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Album: A Walking Paradise (2016)

by Chuck LeMonds & Klaus Ambrosch

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Slow Flowers 06:50
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Slow Flowers Chuck LeMonds 2016
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Cape Girardeau Blues 03:59
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It Don't Cost To Dream 04:43
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It Don't Cost To Dream Chuck LeMonds 2014 Woke up this morning, with a bee hive in my head Something trying to tell me, that I’m not dead I’ve wasted so much time, on the demons of the past Now I’m praying for the future, as the present saves my ass. I’ve got no good answers, like some proclaim to But I’d love to give some good advice, to save you from your ruin Meet me at the bottom, where there’s good food and wine And we’ll sort out all the trouble, created by our kind. It don’t cost to dream You don’t have to pay You can dream what you want Any time of day (2x) It don’t cost to dream (4x) Wild flowers in my heart, swaying in the breeze Sweet warm nectar, honey from some tree Dirt on the soles of my feet, thoughts dripping like milk weed Come on beautiful butterfly’s, you can have your fill of dreams. Hoped things would get better, but I just couldn’t get it together But I got all that I need, much more than I need This can’t go on forever, endless growth, and plunder It’s the paradox in the paradise, and the par
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Don't Be Fooled By Her Size 05:19
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Don’t Be Fooled By Her Size © Chuck LeMonds August 2015 You’ve got to shake your head when she starts talking could make you turn red. She’ll tell of the places she’s been to and how one night she talked to the dead. Don’t be fooled by her size cause it could be your first mistake but it won’t be your last one if you want to swim in her lake man, she’s got a heart of gold a heart that needs protection but when she throws her weight in one any of the 4 directions don’t be fooled by her size. chorus She knows beauty when she sees it if you don’t agree she’ll make you defend it. She’ll take you apart like only young ones can make you think you crossed over to the promised land. Chorus Somethings burning deep down in side feed it with kindling stoke up the fire. She lived in the jungle brought a piece back home drank Ayahuasca stepped into the zone.
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What I Have Done 04:51
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What I Have Done c 2006 Chuck LeMonds I’m standing on the corner I’m standing at the gate I’m facing what I’ve always seen would be my fate. I can blame no one For what I have done I’ve broken all the rules Taken what’s not mine I’m a petty small time thief Who’s done hard time I’ve stolen from my mother and all the neighbours down the line. It’s hard on the inside It’s hard getting out If there’s a trouble in the neighbourhood I’m a suspect without a doubt. But if it’s true that you save A soul that doesn’t care If it’s true that you save A man that’s taken every dare If it’s true that you save A drunkard who’s lost his faith If it’s true that you save Then save me from myself. I come from a good home Breakfast every morning Chickens in the courtyard Eggs we couldn’t use we gave away But nothing seems to matter now I wake up with a cough I’ve lost all fear of the law They can never touch my heart.
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Drone of a Motor 06:24
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Drone of a Motor Chuck LeMonds 2016 The drone of a motor Travelling across the Ionian Sea at night Like a chant from the bearded monks Wearing grey robes in the mid-day sun. It’s the heart of loneliness The heart of all hearts A call to remember the dead To remember what’s been lost. It’s my loneliness, which is sometimes lost In every day turning Just a man, listening to the wind The waves and a sound in the night. Mourning all that wasn’t done Mourning all that was But what will never be touched again Or smelled and tasted. All the monuments to mankind Can not stop the tears All the monuments to mankind Can not end the fear All the monuments to mankind Can not slow the years All the monuments to mankind Can not bring you here. To learn to love without fear Would be a feat worth pursuing Or to hear a voice in the night Calling, calling, calling A light house, foghorn Abandoned covered in dust bird shit, and spider webs A play ground for the mice Ships run aground And some are out to sea Still searching for Itaka, home home at last. Drifting farther from the one tone That holds all sense of meaning It’s so simple, and that’s why It’s been overlooked. A monument to all who have lived A temple built by the Greeks or the Aztecs All great cultures that have ruled Or been swept away with their greediness. Answers encoded in holy books passed on Chances to be saved For what I don’t know In case paradise will be waiting. But how can anything be More beautiful than you Sleeping in the bed right here by my side. It’s getting light out in Kefalonia The waves show me my loneliness Which no one can take from me And it’s good so, yeah it’s good so. If I just sing one more song I can hurt no one Just keep singing a melody Just keep singing in motion. Sing the grief, sing the loss Everybody’s....somebody has to Sing the joy hidden amongst The crumbling monuments to mankind.
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A Walking Paradise 06:38
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Blue Ribbon 04:39
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218 or 61 05:08
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218 or 61 c Chuck LeMonds 2007 218 or 61 can take me home again if I just keep on doing right, I know I’ll get there when the trees are turning color and the air is cool at night & my sweet gal be waiting there to kiss and hold me tight. 218 or 61 can take me home again Mississippi angel flowing through the land 218 or 61 can take me home again passing through Dubuque be checking on a friend a penny for your thoughts a quarter for your soul. You people just don’t know it you just don’t have no clue down along the river there’s another law that rules you should be mindful of the business that you do cause who knows who is watching and who knows what they’ll do. Refrain The ghost of all the ancestors standing by the way They have seen you coming Since the early light of day Bow your head and pray Go down on your knees Show for once an ounce Of true humility.
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Folsome Prison Blues 05:27
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Slow Flowers bonus track 07:04
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released September 30, 2023

A Walking Paradise:
Produced & recorded & mixed by Chuck LeMonds (except where noted)
Co-Produced by Klaus Ambrosch

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Chuck LeMonds’ music is a kind of Country Soul gumbo of blues, folk, funk and country with poetic lyrics that call to be heard. In times like these, the music and songwriting of Chuck LeMonds has the effect of a soothing balsam for the soul, or that of a plow turning over fresh soil in a field waiting to be planted in spring. ... more

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