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by timothy john weber

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keep rolling down river 07:20
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keep rolling down river wash our souls clean purify our intention to make ourselves free wash away all resistance from your source to the sea and make the sweet green life grow for my friends and me we who wade in your waters were baptized on your banks were chased over your borders by rockets and tanks scattered ashes upon you, and wept as they sank and floated candles for memory, for praise, and for thanks you trickled in the spring thaw through my parents back yard you drifted in summer, watching young lovers part you roared when the rains came, as i sang in the dark and as long as i live, you will pour through my heart i've been in you for ages; you're my life's blood, and yet - every day when i see you, it's as though we first met i stand close to your falling, and your spray makes me wet and you help me remember what i must not forget.
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come to me 04:15
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sometimes, on a Saturday night, i get a little bit lonely for your love. sometimes, on a cloudy day, i get a little bit hungry for your love. come to me fill me up with your love come to me i want to taste what i’ve been dreaming of sometimes, when i listen hard, i can hear your love songs in my heart. and sometimes i try to sing them, but with only one voice, lord, it sure is hard. sometimes i find it hard to trust that the empty spaces are part of you. and sometimes i try to close them up instead of leaving them open to let the light on through. sometimes, when i’m sitting in the dark, and there’s no one to call and nothing to do, sometimes you make a little spark: and then my whole heart’s burning, and i’m alive in you. fill me up with your love! burn me up with your love! replace me with your love, sweet love… i want to wake up and find what i’ve been dreaming of.
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growing up in the garden 05:31
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i was born and raised in Woodstock Woodstock’s where i’m bound it’s where i meet [last time: keep] my kinfolk and where they’ll lay me in the ground and if i travel around the world and live a hundred years, i may find some greener grass somewhere else but i’m always going to come back here. loving all the colors in the autumn leaves riding on into town looking young and hairy at the cemetery as they laid my daddy down lying out under the summer sun with the sky around my lover’s face freezing my fingers up the fire tower setting sun above the Catskills looking out to space playing at Opus 40 walking by The Rainbow Store waving to the hippies on the village green and to the turkeys by my own back door there’s a lot of folks who want to find freedom; most will settle for a decent high. sometimes i’d rather be from there than be there, but i’ll be from there ‘till the day i die. living in those worn-down mountains strengthens and soothes your soul. maybe it’s left over from the Iroquois, from when the land and the people were whole. but living in the shadow of Overlook, you’re in the shadow of The City too; it’s “the city that never sleeps,” and if i never slept, i’d be crazy too… growing up in the middle of the garden, watching folks around you suffer: it’s what made you like you and me like me and us both like each other.
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lakewind 04:05
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the breeze lightly dances along the lake’s water it sighs, and it laughs, and it giggles and cries it gently caresses, it weeps, and it offers and the water but quietly ripples replies. do not think that the lakewater loves not the lakewind though through her affections he calmly remains for he’ll secretly rise to the clouds, dancing with her; then lovingly fall through her body as rain. o my dear, like the wind you can dance with the sunrise while my own waters ripple, reflecting it all in the warm and clear sunlight i’ll rise and be with you and there i’ll remain ’till the heavens’ tears fall.
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roundtrip vigil 02:21
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who speaks of ‘would’ when it is endless ride always on the window, and always on the aisle i’ll ride till i find her there next to me the 12-string alone with me, wool coat and hat here again the Buddha, and hear again the laugh i’ll ride till i find her sitting next to me
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miso 02:04
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shinshu honzukuri miso shiro i was eating a miso-mustard sandwich (my favorite), and reading the box it came in (the miso). it was written in japanese (phonetic), which i can’t read (pathetic), so all i know are the words my pronunciation may be awful, and i expect it is, ’cause all i know of Japanese i learned from menus and cookbooks.
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Shenandoah, river of my dreams 05:10
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oh shenandoah, i long to see you far away, you rolling river oh shenandoah, i long to see you away, i’m bound away ’cross the wide Missouri oh shenandoah, i miss your valleys... oh shenandoah, your spirit calls me... for many years, i’ve been a rover but i’ll return to be your lover oh shenandoah - hudson jordan mississippi nile i long to see you - in this lifetime or after far away - beyond the power of tears you rolling river - take me in your arms oh shenandoah - river of my dreams i long to see you - gliding to the ocean away - where no separation i’m bound away - keeps me from my love across the wide Missouri.
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counting the moon 04:58
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A short time ago, a guru was speaking with a student. She said, “Count your breaths.” The student said, “But there are so many, I’ll lose count.” The guru said, “Okay. “Count the moon then.” The student said, “But there’s only one moon.” The guru said, “Oh, is there?” The student said, “Yeah.” The guru said, “Okay.” “Then when you finish, start over.” so… i’m sitting here counting the moon: one moon and one maple tree. i’m just sitting here counting the moon. if you want to help out, come sit by me. i’ve seen new york’s colors in october. i’ve had carolinan hotcakes with pecans (no: pecahns). i rode a pony in the black hills, and i’ve felt the desert sun; there’s still no place i’d rather be than where i am. so i’ll just keep on sitting here… i’ll keep on sitting here… you may wonder if it’s kind of boring, going back to zero every time i get to one. go ask the maple tree, she’ll tell you: no two ones are quite the same, and every moment, here and now has just begun. so i keep on sitting here… i keep on sitting here… i’ve got a Red Delicious apple in my pocket, that i picked this afternoon, right from the tree. it says, “i’m so crisp and juicy! “eat me, right down to my core!” i may do that, later on. we’ll see. they say variety’s the spice of life, and i agree. i think i’ve got quite a bit. sometimes i sit and count the moon; sometimes i sit and count the tree; other times… i just sit. right now, i’m sitting here… and i think i’ll keep on sitting here… i’ll just keep on sitting here… i’ll keep on sitting here… if you want to help out, come sit by me. i sure would love your company. come over here, sit right by me.
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as it must be 05:58
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all is as it must be as it must be this moment for you seeds sprout when warm rains come reach for the sun winter before spring wait it out hopes rise and hopes are dashed this, too, shall pass and passing, becomes you clear your eyes friends meet and friends move on none stays for long all will meet again love them now all of your joy, all of your pain wheels within wheels, again and again you never learn the same lesson twice dry your eyes you are loved peace is in you
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wind and river 02:35
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the river knows the way it’s flowing: may its peace forever flow in you. no one stops the wind from blowing, though its blowing’s gentle: so with you. may the wind be always in your hair, may the river be always in your view, and as the wind and river know themselves, so may it always be with you.
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we do not meet by chance 02:47
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Musings on life, love, longing. All these songs were first recorded on analog tape from 1987 - 2000.

This is a retrospective of my favorites from the previous two albums, plus some new recordings. CDs were how people were listening to music in 2000, and my previous counting the moon album was too long to fit on a CD. And I wanted to remaster the old songs, and fix things that had always bothered me.

So the theme here is “songs from the analog age” - all these songs were first recorded on analog tape, even the new ones. Released February 2000.

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released February 1, 2000

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timothy john weber Ithaca, New York

Timothy has been more or less constantly singing something or other since cassette tapes were new. He still likes it.

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