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The Elusive Album

by Bobby Ray

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g00serosa Love your devotion to your music and your enthusiasm and your creativity is fantastic here. Favorite track: Feed the Worms.
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1.
Rise 03:55
Rise and open up your eyes You can always go for more I see that you're driving But is your pedal to the floor? A rebel gets what he's begun A butcher takes his cut A hero lives by promises And a thief lives by luck Look out for the Vagabonds They struggle with their fears While the hard man stares at the begging man With whiskey in his tears Sometimes I wish that I could fly With the sunlight on my face To be soaring high with a star in your eye You gotta Rise and Seize the Day I'm not saying a zebra changes his stripes A warrior will make war The apple don't fall that far from the tree But leaves blow to my door When the Monarchy finally sets sail, Know that time won't hesitate So find another chance to dream, Become the master of your fate Look out for the Vagabonds Unwind with the times Free your mind from the grind Mold your days like clay It's fine with me if you stay Rise and seize the day Rise and seize the day Pretend not to know all the cards that you hold Look into your mind and find the love in your soul Look out for the Vagabonds Search high for Mr. Vagabond I found him lyin' in the street The end of the line was paradise He told me everything He said I believe that the world is round The superstitious own the crown And a single hope of a drop of rain Is just to hit the ground Look out for the Vagabonds While the hard man stares at the begging man With whiskey in his tears Sometimes I wish that I could fly With the sunlight on my face To be soaring high with a star in your eye You gotta Rise and Seize the Day
2.
Daniel 05:39
Daniel was what he was called Born alone he laid broken and numb Cursed by his bastard name Innocent son, impossible game But he grew til' he could steal Then ran quick as a bird Locals called him spirit Legend spread by word Daniel the thief watched of the stars The plague to the rich He howls at the moon Scrawled cross the sky in the pale morning light Glimmers of teardrops appear in his eyes Hearing his signal the truth cries out RUN TOWARDS THE LIGHT It's better than dying Daniel, never stop trying King's fruit fed the poor ones when Daniel was a squire And he could outrun the king's army like he could outrun a fire So he waited, with his ignition primed to light The champion of vertigo, the defender of what's right Feet pound like thunder and tribute is paid No signs of fear in his steel icy gaze Finding his target his heart cries out RUN TOWARDS THE LIGHT Then came the quiet days, our hero caught and ashamed Daniel's locked in prison, will he ever see the sun? But the fire in his heart! Some still say it broke the bars They'll never know how he got free but he was free as the stars! Daniel the thief, hands full of gold He tore through the city bringing gifts for the poor Feet pounding pavement he tears through the town Awe and amazement were felt by the crowd Saving his strength now for one final RUN TOWARDS THE LIGHT You know you are our hero RUN TOWARDS THE LIGHT
3.
Comin' Home 04:37
Somebody said my name like it was a tribute A memory that passed, gone but not forgotten It stings to see the sun again, the darkness lasted forever It covered up my sins, but somebody remembers No more looking back my head's on straight, I'm comin' home Mind's made up can't shake this now I'm bound, I'm comin' home Maybe it was a sign, somehow this one feels different I'll never know the truth, never ask for forgiveness I wish I could wake up a thousand miles away, lying in your arms We'd reconnect like thunder No more looking back my head's on straight, I'm comin' home Past mistakes be damned I'm moving on, I'm comin' home You can't break my spirit, I ain't gonna hear it, each one gets his choice I'm making mine, no more to roam
4.
Can't get no god damn worse off anyhow You sit there staring through your glass (Hey man!) While I'm talking to you! So sick and tired of your selfish act I tried to save your skin but you still lost the nerve You're not even good enough for me to pity You ain't ever gonna catch me crying Death comes to those who call and you sing just like a bird Time fights against your bitter taste Your body will feed the worms You drink, you smoke, you pop, you fry your brain I really don't care what you do or say, keep wasting away So this is our new deal no sympathy I tried to save your neck but you still took the axe You are worthless now a loser fading fast Would you just die for me, is that too much to ask? Death comes to those who call and you sing just like a bird Time fights against your bitter taste Your body will feed... I asked you a question, it's still echoing Feel the answer emerge, emergency You're a pest a god damned possibility Feel the answer emerge, emergency Wet fingers on the stove you can't smell the smoke Coat open in the snow you can't feel the cold Lighting in a bottle drink it down Eyes closed mind froze, turn yourself around Remember how to live don't decide to die If nothing more pound down the door The memories rush out through your pores C'mon, c'mon, come on and tell me... You pathetically perfect failure of a man Do you hear what I say? Do you give a damn? Death comes to those who call and you sing just like a bird Time fights against your bitter taste Buried deep beneath the waste Your body will feed the worms
5.
My father was a baker man and early did we rise Bread was broken, whispers spoken, around the fire danced the light We called to the lazy sun, you won't tell me when to wake I've been working for hours already while you've been on a break Look down here you vicious sun, I will work until I bleed But still I feel those pounding truths I choose not to believe My friends family and lovers thought we all had a chance Still it was true, with the hours we knew and chose to dream about the unbelievable Tonight is the night said the victim to the bite: Finish me here, but not from fear. I'll face my fate without a fight When the evil's over and the damage done all that's left is just the past And memories that burned like fire have turned us all to ash So curse the rich and save the poor Save them, what? What a hopeless chore Do you believe in the road ahead and do you think it has an end? My friends family and lovers thought we all had a chance Still it was true, with the hours we knew and chose to dream about the unbelievable If fate is a lonely weaver who paints with circumstance, Why do we sing about beautiful things? Are we still stuck where we began?
6.
I know your voice, you know my song Just hear the words, you can help me sing along Like dreamer's who'd run from the keepers of time We huddled close in this fight Full of fire and wine Full of fire and wine, you looked divine We were young fools, wild, aching Tired of all this waiting Built to bring down these walls We were brave, bold, knew we were better I'm caught in this box full of letters I see you like this is a dream You shield your eyes and I cover your face There's warmth in your hands and emotions to place A lover to chase Your beautiful memory I cannot erase Your smile breaks the ice like a ship breaks the sea Like knocking on your door, 'round a quarter to three We'd both sing along That same old song We were young fools, wild, aching Tired of all this waiting Built to bring down these walls We were brave, bold, knew we were better I'm caught in this box full of letters I see you like this is a dream Mine is the melody You are the memory We wrote sweet poetry Your words turning over Poor, beat, hearts burning Sore, late, lost and learning Still I know your voice I know your voice, you know my song When you knew the words, you always used to sing along Like dreamers who'd run from the keepers of time We huddled close in this fight Full of fire and wine Full of fire and wine Mine is the melody You are the memory We wrote sweet poetry Your words turning over On faster now we run Into the setting sun When we'd only just begun How could this be over? Poor, beat, hearts burning Sore, late, lost and learning Still I know your voice
7.
Alaska 05:54
First step, Into the North How long will this road venture on? Footsteps fade, beneath southern snow Carry me away from my home The woods, they seem to move, Full of life inside the cold So I breathe it in Watch the earth begin to spin. The snow falls light And it whispers in my mind Just Find yourself Loose track of time Just drift away Drift away Snow capped Mountains Stand alone This day is strong, and beckons me carry on Water runs near My thoughts become clear Everything you need Everything is here The river, bends to the north Teaming with every shade of white So I drink it in Feel my mind begin to swim In Alaska on my own Freedom is a river In the caverns of time Your body is a raft Let go of the line And drift away Drift away Words fill my head Well what are words? Out here alone So I let them go, Watch them dance away Drift between the flakes of snow, feel the cold Celebrate the road Now this path that I have chosen Is now the path I Own It's the best damn thing, that I ever was So no more calling out for home I am lost But I am found Freedom turned my life around So I feed the change Slowly watch the sunlight fade Meet me at the dawn
8.
I remember the first beach, I will always remember We decided to settle there, I think was late September That winter was bonfires in the beach late into the dawn And when the fire went out, It was time to walk home But when the summer came we were almost never inside I remember the sunlight, and the waves of joy in your eyes Good god! My Beach baby Babylon The road we traveled down, couldn't last for long Love could never be as easy as, you use to make it look I thank you for the time we had, you were always the best chapter in my book I would wake up to hear your sandal, knocking against the bedroom door The sound of your feet as they dragged sand Across my hardwood floors. Then I would smell those crazy meals, you used to cook Weather it was omelettes with a glass of wine or pancakes with a smoke Moonlit Walks upon the beach, you knew it would have to end, Still I told you I'd always love you and I swear I always have Good god! My Beach baby Babylon The road we wandered down, couldn't last for long Love could never be as easy as, you use to make it look I thank you for the time we had, you were greatest chapter in my book Never let another man say he had you in your prime Because I know that were at your best when I could call you mine We use to Hear the ocean roar, as we made love beneath the moon I miss you like the summer warmth, more than the month of June Now I cannot smile, as the sun-sets below the mist That violet sky reminds me only of our last kiss Good god! My Beach baby Babylon The road we traveled down, couldn't last for long Love could never be as easy as, you use to make it look I thank you for the time we shared, you’re still the greatest chapter in my book
9.
Softest silk robe Milk white gloves Emerald Green eyes Humble virgin judge The throne of Olympus Sits at your hands The souls of men Await your command Let them come in now The swirl and the rush Will he make it through Or will the pressure be too much He is king now And precious is time Handing down the lectures and taxes and fines Beginning to your end Life as the law Bite behind your every word The plaintiffs stand and fall Newly minted magistrate Renew the clean, make it great Will you close the book on life? What unfolds behind those silent eyes? You must separate life from love Not everyone is ready to judge At the end of the day, Throw your gavel in your cubby Swallow all your doubts And pour a drink in the study The power, the success. The silk and the throne You take it on yourself Behind your verdict, you stand alone You stand Alone, you stand alone, alone Newly minted magistrate Renew the clean, make it great Will you close the book on life? What unfolds behind those silent eyes? You must separate life from love Not everyone is ready to judge Oh what a shame, and what a good life he had Never again will he feel the rain He must be broken for being bad (BAD) Broken (Broken) Broken for bad Newly minted magistrate Renew the clean, make it great Will you close the book on life? What unfolds behind silent eyes Will you separate life from love Not everyone is ready to judge Stare out the window at the sky Who should to judge the ones who judge the ones who sentence men to die The throne of Olympus is at your command Sword of justice sits firm in your hands

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released February 3, 2017

Music, Instruments, Vocals and Production by Bobby Ray
Lyrics by Hunter Petterson

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