Dry Bones Dancing

by Joshua Montoya & The Taxi Project

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released 26 January 2012

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Track Name: Nineveh
Take these eyes cause I don’t wanna see
past the lies
disease devoid of remedy I’ll find
if I let me see
so keep me blind
Take these lungs or double knot my tongue
I’d rather be stricken
than be told to speak up
to speak of
things still yet to come
Cast your lots or shuffle magic cards
you’re wasting your time
I’m the one the ocean wants
I’m the syndical one running way from Nineveh
so keep your ship and I’ll take a big fish
Back in line can I pantomime
if I find the words or they won’t come out right
I fear this that I’ll be misunderstood
If I must repeat myself
I don’t know if I could
There’s a part of me that swears that it’s
better at running than digging roots into the ground
There’s a part of me that swears that it’s
better and waiting on change than screaming out
There’s a part of me that swears that this
is nothing more than a lingering bad idea
But there’s a part of me that can’t forget
the voice that I’ve been given
Track Name: Dry Bones Dancing
I’ve been digging
my way up through the ground
cause I can’t quite remember
can’t remember the sound
of the pretty birds singing
singing so proud
by whom was I buried
did i bury myself
If faith is a burning star
than the day
light is what you are
there’s a way
that I do not yet know
of walking on water
‘stead of sinking like stones
there’s a fire that burns
somewhere inside me
and though I’m quick to forget all the love that I had
still you’re clinging to me tightly
if faith is a burning star
than the day
light is what you are
for darkness is only the absence of light till it shines
though death lay it’s claim to the love that remains
yet we will see dry bones dancing
if faith is a burning star
than the day
light is what you are
for darkness is only the absence of light till it shines
though death lay it’s claim to the love that remains
yet we will see dry bones dancing
Track Name: Last Straw Intro
This is the last straw
A line in the sand – line in the sand
We’re gonna stand tall
What if it all comes down – what if it all comes down
Track Name: The Last Straw
They said the world
was flat till they sailed around it
and pearls were only
white stones till some king ran out of gold
It’s been told
it’s truth if you convince yourself
but if so
when will the world flatten out
Let it not come down to this
Let it not come down to this
This is the last straw
A line in the sand that we’ll never cross
If we’re gonna stand tall
Than let us let our feet
touch the ground that we’re walking on
They said your soul
it could be confined to a moment
letting go
eternity’s grasp with the flash of a blinding glow
no one knows
if senses failed, what we’d feel
and it goes to show
outside of ourselves nothing’s real
Let it not come down to this
Let it not come down to this
This is the last straw
A line in the sand that we’ll never cross
If we’re gonna stand tall
Than let us let our feet
touch the ground that we’re walking on
Track Name: If I Could Fly
I’d like to think if I could fly
I’d leave my feet here on the ground
to taunt the sky
If only to remind it why it’s blue
It can’t have you
I’d like to think if I could breathe
underneath the water
still I’d stand up to my knees
If only for to teach the sea
It can’t have me
Though it’s prone to breaking
and a bitter love can leave such a scar
let there be no mistaking that
death or live cannot contain a heart
I’d like to think if men were trees
I’d be the ornery one
still clinging to my leaves
long after the wind had brought the snow
seasons change but baby I won’t go
I’d like to think if I could be
in four shoes at the same time
though I’d have two left feet
I’d dance and though the world may not condone
I’d laugh aloud cause I’d never dance alone
Though it’s prone to breaking
and a bitter love can leave such a scar
let there be no mistaking that
death or live cannot contain you
When you’re dancing in a field of grace
You never dance alone
Track Name: Five Four
What if sympathy and pain
never parted ways
could we unlearn the meaning of disdain
What if love and broken hearts
vowed to make new starts
could we redeem the ruin of yesterday
Cause we’ve all got two hand
too versed at spilling blood
if never too far gone is good than
don’t you go giving up
We’ve learned to use our words as walls
and build em up
not until the walls fall down can we stand
What if poverty and chains
loosened up their reigns
and crowns forgo their glory for a day
Do you think that’d be enough
to call the loud mans bluff
and tell a different story
We’ve all got two hand
too versed at spilling blood
if never too far gone is good than
don’t you go giving up
We’ve learned to use our words as walls
and build em up
not until the walls fall down can we stand
Track Name: Hey Preacher
Hey preacher
could you give me all the answers
I’ve grown tired of searching for
and doctor
just give me something I can swallow
and I’ll fallow marching orders like a pawn
singer of the songs
no one wants to hear a song
to which they can’t sing along
so sing for me a song
just like I’d sing for myself
too tired to open my mouth
No one wants to be the king
except to wear the golden rings
For all the things I can’t afford
I guess for now I’ll borrow yours
Hey teacher
speak a little slower
and use only words I know
Mr. Banker
could you be my hero add a zero
I’ll try my best to learn your name
dancer on a stage
don’t forget to pirouette
hold you head up high and stand up straight
defy the world we know
for all our chaos. all that we’ve lost
show us something beautiful
No one wants to be the king
except to wear the golden rings
For all the things I can’t afford
I guess for now I’ll borrow yours
No one wants to be the king
except to wear the golden rings
For all the things I can’t afford
I guess for now I’ll borrow yours
Track Name: Runnin'
Where have all the people gone
and do you really expect me to
believe a single word that you’ve said
Do you ever find it odd
that I don’t mind
you talking about yourself
I am the mirror on the wall
I don’t really mind at all
They found you out and they’ve got you runnin’
they’ve got you runnin’ away
you cover your steps but you can’t cover fast enough
you’re still runnin’
They found you out and they’ve got you runnin’ away
Tell me whatever came of all the
stories you used to tell me
that always ended you in prestige
When came the compromise
inside your mind
when you traded all your truth
They found you out and they’ve got you runnin’
they’ve got you runnin’ away
you cover your steps but you can’t cover fast enough
you’re still runnin’
They found you out and they’ve got you runnin’ away
They found you out and they’ve got runnin’
Track Name: Don't Close Your Eyes
Don’t close your eyes
to hide your tears
I’ll cancel all the curtain calls that demand you appear
Don’t run and hide
I’ll stay right here
You don’t have to disappear
Don’t close your eyes
Track Name: Anywhere the Wind Blows
Anywhere the wind blows
now honey is where I wanna be
beak another window
go running out into the street
living on a whim ain’t such a funny idea
when you’re young
so anywhere the wind blows is where I’m gonna run
Cut all your ties with the wise in their own eyes
let not the weight of this world rest on you now
straw men may stand tall and proud in the lime light
but soon it all comes down
Anywhere the wind blows
now honey is where I wanna be
beak another window
go running out into the street
living on a whim ain’t such a funny idea
when you’re young
so anywhere the wind blows is where I’m gonna run
Cut all your ties with the wise in their own eyes
let not the weight of this world rest on you now
straw men may stand tall and proud in the lime light
but soon it all comes down
Anywhere the wind blows
break another window
sing it out again go runnin’