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Songs of Life, Love and Liberty

by Shae Parker

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As the cars fly by With your circle of friends And it's late at night As the flames grow high In the middle of nowhere in the middle of the night And we've come so far and we've grown so wide The faces seem the same oh the more they've changed And all these years go drifting by So long So long So long There's some empty chairs But the field seems full And who will hang the flag When there's no one there? In the middle of nowhere in the middle of the night And we've come so far and we've grown so wide The faces seem the same oh the more they've changed And all these years go drifting by So long So long So long Do you remember when Nice to see you again Who's dancing with the flames As a new day begins In the middle of nowhere in the middle of the night And we've come so far and we've grown so wide The faces seem the same oh the more they've changed And all these years go drifting by So long So long So long
2.
Another Day 04:05
Just the other day when I was five I was learning to color between the lines I still remember that first day of school No inhibitions no reason to be the fool And it's just another day another page Just another day another page in the book of my life Just the other day when I was ten I began to notice life and what it meant then I didn't need a gun no way no how And children still don't in this day now And it's just another day another page Just another day another page in the book of my life Just the other day when I was fifteen I thought I knew it all thought I knew everything The thought of drugs never crossed my mind Now I see I was wrong I should worry all the time And it's just another day another page Just another day another page in the book of my life Just the other day I finally turned twenty All my dreams were off I didn't have lots of money I'm very distraught with the world this day I wish I could close my eyes and make it go away I remember when I turned twenty five I thanked my Lord that I'm still alive I have to speak my mind to voice my opinions It's my life I'm going to make my own decisions And it's just another day another page Just another day another page in the book of my life
3.
I went to bed on a Saturday night Looked at my watch it was eleven forty-five My beautiful wife jumped up and said it's time to go We hopped in the car and off we did go With little blue elephants and bright Billie lights Footballs and flowers and long sleepless nights Sleeping and eating and maybe a cry September Sundays just make it seem right Scary happy movies in the middle of the afternoon Laughing and screaming he can't come too soon It's love at first sight and greater for some Happy healthy screaming and a lifetime to come With little blue elephants and bright Billie lights Footballs and flowers and long sleepless nights Sleeping and eating and maybe a cry September Sundays just make it seem right With little blue elephants and bright Billie lights Footballs and flowers and long sleepless nights Sleeping and eating and maybe a cry September Sundays just make it seem right
4.
Don't you know it feels like I've been here before It's the same old place just a different door Just like the first time it's the same as the last Still a bit different yet it's just like the past Down Down on Chester Street Down Down on Chester Street Like looking in a mirror it's the same damn thing The changing of the seasons it's the same every spring It's just across the hall through an image in time Don't you know I've lived here it's where I spent all my time Down Down on Chester Street Down Down on Chester Street Yesterday is so far away Make tomorrow be what you want it to be Give me the laughter give me the pain Give me the shelter from out of the rain Whether you lived here or just stopped by If you know the table we've probably been high Down Down on Chester Street Down Down on Chester Street
5.
Life and love and liberty Never stands a chance What's the cost of freedom Money at a glance Spinning wheels spin round and round Spinning out their web A man's life is forgotten Before he's even dead Choose your revolution Come on stand your ground What is your solution Stand up and make a sound Out burning bridges Still more to be crossed Dance in the twilight Another life is lost Fire in the morning Fire burns at night Children living nightmares No hope in sight Choose your revolution Come on stand your ground What is your solution Stand up and make a sound Lurking in the shadows Death comes in the light Widows of the womb Wildlife takes flight Never ending battles Tears upon a cheek Political pawns with weapons War is for the weak Choose your revolution Come on stand your ground What is your solution Stand up and make a sound Wild men in wild times Deserts receive their rain Man treated like an animal Society ignorant of pain Sit down let the box suck you in Have a stiff drink Open your mind and listen to me We'll tell you what to think Choose your revolution Come on stand your ground What is your solution Stand up and make a sound Choose your revolution Come on stand your ground What is your solution Stand up and make a sound
6.
Road Trips 02:12
I've always liked old cars and rusty fenders Telephone booths with plate glass windows Well worn denim and long johns in the winter And road trips Just looking out the window The smell of cherry pipe tobacco hanging in the air And the feeling of fresh cut hair Memories of fireflies and just staring at the night time sky Winter nights with Christmas lights snow drifts and ice The smell of fresh cut pine sugar cinnamon and spice And giving all year round to loved ones and strangers alike Memories will come and go they're fleeting like the night But just an image or scent even a song will give them rise Taking you back in time and setting all things right Yeah I've always liked old cars and rusty fenders Telephone booths with plate glass windows Well worn denim and long johns in the winter And road trips Just looking out the window
7.
I Get High 03:24
I like beer and whiskey and I like wine and weed Sometimes the drink can hit me and the liquor puts me to sleep So for my brain its the elixir just some grass is what I need You get drunk and I'll get high and we'll stumble on down the street Cause I get high I get high in the morning I get high at night I get high when I wake up Let's get high tonight Cause I get high Grapes and grains and hops and such to drink take too much time While they mash and fermentate we might as well smoke some kind Careful though don't mix too much you'll get knocked on your behind Or be like me and just smoke weed and you will be just fine Cause I get high I get high in the morning I get high at night I get high when I wake up Let's get high tonight Cause I get high I deprive my lungs of oxygen Supply a little THC Now my body is all tingley And my mind is feeling free Cause I get high I get high in the morning I get high at night I get high when I wake up Let's get high tonight Cause I get high
8.
Huddie 02:58
It was down in the bottom that he learned to play Huddie and Blind Henry Down in Deep Elem Way Five Years on a pistol put him on the gang But he had to break free cause he had to sing Huddie Huddie Huddie Where'd you sleep last night William killed Walter got sent to Sugarland Sang for the Governor got him to pardon him Five years on and there's trouble again For getting in knife fight with a Louisiana man Huddie Huddie Huddie Where'd you sleep last night Ten years in the pen with your strings a dozen John and his boy and the records they're cutting Give me another song and I'll get you out again Take you on the road like you ain't never been Huddie Huddie Huddie Where'd you sleep last night Going up north to see the New York town Playing them songs and laying them down Five years on it's the same old thing Alan comes a running to get you out again Huddie Huddie Huddie Where'd you sleep last night In the News on the radio and Life magazine Playing songs for kids man ain't you clean Woody CBS and even Paris too But when you met Gehrig you was through Huddie Huddie Huddie Where'd you sleep last night
9.
She Tries 03:20
I knew I shouldn't have done it I could see it in her eyes Just a bit unbalanced and swaying side to side Something should have told me she was too good to be alone Now she's totally lost it and she's blowing up my phone She's not Psycho yet but she tries She seemed sane in the beginning but that's not saying a lot Now I say we're breaking up and she says "no we're not" I think she needs a prescription a seventy two hour stay She's just a doctor's signature from being locked away She's not Psycho yet but she tries She's like who were you with last night You better tell me their name What's up with this woman and all her crazy games I don't care what your selling it's not worth all of this But now I fear for my life because she may have called out a hit She's not Psycho yet but she tries
10.
Big Weed 01:47
He's gonna make like Johnny Appleseed and roam from town to town Take the seed from the weed and plant it in the ground Won't need no taxation or dee-spinseries Just grow it in your back yard and take a toke for free Talk about a high time Rolling in the green grass High as a kite right on Down to Earth He's gonna cultivate this land lend a helping hand Just give him a little water sun and dirt Gotta have the Big Weed Roll Your Own Put it in your bowl Pack a bong Gotta have the Big Weed Grow your own Cause Big Weed's the name of this song He's got a couple of jars we'll say he's acquired through the years They're full of seeds round and small like beads that when grown will make you cheer He'll put it in his back pack and plant from coast to coast Then he'll turn right back around and smoke and smoke and smoke Talk about a high time Rolling in the green grass High as a kite right on Down to Earth He's gonna cultivate this land lend a helping hand Just give him a little water sun and dirt Gotta have the Big Weed Roll Your Own Put it in your bowl Pack a bong Gotta have the Big Weed Grow your own Cause Big Weed's the name of this song

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released August 11, 2022

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Shae Parker Virginia

A singer/songwriter based in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, Shae has been singing, playing guitar and writing songs since stumbling upon his mother’s guitar tucked away in a closet as a child.

Songs by Shae are autobiographical, satirical and honest with a traditional roots, folk, and Americana style. A multi-instrumentalist, Shae also plays mandolin, banjo, bass, piano and percussion.
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