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Take A Load Off
02:47
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Leaves are falling all around
Watch them as they touch the ground
Sun is setting in the sky
Rip that joint and let’s get high
Take a walk with me my friend
Down that same old path again
My friend
Let your hair fall down and shine
So fair
And take a load off for a while
In that chair
Sun is rising in the east
And I ain’t worried in the least
Leaves are buried ‘neath my feet
Don’t know who I’m bound to meet
Take a walk with me my friend
Down that same old path again
My friend
Let your hair fall down and shine
So fair
And take a load off for a while
In that chair
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Black Tea
03:04
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Can I offer you some tea?
Would you prefer black coffee?
Whatever you may need
You can call on me
May I offer you my heart?
If not whole / then just a part
My purpose is my art
Girl you’ve known that since the start
And you’re leaning closer
Feel my heart a racing
Your knees are getting weak
And my lips are teasing you
And I’m leaning closer
Feel your heart a racing
My knees are getting weak
And your lips are teasing me
Could I ask one thing of you?
Promise me you will speak true
I’d like nothing more than you
And a space fit just for two
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Sleep Talking
04:34
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Rest is for the weak
My father once told me
Play is for the wicked
Waste away the day
Building castles in the sand
Calloused hands so rough
Soulfulness is lost with time
Sleep away the day
That’s just fine by me
Take it as it comes
Make my bed before I sleep
Greet the morning sun
Be the man that you want to be
My mother said to me
Get up
Get out
Just get going
Do something with yourself
Paper telescopes built on the roof
The never ending sights
But I’d much rather lie with you
And just avoid the fight
That’s just fine by me
Take it as it comes
Make my bed before I sleep
Greet the morning sun
Lately I've been roaming 'round
Up and down this highway
Lady won't you come along?
Lay your head near mine
We'll travel all across the land
Leave our mark on Earth
Don't know how long this will last
Don't know what it's worth
That’s just fine by me
Take it as it comes
Make my bed before I sleep
Greet the morning sun
Greet the morning sun
Live life while we’re young
Until our time has come
Greet the morning sun
Until our time has come
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Light In Your Eyes
03:05
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When I woke up this morning
Thought I’d never see the light
It’s been raining for weeks now
Guess it kinda slipped my mind
The light in your eyes
Is shining just for me
The light in your eyes
Shining bright for all to see
When I lied down this evening
Set my gaze upon the sky
Not a rain cloud for miles
Though I must admit they tried
For when you found me
I swore you’d be mine
And I will share with you
My precious time
The light in your eyes
Is shining just for me
The light in your eyes
Shining bright for all to see
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Chasing The Sunset
04:06
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Chasing the sunset
Chasing the dream
I'm running out of time
I'll run away
I've given in
I've given it all away
I jumped the gun
I may jump ship
Now pay attention
I pay my bills
It seems you've prophesied
This profiteering
It seems I've fantasized
This revolution
I am the king of the dipshits
But we are all the shit after all
I've done my sentence
I've done enough
I play my instruments
I played the game
It seems you've prophesied
This profiteering
It seems I've fantasized
This revolution
I am the king of the dipshits
But we are all the shit after all
We are the children of the future
We see the writing on the wall
When we join forces
There will be no right or wrong
Only love
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Firebug
04:17
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Fire on the roadside
Headlights guide us there
Fire on the horizon
Headlights light our way
Forces make their stand
Loiterers force their hand
Fire spreading further
Royals stand in awe
Lawyers strike a plea
But royals they don't plead
They don't plead on their own
Soldiers hide their pride
Soldiers they know their time
Know their time
Their time has come
Royals know their fate
Royals fear their fate
Fear their fate
Fear their fate
Their fate is sealed
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West Coast Blues
04:50
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Southeastern breeze carries me
Onward towards my destiny
Where flowers are in bloom
Northwestern scene entices me
Longing for those moonlit leaves
And sunsets on the bay
Ocean shores desolate
Fireside stories won't forget
The feeling in my core
And I breathe the smoke into my lungs
It covers me
Enter the flood
Enter me
Into the qualm
Exploitee
Of Earth's finer riches
Caught in the great swallowing
Undertow of society
Down / Among a thousand guests
And I feel the changing of the tides
They welcome me
And I breathe the salt into my veins
It smothers me
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Chris Cranick Grand Rapids, Michigan
Chris Cranick is a singer-songwriter with a lot of soul and a bit of sass. Hailing from Grand Rapids, MI, he fronts the psych rock outfit, Overdrive Orchestra and is involved in numerous collaborative efforts. Throughout the past decade, Cranick has developed a unique style all his own. ... more
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