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by Caroline Aiken

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1.
Welcome Home 06:54
Come on, walk on through the door hang your coat just like you did before Open up the 'fridge to see what there's good to eat Turn on the box, put up your feet Welcome home Look tired, been gone so long go upstairs and take a long one Just relax and let the world turn without you tonight You're safe and warm and you're home Welcome home Got your room fixed up real nice but you can change it any way you like Posters on the wall save a space for all the good's gonna come Welcome home No need to knock, just come on in I'm tickled pink to have you back again You'll find your way and I'll find mine And I'll welcome you home each and every time Welcome home
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What is, what it is, what is? Tell me what is… A vote of confidence vote of confidence vote of confidence It isn't ignorance, isn't impotence nor is it prudence We're still on the road we're still on the fence Blind trust, it isn't blind trust What is, what it is, what is? Tell me what is… A vote of confidence vote of confidence vote of confidence It isn't tainted by ambivalence it isn't under the influence Suspicion steals away our innocence So take care, beware of the 'trust me' calls from everywhere What is, what it is, what is? Tell me what is… A vote of confidence vote of confidence vote of confidence Where I can stand tall and strong where I know where I belong Cast that vote, sleep at night a vote of confidence will feel alright What is, what it is, what is? Tell me what is… A vote of confidence vote of confidence vote of confidence!
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Hello cruel world I'm not your average lemming and I know when we're near the edge That mental pit of madness the pivotal ledge When we're filled with emotion over some pie in the sky When the real deal is right here, right now Hello cruel world Where omission's the accepted sin to overlook ill deed spells disaster "The whole world's on a paperchase to heaven" she says in laughter When we're filled with emotion over some pie in the sky When the real deal is right here, right now Hello cruel world
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We never left, we never learned a universal language before the code book burned I see lips move, but nothing is said 'cept politics mean money mean power so say the talking heads All we have is gossip of the ages history and it's rewritten pages are we safe in our mental cages? On the tower of Babel who wants to know how high we built this tower and how far down left to go Keep me in the dark, I wanna stay asleep Silence is golden and talk is cheap How many masters, how many lives does it take to feed the monster before it's satisfied? Listen can't you hear the motor humming Yea, the countdown is up and running chained to the machine we're so so stunning On the tower of Babel who wants to know how high we built this tower and how far down left to go
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To leave this place head up and out tethered to the wind, nothing but clouds reach the upper sphere you burst and you're freer than we are down here on Earth Every time my heart calls out your name it knows to give you back from whence you came back into the blue, I'm letting you go Helium balloons, somehow they know Reach the upper sphere you burst and you're freer than we are down here on Earth Back into the blue, I'm letting you go Helium Balloons, somehow they know
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At one point in life I knew what everything was all about I didn't worry 'bout the future I had it all planned out But when I stopped to realize That something felt quite strange Suddenly I turned around And everything had changed My here was there My which was where and I couldn't recognize the things I saw as I dropped my jaw at what lay before my eyes All the things I'd so carefully arranged had somehow gotten misplaced it was all twisted and deranged and laughing in my face 'Cause everything had changed I pushed it aside, started anew from my past my future grew I gave it strength and from there it flew out of the clouds, the sun shown through So if you think you've got it planned know that life isn't fair And when you suddenly turn around be ready for what's there 'cause everything can change Everything had changed Everything can change Lyrics from "Suddenly I Turned Around and Everything had Changed" S. Page Dukes 1998 Teacher's National PTA Association 3rd Place nationally and 1st Place, Georgia.
8.
Copper John 03:47
Head down, he didn't see me stop to see his copper laid out on the sidewalk shop I pointed and said, "How much for that one?" He saw my guitar and said, "Half price for a song." One song turned to into four or five watching this genius work said he was a squatter, staying where he could Said they taught him how to steal how to lie in his younger days Then he figured out how to make something outta nothing with something they just throw away I learned a lesson, I got a song from the street scholar handy crafter Copper John He shoulda asked fifty, thought he'd ask thirty said it was twenty and give it to me for ten and a song Everyone that passed him knew his name and asked him, "Hey, John, how's it going?" I learned a lesson, I got a song from the street scholar handy crafter Copper John I see him on the street from time to time Buy his handworked copper with an honorable shine A man hard-pressed to lose still found a way to stand his ground I learned a lesson, I got a song from the street scholar handy crafter Copper John
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Day By Day 05:18
Who can admit to their thoughts and their feelings and not fade away? 24 hours of hiding the truth is one wasted day - yeah Day by day it goes Do, do we ever know? Don't want to be losing! Oh no no no! And this cold steel under my fingers how did we ever get this far? Ring like a bell, telling me that the minutes are wasting is the bitter we are tasting Day by day it goes Do, do we ever know? Don't want to be losing time Don't want to be losing time Don't want to be losing time Oh no no no! Who can admit to the tick of the clock it never stops oh no It's time to begin if you're willing my friend don't waste your time no more! Day by day it goes Do, do we ever know? Don't want to be losing time Don't want to be losing time Don't want to be losing time Oh no no no!
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When you want someone you want them to be Just like you want them to be, uh huh But when you need someone, you'll take them Just like they are, hey yea Aw, it's a give thing If you can learn to live with that Yea, you'll know it, yes you will and if it's love you gain you got to learn to give it back Don't step on a crack don't expect your money back Desire follows need on a trip that never ends, Plan and you'll see Between Hello and Goodbye there's a lot of tears There's a whole lot a love between hello and goodbye There's a lot of tears There's a whole lot of love When you try too hard it might be bad as not trying enough, uh huh Keeping up your guard trying to roll with the punches It's a live thing if you can learn to give to that Yeah, you'll know it, yes you will and if it's love you gain you got to learn to give it back don't step on a crack don't expect your money back Desire follows need on a trip that never ends Plant and you'll seed Between hello and goodbye there's a lot of tears there's a whole lot a love.
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Mad Michael 03:38

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Recorded Live at Eddie's Attic, Decatur, GA
Shalom Aberle - Engineer Live Mix
Rich L'Hommedieu - Final Mix and Mastering
Photo Credits - Rhiannon Bradley, Ingrid Lyndon

c. and p. 2010 Glutton for PuBlishment
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released May 30, 2010

Caroline Aiken: 6/12 String Acoustic Guitars, Piano, Vocal
Charlie Wooton: Bass, Arrangement, Band Leader
Yonrico Scott: Drums, Percussion
Tomi Martin: Electric Guitar

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Caroline Aiken Athens, Georgia

CAROLINE has released BROKEN WINGS HEAL with producer John Keane (REM, WIDE SPREAD PANIC, INDIGO GIRLS, NANCY GRIFFITH) "BROKEN WINGS HEAL". carolineaiken_at_gmail.com for more info. Since 1969 professional touring artist with 9 critically acclaimed releases. www.carolineaiken.com ... more

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