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Measure of a Man
04:28
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Well you wash your hands of all the common people
At the end of another working day
Burning every bridge that you are crossing
Better pray to God that you're not passing back this way.
You throw your weight around like a wounded beast
As the humble and the silent gather round.
Till this Tower of Babel that you are building
Topples over and it knocks you to the ground.
And the soldiers that you lead into temptation
In ways that even you don't understand
May obey but it will be no indication
Of the measure of a man.
Looking through the clouds of your illusion
I am amused, but still have half a mind.
To tell you you can take your ways of living
And you can stick em where the sun will never shine.
And one day when you own all the tea in China,
Sitting lonely in your castle dark and cold…
The memories of the land you loved are buried
in graves nearly as shallow as your soul.
May you recall the wrong roads you have taken
And the ones who tried to make you understand
That the measure of ambition and of riches is no measure of a man.
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2. |
Destiny Misspent
06:01
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3. |
Not Enough
02:56
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4. |
Dream Along With Me
03:58
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5. |
Sick Cynthia Thing
03:52
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6. |
Whittled Down
05:00
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7. |
Our Little Movie
03:48
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8. |
Papa Johnny's Arms
04:17
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9. |
Takin' Me Back
02:19
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10. |
Resurrection Train
04:08
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11. |
Drunkard's Epiphany
04:21
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God if you're there, come down and sit by me
This barstool is vacant, as empty as my soul.
Is that really you Lord?
Can you turn this whisky into wine?
Give me one small miracle just so I will know.
Lost my wife and kids, she's livin up in Arrowhead.
Ten to one she comes back once she feels that cold.
Where's your crown of thorns?
And can you fix a broken life?
Give me one small miracle just so I will know.
Gather round everyone, each and every mother's son Every woman on this glorious occasion.
Give the man some room to breathe
He's weary from the centuries and all our misinterpretations
SOLO
Gather round everyone…
God if you're there, come back and fight for me. They're tryin to throw me out Lord, out into that snow
I'm holding on to the door, I'm holding on I'm holding on
They're beating on my hands Lord! Tryin to make me go!
Give me one small miracle just so I will know.
Give me one small miracle just so I will know.
Give me just so I will know.
Give me one small miracle and I will let it go.
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12. |
Another Road
04:01
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Another road where maybe I can see a better way to go
Another road where I don’t have to see this candle burning down
I know truth, just don’t remind me that the end is comin round
Over a western sky I fly, into a moonlit night
And what seemed like a moment, is revealed as a lifetime now
Another road, another restless soul, torn from all it’s known
We all leave the way that we arrive, helpless and alone
I ask myself, who have I become but do I want to say?
I catch my breath, choking on the truth and try to get away
Over a western sky….
Another road, left to wander, can I ever go back home?
Another road, will I find you there or am I on my own?
Another road, another road
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Johnny Hickman Denver, Colorado
Johnny Hickman is best known for co-founding the band Cracker, but his talents and musical styles run far deeper. His fiery
lead guitar sound and spirited co-writing achieved platinum status with Cracker's alternative radio hits Teen Angst, Low, Get Off This, and Eurotrash Girl.
Johnny and producer Philip Broste have just completed "Blood Moon" available for preorder May 27!
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