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Broke Again
05:16
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Just got paid let’s go downtown Where the Cat’s Eye’s waiting ‘til it closes down The band’s unpacking as we walk in Gonna do some dancing ‘til I’m broke again
So soon / broken like glass / broken like promises
Past the harbor and the liquid lights The music stands like a beacon in the night The floor starts shaking when the drums kick in Gonna do some living ‘til I’m broke again
So soon / broken like glass / broken like promises There’s factory dust all over the floor Clean today and come back for more Every day I’m wearing thin Gonna do some living ‘til I’m broke again
So soon / broken like dreams / broken like a lover’s spell So soon / broken like hearts / broken like confidences So soon / broken like glass / broken like promises
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Baltimore
04:55
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Sitting in my car / all the windows down Hotter than July / waiting for you to come around CH There’re so many years to go / we could be together for awhile Together a long time / here in Baltimore
Thought I saw a shooting star / above the city lights Falling like the rain / that never seems to come CH Every day is another picture / taking on the world side by side I’d like to know your smile forever But if I look back alone / it’s still alright / it’s been alright
The humming of the mill / on a hazy night Cannot drown out / all that’s on my mind CH Baltimore (it’s still alright) / here in Baltimore (it’s alright) Baltimore (here in Baltimore) / it’s alright / it’s alright
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Blue Train
03:52
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I give my life to art / it keeps me moving Shakes off the dark / sings to the muses
We rode on the blue train in 1923 Rebels, poets and gypsies
Do I have a lover / do I have 2 or 3 Do I live on the open road / or in a garret by the sea
We rode on the blue train in 1923 Rebels, poets and gypsies
You want more out of life / and I do, too Let’s rise above / like lovers do Into the ether / painted in blue
It’s hard to pay the rent / on an artist’s fee But nothing else makes sense / to a fool like me
We rode on the blue train in 1923 Rebels, poets and gypsies
My life is art / it keeps me moving I shake off the dark / to make love to the muses
We rode on the blue train in 1923 Rebels, poets and gypsies
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Green Church
04:15
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No huge cars / no cell phones / no media stars / up in the quiet zone Come to the green church / let’s build a green church
Off the grid / way up there / for all our sins / I’ll say a prayer Come to the green church / let’s build a green church
Off the stuff / consume, consume / Things are gonna get tough / when we run out of room Come to the green church / let’s build a green church
As the angels look through / to the earth so green Give my regards to / the American dream Come to the green church / let’s build a green church
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If you / want to / change the world If you / want to / take the world / to a better place
Angels are watching you
If you / want to / change your heart If you / want to / take your heart / to a better place Angels are watching you
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Paper Kisses
04:15
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I found some letters / when I was moving postcards / with good luck wishes
Do you think about me
And photos / of us much younger Fearless / paper kisses
Do you think about me
And all I’ve known / and all I’ve seen is in these boxes / and in my dreams Do you think about me
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Eagle Feather
04:18
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Kennedy
04:56
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Autumn is on the breeze / as the long night begins Stand in the schoolyard / and the watch the world spin
The day the president was shot down The day that innocence left town The nuns at St. Anthony’s / saw his ghost at mass And a stone statue cry / as his time moved past
The day the president was shot down The day that innocence left town
Stand on the corner / my sister and I / hear weeping in the sky A lineman above / had begun to cry
The day the president was shot down The day that innocence left town
Autumn is on the breeze / as the long night begins Stand in the schoolyard / and the watch the world spin
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Crooked Moon
05:41
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Electric lights are burning against the autumn sky Electric lights are burning against the autumn sky As we say goodbye
Love, love, see you soon / love, love, it’s a crooked moon
Meet me by the water so blue Meet me by the water so blue I’m gonna miss you
Love, love, see you soon / love, love, it’s a crooked moon
I’m on a train that’s rumbling off to war I’m on a train that’s rumbling off to war You’re the one I’m fighting for
Love, love, see you soon / love, love, it’s a crooked moon
Love, love, see you soon / love, love, it’s a crooked moon
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Amsterdam
05:51
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On a train in Amsterdam / I write these words to you Swans drift down the canal / we’ll all be home soon
See the colors along the roads / and the glasses lifted high To the ones who left too soon / to the ones left behind I catch a stranger’s eye / through the window of the train Under a painted sky / I wonder what you’d say
See the colors along the road / and the glasses lifted high To the ones who left too soon / to the ones left behind
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Tom Mank and Sera Smolen Ithaca, New York
Tom Mank, an independent singer-songwriter for the past twenty years, has played in folk, blues, and bluegrass bands
collaborating with a host of singers and instrumentalists.
Dr. Sera Jane Smolen is an active performer of many genres of music. In addition to her collaboration with Mank, she has performed extensively with the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra and many others.
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