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Living Machine

by Joe Con

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1.
This I Know 03:52
Save me from the city take me to the town I know Say you’re coming with me say you’re coming with me when I go Sometimes life’s a highway sometimes it’s a country road Someday you’ll go my way like you did so long ago Won’t you come and get me take me from the ice and snow Won’t you come and kiss me we can take it nice and slow Promise not to miss me promise you’ll be with me when I go Promise don’t forget me I’ll always keep you with me this I know Take me from what has become of me Place me up there in your company Take me up as if it’s up to me Pain is just the way you must make love to me Save me from the city take me to the town I know Say you’re coming with me say you’re coming with me when I go Sometimes life’s a highway sometimes it’s a country road Someday you’ll go my way like you did so long ago Promise not to miss me promise you’ll be with me when I go Promise don’t forget me I’ll always keep you with me this I know
2.
Here I come there I go in the middle we’re the best of friends Easy come easy go but that ain’t how it’s always been Look outside today and it’s a brand new day
And all that came before just fade away and I say that’s ok cus Sugar you’re so sweet that I cannot tell a lie You can have anything in this world Sugar you’re so sweet that I can not deny Sugar you be sweet and be my girl It’s a phase it’s a craze it’s the riddle of a restless age It’s alright it’s ok cus this is how we turn the page Now look inside today and it’s a brand new day And all that came before just fade away and I say that’s ok cus Sugar you’re so sweet that I cannot tell a lie You can have anything in this world Sugar you’re so sweet that I can not deny Sugar you be sweet and be my girl GUITAR BRIDGE Sugar you’re so sweet that I cannot tell a lie You can have anything in this world Sugar you’re so sweet that I can not deny Sugar you be sweet and be my girl (2x)
3.
California won’t be home without you Summer never seemed so far away Then again that’s what I love about you The more I try to leave the more you make me want to stay All my lies keep coming true And all my life I give to you Remember all those nights we spent together Trying to make believe we weren’t alone Even though we know nothing lasts forever Every time I see your face it always feels like coming home All my lies keep coming true And all my life I give to you You can see connections with your eyes closed But you can only guess at what they mean Til you let your love take off your blindfold Tell me how you plan to fly away on broken wings All my lies keep coming true And all my life I give to you
4.
From the moment I met you I could feel your embrace under my skin I could not forget you had to see you again and again and again and again if I told you I love you what good would that do for me and you you know that I want to there's nothin' that I'd rather do than lay out this table for two and freedom is something that's sweet when it comes under the moon or out in the sun and loving you's something i'm able to do laying awake at this table for two so look inside darling and know who you are a bright shining star catch me i'm falling fallen but never too far and i'm with you wherever you are when I say that I love you know what I mean that you're all that I need the one that I run to the one that I follow and lead I give you my word and my deed and freedom is something that's sweet when it comes under the moon or out in the sun and loving you's something i'm able to do laying awake at this table for two run child run run for the river jump right in and you'll be delivered run child run run for the river cast your net and go catch me some dinner from the moment i met you i could feel your embrace under my skin and i could not forget you i had to see you again...
5.
Learn how to listen to yourself Learn how to listen don’t worry bout no one else Learn how to listen for your health You don’t learn how to listen better learn how to ask for help Learn how to listen to your soul Learn how to listen play that rock n roll Learn how to listen diamonds out of coals You don’t learn how to listen better learn how to fill the hole Learn how to listen to your song Learn how to listen don’t worry bout right or wrong Learn how to listen before your gone You don’t learn how to listen buddy I’m moving on Learn how to listen to your heart Learn how to listen learn how to play your part Learn how to listen from the start You don’t learn how to listen buddy that ain’t too smart
6.
Hey Mac 04:18
I got to balance all the parts of my body With my big bad dreams and my thoughts so naughty It seems to my feet this road is getting rocky But no one's gonna stop me but me that's what you taught me Hey Mac the answer that you're after ain't a secret Seek it just to capture it forget it you can't keep it Hey kid the question got you guessin' at the meaning That ain't even worth the stressin' won't you leave it til you need it I see the faces on all the human races While they chasin' for the daily bread on a daily basis I ain't sayin' i ain't cravin' an oasis Only if you pay attention find it in the strangest places *** and it's free free is what you've always longed to be but how can you be free when your heart belongs to me see our freedom is a case of symmetry what was once you and me is we that's jubilee I can feel it in the pit of my stomach so even if I gotta bleed i'm a get to the summit and in a minute you critics fixin' to plummet into the dungeon y'all stick to fixin' the plumbin' my tongue twist slick rick lyrical drummin' quickly i'm comin to get ya with the wisdom I summon consider he who throws the pigeons a crumb and know the full spectrum of what we live to become I got to separate the truth and the fiction Take account of everything to prove that something's missin If you ain’t ready shed your heavy inhibition Intuition is the entrance free admission if you listen HOOK
7.
Did they teach you the game Give you a name Is it Abel or Cain Born for pleasure or pain Is the secret not plain Ain’t they one and the same Ain’t our freedom in chains And our Eden in flames Do you slave for your check WIth your blood and your sweat With a tie round your neck That hangs like your debt Do you sit at your desk And pray under you breath For relief from regret While you wait for your death Are you playing a game that can never be won Doing a deed that cannot be undone Are you caught in the fire while you reach for the sun Is the road to redemption only begun Don’t you work like a mule Aren’t you brainwashed in school To be used like a tool In the hands of a fool Does god seem so cruel And the devil so cool While they shoot cosmic pool And you sit on your stool Are you beat in your head Deceived and misled Do they cheat and mistreat you And leave you for dead Does it take more than bread To keep a man fed Don’t you feast on your dreams When you sleep in your bed Are you playing a game that can never be won Doing a deed that cannot be undone Are you caught in the fire while you reach for the sun Is the road to redemption only begun Did you forsake your kin To run with the wind Did you fall for your sin And then call it your friend Did you follow it in When you met with your end And then shake off your dead skin And rise up again Did you count yourself blessed To be stuck in your mess To be spirit in flesh On an eternal quest Did you better your best Did you feather your nest On the wings of forever Hope the answer is yes Or you’re playing a game that can never be won Doing a deed that cannot be undone Are you caught in the fire while you reach for the sun Is the road to redemption only begun Are you madly in love With god up above Does desire like a wildfire Burn in your blood Are you stuck in the mud Or swept up in the flood And when push comes to shove Will you fly like a dove Did they teach you the game Give you a name Is it Abel or Cain Born for pleasure or pain Is the secret not plain Ain’t they one and the same Ain’t our freedom in chains And our eden in flames Are we playing a game that can never be won Doing a deed that cannot be undone Are we caught in the fire while we reach for the sun Is the road to redemption only begun
8.
Nothing new I could say to you If you don’t already know how to let yourself go Much ado just to make it come true And we’re all caught slow in the undertow now Out to the sea let it carry me If I go far from the shore never see me no more Just let it be it’ll set us both free And we can’t say no to the undertow In my trials and tribulations All my life Ive been chasin’ All these smiles on all these faces So long, so long In my trials and tribulations I’ve been wild and I’ve been waitin’ How long for my destination Hold on, hold on In the daze of a mental maze I was seeing stars looking hard for the simple way Sick of living large in a cage all the world’s a stage Where we bare scars through the bars for the players’ play So I took a handful of seed tryin’ to grow a tree Hoping that my kingdom will come all I need is one And it ain’t hard to believe when you’re looking at me That we’ve already won and the deed is done In my trials and tribulations I’ve been high I’ve been wasted These eyes have been awakened So long, so long I’ve been tested by temptation Will I die before I make it Hold on, hold on Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on
9.
Dm C C/Em Am Cold hands and a warm heart / Used to fit me like a glove Am >>> (Am sus.) Am >>> (Am sus.) But now my fist’s just a bit too snug / And love ain’t what i wanna be a victim of G Am No more, no no no no no more Dm C C/Em Am It won’t end if we don’t start / Quit wishing on the Stars Am >>> (Am sus.) Am >>> (Am sus.) Up above better listen up / All your kisses and your hugs ain’t big enough G Am G D No more, no no no no no more, no more no no no no more Am G Em If I never saw you again / This is how it ends Csus Dsus It’s so hard to pretend / I got your scars on my skin But I don’t mind Am G Em If I never saw you again / How would I begin Csus Dsus To say what could have been / And now we’re out of time G G/Em Em (x4) Cus this is how it ends Big dreams in a small town / Left a sleepy neighborhood Made good just as quick as I could / Flipped the script in Hollywood like you knew i would For sure, for sure Switched the scenes all around / Wings lift me off the ground Been lost been found been up and down / But now your king don’t need your crown No more, no more / No more, no more HOOK I promise to wait as long as it takes / A promise ain’t a promise if it’s gone in a day So promise to stay even while you’re away / I promise to break every promise i make
10.
I’m ten thousand miles from the smile on your face And I’m wonderin’ how I could leave you alone But I know before long I’ll be leavin’ this place And I’ll pack up my suitcase and head on back home I’m walkin’ around with my head full of photos I’ll drink in this city ‘til it fills up my eyes And in the dark hours when the long minutes go slow I’ll remember mi cielo is Spanish for sky (Chorus) Remember Maria that though we are parted My love is a candle that constantly burns And if you desire the fire we’ve started Then tend it with tear drops until I return Promises and hearts can both easily be broken You think you’ll forgive what you’ll never forget I send you my song that is soft and unspoken But faithful like strong winds for guiding home ships From the Champs-Elyseès to that old Eiffel Tower See the giver of life in the river of sin I’m waitin’ for spring time to show me its flowers So I can go home and see Maria again (Chorus) There’s times that I’m happy with the friends that I’ve found When I’m out on the street filled with music and charm But every day night comes to close the cafes down And sleep’s not the same without you in my arms I saw a girl’s eyes they were cold as the weather She was gray as a storm cloud that circles the sea I’m fallin’ apart please come put me together Please leave San Francisco for Paris and me (Chorus)
11.
The first time I seen her I was a believer She made old eyes see Knew I had to reach her Knew I couldn’t keep her Knew she had to fly home free But that was old and this is new And that was her and this is you And nothing you could ever do Could keep me back from loving you I really wanna make you mine I’m inclined to waste my time Chasing treasure that I’ll never find If this is real love show me a sign I really wanna make you mine I’m inclined to lose my mind Chasing treasure that I’ll never find All Gold Don’t Shine The second time I had her Nothing else mattered She became all that I craved I was captured A slave to the master Another chapter trapped on the page But that was then and this is now And that was when and this is how We let it in and let it out And if you ever had a doubt HOOK The last time I left her I Couldn’t take the pressure You know when the weight of the world Is coming down to get ya Wish I never met ya Now you’ll be somebody’s girl But that’s alright I’m OK It’s only dying anyway As long as I can find a way To shine unto a brighter day
12.
I Want Her 04:05
I want her I need her I love her so I want her I need her but in the end I know She calls me I answer we say hello We fall free like dancers until it’s time to go I want her I need her I love her so I want her I need her but in the end I know She leads me I follow we both go slow She feeds me I swallow but that’s the way we grow I want her I need her I love her so I want her I need her but in the end I know
13.
May I walk beside you The wind did whisper to the sea See I cannot deny you When you give your kiss to me Early august i came to you Crossed the pond on holiday Worthy of the name I prayed to you To take my tired blues away You gave me Irish whiskey And raised my spirits by the pint I believe you did assist me Like a ship out in the night I see the light I see the light I see the light All day long i’m taking pictures Painting postcards in my mind Like a letter undelivered Why is home so hard to find Til you give me irish whiskey And raise my spirits by the pint I believe angels assist me Like a ship out in the night A ship out in the night I see the light I see the light I see the light I’m not alone I’m coming home I see the light May I walk beside you The wind did whisper to the sea See I cannot deny you When you give your kiss to me You give me irish whiskey And raise my spirits by the pint I believe angels assist me Like a ship out in the night A ship out in the night I see the light I see the light I see the light
14.
She wakes up to the chapel bells where the children look for shells beyond the sand the ocean swells with pride Inspiration comes in waves it pulls the pen across the page and she’s the actor on the stage of life Dripping with dreams that i wipe from my eyes Lifting the screen on the light in the skies A living machine who must die for the prize I reckon we’ll see in the bye and the bye the prisoner who broke his chains climbed the wall and jumped a train and slowly drove himself insane with wine he won’t try to intervene and come between your wildest dreams who’ve come to crown you as the queen of time the second son you never had the one your mother wanted bad the one who looks just like his dad the one who was blind he makes his home inside your heart and waits alone inside the dark so patient for the light to start to shine (Hook) life’s a game we get to play we find the rules out on the way some we break and some obey and some are a crime some of us are much too much all of us are just enough and everyone of us is divine (Hook) the writer takes a cup of tea and pours his water carefully contemplates infinity and finds The answer that you’re looking for Isn’t on some distant shore It waits behind a hidden door inside (Hook)

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...From the moment I met you, I could feel your embrace under my skin
I could not forget you, I had to see you again
And again and again and again...

...But if I told you I love you, what good would that do for me or you?
But you know that I want to, there's nothing that I'd rather do
Than lay out this table for two...

And freedom is something that's sweet when it comes
Out in the moonlight or under the sun
And loving you's something I'm able to do
Laying awake at this table for two

So look inside darling and you'll know who you are, a bright shining star
Come catch me I'm falling, fallen but never too far
And I'm with you wherever you are...

So when I say that I love you, you should know that I mean you're all that I need
You're the one that I run to, the one that I follow or lead, and I give you my word and my deed

That freedom is something that's sweet when it comes
Out in the moonlight or under the sun
And loving you's something I'm able to do
Laying awake at this table for two

Singing
Run child, run to the river
Cast your net and go catch me some dinner
Run child run to the river
Go down a sinner then come up a winner
Run child run to the river
Cast your net and go catch me some dinner
Run child run to the river just run to the river
Just run...

credits

released April 1, 2017

Performed by Joe Con
Written by S. Hobson for Word Made Fresh Music ASCAP
Additional vocals by Beth Burden and Jason Adams
Violin by Rachel Yanarella
Produced by Joe Con & Erik Nystrom
Engineered by Erik Nystrom @ The Elephant Rooms, Midway, KY

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Joe Con Los Angeles, California

Joe Con is:

a) an adept MC & soulful bluesman

b) a multi- genre songwriter & multi-instrumentalist

c) founder of Word Made Fresh Music & The Constellation

d) all of the above
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