1. |
The Egret
02:28
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The Egret
lyrics by rick ferriss
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Let me tell you 'bout the egret
she is now as we will all be someday
She keeps her balance that's her secret
She spreads her wings
and when you look she's gone away
Down down down the road awhile
the rain will come and it will wash our tears away
Down down down the road awhile
We'll turn around
and when we look we will be saved
Let me tell you 'bout the egret
she is now as we will all be someday
She keeps her head up that's her secret
She spreads her wings
and when you look she's gone away
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2. |
Cherokee Rose
03:00
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Cherokee Rose
lyrics by rick ferriss
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Deep in the night
on the side of a mountain
sits Cherokee Rose
waiting for daylight
on the rocks and the moss
in the shelter of the wild rose
she can close her eyes
and remember everything’s all right
chorus:
And the Cherokee Rose
blooms in the springtime
at the edges of the mountains
in the thickets and the fields
in the moon and the rain
in the bright sun shining
the Cherokee Rose
it climbs on the great earth’s wheel
And Rose don’t know
if she’s ever gonna get there
it can feel so close
but be far away
but she can’t look back
and she can’t look sideways
she’s got to run through the night
and hide in the bushes all day
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3. |
Modern Times
02:55
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Modern Times
lyrics by rick ferriss
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In these modern times
some people don't get their messages
Some people loose their minds
just tryin' to hold onto them
They act like they're blind
they never try to look at the truth of it
So I sing these blues
in these modern times
Now I could be happy all the time
I could be lazin' out on the beach all day
I could be rockin' and a rollin' with you darlin' all night
or I could be starin' in a mirror
just askin' myself how I'm ever
gonna make it through this goddam modern life
In these modern times
where I don't get my messages
Sometimes I loose my mind
just tryin' to hold onto it
I act like I'm blind
but still I try to look at the truth of it
So I sing these blues
in these modern times
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4. |
Same Disease
02:31
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Same Disease
lyrics by rick ferriss
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rollin' down the Mississippi into Baltimore
I was a smokin' on a big cigar
when I met a little lady that I'd loved before
but through the years we had drifted apart
she told me:
"after you left
you know there's something I picked up
that I've been thinkin' bout giving to you"
it was a lovely gift,
but I was sorry to tell her
that I already had one too
We had the same disease
good golly what do you know
we had the same disease
there was nothing to worry for
I know there ain't no cure
b-b-b that's all right
we had the same disease
it was a lovely night
now-now-now walkin' down the street you know there's
people that i notice that sure look a lot like me
they could be snappin' on their fingers or wearin' new shoes
but the resemblance is plain to see
they tell me:
buddy don'tya think we got it all together
gettin' everything that there is to get
yes it's a wonderful life
and I'm so happy to be livin' that I
ain't gonna die just yet
We got the same disease
maybe I got it from you
we got the same disease
maybe you got it from me too
I know there ain't no cure
b-b-b that's all right
we got the same disease
and it's a wonderful night
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5. |
Limestone Ave
03:23
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Limestone Ave
lyrics by rick ferriss
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he was standing outside in the rain
big drops drippin off an old gray hat
he was thinkin everything was the same
but it didn't much matter what he thought about that
he was standin in the rain
talkin to himself
thinkin out loud like he didn't know what to do
on Limestone Avenue
she was waitin on him back home
saying that man's crazy he's drunk again
but she really was glad he was gone
she could sit right down feel sane again
she was sittin right down
talkin to herself
thinkin out loud like she didn't know what to do
on Limestone Avenue
no need to holler
no need to scream
no need to sleep all night
just to have a dream
we've already made it
we've already gone
in the early morning
just a rollin on and on and on
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6. |
Emily Bowl
00:52
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Emily Bowl
lyrics by rick ferriss
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Emily Bowl, down in the country
Emily Bowl, down in the town
Emily Bowl, down in the city
Emily Bowl, always around
Swing low sweet Emily, Emily, Emily ...
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7. |
Old Eyes
02:05
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Old Eyes
lyrics by rick ferriss
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Old eyes, old lives
lookin out from photographs
Days gone, livin on
lookin out here from the past
When you're young there's no time to look back
Season's change there's always somewhere to go
When you're old all those memories come back
How could that have been me
Where did time go
Old eyes, old lives
lookin out from photographs
Days gone, livin on
lookin out here from the past
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8. |
I been so lonesome
02:05
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I been so lonesome
lyrics by rick ferriss
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I been so lonesome
thinking of you
my tears are like the falling rain
Wandering around wondering
what will I do
when will I see you again
I been thinkin' 'bout you 'cause I love you a lot
from your head on down to your toes
I been so lonesome thinking of you
I love you and darlin' it shows
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9. |
Here Waiting
01:44
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Here Waiting
lyrics by rick ferriss
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Well tonight's
like any other one
but I'm here waiting
for you.
Well I could hide
or I could bolt & run
but I'm here waiting
for you.
Now later,
we're gonna be together
And tomorrow,
we'll be together too,
But tonight,
I'm here waiting.
Here waiting
for you,
Here waiting
for you.
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10. |
So Certain
04:56
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So Certain
lyrics by rick ferriss
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when I'm so certain
so hard to get through to
there isn't anything that you can tell me
I don't think I know
but when we were together
and the world was so bright
so many memories held me so tight
I didn't really know just where I was
I didn't really know just where I was
but here
there's no falling down
there's no fooling around
there's no leaving town
and where I want to be
there's not so much wrong and right
I've gotten back my apatite
I get a kiss goodnight
it really isn't over
there's just a knocking at the door
I could have left it open
but this has all occurred before
and there's something that I need to do
because I love you
I love you
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11. |
Waves Sing
03:36
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Waves Sing
lyrics by rick ferriss
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As the wind filled our sails
in the roll of the tide we were bound for the open sea
Were no storms nor no gales
could dissuade us from our journey
And we were steeped in the lore of the beast that we sought
and we were sure of reward for the whales to be caught
and we beseeched to our Lord leave us kill as we ought
where the waves sing
My harpoon pierced her eye
but she rolled to the lee pulled the rope off the cleat ont' my leg
I was dragged o'er the side
and she dived for the cold dark deep
And my ears they were screaming in pain as she dove
and my head crushed in flames as my old life was gone
but a spark passed into her next calf to be born
where the waves sing
Now I move with these whales
and I sing with the tide as we swim through the open sea
There're no storms nor no gales
that can dissuade us on our journey
But I can hear when the humans have drawn near our course
and I know they can kill but they draw me so close
there's some memory inside me that draws me so close
where the waves sing
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12. |
Me and My Snakes
02:34
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Me and My Snakes
lyrics by rick ferriss
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chorus:
Me and my snakes, we keep people out of the woods.
Me and my snakes, we make sure everybody stays away like they should.
Me and my snakes, we don't get along,
but we all make sure that you all stay gone,
and we don't want nobody around here.
Me and my snakes.
I got me eighty-five acres at the end of the road.
I maybe plow twenty-five but I let the rest go.
I can listen to the crickets and the frogs in the night.
I can stand buck naked in my front porch light.
And there's rattlesnakes out in the thickets and the scrub,
cottonmouths down by the creek and the mud,
copperheads over where the big trees grow.
and they don't want nobody around here.
chorus
I used to have me a woman, she was hangin' all around.
She was talkin' 'bout forever, said she'd never let me down.
We were gonna' be together, in the night and the day.
She was everything i needed, but I scared her away.
Now there's a fire in my belly, there's a fire in my brain,
and a lot of folks say that i'm a little insane,
but it don't bother me, if they don't bother me,
because I don't want nobody around here.
chorus
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13. |
Convinced Myself
02:10
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Convinced Myself
lyrics by rick ferriss
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I convinced myself that it was really something
that I didn't have to bother with tonight
but I laid in bed for hours thinkin' good things
and it didn't help me to forget our fight
you know it's biting me in two
the things we used to do come back
the memories are standing in the aisles
and I hate you
and I love you
and I'd like to think about you with a smile
and though I tell myself
we just couldn't live together
and I know I'm really happier alone
I'd like to lay myself
on the side of some bright mountain
and wait there for the stars to take me home
I'd like to lay myself
on the side of some dark mountain
and wait there for the sun to take me home
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14. |
But Dance
02:43
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But Dance
lyrics by rick ferriss
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What can you do when a life’s been too short for the dance?
when memories fade like a bright summer day
and the future is stuck in your hands
there’s not many things you can do
when a life has been caught between choices and chance
but dance
What can you do when you’ve already done what you can?
when beginnings and endings have all come and gone
all ended before they began
there’s not many things you can do
when a friend has been gathered away from this trance
but dance
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Rick Ferriss Tampa, Florida
Rick Ferriss has been writing and performing since the 70s. Mostly around Tampa Florida.
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