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Airstream

by David Wilcox

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1.
It's the loneliness, it's the love you miss It's the tears that a heart has to pay It's the same mistakes, it's the time it takes It's the years that lead you to say If you'd never been broken hearted If you never got left behind Been a little bit crazy with the thoughts in your mind So you had to let go of knowing 'Cause you gotta be lost and found To land exactly where your heart was bound to find After this long hard climb And turns that will twist and wind Love meets you right on time Every turnaround, all the bridges down That's the road that I traveled alone Just the way it was, broken promises What's it take to lead a heart home CHORUS (first person) Love anticipating every mile till it finds you Love stands waiting with a smile to remind you CHORUS
2.
Forever Now 04:40
The boardwalk is loud; let's hide from the crowd Inside this booth where we pull back the shroud Time can go fast; our summer has passed So let's make a picture that maybe will last We drop our quarter; down came the order Love made a picture right here in my heart I can See all those years shining through somehow I SEE FOREVER NOW They tug at my sleve, my friends say: don't leave Why be alone on one more New Year's Eve The party is fine, but I don't get high I only came here 'cause they said you'd drop by Soon as you enter now I remember Love made a picture right here in my heart I can See all those years shining through somehow I SEE FOREVER NOW Some pictures develop slowly Look what I found: the edges are brown The picture of us in that old boardwalk town The wear of the world - the edges have curled But look at the smile on that boy and that girl And there in our laughter forever after Love made a picture right here in my heart I can See all those years shining through somehow I SEE FOREVER NOW
3.
Lightning cracks the darkness And for a moment I can see It's just a spark to start with But I follow where it leads I won't spend my whole life hiding Where no soul could ever thrive I can't live with just surviving My heart wants to feel alive Life is change, and change looks frightening Watch that wind I've been warned But I live to feel this lightning In this perfect storm I see the twisting cloud that's turning Where the earth and the heavens meet I feel the voltage of that yearning For the circuit to complete So I will feel no resistance To the current that will strike I'll put my life across the distance Where this longing turns to light CHORUS It washes me down to my soul When a storm of these tears pours It carries me into the flow That's what it's here for CHORUS
4.
All three brothers loved their father, but he's brought them here today To see these papers and these lawyers, and divide the old estate All three feel that they're the favorite, he loves each of them the best But these documents he gave them, will now put them to the test So they open all the writings, that will prove the rightful heir To this home that they remember, and the right to settle there Their own sister is a prisoner, they don't see her face to face They've not heard her song of beauty, or felt the movement of her grace She lives live behind those bars of steel and waits for her release Will she die or will we see Jerusalem In Peace Each one looks at what he's given, and he studies what he's shown They hold their maps that show possession, of this place they've called their home At first they sigh with satisfaction, when they see what's on their maps Each one's given all he wanted, but the boundaries overlap So do you wish us to be brothers? Father help us understand Or will we each kill off the others? to claim this same piece of land Do You mean there to be hatred? In this place you built to last And will faith just die a prisoner? In the dungeon of the past She lives behind those bars of steel and waits for her release Will she die or will we see Jerusalem In Peace She lives behind those bars of steel and waits for her release Will she die or will we see Jerusalem In Peace Jerusalem is sending her voice from inside the prison of disbelief Stand up you people of the one God to bring about her release
5.
Plain View 02:55
We finally made it to the local museum Took Uncle Lester out to see the sights Beautiful places but we've never seen 'em Though we've been living here all our lives Ain't that the truth You don't get it when you got it You can't see it when it's in plain view Don't ask a fish about the water You never notice what you're right next to When it's in plain view I got a list of all these things that I'm fixing I'd rather burn the place and sleep on the lawn Our cozy home looks like a perfect picture Only when I've been away too long Ain't that the truth You don't get it when you got it You can't see it when it's in plain view Don't ask a fish about the water You never notice what you're right next to When it's in plain view Got tired of thinking and the obvious hit me To find my fortune I'd been digging too hard If it'd been a snake it woulda jumped up and bit me Now I'm digging on treasure in my own back yard They snapped some pictures from the rocket Apollo We saw our planet like the angels do Looks like the locals got a lot in common But we don't see it from that point of view You don't get it when you got it You can't see it when it's in plain view Don't ask a fish about the water You never notice what you're right next to When it's in plain view
6.
The Reason 03:42
True love knows the way Across the sea of time Straight to the place we long to find It's true: Love contains A promise and a lie It paints those pretty blue and sunny skies Good souls, lost at sea Caught up in storms like these Would never leave the land behind Maybe that's the reason love is blind Look hard, long and slow The stars will be your guide Be smart and let your heart decide We see best at night Our sight can reach so far Deep into the universe of stars Bright light hides the view Into what's far from you And makes your star so hard to find Maybe that's the reason Love is Blind
7.
All the horses out of the gate and right away It's Bio-Terror coming on with Smallpox Running third is Mass-Murder and behind him It's Airline Crashing and Random Gunshot I know the odds are with the fate I'm under But now and then I can't help but wonder Place your bets on the Reaper Sweepstakes It's gonna be quick, it's gonna be fast A ball of flame, a quick flash An atom bomb and I'm just a cinder Or maybe everybody freezes all of a sudden When the weather changes into global winter 'Cause what if Yellowstone park exploded So much that everything was covered over Place your bets in the Reaper Sweepstakes I could slip in the shower, or get Mad Cow disease I could stop and smell the flowers And stung by a swarm of killer bees I read the paper and the headline said Only thirteen shopping days 'till Armageddon I got duct tape hanging at my neck because The terrorist attack could happen any second This could be worldwide destruction Or Alien abduction Place your bets on the Reaper Sweepstakes I tried to move away to somewhere safe So I flew to an island but the plane got hijacked So I decided I would fortify my home but then I open up a letter and it's filled with Anthrax How on earth can we all avoid Colliding with that Asteroid Place your bets on the Reaper Sweepstakes I could live to a hundred and die peacefully Of natural causes Think how boring that would be Out of the turn and down to the wire It's Exploding Tire, Poison Apple and Falling Boulder Out around 'em out of nowhere and looking strong It's the long shot Growing Older I know the odds are with the fate I'm under But now and then I can't help but wonder Place your bets on the Reaper Sweepstakes BIRD FLU !!
8.
Look at all the people in their living rooms With their eyes all glued to the evening news Catch 'em at a moment when they're all afraid And then sell them well on the plans you've made All the citizens who listen and believe Falling just the same Falling into line cause we did not know Of the bait and switch and the shadow show When you faked the truth, to make your claims You played our fears, for your own gain Then we needed a leader and you're all we had So we told ourselves you were not that bad You took the opportunity to have your way While our wounds still bled we were led astray All the the fears that came descending on us then Falling just the same Falling like the towers in a cloud that hung So it blocked our view and it hid the sun When our eyes were down, in all that pain With your slight of hand, you cast the blame You said that it was over when it had just begun Saying: "Job well done," as if the war was won But all of us are watching as the numbers climb Of the killed and injured, dead and dying All the soldiers that have fallen in this war Falling just the same Falling for the trick that you played on us When you made those lies and betrayed our trust As if this war, was just your game You're breaking down - our country's name
9.
To Love 02:59
The righteous and the infidels, just outside the gates of hell Waiting for their judgment to fall They looked around from face to face - so different in their faith and race How could heaven ever welcome them all? Each one certain that he's made the grade Judging all the others with a holy rage There's one crime that all of them are guilty of The commandment of one God to love Each one was surprised as hell to see the way the judgment fell 'Cause none of them would see the light above All thinking they could stand apart, but the same hate was in every heart There's little left of a religion without love. Each one certain that he's made the grade Judging all the others with a holy rage 'Cause there's one crime that all of them were guilty of The commandment of one God to love All of them appealed their case and stood before the One Askin why would God make different faiths concealed in different tongues Heaven knows the reason all beliefs are not the same For God to see who loves their enemies, He goes by different names Each religion failed the test By fighting over which faith said it best And there's one crime that all of them are guilty of The commandment from one God - to love The commandment of one God - to love
10.
I swallowed a secret it worked like a charm It never got to me it did me no harm The first time was easy but this time it kills 'Cause the secret broke open and the poison has spilled I walked it through customs like nothing to hide The secret I carry is hidden inside But inside it busted started burning like hell Like truth under pressure burning to tell And I know in my soul that it's poison This secret I carry inside And I know it will cut and tear at my gut 'till I die My little white lie There are secrets you carry; it's what we all do You keep them well hidden. You smuggle them through Like something unspoken, like that lump in your throat You choke it down quickly like a crumpled up note In my gut I can feel it: my little white lie It made me feel daring; it made me feel high But the secret's not keeping. It all comes apart And the poison is speaking straight to my heart
11.
This Old Car 03:21
This old car, was once brand new On the day, that you, were born But sixteen years, have rolled right through And soon you'll drive me on your own Sixteen years is young for you But cars don't age so well My door hinge speaks: repairs to do, But I've got this life of tales to tell A tiny babe came home one day Through the newly fallen snow They brought you home, and on the way I knew we had some miles to go There were Christmas trees for all those years And they shed their trace of pine And there's drops of milk and your young tears Where you spilled your cup and started crying And the grass stains here are soccer greens And there's sand from castle beach There's a Starburst lost from Halloween That fell down through beneath the seats Back and forth to every lesson Building what you know There was something gained for every mile Like a seed you plant and hope may grow Well you had your place in that back seat As you grew from grade to grade Your time back there is now complete When you're free, to drive you've got it made And the roads out there are to make your choice And decide which way to steer You'll be on your own, I have no voice At least not the kind that ears can hear You now have your longest highway Still in you to go Yeah, but all I need, for all I gave Is to see you live, so take it slow
12.
Never Change 03:03
A shining drop of water rides the river to the sea With hardly time to live at all It tumbles down the waterfall And crashes through the madness; dying to be free It hits the rocks as ocean spray And blooms again in clouds of gray, but SOME THINGS NEVER CHANGE A child is born to wonder and his wonder gives him wings To run and fly and crash and burn He rides the empty sky and learns That only after falling for the deepest love there is He finds his heart is finally free Surrendering to gravity, 'cause SOME THINGS NEVER CHANGE And all the mighty empires Have all crumbled down the same So when the blaze burns down to dust We can sing around the last fire This same old refrain About the one thing we can trust: that... SOME THINGS NEVER CHANGE
13.
It will change you like a lover when you dive below the reef And see the phosphorescent colors shimmer way beyond belief But when taken to the surface, all that color fades away 'Cause when lifted out of water, living coral turns to grey But down deep - it's so bright - that the light won't leave you You've seen - this sight - and they can't believe you 'Cause your words - go dull - and they never could explain There is just no telling where you've been On the map it shows the mountain, but I'd never seen a glimpse Of the hundred miles of vista represented by an inch That was just a trail of bread crumbs, all their words set out so clear But there's nothing they could tell me that could ever take me here To this view - this height - that the heart remembers It's proof - It's life - It's the burning ember My words - go cold - and there's nothing to explain There is just no telling where I've been When this sunrise sees me The first light burns brand new Seems so easy To tell what I've been through But my little camera can't keep up with panoramas all around There's just too much view to capture when we stand on sacred ground Though my mind cannot explain it, my heart's filled up to the sky I know words could not contain it, but I'm fool enough to try Then you smile - at me - and my heart is listening Your eyes - they speak - and there's nothing missing It's quiet - up here - we can listen to the wind 'Cause there's just no telling where we've been
14.
We set sail from the harbor On the trade routes of old where the Tall ships of spices bring the bright dreams of gold There are towns full of travelers Where the stories are told Of the lost and the longing in the little known language Of the wayward and bold On our way to the crossings We had to leave where we'd been 'Cause the roads we came over had come to an end So we meet here as strangers Bonded as friends We were torn from the fabric but the threads of our lives Are begining to mend And the hardest mile to travel Is that first away from home When we wonder at the hunger of being alone But then these tears flow with laughter With these friends we never knew They've been waiting at the crossings For this to come true The world of wonder set in motion Is waiting for you There are clues in the legend and gifts in the signs That lead to the treasure we've been searching to find Like a map newly written of an ancient design We have come to the crossings Like the travelers before us, through the ages of time CHORUS

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Please keep hands and feet inside the vehicle until it has come to a complete stop. These are travel songs, but hopefully they're not just postcards of what I've seen. Each of these songs has a particular vantage point, but together they outline an inside journey that shows not just what I've been looking at, but rather how our travels have changed the way I see.

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released March 4, 2008

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