Johnstown
(S.Ungerleider)

It’s rainin’ down in Johnstown,
I’m waiting for the flood
Sinkin’ steady drink on a Sunday
thinkin’, “Somebody pull the plug.”
She coulda done what she was told,
she coulda used her head,
She was a hooker with a heart of gold
but now she’s fulla lead.

Chorus: And it’s so long, I’m movin’on,
my face no more you’ll see,
This world’s a weight chained to my back
Somebody set it free.
We shared a sunrise at the Mostrador,
she looked at me and smiled,
It didn’t take long to hook that whore
and ditch that joint in style.
Well I showed her my fist, I showed her my tongue,
I showed her a real good time,
Last thing I showed her was the butt of my gun
and a shot straight down the line.

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My soul is empty, my pockets full
now that my work is done.
I’ll see ya, sister, when your minister
blows me to kingdom come.
I’m waiting for that final day when I get
what I deserve,
That’s when I’ll reap what I have raised
and meet the god I serve.
And it’s so long, I’m movin’ on, my face
no more you’ll see,
This world’s a weight chained to my back
Somebody set it free.
This world’s a weight chained to my back
Somebody set it free

You’ll Always Be
(S.Ungerleider)

Well the first time I saw heaven, you
stood in my doorway,
Scent of gardenia and lily,
By your voice I was led in to a forest of cherry,
When you lay down beside me so softly you did say,

Chorus: You’ll always be my baby, my baby, my baby
Yeah, you’ll always be my baby, my baby, my love.
Well you sure got some funny sense of forever,
Always did end with the summer,
I awoke in a bed that’s as wide as the river
and a voice in my head that softly did say…

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Well six seasons have weathered since
you stood in my doorway,
now you’re stinking of blood and hard liquor,
And you’ve come for a favor for your sorry sight to cover
and you still got the nerve to softly do say,
You owe this to me, my baby, my baby, my baby
You owe this to me, my baby, my baby, my love
Now I don’t need no tailor to sew this suit together,
your yarn is a worn out old tether,
You better button that collar for you’re
going out to pasture
and I’ll be countin’ the bounty when
softly I will say,

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Alabaster
(S.Ungerleider)

Met on the shore on a rainy dawn in late November,
‘Speak not a word,’ is what you wrote to me.
Shoes soaked in sand and a heavy coat around your shoulder,
A bird in a hand was what you gave to me.
You stood so strong and the waves beyond were rollin’ over,
Pullin’ me close like the moon pulls on the sea.
I wanna ride on a road that turns a thousand corners,
Two beams of light, one for you and me.
A house in the hills and inside the sound of nervous laughter,
A bed of white unmade by you and me
Your body of stone that I touch until it turns to water was revealed to me.
Now I long to touch your tender skin of alabaster,
Shoulders as white as the peaks beyond the sea.
Arms in your arms and soon the room is spinning faster,
Eyes in your eyes are the only thing I see.
Love you so much so the only thing that you remember
is what it’s like to be in love with me.

Old Kate
(S.Ungerleider)

Laughter of firelight on you hair so long and brown.
A golden voice in the night unearths dreams safe underground.
Up in your corner room we let our mouths run free,
But I fear too much to say just how much you mean to me.

Chorus: But maybe old Kate can tell me now how to find you.
Together we made a pact that our love would never change.
We cut our fingers clean and in blood we write our names.
‘Cause blood is a thicker thing, thicker than the water grey,
Thick as the sea they say but I watched you wash away.

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Your tires went screaming through the mud.
Black dirt highway soaked in red.
My life, my love was gone for good.
Oh baby, but I’ll find you, yes, I’ll find you,
I’ll find you.
Coal dust on paper thin is a picture drawn so real.
Dark eyes and supple skin that my heart can almost feel.
Put it behind the glass, preserve it in a frame.
I’ll make your picture last ‘cause I could not make you stay.

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The Bridge
(S.Ungerleider)

There’s a bridge that spans two peaks
of land where the river rushes through
That’s where I go sometimes to stand
and think of me and you.
Cast my wishes to the wind with every
stone I throw
and watch them slowly disappear in the
rushes far below.
Well I once was your tender bride with
a veil across my face.
Too young to own an ounce of pride so
innocent and chaste
But you changed all that my love
the night that we were wed
And a blackened root of scarlet fear
grew from our wedding bed.

Chorus: I’m goin’ down to the murky
water because it is my home
And it feels like a broken arrow is
buried deep beneath my bones
I will find the place from which I came
the one that gave me breath
And it will bring me shining joy even if it
brings me death.
There’s a bird that spins fast through the sky,
its wings are soaked in blood,
Its breast is stuck with a stone of steel
shot from my husband’s gun.
He says, “Man’s gotta eat, my dear.”
and he flashes me a grin
And he’s holding up a wirey cage
to shut that bird within.
At night I dream I climb that cliff
with this shack across my back,
Break these walls down in to boards
and build myself a raft
Lay my body on that bed of wood,
look through to the end of blue
Till silk ribbons of white water
have twisted me in two.

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Well you stood there across from me
blocking our front door,,
You screamed, “Don’t go away from me,
I swear I’ll love you more.”
But I shot my fist against the pane,
threw myself through the glass,
And I could hear your screams on me,
“Now I’ll love you last.”

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Oh My Good Ol’ Gal
(S.Ungerleider)

Oh my good ol’ gal, won’t you come marry me?
My pocket’s full, got my land, got my mule
Got my rain fallin’ down on me.
I ain’t your good ‘ol gal, no man’s gonna marry me.
My heart is full, want no man, want no rule,
want no rain fallin’ down on me.
From early in the mornin’ to the end of the day
I want you to be my woman or my eye
gonna cry like rain.
But you don’t want my lovin’, you just want my pay
So you better heed my warnin’ or your eye
gonna cry like rain
Oh my good ‘ol gal, you won’t hear my plea,
Your mind you spoke now my heart it done broke,
But I know that you gotta be free,
Yeah, I know that you gotta be free.

Walking
(S.Ungerleider)

Oh man up on the walking won’t you answer me?
Can’t you hear me moaning, longing to be free?
Each day is a blessing, life is a gift
they say that you gave to me.
But the truth behind this wisdom I confess I cannot see.
Well when I was a young girl I let my hair hang long.
Heard the words of mother say ‘girl it’ll bring you wrong.’
Six months past April I cut it to the bone,
became a boy so strong
so that I would need no husband to keep me safe from harm.
Well I learned to swing a hammer, I learned to drive that steel,
Skin that was too tender now thick I could not feel
Swing it on home, Jack, throw that hammer down,
this hole I got to fill,
But it grows so wide inside me, I know I never will.
Now I look into that city lies beneath my skin,
Sometimes it looks like beauty, sometimes it feels like sin,
I wander down aimless in search of what I feel,
in fear I’ll get stuck in the caverns
of that country that lie beneath my skin.

Parallel Rail
(S.Ungerleider)

Wrap me in steel, wrap me in steel
Roll on a wheel, parallel rail
Light on a trail, light on a trail
Wind in a wail, parallel rail

Chorus: You made me grand,
you made me what I am
Take my land, parallel rail.
Cut me with steel, cut me with steel,
Roll of a wheel, parallel rail.
Spark on a trail, spark on a trail,
Wind in the wail, parallel rail.

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Pueblo
(S.Ungerleider)

In the town of Taos, New Mexico
Three hundred and twenty five years ago
We dealt the lamb on the altar that deadly blow
and the hot Spanish blood through the streets did flow
Three knots in a rope was our sign to show
the Conquistador back to El Paso
I put the paint on my skin and an arrow in my bow
I’m gonna take back the faith they stole
Though they’ll try, they’ll never know
just what it takes to take my soul
just what it takes to bury me in that ground
‘Cause you know my grave they’ve been diggin’
But I won’t, I won’t be found
Well we crept through the cornfields they made us sew
And we showered our arrows to the land below
We gathered bullets to shoot and stones to throw
The flag that flew high will be sinking low
Well the church is on fire, let the trumpets blow
They found we were bound for the Devil’s door
Though they’ll try, they’ll never know
just what it takes to take my soul.
Just what it takes to break my spirit down
‘Cause you know my chariot’s a-swingin’
But I won’t, I won’t be found
Well a bell in a cave can never toll,
A wagonless wheel will never roll,
There are secrets here still that were never told
they sleep with the ones who now lie cold
Though they’ll try, they’ll never know
just what it takes to take my soul
just what it takes to break my spirit down
‘Cause you know my song they’ll be singin’
‘Cause I am, I am still around

Back Dirt Road
(S.Ungerleider)

On a back dirt road took a joy ride
Fourteen years old, man, did we fly.
How we laughed until we cried ’cause
we knew in our hearts we were free.
We took a freight train south down that shoreline,
Hearts in our and bodies entwined,
I was yours and you were all mine and I
thought that’s where I’d always be.

Chorus: Cowboys high on our horses,
running wild through the forest
Our whole lives lay before us;
you and me, we were free.
Oh hold it close, please remember
to believe in our thunder
Don’t let them steal it out from under
the place in your heart where you’re free.
On the back dirt road I will see you,
Your laughin’ eyes shining sky blue,
All I will know you remain true ’cause
you know in your heart you are free.
Oh my friend it’s been forever,
Miles apart but always together
Until the end I will remember ’cause
you know that’s where I’ll always be.

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Home Soon (The Cherry Song)
(S.Ungerleider)

My love, I must leave you in late spring to pick the cherry,
when the blossom white ends its bloom.
High in the trees of you I’ll sing with a heart heavy,
that a drop a rain could split in two.
Yes, a drop of rain could split my heart in two.

I will return with autumn’s flame and we will marry,
and our feet of fire will burn up the floor.

Then I will roll you through the leaves
and pull you close to me
and I’ll never leave you lonely no more.
No, I’ll never leave you lonely anymore.

So rest your head awhile in my arms,
though I’ll be gone for awhile I won’t be gone long.

Despite all the joy to me you bring my mind still worries
that a love so bright could be my doom.
So only speak of just one thing that you’ll promise to me,
that you’ll wait for me ’cause I’ll be home soon.
Yeah, wait for me ’cause I’m coming home soon.

Tangled & Wild
(S.Ungerleider/ B.Donovan)

Chorus: Run away with me won’t you
Run away with me won’t you
Run away with me won’t you
It don’t matter where we go.

Well, I have lived in this city nearly all of my life
but in my heart there’s a country tangled and wild.
And when I look in your eyes, love,

I can see it there too
all that’s bright and alive, love,
lives deep in you.

(Chorus)

We could live in the mountains
or we could live on the plains
or in a place far too beautiful, too beautiful to name.

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