I Hope I Hope

If I wasn't all you wanted
If I wasn't even close
Only hope that I made you smile
Maybe more than once in a while

If you never felt the blessing
If you only made it through
I only hope that I made you smile
Maybe more than once in a while

If we sleep right through the ending
If we slowly fade away
I'll only hope I went that extra mile
Maybe more than once in a while

I only hope that i made you smile
maybe more than once in a while
maybe more than once in a while

Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson -  Once In Awhile

Someday

I was born by a river, but it was paved with cement
Yeah I was born by a river, but it was paved with cement
Still I stand out in that old dry river, and wish that I was soaking wet

Someday it’s gonna rain, someday it’s gonna pour
Someday this old dry river, it well, won’t be dry anymore

I played in the orange groves, ’til they bulldozed the trees
I played in the orange groves, ’til they bulldozed down all the trees
Now I stand out in those dead stumps, and I smell the blossoms on the leaves

Someday it’s gonna rain, someday it’s gonna pour
Someday those old dead trees, won’t be dead anymore

I fell in love with a woman, but she did not love me
Well, I fell in love with you baby, but you did not love me
Now I’m as dry as that old river, and I’m as dead as those old trees

Someday it’s gonna rain, someday it’s gonna pour
Someday this old heart of mine’s gonna fall in love once more

Someday it’s gonna rain, someday it’s gonna pour
Someday this old dry river, it won’t be dry anymore

Dave Alvin - Dry River

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Rise and shine from the bed 

Let the coffee clear the cobwebs from my head 

Kiss my wife and wake the children down the hall 

Can't help thinking it's amazing
That I'm even here at all

Every step's a miracle and every breath's a gift 

So I wear a smile and grateful prayer upon my lips 

Tomorrow is a mystery, so I believe I'll take 

A couple hundred miracles today

If I wait for sign 

There's a risk of missing out on what is mine 

So my feet keep steady rhythm on the ground 

There's no wrong way, there's no right way
There's just one more time around

Every step's a miracle and every breath's a gift 

So I wear a smile and grateful prayer upon my lips
Tomorrow's just a mystery, so I believe I'll take 

A couple hundred miracles today

Every step's a miracle and every breath's a gift 

So I wear a smile and grateful prayer upon my lips
Tomorrow's still a mystery, so I believe I'll take 

A couple thousand miracles today 

Every step's a miracle, so I believe I'll take 

A couple thousand miracles today'

A COUPLE HUNDRED MIRACLES (Will Kimbrough/Irene Kelley)

I'm Trying

I try to travel around with less and less
Tried them all and the simple way is the way that's best
I save a lot of time not havin' to choose
What color shirt I wear or which pair of shoes

I don't need the guitar to sing my song
Wherever I land, I'll always get along

I've been up and down the road a time or two I guess
Now I try and travel around with less and less

I had a woman once, she was not my wife
I took a long detour on the road of life
I carried that weight and almost broke my back
I nearly lost the ones I loved getting' back on track

Wasted lots of time and I still feel the pain
Made a vow that I won't go through that again

I've been up and down the road a time or two I guess
Now I try to travel around with less and less

Coffee in the mornin', a little wine at night
A meal somewhere in the middle I think I'll be alright
I've got my pride, I got a smile to greet the day
I got a friend or two to help me through when I lose my way

Don't need the guitar to sing my song
Wherever I land, I'll always get along

I've been up and down the road a time or two I guess
Now it's time to travel around with less and less
I've been up and down the road a time or two I guess
Now I try to travel around with less and less

Tim O'Brien  Less & Less

Betwixt And Between

Someday my baby, when I am a man,
and others have taught me
the best that they can
they'll sell me a suit
they’ll cut off my hair
and send me to work in tall buildings

So it's goodbye to the sunshine
goodbye to the dew
goodbye to the flowers
and goodbye to you
I'm off to the subway
I must not be late
I’m going to work in tall buildings

When I’m retired
My life is my own
I made all the payments
it's time to go home
and wonder what happened
betwixt and between
when I went to work in tall buildings

So it's goodbye to the sunshine
goodbye to the dew
goodbye to the flowers
and goodbye to you
I'm off to the subway
I must not be late
I’m going to work in tall buildings

So it's goodbye to the sunshine
goodbye to the dew
goodbye to the flowers
and goodbye to you
I'm off to the subway
I must not be late
I’m going to work in tall buildings

John Hartford  In Tall Buildings