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With the Rain

by Ray Woodruff

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1.
The Lesson Learned 03:48
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Would you go to Helsinki Would you go to St Paul Nose to the stone Back to the wall Will you keep on running till you leave your dark behind? Would you go to Las Vegas Just to see the lights Dinner for Breakfast Champagne nights So set your goals Just to wait your turn Tip your hat to the lesson learned A tale of woe As the skies grow grey But you’ll be back for another day Would you go to Columbus Would you go to Hong Kong A forest of lights Lost in the throng Will you keep on running till you leave your dark behind? Would you go to the Missoula Where the air flows free Up at the summit Down on your knees You climbed your peak And your lungs just burned Tip your hat to the lesson learned A tale of woe As the skies grow grey You’ll be back for another day Would you go to the Arctic Just to see the lights It’s colder than hell So wrap up tight Will you keep on running till you leave your dark behind? Could you go anywhere And really want to be Would you take the sights You need to see Guard your words Till you sing your song The heart is light till the day is long A tale of woe But the grays just fades But you’ll be back for another day and you’ll stay.
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Jesus Stole My Cigarettes 03:02
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Jesus stole my cigarettes He's probably trying to help Me get myself together Cuz I can't help myself I looked under the front seat and I looked under the dash All I found is loose change Old junk mail and ash I think Jesus stole my cigarettes I think Jesus stole my cigarettes I know he knows I don't believe Tho I sometimes shout his name When the car I'm on the road behind Is driving me insane. I don't think that he thinks I'm lost Just never found a light After all, he stole my cigarettes In the end he's probably right. I think Jesus stole my cigarettes I think Jesus stole my cigarettes He knows it's been an awful day He knows that I lack strength He knows that they don't taste too good And I'll end up smelling rank. So Jesus stole my cigarettes Just probably trying to help Me get myself together Cuz I can't help myself. I think Jesus stole my cigarettes I think Jesus stole my cigarettes
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Waiting for the World to Change 03:31
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The winter's come on gray and cool Shadows lengthen from the flag pole at the school The polling's over returns come in We watch a country throw its future to the wind I'm down here waiting for the winds to change It's gotta come in time I'll keep my eyes on the weather vane You grab the bottle of wine While I'm down here waiting for the world to end Let's get drunk and sing the blues Cuz I can't think of anyone I'd rather be with than you So winter goes on News is read From online papers drinking coffee warm in bed And heads are shaken and belief is too Till it's hard to imagine that we're anything but screwed I'm down here waiting for the winds to change It's gotta come in time I'll keep my eyes on the weather vane You grab the bottle of wine While I'm down here waiting for the world to end Let's get drunk and sing the blues Cuz I can't think of anyone I'd rather be with than you I'm down here waiting for the world to end Just maybe not tonight I'll pay the money to the old white men And get ready for a fight While I'm down here waiting for the world to change Till it's shiny and it's new I can't think of anyone I'd rather be with than you.
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The Many Islands of the James 03:23
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You must believe that when I straighten my hat And wash my brown jacket of stains I dream of you there at the top of the stair (Before I go out, I think of your pout) Near the many islands of the James Who long can you bear in the stultified air As the cold weather comes with the rains How long will you wait for that white garden gate By the many islands of the James? Well we are not young, we are not yet sung But the moment must come just the same Where all will be right from morning through night Near the many islands of the James Can you keep in mind through long creeping vines Of time that it’s worth all the pain? And nothing is lost no matter the cost By the many islands of the James The ocean is wide shores battered by tides Where old men sell hopes for their gains But you will keep safe from their scheming and hate The many islands of the James You must believe that when I straighten my hat And put on that smile that I feign I dream of you there at the top of the stair Near the many islands of the James
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No Goodnights and No Goodbyes 04:09
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And you wonder do they care? know you’re in the darkness know you’re even there? And the smoke stings in the eyes Can’t find the breath to even beg or cry And you wonder was it worth The hours and a lifetime The movements of the earth As you follow them down Searching for the way through into town Can’t believe the solitude Can’t believe the pain Can’t believe there’s no one there that even knows your name You’ll never understand it And never know quite why There were no goodnights and no goodbyes If you could you scream out, what would you cry Bodies of the fallen Tangled up inside Just here waiting by the train moisture from the walls sounds like rain You can’t believe this silence Can’t accept this weight Can’t believe the dark rich earth has sealed you to this fate You’ll never understand it And never feel its right There were no goodnights and no goodbyes
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Listening (prelude) 00:31
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Listening to the Rain 03:57
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We faced up the hill full steam and the will Loaded with men and with freight To the night down the hole, that taker of souls Sound, silence, and the weight. Slow as you go to the earth below Maybe we’ll rise back like grain Slow as it seems in a long, sad dream We’re just listening to the rain. Steam rolls like tides. To keep hope alive Feels like fight back the waves. And one thing that’s for sure that there has to be more Than here just sitting in this grave. Slow as you go to the earth below Maybe we’ll rise back like grain Slow as it seems in a long, sad dream We’re just listening to the rain.

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released October 18, 2023

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Ray Woodruff Richmond, Virginia

Songwriter. Guitarist. Instrumentalist. Visuals. Lost writer.

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