BROKEN COMPASS BLUEGRASS

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FOOL'S GOLD

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FOOL'S GOLD: written by KYLE LEDSON

Red light, happens only at the wrong time
Makes me wish I took my bike
You know I've got somewhere to go
Looks nice, how do I know if the dogs bite
I don’t really feel right
Can I just say no

Fool's gold,
Maybe that’s just what I’ve been sold
Cuz I’ve seen the edge of rainbows
And it’s nothing quite like this

Lose touch Cuz I’ve never really done much
And I don’t really know what
I should’ve of done instead
Smoke screen, let me speak let me be seen
Let me breathe let me reconvene
Into you arms again

Fool's gold
Over and over that’s what I’m told
How am i supposed reap
If there’s nothing that I’ve sown

Refrain, you’re coming at me like a freight train
I guess I never really was that sane
What does that tell you
Wrong turn, I’m sweating like I’ve got a fever
Believe me and believe her
We don’t know what to do

I know
What I’m holding it ain’t fool's gold
Cuz I’ve seen the edge of rainbows
And it’s exactly like this...
GHOSTS (on that TRAIN): written by MEI LIN HEIRENDT

You promised me forever with you
Then you turned around and made me blue
And now I can see right through
The man I thought you were wasn’t true

The day we finally said I do
You really made my think that I loved you
On your hand one day I saw, so fine
A shiny new band that wasn’t mine

Ghost is still wearing your hat on his head
Ghost is still bearing that ring painted red
And no matter how far it runs away
There’s still a ghost on that train

You snuck away in the middle of the night
Leaving me without one goodbye
I’d like you to know I didn’t cry
‘Cause all you ever told me were lies

That train you hopped on had something wrong
I knew it wouldn’t take it very long
For my loosened bolts to come undone
and catch Steering you liar off the tracks

Ghost is still wearing your hat on his head
Ghost is still bearing that ring painted red
And no matter how far it runs away
There’s still a ghost on that train

As that lonesome locomotive began to fall
I didn’t regret it at all
I believed it was written in the stars
Your actions shouldn’t get you very far

That train it never really stopped
It’s like you refused to get off
Your soul was stuck to your sin
You never guessed the danger you’d be in

Ghost is still wearing your hat on his head
Ghost is still bearing that ring painted red
And no matter how far it runs away
There’s still a ghost on that train..
NEVER REALLY GONE: written by DJANGO KALE RUCKRICH

Staring through the shadows of myself I left here
I see the same old day that took so many of my years
A red sun burns through the eastern sky
As the nightbirds cry in the morning light

I’m going but I’m never really gone
Trying to find something I had all along

I lost my beliefs but I found some to doubt
I found a man they said knew what life’s all about
His head stole his heart and he lived in a lie
Me I just follow what I feel inside

I’m going but I’m never really gone
Trying to find something I had all along

Starlight shines
Upon the broken doorway
All my dead dreams live as ghosts
Of lifetimes I’ve betrayed

Now I’m lost to the world but I don’t really care
I know I belong I just don’t know where
I’ll spend my life searching and at least I’m sure
Well if I die first I had something to live for

I’m going but I’m never really gone
Trying to find something I had all along

I’m going but I’m never really gone
Trying to find something I had all along

Going but I’m never really gone..
TAKE a LOOK AROUND: written by MEI LIN HEIRENDT

There’s a woman
Sitting on the side of the road
She’s holding a battered sign
There’s shame in her eyes

There’s a young man
But his face looks aged and tired
Empty bottles at his feet
No job that he could keep

You could keep on walking
but the road needs blocking
You gotta find what needs to be found

You’ll never know how much it means
To do just one little thing
So take a look around

There’s a mother
With a baby in her arms
She’s picking up bottles and cans
This isn’t what she had planned

There’s an old man
Sitting alone in the cafe
There are tears in his eyes
No one left in his life

You could keep on walking
But the road needs blocking
You gotta find what needs to be found

You’ll never know how much it means
To do just one little thing
So take a look around

There’s a busy nurse
Working day and night
She’s saving precious lives
But she’s never satisfied

There’s a singer
Pouring his heart out in the lines
But no one’s listening
Cause they’ve got other things on their mind

You could keep on walking
But the road needs blocking
You gotta find what needs to be found

You’ll never know how much it means
To do just one little thing
So take a look around

So take a look around...
LOST YEAR: written by KYLE LEDSON

I put all my apples into one big basket
I come home and you’re astray
I skimmed through the lines of words on the page and I
Signed my life away

And I’m drowning
Like the rain is collecting
And I’m surrounded
There’s just something not connecting

I’m trapped in the lost year
I’m just trying to forget her
I’m trapped in the lost year
I’m just trying to forget her
Before I go insane

We watched and waited as the
Fireflies replaced the light
We’ve come to know as the day

As we stumbled through the warning signs and
Cut off all our other ties
Maybe that’d be enough to stay

And I’m tired
Of pretending not to worry
If it means I’m
Living my whole life
In a hurry

I’m trapped in the lost year
I’m just trying to forget her
I’m trapped in the lost year
I’m just trying to forget her

I put all my sorrows in a tight-knit fist
Punching holes that only hurt my hands
There’s no need to fight it now
I can’t stop it anyhow
And should I if I can

I'm just a-rambling’
Through a dark part
Of the journey

Past these crossroads
There ain’t nothing
That’ll hurt me

I’m trapped in the lost year
I’m just trying to forget her
I’m trapped in the lost year
I’m just trying to forget her
Before I go insane...
REFUGEE of TRUTH: written by DJANGO KALE RUCKRICH

My footsteps break through the ice dead laughter in the breeze
Alone in the night a prisoner of love’s mortality

There’s a house somewhere
Two strangers that share my name

But home is a memory and it’s one
I never can reclaim

A drunk man couldn’t tell my daddy’s face from mine
There’s a hole in the mirror where his iron rings and his rage align

I was 13 for 6 years, captive of fear refugee of truth
On my 19th birthday my hair, turned gray and I lost my youth

Hollow eyes stained
With the hues of heartbreak
Running like a dream
Flees from hope’s decay

I always knew it’s wrong
I just never knew what’s right
It’s hard to win when you don’t
Know what to fight

I thought she’d be the one to help me rise above
But her words were smoke that hid the ashes of our love

There’s a ship crushed by the sea
One storm ends but another comes

I tried to get out
But to my past
Was just the way I knew how to run

There’s flaming signs lit up in twilight streaks of hate
They burn out or they burn you down on pain’s crusade

There’s a new day not the dark
Or the light somewhere in between
It’s the best I can do to not give in
To the shards of my shattered dreams..
END of the WORLD: written by KYLE LEDSON

I’ve been around now
Heard the sounds now
I know the ins and outs
I know game

I grew the garden
I gave it water
And I know how quick they
take it all away

The sun is rising
But I can’t see it
Behind the smoke
like a blanket in the sky

The end is nearing
Please warn the captain
I know that I’m too afraid to die

As the sky changes
Out it’s old hue
To a shade I’ve never seen

As I look on now
From a distance
At least the end of the world looks pretty

It smells of sorrow
Like some old war zone
It hurts my head
It hurts my eyes

Brother it’s too late now
Grab what you can now
We’re already losing time

As the sky changes
Out it’s old hue
To a shade I’ve never seen

As I look on now
From a distance
At least the end of the world looks pretty

Do you remember
When we were kings here
We reaped the land
Down to bone

Now it feels like
This could be the last time
We could ever call this place our home

As the sky changes
Out it’s old hue
To a shade I’ve never seen

As I look on now
From a distance
At least the end of the world looks pretty

And as the sky changes
Out it’s old hue
To a shade I’ve never seen

As I look on now
From a distance
At least the end of the world looks pretty...
YOU COULD NEVER UNDERSTAND: written by MEI LIN HEIRENDT

When you walked in through those jail room doors
I was shackled all in chains
I had treated life so poorly
Like it was all a game

I could see how much I’d hurt you
When I looked into your broken eyes
When they told you how much this time
You said your last goodbye

You used to rock me in your lap
And hold me oh so tight
You’d tell me all your childhood tales
And tuck me in at night

You’d race with me
Through grassy fields
And always let us tie

And you’d hold my hand
While I said my prayers
‘Til the moon lit up the sky

I just want to see your smiling face
But I know it will never be the same
I’ve tried to do the best that I can
But I know you could never understand

As I sit here in this emptiness
I can picture oh so well
Countless empty needles
Hiding on that shelf

I never meant to go this far
Trust me I’ve been through hell
You looked at me in the eye
Said you thought that you could help

You never thought you’d lose me
But there’s where you went wrong
I tried to resist and struggled
I simply wasn’t strong

The more I used the more I more hurt
And I just wanted to die
Now when I look into the mirror
I can’t help but cry

I just want to see your smiling face
But I know it will never be the same
I’ve tried to do the best that I can
But I know you could never understand

But I know you could never understand..
the POET: written by DJANGO KALE RUCKRICH

My fame is an echo of the evening sun
Now I’m where I was 10 years ago
A failed poet lying in the gutter
Thought I could be more now I don’t know

Five miles east of the sparkling river
Is a place I’ve never been and I never want to see
But if I have a shot at becoming something
It sure ain’t here where the wind can see right through me

Tomorrow already happened twice
My rain-washed clothes are falling off my back
Time is all I have but it’s running out
My words ain’t worth the cost of a paperback

A hazy shadow drifting through the crowd
Shone through the night like a note without a chord
As the fire flickered and the sparks that flew
Lit up her face well I grew bored

Tomorrow already happened twice
My rain-washed clothes are falling off my back
Time is all I have but it’s running out
My words ain’t worth the cost of a paperback

I slipped through the gate to the Court of Miracles
And I woke up 3 days later with the rising sunset
The blind man painted in the light of the burning rain
And the circle of thieves told me I was in their debt

Tomorrow already happened twice
My rain-washed clothes are falling off my back
Time is all I have but it’s running out
My words ain’t worth the cost of a paperback

The King said all my empty years just delay my death
If I’m trying to make them more well it’s not working
She was there as the daylight faded away
He turned his head and I ran to keep on searching

Tomorrow already happened twice
My rain-washed clothes are falling off my back
Time is all I have but it’s running out
My words ain’t worth the cost of a paperback..
WALK BESIDES ME: written by DARRELL SCOTT & TIM O'BRIEN

Put one foot in front of the other
Steppin' into the here and now
I'm not sure just where I'm goin'
But I will get there anyhow

I got this far with no direction
Followed my nose to where I stand
My heart's still strong, I know I'll make it
Sit right down in the promised land

Sister come and walk beside me, until our pathways do divide
Nothin' much but love to give you, even less have I to hide

When you left me in the spring time
So many questions in my mind
Summer came and left me waitin'
Not one answer could I find

I see you in the Rocky Mountains
I feel you on the great North Sea
It's a lonesome road I have to travel
But you will always be with me

Brother come and walk beside me, until our pathways do divide
Nothin' much but love to give you, even less have I to hide

I hear laughter in the thunder
I feel comfort on the wind
I see hope in hopeless faces
Someday they will love again

People come and walk beside me, until our pathways do divide
Nothin' much but love to give you, even less have I to hide..

THROUGH THESE TREES

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ALIEN SONG: written by KYLE LEDSON

There’s something lurking in the backyard
It’s here to pick itself a fight
It’ll get the chickens but he won’t get me
That’s why he comes around at night

There’s something hiding in the mountains
Holding stiller than the chilly lonesome breeze
Only to fly like dust in the light
Over unsuspecting trees

oooo I told you
oooo I saw
Then I didn’t see anything at all

There’s something messing with my thinking
Like there’s a hold on me with anything but hands
Feels like I went back to drinking
Feels like i’m running in the sand

oooo I told you
oooo I saw
Then I didn’t see anything at all

Well there’s something lurking in the backyard
Most days I act like I don’t know
There’s no how or why about it
And I wish that it’d just go

oooo I told you
oooo I saw
Then I didn’t see anything at all

I told you
oooo I saw
Then I didn’t see anything at all...
FAIRIES & LIGHTNING: written by MEI LIN HEIRENDT

One summer evening I saw you running
And it looked like an invitation
To go somewhere
I didn’t see it coming
But you wanted me to
Hold your hand again

Fear joy and laughter
Wandering through these trees
It makes no sense at all
But it lures me in
There’s something quite uneasy
About these woods now
How can I make amends

Fairies and lightning
They can’t hurt me
I can’t be certain
Let me be
Oh let me be

White wings are flying
Through the misty evening air
And I call out but no one’s there
Glistening gray waters
Whisper secrets
They can’t bear to keep themselves

Little twinkling eyes they
Might see through me
Hope that I can tell them truth enough to lie
Everything is watching
Judging leaving
Me to break this spell alone

Fairies and lightning
They can’t hurt me
I can’t be certain
Let me be
Oh let me be

They’re coming my way
They’re wanting me to stay
They’re coming my way
They’re wanting me to stay

Fairies and lightning
They can’t hurt me
I can’t be certain
Let me be
Oh let me be...
SET in STONE: written by KYLE LEDSON

Well I never wanna hold you close
As much as when I gotta go
Away to some long comatose
As such I’ve got no winds to blow

If I can’t figure all of this out
From atop my vantage point
I’m spinning round this roundabout
If I could stop why would I join

Well what’s set in stone
What’s skipping rocks
What’s left this boulder on my chest
What I’ve been shown to miss the talks
You left a shoulder there to rest

Now I lean my head on glass
Only met with lights and lines
Seeing just how far and fast
I pass the palm trees into pines

Well a spinning cycle fits the words
I use when I recall the past
A winning title you’d still earn
A losing trend that’s fallen fast

An afternoon with distant stars
A morning filled with shifted eyes
After you see me so far
A warning still in its disguise

Well you captured me inside you hands
And carried me home firmly grasped
Raptured me right out of sand that
Buried me in some old past

That I can’t recall no more
I don’t remember anything
I’m waiting for your call of course
I only have my all to bring...
STEEL & RUST: written by DJANGO KALE RUCKRICH

I shivered in the breaking dawn
Standing barefoot in the dust
Laughed and took off running past
Open gates of steel and rust

And I never used to worry things would change
Till I couldn’t be the dreams of my younger age

When the sun sets in the hills
Of the San Francisco bay
When the whole world turns to gold
And the lies have gone away

Strike out for the shore
Cause there’s nothing to ignore
Feels like crushing weight
Ahh but is it too late
Is it too late

I step out in the morning and
There is nothing there to see
I'm bored of everything so I
I don’t do much more than breath

With the voices in my head I stay confused
But I’m fighting with myself so I don’t lose

When the sun sets in the hills
Of the San Francisco bay
When the whole world turns to gold
And the lies have gone away

Strike out for the shore
Cause there’s nothing to ignore
Feels like crushing weight
Ahh but is it too late
Is it too late

I sit here as the hours fade
Pictures of the past go by
A boy opens his mouth to speak
Can he stop no I should try

Cause I’ve done some things I hate to think about
And the memories are dams that hold my doubts

When the sun sets in the hills
Of the San Francisco bay
When the whole world turns to gold
And the lies have gone away

Strike out for the shore
Cause there’s nothing to ignore
Feels like crushing weight
aAhh but is it too late
Is it too late...
DISCOVERING ME: written by MEI LIN HEIRENDT

Have you ever wondered why this
Feeling inside is suddenly gone
Or maybe not so suddenly
It’s not an epiphany believe me

Don’t try to read me
'Cause I know you can
I can’t have you know
What I’ve had to let go
Before I began
Discovering me

You and I should go for a walk
You and I should flee
Some part of me needs to reconnect
With the person I want to be

Each reason gets harder to face
Why don’t I get things done
Each lie makes me break
But it’s the only way
To get back home

Don’t tell me what I’m supposed to be
How I’ve already got it made
There’s fear about not stacking up
To the compliments you gave

So come now me and watch your step
The road is rough and long
You’re full of shards bits and parts
That make me whole
TRY: written by KYLE LEDSON

The shiny new toys
Ripping through old joys
Feeling the big heart start to wane

Come blind and pretend
Tip over the wrong end
Peel the web apart like a chain

Remind who wanders
Call them to ponder
A way to change their weary ways

Behind some curtain
Through some burden
To say that life can rearrange

A snag at the seams followed me home
Exposing everything we know
The stage is set
Here comes the wreck
Losing every bit of floor below

Try again
Seek new songs
Try again
Be more strong

To steer so sharply
To diverge partly
And return back without a scratch

Cast a shadow
Well the past is outgrown
And ready to light up like a match

And now my biggest hopes for change
Containing such a royal pain
My hands are free
To go and reach
All above the darkest clouds of rain

Try again
To seek new songs
Try again
Be more strong

Try again
To seek new songs
Try again
Be more strong

Can I recover
Find another
Way to scrape out of the deep

Poke and pry
Scream and lie
And wake her from her ancient sleep

Now the rocks and rubble gone
Without a shred of doubt you’ve won
But you’re just me
And from what i’ve seen
Absolutely nothing can be done

Try again
To seek new songs
Try again
Be more strong

Try again
To seek new songs
Try again
Be more strong

Try again
Try again
Try again...
TRAILS of HOME: written by MEI LIN HEIRENDT

Watching the flowers turning bright red Shedding caps of green to bloom
Back in a time it wasn’t so bad

Rays of sun drops of pure happiness
Golden beams scattered through the sky
The freedom of a child makes it all sad Growing up is so hard to do

Walking down
The trails of home
I can see me
All alone
Wishing upon a star
Well it wouldn’t make a difference

I might be denied
But I can see the light
It’s coming
I’m going away

She was standing by the waters’ edge in wonder
Brimming with possibility
Never had to question if she loved herself

Isn’t it kind of strange how all that time passed
Starting to understand it now
What people meant when they said their lives flashed
Before their eyes in faded memories

Walking down
The trails of home
I can see me all alone
Wishing upon a star
Well it wouldn’t make a difference

I might be denied
But I can see the light
It’s coming
I’m going away

Walking down
The trails of home
I can see me all alone
Wishing upon a star
It wouldn’t make a difference

I might be denied
But I can see the light
It’s coming
I’m going away...
LONG TIME: written by KYLE LEDSON

To see my friends come and go
Like falling flakes of frozen snow
They bury me neck deep and then
Melt away once again

To see the pathway I laid out
Across my life and all about
In just one moment I’ll remain
Until the next one knows my name

Well I’ve felt the gentle tug of time
Will it hold this weight of mine
Well I’m not desperate i’m just bored
At the point of this old rusty sword

Well you could fly out to the farthest town
Where my light is your sun down
Where i’m sleeping you’re awake
Will you find peace from my mistake

Well now I’ve been disconnected
Separate from the world in effect
It’s been a long time
It’s been a long time

Well now seal me in and patch up cracks
Well now let light in and take it back
It’s been a long time
It’s been a long time

To see my friends come and go
like falling flakes of frozen snow
they bury me neck deep and then
melt away once again...