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31 Crosstown
03:56
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Fading fast on the crosstown 31
Take my time to check myself with everyone
Won’t you meet me halfway?
Dear there has to be, we'll find another way
Streetlights take my last, last steps I have to give
Don't you stare at me, I don't easily forgive
The faces in the bricks try to drag me in their undertow
I can keep them down if I make it to the show
And I ain't gonna find it here
It's just too dear
Laid down plans adhere,
To late night hopes and fears
It’s all too clear, that the angels have disappeared
Steps in time the yellow lights have shown the way
Broken bottles sing their songs about us anyway
Won’t you spend some time in a fiction with me?
I know there has to be somewhere else to be
I ain't gonna find it here
It's just too dear
Laid down plans adhere,
To late night hopes and fears
It’s all too clear, that the angels have disappeared
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We're Gonna Get By
05:00
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We’re Gonna Get By
We’re Gonna try, we’ll get by
And we’ll get on again
We’re Gonna Get By
We’re Gonna try, we’ll get by
And we’ll get on again
You don’t have to go it alone
Your friends aren’t really gone
They had you all along
Yeah you don’t have to go it alone
We’re Gonna Get By
We’re Gonna try, we’ll get by
And we’ll get on again
We’re Gonna Get By
We’re Gonna try, we’ll get by
And we’ll get on again
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3. |
I Really Don't Want To
03:47
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Been lookin’ in the mirror
Don't like what i've seen
My judgement's getting nearer
And I don't feel that clean
You're wishin' I was better
The gears are rusted and green
All my mechanisms shutter
I'm a broken machine
Hold on tight,
The worst times come in the moonlight
Could've been right, but I dove....
Right at the light
Couldn't be further
Then what I intended
and I should have heard her
It'll be fine when it's ended
You keep waiting on perfect
and you won't come around
Don't you know that it's urgent
Before we hit the ground
Hold on tight,
the worst times come in the moonlight
could've been right, but I dove....
right at the light
I can live without you
But I really don't want to
No I don't ever want to
See you walk away
I can see right through the heartache
And I know what to do
I was just hoping this time
That love would find a way
That love would find a way
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Downtown on a Saturday night
Step tight cause we're feelin' alright
Still a long way, from my best days
My town and I'm feelin' alive, step down cause I think she's inside
They all fall away, I hope she stayed
Downtown on a Saturday night
Hold fast it'll be alright
I can't take, another day, without her
My town I don't care what's right, swear to god he can't see her light
I keep falling apart, every time I see her
It's been too long sister, think I'm no longer sane
Been tryin' not to miss her, darling why won't you stay
Downtown on a Saturday night, don't know if I'll be alright
It's a long ways, falling down from here
Step close to the edge of the night, don't you know I’m afraid of heights
If the fall doesn't kill me, I know I'll be alright
It's been too long sister, think I'm no longer sane
Been tryin' not to miss her, darling why won't you stay
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5. |
Emily Rain
03:43
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Captain says our engines are dead
I think that our orbit is done
All the best of everything I tried
And all my best is gone
Lieutenant James,
Won’t you please try to get word behind the lines?
We’re coming to the end, of the end of the world
And I’d hoped I could say goodbye
We all know she’ll never be lonely
When she wakes up her light shames the sun
And I knew from the day I saw her fall
That she’d always be the one
Now that I’m gone
Everyone just carry on just the same
I still have my memories of her
She was dancing in the rain
Emily Rain
Emily Rain
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The sunrise gave no warning
And the winds belied no hurricanes
The crows they all stayed quiet when the floods came our way
The veils have washed right over me
Like the dust that shaped the sands
The locusts sang too small, for their warnings to be had
Yeah it's just too sad for a country song
Sure seems like it's awful wrong
Hell it's just too sad for a country song
Caught me wishing I was your love song
The trees they all fell tragically
With their pride lost in the end
Did we ever have a chance, to begin?
The castles held their trumpet calls
‘Cause our sentries were all asleep
And now the walls they have fallen, all around me
Yeah it's just too sad for a country song
Sure seems like it's awful wrong
Hell it's just too sad for a country song
Caught me wishing I was your love song
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7. |
New Year's Day
04:30
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Another new year’s day, and the river sure seems different today
Worn through her moment, one more layer that gets washed away
The crawdad's are listening, and I don't know what they want me to say
They’re whispering their comments, for the winds to scatter them astray
Time to get to work, but the chain’s broke on the porch swing
Be different this time, I won't have to give up on everything
I only want you, when the rest of them marshall their forces
Conducting around us, with their not so reliable sources
The years they fall away, and I still know I've got nothin’
The times they are the fray, in the fight for something to say,
For something to say
Another new year’s day, and our hopes and our prayers, have all been washed away
I'll wait till you say, you won’t leave me, won't blindly betray
The hope lies in the day, when the fates fall, and you’ll see the trail to follow
On this new year’s day, I just can't find a way I should follow
Please don't walk away, now that you know that I've got nothin’
The times they are the fray, in the fight for something to say
For something to say
You don't have to say, I'll be right there, right there beside you
The times they had their day, in the fight for something to say
For something to say
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8. |
How Can I Follow You
04:05
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The cold days of spring give way to the summer
And we find our gaze upon those left behind
I don’t know if anyone or anything can follow
The first time I thought I could read all the signs
So merrily back to the spell you were under
And I'll try to repair what you left of mine
I can't seem to figure where we went asunder
So I'll stick to my script and I'll just say my lines
Dear, how can I follow you?
How can I get through?
Lord, I've seen an angel too
How can I follow you?
I thought I had paid my fair share of the prices
For the worst things I've done, the deceptions I've tried
Lord I have tried to break free of my vices
But yet I'm forsaken, my wishes denied
Now that my home is the urn for my ashes
And I stand on the ruins of my broken times
I wish I could shake off the curse of your absence
Lord grant me another way to pay for my crimes
Dear, how can I follow you?
How can I get through?
Lord, I've seen an angel too
How can I follow you?
How can I follow you?
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9. |
I'll Take Whatever
02:20
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I'm winning and I'm losing, then losing what I win
The hold on my temptations is nearly gone….
One step behind the next one, hold on the seatbelts broken
It's looking like the station is going down...
I'll take whatever you’ve got for me
And I'll be whatever you want me to be...
I’m falling through the air, don't even know what's fair
The fates have got their notions in us all...
What good can come of this one now that my orbit's done?
Safest place is halfway through the fall...
I'll take whatever you’ve got for me
And I'll be whatever you want me to be
I'll take whatever you’ve got for me
And I'll be whatever you want me to be...
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On the danger of settling for nothing
I'd hoped I would lean more towards risk
I'd hoped I'd be better
At least good enough
To keep us from ending like this
All the wishes that turned in to fables
All the stories that never got done
Like a song with no chorus
Just comes round again
The next one's about to begin
But I'll still be here in the end
Still broken worse than I can mend
To see you at all will just hasten my fall
But I wish I could see you again
Now that the station is buzzing
I lean into doing my part
I'll find consolation
In passing the hours
‘Cause I can't believe were still apart
But then when the crew is all settled
And the night long since bested the sun
Your whispery voice
Is telling me why
You don't think I'll ever be the one
But I'll still be here in the end
Still broken worse than I can mend
To see you at all will just hasten my fall
But I wish I could see you again
But I wish I could see you again
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Clark Andrew Libbey Albuquerque, New Mexico
Clark Andrew Libbey and Kristen Rad have been barnstorming the Southwest for the last 4 years playing their unique blend of
original americana, alt-country, country gospel and acoustic classics. They combine soulful vocals, delicate harmonies, and a deeply imaginative pallet of stories and lyrics for a show which will in turn enchant and surprise you.
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