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Harvest
Standing in the field, with my back to the wind
And now it’s a dry as it’s ever been
No rain in the mountains or down here on the flats
And I don’t know to say how long this drought will last
And it’s been a month of Sundays since a drop of water fell
Some say that springtime is when life will begin
But I think it’s in the fall with the harvest coming in
Plant your seeds down in Mother Earth
With tender love and care for all your worth
Hoeing the ground, praying for rain
Cause putting in the work is worth the pain
And you don’t really have much choice; you have already staked your claim
Some say that springtime is when life will begin
But I think it’s in the fall with harvest coming in
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New Orleans Going Down
03:36
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New Orleans Going Down
Sound the warning
No one hears
Early morning
Water mixed with tears
Children wondering
Why their mamas cry
High wind and thunder
Lightning in the sky
2’ and rising on Bourbon Street
Watch your step or you may drown
Better count your blessings before you leave
The great city of New Orleans
Going down
On the rooftop
Higher ground
You see a helicopter
Better flag it down
Rising above it
Old life left below
Stuck in that shelter
Nowhere left to go
4’ and rising on Esplanade
Better grab hold of something before you drown
Gotta count your blessings if you can get out safe
The great city of New Orleans
Going down
6’ and rising in the Lower Ninth Ward
Swim like hell before you drown
Trying to count my blessing but oh my lord
Great city of New Orleans
Going down
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Lost Prayers
03:47
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Lost Prayers
In a sudden hesitation
Right out of thin air
I saw how I live my life
On a wing and a prayer.
In a moment of confusion
A time of regret
A search for redemption
I haven’t found yet.
Give me a sign
Show me the way
I’ve read your book
All you had to say
I confess my transgressions
It’s all I can bear
As I search through the heavens
For my lost prayers
Kind of makes me wonder
Is there really any help up there
Is anybody listening
to my prayers
Cos it’s often been said
That the answers will come
But I’ve yet to find proof
From anyone
Give me a sign
Show me the way
I’ve read your book
Is that all you got to say
I confess my transgressions
It’s all I can bear
As I search through the heavens
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Hello, Mr. Wolf
05:16
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Hello, Mr. Wolf
The Wolf on top of the hill
Is not as hungry as the one climbing up the hill
Somewhere down the valley
You’re bound to find the bones of his last meal
He sees the wisdom in guarding the sheep
And hunting their predators
He learned to howl many years ago
Hello, Mr. Wolf
He never loses sleep over the feelings of sheep
It’s never occurred to him that he’s outnumbered
So if you see sheep, he won’t be far behind
In a battle they’ll never win
In the calm deep waters of his mind
He waits patiently
He’ll be sitting downwind
Letting it blow by
Hello, Mr. Wolf
His howl makes him larger than everything that hears him
His gaze will reach into your soul
We fear the beast cos we don’t understand the same
Hidden deep within ourselves
We’re all cursed by morals and rules
And wish that we were raised by wolves
The dog of the gods
Be it so
Hello, Mr. Wolf
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Til the River No Longer Flows
Gonna climb every mountain
Sail every sea
Find the powers that be
Drop a coin in every fountain
Set all the wishes free
Get what’s coming to me
Hit the ground already running
Trying to make up time
Back to those I left behind
I gotta keep on going
With little peace of mind
Knowing that ain’t worth a dime
I am weary now
Searching for the answers
Highs and lows
I aint’ giving up
I’ll take all the chances
Til the River no longer flows
Every bump in the road
Makes me want to turn around
Lay my burden down
Let someone else take this load
If it falls to the ground
And I no longer bound
I am weary now
Searching for the answers
Highs and lows
I aint’ giving up
I’ll take all the chances
Til the River no longer flows
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Mississippi
03:19
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Mississippi
To know Mississippi is the understand the world
This child of calamity
This flag left unfurled
One day I know that her struggle will end
But today I can’t say
What I will portend
Dark days
Dark nights
Lest you lay down your torches
And turn on your lights
Your day is coming as sure as can be
So stop all your running and come home to see
Mississippi
The Delta’s gonna shine like a National guitar
To forgive is divine
So lower your bars
Give yourself a treat, it’s that home you once loved
Go on and plant your feet
in that Mississippi mud
You grandfather’s graves
are calling you home
The flowers you saved
Are left all alone
The Blues are growing slow under a Magnolia tree
So stop all your running
Come home to see
Mississippi
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Here to Stay
04:04
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Here To Stay
Want to be on a one-way train
Somewhere where it never rains
Where the sun is always in the sky
And no one ever says goodbye
Let me out on level ground
Even when there’s nobody else around
Then you can be on your way
And you can come again another day
But don’t worry when the sun goes down
I’ll be here when it comes back around
I’m here to stay
Lately I’ve been on my knees
Praying for a summer breeze
To come melt this ice away
From the gray cold light of day
Although this feels like home
I’m still here all alone
You can come see me any chance you get
But I haven’t seen you yet
But don’t worry when the sun goes down
I’ll still be here when it comes back around
I’m here to stay
I’ve been looking out for a full moon
In the middle of the afternoon
Just passing my time away
Trying to make it through another day
Wondering if you’ll be back
If you’ll come around the bend on the railroad track
But everyday when the train goes by
You’re not here, and I don’t know why
But don’t worry when the sun goes down
I’ll be here when it comes back around
I’m here to stay
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Afton Wolfe Nashville, Tennessee
Afton is a product of his home, Mississippi. It is the birthplace of at least 2 American art forms: country
music
and blues music. Meridian is the birthplace of Jimmy Rodgers, while the Mississippi Delta is the
birthplace of the blues, and the first rock n’ roll notes ever played, according to some music historians,
came from Hattiesburg. Afton also draws much of his style from nearby New Orleans.
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