Margo Cilker : Valley Of Heart's Delight

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Looking for a lowland trail

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Got miles before me, miles behind

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Got hills to climb in my own sweet time

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Got trouble cropping up where there could have been love I've seen it on a lowland trail You put it all on the line and it wasn't enough Better take it to a lowland trail Looking for a lowland trail I'm looking for a lowland trail Got hills to climb in my own sweet time Looking for a lowland trail

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) I'm looking for a lowland... Looking for a lowland trail I'm looking for a lowland trail Got hills to climb in my own sweet time Looking for a lowland trail I'm looking for a lowland trail

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I'm looking for a low

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Looking for a low

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I'm looking for a lowland trail.....

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I've got people, I've got places, I've got things, I've got friends I've got something when there's nothing coming up from within I've got postcards, I've got music, I've got someone's hand to hold I got whiskey, I've got brandy, I've got use for this old soul

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Sometimes I feel it dipping beneath the water line

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But I keep it on a burner in the back of my mind

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I got sidewalks, I got sunburned, I got books I haven't read I got neighbors telling neighbors they'll be burning up when they're dead I got wasted, I got waylaid, I got stuck in Lodi again I've got time now, I've got know-how, I've got only to write the end Sometimes I feel it dipping beneath the water line But I keep it on a burner in the back of my mind Yeah, I keep it on a burner in the back of my mind |

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Keep it on a burner in the back of my mind Keep it on a burner in the back of my mind I keep it on a burner in the back of my mind I keep it on a burner in the back of my... I got wasted, I got waylaid, I got stuck in this town again I've got time now, I've got know-how, I've got only to write the end

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I've got only to write the end |

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I've got only to write the end

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(I keep it on a burner in the back of my mind) (I keep it on a burner in the back of my mind) (I keep it on a burner in the back of my mind)

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I remember Carolina, I remember taking turns

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Each tearing up the other with the prettiest of words

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I remember back in Greenville, I saw a friend at the show

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I remember Carolina, I remember being home And I remember California, San Francisco Bay All my buddies live in Oakland, you know the arts don't pay I remember up Fickle Hill, my heart felt at ease I remember Humboldt County, does it remember me?

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And I remember Montana always treating me fine Driving up to Eureka, Polebridge on the 4th of July Went on a bender in Bozeman, sobered up in Hamilton Fell in love with a fisherman, but it was a catch and release

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And I remember Idaho, 24 years old Good family with a bad dog, bit down to my bone Pam Houston on the Selway, Daddy he said no I remember learning something, I remember Idaho

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I remember seeing Dylan, he tipped his hat to me I hitched a ride back to Boston with the Twelve Tribes community I remember I was swimming at Singing Beach That's the last Massachusetts ever did for me I remember Carolina, I remember California I remember Montana, and I remember Idaho I remember Massachusetts, I remember being homesick I don't know where my home is, I remember being free

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How could I forget Texas? Everything says Texas It's all bigger in Texas, where the best in the west is We drink Shiner in Texas, we eat tacos for breakfast The best burger in Texas, the best burger in Texas The best burger in Texas, the best burger in Texas The best burger in Texas, the best burger in Texas The best burger in Texas, it's where my ex lives

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The best burger in Texas, I remember the Alamo...

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It takes two to tie up a line only sometimes

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You can get a good fire to burn through the night if the wind's right

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I've been looking at the answers trying to find the in-between

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I've been watching it all from this porch unraveling

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When you get lonely I will remember

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How it hurt me when I was a beggar

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Beggar for your love

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You can get a good feel for where you belong only sometimes

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You can get a good line to hold up a song if the rhyme's right

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I've been looking at the edges trying to find the in-between

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It shows on your face when my words mean nothing

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When you get lonely I will remember

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How it hurt me when I was a beggar

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Beggar for your love

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It takes two to tie up a line only sometimes

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Mother told her mother told me

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What was out under the family tree

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I don't need this town, I will always find another

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Even if I often wander back again Brother told a brother told me What was out under the family tree If you leave this town, you will never find another Even if you often wander out again

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And, oh-oh, the love

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The way it cuts

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Better than a knife

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Bleeding for a lifetime

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Better than a knife

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Bleeding for a lifetime

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Mother told her mother told me What was written on the family tree If you leave this town, you will never find another Even if you often wander back again Brother told a brother told me What was hanging in the family tree If you leave this town, we will never have to wonder If the roots are getting water underneath And, oh-oh, the love The way it cuts Better than a knife Bleeding for a lifetime Better than a knife Bleeding for a lifetime

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Better than a knife

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Bleeding for a lifetime

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Better than a knife

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I get up at 8 AM

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Press the coffee down again

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I still leave half, just in case

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And I pour it out the next day

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Kitchen table, my own home

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Sometimes a woman's dream is to be alone

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Night falls, I'm grateful

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What do I do with the middle

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Between the coffee and the wine?

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The part of the day when my heart says

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I won't do it this time... |

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You can ask my mom, I've been doing great

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At the beginning and in the end of the day

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But I hit a wall when the caffeine falls

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And I'm staring at the cabinet

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Something in there could kill my brain

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And I know its wrong, but at least I wait

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Till nightfall, it's a long haul What do I do with the middle Where does my love have to go? I've been reaching out, I've been holding on But I can't anymore Tell me what do I do with the middle Between the coffee and the wine? The part of the day when my heart says

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I won't do it this time......... |

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In little Santa Rosa

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There was something about the waitress

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I felt like she knew me We were seated around the table Napkins all unfolding I'd been needing coffee (

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| I looked behind the counter Saw three crosses above the pies It all felt as familiar As the place I'd left behind Someone bought a postcard Someone bummed a smoke Someone lit that cigarette (

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But I have never been afraid

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To take your hand

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But you don't need it

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Honey, you're grounded

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Your feet know where to stand |

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| If you pass through Santa Rosa Down in New Mexico Treat yourself to breakfast At the old Comet II

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Crazy or died, crazy or died

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Everyone I look up to has gone crazy or died

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Maggio was a hug with two eyes

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Served his country and his family, fought fire from the skies

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Through the bullets and the smoke, he made it alive

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But the end of his tale brings a tear to my eye Crazy or died, crazy or died Everyone I look up to has gone crazy or died

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Clementine was the light of my life Was a dreamer, high achiever, but it never came out right She left on a journey, still out there today And they don't understand her, them that would say Crazy or died, crazy or died Everyone I look up to has gone crazy or died

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I open my bible, see the letters in red I don't know who still lives by the words Jesus said

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The bodies they're stacking, they reach for the sky

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If that guy comes back here he'll go crazy or die

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Yeah if he comes back a second time, go crazy or die Crazy or died, crazy or died Everyone I look up to has gone crazy or died Crazy or died, crazy or died Oh lord, bless my soul, gone crazy or died

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Out in the sun, workin' on the dam, I look down at the riverbed

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Swirlin', twirlin' with the current, there was a two-foot Steelhead

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Rainbow shinin' through the muddy waters, it smells just like a pulp mill

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It just jumped just a little and it made a ripple that drifted to the Pacific

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Steelhead trout push up stream, spawning in the spring

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Climb the ladder on the dam, won't stop for anything

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Only death can stop the Steelhead When I make time to spend up the river, and I wonder will it ever come back again Salmon go to die and the head-water's high but the Steelhead come back again At my lunch break I'll have a drink and then I'll take a swim And I feel the minnows nip at my toes and I wonder if they'll ever come back again Steelhead trout push up stream, spawning in the spring Climb the ladder on the dam, won't stop for anything Only death can stop the Steelhead Steelhead trout push up stream, spawning in the spring Climb the ladder on the dam, won't stop for anything Only death can stop the... Steelhead trout push up stream, spawning in the spring Climb the ladder on the dam, won't stop for anything Only death can stop the Steelhead Only death can stop the Steelhead Only death can stop the Steelhead

Intro of verse chords

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Tell me where you're going, ask what I'm doing

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Wonder how it's coming along

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It's a piece of a puzzle, it's a midnight struggle

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I'm going, I'm going, I'm gone Steve's in Manhattan, Will's down in Houston Sometimes the tables don't turn The start of your suffering is the end of your wondering I'm smoking, I'm smoking, I have burned Tell me where you're going, ask what I'm doing Wonder if I'm coming along It's a piece of a puzzle, it's a melody muddled I'm going, I'm going, I'm gone |

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| It comes down the Selway, rolls into the Lochsa To make its Pacific return The state of your mind shouldn't keep you from kindness I'm teaching, I'm teaching, I've learned Tell me where you're going, ask what I'm doin' Wonder how it's moving along It's a sound and a fury, it signifies nothing I'm going, I'm going, I'm gone

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Ooh-ooh ooh ooh

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Ooh-ooh-ooh Banjo for strumming, black American woman The gate-keeper's footing disturbed It's a song down the ages, it's a tearing of pages I'm listening, I'm listening, I have heard Tell me where you're going, ask what I'm doing Wonder how it's taken this long It's a shirt we've been offered from the backs of our mothers I'm going, I'm going, I'm gone

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It's the Wreck at Los Gatos, my home in Los Altos The apricots' yearly return It's the saints at the river, it's a Trinity swimmer Oh glory, oh glory, my Lord

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And it's all tied together...

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Yeah, it's all tied together... There was a man who loved a man Named his son the same And it's all tied together Yeah, it's all tied together

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But where does the wind blow that takes you back home?

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Can the angels fly close to the ground?

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If it's all tied together, are we better unwound?

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We lost the tallest drink of water around He was long, he was mean Was a son to Steve And it's all tied together Yeah, it's all tied together Live it up, live that down Raise a child from the ground up It's all tied together Yeah, it's all tied together Where does the fruit fall when you've tasted it all? When the harvest lies green on the ground If it's all tied together, are we better unwound?

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Yeah, it's all tied together...

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Yeah, it's all

Margo Cilker : Valley Of Heart's Delight
2023

Lowland Trail

Keep It On A Burner

I Remember Carolina

Beggar For Your Love

Mother Told Her Mother Told Me

With The Middle

Santa Rosa

Crazy Or Died

Steelhead Trout

Sound & Fury

All Tied Together

Margo Cilker : Valley Of Heart's Delight 2023

Lowland Trail

Keep It On A Burner

I Remember Carolina

Beggar For Your Love

Mother Told Her Mother Told Me

With The Middle

Santa Rosa

Crazy Or Died

Steelhead Trout

Sound & Fury

All Tied Together

Margo Cilker : Valley Of Heart's Delight
2023