Take It Easy Lyrics and Story

"This is one of those 'miracle' albums of sorts, that genuinely caught the artist with his guard down, hitting the record button in someone's basement studio in the vampire hours of the morning. Without the aid (or hindrance) of energy to carefully micro-manage the recording process, out comes raw nerves, passion, grit and slightly urgent strumming on the guitar. In other words, he was too tired to hold back or be self-conscious. It's easy to imagine Nate trying to play faster in an effort to finish the song and get to sleep quicker. "Stand by Me' calls out with crackled voice, while 'Ambulance' patiently expresses emotions of being 'tired of being this wired' and 'take it Easy' almost as both a toast and a life-sermon-all seeming more believable in the end. Check out either one of these tunes out and you'll have a perfect representation of Nate's musical identity. The 4 bonus live tracks are an accurate testament to his infectious songs, too, as they capture an audience joyfully singing or clapping along- especially during his great and unforgettable older tune 'Don't Walk Away.' -Doug Van Pelt HM MAG

Let’s Get Together

We’re cooking up a recipe for disaster because the blueprint of society is dead
For we’ve spent our finest hours under the dark and broken powers
And we’re looking for some answers tonight

Let’s get together like a family and sing some songs
Let’s get together because this is where, this is where, this is where we belong

We’re writing up some plans for the revision yes we’re making all our dreams come true
For we’ve spent our finest hours under the dark and broken powers
And we’re looking for some answers tonight

Because you and I together are a family even when we are apart
And together we can change this society yes we call all play a part


Stand By Me

Verses the elephant I can’t complain that logan wanted this one was his last refrain
We’re all looking back and looking forth and staring down the hall
Waiting for the quarterback the quarter back to fall

And come stand by me till the end
Till the end, come stand by me till the end

Versus the astronaut I can’t complain so far from everything was his last refrain
We’re all looking up and looking down and staring at the wall
Waiting for the photograph the photograph to fall

Yes when you’ve reached that last perfection and you’ve hear that trumpet sound
And when you’ve climbed that holy mountain just to fall back to the ground
Yes when you’ve given you’re everything and you’ve even done your best
Please know that your no different or better then the rest


On With The Show (White Flag)

If it’s true that this would happen before even time began
Then I guess I’ll just surrender because I’m doing all I can
Yes in vain I’ve risen early just to stumble home to late
To comfort my addictions and to teach myself to hate

I’m gonna raise the white flag, I’m gonna raise the black flag too
I’m gonna raise the right white flag and sing this song for you

You see these words they are not weapons but these streets brew honesty
And we’re all soldiers on a journey yes we’re all pilgrims you and me

Because these minutes are momentum against the wires and the walls
And I want to stop complaining but each time I stand I fall

So may all fear be forgotten as the memories fade away
May the whole world join us in this song as we dance on yesterday


Carrying The Banner

sitting on the back porch on a sunday afternoonall the kids are keeping company but it's just not what i doyes you told me that you love and i turned and walked awayyes you gave your integrity and I don't know what to say
and I'll give you two thumbs upI'll give you one in the holeI'll give you everythingI'll give you everythingI'll give you everything i stole
standing in the alley behind the record storeand I'm feeling kinda burnt out and I'm feeling pretty poorlike the guy around the corner asking for a dollar billjust to buy his mom a present and to send her some good will
yes I treated your affection like the woman down the halland I don't think I'm quite ready just to hear the trumpet callbut it's time you met my family it's time you met my friendsit's time we start to celebrate it's time we start to mend

Holiday (soft mix)

Do you remember dreams birth long ago in the innocence of youth and the grace we once believed in we treated as the truth / Well there's a pain that keeps pushing me from the things that I love and the promise of tomorrow I've been dreaming of / Have you ever help hope far behind in pursuit of anything or felt after the day that things just weren't quite as they seemed today I grant permission yes this is your reprieve to set fire to the system and rebuild your broken dreams we're gonna celebrate the new year holiday with out any fear, were gonna celebrate the new year dance until we disappear if your looking for some answers well I'll probably disappoint and if you think you've found salvation well you might of missed the point but I know a redeemer who's so faithful and true and if you have some questions he'll answer them for you because a holidays no holiday with out you and truth is not as distant as it seems and there's a certain mount of living with out wisdom that come when we erase our dreams

Ambulance (True- Mix)

I'm so tired, tired of being this wired and of things not working out And I'm so willing to be fulfilling of your dreams Like a bird in a tree I'll sing this song for you and me And there's a place where we can be free & like an eagle in flight I'll help you make it through the night And like a ship upon the sea I'll take your heart away with me I'm so sick, sick and ready to quit yes the good feelings are gone But I swore I'd always love you, and this would be our song And I'll be you’re ambulance you'll be a sailor and together we'll travel cross the sea I'll pick you up whenever, yes I'll pick you up when ever, yes I'll pick you up when ever you're in need

Legion Hall

Took a ride on a rodeo train, took a ride on a rodeo train
But I never went back, never went back, never went back, never went back again
Took a walk down memory lane took a walk down memory lane
But I never went back, never went back, never went back, never went back again
Had a dream of a legion hall where great men stand and fall
But I never went back, never went back, never went back, never went back again

Because maybe I’m too shallow, maybe I’m too shallow to fall in love, to fall in love again

Had a dream of a baseball game ninth inning and the scores the same
But I never went back, never went back, never went back, never went back again
Bought a coffee and we shared a cup we both drank and we had enough
But I never went back, never went back, never went back, never went back again

All Shall Be Well

From the dust on the tracks I knew that you weren't coming back

And through the smoke and the mirrors I knew that you had many fears

From the look in your I knew that this was no surprise

Yes we've all been forsaken but we can trade I the lies
And all shall be well, all shall be well yes all manner of thing, shall be well
In the silence of the morning when the sun has yet to speak
I hear screams of no tomorrow but we're just starting the week
Yes you preached life and resurrection but you up and went away
And you took my hope and dreams and now I can't even pray

From the warmth of the wind I know that this is not the end

Yes my hope it will arise and I'll see you again
Because there's nothing quite so special and there's nothing quite so true
As dancing with my lover which is what I'm gonna do

Reference: Dame Julian of Norwich

Take It Easy

When you feel like your surrounded and your just standing in the line
And the children are all crying maybe for the hundredth time
When the prophets are all preaching as the preachers scream in vain
As the words become a melody and the melody a refrain

Take it easy my friends and take it easy my friends

We’ll these records are recycled and I think I’ve lost my mind
And the politics of boredom aren’t killing all my time
Yes I’ve run round in circles hopefully to some great gain
As the words become a melody and the melody a refrain

Take it easy my friends and take it easy my friends

And here’s the all, here’s to all the company and the nights you spend alone with me
So I say farewell and so long hallelujah we’ll sing this song

References: Sound of Music, Johnny Rotten and Mickey Mouse Club

Glad Tidings

The sidewalks getting close as I’m falling off the fence
And streets are getting quiet as the riots making sense
And like a bullet in the dessert or a brick upside the head
If it wasn’t for your hear with me I’d probably just be dead

We bring you glad tiding We bring you great great Joy
And when our hopes in revolution, It means our dreams have been destroyed

These walls are getting closer as I’m losing my defense
And these letters that you wrote me aren’t making any sense
And like a woman caught in servitude I’d rather just deny
Because these angels are all demons and I think I’m gonna fry

We bring you glad tiding We bring you great great Joy
And when our hopes in revolution, It means our dreams have been destroyed


References: The Christmas Story, Johnny Cash, the chorus was originally written so I’d have words to put on a patch.

Arizona

Well I fell asleep in southern Arizona in a place I swear I’ve never seen before
Another parking lot another Friday night I think I found the perfect place to spend my life

And soon I’m headed for the state of Texas where the love and death are all they sing about
Another parking lot another Friday night I think I found the perfect place to spend my life

I’ve been to Little Rock and New Iberia I’ve slept in Baton Rouge and I’m all alone
Another parking lot another Friday night I think I found the perfect place to spend my life

I went to Miami and I wasn’t on the bill, lost all my dinner and remember it still
Another parking lot another Friday night I think I found the perfect place to spend my life

Then came a tap tap tap on my window sill the cops woke me up game me such a thrill
Another parking lot another Friday night I guess I broke the law just to spend the night

So when your at your worst and I’ve let you down
and you’d pay all your enemies to swing back into to
Just know the parking lots and the Friday nights
Have taught me a few things and we will be alright

So bring on the parking lots and the Friday Night I think I found the perfect place to spend my life!

Reference: A song about sleeping in Wal-Mart parking lots.

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