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• Footpath
• and we laid those stones, one by one
  it was our work, but now the work is all done
  and looking back on where life’s sun shone
  it’s just a long walk to get us home
  
  cut the footpath across the ridges – quarry stone to build the bridges
  lay the stairs one on top of the other – on a footpath you travel farther
  
  how it happened, i cannot say
  i made the road and the road led me on that way
  out of the shade from the lazy tree
  i can’t stay there, can’t be there – how could i be ?
  
  cut the footpath across the ridges – quarry stone to build the bridges
  lay the stairs one on top of the other – on a footpath you travel farther
  
  each of us walking uncertain ground
  with something simple to learn and something profound
  hardly hoping our course is clear
  ‘you’re a pioneer on a new frontier’
  
  hold steady, hold true – one step at a time will do
  out of the shade from the lazy tree
  i can’t be there, can’t stay – how could i be ?
  hold steady, hold true – one step at a time will do
  it could lead to the baking sun
  but you can’t stop now your path has begun
  
  and we laid those stones, one by one
  it was our work, but now the work is all done
  and looking back on where life’s sun shone
  it’s just a long walk to get us home
  
  cut the footpath across the ridges – quarry stone to build the bridges
  lay the stairs one on top of the other – on a footpath you travel farther
  
  each of us walking uncertain ground
  with something simple to learn and something profound
  hardly hoping our course is clear
  ‘you’re a pioneer on a new frontier’
  
  hold steady, hold true one step at a time will do
  it could lead to the baking sun
  but you can’t stop now, your path has begun

• Rohr/Sparling ⒸJicama Salad Co.

• credits

• • gm: dog bass guitar, backing vocals
  • sp: drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • mr: electric 6 and 12 string and acoustic guitars, synth
  • ks: vocals, keyboards
  with
  • gunnar and peter madsen : backing vocals
  
  thank you bob thackera

• Spooky New Line
• the damage is done, and i don't know what it means
  you claimed revenge, you let the blood fall
  
  i can't help but to wonder what you're thinking
  i don't remember how to read your mind
  but i see some danger in that reasoning
  this change of heart comes like a spooky new line
  
  this eye for eye may never end
  let it go by - there's no revenge
  
  i know how you felt, but i can't believe my eyes
  you prove yourself a fool

  you let the blood fall
  
  it might help if you told me what you're thinking

  i don't remember how to read your mind
  but i see some danger in that reasoning
  this change of heart comes like a spooky new line
  
  this eye for eye may never end
  let it go by - there's no revenge
  
  you put your faith in passion
  you think your hands are clean

  but this new direction, tell me,
  
what does it mean ?
  
  it might help if you told me what you're thinking
  i don't remember how to read your mind
  but i see some danger in that reasoning
  this change of heart comes like a spooky new line
  
  we used to have a way of looking at the hardship
  
life was a treasure everyone could find
  now you go to choose, and you throw it all away
  this change of heart comes like a spooky new line
  
  this eye for eye may never end
  
let it go by - there's no revenge
  
  only you know

• Rohr/Sparling   ⒸJicama Salad Co.

• credits

• • gm: fretless bass, backing vocals

  • sp: drums, percussion

  • mr: acoustic and electric guitars, drill

  • ks: vocals, keyboards, demons

• From the Ashes
• what's your hidden heart desire ?

  now are you fooling yourself ?
  if you wait will it all work out worthwhile ?
  
it could take a little while
  
  true pain is not hard to find
  
and i see you've been there too
  
what you gain is what you give in kind
  
it all comes back to you
  
  what began as the story of a broken man gives hope
  
hopeful

  who had lost everything but what he always had goes deeper
  
it goes deeper

  every one of us a phoenix when we land but we learn
  
from the ashes we will learn
  
  straight from the fire

  on up to the sky

  once your hidden heart desires

  once again you'll fly
  
  but real joy, it can take some time

  and i see you've been there too
  
you employ what you hope to find

  and it all comes back to you
  
  what began as the story of a broken man gives hope
  
hopeful

  who had lost everything but what he always had goes deeper
  
it goes deeper

  every one of us a phoenix when we land but we learn
  
from the ashes we...
  
  don't say you don't seek it

  a hard day might be good for you

  up in flames - you can't keep it
  
be reborn - you could be something new
  
  what began as the story of a broken man gives hope
  
hopeful

  who had lost everything but what he always had goes deeper

  that goes deeper

  true pain we've all had - take part, be hopeful
  
real joy will make you truly glad
  
drink deep, drink deeper

• Rohr/Sparling   ⒸJicama Salad Co.

• credits

• • gm: bass guitar

  • sp: drums, percussion, backing vocals

  • mr: acoustic and electric guitars, percussion

  • ks: vocals, keyboards, delay loops
    with

  • gwendolyn albert : backing vocals

• Making History
• all this emotion - i feel so misled
  
without real devotion maybe god is dead

  and the world is spinning unprotected
  
  but here we stand
  on the edge of something bigger than a mystery
  we're on the borderland of a family
  making history
  
  you will grow, i'll grow too / we're still together
  i can't leave you, ever be true / we're still together
  
  i'm cold in the daylight - i'll be cold in the ground
  and it was cold out last night until you put your arm around
  said it all without a sound
  
  but here we stand
  on the edge of something bigger than a mystery
  we're on the borderland of a family
  making history
  
  you will grow, i'll grow too / we're still together
  i can't leave you, ever be true / we're still together
  
  if you feel it let me know
  but it's obvious to me we're making history
  
  deep at the heart of the family tree / passed on when you met me
  mother to son, father to daughter / know that you can pass on what you know
  what you know / and the children tomorrow will lay a foundation down
  
  and here we stand
  at the foot of something bigger than a mystery
  we're on the borderland of a family
  making history
  
  you will grow, i'll grow too / we're still together
  i can't leave you, ever be true / we're still together
  i don't know what we'll go through but / we're still together
  i can't leave you, i'll ever be true / we're still together
  
  if you feel it let me know
  but it's obvious to me we're making history

• Rohr/Sparling   ⒸJicama Salad Co.

• credits

• • gm: fretless bass

  • sp: drums and percussion

  • mr: acoustic and electric guitars
  
• ks: vocals, keyboards

• I Give In
• sitting next to you now, both of us crying
  i don't want you to go - you asked me how i feel
  when you walk to the world it could be so terrifying
  but you can do what you will - today i learn to yield
  
  like slipping into a dream
  
  all part of a yielding nature i back down , i give in
  just a shadow that we both want to capture i back down , i give in
  when i think of it it doesn't really matter back down , i give in
  all part of a yielding nature i back down , i give in
  
  with my hands on the wheel, i was feeling defeated
  and the pain that i felt was only there to show me
  though i knew what i did, i didn't do what i needed
  holding on when i knew i should only let it go
  
  never let me forget where i have been
  
  all part of a yielding nature i back down i give in
  just a shadow that we both want to capture i back down i give in
  when i think of it it doesn't really matter back down i give in
  all part of a yielding nature i back down i give in
  
  i give in to a feeling of confidence
  i give in to a feeling of love
  backing down from aggression and violence
  i give in to a feeling of love
  like slipping into a dream - i'm slipping into a dream
  
  all around me to the horizon
  i'm surrounded by diamonds i can't see, i can't see
  all around me to the horizon
  i'm surrounded by diamonds i cannot see
  but i close my eyes and it's all coming to me
  
  at the heart of a yielding nature i back down i give in
  just a diamond that we both want to capture i back down i give in
  and when i think of it it doesn't really matter back down i give in
  at the heart of a yielding nature i back down i give in
  
  i give in

• Rohr/Sparling   ⒸJicama Salad Co.

• credits

• • gm: fretless bass, backing vocals
  • sp: drums, percussion, backing vocals
  • mr: electric and acoustic guitars
  • ks: vocals, keyboards, marimba
    with

  • stephen duffy : backing vocals

• Simple Gets Wise
• walk with me a minute - there's something i should tell you
  i'm a new man now my friend, i woke up, i got wise
  man, you were right, though i never thought i'd say it
  let there be light, i think i've finally learned
  
  it's been a long time, and we've both been afraid
  and we don't know why
  but have we gone blind ? drain all the colour from our eyes
  
  now history's pretty cruel, it shows a lot of hatred and brutality
  but i'd have to be anybody's fool if i didn't look around and make a change
  and that's not so strange
  
  it's been a long time, and we've both been afraid
  and we don't know why
  but have we gone blind ? drain all the colour from our eyes
  it's been a long time, and we've both been afraid
  for what good that does
  and the colour-line isn't what it was, or what we thought it was
  
  i thought we still had a little love
  it was somewhere far away, all alone
  but now i've seen a change, it's in my hands, it's been shown
  and that lie is not my own
  
  yea, i used to play it pretty cool, hoping i could hide my insecurity
  but you don't have anybody fooled
  when you never look around and make a change
  
  it's been a long time, and we've both been afraid
  and we don't know why
  but have we gone blind ? drain all the colour from our eyes
  been only marking time, where we've all been afraid, and the blood runs thin
  in the waiting line we're only looking for the courage to begin
  
  well it won't happen next time
  i woke up, i got wise

• Rohr/Sparling   ⒸJicama Salad Co.

• credits

• • gm: bass guitar

  • sp: drums, percussion

  • mr: acoustic and electric guitars
  
• ks: vocals, keyboards, percussion, devices

    with
  
• marquinho brasil : muringas, congas, bongos, shaker, triangle

  thank you langston hughes

• Flare
• all i need i know - this is how you win me
  a candle burning low to show me what you've found
  
  i can't sing it, now the moment's gone
  was i played out? you said 'carry on, carry on'
  
  flare - while breath is in me
  flare - the embers to a blaze
  you give me air, and your breath is in me now
  darkling and brighter as we come up for air
  
  all i am i show
  if you're there to see me when i'm in Jericho
  or when i've come around
  up and indigo
  we were made to share it
  a candle burning low
  will show me what you've found
  
  can't conceal it - showing how i feel
  all my confusion you say 'this is real, this is real'
  
  flare - while breath is in me
  flare - the embers to a blaze
  you give me air, and your breath is in me now
  darkling and brighter as we come up for air
  
  we'll take the moment when we both make the time
  to the four winds - but the spark is mine
  
  flare - while breath is in me
  flare - the embers to a blaze
  you give me air, and your breath is in me now
  flare - while breath is in me
  flare - the embers to a blaze
  you give me air, and your breath is in me now
  flare - while breath is in me
  flare - the embers to a blaze
  you give me air, and your breath is in me now
  darkling and brighter as we come up for air

• Rohr/Sparling   ⒸJicama Salad Co.

• credits

• • paul logan: bass guitar

  • sp: drums, percussion

  • mr: electric guitars

  • ks: vocals, keyboards, percussion, devices

  thank you keri hulme, again

  "papatuanuku e tu!"

• She’s a Witness
• angry people disappear - i guess you'll never know
  now she's cloudy, now she's clear
  i guess it's got to show
  
  this life that you see is lived anything but recklessly
  her guide, so deep inside
  
  stop. she doesn't know, know what it needs
  but she didn't come this far to be
  knocked back down on her knees
  cry to control when the feeling will overflow
  
  he won't listen, he won't hear
  he can't let her go
  to see her change is his biggest fear
  and she told him so :
  
  'this shell that you see, well it only makes up half of me
  offshore there's so much more'
  
  stop. she doesn't know, know what it needs
  but she didn't come this far to be
  knocked back down on her knees
  cry to control when the feeling will overflow
  not that she doesn't know, know what it needs
  but she didn't come this far to be
  knocked back down on her knees
  cry to control when the feeling will overflow, it'll overflow
  
  something's happened, because now he can...
  yes, he's a different man!
  
  this time they both see that it's anything but secrecy
  and it feels strange but we all will change
  
  stop. she doesn't know, know what it needs
  but she didn't come this far to be
  knocked back down on her knees
  try to control when the feeling well overflows
  
  i'll see a slow change in you
  and you'll see it in me too

• Rohr/Sparling   ⒸJicama Salad Co.

• credits

• • gm: bass guitar, backing vocals
  • sp: drums, percussion
  • mr: electric guitars, backing vocals
  • ks: vocals, keyboards
    with

  • bill ford : steel drums

  'a sea change' by ernest hemingway

• Remember Yourself
• i don't know my limits
  but this time you've gone too far
  you put me back down in it
  but i won't give up my life for you, not that easily
  now i think i'm finished, i say the work is through
  and all respect diminished
  i've nothing left to learn this way
  and no need to stay
  
  do you work for understanding
  or do you crawl for wealth ?
  wait on your next instructions ?
  but do you remember yourself ?
  
  i know how to be forgotten when i'm blown by the working wind
  hand over hand back up the ladder
  the goal is gone, the goal is gone
  hand over hand back up the ladder
  the goal is gone, the goal is gone
  
  friends and i in prison - too scared to make a sound
  no sooner have we risen than we're back down, backed down
  something blocks my vision
  with my hands bound i may never be found
  
  do you work for understanding
  or do you crawl for wealth ?
  wait on your next instructions ?
  but do you remember yourself ?
  
  i know how to be forgotten when i'm blown by the working wind
  hand over hand back up the ladder
  the goal is gone, the goal is gone
  hand over hand back up the ladder
  the goal is gone, the goal is gone
  
  i'm just describing the condition - this is no nightmare plan
  do we all bow down in submission to the money-gods
  in this land ?
  
  but i know how to be forgotten when i'm blow by the working wind
  hand over hand back up the ladder
  the goal is gone, the goal is gone
  and they said we were both mistaken
  for thinking time was our only friend
  but i won't let you down when i'm right there
  until the bitter end
  until the bitter end

• Rohr/Sparling   ⒸJicama Salad Co.

• credits

• • gm: bass guitar and fretless bass, backing vocals
  
• sp: drums, percussion, backing vocals

  • mr: electric guitars, backing vocals
  
• ks: vocals, keyboards, drumbox

• All the Shadow
• this motivation is a mystery to me
  light before the dawn
  i'm out to see what i can see
  pray for a miracle before too long
  
  i'm up in time for trouble
  i saw the sun break the morning sky
  to roll in through my window
  birds on my wall say 'he's long gone now
  outside, seeing double'
  sure that i'll fail but bound to try
  remember all the shadow
  
  that constellation unknown to me
  those stars they linger on
  i'm out to see what i can see
  i'll keep my eyes open
  i'll get my miracle before too long
  
  i'm up in time for trouble
  i saw the sun break the morning sky
  to roll in through my window
  birds on my wall say 'he's long gone now
  he's outside, he's seeing double'
  sure that i'll fail but bound to try
  to remember all the shadow
  when the sun is up - and it's long gone now (light out i remember...)
  remember all the shadow
  in the sun

• Rohr/Sparling   ⒸJicama Salad Co.

• credits

• • gm: acoustolectric bass
  • sp: tiki shaker and cymbals
  • mr: acoustic and electric guitars, drumbox
  • ks: vocals, one synth note
    with

  • douglas wade : backing vocals