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Harpers Ferry
03:32
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I would drive all the way to Harpers Ferry
To the Blue Ridge Parkway and beyond
All of this I’d do if I had to
To make my point
I’m more than tension in the room
More than a mystery in your mind
I’ll push too I’ll break through
Your hard line
Looking through the raindrops down the road
Counting out the hours it’s going slow
What I believe and what I don’t know
Is alright
Looking through the raindrops down the road
Counting out the hours and it’s going slow
I’m beginning to see what I did not know
It’s alright
I will drive all the way to Harpers Ferry
To the Blue Ridge Parkway and beyond
All of this I’ll do if I have to
To make my point
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Some young men
We don’t treat them well
They get caught with reefer
And thrown into a cell
Cells are big money
To free us from our fear
And fear is a religion
Passed down through the years
We’re in love in a difficult world
We’re in love
Some people dig in
When innocent children die
They say God has chosen them
So in their blood they lie
Driven by money
We’re told we all need guns
To protect us from our fear
Of the ghosts in everyone
We’re in love in a difficult world
We’re in love
Some young men
We don’t treat them well
We sent them off to war
To blow the world to hell
War is big money
To free us from our fears
And war is a religion
Passed down through the years
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My Thunder and Lightning
03:58
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So cool and so free
The place is really jumping
I’m as happy as can be
Then ... my thunder and lightning
Knocks me to the ground
No doctor can save me
Only love can bring me ’round
A walk with my baby
Is so lovely and sweet
I’m feeling so lucky
Maybe I will kiss him on the cheek
But his ... thunder and lightning
Knocks him to the ground
No doctor can save him
Only love can bring him ‘round
2 and 2 is 5
3 and 3 is 8
Everything is spinning
I think I’m gonna faint
Then ... my Thunder and lightning
Knocks me to the ground
No doctor can save me
Only love can bring me ‘round
Only love ...
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Calico Dress
05:28
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If I ever get off of this train
I’m gonna kiss you again and again
‘Cause you know It’s been a long time
Since I held Your hands in mine
How long I can’t guess
Since I saw you {since you saw me} In a calico dress
Out here Where time’s so slow
Waiting for The bugle to blow
I want to get back to you
Your love Is gonna carry me through
How long I can’t guess
Since I saw you {since you saw me} In a calico dress
Will you come by lantern light
By the moon or dead of night
I hear your voice whispered low
Will you come by candle flame
Calling out my name
Kiss you once then wake alone
If I ever {if you ever} Get off of this train
I’m gonna kiss you Again and again
‘Cause you know It’s been a long time
Since I’ve held Your hands in mine
How long I can’t guess
Since I saw you {since you saw me} In a calico dress
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Ballad of the Blue Seas
04:49
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I once slept wrapped in velvet curtains
Beside a Steinway grand
Now it’s gone under oily water
How did it happen I don’t understand
Here in Fells Point I can still remember
Music all night long
The bands became my family
The barge was rockin’ until dawn
It hasn’t been the same since the Blue Seas went down
Sank down to the bottom
It hasn’t been the same since the Blue Seas went down
Sank down to the bottom
Here in Fells Point I can still remember
When the barge was swallowed by the sea
A piano and guitar floating in the harbor
Towards the Bay aimlessly
It hasn’t been the same since the Blue Seas went down
Sank down to the bottom
It hasn’t been the same since the Blue Seas went down
Sank down to the bottom
Here in Fells Point I don’t go out much now
Since the Mill and the Market took a dive
Tourists don’t feel like family
Like we did in seventy-five
It hasn’t been the same since the Blue Seas went down
Sank down to the bottom
It hasn’t been the same since the Blue Seas went down
Sank down to the bottom
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I Left the City
05:37
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Living in the woods is sometimes crazy
It can make you feel small
Or lift you up to the glory
Like a sunrise climbing up a wall
Like a sunrise climbing up a wall
I left (I left) the city, I left (I left) the bright lights
I left (I left) the glitter
To watch the sunrise with you
Bring in something from the garden
Draw some water from the well
I’ll sit with you until sunset
When the night is standing still
When the night is standing still
I left (I left) the city, I left (I left) the bright lights
I left (I left) the glitter
To watch the sunset with you
Today the sparks of springtime
Were blooming so alive
Let’s set the lantern on the window sill
And make love until we cry
And make love until we cry
I left (I left) the city, I left (I left) the bright lights
I left (left) the glitter
To watch the sunrise with you
Would you leave the city Would you leave
the bright lights
Would you leave someone
To watch the sunrise with me
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Unlock the Sky
04:32
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Amsterdam
04:37
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On a train to 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 roads
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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