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And the Mighty Earth
04:37
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And to you, my love, my dearest growing flower
Not only my only heart, but the mighty earth
Her woods will be your mighty gardens
And tall be the silver hill of your mighty perch
And I will whistle in your lowland
Honey I am no man, not without my queen
In your kingdom, oh what a life I’ll live
In your kind and cordial twilight, my dear flower
For my dear, my dearest growing flower
For my dear, the greatest gift I know
For my dear, my dearest growing flower
My only heart and the mighty earth
In your kingdom, I will have a pasture
I will know the land and the land will know a master
Oh my love, I’ll keep it worthy of your beauty
It will be my duty underneath your reign
From your grey sands to your rolling ocean
I will roam your whole world wide
For my dear, my dearest growing flower
For my dear, the greatest gift I know
For my dear, my dearest growing flower
My only heart and the mighty earth
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Winded Bellow
05:16
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I’ll be gone when you wake up in the morning
I can’t remember my name
I’ll be gone like a laughing devil in a crying way, nah, yeah
When you wake up
I’ll be gone; I’m gone to catch my train
No need to wait up
I’ll be on, I’m the winded bellow of a mad man
And the mad man
‘Cause you can’t wake up
I’ll be long gone, long gone, long gone
For something’s calling my name
Yeah, it’s a dark forever
Baby I’m insane, nah, yeah
‘Cause when you wake up
I’ll be fighting blind against my self
And all that I’m made of
I’ll be on; I’m the winded bellow of a mad man
And the mad man
‘Cause you can’t wake up
When did you go, baby did I catch you going down
Did I catch you going down to the dead land?
Did you know, baby I’m a merry-go-round
I’m a marigold and God is a bedpan
I’m alone
Did you know, baby I’m a merry-go-round
I’m a marigold and God is a bedpan
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Go and Love
02:52
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In my heart walked a lovely fellow
Through the wheat like the sweetest whimpering comb
And from his mouth leapt a lovely story
Of a family and a home
And then I was afraid, but it passed like the thunder on the plain
For I could hear him whistling in my bones
Whistling, go and love
And so I sprang from that inland prison
To prepare all my lumber and my stone
And love I did, loving low and heavy
As I built up something of my own
And then I was a man upon the dirt
In the foothills of a hidden God
And I still heard him whistling in my bones
Whistling, go and love
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Interlude
01:03
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For shall I soar?
I been a sinner once before
Twice, thrice and a whole lot more
In this realm he watches o’er
Low? No,
High as they cut the stalk so it can grow
And amen my baby doesn’t know
That day will come when I must go
And so they pray
Out from the heart in the oldest way
And those golden things my daddy say
It’s on sacred ground that lovers lay
For shall I cry?
I’m only man until I die
Hosanna, high
Like timothy stems and wild rye
Why must the day draw nigh?
Is it nearby?
Man I got smoke and fog up in my eyes
But such is said
Most ‘bout a man when he ends up dead
And I walk that path my father tread
It’s on sacred ground I lay my head
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With My Hands
04:04
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