THIRD STREET
Dwayne he loves to chase the drivers who ride too fast
On the 3rd street dirt road he’ll get you if you’re giving it gas
Those out of state plates really drive Dwayne over the edge
Yeah he’ll flick you off good as he’s yelling coming over the hedge

CHORUS
Me I’m just along for the ride, let’s see what fun we can find
Down on third street most days of the week it’s a good time

Across the road there’s a dude just as sweet as can be
Dean he still drives the ladies wild at seventy-three
On Friday night the locals like to drive boats down to the beach
and get a little loaded with the dogs running around unleashed CHORUS

Then there’s Chris up the block with the bonfires and barkeep charm
he’s a friend to everyone except the dude who jacked weed from his garden
And the guys are having fun on the river drinking miller at noon blasting old country tunes and marking the cut with rods of bamboo CHORUS
 
KINDRED SPIRIT
There’s a grace in the way you walk, a lazy kind of way you talk
I like the way my name rolls of your tongue
There’s a sadness about where you’ve been, I feel it coming off your skin
a look behind your eyes like you’ve been stung

CHORUS
Kindred spirit nice to meet you
Kindred spirit, words may lie but your eyes tell me the truth

Searching for forgiveness for a crime you never did commit
but served the time for it anyhow
Cause it’s easier to take the blame than admit the ways that others failed you
growing up in a broken way somehow CHORUS

Born into that kind of blue that couldn’t help but shape you
I know I know because I was too

Kindred spirit nice to meet you
Kindred spirit, words may lie but your eyes tell me the truth  

MARIGOLD
I lost my shoes and then I lost my way. I got found again the next day
Needed a change from all of that same same. Lit a big fire just to watch the flames
Cut my hair and painted it gold - oh Marigold Oh Marigold

Music like blood music like bone. When I can’t find my way home
Trying to get out of my own way, keeping those wolves at bay
Cut my hair painted it gold - oh Marigold Oh Marigold

Come on Come on Come on you’ve got my attention
I want to know where you’re going and where you’ve been
Come on Come on Come on you’ve got my attention - Oh Marigold

Maybe it’s time for no more sad songs. Leave them in the past where they belong
I cut my hair painted it gold - oh Marigold Oh Marigold Oh Marigold / Oh Marigold
 
NOBODY KNOWS
There’s a little box locked in my chest, A vestige of an untapped past
Long ago early years walls built up against old fears
I tried to put you in that little box too but it broke apart like a skin outgrew
The past that I buried deep beneath rattled like a ghost in me

CHORUS
One thing that’s for sure is that nothing’s guaranteed. Life’s a ride into uncertainty
I don’t want to waste my time, worrying about tomorrow
Cause what tomorrow’s going to bring, nobody knows - I don’t know
Like a sunken ship that haunts the deep /with treasure, chains and golden keys
I’d to like to unlock n’ walk through the door with you to a distant shore
Here amidst uncertainty, blades of grass and swollen trees
The past you buried deep beneath rattles like a ghost in me CHORUS

Dreams of a common language speak to me across the sea I reach
to know and be known but words fall short I’m all alone
I want to go to a time Before machines, to fire, water and clear streams
Where something buried deep beneath rattles like a ghost in me

One thing that’s for sure is that nothing’s guaranteed. Life’s a ride into uncertainty
I don’t want to waste my time, worrying about tomorrow
Cause what tomorrow’s going to bring, nobody knows - I don’t know
 
BLUE MOON TIDE
Use the blues like gasoline to fuel the way through the unforeseen
leave behind what we don’t need I’m going to leave behind what I don’t need

Walk for miles getting stronger with each stride, whiskey by the river
in the evening time wade on through the new moon tide
I’m going to wade on through the blue moon tide

Walk in the water like a curious child with an untamed heart that wants like to be wild oh child don’t you want to be wild oh so beguiled

float on the river neath an azure sky under the stars in the evening time
wade on through the new moon tide going to wade on the blue moon tide

I’m riding high, light on the inside. Too close to the sun, got my heart on the run

I’m going through changes and I don’t know, I been shedding pages n laying low
this is not the same story, no, no it’s a brand new journey and I’ve got to go
You’re the same song playing in my head, you’re the one thing I’ve not tired of yet
Float on the river neath an azure sky, and wade on to the new moontide

An untamed heart under an orange sky, heart untamed and a blue moon tide
heart untamed and a blue moon tide
An untamed heart under an orange sky, heart untamed and a blue moon tide
heart untamed and a blue moon tide
 
HALF MAST
Time is moving slow, thoughts are racing fast
Nowhere to go, flag’s at half-mast

Monday brought the sun, Tuesday came the rain
Wednesday I just lost track of the days

CHORUS
It’s hard to get around in this hurricane
The world turned upside down, we go on just the same
As things fall apart, we carry on. Days they still start with the sun

Birds chirping at dawn, spring keeps marching on
A daffodil with her trumpet, leaning into the sun
The news it is all bad, the dog chews on a bone
I eat lunch in bed, we talk on the phone CHORUS

Time’s been moving slow, thoughts been racing fast
Nowhere much to go, Flag’s at half-mast

It’s hard to get around in this hurricane
The world turned upside down, we go on just the same
As things fall apart, we carry on. Days they still start with the sun
 
HIGH TIDE
I don’t recall the day of the week but I know the tide’s high
Lost track of hours a few days ago but I know that it’s time
To go for a ride, out on the road and get lost for a while
Things have been rough, you're feeling stuck and I miss your smile

CHORUS
So let’s drive for a while play the music up loud
And forget for a hour maybe scream maybe shout
out at the breeze and up at the clouds

Driving into a baby blue sky and into sunshine
Who’d ever guess the world’s such a mess, this day is so fine
Summer is just around the bend but it don’t mean a thing
Uncertain times nothing to plan just the moment we’re in CHORUS

Driving back down the country road with cloths on the line
Hung out to dry white on a blue sky taking our time
Summer is just around the bend but it don’t mean a thing
Uncertain times nothing to plan just the moment we’re in

So let’s drive for a while play the music up loud
And forget for a hour maybe scream maybe shout
out at the breeze and up at the clouds
 
KINDNESS
It’s not afternoon or evening but somewhere in between
Why do I get this feeling you are someone that I’ve seen
Long ago and in the time of kerosine lamps and vines
We’d climb down old stone walls, run into water shining

By the sea upon the shore you had the need to explore
I liked to watch you and the moon you in white just like the moonlight
I knew you then as I do now, a little kid grown somehow
I trusted you and you did me too, we helped each other through

CHORUS
I do believe this is a gift of kindness that I gave you and you gave me too
and in this time of rage and all the darkness, the most beautiful verdant tree grew

I have no proof I have no need just an instinct and a feeling
It’s as real to me as gravity gold or salt from the sea
It’s not high tide nor is it low but somewhere in between I don’t know
When i go how will I find my way home CHORUS

What will I make of this journey, three seasons spent on third street
A safehouse and an exile, a blessing and a trial
I will resist to reducing this to anything less than nameless
Though I do believe it’s been a gift that much I can say

I do believe this is a gift of kindness that I gave you and you gave me too
and in this time of rage and all the darkness, I found kindness with you
 
HANK’S SALOON
I don’t want to stay sober, I don’t want to be good
Tired of being measured doing all that I should
If you want you can find me at hanks saloon
If you’d like to get happy today drinks start at noon

I’m not looking for trouble just an old-fashioned good time
If you're in the mood then you know where to find me
At Hank’s saloon playing all the right tunes
On the jukebox the party will start around noon

CHORUS
Like that summertime evening you don’t want to end
That’s the way I feel whenever we spend
Time trading stories, drinking cold beer in the hot sun
You make me feel like summer has just begun

Been working two shifts since early July with a pain in my hip and a stitch in my side
If you want you can find me at hanks saloon
If you’d like to get happy drinks start at noon
The air con it busted it’s hotter than blazes
I’m tired of working too much for too little wages
If you want you can find me at Hanks saloon
If you want to get happy the drinks start at noon CHORUS

Tonight I’d rather not stay sober, I don’t want to be good
Tired of being measured doing all that I should
If you want you can find me at hanks saloon
If you’d like to get happy the drinks start at noon CHORUS

So if you need me you’ll see me tomorrow round three
Cause tonight I’m on the loose I’m free
Tonight I’m on the loose, I’m free
 
SONG FOR A FRIEND
Had to get out fast, with a fire in the rear-view mirror
Foot heavy on the gas, thoughts stalled and none too clear
Found my way to the river it took a week or two
For my hands to steady and my feet to find you
Maybe you are a brother, from another time
I think I recognize something in your eyes
You offered up an anchor, I offered up a song
You showed us the river, hat we've been floating on

CHORUS
I’ll be gone, gone when summer time ends. Gone before the leaves start falling
I don’t know what things will be like then, when summertime ends
And the leaves start falling

Found my way through the forest, as grey turned to green
Winter turned to summer our boy turned 13
Found my way to the ocean, laid my head in the sand
Trying not to worry about not having a plans
Now I’m learning about the tides, an unexpected surprise
Staying clear of the shallows or (pause) at least I’m trying. CHORUS

Appreciate your kindness/ in these hard times
The way you let us in /was something fine
You offered up an anchor so I’ll offer up a song
You showed us the river /we've been floating on

CHORUS
I’ll be gone, gone when summer time ends. Gone before the leaves start falling
I don’t know what things will be like then, when summertime ends
But I’m grateful now to call you a friend
 
DORIS
Brown haired beauty five foot ten
She smoked a Dunhill pipe, Straight grain and golden
With a wide brim straw hat in the summertime
She let me drive on her lap the day I turned nine
I was thinking i might just write her a song, why on earth wait till after she's gone
She’s 83 getting younger by the day
It’s how you feel in your heart that’s what she’d say

CHORUS
Oh mama can you hear me from across the sea? I’m singing this song just for you
Oh mama can you hear me from down on Third street
I’m sending all the love big and true

She came to New York City in 1959, an immigrant with a bright and brave smile
With a kitchen blue suitcase and a warm winter coat
That’s all she came with straight off the boat CHORUS

She still drives with two feet and it still goes too fast
One foot on the break and one on the gas
She drinks Johnny walker red with a little bit of water
She said it opens the whiskey if you give it a stir CHORUS

When we were young she’s turn the radio on
and dance through the house on her own
Hungarian waltzes she loved those the most
She would dance across the floor on her toes
With a whole lot of heart and little regret
I want to live like that /the older I get

Mama can you hear me from across the sea? I’m singing this song just for you
Oh mama can you hear me from down on Third street
I’m sending all the love big and true
 
BITTERSWEET
It will not be farewell, but an ending still of something
And going home feels bittersweet this last time
I’ll remember each and everything the oyster beds the bamboo marking
Red right returning so I may return again
The channel has no name it’s like the back of your hand
But now I see it clear like water flowing through sand
Though it’s not farewell, it’s the ending of a time
Of sweet and salty smiles and fish caught on the line

CHORUS
I’m grateful for it all though tomorrow I’ll be gone
It’s bittersweet but lovely this road that we’ve been on
I’m going to hold onto this feeling even as I go
The river and the road, the tides high and low LAST TIME it’s the river in the summer

The sunlight on the water too hard to describe
The colors they keep changing even as I try
Golds and blues I’ve never seen the marsh an incandescent green
I will venture to remember every little thing
I’ll remember your kind eyes, those azure blue skies
Gifts from your garden the new moon tide
Sunrise on East Beach Road those t-shaped telephone poles I
’ll remember every song I heard riding on that road CHORUS

It will not be good bye, just the ending of a time
Salty sweet smiles and fish caught on the line

FINAL CHORUS
I’m grateful for it all though tomorrow we’ll be gone
It’s bittersweet but lovely this time we’ve had on the road
I’m going to hold this feeling even as I go
The river and the summer, the tides high and low
 
LUCKY 13
Highs and lows the rhythm of the road I’m feeling lucky tonight
I’ll roll the dice if you blow on them twice, lets take it all the way to sunrise

CHORUS
Slot machines all the kings and queens I’m betting on lucky 13
Just what I like a little thrill ride losing inhibitions by midnight

You talk a good game about liking the high stakes but are you going to play it safe?
Do you want to cash out or color up The dealer’s calling action on you babe CHORUS

LAST CHORUS
Slot machines kings and queens I’m betting on lucky 13
Just what you like a little thrill ride losing inhibitions by midnight
Thrill of the chase we all want a taste isn’t that the reason we play
Just what you like a little thrill ride losing inhibitions by midnight
 
SHADES OF BLUE
Worn down from all these openings and closings
Where do I go when you close again?
You showed me colors the brightest blue incandescent it all got through
I’ll stand down walk away so many shades of blue today

You moved through me like the gilded sky I’m high and low and open wide
I’m porous now and full of holes all lit up no place to go
I’ll stand down,l walk away so many shades of blue today

CHORUS
Do you put me on a shelf upon the second floor
Wish I could do it too, to close the door
I’d seal the lid on you so tight and walk away so I just might not
Feel these shades of blue today

I could not help it though I tried to keep you at bay but like the sky
You moved through me I’m high and low, though I’d rather not be this full of holes
I’ll stand down walk away so many shades of blue today CHORUS

I’ll get over you today. I’ll get over you
 
GOODBYE
Days are long so much longer, than they ever used to feel
time moves slow now with you gone, like I’m walking on a broken heal
I’m alone but getting stronger, though I don’t know how to feel

CHORUS
My feet are back on the ground, though I sure do miss the sky
And being close to the sun, though we never got a chance to fly
Is this story over? Did we say goodbye?
Cause I can’t really remember so clearly now

Thought I'd fall too far without you, but I somehow caught myself
Days of sadness that I walked through, now I’ll try to wish you well
Will you think of me on occasion? Maybe smile to yourself

Won't look too far ahead now, and won’t look too far behind
One foot in the front of the other, who knows what we’re going to find
Hope for kindness and connection, try to stay clear of the doubts
There’s a little light now on the inside, not to going to let it burn out