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On Your Shore
04:14
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It makes me wonder
This cosmic blunder that we are
Color blind and tone deaf
How'd we ever get this far?
The walking wounded
Trying to see our way through our scars
Like ships at sea
The wind blows but our sails won't unfurl
Cast me on your shore
I care no more for this world
We have fallen from the time
When love was yours and mine
And grew freely in our hearts and in our minds
Now we must try again
To love once more my friend
There's no telling what we'll find
Cast me on your shore
I will no more look behind
Cast me on your shore
We must be willing to compromise
With what we've always known
Wipe the sleep out from your eyes
Can't you feel it in your bones?
It's time we were gone
Cast me on your shore
I am waiting for the dawn
Cast me on your shore
Don't make me wait too long
Cast me on your shore
So long so long
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Down
04:01
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Come on down here where I am
Leave your hope there by the door
Come on down here where I am
No need to fight it anymore
Come on down the voices say
Come on down, down here to stay
Come on down I know you know the way
The way down
Come on down here where I am
I know you've been down here before
It's an open invitation you don't need a reservation
Just the sorrow that you can't ignore
Come on down the voices say
Come on down, down here to stay
Come on down I know you know the way
The way down
Let darkness' daughter wrap you in her arms
Lay you gently on the floor
You know you know she can't do you no harm
Except the harm that you ask for
Come on down the voices say
Come on down, down here to stay
Come on down I know you know the way.
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Portrait
04:22
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Color is my sanctuary
I take refuge in brilliant hues
And these days are strewn around me
In violet, crimson, greens, and blues.
I want to paint your portrait everyday
But you will not hold still
I want to read your fortune, but you say
That you’re afraid
Your heart might spill,
Your heart might spill.
You're afraid your heart might spill.
Break the tendrils of the ordinary,
That wrap you in the dark and dim
Wrapped so tightly in your own sad story
Your doors tight shut, your eyes are grim
Won't you let me in?
I want to paint your portrait everyday
But you will not hold still
I want to read your fortune, but you say
That you’re afraid.
Your heart might spill, your heart might spill.
You're afraid your heart might spill
Color is my sanctuary
I take refuge, I take refuge.
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Saviour at the Bus Stop
05:43
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I met a savior at the bus stop
She said she'd lost her faith in God
A man sitting next to her
Said it really doesn't matter
You still are who you are.
She said she was a poet
But stopped writing
She had nothing more to say.
He said he was a painter
But stopped painting
When all his colors turned to gray.
Come and wake the world from its slumber!
Come and shake us from our beds!
We would follow if someone led
Next to me there sat an actor
Crying to himself, sad and alone.
He said he'd played so many roles
None of which he chose
And now he'd forgotten his own
I said savior have you no wisdom
To offer us before you go?
She just smiled and shook her head
Looked me in the eye and softly said
I don't know, I don't know.
Cause I tried to wake the world from its slumber
I tried to shake us from our beds
I tried to break this spell we're under
But no one followed where I led
So if you see a savior at the bus stop
Don't expect too much
She’s probably got a broken heart
This world can be so hard
Seems even saviors have it rough
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5. |
Midnight
04:45
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Hey, hey Midnight
Won't you wake me when you're here?
I don't mind, I don't mind, if I disappear
Wrap myself in twilight
Feel the darkness on my skin
Don't forget now Midnight
Won't you wake me when you get in
I will wade, wade in your softly scented waters
I will wait for you to come home
Want is a knife that shapes my life
Cuts through the flesh, cuts through the bone.
Hey, hey Midnight
Won't you wake me when you appear
Won't you help me find help me find my tears
There's so much to tell you
I don't know where to begin
Don't forget now Midnight
Won't you wake me when you get in
I will walk in your quiet garden
I will dream of people I’ve known
Blade in my side turns with the tide
Cuts through the flesh, cuts through the bone
Hey, hey midnight won't you wake me when it's clear
Tell me again tell me again, there's nothing to fear.
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How many times must I fall?
How many times must I call your name?
How many times must I count my wishes?
Count my blessings cause it's all the same to you
Who fill your days
Watching for signs you say
Right time, right people, right place
To leap your walls, let your curtain fall and fly
Go on fly
How many times must you block your self in
With your talk of sin and tired metaphors?
How many times must you pull your self down
Too loaded to walk through the door
To the wide and waiting world?
Go on girl and fly
And when you land you may find
All that's changed is your mind
And that's everything
Open your eyes, you realize
The only difference between fall and flight is you
The only difference between fallen and flight is you
The only difference
The difference is you
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7. |
Providence
03:40
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Hey, Providence
Come and share a chocolate sundae with me
My innocence has stood me up
There's plenty here for two
Ask the waitress for another spoon
Sit down here let her fill your coffee cup
We'll sit and watch the world go buy
Press our noses against the windowpane
Sometimes this city makes me cry
But I guess I can't complain
Guess I can't complain, hey Providence?
When we're finished we can take a walk in the park
Just stroll along and feed the pigeons
It's been so long since we really had a chance to talk
I've got time now if you’re willing
Seems I never know
What's coming around the bend
No I never know
Hey Providence could you fill me in?
Could you fill me in Providence?
Hey thanks for stopping by
I know you've got to go
This one's on me you can get it next time
Let's not let it be so long
Cause you never know
What's coming around the bend
No you never know, you never know where, you never know when
You never know Providence.
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8. |
Surrender
04:05
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I wished for you on a dandelion
Scattered my love to the wind
And on every falling star I've ever seen
I've wished for you again
I waited for you beneath the willow tree
Where as a child I used to play
If only I could be as free
If only I could truly say
I surrender, I surrender, I surrender
I used to pick you a fist full of flowers
Wilting in my sweaty palm
I used to sit by the river for hours
Listening to her music and I'd sing along
I surrender, I surrender, I surrender
Take my resistance take what you will
Take my pride I've had my fill
I'm no longer worried what the future might bring
I think I'll just sit here by the river and sing
I surrender, I surrender, I surrender.
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9. |
Doubt in My Mind
04:06
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The love that I gave you, you tried to pawn
The man said it wasn't worth a dime
He said it's been broken too many times
By the doubt in my mind
Doubt in my mind, doubt in my mind
Broken by the doubt in my mind
Doubt in my mind, doubt in my mind
Broken by the doubt in my mind
I've drunk the poison of my fear
Felt it taint my love from inside
If time were a river I'd wash myself clean
There’d be no more doubt in my mind
Doubt in my mind, doubt in my mind
There’d be no more doubt in my mind
Doubt in my mind, doubt in my mind
There’d be no more doubt in my mind
If only I could open and let you pour in
Or step out in the bright sunshine
There would soon grow a garden
Where a desert had been
There’d be no more doubt in my mind
Doubt in my mind, doubt in my mind
There’d be no more doubt in my mind
Doubt in my mind, doubt in my mind
There’d be no more doubt in my mind
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10. |
Not Afraid
05:46
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I will not be afraid
To let my love blossom
Though at times I may stray
At times I've forgotten
Through the long cold winter days
Love's seed has lain still
The sun's feeble rays
Warm not this chill
I will not be afraid
To let my love bloom
What once kept me safe
Now encloses like a tomb
When the first days of spring
Break the song from my heart
With the birds I will sing
I'm ready to start
I will not be afraid
To let my love blossom
Though my bed be a grave
And I sink to the bottom
Love's roots will find their way
More tenacious then earth or stone
They'll wrap themselves around your heart
Slip like a secret into your bones
Sun, water, air and soil
These things will make me grow
But no matter how I toil
Seems only love can make me whole
Sweet, sweet fragrance of a flower
This too shall fade
But love, love it is the power
So I’ll not be afraid
I'll not be afraid to let my love blossom
I shall not be afraid to let my love bloom
I will not be afraid
I am not afraid
Not afraid
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11. |
Bring Me Home
02:52
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Though long the distance
And short the day
I still will travel on
And though my own resistance
Stand in my way
Your love will bring me home
Bring me home, bring me home, your love will bring me home
Though my eyes misguide me
And lead me astray
And my feet should steer me wrong
I know light will find me
And this I pray
Your love will bring me home
Bring me home, bring me home,
Your love will bring me home.
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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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