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Leaving Home
03:42
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I feel like I'm letting you down, old home of mine
I'm losing my grip, getting further from you all the time
Your street lights lead me on, to somewhere new
And as they're glowing, i keep growing apart from you
Old home town I'm gone
You ain't my home no more
Old home town I'm gone
I'm going where, I've never been before
Distant shores are calling me from your embrace
A siren to my sailing ship, the fire that fuels the blaze
My old home you raised and made a man of me
You helped me find my one true love, but now I'm breaking free
Old home town I'm gone
You ain't my home no more
Old home town I'm gone
Ain't no love lost, it's just time to move along
I won't ever forget
The time I spent here
The friends I've made
Brought laughter, joy, and tears
Don’t you know they’re gonna fall
When I say farewell
But this ain't good bye
Just putting my boots down somewhere else
Oh, oh woah woah
Old home town I'm gone
You ain't my home no more
Old home town I'm gone
I'm moving o——n
Oh old home town I'm gone
You ain't my home no more
Old home town I'm gone
I'm moving on, got to heed the siren's call
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2. |
Reunion
03:28
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Reunion’s taste is bittersweet
And for all the joy it brings
The God-given right to re-unite
Belongs to those with wings
Oh it belongs to those with wings
For those who find no joy in flight
Grow tired of simple things,
Oh they grow tired of simple things
We meet now in sweet suffering
For all the tears I’ve cried
Can’t pay the fare to the ferryman
To cross to the other side
Oh to cross to the other side
Not time, nor tide, could bring you back,
Or Lord knows I would have tried,
Oh Lord knows I would have tried
Farewell, fare well, sleep safe, sleep sound
Farewell, Fare well, your soul lives on above the ground
Well ten long years have come and gone
While I learned to spread my wings
To see he who taught me how to find
Joy in simple things
Oh joy in simple things
Farewell, fare well, sleep safe, sleep sound
Farewell, Fare well, your soul lives on above the ground
Farewell, fare well, I’ll try not to cry
Farewell, dare not to dwell, it’s time, time to say good bye
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3. |
That Familiar Feeling
04:54
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Talking in my sleep
I’m calling out your name
And I know, I’ve only got myself to blame
Yeah on those lonely nights, get down on my knees and pray
For forgiveness, absolution, and the good Lord to guide my way
Well right now, I don’t know where I’m headed
But I thought I might take a Look around
‘Cause baby I know
You feel the same way that I do
You’ve seen how I get
When you’re not around
And I’m so so sorry that I ever let you down
No more waiting around, you know my heart, my heart is true
And I said that seconds, feel like minutes, feel like hours, feel like a lifetime without you
without you you you
Well right now I’m asking for your love and affection
And darling I’m gonna give you mine oh mine
‘Cause baby I know
You feel the same way that I do
Baby I know that you feel the same
Yes darling I know things will never be the same
Oh baby I know, I know, I know I know, I know
You feel the same way
You feel the same way
That I do
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4. |
The Racket
03:37
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Got the message again, tonight
Said now don’t try to run, don’t try to hide, and don’t try to fight
Just give us all the money that you made today
So you can sleep, safe and sound tonight
Go to work every day, right on time
Work the job that they’ve planned, bury your head in the sand, and turn a blind eye to their crimes
Just keep your mouth shut and don’t say a word
And you’ll be doing just fine
‘Cause they’re the racket
The racket
Hey
There’s no way out, no escape
Yeah nothing can be done, this war can’t be one, so just accept your fate
And give ‘em all the money that you made today
Before, it’s too late
‘Cause they’re the racket
The racket
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5. |
Miracle Cure
06:35
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Something when I’m sleeping
Happens when I’m awake
I think you’re pretending
You see I’m a fake
Laughter is a bargain
Sorrow isn’t free
Love was in the garden
Lust is on a beach
Hey can you find me
Find me a miracle cure
I think I’m gonna die here
‘Less you find me a miracle cure
I look for any signal
Any night or day
Some sign of revival
To lead me on my way
Now my spoon is empty
My pipe is out of its leaves
What is that you tell me
Whisper it through the tall trees
Just whisper it, whisper it through the tall trees
Hey now, can you find me
Find me a miracle cure
I think I’m gonna die here
‘Less-a you find me a miracle cure
Oh no look at all the people
All the people on their own
Oh no look at all the pretty people
All the people on their own
I said a hey look, look at all those people
all the beautiful people on their own
Lord can you show us
Show us some way to be sure
Cause we think we’re gonna die here
‘less you find us a miracle cure
Hey now can you find me
some way that I can be sure
I think I’m gonna die here
‘Less I get me some of that miracle cure
Find me a miracle cure
Won’t you be my miracle
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6. |
Riverside Blues
04:16
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Late last night, I sat down by the River side
Late last night, I sat down by the River side
I ain’t got a woman, can’t never be satisfied
I saw the devil, you know he came right up to me
I saw the devil, you know he came right up to me
He gave me this guitar, said ‘hey man that’s all you need’
That’s all you need
I said that mean old devil, gone and made a fool out of me
I said that mean old devil, gone and made a fool right out of me
He stole my soul, and now he won’t ever leave me be
He got them hell hounds, them hell hounds on my trail
He got them hell hounds, them hell hounds on my trail
And when they get your scent, they ain’t never gonna fail
Late last night
I sat down
By the river side
Hang my head and cried
Late last night
I sat down
By the river side
Hang my head and cried
I hang my head and cried
Yeah
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7. |
The Grey
04:28
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Keep on raining
Keep on raining
A day’s gonna come when the sun starts shining
Keep on raining
Keep on raining
Every cloud’s got a silver lining
The storm cloud’s grey but its heart beats lightning
The storm cloud’s grey but its heart beats lightning
There’s solace in a summer sky
But there’s true peace in the grey
Oh keep on burning
Keep on burning
There’s nothing but ash and the flames aren’t thinning
Keep on burning
Keep on burning
The Lord’s fire’s burned since the beginning,
The dark fights a war that the light is winning
The dark fights a war that the light is winning
The fire may forsake your flesh
But there’s true peace,
oh there’s true faith in the flames
Burn in the flames
Or take a bolt of lighting to the heart,
And be baptised by the rain
Burn in the flames
Or find your true peace in the grey
Burn in the flames
And call the archangels by their names
Burn in the flames
Or take a bolt of lightning to the heart,
And be baptised by the rain
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Matt Hoyles Vancouver, British Columbia
If a bald, beardy, bluesman ever had a sound, then this is it!
Hailing from deepest darkest New
Zealand, Matt Hoyles now lives in Vancouver, Canada, and with driving foot-percussion, expertly played guitar and howlingly expressive vocals, Hoyles has made his presence known in one corner of North America... here's to the rest.
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