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When the Storm Comes

by John Henry & Friends

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Weary, Tired, Lost and Broken 04:35
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The Traveler: I’m so weary The Caretaker: You should find some rest The Traveler: I’m so tired, do you know of a place to lay my head? The Caretaker: I know of a place to lay your head The Traveler: I’m so run down The Caretaker: Make your way home my friend The Traveler: I’m so broken can I put myself together again The Caretaker: You can put yourself together again Oh, though you’re not around You can come on home when you’re broken down When your broken down Oh, though you’re not around You can come on home when you’re broken down When you’re broken down When you’re broken down The Traveler: I’m so lost now The Caretaker: Do not be afraid The Traveler: I’m coming home now I know I’ll be able to find my way The Caretaker: I know you’ll be able to find your way Oh, though you’re not around You can come on home when you’re broken down When your broken down Oh, though you’re not around You can come on home when you’re broken down When you’re broken down When you’re broken down
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The Staghorn 05:39
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This is the story of the Staghorn And how he’s running free I know the Staghorn He wants the same from me It’s the story of the Staghorn And how he’s running free I know the Staghorn He wants the same from me I know the Staghorn wants the same for me I know the Staghorn he wants the same for me Taken from Texas and sent to Nebraska By an infamous banjo smuggler On the journey he broke his chains To claim his place as the king of the plains It’s the story of the Staghorn And how he’s running free I know the Staghorn He wants the same from me I know the Staghorn wants the same for me I know the Staghorn he wants the same for me There were some who said his freedom was not his own They’d try to enslave him and take him from his home He said no I will not live under your rule I will not be just a mindless fool It’s the story of the Staghorn And how he’s running free I know the Staghorn He wants the same from me I know the Staghorn wants the same for me I know the Staghorn he wants the same for me
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Cornbread 03:39
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My baby doll she called me up My baby doll she called me up My baby doll called me up on the telephone She said “if you value your life Yeah if you value your life If you value your life then listen close” “You better save me some of that cornbread Save me some of that cornbread Save me some of that cornbread til’ I get home You don’t wanna know what’ll happen You don’t wanna know what’lll happen You don’t want to know what will happen if you don’t” “I’ll rip your damn head off I’ll rip your damn head off I’ll rip your damn head off when I get home I’ll rip your damn head off I’ll rip your damn head off Don’t you think I won’t” My baby doll walked in the door My baby doll walked in the door She walked in the door and said “did you save me some?” I said “yes oh darlin yes I did, Oh yes my baby yes I did The problem is you didn’t say how much” So she ripped my damn head off She ripped my damn head off She ripped my damn head off, shoulda saved some more Cause she ripped my damn head off She ripped my damn head off She ripped my damn head off and threw my ass right out the door I shoulda saved some more cornbread I shoulda saved some more cornbread And maybe I’d be just fine today I shoulda saved some more cornbread I shoulda saved some more cornbread And I would not be in this grave Cause she ripped my damn head off She ripped my damn head off She ripped my damn head off, shoulda saved some more She ripped my damn head off She ripped my damn head off And threw me right out the door She ripped my damn head off She ripped my damn head off I shoulda saved some more Cause she ripped my damn head off She ripped my damn head off And threw my ass right out the door
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Gypsy Man 04:24
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I’m just a gypsy man and I’m doing what I can to live my life And as for now I’m doing just fine though I’m barely scratchin by Though I’m barely scratchin by Though I’m barely scratchin by When the storm comes will it break me as I’ve feared Or When the storm comes will it wash away my tears Will it wash away my tears Will it wash away all my tears If you’re giving me a loan you’re probably stoned or maybe you are on the sauce But even then I have the feelin’ you would not be willin’ and you know I don’t mind at all You know I don’t mind at all You know I don’t mind at all When the storm comes will it break me as I’ve feared Or When the storm comes will it wash away my tears Will it wash away my tears Will it wash away all my tears Will it wash away my tears When that storm comes When that storm comes Will it wash away my tears When that storm, when it finally comes
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Sheryl Ann 05:17
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Through trials and tests we must learn who we are for all of us one day face death It can come in a wave, it can take you away or plant itself right in your breast And I know that I’m often silent instead of telling you just how I feel Well I feel it’s not time for your eternal rest so do whatever it takes to heal I do request You reach down and tear out the darkness in your chest I do request You strike down that mutiny of your flesh Of your flesh If there had been a better path I am sure you would have walked it true Whatever is needed to discard that trash and finally again be you Now the war rages on and battles are lost but you are still standing tall Cause when your knees buckled your spirit would not Your were simply slowed to a crawl I do request You reach down and tear out the darkness in your chest I do request You strike down that mutiny of your flesh Of your flesh Of your flesh Of your flesh Reach down and tear out the darkness in your chest Strike down the mutiny of your flesh
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Blood and Bone 05:56
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There’s no warmth in her skin, rigor mortis set in she lies on the gurney as stiff as a mannequin But that’s not my mother, just a shadow of her and now I must wonder what our flesh is Is this all I am or am I more than this Does the real me just need a place to call home This is not all of me, that’d be a travesty We are not simply the sum of our blood and bone Blood and bone, blood and bone Blood, blood and bone I won’t believe I’m nothing more Blood and bone, blood and bone Blood, blood and bone Cut me to the core So I can see I am more than just blood and bone I’m more than just blood and bone More than just blood and bone Blood and bone She might be in the ground oh but still joy it can be found by remembering how she lived when she was around Her teachings will live on through her daughters and through her sons and in that way we know her soul is glory bound And in that we we know her soul is glory bound, glory bound Through her wisdom we have grown and that is how we know she was not simply the sum of her blood and bone Blood and bone, blood and bone Blood, blood and bone I won’t believe I’m nothing more Blood and bone, blood and bone Blood, blood and bone Cut me to the core Blood and bone, blood and bone Blood, blood and bone I won’t believe I’m nothing more Blood and bone, blood and bone Blood, blood and bone Cut me to the core So I can see I am more than just blood and bone More than just blood and bone Blood and bone, blood and bone So I can see I am more than just blood and bone
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Jake and Abel 03:12
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Darkness filled his heart as Abel rode along In search of Dirty Jake, the man who killed his ma and pa He found Jake on a farmstead just outside of Dodge And without thinking twice Abel drew his gun and shot Through the air that bullet it flew true Abel said “Someone killed my ma and pa! Do you know who?” “It was you, it was you, it was you!” “It was you, it was you, it was you!” “It was you, it was you, it was you!” As Jake lay dying in the grass out on the plains He said “I knew this day would come. Yes I knew that this was my fate.” “For I used to be a wicked man but I changed my ways and Abel if you wish to, you can do the same.” “It’s not too late for you to pull on through Smother your hate or you will be consumed” “And this could be you, this could be you, this could be you Lying in a pool of your own blood, explaining to someone son Why you had to do what you had to do This could be you Don’t let it be you, don’t let it be you, don’t let it be you Don’t let it be you, don’t let it be, Don’t let it be you, don’t let it be Don’t let it be you
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Thief in the night 05:28
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He will come like a thief in the night Come and steal your soul away He will come like a thief in the night and steal your soul away He’ll come all dressed in black He’ll come all dressed in black He will come all dressed in black and steal your soul away He’ll spit venom and hellfire He will spit venom and hellfire He’ll spit venom and hellfire in your face You must say NO, NO I won’t let you You must say NO, NO I won’t let you No I won’t let you steal my soul away He’ll come like a thief in the night Come like a thief in the night He’ll come like a thief in the night and steal your soul away He’ll spit venom and hellfire He will spit venom and hellfire He’ll spit venom and hellfire in your face You must say NO, NO I won’t let you You must say NO, NO I won’t let you No I won’t let you steal my soul away He’ll come dressed in black He will come all dressed in black He’ll come all dressed in black and steal your soul away He’ll spit venom and hellfire He will spit venom and hellfire He’ll spit venom and hellfire in your face You must say NO, NO I won’t let you You must say NO, NO I won’t let you No I won’t let you steal my soul away My soul, oh no no, oh no no You must say NO, NO I won’t let you You must say NO, NO I won’t let you No I won’t let you steal my soul away
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Devil Inside Your Head 03:04
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I’m the little devil inside your head Don’t you worry about the things I said Just take your pills and go to bed And in the morning we will do it all again You know that little gnawing in the back of your skull Well that’s just me scratching trying to get hold And one of these days I’m gonna have complete control I’ll weasel my way in and before you know I will be the one running the show And you will no longer own your soul Cause I’m the little devil inside your head Don’t you worry about the things I said Just take your pills and go to bed And in the morning we will do it all again I’m the little devil inside your head Don’t you worry about the things I said Just take your pills and go to bed And in the morning we will do it all again You never can await that familiar sound You hear the pop of the bottle and drool like a hound I’ve got you on a leash and I’m leading you around and round So take two for your stomach and three for your head Take four more for all the side effects You are not in charge, I’m at the wheel instead I’m the little devil inside your head Don’t you worry about the things I said Just take your pills and go to bed And in the morning we will do it all again I’m the little devil inside your head Don’t you worry about the things I said Just take your pills and go to bed And in the morning we will do it all again I’m the little devil inside your head Don’t you worry about the things I said Just take your pills and go to bed And in the morning we will do it all again I’m the little devil inside your head Don’t you worry about the things I said Just take your pills and go to bed And in the morning we will do it all again I’m the little devil inside your head Don’t you worry about the things I said Just take your pills and go to bed And in the morning we will do it all ah In the morning we will do it all ah In the morning we will do it all again
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Flow 04:36
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Just like a leaf that must blow with the breeze I’ll go where it is that this life does take me I will do all I can to better myself Through all of my triumphs and through all of my failures as well I will flow like the water I will blow like the breeze I’ll flow like the water from the mountains to the sea Just like the water that will flow anywhere it needs to I will do all I can in order to see this through If downstream a dam has been built to bring me to a stop I will fill the basin, become a lake and rush right over the top I will flow like the water I will blow like the breeze I’ll flow like the water from the mountains to the sea Just like a river that will flow anywhere it needs to I’ll do what I must in order to see this through And if the ground fractures and becomes a five hundred foot wall I will flow right over the side and become a waterfall I will flow like the water I will blow like the breeze I’ll flow like the water from the mountains to the sea
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Let You Go 04:38
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I can finally see I can finally taste the air I breathe I do believe that I am free It does not sting To think about your memory You have taught me how to simply be But there was a time not so long ago When I was afraid, afraid to let you go There was a time not so long ago When I was afraid, afraid to let you go To let you go Oh it’s been so long Finally I am back to singing these songs It does not feel wrong even though you are gone But there was a time not so long ago When I was afraid, afraid to let you go There was a time not so long ago When I was afraid, afraid to let you go To let you go I will let you go I must let you go But there was a time not so long ago When I was afraid, afraid to let you go There was a time not so long ago When I was afraid, afraid to let you go To let you go

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released March 30, 2016

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