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Demos: Side 1

by Ten Ton Flood

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1.
The Pride of Man 04:41
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A cabin in the pines And spirits in the hills When we look around How do they feel The cities appeared Built out of stones We wander the oaks While we’re alone We mixed our paints With cinder and mud Did we fight our battles For malice or love? We built our stairs For heaven in the sky We always set out As time slips by The pride of man The tales and deeds The pride of man Slipped through the trees The pride of man The love that we need The pride of man The tales and deeds You have your reason Stuck by your guns We’ll ride your horses And shine in the sun We packed a pipe For stones that we cast Out on the prairies So timeless and vast After all the rains The wind died down Can you hear the whisper Do you hear their sound The blackberry winter’s Rhythms and rhymes Reap what you harvest Time after time The pride of man The tales and deeds The pride of man Slipped through the trees The pride of man The love that we need The pride of man On the banks of the rivers Hear the voices and the whispers On the banks of the rivers Where the clear waters shimmer The pride of man The tales and deeds The pride of man Slipped through the trees The pride of man The love that we need The pride of man The pride of man The tales and deeds The pride of man Slipped through the trees The pride of man The love that we need The pride of man The tales and deeds
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Shattered 05:31
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Good lord, I'm shattered Broke my glass Spilled my wine I got so drunk That's the truth Look at me I fell down What about it? Cut me loose Gonna roll like a tumbleweed Roll along as I please Roll like a tumbleweed rolls You know mama, yes indeed Ever since you set me free Gonna roll like a tumbleweed rolls ​Does it really matter? What I did? And for what? Stains of time You don't know Little sore Chipped my tooth Just my luck Yeah, yeah, yeah ​Gonna roll like a tumbleweed Roll along as I please Roll like a tumbleweed rolls You know mama, yes indeed Ever since you set me free Gonna roll like a tumbleweed rolls I climbed a ladder I'm so tired Feeling sick Now I lost my true love Shake it off Turn around Just woke up Tied my shoes ​Gonna roll like a tumbleweed Roll along as I please Roll like a tumbleweed rolls You know mama, yes indeed Ever since you set me free Gonna roll like a tumbleweed rolls
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Peaks and Valleys 05:54
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In the land of the snowy mountains The tattered flags are there up above Around the Stag are the Black Hat Dancers Turquoise and gold; a Tibetan dove There was a grandchild of Genghis Khan He rode to the valley before the thaw Snow fell on those Devils Horsemen No one really knows where they are Venus greets the morning sky Just behind the mountain five miles high Voices meet the frozen fog On the way to Lhasa from Shangri La From the hills on their journey They’ll find their way, the youngest sons It won’t take long with minds so open Behold the light and they’ve just begun Yellow silk, the drums and the trumpets A great debate and clapping hands They packed their tents and beads of coral As they wondered that forbidden land Venus greets the morning sky Just behind the mountain five miles high Voices meet the frozen fog On the way to Lhasa from Shangri La A thousand rooms with a thousand windows They sit upon the roof of the world Bend a bow, send the flaming arrows Cast the treasures as the waters swirl A long time ago there was an army Brought a storm, they came down hard In the night the people tell the stories By their warm fires under the stars Venus greets the morning sky Just behind the mountain five miles high Voices meet the frozen fog On the way to Lhasa from Shangri La
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Roses and Rain 06:10
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In your books I read your notes You were so far away and so close Precious lines fixed on the tin See your shadow every now and then From the shore you sailed away You left me roses, I brought you rain I brought you rain Your slippers sit by the door Your green chair, the carpet on the floor Was it winter or summertime? Hard to tell from the shadows and lines The hues weren’t black and white I would hold you close with all my might With all my might I make jigsaw puzzles out of wood I keep the blade sharp to cut 'em true I make jigsaw puzzles out of wood When I sweep the dust up, I think of you I think of you ​You’d pick a petal, make a wish Floating flowers in a shallow dish At the factory you thought a lot While their kilns would burn so hot Dark-eyed Juncos a favorite bird Oh yes you know I read your every word Your every word The rain quit came back home You were getting tired of sailing alone In your garden roses still bloom You wanna dance, the devil’s in the room I hope you’ll never say goodbye I’ll hold you close with all my might With all my might ​I make jigsaw puzzles out of wood I keep the blade sharp to cut 'em true I make jigsaw puzzles out of wood When I sweep the dust up, I think of you I make jigsaw puzzles out of wood I keep the blade sharp to cut 'em true I make jigsaw puzzles out of wood When I sweep the dust up, I think of you I think of you
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Before the Flood 04:54
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Come on baby, won't you come back home Angel eyes won't leave me alone Come on baby, won't you come back home You know you've been gone way too long ​The battered bayou here in the rain Sometimes feelings are hard to explain The battered bayou here in the rain Look at you, you know you feel the same ​Remember those days before the flood Think I met you when you were thirty-one Tried so hard to get to you Yeah I know baby you were thirty-two ​You know they heard about it on the news We were in the dark, so confused You know they heard about it on the news Love you more than ever and that's the truth ​Just when we thought that we reached the end Trees bending in a hurricane wind Just when we thought that we reached the end Picked up the pieces, now we're on the mend ​Remember those days before the flood Think I was born in '61 Pick up a fiddle, I'll strike you a chord Sing you a song that you wanna hear more ​Remember those days before the flood Think I met you when you were thirty-one Tried so hard to get to you Yeah I know baby you were thirty-two ​Remember those days before the flood Think I was born in '61 Pick up a fiddle, I'll strike you a chord Sing you a song that you wanna hear more
6.
Rosemary 04:58
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Rosemary, Rosemary, come on in Stood by me through the thick and thin Rosemary, Rosemary, what do you know? Gonna light your fire in the freezing cold The smoke rises it twists and turns As the wood pops and curls and burns Rosemary, Rosemary, come on in Let’s rob a bank and give it one last shot I use to ride with Frank believe it or not We’d sit in the saddle most every day Talk to the teller cause he’d give it away We can throw away your worn out shoes Then go to town get some brand new boots Let’s rob a bank and give it one last shot Well maybe baby, it’s time to quit Let’s get a little farm and a place to live You know how I love your pretty little guns I’m getting kinda tired of robbing on the run Frank gave up, know he gave up too He turned himself in way back in ’82 Well maybe baby, it’s time to quit Step right up and get your ticket punched You’ll enjoy the show, we got a hunch Sit by the Governor and take a seat They say that the show is hard to beat You might see dancers or a boxing match While we’re picking berries in the berry patch Step right up and get you ticket punched
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Polaris 08:25
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As we sail on A Cerulean tide The North Star shimmers in your eye As we sail on A Cerulean tide We left behind those heavy times We let the sail open wide When you’re out on the horizon Give a nod, the little bear. As you float you ponder you wonder how you’ll really fare. It’s our ship, our tiny boat On the calm and wicked sea In a bottle you toss a note Sail on the twilight’s breeze Time to pull the anchor From the bottom of the sand. Falling from the ceiling Catching stardust in our hands. When you see Polaris Won’t you keep it in your sights? Hold the helm steady Don’t get left behind When the boat starts rocking Big waves look like wine Some will pack their fortune Some will steal it every time I don’t have much room for them To stow away in my mind When you see Polaris We know we’re doing fine Flying fish always shimmer, When they swim the Milky Way. Well did you ever question Those storm clouds held at bay? Listen close, hear their cries The great Whales are down below They’re so close when they rise From their depths so unknown In the dark we skate across The water turned to glass We had to leave the harbor And all the things of the past When you see Polaris Won’t you keep it in your sights? Hold the helm steady Don’t get left behind When the boat starts rocking Big waves look like wine Some will pack their fortune Some will steal it every time I don’t have much room for them To stow away in my mind When you see Polaris We know we’re doing fine As we sail on A Cerulean tide We left behind those heavy times We let the sail open wide

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released June 4, 2021

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Ten Ton Flood Hoboken, New Jersey

Ten Ton Flood is the song collaborations of Romin Dawson and Steven Fink

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