
Even knowing how it ends
I’d do it all again
I’ve had my heart broken
Fallen flat on my face
We all become orphans
On our way to the grave
Even knowing how it ends
I’d do it all again
Even knowing how it ends
I’d do it all again
I slept through my dreams again
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12. |
Little Mountain
03:39
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Little Mountain
Little mountain
I have come to know you well
You have been so very kind
Now I must say farewell
Your only daughter
Was to be my bride
We’d live together
By your side
Now she’s gone
I too must go
Where I’m bound
I don’t know
Oh my soul
Oh my soul
Where I’m bound I don’t know
Little mountain
You have been my home
Now my fortune I must find
My fate calls, I’m bound to roam
When my road
Has reached its end
I’ll come back to you again
In your deepest valleys
And your highest peaks
I’ll tell you all
That I have seen
Oh my soul
Oh my soul
I’ll tell you all that I have seen
And when it’s time for me to die
I’ll lay down by your side
Beneath your stones and redwood trees
Little mountain I will sleep
Oh my soul
Oh my soul
Little mountain I will sleep
Oh my soul
Oh my soul
Little mountain I will sleep
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13. |
Clarity
02:46
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Clarity
My hand is weary on the wheel
My foot falters on the gas
Speeding in the slow lane
No one out here to pass
Clarity where have you been?
At this late hour you come waltzing in
Wearing nothing but song and a grin
Clarity where have you been?
Got no plans I cannot be late
Fill my weeks in the usual ways
There is nothing on my plate
No number to these endless days
Clarity where have you been?
It’s hard to hear you above the din
Harmony got kicked in the shins
Clarity where have you been?
Telling stories to myself
I guess I know where this one goes
Can’t put the blame on no one else
There are thorns on every rose
Clarity where have you been?
This red hearts not made of flint
Colors blend when the stories spin
Clarity where have you been?
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Forest Sun San Francisco, California
San Francisco Bay Area troubadour and award winning songwriter, Forest Sun has regaled audiences around the globe with his
wealth of songs and stories, all sung and told with back porch ease and bonhomie. Sun's music has been compared to everyone from Jack Johnson, The Avett Brothers and John Mayer to Van Morrison and Bob Dylan, but his unique style is entirely his own.
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