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Natural Time
03:50
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Waitin like the night time for the day. Waitin like the actress for a play
Waitin like a sailor for the winds to change, I’ll be patient while things rearrange.
Longing like the desert for a rain. Longing like a blind man for a cane.
Longing like a pony for a pasture of green, I’ll hold out til you come to me.
Chorus:
In our own natural time we’ll get together and it’ll be so fine.
It may not go as planned but you can trust me to stand
And allow our own natural time.
Singin like a mama to her babe. Singin like a raven to a cave.
Singin like the ocean to a whale so blue, I can always sing a song just for you.
Smilin like a kid who just won. Smilin like when the dance first begun.
Smilin like great grandpa at the town parade, I’ll hold out, til this distance fades
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In Heaven
03:48
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So I rode into the forest and I swam across the river
All so I could see her, so I could feel joyous
And the magic flowed from her much like clear water
Reachin’ towards its mother, waves in the ocean
Though the sun ain’t shinin’ we are smilin’
The beauty inside us feels like heaven
Though the clouds are dumpin’ I won’t run inside
I refuse my soul to hide cuz it feels like heaven
So she said she was movin’ far across the water
For to find her destiny for to blossom like a flower
So I said goodbye then to my sweet soul sister
Though I know not where I begin I feel the moment end
With that sun a’ shinin’ we are together in
The place we built from within and it feels like heaven
My heart is whole again from just one weekend
We all get what we put in this worldly heaven
So she flew above the mountain and landed in the valley
So I went lookin for my best friend cuz I couldn’t let go again
When I found her address, bells did ring
When we met eyes our voices sang
Though the sun was shining we were all cryin
Nearly full to burstin’ and it feels like heaven
We are completed in every moment
With every breath we breathe in we’re in heaven
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Tempted
04:17
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Tempted, I like to be tempted, I ain’t broke but I’m mended, oh come on and give me some.
Wasted, I had to stop and face it, you won’t embrace it, I ain’t the one.
They’ll be times when I try to come back and run to you, but it won’t be fair, no that can’t be good
Lonely, oh I’m not the only woman so lonely in this world.
Haunted, oh I have been haunted by those things I wanted but could not get.
Long gone to you I said so long, it wasn’t right on so now its dead
And happy ever after was just a daydream, no not the real thing, and so it goes
Goodbye I promise I won’t cry, I know you didn’t try and that’s where it ends.
Happy I thought it was to be, that we could sing harmony to the sweetest tune,
But honest I have to be honest and tell you its my guess we howled at the moon.
Hoping that you might call me sometime, that your heart would be mine, oh such a damn fool.
Sorry that you ever met me, you won’t make it easy,
I’m tempted again!
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So Little Time
03:50
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So much to do in so little time the night rolls into day
These feet walk the soil and this mind it toils my whole damn life away
Then I walk next to you with your heart so true I’m nearly blown to pieces
Can you spare an hour or two of your time to walk my speed?
Our feet so light this love takes flight in all of its beauty
Its hard to know which way to go near or far ahead or behind
So we take what we’ve got and we make us a spot to share and to pass the time
Whenever you come through town be sure to come around your smiles always welcome here
Tell me the tale of when you first set sail on this roller coaster ride
How high have you been and what did you do when you found you had no place to hide
For this richness of life makes the struggles and strife pass away in the pages of time
We share this space like a warm embrace our expressions fill us up
So lets drink to good health so grateful for this wealth of inspiration and life
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Hide Yer Dope
05:44
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She had nothin’ to do with his indifference
With that shroud he had began
And the two were of no blood relation
Though they fought and bickered like they were kin
By the roadside they made their wages
Putting on a DAMN good show for any to stop and see
Well now hell they played their hearts out even if no body came
Him on the git fiddle her with a mando on her knee
They heard hillbillies talkin bout willie nelson gettin busted down at the checkpoint on highway 10
You better go hide yer dope
They’re just silly northwest hippy kids hitchin’ and bikin’ drivin’ rigs from coast to coast
Searchin’ for hope
In Bakersfield there was this tattooed chick Who played the ukulele like no body’s business
So they let her sit in for a time
But by the time they hit Kernville she’d threw a fit and It didn’t help that they’d all got lit
on moonshine Nearly went blind
Then in Tucson, Arizona she got bumped by a mop headed fiddle player fresh out of luck
Played those strings like they would save his soul
So then on they went, just those three, makin’ such a sweet harmony,
Onlookers cried, their hearts had been made whole
They’re searchin’ for hope (searchin’ for hope)
They’re searchin’ for hope (searchin’ for hope)
You seem like real nice kids now better go hide yer dope
In madrid down on the turquoise trail The three nearly got thrown in jail
For one particularly risqué and profitable show (you can imagine)
But instead they rode bitch with three different bikers To infamous to be hitch hikers
Who rode them all the way outta new mexico
But then Austin saw them a real sad fate When voices raised in a heated debate
The three they had to go their separate ways
But they each kept a buskin’ and a travelin’ on Though the best of times were up and gone
Lost somewhere between the canyons and the everglades
They’re searchin’ for hope (searchin’ for hope)
They’re searchin’ for hope (searchin’ for hope)
You seem like real nice kids now better go hide yer dope
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Come Away With Me Darlin
02:56
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Come away with me darlin’ we’ll get us some wine
Dance ‘neath the moon, praise the sun when it shines
There’s never been a moment or a love so fine
Come away with me darlin’, come away
Stay with me pretty darlin’, we’ll have us some fun
Round the campfire, on the subway, you’re my only one
You’re my sweet lovin’ mama when the day is done
Stay with me pretty darlin’, stay with me
Come n dance sweet darlin’, we’ll swing cross the floor
Two steps and waltzes there’s always time for one more
You’ll whisper sweetly to me and we’ll twirl out the door
Come n dance sweet darlin’, dance with me
Take my hand little darlin’ come in from the cold
Some days are tough ones and they’ll keep us real bold
Long as we keep on laughin’ we’ll never get too old
Take my hand little darlin’ take my hand
Be my one
Be my only
We’ll make us a life
Build a farm
Raise a family
Stick together day and night
No matter how late or early
It always feels so right
Come away with me darling
Please stay with me darlin’
We’ll make us a life
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When the soul has found you and the heart opens wide
You’ll be pleased to find what lies inside.
There’s no use in hiding, it’s already far to late
The stars long ago had decided your fate.
Your feet find his so naturally in stride, your hand fits so perfectly inside,
But it can’t be found cuz it’s always around, this love of mine.
We step outside now for one last cigarette
But the best part hasn’t even come yet.
And it never will, no we’ll never fade,
Just grow and grow with each new day.
Your lips as sweet as that first sip of red wine, so familiar yet so different every time,
But it can be taught, and no it won’t be taught, this love of mine.
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8. |
Smile In My Heart
03:06
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Washed clothes on the line, there’s a fresh cool breeze
The sun’s shinin bright down on through the leaves
Though you’re on my mind in the valley I’ll stay
With a smile in my heart knowing you’re on your way
For all through the daytime we pay our dues
With the sweat on our brow, the work on our hands, we wear out our shoes
We may all wander but may we not fall
When there’s a smile in our hearts there’s comfort for all
Many a tune have I sang before
Yes I’ve poured out my heart from shore to shore
Well was it for love or for to ease my pain?
There’s a smile in my heart it was not in vain
Be kind to your friends and all strangers too
For this life is short and we are what we do
Come on and free up your mind and dance neath the moon
There’ll be a smile in your heart all the way to your tomb
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Matney Cook Seattle, Washington
Matney Cook is a singer/songwriter from the Skagit Valley in the pacific northwest. Currently living in the Seattle area,
she has led bands like Mudflat Walkers and Nobody's Peach.
Matney has a vocal style inspired by jazz but influenced by honky tonk and folk. Her writing style from song to song varies from waltzy tunes and heart felt love songs to uplifting ballads and sassy country numbers.
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