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Those jobs came around, when the money here was thin
This used to be a boomtown now the ground is falling in
Half the place is undermined, someone robbed us blind
The ghosts still roam the catacombs, going nowhere bound
And over there in Rabbittown the blacklung took 'em down Down into the mines, long before their time
I don't know how they found me, it's no use to call the Mounties
4:30 in the morning and I'm stumbling through this fog
As the ghosts of the County follow me home
The ghosts of the County follow me home
Buried in the darkness with the stories never told
They rise up from their graves and they make it to the road I know they're getting near with all the whispers I can hear
In the early morning hours, when the town is still asleep
As the dawn begins to rise, with their shadows over me
They get closer than they've been then I catch a second wind
I don't know how they found me, it's no use to call the Mounties
4:30 in the morning and I'm stumbling through this fog
As the ghosts of the County follow me home
The ghosts of the County follow me home
They don't get tired of chasing me, they find me every night I run down to the riverside where everything's alright
Maybe if I sing a song, maybe if I write them one They'll leave me alone for awhile
I don't know how they found me, it's no use to call the Mounties
4:30 in the morning and I'm stumbling through this fog
The ghosts of the County follow me home The ghosts of the County follow me home
The ghosts of the County follow me home
The ghosts of the County follow me home
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We are standing on a bridge, there's smoke on either side
Will they let it burn, will they let burn
And there's a story on the wind and it's just as old as time
Is it too late to learn, too late to learn
And the arguments have hardened with both sides digging in
There's a price to pay
For leaving reason by the wayside, respect has come and gone
For another day, for another day
Can we rise above the noise
Are we willing to try
Can we pull ourselves together
Across the divide
Will it lead us to a place where peace can be found Somewhere between us on the middle ground On the middle ground
And underneath the surface the difference is thin We're not so far apart, so far apart
Like a line drawn in the sand 'til the tide comes roll in' in
That's all we are, that's all we are
Now the salt of the earth for all that it is worth Can heal anything
So when the voices all go silent the truth can be heard
If we're listening, if we're listening
Can we rise above the noise
Are we ready to try
Can we pull ourselves together
Across the divide
Will it lead us to a place where peace can be found Somewhere between us on the middle ground On the middle ground
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The Same Storm
03:38
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We sailed around the world we flew across the sky
Trying to find a life but it had almost passed us by
When winds began to blow we washed up on the sand
None of this was ever in the plan
We found ourselves alone eating homemade bread
And opening the wine and all the books we hadn't read
With some chickens in the yard, some seeds into the earth
Holding on for everything it's worth
In the same storm, rocking back and forth
In the same storm, it's gonna run it's course And I don't care how long it goes I know that we can see it through
As long as I'll be rolling in the same storm with you
Some days we come together, some days we fall apart
We count up all the reasons that we're lucky 'cause we are
And we'll keep on dancing 'round the shepards of the rain If you follow there's no reason to complain
And I don't have to wonder and I don't have to roam
You don't have to worry that I'm leaving you alone
We can weather all the changes as we're drifting on the tide
Together in the darkness every night
In the same storm rocking back and forth
In the same storm it's gonna run it's course
I don't care how long it goes or if it's Waterloo
As long as I'll be rolling in the same storm with you
Maybe when it's over and everything is still
We'll make it back to normal though we likely never will
Cause I kinda like the craziness that we've fallen in It's the best of all the places I have been
In the same storm rocking back and forth
In the same storm it's gonna run it's course And I don't care how long it goes I know that we can see it through
As long as I'll be rolling in the same storm with you
The same storm rocking back and forth
In the same storm it's gonna run it's course - Il don't care how long it goes if it's another year or two As long as 'I'll be rolling in the same storm with you
Of all the different boats and all the different crews
I know that I'll be rolling in the same storm with you
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A Girl Like You
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I still think of when they showed me how to build and fly a kite And that summer evening when I learned to ride a two wheeled bike They'd climb the highest hills just to get a better view They showed me how to see a girl like you
He taught me how to bait a hook and how to light a fire
And all the things to look for in someone you might hire And she knew all of the-places where the best blueberries grew And what to say to a girl like you
A girl like yo They taught me all the things that I should do
Should I ever meet a girl like you
We've been saving for the rain, home cookin' and mending shirts We know the value of a dollar and of an honest word And even when we fight I know you speak the truth
Then it turns into a laugh with a girl like you
I still remember our first date back when we were young
And the feeling as I drove you home and knew you were the one
I waited 'til you were inside, safe and out of view
Something I knew about a girl like you
A girl like you
They taught me of the things that I should do
Should I ever meet a girl like you
We've got a son who's growing fast with all the changes in the world
And sometimes I get worried and I cry a little too
But he's got a gentle heart, I hope he learned a thing or
And does alright by a girl like you
A girl like you
How did I ever stumble into
A girl like you
They thought me of the things I should do
Should I ever meet a girl like you
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Scalehouse Road
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Not far away there's a town that's broke
You can taste the wind, you can swallow smoke And the dirt runs deep where the water flows
But the pay is steady on the Scalehouse Road
The man wears a suit, gold watch and chain
He's never scraped coal for the Shiretown train
Who bears the weight of the heavy load
In the trucks that hammer down the Scalehouse Road
We took a penny, they stole a pound
Big dreams fell to the ground
Where the sun don't shine and the wind blows cold
The wheels keep turning on the Scalehouse Road
You can turn away when the smoke comes 'round
It creeps on the water to the harbour town
And the smell of money it burns with bone
We don't talk about that on the Scalehouse Road
We took a penny, they stole a pound
Big dreams fell to the ground
Where the sun don't shine and the wind blows cold
The wheels keep turning on the Scalehouse Road
Behind the gates is the big machine
All trouble and rust, it's never been clean
Let it all come down, let it all explode
Let it fall to ashes on the Scalehouse Road
We took a penny, they stole a pound
Big dreams fell to the ground
Where the sun don't shine, and the wind blows cold
The wheels keep turning
We took a penny, they stole a pound
Big dreams fell to the ground
Where the sun don't shine and the wind blows cold
The wheels keep turning on the Scalehouse Road
The wheels keep turning on the Scalehouse Road
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My Father's Tools
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He was a good man, worked hard all his life
Handed down so many things, like wrong from right He taught me at his workbench what I couldn't learn in school Now I'm in the real world with my father's tools
I can still hear the one-liners he'd repeat
Always at the perfect time, he'd never miss a beat
Keep your blade sharp son, clear away the dust Always measure twice before you make the cut
Level plum and square - meant to stand for years and years
Straight as a rule - with my father's tools
He's here I swear - when I'm working out there
There's always something to do with my father's tools
He wore coveralls, plaid shirt and boots
I wear a neck tie, shiny shoes and suits
And our jobs couldn't be different with a different set of rules
But I use a handshake and my father's tools
Level plum and square - meant to stand for years and years
Straight as a rule - with my father's tools
He's here I swear - when I'm working out there
There's always something to do with my father's tools
I look forward to the weekends, just to feel them in my hands
They always help me clear my head, before Monday comes again
One day I'll hand them down the best way I know
We're all just passing through this world that's how it goes
But something that we leave behind can last a long time
If we build it right upon the ground up to the sky
Level plum and square - meant to stand for years and years
Straight as a rule - with my father's tools
He's here I swear - when I'm working out there
There's always something to do
Level plum and square - meant to stand for years and years
Straight as a rule - with my father's tools
Straight as a rule
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With the "Wild West Show" he traveled around
He was restless and not for the settling down
And found himself home any time he would go Deep in the woods where the flora did grow
He'd walk back into town with the breaking of dawn
And prayed over the herbs for a medicine strong
Gathered a crowd with the music that played
Sold from the cart all the remedies he made
It'll make you feel better, make you feel fine
Strong as the spirits - ones that are kind
It'll make you feel better, better than gold
When you watch Dr. Lonecloud's Medicine Show
He was a reader of stars and a reader of dreams
He knew that the world was much more than it seemed
With kids on his pigtails he spun around
Until the leather and dust from the carnyleft town
It'll make you feel better, make you feel fine
As sure as the morning follows the night
It'll make you feel better, better than gold When you watch Dr. Lonecloud's Medicine Show
He was troubled by how things disappear
Fading in time through the years
Some things we share
But others we hide just to save them
Now you can go along with it or fight 'til it's gone
You might never prove that what's right isn't wrong
Or roll with the punches from places to places
For a coin in a jar and a smile on some faces
It'll make you feel better, make you feel fine
Sure as the morning follows the night
It'll make you feel better, better than gold
When you watch Dr. Lonecloud's Medicine Show
It'll make you feel better, better than gold
When you watch Dr. Lonecloud's Medicine Show
When you watch Dr. Lonecloud's Medicine Show
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Fisher of These Waters
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We go doWn to the boats before the dawning of the day
Have another cup of coffee from the wharf we push away
On a boat just 'like my father named for my mother I'm a fisher of these waters
Pushing through the fog with a sure and steady hand
Back out on the grounds hook the buoys, pull them in
The swell is rising high, rain and winds be damned Cause I know what I am
Who would I be if I couldn't go to sea
What would I do without this rowdy crew
Where would I go it's the only life I know
Like all the sons and daughters I'm a fisher of these waters
Like all the sons and daughters I'm a fisher of these waters
Had ocean in my veins since the day that I was born
I can touch the air to feel a coming storm
And back home in the harbour town where all the flames are burning
I know soon we'll be returning
Who would I be if I couldn't go to sea
What would I do without this rowdy crew
Where would I go it's the only life I know
Like all the sons and daughters I'm a fisher of these waters
Like all the sons and daughters I'm a fisher of these waters
We're tied up to the wharf again another season done
There's something in the wind about a fight that's gonna come
Just like my father down to my daughter I'm a fisher of these waters
Who would I be if I couldn't go to sea
What would I do without this rowdy crew
Where would I go it's the only life I know
Like all the sons and daughters I'm a fisher of these waters
Who would I be if I couldn't go to sea
What would I do without this rowdy crew
Where would I go it's the only life I know
Like all the sons and daughters I'm a fisher of these waters
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Hard Missing You
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I walked down to the river, down through the hills In the echoes from the distance I could hear you talking still And the rains came down cold, so cold for the season
Back to the ground, gone as the reason
Sometimes in the night time from the valley there below There's an ancient sound a howling, there's blood running cold And the ones who feel afraid, they never show it Cause if they did they'd never stop the danger from knowing
I've been hard missing you, I only hurt myself
Tortured by a feeling and there's no one I can tell
You can never darken the hallways where I go Alone in the blue hard missing you
Young lovers they are laughing, they only see the sun
And the storm clouds are-moving in, though it's just begun
Had I seen it coming, had I known how this would end I'd have found higher ground and danced with you in the wind
I've been hard missing you, I only hurt myself
Tortured by a feeling and there's no one I can tell
You can never darken the hallways where I go
Alone in the blue hard missing you
With a promise never lost and a soul never broken
There's a heart tired of beating and a place where it's going
And I'm the only one that knows who you are
You're the only reason that I've taken it this far
I've been hard missing you, I only hurt myself
Tortured by a feeling and there's no one I can tell
You can never darken the hallways where I go
Alone in the blue hard missing you
Alone in the blue hard missing you
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Viola's Song
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I remember all the lights on the•marquee
I recall that my brother came with me
And I remember how good the popcorn smelled
But I don't know if the movie ended well
I watched her as she sat across the aisle
Second time I looked her way she turned around and smiled
I was thinking that she had a pretty face
Yet knowing she looked different in some way
We've come so far since then, but the worst keeps happening
And we're right back again, like nothing's changing
The usher was the first one down the aisle
As he talked to her I watched her lose her smile
Then came another suit and a uniform
And I turned and asked my brother what was wrong
We watched them as they pulled her from her chair
She banged her ankle but no one seemed to care
We'd later heard she'd spent the night in jail
Cold and lonely with drunks in the next cell
We've come so far since then, but the worst keeps happening
And we're right back again, like nothing's changing
"Tax evasion" read the charge upon the sheet
And something about a penny for her seat
She paid the fine although it wasn't right
That small town judge only saw in black and white
Many years have gone since I was nine or ten
I think about her a lot since then I don't recall what we had gone to see but the detail that comes back surprises me I don't recall what lit that silver screen
but Viola's face still smiles back at me
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Look What You've Done
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We began as the young, with beams of gold reaching out
Until that day
There was no turning back once we knew the road we’d take
To carry the weight
Giving all we can to the future
Leaving all we must in the past
Taking every moment starting with one
Look what you’ve done
Look what you’ve done
Falling out of the rust with songbirds all around us
And waters so clear
Even the blue of the sky has never looked so bright
And never so near
Giving all we can to the future
Leaving all we must in the past
Taking every moment starting with one
Look what you’ve done
Look what you’ve done
If little butterfly wings can lift the sleeping winds
And swell the sea
Then I guess we should believe
That it all comes down somehow to you and me
Giving all we can to the future
Leaving all we must in the past
Taking every moment starting with one
Look what you’ve done
Taking every moment starting with one
Look what you’ve done
Look what you’ve done
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For All The Gold
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It’s still up there in the hills where the scars haven’t healed
With the cold winds blowing up from down below
As the sunlight on St. Mary’s makes a ribbon through the trees
And it reaches to the end of the rainbow
Is there anything we’ve learned from all we’ve lost
Is it buried in the dirt from digging deep
Five years worth of paycheques will never cover up the costs
Of forever gone and nothing left to keep
For all the gold, for all the gold
This lifeblood running water can’t be bought or sold
For all the gold, for all the gold
We will never give it up
For all the gold
They tell us not to worry, it’s not our grandfather’s mine
It’s the only bit of truth we’ve heard them say
‘Cause they can dig 27 tonnes just to get an ounce this time
Nothing like it was in my grandfather’s day
For all the gold, for all the gold
This lifeblood running water can’t be bought or sold
For all the gold, for all the gold
We will never give it up
For all the gold
Can we live with the decision to let this disappear
As truck and shovel push it all aside
While we watch the forest sink exactly how we fear
As the poison trickles down the mountain side
For all the gold, for all the gold
This lifeblood running water can’t be bought or sold
For all the gold, for all the gold
We will never give it up
For all the gold, for all the gold
This lifeblood running water can’t be bought or sold
For all the gold, for all the gold
We will never give it up
For all the gold
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Dave Gunning Pictou, Nova Scotia
With a career spanning over two decades and 13 albums, Dave has gained a reputation for being a great storyteller and engaging performer who has the profound ability to take listeners on a musical journey through his songs. Much of his material is about the underdogs, heroes, family, the heart and reflects the messaging of social justice and carrying about the world around us. ... more
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