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I Know a Free One
02:57
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King of the road
King of the road
Stay
Free on the go
Free for the full day
Freedom to roam
Freedom the whole way
Keep livin' off that land
Livin' looks so right
I know a free one
I know a free one
Yes
Blessed just to see one
Maybe I’ll be one
Next
Dressed like a heathen
Set for the season
Debt level even
Profits from pluckin’ the leaf
Under the seats
Fuel for the wheels
Food for the beasts
Like dogs in a field with time to chase
Like you on a cliff I want my space
I’ve stayed for love
I’ve played it safe
When I feel stuck I see your face
You unstuck and found your place
Sittin' outside for the nature scene, guitar
Sittin' on your lap under painted on stars
Sittin' here at home while I groan for a way to be
Sittin' there alone do you ever feel far
Cali to Smith Rock
Vegas to pit stop
Slide through
Slippin’ the pit boss
If he gets pissed off
Duck and move
Makin' plays
You got ways
Stayin' paid
Raisin' stakes
Chips to rake
Hey hit'em you can get'em when the count's high
Spend next month livin' outside
Ain't about money it's about time
Say it ain't easy but it sounds fine
No chains no locks
No ring no watch
No things no box
Cold springs and no socks
Wake up and pull rocks
You pull hard
Feel like God when you top it
I'm on the ground, thoughts of God
Lots to say on the topic
I should talk less, climb more
Need to fall on my face
More projects more process
More progress more grace
You got grace
Hustle and grace
Grace grace
Hustle and hustle and grace
King of the road
King of the road
Stay
Free on the go
Free for the full day
Freedom to roam
Freedom the whole way
Keep livin' off that land
Livin' looks so right
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Hey lil mama put your earbuds in
Put your cold feet on me
Take the heat from my skin
In the mornin’ when I’m slow, pretend
You’ve got some patience
Waitin' for the day to begin
Little jealous that you dream like that
Little jealous you can sing like that
Lately I’ve been havin’ dreams so wack
So basic
Time wasted
I hate that
But you’d listen to um any day
Know my repetitions let me rep um anyway
We love wakin’ with some give and take
Summer's at an end
It’s a bummer, understand
We can eek it out through the winter
When it's difícil
You in Spanish
Me spinnin' on my hamster wheel
Teach me how to say "this shit is real"
When we get time away from that we’ll have to take a trip to deal, buddy
Every time we trip say, “lover, you’re my friend”
Lover, you’re my friend
Lover, you’re my friend
Stay with me
Lay your head
Stay with me
Stay with me
Lay your head
Stay with me
Ay
I don't wanna talk about tomorrow or your age
For the rest of the summer
For the rest of our days
I dont wanna rush ya
You won’t rush to change your ways
I trust as much as love ya
And that's all that I should say
Just us two
Slow pace
Makin' somethin’ new
It’s fun to do
Just us two
Some place
Where we ain’t gotta fake it
Tell me where u wanna take it
My friend
My love
My friend
My love
Where you wanna take it
My friend
My love
Feel like were gunna make it
Uh huh
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3. |
Bloom/Unglue
03:10
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Are you lost, are you sick, or just wild?
Yeah, yeah know me
I thought about this for awhile
Usually, we’d talk about this for awhile
We’d get caught up on a night like this, type of nights I miss
Fallin off, takin space from love
You get firelight in your face from love
I was by your fireside in your place I loved
How we thought about it and let the thing be known
It's our own thing, jigsawed right its a tricky system
Switched on gives off light, nifty rhythm
Switched off, still holds tight
You're holdin’ all your thoughts
Like you’re budgetin’ your money
You
Come unglued
Like somethin' in bloom
Our roots are interlocked
Not just when it's sunny
Sittin' in awe of you chaotic
Livin' at mach 2, I stay cautious
Of the speed of your wind, your storm comin’ tall
Hold my tent with the stakes
Fear my home’s gunna fall
Part of me takes off that made promises
Part of me plays rock, stays cognizant
You’re startin' to shake from your bones to the walls
Hear your voice when it breaks
Hide my phone when you call
Time to choose, let’s face it
Ride, die, move, its all based
In a family thing, family thing
So thick, like blood with your sisters, say
You
Come unglued
Like somethin in bloom
Our roots are interlocked
Not just when it’s sunny
No you never sit or get tired
The fire lives in your hands
You can fry up a circuit
Or make it trip where you stand
Got us all in your circus
Got lions in love
Is your show for a purpose?
Are the lions enough?
Hey, ride your wave
Your way is violent grace
Impatient style and pace
I’ll take my space
And wait there
I’ll take my space
And wait there
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4. |
Ode to a Tremblin' Man
03:54
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Memories of a tremblin’ man
Eyes wide with the book in his hand
Memories of a tremblin’ man
I see him shake with the sentiment
I wanna say hi
So hi
It’s clear that you won’t say hey
Didn’t say why
So why
Couldn’t you leave without pulling away?
Was it cuz I put you on a pedestal?
Was it cuz I reached like i needed a save?
Now tell me, did you feel uncredible?
Or just see youth in the thick of a phase?
Man I tell ya, I never saw a one like you
Lookin’ at life like a child might do
Gettin thrilled at the sight, so filled with the light,
Still willing to fight for the right to build the whole world new
I found you in the news
I spent time just searchin’ your name
It’s true, it’s true
Said you caught a charge when the protest flamed
Said they went to Crown Heights
Searchin your room, fulla books they never read
Hopin’ they could find some proof
Just to turn those screws
Hang a crime on a good man’s head, good God
Do you still find, still find
A little bit of hope? Don’t stop, stay bright
Do you still like, still like
A little bit of smoke, slow walk, late night?
So faraway, to me still the realest
So faraway, you’d make a smart tattoo
Faraway, while you battle with the villains
I’m in Iowa, but I should fight like you
You’d speak of the sea
Speak of the snow
Like you’d talk about God
Who it seemed you could know
And I’d follow, you’d say
“To wander’s the Way”
I’m still in town tryna grow up and deal
You’ve been on the ground puttin’ shoulder to wheel
Yeah Wide awake
In the field
Had to fight
Actively
Didn’t need
Acolytes
Up front where the tide might turn or fall
You’re firm, resolved
And in front of the judge with your hands cuffed up
You looked 10 foot tall
I found you in the news
I spent time just searchin’ your name
It’s true, it’s true
Said you caught a charge when the protest flamed
Said they went to Crown Heights
Searchin your room fulla books they never read
Hopin’ they could find some proof
Just to turn those screws
Hang a crime on a good man’s head, good god
Do you still find, still find
A little bit of hope? Don’t stop, stay bright
Do you still like, still like
A little bit of smoke, slow walk, late night?
So faraway, to me still the realest
So faraway, you’d make a smart tattoo
Faraway, while you battle with the villains
I’m in Iowa, but I should fight like you
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5. |
Take Me Home
03:40
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Will my patience fold?
I’ve been waitin for ya
Days are slow
(slow, slow)
I’m stuck in my ways
Tucked in my place
Duckin’ these waves
They push and they pull
(They pull, they pull)
Oh, when I that trip
I wont waste that shit
Every taste I get is a feast
It makes me glow
(Glow, glow)
Yeah i want the lightenin’
Why you gotta hide it?
You know I seek excitement
You wait until it’s quiet
Then take ahold
(hold, hold)
Do I gotta beg
Should I beg?
Do I beg?
Or just wait for you to take me home?
Why you gotta be so strange
Vague with your language?
You say it’s a game but still dangerous
All this space that you take up
Still I can't approach you
The one that I’m missin’s
The one that I go to
Cry like new life
I lose sight
That’s true, try
I do want you when I wake up
The light in my hallway
You crept in my dreamin’
Then left just like always
Life’s dyed blue
Till you return again
Turn me like a dervish spins
I give my word again
Turn me like a dervish spins
I search I learn I bend
I work I earn I spend
Can I earn ya
Or do I gotta beg?
Should I beg?
Do I beg?
Or just wait for you to take me home?
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Jim Swim Iowa City, Iowa
Artist/producer Jim Swim crafts wavy and warm music that snaps and has substance. Swim's songs unwind like good conversation, moving from the everyday to the abstract, the personal to the universal, with honest ease. His infectious beats, unique flow, and lyrical insight reward repeated listens and have won him a loyal following that continues to grow. ... more
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