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Top Of The Hill
04:17
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Top Of The Hill
Well, my daddy told me about his great granddad Joe
Who erected a stone where they buried his bones
Well, he took me to the top of the hill
So I could see what was really real
All of those old tombstones in the ground
All of them spirits sitting around
Some of those stones, they’re from the seventeen hundreds
How many Indians needed to go?
So old Joe could get to the top of the hill?
I don’t need no stone
Oh let the wind be my home
Just keep on singing my song
That’s how my spirit lives on
And when the singings all done
And you hear the last chord strum
Just hum with the wind
Because I’m gone baby I’m gone
Gone baby I’m gone
Well my mama told me about the man from Galilee
He came in peace, still they nailed him to a tree
Well the devil took him to the top of the hill
Tried to sell him what he said was real
All of those humans scattered around
All of the suffering going down
Some of those folks, thought they were king
Until they realized that they’d shed the blood
Of the one, who would get them to the top of the hill
I don’t need no stone
Oh let the wind be my home
Just keep on singing my song
That’s how my spirit lives on
And when the singings all done
And you hear the last chord strum
Just hum with the wind
Because I’m gone baby I’m gone
Gone baby I’m gone
(c)2012, Jerry Oliver, ASCAP
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2. |
Old Crow River
05:33
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Old Crow River
It started down by Old Crow River
On a dark but moonlit night
lies the heart of a giver
He took her up a hill to a farm house on the right
Her brothers came and got her
and stayed up with her that night
He didn’t see it coming
it hit him right between the eyes
Every sad story just a lining in the sack of lies
They tried to stop it long ago
like a vampire with a stake
Bloodshot eyes that never sleep
like a fire they stay awake
Three different brothers
from one same mother
They took it all so differently
never could see the other
They took it across the country
across the ocean to another land
Face to face with the enemy
they reached out a brothers hand
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It ended down by Old Crow River
On an old dirt road
under a moon tip sliver
Over a singing bridge
the stars mourn the water
She came back down the hill
looking for her lover
(c) 2010, Jerry Oliver, ASCAP
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3. |
The Wood and the Spark
03:54
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The Wood And The Spark
In the quiet of the night
I sit and wonder what is right
All that I can do
Is take the path and follow you
Who’ve gone before me
Lit the path to set us free
Who’s the hero on your street?
The discoverer of your dreams?
The inspiration on your sleeve?
Or is there no one else it seems?
You’ve got to find the wood
And spark the fire too
Alone the feeling is so sad
Together we make it not so bad
What else can we do but love?
All good things come from above
Fall down on me
I’m blind, I cannot see, I want to see
(c)2010, Jerry Oliver, ASCAP
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4. |
The Journey
04:03
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The Journey
I took a trip down by horseback
To a place called sentimental valley
Full of rocky roads and sneak attacks
Like being caught alone at night in a dark ally
So I tried to climb up by myself
That mountain called Black as the Night
Hard and cold and merciless, I need some help
I'm not quite ready to give up the fight
So I went back across this wide expanse
Had to take a wagon train and the family too
Over the Rockies across the Mississippi we took a chance
There comes a time, a place and a thing you've got to do
When the time comes take me to the Great Lake
Let me fly one more time, over the magic water
One more star filled night I'd like to take
Yeah, take me to the land of my father
(c)2011, Jerry Oliver, ASCAP
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Out On The Edge Of Darkness
Out on the edge of darkness
holding to the rim of light
Just hoping all the ones you love
are going to turn out alright
‘cause when you’re standing on shaky ground
when you thought it would all be ok
You start to see the fragile nature
and the razor of another day
Out on the edge of darkness
holding to the rim of light
It might be shining out from your eyes
or your smile that lights up the night
‘cause when you’re standing on shaky ground
when you thought it would all be ok
You start to see the fragile nature
and the razor of another day
Out on the edge of darkness
something always pulls me in
Out on the edge of darkness
where redemption mingles with sin
Out on the edge of darkness
holding to the rim of light
Just hoping all the ones you love
are going to turn out alright
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6. |
No Coming Back
03:40
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They’re dying in the streets
of my mind that is reeling
The walls are collapsing
in my heart that is beating
Through the photos of the ghosts
that are taped to my ceiling
And I won’t be forgetting
all the crazy mad feelings
The spinning and the whirling
the living and the breathing
Won’t bring you back
No it won’t bring you back
Like the time that is fleeting
and the stories that are ending
Once your gone, your gone
there ain’t no coming back
Like the ripples on the water
and the clouds passing by
Complex as the spectrum
of the sun up in the sky
We dance around fires
and cry out our eyes
And it won’t bring you back
No it won’t bring you back
Maybe one day I’ll discover the things I’ve been told
That you surround us and will always be there
But today I just feel cold
Your presence, the memories, the strength, the bond
All I know is today....you’re gone,
you’re gone
and you’re not coming back
Will you ever come back?
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7. |
Unpredictable Moments
03:52
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Unpredictable Moments
Life is filled with unpredictable moments
Life is filled with unpredictable moments
You don't know what you're gonna get
when you walk through your door
Are all your friends gonna jump out and say "let's party!"
or will you drop dead on your own floor?
because life is filled with unpredictable moments
life is filled with unpredictable moments
Now I don't mean to put a damper on things
I don't mean to be a bummer
I'm just saying what I know to be true
You need to think about where
you want to get caught with your pants down
because life is filled with unpredictable moments
yeah life is filled with unpredictable moments
Life is filled with unpredictable moments
Life is filled with unpredictable moments
Just when you think it's all nice and comfortable
You got to pack it all up and move across the country
Pack it up in a portable, say goodbye to your honey
Driving down the highway you start to wonder why?
What's it all about?
and where are you going anyway?
when life is so...
Life is so unpredictable
I said life is so unpredictable
Life is so unpredictable
Now I'm not saying you can't find love
No I'm not saying you can't find love
I'm just saying... one day
it fits tight like a glove
the next day it could be flying free
like a dove
because life is so unpredictable
I said life is so unpredictable
I said life is....
(c)(p)2015,Jerry Oliver, Peculiar Music, ASCAP
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Jerry Oliver Nashville, Tennessee
Jerry Oliver aka Jerpoet tells stories and shares his experience through songs, poems and paintings.
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