1. |
Open Road
04:06
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See I keep missin' the days when I's free
Free to be me
Just travelin' alone on the open road
Emerald valleys, vermillion cliffs
Just all to myself with no constraints
Gaze at the plains, golden farmsteads, the azure sky
Wish I had a place
That I could call home
Where no man has gone
Where the Buffalo roam
Along the Open Road
The snow capped mountains
Desert tan sand
The ocean breeze
The smell of the pines
The mystery of
A cities lights
The West was crafted by the hands of time
Along the Open Road
Just like a cowboy,
I long to roam
The painted trail is a place I call home
Freedom and possibilities lay open to me
A mirage of past dreams across the barren sea...
Of the Open Road
-Jake McNeillie Bend, OR
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2. |
Country Girl
03:46
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Met her at a downtown bar, her eyes shined like the topaz of Venus
Her hair held high, tame curled locks, like rolling prairies in the Sun
Hands on her hips, the gorgeous growl in her voice
Soft freckles on her pale powdered face
Leather boots up to her shins
I need a country girl
To keep me warm at night
I want a country girl
To stand like a luminous moon in my life
Pictures of her youth in a white flowered dress
Stories of country cooking with her Mom in the kitchen
Memories of riding horseback wild, youthful, and free
Her torn daisy dukes and tied up checkered shirt up to her midriff
I need a country girl
To keep me warm at night
I want a country girl
To stand like a luminous moon in my life
Dark corners, arching dimples, into a half moon smile
Pearl white teeth surrounded by rosie lips
I need a country girl
To keep me warm at night
I want a country girl
To stand like a luminous moon in my life...
I need a country ... girl
-Jake McNeillie Bend, OR
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3. |
Caroline
04:13
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Oh Caroline
Sweet Caroline
You're lyin' in fields of grass, cowgirl boots on
Oh Caroline
Sweet Caroline
You're angelic beauty shimmering in the Summer Sun
Oh Caroline
Sweet Caroline
You're youthful pale white body, wavy blonde hair, in field of daffodils
Oh Caroline
Sweet Caroline
You gaze into me hand on your hip, lay into me with Country Girl quip
But something, holds me back
I feel a darkness rise up in me
Are you the one who can calm this raging sea?
All American girl, weed between rosie lips
Walking a pathway flirtatiously holding your hand in mine
Treading alone on a country road, blue dress on
Cowgirl hat, guitar strapped on your back, suitcase full of dreams
But something, holds me back
I feel a darkness rise up in me
Are you the one who can calm this raging sea?
In another life, another time
You and I are asleep in a homestead under snow white sheets
Wolves howl as our love echoes in the forests and the canyons of a full moon night
Harsh rivers flowing by our stables, make love in the candlelight
You hold me tenderly in your embrace
Soft kisses, place your slender body, gently close to mine
But something, holds me back
I hear a darkness rise up in me
Are you the one who can calm this raging sea?
I awake you're cooking flapjacks and making coffee
Prepare my pioneers suit, Sunday's best
Kiss me ever so tragically, cowering in a ric rac dress
Teardrops of sadness as you watch me sail away...
-Jake McNeillie Eugene, OR
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4. |
Wild Horse
05:31
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I wanta feel inside your soul
See the universe that's in your eyes
Run hands through tendrils of hair bright as the Summer fields
Can't believe we were born under the same sky
Like a Clydesdale driving a stagecoach in the snow
The barren wastes of a cloudless night
Gazing through a window at ranch land in space
I've forgotten' your breath on my chest
Soft kisses on my face
You're a wild horse runnin' free
Runnin' a vaste beach against the sea
Wild horse runnin' free
Wild horse come back to me
You're often fears, I can not tame you
I've a tended stable if there is a change in you
Dream one day I'll see you like a ghost
White horse treading prairies in the fog
You're a wild horse runnin' free
Runnin' a vaste beach across the sea
You're a wild horse runnin' free
Wild horse come back to me
Red barn door slams, echoes in my mind
In bed I weep as darkness abounds
Memory of you, rumpled dress, black boots on
Come back to me honey, it's been far too long
You're a wild horse runnin' free
Runnin' a vaste beach against the sea
You're a wild horse runnin' free
Wild horse come back to me
-Jake McNeillie Eugene, OR
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Kurdt
05:58
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Oh I remember the first time I saw your face
Something ominous in your eyes
And in your poetry, I saw a deep stark world
I dwelled in cloudy skies
Rain drenched leaves
In darkened corners of the streets singin...
Your cardigan sweater
Your skinny pale frame
The way you smoked your cigarettes
Your cowering stature
Your cynical humour
Your greasy blonde hair
Wanted to be your clone live tragic, hard, and die young
The gravel in your voice singin'...
Remember the day, you went away
Your songs echoing in the darkness of a cold, dreary night
Eerie distant memories of early nineties youth
Can see the frailty in your soft blue eyes
Cryin' out for...
Now we all wave goodbye to the abandoned toe headed child
An angel scorned by earth that lost his wings
His passive sick face as he plays for the raging crowd
He reached for the Sun and died trying
His childhood dreams, lost memories in his head singin...
I remember being scared of the world and his understanding my pain
So tear a hole in your vein
Ride that white horse into the sunset
They say he was weak or insane
I think he was just misunderstood
And as Young said no one understands...
-Jake McNeillie Eugene, OR
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6. |
You're Not Alone
06:22
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Young girl travelin' all alone
Back to the place she once called home
Her life has changed things don't seem the same
She cries in bed to the pourin' rain
She bears herself a lonely child
His fathers left him, he's runnin' wild
She pines for loves she's turned away in porch light
Her dream filled past is a ghost in the night
Don't forget pretty girl...
You're not alone
Everyone who's loved you, is still with you
You're not alone
Everything you suffered now has created you
You're not alone
All the things you've dreamed live on inside of you
Don't forget...
She's pealing memories off pink walls
Windows to a forgotten time
A high school sweetheart of a beauty
A prom queen livin' life in the country
Loneliness has gotten her down
Feeling used she rolls into town
The smell of familiar air haunts her
Darkened landscapes and the star strewn sky
Don't forget pretty girl...
You're not alone
Everyone who's loved you, is still with you
You're not alone
Everything you've suffered now has created you
You're not alone
All the things you've dreamed live on inside of you
Don't forget...
Workin' at the feed store to survive
Sacrifice youth to do what's right
Through plytanium wood she sees animals grazing
Just a dim reminder of what coulda' been
Don't forget pretty girl...
You're not alone
Everyone who's loved you is still with you
You're not alone
Everything you suffered now has created you
You're not alone
There's hope left, he grows on inside of you
Don't forget...
Don't forget...
Don't forget...
-Jake McNeillie Eugene, OR
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