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The Chains of Jacob Marley
(Lyrics Bennett, music Barker)
What we’re taught
And what we’ve learned
The choices we make
The bridges burned yeah
The bridges burned
The choices we make
The chains of Jacob Marley (2x)
What we choose
And how we live
The things we lose
The things we give yeah
The things we give
The things we lose
The chains of Jacob Marley (2x)
Link by link and
Pound by pound
Chain by chain
Without a sound
What we value
all we achieve
The decision to stay
The choice to leave yeah
The choice to leave
The decision to stay
The chains of Jacob Marley (2x)
What we conquer
The fear we breathe
Forging ahead
The lies we weave yeah
The lies we weave
Forging ahead
The chains of Jacob Marley (2x)
Link by link and
Pound by pound
Chain by chain
Without a sound
The chains of Jacob Marley (4x)
The chains of
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2. |
Don't See The Lie
04:04
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Don't See The Lie
(Robert Barker- T. Bennett)
Whiskey and cigarettes
Mouth drops with old regrets
Lost love in fisher nets
Dragging through my seas
Downtrodden spirit man
All his hope’s in a garbage can
No one to lend a hand
Amazing what a mind sees
Don’t see the lie
You won’t have to try
Just don’t see
Just don’t see the lie
Justify the waste of time
Real life is party mime
Calling up a friend of mine
To blow away what I can’t seize
I say that I’m buried in my books
Everywhere I turn there are crooks
Necks are turning, but no one looks
Don’t they see the things that we see?
Don’t see the lie
You won’t have to try
Just don’t see
Just don’t see the lie
(2xs)
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3. |
I Am Ready For The Fall
04:15
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I Am Ready For The Fall
(R. Barker-T. Bennett)
It seems the window is closing
Reminding me of fate
leaves now framed in autumn gold
And the hour is getting late (2x)
But the flying hour beckons
To make much of passing time
It seems that what's indelible
Is the love that's here to find (2x)
Chorus:
I am ready for the Fall (3x)
Bridge:
When the air is crisp and still
I can sense the impending chill
To understand to make amends
And make gentle life's pursuits
To see beyond subjective voice
To universal truths (2x)
Time is wasted on fleeting day
Youth is wasted on the young
I still feel the gentle pull
Of things I've left undone (2x)
Chorus:
I am ready for the Fall (3x)
So with a sense of purpose
And renewed clarity
I've finally come to understand
Your love can set me free (2x)
Chorus:
I am ready for the Fall (3x)
Bridge:
when the air is crisp and still
I can sense the impending chill
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4. |
Old Paper Heart
03:54
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Old Paper Heart
(Barker-Bennett)
A suspiciously upbeat
Man on the screen
I can’t tell the difference
Between here and a dream
My story’s unwritten
My ending’s in doubt
I think no one would listen
Or figure it out
Old Paper Heart
What can you say?
Unfolded and pressed
Will you give in and stay?
A life full of work weeks
And end of the days
Of lists and their bullets
Have all gone astray
A glossy new item
Arrives at my door
It promises something
I’ve learned to adore
Old Paper Heart
My pen’s moving across
Spilling and spinning
But words can get lost
Old Paper Heart
What can you say?
Unfolded and pressed
Will you give in and stay?
My compass is broken
I’m wary of me
But I stay up all night
Click and tap on my keys
Where I used to create
Now I browse and decide
Where I used to find truth
I just shop for false pride
Old Paper Heart
My pen’s moving across
Spilling and spinning
But words can get lost
Old Paper Heart
What can you say?
Unfolded and pressed
Will you give in and stay?
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5. |
Maybe Is A Curse
05:56
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Maybe Is A Curse
(R. Barker- T. Bennett)
Up ahead I see the blue
Below me there’s just dirt
Even when I am just smiling
I can feel the hurt
Once again I test the water
I’m baptized in this blue
I doubt the things I now know
I question all I knew
Maybe I should struggle
Maybe I should climb
Maybe it’s just all things
Tend to have their time
Maybe I should hesitate
Maybe I will find
It’s really just this anger
Been making me so blind
All around me expectations
Inside a muffled prayer
I’ve lost the sense of self
That used to root me here
Once I’m being tested
But it’s graded as pass/fail
Have I finally fallen prey to
The hellhounds on my trail?
Maybe I should stand up straight
Maybe stop the pain
Maybe I just need to learn
Some personal restraint
Maybe I’ll remember
And finally just confess
If I could just learn to see
Through all this darkness
Up above I see a blue sky
Moving slowly into view
Although I’ve questioned everything
I know just what to do
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6. |
Take These Words
04:56
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Take These Words
(Barker-Bennett)
There’s no feeling on Earth
Like seeing laughter on your face
It gives me hope in the future
And a past we can erase
If I could spend every second
Wrapped tightly in your heart
What I am and what I wish to be
Wouldn’t be so far apart
I’m hanging on this hope
It fills an aching void
If love is faith, have faith in love
And doubts will be destroyed
There’s no moment in time
Quite like the one in which we’re living
Yet people are so empty inside
Never comprehend just what they’re missing
If I can overcome a past
That would damage other’s hearts
Then I can criticize a world
A world that loves in fits and starts
Fits and starts
I’m hanging on this hope
That fills an aching void
If love is faith, have faith in love
And doubts will be destroyed
There’s no one to really love
Quite like the ones who are before you
Investing too much time away
From the people who adore you
If we would just understand
That time is shifting sands
Love would be spontaneity
Not something that’s planned
Oh, that’s planned
I’m hanging on this hope
That fills an aching void
If love is faith, have faith in love
And doubts will be destroyed
I’m hanging on this hope
That fills an aching void
If love is faith, have faith in love
And doubts will be destroyed
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7. |
The Gift of Time
04:04
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The Gift of Time
(Barker-Bennett)
We’re all just one sad circumstance
Away from tragedy
Destruction or derision
A single bad decision
We slink inside the rain
Between the shades of grey
It takes more than an apple
To keep the doctor away
It takes the gift of time
It takes the gift of time
I can still hear my father’s voice
In his frail and final breath
“It’s all just the luck of the draw”
No divine faithful rest
Accept the gift of time
Accept The gift of time
It may all change so suddenly
Or turn upon a dime
So in the moments fortunes turn
Be glad that you’re alive
the ground can shift beneath your feet
your whole world may collapse
So live within the minutes and hours
Remember how to laugh
And It takes the gift of time
Be thankful for The gift of time
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8. |
Habits of the Heart
03:29
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Habits of the Heart
(R. Barker- T. Bennett)
A guitar won’t solve the mysteries
Or stave off the creeping dark
But it shines a hopeful light
On the habits of the heart
The existential pain
An internal, endless debate
The sought after destinations
That simply cannot wait
The habits of the heart
The long nights of the soul
Exploring this terrain
With the map of rock n roll
Still it’s all these habits though
Which lead us down the rabbit hole Alone and stranded in the dark
Left with The habits of the heart
A guitar won’t solve the mysteries
Or stave off the creeping dark
But it shines a hopeful light
On the habits of the heart
Everyone
The habits of the heart
The long nights of the soul
Exploring this terrain
With the map of rock n roll
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9. |
Blue And Lonely Dream
02:19
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Blue And Lonely Dream
(R. Barker- T. Bennett)
I go back
In my mind
I go back
Time and time
And I know
I will always feel the same
About you and
I will always feel the pain
You were in
But it’s just a blue and lonely dream
A blue and lonely dream
It’s just a blue
A blue and lonely dream
I go back
To that place we left behind
But I know
It’s exists in just my mind
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Barker-Bennett Morgan Hill, California
Barker-Bennett is a songwriting duo and partnership, formed at Lafayette College in the late 1980s, and now spanning over 30 years. These songs, some old and some new, are enhanced by the production and musicianship of fellow Lafayette College graduate and Phoenix AZ native Gregory Ahearn, and guest starring Ruth Benzar of the Teacup Skirmishes. ... more
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