CAPTURED ANGEL

Found your heart
And lost your lover
Lick your wounds
And run for cover.
Take your time
There'll be another
And don't make the same
   mistake twice
Unless you can pay the price.

All the years
You spent in growing
End up one more
Line you're towing
Don't look now
Your age is showing
And it's much too late
To turn back
You better pull in the slack.

Captured Angel
Aching to make your break
Your freedom's at stake
You better fly now . . .
Fly now, fly now
While your wings are still
   young
Your cage door's been
   flung
Wide open . . .
And I'm hoping you see
That there's a place beside
   me
If you ever need it.

Sold your dreams
For sweet salvation
Left with righteous indignation
Now it seems that you
   face starvation
And nourishment doesn't
   come cheap
You better go back to sleep.

Captured Angel
Aching to make your break
Your freedom's at stake
You better fly now . . .
Fly now, fly now
While your wings are still
   young
Your cage door's been flung
Wide open . . .
And I'm hoping you see
That there's a place beside
   me
If you ever need it.


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OLD TENNESSEE

End of October
The sleepy brown woods seem to
Nod down their heads to the Winter.

Yellows and grays
Paint the sad skies today
And I wonder when
You're coming home.

Woke up one morning
The wind through the window
Reminded me Winter
Was just 'round the bend.

Somehow I just didn't
See it was coming
It took me by surprise again.

And I hear you're in San Fransisco
Living with your sister who's a mother to be
And her husband's way down in Georgia
And I'm still in old Tennessee...
Wishing you'd come home to me.

Life here is easy
I'm sure you'll recall
How it's so warm and breezy
In the Summer and the Fall.

But Winter's upon me
And I've got no heat here
And I miss your fire so sweet, dear
I miss your fire so sweet.

And I hear you're in San Fransisco
Living with your sister who's a mother to be
And her husband's way down in Georgia
And I'm still in old Tennessee...
Wishing you'd come home to me.

End of October
The sleepy brown woods seem to
Nod down their heads to the Winter.

Yellows and grays
Paint the sad skies today
And I wonder when
You're coming home.
I wonder when
You're coming home.
I wonder when
You're coming home.

Drums - Russ Kunkel Bass - Norbert Putnam

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NEXT TIME

One too many days I've felt forgotten
And one too many nights I've slept alone
And every time I watch the fruit turn rotten
I tell myself I'll try a little harder next time
Oh, next time

Sacred are the ties that love entrusts us
Even if they fray before they bind
And I'm afraid I never did you justice
So I'm going to feel my love a little stronger
Make it last a little longer next time
Oh, next time

Well next time I ain't gonna fall on my knees
And come out of love empty-handed
But next time I'll be even harder to please
Oh when will the next time be
When will the next time be?

Well next time I ain't gonna fall on my knees for nobody
And come out of love empty-handed
But next time I'll be even harder to please
Oh when will the next time be?
When will the next time be?

One too many days I've felt forgotten by you
And one too many nights I've slept alone
And every time I watch the fruit turn rotten
I tell myself I'll try a little harder
Play my cards a little smarter next time
Oh next time

Drums - Russ Kunkel
Bass - Norbert Putnam
Pedal Steel - Al Perkins
Strings arranged by Glen Spreen
Background voices by
the Hot Damn Brothers:
John David Souther and
Dan Fogelberg

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MAN IN THE MIRROR

V. 1
The man in the mirror
He keeps getting nearer
But I am not moving
The man in the backstreet
Is holding a track meet
But I will not run.

Chorus 1:
Someplace inside you a
Seed has been born
You've got to watch it grow
Someplace inside you
A river is waiting to flow
Will you let it go?

V. 2
Those voices you're hearing
Are never worth fearing
They're only inside you
They'll tempt you and taunt you
They'll help you and haunt you
But don't try to hide.

Chorus 2:
Sometimes the sun will be
Right at your shoulder
Helping you keep your stride
Sometimes you might have to give up
A piece of your pride
Have you even tried?

(Repeat V.1 and Chorus 1)

Drums - Russ Kunkel

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BELOW THE SURFACE

Some people tell you
They're trapped in the
   distance
And can't get what
They want most.
They throw up a wall
And then call for assistance
And make no attempt to get close.

Oh, I think you should
   know
You've got to go slow
Below the surface
And easy through the waves.
Slow below the surface
And easy through the waves.

You're running so fast
That you can't find the past
And your future is wearing
   thin
Come from behind
It's a matter of time
'Til you see where you've
   always been

Oh, I think you should
   know
You've got to go slow
Below the surface
And easy through the waves
Slow below the surface
And easy through the waves.

Some people tell you they're
   trapped in the distance
And can't get what they
   want most
They throw up a wall and
   then
Call for assistance
And make no attempt to
   get close.

Oh, I think you should know
You've got to go slow
Below the surface
And easy through the waves
Slow below the surface
And easy through the waves.
You know that your
Life must have a purpose
You better make a stand
While you still can.

Drums - Russ Kunkel

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CROW

Somewhere on a lonely
   muddy country road
I heard your song, crow
   for the first time.
Somewhere in the distance
   wicked, black and low
Made me feel as I was
   running from a crime.
Made me feel as I was
   running from a crime.

Some say she died of drowning
   in the river deep
Some say she died of a sudden
   start
Some say they found her
   swinging from my old
   man's tree
And some folks say she
   died of a broken heart.
And some folks say she
   died of a broken heart.

I can't believe they would
   pay men just to hunt me
   down
But silver coins to each one
   do they give
And by now there's a
   gallows standing in the town
And I wonder how much
   more I have to live
And I wonder how much
   more I have to live.

Somewhere on a lonely
   muddy country road
I heard your song, crow
   for the first time.
Somewhere in the distance
   wicked, black and low
Made me feel as I was
   running from a crime.
Made me feel as I was
   running from a crime.

Fiddle - David Lindley

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THE LAST NAIL

I saw you running ahead of the crowd
I chased but never thought I'd catch you
You said you loved me but you had to be free and I let you
Why did I let you

We walked together through the gardens and graves
I watched you grow to be a woman
Living on promises that nobody gave to no one
They were given to no one

I started listening to the wind and the rain
You strained your ears but could hear nothing
One night I thought I heard them whisper my name
And I went running

I left a trail of footprints deep in the snow
I swore one day I would retrace them
But when I turned around I found that the wind had erased them
Now I'll never replace them

Chorus:
Fly away, my sweet bird, over the land
Take life for all the freedom you can
But if you ever should need a man
Well, the offer still stands

I hear you've taken on a husband and child
And live somewhere in Pennsylvania
I never thought you'd ever sever the string but I can't blame you none

So let the ashes fall and lay where they will
Just say that once you used to know me
One last time sing that old song we used to know
But this time sing (this time sing)
Oh, this time sing just a little more slowly

(Chorus)

Drums - Russ Kunkel Strings arranged by Glen Spreen

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