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Nic Arp - Playlist

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1.
Hey You Mourning Dove 03:40
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Hey you birds of the morning Stop your mocking me I resent your eagerness to greet the day I just gotta get a little bit of sleep But oh you money worries Oh you lover worries Oh you day job worries Won’t let me be Hey you mourning dove I appreciate your sympathy I too dream of a sweet sweet love She would lie right here by me But now it's oh you money worries Oh you lover worries All of you day job worries Please just let me sleep I don’t need you knocking all around my room Scratching at my windowpane Whispering intimations of doom To come my way But now it's oh you money worries Oh you lover worries All of you day job worries Please just let me sleep I don’t need you knocking all around my room Scratching at my windowpane Whispering intimations of doom To come my way I don’t need you knocking all around my room Scratching at my windowpane Whispering intimations of doom To come my way Hey you mourning dove
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Tiny Wings 04:20
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Mangy old coyote flashed me a grin Then he took off through the trees, I followed him in I’ve been lost ever since, I’ve made these woods my home I’ve been wandering around through brambles and glens I’ll make it out someday but I can’t say when I’ll leave a trail of songs so you can know which way I’m gone I’ve been a magpie collecting shiny things And then I fly away on tiny wings I’ve been a mockingbird I’ve been listening for a song to sing Storms start to cracking all across these hills And the beasts start to scream, then everything is still I’ve just learned to take cover while the winds howl past my cave Then I pick me back up by the dawn’s early light I walk and I walk, I never know what I’ll find Then I lay me back down till the winds bring another day I’ve been a magpie collecting shiny things And then I fly away on tiny wings I’ve been a mockingbird I’ve been listening for a song to sing I found a pile of bones that you left by the fire It was a circle of stones, it was a funeral pyre You left a trail of poems so we can know which way you’re gone One time I crept up to the edge of town I heard sirens wailing, I turned back around I’ve been lost ever since, I’ve made these woods my home I’ve been a magpie collecting shiny things And then I fly away on tiny wings I’ve been a mockingbird I’ve been listening for a song to sing
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Flyover 04:10
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Go on and fly over, fly over And when you touch down I hope you’ve found your home Go on and fly over, fly over We’ll be in this town On hallowed ground, our home From thirty thousand feet above It’s hard for you to feel the love That lifts us up and binds us to this ground From your business class window seat It’s hard for you to feel the beat That gets us up and lets us dance around Go on and fly over, fly over And when you touch down I hope you’ve found your home Go on and fly over, fly over We’ll be in this town On hallowed ground, our home From your McDonnell-Douglas airplane It’s hard to hear the sweet refrain Of the songs we sing on these long and winding roads While you read your complimentary in-flight screen It’s hard for you to imagine a scene Down here where life is not measured out in gold You wouldn’t live here if they paid you to You wouldn’t live here, no sirree You wouldn’t do the things that these people do You wouldn’t live here if they paid you to So go on and fly over, fly over And when you touch down I hope you’ve found your home Go on and fly over, fly over We’ll be in this town On this hallowed ground, our home Go on and fly over, fly over And when you touch down I hope you’ve found your home
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Too Many Reasons 02:58
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I got loose ends, I’m ragged and tattered Loose ends, I’m beaten and battered I got loose ends all flappin’ in the wind I got loose ends, my plans are shattered Loose ends, my hopes are all scattered I got loose ends, I’m flappin’ in the wind I’m all broke down like a dusty old road Broke down, I can’t carry this load And them sad old bloodhounds is nippin’ at my heels I’m all broke down like a rusty old truck Broke down, could you lend me a buck? ‘Cause I ain’t got nothin’ and I’m too tired to ste al I got too much week, not enough end Too much old, not enough friend Too much down, not enough time Too many reasons and not enough rhyme Too many reasons and not enough rhyme I’m all tore up like a stack of bills Tore up, I think I’ve had my had fill But when I speak my mind it comes out like a joke I’m all tore up and knocked around Tore up on the cold cold ground And that burnin’ fire ain’t nothing but a bunch of smoke Me and my girl, we shook our stuff Me and my girl, we couldn’t get enough Man, it’s been a long time since I danced like that Me and my girl went up to the show Me and my girl, we got laid down low Man, it’s been a long time since I danced like that I got too much week, not enough end Too much old, not enough friend Too much down, not enough time Too many reasons and not enough rhyme Too many reasons and not enough rhyme Too many reasons and not enough rhyme
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What I Lost 04:47
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I have become as light as a feather I am afraid I might blow away I have become as dark as the weather I wish that you would just go away I thought I had a free ride on a cruise of pleasure I didn't pay, I was a stowaway I thought I held in my hand a golden treasure, but that was just something I should throw away, throw away What I lost, I am not looking for What I lost, I am not looking for This is a lesson that I keep learning It is something I should know by now There are some bridges that just need burning I just need someone to show me how And even when the storms are churning That isn't something I should fret about Because no matter what, this world keeps turning I'm packing up and I'm headed out, headed out What I lost, I am not looking for What I lost, I am not looking for I'm not looking for any answers I'm just trying to find the questions Once again, I've gotten totally lost But I'm not stopping for directions I don't know which way to go But I am open to suggestions What I lost, I am not looking for What I lost, I am not looking for I'm not looking for any answers I'm just trying to find the questions Once again, I've gotten totally lost But I'm not stopping for directions I don't know which way to go But I am open to suggestions What I lost, I am not looking for What I lost, I am not looking for What I lost, I am not looking for What I lost, I am not looking for This is a lesson that I keep learning It is something I should know by now
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me and the moon and the tune in my head 07:40
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If You Bury Me (2006) 04:53
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8.
The Crossing 04:25
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Language 04:16
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10.
Shadow In the Dark (2013) 03:42
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This is my body, this is my blood This is everything that I have ever thought of This is my ashes, this is my spark I’ll lay it all before you Like a shadow in the dark, like a shadow in the dark This is my rags, this is my bones This is everyone whom I have ever known This is my pounding head, it is my tell-tale heart I’ll leave it here to whisper to you Like a shadow in the dark, like a shadow in the dark It’s a true story, it’s just pretend It’s undisputed facts and circumstantial evidence A crumb along the trail, a pile of stones A cautionary tale, an accidental manifesto It’s a painstaking confession It’s a random, fleeting thought This is my offering, this is all I got, this is all I got This is my wonder, this is my dread This is everything that anyone has ever said This is my undoing, it is my start I’ll leave it here for you to stumble over Like a shadow in the dark, like a shadow in the dark
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The Things We Never Say 04:23
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12.
One Simple Song 03:16
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I get up every morning, I hit these city streets I move through my daily groove, then I take me home to sleep I stumble and trip, I lose my grip, I try to figure out where I stand I'm just one more man on the burning sands looking for some promised land I been up to the mountaintop and I watched your cities burn I been down to the valley below and I choked while your wheels churned I been down to the riverside as I wandered through the night I looked into the heart of man and I know what the fire is like I know that faith really is a leap And time really really does creep along And all I got is one simple song I'm singing Hey it's gonna be all right This ain't based on empirical data, ain't based on a set of facts It ain't no knowledge you can learn in college and they ain't no one you can ask You could say I got a funny feeling, you could call it a whimsical hunch But though it flies in the face of conventional wisdom, I just don't worry too much So baby won't you go to sleep And sleep through the whole night long Though I know everything is going wrong I'm singing Hey you're gonna be all right Faith really is a leap And time really really does creep along And all I got is one simple song I'm singing Hey it's gonna be all right I keep on singing Hey we're gonna be all right
13.
Fall Back 04:58
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14.
Absolutely Elsewhere 03:30
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Come up on the roof and listen to the stars Listen to the freeway singing and the rattle of the railroad cars Listen to the moon whisper tunes that whistle through the night Oh my darling, feels like we're slipping out of sight Follow me, show me the way to go Lead me anywhere We might end up, I don't know And I don't really care Let's disappear into thin air I'll meet you there Absolutely elsewhere Disconnect that phone, turn off that computer Forget about all the little things you have to do and close those window curtains Climb back into bed and whisper to me while I kiss your face Oh my darling, feels like we're slipping into space Follow me, show me the way to go Lead me anywhere We might end up, I don't know And I don't really care Let's disappear into thin air I'll meet you there Absolutely elsewhere
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Number 9 04:29
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16.
Blood Moon 03:46
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Everything gets a little weird in the middle of the night Everything gets a little weird in the middle of the night Worries, regrets, and fears Burning houses and vanished years Everything gets a little weird in the middle of the night It's the blood moon Everything she said is crawling through your bones Everything she said is howling in your bones You're so tiny lying in your little bed The night's so big and you're so scared And everything she said is screaming in your bones It's the blood moon There's ice on the windowpane and fire at your door There's ice on your windowpane and fire at your door Black sky full of coming rain Sad whistle on a far-off train There's ice on your windowpane and fire at your door It's the blood moon It's a blood blood moon
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Broken Heartland 02:48
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18.
Sugar Bottom Road 04:59
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I set out to get lost on this beautiful morning I set out to see if I could find my way I don’t think that I could really get too far I might already be there anyway But these wheels go round and round They’ve got a mind all of their own And I’m driving Out on Sugar Bottom Road Out on Sugar Bottom Road I’ve got a symphony blasting on my stereo Mahler’s Third is calling forth the spring The cellos thrum and the violins are rising Cymbals crash, and all the choirs sing And then everything is still And a distant trumpet blows And I’m driving Out on Sugar Bottom Road Out on Sugar Bottom Road There was a party out at the old threshing house Some couldn’t make it but some made it through to the light Now everyone is back in town for the wedding This flame is gonna burn one last time tonight This fire, she just burns And this river, she just flows And I’m driving Out on Sugar Bottom Road Out on Sugar Bottom Road The banished one is dancing on the sunrise I catch glimpses through the naked trees She has come to bring us a new season We just have to shake off one last freeze And this wheel goes round and round It’s got a mind all of its own And this river she just flows And I believe I’m heading home And I’m driving Out on Sugar Bottom Road Out on Sugar Bottom Road
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Hounds of Mediocrity 03:48
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20.
Shadow in the Dark (2021) 03:56
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A playlist of songs from the The Crossing, Way in Between (Nic Arp Band), Tiny Wings, and Faces & Words albums. Stream or download for free.

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released April 20, 2002

All songs: Words and music by Nic Arp.

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Nic Arp writes songs, and then he sings them. Other people write songs, and he sings those, too. He lives in Iowa City, where he plays with kind and talented musicians.

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