When There's No One Else Around

i'm gonna wait

'til the stars

come out and

see that twinkle

in your eyes

i'm gonna wait

'til the midnight hour

that's when my love

begins to shine

in the midnight hour

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Grateful Dead: New Year's Eve countdown into Midnight Hour
12/31/85

Happy New Year, comrades

Joni Mitchell: "A Case Of You"

you're in my blood
like holy wine
you taste so bitter
and so sweet
i could drink
a case of you darlin'
and still
i'd be on my feet
oh i would still
be on my feet

Sarah Jarosz: "Come On Up To The House"

The National: "Slow Show"

The National: "Slow Show"

Joan Baez/Mimi Farina: "Swallow Song"

come wander quietly and listen to the wind
come here and listen to the sky
come walking high above the rolling of the sea
and watch the swallows as they fly

there is no sorrow like the murmur of their wings
there is no choir like their song
there is no power like the freedom of their flight
while the swallows roam alone

do you hear the calling of a hundred thousand voices?
do you hear the trembling in the stone?
do you hear the angry bells ringing in the night?
do you hear the swallows when they've flown?

and will the breezes blow the petals from your hand?
and will some loving ease your pain?
and will the silence strike confusion from your soul?
and will the swallows come again?

--richard farina

Away You Rolling River

o shenandoah
i love your daughter
away you rolling river
for her i'd cross
the roaring water
away, i'm bound away
across the wide missouri



Bill Frisell: "Shenandoah"

Neil Young 1971

Neil Young on the BBC from 1971
32 minutes

1. Out On The Weekend
2. Old Man
3. Journey Through The Past
4. Heart Of Gold
5. Don’t Let It Bring You Down
6. A Man Needs A Maid
7. Love In Mind
8. Dance, Dance, Dance

Peace Like A River

peace like a river
ran through the city
long past the midnight curfew
we sat starry-eyed
we were satisfied
and i remember misinformation
followed us like a plague
nobody knew from time to time
if the plans had changed
you can beat us with wires
you can beat us with chains
you can run out your rules
but you know you can't
outrun the history train
four in the morning i woke up
from out of my dreams
nowhere to go but back to sleep
but i'm reconciled
i'm going to be up for a while
--paul simon

Elvis Costello: "Peace Like A River"
Montreal, Canada (4/7/06)

Never Did No Wandering

they say
the highway
is just
one big road
and it goes
from here
to there,
and they say
you carry
a heavy load,
when you’re
rolling
down the line
somewhere.



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Comanche Point
New Main Street Singers: "Never Did No Wandering"
(from A Mighty Wind )
raft at Granite Rapid

He Shook It Like A Midnight Rambler

just a country boy
that combed his hair
put on a shirt
that his mother made
and he went on the air
and he shook it
like a chorus girl
and he shook it
like a harlem queen
and he shook it
like a midnight rambler
baby like you never seen
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Cape Solitude
Gillian Welch/David Rawlings: "Elvis Presley Blues"
Hopi Pt.

Dale Watson: "Flaming Star"

Dale Watson and His Lonestars: "Flaming Star"*
*rare live footage