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Airstreamer
03:27
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AIRSTREAMER
airstreamer, playing cards
drinking whiskey, living large
on summer break
while the Talking Heads are playing low
while we think about girls from back home
and how we love them
now skip ahead to ‘99, New York City
blind on wine and on my own
i don’t remember what you said,
but i remember how you said it
it broke my heart
we’re all going to the same place
he just beat us there that’s all
we’re all going to this other place
where nothing escapes from
but you don’t have to be scared of it anymore
the way you feel, i know it
i was there some time ago
nothing you hear will help you
you just have to learn how to save yourself
how to save yourself from a distant love
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MARCH FOR MILES
i wish i was there with you in your twenties
when cars were made of steel
and wheat was on the penny
on a sunny day
you could see for miles
our boys were off to war
they would march for miles
i wish i was there
when you were looking smooth
they marched you all day
and made you so tired
on a sunny day
you could see for miles
and our boys were off to war
they would march for miles
and you came straight from the war
i wish i was there with you in your twenties
when cars were made of steel
and wheat was on the penny
on a sunny day
you could see for miles
our boys were off to war
they would march for miles
the air was fresh and sweet
they would dream of coming home
and think, ‘man, i hope she waits for me’
while you sit there all by your lonesome self
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WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A MAN
took a ride by myself tonight
i’ve always liked this time of night
my thoughts take me down a darker road
i do my best not to let it get out of control
and it’s alright, you didn’t listen to yourself
it’s alright, it’s hard to hear over the noise
now i’m back where i want to be
underneath my family tree
i’ll dig a moat and fill it up with fire
around our rented castle
on the south side of town
it’s alright, i didn’t listen to myself
it’s alright, it’s hard to hear over the noise
you live your life like an open book
don’t get so mad when i take a look
i go back and forth with you my friend
on what exactly it means to be a man
i don't know
it’s alright, i didn’t listen to myself
it’s alright, it’s hard to hear over the noise
so don’t quit
don’t give up on your dream
‘cause if you break
you’ll never know exactly what it means
it’s alright, you didn’t listen to yourself
it’s alright, it’s hard to hear over the noise
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Old Rodriguez
04:39
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OLD RODRIGUEZ
Old Rodriguez doesn’t look so hot
he doesn’t come around anymore
and he sleeps all the time
he went back to the war
in the South Pacific Islands
he flew in gliders at night
and watched the natives for their warning sign
that’s my grandad
he lived a century long
and towards the end there
he traveled back in time
he went back to the ranch
and reconnected with his old man
he worked the fields in the day
then home to dinner with his mother
then there are the ones that go too soon
we live in the silence of their wake
and i know we’ll be there soon
but in the silence of their wake
is where we live
i wonder if he ever heard about
ever heard about cargo cults
if i could i would’ve asked him myself
did you ever hear of cargo cults
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Landlocked
03:17
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LANDLOCKED
you slept down by the pond
said you felt landlocked
and that the water was still
that made everything clear
you asked me to move away
mentioned something about Colorado
with a house on a ridge
maybe talk about kids
what have you done
with the hit and run
you left a lady dead
now that blood’s on your hands
i stood out on the porch
listening for the sirens
and when they never came
i thought maybe you got away
i thought about your mom
i thought about your brothers
i wonder what they’ll do
now that you’re all gone
what have you done
with the hit and run
they’re going to track you down
‘cause it’s all around town
take it from me
he is going to let you down
was the thing i remember
your mom told me once
i thought she was full of it
until you proved her right
with all your goodbyes
so goodbye forever
so you asked me to move away
mentioned something about Colorado
build a house on a ridge
maybe talk about kids
what have you done
with the hit and run
they’re going to track you down
‘cause it’s all around town
you left a lady dead
now that blood’s on your hands
ain’t nothing we can do
except go on
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6. |
Highway 59
02:53
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HIGHWAY 59
one day you’re gonna get some time
to yourself without all this bullshit around
and something you’ll have to ask yourself
when you get there
how will you drown out the sound
of your entire life
sounds like a hollering baby
stuck in a parking lot
highway 59, baby
now my friends say
how come we don’t see you around
i miss those days
when you would act like a clown
what do you say we go out
and drink a few beers
i said no, man
i haven’t done that in years
my entire life
i’ve been a hollering baby
stuck in a parking lot
highway 59, baby
so one day you’re gonna get some time
to yourself without all this bullshit around
one day you’re gonna find
you take what you want
leave the rest
where you found it
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10 People
04:11
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TEN PEOPLE
can I get a ride from you
i can get you in through the back door
see, i’ve been around for a while now
but no one seems to notice anymore
except for ten people
ten people liked me tonight
that’s better than working
for some slob you hate
let me buy a round for all of us
says the poorest guy at the bar
i caught some overtime
so tonight is mine
plus, i’m opening up for the headliner
ten people liked me tonight
it’s better than working
for some slob you hate
and it’s in this space
my mind begins to race
and my thoughts start to lose form
i spent my whole life wanting to die
but i don’t want to die anymore
so let me raise a glass
for the brokenhearted
it ain’t over
until you say it’s over
ten people liked me tonight
it’s better than working
for some slob you hate
time is what i’m after these days
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WAVING THROUGH THE WINDOW
you got something with your eyes
and we don’t pay no mind to that
i kiss your golden hair
and watched you run free
now someone’s got a plan
and we don’t understand that
at least we have each other
that goes a long way
you waving through the window
is hard for me to see
you racing up the sidewalk
makes it tough to keep on driving
i got something in the works
just haven’t heard a word back
it’s hard to feel like a man
in such poverty
what if that someone with the plan
never shows his hand to us
at least we have each other
that goes a long, long way
you waving through the window
is hard for me to see
you racing up the sidewalk
makes it tough to keep on driving
you got something with your eyes
but we don’t pay no mind to that
i kiss your golden hair
and watch you run free
you waving through the window
is hard for me to see
you racing up the sidewalk
makes it tough to keep on driving
i’m gonna get us out of this
if it brings me to my knees
i’m gonna get us out of this
but i’ve got to keep on trying
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9. |
Nightfall Seattle
04:50
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NIGHTFALL SEATTLE
nightfall Seattle
the water made pale by the light
it was a painting we owned in the eighties
that made the room take on that time of night
at the same time, Corpus Christi
the first time a girl caught my eye
then her dad took a job on the east coast
he moved the family along with my heart
on that day i met sorrow
from a girl i only spoke to maybe twice
and the same with that painting
for turning my days into nights
the age of dirt bikes and metal
when the skateboarders took to the sky
it was the year we split up the family
to create this new way of life
on that day i met sorrow
from a girl i only spoke to maybe twice
and the same with that painting
for turning my days into nights
here comes love…
nightfall Seattle
the water made pale by the light
it was a painting we owned in the eighties
that made the room take on that time of night
and on that day i met sorrow
from a girl i only spoke to maybe twice
and the same with that painting
for turning my days into nights
here comes love…
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DO YOU EVER GET THE FEELING
do you ever get the feeling
this life ain’t your game
you were born at the wrong time
can’t seem to find your way
do you ever get the feeling
you’re a relic from the past
find it hard to keep up with
the pace of modern life
or how about the feeling
when there’s no hope or help in sight
or that you’re letting down your family
on a dream that won’t take flight
do you struggle with the hours
do you battle through the days
do you find it hard to keep up with
a life that ain’t your game
you know when i hold your hand
i love the difference in color
makes me proud to be your man
it never occurred to me
that i’m in line for something else
did i miss it like a road sign
was i even looking out
the thought of moving back to Houston
the thought of living with my folks
was enough to get us thinking
about doing something else
you know when i hold your hand
i love the difference in color
makes me proud to be your man
i know i don’t hold you right
‘cause i’m half of what i used to be
and that other half ain’t right
only half of what i use to be
and the other half ain’t right
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Tody Castillo Austin, Texas
Tody Castillo has been a performing songwriter for almost two decades. With this year’s new album Old Rodriguez, Tody Castillo has sharpened his best weapon. Adding a decade of married fatherhood to his growing list of accomplishments, there’s undeniable weight to his vocals, new grit that before was only hinted at. ... more
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