The Long Way Home

by Bryan Odeen

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1.
"Pack your bags, we're heading west We'll find our home there up ahead." She said, "Let's go, go while we can." We left a not and off we ran We're following the sunset We're chasing tomorrow We're gonna face the future We're gonna take the long way home We found the coast, we crossed the sea We let our eyes look anywhere but east We'd find our spot, we'd know the place We'd make our home here any day We're following the sunset We're chasing tomorrow We're gonna face the future We're gonna take the long way home We parked the car in dark of night We stood to stretch in pale moonlight And then we saw what we looked for We found a note stuck on the door We're following the sunset We're chasing tomorrow We're gonna face the future We're gonna take the long way home
2.
The streets are empty and the shelves are bare Don't worry baby, I'm going nowhere Running short of everything but prayers Don't worry baby, I'm going nowhere Call my name and I'll be there Don't worry baby, I'm going nowhere Anxiety, enough to spare Don't worry baby, I'm going nowhere If you need someone to care Don't worry baby, I'm going nowhere Call my name and I'll be there Don't worry baby, I'm going nowhere You, you're not alone I'm on your side I, I've got nowhere to do And you're on my mind Call my name and I'll be there Don't worry baby, I'm going nowhere
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Glory 04:41
When I sit down at the end of my day And I look around at the world as it lay I won't try to make all the rough roads straight When I sit down at the end of my day When I fall down like the old oak tree And you finally get to count my rings I hope each concentric circle is a year more free When I fall down like the old oak tree I'll be singing, "Glory" On the wings of the dawn, you can sing along I'll hear you singing, "Glory" Through the tears and the fog, it'll echo on and on When I lay down on my bed to rest I hope I know that I did my best There are no answers, there are no tests When I lay down on my bed to rest I'll be singing, "Glory" On the wings of the dawn, you can sing along I'll hear you singing, "Glory" Through the tears and the fog, it'll echo on and on
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More to You 03:05
You collect insults like plastic grocery sacks While you're collecting hearts and never give one back You got one hand on your wallet, one hand on your gun You're so afraid of fear that it's already won There is more to you Too busy watching your back to know how much you have missed You try to live in a past that didn't really exist You claim to do it for freedom while feeling alone You sold everything to those who already own There is more to you There is more, there is more than you're willing To let the world see There is more, there is more than you're seeing Come watch it with me The future's running for you without a knife in her hand A promise that may come true if we could just understand That there is more to living that just being alive We need each other if we want to survive There is more to you There is more, there is more than you're willing To let the world see There is more, there is more than you're seeing Come watch it with me
5.
All shall be well And all shall be well And all manner of things shall be well We'll bend but not break We'll give, not just take We'll forgive our past mistakes And all shall be well All shall be well And all shall be well And all manner of things shall be well We'll stand and not run We'll finish what's begun Though many we shall be one And all shall be well All shall be well And all shall be well And all manner of things shall be well We'll walk together We'll face the future We'll use all the things we've learned And all shall be well All shall be well And all shall be well And all manner of things shall be well
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What will they say when our time is done And history books have been written Will we inspire or will we confuse When they tell the tales of me and you Oh what will they say Oh what will they say When our time has flown away We've made mistakes, we've done some things right We sat down to talk, we've stood up to fight Will what we've done excite or dismay When our time has flown away Oh what will they say Oh what will they say When our time has flown away Oh what will they say Oh what will they say When our time has flown away

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released May 8, 2020

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