Love Comes Around Again - Lyrics

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So I was a little confused and I was less than amused 
and so I turned off the TV and I put on some shoes
and I took a walk downtown to buy me some paper news
I was looking for something to clarify while I maintain this perfect alibi
And it isn't the truth and it isn't a lie Its just I been using it way too long
And its getting close to gone - s'almost gone
But there's a woman inside me and she's been hidden well
And she's a friend of mine but she's a real hard sell
And she is big as the sky and the truth to tell 
she's just impatiently waiting to be - simply free

so I'm walking down State Street shaking off the blues
thinking 'bout redemption- looking for some clues
something relatively useful and you know its not in that paper news
well I've been a long time on that road to Calvary
and I do not mind the time s'just I'm hungry to be free
and I want to tell my mother that I'm happy to be me
but I'm lost in my dream again 
lost in my dream again - lost again
then I hear somebody yelling and he's yelling at me
he says I do not have the walking green
and I tell him I'm so sorry and I look him in the eyes
and I can see - he's just like me
he's just impatiently waiting to be - simply free
Simply Free, Simply Free Just impatiently waiting to be - Simply Free

So we sit on the edge of this televised world - bathing in that cool blue light
And inside we are drowning in the blood of the lamb and we know
Something's just not right
And we dream of our sweet possibilities
In the heat of the night - we dream
And we know as we watch the time sift through our fingers
The heart has its own song to sing
The heart has its own song to sing - a song to sing

And we are washed in the blood - we are ready
Washed in the blood - and clean
Dressed up - dressed down - and ready
Just impatiently waiting to be -simply free

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LOVE COMES AROUND AGAIN

walkin on down my road today and i was feelin just a little bit blue 
wonderin how an end could come To a love so deep and true 
It seems like only yesterday that I saw that love light shine
And felt that angel heartbeat keepin time with mine
but like that hot summer sun burns through those clouds of rain
i know love s'gonna come around again 
yeah just like that summer sun burns through those clouds of rain
i know love s'gonna come around again

Well this life gives us blessings And this life gives us tears
And (maybe) when all is said and done We can dance with the fears 
just watch those pretty flowers of may rise up from the winter snow
the seasons change to teach us - all we need to know
so just open up that wounded heart - you will understand
Love -s'gonna come around again
yeah just open up that wounded heart and you will understand 
love s'gonna come around again

my lessons come so many ways but i'm learnin everyday
and walking this road alone sometimes is a price I have to pay
you take your shot you play your hand you do the best you can
but its hard sometimes to get it right to build without a plan
but I'm working on this dream i have finding out who i am
and I'm gonna be ready when love comes around again
yeah working on this dream i have finding out who i am.........
and i'm gonna be ready when love comes around - 
ready when love comes around
yeah ready when love comes around again

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JUST A LITTLE PARTY

Riding down 100 in eastern Pennsylvania
And I'm looking for a place to call my own
I just left a party out on Mountain Mary Rd
And it made me feel a little less alone
We made Christmas decorations and the oil from the greens
Is blessing my car with its perfume
And I can feel the way the holiday used to fill my heart with joy
But sometimes now my heart's an empty room
Yeah sometimes my heart's and empty room

And it was just a little party out on Mountain Mary road
And I'm starting to feel a little less alone

So I'm cruising down 100 just off Mountain Mary Rd
And the radio is playing soft and blue
There was man at the party and I did not catch his name
But I saw he was a man good and true
Well I have seen the sun go down in that endless desert sky
And I have danced underneath the Maui Moon
But that was nothing compared to the light in his eyes
When he took my hand and he says How do you do
He says I'm very very pleased to meet you

And it was just a little party out on Mountain Mary Rd
And I'm starting to feel a little less alone

And if I see him again out on Mountain Mary Rd
Oh Lord that's gonna be some rendezvous
And I will lower my eyes in a speechless confusion
And the Gods of love and truth are gonna see me through
And we'll go deep into the mystery and we will feed that hungry heart
And we'll be dancing to our own sweet tune
Oh but its way after midnight and the night is closing in
And so I really shouldn't say too much too soon
S'just I'm starting to feel a little less alone

Yeah just a little party out on Mountain Mary Rd
And the seeds of love were sown
Yeah yeah -just a little party out on Mountain Mary Rd
And I'm starting to feel - a little less- alone

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MATTERS OF THE HEART

To the casual observer she was the perfect wife
She screamed and no one heard her so many lonely nights
It was just her and her demons alone there in the dark
She had gifts for the taking - matters of the heart

For years she tried to tell him but he didn't understand
Now she could feel the lifeline slipping through her hands

Wrapped in pretty paper slowly fading like her dreams
Gifts of love unopened somehow she still believed
If she just kept the fire he's see it in the dark
She had gifts for the taking, matters of the heart

She poured his second coffee - he's read the paper twice
The kids were on their own now - he was alone there with his wife
And he remembered what it first was made him love her from the start
She had gifts for the taking matters of the heart

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HIGHWAY 99

Headed north on highway 99 just outside of Bakersfield
And he feels like he is running for his life
He's pretty sure the federales got a make on him last night
When he stopped to steal a visit with his wife
She's working nights down there at the side street Texaco
She says they don't mind too much when the baby cries
He's pickin crops up near Salinas from now until November
He's hopin they'll be together when the snow flies
Gonna be in each other's arms when the snow flies

They're living on a fantasy a kiss and a prayer
Ever since they headed north that fearful night
He promised safe homeplace for his baby and his wife
He doesn't know if he was wrong or if he was right
Angelina was a beauty just a girl of seventeen
When he married her and promised her his life
All his prayer muscle sweat and tears gonna work to get this right
He's gotta do this for his baby and his wife
He's gotta do this for his baby and his wife

Can anybody out there hear me
Does anybody out there care about what I'm sayin
Has anybody out there been here
He feels like he is runnin for his life

Well he knows that come December- That's when he has to worry 
Cause when the pickin's done the money goes away
And he's hopin he won't be down like this forever
Man he wishes he could find a better way
There's a guy who hangs around the fields up near Salinas
He'll pay him a lot of money for his pride
Just find that little shack somewhere and cook that methamphetamine
Hope it don't blow up while he's inside
Just hope it don't blow while he's inside

When he was a little boy down in Sierra Madre
He never thought about whether life was good or bad
He was just runnin around the mountain - runnin just for fun
And if touristas give him money he was glad
But when he got a little older, he got that deep down hunger
He decided to give it a shot the gringo way
Then Angelina came along - took his seed deep inside her
They decided to give it a shot in the USA
Gonna go for the good life in the USA

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BE WITH ME

Not sure how to say this - s' a little too close to real
It's a delicate situation with all this fear we gotta feel
I know I'm bound to stumble gonna mess it up sometimes
This love life isn't easy but the prize is worth the crime
so I'll do the time, pay the price be cool as cool can be
If you can only whisper in some off-beat harmony
That maybe - pretty soon - you're gonna be with me

I've been all around the block you know i've really paid some dues
seen every side of life and love and I still don't have a clue
but when I looked into your eyes tonite I could see a thousand miles
i didn't really understand it but you were with me for a while
so I'm singing to myself tonite in some off-beat harmony
that all this hesitation - that's on you, my friend - not me
and I hope you realize- pretty soon- you're gonna be with me 

And when these clouds roll away and you smile on me that way
then this whole world's gonna see what I see every day
it's gonna happen - you're gonna be with me

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DOUBLE YELLOW LINES

Jumping at the sideshow jamming in the west
Doctor has a billy club bigger than the rest
Anger was a factor crowding out the fun
And don't forget thedinosaurs were blinded by the sun
Well the hour it is dangerous - my fingers are getting numb
But leaving isn't easy cause every song's a plum
We climb on this see-saw for those sweet ups and downs
we get sunshine for a while and then there's darkness all around

Oh you back country blacktop with those double yellow lines
I pray you hold me close tonight and don't lie to me don't lie
I'm counting on you to bring me home free tonite
Cause I just jumped on for the ride

Give it all you got boys - lay it on the line
The odds are fifty-fifty - but I think I'm gonna be just fine
I can't say I'm sorry for being so unwise
The story of my ignorance was nothing but a lie
It was only a made-up angel it was a beautiful disguise
Now I'm wondering if I was crazy - for passing up the prize
Yeah I know the hour is dangerous and I'm hoping I'm not lost
Just driving it like I stole it and keeping those fingers crossed

Deep in this midnight moment I got a glimmer on the truth
When my headlights were captured in the eyes of a whitetail deer
She was deep in the pocket of her search for her survival
And she was frozen in her perfect kind of fear
And her baby's right behind with that same soulful gaze
And I saw their hearts were peaceful as we went our separate ways
Well I know it was a night dream but I also know its true
And I am grateful for that vision - through and through

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HIT THE GROUND RUNNING

Well I was sittin there enjoyin the single life
Don't have to be no girlfriend don't have to be no wife
Dancing like I want to - just doin it as I please
Makin music with my soulmates Makin love in my dreams
Well I guess I wasn't looking I musta been restin my eyes
He walked into the jam that night and he took me by surprise
I said he's just another picker but his hands were kinda nice
Man I really liked his singin so I guess I didn't think twice
Well I wish I'da seen him comin - I woulda hit the ground runnin

So we talked about the music and we made some harmonies
We talked about life and its sweet mysteries
And then one soft summer night when I thought things were goin fine
He said he was so sorry but his heart could not be mine
Well I said I understood he was tryin to be kind
But now I'm stuck here with this achin heart and that picker on my mind
We'll I wish him all the best and I wish me the same
And when I'm done cryin all my tears I'll be good to go again
But I wish I'da seen him comin - oh yeah - I woulda hit the ground runnin

Well I wish I'da seen him comin I woulda hit the ground runnin
Just bolted for the door and not wait for what's in store
Just slid right off that barstool to the car and headed home
Cause the heartache's this guy's packin man I shoulda left that boy alone
But ya know there was something in his smile and the way we sang along
Oh but forget about it - he is already gone
And I wish him all the best and I wish me even more
And when I hit that jam again I'm checkin heartache at the door
And if I see him comin - oh yeah
I'm gonna hit the ground runnin

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BILLY AND THE ANGELS

I found my old friend Billy last night in a back country barroom
Fellow travelers seeking shelter from this early winter storm
We shared some conversation and a few good tunes 
And the angles played their fiddles and sang along
So after awhile we'd had a few and we were getting down to it
Billy says that maybe I should change my name
He says I'm gonna be the star of a brand new movie
And starting now aint nothing gonna be the same

Oh this new fallen snow wraps me in the memory
Of an other worldly silence like the one I used to know 
Before Billy and the angels Came and got me from the mind of God
And brought me out to dance with Him in the high and the low
The fast and the slow, and in the beauty of that new fallen snow

The angles say don't worry the dance will be the teacher
Tho sometimes we may shiver in that winter chill
And Billy says don't worry he won't let me dance alone
He has loved me for all time and he always will

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TALK TO YOU

it's the calm before the storm in the middle of the night
the TV's overflowing with that idiot's delight
the gods and the angels try to show me how to go
but I'm just sitting here waiting on the snow
you know its just another way the sky is falling
just another day in the life
I know I have the means to keep it rolling by myself 
but I wish that I could talk to you tonight

well I know you love your solitude same as I love mine
so I ask you for your tolerance and I hope you will be kind
we guard these broken heart cause we want no further harm 
but I swear I bring you no false alarm
I just wish that I could talk to you tonight

I call out to your soul come and find me 
feed me with your saving grace
I'll leave a candle in the window
And I'll wipe the tears from your face
s'just another way the sky is falling
just another day in the life
but I'm getting kinda hungry for the sound of your voice
and I wish that I could talk to you tonight
I'm just wishing I could talk to you tonight
yeah I'm feeling real hungry for the sound of your voice
and I wish that I could talk to you tonight

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