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from Forgotten by Joseph Houck

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lyrics

He was up all night, howlin’ ‘til the break of dawn
Up all night, and he couldn’t find his way back home
Stammering and stuttering, trying to find the words to his song
But if all he had were words, then he knew he’d get the whole thing wrong
He said “I’m gonna do the best I can”
I’m gonna do the best I can”
I’m gonna do the best I can”
But he couldn’t find his way back home
When the woods opened up, he found an old snaky railroad track
He saw the glow of a train in the fog and heard it hum, scream, and clack
As it bolted on by, he started chasing for to jump on the back
And when he’d pulled up inside, reached in his pocket for a bottle of Jack
An old man beside him sighed,
“I guess we’re all just along for the ride
But soon there’ll be no place to hide
When the train runs out of track”
Time speeds up when you’re dreaming in a far-off land
You see the day turn to night and the night crumble right into sand
And time, it won’t sit still when you try to hold it by the hands
It just pulls on its course and you’re stretched just like a rubber band
You still spin and circle round
But your orbit can’t be found
Just like you’re plunging toward the ground
In a heave of gravity
In a town by the shore, he saw her walking on the golden beach
Like a dream where the thing that you want is just right out of reach
Like Mars or the spheres beyond stars or the loftiest peach
And the wheels on the train of his heart seemed to come to a screech

But when the day had lost its sheen
She was nowhere to be seen
And the smoke that fed his dream
Turned straight into fog
Looking back from the hill, he saw the lights in the city fade
And the stars rearrange and converge into a cosmic parade
And the moon turn to blood and a flood, and he was shocked and afraid,
Wishing God would put off once more what was so long delayed
Would he live to see the morn?
Or his soul and flesh be torn-
By a rough beast newly born?
Would he die that very night?
And when the sun came up, he was lying on his back in the sand
The waves folding in and a light breeze sweeping the land
Things kept on just exactly as they’d all been planned
It’s nice to have peace even when you don’t understand
He said “I’m gonna do the best I can”
“I’m gonna do the best I can”
“I’m gonna do the best I can…”
“To try to find my way back home”

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from Forgotten, released December 29, 2012
Jeff Martin (Drums, Bass) Joseph Houck (Guitar, Vocals, Mandolin, Organ)

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Joseph Houck Boone, North Carolina

Singer-songwriter from the mountains of North Carolina

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