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Ash

by Nick Burke

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1.
It's a welcome back I'd like to hear I need from time to time But a welcome is easily overstayed And I've overstayed my share of mine And all I've learned through those times Is the truth is not easy to betray So point me in the right direction And I'll be on my way And I come from the west The truth is plain You know me best And as for me I'm hopping on that everything train And I'm gonna ride it I'm gonna ride it I'm gonna ride it All the way through Truth be told all points lead to here And now is all that I know Should the seed of time think it wise To let all that surrounds grow Then let it grow many days for us So that we may live to be free And let not what has come before this Blind our sight to see And I come from the west The truth is plain You know me best And as for me I'm hopping on that everything train And I'm gonna ride it I'm gonna ride it I'm gonna ride it All the way through Shed not one single tear today Let only happiness rain For I am a willing passenger on This everything train
2.
Apple Pie 03:20
Cherry cobbler and apple pie I don't wanna let a good thing die If you were to leave me I'd lose my mind Cherry cobbler and apple pie Apple pie I just keep on strolling along I don't ever wanna do you wrong From you I'd never want to hide Don't take away that apple pie Apple pie I don't wanna lose sleep tonight I wanna know everything's alright Strawberry shortcake chocolate chip Don't take away that apple pie Apple pie I don't know if you ever heard But I've been hanging on every word But I don't wanna let the wrong word fly Don't take away that apple pie Apple pie
3.
Easy 03:21
Don't let them get you down Let's stroll through the hills And lay ourselves to rest upon the riverside They don't know you They take away your time Let's get it back at our new home in the desert And when they flood Their lives upon the sand We'll swim ashore and say "Is that all you've got?" Don't let them get you down Our love is free It is a wild beast That can never be caught
4.
You see with clouded vision already made your decision Giving me the cold wind gaze But people like you dry out with the morning dew Your memory hits me like a summer haze Your life has been sized and I find myself surprised That I feel like I can read your mind I'm not saying that I'm wise but sometimes my mind flies And time is love of a different kind And time is what you need to get your mind freed But thinking is something for which you never had a care Well thinking is free so start your shopping spree And find that to you I was always more than fair In your stubborn little way you could ruin somebody's day Was it always worth it to have the last word? I don't say much to you I'll say you've lost touch Talking a lot don't guarantee you're being heard And people do talk like birds in a flock Squawking in the trees until they grow weary You're a bird without wings you talk about all sorts of things Just a bird with a big vocabulary Bring your mouth to a crawl Think and you shall free fall Catch on late there ain't no shame in that You're too many notes in a song Too many days gone wrong All the jokes you tell are falling flat Your life has been sized and I find myself surprised That I feel like I can read your mind I'm not saying that I'm wise but sometimes my mind flies And time is love of a different kind Time is love of a different kind
5.
I'm gonna start moving my wheels And I won't ever stop Until my wheels won't move anymore And all those miles ahead Just like an old friend Are waiting for me to find what it is I'm looking for I'm searching for your face in the trees And your scent in the cool breeze No one can ever tell you Exactly what you need to hear They can't read what's going on in your mind So I'll keep moving my wheels And if the answer comes to me I may just leave this earthly body behind I turned the engine without the keys Can we go a little faster please? If everyone alive Were to stand in place And in unison say one single word Would the heavens divide And would the angels cry? At the most beautiful sound that they've ever heard I turned the engine without the keys Can we go a little faster please? So I'll keep moving my wheels I'll keep on moving these old rusty wheels I'll keep moving my wheels until the day I die
6.
If you're asking me if I done did drink with Gunga Din Well I did Yes I did If you're asking me if I drank enough to kill a small horse Well of course Yes of course I was playin' checkers but the world was playin' chess So I turned an ugly day into a beautiful mess Hello hundred dollar bill long time no see How ya been? How ya been? Goodbye hundred dollar bill I hardly knew you at all Goodbye Goodbye I was buying rounds for every new face that I would meet So I proceeded to flood my walk upon the street I know we only just met but I sense I'm in the presence of excellence My new friend My new friend Congratulations on a life well-lived so far 'til the end 'til the end The strangers kept on a' gawking And I kept on a' walking Givin' the stink-eye to parking meters along the way And just up ahead I could hear the ocean calling my name And I kept on a' walking
7.
I took away the wheels you use for rolling I took away the shoes you need for strolling I took away the hands that help in controlling The fingers you use when you need to make a call I take the 'em away when I don't want to take 'em at all And I'm wonderin' how long until you come home I threw away my watch that I never use I gave up the bottle that I tend to abuse I blew out my mind every single fuse I feel like I'm living and dying all at once The years I'm living are passing away like months And I'm wonderin' how long until you come home I'm waiting for the winter but it's only early spring I want to live longer but it feels like it's only a fling I care too much about every single thing I work so proudly just to reach the run of the mill And I'm strugglin' just to pay last month's bill So forget about that emergency phone call dream There's no need to hear the street siren scream I'm not asking for anything extreme I'm just wondering how long until you come home
8.
Right for me is right for you And that's right for everyone we know Write on the wall and write on the door That door is where we all come from Every night we die And every morning we're reborn again Don't be caught running out Don't be caught breathin' in vain The day is yes and the night is you There's nothing else that I would rather do To go down walking the same streets I've always known But they no longer felt like my home Every night we die And every morning we're reborn again Don't be caught running out Don't be caught breathin' in vain
9.
So Long 03:00
I'm tryin' to reach you But it ain't that easy 'cause you don't know what to make of this world No one's out to get you Nothing's falling apart Sometimes losing your mind is the place to start So long So long So long to everything you've ever known You cannot light the match And blame the forest for burning You cannot stop this old world from turning But your mother thought she was clever To name her daughter Never With a name you'd be sure to rebel But you never raise any hell So long So long So long to everything you've ever known So long So long So long to everything you've ever known
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released December 1, 2010

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Cowboy psychedelia, California country.

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