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Nova
03:57
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From far beyond my wildest dreams
You've shaken me from the dark
And you need every answer
I can tell that it's killing you to be in the dark
So are we free or kept in the dark?
I can't tell you how
Are you familiar with the birds and bees
Or the humming of a mystery?
I can't tell you why
But I will sing with you all the while if it makes you smile
Nova
And so we've danced in leaps and bounds
Spinning around with this rock
And you still need meaning
I can that tell it's killing you to keep your faith in a rock
It's both a heaven and a hell of a rock
All is fair in love, war and other one way trips
Of all the worlds I've seen
It was your face that launched my ship
It's you I'd go down with
Nova
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Earthwork Songbirds
03:58
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Are we Gifts or Creatures in the night?
There's a Red Tail Ring around the harvest moonlight
I hear the Earthwork Songbirds sing their precious parts
I hear the Earthwork Songbirds in the fields of our hearts
We are the volunteers in the spirit of the honeybees
Our sweetness and vigor
Whether Airborne or Aquatic
We are part of something bigger
I feel the Earthwork Songbirds sing their precious parts
I feel the Earthwork Songbirds
In the wide open fields of our hearts
It's Heaven on a farm in Northern Michigan
On a Sunday evening
In the warm embrace of a moonlight lit stage
And the gift of listening...the gift of listening to a
Songbird, Songbird always loving you
Songbirds, Songbirds always loving you
I hear the earth work in the sweetest harmony
We see the earth work and it isn't just a dream
It isn't just a dream...
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April
04:27
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So there you were
Just waiting in the station
So you're back in town
We've all been waiting around
Did you remember your sweater
It's still pretty cold
April welcome home
To a fool's parade and the winter's marching on
So Baby don't be shy and smile...
And bring these wildflowers back to life
You look lovely just as always
You're a breath of fresh air
Here's a bluebell for you hair
Nothing's changed much since you left us
Been kinda dead 'round here
But I can hear the distant cheers
Of a fool's parade and the winter's marching on
So Baby don't be shy and smile...
And bring these wildflowers back to life
Everybody loves you
It's just your way
Everybody needs you
So April wave
It's your parade and we're all marching on
So Baby don't be shy and smile...
And Bring us wildflowers back to life
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4. |
1984 (Come What May)
03:19
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I've got my morning jacket on
The path is wide and golden
I'm gonna take it just as long and far
As it's your hand I'm holding
If it's true of what they say about the April rain
Then the world's about to bloom...Come what May
Oh forgive me if I'm paranoid
My Darling it's been so long
But now the blood is rushing warm and hard to my heart
As a thrush bursts into song
If it's true of what they say about the April rain
Then the world's about to bloom
I'm floating over bluebell fields
The same fields that just held me
I'll meet you 'neath the twisted cross
Of the crooked roof's belfry...Come what May
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Momma Blue
03:45
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For all we even know
While the climate changes
We're still sailing for the last plateau
Where war rages, world war rages
I'll keep my faith in you
It's only natural, it's only natural
I'll keep my faith in you
It's only natural
Momma Blue
I would never ask you the same
With everything we've put you through
While you're children still misbehave
In spite of you, despite you
I'll keep my faith in you
It's only natural, it's only natural
I'll keep my faith in you
It's only natural
Momma Blue
You'll be free of us someday soon
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There was freedom in the twilight of every avenue
All the plans flew out the window with the mix tape tunes
We were running down pleasure
In the heart of this small town zoo
My hand held only by midnight & you
Left to our own devices
My bona fide lovers and friends
There we were eye to eye
The night and us, instinct and trust, less fragile
There we were eye to eye
The wildest things of all
American Spirits and a 4th Coast cup of coffee drag
Out the buzz from the club with the Knee Deep Shag
We were running down pleasure
In the heart of Kalamazoo
My hand held only by midnight and you
There was freedom in the twilight of every avenue
All the plans flew out the window with the mix tape tunes
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Last Weekend
04:31
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The morning is lonely since I gave you up
They're as cold as the coffee
In your abandoned cup
When all I want is you
I will stick to my guns
When all I want is you
I carry on with my routines though some I can't explain
Like why I drive down to the station
With my window down in the rain
When it comes down to you
I will stick to my guns
When it comes down to you...until they're up in smoke too
Every last time I see you again
Smoldering in our circle of friends
Every last time I see you again
Out on the last weekend
I'm so tired of the wanting, I'm so sick of the need
Seems I can't live without you but it's getting easier to breath
I'll get over you
If I stick to my guns
Then I'll get over you...unless they're up in smoke too
Every last time I see you again
Smoldering in our circle of friends
One more last time just to hold you again
Out on the last weekend
I've got so much more to live for
This morning is lonely since I gave you up
It's as cold as the coffee in your abandoned cup
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The Ghost & The Girl
05:38
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Wild Flowers and love letter vows were wilting in the sun
Should have died from my wounded pride
As she held the smoking gun
I swore I'd never fall in love with her
But the stars were aligned
On this easy heart of mine
I've been out here running for cover
There's a ghost and a girl
And they found me again
On a lost highway
Through this unforgiving land
Love is a ghost and sadness a girl
I'm bound to fall off the end of the world
I broke down in a motel room 3 days out of Jamestown
Under whiskey and a memory
She danced in wearing a white wedding gown
I swore I'd never feel her skin again
But we were sweating and shaking
From the love we were making
Sunrise she was gone again
These are haunting days
At a roadside pawn shop I traded in her ring
For a piece of someone else's past
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One last thing before I go away for the record
I've been around enough to know
These are the days to remember
Will you remember
This stranger on a dark horse riding out the weather
Who covers every lonesome track
Just to lose you in the desert
For all we even know it's all on the record
For all we even know it's all on the record
It's all on the record
So we wrote another song, another drop of rain
into the ocean deep
Somehow it found it's way upon a wave,
Through the night and towards the light
In the house you keep
Even the smallest cast stone leaves ripples on the water
A song bird high up in the sun cast shadows even darker
On those who really know it's all on the record
For all we even know it's all on the record
It's all on the record
One last thing before I go away for the record
I had the most amazing time
These days I remember
Will you remember
From the shallows to the deep
You are the light in the house you keep
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Brian Koenigsknecht Kalamazoo, Michigan
Brian Koenigknecht is a Michigan treasure, that rare breed of singer-songwriter who can make you feel every human emotion – every tear, every smile – so intensely that you feel he’s written his songs about you. – John Sinkevics, LocalSpins.com
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