1. |
Spot of Yellow
03:36
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I found a spot of yellow in a sea of green
nestled in amongst the needles and leaves
and the woodpecker lives in the cedar tree
casting a shadow on the ground beneath
and the earth absorbs everything as she eats
reclines and ponders what she will bequeath
The woodpecker excavates more wood and we part ways
the forest sways
exhales passing days
I found a spot of yellow in a sea of green
verdancy sings and calves are conceived
by the cows that graze lazily by the creek
casting a shadow on the mud beneath
and the mood appears as his cousin recedes
speckling a spot of yellow and green
And we embrace and then part ways
begin new days
the tall grass sways
exhales passing days
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2. |
Oak Tree Bleed
04:36
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Watching the oak tree bleed
Yellow and golden leaves
Now rains fill up the creeks
Goodbye to insects and the bees
Summer is over summer is over
Watchin grazin geese leave
Dot the horizon in from of me
As they fly they make a V
they’ll come back in late spring
Summer is over it’s gettin colder
Seize the time when weathers fine and
Spend it with the trees
Moments everlasting with
The heather and the weeds
The nascent unknown before us
As we drift unseen
Wastes thoughts cloud your mind
But when seasons change don’t get left behind.
And you know that I melt when you look at me that way.
And your sight is gone. Stuck in yesterday
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3. |
Serpentine Soils
04:00
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Hey little daisy
(the serpentine soils)
would you think I’m crazy
if I wanted to take you home with me repot you in some clay
Care for you and give you
All the things you like
Little Siskiyou daisy I’ll make you mine
Hey little daisy would you think in crazy
I’ve got a nice spot for you in the kitchen on a window sill
And the igneous rocks that birthed you
could’ve just as easily killed you
But ever since I’ve taken you home I’ve noticed a change
Though I know you haven’t grown how you wanted to since
I took you home you haven’t grown how you wanted to and it
hurts me to know you haven’t grown how you wanted to
Though I know I’m gonna end up killin' you
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4. |
Summer Days
02:07
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Summer days
Summer days
Are here again
So let's head down to the rocks
take all out clothes off
go swimmin' in the river till we
can't remember where
and we evaporate our cares
in wisps of blown up chalk and they'll converge
with the asphalt
as they're carried by an easterly wind until they're
57 miles from here
where sunsets thaw frozen fears
we're clinking glasses and sayin' cheers
and then a warm pillow beneath your ears
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5. |
Downshifting
03:04
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I found a west coast bird guide while cleaning out my grandpas old truck.
It was covered in mold like everything else
cause I hadn’t driven the car enough and it had some sort of leak.
Well it smelled like rot and damp hay
it smelled like an Oregon winter day
it felt like the first week in April when the suns peekin' out
over a clouds shoulder
and I went inside to see my wife and my beautiful baby girl
And thought about the the birds my late grandpa saw with the book
Well I didn’t know him well at all but it’s ok cause very few of us did
But the car he left me is an 05 stick shift
The first time I drove it was a 5 hour drive from Portland
stalled out in traffic
Now it’s the car I drive around like he did
workin the same gears
cruising down the 199 up and downshifting
Down down down shifting
From 5 to 4
and I’m down down down shifting from 4 to 3
and i'm Down down down shifting
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6. |
Away From it All
03:48
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Watching the seals in the port
And the fisherman come and go
Another season
of shrimping
On the Oregon coast
Walkin' the boardwalk
and the mist
and the bobbing to and fro
Well you’re feelin' lucky
You know let’s get
away from it all
Where rocks and waves fall
away from it all
Watching the workers in the field
And the trucks come and go
Another harvest
the rain
close to the Oregon coast
I heard that you’ll visit
I have a friend
Whose farm needs some help
I know you need work but
Let’s go and get away from it all
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7. |
Little Falls
01:42
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Shadow of the Rain
02:50
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walked in the shadow of the rain
Just me and the wind
Navigating where the sheets would land
gentle nudge of time
pushing the sand
Threw a pebble in the creek just to
watch it land
walked in the shadow of the trees
just me and the wind
Cool touch of breeze
caressing my skin
Walk through the shadows me so I don’t melt
Walk through the shadows with me
and we’ll reciprocate help.
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9. |
Slow Propeller
02:47
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10. |
Oh No
03:25
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Muttered conversations
in overcrowded grocery store lines
between middle aged divorcees
about how there’s a heat wave
and should they move or should they stay
Either way you might not get the answer that you seek
Even if you wait a thousand weeks
Till the rivers turn to creeks
I’ll wait
Been five years since I moved here
when I first came I thought I’d leave within a few years
but now I’m glad I stayed
got no plans to move away
Through the laughter and the chokes
About how powerless we can be
It can happen suddenly
Snap your fingers one two three
It can make it hard to breathe
oh no
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11. |
Seeking Souls
02:54
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When we first pulled up
to where we were stayin
we went to the bed we would lay in
And looked at the hills and the way the green and tan intersect
Where the irrigation meets death
And the cars look like little specks
And on the mountainside you can see I-5
I wanna see how it looks at night
Watch headlights dance across in lines
Bringing seeking souls
Where they think they need to go
Have you ever have you ever wondered
About the gentle sail of the evaporation after a rain
and the hues of life and death and the way they can bend shapes
The nails in the new fence oxidized and turned brown
Like the blade of the saw I found when we moved in
layin on the ground
And it’s been a few years since you've moved here by now
And it’s been a few weeks since
you had your kid what a happy accident
Isn’t plan b like 93 percent effective in the first 24 hours?
she must’ve really wanted to be here
And I know you won’t have as much free time as before
but for you my house is always
always always
an open door
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