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Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Two Good Hands EP, Gentle Arms Of Eden - SINGLE #2, Live At Coalesce - 2005, You Can Walk Up There - SINGLE #1, Still The Birds (2016), Next Time Around (2012), Singer Songwriter Heaven - the songs of Kevin Faherty 2009, THE GIFT OF THE MAGI - & other seasonal stories (2002), and 4 more.
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Rootwing
02:27
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2. |
The Island Song
03:13
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CHORUS:
You were swimming to the island
Telling those sharks to get out of your way
Telling the ocean to keep still
Until you come back to Hana Bay
And the locals said that you couldn't do it
And the coast guard said you wouldn't be found alive
And the whole damn beach looking for that crazy girl
Who thumbs her nose at the laws of the tide
CHORUS:
You were swimming to the island
Telling those sharks to get out of your way
Telling the ocean to keep still
Until you come back to Hana Bay
I remember sleeping on the beach that night
I held you tight and safe under the stars
As if I could hold you there with all my might
That I might keep you, keep you from harm
CHORUS:
You were swimming to the island
Telling those sharks to get out of your way
Telling the ocean to keep still
Until you come back to Hana Bay
BRIDGE:
Now we swam so hard and wild
That night to the great unknown
I had to stop for fear, ah but you just kept on goin
CHORUS:
You were swimming to the island
Telling those sharks to get out of your way
Telling the ocean to keep still
Until you come back to Hana Bay
Until you come back to Hana Bay
til you come back, til you come back, til you come back...
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3. |
Victory In The Struggle
03:49
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Paint The Sky
04:32
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Blue is for river, Red is for blood
Take me to heaven, Teach me to love
Teach me to honor what I can't conceive
Yellow is virtue, Orange is belief
CHORUS:
I want to paint the sky
I want to laugh with the moon
I want to dance with the angels
And I could never tell you why
I want to paint the sky
Purple is courage, Green is the lie
Time loses everything, Everything dies
But all that dies rises in billows of grey
And after come rainbows to color the day
CHORUS:
I want to paint the sky
I want to laugh with the moon
I want to dance with the angels
And I could never tell you why
I want to paint the sky
BRIDGE:
All these colors in my life
Sometimes fade to black and white
But they always leave a trace
So I can find them just in case, just in case...
CHORUS:
I want to paint the sky
I want to laugh with the moon
I want to dance with the angels
And I could never tell you why
I want to paint the sky
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5. |
Sleep
05:25
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So sleep is the closest thing to love
Maybe we can dream clearer than we think
If we can stand it we can hear each others secrets
When I see you in my head, while we're sharing the bed
CHORUS:
Sleep is the master of my body
Sleep is the mind of my mind
Sleep is the singer of my breath
Sleep is all I leave behind
Something warm and liquid flows
The molasses of your body flowing into me
Now I can taste it and I know what you're doing
When you turn out the light, and die into night
CHORUS:
Sleep is the master of my body
Sleep is the mind of my mind
Sleep is the singer of my breath
Sleep is all I leave behind
Must be a scary way to feel
Always losing myself, as if you're someone else
Carry on inside you like a whirlpool in our blood sea
Flecks of red are seeping through the lining of our sleeping
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6. |
Right Side Of Zero
04:16
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Springtime sunrise on a warm desert morning
I'll be your honey, you can be my hero
It's been a while since the cards smiled now one fine day
I'll be heading down the road on the Right Side Of Zero
There's a break even point I know
Just where it is so hard to tell
But if you don't know where even is
How can you know if you're doing well
Before you disappear when I count to ten
I'll be your honey you can be my hero
Til then I'll be counting on you to tell me when
I'm heading down the road on the Right Side Of Zero
There's a break even point I know
And I will find it 'fore I get old
But if you don't know where halfway is
How can you know if you're young or old
There's a dirty little war down south and it's covered like a baseball game
And you hear about the players like you hear about your sporting heroes
But this is life, this aint no game and I think we should leave people to their own ways
And head on down the road on the Right Side Of Zero
INSTRUMENTAL BREAK
There's a break even point I know
Just where it is so hard to tell
But if you don't know where even is
How can you know if you're doing well
Springtime sunrise on a warm desert morning
I'll be your honey, you can be my hero
It's been a while since the cards smiled now one fine day
I'll be heading down the road on the Right Side Of Zero
Heading down the road on the Right Side Of Zero
Heading down the road on the right side, on the right side, on the right side
Heading down the road on the Right Side Of Zero
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7. |
I Will Run
03:40
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They say that one man's voice, is like a feather in the wind
That rises, falls, and trembles, and bears no weight within
But I feel the weight a thousand voices strong
And with a million more of those who care
The song of justice rises in the air
CHORUS
I Will Run, til I can run no more
And I will walk, and let my spirit soar
And when I can walk no more
I will stand on freedom's shore
And I will sing, til I can sing no more
They say that time can disappear like smoke into the air
And the tomorrows we so carefully plan
unwind and twist and turn and tear
But it's today that should hold our attention fast
And it's the love we leave in others eyes
That make our lifetimes last and last
CHORUS
I Will Run, til I can run no more
And I will walk, and let my spirit soar
And when I can walk no more
I will stand on freedom's shore
And I will sing, til I can sing no more
REPEAT CHORUS
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8. |
Don't Tear Down
04:24
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CHORUS:
Don't Tear Down, Don't Tear Down
No matter what's coming I know you'll hold your ground
Don't Tear Down these truths you've found
There's such a small space between conform and crazy
I try to live there but sometimes the lines get hazy
It's so easy to get caught up working for a living
Watching CNN while they're rooting for the home team
Then the billboard woman looms over the horizon
I keep my eyes straight ahead but my eyes are on her
As I think to myself, 'wasn't there something more important? what was it?'
CHORUS:
Don't Tear Down, Don't Tear Down
No matter what's coming I know you'll hold your ground
Don't Tear Down these truths you've found
I got this friend she works downtown, but she doesn't mind the traffic
Well she stays downtown I guess that's why she don't mind it
And she cares for others and she thinks for herself
And sometimes I wish she'd take better care of herself
But she's trying to save the world and thinks she knows how to do it
Sees something wrong want's to get down to it
Now she's angry at the world but you know, who can blame her
I get angry too, and I think that's why I like her
CHORUS:
Don't Tear Down, Don't Tear Down
No matter what's coming I know you'll hold your ground
Don't Tear Down these truths you've found
I did a lot of traveling in 1991
The year that American morality hit bottom
They are dancing in the streets with blood on their breath
Praying to the war god, celebrating death
CHORUS:
Don't Tear Down, Don't Tear Down
No matter what's coming I know you'll hold your ground
Don't Tear Down these truths you've found
REPEAT CHORUS
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9. |
I Can't Tell You
04:38
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Some things are better left unsaid
Some things stay locked inside my head
I say I love you like a friend
I see you when the loving ends
I help you through your latest tragedy
I've hid my desire
Now I feel so inspired
To tell you all I cannot say
CHORUS:
I can't tell you that I want you
But I think you know it's true
After all your men have come and gone
Who loves you more than me?
I Can't Tell You
When words don't work the way we know
The language of the heart still goes
I'll try to show you all I mean
Not just a part in some grand scheme
We can be anything we want to be
But now I cannot say
Letters you'll read some day
Will tell you all I cannot now
CHORUS:
I can't tell you that I want you
But I think you know it's true
After all your men have come and gone
Who loves you more than me?
I Can't Tell You
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10. |
Where You Can Find Me
03:39
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CHORUS:
I don't know all the places I've been
And I've forgotten things that I have done
And I can only imagine what I see
But I know where I'll be... Where You Can Find Me
So I looked 'round my place for things you left
Sang that broken angels lullaby
Sometime I want to see what gives
When pieces of angels fly... so high, so high
CHORUS:
I don't know all the places I've been
And I've forgotten things that I have done
And I can only imagine what I see
But I know where I'll be... Where You Can Find Me
I don't miss you, yes I do
And I don't love you more than I do, I do
CHORUS:
I don't know all the places I've been
And I've forgotten things that I have done
And I can only imagine what I see
But I know where I'll be... Where You Can Find Me
REPEAT CHORUS
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11. |
Miss Yoo
03:55
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You make me think of an old rock and roll song
You make me think of that old heart and soul song
That we used to play on the piano as kids
And you got your piano today
You couldn't play it but that didn't count
Cause couldn't just wasn't your way
I know you feel my love now
And I'll always feel yours too
And when it's my time to go
I know you'll help me through
You'll always be a part of me
I'll always be with you
Ooh, your heart is whole now
Ooh, you're in control now
Since this life is all we know that we have
And in some way that must be good
I wanted you to live forever
And I thought that you would
You wanted to be beautiful
And you were, you looked younger than me
And just like me you changed your name now
And got a little more free
Now that freedom's bigger still
With lessons yet to glean
You're an old rock and roll song, that lingers on
And colors every dream
You make me think of an old rock and roll song
You make me think of that old heart and soul song
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13. |
Rootwing Reprise
00:57
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Darryl Purpose Denver, Colorado
Darryl went to Las Vegas at 19 and became a professional blackjack player, which he still calls the 'only real job I've ever
had'. He is a member of the Blackjack Hall of Fame.
Since 1996, he has toured extensively and released 8 albums of original music.
Darryl's last two albums spent weeks at #1 on the RMR radio charts. Next Time Around and Still The Birds
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