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Freewheelin'
02:35
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Freewheelin’
(Minarik)
I am freewheelin’
Back at it again
I have traveled
With the wind
Passing all the faces
By the side of the road
Many of them somber
Others content in lull
What’s easy on the eye
Is that high desert sky
Those horizons we call home
Are better left to roam, and wander
If you’re runnin’ wild
Take it from one who knows
That you’re not stranded
You’re not alone
Keep rolling the dice
Shuffle all your luck
Release that spirit
That drives you along
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It Won't Be Long
02:46
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It Won’t Be Long
(Szegedy)
Well, I made my confession
And I rose from the floor
Felt the silent relief
Of truth’s open door
As fast as I felt it
It flew far away
Now I’m back to my lyin’
And my broken down ways
Then I remember
Your sweetness and your charm
All the love that you gave me
And the hurt that I caused
Oh it won’t be long
Till you see me dressed in rags
Till you see me for what I am
And it gives you sweet, bitter revenge
Well I know, how it shows
That all these years I’ve been wrong
But it gives me relief
To see it ended us strong
Maybe someday
I will see you once again
You could be down and out
Just lookin’ for a friend
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3. |
Easy Alameda
04:47
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Easy Alameda
(Minarik, Mitchum)
She’s already high
With the rising of the sun
Her body’s weak
And her mind is nearly gone
She hums a simple melody
To get her through the day
She doesn’t care
What people have to say
She walks along the avenue
With a feather in her hair
The trees are green
And salt is in the air
Empty are her promises
She’s lost the will to pray
She spends her time
Trippin’ through the day
Easy Alameda
You’re movin’ too fast
Easy Alameda
How long you gonna last
This way
Fawning over memories
From a vague and distant past
She’s left the nest
And she’s never looking back
Heavy are the times
That make her body ache
Just another soul
Lost without a trace
Easy Alameda
You’re movin too fast
Easy Alameda
How long you gonna last
Easy Alameda
You know you’re runnin’ off the tracks
Easy Alameda
How do we get back
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4. |
Unto the Earth
03:10
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Unto the Earth
(Grear, Minarik)
In her I see
Greens of spring
Softly, glistening
Coming after me
Walking beside my love at dawn
Wishing for an endless morning
Crown of violets in her hair
Wilting as it’s warming
Unto the earth
We all return
Laid to rest ‘neath strawberry ferns
Rosemary, and white clover
A ray of saffron
On gentle scenery
Can she see me
As sunlight’s fading
We’re running along the edge my friend
And the dust is at our heels
Savor the evening’s twilight hours
Through the lavender fields
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5. |
Turn the Tide
03:39
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Turn the Tide
(Grear, Mitchum, Minarik)
The impression you leave me
Is that you would rather be alone
Our potential is unreal baby
But our love remains unknown
Reflections on the water
The day has reach an end
The currents getting stronger
And it’s pulling me in
You traded in a lover for a few good lines
The yellow moon rises
To turn the tide
It was never so easy
But, I knelt down at your feet
Your perceptions were so misleading
Will you ever know what you seek
The winds are blowing heavy
The waves are crashing down
You traded in a lover for a few good lines
The yellow moon rises
To turn the tide
Yellow moon rises
To Turn the Tide
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6. |
High and Lonesome
02:58
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High and Lonesome
(Minarik, Szegedy, Duggan)
I awoke one morning
Thoughts of yesterday gone by
Turned to find my love
Only emptiness resides
If only seeing darkness
Could cure all my pain
To feel nothing
Is better than the same
I find it so hard
To face the sun’s early rise
Overhead, a lonesome bird does fly
Preying on life’s sacred sign
When I laid down that night
The room still felt bare
A tickle on my nose
Caused by a blonde girl’s hair
Is this the darkness
Called for in vain
Thoughts of my lover
Left standin’ in the rain
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Shadow Cruiser
05:24
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Shadow Cruiser
(Minarik, Grear)
Shadow cruiser, on the countryside
His palomino, rides ultra fine
To a familiar, destination
Into twilight without, hesitation
On the mesa, where the sagebrush glows
Moonlit backcountry, wraps up the plateau
On the run, like a gypsy
And the bounty, burns like the whisky
It’s the grand tour, of the shadow cruiser
One last tango in the crimson sand
And he hasn't put much thought
Into getting caught
Just roams the cannonball plains
Elegantly astray
Off in the distance, an echo in the night
A drifting hunter, tracks down his prize
And he stays, downwind
Disguised behind darkness, on the ridge
Mirage in the view, the hunter spots the jewel
A renegade and a drifter, square off for a duel
As the legend, it is told
He unearthed, his desert rose
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Silver Canyon
03:14
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Silver Canyon
(Minarik)
Well it’s been one year by now
Since I left my family home
I was searchin’ for something peaceful
What I found was gold
Easy days in the rockies
Always getting high
Wherever I run
Wherever I hide
The canyons by my side
Smell of rain, filled the silver canyon
Mountain tops, draped in fog
Moonlight shines, on the silver canyon
Shimmering ‘cross her sterling walls
Livin’ free and a simple way
Is what I aim to do
Settle down in some valley
Maybe find friend or two
Feelin’ myself changin’
Like a fall aspen grove
Wherever I stay
Wherever I go
Can’t change what I call home
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Woodland Echoes
05:02
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Woodland Echoes
(Minarik)
Wildfire running down, through the evergreen
Cottonwood is crying out, helplessly for peace
On the ridge you’re waiting for, the disarray to pass
Marching onward, head held high, following your path
Mule deer are dancing, upon the emerald knoll
Grinning at you facetiously, eyes, a hue of gold
You may think it’s one mirage, but the air’s cold as ice
Sipping from the chalice now, colors start to rise
Far from neon lights
The woodland echoes
She’s telling you to stay
She whispers it’s your home
Moonlight softly beams across a winding mountain stream
A trout that runs the waters flow, alone in sanctity
The temple you’ve been searching for, the beauty that you seek
On it’s knees before you now, holding the key
A golden sun is rising, on the firewheel
The meadows are in full bloom now, taken time to heal
What you saw was not a dream, it sent shivers down your spine
Mother nature calls you now, answer her in time
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Last of the Easy Riders Denver, Colorado
Last of the Easy Riders are 5 songwriters who play psych infused country rock. The lineup is rounded out by Mitch Mitchum,
Brad Grear, Christopher Minarik, Gann Matthews, George Szegedy, and Hamilton Belk.
"Unto the Earth" Limited Edition 12" pressed on red vinyl out now on Agitated Records
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