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Off The Rack
02:58
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Off The Rack
Craig Moreau
I can't help but think about the ones who've gone before me
As I rush to take my place among the line
Hard work and sacrifice just to build ourselves a little life
That fades and changes colours with the times
It's not the first time that I've found myself here waiting
Just to burn another day to start again
Look too hard between the lines, miss the words and all the rhymes
See your life as spaces on the page
Chorus-
Don't waste another minute
close your eyes and jump right in it
Take a chance and don't forget to breathe
It's all or nothing baby
I can't keep on thinking maybe
If I wait then life will come to me
So if there ever comes a time when you find yourself still wondering
no need to look and see who's got your back
Put your faith in your two hands trust your feet and understand
Life will never fit you off the rack
Chorus-
Don't waste another minute
close your eyes and jump right in it
Take a chance and don't forget to breathe
It's all or nothing baby
I can't keep on thinking maybe
If I wait then life will come to me
Tag-
It's all or nothing baby
I can't keep on thinking maybe
If I wait then life will come to me
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2. |
The Best Of Me
04:56
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The Best Of Me
Craig Moreau
Maybe I'll break the fast/ make it last/ for week or two
Buy a beer/ and a bourbon back/ get a new tattoo
Take a road trip on my own
Stop when something feels like home
I haven't felt this gone/ for so long/ been scaring me
Paralyzed/ in one point in time/ lost all belief
Ponder why we're really here
Then I'll buy another beer
Chorus
I got tired of being lonely
I guess she's just tired of me
That's one thing that we agree on
We've both seen the best of me
There's a hole to fill/ that I never will/ I know it now
I made my choice/ set my course/ all to well
What's a body have to do
To fill his soul and stomach too
Chorus
I got tired of being lonely
I guess she's just tired of me
That's one thing that we agree on
We've both seen the best of me
I guess I'll pass/ on another glass/ and go back home
Learn my place/ stand and face/ another storm
Where I reach and never touch
And not enough is just too much
Chorus
I got tired of being lonely
I guess she's just tired of me
That's one thing that we agree on
We've both seen the best of me
And we're both lost inside the silence
That trails behind some broken dream
There's no next time riding higher
We've both seen the best of me
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3. |
Another Fence To Mend
03:28
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Another Fence to Mend
Craig Moreau
I've travelled many empty roads
I've made a friend or two
Often took a lover
To pretend that she was you
I see the years have treated you
With a very gentle touch
I haven't been so lucky
But I'm sure you've guessed as much
I took the muse for granted
Thought she was only mine
It only now occurred to me
I was wasting all her time
But that's another story
For yet another day
I'd rather use what time we have
To sing what I can't say
Chorus
And there never was a pot of gold
At the rainbows end
Just another empty hole to fill
And another fence to mend
I guess I have known happiness
But I don't live in it too long
I've never felt deserving
It somehow fit me wrong
If you did forgive me
There's no need for me to know
It would only make it harder
To carry on this show
I don't mean to be dishonest
In the me that I show you
It's just that it has been so long
Since I've told myself the truth
Chorus
And there never was a pot of gold
At the rainbows end
Just another empty hole to fill
And another fence to mend
I think I learned It early on
Then forgotten how it felt
To let you take that part of me
That was meant for something else
I really hope it served you well
Stayed honest, new and clean
I've been searching out replacements
Changing hats and chasing dreams
I guess that's all the time we've got
I better let you go
You just need to tell me how
I really need to know
Chorus
And there never was a pot of gold
At the rainbows end
Just another empty hole to fill
And another fence to mend
And there never was a pot of gold
At the rainbows end
Just another empty hole to fill
And another fence to mend
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L & N Don’t Stop Here Anymore
Jean Ritchie
When I was a curly headed baby
My daddy sat me down on his knee
He said, "son, go to school and get your letters,
Don't you be a dusty coal miner, boy, like me."
I was born and raised at the mouth of hazard hollow
The coal cars rolled and rumbled past my door
But now they stand in a rusty row all empty
Because the l & n don't stop here anymore
I used to think my daddy was a black man
With script enough to buy the company store
But now he goes to town with empty pockets
And his face is white as a February snow
I was born and raised at the mouth of hazard hollow
The coal cars rolled and rumbled past my door
But now they stand in a rusty row all empty
Because the l & n don't stop here anymore
I never thought I'd learn to love the coal dust
I never thought I'd pray to hear that whistle roar
Oh, god, I wish the grass would turn to money
And those green backs would fill my pockets once more
I was born and raised at the mouth of hazard hollow
The coal cars rolled and rumbled past my door
But now they stand in a rusty row all empty
Because the l & n don't stop here anymore
Last night I dreamed I went down to the office
To get my pay like a had done before
But them ol' kudzu vines were coverin' the door
And there were leaves and grass growin' right up through the floor
I was born and raised at the mouth of hazard hollow
The coal cars rolled and rumbled past my door
But now they stand in a rusty row all empty
Because the l & n don't stop here anymore
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A Different Kind Of Train Song
Craig Moreau
All alone he sits there staring
At the hotel neon sign
He thinks about he things he's losing
Still he'll calm his troubled mind
He's tried so many times to throw it
Just can't seem to get it right
The pain and anger just keeps growing
Until he's forced to take that ride
This is a different kind of train song
Known to only those who ride
That train is coming down that skinny steel rail
Destination out of your mind
It's in the faces of the children
Flying now on angels’ wings
The dark fire burning in the bloodstream
As the conductor loudly sings
All aboard to those who've chosen
Being still and going fast
All those haunted by the feeling
Of no future but the past
This is a different kind of train song
Known to only those who ride
That train is coming down that skinny steel rail
Destination out of your mind
Ain't no tracks to where it's going
Just the ones it leaves behind
At your final destination
Nowhere farther down the line
This is a different kind of train song
Known to only those who ride
That train is coming down that skinny steel rail
Destination out of your mind
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6. |
The Muse
03:48
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The Muse
Craig Moreau
When I look back
I'm a little uneasy
Made a little bit dizzy
By how I feel
It was such a whirlwind
Her and me back then
Full blown passion
And it seemed so real
Now that I'm older
And life seems slower
I can barely find her
In the back of my mind
But I'll keep trying
You know that I'm dying
To keep on flying
Back through time
Chorus:
And it's more than the sum of its parts
Less of the mind than the heart
It's Years filled with joy and with pain
And it's everything that made me
Who I am
So I'll keep on writing
Songs about searching
Do a little lying
To myself
Maybe just one time
I'll write the right line
A lyrical fine wine
For someone else
Chorus:
And it's more than the sum of its parts
Less of the mind than the heart
It's Years filled with joy and with pain
And it's everything that made me
Who I am
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The Old Man and The Fiver
Craig Moreau
Saw the old man on the street living rough and down and out
So I stop and take a moment to see what this old man's about
I’m not searching for a reason I'm just looking in and reaching out
I take a fiver from my pocket and I place it in his hand
He says I promise I won’t drink it I said brother it don't matter where it l ands
Be it food or wine or whisky take your comfort where you can
Chorus:
‘Cause we all got our demons failed ambitions guilty feelings
For things that we did and we ain't done
And time aint never healin' broken hearts just numbs the feelings
That we felt way back when when we were young
That fiver in your hand is to help me understand where I went wrong
I listen to him talk of failing health and fading mind
How he drank away a fortune wasted love and wasted time
How regrets are far from reasons to change
And forgiveness is sublime
Chorus:
‘Cause we all got our demons failed ambitions guilty feelings
For things that we did and we ain't done
And time aint never healin' broken hearts just numbs the feelings
That we felt way back when when we were young
That fiver in your hand is to help me understand where I went wrong
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8. |
Shadows Left Behind
03:03
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Shadows Left Behind
Craig Moreau
I used to take my comfort from the road
With every mile I travel now the new's been growing old
Believing that the future lies
With ever changing exit signs
Pretending you're the river not the boat
I’ve had my illusions of control
Holding fast to nothing for fear of losing all
Speak out loud to no one
Except the setting sun
Darkness frees the memories you stole
Chorus:
It's not much but it's all mine
The more I lose the more I find
To stubborn to let go
I’ve yet to say goodbye
Till there's nothing more than shadows left behind
I’m getting harder to convince
That all this running will help me clear that final fence
Not ready to give up on
The questions of the coming dawn
And release the final chapter to the wind
Chorus:
It's not much but it's all mine
The more I lose the more I find
To stubborn to [let go
I’ve yet to say goodbye
Till there's nothing more than shadows left behind
Nothing more than shadows left behind
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9. |
Thirsty Soul
03:24
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Thirsty Soul
Craig Moreau
I was born with a very thirsty soul
I was born with a very thirsty soul
In my quest to quench it, I damn near lost it all
I was born with a very thirsty soul
I've done everything I know to ease my mind
I done everything I know to ease my mind
Women, lies and liquor, and the dreadful selfish crime
I've done everything I know to ease my mind
I was born with a very thirsty soul
I was born with a very thirsty soul
In my quest to quench it, I damn near lost it all
I was born with a very thirsty soul
I tell all of my secrets to my dog
I tell all of my secrets to my dog
She don’t seem to judge me and I know that she won't talk
So I tell all of my secrets to my dog
All my life's been waiting on a rhyme
Spent all my life just waiting on a rhyme
The one that gets me noticed, so I can pay my bills on time
I’ve spent all my life just waiting on a rhyme
I was born with a very thirsty soul
I was born with a very thirsty soul
In my quest to quench it, I damn near lost it all
I was born with a very thirsty soul
Just looking for salvation in a song
I keep looking for salvation in a song
Every time I find it, well I sing the damn thing wrong
But I Keep looking for salvation in a song
I was born with a very thirsty soul
I was born with a very thirsty soul
In my quest to quench it, I damn near lost it all
I was born with a very thirsty soul
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10. |
Missing You In Texas
02:59
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Missing You In Texas
Craig Moreau
I'm just missing you in Texas in the rain
I never thought I'd live to see the day
That all these insecurities
Would come flooding through the gate
And I'd be missing you in Texas in the rain
I haven't seen the sunshine in a while
Not to say the sun could make me smile
I'm just holding on with both hands
Every inch feels like a mile
No I haven't seen the sunshine in a while
Chorus
Do you know where we might go
If I take this road before me
Do you think that we could make it work
I would trade most anything
Just to hold you in the morning
But This dream just keeps dragging me away
I hope that I don't ever let you down
Make you stop believing in me now
You need to know I'm grateful
That you stuck around
I just hope that I don't ever let you down
Chorus
Do you know where we might go
If I take this road before me
Do you think that we could make it work
I would trade most anything
Just to hold you in the morning
But This dream just keeps dragging me away
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Craig Moreau Calgary, Alberta
Craig Moreau has been on the fringes of the Americana Music scene for years. Craig has decided that his songs are best presented in his own voice. He sought out award winning, Austin based, producer Mark Hallman for 'The Daredevil Kid' , which went to #1 on the RMR Album Charts as well as #1 on the RMR Americana Charts, garnered Craig a 2015 WCMA nomination for Songwriter of The Year. ... more
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