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by Neale Eckstein

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Spent last night half sleeping in my car / Another Hollywood night in the life of the big old traveling star / Truck stop shower is gonna have to do, again Tonight I might make five hundred bucks or ten Three months on the road, each time feels longer than last My son just cut his first tooth, seems like life is flashing by so fast I tucked him in last night, on another crackling telephone line With a kiss goodbye as I drove past my exit sign / Played a show with another road dog / she said she’s coming up on month number two I said “I guess that makes me one month crazier than you” Woke up Sunday morning in a proper bed / A good friend with a spare room and a decent bottle of red / Says he wants to sell the place, now that he’s alone He’s got two wives down, both his kids are grown His last girlfriend left him, back a month or two I said “I guess that makes me one month lonelier than you” It used to just be just me and my guitar / Ninety days and ten thousand miles, it didn’t seem that far / Now sunlight’s blinding off the trees, and last night it snowed And I’ve seen more deer than cars on this endless road Just called my baby, and we talked for a minute or two I said “When I get home I’m gonna be one month crazier for you” Just a little bit longer, until this tour is through Then I’ll be coming home one month crazier for you Because I’ll be coming home one month crazier for you
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I was that kid / Who watched from a far Alone in the bleachers / For the homecoming game Wondering if I would ever have friends If I’d ever find love / If I’d ever escape the blame Awkward and smart / Clothes didn’t quite fit Hair a little too short / And that’s a bad combination A bad combination / At fourteen, the world can seem so cruel You were that kid / Who made it look easy You walked with your head up / Doors opened wide You called me your pal / Showed me respect You made me laugh / When I wanted to cry You had my back / When you should have been running When the bullies came calling / You stood by my side You stood by my side / At fourteen, the world can seem so cruel Sometimes all it takes is one friend in your corner Someone cheering for you, who’ll take your side Just when you think that life ain’t getting better That one friend will help you get by / At fourteen the world can seem so cruel The years, they have passed / And I’m doing fine Sometimes I stumble / But I walk with pride When I think back / To those handful of years I don’t know that I’d of made it / If you hadn’t been there At fourteen, the world can seem / At fourteen, take it from me At fourteen, the world can seem so cruel
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I’ve got a camera, can I take your picture? Bet I can get you to smile I’ll just keep snapping ‘til it makes you giggle, Yeah, I’ve been at this a while Not gonna put you on the cover of a magazine Not gonna splatter you across a tabloid They’re just for you and me You say you hate every single picture ever taken of you I like a challenge, if you give me, just a minute or two It’s just a camera, it’s not a loaded gun Just let your guard down for a minute, and try to have some fun You know you’re beautiful. Well, it’s true, any damn fool could see You’re doing great ! You’re camera shy? I find that hard to believe Look how the sunlight is streaming through your hair That smile you’re flashing, look around, you’re making people stare. CLICK - eyes close, CLICK - boring, CLICK - too posed, CLICK - photo bomb I live in Boston, sure, it’s gorgeous, but I could live without the cold When it feels like spring is never coming, to me these pictures are gold they’re my screensaver and sometimes I just watch ‘em go by Seeing friends smiling back at me, keeps me warm inside CLICK -out of focus, CLICK - goofy grin CLICK - that one’s awful, CLICK - eyes closed again CLICK - I may not get it, CLICK - that’s a keeper! Thanks for letting me take your picture, See, that wasn’t so bad. You really like it? Sure I’ll send it. That really makes me glad. I’ve got a camera, can I take your picture?
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A fine mist of snow paints a veil on the trees I follow your footsteps as they fade in the leaves Pinks turn to grey and the quiet surrounds me A calmness has found me this cold winter’s day And I will love you forever, my darling Forever you’ll hold a place in my dreams When the icy winds blow It’s a blessing to know Winter will turn into spring The icicles form like the tears of the gods They bow all the branches Of the love that we lost And I may bend, but love you can’t break me Please don’t forsake me, I’m not one of them And when I see you in the spotlight again I will always remember how I loved you then And how I love you still like the mockingbirds’ song While the geese are returning, the day’s getting long I trace the past to the place I once feared Where the future’s so clear, I don’t have to ask
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The Sun dies quick out on these plains Smoke’s blowing from this bronco’s mouth, I grip the reins I’ll get to Devil’s Gate before I sleep tonight I’ve got to ride with all my might / This mochila I’m sworn to run It’s stuffed with letters, a bible and a gun / Strapped to my leg a bowie knife I will defend this knapsack with my life / I glide along these trails like a falcon in the sky I’ll get this mail to California or I’ll die Over the mountains with all the speed that I possess I carry the pride of the Pony Express In this bag there’s a letter the war’s begun Union gave Ft. Sumter up, Confederates claim they’ve won Gold from California will be the treasure that decides This news will force them to takes sides / I miss my darling Eleanor She’s back in Kansas bracing for a war If I can keep on riding, and not end up lame or dead I’ll have enough saved up, so we can finally wed The Western Union line will be up before the snow Then I’ll make my way home to Eleanor The storm that’s coming is gonna rip this land apart And change the life we knew before / I fear this horse is fading fast Still 15 miles to Devil’s Gate, I pray she’ll last Last month they found a rider froze This wind is cold, can’t feel my fingers or my toes I see the top of Devil’s Gate / I blow my horn to let Old Jim know not to wait To get that fire burning bright / A few hours sleep, is all I’ll see tonight
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I can tell your silence is the calm before the storm I can feel you closing down and boarding up your doors Dark clouds rolling in, the air begins to hum I’m just waiting on the thunder ‘cause I know that it will come And I know that I would never leave when I am warned Been running into the wind since the day I was born - a stormchaser You’ve dug through the wreckage of a dozen other loves You’ve come to expect it, that I’ll grab my things and run ‘Cause others heard the sirens, and they made for safer ground Well maybe I’m just crazy, but I really love the sound So blow until you’re broken, it’s your heart I want to see Go on throw your fire and ice, it’s sun and snow to me You’re sun and snow to me.
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Well my friend just lost the battle, left this world without a sound A sermon and a limo ride, just put him in the ground You can keep that long black Fleetwood Lord hear me when I say Just send an angel on a Harley when I face my dying day Well the end ain’t always easy, and it sometimes takes a while So here’s to all you angels who help us face it with a smile If I have to see St. Peter, well please don’t make me wait Just send an angel on a Harley to drive me straight Through heaven’s gate Some angels travel on gossamer wings But this angel goes on a motor that sings She knows all your demons, she’ll blow right on by And set you down easy in your home in the sky There’s all kind of angels, I expect I’ve met a few But it takes a special kind of angel to fight the dark When life is through So surround me with my loved ones And play some music where I lay
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Buy me a drink and I’ll tell you a tale Of a man who was born to the sea and the sail / I was the captain of a mighty, mighty ship / A thousand feet long from her tail to her tip/ The weather was clear on that January night / The course had been charted / The shore was in sight When an uncharted rock, like a serpent of doom / Ripped a hole in her side, turned my ship to a tomb / When duty and honor meet darkness and fear Where do you stand when your demons appear / The people on board trusted me to be brave / Thirty-two died in a watery grave / Thirty-two died in a watery grave I was raised on stories, by men of the sea Wondrous tales of courage and gallantry And I was sure that if that moment ever came/I would join the legends, I would stake my claim / “Get back on board! screamed a voice from the deck / I’d abandoned my ship to save my own neck /“Get back on board” screamed my brain loud and clear/But I stood there watching, anchored by fear / Many years gone since my ship went down / I’ll live in this bottle ‘til I finally drown/Thirty-two died when their captain took flight It should have been me lying dead that night / “Get Back on board!” screams the voice in my mind/Each night when I see all the souls left behind / And the whiskey’s not working so well anymore There are ghosts that I see in each glass that I pour / When duty and honor meet darkness and fear / Which will you choose when the reckoning’s here I always expected myself to be brave While thirty-two lie in a watery grave
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Can’t seem to remember being a kid Didn’t like the music the other boys did Sang Woody and Dylan and Bobbie McGee Yeah, I’ve always been older than me In school I’d get homework, but I’d write a song I felt like my sentence was 4 years too long ‘Cause I had a vision my teachers couldn’t see Yeah, I’ve always been older than me Now growing up can be tough When the years on the calendar are never enough Like waiting on a train that keeps passing by And the engineer’s waving goodbye All the girls at my high school like boys on the team They couldn’t fathom my musical dream ‘Cause I felt a love that those girls couldn’t see Yeah, I’ve always been older than me Now after a few more trips ‘round the sun Maybe no one will notice I’m just 21 Age is just a number we can’t never see And I’ve always been older than me
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I stoke the fire, the sparks escape I open the box, so worn and frayed A bottle of your favorite wine a toast to you, my Valentine Crimson paper, words written in gold Tell a tale of souls entwined Cards in a heart-shaped candy box I love you so, my Valentine A card you gave me, all covered in stars Inscribed “I love you with all my heart” A photograph, your hand in mine You’ll always be my Valentine Cards from stores and cards you made And cards that opened and music played Cards with couplets of endless love A sip of wine, a taste of blood When did it go so wrong? When did you lose the fire? You said we’d be forever. Didn’t you, Valentine? How did it go so wrong? How did I lose my mind? You promised me a lifetime, Didn’t you, Valentine? The paper heart buried in your drawer Words from another man that broke my heart forevermore The look on your face as I laid you on the bed The look on your face as you took your final breath
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You were the window, you were the key to all of my dreams I never would doubt you or live without you That’s how it seemed Then it became clear, that you and me here It’s not meant to be I was searching for words to set both of us free Then I saw your face looking at me looking at you It wasn’t the way I wanted to say I knew we were through The look on my face was all that you needed to know it was true When I saw your face looking at me When I saw your face the first time my world exploded And suddenly all I knew was you Was it all just too good to be true I’ve been wearing a mask each time you passed pretending to care Time we got wise, opened our eyes, we’re beyond repair No one can mend it, we didn’t intend it, it’s gone too far We’re not who we were, we are who we are
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Compilation of songs written and co-written by Neale Eckstein performed by the co-writers and a very talented group of musicians.

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released March 13, 2014

Produced and recorded at Fox Run Studio, Sudbury MA
Mastered by Jonathan Wyner at M-Works, Cambridge MA

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Neale Eckstein Boston, Massachusetts

Producer, Mixer, Engineer, Photographer, Songwriter and makes excellent peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Neale has recorded dozens of singer/songwriters at his Fox Run Studio. This project combines all of his passions. Thirty-four musicians play and sing on this CD. ... more

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