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Light Up The Sky
Lyrics by Chris Baron
(orig) July 2010
©ChrisBaronMusic2014
I've been looking for somewhere to rest my head,
no I don't mean my bed, I mean in your arms again
or someone like you instead
No, I mean exactly you, lets dig 1000 feet
I've thought it through and this old life is parachuting
One more time on the merry go-around
Count me on till next July
Put your arms around me baby, light up the sky
One more time on the merry go-around
Searchlights in paradise
Put your arms around me baby, light up the sky
Extra ordinary flashing lights and compliments and small surprises
line the rooftops of a hometown summer night
One to One I closed my eyes and cast my hand into the skies and threw a satellite for you....
I outlived the king, and I did crown his pretty queen,
and I've got dozens if not thousands of these mismatched pairs of jeans and I've got dreams,
and I've got melodies that tug at your heartstrings
and leave you helpless...
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She Calls My Name (Forever)
Lyrics by Chris Baron
(orig) Aug 2009
©ChrisBaronMusic2014
And it goes to show
What I’ve always known
That the song remains the feed the lucky
and cleanse the soul
I have seen the best
I have seasoned the pain
Even if I am worlds away she reaches
and calls my name
I have been to be
I have lived to lead
When I spin the line that speaks forever
It comes to be
It comes
to be
When I’m on the road
She hears me through the noise,
though I am far from home
and we’re both alone
I have seen the best
I have seasoned the pain
Even if I am worlds away she reaches
and calls my name
and calls my name
Forever
You can hear it once
and its never enough
and it feels like the very first breath you take
after you give up
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Good Fortune
03:23
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Good Fortune
Lyrics by Chris Baron
(orig) Aug 2008
©ChrisBaronMusic2014
Over and over the wind blows her fortune on me
Stirring, I turn it around back to my family
Karma be karma, she lavishes love on the just
I do what I must
Pieces of yesterday (that) strengthen and fortify me
sometimes familiar and sometimes remain mystery
time over eons the wind turns your fortunes to dust
I do what I must
It falls, its falling on me
Time passes by, we go flashing on by through the Dust
Drips in a memory, sinking down into the crust
Karma be karma, she lovingly holds back the tide
I must decide
it falls, its falling on me
the falls, its falling is me
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The Righter
02:55
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The Righter
Lyrics by Chris Baron
(orig) March 2013
©ChrisBaronMusic2014
Today is fine
tomorrow we can right the wrongs
we'll only be together one more day
maybe we can find a way
to say so long
in a way that will keep us tied
in a way like yesterday
so we never leave this behind
Oh Lord, I'm trippin' on my old goodbyes
Today is fine
tomorrow we can right the wrongs
maybe we can find a way
to say so long
Today is ours
and even if I fade away
like if we only get this one more day
don't let your face grow cold
Oh Lord, I'm trippin' on my old goodbyes
Somedays I need little bit more time
to let it rest
I don't know that I could even bear
to grow older
if the last time that I saw your face, it grew colder
hello is fine
goodbye seems to stick around
like a bittersweet memory
and a rush to the ground
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the Medicine Man
Lyrics by Chris Baron
(orig) March 2009
©ChrisBaronMusic2014
Jumped off the bus in New Mexico
I met a medicine man on the side of the road
he said,
Son, you look like you’re a long way from home
I can tell from just one look at your eyes
that you despise all the lies
of the corporate crisis in America,
and you’re looking for the payload
He said,
Take care not to scuff your collar
Take this bag of bones and sell it for $30
then head on home to buy the one you love some flowers
This is a gift to a man in need
And I won’t take trade cuz I got no greed
just a passing talent for recognizing distress
I said ok, but I was 4 days late
cuz I lived 2,000 miles away
and now I sit here wondering if I made the right choice
Did I make the right choice?
Downtown checkin out the bustling scene
I saw a sign saying Silence in a neon green
and I could not help myself, I wandered over and tore it down
Now with Silence down, the whole town rose up
and threw petals at the feet of the wonderful cup
that unleashed them from the dirty bonds of self-doubt
I said this is a gift to a town in need
And I won’t take trade cuz I got no greed
just a passing talent for recognizing unrest
Was it for the best?
This is for the rest
[ Jam ]
Was it for the best?
I was just possessed
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Redemption
03:08
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Redemption
Lyrics by Chris Baron
(orig) Dec 2009
©ChrisBaronMusic2014
When I kick out to face the morning
There’s a smile and a pinch of rain
And a fog that hangs low to the ground
below my intentions
At the heart of the mystery
is the pleasure of witnessing history
Redemption
Put my ear to the tracks, and safe to say
There’s a cold out here today
But the meantime has me focused
on the horizon
On the edge of perilous destruction
is a razor-sharp salvation
Redemption
Around the bend
a lost surprise
you never thought
you’d see again
Redemption
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Hold Me While I Detoxify
Lyrics by Chris Baron
(orig) ?
©ChrisBaronMusic2014
<I don't think I ever wrote the lyrics to this one down! If you want them, lmk>
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Are We Waiting on the World to Save Me Now?
Lyrics by Chris Baron
(orig) April 2011
©ChrisBaronMusic2014
Are we waiting on the world to save me now?
And you will know me by my passive, cockeyed stare
All this is known, and you are known to me
And you will know me by my adolescent cheek
sympathies grind under my feet
Are we waiting on the world to save me now?
This too shall pass
The burn, the crash
I am not the best, but I will last
And this too shall pass
Are we waiting on the world to save me now?
And you will know me by my sideways glitter smile
Like time will tell if you deserve the (true) shine
We are directed and dissected like a Spike Lee Joint
you will never know what is on my mind
Are we waiting on the world to save me now?
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Lover Song
Lyrics by Chris Baron
(orig) Feb 2006
©ChrisBaronMusic2014
No need to mention how you brighten my day
When I’m with you my worries, melting away
I finally decide to end this affair, with holding back
I found the space in your air
Connected by the instant touch of my hand
Running my fingers through your hair
Electrified, I simply look in your eyes
And I don’t care…I don’t care
No need to mention how you brighten my day
Don’t need to tell you how to love me your way
Wrote you a message on the tablecloth
When I’m with you I don’t need anything, I don’t need anything at all
And I feel, and I feel
Could it make my body heal?
My spirits lift up at the sound of your voice
You need not stop for anything
Distracted from my purpose, making a choice, to which I let the freedom ring
To which I let the freedom ring
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This Must Be Artichoke
05:05
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This Must Be Artichoke
Lyrics by Chris Baron
(orig) July 2011
©ChrisBaronMusic2014
Down on Hawthorne Boulevard
A few blocks from the river
sells a man all the instruments of the names we love
and the backgate stage, is the heart of the music,
every Friday night the Thursday crowd makes way...
They heard me singing and they told me to stop.
Till I got here.
On the southeast side of town
A house home to the Doverlaff
In a garden called The Tiki Lounge
a singer came to share
One in twenty, one in fifty, no, a million men could fit
and all of history
This must be Artichoke
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Its Alright, But It's Not My Mind
Lyrics by Chris Baron
(orig) Dec 2009
©ChrisBaronMusic2014
When I sink below the ground where I was born, the refuge is a dream
And its alright…but its not my mind
A day adrift, a day delayed, I interrupt the stream
Its alright, but its not my mind
Its alright, but its not my time
I temporarily believe the shift will wait for me
Its alright, but its not my mind
A leisurely dependence on a likely mystery
Its alright, but its not my mind
Its time, to take what’s mine
Retreating when I need direction
Living alone takes more devotion
I swing beneath the fireplace in memories of old escapes
And its alright, but its not my mind
I deign to breathe another day, despite the failure of yesterday
To clean, and become light
Believe and purify
The city I have lived within, I have never surrendered to the wind
and its true, I lived for you
I take a dip in the river
But the journey ends at my shore
Its alright, but its not my mind
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Are We Waiting On the World to Save Me Now?
Lyrics by Chris Baron
(orig) ?
Album: Light Up The Sky
©ChrisBaronMusic2014
I keep my head rushed and my feet upon the sand
I trip a bit and try to do the best I can
I’ve seen a shaking in the road and I’m carrying a load
but you make me want to be a better man
Yes, you make me want to be a better man
Look at me riding the wind
Taking all the time I can until the sunrise is inside of me
Carry me upwards, letting it take me away
Look and see how it begins
Taking all the time I can until the sunrise is inside of me
Carry me upwards, letting it take me away
And I fall…
I count my fingers and my toes when I’m in despair
I keep a journal of the length of my hair
I feel the little things my baby gives to me throughout the years
is the symbol of the better things to bear
Yes, we’re gonna bring the better things to bear
Look at me riding the wind
Taking all the time I can until the sunrise is inside of me
Carry me upwards, letting it take me away
Look and see how it begins
Taking all the time I can until the sunrise is inside of me
Carry me upwards, letting it take me away
And I fall…
The confusion that had took me turned and ran
I put my finger up and tested for the wind
I took a double-take at the double-time
and I‘m ready to begin
I take my lovin’ and I shake it in a can
because you make me want to be a better man
Look at me riding the wind
Taking all the time I can until the sunrise is inside of me
Carry me upwards, letting it take me away
Look and see how it begins
Taking all the time I can until the sunrise is inside of me
Carry me upwards, letting it take me away
And I Rise…
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Barstools
04:11
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Barstools
Lyrics by Chris Baron
(orig) 2009
©ChrisBaronMusic2014
<I never wrote down the lyrics to this one. But they're easy. If you want an official copy typed out, lmk>
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