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They go fishin' on the Golden
Still peace upon the lake
And on the early Sunday mornings
Before the cities are awake
And they just listen to their breathing
And the silence while they wait
Appreciating moments
Then they drive a couple hours
While the radio would play
Old country from the 50's
And they'd sing along with Hank
Just talkin' off on nothing
And laughing all the way
Appreciating moments
His Grandpa was a soldier
He came up a hard way
Eighteen and in Korea
Nah he never was the same
But if he brought back new perspective
And the man that he became
He appreciated moments
And if he's true Canadiana
A man who learned to live by faith
And while the wind went whistlin' by him
Willow whispered and it swayed
Staying true to common value:
God's love's the only way
Appreciating moments
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I still see you in the rearview
I still see you from afar
Singing out your cold, dark, young heart
In some dirty, empty bar
You say your innocence is gone
You say you gotta move along with your life
Where's your faith?
Now the ace of hearts is bleeding
It's a bet I lost on you
Waiting on the turn or river
To the place that I once knew
You say your innocence is gone
You say you gotta move along with your life
Well I was swearing my devotions; they were true
And always singing that my heart
Lord, It's always for you
Time's passing like a sunset
But there's a darkness coming soon
When you had no faith or hope
When the night was all you'd know in your heart
Well I was swearing my devotions; they were true
And always singing that my heart
Lord, It's always for you
Feels like I've needed you forever
If I lost or won it's proof
Or if it's fair or stormy weather
It'll bring me back to you
You say your innocence is gone
You say you gotta move along with your life
Well I was swearing my devotions; my devotions they were true
And always singing that my heart
Lord, It's always for you
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Little Bit Of Love
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This big old world's filled with stories and regrets
And we all been countin' what we earn and what we get
But I'll reflect upon what a wiser man has said
What he said about love
You never get it it all or everything at once
You get a little bit of love
I need a place where I can hang my hat and rest
With those who love me when I'm stuck inside my head
A northern man blessed with a lovin' wife and kids
And just a little bit of love
And if I got it all and everything at once
I got a little bit of love
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Everwatching Sun
03:20
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You and I forget
That you and I were once just made of stardust
You and I were once the form of one
Underneath an everwatching sun
Oh as time went on we often turned to conflict
And always looking out for number one
Just getting while you can get getting done
From the tops of the highest mountains
Or the depths of the deepest seas
Has she been measuring your progress
By what's in it just for me?
Oh, hearts!
Underneath an everwatching sun.
You and I forget
That we were made with perfect love and purpose
Made to spread it all throughout our hearts
Underneath an everwatching sun
Oh as time went on we often turned to discord
And almost lost it all through lack of love
And we rarely see the things that we become
From the tops of the highest mountains
Or the depths of the deepest seas
Has she been measuring your progress
By what's in it just for me?
Oh, hearts!
Underneath an everwatching sun
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Now the days are getting shorter
And our lives ain't getting longer
I recognize the burdens of our callings
Through your service and devotion
The years when you were broken
The time I got to know you before you died
And the world will keep on turning
If a piece of it goes missing
A piece of it has flown towards the sky
We don't know who we could turn to
If we must be without you
You never knew the last song you would write
You belong where you are now
You get and then you give, through the burdens of your time
You belong where you are now
The meridian of love in your sacrifice
All the creatures of creation
They all serve the greater purpose
And never even know the reasons why
All our bodies will return to
The place that we all came from
So the rhythm of the Earth can breathe new life
We all owe it to our futures
We all owe it to our families
We owe it to the rest of humankind
I can hear the sound of heartbeats
The ones that ain't been born yet
Just waitin' on the rhythm of your sacrifice
You belong where you are now
You get and then you give, through the burden of your time
You belong where you are now
The meridian of love in your sacrifice
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Back On You
03:17
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On elusive forward motion
Forever seeking someplace new
And if I go searching on some new song
But keep it humming back on you
And if my heart's beat rhythm falters
Or I start singing out of tune
If my words don't get new meanings?
I'll keep it strumming back on you
Now I go walking through the jungle
And I start choppin' down the trees
All the places where I stumbled baby
Whistlin' on you in the breeze
Hummin' back on you
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The Simple Life
03:59
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Smoky wood hues blowin' hard along the breeze
This old place still brings me peace
Whistlin' songbirds at the break of the day
I wish somehow that I could stay
Cuz' you could get lost out in the wild of city lights and busy streets
And your cares get all consuming, like you've been swept far out to sea
People yelling, people shouting
"See the forest through the leaves"
I don't care what they're all saying
It's the simple life for me
Home is somewhere that you place in your heart
It never mattered where you go
Distant memories still define who you are
What you made and what you know
If you get lost out in the wild of city lights and busy streets
And your cares get all consuming, like you've been swept far out to sea
People yelling, people shouting
"See the forest through the leaves"
I don't care what they're all saying
It's the simple life for me
This old place was here long before me
The little peace that would feed my dreams
We all get wrapped up in the pace and wastin' time
I don't think that's what she designed
Cuz' you could get lost out in the wild of city lights and busy streets
And your cares get all consuming, like you've been swept far out to sea
People yelling, people shouting
"See the forest through the leaves"
I don't care what they're all saying
It's the simple life for me
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Around a campfire
Where we both sat
Me and the old man
In his cowboy hat
I could see the lifetime
He wore it on his face
And we got to talkin'
The lines did fade
He said
"All my life, I've been wastin' time
In search of moments I would never find
And I held my heart, but I saved my tongue
For songs of rising and for setting suns
I once had dreams, but now I got none
Man, I once believed, ya when I was young
That I could catch the wind in the palm of my hand
So I went chasin' it
Around and 'round again
Now the Lord will take me far away from here
And he won't come callin'
I'll just disappear
Maybe I'll be homeward, I'll be homeward bound
To the place I come from
That I've not yet found."
And in his last song that he sang to me
That old song of wisdom
Whistlin' on the breeze
Now when I hear wind blow, I hear his melodies
From around a campfire
The old cowboy and me.
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Joe Brownrigg Ottawa, Ontario
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