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Anchors
05:05
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I set a course many years gone
that led me nowhere but wrong
I navigated the water unknown
to find where I belong
God bless these anchors
Hold tight to the chains
My only lifeline
without them I'd never be saved
God bless these anchors
Hold tight to the chains
My only lifeline
Without them I'd never be saved
Anchors weren't meant to drag you down
they keep you from drifting away
Away on the tide, oh, no way home
Washed up and alone
God bless these anchors
Hold tight to the chains
My only lifeline
Without them I'd never be saved
God bless these anchors
Hold tight to the chains
My only lifeline
Without them I'd never be saved
Oh light a candle to welcome me home
A comfort for these tired bones
You brought me in out of the storm
No more to roam
God bless these anchors
Hold tight to the chains
My only lifeline
Without them I'd never be saved
God bless these anchors
Hold tight to the chains
My only lifeline
Without them I'd never be saved
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Embers
02:38
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Water water everywhere
Still we're drowning in fear
Not a single drop to drink my love
The county has gone dry
If only in our minds
Another Sunday morning rolls
in with the tune of ringing bells
All this truth they ask of me
is just a lie for someone else
just a lie for someone else
Come and dance with me my love
on the embers of our home
It's much too late to cry
about the things that we've been shown
about the things that we've been shown
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Worry and Woe
04:18
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This worry and woe been plaguing me
try as I may oh, it won't let me be
In my dreams oh, I fly so free
above the worry and woe that's been plaguing me
yeah the worry and woe it won't let me be
I have seen a place that's just beyond the grave
well there ain't no worry no woe and there ain't no pain
I have seen things in this life that I can't unsee
Oh is it too late, too late for me
Been feeling low and I just can't see
no shining light oh, in this world for me
Now I pray oh, that there just may be
no more worry and woe here for me
no worry and woe anymore for me
I have seen a place that's just beyond the grave
well there ain't no worry no woe and there ain't no pain
I have seen many things that I can't unsee
Oh is it too late, too late for me
I'm headed to that place that's just beyond the grave
There ain't no worry, my God, and there ain't no pain
I left behind those things that I can't unsee
It's not too late, too late for me
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Harden Your Heart
03:41
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Harden your heart, this is gonna hurt
it's not the end of anything
it's a new start
Not what it seems, let your eyes see
what's right in front of you
now you're free
Let it burn, wash it down
it's not the same for anyone
live and you learn
Let it go, just walk away
it doesn't mean anything
on with the show
Harden your heart, this is gonna hurt
it's not the end of anything
it's a new start
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5. |
Given Over
03:56
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There ain't no reason to lay here no more
telling tales to ourselves
you know damn good and well
That flame ain't burning between us no more
no, not for a while
we just been forcing those smiles
Darling forgive me we're so far from fine
I'd love to say that I've had a good time
I'm not given to lie
I'm given over to so many things
I'm not given to lie
Just one last time, oh tell me I'm good
we both know it ain't so
one more time before you go
I know we'll never be good apart
but together we're wrong
why'd it take us so long
Darling forgive me we're so far from fine
I'd love to say that I've had a good time
I'm not given to lie
I'm given over to so many things
I'm not given to lie
Darling forgive me we're so far from fine
I'd love to say that I've had a good time
I'm not given to lie
I'm given over to so many things
I'm not given to lie
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6. |
Evening Hours
04:21
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Poked the hornets nest, one too many times
Man stings to know the only heart I broke was mine
I hear the ghosts of my friends, I call them on the phone
But I'm all out of quarters now, so here I sit alone
In the evening hours I can't hear to pray
the noise from all of my mistakes drowns out what I say
Old broken matchstick bones won't set the world on fire
Throwing water everyday on my funeral pyre
Singing dollar songs on clearance for a dime
Some men lack for reason, I'm just begging for rhyme
In the evening hours I can't hear to pray
the noise from all of my mistakes drowns out what I say
Careful digging graves for those still walking 'round
Surely ain't no Lazarus here, they run him out of town
Now it ain't worth crying one solitary drop
I knew getting on the ride that it was bound to stop
In the evening hours I can't hear to pray
the noise from all of my mistakes drowns out what I say
In the evening hours I can't hear to pray
the noise from all of my mistakes drowns out what I say
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Carry Me
03:28
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The bottle's not half full
half empty or anything else
it's in pieces on the floor
I'll pick it up and throw it out
just like yesterday
and the day before
One day my feet will find solid ground again
Carry me
Over the bridges I've burned, the lessons I never learned
Carry me
Carry me
The voice in my head says I'm wrong
it'll never say anything else
while I'm still on the floor
I'll get up and shut it out
not like yesterday
or the day before
Someday my feet will find solid ground again
Carry me
Over the bridges I've burned, the lessons I never learned
Carry me
Carry me
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8. |
Rack and Ruin
02:40
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(Hey, hey, c'mere, hey . . . go to the back, get the boss . . . tell him, yeah, tell there's gonna be trouble . . . yes, yes go now, go)
pig sticker in my belt
sawed 12 under the oak
one hoof on that foot rail I swear to God
it ends in double barrel smoke
(yeah you know that's right)
damn cheap cigars burnin' my eyes
blood is pounding in my ear
I'll say this, hell that man got guts
to show his face around here
(ain't that a bitch)
can't tow the line
you're gonna pay the man
one way or the other son
I hope you all squared up with the Saints
before our business is done
(yeah that's the truth)
a few scrapes and bruises is all
you're a lucky man today
the boss has got a message he'd like to send
before you're on your way
(drag him out the back, get him outta here)
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Gethsemane
03:39
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as a shadows darken my doorway
I know why Jesus wept
there is no love, no understanding
in my oh, in my broken heart
when they drag me away let 'em see
don't cover my face let 'em see
don't say no prayer for me let 'em see
as my sins are brought to light let 'em see
what I've done
so much blood
oh my God
what I've done
as my life falls down around me
it's my time let it come
there is nothing, no understanding
in my oh, in my broken heart
when they drag me away let 'em see
don't cover my face let 'em see
don't say no prayer for me let 'em see
as my sins are brought to light let 'em see
what I've done
so much blood
oh my God
what I've done
when they drag me away let 'em see
don't cover my face let 'em see
don't say no prayer for me let 'em see
as my sins are brought to light let 'em see
oh let 'em see
what I've done
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10. |
One Thin Dime
02:43
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if I could get my hands on one thin dime
but those thieves take it every time
go to work to earn my way
they're in my pocket like every day
oh, I can't live this way
God damn the man for which he stands
all he want from you is to fill his hands
deeper pockets piss your money away
he don't care what you have to say
oh, this ain't the way
I love my wife and I like my wine
I don't need your distractions clouding up my mind
I'll hear the same debates 'till I'm in the ground
no solutions just round and round
oh, it's a crying' shame
don't preach to me about God and State
when all I see is death and hate
hungry mouths in the land of the free
that sure don't look like freedom to me
oh, it's a crying' shame
oh, we're all to blame
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Here we sit at the end of the world
watch my life come unfurled
The pain you feel will heal you'll find
to my fate I am resigned, oh I am resigned
Sing out songs of hallelujah
when I go 'cross that distant shore
don't cry my friend
this ain't the end
carry on
I've lived the best life I could live
nothing more could I give
So I bid farewell and adieu
keep my words oh, to see you through, oh to see you through
Sing out songs of hallelujah
when I go 'cross that distant shore
don't cry my friend
this ain't the end
carry on
Sing out songs of hallelujah
when I go 'cross that distant shore
don't cry my friend
this ain't the end
carry on
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Sadwater Clarksburg, West Virginia
Parts Folk, Gothic, Blues, Country, and anything else that tickles their fancy, Sadwater is an ever evolving project for Jared Ward and Jonathan Hicks since 2009 through the present.
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