Good times come and pass
Good times never last
Now we are so advanced 
Cant predict what happens next
Around we crawl, we all fall
in the end we dont know 
nothing at all

Stare into the face of fear
A thousand names a thousand years
Accuser seducer, 
destroyer of the land
left hand right hand 
who's got the whole world in his hands
in the end we dont know 
nothing at all

You think by now 
we would have trips to the moon,
or mars or pluto
venus or neptunes
complications grow 
lies are still told
in the end we dont know
nothing at all

Nothing

I cannot stop betraying myself
I can't defeat temptation
All my life I was so blind
Busy poisoning my mind

You and me together we spend some time 
You and me together we spend some time
You and me together we spend some time
Write all the years before I die


I'm a slave of my own reality
I fool myself time and time again
I believe in you, I believe in me
Honestly and respectfully

I am now cleaning up my mind
Now that I left my old ways behind
This is all going on real fast
It is love that I will find

I will stop betraying myself
I will defeat temptation
I love you and I love myself
Send you love in meditation


Spend Some Time

Now I know I was unaware before
I've been captured all my lives
All the tears I left at the door
I've been crying all the time

You were there you gave me all
You are a bright shining light
You gave me sight and you broke my wall
I need you by my side

We both ran off and shared our love
We brought out the best in us
But when we saw we had a blind side
When I hurt your trust

Promises I had to manifest
But I did not have a plan
I fought for it I gave my best
Will you trust me again

I can't see where I'm going now
You seem so far away
So many things I wanna do somehow
So many things I wanna say

I need you back, I need your love
Before you I will kneel
I know that words can't say enough
I want to make you feel

I know where we are coming from
We reflect the moon and the sun
See you again and when that day will come
Our hearts and souls become one

I have faith I'm in love with you
You're the one who warms my soul
And you know there is nothing I would not do
Our destiny to make us whole

Trust

Ev'ry thing's all right and then she's
all the time in my neighborhood
She cries both day and night
I know it 'cause she was there
   
It's a milestone
but she's down on her luck
And the day makes her lonely
and it's so hard to make a buck
I was there

I believe that she'd stop him
Where she once stopped to care
I believe that she'd look upon
beside 'em and care                    
And I'd go by her now and she's on my way
But I don't belong there

No I don't belong to her
I don't belong to anybody
She's my prize forsaken angel
But she don't hear me cry
She's a lone-hearted mystic
And she can carry on
When I'm there, she's all right
But she's not when I'm gone

Heaven knows she's the answer
she don't call on no one  
She's a wave, a thing of beauty
she's mine for the one
And I'm not hesitating
by temptation lest it runs
But she don't follow me
I'm not there, I'm gone

Now I'll cry tonight
Like I cried the night before
And I'll feast on her eyes but
I'll dream about the door
So long, Jesus, savior
Blind faith worth to tell
It don't have consolation
she's my love far thee well

Her smile is contagious
I was born to love her
But she knows that the kingdom weights
So high above her
And I run but I race
but it's not too fast or soon
I'll try and not deceive her
I'm not there, I'm gone

It's all about confusion
and I cry for her pale
I don't need anybody now
beside me to tell
Cause it's all affirmation
I've received but it's not
She's a lone-hearted beauty
but she's gone like the spot
if she wan

Yes, she's gone like the rainbow
that was shining yesterday
but now she's a-home beside me
and I'd like her to stay

she's a bone-forsaking beauty
and it don't trust anyone
and I wish I was beside her
but I'm not there, I'm gone

Well it's a too hard to stake-in
and I don't part b'lieve
It's all bag for tebusing
but she's hard, too hard to leave

It's alone, it's a crime
the way she moult me around
was she told for to hate me
by this dumb fortaken clown

Yes I believe that it's rightful
oh I believe it in my mind
I b'told like I said when I before
carry on the crying

and she's all good to told her
like I said, carry on
I wish I was there to help her
but I'm not there, I'm gone

I'm Not There (Bob Dylan cover)

Hard into the heart and into the mind
Who will you choose to leave behind
What will you do when I'm out of sight
I know there is something left deep inside

Hard into the heart and into the mind
I need your love till the end of time
All of your love and your shining light
My heart is open so come inside

Hard into the heart and into the mind
Blow me away from the tears I cried
Take my heart and soul and make it right
Lay me down I´m tired of the fight

Cold
Grown cold
Cold
So cold

Hard into the heart and into the mind
Love is undefined, love makes you blind
Love sets you free love grabs you tight
Love is everywhere love is hard to find

Hard Into The Heart (And Into The Mind)

I'm bumpin and stumblin
I have a troubled mind
Scared of what will come
Can't remember how I shined
I want to see but I'm blind

I'm burning and turning
I get so far behind
Wanna give and receive
Be together aligned
I want to see but I'm blind

I want our love to grow strong
You came along
And sing my song
To turn you on

I'm huffin and puffin
I must not be undermined
What can I say about it
I know we are confined
I want to see but I'm blind

I'm crumblin and tumblin
Somehow I'm enshrined
Feeling sad and down
How it all must be designed
I want to see but I'm blind

In a dream I saw you
And you saw me
Remember what we see
Our love is meant to be

I'm fighting and strugglin
I'm ready to unwind
Face my fear and think clear
I want to become unfeigned
I want to see I want to find
I have to see I have to find

Bumpin' And Stumblin'

The man in me will do nearly any task
As for compensation, there's a little he will ask
Take a woman like you
To get through to the man in me.

Storm clouds are raging all around my door
I think to myself I might not take it anymore
Take a woman like your kind
To find the man in me.

But, oh what a wonderful feeling
Just to know that you are near
It sets my heart a-reeling
From my toes up to my ears.

The man in me will hide sometimes to keep from being seen
But that's just because he doesn't want to turn into some machine
Take a woman like you
To get through to the man in me
(This song I dedicate to you, my true love)

The Man In Me (Bob Dylan cover)

Oh how I want you close to me,

I'm yours to be but please
Don't let me down
I set you free and see
We are here now
And how I need you close to me

I wish for you night and day
I miss you cause you are away
I can't understand why you went
And what it meant when you said;
Oh how I want you close to me

I will conquer my darkness
I will overcome my fear
I know its a promise
But I'm sincere
Oh how I want you close to me

You wished for me and found me
Our love is real and strong
But how could it turn so fast
When it should last so long
Oh how I want you close to me

I dream about you day and night
I want to stand by your side
My heart belongs to you its true
And we knew we could break through
Oh how I want you close to me
(For you my love!)

Close To Me

Your day breaks, your mind aches
You find that all the words of kindness linger on
When she no longer needs you

She wakes up, she makes up
She takes her time and doesn't feel she has to hurry
She no longer needs you

And in her eyes you see nothing
No sign of love behind her tears
Cried for no one
A love that should have lasted years

You want her, you need her
And yet you don't believe her when she said her love is dead
You think she needs you

And in her eyes you see nothing
No sign of love behind her tears
Cried for no one
A love that should have lasted years

You stay home, she goes out
She says that long ago she knew someone but now he's gone
She doesn't need him

Your day breaks, your mind aches
There will be times when all the things she said will fill your head
You won't forget her

And in her eyes you see nothing
No sign of love behind her tears
Cried for no one
A love that should have lasted years

For No One (Beatles cover)

I was a sailboat, I was a sailor,
I was a son of a gun of a gun
I made it happen, down in the school yard
I was a firecracker explodin

Halleluja, the sparks flew up to heaven
They saw my smile, I was laughing so hard
Halleluja, the sparks flew up to heaven
And I left the sober people with their cold hearts

Sometimes there is someone
someone who knows you
But when you are sad there is no one
But I'm a red bicycle
Rolling and rolling
I'm a quick silver, I'm a deal maker
Don't you cross me once

And nothing can hold me,
to this earth that don't roll me
And I don't know if I'm dirty or clean
But I was a sailboat,
I was a sailor and I was a firecracker explodin

And oh why do you cry sister cry
I been talkin with the angels and its gonna be fine
And hallelujah the sparks flew up to heaven
And i left the sober people with their cold hearts

Firecracker (Frazey Ford cover)

Lovesick (Bob Dylan cover)

When I go don't cry for me
In my fathers arms I'll be
The wounds this world left on my soul
Will all be healed and I'll be whole

Sun and moon will be replaced
With the light of Jesus' face
And I will not be ashamed
For my savior knows my name

It don't matter where you bury me
I'll be home and I'll be free
It don't matter where I lay
All my tears be washed away

Gold and silver blind the eye
Temporary riches lie
Come and eat from heaven's store
Come and drink and thirst no more

So weep not for me my friend
When my time below does end
For my life belongs to him
Who will raise the dead again

It don't matter where you bury me
I'll be home and I'll be free
It don't matter where I lay
All my tears be washed away

All my tears (Ane Brun cover)

I was born in East Virginia,
North Caroline I did roam,
There I met a fair pretty maiden,
Her name and age I do not Know.

Her hair it was of a brightsome color,
And her lips of a ruby red,
On her breast she wore white lilies,
There I longed to lay my head.

Well, in my heart you are my darlin',
At my door you're welcome in,
At my gate I'll meet you my darlin',
If your love I could only win.

I'd rather be in some dark holler,
Where the sun refuse to shine,
Than to see you be another man's darlin',
And to know that you'll never be mine.

Well in the night I'm dreamin' about you,
In the day I find no rest,
Just the thought of you my darlin',
Sends aching pain all through my breast.

Well when I'm dead and in my coffin,
With my feet turned toward the sun,
Come and sit beside me darlin',
Come and think on the way you done.

East Virginia (Trad)

Sometimes I don't know where
This dirty road is taking me
Sometimes I don't even know the reason why
But I guess I keep a-gamblin'
Lots of booze and lots of ramblin'
Well it's easier than just a-waitin' around to die

One time, friends, I had a ma
I even had a pa
Well he beat her with a belt once 'cause she cried
She told him to take care of me
Headed down to Tennessee
Well it's easier than just a-waitin' around to die

Well I came of age and I found a girl in a Tuscaloosa bar
She cleaned me out and hit in on the sly
I tried to hide the pain, I bought some wine and hopped a train
Well it's easier than just waitin' around to die

A friend said he knew
Where some easy money was
We robbed a man, and brother did we fly
The posse caught up with me
And drug me back to Muskogee
Two long years waitin' around to die

Well, now I'm out of prison
I got me a friend at last
Well he don't drink or steal or cheat or lie
His name's codeine
He's the nicest thing I've seen
Yah, together we're gonna wait around and die

Waiting around to die (Townes van Zandt cover) with Country Jimi and the Babes

Jam from 2010 with Jorik and Nicky

There used to be a gambler who courted all around
There used to be a gambler who courted all around
He courted pretty Polly, such beauty never been found
"Pretty Polly, pretty Polly, come go along with me
Pretty Polly, pretty Polly, come go along with me
Before we get married, some pleasures to see"

She jumped up behind him and 'way they did go
She jumped up behind him and 'way they did go
Down into the valley that was far below
They went a little further and what did they spot
They went a little further and what did they spot
But a newly dug grave with a spade lying by

"Oh, Willy, hey, Willy, I'm afraid of your ways
Oh, Willy, hey, Willy, I'm afraid of your ways
I'm afraid you will lead my poor body astray"
"Pretty Polly, pretty Polly, you guessed it just right
Pretty Polly, pretty Polly, you guessed it just right
I dug all your grave the better part of last night"

Then he stabbed her in her heart till her heart's blood did flow
He stabbed her in her heart till her heart's blood did flow
Down into the grave pretty Polly did go
Now a debt to the devil, that Willy must pay
A debt to the devil, that Willy must pay
For killing pretty Polly and running away

Pretty Polly (Trad)

Mildred Pierce - Big Cheese (Nirvana cover)

Mildred Pierce - Think No More

Mildred Pierce - Done

Mildred PIerce - Nocturnal Animal

Mildred Pierce - Dry Time

MIldred Pierce - Down The Drain

Mildred Pierce - Disgrace

Goodnight girl

I wish you goodnight girl
I wish you to go to sleep
You are safe and warm girl
Please don't you weep

I see you are tired girl
Lay down your head
You gave it all girl
And the things you've said
Are still ringing on
Inside my head
Makes me feel lonely
Makes me feel sad

Please close your eyes girl
It's time to go to sleep
Let me take care girl
Nomore you shall weep

Can you see my flame
It grows higher and higher
Can't remember my name
You burned me with fire
'Till all the smoke is gone
'Till there's no desire
When we realise
Everything hangs on a thin wire
 
I say goodnight girl
I wish you to go to sleep
Now that all is gone girl
But tears to weep

Goodnight Girl

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Love Song Again (Sammy Brue Cover)

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