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Raggedy

by Cactus Bob

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    Delve into the acoustic electronica world of Raggedy Edge's Bob Farley in this 12-song CD that explores the meaning of life sifted through the six strings of various guitars, seasoned lightly with musical loops and effects. Surprises, comfort, upbeat, laid-back, simple, complex, always changing, going for a bright happiness in the midst of shades brand new rainbows. Something to think about. Join the journey!

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1.
Night time in Waikiki Star shine on a crystal sea Music floating on the breeze High tide on a full moon swell Mai Tais in a beach hotel Listen to stories sailors tell CHORUS Swirling clouds between the stars Flickering lights from distant fires Slide my boat out on a windswept sea Sail it home to Waikiki Sail it home to Waikiki Sail it home (last time 3x Home to Waikiki Dreamin' I'm in Waikiki Living in another century Spirits calling out to me Running in a fingernail moon night Stars are my guiding light Wish I may, I wish I might CHORUS Waking up in Waikiki Sun where the stars should be Waves like mountains over me Skyscrapers line the beach Out of touch, out of reach With this spirit we must speak CHORUS
2.
VERSE 1 I want to help you get that garden looking good Only take a couple of days Let me move some furniture around your house And keep some of what you give away And if it's gonna hurt when we say good-bye Well that's a small price to pay We can't win in the game of life if we never make a play CHORUS: We gotta play the game, We gotta play the game To win or lose, to win or lose RAP 1. I have a great time being with you, Doing things I never thought I'd do Running with you on the raggedy edge Riding shotgun on a rocket sled Sliding through the doors of eternity Slipping on the floors of a fantasy Keep on flapping those angel wings Flying on the broken-hearted songs we sing Don't want to know about rules we break Or sacrifice a queen for the bishop's sake Does it really matter when it’s said and done How seriously we take our fun VERSE 2 Reaching past our limit Moving just a little too fast Never would have jumped in it If I didn’t think it would last What if we can turn the future Into a present from the past We’ll never know for sure But I’ve heard it doesn’t hurt to ask CHORUS RAP 2: Do we know better promises to keep Or wait'll after we've had a good night's sleep Wear what feels good or the fashion Do what we're told or give in to passion Wrong or right good or bad, do we throw Our thoughts out now or do we do-si-do Around the reality that we envision While we watch a movie on the television Does it ever make sense, does it ever get real Do we have to sanctify everything that we feel Take apart and study every word that we said Don’t let anybody stop your moving ahead CHORUS CODA: Wanna help you get that garden looking good, it'll only take a couple of days
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instrumental
4.
CHORUS Yours is the way I love Yours is the way in truth Yours is the way to life When I am with You So, I always come home to You I always come home to You I always come home to You Where there is love VERSE 1 It’s not always easy to stay on the path Keep my eyes forward and never look back I hold to the promises that You have given to me CHORUS INSTRUMENTAL BREAK VERSE 2 Better is one day just being with You Than hundreds of days blindly wandering through What this world offers, so I'll always  come home to You CHORUS OUTRO: I always come home to You I always come home to You I always come home to You
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VERSE 1 I got to know how you feel I got to know what you want I got to see what you've been through All that you will and you won’t I got to know how to feel everything that you need And the way that it turns on the things that you do ...I got to be with you VERSE 2 How many times did I say I love you with all of my heart How many promises did we make How many dreams fell apart I got to know how to feel everything that you need And the way that it turns on the things that you do ...I got to be with you BRIDGE I got to be with you When you were happy, when you were blue I got to hold your hand, started to understand To add two and two I got to see you stay Was there when you went away And all I knew ...Was I got to be with you VERSE 3 I got to take you home I got to ride with you Everywhere you'd roam and every place You'd wander through Every room and every hallway I got to know What you'd never and always do ...I got to be with you
6.
Senses 04:40
Now that we've dropped our defenses All our senses have their way Everybody's liking our chances We just take it day by day Now that I've come to my senses Should I be on my way? Before you break my defenses Before I beg you to stay Does it make any sense to wanna stay together? Does it make any sense to wanna live forever? Now that you've come to your senses Are you gonna be on your way? Before I break your defenses Before you beg me to stay Does it make any sense to wanna be forgiven? Does it make any sense to wanna keep on leavin'? Is it you or is it me, is it her or is it him? Will our chances be pinned on our senses or riding on the wind? Now that we've come to our senses Looking at the price that we pay Was it all for love or pretenses? Or something for a rainy day? Does it make any sense to wanna stay together? Does it make any sense to wanna live forever? Does it make any sense to wanna be forgiven? Does it make any sense to wanna keep on leavin'? Now that we've dropped our defenses All our senses have their way Everybody's liking our chances We just take it day by day
7.
Verse 1 Back home on the farm where I grew up Our lives weren’t charmed but they weren’t that rough When the dew dried my brothers and I’d go out and play As often as not, we’d stay outside all day Chorus [(1)And (2) But (3) But] it never occurred to me as a kid sitting in a tree That to be all I could be was anything but possible We could always dream watching a sunshine beam Or go fish in a stream That was good as gospel, Yeh, anything was possible Verse 3 And when school bells rang, I remember that And all the first best friends I ever had Long bus rides, lunch lines, and sweet recess Might have got paddled a couple of times, I guess Repeat Chorus Bridge: Verse 3 We could fly away, we could reach the stars Lying on our backs in the green grass in the yard Days could last forever, tomorrow was a mystery (Clouds turned into rocket ships to fly us through the galaxies) And the hills rolled on as far as we could see Repeat Chorus
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CHORUS Maybe I got one more card to play May be time to call it a day Maybe I got one more tear to cry Maybe use up one more alibi Maybe one more guilty pleasure VERSE Oh I want to hold you in my arms Take a walk down by the seashore Because I know what’s on your mind And my heart just wants to be sure PRECHORUS What if it's not you? What if all this time Is good but it won't do? Is it all just in my mind? REPEAT CHORUS I feel you melting in my arms Holding on so tight to me I see the sadness in your eyes When mine can't hide the mystery REPEAT PRECHORUS REPEAT CHORUS
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Spidered Web 04:35
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10.
Full moon glides along the ridge of mountains Brush away the cobwebs and the dust Waxing, waning, wandering as it’s counting Measuring the moments left to rust chorus: Dreams fly by like sparks from burning embers Painting darkness in a ghostly light Start the new day yearning to remember Pictures from the stories of the night Clouds collecting, skies may soon be storming Waves pile up and crash along the shore In the mist a vision slowly forming Flashes like the lightning through the door chorus bridge: In my dreams we’re flying through the moonlight New horizons constantly appear Making wishes on the starlight star bright If this is dreaming, I want to stay here Maybe I should take some notes So when I wake up I’ll still recall those Pictures from the stories of the night (Hidden in the stories of the night) Heartbeats quicken, slowly wakes the morning Sunlight comes in tumbling through the blinds Coffee's steaming, memories reforming Scenes from dreams come bouncing back to mind chorus
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Silly Things 03:59
PROLOGUE/EPILOGUE The universe is many little cages Full of dreams that seem so outrageous Till we make them true With silly things we do With silly things we do CHORUS Just grab hold of what is real Don’t let go see how it feels Hold on tight, make it last Dream the future and save the past CHORUS The universe is many little cages Full of dreams that seem so outrageous Till we do the work to make them true With all the little silly things we do CHORUS CHORUS Economy of motion is the dance of life Victory is the potion that'll make it right Everybody's crazy, everybody's lean Living on the edges of a dream CHORUS 2 Just grab hold of what is real Don’t let go see how it feels Hold on tight, make it last Dream the future and save the past PROLOGUE/EPILOGUE
12.
Happy Place 04:05
Dreams do come true, Anything that you want Can happen for you, If you really want to see it Go and open that door, Take a look outside and you can Find a whole lot more, If you try to see it you can CHORUS: Fly away to a happy place Sun shining on your face If you open your eyes, And you've been dreaming about Happy sunny skies, If you want to see them you can Go and open that door, Take a look inside and you can Dream a whole lot more, When you finally see it you can CHORUS Dreams do come true, Anything that you want Can happen for you, If you try hard to see it When I look in your eyes, I see questions about Who's and how's and why's, When you find the answers you can

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Folk rock, traditional pop rock, original songs and instrumentals in the style of Michael Buble, Jeff Beck, David Bowie, James Taylor. A little bit of gothic pop, throwback schmaltz, light electronica, and acoustic bombast. Relationship songs that feel the tension and hope of new love, unknown denouements, uncertainty, self-assurance in the midst of assurance. Laid-back, post-modern acoustic folk rock indie original singer-songwriter music. Part of a five-year musical study of how the past and future affect relationships of the present.

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released June 7, 2016

Bob Farley, all songs and instruments, except:
Always Come Home: Lynn Perdzock, backup vocals; Curtis Alley, co-writer

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Cactus Bob Tucson, Arizona

Bob saved a guitar from extinction when he learned to pick out tunes one string at a time at the age of 8. Now he is a BMI artist who continues to work solo and with his wife, Lynn, in the Americana duo Raggedy Edge.

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