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Bound for Glory
03:38
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Maggie was a crossroad
In a man's life
In this man's life
Showed him love he hadn't seen before
Broke his barriers down
Let him wear his shining crown
But the darkness don't wait around
It's encroaching on this town
Fighting every path that's bound for glory
Though he shed that love he won't forget
The best things in his life haven't happened yet
An artist dips his brush in whiskey
Before every stroke upon the page
Paints a life a little out of reach
He swears he'll pay his dues
Live a life without the blues
So he's got to find a way through
Hell what is there left to do
He'll take any path that's bound for glory
Seasons change and passions rearrange
You can't jump a plane like you can an old freight train
Gonna catch that train bound for glory
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Hitchhiker
03:37
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Hitchhiker on the side of the road
In a mountain town somewhere out west
Hitchhiker where are you going
As he held a sign that read nirvana
But he only sleeps when he's black out drunk
He only sleeps when he's black out drunk
Hitchhiker I see you are a songs man
Tell me why'd you choose to play the mandolin
He said I'll tell you what
I'm trying to travel light
And it's the smallest stringed instrument I could find
But he only sleeps when he's black out drunk
He only sleeps when he's black out drunk
Been to the bottom of the bottle baby
But I couldn't find my guru there
A vagabond for twelve long years
Cut his history off
Forgot he's his own man
But he only sleeps when he's black out drunk
He only sleeps when he's black out drunk
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Levon Jackson
05:22
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Levon Jackson
Made a stand in the valley
Burned a bridge or two
Just to keep me from getting to you
And I'd burn a bridge too
Just to keep him from getting to you
You know my love's so grand
I'd let you be the singer in my jug band
Right where the river bends
On the mighty Shenandoah
Soldiers lost their lives
To wed the daughter of the stars
You'll find me in the trenches
Just surviving for your love
I'd wage a war against his nation
Just to spend a night with you
I'm my own worst enemy
Just a fool trying to play it cool
I'm Levon Jackson
Burning in a house that I made of wood
Heal me
Heal me with your love darling please
You be my lifeline
I'll love you for my lifetime
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Wildfire
04:17
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Wildfire spread
August 21st
Blaze lit up the town
You could hear a daughter's father's prayers
All the years
Burning just the same
All the years
Burning just the same
Steel hummingbirds
With red chemicals
Call in the volunteers
Got to carry on this town
Oh but it spread
Oh but it spread
You can hear the townsfolk scream
This is my town
Don't let it go down
Don't let it burn
Don't let it burn down
Safe in a mind where a place has no time
Wake up to find out that you've been left behind
Where have they gone
Those times we sing about
Burning embers
Decay to the dawn
Time will tell
The heroes from the fallen
Dream your dream
Let it rise with the morning sun
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5. |
Let Me Go
04:23
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You won't let me go
And I can't get you out of my mind
What hurts most is I might never know
Why our love didn't continue to grow
Conflict carves me out like the waters
On either side of the divide
Great divide
Could I be blind
Lift this veil and help me see
The truth in all of this pain and suffering
Did I change my mind
Seduced by the answers I expected to find
Lost in all of my hopeful glory
Tell me have you ever seen
The resurrection of a broken scene
And I've indulged a few fantasies
That we could get back to what we used to be
Conflict carves me out like the waters
On either side of the divide
Great divide
Could I be blind
Lift this veil and help me see
The truth in all of this pain and suffering
Did I change my mind
Seduced by the answers I expected to find
Lost in all of my hopeful glory
And we both knew
That this would fall through
And we chose to
Put ourselves through
A love we both knew
Was only half true
Could I be blind
Lift this veil and help me see
The truth in all of this pain and suffering
Did I change my mind
Seduced by the answers I expected to find
Lost in all of my hopeful glory
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Ride On
03:24
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Lightning struck the hand of thee
Thinking that it might set him free
Now he's lost on his own path
Not a chance of looking back
He still rides on
I remember the days I thought these feelings never die
Open your eyes child try not to cry
Lift up your spirit
Stand up tall
We'll be on the rise
They'll be on the fall
Days burned on like tinder
What a long cold snowy winter
And he don't got the right clothes
Lives his life in four wheel drive
In the left lane
I remember the days I thought these feelings never die
Open your eyes child try not to cry
Lift up your spirit
Stand up tall
We'll be on the rise
They'll be on the fall
On the open road
To paradise
On the open road
Where the feelings fly
On the open road
That's where he cast his die
On the open road
To paradise
I remember the days I thought these feelings never die
Open your eyes child try not to cry
Lift up your spirit
Stand up tall
We'll be on the rise
They'll be on the fall
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7. |
Atlas
04:06
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Ego trying to break me down every day
I'm suffering the fate of Atlas
Surfing on the breaking winds of change
No map for the new terrain
Got lost in the mountain range
The less you know
The more you're bound to play with fire
Yeah you know
You're bound to play with fire
Rotting away
You can see the decay
And this guitar against my chest
Has been my only defense
It's my bulletproof vest
It's starting to fray but I digress
The less you know
The more you're bound to play with fire
Yeah you know
You're bound to play with fire
So many roads I've traveled down
Trying to find some peace of mind
And all this time through darkness and light
I still refuse to give up the fight
But I know
I'm bound to play with fire
The less you know
The more you're bound to play with fire
Yeah you know
You're bound to play with fire
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8. |
Broken Bones
03:40
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Headlines read
Anarchy is on the rise in the west
Kings and thieves
Are one in the same these days I know
Left to die on the side of the road
Nothing left to show
But these broken bones and busted soles
I didn't see you coming
I didn't hear you calling
And I fade
Twists and turns
Blurring all the lines we've drawn
Breaking free
From haunted stories that we wrote
Left to die on the side of the road
Nothing left to show
But these broken bones and busted soles
I didn't see you coming
I didn't hear you calling
And I fade
Minefields trip in the desert sun
Protect your neck
Before your state gets run
Outrun the game
Outrun the game
Left to die on the side of the road
Nothing left to show
But these broken bones and busted soles
I didn't see you coming
I didn't hear you calling
And I fade
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Samsara
03:52
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Riding the wind through the canyon
And over the river bed
Soft as the snow
As firm as the pines
In this dance we may never let go
Rain in the front range in the morning
Clear skies all afternoon
A midsummer's night dream that came true
Came to lay me down
I'm on my way downstream
I'm on my way
I'm on my way downstream
I'm on my way
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10. |
Just So You Know
04:23
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I used to love you
I used to hold you up to my lips
You used to hold me
You used to console me
When I was feeling blue
But those were the old days
Got to find a new way
To carry on
Just so you know
I'm letting you go
To find a better life on the other side
Just so you know
I'm letting you go
To find a better life on the other side
Thought I could control you
Got stuck in a hole with you
And I couldn't find my way out
Swore I could control you
My heart grew cold with you
But I'm climbing my own way out
Just so you know
I'm letting you go
To find a better life on the other side
Just so you know
I'm letting you go
To find a better life on the other side
For all I gained
I lost twice as much
For all the pain
And all the cost
All my time with you was lost
All my time with you was lost
Just so you know
I'm letting you go
To find a better life on the other side
Just so you know
I'm letting you go
To find a better life on the other side
Just so you know
I'm letting you go
To find a better life on the other side
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Vince Vanguard Washington, D.C.
Vince Vanguard is a traveling poet and storyteller living life between The Rockies and The Appalachian Mountains
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