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It ain’t no use to sit and wonder why, babe
It don’t matter, anyhow
An’ it ain’t no use to sit and wonder why, babe
If you don’t know by now
When your rooster crows at the break of dawn
Look out your window and I’ll be gone
You’re the reason I’m trav’lin’ on
Don’t think twice, it’s all right
It ain’t no use in turnin’ on your light, babe
That light I never knowed
An’ it ain’t no use in turnin’ on your light, babe
I’m on the dark side of the road
Still I wish there was somethin’ you would do or say
To try and make me change my mind and stay
We never did too much talkin’ anyway
So don’t think twice, it’s all right
It ain’t no use in callin’ out my name, gal
Like you never did before
It ain’t no use in callin’ out my name, gal
I can’t hear you anymore
I’m a-thinkin’ and a-wond’rin’ all the way down the road
I once loved a woman, a child I’m told
I give her my heart but she wanted my soul
But don’t think twice, it’s all right
I’m walkin’ down that long, lonesome road, babe
Where I’m bound, I can’t tell
But goodbye’s too good a word, gal
So I’ll just say fare thee well
I ain’t sayin’ you treated me unkind
You could have done better but I don’t mind
You just kinda wasted my precious time
But don’t think twice, it’s all right
-Bob Dylan - Special Rider Music (ASCAP)
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Fake Candle Chandelier
03:37
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Did you dive into a pit of hurt?
Heart first into a pit of hurt
Was it on fire in your hand?
When you surrendered to your man?
Did you think he’d break the dam
release the river, cool the sand?
Did you think he’d break the dam, break the dam?
Was that you cutting cactus down?
Was that you cutting cactus down?
I saw needles in the wind
As someone practiced on their swing
It only stood up to catch your eye
Offering water when all was dry
Only stood up to catch your eye, catch your eye
Was there fish jumping in your boat?
Was there not fish jumping in your boat?
Well you’d throw most back out to sea
And some would jump back in immediately
a ship like that might sink
but the reef below aint deep
A ship like that might sink, might sink
Was there light in your chandelier?
Bright light in your chandelier?
Was there light in your chandelier?
Igniting halos on your love
Like make believing was enough
Was the image negative underneath your closed eyelids?
Was the image negative, negative, negative
Was the image negative underneath your closed eyelids?
Was the image negative, negative, negative?
Everything is Made of Love ASCAP
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3. |
Inside Out, Upside Down
03:32
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Those nails were already pounded
In the wall that’s how I found it
Like the drunk of a thousand beers
That’s how you came to me, crying tears
That your laugh was gone
wondering what took so long
It’s funny how close you get
when all your love is dead
And mine is in your head
All your good ideas begin and end in bed
Old flames fly out of your room
Hysterical just like you
Talking ‘bout this and that
but it just ain’t true
Sleepwalker staring in the men’s room mirror
Big delusions getting clearer
Seeing doubles in a bathroom stall
Watching the bubbles moving on the wall
Focused on the surface of a crystal ball
What you see is true after all
Everything is inside out
and upside down
Fast fire climbing up the hallway wall
Quick smoke crawling down the hall
Laugh track cracking up to the ceiling
you know when you get that feeling
You’re writing the movie and playing the role
Like trying to drive a spike through a tiny hole
but those nails were already pounded
In the wall that’s how I found it.
Everything is Made of Love ASCAP
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4. |
In My Tea
05:20
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Dropped you down in the drink,
I could hear you start to crack and shrink
I put you into my tea
I could see you staring back at me
Dropped you down in hot hot water
You make it warm and then I wish it was hotter
You melt so I don’t burn
It’s enough to make a stomach turn
Popped you out of a tray
In fact I got my own shape that way
She holds you close to her skin
She can feel the cold sinking in
Dropped you down in hot hot water
You make it warm and then we wish it was hotter
You melt so we don’t burn
They know
They drop you down in hot hot water
You make it warm and then they wish it was hotter
They lose their taste and send you away
The servant pours you down the drain
Goes to fetch another tray
You melt so they don’t burn
It’s enough to make a stomach turn
Everything is Made of Love ASCAP
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Red Ferns
03:07
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The red fern’s growin’ on the side of you house
I’m sitting here quiet, squeakin’ like a mouse
Don’t you leave me in this hole alone
It’s gonna be along walk home
The paint is chipping and the carpets a fade
By the time you get back I wont be the same
And this old house will cave, collapse and degrade
And I wont remember your name
One day the Earth will line up
with Pluto and Mars,
if it don’t happen fast I’m gonna sell the farm
and the life there is gonna wither and die
They're polishing each ounce of Earth
‘till it sparkles and shines,
their appetite for lies keeps on growing
and they can’t get full
They oughta stop but they probably never will
The porch is crooked and my bed’s unmade
when the legs give out I’ll slip into my grave and the
sunshine is gonna carry me home
It’s gonna be a long long walk alone
Everything is Made of Love ASCAP
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One Big Happy Now
02:44
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I said more than a mouthful and I got some more to tell
I’m on the road to heaven and I ain't going back through hell
Some people tell me that I got some dues to pay
Well I’m barefoot on the pavement and I’m singin’ everyday
I was cutting in 9 lines with 9 women on my mind
When you don’t know who you are she’s awfully hard to find
Each occupied a room in my mental motel
Thinking 8 Evictions just might benefit my health
People posing like they have their house in order
But the truth don’t need no one to believe
You can draw your definitions in the dirt
but it don’t observe your borders
It’s all one thing
Just stop you brain from talking and feel the way you feel!
I toppled over towers and tore apart the sea
All that I could think of was me and victory
I made my people cower and massacred the crowd
But I’m letting it go so the story ends in one big happy NOW!
Dropping history just too heavy to carry
Mental repetitions making everything too scary
Separation’s a lie, we’re all going to die
but never you mind ‘cause we’ll just come right back to life
Walking around with questions inappropriate to ask
Like seeing realistically you’re banished from the pack
Don’t need no cures for symptoms of common disease
Just get down to the bottom of how it came to be!
Everything is Made of Love ASCAP
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Moonrock
05:03
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You’re like a moonrock on the dark side
I’m a scuba diver swimming for the light
You’re like a tombstone with no date of birth
and no sign of life
I’m holding hands with your cousin in the sand
You’re out to sea trying to understand
You’re like a candle on the crest of a wave
waiting for a flame
It’s in your gaze
I feel the feeling
It’s a long a spiral staircase but it ends up at the ceiling
You walk the maze in your little room
I don’t believe you when you sing
but I know you mean to speak the truth
It’s true
Your like a lust lost lover gone mad
I’m a book of old poems sitting on your lap but you don’t read me
You’re lying in the dark drifting off to sleep
Well I could see you smiling shining over all
Instead of poised like rain about to fall
It takes an ocean to dissolve an island
but you can do it, just keep on crying
It’s in the way
you find a reason
It’s a short and crazy dream
when you say just what you mean
You walk the maze
in your little room
I don’t believe you when you sing
but I know you mean to speak the truth
It’s true
Sad but true, it's nothing new
Everything is Made of Love ASCAP
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8. |
Fake Candles (reprise)
00:27
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Everything is Made of Love ASCAP
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9. |
Long Walk Home
05:07
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The red ferns grow on the side of you house
I’m sitting here quiet, squeakin’ like a mouse
Don’t you leave me in this hole alone
It’s gonna be a long walk home
The paint is chipping and the carpets a fade
By the time you get back I wont be the same
And this old house will cave, collapse and degrade
And I wont remember your name
Chorus:
Well I can’t stand when people say
“It is what it is, it’s always been that way”
It’s easy to think like yesterday
when you still feel the same
I can’t stand when people say
“It is what it is and you can’t change it”
Well if you leave me in this hole alone...
I’m pointing my cannons at the side of their ship
‘Cause even when the wind blows they’re gonna crack the whip
But the the hull wont hold
and the sails are ripped
They’ll keep on rowing till the frame is tipped
They're polishing each ounce of Earth
‘till it sparkles and shines, their appetites for lies
keep on growing
and they can’t get full
The porch is crooked and my bed’s unmade
if the legs give out I’ll slip into my grave and the
Sunshine is gonna carry me home
Chorus:
I can’t stand when people say
“It is what it is, it’s always been that way”
It’s easy to think that same old way
when you don’t feel the pain
I can’t stand when people say
“It is what it is and you can’t change it”
Well if you leave me in this hole alone,
It’s gonna be along walk home
One day the Earth will line up
with Pluto and Mars, if it
don’t happen fast I’m gonna sell the farm
and the life there is gonna wither and die
Interlude::
I can’t stand when people say
“It is what it is, it’s always been that way”
There’s a there’s a graveyard in your mind
a graveyard in your mind
a graveyard in your mind
where you buried the love that you found inside
Chorus:
I can’t stand when people say
“It is what it is and there aint no way”
It’s easy to think that same old way
you don’t feel the pain
I can’t stand when people say
“It is what it is and you can’t change it”
Well if you leave me in this hole alone,
If you leave me in this hole alone
If you leave me in this hole alone
It’s gonna be along walk home
Everything is Made of Love ASCAP
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10. |
You Got it All
05:19
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Letting all the water past the dam
It’s been sitting there cracking
Leaking for so long
Gonna break it all up and watch it flow down
Get clean in the currents I can hear the sound
then we’ll see
What’s in this dream
Gonna watch it flow all the way down to the end
I’m getting right out of bed and I’m gonna see you again
And when deltas turn to bays
We’re gonna turn around and say
“You’re finally inside me”
You got it all ,you got it all
You got it all ,you got it all
You got it all ,you got it all, you got it all
You got it all the way down to the final end
I can see you
I can see you all the way down to the final end
I can see you
I can see you all the way down to the final end
I can see you
I can see you all the way down to the final end
Everything is Made of Love ASCAP
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Louka Madison, Wisconsin
Louka is a singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and teacher (University of Wisconsin – Madison). Testing Your Patience
(his debut album as Louka) is his first release since The Very Best of the Fingers (2012 Layered Music) and The Optimistic (2008 Layered Music).
For more information about Louka please visit www.music.wisc.edu/faculty/louka-patenaude/ or loukasound.com
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