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Fiddle Road
05:01
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Fiddle Road
When I was a young man
I was walkin in the park
Evenin sky lit up with patriotic fireworks
I come upon ol’ Billy
Playin fiddle in the dark
I felt the bolt of lightnin
Fiddle hit it’s mark
Billy played the fiddle
He could really make it sing
You could hear him in the wee hours
Cuttin through most anything
He played it fast, he played it right
He walked down filddle road
And the first time that I saw him
I hoped that i would follow down the road
Fiddle road
I learned to fake a fiddle tune
By watchin Billy Spears
And it’s somethin that’s stayed with me
In spite of all the years
Just dance around the melody
The fiddle does the rest
When you’re keepin up with Billy Spears
You keep up with the best
Oh, Billy played the fiddle
He could really make it sing
You could hear him in the wee hours
Cuttin through most anything
He played it fast, he played it right
He walked down filddle road
And the first time that I saw him
I hoped that i would follow down the road
Fiddle road
It’s been a while since I seen Billy
Smokin on the strings
And i’m still feelin grateful
To that man for everything
And now I share the music
With a younger pickin crowd
And when Rachel hits the chorus
Billy played the fiddle
He could really make it sing
You could hear him in the wee hours
Cuttin through most anything
He played it fast, he played it right
He walked down filddle road
And the first time that I saw him
I hoped that i would follow down the road
Fiddle road
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Too Far Gone
05:26
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Swore I’d leave this town in the dust
Come back now to see it all gone to rust
Aint it funny how nothign seems to change
Still somehow nothing feels the same
Feels the same
Only had two stations on the radio
One preached god, the other would save your soul
Like a rose in the yard where the grass is overgrown
Forgotten, but blooming on my own
On my own
Like a bird on a wire wishing it was a tree
I had to find out what it felt like to be free
Cause this home on the range was never quite my own
Oh you’ll be there and ill be too far gone
I remember where that old dog used to lay
Outside of the motel in the sun all day
The sign still says vacant now, that’s true
I guess that’s all that’s left of me and you
Me and you
And I can still feel the wind in your beat up pickup truck
Down the backroads we found love
It was kind it was sweet it was simple it was true
And everything I needed out of you
From you
Like a bird on a wire wishing it was a tree
Wish it was a tree
I had to find out what it felt like to be free
Felt like to be free
Cause this home on the range was never quite my own
Never quite my own
Oh, you’ll be there and I’ll be too far gone
Oh, the look you gave in my rearview
That’s not how I wanted to remember you
Not a day goes by I don’t think of you
Anymore
Like a bird on a wire wishing it was a tree
Wish it was a tree
I had to find out what it felt like to be free
Felt like to be free
Cause this home on the range was never quite my own
Never quite my own
Oh, you’ll be there and I’ll be too far gone
Swore I’d leave this town in the dust
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Gypsy Holiday
02:47
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Bluegrass Lullaby
02:21
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The night is giving way
To another bluegrass day
Waiting for the light
Bluegrass lullaby
Picking all night long
Time for one last song
Fall down and say goodnight
It’s a bluegrass lullaby
Emma Lou’s been singing like an angel
Young fellas all are crowded round the fire
JJ’s picking “Trash Barge” on the banjo
The feeling round the camp keeps getting higher
Oh, the night is giving way
To another bluegrass day
Waiting for the light
Bluegrass lullaby
Picking all night long
Time for one last song
Fall down and say goodnight
It’s a bluegrass lullaby
The rent-a-cops are making me feel nervous
I’ve got to keep the whiskey out of sight
Kids are stealing Bud Lights from the cooler
Scotty’s swinging breaking up a fight
Oh, the night is giving way
To another bluegrass day
Waiting for the light
Bluegrass lullaby
Picking all night long
Time for one last song
Fall down and say goodnight
It’s a bluegrass lullaby
Fall down and say goodnight
It’s a bluegrass lullaby
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5. |
Bye and Bye
03:04
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Bye and bye through the town
I remember our good bye
And every time you looked down
I remember you would cry
All alone on the train it was September
Now I’m cryin in the rain in November
Bye and bye for all time
I remember cryin eyes
Of the one that I loved
On the train last goodbye
All alone on the train it was September
Now I’m cryin in the rain in November
Rush of air, whistle wail
Wheel begin a turnin
Sound of shovel, scrapin steel
Smell that coal fire burnin
Faces in the crowd are fixed
Upon the movin windows
I turn to you again
Your eyes say “no tomorrow”
Your eyes say “no tomorrow”
Bye and bye as a train
Rumbles through the night
Remember all the pain
When we said our last goodbye
All alone on the train it was September
Now I’m cryin in the rain in November
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Prodigal Son
02:45
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7. |
Promises Kept
05:33
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Oh, you said it so softly that I knew it was true
Sitting there in the evening talking to you
Window light’s getting dimmer blocking out shades of grey
Soon the light will be gone like the end of a song
And then you’ll go away
Both of us knew that the time we had left
Would fade with the summer like promises kept
No I wouldn’t change nothing in the way we have been
Lean on my shoulder, and we’ll bend with the wind
I can show you a picture I can show you the place
We sat in the evening just like the old days
Just sitting and talking feel the night coming on
Hold me tight one more time, let me look in your eyes
And then you’ll be gone
Both of us knew that the time we had left
Would fade with the summer like promises kept
No I wouldn’t change nothing in the way we have been
Lean on my shoulder, and we’ll bend with the wind
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Mother's Day 2018
03:30
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Last night in my dreams I saw you again
Bringing light to the dark side of day
Last night in my arms I held you again
And felt your affectionate gaze
Oh, Mama you’ve gone on before us
But your memory lives in my heart
Someday and then we’ll meet again
Never forever to part
This world is a hard road to travel
Sorrow’s always there at the end
You gotta get right with the Mother
You gotta stay tight with your friends
Love lights a path through the darkness
You gotta hold on to your dreams
You gotta hold on to your favorite song
Dark as the hour may seem
Oh, Mama you’ve gone on before us
But your memory lives in my heart
Someday and then we’ll meet again
Never forever to part
Things didn’t turn out like I planned them
Mostly dead ends and wrong turns
Take a chance on a kiss, take a chance but you miss
Feel like you always get burned
The ghosts of my past do not haunt me
I finally learned how to adjust
Something that always sustained me
Was Mama, my sweet love and trust
Oh, Mama you’ve gone on before us
But your memory lives in my heart
Someday and then we’ll meet again
Never forever to part
Someday and then we’ll meet again
Never forever to part
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9. |
Bear Song
03:33
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This is the song that the wild ones sing
As each in its own way waits for the spring
They don’t care if you join their song
If you stay in tune you can sing along
This is the song that the brown bear sings
As he goes to his cave to sleep to the spring
He don’t care if you join his song
If you stay in tune you can sing along
When the leaves fall from the trees
And the air is getting cold
The hair goes thick on my brown bear back
And I starts to smellin cold
I’ve no love lost for the chillin frost
For the snow that blows or the sleet that stings
So I make my way to my warm, snug cave
And I lay me down to sleep till the spring
This is the song that the wild ducks sing
As they fly from the winter to wait for the spring
They don’t care if you sing their song
If you stay in tune you can sing along
When the ice starts to cover the lake
We fly to the sky to make our escape
Fly to the south where the breezes are warm
We hide from the ice and the winter storm
Hide from the wind and the snow that blows
We find shelter in a southern cove
Wait for the days turn long and green
We know we’ll fly home again
This is the song that the snow hare sings
She changes her coat to wait for the spring
She don’t care if you join her song
If you stay in tune you can sing along
My fur coat changes from brown to white
So I can hide in the snow so bright
My white coat blends so well in the snow
The grey wolf can never tell where I go
To the fierce grey wolf, a rabbit is a treat
I don’t intend to meet his teeth
I change my coat and hide in the snow
While the blizzard rages and the cold winds blow
This is the song that the wild ones sing
As each in it’s own way waits for the spring
I sleep
We fly
I hide in the snow
While the blizzard rages and the cold winds blow
This is the song that the wild ones sing as
Each in its own way waits for the spring
They don’t care if you join their song
If you stay in tune you can sing along
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Elexa Dawson Kansas
Elexa creates community-focused Americana music with soulful vocals and connection to land. Oklahoma Native, Elexa now calls
Kansas her home.
Wanderlust is Elexa's sophomore release (Feb 2024) collaboration with Stanley Hotel.
Front for Heyleon and Weda Skirts. Potawatomi activist and educator, Elexa facilitates songwriting workshops, talking circles, and relational plant education.
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