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Sole

by T. Wesley Dean

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1.
Roll Away The Stone 05:08
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roll away the stone dean/kearns music mint bmi seems like a mighty long time that i’ve been in this tomb mental rigor mortis is making me so morose come here martha, come here mary seems my life’s been gettin’ kinda sedentary don’t you thik it’s time we rolled away the stone i’ve been looking for a remedy to cure what’s been ailing me i’ve been watching the tops of my toes way too long my soul could use a little rehabilitation my heart could use a little rest and recreation don’t you think it’s time we rolled away the stone roll away the stone open up my eyes let me be a child again i want to know what it’s like to be a little surprised how much longer we got to stay in this place i want to feel the sun shining on my face like little bitty cogs in a big machine we turn and we grind in some billionaire’s dream we go to work, we eat, we watch tv we forget what it means to be alive too busy doin’ that dog eat dog and that struggle and strive don’t you think it’s time we rolled away the stone roll away the stone open up my eyes let me be a child again i want to know what it’s like to be just a little surprised how much longer we got to stay down here when we gonna lose all the hate and all that fear don’t you think it’s time we rolled don’t you think it’s time we rolled don’t you think it’s time that we rolled away the stone help me roll away the stone
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Got My Own 03:16
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Got My Own dean music mint bmi Tell me, children, what do you see Don’t look like a hell of a lot left for you and me Ask your daddy where it all went He’s got nothin’ to show but he’ll say that it’s all been spent I don’t mind (As) long as i got my own I got my own Every nickle spent on guns Is taking food from the mouths of those who ain’t even begun All the effort spillin’ blood While they glorify it in Hollywood They don’t mind (As) long as they got their own They got their own As time goes on things get extreme The fat get fat and the lean get lean If you want to take it’s easy to do But if you want to give you can do that too There’s a garden told of old (It was) paradise, so i’m told Lord, sweet mama, won’t you take me there This old world gets (to be) more than i can bear
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Politician Blues 05:14
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politician blues a.k.a. prohibition blues dean music mint bmi if i was a politician i’d get down on my knees and pray if i was a politician i’d get down on my knees and pray ‘cause i know i’ll be fryin’ in the fire when it comes to judgement day when the good lord made creation he cracked a smile when he was done when the good lord made creation he cracked a smile when he was done every plant and every critter- he laid his hands on every one now the preacher in his pulpit thinks he’s got the latest word now the preacher in his pulpit thinks he’s got the latest word he said the lord was sittin’ in the wrong pew when he made that fungi and the herb now, you can’t better god’s perfection ‘cause you think you found a flaw you can’t change a fact of nature just because you pass a law put all the potheads in the hoosegow while the judge is gettin’ juiced how long’s it gonna be before the chicken’s come home to roost well the white boys go to college and they smoke that grass all day well the white boys go to college and they smoke that grass all day while the black boys go to prison “cause the feds are gonna make ‘em pay if i was a politician i’d curse the day that i was born if i was a politician i’d curse the day that i was born ‘cause i know i’ll be dancin’ with the devil when old gabriel blows his horn
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Breath Of Fire 04:48
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Breath Of Fire dean music mint bmi Some people say that the air we breathe Is nitrogen and oxygen And other vapors that we cannot see I’m here to tell ya that the air we breathe Is the breath of God to light a holy fire Visions to inspire Straight from the mouth of the Great I Am That I Am Who turned a lump of clay into a natural man Who saved the boy issac from Abe-ah-ra-ham Who led Moses through the burnin’ sand So he could take his people to the promised land So don’t you tell no lie (with the breath of fire) Don’t you curse your neighbor (with the breath of fire) Don’t you spread no gossip (with the breath of fire) Don’t you twist the truth (with the breath of fire) Let that holy fire keep burnin’, burnin’ Let that holy fire keep burnin’ bright I’m filled with the breath of fire You’re filled with the breath of fire We live by the breath of fire Now when you hear your name you better heed the call Turn around (whoa) stop right there Still your mind up and feel the air I’m here to tell ya that the sound you hear Is the voice of God you got to make a choice When you hear that voice Straight from the mouth of the Great I Am That I Am Who marched with Joshua down at Jericho Who made Pharoh let the people go Who helped little David lay Goliath low From whom all blessings flow who sent the smoke by day and the fire by night to guide the wanderin israelites He know knows the oceans’ depth and the mountains’ height who blesses all things in his sight Who saved Daniel from the lion’s den Who asked Adam, “Boy, where you been?” Who calls all people to turn from sin Who takes every lost soul back again
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Just A Matter Of Time 03:48
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just a matter of time dean music mint bmi now the black crow sits on the telephone line watching the squirrel trying to make up his mind squirrel is twitchin’ in the middle of the street (black crow, he say,) “ain’t that bitchin’ that’s some real fine meat!” and the sun shines down on the world divine black crow – he know it’s just a matter of time now squirrel’s in a panic ‘bout to lose his mind one false move be the end of the line he feints to the left he fakes to the right jumps back to the center line where he tries to sit tight and the sun shines down… now here come a greyhound you could call it fate but that bus and that squirrel lord, they got a date black crow is thinkin’ it’s ‘bout time to dine when squirrel makes a run for the end of the line and the sun shines down… now i’ve been watchin’ you, baby for a long, long while watching your eyes love how they smile watching your hips how they move to the beat watching your lips bet they sure taste sweet and the moon shines down on the world divine you know – i know it’s just a matter of time
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Feel A Healin' 08:32
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feel a healin’ dean music mint bmi it’s the same old song again same as it’s always been here and now and never ending and if i stop and i listen well i can see and i can hear it tell of no end and no beginning when i stumble i stand back up i know love is gonna fill my cup when i’m broken and the world is cold i can hear that music serenade my soul there is a balm i want to sing it all night long inside my heart i want to feel a healin’ i took you to the station in the pouring rain to start your journey on a long steel train you told me you didn’t know where you were going face to face we shared goodbyes i saw heaven shining through your eyes but all i could hear was the whistle blowing the wind sailed through and the clouds broke free i felt the lucky old sun shine on you and me – can’t you see there is a balm i want to sing it all night long inside my heart i can feel a healin’
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Trouble Tumblin' Down 04:41
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trouble tumblin down dean music mint bmi i see trouble tumblin’ down a world of trouble fallin’ down it all comes tumblin down it’s a mean old world that knocks you down when you’re feelin’ satisfied that’s when trouble comes around i’ve got to get myself together but i can’t seem to make it right no i can’t seem to get my mind right i see trouble a world of trouble i see trouble tumblin’ down i see trouble come tumblin’ down a world of trouble fallin’ down just like the rain, it all comes tumblin down i toss and turn at night i want to sleep all day feel like i’m lookin’ for a fight no matter what you say i try to reach out to touch you and i feel you turn to stone every thing i try everything i touch seems to turn out wrong how long how long how long there’ll be trouble must there be trouble too much trouble tumblin’ down the world keeps tumblin’ down
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I Always Land On My Feet 03:20
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i always land on my feet dean/wilkie/sheffield i jumped bond in atlanta i'd been set up in a crooked game i let 'em know i was nobody's fool and some other fool got maimed i was one step ahead of the repo man two jumps ahead of the law when my contraband ride sputtered and died just outside of chickasaw sometimes i feel like i'm flying like a cat about to hit concrete rock bottom comin' at me like a freight train, baby but i always land on my feet i left that caddy to rust in the swamp and i hitch‑hiked to new orleans i knew bettilu meant shelter if i could reach her by any means the quarter was full of surprises i tried to reach her there by phone i told the other mule that answered the number i dialed must be wrong sometimes i feel like i'm flying like a cat about to hit concrete rock bottom comin' at me like a freight train, but i always land on my feet when it all hits the fan and the world goes tilt somebody ‘s screamin’ and blood‘s been spilt divin’ through a window just ahead of the heat let me tell you people ‘bout the trouble i meet i caught a semi to memphis took a job and i changed my name i was breakin’ my back for the foreman loadin’ freight come sun or rain one day i looked up from my burden there came a marshall with a picture of me by the time he hit the dock with the foreman brother, i was history sometimes i feel like i'm flying like a cat about to hit concrete rock bottom comin' at me like a freight train, but i always land, i always land, i always land on my feet
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Way Down In The Hole 04:03
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Way Down In The Hole by Tom Waits When you walk through the garden you gotta watch your back well I beg your pardon walk the straight and narrow track if you walk with Jesus he's gonna save your soul you gotta keep the devil way down in the hole he's got the fire and the fury at his command well you don't have to worry if you hold on to Jesus hand we'll all be safe from Satan when the thunder rolls just gotta help me keep the devil way down in the hole All the angels sing about Jesus' mighty sword and they'll shield you with their wings and keep you close to the lord don't pay heed to temptation for his hands are so cold you gotta help me keep the devil way down in the hole
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How Long, How Long 03:54
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how long, how long dean music mint bmi i heard moses talking to the pharaoh king i heard moses talking to the pharaoh king he said, “i wanna know, i wanna know how long, how long?” saw that rabbi preaching about the kingdom come saw that rabbi preaching about the kingdom come well i wanna know, i wanna know how long, how long i went to the river just to quench my soul saw my master with a fishin’ pole i said, “lord, you won’t catch nothin’ if you got no hook.” he said, “you better be still son, and have yourself another look.” i sat with the buddha underneath the banyan tree sat with the buddha underneath the banyan tree i said, “i wanna know. i wanna know how long, how long.” forty days, forty nights on the mountaintop i said, “lord, lord, won’t you show me a sign? and when you gonna make all this suffering stop?” she said, “boy, when you gonna change how you’ve been using your mind?” people all over the world, they just want to be free. people all over the world, they just want to be free. i wanna know, i wanna know how long, how long?
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Buddha's Blues 06:01
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buddha’s blues dean music mint bmi mountain high, valley low i can take it fast or slow it’s all the same all the same to me full house or an empty room i’m still just gonna dust my broom it’s all the same all the same to me i sat down by the banyan tree and then it finally dawned on me you can’t live in the future can’t live in the past nothin in this world is ever gonna last might be rich you might be poor we’re all just knockin’ on heaven’s door it’s all the same all the same to me feather bed or a dusty road a life of ease or a heavy load it’s all the same all the same to me
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Let It Go 01:36
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let it go dean music mint bmi there’s a time to turn the field there’s a time to sow a seed there’s a time to let it be and grow so let it go let the sun light up the blue let the rain wash over you let this moment be right no, right now and lei it go write my name upon the sand watch the ocean ebb and flow nothing here will ever be here long so let it go
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Sole - Complete Album (no gaps) 53:37
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released December 19, 2020

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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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