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Just Begun
03:49
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Just Begun
Flying in the face of the setting sun
Feel like I have just begun
Anything can happen and I hope it will
We could die tomorrow and the world would still
Go on, on and on.
Staring at the sky I feel so small
We’re spinning through space on a little blue ball
Every time I think that I know what’s true
Something else changes my point of view
Go on, on and on.
I used to be lot wiser some years ago
Till I found out all that I don’t know
For everyone who’s leaving someone remains
Takes a whole lot to make a little change
Go on, on and on.
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The Sky is Smiling
03:01
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Chasing sunbeams through the pasture,
Climbing fences with muddy shoes.
Hear the wind crying or is it laughter
I guess it’s up to me to choose.
Starlings and ravens in the persimmon tree
Black branches stretched towards the sky
The sky is smiling and so am I.
Rest for a while where the tree roots meet the ground
With the sound of water down below
Sing a song of evening as the sun is sinking down
Till the stars tell me it’s time to go.
The road stretches onward
Through rolling green hills
My feet don’t need to ask why
The sky is smiling and so am I.
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3. |
Nostalgic Bells
04:17
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I’ve been to heaven, and I’ve been to hell
I’ve been to Los Angeles and come under the spell
Of the sadness and the glory and the nostalgic bells
That only ring for the departed after they have fell.
And I’ve seen trouble, and I’ve known time
I’ve met a rich man who didn’t have a dime
I’ve seen the stars in the desert
Felt the moonlight shine
From the bottom of the ocean and the back of my mind
If I hold on to tightly I can’t let go and fly
If I don’t hold on at all I might just fall down and die
If I could just get it right, maybe I wouldn’t feel
Like copy of a copy that I’m to dumb to steal
If my body was the center of the phantom wheel
I’d never want for attention, maybe then I’d feel real.
If I had all the sex and money, would that be what I wanted?
If I’d just talk to my ghosts, would I still feel haunted?
If there never was a wrong choice,
Would I know what to choose?
If the only way of winning was to let myself lose?
If I take my meaning I’ll give me a lie
I can’t answer my question if all I ask is why
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4. |
Just My Size
03:12
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Just My Size
I can tell you and me we’re gonna fit just fine
Come on baby, your lovin’s just my size,
Come on baby, your lovin’s just my size.
Won’t you take me along for a ride?
You’re a warm sandy beach
I’m an ocean wave coming at high tide.
Come on baby, your lovin’s just my size,
Come on baby, your lovin’s just my size.
Won’t you take me along for a ride?
I’m the big dipper you’re the Milky Way
Darling don’t be shy.
Come on baby, your lovin’s just my size,
Come on baby, your lovin’s just my size.
Won’t you take me along for a ride?
I can see galaxies sparkle in your eyes,
Come on baby, your lovin’s just my size,
Come on baby your lovin’s just my size
Won’t you take me along for a ride?
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5. |
Not Waiting
03:12
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Not Waiting
What’s up lover look me in the eye
I’m a boat in the ocean baby when you cry.
When you smile it’s like the sunrise
If loving you is foolish I don’t want to be wise
We’re not waiting for the by and by.
I don’t know but I’ve been told
The streets in heaven are paved with gold
I don’t care what the streets made of
If I’ve got a heart full song and life full of love
I’m not waiting, for the sky
Don’t save your love for a rainy day
Don’t keep it in a drawer or hide it away
Don’t you mind what the people say,
You only get more when you give it away.
No use waiting, for on high
I’m not waiting for the sky
We’re not waiting for by and by.
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6. |
Take that Wander
03:11
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Don’t push your smile against the sadness
Don’t throw your candle at the night
Don’t you know the morning sun still rises
Even when it’s out of sight
There’s nowhere you can go, there’s no one you can call
Where the tears won’t flow and the veil won’t fall.
Take that wander when you hear the call.
Raise that hammer and let it fall.
Take that wander, take that wander.
You’ve been walking in the outdoor
Is this the only song you know?
Can you see all that you came for?
Why don’t you climb up in the window?
Put the words to knowledge and it’s already gone
The night tries to explain why it’s waiting for the dawn
Take that wander when you hear the call.
Raise that hammer and let it fall.
Take that wander, take that wander.
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7. |
Like Water in the Desert
03:03
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Like Water in the Desert
Like water in the desert
Or your hand upon the sun
Like a bird who’s lost it’s feathers
A hammer on your thumb.
I’ve given you my tattered tunes
And lifted up your veil
I’ve sat upon your amber throne
And lived to tell the tale.
This I know,
All creatures meet at the watering hole.
This I see, Me in you and you in me.
It rained again last Thursday
I came close to letting go,
The desert drank it all
When the cistern overflowed.
The sunlight held no promise
But I let fly anyway,
The wind blew close upon us
At the edge of the day.
Glad for the oasis.
Happy to stay a while.
Can you find where we misplaced us,
Or where you left your smile?
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8. |
Shooting the Moon
02:31
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Shooting the Moon
All the lies that you bought and sold
Won’t fetch the price that you had hoped
Faith is believing what you know ain’t true
And truth can be deceiving, but it has faith in you.
What’s it costing you to keep holding on?
Are you learning the blues?
Or are you just playing along?
All your plans that didn’t go so well
Don’t give a damn that you fell
And heaven knows but she won’t tell
And I suppose, it’s just as well
Was it lost on you?
That last goodbye before it’s gone?
Are you still shooting the moon?
Or are you just proving me wrong?
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9. |
It’s Good to See You
02:53
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It’s Good to See You
The doors unlocked, Come on in.
I ain’t seen you since I don’t know when.
You’ve got the same clear eyes,
Same mischievous grin
It’s good to see you, it’s good to see you again.
I’ll put the kettle on
You’ve got to stay for supper
Man, it’s been so long
How’s your mama? How’s your brother?
I heard you and June split up
Never thought that would end?
It’s good to see you, It’s good to see you again.
How’d we get this old? How did time go so fast?
Are we the same two souls that used to lay ‘round in the grass
Looking for four leaf clovers
And watching the tree tops bend?
It’s good to see you, It’s good to see you again.
And those stones that looked so colorful
When you pluck them from the sand
Always look so dull and lonely
When they’ve dried off in your hand.
Nothings like I thought it would be, nothing’s like I planned.
It’s good to see you, It’s good to see you,
It’s good to see you, It’s good to see you again.
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10. |
Untethered Heart
03:13
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I remember when I used to pretend
That the future wouldn’t ever arrive
The beginning’s got to come before the end
Truth is always sharper then a lie
Take me down to the river
Wash my past in the water
Pull my soul from the desert
Take this heart off its tether
All the people that I used to call my friends
Where are they now?
Sometimes I’d think I’d like to make amends
But I don’t know how
Take me down to the river
Wash my past in the water
Pull my soul from the desert
Take this heart off its tether
Late at night when the stars come out
My dreams go dancing with my doubt
In the first rosy rays of dawn
They come stumbling arm in arm
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11. |
El Coyote
02:14
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12. |
Long Day
04:07
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It’s been a long day.
It’s been a long, long day
It’s been a long day.
It’s been a long, long day
I’d like to talk to someone
But I don’t know who to call.
I’m spinning down
And there’s nothing to break my fall
Feel like I’m sitting in an empty room
Whistling to myself this little tune
It’s been a long day, It’s been a long, long day
It’s been a long day, It’s been a long, long day
I need to go somewhere
But I don’t know where to go
I want to say yes
But all I find is no
Can’t take my eyes off the screen
Even when I sleep I can’t dream
It’s been a long day.
It’s been a long, long day
It’s been a long day, it’s been a long, long day.
© Forest Sun 2012
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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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