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Back Road Mama
04:07
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Gonna tell you about my baby
'Cause I love her so.
She loves to travel unfamiliar roads
She doesn't like the interstate
She doesn't like that scene.
Cars packed in just like sardines
My back road mama drives a fast machine.
Gonna tell you about my baby
She's the best
She travels north, south, east and west
When she's motor-vatin she always has a blast
She puts the pedal to the medal and she guns the gas
My back road mama she's the best.
You know their's a thousand ways to go
Off the beaten path and down the road.
She'll show you things you've never seen before
She's my back road mama and I love her so.
So don't talk about your lady if you think she's boss
'Cause my baby never gathers moss
You better not be blinkin' when she passes by
She'll be in Albuquerque by a quarter to nine
My back road mama's gonna leave a little dust in your eye.
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2. |
Back Home
03:31
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The French Broad looks mighty fine
When it hits the sun
I like to see those dappled waves
When the new day has begun.
Reminds me of my homeland
So far away
Now I've got a new land
Where I believe I'll stay
"Cause I feel at home
In these hills
So blue, So green, so brown
And all the rivers runnin' through
This old river town
(chorus) Back Home-to that smoky mountain range
Back Home-To my baby's smiling face
Back Home-Well I'll never leave again
When I get back home.
When I learn to play my mandolin
I might join a bluegrass band
I love to hear those wooden strings
Comin' straight out of the land
Listen to the radio
And all the history
Make it down to Market Square
And Gay Street.
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Birds of a Feather
05:02
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Now is a good time to come together.
I'd like to be an eagle in your sky.
I always knew we were birds of a feather
Now is the time for us to fly.
The earth is a ball that spins around
From the Eiffel Tower back to your hometown.
Let the sun shine on your day
Like a rainbow through the haze.
We're all in this together.
Birds of a feather.
Now is the time for new beginnings
A time to see which way we want to go.
Is it love, or is it hate we'll be bringing.
Can we see which way the river flows.
We'll never find the answer in a book.
But deep within the soul of humankind
In every minute, in every hour
In every petal of a flower
In every shuttered street we will walk down.
In every hometown.
Can you see what I see
Can we share the same dreams
Even thought we are apart
We can love with the same heart I believe..
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4. |
Brand New Day
02:39
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I know that you
Can make it through alive
I know that life
At times can be a trial
But we'll make it through
You've got me and I've got you.
When the captain says
Full speed ahead
With fire in his eyes
The furnace stoked
You grab that rope
With all the fiber of life.
And when that whistle blows
Babe, you're not alone
I want to make it clear.
I want all our fears to be gone
They'll dissipate
Like mist on a lake
When the sun comes rollin' along.
Shining through the haze
Bringing a brand new day.
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5. |
Canvas
03:23
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When you paint by freehand
In a paint by numbers world
It's hard to get the colors right.
You're the canvas
My lovely blue eyed girl
You know you're always on my mind.
I'm livin' in between
You're eyes of blue and green
I'm swimming or I'm drowning in your love.
Can I make your dream come true
Like I know you want me to
I would love to learn to try
Before my colors all run dry
When you paint by numbers
You have to stay within the lines
The end result is always well defined
That's all right, if that's what you're into
I'd rather throw my paint against the sky
I'd rather dabble in a creek
Turn a day into a week
Walk beside an old railroad line
And the water blue and cold
Our spirits true and bold
That would be a canvas I'd believe
I'd want you right here with me
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6. |
Heaven On the Ground
04:37
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I know a place where I can go
When I want to take it slow
Away from the city streets
Where the sidewalks pumpin' heat on me
Away from the traffic jams
Take me to another land and set me free
Take the path down to the river
Watch the big birds fly across
It's a place where you can rest your heart and mind
A stone's throw from the city
But it feels like a million miles away
Look at what I've found
Heaven on the ground
A great part of this town I know
You can touch the sky
Watch the world float by
With your piece of heaven on the ground
I try to think of what I can be
With the rest of this life that's left to me
The path is straight ahead
There's still so much left to do
I can see the river through the trees
I hear a new song
I feel the breeze it's true
Take the path down to the river
Watch the big birds fly across
It's a place where you can rest your heart and mind
A stone's throw from the city
But it feels like a million miles away
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Journey's End
04:18
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You've been wandering through a desert of your choice
Your mouth moves, but you can't hear your voice
Memories of love that you once had
Someday, you hope to get love back
But you just spend your days
Watching the parade of life go by
(chorus) Can you be in my dreams and I'll be in yours
Can you learn to love with all your heart
Can you sail on the sea and not change course
Can you see the journey's end before you start
Her eyes were like diamonds
At night you could them shining
After all these years you still remember that girl
Sometimes at night you wonder
If there hadn't been such blunders
Maybe you'd be living in a different world
But you can't go back in time
To live those years gone by
You gotta move on
(chorus)
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Together
03:36
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You've got a smile
A thousand miles wide
When you walk into a room
Darkness finds a place to hide
I fulfilled my dream
On the day that we first met
And it's hard to believe
All the ways we've been blessed
Don't need to wait 'till next year
Everything I need is right here
In this moment right now
I'm so glad we're together
My love for you is forever
We'll make this world so much better
Now that we are together.
You've got a laugh
That fills the air like singing birds
And it's such an easy task
to write down these loving words
It's time to explore
A world filled with open doors
But the biggest world we can find
Is the love that is yours and mine
Let's walk upon a sandy beach
Let ocean kiss our feet
Look up at the stars above
If I could I'd give each one to you
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9. |
Melancholy Moon
05:41
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Melancholy Moon flying
Across a troubled sky
Trying to find a cloud to hide behind
Melancholy Moon shines on me
Shines on you
Melancholy Moon keeps shining
Drivin' around my neighborhood
Runnin' out of gas
Victorians gaze upon me
From the glory of their past
Columns, spires and gables
Need to fix those window panes
Roof needs a couple of shingles
It's letting in the rain.
Trying to make sense of today's events
Gonna be a strain
We can't start a conversation
Without calling each other names
I seem to die a little more
When I watch the evening news
And the only light that shines on me
Is that melancholy moon
We've been through worse
It's not our first rodeo
We always find a way to walk together
On that long and bumpy road
The moon shines down from high up
In the star studded sky
When it goes through a cloud
It comes out the other side.
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10. |
Optimistic Tune
04:00
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I used to wake up, hold my head in pain
Every sunny day was filled with rain
You might as well have called my Dr. Doom
Spent too much time inside my room
You live like that and you're living all alone
Might as well throw away your telephone
(chorus) You should reach for the stars in the sky
Teach yourself how to fly
You've been carrying a heavy load on your back
You shouldn't let your backbone crack.
You're tired of playing the same old blues
So here's an optimistic tune.
I've been kicking old habits in the teeth
All the ones that were never good for me
I'm trying to find a way to shine
In this world I might as well call mine
I'm not asking for too much
I'd like to throw away my crutch
(chorus)
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Stephen J. Rhodes Knoxville, Tennessee
Stephen Rhodes is a singer/songwriter from Knoxville, TN. Rhodes has played in a variety of bands and acts in and around Knoxville and in a variety of venues such as The Vienna Coffee house, Preservation Pub, Corner Lounge, Timewarp Tearoom, Rilix Theatre, and various others. He has two studio albums to his credit: "Stephen Rhodes", released in 2002,and "Going Home", released in 2005. ... more
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