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Waterfall
04:47
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Something calls me like a waterfall
Who's that standing at the center of a swinging see saw?
Gimme, gimme brings a lot of pleasure and pain
It's not so frantic watching from the eye of a hurricane
Talking, talking telling everyone what you think you know
Listen, listen, listen to your heart. It will tell you how to go
Something calls me
Something calls me
Something calls me
Something calls me
Waterfall
Waterfall
Waterfall
Waterfall
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2. |
Safe
05:06
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Safe
Just keep watching your tv
You are good to go in your SUV
Now don’t you worry ‘bout me
I know you’re sanctified
You can do as you please
‘Cause you’re safe, safe, safe
You say the haters just can’t stand
How good we got here in the promised land
So if they won’t sing in the choir
We got to send them down into the lake of fire
And we’ll be safe
In the arms of Jesus
Safe in the arms of Jesus
He’s your teflon, daddy
You’re not to blame
All you got to do
Is just call his name
And you’ll be safe, safe, safe….
Why don’t you walk with Jesus
in Afghanistan
And you can march with Jesus
In Iraq and Iran
Why don’t you swim with Jesus
Down in New Orleans
And you can rest with Jesus
In your sweet, sweet dreams
He’s your teflon, daddy
You’re not to blame
All you got to do
Is just call his name
And you’ll be safe, safe, safe….
Now you know all you need to know
Because the radio host and the bible they done told you so
You know who wants to do us in
So you can draw that line between us and them
And you’re safe
In the arms of Jesus
Safe
In the arms of Jesus
He’s your teflon, daddy
You’re not to blame
All you got to do
Is just call his name
And you’ll be safe, safe, safe….
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3. |
These Times
04:12
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These times
Saw you just the other day
In your jacket and your hat
All dressed up to go away
Didn’t know if you’d be back
These hard, hard, hard times
Heard the trouble in your voice
Said your plans had fallen through
Didn’t think you had much choice
Didn’t know just what to do
These hard, hard, hard times
These times are lean times
No in between time for you and me
These times are rough times
Not quite enough time for you and me
Maybe further ‘round the bend
It won’t have to be this way
Then we can laugh again
When we talk about “the day”
These hard, hard, hard times
These times are real times
Reel with the feel time for you and me
These times are our times
Your and my time for all time
We will remember
We will remember
These times
t. wesley dean all rights reserved 2014
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4. |
Who's Moving Further On
03:54
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Who’s Moving Further On t. wesley dean all rights reserved 2018
Such a thin veil between the quick and the still
Who’s warm and breathing
Who’s taking on a chill
There’s no way of knowing
Who’s moving further on
Never can tell who might bring you the light
With a word or a touch
To make your mind alright
There’s no way of knowing
Who’s moving further on
Been swimming upstream so long it feels natural
Living upside down in a world that’s confused
Trying to find what’s holy ‘bout mackerel
While the sky keeps falling on my blue suede shoes
Willy the dealer gave it up and got clean
Now they’re calling him Moses in the rehab scene
There’s no way of knowing
Who’s moving further on
No there is no way of knowing
Who’s moving further on
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5. |
One (How Could We Lose?)
02:19
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One
One
Two kinds of one
One is a union
One is apart
And nothing
Was ever better
Than the time
When i was one
With
You
Two
As one
Two can be free
Free to be everything
We could ever hope to be -- -- --
Me and you
We two
How could we lose
If we
Are
One
?
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6. |
After The Rain
04:39
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After The Rain
After the rain
After all my tears have finally fallen
I can see the brand new sun come dawnin’
How long it’s been
Now i’m free again
After the rain
Inside the rain
It feels like a thousand years that I've been aching
And i cannot find the strength to keep myself from breaking
So all of the tears
I’ve held for years
Fall like the rain
Rain, rain, rain fall on me
Rain, rain, rain wash me clean
I’ll soon be free from all this pain
After the rain
So let the rain fall down on my broken soul
Slip through the cracks and fill the empty holes
Mend the hurts and fears in each hidden place
Wash it all clean so there’s not a trace
Of any regrets for things that might have been
So i can face the future and start over again
So let the rain, rain, rain fall on me
Rain, rain, rain wash me clean
I’ll soon be free from all this pain
After the rain
After the rain
I can feel my spirit finally rising
And i can feel the brand new sun come shining
What do i see?
Lord, it shines on me
After the rain
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7. |
Goodbye Michael
04:44
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Hello Michael
I declare
The porch is so empty when you're not there
Just a few old rockin' chairs
Big C came callin' plowin' up the rural route
You beat it twice - three strikes you're out
Three strikes you're out
Goodbye Michael, you can row your boat ashore
You don't have to hurt no more
That will be for everyone who had to stay behind
Goodbye Michael it's for good this time
My pride and joy is only six years old
I call him my Sunny Boy
I wonder how much he knows
He calls me his Cloudy Man
How can he understand
How can we understand
Goodbye Michael, you can row your boat ashore
You don't have to hurt no more
That will be for everyone who had to stay behind
Goodbye Michael it's for good this time
Old man winter is headed my way
My coffee is bitter and my skies are gray
Feel the wind put the chill on the sun
All the dreams of my youth are coming undone
Coming undone
It's been a long time coming but I can finally see the light
God, it shines so bright
I want to cross that river
I want to walk that shore
I don't want to hurt no more
No I don't want to cry no more
Hello Michael help me row your boat ashore
We ain't got to hurt no more
That'll be for everyone who has to stay behind
Hello Michael it's for good this time
Hello Michael
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8. |
Lily of the Field
03:51
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Lily of the Field
She’s a lily of the field
Everybody loves her
All I ever see her do
Is love you just for you
Exactly how you are
Never asking you to change
Always open to the flow
Exactly like it is
She’s a lily of the field
It really drives me crazy
Here she comes again
Surrounded by her friends
Reading other peoples’ minds
Guessing horoscopic signs
Then I hear her laugh
And i love her too
It’s only fear
That makes us want to cling
To what we used to be
We’ll never be free
Until we let it go
So, let it go
Let it go
She’s a lily of the field
Everybody loves her
All I ever see her do
Is love you just for you
Exactly how you are
Never asking you to change
Always open to the flow
Exactly like it is
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9. |
Only Dreaming
02:13
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Only Dreaming
I hear voices calling
Beyond the hills of oak and pine
I climb the top and there i find
I was dreaming, only dreaming
Somewhere in the future
I felt a peace that knew no end
And every breath could send
Me dreaming, dreaming
Feelings and visions
That i seldom touch
Tell of a place
Where there is no such
Thing as fear
It was crystal clear
You saw i was staring
With distant eyes in pantomime
You ask to know
What’s on my mind
I was dreaming,
Dreaming,
Dreaming
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Meet you on the other side
Meet you on the other side
It’s not very far away
Peace and comfort here abide
In love’s bright eternal day
There’s no need to mourn for me
Passing’s only like a dream
I lay down to go to sleep
I woke, and I had crossed the stream
The veil between is razor thin
Only time keeps us apart
True love’s mercy, christ within
Comforts every broken heart
How deep is the love we share?
How long can true love abide?
You’ll know when you see me there
I’ll meet you on the other side
In just a flicker of god’s eye
I’ll meet you on the other side
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11. |
Just The Way I Am
04:15
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She Loves Me Just The Way I Am
She’s my holy roller, no psychic clam
She’s love’s antenna on a mystic band
And she loves me just the way I am
“That’s no way to greet me”
She says if I don’t kiss her
And when she’s gone
Oh how I miss her
‘Cause she loves me just the way i am
She’s got magic
She’s got a charm
And when we’re walking arm in arm
She hums a fractured melody
That cures the malady
That churns inside of me
She’s my swami - she’s my light
And when I’m with her everything is right
‘Cause she loves me just the way I am
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12. |
Tumble Down World
03:52
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Tumble Down World
Ever since i was a youth
I knew i wasn’t getting all the truth
From teacher, mom and dad,
And all the faces on the tv screen
And voices on the radio
And even all the tiny words
In black ink on the paper page
Were hard to sift for meaning, oh yeah
So every morning when i wake
I try to live for heaven’s sake
And listen to the voice inside
That speaks to those who seek to live
In peace of mind and heart
And work to heal the aching planet of our birth
For what it’s worth is way beyond the scope
Of tiny minds that gaze upon the shiney screens
And sleep a walking death
With every single breath of dirt
That they suck up
In this tumble down world, oh yeah
It’s such a tumble down world
So you need some one to talk to
And relate the darkest secrets of your soul
And so you question me
With eyes that try to penetrate
The walls of fear that hide the depths
Of sorrow buried here
Then we reach out for each other
Just to try to keep from falling
In this tumble down world
Come on and give it to me girl
Such a tumble down
We’re walking through a tumble down world
So hand in hand together
We’ll go searching for our sunrise
And as the world falls down around us
All our love will rise above
The fear right here
In this tumble down world
Come on, come on,
We can make it, baby
Come on, come on
We got to shake this tumble down world
Shake it off
Shake it baby
Shake it off
Get it together, baby
Keep it together in this tumble down world
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T. Wesley Dean Atlanta, Georgia
I am a singer and songwriter currenly based in Atlanta, Georgia USA. Artists that have recorded my tunes include Joe Walsh, Joe South, Billy Joe Royal, Tinsley Ellis, Heaven Davis, Alex Lattimore, Chick Willis and Kristie Agee.
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