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Alive in the Fall

by J. Harwell

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1.
California (free) 04:33
I can't say I love you If there's something I won't do So I'm packing my bags now To go to California My wife and my six string Are all that this boy needs And a tank full of gasoline To go to California Some say that we're crazy Got nothing to lose You won't love me less No matter which road I choose You've asked me to go So I've only one move I don't want to leave here 'Cause I may never see home But I won't live by my fears California My eyes to the west now And a heart that won't back down There's a heart I want back now California Some say that we're crazy Got nothing to lose You won't love me less No matter which road I choose You've asked me to go So I've only one move So hold on my darlin' It's going to be bumpy So buckle in tightly And go to California California
2.
Crazy, that's what it must seem like Lately, I've been thinking twice Maybe there's more to this life Maybe... so let's go tonight I can't explain what I know But you're calling my name So I'll go My heart knows the way That will lead back home I'm not about to change What and who I am Just to make a dime I'll color outside the lines Okay, we are here at breakfast We made it at least to Texas Our waitress has up and left us She hates us, I guess, so let's just throw up a wave out the window On to the next state as fast as we go We're testing our faith With each and every mile So, what will be our fate? Who am I to say? It's just a waste of time I'm not about to change What and who I am Just to make a dime I'll color outside the lines And so we go on our way To turn around, we'd still be changed And I can't wait to see what's down this road
3.
Somewhere the Sun (free) 03:38
I'm waking up for the first time in years Not afraid to remind myself Of who I am and in who I am found It's all right I'm making plans to get back on my feet Don't want to be afraid no more If I can make it right down to the street It's all right Yeah, it's all right Break through all the doors You can't seem to open Somewhere the sun is shining It's what you are hoping to find out Nobody said it was easy this way But I think that it's worth the trip I might not be the best bang for your buck It's all right So what if I fall flat on my face? The posterboy for the never-was? Life is too short but to count my mistakes It's all right Yeah, it's all right Break through all the doors You can't seem to open Somewhere the sun is shining It's what you are hoping to find out It's all right It's all right now
4.
It is the sound of the passing time The echo of the sad goodbye It is the laughter that fades away But to my future I look today See, the time has come now to say goodbye To saddle up my horse and ride Into the sunset beyond the hill Oh, from what I've known to what I will It beckons me now to blindly go To rest my faith in what I know Not having seen now with my own eyes But having felt here by my side My feet may not return to stand on The soil of my father's hands But if I want to know what's beyond that hill If I never go, I never will A chance to become what I am The one 'til now I have not been And though I fear these changing times If I don't seek then I'll never find The hills may fall and the sun won't set But to fear it all is the worst regret The gift of life is a promised death But it's a life that's not over yet This life is not over yet
5.
Will you read me a story? I have heard it a time or two It's the one written for me And I'd rather hear the words from you I've been dreaming here lately Of the kind of man I'd like to be But I'm thinking that maybe There is room here for me to be free Have I found the way to your garden? A long road that leads to your own heart? Have I wished for peace after nightfall? Have I wished for you? Will you draw me a picture? Will you fill it with wonderful hues? Got a great place to hang it - Where you put the nail all the way through Have I found the way to your garden? A long road that leads to your own heart? Have I wished for peace after nightfall? Have I wished for you?
6.
How can you hear with your ears closed? How can you see without open eyes? You don't even know where I'm from But you sure had me crucified If you listen with your heart now, Your rhymes and all your reasons change so much I don't even know you... As if that makes a difference Everybody's got something to get over now Your bleeding comes from deep inside Well, don't throw away your chance to be whole again It's not over now Can you feel the vibrations stirring through your heartstream now? You're in a bad situation, But I know you can make it out If you listen with your heart now, Your rhymes and all your reasons turn to dust I don't need to know you To know it makes a difference Everybody's got something to get over now Your bleeding comes from deep inside Well, don't throw away your chance to be whole again It's not over now Have you ever seen the light? It's waiting for you Have you felt that things aren't right? It's waiting for you Don't throw away your chance to wake Everybody's got something to get over now Your bleeding comes from deep inside Well, don't throw away your chance to be whole again It's not over now
7.
It's a nice day for a blue suit I'm standing in the rain I put it on this morning To see you once again It wasn't necessary You'd love me just the same But I wanted to see you this way The last few years were hard now But you've made it through I wished the Lord would take you home I'm sad that wish came true I hear you're at peace now It's what I want from you So I'll see you sometime Ashes to ashes we all turn to dust Somewhere there's a heaven Where nothing will rust Some of us go early Some stay long This life's but a moment It's here and then it's gone It's a nice day for a black suit Still standing in the rain I put it on this morning On my wedding day I wish that you could be here I wonder what you'd say "How quickly they grow up!" We're gonna throw those roses in the air And dance the night away We'll run out to that waiting car and quickly drive away Into a future, one where we'll say "How great to be alive!" Now ashes to ashes we all turn to dust Somewhere there's a heaven Where nothing will rust Some of us go early Some stay long This life's but a moment It's here and then it's gone We celebrate the good and the bad times
8.
Sunday comes again And you're waking up Trying just to breathe air into your lungs Hoping for the best Praying for a sign Big hole in your chest Wounds will heal in time Hey now, don't dream it's over You're left with no base to cover Give up what you've tried so hard to be And you'll be free again A voice inside the wind Calling you to move It's not over yet Something left to prove Nothing left to lose A chance to gain it all You can live again Alive now in your fall Hey now, don't dream it's over You're left with no base to cover Give up what you've tried so hard to be And you'll be free again It's only your life
9.
In many years I will reflect The perfect afternoon Up all night beneath the brightness Of a Bonzy moon The stillness of a night so rare The Earth - it ceased to move And in this infinite we share A symphony for two A world of colors bright But I just see one hue And I will paint all my days A lovely shade of you Long before this time began Before the sun and moon God opened up this book of life And penned this day in June And so to him I owe my life My heart, my gratitude Though being all I'd ever need He brought me here to you A world of colors bright But I just see one hue And I will paint all my days A lovely shade of you
10.
Just another run of the mill day Yeah, Just another run of the mill day The clock is ringing, 6 am I can't believe it came so soon Three cups of coffee to the wind And I can't wait until this afternoon Just another run of the mill day Yeah, Just another run of the mill day You see that it's not that I hate my job I just wish I didn't have to go The vein in my neck's about to pop But it's worth it to make it to the top It's okay then for me To turn my head back and confess I did my best, I guess Put your hands together Maybe we can live forever If we ever get the chance to leave Just another run of the mill day Yeah, Just another run of the mill day The boss is reaming me again "Wah wah wa wah" is all I hear I wish he'd bought some stronger mints 'Cause he's burning the hair in my ears It's okay then for me To turn my head back and confess I did my best, I guess Put your hands together Maybe we can live forever If we ever get the chance to leave Just another run of the mill day Yeah, Just another run of the mill day Oh, I dream of better days A corner office and a raise Then my life will be complete That's the American way
11.
Wake Up 03:45
I hear the people saying There is nothing behind that curtain Just a man pulling levers and switches Running through the poppy fields We're trying to fool ourselves An opiate for the masses It's time to test those words To see what's real or misleading Rumors quickly die away When they have no meaning Are you going to live this way - Asleep and dreaming? You've slept for far too long Wake Up I hear the people cursing loudly Saying that it's just a rumor Victims of some myth we're all trapped in A puppet to the cruelest master Watching all the innocent bleed On his throne just letting it happen It's time to test those words To see what's real or misleading Rumors quickly die away When they have no meaning Are you going to live this way - Asleep and dreaming? You've slept for far too long Wake Up It's more than just your Sunday morning More than just a list of rules Life is not an autopilot That you can just set on cruise If you want the answers If you want the truth You need to ask the questions You've got nothing to lose It's time to test those words To see what's real or misleading Rumors quickly die away When they have no meaning Are you going to live this way - Asleep and dreaming? You've slept for far too long Wake Up
12.
Can I Wait? 04:09

credits

released May 7, 2004

Written by Jason Harwell
Produced by Gabriel Wilson and Chris Greely
Engineered & Mixed by Chris Greely
Recorded December 9-22, 2003 @ Supernatural Sound in Portland, OR and the Glitter Room, Longview, WA

Performed by:
Jason Harwell: vocals/acoustic & electric guitar
Chris Greely: electric guitar/percussion/background vocals
Gabriel Wilson: Drums/electric guitar/everything else
Nick Lemiere: Bass guitar
Josiah Sherman: piano/Rhodes
Additional Electric guitar by Eric Lemiere

Original artwork by Jason Harwell

All songs published by Run Lindsay Run Publishing (ASCAP)

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