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Empty Through Empty Space
With the rain coming down
West setting Sun
Like a train full of orphans
Stranded in the wilderness
The strongest emotions I’ve had in years
Driving like a mad man
In search of a human race
Assisted in the river
And washed in the rain
The strongest I’ve felt anything in years
Driving on empty through empty space
Thinking
You carry me
And I'll carry you
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2. |
The Whisper
03:49
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The Whisper
I guess you just got to stop sometimes
And take a look at the broader horizon
Blow your quarters and save your dimes
You are bound to pay the price
So maybe I’ll have porridge, maybe beans
I gotta take this road thats inside of me
The strangest story I ever did see
Took place down by the ocean
Some draws the portraits & some draws the rain
Its easy to get lost in the distance
The hardest line I ever did hear
Came barely as a whisper
Came barely as a whisper
I need a job and I need a burger
I just gotta make the change
The darkest sky I ever did see
Formed above the bluest ocean
So, I’ll have coffee and I’ll take tea
‘Cause all in all everythings just a part of me
The greatest gift I ever received
Came from the hardest bargain
Some draws the portraits & some draws the rain
Its easy to get lost in the distance
The hardest line I ever did hear
Came barely as a whisper
Came barely as a whisper
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3. |
The Sliver
03:59
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The Sliver
Bows and arrows
Birds fallen in mid flight
With me/Without me
In your compartment locked inside
Am I so shallow
You think you can just dive through?
You don’t want me around
Your ceramic gallery
It’s a deep deep hurt
The one your daddy planted
He drew you in
Only to leave in an instant
Another sacrifice
Won’t secure your freedom
You don’t want me around
To pull out the sliver
Come into my arms
Feel loved, healed and forgiven
But you don’t want me around
You shoot your bow and arrows
You don’t want me around
To pull out the sliver
You don’t want me around
Will you ever forgive him?
You don’t want me around
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Mary
03:06
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MARY
Well the pain and contortions got a grip on me
From my fingers and toes to the soles of my feet
Lost in her beauty real or imaginary
Somebody save me ‘cause I’m in love with Mary
I was walking wounded thinking one day
I do love her, want her, need her this way
I’m lost in her beauty, real or imaginary
somebody save me man I’m in love with Mary
I’ll sail ‘cross the ocean, brave the raging seas
Cross mountains and deserts, just to be with Mary
Somebody save me, I’m in love with Mary
Well I woke in the mornin’ thought i was alright
But the Jesus came in me, gave me such a fright
Said I don’t know nothin’, out of the ordinary
Somebody save me, I’m in love with Mary
Oh the raging sea
Cross mountains and deserts, just to be with Mary
Somebody save me
I’m in love, with Mary
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5. |
Rushing Out
04:31
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Rushing Out
We are rushing out, throwing ourselves out like stars
Rushing out / In tandem
Creating all / We are not
And we are falling all just falling through openness
Rushing out / In tandem
Creating all / We can now
Create me now don’t leave me alone
Introduce me to you just one more time
Through the open door in motion letting all that dreams
Rushing out / In tandem
Creating all / Inner thoughts
Rushing out / In tandem
Creating all / We are not
Release me into the now don’t leave me alone
Introduce me to you just one more time
Rush me out don’t leave me alone
Introduce me to you just one more time
Rushing out in tandem / Creating all inner thought
Rushing out in tandem / Creating all we are now
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6. |
Hey Jerry
03:28
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Hey, Jerry!
Hey Jerry!
Why’d you go down? You got love in your heart and a thousand new parts
So worried, the future done come
You’re hungry and numb and you ain’t so young
But the verdict, it ain’t wrote
You got more years to work and explore the earth
Ain’t nothing, that can’t be done
When you got visions in rhymes, moons, stars and suns…
Oh, Jerry!
There’s plenty of time. The girl ain’t worth it, and who needs a fight?
Damn straight, it’s the wind and the rain
Might seem like a mountain but it’s the only way
So, hit it, the road ahead
Forget what you wanted and go for the best
Ain’t nothin’, that can’t be won
From the road ahead rises, the moon, stars and sun…
On the road from here to there we discover
That everything comes and goes ebbs and flows
Everything comes and goes ebbs and flows
So, breathe deep!
And don’t lose no sleep. There’s more to your story, your story is deep.
Drive far, the road has no end.
Earn what you take and need who you keep.
It ain’t luck, it ain’t luck at all man.
Make what you got, and be who you are
There ain’t nothin, that can’t be done
With hands, buckets, moons, stars and suns…
On the road from here to there we discover
That everything comes and goes ebbs and flows
Everything comes and goes, ebbs and flows
That everything comes and goes, ebbs and flows
Everything comes and goes, ebbs and flows
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7. |
A Softer Calling
04:26
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A Softer Calling
Lost
Playing cards in the dark
Gliding on the air
Dealing with my greatest fears
Plowing ancestral dirt
Trying to lay rest the hurt
I’m just trying to lay rest my hurt
Time
To move into a new Spring
And spin with the Earth
Start living the only days
We have left since this birth
Try and lay rest the hurt
It’s a softer calling
Transcendental wine
A slower motion
A softer calling
It aint chance
That you can fly around the world
See with the eyes of the street
Build something from a dream
Build it from the dirt
Lifted up from the hurt
It’s a softer calling
Transcendental wine
A slower motion
A slower motion
A softer calling
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8. |
Let A Poor Man Beg
03:17
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Let a Poor Man Beg
Well, the gig was up
I was already near mile 444
In my rear view mirror
Lake Ochachobee became my every thought
Make time stop
And let a poor man beg
In the light of a fare young made
In New Orleans I got lost in the crowd
And some new friends held me up
In the morning
You were far away in the Asian light
Make time stop
Take us back to those days
When our love was forming
January in Miami
We came from the far side of the land
Strolled slowly through the markets
On the beach lay hand in hand
In a few day I arrived
At the golden gate
And it towered there high
Beneath dark clouds
I drove into the mouth of the Oregon range
Make Time Stop
And let a poor man beg
With the tears of a lover’s pain
With the tears of a lover’s ache
With the tears of a lover’s voice
Let a poor man beg
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9. |
The Day Liz Taylor Died
02:43
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The Day Liz Taylor Died
Abandoned to the trailer
A fool on the outside
All Bettys go to heaven
And old men off to die
Caged in the forest
A mud saloon in the dark
Scribbling on this paper
Like some freak in the park
The day Liz Taylor died
My heart was torn like thunder
And part of me fell aside
I looked at everyone different
Like I was watchin’ from outside
A movie in slow motion
A viewer from far removed
I swam with the jellyfishes
And took my seat beneath her moon
The day Liz Taylor died
I felt life so vicious
As the sounds in my head played
All the euphoric memories
Of past love and hate
The wisdom that was in me
Well I guess it showed up late
Because my poor old man got an ear full
And I stumbled at the plate
The day Liz Taylor died
The day Liz Taylor shook the earth
And went up to heaven high
The message was cemented
Clearly written in the sky
“I need time and distance”
Well I hope it’s all worthwhile
I know I’m going to miss everything about you
And I’m going to feel every mile
The day Liz Taylor died
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10. |
Oceans Far and Apart
03:33
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Oceans Far and Apart
You say you love me in rhymes
I try to keep up
The designer sews the seam
And the door shut
As memories float
Into silent emotion
On an ocean far and apart
You said, “I have to fly away
To prove I am who I am”
But why did joy have to leave
For you to feel free?
To feel you can breathe
To feel sorrow and grieve
On an ocean far and apart
You say you’ll love me in time
But not today
In a magical realistic dream
I hover
And Try to show no emotion
Though endless and deep
On oceans far and apart
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11. |
I Can't Bury You
02:49
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I Can’t Bury You
Daddy I want you to know
I can’t see you
Asleep in the dark
No, I can’t bury you
I say Daddy don’t you leave this plane
I can’t bare you gone
And don’t feel no blame
Daddy, please just don’t leave
I say Daddy please don’t leave
I can’t bury you
I can’t bury you
No, I can’t bury you
I swear we’re good you and me
So please don’t let it be
Asleep in the dark
‘cause I can’t bury you
I can’t bury you
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12. |
For A Moment
04:17
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FOR A MOMENT
We arrived for a moment
Two ghosts who made a wish
We crossed sunlit bridges to escape walls caving in
For a moment the tide was with us
Before we got swept away
We looked to the distance and pictured a new way
To own our own story
Invent a new day
To live in the moment
And fear no change
Coming to peace in my mind is gonna take time
To find a moment
Invent a new day
Own my own story
And fear no change
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Jeremy Wilson Portland, Oregon
Jeremy started playing in working bands in 1982 at the age of 14 with The Watchmen. He was the singer for the influential Dharma Bums (Frontier Records 1986 to1993). From 1994 to 1999 he fronted the rock band Pilot (Elektra/Mercury). He founded the non profit Jeremy Wilson Foundation musicians health & services organization in 2010. ... more
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