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Peacemaker

by Trailside Rangers

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Give yourself peace of mind And turn your fears away Embrace your life with the warmth Of sunshine on your face Though the world seems a whirlwind of hatred There’s just no reason for you to take part Look in the mirror you’ll find a solution You may fall down but the first step’s a start Harry sipped the last of his gin The third pint of the day Unfocused eyes searched the room For his wife who had passed away So many people are drowning their sorrows Killing their spirits and numbing their minds There’s no miracle cure gonna save you Just straighten up and start towing the line Nobody said this was gonna be easy Can’t face the storm with your back to the wind Pick yourself up off the ground and remember This time you won’t get knocked back down again Alicia had hoped for the best But it turned out for the worst Her marriage ended in turmoil Ten years felt like a curse She had a dream to live out in the country To raise her kids somewhere so far away She sold her ring in a pawnshop in midtown Packed up the car and they’re leaving today
2.
Early one autumn morn I set out on my way Following any trail that led me far away Until I crossed the Sioux I felt that I might turn— Around but I knew I had memories to burn You were so precious forever I’d have held you But something changed your love turned cold like a stone You meant the world to me - now it’s all over And now I’m thrust into this life all alone I thought about us as I crossed the great divide I saw your face in the mountain I climbed to get to the other side I heard your voice in the howling wind by the fireside near dark Though I’d come a hundred miles your love still left its mark And still I’ve learned oh so much on this journey You give and take and then you give back again All of the reasons I had just for giving up Throw ‘em away cause baby I want to live And it goes on and on It goes on and on Life goes on and on without you
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Red Willow 05:54
A starry night falls over silken skies Shimmering blue it slowly fades to gray A torch light calls you to an open field A flame you hope will burn your pain away Take it away... Close your eyes and fly with me Slip through your chains and you are free Like a stream you’ll find a course And you will run and never fall down Anger rages in you even still Stings in your eyes and stains your soul Your cross to bear in blood one-hundred years A passion for a life you’ll never know You’ll never know... Sing to my fathers - I want to go back home Sing to my brothers - I want to go back home And to the skies - I want to go back home The eagles cry - I want to go back home All the spirits of a feather joined as one With this pipe you shall walk upon the earth Whatever sickens there you shall make it well Oh thunder nation deliver me from hell Close your eyes and fly with me Turn from the dark and you will see Like a stream you’ll find a course And you will run and never fall down
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Peacemaker 04:06
There was a man that I once new His face was dark and his eyes were blue He spoke with a voice I could barely understand He said, “Son I want you to take this from my hand” Inside his hand was a gun called a Peacemaker He looked kind of strange but I felt sure It was a gift from this man that filled me with such pride I was the only man who had seen it and survived He said, “ Now I can show you a thing or two But there’s one thing you must promise to do And that’s never use it unless you have no choice” As he said the words there was anger in his voice Now I don’t want you to do The things that I’ve done But you can learn from the Battles I’ve lost and I’ve won Take a chance on your life But don’t gamble it away You’re going to make some mistakes And you’ll have to pay Keep your sights upon the sun and You’ll be known as the one Who rose above the rest Well he showed me how to use it all right I shot up everything in sight Now I can shoot the petals off a daisy in the wind He said, “Son looks like you found yourself a friend” Now it’s been twelve long years since that summer day And a lot of trouble has come my way But I never felt the need to use my friend I would swear by my promise to the end Inside a bar near the spring hill mining town Was a wild-eyed man with a killer’s frown Who held his colt .45 right up to my head Before his finger touched the trigger he was dead Now I don’t want you to do The things that I’ve done But you can learn from the Battles I’ve lost and I’ve won Take a chance on your life But don’t gamble it away You’re going to make some mistakes And you’re gonna have to pay Keep your sights upon the sun and You’ll be known as the one Who rose above the rest

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The first Trailside Rangers CD release.

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released May 5, 1993

the players: joe wilford-guitar/vocals, rowan bishop-guitar/vocals, duane larson-bass, len wexler-drums.
produced by: victor campanile. engineered by: michael caiati.
recorded at: coyote studios, brooklyn, ny in february and march of 1993.
all songs by: joe wilford © 1993 jericho hill music/bmi.
design & layout: east fourth graphics.
photography: ? (cover) and darryl farwell (live shots).
thanks to: simon archambault, chris fiore, kimberly-jean windbiel, regina bishop and dave bergeland.

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