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The American Dream

by Inaiah Lujan

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1.
It's a long and lonesome road When you don't know which way to go But I will find my way into a brand new day Darlin' I'm coming home Across this great old land Darlin' I'm coming home To take you by my hand The nights are getting cold But there's light on down the road I'll make it to New Mexico There I'll learn to build a home Darlin' let's make a home Upon this great old land Darlin' let's make a home Please just take my hand It's a long and lonesome road When you don't know which way to go You're gonna find your way You're gonna find your way
2.
There's a road up ahead But I've grown tired and worn And my knees have grown week But I must carry on 'Til I reach that point I once called my home And the words of my father still ring in my ear If death's comin' close then life's got to be near And there's a freight train rolling fast down the line And eternity is simply the absence of time And I'm just fine, yes I'm just fine We all have our portion under the sun It's our God given right and the claim to no one Merely mirrors for everyone But no man's an island entire of himself And a free man's a man who is free of his wealth And a brother is a man who helps a man out If you're alright then I'm alright I come to you now like those who came before And I ain't saying nothing you haven't heard before Please listen with your heart and not with your mind Your just fine and I'm just fine Your just fine and I'm just fine
3.
Headin' north for the winter Ignored all my friends And I can't promise you the place I end Will be the same place I began And I ain't got no money To me that means I'm free To go where I wanna To say what I mean To do what ever I please And I'll give thanks to the cities Who fed me and kept me clean To hell with all the rest of you Destroying the American Dream And I'll walk across this country Though winds and pouring rain Over bridges and highways on buses and trains Surf amber waves of grains If home is where the heart is Then mine's beating on the road In far away spots through dark junkyard lots Where the transients welcome me home And we'll stroll through the cities Through villages and one-horse towns Lord help me when the devil comes and tries to Tries and tries to pull me down Headin' north for the winter Ignored all my friends And I can't promise you the place I end Will be the same place I began It's time for Revolution! My best friend he'll agree with me It's time to reclaim what is rightfully ours It's time to truly be free And we'll give thanks to the heavens When god shed's his grace on thee To hell with all the rest of you Destroying the American Dream
4.
Mountain Top 02:59
I'll meet you on a mountain top It's so far from where we are It's so far from where we are So I begin to climb Time has no relevance to the wise So put down your disguise Go walking in my sleep And pray the lord my soul to keep He wonders about me So I opened my eyes And seen your world full of lies It's plotting our demise The time has come for unity Don't separate you see For I am you and you are me I am you I am you I am you I am you And you are me
5.
Little Ghost 04:53
Hey there little ghost do you remember me? Been so, been so long Since I saw you wandering Little girl passing by this town will eat you alive Hey there little ghost are you feeling blue? Been down so long Can you feel it in your wounds? Hey good woman say your prayers For the ghost who haunts upstairs Can't you see that you are bothering me? Go away and leave me alone Can't you see that you are bothering me? Go away back to your home Hey there little ghost do I make you bleed? It's been so, been so long Since you've sat a talked with me Little boy in your room You'll be a dead ghost soon Can't you see that you are bothering me? Go away and leave me alone Can't you see that you are bothering me? Go away back to your home
6.
He was born in September in the midst of the rain A small town right next to the tracks of the train And to this day he can still feel the pain Of a mother crying out gone completely insane He opened his eyes and what did he see? An angel and she was looking at me She loved him to death Even when she left To lay in the room of that hospital bed And daddy he always done the best that he could To teach that boy right, make sure he done good Learned him how to love, like any father would Sent him as a sheep a midst the the could wolves I wanna live my life then die on a swing The rocking chair where we always would sing In the field where we planted so many trees Where the birds build their homes And return for the spring And I'll see my father once I've made my peace When I've learned how to love and to forgive me For all that I've done to make honest folks cry I'll lean in my chair drift to sleep and I'll die
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Time it seems to fade away Like the songs my father used to play Like the words my mother used to say "Son don't ever grow to be this way." And I know the seasons change and help me grow And I just don't feel so young anymore And my sister is far off on some dusty road She's the only one I think could understand Father forgive me for what I've done I'm your son, I know I haven't been much of one And mama I never meant to make you cry Sometimes we do things and don't know why And I know the drinkin' doesn't help me Sometimes it's just my way of getting by Drunk again, outside I laugh, inside I cry And just can't go on living this way Time it seems to slip away Like the games as children we used to play Like the words our mothers used to say "Learn to love, then just give it all away." And we're told, the seasons change to help us grow But I just don't feel so young anymore And my sister is far off on some dusty road She's the only one I think could understand The sun will rise and set again And I know I'll always have a friend Just as long as I keep playing silly songs
8.
I see you on the couch Your looking strung out Consumed in your thoughts Maybe you'll find peace Through pieces of memories Come, you're mine Come outside I see you on the chair You tug at your hair You're pulling it out Maybe you'll find peace Maybe you'll find me Calm your mind Come outside
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I've sat here this broken before With a smile on my face as I hit the cold floor 'Cause everything will be okay When everything's gone and everything's done Everything will be okay You sat there just looking at me As far as my eyes could plainly see You never looked away from me When everything's gone and everything's done You never looked away from me Maybe my eyes are for more than crying Maybe there's much more I should see Maybe someday we'll all stop trying Maybe someday we'll just be Maybe someday we'll just be I've been down these dark roads before With a smile on my face as I walk them once more 'Cause you never walked away from me When everything's gone and everything's done You never walked away from me Maybe my eyes are for more than crying Maybe there's much more I should see Maybe someday we'll all stop trying Maybe someday we'll just be Maybe someday we'll just be

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Traveling songs written during hitchhiking, vagabond, transient experiences between September 2005 - February 2006. Self Released March 18th 2006.

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released March 18, 2006

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Inaiah Lujan Pueblo, Colorado

"Whether laying down some succulent psychotropic hip-hop as DJ Flow Nase, feeding off of severely distorted barre chords with the riff-heavy punk band A Poor Substitute, or lending distinctive vocal abilities to the peculiar and hypnotic "funeral pop" band The Mexican, Pueblo's Inaiah Lujan is plainly a restless soul."

-Adam Leech, The Independent
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