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Hey there Murphy Come and see us
Show us where to go
Take us for a tour, another night on the town
Tell us all that we should know
Hey there Murphy Go and bring the family
Go and get your little brother Pete
It’s high time for ol’ “killer Meldon” to hit the street
Run a mile a minute
Running free in the air
Ran until you
Made yourself a millionaire
Look out friends, go and clear a path
Murphy’s on the way
It's time for a visit from
The Godfather of Highway 30A
I know Murphy
I know for a fact
you’re a columbus man
You gotta head back to Cincinnati next time you can
Come on Murphy, come on buddy
Next time you’re back around
It’ll be the snake and the rat, marty and the cat down over at Paul Brown
Run a mile a minute
Head free in the air
Ran until you
Made yourself a millionaire
Come on friends
Murphy’s on the way
It’s time for a visit from
The Godfather of Highway 30A
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Out from Greeley, Colorado
Ran off to California
Saved all our money in Jameson tubes
Saved every penny till our dreams true
Ran off to San Francisco to hang out and give some tattoos
Ran off to meet a friend named Jack in building we called Boogaloo
A haunted building out in the heart of the North Beach
finding our way as best as we could through a drunken Sesame Street
Nothing to lose, never ever once looked back
I love all of you and I love this place and I love Jack
We stripped the building we stripped the rust
with this mighty hatchet in which we trust
Ghost of Janis Joplin with a smile on her face just watching us
That first year was something else
Lived on Cheeto sandwiches
Thank Bob and Carla for believing in the cause
Thank you for believing in us kids
Thank Peggy for giving so much of her skin
Tattoos for the cause tattoos for all our friends
Fill the Boogaloo with music let it run from wall to wall
Watching every signature, watching every memory cover the pole
Feel the walls smiling, I’ll tell ya Jack’s real pleased
I love all of you and I love this place and everything it means
Built a future from the ground on up
With this mighty hatchet in which we trust
Thank Bob & Carla & Peggy and everyone for believing in us
Let’s get some work done let’s make some art
House full of bodies ready to take part
Put on a show and pass around the jar, Climb a hill every night just to get back to the car
We stripped the building we stripped the rust
with this mighty hatchet in which we trust
Ghost of Janis Joplin with a smile on her face just watching us
Stripped the building stripped the rust
Built it all up with love and trust
Good ol’ Mick Foley smiling in a frame just watching us
Ghost of Janis Joplin smiling in the corner just watching us
Good ol Jack in the corner there just proud of us
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It’s you and your grandpa
The only men I ever truly loved
You and this big old lake
Catamarans in the summer sun
I see him in your eyes
Ready to set sail
Ready to fly
Just in time without fail
Now you’re all grown up
Standing tall in the sunshine
a mirror image of the old man
In the blink of a squinty eye
Grab a hold of the line, kid
Just like he taught you
Just like you’ll teach your children
When it’s time to
Send Grandpa off like a viking
Into that big old blue
One day I’ll join him,
We’ll all join him too
You’re the man of the house soon
The captain of the ship
How the time just flew by
Love never lost its grip
I see his hunger in your eyes
Ready to set sail
Ready to fly just in time, without fai
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If you should read this letter
I know this is gonna be rough
But I know you’ll be alright
Like to think I made you that tough
I’ll always be here with you, girl
don’t you ever lose your nerve
You’re mine and I love you kid
you’re miles ahead of the curve
Yes, I know it’s hard
I’ll always be here nonetheless
In photographs and songs and in letters just like this
I hope you end up happy, baby
and get all you deserve
You’re always mine and I love you kid
you’re years ahead of the curve.
I’m sorry my heart couldn’t give more of a fight
I’m sorry I couldn’t be your mother just another night
You can find me anywhere you like
Find me in the mirror
Find me anywhere you want
In every friend I left behind
In every story I will haunt
Find me in your legacy
In your eyes and in every nerve
You're always mine and I love you kid, you’re miles ahead of the curve.
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Heat & Cold (for Jon)
04:02
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Get there in time to build the stage before the sound guy shows
When it’s all over pack it up
Have one drink for the short ride home
God it wasn’t so damn quiet that long ago
Everyone in this town had a band to call their own
Some of us are still around
Some of us try to keep in touch
Some of us we sleep like babies, some sleep not so much
God we weren’t always so tired just a few years back
Everyone here keeps moving or changing or dying by the pack
Soon enough one day I’ll be back with my friends
Back from the heat and the cold, that circus out there in the wind
That chews em up and spits em out, takes and always gives
Oh the different ways we chose to live
Get home just in time to wake the kids up
Send em back to bed and grab the gear from the trunk
Lock up and lights out maybe have one more little drink
One more for the road from the kitchen to the bathroom sink
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Brother pour another one
Pour it heavy as the years roll on
Go on a grab your guitar
Let’s go in search of a song
Let’s go out tonight
Let every drink hit your head like a crown
find our place in the light
Pickin’ songs till the city shuts down
You start from your side and I’ll start from mine
And we’ll always find our way down back to the middle of the line
Pour us both another one
Pour another as the years roll on
We’ll talk about the road
(About how) we could be in West Virginia by dawn
Or, back to good ol knights ferry
Singing and drinking by the Stanislaus
Can you hear that, my friend
Pineville, Kentucky has been calling us all along
You start from your side and I’ll start from mine
And we’ll always find our way down back to the middle of the line
Brother I’ll always have your back
Cos i know you’ve got mine
No matter how the road may twist and wind
You just know how to be that kind `
You start from your side and I’ll start from mine
And we’ll always find our way down back to the middle of the line
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my little ballerina
my little rockstar shining bright
Keep on dancing keep on singing
Keep shining your light
my little Frida Kahlo
Little spitfire of a child
Look in your eyes, and I see your dad
so free and wild
The world’s so big
But you fit right in
I know you’ll make it better than it’s ever been
Our little wolfpack, you and I
With hope forever by my side
I could walk this world forever
Hope my little angel
Apple of my eye
Dance your little heart out, with your arms open wide
Hope, my little raspberry
I love you through and through
My little ballerina, the sweetest in the world
A dream come true
The world’s so big
But you’ll fit right in
Meant to make it better that it’s ever been
Our little wolfpack, you and I
With Hope forever by my side
I could walk this world forever
Let’s walk this world forever
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Oh, god the river calls
But the river’s gonna have to wait
It won’t take me without a fight
It always calls so late
The river wants to prove me right
The river wants to prove me wrong
Feel it knocking at my chest all night long
Knocking against my heart
Knocking like the police
Calling everytime it’s quiet
everytime there’s peace
Oh i hear it loud and clear
Forever and ever after
Let it call all night
It won’t get an answer
Oh, hear the river calls
But the river can wait
Some days it sings all night
It calls my phone real late
Watch it flow and disappear
Like stones into the black
Maybe we’ll see them somewhere else
Or we never get them back
Hear it in the back of my head
Knocking like a bottle of wine
Drowning everytime it’s quiet
Everytime i feel fine
Oh i hear it loud and clear
Forever and ever after
Let it call all night
It won’t get an answer
The river wants to prove me right
It wants to prove me wrong
Let it think what it wants, let it wait all night long
Oh the river calls
Forever and ever after
Let it call all night
It won’t get an answer
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The ocean is just a stumble
It’s right there at your fingertips
We can be an impulse away
A block or two from the pacific
Ocean’s just a shuffle
From the Parish Publick House
When we’re done here we’ll help each other stumble on out
Just a shuffle, just a stumble
Never feel lonely, never feel lost
Moon in the sky
Over the water
Hanging like a holy cross
Ocean’s just a stroll
Just a block or two around the bend
full of forever
You and i and all our dearest friends
Forever’s just a stumble
With the suburbs behind
Face to face with the dark
Like a ship passing through the night
Just a shuffle, just a stumble
Never feel lonely, never feel lost
Moon in the sky
Over the water
Hanging like a holy cross
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Alex Salcido Cincinnati, Ohio
Alex Salcido is one half of indie rock-folk group The Harmed Brothers.
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