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This Heart Of Mine
04:48
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He arrived at Ellis Island
With a wife and a heart of fire
Some loose change in his pocket
Hopes were running wild
He had the courage to leave his homeland
On a young man’s dreams he’d ride
Worth all the risk and sacrifice
Trying to make a better life
He deeply loved his woman
And soon the kids would come
Didn’t speak the language
Workday never done
As a boy I remember
All the time we’d share
I would listen to this old man
Broken English from his chair
The years went by
He’d tell me with a smile
Memories fade with time
But it won’t change this heart of mine
I never gave in boy
I didn’t stop trying
I listened every single day
To this heart of mine
Though the body may break down
There’s still some precious time
And it’s still beating like the day I was born
This heart of mine
I never could tell
He never did say
If all his dreams came true
but tomorrow’s another day
Best to forget
What slips out of your hand
See a mountain
In every grain of sand
So when I feel the thunder
Get caught in the rain
I sometimes hear his voice
Brightens up my way
Cuz the years just keep on flying by
Scary where they go
What I took for granted
I now want a little more
But I won’t get caught
I’m a witness, I’ve been taught
That memories fade with time
But it won’t change this heart of mine
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2. |
Southbound Train
05:02
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Going away you can find me
Looking out a window on a southbound train
A one-way ticket will do just fine
I don’t think I’m coming back here again
Sunshine peaking in after a summer rain
What was down has been chased away
On a southbound train
What I lost is found rolling down
These tracks just south of Point Loma
With some luck the end of the line
Will be somewhere just over the border
Sunshine peaking in after a summer rain
What was down has been chased away
On a southbound train
There’s nothing to hide from
It’s a clean break
No one to hurt, to blame or to hate
On a southbound train
Every time this train slows down
To a place I’ve never been before
I wonder if I should try my luck
I wonder if this is one I should ignore
But as I look out the window
I see the world flying by
I want all the answers
But I know I’ll be denied
I reach back and I find the map
That shows me where I may arrive
On a southbound train
My mind is as cool as this wind at my back
Lord I want to thank you for showing me where heavens at
On a southbound train
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3. |
Living Between The Lines
04:21
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I’m never too high or low
Been taught sir that’s the way to go
Look me in the eyes
That’s the way to get inside
If you want to find me
I’m living between the lines
I’m never too high or low
Just a clue I thought you should know
You seem lost there in the clouds
Good fortune can quiet other sounds
How could you ever find me?
Living between the lines
Step up to the line
No need to cross I’m doing fine
Just once I want you to see me
Living between the lines
Sometimes it gets lonely
Living between the lines
I’m never too high or low
Trouble waits too far below
Way above the line
Each breath just means you’re buying time
That’s why you will find me
Living between the lines
I’m just trying to survive here
Living between the lines
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4. |
Words
03:26
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If words could change the things I know are so
I’d use all words that I have come to know
I’d use a word that wipes out any blame
I’d use a word that takes away the pain
A word that rhyme’s and opens up the mind
The past is past the present keeps no time
Chorus
But why can’t I make heads or tails of this?
I use the words that I think would fit
You say it’s not what I say but how I say it
So for all I got done under the sun
If only I wouldn’t a tripped up on my tongue
They’re just words
They’re just words
If words could change the things I know are so
I’d use all words that I have come to know
I’d use a word that changes the way you see
Who I am and what’s inside of me
I’d use a word that frees my inner charm
One that brings you back into my arms
I’d use a word like magic it would be
If a word could make you fall in love with me
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5. |
Keepsake
04:48
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I saved a little keepsake
Years ago before we had it all
I found it by accident
Way up high on an empty bedroom shelf
In a room I rarely go in
In a house that’s too big for myself
When I found this little keepsake
An empty room seemed to crowd right up
The picture told a story
Spirit of youthful foolishness
and words can lose their meaning
Like the faded ink she scribbled on the back
On a count of three your supposed to smile
But she blinked like when I asked her not to go
If a keepsake tells a story
Safe to say some are better left untold
That little keepsakes in the trash
Didn’t take up much room but is better where it’s at
Letting go is always best
I didn’t get this far only to go back
I hear the second-hand ticking on my kitchen wall
It’s wired to move forward
There’s no moving it back at all
I left that house a while ago
Roots grow only as deep as what’s in your heart
That keepsake told a story
With an ending that would be where I’d start
This road I’m on got wider
It holds my weight and I can spread my wings
There’s plenty of room at my side
For whatever you might want to bring
That little keepsakes in the trash
Didn’t take up much room but it got me where I’m at
Letting go is always best
I didn’t get this far only to go back
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6. |
Up To You
03:57
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It seems every day there are choices to make many things to decide
I’m beginning to think it’s better to just go along for the ride
If you are willing to meet in the middle I’ll be so obliged
If you’re up to the task I’m ready ask and give this a try
It’s easy to get caught in thinking there’s only one way to go
When you arrive it’s easy to see how little you know
So if I give you the keys and leave this all be will you lead me on home
There’s a light shining bright a friend in the night this weights off my bones
Chorus
I’m leaving it up to you
I’m leaving it up to you
Will you open my eyes to things I never knew
I’m leaving it up to you
Bridge
Just once I want to breathe
So deep so light I’m floating on air
And like a feather I slowly fall to your feet
And this weight it’s off of me
The time that we have the ego expands a need to control
But to look through the eyes of another is easy as letting go
So just for this moment in you I entrust help me to see
I’ll take back the ball when your weary for now I’m free to…
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7. |
Empty Branches
04:52
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Sammy was a quiet man
Just like April’s type
They met on a cold damp winter day
Married under stars on a warm September night
Sammy worked with his two hands
April an odd job or two
Money was always tight
Lived week to week in a one bed motel room
Chorus
You have me, I have you too
Let’s bury what makes us broken in our rear view
With you I’m lost in the clouds
Gone are all my doubts
We’ll figure it out
First son was a bit of a surprise
Second way past due
One would take granddaddy’s name
Not blood but the father April never knew
The system would be Sammy’s home
From the age of two
Empty branches on a family tree
So the second son would be a Sammy too
Chorus
I can’t say I know myself
Cuz what’s running in my veins makes me blind
I don’t know if I’ll find myself
But I come closet when I see my reflection in your eyes
Time goes by and when it hits you
It’s like your stuck holding a bag
For years and years spent wondering
When you’d wake to things you wish you would have had
And now we’re fading into night
But you still light up my days
I hear our first son’s little baby cry
Empty branches grown into full bloom
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8. |
Look At Me
04:12
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I guess I can wait forever
It’s easy when you have no choice
The good thing about waiting forever
Is that what went wrong gets lost in the noise
If you were to call me tomorrow
I wonder if I’d know your voice
For me to be free of this sorrow
I’d go where ever you are
Chorus
Look at me
Just Look at me
Time can heal where we have disagreed
Cuz there’s more to us than what separates
If not today I guess I have to wait
But it’s a simply place for us to start
Just look at me
Look at me
I guess I can find some reason
For why you wanna distance yourself
But you never found faith in my judgement
Now there’s a wall where a bridge needs to be built
Oh I’ll build it with my two hands
With wisdom of what I could have done better
I’ll cross it and meet you where you stand
Please see me son for what I am
Chorus
Bridge
Come on boy
What are you waiting for
Open on up
Time is getting short
And I feel like I’m just buying mine
And the days just keep rolling on by
There’s a problem with waiting forever
I never thought I’d have to say
that I hope someday we’ll come clean
and it won’t be in my final days
Look at me
Just Look at me
Time can heal where we have disagreed
It’s a short walk to my front door
It’s been wide open for you my boy
Now let’s sit down and talk a while
Cuz there’s more to us than what separates
The past is best to just throw away
And it’s a simply place for us to start
Look at me
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9. |
Fair Trade
03:30
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I’m gonna find me a fair trade I know
I’m gonna find me a fair trade I know
I’m gonna finally let go of the things that I own
I’m gonna find me a fair trade I know
There’s a time when the things you desire are things you ignore
It’s like you’re running away from a light in an open door
There’s a time when you wake to the things you been looking for
So I’m gonna find me a fair trade I know
I’m gonna find me a fair trade I know
It don’t make you rich and it don’t make you poor
I’m gonna to find me a fair trade I know
I can see in your eyes that you think I’ve lost my nerve
And running the rat race for you is how I am to serve
Beware you get lost in the things that are of this world
So I’m gonna find me a fair trade I know
I’m gonna find me a fair trade I know
I’m gonna finally let go of the things that I own
I’m gonna find me a fair trade I know
I want to feel the sun on my face
I want to hear the wind in my ears
I want you close, want you right by my side
I’m gonna fly
Find me a fair trade I know
I’m gonna find me a fair trade I know
Cuz it won’t buy you happiness that much for sure
I’m gonna to find me a fair trade I know
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10. |
One Seat Away
03:50
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I boarded a plane
Like any old day
I took my seat, headed home
I started to read
Excuse me sir
But if you don’t mind
I don’t fly too often the window
Let’s me look outside
She looked my way
I was out of her league
But tonight with some luck
The seat that’s between may stay free
Chorus
She was one seat away
Just one seat away
Might as well be an ocean today
One seat away
Just one seat away
Maybe some other time, not for me to say
She told me her name
I got lost in her eyes
It’s like I been there before
Need some courage to walk through the door
We talked till we landed
The hours went fast
She asked about my book
She said maybe that’s why we had met
Chorus
Just like that a broken heart finds its beat again
We walked off the plane
I hoped for a sign
So nice to meet you, I wish you the best
The pleasures all mine
Went on our way
But as she walked down the stairs
She looked back I followed her
I took a chance holding my breath
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It ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe
It don't matter, anyhow
And it ain't no use to sit and wonder why, babe
If you don't know by now
When your rooster crows at the breaks of dawn
Look out your window and I'll be gone
You're the reason I'm traveling on
Don't think twice, it's all right
It ain't no use in turning on your light, babe
That light I never knowed
And it ain't no use in turning on your light, babe
I'm on the dark side of the road
But I wish there was somethin' you would do or say
To try and make me change my mind and stay
We never did too much talking anyway
So don't think twice, it's all right
It ain't no use in calling out my name, gal
Like you never done before
It ain't no use in calling out my name, gal
I can't hear you any more
I'm a-thinking and a-wond'rin' walking down the road
I once loved a woman, a child I'm told
I give her my heart but she wanted my soul
Don't think twice, it's all right
So long honey, babe
Where I'm bound, I can't tell
Goodbye's too good a word, babe
So I'll just say fare thee well
I ain't saying you treated me unkind
You could have done better but I don't mind
You just kinda wasted my precious time
But don't think twice, it's all right
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Bob Koch Seal Beach, California
Bob Koch is a singer/songwriter located in Southern California.
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