Back To The Start Again
July, 2009

You pick me up and let me down
And always keep me hanging ‘round
It’s like I’m still a child to you
But something in me grew and grew and grew

I loved it when the light still shined
But everything must fade in time
And though I’d never cause a fuss
All this rain must lead to rust someday

You always say
We’ve gone astray
And so I’ll wait
(Chorus)
Back to the start again
Where we always should have been
Fallin’ apart again and
Asking you to re-begin again
It isn’t far, till the end
My friend

I always loved that flower dress
Your skin is soft your hair’s a mess
That’s what kept me going through
The way you talk, the things you do I guess

But in between the dawn and night
I see your face still full of light
I never could explain that look
If I could, I would write a book

You know I would, if I could
But when it rains, it tends to flood
And our love is buried in the mud

Chorus

Chorus

© J. Kallestad

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Goodbye Carolina Rose
November 27 2009

Goodbye Carolina Rose

I remember in my hometown, I met a pretty girl there
I remember in my hometown, I met a pretty girl there
And her lily-white dress, at the County Fair

She took my hand, we made some plans, and our love did grow
She took my hand, we made some plans, and our love did grow
But sure as the seasons change, her heart grew cold
So goodbye Carolina Rose

(solo)

I went up to a mountain town, to see some friends I had
I went up to a mountain town, to see some friends I had
When I came back down, my little girl had gone mad

She said “I’m leaving you, what else can I do, you ain’t the man you used to be”
She said “I’m leaving you, what else can I do, you ain’t the man you used to be”
But there’s plenty of pretty women, so that’s fine with me
So goodbye Carolina Rose

(solo)

Now I live alone, in my little home, I pay my own bills
Now I live alone, in my little home, and I pay my own bills
And if she don’t love me, I bet her sister will
Goodbye Carolina Rose

© T. Petersen

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Supernatural Wine
August, 2009

Well people used to tell me that everything must pass
Nothing here around us was ever meant to last
Grab that light around your and hold it to your breast
Til’ it’s over

And out there in the distance, melancholy bells
Ringing out forgiveness, the stories that they tell
Father my dear father went down to wish ‘em well
In the morning

(Chorus)
Ain’t that the way that it goes sometimes?
Just when you save a little piece of your mind
They’ve got you drinking supernatural wine
Well I read it in the magazines, read it in the Times
Everyone was tangled up in someone else’s vine
Father my dear father where do we draw the line
What’s the answer?

And I used to have a brother, dreamer just like me
Guess we never really fall to far from the tree
Now he’s got religion and a house for all to see
Outside the city

Chorus

Supernatural is a feeling, it can save you in the night
Supernatural left me reeling, and I couldn’t even fight

Somewhere outside of Cheyanne, beyond that border line
I ran into a preacher who poured that special wine
I was feeling lucky, but he gave me quite a time
On a Sunday

Chorus

Don’t give me no supernatural wine

© J. Kallestad

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Another Song
October, 2009

Window’s wide, the curtains fly to catch the evening breeze
Without you hear to keep me warm, believe I’d rather freeze
Believe I’d rather freeze

And how long can we walk that line, between the sea and sand
How long can we bide our time for dreams we never planned?
Dreams we never planned

(Chorus)
When the sky says that winter time is coming on
And you cry to see your shadow babe is growing long
Across the lawn
Another song

It’s Tuesday night, it’s 3 AM I ought to be asleep
If only I could tell you all about the dreams I keep
About the dreams I keep
I wake up every morning and I’m wasted all the day
I’d turn it all around if I could only hear you say
That you were here to stay

Chorus

Sometimes in my silence, before the city glow
I still recall the nights when I can hear you breathing low
And I caught you breathing low

But it’s too late to turn around, too cold to go outside
I wonder if this love is just another place to hide
Another place to hide

Chorus

© J. Kallestad

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Revelation Bluegrass
December 2009

Well I heard it through the wire
That the world’s gonna catch on fire
The stakes couldn’t get any higher
And we’re finally getting’ tired

They will come in the night
With the moon over head shinin’ bright
Riders on their fatal light
Throwing shadows in the night

(Chorus)
Way up high in that Minnesota sky
That’s where you’ll see it by and by
They say it’s coming any day
And we’re all gone the other way
I’m gonna live as long as I’m alive

So goodbye, all you cowboys
We’ve rode it down to the end
It’s a long hard road that its been
And we won’t be back again

And the time will come to choose
And there’s now way that you can’t lose
You’ll learn that it really ain’t no use
Stuck in limbo with the revelation blues

Chorus

Chorus

© J. Kallestad

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Mississippi Mile
October 2009

I’m a long lost soul, traveled all around this world
Broke seven different hearts, from seven different girls
I’ve known about love, for a long long time

I laid some roots down in Tennessee
I thought no body would ever both me
But I was wrong, I was wrong
I shot a man who pissed me off, then ran outta town

And the sun came up on the Mississippi mile
Troubled voices and desperate smiles — CHORUS
I’m calling you up, to say goodbye

I met a queen, who told me once
You don’t ever, kiss someone that you don’t love
If you don’t love em

Soon her memory, it faded away
I’d love to see that girl again someday
But she’s gone, she’s gone

I’ve got no money, I’ve got no job
I think of the future, and my head it throbs
So I stole a car, I was moving fast
Gotta find the one, that I love best
That I love best
I’ll never stop Lord, I’ll never rest

Till the sun comes up on the Mississippi mile
Troubled voices and desperate smiles
And I’m calling you up, to say goodbye

(solo)

And the sun came up on the Mississippi mile
Troubled voices and desperate smiles
And I’m calling you up, to say goodbye

© T. Petersen

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Trouble & Worry
December 30th, 2009

I walked up to a mountain
Followed a bird up there
Cuz I had found me a woman
Who treated me unfair
I woke up to the sunrise
I remembered an awful dream
Of lightning and thunder
And hearing someone scream

Trouble finds you and worry
Sticks around till you’re dead < —– CHORUS
Once you’ve found a little darlin
And she takes over your head

Icy wind it was blowing
I had to find me a hole
For to climb in and live
Forever more
I heard voices calling
In my delirious stage
Saying something in Spanish
That’s when I went insane

CHORUS

I came back down from that mountain
And I got me a job
Working behind the counter
Selling gas and soda pop
One afternoon I was bothered
Cuz those thoughts never end
They sent me back up
To that mountain again

CHORUS X 2

© T. Petersen

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Operator (On The Line)
October, 2009

I’m calling on a stranger
Operator, can you help please
You don’t know me, I’m a singer
And a lover, when I can be

Oh but lately, every morning
I go walking, when it’s pouring
Through the city like a vagabond or fool
Looking out for her I know she’s looking too

(Chorus)
It’s all this living, all this lying
All my searching, all this trying
That’s got me on the line

I remember like a daydream
Casting shadows down on sage street
Funny how it seems those things can never last
Now your door is shut the lock is holding fast

I guess I’ll go down to the station
Buy a ticket, cross the nation
With the people riding in the dining car
Always gotta move away form where they are

Chorus

I’m calling on a stranger
Operator, can you help please
You don’t know me, I’m a singer
And a lover, when I can be

Oh but lately, every morning
I’ve a sickness that keeps growing
And you’re always on when I pick up the phone
Guess I can’t resign to leave myself alone

Chorus

Its got me lying, its got me lying
Now I’m dying on the line

© J. Kallestad

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I’ll Never Be The Same
August 2009

Here comes that old familiar feeling
Just like yesterday
I’ve got nothing new to talk about
Nothing new to say, anyway

I fell in love with a girl down town
Then she walked away
That heart of coal, those sticks and stones
They put me here to day, horray

Gonna leave for a while
Walk on out the door

Leave my troubles, move to Memphis
Maybe change my name
Ever since you left me, crying at your door
I’ll never be the same
I’ll never be the same

(solo)

We walked a while on down the street with those
Those pretty eyes of yours
You took me down, to the ocean
And kissed me on the shores, mmm

You told me then, we’ve reached the end
Neith that setting sun
I hated you so much I stole your bicycle
It’s all said and down now honey you won

Gonna leave for a while
Walk on out the door

Leave my troubles, move to Memphis
Maybe change my name
Ever since you left me, crying at your door
I’ll never be the same
I’ll never be the same

© T. Petersen

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Paper Town
March, 2009

Twilight on a paper town, the moon was hanging low
Broken silence, when you hear that whistle blow
Red light in the sky tonight leads me onto bed
I need the rest, this day’s gone to my head

And the leaves turn to brown
Where the river took us down
Look around, at this paper town

Well I used to lie awake at night, waiting on a dream
Oh to sail away, down to New Orleans
But isn’t easy staying here, harder still to go
Without reason, and the roads all full of snow

And the leaves turn to brown
From the river to the sound
We’re going down, in this paper town

Yeah grew up in a paper town, where everybody knows
Not to play with fire, or the whole thing’s gonna blow
But the silence in the living room, the darkness in the hall
Makes me wonder, who’s been living here at all

And the leaves turn to brown
With the rain comin’ down
It’s gonna drown, this paper town

© J. Kallestad

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Washington
March 2010

Gonna go to Washington some place I never have gone before
There’s a sweet woman there that won’t hurt me anymore
Where every single sunrise and every ounce of rain
Will make me smile and think a while, not worry about her name

For every sparrow falling another one gets its wings
I’m gonna teach my baby bird how to sing, and say

ooo, ooo
Angels from above
Deliver me from this wicked world
Because lord, I fell in love

Now its so easy easy for me
To treat you like the only one that I need
Now if you go a runnin off lookin for someone new
No one else in the whole wild world will treat you like I do

So let’s pack up my suitcase with all your little things
Me and my baby bird we’re gonna sing, and say

ooo, ooo
Angels from above
Deliver me from this wicked world
Because lord, I fell in love

When winter’s gone and summertime looks us in the eye
And black birds are scattering all through the northern sky
I’ll ask you for forgiveness if you’ll take all my sins
Wash me in your loving arms make me clean again

For every sparrow falling another gets up from blue
Me and my baby bird gonna do what we do

ooo, ooo
Angels from above
Deliver me from this wicked world
Because lord, I fell in love

Gonna count my lucky stars trace them back to you
Don’t worry bout nothing we’ll know what to do

ooo, ooo
Angels from above
Deliver me from this wicked world
Because lord, I fell in love

© T. Petersen