THE
ORIGINAL RECIPE
1.
Get On The Road
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Days are spinnin'
by me and this town is getting old
Like telephone poles passing by my window
Nights are getting lonely and it feels too much the same
There's voice inside is telling me gotta let go
There's a light that shines through dusty blinds every night just like a friend
But the shadows make it hard to open your eyes
I know that somewhere far away there's a room and an empty bed
With mountain peaks and snow and clear-blue skies
Chorus:
Stop
Listen to what's calling you
Look
Open your eyes and see a
Place
That's waiting for you now
Get on the road
No no no no time to wait
Winter nights all last for days in the Colorado air
When the sun comes up it's pretty much the same
World just keeps a-turning and the clock just ticks on by
But the wind still
brings the voice that calls my name
Gazing at reflections through eyes of yesterday
Memories grow smaller all the while
Some things just get clearer the more they fade away
Others lose their place among the miles
Chorus
Days are spinnin' by me and this town is getting old
Like telephone poles passing by my window
Nights are getting lonely and it feels too much the same
There's a voice inside is telling me gotta let go
So hard to leave some places with the high life all behind
But I've yet to find a home where I can rest
The voice just keeps a-calling every time the sun goes down
Cause I know that it's still shining somewhere West
Chorus
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2.
Along The Way
Reach up, touch
the moon
Step through the stars
Moonbeam light the highway for the ride
Don't turn around and run
From a fear deep down inside
Ain't no reason now for you to hide
All aboard, take one more shot
On a chance that passes by
Freight train whistle fills the northern sky
Night flyer points the way
To a place still yet to find
Face the morning not the night behind
You missed out twice when you tossed the dice
Just couldn't get the roll
But you sit in days gone by and wonder why
Windmills turn to rainbows
When you chase them from the soul
You gotta take the leap if you're gonna fly
Chorus:
And we can go where the West wind blow
Where the sun sails off into the day
And I don't know what the end may show
So try and laugh along the way.
Hey, hey
Reach up, touch the
moon
Step through the stars
Moonbeam light the highway for the ride
Don't turn around and run
From a fear deep down inside
Ain't no reason now for you to hide
All aboard, take one more shot
On a chance that passes by
Freight train whistle fills the northern sky
Night flyer points the way
To a place still yet to find
Face the morning not the night behind
With every stone that gets unturned
There's something left behind it
Raindrops wash the footprints from the clay
If you're searching for tomorrow,
You know you'll never find it
When you keep on coming back to yesterday
Chorus
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3.
Welcome Back
My Friend
Welcome back my friend
As you can see some things have changed
Welcome back my friend
A few things had to be rearranged
Wrapped up in a gold embrace
Child of mountain street and space
Can you still hear the children play?
Laughing echoes left today
Amber sunsets on the Earth so green
Thinking of days when skies were blue
Eagles flew across crystal skies
Take one more look
That's all that's left for you
You tried to walk away
When all around the battle raged
And now you can't escape
From the beast you can't begin to cage
Welcome back my friend
You look like you expected more
It circles back again
Remember why you left before
Sunlight splash on the window pane
Looking for birds up in the sky
Ocean drifts from day to day
But you can't set sail when the sea is dusty dry
Welcome back my friend
All confused and wondering why
It's getting near the end
Don't let what's left get lost and die
Welcome back my friend
Child of mountain street and space
You can't control the wind
But maybe you can win the race
Marble tossed from a child's hand
Drifting along like the ocean blue
Sunlight sets across the land
There's one more chance but now it's up to you
One
more chance but now it's up to you...
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4.
Great Western Slide
Sunrise on a cement jungle
Paradise with a good disguise
People blossom like morning flowers
Risin' ripe before your very eyes
Chorus:
Some are slippin'
and some are slidin'
Some are lookin' and some are hidin'
But me, I'm out on the
Great Western Slide
Everything rolled up into one big
Trying real hard just to have a good time
On the Great Western Slide
Hubcap rattle all up inside your little head
Lucky ole Sun says it's time to come out and play
What do you do when it's tomorrow
and the side pocket calls out yesterday?
Chorus
Everyone stumblin' down a dark and bumpy road
Holding hands once or twice along the way
Grace the moon. Play
one more tune
Hit the station at the break of day
Chorus
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Recorded live on 13 August
1989
All songs © 1989 written by Blue Dixie and Bruce Siebert except "Get
On The Road" written by Blue Dixie