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A Word From Home - EP

by John Renshaw

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1.
Moonshiner 05:46
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I've been a moonshiner, for seventeen long years I've spent all my money, on whiskey and beer I go to some hollow and set up my still And if whiskey don't kill me, then I don't know what will I go to some bar room, to drink with my friends Where women, can't follow, to see what I spend God bless those pretty women, I wish they were mine Their breath is as sweet as the dew on the vine So let me eat when I'm hungry, moonshine when I'm dry Green grass when I'm hard up, religion when I die The whole world's a bottle, and life's but a dram When that bottle gets empty, God it aint worth a damn I've been a moonshiner, for seventeen long years I've spent all my money, on whiskey and beer I go to some hollow, to set up my still And if whiskey don't kill me, then I don't know what will
2.
Tomorrow Never Comes 05:38
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Why don't you quit feeling blue, when you're lost in the rain and nobody can see you Wipe the tears from your face, and start to feel like you used to But I can't help you if you think, there is no one to take care of you Its alright, just open your eyes Quit your sobbing and your radio sighs You've got the keys to the highways of your mind But your lost in the trials of your time I will wait for you tomorrow, but when that sun starts to shine and I don't see your eyes in your eyes in mine, I'll be the one that's lonesome, until the day I die When you stumble under curtains and the stage lights have grown dim Scatter the ashes a new flame will rise again I'm right here waiting, you don't even have to look for a place to begin I know that you've seen this before But the last time left you wanting for more I'm right here just open your door And we'll sail to a distant shore I will wait for you tomorrow, but when that sun starts to shine, and I don't see your eyes in mine, I'll be the one that's lonesome, until the day I die Talk to the trees who are tired of reaching for the sky The mother who's sang her childs last lullaby All things must pass, you just got to last give it one more try Your reason soon will show If you learn just to let it all go Don't let others decide what you know And your drapes themselves will sew I will wait for you tomorrow, but when that sun starts to shine, and I don't see your eyes in mine, I'll be the one that's lonesome, until the day I die
3.
The River Flows On 04:17
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I'm out here far away from my home A long road's ahead or so I've been told I've dreamed lots of dreams, some have come, most have gone I can't say where I'm bound, but the river flows on I've been brought into the world without much to say Been brought up thinking everything would be okay But I've said my goodbyes and now I'm on my own Can't say where I'm bound, but the river flows on As time passes by, the mistakes that I have made Still ain't to clear, but in my mind they have stayed How do you know whats right, when everything's so wrong? Can't say where I'm bound, but the river flows on I've met alot of folks while walking through the land Some have it all, others need a helping hand It sure is funny, for some it's dusk and others dawn I can't say where I'm bound, but the river flows on
4.
Wait For You 06:00
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Rise to your feet, the world's coming for you Far upon the fear, you've come to know to be true From the high and mighty armor, to the ocean so blue But you were never slow in your pace Or just another rat in the race With a line drawn directly on your face Tangled news Because the world it don't wait just for you We've grown up together, throughout our old age But soon you must learn, that it's time to turn the page The iron it is wrought, the palace is so aged The reasons have already passed the day The bass has already been put away The seasons they already have their say For you to use Because the whole wide world it don't wait just for you It's time to change the way your thinking Lord knows the time has come To mean what you're believing, that righteous bell it has rung The ghosts already, haunt the heads that are hung It's time to know the battle yet to face Your old ways will fall fast from their grace Cut from the chord caught firmly in its place For you to move Because that whole wide world won't wait just for you So sip another glass, of your ruby red wine Sit by the fire, just like any old time It's time you must learn, not for nickels not for dimes You tremble at the notion of what's right But you've not begun to put up a better fight and turn the daytime, blackness into night a fire burning new Because the whole wide world won't wait just for you
5.
Before The Fall 05:29
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Everybody changes, each and every day We all walk the line in our own separate ways I've seen familiar faces, trying to meet and end But how can you know just where to begin I'd be lying if I said the line was drawn Or just which side that I'll be on My dreams have all begun to feel so wrong Can I see you one last time before the fall I'm going down to the place where I belong I'm leaving now, before the break of dawn These autumn leaves don't last very long Can I see you one last time before the fall I've known you since you were a little kid So innocent when time it was your friend But now I cannot help you, the past I cannot mend When your twisting turning ways don't reach an end But time doesn't change the way its run Twisting, creeping, feeling like its won But now I must admit I'll move along Can I see you one last time before the fall I'm going down to the place where i belong I'm leaving now, before the break of dawn These autumn leaves don't last for very long Can I see you one last time before the fall So send me off to sail the silent sea Where dreams of you are but a memory Twisting through the trees,led by the blowing breeze And dancing 'round the falling autumn leaves So take me on a trip towards the sun The sky don't hold just for anyone I'm leaving out before the break of dawn Can I see you one last time before the fall I'm going down to the place where I belong I'm leaving out before the break of dawn These autumn leaves don't last very long Can I see you one last time before the fall
6.
A Word From Home 05:01
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Pushing on the canvas air at dawn Been following that river running long Faded from the evening's painted red will soon be dead will soon be dead The trails have all turned to grass The sun is dim,but light comes streaming past My footsteps they all fall in time Distant echoes from the mine I'm awaiting a word from my home I'm awaiting a word from my home I'm awaiting a word from my home As the leaves they turn As the leaves the turn Got these devil killing blues, I'm bound to roam By my bedside, I've left my watch and chain Time I've lost, I'll never see again What's left from the house I used to know All caught up in smoke, a fire burning low Crucified the hours hung The air it moans, its song is sung Echoing they fall in a line of nickels and of dimes I'm awaiting a word from my home I'm awaiting a word from my home I'm awaiting a word from my home As the leaves they turn As the leaves they turn I've got these devil killing blues, I'm bound to roam So dark the dust, the wind's crying so loud This land is tough, as smoke rises from the ground Just like a child, when you are walking home you're not alone you are not alone I'm awaiting a word from my home I'm awaiting a word from my home I'm awaiting a word from my home As the leaves they turn As the leaves they turn I've got these devil killing blues, I'm bound to roam

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Recorded in John's house in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Tracks 2-6, written by John Renshaw
Track 1, traditonal folk song

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released July 15, 2012

produced & recorded by M.P. Bordelon

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John Renshaw is a songwriter from New Orleans, Louisiana.

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