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The Finish Line
03:30
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When I die, throw my ashes in the water
Let my bones return to the sea.
But while I'm alive I will live like a child
Let the holy water wash over me.
When you start as dust the only way to go is up
Until one day you are born into light.
And every day you just try to find a way
Back to that perfect place above.
If you give yourself away you will never be safe
But you'll find more of yourself in the world.
If you keep it all inside you will never ever die:
Loneliness and fear living side by side.
Keep your laces tied up tight
'Cause when the going gets tough you know it's time
To press yourself to The Finish Line
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2. |
No Man's Land
04:09
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We lost Justin on an ATV
And we lost Charlie out hunting
And we lost Nick in Afghanistan
These things we don't understand.
Working hard just to get by
So much to do before you die
Have kids, have bills have a heart attack
Jump right in and never look back--
Out chasing dreams in No Man's Land
Out chasing dreams in No Man's Land
We thought in college we would have it made
But it didn't work out that way
While we wrote papers the debt piled up
When we got out we were out of luck--
Out chasing dreams in No Man's Land
Out chasing dreams in No Man's Land
We learned history by studying war
From the Revolution to Desert Storm
We pledged allegiance to the flag
Put our hands on our hearts and thought we were safe...
But we lost Justin on an ATV
And we lost Charlie out hunting
And we lost Nick in Afghanistan
These things we don't understand.
Working hard just to get by
So much to do before you die
Have kids have bills have a heart attack
So jump right in and never look back.
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North Dakota Storm
02:58
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I was born, I was born in a North Dakota Storm
I was born for times like these
I was raised, I was raised in the land of the brave
I don't back down when I'm afraid.
Here I am, here I am just a little Pollyanna
In an Armageddon scene
There you are, there you are bigger than a star
Still a stranger to me.
Oh we all get by somehow
And a few get away with robbery
But we keep the faith somehow
Somehow we sing:
La la la la...
Who decides, who decides what's a fact and what's a lie
Oh it's not you or I
But the truth, oh the truth is bigger than the moon
And it can raise the sinking tide.
Oh we all get by somehow
And a few get away with robbery
But we keep the faith somehow
Somehow we sing:
La la la la...
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4. |
We Are One
03:19
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I am not from around these parts
Where I'm from it's dark after dusk
In the wide wild, we are one
In the wide wild, we are one.
City lights can't shine like those Northern lights
A city street can't take your mind off your life
Coffee shops and shopping malls are ends of a maze
A big old tree just stands there relishing the day
In the wide wild, we are one
In the wide wild, we are one.
Take my hand let's walk down a wooded path
Lay down in the dunes where the water laps
In the wide wild, we are one
In the wide wild, we are one.
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Cottage By the Sea
04:07
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I will work for minimum wage and you'll work in a factory
After a few years of working like that
We'll move out of the city.
We will find a decent place in a little town with a slower pace
I'll wait tables while you fix cars
and we'll afford those small town bars.
Soon we'll own a country farm
With chickens and a cattle barn
We'll raise our children on rural love
And soon we'll be moving on--
We'll build a little Cottage By the Sea
We'll build a little dream, you and me.
A little boat with a big white sail
A long sand beach with a foot-print trail
A red tile roof to keep us safe and dry
Like a martini every night
We'll build a little Cottage By the Sea
We'll build a little dream, you and me.
We'll sell the farm and cash the land
It'll be at least 200 grand
I know you don't believe me now
But we'll make up the rest somehow
We'll build a little Cottage By the Sea
We'll build a little dream, you and me.
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American Dreams
03:22
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We saved big money and we lost our little town
We boarded up the window, let the whole thing down
There's a prairie grass graveyard where we park our car
It's in the name of progress--how'd we let it get this far
American Dreams swallowed the America I love
The companies hallowed my heart of any trust
And now I sing softly to my babe:
I hope you make a home out of this mess that we've made.
We wanted more fuel so we spilled more blood
He came back in a coffin--why do the best die young?
When I turn the engine my heart takes the wheel
I paid for the gas but whose life did I steal?
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7. |
Music Tonight
04:07
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Something old but not forgotten
Something new and comforting
Something close that reminds you of a thousand miles away
Something soft that makes you strong
Something you can scream out-loud
And watch the world melt into peace.
I need Music Tonight to keep my mind on
The messages spoken with the soul
I need Music Tonight to keep my eyes on
The heaven at the end of the road.
When the settlers came this way
They had to scrimp and save
But they dug in and weathered
All the struggles they would face
But the song stayed alive
And helped them survive
The American dream was a melody.
I need Music Tonight to keep my mind on
The messages spoken with the soul
I need Music Tonight to keep my eyes on
The heaven at the end of the road.
And some crazy days
You think you'll go insane
Just looking at all of those bills you can't pay
But though we may lose
Our hearts and our shoes
We'll dance to the rhythms that carry them away.
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Andrea Sorum Minneapolis, Minnesota
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