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Be Kind to You
03:13
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Be Kind to You
What is it about dilapidation that holds such strong fascination?
Things fall apart and are broken hearts
Keep us coming back for more
What is it about self-destruction that claims such a strong alibi?
Suffering so cool, the artist and the fool
Our own enemies against our allies
Won’t you be kind?
Be kind to you
Won’t you be kind?
Be kind to you
What are these numbers anyway?
Haze in a bucket
Fiddlesticks on parade
A dawn encrusted raggedy dance of a day
Put the words together
Trust the details to change
Won’t you be kind?
Be kind to you
Who are you selling this world to?
What are you putting yourself through?
Why are you settling for making do?
When you can have so much more?
Won’t you be kind?
Be kind to you.
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Queen Anne’s Lace
Queen Anne’s lace and primrose
Got nothing on you babe
I’ve see your eyes without their clothes
And I didn’t look away,
I didn’t look away.
When the blossoms sweetness fades
When your tongue is tired
There’s nothing you need say
There’s nothing I require
In a lawn of endless green
You are one bright yellow dandelion flower
Are you glad for what you’ve seen?
Are you glad we shared these hours?
Are you glad?
There’s fruit on every tree
Far more then we can eat You share yours with the humming birds
I’ll share mine with the bees,
I’ll share mine with the bees
Does the wind ever go out dancing?
Does the day prepare a feast?
Does the rain get tired of falling?
Does the night ever get to sleep?
I love how long the day gets
Before the summer starts to wane
I love the way our hearts fit
In this jigsaw love we’ve made,
In this jigsaw love.
That sunflower down on the corner
Never seems to be afraid
I’ve seen it standing there at midnight
Seen it waving at daybreak,
seen it smiling at daybreak
Queen Anne’s lace and primrose
Got nothing on you babe
I’ve see your eyes without their clothes
And I didn’t look away,
I didn’t look away.
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This lightning
03:05
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This Lightning
What is it that ‘s got me wondering
On this honeysuckle afternoon?
Got me looking for dilemma
While the evening smiles?
Arguing with creation
Strung to loose to tune
I will be this fortune I do conspire
I am this lightning
That fast and I’m over
So why hold on Why hold on?
I am this lightning
That fast and I’m over
So why hold on Why hold on?
All at once and not at all
See me fall
Sunlight, come on in
You don’t need to knock
You are welcome here any time of day
I’m on the wrong side of the tracks
The far side of my brain
Heading towards myself on an inbound train.
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Harlequin Goodnight
02:57
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When you feel that you haven’t done enough
See through my eyes, all you are now
Say goodbye to that harlequin good night
And take a bow
All the poetry that whispered in your ears
Before the sun broke through the clouds
Held you close and quickly disappeared
In the face of your solemn vow
Did you swear not to make it known?
Did you still hope to make it home?
Are you waiting till the seeds that you’ve sown,
Are all grown?
Flight from center, left from God
All your worries, treaties and wants
Just a wink, perhaps a nod
In the shelter of your frozen response
How quickly to our minds chase our minds when there is nowhere to go but on
How fine the gossamer web intertwines to find the words, to sing the song
So when you feel that you haven’t done enough
See through my eyes, all you are now
Say goodbye to that harlequin good night
And take a bow.
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5. |
Diamond
02:46
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Diamond
I know a diamond, she thinks she’s hard
Doesn’t know how bright she is
She looks up wistfully at the stars
Doesn’t know what a light she gives
And most of the time
She leaves herself behind
Most of the time,
She’s last in line.
I know a diamond
She thinks she costs
But doesn’t see how much she’s worth
She’ll give it all, you don’t have to ask
She doesn’t know that all this hers
And most of the time
She leaves herself behind
Most of the time
She’s last in line
And I wonder what would happen
If she let her walls come down
I wonder what would happen
If she let herself be found
I know a diamond
She thinks she’s hard
Doesn’t know how bright she is
She dreams of being a falling star
Doesn’t know what a light she gives
And most of the time
She leaves herself behind
Most of the time she’s last in line.
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Glass of water
05:14
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Glass of water
Glass of water
Glass of water by my bed
And all this clutter
All this clutter in my head
It doesn’t matter
It doesn’t matter what you did
All this chatter
All this chatter’s all been said
And the madman perched outside my window
Sings so sweetly to the sea
Last night I slept in the center of the universe
With the ocean and rain all around me
I woke curled up and cranky
Like a newborn
All the books on battered bookshelves don’t know
They’re not waiting
They’re not saying I told you so
And my hands know
And my hands know you so well
And where they go
And where they go they won’t tell
And the madman perched outside my window
Sings so sweetly to the sea
Last night I slept in the center of the universe
With the ocean and rain all around me
I woke curled up and cranky
Like a newborn
Let the ocean rock you, rock you like a baby
Let the ocean rock you Rock you like a baby.
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7. |
High and Low
03:05
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8. |
Sometimes my Mind
03:46
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Sometimes my Mind
Sometimes my mind is a big bully
Always grabbing this moment from my hands
Never satisfied, never truly willing
How it got so stubborn I refuse to understand.
I’ve got a friend who calls me on the road
Sings me songs and asks me how I’m doing.
I’ve got a friend who makes light of my load
She builds me up when I’m in ruins,
She builds me up when I’m in ruins.
Yellow flowers, a rusty red tin roof,
It’s a waking dream, I’m living proof.
Will I make ends meet? Will I meet my end?
If I meet my maker will he like my friends?
I’ve got a friend who calls me when she’s sad.
Says she needs some one to make her smile.
I’ve got a friend who never calls me back
And he’s still my friend though it’s been a while,
Yeah it sure has been a while.
Sometimes my mind
Is an army general stomping around making demands.
Though it tries it’s never fully able
To lay down that sword and give up command,
To ditch the chore of making plans,
To stop keeping score with every glance,
To dare the floor and really dance.
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9. |
Gurus and Rockstars
02:53
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Gurus and Rockstars
Gurus and rockstars,
Airports and rental cars
Ain’t no time like now to play it out
If you’re uncertain,
Just why you’re hurtin’
Your heart would like to laugh at your doubt.
And the songs that we sing
All have dust on their wings
And most of our feathers are ruffled
No use deciding
Just keep on easy riding
And keeping your seat belt buckled.
If you don’t give a damn
Where you go, what you do, or who you are
Darlin’ I understand
Just get back in the car.
Spend our days chasing money,
If you don’t laugh, it’s just not funny
Trying to be cool when we’re not
Late night pancakes and bacon
We all feel like were faking
Just glad when the miles have stopped
And the songs that we sing
Still make the bells ring
But we fell asleep for the sermon
When the preachers did tell
Where we’re headed, oh well
Hell is just heaven still learning
Might as well sing while we’re burning.
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10. |
She Belongs To Me
03:58
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11. |
Your Horizon
03:15
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When death is your horizon
And the life within you fades
Your sharp tongue carves your destruction
From the memories that you’ve made
A cavalcade
Time alone can heal nothing
This line only ravished by the grade
Your constant comment is a bludgeon
Your currency and trade
Retrograde
Lay down your burden
Lay down your heavy load
Every cell is a sun that’s bursting
Every cry is a stone in the road
Host your honor to a banquet
Another feast you will not eat
How can you warm your self with a blanket sewn of woes instead of fleece?
Where is your peace?
Lay down your burden,
Lay down your heavy load.
Every cell is a sun that’s bursting,
Every soul is a note in the code.
Forest Sun © 2008
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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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