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High Mileage Soul

by Terry Morrison

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1.
High Mileage Soul 04:05
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High Milage Soul Martin's singing on the stereo and he's singing 'bout diners How someday he's gonna quit the road me I'm driving watching the miles go Stacking up I watch 'em go down it's a revolution as the wheels go 'round A small cafe a one-horse town a little further down the road So I take out my heart to show the crowd and I tell my stories I sing 'em loud Some won't hear but I'm not proud I tell 'em anyway And it's a little later it's a cheap motel hot shower thinking how I fell And wash away the longing from this high milage soul There are days I don't remember where I've been I try to keep it together by writing down what I've seen Really I'm just another face in a car gone by I try to make good time but it's my luck to get caught behind some great big truck Car shimmying and shaking like an Elvis song call it a semi-quaver but it lasts too long So I take out my heart to show the crowd and I tell my stories sing 'em loud Some won't hear but I'm not proud I tell 'em anyway And it's a little later it's a cheap motel hot shower thinking how I fell And wash away the longing from this high milage soul How many years how many miles gone by Watching my thoughts pour out across a prairie sky With a sad girl singing on the stereo singing her heart and making the tears flow How many nights spent sleeping alone in one more bed in another time zone It's too early to wonder but it's too late to phone So I take out my heart to show the crowd and I tell my stories sing 'em loud Some won't hear but I'm not proud I tell 'em anyway And it's a little later it's a cheap motel hot shower thinking how I fell And wash away the longing from this high milage soul It's a little later it's a cheap motel hot shower thinking how I fell And wash away the longing from this high milage soul Martin's singing on the stereo and he's singing 'bout diners How someday he's gonna quit the road Me I'm driving watching the miles go by
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Long Dusty Road 05:09
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Long Dusty Road Terry Morrison © I’ve been walking down this road this long and dusty road I can feel the heat burning through the leather of my soles The crops are brown and thirsty and the well is going dry And there’s not a drop of moisture in an endless cloudless sky Somewhere off and to my right I hear a meadowlark’s sweet song And the ditches have been all dried up for I don’t know how long And the wind just keeps on blowing it’s taken half the soil away And the sun just keeps on shining while the Caraghana sways Rock me gently my sweet mother let me hear the night bird sing In the twilight of the prairies is this the ending of a dream This was my fathers’ land before me and his fathers’ before him All the hopes I had for staying here they’re getting mighty slim I took a job with buddy driving truck trying to make things pay And the wife works at the IGA three hours a week half days The surface rights on this here land the tax man takes away And it’s coming on three seasons that we’ve not had any rain So rock me gently my sweet mother let me hear the night bird sing In the twilight of the prairies is this the ending of a dream This was my fathers’ land before me and his fathers’ before him All the hopes I had for staying here they’re getting mighty slim The stock out in the field their eyes are full of flies And where once there was a waterhole the mud is cracked and dry The sun it beats me to the ground the sweat pours off my brow I’ve been trying to keep on going here I’m just running out of how So rock me gently my sweet mother let me hear the night bird sing In the twilight of the prairies is this the ending of a dream This was my fathers’ land before me and his fathers’ before him All the hopes I had for staying here they’re getting mighty slim Rock me gently my sweet mother let me hear the night bird sing In the twilight of the prairies is this the ending of a dream This was my fathers’ land before me and his fathers’ before him All the hopes I had for staying here they’re getting mighty slim So rock me gently my sweet mother mmhm mmhmm
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Innocence of Childhood 03:59
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Angel of Grace 05:14
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Angel of Grace Well it's dawn by the levy of the Mississippi shore Here I am knocking at your door This is where you said you parked your old milk truck I managed to find it just by luck Here I am yes it's me And I been knocking at your window Coming 'round to see yeah yeah See where you got to last night Hoping that you were alright I never found you though we were due to meet At Clarity's down on Bourbon Street Hey hey hey hey hey hey Well I am new at this here game Hardly anybody 'round here knows my name I got lost in this here town And that's the reason why I come around New Orleans that's a mighty big place And you've become a familiar face yeah yeah And I was wondering where you got to last night Hoping that you were alright I never found you though we were due to meet At Clarity's down on Bourbon Street Hey hey hey hey hey hey I spent some time in an all-night bar Down on the strip and not so far from here Hoped Indian Michael might come around And we could go on a midnight prowl He's got stories to fill the ears And poetry he's built on tears yeah yeah I was wondering where you got to last night Hoping that you were alright I never found you though we were due to meet At Clarity's down on Bourbon Street Hey hey hey hey hey hey I hear you calling out from inside You're telling me you're not a pretty sight Oh there you are lying on your bed Just that close to being nearly dead Somebody took the boots to your face You must have had to crawl back To this place yeah yeah And I was wondering where you got to last night Hoping that you were alright I never found you though we were due to meet At Clarity's down on Bourbon Street Hey hey hey hey hey hey You know I've never seen anybody this black and blue I can't imagine how you're gonna pull through The tears are rolling down my face You're telling me you're gonna be okay How did you end up in this place Calling me your angel of grace yeah yeah And I was wondering where you got to last night Hoping that you were alright I never found you though we were due to meet At Clarity's down on Bourbon Street I was wondering where you got to last night Hoping that you were alright I never found you though we were due to meet At Clarity's down on Bourbon Street Hey hey hey hey hey hey Hey hey hey hey hey hey Whoa whoa whoa
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Sweet Sanctuary 04:47
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Sweet Sanctuary Well I've been looking for some sweet sanctuary Someplace where I don't feel like I'm running from myself Somewhere to lay this load down that I carry And then let go of my pride and feel what's here inside Sweet sanctuary where every move you make has grace Sweet sanctuary somewhere to look life in the face It might be just some open field with the sun upon my skin Someplace where I can breathe and feel some peace within No reason to keep up a shield if there's nothing to keep out A place to speak your truth without having to shout Some sweet sanctuary where there's nothing to prove Sweet sanctuary somewhere to feel the spirit move Sweet, sweet ......... sweet, sweet You can call me selfish call me crazy who am I to know In this world we're living it gets so hard to let go So keep your head up eyes wide open be careful what you sow Well all I'm looking for is someplace where I can grow some Sweet sanctuary where every move you make has grace Sweet sanctuary somewhere to look life in the face Sweet sweet sanctuary where there's nothing to prove Sweet sanctuary somewhere to feel the spirit move Sweet sweet ........ sweet sweet
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Standing on the Ground 06:09
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Standing on the ground Publishing & © Terry Morrison I was staring at a photograph of a house that you once lived in The paint was cracked and peeling there were wildflowers in the kitchen You had sent me 'round the fare so I would come to see you there And I might lie beside you in the night I would abide with you Well that summer on the prairies was the hottest they recorded And the sun it beat our bodies brown while the crickets sang a chorus And every morning early you'd set the coffee on to perk Then you'd head off down the road aways To that place where you were working But you gotta be standing on the ground to look up in the sky Or learning how to fly to watch the clouds below slip by Me I was staring into blue thinking maybe I could love you But there was something that was missing when we got right down to kissing I was drifting in a heat filled dream watching flies buzz up against the screen In my mind I would write poetry for hours I would read books And the dogs would cast me sideways looks thinking maybe we'd go walking I said okay lets go pick flowers but they weren't much into talking And then later in the afternoon I'd get supper from the garden And I knew that you would be home soon and you'd been working hard Well We'd crack a couple cold ones then we'd get out the guitars To Play some new ones and some old ones later gazing up at stars But you gotta be standing on the ground to look up in the sky Or learning how to fly to watch the clouds below slip by Me I was staring into blue thinking maybe I could love you But there was something that was missing when we got right down to kissing You were real good company you knew just how to talk to me But the one thing that you could not see was what I'd left behind In the town where I was living well my heart it had been given To a boy who I was running from to try to put him from my mind I looked into your eyes very deep and very wise I pulled you close to me I hoped you'd understand I took your hand and I whispered in your ear “ well I do not belong here” ‘Cause you gotta be standing on the ground to look up in the sky Or learning how to fly to watch the clouds below slip by Me I was staring into blue thinking maybe I could love you But there was something that was missing when we got right down to kissing You gotta be standing on the ground to look up in the sky Or learning how to fly to watch the clouds below slip by Me I was staring into blue thinking maybe I could love you But there was something you were missing you weren't getting in my kissing
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It's a Long Slow Way To End It All 02:41
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Ol' Black Coal 03:23
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Waltz In a Minor Key 04:39
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Waltz in a Minor Key T. Morrison © 2003 We have been driving for hours And the raindrops on the windshield keep time While Richard sings ‘Waltzing’s For Dreamers’ And your hand’s encircling mine. This air of strange melancholy That reaches right into the soul Echoes a melody, bittersweet memory Of love that has taken its’ toll So dance with me darlin’ We’ll make a fine pair Describing arabesque, circles and squares Weaving and gliding our waltzing has become the song. You claim to be fond of waltzes So I thought I’d write one for you Dream up a melody sung in a minor key Pulling the heartstrings of two. I picture us twirling in circles Dancing in ¾ time One, two, three hang on real tight to me Your heart is beating with mine. So dance with me darlin’ We’ll make a fine pair Describing arabesque, circles and squares Weaving and gliding our waltzing has become the song. It’s taken this time to get where we are With years of a longing and wishing on stars We have been driving for hours And the raindrops on the windshield keep time While Richard sings ‘Waltzing’s For Dreamers’ And your hand’s encircling mine.
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I Could Talk About Love 04:13
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I could talk about love I could talk about anything The joy and restlessness that makes me sing Speak about humility and getting down on bending knee And what awaits you there Hopes and prayers whispered in the night Am I ever going to get it right Or I could talk about love and what that means to me The unforseen the false from real the way I feel Oh I could talk about love I could talk about anything I could take a good look inside Check out the places that I like to hide I could talk about the way I sometimes fall and lose my balance Or I could take a good look and see Just how my fears stop me Or I could write poetry set to a melody Or I could talk about love and what that means to me The unforseen the false from real the way I feel Oh I could talk about love I could talk about anything I could just walk down the street To the rythym of my heartbeat Days like this they sure look sweet When life wants in it pushes right up against your skin And waits for the doors to open Looking for a place to begin Or I could talk about love and what that means to me The unforseen the false from real the way I feel Oh I could talk about love as a feeling quite profound As a song and the way it sounds when it echoes inside A song to keep your soul awake all the faith that it takes To really really listen to the sound it makes to keep on believing Yes I could talk about love I could talk about anything Oh I could talk about love I could talk about anything
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Veil Of Tears 05:25
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Veil of tears Memories that's all we hold of each other now And I wonder do you dream about me too There was a time when I could not imagine how I would find the strength to get myself past you The years they washed away the heartache 'til it all just faded in the blue Now in a dream you've awoken me from slumber So I got up to put the coffee on to brew Clear as day there you were beside me and you were saying something in my ear Ain't it funny I should hold this picture and resurrect it from a veil of tears The years they pass me by number it's been so long since I even thought of you Now on this pocket of memories I stumble Now that they're here I have to pick them through I see you standing in the kitchen and you’re laughing over something that got said We shared our dreams we shared a vision we shared a home we shared a bed Clear as day there you were beside me you were saying something in my ear Ain't it funny I should hold this picture and resurrect it from a veil of tears These thoughts of you no longer bind me and the time it has erased all the pain Still in my dream you came to find me to show your face to me again Are you now standing in your kitchen putting the coffee on to brew With last nights dream running through your memory boy had I come to visit you ‘Cause clear as day there you were beside me you were saying something in my ear Ain't it funny I should hold this picture and resurrect it from a veil of tears Ain't it funny I should hold this picture and resurrect it from a veil of tears
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Brown Bag Order 05:29
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Brown Bag Order Terry Morrison © 2003 I saw him every afternoon at a coffee shop within the quarter His black notebook on the table and a pencil in his hand I heard the cook calling him Michael as he picked up someone’s brown bag order Then slide silently outside to leave behind the clicking of the fan Later I got letters from him On the envelope it always read This is from the wooden Indian Standing at the crossroads between the living and the dead Pecan pie and coffee every day at Perry White’s café There was Michael fallen angel in the corner with his pencil gripped real tight One day I finally looked him in the eye and asked him about the lines that he would write He kissed his job goodbye to talk of poetry and his terror in the night And later I got letters from him On the envelope it always read This is from the wooden Indian Standing at the crossroads between the living and the dead He’d spin ‘round and ‘round in circles and point his finger like a gun He said they taught me how to kill and in the end I had to run Now these words are all I have to keep the madness at pay and keep me partially whole Because for every man whose breath I took away there is a stain upon my soul And later I got letters from him On the envelope it always read This is from the wooden Indian Standing at the crossroads between the living and the dead Well his hair was long and straggly and his face was pocked and craggy There was a sadness in his eyes that I remember still We’d dance long into the night time then he’d wrap his arms around me A half-breed Cherokee and a travelling gypsy girl And later I got letters from him On the envelope it always read This is from the wooden Indian Standing at the crossroads between the living and the dead Yes this is from the wooden Indian Standing at the crossroads between the living and the dead
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Song On The Radio 04:50
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Song On The Radio Why should I bother what's in a song Just longings for later a tear or a smile that's gone Misery and passion of love gone wrong and it’s heard in the words of a lovers song Just a melody on the radio fills your body and your soul Takes your spirit and then it lets it go and it’s all in a song on the radio The words that float into your ear They’re echoes and memories of times you once held dear Shadows of past pictures that last and they’re heard in the words on the radio Just a melody that fills the air talks of love that once was shared A howling moon someplace you know and it’s all in a song on the radio Just a story told in a rhyming line and it speaks the truth of a place in time And it’s sung by a voice that you're sure you know and it’s heard in a song on the radio Just a melody on the radio fills your body and your soul Takes your spirit and then it lets it go and it’s all in a song on the radio Just a melody that fills the air talks of love that once was shared A howling moon it’s someplace you know and it’s all in a song on the radio And it’s sung by a voice you're sure you know and it’s heard in a song On the radio on the radio hooo on the radio hoo on the radio hooo

about

‘High Mileage Soul’, hit the airwaves December 2003. It was recorded by Scott Franchuk of Riverdale Recorders and produced by Morrison and Franchuk. Terry Morrison solicited the talents of some of Edmonton’s best musicians on this recording including; Chris Smith (guitar), John Gorham (bass and vocals), and Paul ‘Duke’ Paetz (drums and vocals). The CD includes appearances by Thom Golub (upright bass), Maria Dunn (accordion), Bob Tildsley (trumpet), Kevin Cook (guitar), Gary Bowman (piano), Mark Ladouceur (bouzouki) and Lance ‘Uncle Thirsty’ Loree (pedal steel).

'High Mileage Soul' is a great collection of 13 original songs with subjects ranging from life as a traveling musician in the title cut ‘High Mileage Soul’, to the plight of a farmer in times of drought in ‘Long Dusty Road’ and the introspective jazzy strains of ‘Sweet Sanctuary’. There is a lot here to choose from and fans of Morrison’s song writing will not be disappointed.

“Morrison’s gift for painting aural pictures gives way to an aching intensity at points.... ‘High Mileage Soul’ is the best testament yet that Morrison’s acute musical observations should be heard.”

Roger Levesque Edmonton Journal.

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released December 7, 2003

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Terry Morrison Nanton, Alberta

Alberta Metis Singer/Songwriter Terry Morrison is a long time member of the Canadian musical community. An accomplished guitar player, Morrison's unique sense of melody and phrasing create her own inimitable brand of contemporary roots music. Delivered in a rich sensual voice, her songs reflect a compassionate and innate intelligence.

Terry has 6 CD’s of original music to her credit . ... more

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