A Time Long Gone
Lyrics and Audio
Featured Song on No Depression
Mandolin - Bill Lestock
2nd Vocal - Cindy Langmack
Though often overlooked she thought that this time
she would get to dance
Like the laundry on a line she swayed as she waited for her chance
Up among the stars
she thought that this could be
her chance shine as bright as she had ever shown
(chorus) Up among the stars
like a billion point of light
some are dim and some burn bright
far away across the milky way
burn on forever so it seems
some are flashes in our dreams
fade away while we are just getting started
Up among the stars
spinning aloft forever
together we will be
(chorus)
She built her dreams up to believe
that the scene inside her head was true
So much so that she did not need
someone to show her through
Up among the stars
across the galaxy
she left this world behind her
never to return from
(chorus)
Banjo and Mandolin - Jon Mosey
Harmonica - David Krauss
2nd Vocal - Xela
It wont be long, I heard her say
As we waited at the station in the early hours of the day
Just like a song ...With an old familiar melody
The number five will soon arrive it and we will all be on our way
Bout 7:15
the train is pulling in
It is right on time
Let the journey begin
aboard the Zephyr out of Denver and on through to Emeryville
Overhead guitars are safely stored
Conductor shouts “All on board!”
For the Zephyr out of Denver and on through to Emeryville
Over the mountains, the canyons,
and old empty towns,
dining in the dessert while the sun is slowly sinking down
Come the night
we Sped across the Bonneville Flats
with a pint of whiskey shared
that we carried in a stainless steel flask
I tried to write
But I think my day is done
cause it's hard to stay awake as I listen to the steel rails hum
Making up time Lost to the day
With no more climbs beyond the great salt lake
on the Zephyr out of Denver and on through to Emeryville
Morning breaks and coffee is poured
Conductor shouts “All on board!”
Cause this train is leaving Reno and on through to Emeryville
over the mountains and canyons, empty old towns
Just beyond the Donner summit
this train is slowing down
Behind a freight!
Losing time across the golden state
its never quite as simple as you hope that it is gonna be
But as the sun begins to fade
I look out on the San Francisco bay
On the zephyr out of Denver we were pulling into Emeryville
Harmonica - David Krauss
Dulcimer - James Brentar
2nd Vocal - Rachell Brown
Minister creek I follow,
a path past an old hollow tree that lies decaying on the ground
Letting it go I take my rest beneath a pine up on the crest
daylight disappears with out a sound
Beneath the stars in Pennsylvania
this time is gonna gain ya a chance to figure out where you want to be
Listening to the wind blow
the night is dark and I am cold
nocturnal souls are searching for a meal
something is lurking all my fears are on high alert
As it draws near
I don't have much to give
And less for it to steal...
(chorus) Beneath the stars in Pennsylvania
this time is gonna gain ya a chance to figure out where you want to be
maybe go east, maybe go west
darling southern food would be best my love
Canada is calling me to you
to a shore across lake Erie
or my heart is gonna steer me back to the town of rust where I was born
Physically tired from the trek
my mind is wired, I am wrecked
I barely have strength to shed my clothes
fold my arms across my ches
I Settle deep into my nest
surrender to this slumber, soul repose
(chorus)
Harmonica - David Krauss
Dulcimer - James Brentar
2nd Vocal - Becca Bessinger
Out on the porch late on a summers day
We gathered round and watched the children play
out in the yard just like our former daze
when we were young on Hemlock Hill
Down below in a maze of rhododendron
chasing rabbits as fast as we could run
We grew so quick, but the time stood still
Back home on Hemlock Hill...
We never thought
That we would grow up and be parents to our own
No rabbits caught
but we could count the hares as years roll by
slowly age and say goodbye
To a time long gone I remember well
back home on Hemlock Hill...
My father shared the story of his life
And all it's years and how he met his wife
and took a job and built his family
who grew and moved from Hemlock Hill
Now every summer like pilgrims we arrive
across the states and around the lake we drive
To a time long gone I remember well
back home on Hemlock Hill
Mom cooks best out on the grill
back home on Hemlock Hill
Written by Avin Loki Baird
Violin and vocals- Becca Rhodes
After something passed between us
morning came from daybreak,
earth is calling me to join her,
light keeps me awake,
I can hear her calling to me way inside believing,
time has chosen not to answer the questions of deceiving
(chorus)
Hold me close earth, give me your warmth,
long since your birth has gone away,
I do promise now to love you until my dying day
until my dying
Earth believe me
if I could change
this into common good,
you've been so long and been forgotten,
I would change it if I could,
in this hour in the sunset
you come talk to me,
I hear your sweet voice in my heart,
and it sets me free
(chorus)
Tribal wisdom now has left us
we are left alone
now we wander and till it changes
it is left alone
I am angry and I am saddened
by their every move
soon the nothing falls before us
nothing left to prove
(chorus)
John Hartford Memorial Festival Songwrinting Contest Runner Up
Lead Guitar -Bill Lestock
2nd vocal - Cindy Langmack
Seasons change now summers gone
Autumns charm has long passed on
Canadian winds are howlin' at my door
I look out across the ice and snow,
Lake Erie winds bitterly blow
A chill that settles deep your in bones
Baby I don't mind, doin my time with you
So I guess we'll be staying in
Cause I am not sure where the road begins
cause there is a few feet of snow or maybe more
Baby I don't mind, Doin my time with you
And the worst has yet to come
It might be months before the sun
finds its way into our home
there is no pardon or parole
There is no bail that we can go
Baby I don't mind,
justice is here is blind
Doin my time with you
Wood is stacked by the kettle
stove I got some blankets that my mother wove
and some whiskey that will help this fire glow
Baby I don't mind, Doin' my time with you...
Violin and vocals- Becca Rhodes
She stares out of the window,
her eyes explore,
she dreams of another day,
and a far off distant shore
Her hopes have departed,
She's just trying to get through the day.
Trapped here with her dreams on hold
Her spirit starts to fade.
She doesn't know what she wants,
it isn't all that clear,
she doesn't know where she wants to be,
just anywhere else but here...
He thinks about her alot,
he thinks about his own destiny,
he doesn't like his place on earth,
he wishes that he was free.
He doesn't know what he wants,
it isn't all that clear,
he doesn't know where he wants to be,
just anywhere else but here...
She ponders deep in her soul,
he looks up to the sky,
she dreams that life will be better for us before we die.
If we could be, caught in this moment,
and let the sun shine in all our lives,
I wish just once that we wouldn't want to be
anywhere else but here
Vocal- Laura Joy
Fiddle- Bill Lestock
She taped a note inside the door,
it said she would be back soon.
Though undefined he thought she meant
later in the afternoon
So he waited through the evening hours,
and waited through the night,
now he waits from dawn till daylight comes,
the candle is always burning bright,
Time has passed him by,
but he don't mind the wait,
abandoned he has lived his years committed and anticipating...
the day she is coming home.
It doesn't matter where she has gone....She is gone.
The truth will not persuade him to move on.
An accidental fruit, songs of devotion,
living with more hope than fear
pulls him in a forward motion...
the day she is coming home.
It doesn't matter where she has gone....She is gone.
The truth will not persuade him to move on.
Three words suspended his fate
in spite of a craving to shine
possessed he still hesitates
and exposes regret for the love,
exposes regret for the life,
exposes regret for the one he has left behind
She taped a note inside the door,
it said she would be back soon.
Though undefined he thought she meant
later in the afternoon
Mandolin- Jon Mosey
David Krauss- Harmonica
Additional Vocals - Davidian Pearl, Stephanie Morris
There is an old man pushing his walker,
up over Coventry hill,
he hasn't got long and he don't need much,
still needs some kind of thrill
He says , "give me a couple of tickets
one with the easy win,
Scratch em off 3 of a kind
If I win I get to play again
He says I am just killing time
Before it gets the best of me
My brain is slipping,
I ain't as sharp as I know I used to be,
and these legs haven't many more miles,
I have only a just a little more time,
when my heart stops beatin
there will be nothing I'm a keepin',
I gonna leave it all behind.
(chorus) The simplest moments that mean the most to me
now that I am running out of time
No rivers left to cross, no mountains to climb,
give me one easy win before I die...
I like to get out
cause no one ever comes see me
I still need contact, I need to have you hear me speak.
Just to know that I am still here.
When you listen friend well it is clear,
when you reach out and ask me how I am today,
I smile and I tell you I'm well,
your voice has made it so,
It's all that matters in this single moment,
They pass by quickly though
I'd like a couple more tickets
one with an instant win,
all I have learned It ain't the money I earn,
Its the chance to to play this game again (chorus)
Trad. Accredited to Joseph Spence
Banjo - Jon Mosey
Harmonica - David Krauss
Additional Vocals - Kaitlin Emmert and McKenzie Brooke Cox
Lay down my brother
lay down and take your rest, lay down my brother
up apon your saviors chest
I love you, but Jesus loves you the best
I bid you good night, goodnight, goodnight
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