1. |
High on the Street
04:04
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I’m always high on the street
Drunk beyond belief
Don’t know anymore what
I’m supposed to be sorry for
Day comes after day
Somewhere I lost my way
I’m always high on the street
Never knew this world to be very kind to me
And a home is not a place that I can be
Never knew this world to be very kind to me
And a home is not a place that I can be
I’m always strung out in the rain
You know I can’t complain
There’s no one who can say
How I ended up this’a way
A drunkard is a king
Not ruled by anything
But still I’m stuck out in the rain
Never knew this world to be very kind to me
And a home is not a place that I can be
Never knew this world to be very kind to me
And a home is not a place that I can be
Oh, home, I’m goin’ home
Oh, home, I’m goin’ home
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2. |
Rainbows
02:07
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I see rainbows
When I look in your eyes
Kaleidoscopes I can’t deny
It couldn’t be a surprise
I want You by my side
Would you take my hand
Let’s grab the wine and blanket
We’ll make love under the old oak tree
The sun and moon
May move the tides inside us
I know my love for you will never recede
Would you take my hand
Strolling by the trumpet vines
Blaring out a chorus just for you and me
Now we understand
Like the ones before us
If we sing it back
We become part of the dream
Now I see rainbows
I see rainbows
I see rainbows
Even in the darkest skies
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3. |
Lot of Life
03:33
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Birds compose at dawn’s first light
Chase away the last of night
Invitation, come and play
Got a lot of life to live today, lot of life to live today
We’ve got a lot of life to live today.
Songs to sing, good work to do
Good time hangin with the crew
Imperfection to forgive
We’ve got a lot of life to live, got a lot of life to live
Got a lot of life to live today
Trouble never leaves us, but there’s no one to blame
A brand new morning gives us a reason to give thanks
Sorrow never leaves us, but deep behind the clouds
A burning passion moves us, we cannot give up now
Got a lot of life… yeah…
How deep the well from this day springs
Brilliant source of everything
Greets us at the eastern door
Invitation, come explore, reality outside your door
We’ve got a lot of life to live today
Copper up, tobacco down
Ancestors are all around
We seek help with gratitude
To do the work we have to do,
and good time hangin with the crew
We’ve got a lot of life to live today
Trouble never leaves us, but there’s no one to blame
A brand new morning gives us a reason to give thanks
Sorrow never leaves us, but deep behind the clouds
A burning passion moves us, we cannot give up now
Got a lot of life… yeah…
Got a lot of life to live today
lot of life to live today
We’ve got a lot of life to live today
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4. |
Lonely Coyote
04:08
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An artistic image that nature provides
Is a lonely coyote in the southwestern sky
It’s hard to escape what it implies
After all, the image is true
I can’t shake the feelin’ that it gives to me
How did she pack so much in just one beadery
When i get this feelin’ all i wanna do
Is lay with you
Lay with me, lay with me tonight
I’m a lonely coyote in the southwestern sky
The hens have the heat so they’re warm in their stead
The dogs are all quiet, the kids are in bed
This lonely coyote is happy in her den
After all, I share it with you
I love the feelin that you give to me
Our hearts are aligned in sweet symmetry
When i get this feeling all i wanna do
Is lay with you
Lay with me, lay with me tonight
I’m a lonely coyote in the southwestern sky
Lay with me, lay with me tonight
I’m a lonely coyote in the southwestern sky
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5. |
Sweet Sisters
04:29
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Let’s plant a garden for the sisters three
Plant a row of corn, a row of squash and beans
The corn gives the bean vine a place to grow
The squash leaves shade the earth below
How do we pass what the elders know
Singing songs while planting rows
To learn what you sow is what you reap
you gotta love the crow and the bumblebee
Oh, let’s go down where the honeysuckle grows
down by the creek where the water flows
we can plant our seeds and sow our oats
It's easy
Oh, you’re gonna have rain and you’ll have sunshine
It takes both, and a little bit of time
Life is short and it’s yours and mine
I long for the land where I used to be
On the prairie wind you hear the elders sing
If you’ve lost your sisters just sing these notes
And you’ll find yourself where the honeysuckle grows
Oh, let’s go down where the honeysuckle grows
down by the creek where the water flows
we can plant our seeds and sow our oats
Oh, you’re gonna have rain and you’ll have sunshine
It takes both, and a little bit of time
Life is short and it’s yours and mine
It's easy
Oh, the sweet sisters three
Oh, the sweet sisters three
Oh, the sweet sisters three
Oh, the sweet sisters three
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6. |
Mother
04:01
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You and I, we are the same.
I’m the place from whence you came.
Gave you bones, I gave you blood
Turned your face toward the sun
Stay with me a little while
Sow your seeds, drink deep
You’ll remember who you are
Remember who you are
Who you are
Stay with me
You will see
You and I, we are the same
Dust to dust, from whence you came
Everything returns to one
Turn your face toward the sun
Stay with me
Stay with me
Stay with me
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7. |
Will of the World
03:54
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You and me are just like we’re
Supposed to be, I guess.
We laid it on the will of the world.
No matter how long since it’s been,
I feel it in my chest.
Your exit wound is tender and fresh.
If I could have you, you know I would.
If I could have you, you know I would.
Questioning reality
The distance I would go
I failed, but I promise you I tried
If you think you could change your mind
There may yet be some love to find
Between us. We still got time.
If I could have you, you know I would.
If I could have you, you know I would.
The echo of a moment
My heart is always in it
I push it to the limit just one more time
Enough is not enough love
So tell me what you want, love
I’ll take what I can get, love
And I’ll be alright.
Come back with the impact
Of a thousand burning suns
No tellin’ when it happens or how long.
A fire light blaze through the night
And you are back again
Our comet still burns
If I could have you, you know I would.
If I could have you, you know I would.
You and me are just like we’re
Supposed to be, I guess.
We laid it on the will of the world.
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8. |
Wanderlust
04:07
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We’ve all fallen in love with wanderlust
and I've been flirting again with wanderlust.
The world is better when there is more of us.
We’re all falling apart with wanderlust.
Bless the air with palo santo,
set and setting must be arranged.
We all grow with the seasons,
and I indulge in the seasons change.
Like Icarus who made his wings
to fly up to the sun,
my hat has many feathers and
I’d like another one.
We’ve all fallen in love with wanderlust
and I've been flirting again with wanderlust.
The world is better when there is more of us.
We’re all falling apart with wanderlust.
Water falls off the oak leaves,
sunlight slows as it passes through.
How do you harvest beauty?
Midnight mothing and find anew.
Funnel clouds are forming but
i won’t be pulled away.
I want to find a rose rock
with the perfect floral shape.
I know that it seems foolish to go
drivin in the rain
My arm is out the window and my
hand’s an aeroplane.
We’ve all fallen in love with wanderlust
and I've been flirting again with wanderlust.
Misty light creating more of us.
We’re all falling apart with wanderlust.
Ooh, wanderlust
It’s easy to fall in love
With wanderlust
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9. |
Answer
04:50
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What can I answer?
What can I do?
You’re in no danger,
I promise you.
What can I tell you
To make you see?
You are a part,
Part of me.
Through all the seasons,
Through all the years
Through all your laughter
Gave you your tears
Come to the water,
Come now and drink
Here is your answer
Meet me at the stream
I’ll change the color,
I’ll change the light
What never changes
Source of this life
Life that’s within you
Life within me
Here is your answer
Meet me at the stream
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10. |
Lot of Life (easy)
03:33
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Birds compose at dawn’s first light
Chase away the last of night
Invitation, come and play
Got a lot of life to live today
Songs to sing, good work to do
Good time hangin with the crew
Imperfection to forgive
We’ve got a lot of life to live, got a lot of life to live
Got a lot of life to live today
Trouble never leaves us, but there’s no one to blame
A brand new morning gives us a reason to give thanks
Sorrow never leaves us, but deep behind the clouds
A burning passion moves us, we cannot give up now
Got a lot of life… yeah…
How deep the well from this day springs
Brilliant source of everything
Greets us at the eastern door
Invitation, come explore, reality outside your door
We’ve got a lot of life to live today
Copper up, tobacco down
Ancestors are all around
We seek help with gratitude
To do the work we have to do,
and good time hangin with the crew
We’ve got a lot of life to live today
Trouble never leaves us, but there’s no one to blame
A brand new morning gives us a reason to give thanks
Sorrow never leaves us, but deep behind the clouds
A burning passion moves us, we cannot give up now
Got a lot of life… yeah…
Got a lot of life to live today
lot of life to live today
We’ve got a lot of life to live today
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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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