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Spread My Wings
04:01
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Standing tall like a statue in the rain,
I carry on through times of sorrow.
A mid summer storm and in the middle I remain,
The sunny days may come tomorrow.
The clouds above can't stay forever.
Directions change.
Somewhere off in the distance,
I know a blue bird sings
Under the skies we knew so full and blue with purpose.
In the morning I will spread my wings.
In the winter I can hibernate inside,
Losing touch with all my friends.
It's hard to walk and talk when the leaves and trees have died,
From this cold I will transcend.
Summer's just around the bend.
Directions change.
Somewhere off in the distance,
I know a blue bird sings.
Under the skies we knew so full and blue with purpose,
In the morning I will spread my wings.
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Lead Dog
03:35
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Lie awake, forget about the cold
The sun goes down glistening and the night moves in to take it's toll
Hide away, no time for rock and roll
The man upstairs is listening and I think he's trying to steal my soul
If you ain't the lead dog the scenery will never change
If you wait forever you'll find out that it's too late
Time for change, the time has come today
No one's gonna stop me and nothing's getting in my way
Gone astray, I walk the streets alone
Happiness is fading and this hell I live I call my home
If you ain't the lead dog the scenery will never change
If you wait forever you'll find out that it's too late.
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Hope for the Hopeless
05:13
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So many wrongs instead of rights
I could be falling out of sight
Too many days in disarray
Spent waiting for the night
Too many thrills instead of skills
that seem to fill my life
So many times I've walked the line
Good intentions fell behind
But now I'm moving forward...
That's how it goes I guess
Just trying to do what's best
Finding ways to bring some hope to the hopeless
That's why I can't forget
That's why I won't regret
Finding ways to bring some hope to the hopeless
Some people say to find a way you need a message to convey
Or a star that guides your direction
I believe that when I leave and my body's cold and grey
My soul will rise to a better place
That's how it goes I guess
Just trying to do what's best
Finding ways to bring some hope to the hopeless
That's why I can't forget
That's why I won't regret
Finding ways to bring some hope to the hopeless
I can't let this bring me down
I gotta keep on going
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Highway #1
04:56
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An orange glow over Medicine Hat
Air is cold, up above prairie skies are black
Fog as thick as molasses
Car on the shoulder as we wait for the time to pass
As I find my way back home
Seasons change along the road
Two long hours until the sun comes up again
And the morning glows
Rolling on down the highway, Highway #1
Left the mountains behind
Can't recall why I didn't stay, living in the sun
Where the mountains were mine
I know that as we go we'll lose an hour
As we enter the Peg
Crack of dawn out in White Wood
Minutes later came smoke rising from my hood
In the distance a station
Fixed the car up never had she run so good
As I find my way back home
Seasons change along the road
Two long hours until the sun comes up again
And the morning glows
Rolling on down the highway, Highway #1
Left the mountains behind
I can't recall why I didn't stay, living in the sun
Where the mountains were mine
I know that as we go we'll lose an hour
As we enter the Peg
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My Djembe
04:31
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Blue shadows turn to red
Dissolving mushrooms in my head
I'm seeing fantastic colours again
But I don't remember anything
Oh! I did it again
I've gone too far
I misplaced all of my friends
And I don't know just where they are
Can somebody help me find my drum?
I turned my back and then she was gone
Attention was lost and I wondered away
And off she ran with my djembe
Music echos from the hill
The sun goes down along with a pill
The grass is burning and the guitars strum
I walk through the crowd to hear my drum
Oh! I did it again
I've gone too far
I misplaced all of my friends
And I don't know just where they are
Can somebody help me find my drum?
I turned my back and then she was gone
Attention was lost and I wondered away
And off she ran with my djembe
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All Away
03:05
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Lost in these thoughts again
No reply to your conversation
I tried to keep too close
But I drove it all away
Crossed paths into isolation
All I feel is alienation
I don't know why
I just don't have much to say
What is wrong with me?
You.
You're the reason we
Blame everything on the past
And drink ourselves away
Now in our separate ways
How do we compensate
For all this love is stained on shattered glass we leave today
Struck like a match in rain
One spark won't start the flame
I'm hoping to ignite so I can get you off my brain
Fucked up from the lies you fed
Should have thought for myself instead
Now I can't explain
I just don't have much to say
What is wrong with me?
You.
You're the reason we
Blame everything on the past and drink ourselves away.
Now in our separate ways,
How do we compensate
For all this love is stained on shattered glass we leave today
I've opened my eyes to see all that lies beneath
The truth in this reality.
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Don Jacks Winnipeg, Manitoba
Multi-instrumentalist, producer, singer-songwriter, lover of music, and anything
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Previous Projects::
Jen's Aquarium
The Surf-A-Delics
Jacks and Blair (TJ Blair)
Shakin' and Stirred
The Tell
Sarah Michel
Tim Phelan
Moose vs Echo
Guy Abraham
Orbit X
... more
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