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the Relic
04:05
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Lyrics by Chris Baron
(orig) March 2013
Album: Relics
©ChrisBaronMusic2018
I am a relic, foreign in origin
I travel through the air
with a sense of purpose
while others of my kind
skim the ground, or safely land
I am a tongue
for the traveller displaced
two generations
paced,
with a sense of haste
I am a relic forged from desperation
I am a demon
sent back from the storm
to make forgiveness
from the wreckage I've borne
I am a rogue
and I was surely torn and bloodied in my former life
Now a new purpose is born
I am a demon
Sent from above
to pay tribute
to the lady I loved
And now I know
though my body may cease
My lost promises
are not buried with me
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Soul, Collisions & Signs
03:12
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Lyrics by Chris Baron
(orig) Feb 2010
Album: Relics
©ChrisBaronMusic2018
Sometimes, I can’t pick up the phone
You’re on my mind
But I feel alone
I know you’d understand
I know you’d listen in
You are my oldest friend
But I don’t call in
Burdens left to contemplate
I know that you'd would share my weight
But I never ask you to
Something I’m afraid to do
The heart can turn a thousand times
The string is taut, the height is high
The fall would surely end it all
But the time is ripe for us to try
Soul, collisions, and signs do me very well
You and I, and both our lives
intertwined and close defined
Future, past, and present tense
can pass between us with a glance
The heart can turn a thousand times
The string is taut, the height is high
Future, past, and present tense
can pass between us with a glance
Soul, collisions, and signs do me very well
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3. |
No Solitaire
03:57
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Lyrics by Chris Baron
(orig) June 2014
Album: Relics
©ChrisBaronMusic2018
Freedom
She calls to me
She comes for me
She won't let me be
without her
Neither here nor there no solitaire
The coast is clear
I'm a millionaire
Brother
Not seen you before
Never crossed this hill
in this life so far
Ground upon the earth
Lifted by the sound
Rising up to me
Or am I falling down…?
Leave this to me
to level with the gravity
Leave this to me, I'll take you in a time of need
Leave this to me...even if you walk alone
Water
I look over the tide
I know that freedom waits, towards the other side
I build a ship for there
I let stars decide
We travel as we are...I've never been so far...
Stranger
Do we not share a cause?
Do we not share a bond?
On this side of the road...
on this side of the row.
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the Beacon
04:42
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Lyrics by Chris Baron
(orig) March 2011
Album: Relics
©ChrisBaronMusic2018
This I know
This I know
I will absolutely see you again,
free as a breeze are we, I will be with you again
When I'm gone I'm on the road, I'm searchin' for the payload
I've got a dream and a memory waiting for me at home,
I did good, you get better with age, and this never will change
I give and I receive, behind my demons I leave,
I set sail for the horizon and she welcomes me,
I did well, and you did better still, I hope the words never change
Before I leave, I sneak a token of affection on the cheek,
just a treat to remind me all the years and the weeks,
I did well, and you did better still, I hope the words never change
Down the rivers we ride, on the riverbanks we lie,
all my stresses, my concerns they stream away with the tide
I did well, and you did better still, I hope the words never change
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Lyrics by Chris Baron
(orig) April 2012
Album: Relics
©ChrisBaronMusic2018
Time stood still
for you and me,
and you and I aren’t even real
When I rise
the song aligns
I take my place inside the wheel
You and I
were made…
to be close
Push your luck
yeah push your luck
and you
can make this body feel
When I rose I went the distance
and it makes much little sense
but it’s the best I’ve ever been
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6. |
Purpose
04:33
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Lyrics by Chris Baron
(orig) May 2016
Album: Relics
©ChrisBaronMusic2017
It starts with a purpose
With a rainy day push
It moves with a breaking
One day it will rush
Abandons the boulders
Picks up like the breeze
It sings like an angel
with the greatest of ease
It flows with a trickle
low facing the south
I drink of the water
She kisses my mouth
We move down together
With purpose and pace
Trees faster and faster
No time left to waste
It hums with a chorus
of a billion and one
It breathes like I'm breathing
and the best isn't done
It swells like an ocean
On the edge of a roar
I'm blind and I'm rushing
Caught up in it more, and more, and more...
It pulled with a purpose
It sang from the start
Still sings like an angel
Still sings from the heart
We cut through the valley
We cut through the tone
It sings like an angel
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7. |
Gm7 Jam
03:47
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instrumental
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8. |
this City Life
03:44
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Lyrics by Chris Baron
(orig) Nov 2005
Album: Relics
©ChrisBaronMusic2017
One time, at a glance
you would stand a better chance
in the rain
and with your dirty pants
and with the pain
you're on a mission
bet you are wishin
you had more inspiration
As far as legs run
you’re on strike
stuck in a rut feeling so unliked, you here, longing for the fear
to take a hike
so come clean, be clear, and drink to better life
Time, time spent
I only caught a quick glimpse of your eyes and I wonder what's going on
On time, at a glance
you would stand a better chance, with a friend
and with your tight face, and with the bends,
I can't imagine, but I'm guessin', cuz I've been
runnin' down the same stretch, burn bright
Roll up my windows as I roll up this city life
and its cold cold cold...
but only as far as you and me let it go
I know what its like to be lost
to know your one true hope has been tossed
All alone in a crowd no sympathy
No magnetism, no no no no love for me
I saw a flash of myself in your quick eyes,
the way you went inside your head for a brief time
And if its just one flash, I understand
Leaves me wondering what's been happening...
How can I live here?
How can I live away?
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10. |
I Once Played
04:12
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Lyrics by Chris Baron
(orig) December 2016
Album: Relics
©ChrisBaronMusic2017
I tried playing the game
but it was no good
I tired playing the game
when it was all too much
One more look at the door
but it was no good
One more swing at the floor
I bet it won't hurt much
Now I keep my head down
I tried playing the game
and was all too much to keep it all up
I tried playing the game to keep us all wrapped up
but it wasn't enough
Cuz you're no longer around
I lost a head in the sound I guess,
I once played
I fell in love with a girl
and she was so good
Then time started to turn
and it was all too much
for a time and a half
another winter is back I guess
I once played
I tried playing the game
but it was all too much
I tried playing the game
but it was all too much
and it was never enough
Yea it was never enough
Yea it was all too much
And it was never enough
because I wanted too much I guess
I once played
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11. |
When.Will.i.Come.Back?
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When.Will.i.Come.Back?
Lyrics by Chris Baron
(orig) July 2016
Album: Relics
©ChrisBaronMusic2017
Been thinkin' a bit about it
Don't think I could live without it
But the universe probably
has other plans
The name Common Man is ill-fitted
I'd rather slit my throat than admit it
But oh, the universe, always has other plans
I…wish you were still around
You know who you are, and as
for me I need to get back, to the Here and Now
Been living in fear about it
Can't seem to release the loudest
fears in my head
but they wanna be free
Been lookin' up more, and more, and more
A stout sapling on a redwood floor
Hello canopy, a miracle indeed
let freedom ring
bigger than me
I sit in silence and think about it
No way I can live without it
But oh, the universe, probably has other plans
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12. |
the Busking Song
03:53
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Lyrics by Chris Baron
(orig) Oct 20011
Album: Relics
©ChrisBaronMusic2017
I’m on the side of the road, I get sold
But they don’t know a thing about me
I get sold, I sell me to the sea on the patio
And I don’t know a thing about you
On the side of the road, get sold, but they don’t know a thing about you
I suffer you,
less time than I wanted to
Only here for a moment
I never knew,
never had the time to
Only here for a moment
On the side of the road, get sold, but they don’t know a thing about you
I always knew
that I would tell the story of another
In as many ways as one
I play for you,
my patio song on the patio
Only here for a moment
On the side of the road, get sold, but they don’t know a thing about you
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13. |
Boardman Refrain
01:27
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instrumental
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14. |
Everything's Eventual
03:48
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Lyrics by Chris Baron
(orig) May 2014
Album: Relics
©ChrisBaronMusic2017
When you're alone then, your cover is blown
I come clean with the deepest part of me
I could be cool or I could be dead
I step step to the rhythm in my head
I slide in the road
but a temporary loss of control don't worry me
Only one way to go
and I'll get there or I won't, everything's eventually
gonna steer me right
I slide in the road
I could be three, or, more, people a week, or
I could sit around naked in my head
Two could be worse, or better
I take chances in passing weather
A little bit of me, for a bit of you
I slide in the road
but a temporary loss of control don't worry me
I got one way to go
and I'll get there or I won't, everything's eventual
I slide in the road
I'll be the man that I can be around you
When I'm on my own, hope that's still true
I see myself floating above this dread and you
below
I slide in the road
but a temporary loss of control don't worry me
I got one way to go
and I'll get there or I won't, everything's eventual
I slide in the road
but my own distraction is all I think about
Only one way to go
Even though we live together I know, I'll die alone
I slide in the road
but a temporary loss of control don't worry me
Only one way to go
and I'll get there or I won't, everything's eventual
gonna steer me right
I slide in the road
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