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Run for the Hills

by Halfway to Forth

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rider69 ~~~Every time I get in the car to go surfing (New Hampshire, Rhode Island or Boston) I play this tune~~~ Favorite track: The Martians.
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1.
In a dream I met the man called Johnny Appleseed And he said “I’ve come to help you out, in any way you need” And I go where no white man goes And I sleep where the cold wind blows But right now I’m here for you Hey Johnny Appleseed man let me shake your hand You know people say you’re crazy but I sure can understand Bare feet become hard as stone You walk a road you can call your own No wonder they welcome you, livin’ true! Hey Johnny Appleseed I’ve heard about your deeds You know livin’ free in harmony with nothin’ but your seeds Just look how your trees have grown Never missin’ a sign you’re shown They could not keep up with you! Thanks for droppin’ by John, my yard was lookin’ plain But those seeds you planted years ago are branchin’ out again Out into the great unknown With a lesson not told but shown And I sure gotta thank you, livin’ true Sittin’ in this traffic jam I’ll tell you what I need to pick an apple from the tree of Johnny Appleseed
2.
The Martians 02:37
Took a flight across the ocean, ‘bout as far as you can fly Bought a van in Massachusetts, just my brother and I My brother and I Headed north up to New Hampshire, straight ahead on 93 Trees are rising up around us, just like water in the sea Water in the sea Had a swim in Pennsylvania, saw the corn in Illinois Drove across the Mississippi, thought about those old blues boys Old blues boys Saw the sunrise in the badlands, watched the bear cubs as they played Saw a monument of faces, and the grave where Wild Bill laid Wild Bill’s Grave Spent a night in Sin City, watched a man disappear Took a hike into Grand Canyon, made me grin from ear to ear Ear to ear Read the news down in Roswell, ‘bout the martians who came Went climbing down in Carlsbad, to the bottom of the cave Bottom of the cave Had a drink down in Memphis, over on Beale Street they played Sold the van back in Rhode Island, flew back home the next day
3.
Hold Me Now 03:06
Oh! Hold me now. Wrap my hands in yours ‘till I feel better. Speak to me now. In these dark days I need you more than ever. ‘Cus I lost my mind in the flicker of a TV screen And I murder my days keepin’ hold of a holy dream But there’s a woman at the door with a debt that she can’t pay And for a fifty dollar bill she can wash your windows And I can pay what it’s worth but you’re bleedin’ me for so much more As the devil disappears through fractures in the floor And the man in the suit keeps lyin’ like he breathes for a fifty dollar bill shakin’ hands in the back room.
4.
We’re living so fast it seems a crime to move it slow All fuelled up and fighting at the end of every show And how I wish people swayed, like they did times before But nobody slow dances anymore The more that I’m shown, it seems the less that I know So babe come in close and kiss me long and kiss me slow But the DJ is playing songs fit for starting up a war No wonder nobody slow dances anymore You’re 25 going 40 by those lines upon your face but you keep your life speeding at a neck breaking pace you should turn off your phone, play this song and lock the door but nobody slow dances anymore And I don’t know why, it makes me want to cry It’s way past my bedtime, I’m still at this bar My mind’s slowly drownin’ like a pickle in a jar so give me your hand and I’ll take you to the floor Even though nobody slow dances anymore
5.
Perfect Day 03:33
My honey pie and I paid a man to leave us stranded on an island And with rope and stuff we found, lyin’ all over the ground, we made our home She’s all that I desire, finding driftwood for the fire on our island We got nothin’ but our love and the starry sky above the fire flame Oh it’s a perfect day I see somethin’ that I like in a rusted up old bike that’s bound for landfill And I spend a lot of time bringing back a bit of shine from yesterday Now I can get from A to B, and it’s absolutely free yes I’m gone And I’m rollin’ out the door, headed for the record store with my babe Oh it’s a perfect day I got a stack of old LP’s that my mother gave to me back in Rhode Island Now there’s Crosby, Stills & Nash, JJ Cale and Johnny Cash in my home I lay down on the ground and as the record spins around I’m gone! Now I got music in my ears, sippin’ on a home brew beer in the shade Oh it’s a perfect day!
6.
My Home 05:02
Made a trip back home, to the place where I grew up Haven’t been there for a while, some things weren’t the same Most things remain unchanged I pulled up to the house, ‘bout 12 am that night My family were in bed, they were sleeping tight I’ll see them when they rise I’ll always call this place my home My home, my home, my home, my home My sister’s all grown up, she’s singin’ her own songs now My brother has a van, he’s busy with his life But they are still the same My mother heats the stove, she’s making our favourite meals My father’s in the yard, he’s workin’ on the house Some things will never change
7.
A Few Things 03:25
Love. She gives me love. It’s wrapped in an old piece of pillow case or it’s the best cuppa tea that I’ve ever tasted. Laugh. She makes me laugh. With her flatman bag full of bottle caps or the triceratops sittin’ on my dash. Drunk. She gets me drunk. And when I try to match her glass for glass, I know I’m gonna end up on my ass. And there’s a few things I’ve been meanin’ to say Honey you’re the reason I’m a happy man today A few things I’ve been meanin’ to do And one of them was to write this song for you! Smile. She makes me grin. When she throws all her shoes in the fireplace and then I tell her she’s pretty and she hides her face. Strength. She gives me strength. ‘Cus I can see even though she’s mighty small, well her heart and her soul stands ten feet tall. Sugar. She’s got that too. Brightens up my afternoon when I’m feelin’ blue
8.
If Time Was 05:03
Those good old days I hear about, they seem so long ago I’m running cold and hungry from these bad new days I know And if walkin’ back in time was just like walkin’ through a door I would take you out to dinner back in 1954 A woman takes her son to school, her husband works the mines He’s flyin’ in and flyin’ out and she says she doesn’t mind But if time’s a box of matches, with each match a single day Well you could see her candles burning from a thousand miles away A city man says “Son, I’m gonna tell you what I need. For my hands to break the ground apart so I can plant a seed And if time was like a blanket and I could fold it with my hand Well I would leave this city life behind and buy myself some land” For her sons a dying mother writes a book to leave behind “Hold on to my memory and to all the love you find. And if time was like a dog and I could make it sit and stay Well I would give us all the time we want before I slip away.”
9.
This Boy 04:38
So there’s this boy with a hole in his sweater And there was this girl who made everything better Now his heart’s like a full red balloon As they race to the Sunday School room Under the train bridge asleep in the sun With her hand in his pocket, feet covered with mud So there’s this boy with a love like a fountain And with his girl on his arm, to the top of a mountain And as they looked down on the village below Those seeds that they’d carefully sewn Found no place on the mountain to grow So he ties up his laces and he comes down alone So there’s this boy with a chip on his shoulder Runs a hand through his greying hair, he’s afraid to grow older And every year on his birthday He tells his family and friends go away “Cu’s I’m happy the age that I am.” Let this boy stay a boy, ‘cus he’s not yet a man
10.
Not Alone 05:29
All these hills rising up around me And these roads, they have no names With every breath I feel my soul awaken And I know I’m not alone. She takes the time and gets to know her own heart Then she moves from strength to strength When she goes, I’ll be thinking of her And she’ll know she’s not alone

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Halfway to Forth's Debut Album.
10 Original Tracks.
Total Runtime: 40mins.

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released January 11, 2013

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Halfway to Forth Adelaide, Australia

Halfway to Forth blend different styles of roots music into their own brand of earthy, homegrown and honest song-writing. Brothers Dan & Kyle deliver tight vocal harmonies, banjo driven ballads & toe tapping grooves for all ages. They take their name from the location of their family home, nestled in the hills, surrounded by rich farmland just outside of Devonport on the North coast of Tasmania. ... more

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