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How Can You Know

from Unified Folk Theory by The Giving Tree Band

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As they ran me out of Illinois, I headed for the west
Hoping I could find a place where the sun would lay to rest
Along the way so many things would make me lose my breath
But I pressed on to find a better way

Oh how can you know
I wanna go where the wind’s gonna blow

We stopped along this roadside joint and I was at my best
I ordered me a plate fries but it didn’t past the test
The waitress there she smiled at me and I could have stayed there my whole life
But I was gone before the mountain night

Looking through the needle’s eye when someone robbed us blind
I wondered how another man could do things so unkind
An experience like that in life might make you sing the blues
But I was happy I had nothing left to lose

All my life been waiting for a change
The wind’s gonna blow my blues away
And I’m gonna sit on the dock of the bay
Just waiting for a change

We sat back down to have a drink as the wind picked up some dust
Could have made my home right there but my heart craved wanderlust
In the gypsy’s way we packed our things and made that place my dream
And I was gone as quick as I came in

Flowing with the Russian River and headed for the coast
With beauty such as this in life I really had to boast
It seems to me there’s proof right here that God exists on Earth
Tomorrow we’ll be in my place of birth

Falling out of Covelo and I thought I’d left for dead
The only thing I ask of you is a pillow for my head
Time’s running short or running long and I gotta get some rest
For I’ll be gone before the morning air

Swimming with the ocean tide with dolphins by my side
I felt something stinging me but it was just my foolish pride
And never had I seen the sea ‘til I saw it through your eyes
I’ll meet you on the beach of butterflies

Cutting back through Reno and the desert sun was hot
Searching only for true freedom but I asked myself a lot
How can it be the more I want the less I seem to gain
The less I have the more I understand

Broken down and busted flat with nothing else to prove
Ten miles just outside North Platte and we got those railroad blues
The rodeo might keep us here but luck will have it all
And we’ll push on at least ‘til Omaha

Staring at those glacier peaks it made me feel small
I realized what I thought was big was really nothing at all
With arms stretched out I hugged the Earth and gently kissed the sky
Knowing I would see it by and by

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from Unified Folk Theory, released December 4, 2007
Written by E. Fink

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"A traveling band must be able to channel their hometown and aura into a space. It's sometimes difficult to conjure the backroads and nature so often sung about in Americana music. The Giving Tree Band has mastered this quintessential aspect of performing live. They are able to accomplish what great writers have long proven..." Appoet.org ... more

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