1. |
Dear John Blue Skies
02:53
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Dear John Blue Skies
Todd Burge April 8th 2020
Together we are
For the first time
A common enemy
Has us together distantly
Together are we
For the first time
A little taste of peace
First time in history
I fall out of bed
A little bit late
And struggle to get
My head and thoughts on straight
Cheer the leader
Of the singular me
And off I go
To somewhere very close
But nowadays I don’t dare
Listen to
Hello in There
Hello, hello
Nowadays I try to remember the blue
Blue skies, I try to remember the blue
Nowadays I try to remember the blue blue blue
Blue skies, I try to remember you too
They’re always up there somewhere
Hello up there
Hello up there
Hello
You’re always up there somewhere
Hello up there
Hello
Hello
Hello
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2. |
Weight Too Heavy
04:00
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Weight Too Heavy
Brick by brick I built this
And oh how it holds me
In
And keeps you from hearin’
My voice
Year by year I’ve learned
What I can’t teach
As my wall’s too tall
To
Reach you
I’d meet you half way
But this weight
Is way too heavy
I’d meet you half way
But this weight
It’s making me stay
Is making me stay
I’m going to hunker down
And do what I do best
I’ve got a soul full of holes
From trying to do all the rest
Tried to get set and go
Though
I had no
Wind at the ready
No blow
So
I just
Hold steady
I’d meet you half way
But this weight
Is way too heavy
I’d meet you half way
But this weight
Is making me stay
Is making me stay
©2020 Bunj Jam BMI
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3. |
As Long As
02:45
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AS LONG AS I’m alive
I’m gonna keep up this fight
I may be wrong
I may be right
But I’ll never stop the drive
I’ll maybe need another hero
I’ll maybe need a point to
Which way to go
As long as I’m alive
I’m gonna keep up the fight
As long as I feel young
I’m gonna keep up the run
I may be burning baby
Under the sun
May put a little bit of poison on my tongue
I may be lying
Yes it’s true
I’ll do my talking from a telephone booth
As long as I feel young
I’m gonna keep up this run
As long as I’m still free
I’ll keep on running through the trees
I’ll shed my cotton for a leaf
Then watch my neighbor’s disbelief
I’ll never watch the evening news
It can’t be watched
While they’re watching you
As long as I’m still free
I’ll keep running through the trees
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4. |
Never Alone 2020
04:42
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Never Alone 2020
Have you ever been all alone
And felt a sudden pull into darkness
Your head seems to empty out
And you can't claim
The slightest little
Sharpness
You are not alone
Are there things you gotta have
People you want to jab
Guilt, you just can't take
These streams are in your dreams
They flow through you
Like high water
You
Can't navigate
You are not alone
There are characters in your scene
Seeing the same things
Losing the same things
Tying the same noose
Wanting to let loose
You are not alone
(C)1987 Poolbur BMI
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5. |
Might Be The End
03:24
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Might Be The End (May 2 Song Colony – word “Confess”) T.Burge
I as a young boy
Grandad said to me
Give it all you have boy
And you’ll have all you need
But I needed more
Than the ol’ man
Could ever conceive
Don’t give up
Be all in
Might be the end of me
There’s a rumble on the dance floor
Some bruiser tapped my shoulder
And I with my nervous trigger
Took off the bruiser’s head
I’d die for her
But I thought
Better he than me
Don’t give up
Be all in
Might be the end of me
I as a young man
Well, actually a teen
Put the pedal to the floor
Burned my tires bald and clean, then screamed
Listen to me
Why can’t they
Let me be free
Be all in
Don't give up
Might be the end of me
Now like an ape I pound my chest
I grab and shake all hands
Then I chew my nails
As I’m nervous (bout) where you’ve been
Where’ve you been?
And how many hands
Did your hand receive?
Don’t give up
Be all in
Might be the end of me
©2020 Bunj Jam BMI
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6. |
Cradle
01:58
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Cradle by Todd Burge May 14 2020
In the cradle of your arms
I once found
A safe place to sleep
I imagine it still there
Saving my place
For when again we meet
As I try to kill
The thought…
Of all the days
I did not….
Give
And breathe a little bit of life
Into this time
I’ve got left to
Live
In the recess of my mind
I see time
Taking a day off
On a monkey bar I climb
And here I stay
Like it or not
As I try to kill off
The thought…
Of all the days
I did not….
Live
And breathe a little bit of life
Into this time
I’ve got left to
Give
©2020 Bunj Jam BMI
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7. |
Tommy
02:20
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Tommy
(Song Colony – 9/17/2020 by Todd Burge)
Kick your shoes off
And Dance a while
Yell and laugh
And talk dirty
As that’s your style
Oh, innuendo-si-do
Go, Tommy Go
Was my biggest fan
An’ I’ll bet yours tooIf you were into it
Well, he was into it too
Oh, innuendo-si-do
Go, Tommy Go
First to come
Last to leave
With his heart
On his sleeve
Go Tommy go
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8. |
Timber
03:36
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Timber (June 22 2020)
From Song Colony May 2019 Q&D word “About”
Is there no paper I can write on?
A wooden pencil or a pen?
I’ve got real stories from the old folks
I wanna pass them to the kids
About the sugar-coated candy
About as sour as our past
‘Bout how all that ever lasts
Is how nothing ever lasts
Is there a bridge across these waters?
Rough and troubled as it gets
That leads us to the end of pavement
A gravel path, oh tell me yes
Chorus
Is there a tree that we could fell?
Together “timber” we would yell
We’d count the rings of the stump
Dream of the days way before Trump
Chop it down and cut it up
Mulch it into sawed up dust
Take some of that troubled water
Mix and pound it to a pulp
And make some paper I can write on
Make a pencil or a pen
Write real stories from the old folks
Pass them all down to our kids
Chorus
©2020 Bunj Jam BMI
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9. |
Of The Birds
04:20
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Of the Birds
March 21 2019 for Bill
Thompson III
Life is short
Life is short
But all day long
Life is long
And on these days
On these days
Love is king
Love rules this thing
And through the years
We’ll learn from you
When we’re close to through
We’ll look to you
When you are through
There’s still so much
Left here from you
Here from you
Rest your head
Sleepy head
Full of love
No room left
For regret
For regret
You’re of the birds
You’re of the sky
You’re of the light
You’ll shine and shine
Bits of you
Seeds in place
Left around
Bound to sprout
Thanking you
Thanking you
Thanking you
Thanking You - Thanks to you
Previously released March 22, 2019
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10. |
Angel's Wings
04:25
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Angel’s Wings
I missed you lift me up
Every time I stumbled down
Thought I took the trip
But actually, you carried me all around
And as I missed the fall
And the pain that most falls bring
I missed the strength
Of my Angel’s wings
Angel’s wings
As a young man I dared
To be the daring kind
I’d star in the face of fear
With my finger in the air
Never backing up
Never compromise
Looking out for me
And all I wanted to be mine
And I’d yell and yell
Me oh my
Why don’t you look at me?
At an early age
I was flying, high high high
Dying to go higher
But I ran out of steam
As I never knew the strength of Angel’s wings
Angel’s wings
If I could believe in Heaven
Well then, you’d be heaven sent
Forget my worldly debt
Pay off this soul I rent
Pray for more round
To realize my dreams
As now I know the strength
Of my Angel’s wings
Angel’s wings
©2020 Bunj Jam BMI
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11. |
With You All The Way
02:55
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With You All The Way
No matter what you think
Even though you’re troubled
By the mysteries of life
By the miseries doubled
Though we once were close
Maybe now we’re closer
As those who struggle
Can become
No matter what you think
Or Do
Or Say
I’m with you all the way
I’m with you all the way
History be damned
Memories curse me
I see us as we were
And not what we could be
Once we were close
But maybe now we’re closer
As those who struggle
Can become
No matter what you think
Or Do
Or Say
I’m with you all the way
I’m with you all the way
By T. Burge
©2020 Bunj Jam BMI
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Todd Burge Parkersburg
If it’s been discovered by man, West Virginia’s Todd Burge has written about it. A born ponderer and observer of life, each of his songs tells a story. Whether drawn from personal experience or a tale of poetically woven fiction, you’ll live every second of it through his songs. ... more
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