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Uncrowded Sky
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| 1. | The Promised Land | Play | The Promised Land
There’ll be no more crying, only laughter
There’ll be nothing that we cannot have There’ll be no more pain, but only pleasure In the promised land There’ll be no more questions, only answers There’ll be nothing we don’t understand In the highly-favored ever after In the promised land Are you hoping for it? Barely coping for it? Are you waiting for life to be over for it? Are you paying for it with today? Somewhere in the hoping, something’s given Which knows nothing of a future plan Somewhere in the dying and the living Is the promised land In the hellish heat and healing water In a heavy heart and open hand Is creation kissing it’s creator Is the promised land Are you hoping for it? Barely coping for it? Are you waiting for life to be over for it? Well I hope you’re ready for it 'Cause it’s here |
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| 2. | Captain of My Life | Play | Captain of My Life
I’ve stood at starboard bow
Thinking how beautiful the waves I’ve lingered at the stern Where I have yearned to return the way I came I have toiled down below In the dark and cold When these hands were made to row I’ve been atop the mast Holding fast and looking out ahead But I’ve been unconcerned And never learned where this ship was led Now on every side I see What I’ve never seen Such a storm surrounding me CHORUS: This ship could be going down And I see no sign of ground Will I be, before I drown The captain of my life? I can do many things And many things I’ve done since I began But fear has sailed with me And crippled me from taking the command Now despair is in the hold As the water rolls Fear is waiting for my soul CHORUS: |
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| 3. | Wasting Time | Play | Wasting Time
Autumn day, misty haze hangin’ in the sky
Fresh out of bed, the day ahead is cluttering my mind Coffeed and deodorized, and I’m out the door I get a funny feeling that I’ve been through this before Like a finely tuned machine manufacturing the day Careful not to let a wandering thought get in they way Returning home, all alone, a couple prime time shows and then Back in bed, and soon, I dread, I’m gonna do it all again I earn my keep and mange to live fairly comfortably And I make my contribution to our great society I take every advantage, I spend wisely every dime And I may rest, but my life don’t have room for wastin’ time Autumn night, firelight dancing’ on my eyes Steppin’ to the songs I sing on weathered railroad ties Skippin’ stones off steel to watch the sparks cut through the night And my two best friends in the world are walkin’ by my side There really is no reason for this party thrown for three Our one qualification is it’s where we want to be No topic or agenda, and no way to deny We ain’t achieving or producing, we must simply wastin’ time And who’s to say no profit will result from this ordeal? I’m a richer man by plenty if you judge by how I feel And if time could be well wasted and thoughts could be well spent And friendship is a gift to share, then I can be content If your life gets busy and you can’t find time for you And people don’t care who you are as long as they like what you do Find a precious friend or two and your favorite place to be Or make it to the railroad, and you can waste some time with me |
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| 4. | Why Pay Your Money | Play | Why Pay Your Money
I made my money and I took it to the driving-fast man
I said I would like to be driving just as fast as I can I need some speed and I need to be bad I need to win respect that I never had Why pay your money for what does not satisfy? I took my new car and I drove it to the looking-good man I said “please make me more attractive than the person I am” He sold me some muscles and he shaved down my nose Then got me fitted in some really neat clothes Why pay your money for what does not satisfy? Now I am driving, I’m finally arriving Now I am looking really very good Now I am wondering what else to be buying I took what I had left and I gave it to the happiness man I said I would like to be happy, as happy as I can He said, “boy, why did you come to me last?” Then he just smiled and he handed it back And he said “Why pay your money for what does not satisfy?” Satisfy |
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| 5. | Gitchi Gummi | Play | Gitchi Gummi
Are you saying that the sky is wide?
Are you saying that the sunlight likes to play Upon your waves? Are you saying that the time goes fast? Are you saying that my life won’t last too long Before I’m gone CHORUS: Gitchi Gummi, Gitchi, Gitchi Gummi Is there something that you’re saying to me? You look a little bit like God almighty Such a frightening thing Keep on talking to me Gitchi Gummi I need a measure of your holy mystery Take me to your shore Set me down and pour Your mighty water over me Are you saying I don’t know too much, But if I don’t know the earth is such a jewel I’m such fool? And are you maybe staring back at me Saying I am made of earth and water too? I’m just like you CHORUS: |
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| 6. | Uncrowded Sky | Play | Uncrowded Sky
No, no, no, can’t let go
I love them so So I sung when I was young Of all the things to have and hold I’d gather them around me Cling to them and cry “Don’t lift me up! Don’t lift me up!” Important names, exciting games All began to seem the same I got bored and wanted more And when I asked, you gave and gave “Take them all away from me!” Has now become my cry “And lift me up Lift me up To uncrowded sky” No, no, no, truth be told I can’t see you any more This stuff of mine, a mountain high Keeps my eyes from meeting yours Ceaseless expectations Are all my life’s about Lift me up, lift me up Where did you, the giver go? I am buried in this hole With a fortune for a grave And who’d believe I’d find you there In such simplicity of air? I used to dream of mighty me Floating on a self-made sea Success and fame, my middle names Claiming what’s mine rightfully Beneath this cluttered ocean Of all my answered cries Now I dream of you and me And uncrowded sky |
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| 7. | Peter, Peter | Play | Peter, Peter
Where I’m from, we don’t think of dying
We see his face and our feet are flying To the place where the walls are made of things We lock the door and ignore our fearing While his eyes, through the wall, are peering And now and then, one of us will start to sing CHORUS: Peter, don’t you miss my number Where it’s written in your golden ledger Peter, don’t you miss my number now Peter, see that you will know me when I come to call at the gates of heaven Peter, don’t you miss my number now Where I’m from, we don’t see the old ones Put their lives in a place where no one Has to see such a horrifying thing But where they live, the walls are falling down You can see the light and you can hear the sound Of the song an astounding number sing CHORUS: |
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| 8. | Right on Down the Line | Play | Right on Down the Line
The sun is hiding in the misty morning
Soon you’ll see it shine And further on it will be lowering Right on down the line Six o’clock and the whistle blows The old conductor smiles Another day to keep on rolling Right on down the line CHORUS: Don’t fear change It’s not to be afraid of Welcome strange It’s the stuff that life is made of Do you believe in a life of motion Changing all the time? And do you plan to keep on growing Right on down the line? If you think you’re standing still It’s only in your mind Look out the window and you’ll see you’re moving Right on down the line CHORUS: It’s not about not living long in The places that you choose It’s just about not hanging on when You’re only passing through You’re only passing through Other trains, they stop or slow or they Leave some folks behind But everybody’s riding this one Right on down the line Six o’clock and the whistle blows The old conductor smiles Another day to keep on rolling Right on down the line |
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| 9. | Walk with a Lighter Touch | Play | Walk with a Lighter Touch
The earth will be going
Before we know it Throw down your guns, people We’ve already won the battle for survival CHORUS: Do we know what we are walking on? Do we know what we all live upon? Can we walk with a lighter touch And live with a wiser love? Enchanting blue magic Is this little planet And blessed are we, people Blessed to be here upon it CHORUS: Take up that love, people We've only begun the battle for survival CHORUS: |
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| 10. | Evil Be Gone | Play | Evil Be Gone
I am a child and I'm pretty smart
But I'm just a little afraid of the dark Sometimes I have to go outside at night Out to the back yard, where there is no light CHORUS: When I step out the door And I can't take one step more Because I am too much afraid It's then that I've been taught to say Evil be gone After I say it, I open my eyes Then I take a deep breath and step out in the night It's still dark around me, I still walk real slow But it makes me feel better, like I'm not alone CHORUS And Mom and Dad say it's true that Sometimes they say it, too So it shouldn't make me feel strange To say, every time I'm afraid Evil be gone |
Mayer needs no gimmicks... Mayer stands out as a truly talented artist with a higher sense of purpose..His lyrics are carefully constructed, unmistakable heartfelt and always thought-provoking.
-Minneapolis Star Tribune
-Minneapolis Star Tribune
