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Abound
01:48
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2. |
Where fools gather
03:10
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I’d like to go where the fools gather
and share their laughter and song
and they’d welcome me with arms wide open
we’re sure hoping you’ll call this home
with all I fear to leave behind
there is so much more I’m sure to find
I’m hoping for love
I’m hoping for love
So let’s start a fire and sit around it
strike a chord sing like a choir
and our song will spread into our hearts into our heads
and through our friends like wildfire
when we share all we fear to speak out loud
the dark will break and the light will shine on down
I’m hoping for love
I’m hoping for love
I’ve got lost out in the desert
cried out in the wilderness for everything to change
now I find I’m free in friendship
forgiveness is a two way road you turn around on
to walk your path to healing you must suffer
I will walk your distance but I can’t take you there
I’m hoping for love
I’m hoping for love
I’d like to go where the fools gather
and share their laughter and song
Chords:
C F C F G x2
Am F C G x2
F C G x2
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3. |
Run the river
02:20
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Love take off your summers dress
run the river with me
I’ve been the fool
I’ve been the saint
Still it’s you I’d like to see
Let the river wash that dirt away
carry it down stream
I’ve been the sinner
I’ll always be
longing to be free
I’ve tied the rope from the roof
and stood upon the chair
I felt ashamed
I felt alone
I don’t want to go back there
The voice of God spoke to me
but how can I be sure
get off your knees
walk with me
don’t pray so insecure
The rivers warmer than the wind
so let’s wade into our waist
will share some words
share some love
naked face to face
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4. |
I know a forest
03:36
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I know a forest
a whole chorus
of trees
they might sing for us
would you ever go
with me
The river wide and deep
the mountain high and steep
stands
in the spaces in between
who we are and who
we could be
we can’t wait forever
the trees might fall asleep
turn grey
we can not rush the river
to wash that mountain
all away
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5. |
California
04:11
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I’ll wish my life away
til it fits in this old suitcase
you can have everything I’ve had
if you won’t let it go to waste
she carried a heavy heart here
with a pack on her back
and a prayer for grace
not sure what to hope for
tired of being told she’s running away
California, you can hold my hand
California, I won’t hold you down
She smiles saying any given moment
there’s a car moving anywhere you can dream
with a free tank of gas and an empty seat
and a driver I guess you’ll be needing to meet
Solitude can be easy
its coming out from the wilderness drives you mad
and there’s a fine line she’s learned to walk
between an open mind and knowing when to talk
California, you can hold my hand
California, I won’t hold you down
So get off the road
you swears been good to you
get off your feet
and rest a while with me
Tomorrow’s winds might change
old travelling path might call your name
the more we share
the harder it is to up and walk away
California, you can hold my hand
California, I won’t hold you down
So when you head, head west
hitch south, run all the way home
I’ll wish my life away
til it fits in this old suitcase
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6. |
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When your feet are tired
from a long day dear
I will meet you where you are
if your heart gets heavy
because it holds a lot
I will meet you where you are
Long days will come and go
long nights will be all we know
we are all made
to be loved and known
but we all long to be seen
and let show
When your eyes meet mine
I won't miss a blink
I will meet you where you are
when your tears fall
I won't turn away
I will meet you where you are
So don't hide your face
when you speak to me
oh I believe you
want to hear what you need
when darkness comes
to take you there
I will meet you where you are
I will meet you where you are
And the suns gonna shine
down on your face
I will meet you where you are
And the rainbows will dance
all across your skies
I will meet you where you are
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7. |
Abigail
03:16
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When the accordion cried lost love getting older
you smiled at me, over your shoulder
if you lead Abigail I’d follow
I might have asked you to dance to that old broken waltz
but I knew it would end exposing my faults
if you lead Abigail I’d follow
Won’t you climb this hill they call a mountain
will carve a path to call our own
if you lead Abigail I’d follow
but your off to class I’m off to the forest
friendship has found us it’d be hard to ignore it
if you lead Abigail I’d follow
So he empties the bellows he finishes the tune
with an a cappella chorus we applaud and we swoon
if you lead Abigail I’d follow
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8. |
Wagon wheel
04:18
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You rolled into my life on a wagon wheel
wiped the dust from my face, the tears from eyes
told me everything i needed to hear
for to crack a smile
and quit my wandering ways for a while
take my hand, slow life down
will share like it’s a miracle
turn it all around
take my hand slow life down
will ride into the wilderness
and leave this town
The next time that you saw me
I was tied up on the tracks
myself perception bound myself
but that train never came back
so you held me like a dandelion ready for to seed
drew a deep breath exhale and you and I become the weed
that children adore and smear upon their face
Weave me into your life
like a basket on a bike
dandelion braid in your hair
with intention play and care
our wagon wheel wont rust
will give love practice trust
never be tied down
because you and I
we’re bound to fly
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9. |
The harvest
04:45
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Like the sun, the sun rise
I’m heading, heading west
like the wind the cold north wind
I may never find my rest
But my home is waiting
my home is calling
my home is ancient
westward mountains
Like the work the workers day
The fruits of my labour are never my wage
like the pain the workers pain
I may never go away
But my home is waiting
my home is calling
my home is ancient
fields of wheat
for the harvest
The harvest is plenty
the harvest is plenty
but the workers are nowhere in sight
So like the war, the war we’re waging
I am bloody, I’m a sacrifice
like the hatred, the hatred that’s winning
I don’t know how to live my life
My home is waiting
my home is calling
my home is sacred
like a tree
standing so tall
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10. |
Right or wrong
04:44
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What have I become
I wanna be a lover and a fighter
but I can’t undo
what I’ve done
right or wrong it’s been done
There’s an emptiness
we’ve been trying just to fill
we’re full of bullet holes
like the people we pay to kill
There’s a weight
that holds the paper down
with a dotted line for us to sign
when the children aren’t around
There’s a place
for each of us to go to work
earn what they call home
jail for those who fall behind
There’s a dial we could turn
a cord we could unplug
that might leave us in the dark
with just the ones we love
There’s a fear
that’s been planted just to grow
something out of nothing
into a war we made to show
There’s a light
that’s been locked up with the truth
they’ve been hidden and silence
tortured and confused
There’s a question
we’ve been asking in our minds
I think it’s time to speak it out
no more trembling voices no more rhyme
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11. |
Speaks to me (part two)
02:00
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Friend, you have known me well
you have watched my heart break
with the same eyes you have made it swell
oh, friend you have loved me well
So I trust you
like I fear the ocean
might swallow me whole
I don’t want to get lost in you
like friends that become lovers like to do
So I will walk this shore
and hope our waters warm
slowly let myself want you
I will wade into my waist
with the sound of your voice
resounding my name
you’ll speak to me and I’ll hear just what you say
When you call me
into your bed
with a smile on your face
your hush on my lips
this doesn’t change anything
You dream
on your back
let my rhythms wash you away
til colours flood your skies once grey
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12. |
I deserve it
03:02
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I’ve got no place to go
nowhere to rest my head
and have a good cry when that’s what I’ve needed
so I’ve been hiding in the corner
with the words I left unsaid
I will bury them with my good intentions
offend my lovers til they slap my face to red
I deserve it
Oh I do
I’m not perfect
but I’m worth it
like you
I think that I could love you
I know that I would like to
my friend I have been hurting
but I’m healing somehow
I’ve been hiding to forget what I could not
forgive myself til now
Now the truth can hurt
or burn like a fire
when you hold it
or try to hide it
so I’ve spoken fears to friends that shine like lights
they’ve all held my hands helped me fight my fights
but I’ve resisted oh I’ve run from open arms
but I find them like a circle now seems I can’t get too far
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13. |
Reverie
01:46
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instrumental
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14. |
All my life
03:29
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The sky in your eyes
the forest in your heart
I’ve been longing for that wilderness
since we’ve been apart
all my life
all my life
You caught the world with a smile
let it go with a tear
all the people sang of love
and suddenly spring was here
all my life
all my life
You held my hand a while
then said you’d have to go
I spoke to you my worries
you hushed my lips said I know
all my life
all my life
How long has my soul
wanted just for yours
they speak like the river
to the mountains they’ve adored
all my life
all my life
The sky in your eyes
the forest in your heart
I’ve been longing for that wilderness
since we’ve been apart
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Richard Garvey
Richard Garvey is guitar-strumming, banjo-plucking, and sing-along-starting performer and community organizer.
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