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Trees

by Josh Blake

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I can see it in the way People live their lives these days A bunch of corporate funded slaves With their lives wasting away Because they never wonder why They just keep walking with the blind and feeding the Machine of This American Dream So don't Sell me no more lies It makes me want to cry The way we pay the price For the never ending greed It's got me begging please Dismantle this machine Dismantle this machine Everybody's got their special needs Everybody thinks they're so unique But everybody laugh everybody cries Everybody's born, everybody dies To be the man to get the raise To get the yacht and the estate To get the plastic wife to say Honey everything's ok But you can't deny the speed How we spread like a disease And keep feeding the machine Of this american dream So don't Sell me no more lies It makes me want to cry The way we pay the price For the never ending greed It's got me begging please Dismantle this machine Dismantle this machine Everybody's got their special needs Everybody thinks they're so unique But everybody laugh everybody cries Everybody's born, everybody dies You see we're all acting like fools Because we've all become the tools Just some puppets in a play They way we give ourselves away But there's one thing you can't buy The way we choose to live our lives We can stop feeding the machine Of this American dream So don't Sell me no more lies It makes me want to cry The way we pay the price For the never ending greed It's got me begging please Dismantle this machine Dismantle this machine Dismantle this Machine
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Mr. Dapper 03:49
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Big Trucker 04:23
All I ever really wanted was a little bit of love And a little bit of luck from the big guy up above And an open road and a healthy foot All I ever really wanted was to take a look But they killed my buzz when they busted in They stole my herbs and drank my gin And they sent me running for that open road All I ever really wanted was to be left alone If I had another chance I'd be with you But I didn't have a choice so honey we're through If I had a bigger truck I'd get us out this rut And we'd do another dance If I had another chance All I ever really wanted was a little bit of fun And a little bit of laughter ad a little bit of sun And and a little bit of music, and a little bit of wine All I ever really wanted was a little piece of mind But they sent me runnin for that open road And I had to leave you back at home all alone And I'll be wandering for the rest of my life All I ever really wanted was to make you my wife Chorus Now everyone knows that a hen don't crow That a horse don't talk and a pig don't sew Now my own true life, it ain't no fairy tale So I got's to go Or I'll go to jail Jam Ten thousand miles, and fourty states And all I've got here is the memory of your face And it keeps me warm each and every night While I'm dreamin that one day I'll hold you tight But this open road, I'ts got me movin on And I'm hopin that it won't be too long Till we share our thoughts and we share our dreams And there won't be all this space inbetween Chorus
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Some people call me crazy Or just a little bit insane I'd rather live alone and lazy than slaving in some chains Gonna build myself a highway Over all the troubles that I've seen Gonna make myself a new life, chase another dream Oooooo you better get your gun Cause the devil's on the run Oooooo you better get your gun Cause the devil's on the run Had to kill a man in Austin He thought he caught himself a prize But he left me no options Cause an outlaw never dies Lord knows I ain't no angel Lord knows I ain't his perfect son But until I meet my maker Baby I'm on the run Oooooo you better get your gun Cause the devil's on the run Oooooo you better get your gun Cause the devil's on the run Run now devil Some people call me crazy But I just ain't afraid of change I'd rather live alone and lazy than slaving in some chains Gonna build myself a hideaway By the mountains, maybe by the sea But the one thing I know now, is baby I gotta be free I gotta be free Oooooo you better get your gun Cause the devil's on the run Oooooo you better get your gun Cause the devil's on the run Oooooo you better get your gun Cause the devil's on the run Oooooo you better get your gun Cause the devil's on the run
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Aight 03:50
I can see it in your eyes You're terrorized by everything you're trying to decide And you've taken every step Every breath to try and understand Why it ain't working out when you're making all your plans But it isn't a race, it's just a test You can always escape if it isn't the way you want it This is your life So believe me when I tell you That the one thing I can leave you darlin' No it ain't that hard to find So if the walls are caving in Waves are pounding overhead And you can't make it stop Remember what I say Alright OK You don't have to try so hard to find your way When everything is gonna be alright OK Just thank your lucky stars that you have life today And everything is gonna be OK You can see it in my eyes I'd wash away the pain, create a paradise And I'd give it all my heart All my soul and everything in between Just to get you off the ground and make your life a dream But it isn't my place To come and erase Everything that you face When you're working your way through something I won't always be around So believe me when I tell you The one thing I can leave you darlin' Can lift you up when you're down So if the walls are caving in Waves are pounding overhead And you can't make it stop Remember what I say Alright OK You don't have to try so hard to find your way When everything is gonna be alright OK Just thank your lucky stars that you have life today And everything is gonna be OK *music* Alright OK You don't have to try so hard to find your way When everything is gonna be alright OK Just thank your lucky stars that you have life today And everything is gonna be OK Alright OK You don't have to try so hard to find your way When everything is gonna be alright OK Just thank your lucky stars that you have life today And everything is gonna be OK
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Sugar Mama 03:20
When I'm down, you are the only one I wanna see Sugar Mama And if I'm broke, you are the one that's taking care of me Sugar Mama ANd if I'm high, you are the one that probably had that weed Sugar Mama So come on girl, won't you spend another night with me Sugar Mama Oh cause you look so mighty fine Babe you know that I do And you make me feel so nice Babe you know that I do I said you've got me in a trance Babe you know that I do So won't you give me one more chance Oh I hope that you do Say boy would you hold my drink? Yeah you know that I would Say boy would you get my car? Yeah you know that I would Say boy won't you rub my back? Yeah you know that I would Say boy could you cook me some breakfast? Girl you know that I would hook Said you got me on the line I'd do almost anything Said girl you know I'm gonna take my time Cause you are the lady of my dreams Say boy would you hold my drink? Yeah you know that I would Say boy would you get my car? Yeah you know that I would Say boy won't you rub my back? Yeah you know that I would Say boy could you cook me some breakfast? Girl you know that I would
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Water 2.0 05:25
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It ain't hard to see The way we raping Mother Earth and we're harvesting trees It's like we got the cure but we're part disease Just like we go to war instead of bargain for peace I don't get it maybe we're too hardheaded Shot fired blood spilled hard to forget it So I dedicate this life to all those who died And to my kids to make sure that they all survive So come on now it's time to tighten ship Inviting those who are living on a righteous tip To download this information like a microchip And unloaded the nation like a rifle clip Dispose of it the whole public The high-class to the low-budget From those in control to those who know nothing So we can finally start breaking new ground Come together now my people and turn it all around Yeah I turn it around I got the world in my hands and I turn it around So every girl and man yeah let's turn it around It's time to make a new plan so let's turn it around Yeah we turn it around We got the system by a hold and now we're taking it down No faking it now It's time to start making a sound So come together now my people And turn it all around You say your dying for change The only thing that you've been dying for his diamond rings The only thing that you've been focused on is finer things You rhyme and sing only for the shine it brings And time will tell Watch how it makes you sick Loose your grip on the top and you fall off quick Yeah the people want something to make them move their hips But without some substance you're an abandoned ship So come on now you know you're better than that Give your light to the world and watch the world react See all them diamonds and pearls are a con and a trap Matter of fact all that crap will be gone in a clap See your chain is so big that it chokes your voice Put the pen to the paper it's a moment of choice And if you choose only money and fame go get it But it ain't going to run my game I won't let it Chorus It's a catastrophe The way we bomb the population of the Japanese And now were dying in Iraq for some gasoline Turn on the news and all you see another casualty In the home of the brave you ain't actually free Because they putting you away if you have some weed And all the little kids that are slaving in the factories And all the food that we've been making so unnaturally There has to be A way to reach a rhapsody Instead of sitting here creating more cacophony So I'm serving up the funk like some pass the peas So that maybe everyone can finally have some peace So come on Make it work like a battery Before we have ourselves another global tragedy See most of the nation looks at it with apathy That's why it's time for rotation if you're asking me chorus
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Strength 03:12
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Hold On 05:13
You couldn't buy me with your dollars The feeling when you're close But I've got to keep on moving down the road Said I'd slay a thousand dragons And do it in your name If you could only see that we're all the same We're all the same Said I'm waiting I'm waiting Oh I'm waiting For your love I'd climb the highest mountain I's separate the seas Just for another chance to have you next to me But all that I really think that it's gonna take Is a little more time And I'll be right back baby To make you mine Said I'm waiting I'm waiting Oh I'm waiting For your love I'll be back hold on like you want it I'll be back hold on like you need it repeat as necessary

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released June 1, 2013

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Josh Blake Asheville, North Carolina

Josh Blake is a seasoned musician with over 25 years of experience. Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, Josh now calls Asheville, NC his home since setting roots there in 1997. As a performer, Josh has has played clubs, theatres and festivals coast to coast, sharing the stage with artists such as George Clinton, Eric Krasno, STS9, Kevin Kinney, and Mike Gordon to name a few. ... more

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