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Carolina</div> <div> my brother's writing songs in Tennessee</div> <div> if they wonder where I am</div> <div> I'm back home in Alabam'</div> <div> and that's where I want to be</div> <bR> <bR> <div>   my daddy sets his store by medication</div> <div> and he's pickin' at the banjo on his knee</div> <div> my momma tells me `son</div> <div> you must get out and meet someone'</div> <div> but you see I'm fine </div> <div> and just where I want to be</div> <div> standin' by the family tree</div> <bR> <div> CHORUS</div> <bR> <div> I'm gonna stand beside </div> <div> the family tree</div> <div> there's green shoots where the deadwood used to be</div> <div> as the seasons come and go</div> <div> I'll be there to watch them grow</div> <div> I'll be there </div> <div> standing by the family tree</div> <bR> <div>   three years have come and gone this last september</div> <div> since we said goodbye to Emily</div> <div> that's her picture on the wall</div> <div> I guess that says it all</div> <div> and why I'm here<I> </I></div> <div> standing by the family tree</div> <bR> <div> LAST CHORUS</div> <bR> <div> standing by the family tree</div> <div> there's green shoots where the deadwood used to be</div> <div> that's her picture on the wall</div> <div> I guess that says it all</div> <div> and why I'm here</div> <div> standing by the family tree</div> <bR> <bR> <div> lyrics and music © 2008 Alan Charles Stewart</div> <div> www.alancharlesstewart.com</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="songs"><U><B>BACK</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="#top_1" TITLE="song lyrics/audio clips"><U><B>TOP</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>_________________________________________________________________________________</B></div> <div> <I><B> <A NAME="ruby"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></I></div> <div> <I><B> <A NAME="friendliness"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></I><I><B> </B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I> </I></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.broadjam.com/acs " TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.broadjam.com/acs "><U><I><IMG SRC="12d39120.gif" border=0 width="57" height="18" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> <div> <B>Lost and Found</B></div> <bR> <div> you're doing what you can</div> <div> trying to build another plan </div> <div> on a broken dream</div> <div> you're hoping</div> <div> that you don't just up and throw it away</div> <div>  so revealing</div> <div> when you look into her eyes</div> <div> you can see that she's in love with you</div> <div> you're working on a plan</div> <div> to make another dream come true</div> <bR> <bR> <div> CHORUS</div> <bR> <div> she picks me up</div> <div> she turns me round</div> <div> she puts my feet back on the ground</div> <div> she sees me through</div> <div> safe and sound</div> <div> I have been</div> <div> lost and found</div> <bR> <div>  too much time</div> <div> doing too much thinking</div> <div> that's the thing that's going to break it apart</div> <div>  find a space</div> <div>  open your mind</div> <div> and follow your heart</div> <div> if you're believing in the sharing</div> <div> and believing in the caring</div> <div> then something's got to come your way</div> <div> and you're hoping</div> <div> that you don't just up and throw it away</div> <bR> <div> CHORUS REPEATED</div> <bR> <div> there's been a turnaround</div> <div> I feel safe and sound</div> <div> my feet back on the ground</div> <div> I've been lost and found</div> <bR> <div> I've seen a turnaround</div> <div> I feel safe and sound</div> <div> I once was lost but now I'm found</div> <div> lost and found yeah</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Music and Lyrics <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#330066" FACE="Arial" >©</FONT> 2007 Alan Charles Stewart</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="songs"><U><B>BACK</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="#top_1" TITLE="song lyrics/audio clips"><U><B>TOP</B></U></A></div> <div>  <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Trebuchet MS" ><I> </I></FONT><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#DDDDDD" FACE="Microsoft Sans Serif" ><I><B>                                    </B></I></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#330066" FACE="Courier New" ><B>_________________________________________________________________________________</B></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="ruby_one"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <bR> <div> <I> </I></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.broadjam.com/acs " TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.broadjam.com/acs "><U><I><IMG SRC="12d39120.gif" border=0 width="57" height="18" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>Run Ruby Run</B><FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Courier New" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> questions arising from a stolen kiss </div> <div> the beat of a heart so seldom missed </div> <div> who’d’ve thought it would be like this </div> <div> we’re afraid of who we are</div> <bR> <div>  </div> <div> your gentle hands upon my face </div> <div> your tenderness invades my space </div> <div> is this to be my fall from grace </div> <div> after traveling so far </div> <div> after traveling so far </div> <bR> <div> CHORUS </div> <bR> <div> run ruby run run </div> <div> you don’t know what you’ve begun </div> <div> it was just a moment in the sun </div> <div> so run ruby run run </div> <div> run ruby run run</div> <bR> <div> the boy a man his mother gone </div> <div> this solitude has made me strong </div> <div> but the loneliness goes on and on </div> <div> there’s so much more to learn </div> <bR> <div> a life too long out on the road </div> <div> no right to love no fixed abode </div> <div> no one to help to stem the flow </div> <div> of these diminishing returns </div> <div> there ain’t much time to burn </div> <bR> <bR> <div> LAST CHORUS </div> <bR> <div> run ruby run run </div> <div> you don’t know what you have done </div> <div> it was just a moment in the sun </div> <div> so run ruby run run </div> <div> run ruby run run </div> <div> you don’t know what you’ve begun </div> <div> it was just a moment in the sun </div> <div> there ain’t no prize to be won </div> <div> there ain’t no deal to be done </div> <div> so run ruby run run </div> <div> run ruby run run </div> <bR> <bR> <div> lyrics and music © 2006 Alan Charles Stewart</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="songs"><U><B>BACK</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="#top_1" TITLE="song lyrics/audio clips"><U><B>TOP</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>_________________________________________________________________________________</B></div> <bR> <div> <I>                                                                                        </I><I>                                                                   </I></div> <bR> <div> <I> <A NAME="oklahoma"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></I></div> <div> <I> </I></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.broadjam.com/acs " TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.broadjam.com/acs "><U><I><IMG SRC="12d39120.gif" border=0 width="57" height="18" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></U></A></div> <div> <B>Before the Sun</B></div> <bR> <div> it's not what you imagine that's put furrows on my brow</div> <div> it's not who I am but what I am that counts</div> <div> I've got to do some thinking we've both said enough for now</div> <div> I don't know what's wrong but I sure don't know what's right</div> <bR> <div> CHORUS</div> <div> <IMG SRC="14301010.png" border=0 width="1" height="1" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> but to you I believe it's right to say</div> <div> that I'll be up up and on my way</div> <div> before the sun</div> <div> has overlooked your window sill</div> <bR> <div> you may say I'm a crusader with a cause that's undefined</div> <div> yet I must face another battle in this war</div> <div> I smile 'cause I'm no fighter then I turn and look behind</div> <div> but the past won't ever hold an open door</div> <bR> <div> CHORUS 2</div> <div> <IMG SRC="14301010.png" border=0 width="1" height="1" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> and to you there's one more thing to say</div> <div> that you must wait while I must fly away</div> <div> before the sun</div> <div> has overlooked your window sill</div> <bR> <div> BRIDGE</div> <div> <IMG SRC="14301010.png" border=0 width="1" height="1" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> they're telling tales in the highest quarters</div> <div>  about faith and blood and glory</div> <div> just a little more oil on troubled waters</div> <div> it's the same old story</div> <div> the same old story</div> <div> <IMG SRC="14301010.png" border=0 width="1" height="1" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> footsteps in the darkness just before the light of dawn</div> <div> some lines I read still running round my mind</div> <div> 'for I have promises to keep miles to go before I sleep'</div> <div> but who's to know the answers I will find</div> <div> <IMG SRC="14301010.png" border=0 width="1" height="1" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> CHORUS 3</div> <bR> <div> yes and there's so much more to say</div> <div> but we will wait 'cause I must fly away</div> <div> before the sun</div> <div> has overlooked your window sill</div> <div> <IMG SRC="14301010.png" border=0 width="1" height="1" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> lyrics and music © 1969 and 2005 Alan Charles Stewart</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="songs"><U><B>BACK</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="#top_1" TITLE="song lyrics/audio clips"><U><B>TOP</B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>_________________________________________________________________________________</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="listen_to"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <bR> <div> <I> </I></div> <bR> <div> <B>No Change No Chance</B></div> <bR> <div> do you ever get the feeling </div> <div> that you might have been here before</div> <div> she's gone again she left a note</div> <div> '...couldn't take anymore'</div> <div> when the dog quits barking</div> <div> and the car starts starting</div> <div> see my kids to the mother in law</div> <div> yes I can't help thinkin</div> <div> that I've walked this way before</div> <bR> <div> CHORUS</div> <bR> <div> no change no chance</div> <div> my future's blocked out in advance</div> <div> no pain no gain </div> <div> well it ain't gonna roll if it stays the same</div> <bR> <div> BREAK</div> <bR> <div> am I some kind of jerk</div> <div> 'cos I can't find work (they say I'm looking misunderstood)</div> <div> I know she's down at the motel</div> <div> maybe this time she's gone for good</div> <div> is there anybody there</div> <div> can help answer my prayer</div> <div> to leave her (if I only could)</div> <div> I'd be a fool to stay another day </div> <div> in this neighborhood</div> <bR> <div> CHORUS</div> <bR> <div> no change no chance</div> <div> my days are mapped out in advance</div> <div> no pain no gain</div> <div> well it ain't gonna roll if it stays the same</div> <div> no change no chance</div> <div> my future's blocked out in advance</div> <div> no pain no gain</div> <div> well it ain't gonna roll if it stays the same</div> <div> if it ain't gonna hurt it remains the same</div> <div> it sure don't change if it stays the same</div> <div> no way it'll stay the same</div> <div> there's gonna be a sea-change</div> <div> (sea-change)</div> <bR> <div> lyrics and music © 2000 Alan Charles Stewart</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" 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mine</div> <div> I wanna make you mine</div> <bR> <div> I've got two or three wives want me to fund their lives</div> <div> and I must not forget the problem of my will to survive</div> <div> talk to me invest in me my love</div> <bR> <div> gonna stand and deliver gonna set you a-quiver</div> <div> give me a window and I'll love you forever</div> <div> stay with me sway with me my love</div> <bR> <div> CHORUS</div> <bR> <div> I'm sad about Bosnia it Herzagovina</div> <div> cos I used to take vacations down in old Yugoslavia</div> <div> don't cry for me come fly with me my love</div> <bR> <div> CHORUS</div> <bR> <div> I wanna make you mine (repeat) </div> <bR> <div> music and lyrics © 2001 Alan Charles Stewart</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="songs"><U><B>BACK</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="#yugo" TITLE="song lyrics/audio clips"><U><B>TOP</B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>_________________________________________________________________________________</B></div> <bR> <div> <B> <A NAME="dad"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I> </I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Deadbeat Dad</B></div> <bR> <div> more nose to nose than it was eye to eye</div> <div> in the last few months for your mother and I</div> <div> though you were too young to wonder</div> <div> why I had to leave</div> <div> I want you to know that I still believed in you</div> <div> I want you to know that I still believed in you</div> <bR> <div> <U>CHORUS</U></div> <bR> <div> cos it makes me blue it makes me sad</div> <div> when I hear them calling me a deadbeat dad</div> <div> deadbeat dad it makes me mad</div> <div> don't ever let them tell you</div> <div> I'm a deadbeat dad</div> <bR> <div> money's been scarce and love has too</div> <div> tried to move me some mountains just to get them to you</div> <div> and though I keep traveling from town to town</div> <div> I want you to know that I will never let you down</div> <div> I want you to know that I will never let you down</div> <bR> <div> <U>CHORUS</U></div> <bR> <div> <U>BRIDGE</U></div> <bR> <div> it was too hard to stay so hard to run</div> <div> so hard to admit what I had not done</div> <div> so I went away but before I'd gone</div> <div> I knelt down to pray for a father and son</div> <bR> <div> <U>CHORUS</U></div> <bR> <div> <U>LAST CHORUS</U></div> <bR> <div> cos it makes me mad and it makes me so sad</div> <div> when I hear them calling me a deadbeat dad</div> <div> deadbeat dad it makes me mad</div> <div> don't let nobody tell you</div> <div> I'm a deadbeat daddy</div> <bR> <bR> <div> lyrics and music © 2002 Alan Charles Stewart</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="songs"><U><B>BACK</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="#dad" TITLE="song lyrics/audio clips"><U><B>TOP</B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> 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