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Pilgrim Highway

by DC Papke

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1.
This Time 02:39
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THIS TIME If I could walk If I could walk for a million miles Would I still find you Like I did – did this time If I could fly If I could fly like a falling star Would you still catch me Like you did – did this time The world is turning And our lives are too Makes no difference What’s your point of view There’s only one thing You can hold on to This time yeah If I could live If I could live for just one day I’d want you with me Like I did – did this time This time yeah
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Pilgrim Highway 05:01
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PILGRIM HIGHWAY I went down to the pilgrim highway Gonna get my mecca changed and everything Be like the Buddha be like the rain Be like the sun going down again Just cruisin down the pilgrim highway There’ll be cats in convertibles and everything Run with the wisemen run down the rain Run to the sun going down again Somebodys calling you Dont turn away Dont stop calling me Dont turn away – dont go I slept out on the pilgrim highway The stars were burning a hole in the sky and everything Heaven was calling take off those earthly shoes Put on these wings I made for you Somebodys calling you Dont turn away Dont stop calling me Dont turn away – come on
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One Day in a Million 02:54
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ONE DAY IN A MILLION Just like the day that I was born Like the day Ill die Like the day I met you girl Like the day you lied Just like the day I drove away With nowhere to go Like the day I cried all night How was I to know it was One day in a million One day in a million Just one day in a million without you Some say its fate the way things go Or its you who bring it on It doesn’t matter anyway When everything is gone The clocks have stopped the oceans dry Then its a brand new day Another road where I found love Why would I count the days One day in a million One day in a million Just one day in a million without you
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Locked Down & Loaded 04:36
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LOCKED DOWN & LOADED Left by the roadside stabbed with a knife Holdin on hidin out all night Thinkin bout you thinkin hard Think Ill try to find you and there you are Locked down & loaded Claimed she was descended from Ernest Hemingway Said she got his shotgun on her graduation day Its all been downhill since then that’s where I come in Lookin for a driver someone with a friend Locked down & loaded Oh what a beautiful one Oh what a beautiful gun Take the wheel take my knife let me see that gun Wait right here til I get back then well have some fun Little did I know they was waitin don’t you see Knocked me down grabbed the gun and point it back at me Locked down & loaded Left by the roadside stabbed with a knife Holdin on hidin out all through the night Thinkin bout you thinkin hard Think Ill try to find you and there you are Locked down & loaded Locked down & loaded
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I'll Be Thinking of You 03:31
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I’LL BE THINKING OF YOU Every time I sweep the floor Every time I plead for more Every time Im the last to go Every time the moon is low Every time I drive this road I’ll be thinking of you Every time I raise a glass To the cook or to the past Every time I play this old guitar I wouldn’t call it solitude Even though Im here without you I’ll be thinking of you Every time I walk a path Through the woods or in the grass In my heart I will walk with you Like a raindrop in the sea You will be a part of me I’ll be thinking of you I’ll be thinking of you
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Wild Honey 02:59
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WILD HONEY The keeper of the bee-zez Says if you wanna please-zez Hold on before you squeeze-zez The gentle humble bee You wait until the times right You rob them in the moonlight You get to taste the sunshine Oh praise the honey bee Wild honey - wild honeymoon Wild honey - Ill be tastin you soon He tells you just to follow Way back up in the hollow So far you see tomorrow To find the honey bee When suddenly before us The bee tree in the forest Theres something prehistoric To rob the honey bee Wild honey – wild honeymoon Wild honey – Ill be tastin you soon
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A Woman That's All 04:39
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A WOMAN THATS ALL Well I met a man the other day livin in his car He told me he was on his own and how hed come that far Compose a life of loves desires the longing and the fear And you would see what I could see hear what he told me there - Im just lookin for a woman that’s all a woman that’s all Don’t wanna ride through the desert at night don’t wanna gaze up at the stars Ah love can be unbearable and leave some ugly scars Moonlight only pales the night even shadows fade away Everythings temporary lord help me when I pray - Im just lookin for a woman that’s all a woman that’s all Well I slowly walked away and left him there soon he would be gone Visions like that that come to you don’t hang around for long I wonder where he is tonight whats haunting him today And all I hear in my head are those words hed say – Im just lookin for a woman that’s all a woman that’s all Oh a woman that’s all
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Big as God 04:21
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BIG AS GOD I got off this mountain went out on the road Seek my fame and fortune with what I learned below They used to call me dynamite explosives was my job Every time I lit the fuse I felt as big as god When you have a talent you look for where to serve You take your opportunity where ever it occurs A bank a bar an accident insurance business too Youd be surprised when things blow up who pays to light the fuse In ’63 they came to me with their strange request Now the blood is on my hands and Birminghams a mess I never thought those girls get killed or bring an angry mob Who was I to think that I could act as big as god Now I drink here in the darkness longing for some rest With twenty pounds of dynamite wrapped around my chest If ever I could get it right Id finish up the job Id light the fuse end it all explode as big as god
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Sunday in the Sun 03:14
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SUNDAY IN THE SUN Listenin to the birds sing on a sunday in the sun I lay in bed til almost nine o’clock Pulled on my jeans and tied my shoes Got up without those mornin blues That used to hang around so much before I guess Ill close that door Smilin over nothing as I listen to the breeze Come blow my blues come blow them all away Runnin never goes no where You close your eyes but youre still there Its time you faced up to the facts of life You could be wrong you could be right When I reminisce about the days when all the joy had turned to sorrow I was stone blind I couldn’t see all the happiness tomorrow Just a little sun comin through an open window in the morning Can change the way we greet the day and take us without warning Listenin to the birds sing on a sunday in the sun I lay in bed til almost nine o’clock Pulled on my jeans and tied my shoes Got up without those mornin blues That used to hang around so much before I finally closed that door
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My Good Luck 03:04
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MY GOOD LUCK Tell me where we’re goin Ill tell you where I been Parked along the riverside just around the bend Nevermind the circumstance no reason to implore Its just that I might want to pray before I meet the lord Cryin out to the stars from the back of a pickup truck If I don’t die tonight its my my my good luck I tell ya I never seen a thing I’s too busy humpin Then I heard a muffled shot and then somebody thumpin Get out the car get out here quick now what do we have here Some local kid with the boss’s daughter and a diamond souvenir Cryin out to the stars from the back of a pickup truck If I don’t die tonight its my my my good luck Take me to the station put me on a bus Told me if I should ever come back it would be a bust So now I’m off to L A with a guitar in my hand I got no excuses it’s a damn sight better than Cryin out to the stars from the back of a pickup truck If I don’t die tonight its my my my good luck
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Moonstruck 04:27
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MOONSTRUCK The moon rose on the mountain The night so bright and still When up from the ground came the fireflies Lighting my way to you I woke with the moon at my window There came an incredible sound Songbirds singing at midnight Moonstruck – moonstruck my love The poets all agree that your love was meant for me As my love was meant for you Even the stars above stare down in wonder at our love Yeah our love is simply true The moon lay on the water And cast a glimmering trail We could fly all the way to tomorrow Moonstruck – moonstruck my love Moonstruck – moonstruck my love
12.
Walk On 03:50
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WALK ON There is a stone upon a hill You know the one – you always will Its there you laid unto his rest Your only boy – the first and best Walk on But that aint nothing yet to come If I told Id strike you dumb There is no fair or justice here Reason has lost out to fear Walk on Yesterday’s gone and tomorrow’s unknown Step by step and stone by stone So let it come whatever will I got a place up on the hill When death comes knockin on my door Ill look at him and say – one step more Walk on Walk on Walk on

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released September 12, 2015

PRODUCED and ARRANGED by DAVID PAPKE
RECORDED and MIXED by SHEA SPRINGER
Sweetfoot Studios, Easton, Maryland
MASTERED by MIKE MONSEUR
Bias Studios, Springfield, Virginia
Album Cover Painting: Dave Deran
Photography: Jess Newell
Graphic Design: Dave Dilworth

A wink and a nod to the guys in the band down at The Voodoo Lounge where many of these songs were first performed and arranged. A tip of the hat to Les Parker (Rip Debois Records) for the sonic and cosmic explorations. A lingering bow to the artists and musicians, friends and family, here and gone, who have inspired this work. Heartfelt thanks to all the musicians who climbed on the bus for this trip down the Pilgrim Highway with special thanks to Shea for riding shotgun. My deepest love and gratitude to Lili Rose Campion for tending the garden and nurturing the muse. And finally, a toast to the honey bees whose work financed the making of this album. All songs written by DCPapke and published by Tout Blue Songs (administered by BMI)

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