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The View From The Hills

by Levi Stevenson

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She's Still Gone 04:05
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She was mistaken Maybe just fakin' She's still gone I got a question If there's a next one Whose side you on Nothin' comes easy If it comes at all Before the fall Comes the pride the fool Look out my window Watching the blues fall down on me Bad she was lyin' Worse I was buyin' Shame on me Time to say Man I told you so I don't know There are no rules In the world behind my eyes Some things crawl and some things fly I don't know If I started wrong Or if I just went along Sometimes the winner Lucky beginner On his first try Just for a moment Feels good don't it Just bein' alive Nothing comes easy If it comes at all Before the fall comes pride the fool Was my intention Better attention To my heart But it was better Bein' together Than bein' apart Time to say Man I told you so I don't know There are no rules On the trail I went down Way beyond the lights of town Saw a sky drained of stars Earth to Venus Venus to Mars She was mistaken Maybe just fakin' She's still gone
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I Wanted To 04:00
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In a sudden secret kind of way Yesterday became today No way I knew what I should do But I wanted to Never an accidental man Always had myself a plan Had I not ever yet seen you But I wanted to I'm the same as anyone else Was not left here by myself I know someday I will find the one With me in mind Seasons used to have a name Now they're pretty much the same Never found out what was true But I wanted to They say tomorrow always comes Maybe not soon enough for some Guess I didn't have a clue But I wanted to On the streets on my old town Tearin' all the little houses down They can't tear down my memory Never take my home from me Got a highway in my mind Paved with what's been left behind Never saw the world when it was new But I wanted to Sometimes you try to linger on Even after summertime is gone So many things I never knew But I wanted to Don't want to live too fast too slow When the time is right sure hope I know If I hold on for too very long Lose my grip I'll be gone
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You Always Will Know 03:24
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Sometimes it seems Most of history Tryin' to get it right A road I won't know I'll see you go Before I say good night Be watchin' you Everything you do Stays a part of me Been there before You'll do much more You just wait and see Got my dreams in your bones You will never be alone Whole wide world will be your home You will always know I think that you will like To put it all right on the line Hope you never waste your time Asking where to go Even when you are right You'll still have to fight No matter where you go Burn back the brand Hope you understand Don't let 'em lay you low When I'm all done You'll barely be begun Just make sure you see Even when you're wrong Always stay strong And always remember me Got my dreams in your bones You will never be alone Whole wide world will be your home You will always know I think that you will like To put it all right on the line Hope you never waste your time Asking where to go
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He Wants To Dream 03:44
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In his mind he sees it all Except he has one wish Every night when his eyes are closed He wonders where she is Sometimes dreams what he forgot and sometimes not It always seems so real Runs his hands across her side But the sheet is all he feels Hillside holds the body He holds her soul He wants to dream about her That's what he wants the most He's only been a good man Her love his only need Wants to dream about her There's a sound in the kitchen In the middle of the night He falls down in his hallway He'll probably be all right He looks out of his window He's sitting on the floor Never seen the moon so bright Ever once before Hillside holds the body He holds her soul He wants to dream about her That's what he wants the most He's only been a good man Her love his only need Wants to dream about her
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Inside Out Soul 04:39
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First came the fire A Goddamned liar Desire crawling in the ashes Never saw a sign It just was time To get some satisfaction He was kind of out of his mind The hard part was over quickly He was alone Inside out soul Nothing more he could be One more sure thing this time heard him say Don't forget that the sun and moon are real far away What he once was don't matter because nobody livin' can remember All things to some men keep comin' back again Whistle by the door while it's ending Whistle by the door So here's to the fight turn out the lights It gets dirty in the darkness Be sure that you try real hard before you die Stars mark the trail your heart leaves Stars mark the trail Never had the chance to find a better way It don't matter where you might go if you won't stay So here's to the fight turn out the lights It gets dirty in the darkness Be sure that you try real hard before you die Stars mark the trail your heart leaves Stars mark the trail
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Buckeystown 06:11
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I went down to Buckeystown I been there before I once had a girl down there when I was young and poor Maybe she's forgotten me Lord it's been so long Two sides to every story Even if one of 'em is wrong River called Monocacy runs through the valley there Blue and grey coat soldiers died in the same place where I turned to dust she was movin' on Two sides to every story Even if one of 'em is wrong They tell me she married a man from Feigaville It don't matter much to me Cause I never Set eyes on her family or suffer from the law Two sides to every story Even if one of 'em is wrong Now the road it's empty Sharpstown to Gettysburg Smoke lies heavy From the guns that I heard Can you tell me my brother Can you tell me my friend Why the beginning Looks just like like the end She said she had no reason for tellin' me goodbye Perhaps she found it pleasin' to see a young man cry Now I'm heading back there shake off that last straw Two sides to every story Even if one of 'em is wrong Might be the bridge at Sheperdstown by the railroad track Two of us might go there one might come back I'm just a gray haired stranger Studyin' the war Two sides to every story even if one of 'em is wrong Now the road it's empty Sharpstown to Gettysburg Smoke lies heavy From the guns that I heard Can you tell me my brother Can you tell me my friend Why the beginning Is just like like the end
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I Ain't Walkin' 03:07
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No Mama I ain't walkin' Ain't gonna take one more step No no Mama I ain't talkin' 'Bout how love gave me the slip Love's my favorite brand of pain So I'm gonna try again Love comes creeping to my back door Fear it some want it more Love's leaking out at the seams I can't sleep but sure can dream Love is out for the afternoon Maybe it will come back soon Love ain't told me nothin' new What to say what to do I get burned by the guiding light But it comes on every night If time runs out where will I be What if love won't notice me I don't know how to walk the line Love's gonna have to work Overtime No no Momma I ain't walkin' Ain't gonna take one more step No no Momma I ain't talkin' About how love gave me the slip Sky is black it's rainin' pain Love is gone I remain Walk don't run to the nearest door Love ain't gonna come back no more Love's awash in a sea of clouds Scary waves crashing down Eyes of the world aimed at me Without love what will they see
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Times This Hard 02:43
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I sit and hold the telephone You won't come home So I'm all alone They don't make no get well cards For times this hard Gonna get in my car Nothing left to do but drive and think about life Just can't decide it's time Make someone your wife Oh Daddy come home soon I can't wait till I see you You didn't do nothin' wrong Was my birthday yesterday You come over we can play I won't be a little girl for very long Having trouble fitting in To this world I'm living in All the real satisfaction Missing in action Despite what I'm going to claim Still feel the same Cannot find another way Different day same old blame Different day same old blame
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One Track Mind 03:31
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Never been the wonderin' kind Guess I got a one track mind Out ahead of the slammin' door Had enough didn't need more Never did think what everyone thought Never did buy what everyone bought Threw away my telephone Traveled light slept alone When I make the end of the road Turn on the light read my soul Someone might just have to wait Might be early might be late Glass half full glass half empty Makes no never mind to me I ain't thirsty anyway take it all day by day Can you tell me anyone Name of the road we're on Is it one we gotta take Or a mistake we gotta make Three o'clock looks like rain Five o'clock sky's blue again New leaves green old leaves brown All the same when they hit the ground Nobody's been a guide for me No one's told me what to see Some's above some's below In between is all I know Gonna be forgiven get in line Make it to the station just in time Change in my pocket is just enough Pray for smooth pay for rough Was a boy name was Ben Started out all over again Followed footsteps up the hill Never any good at sittin' still Put the steel in the family Hardest head you'll ever see Highway might just get him too Be ok his heart is true
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Shoot My Heart 03:46
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Rain came pourin' down Not one drop reached the ground Grass grew green all around On that very same day Sun came out to stay Felt like it never been away It was very strange Then you said you were sorry I knew it was true Before we ever could get started We were through Much too young to be fallen angels All busted up inside Put back together like separate strangers Who never cried Your voice was the best sound I was you face in the crowd I used to be so proud Just to be with you Dreams I have some nights It's never really light You're always just out of sight I look for you I live inside miles and moments Not windows not walls I can't say where my real home is If there's one at all Did my best to never let you follow Made my own sky blue Shoot my heart break off the arrow I remember you
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The View From The Hills 04:12
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It ain't about something for nothing Or the virtues of going for broke It's all about a species of wisdom Went extinct last time we spoke Old man shivers in the window Hopes he can hold on till Spring He's too hard to wonder where'd the time go And too proud to ask me for anything Well it won't take long For the lights to all go out I'm feeling strong Just the same And it might be wrong What I'm all about But I could not improve my aim It ain't all about the running Or which direction you turn It's all about the reasons for waiting and the size of the lessons you learn Young man closes the curtain He don't want to see any more All he wants to do is remember The reason he came down here for I'm back on the road in my Mustang In the hills overlooking the town The fire has just started smoking I'm never ever gonna come down Well I never even knew what hit me But it sure enough knocked me down If all you ever wanted was to be free Didn't have to put my heart in the ground

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released January 1, 2010

Levi Stevenson with Doc Hearl

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Levi Stevenson Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Here's what I know. Went to Asheville late summer 2006. Had mountains out my window till you couldn't see any further. Went to where rivers begin as drips off leaves and morning dew. Walked through streets that I realized I'd already seen many times before in my dreams… And when I got home, I was able to separate the music from the noise. ... more

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