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Homesick for the Road
04:15
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Hey it's been fun
But I'm moving on
I'm homesick for the road
The time has come
So I'll head off into the setting sun.
This time I thought I'd really put down roots
That living on the breeze was finally done
Instead I find I'm lacing up my boots
And by tomorrow you know I'll be gone
I know there's still some things I'll leave behind
Some folks are used to seeing me around
These days out of sight need not be out of mind
And it's in getting myself lost that I am found
I've lived around the world and that's given me
More perspective than I know how to use
I keep friends at a distance, that's just who I've learned to be
So when I leave it's one less thing to lose
Community's as foreign as the shores I used to live by
I'll light up a room but when I'm gone I'm all alone
But I can write from anywhere, I'm craving somewhere green
And wherever the wi-fi is, that's home..
My friends have all been in a box all year
So where our bodies are won't change a thing
Strumming this guitar and playing anywhere but here
The crossroad spirit is in everything I sing
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Campfire
03:48
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CHORUS
For just a moment let's pretend
There's nothing waiting out there in the dark
Stoke the fire, we'll dance until the dawn
Wherever you come from
There's a place at the campfire
Grab a drink and tell us a story
It really doesn't matter what it's all about
If you have a guitar
Join in for the chorus
Sing along and if your throat gets dry
Well that's what mead is for - somebody lube the bard!
And if you get cold
Huddle up with a neighbour
Someone is sure to have a blanket spare
Or a cloak to share - hey, keep it PG under there
Until the sun comes up
We'll keep the fire burning
It's the longest night but we'll keep it bright
So that the sun remembers what to do
So feel the rhythm
And dance if it moves you
Tonight there is nothing more important than being together
And watching this thing burn
Wherever you come from
Grab a drink and tell us your story
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Liesmith
02:18
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CHORUS
Lie to me, make me believe in you
Speak through me and use the power within me
It cannot be, but impossibility's meaningless
When you're with me.
Master manipulator
You justify means when the ending's unclear
Your voice through my teeth speaks to feebler minds
Bending wills and displacing fear
I can find friends when I need them
You've silvered my tongue so it's easy
Enemies seem to forget what they're doing
While I slip away and go free
Honesty is overrated
It's not getting caught in a lie that's the goal
I can cheat with a card up my sleeve, but the table
Just thinks that I'm on a roll
I will always do your bidding
Ask it of me and you know I'll comply
Come the day that I falter, question your word,
I know that's the day I will die.
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Wanderlust [E]
08:49
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Jamie Jay Dartmouth, UK
he/him
Queer/trans theatre maker, LARPer and generally creative chaos entity currently based in Devon UK.
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