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Ad Astra

by Shevy Smith

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Rocket Fuel 03:29
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Rocket Fuel Well everyone round here is governed by their fear we never fit too well, we were always wild as hell We had nothing to lose and so much to gain and pure rocket fuel in our veins Back then we flew higher than airplanes cause we had rocket fuel running in our veins cause we had rocket fuel running in our veins So I left that home and struck out on my own told you I’d be back- found out the hard way that There is so much you lose that you can’t reclaim when you’ve got rocket fuel running in your veins and somehow gasoline just never feels the same once you’ve had rocket fuel running in your veins I’m just a bomb with a fuse and a case of the blues I never meant to lose you or leave you lonely It’s a long way to cruise- may be wrong but I choose to never let the fear own me I will soar through the sky, I will defy the rain I’ve got rocket fuel in my veins and you see the world as something you can change when you’ve got rocket fuel running in your veins when you’ve got rocket fuel running in your veins when you’ve got rocket fuel running in your veins written by Shevy Smith
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Moccasin Feet 03:36
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Moccasin Feet I was born in the middle of a field of wheat Cherokee blood, moccasin feet I came too soon I was incomplete They left me in the center of a state line road dress to wear, a sign to hold handful of secrets never to be told Ain’t it funny how when you have to fight for everything you get you want it more and its so poetic that these things I worry bout kill off the very hope I’m fighting for I grew like a weed and I hid my scar love came fast but never went far so I learned to use a man as a getaway car Ain’t it funny how when you have to fight for everything you get you want it more and its so poetic that these things I worry bout kill off the very hope I’m fighting for Now I live for the night when I wash in the waves and I hear the voice of my mother and she says a thousand pretty words like I have never heard before and at last I have a place yeah at last I have a place Ain’t it funny how when you have to fight for everything you get you want it more and its so poetic that these things I worry bout kill off the very hope I’m fighting for Ain’t it funny how once you get just a little bit you want more and its so poetic that these things I worry bout kill off the very hope I’m fighting for written by Shevy Smith
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Ad Astra Per Aspera 04:18
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Ad Astra Per Aspera I am a man, I am not a machine sometimes the world treats my back like its a balance beam Sometimes I wanna collapse, sometimes I wanna create a world with all of this joy- a world with none of this weight that defines me, you remind me Ad astra per aspera to the stars to the stars we are going ad astra per aspera baby don’t give up don’t give in now ad astra per aspera to the stars to the stars we are going ad astra per aspera even when we don’t know how I once had helium dreams but time has filled them with lead I live for weeks at a time all up inside of my head but then you pull me in close say its part of the design and that it always works out all of the time if you say so, I’ll believe you Ad astra per aspera to the stars to the stars we are going ad astra per aspera baby don’t give up don’t give in now ad astra per aspera to the stars to the stars we are going ad astra per aspera even when we don’t know how Take me, take me to the water’s edge make me stop all my pretending tell me stories of the years ahead and kiss me like the world is ending Ad astra per aspera to the stars to the stars we are going ad astra per aspera baby don’t give up don’t give in now ad astra per aspera to the stars to the stars we are going ad astra per aspera even when we don’t know how written by Shevy Smith
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Truckee 03:38
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Turn The Dial 04:41
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Chemical Church 04:09
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Narrow in the North 03:59
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Coyote Trails 04:11
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I live up where the indians used to pray with all their friends I've got a real bad disease called ungratefulness The Gods should want to strike me down for all the worry I bring around I need to get these bricks off of my chest So, I'm climbing this mountain On these coyote trails- trying to find my way I hope these heads and tails turn to gold someday now I gotta pay the IRS, gotta feed all of these houseguests gotta lay my fears to rest somehow I gotta do it now Lately I've been feelin old, its in my head or so I'm told its like I had to grow up overnight I wanna surf, I wanna swim I wanna feel like air again I know I'm not alone in the fight so I'm climbing this mountain On these coyote trails- trying to find my way I wore a wedding veil on a sunny winter day now I gotta pay the IRS, gotta feed all of these houseguests gotta lay my fears to rest somehow I gotta do it now Surely peace shall follow me all my days surely peace shall follow me all my days cause I'm climbing this mountain On these coyote trails- trying to find my way gotta pay my baby's bail and bring him home today then I gotta pay the IRS, gotta feed all of these houseguests gotta lay my fears to rest somehow I gotta do it now
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Friendly Grenade Toss 03:01
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You got shrapnel scraps on the kitchen floor and oil rising up in the reservoir you're using really big words that you can't back up back up, back up, baby, back up You got just enough cash wanna start a war dead fish washing up on the dirty shore so you throw'em in the pot just to stir it back up back up, back up, baby, back up You toss a grenade and watch everyone scatter then beg everyone to gather and help clean it up but I'm sick and I'm tired of stepping on pieces of glass while you say don't worry baby its all in the past no no, don't worry baby its all in the past Well if they wanna be sick well then let'em be poor oh and slap their hands if they beg for more cause they're probably buying drugs with the money in cup getting jacked up, baby, back up if I raise your kids and I do your chores and I mow your grass and I sweep your floors will you turn your back throw me under the bus when it backs up, baby, back up You toss a grenade and watch everyone scatter then beg everyone to gather and help clean it up but I'm sick and you just keep talking trash saying don't worry baby its all in the past no no, don't worry baby its all in the past Cause if you toss a grenade there's bound to be a few issues bound to be some scar tissue that time won't erase you just throw fire on my tears after you soak'em in gas saying don't worry baby its all in the past no no, don't worry baby its all in the past
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Fine Mess 04:26
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Will you drive me home its not that far let me climb inside your car I'd planned to walk home all the way but you look like you'd be okay don't even know who you are but will you drive me home- its not that far I dig this chemistry we have you like my smile, I like your laugh well this could work out perfectly I live all by myself you see you say you like the sound of that well I dig this chemistry we have Aren't I just a fine mess, fine mess maybe you should walk away unless you agree that we could make a fine mess, fine mess maybe we could learn to live dangerously All braided hair and suntan lines reminds you of a different time of skinny legs and schoolgirl skirts and hearts so hip they never hurt I'm no high school queen but I do just fine with my braided hair and suntan lines Aren't I just a fine mess, fine mess maybe you should walk away unless you agree that we could make a fine mess, fine mess maybe we could learn to live dangerously
11.
Yearn 04:25
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12.
Artificial Heart 02:45
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13.
Shine 04:35
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released May 1, 2012

All Songs by Shevy Smith
except "Artificial Heart" by Shevy Smith and Mike Bucher

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