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Blues on the Run
03:08
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(How to Keep the) Blues on the Run
Oh the rain keeps fallin' it's a blue grey morning
Got some heavy pressure on me, pretty mama
If you're feelin' like there's a low ceiling
You've got my sympathy but
Refrain: 2X
I caught on just in time
How to keep the blues on the run
Oh it's hot and muggy, hay's getting' soggy
Everything turning on me, Oh Lordy
Got no money, I just lost my honey
She just set me free but
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Well I'm an old grasshopper, real clock stopper
I just fiddle round all day, pretty mama
But my minds so busy, it would make you dizzy
Come on, I'll show the way that
Refrain:2X
Give me a million dollars and a starched white collar
I would feel like a hot dog steamé, Lordy
I'm an old time rambler, but a hard luck gambler
Must have been my lucky day that
Refrain: 2X + 1st line
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It's Your Motto
03:24
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It's Your Motto
Out in the suburb, the foreman gives the word
And the orchard melts away
People in the city say ain't that a pity
When they drive out for the day
Somewhere down the line a banker gets rich
Kids in a private school
They get a feeling for wheeling and dealing
They learn that money rules
Chorus:
Under the ramp there's a homeless street camp
With the bags and the mats and the pigeons and rats
And you pray every day as you pass on your way
You won't be let go
And you follow the creed of the corporate greed It's your motto
You're right in the middle trying to answer the riddle
Getting caught in the squeeze
It's all about power, not the ivory tower
No room for truth or trees
Corporations gulp and the tabloid pulp barfs the latest rave
People bleed while executives feed on what downsizing saved
Chorus:
Under the ramp there's a homeless street camp
With the bags and the mats and the pigeons and rats
And you pray every day as you pass on your way
You won't be let go
And you follow the creed of the corporate greed It's your motto
Got Liberal guilt where your home is built
Go buy the homeless news
Or pick up your pen every now and then
For a charity that you choose
Ain't gonna change in the long range
'Till the Earth can't bear the toll
Of people's need and people's greed
With no will to control
Chorus: As Above
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Sweet incenses
03:58
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Funny How the Rain Gets In
We bought a house in the old part of town
Leaked every time it rained
So we caulked the cracks around the windows
Replaced the shingles and drain
Tarred the roof, did the waterproofing
Subterranean
Got someone to put up siding
It's funny still the rain gets in
Went to a family reunion
Talk about quality time
The ghosts of the ancestors
They were walking in their prime
Well the young folk were toking, the old folk were joking
As we watched the sun roll in With a joyful heart, it was a brand new start
But it's funny how the rain gets in
You can walk the straight and narrow
Never throw your passions to the wind
Somewhere, sometime, you'll be feeling just fine
Then the rain gets in
Ain't it funny how the rain gets in
Now every once in a blue moon I get my ticket to cry
Sometimes I think I'm a lucky man
Sometimes I know it's a lie
Yes and every time I get that way I know I just can't win
For weeks in a daze, I'm lost in a maze
Wonderin' how the rain gets in
Ain't it funny how the rain gets in
Now I never walked the straight and narrow
I sailed my passions with the wind
But somewhere, sometime I'll be feeling just fine
Then the rain gets in
Ain't it funny how the rain gets in
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Potter's Wheel
04:00
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Andy's on Bourbon
04:15
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They fought for Bread
04:15
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Family Life
03:11
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Hold on to Your Dreams
04:31
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09 Beads and Trinkets
04:08
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Under Saturn's Wheel
04:37
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Anguish of our Souls
03:24
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Raging @ Windstorms
03:11
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Stormy Woman
04:02
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Chris Rawlings Toronto, Ontario
Chris Rawlings is a honey-baritone singer, nimble-fingered guitar picker and gifted song-writer noted for his
originality.
Rawlings embraces quick and complex chords and intricate harmonic and rhythmic structures. He adds authenticity to Celtic jigs and reels with a masterful touch on the recorder.
He charms with an easy voice that goes right to the heart.
See YouTube: Song of the Old Bush Pilot
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