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Moonlight In My Cup
02:48
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I adore the sound of crickets
They remind me of the South
Dark nights at Grandma's house
Feet swinging off the porch
She had a gentle way of making you feel so special
A way of making it all simple and right
There's moonlight in my cup, I'd say
Moonlight in my cup today
Moonlight in my cup I'd say
There's moonlight in my cup today
How I love the creepy crawlers
Keeping my eyes open at night
Wondering where they might appear
Sometimes nowhere in sight
But the crickets had a way of announcing those hot summers
They're a'coming, they're a'coming, those special sweet nights
There's moonlight in my cup, I'd say
Moonlight in my cup today
Moonlight in my cup I'd say
Moonlight in my cup today
Summer quickly approached
The other singers would chime in
The locusts and the crickets, yeah
They'd let their song begin
Oh how I miss those nights gazing at the sky with her
Listening to nature's serenade, seeing the shimmer of the moon
There's moonlight in my cup, I'd say
There's moonlight in my cup today
Moonlight in my cup I'd say
Moonlight in my cup today
How I adore the sound of crickets deep into the night
It reminds me of the South and it feels oh so right
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2. |
Cicadas
05:53
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The cicadas take me back
To the swimming pool in the cottonwood trees
Cannonballs and scraped up knees
Dunking my sisters and diving for keys
Til the lighting blew too close for ease
The cicadas take me back
The diesel horn takes me back
To summer nights in Ohio
Pink sheets pulled up to my throat
Window open as far as it'll go
Hearing the trains pass to and fro
The diesel horn takes me back
Now these places are sold and gone
It's in our songs these things still live on
The mountain stream takes me back
To the canyon and to camping out
Playing catch til it wore us out
Stuffing s'mores into our mouths
And lying 'bout gutting my first trout
The mountain stream takes me back
Now these dreams are paved and sold
Don't you tell me it's all part of getting old
Cicadas take me back
But what'll take me back to now?
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3. |
Tango In The Tipi
03:27
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The quartz creaks in the dirt
The dog whines at the door
The wind eyes up the neighbors
I'm scuffing up this floor
You can keep your ballrooms
And your etiquette scenes
I'll tango in the tip
While the junipers dream
Tango in the tipi
While the stars climb in
Tango in the tipi
While the wolves chime in
There's no one to see
It's dark and it's free
A tango
Yes a tango
In a tipi
The chairs are toppled over
The wind is all mangled
I'm cutting lines into the dirt
Everything outside is tangled
I didn't want to leave
But I knew I couldn't stay
The desert siren's calling me
And for once, I might obey
Tango in the tipi
The dog thinks I'm insane
Tango in the tipi
While my night self remains
There's no one to see
It's dark and it's free
There's no one to see
It's dark and I'm free
A tango
Yes a tango
A tango
Yes a tango
A tango
Yes a tango
In a tipi
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4. |
Wally's Song
03:43
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The river is on your feet
The sun still smells in your fur
No more, no more, no more
This life's anything but fair
But that's not really true
You found me, I listened to you
From that river to the Great Sand Dunes
We treaded this world as two
Now you get one more adventure
Now I guess that this one's through
I want one more of everything
But I'll take this moment with you
You want to go for a ride, bud?
You want to go for a ride?
You go on ahead, mister
I'm not quite finished on this side
I love the way that even now
You're trying to keep your eyes on me
Lying here on the floor with you
Is the only place I want to be
I love the way that even now
You press your paw to my shirt
If there's one more thing you have to teach me
It's to love you from where this hurts
I'll put myself back together
Since you helped me to be whole
One more hand behind your ear
One more kiss for the road
You want to go for a ride, bud?
You want to go for a ride?
You go on ahead, mister
I'm not quite finished on this side
You want to go for a ride?
You want to go for a ride?
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C'mon And Walk With Me
05:31
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Whoa, walk with me
And I'll smile out loud
My dear, walk with me
And we'll both be proud
Don't have fear, naw
Just take ahold of my hand, yeah
We're loving life, babe
All the adventures we can
Your loving light, lawd
Shines as bright as the stars
Your heart's like a galaxy
Come on into my arms
C'mon and walk with me
It'll be alright, my friend
Just take my side, here
Just take my hand, dear
Oh walk with me
Oooh
You gotta walk to see
Oooh
Stand up tall my friend
And show that smile
Because what pleases you, yeah
I'd travel it for miles
Oh walk with me
And I'll take your hand, yeah
C'mon and walk with me
Together we'll make a stand, stand, stand, yeah
C'mon and walk with me
And show me how
Your spirit's so large here
C'mon and show me now
Hold my hand, dear
And you will see
That darlin', when the heart's open
You'll soon feel free, free, free, whoo
Oh walk with me
Oooh
We got to walk to be free
Oooh
Oh walk with me
Oooh
We got to walk to see
Oooh
Now c'mon walk with me
Now c'mon walk with me
Now c'mon walk with me
Oh yes, walk with me
Oh c'mon walk with me
Into the sunshine we go
And yes, walk with me
As people we will grow
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Oxygen on Embers
Front porch desert roots music, traveling the Southwest and beyond.
Original and eclectic numbers by McCarson Leigh and Zach Hively.
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