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The Drinking Coffee Song
03:22
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Awoken on a shore
Amongst the waves of din
I don’t see the worth in going on
Forsaking what I’ve been
The sun was on the high
Trees twisting in the wind
From the darkness I was running
It somehow dragged me in
Days and days are gone
Ive been sitting here mumbling
The drinking coffee song
Visions casting wide
All across the bend
I caught glimpses of a humming bird
Its wings a flutterin’
Somewhere in a dream
Oh so long ago
Hand prints were placed in cinder blocks
Marked with names I’ve known
Days and days are gone
Ive been sitting here mumbling
The drinking coffee song
Whispers all around
Sundown brings some rain
Each drop a distant memory
Bound for some storm drain
Days and day are gone
Ive been sitting here just mumbling
The drinking coffee song
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2. |
It Was All For The Song
04:34
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It was all for the song
What we said from the start
No matter what end
Time always mends
Least that what we thought
I took my time driving down
To catch all of the sights
You can say that I’m wrong
That nothing lasts long
And you might be right
All these years
Have been unkind
My dreams and my loves
And all I thought was
It’s all been denied
And it was all for the song
Feeling low down and out
I’m just watching the days
Gather neath the suns rays
And still having doubts
And we all just move on
In spite of the pain
You can say that I’m wrong
That nothing lasts long
That don’t make it change
All these years
Have been unkind
My dreams and my loves
And all I thought was
It’s all been denied
It was all for the song
I hope you find what its worth
When everything’s gone
No, nothing lasts last
Those were your words
All these years
Have been unkind
My dreams and my loves
And all I thought was
Its all been denied
It was all for the song
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3. |
The Crossing
03:45
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That morning sun brings a new day
I think hard on the reasons for decisions Ive made
I’m moving along with the things that I’ve carried
And I’m singing songs about all that I’ve buried
I’m not certain how it all came to be
One day then the next, and the days the kept coming
One day then the next, and the days they kept running
I left my hometown when I was fifteen
Picking berries for pesos was nobodies dream
So I made that crossing to some border town
Just me and my brother and a coyote he found
I’m not certain how it all came to be
One day then the next and the days they kept coming
One day then the next and the days the kept running
Hard work and hard living and just getting by
Till your hopes become dreams you let sleeping dogs lie
And I think of them berries and how sweet they now seem
My home, my family, and that damn crossing
I’m not certain how it all came to be
One day then the next and the days they kept coming
One day then the next and the days they kept running
Away from me
That morning sun brings a new day
I think hard on the reasons for decisions Ive made
I’m moving along with the things that I’ve carried
And I’m singing songs about all that I’ve buried
I’m not certain how it all came to be
One day then the next and the days they kept coming
One day then the next and the days they kept running
Away from me
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4. |
The Tales You Tell
02:18
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You chase the serpents tale
Fell into its spell
You went round and round
And never found
Anything but hell
You opened up your eyes
Tore apart your skies
You say you fell
I wished you well
The tales you tell are all lies
You rose again to see
The oceans lamenting
How the cliffs do call
The storms mist falls
Its all fools gold
The tales you tell
The golden words you spoke
Were just an inside joke
You went round and round
And never found
Anything but hell
You went round and round
And never found
Anything but hell
You went round and round
And never found
Anything
But
Hell
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5. |
The Shine Ain't The Same
04:01
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Theres a white horse grazing as we head down the highway
The oak trees are seasoned and grey
The skyline is held by high clouds and horizons
They’re dreaming of the colors their down on the plains
They say that its gone but it goes on forever
If not you surely someone feels the pain
It’s better we know that the truth ain’t no diamond
Its hard and it cuts but the shine ain’t the same
I’m somewhere between heartache and the heartland
Both seem distant in some kind of way
I don’t mind forgetting it spares me the trouble
It’s all that remembrin’ that brings back the pain
They say that its gone but it goes on forever
If not you surely someone feels the pain
Its better we know that the truth ain’t no diamond
Its hard and it cuts but the shine ain’t the same
I’m just passing through to look up an old friend
To find that she’s gone away
I hope that she knows that I still remember
Her kind morning eyes when we would wake
She’d say that its gone but it goes on forever
If not her surely someone feels the pain
Its better we know that the truth ain’t no diamond
Its hard and it cuts but the shine ain’t the same
Oh that white horse, its grazing, as we head down that highway
The oak trees are seasoned and grey
The skyline is held by high clouds and horizons
They’re dreaming of the colors their down on the plains
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6. |
The Barstow Street Blues
03:47
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I'm heading down that 805 and off that 52
heading down to Clairemont to them Barstow Street blues
yeah, I'm heading on back home
I ain't been there in a few
I heard mamas cooking pozole and Chuy's got his guitar tuned
It's been close to ten years but somethings never change
down through Clairemont things always seem this strange
yeah, theres something in the air
feels like 1950 too
I hope mamas cooking pozole and Chuy's got his guitar tuned
Well, I'm halfway down and I had to stop to pray
this god forsaken town sitting by that highway
its gonna drive you insane cause there ain't much there to do
we're all trying to make a living down here with them Barstow Street Blues
so I walk through the door and I say howdy folks
little Bleu's grown up and Joey cracked a joke
and my sisters got the car she'll be gone a day or two
Oh but mamas cooking pozole and Chuy's got his guitar tuned
I've been trying to live a clean a clean and better way
gotta get my self a job or get back up in that game
theres only so many hours one can sleep throughout the day
thank got mamas cooking pozole and Chuy cant wait to start playing
yeah I'm heading down that 805 and off that 52
yeah I'm heading down to Clairemont to them Barstow Street Blues
I'm heading on back home, gonna be here for a few
I'm gonna try to make a living down here with them Barstow Street Blues
It's hard to make a living down here with them Barstow Street Blues
Thank god mamas cooking pozole and Chuy's got his guitar tuned
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7. |
A Coal for Caring
03:44
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Would you give me a coal for caring
light it up and watch it burn
would you dance with me in the clearing
til every last word til ever last word
would care to know how I'm fairing
the nights have not much to offer
but a watering hole and laughter
and that chill that chill the morning after
did you know I'd see your face again
in the snow that fell like your pale skin
upon my own
and you spoke of your favorite author
as we stepped along these remote roads
that memory strains to offer
that too much time did decompose
did you know whats befallen this man
don't you go a smiling when you find out
that he's been suffering
did you know that Id see your face again
in the snow that fell like your pale skin
upon my own
would you give me a coal for caring
light it up and watch it burn
would you dance with me in the clearing
til every last word til every last word
Did you know I'd see your face again
in the snow that fell like your pale skin
upon my own
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8. |
Holding Out
03:50
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Theres a place in your heart you hold onto in the dark
it always brings you back to recalling
when the day does dawn you're still holding on
to that old you and those long departed
a mans heart does tend to ache now and then
Holding out for the one that started it all
they're brittle it seems these high and lofty dreams
they rise and they fall like all things
when they're calm you cant see
when they're crashing you flee
theres something to learn there I believe
a mans heart does tend to ache now and then
holding out for the one that started it all
a mans heart does tend to ache now and then
holding out for the one that started it all
That place in your heart you hold onto when its dark
it always brings you back to recalling
when the day does dawn you're still holding on
to that old you and those long departed
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9. |
The Trail
04:48
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I saw the moonlight dancing
on the rivers in your hair
far past the rivers crossing
I stopped to pose and stare
haunted by the beauty
timeless in my mind
Ive watched as all thing blend to blue
and vanish in the sky
I never let you go
I never let you go
I listen for that old song
it never sounds the same
I ain't been back home in so long
I know that I'm to blame
haunted shadows moving
timeless in my mind
Ive watched as all things blend to blue
and vanish in the night
I never let you go
I never let you go
the moonlit night is searching
its turning every stone
its drifting into dark rooms
and waking all the ghosts
im haunted by the beauty
its timeless in my mind
I've watched as all things blend to you
and vanish from this life
I never let you go
I never let you go
I saw the moonlight dancing
through the rivers in your hair
far past the rivers crossing
I stopped to pose and stare
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10. |
Wait for Me
02:09
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would you wait for me
I know it's been a long long while]
I just want to see you smile
and hear you sing
would you wait for me
would you call out my name
say you love me that I'm back again
why did you ever leave
I'd wait for you
I'd stay up all night
drinkin laughing till our love was right
just like we used to
I'd wait for you
through snow and the springtime blooms
through the daydreams and the afternoons
til it all comes true]
did you wait for me
I'm sorry that I never came
I'm sorry that you learned my name
that your so blue
did you wait for me
I know I should of probably wrote
I've been so busy doing nothing at all
Ive been waiting too
would you wait for me
I'll be back it might be awhile
its best to keep that lovely smile
and always sing
always sing
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Andrés Miguel Cervantes California
Andrés Miguel Cervantes is a folk/ country singer songwriter based in San Francisco and San Diego,
California.
Influenced by songwriters Leonard Cohen, Townes Van Zandt, Fred Neil, and Vicente Fernadez, Andrés' lyrics are distinctly his own, with beautiful, haunting images of landscapes both internal and external
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