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Crooked Road
03:00
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Crooked road
Closing doors, and closing minds
Why we just cannot be kind
Why do we do what we don’t believe
Give someone what they really need
What they need
Give someone what they really need
Ignorance and wounded pride
Take control of a troubled mind
Never seen so much dread
Of the crooked road that lies ahead
Lies ahead
Crooked road that lies ahead
Blood for oil is what I hear them tweet
Such hateful things, hard to repeat
Empty words, and nothing said
About the crooked road that lies ahead
Crooked road
Those we love may soon be gone
Back to the place where we came from
But I do believe we can keep our heads
On the crooked road that lies ahead
Lies head
crooked road that lies ahead
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2. |
This Is Just To Say
02:55
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Lately
I have been impatient with you
Been spending time alone in our room
I hear the tv through the wall
Lately
I’ve needed to be by myself
I pull a book of poems off the shelf
“This Is Just To Say”
Sometimes the rain lasts for a day
Sometimes it doesn’t seem to go away
Maybe I don’t need to apologize for bad weather
But I’m sorry anyway
Lately
Lately
Nothing goes according to plan
Somehow we’ll find another chance
Hold on
Always
You’ll be the only one for me
I’ll love you for an eternity
Or two
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3. |
Country Roses
05:09
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Like a lone horse standing in the frozen snow
Stoic and alone
Living in the house where you were grown
Down a road without a name
Country roses in the kitchen sink
Show no cracks or ware
Still in blossom red and pink
Looking just the same on your parent’s wedding day
You’ve never known another home (another home)
You’ve never known another way (another way)
You’ve never known what others own
And you don’t need to know
Standing by your side since ‘63
She’s still your girl
Just two kids starting a family
Where did time go? The last bird has flown
Still up at dawn, but done by noon
You used to work until the sun went down
Those long dog days are far behind
The harvest moon is rising in the sky
Just sit and watch it rise
You climb the stairs they creek and bend
Under your feet
These walls saw your beginning and they’ll see your end
But not tonight, turn out the light
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4. |
Six String Goddess
04:30
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I hoped it wouldn’t come to this
but there’s something I’ve got to do
Somewhere else I’ve got to be
So I’m leaving you just for a while
But I’ll come back, you’ll see
These hands won’t hold anyone but you
My six string goddess you’ll never leave my mind
My six string goddess, and when I find the money
I’ll come back and take you home
We’ll be together ‘till we grow old
Six string goddess of mine
I tried to sell other things
But he says you’re the only thing I’ve got
That anybody else might want
He didn’t give me what you’re worth
But it bought my ticket home
I hate to leave you here on your own
Those sleepless nights I’m bound to have
Wondering if you’ve found somebody new
If you’re resting in someone else’s arms
I wouldn’t blame you if you did
After what I did to you
But thinking of life without you is just too hard
Thinking of life without you is just to hard
I promise I won’t be too long
No longer than I’ve got to be
I’m fixin’ to get some steady work
I’ll be the man they want me to be
But just long enough
To bring you home to me
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5. |
Tell Me
04:25
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They say you’re packing your bags again
Pulling your roots up from the ground
You say you’re feeling restless
I know you’ll go wherever you are bound
But tell me what it is you’re looking for
Will you know it when you find it?
Tell me what you think you’ll see
Don’t you know I’d be yours if you’d stayed here next to me?
The seasons are changing again
I’m worried these winds might carry you away
I’m hoping that the snow will fall fast
Their will be no escape and here you’ll have to stay
But tell me what it is you’re looking for
Will you know it when you find it?
Tell me what you think you’ll see
Don’t you know I’d be yours if you’d stayed here next to me?
There you go trying to feel whole
Leaving me here all on my own
While you’re away right here will I stay
And maybe someone else will come and love me that way
They’ll tell me what it is they’re looking for
They’ll say it’s me, me and nothing more
They’ll tell me they can’t believe they found me
They’ll heal my broken heart
And all at once I’ll know that love will always find a way
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Monsters
03:53
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Under the bed their lives a demon in the dark
With eyes as red as rubies and a cold stone beating heart
He sounds just like the wind when he cries out in the night
He lives in the shadows, I hide in the light
He slithers at my feet, I hear him call my name
I can’t see him but he tells me not to get too brave
A lot of things can happen to those who rise and fall
He’s heard the others talking they’d prefer me to stay small
Mount your steeds, we’re fighting monsters
Everywhere, all around
Draw your swords, we’re fighting monsters
They can’t hurt us now
Beneath the tide something lurks down in the deep
Nowhere you can run and hide it haunts you in your sleep
It doesn’t pay mind to who you think you are
You’re nothing more than no one you haven’t come too far
Down these crooked steps inside your twisted mind
You feel the something’s waiting and watching all the time
Or is the fright you fear that no one’s there to see
You’re alone and unnoticed uncomfortably free
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The Centre
03:20
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Keep to the centre, the centre of the wheel
Around the world is turning turning turning and inside is the same
What are we doing, doing with our time?
Running from our conscience, running from our mind
And we are running from our bodies
But we’re stronger than we think
Our thoughts just passing moments, fragments, fleeting
Keep to the centre of the wheel
And by your side the lotus opens
The path of love
Five pedals on the lotus
Five fingers on the hand
What you do is at the centre
What is the flavour of the nectar?
Let’s invite in some attention
To the here and to the now
Breathing at the centre centre centre
We are at the beginning
And fear turns into love
And i love you wide and deeper
And i love you wide and deeper
And the wheel keeps on turning
Keep to the centre of the wheel
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H.D.T.V. Ctrl U
03:14
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Hey honey, you seem blue
Like there’s nothing you can do
You’re looking down when you could be looking up
It’s easy if you try
So easy you’ll wonder why
You let yourself be left out for so long
Do you remember you were wild and free
Only seventeen
Waiting for tomorrow?
The world is different than it was back then
Now we’re all plugged in
With nowhere to go
Nowhere to go
Hey honey, what d’ya say?
Wanna chase those blues away?
Forget your phone at home set yourself free
Put down that remote control
Don’t touch that dial don’t watch that show
Lace up your boots you’ve got some place to be
If you’re still waiting for tomorrow tomorrow
You’ll be waiting for tomorrow everyday
If you’re still waiting for tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow
Hey honey, what d’ya see
Clearer than H.D.T.V.?
You’ve got a lot of living left in you
No need to bet the farm
Just hit the broadside of the barn
Whatever you do you’ve got no time to lose
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9. |
Caught Off Guard
02:35
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Caught you off guard you forgot who you were for a moment
Caught you off guard I made you smile
You didn’t see that it was me your enemy
And you, you’re not so bad yourself
Maybe the monster that lives in my head
Would be more comfortable under my bed
You’re just flesh and blood
and you hurt just like everyone else
Forgive and forget and forgive and forget
And forgive and forget and forgive and forgive and forget
Can’t look too long it burns to be wrong
Every time every time every time
Maybe one look was enough
You can learn so much about yourself looking at someone else
You are who you are who you
Are who you are who you
Are who you are who you
Are who you are who you are
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Why is war what we need for new technology?
Super glue and canned food
Radar and airplanes
There’s gotta be a better way
We followed birds into the sky
With metal wings we took off
Above the trees above the clouds we could fly
Some airplanes carry people
Other airplanes transport good
The little boy falls
The fat man waits for his turn
Why is war what we need for new technology?
The internet and medicine
That we use everyday
There’s gotta be a better way
The red cross flickers on the hospital
The receptionist calls out my name
Mr. Popeski take a seat
Mr. Popeski please roll up your sleeve
How much blood is in the blood bank?
How much blood is in the ground?
Does it wash away
After years of rain, or does it stain?
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11. |
Train
04:21
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Instrumental
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I waited ‘till the last train had gone
But you still weren’t there
I guess they were right about you
You really don’t know how to care
I watched other lovers fall into
Each other’s arms like lovers do
But my arms just keep on waiting for you
You really don’t know how to care
Why do you have to prove them right
Every chance that you get?
As soon as you’re out of my sight
I never know if you’re coming back
I gave you every chance that I could
To be the one that I know you should
But everything turned out like they told me it would
You really don’t know
I’ve tried and tried to change you but
You really don’t know how to care
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Casati Winnipeg, Manitoba
Casati is best characterized as a folk trio with an open mind. In the last three years as a band, they have found their voice as a unique blend of all the music that inspires them: the heartbreak of a country ballad, the vocal harmonies of 1950's and 60's pop, and the instrumental virtuosity of jazz and classical music, creating a sound that is familiar yet original. ... more
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