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INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER 1996

Wishuwell  - Michael B. Crittenden

©1996 Mackinaw Harvest Music (BMI)

 

I wish you well

I’m fine, can’t you tell?

 

I wouldn’t change a thing

I kind of dig this emptiness

Did you ever care for me

If you did I guess I could care less

 

I wish you well

I’m fine, can’t you tell?

 

It’s later in the year

Still see your pictures on the wall

I haven’t run away

Swear I’m gonna take them down this fall

Gonna take ‘em down

 

I wish you well

I’m fine, can’t you tell?

Completely Understanding

Michael B. Crittenden

©1996 Mackinaw Harvest Music (BMI)

 

Lost the fire in my eye

Lack of sleep, we learn to cry

I didn’t want to tell you

 

lay me down in my bed

guess I’ll write to you instead

cuz we couldn’t seem to talk about it

 

But we can love completely

Without completely understanding

this is so demanding

but I can’t let go

 

Lost the fire in my eye

without you I start to die

Lay me down in my bed

with visions of the things we said

I can’t seem to comprehend you

 

But we can love completely

Without completely understanding

this is so demanding

but I can’t let go

 

But we can love completely

Without completely understanding

in the end i know we’ll be standing

and we won’t let go

Dream Away the Moon  - Michael B. Crittenden

©1994 Mackinaw Harvest Music (BMI)

 

Take a drive

Round the old neighborhood

used to feel so good

 

Hang your hat

A knock upon the door

but we don’t live here anymore

 

Always get this feeling in the fall

Look back on a year

See it all so clear

But I’ve learned to live on

To live on

 

Dream Away the Moon

Waiting one more day

and I know I’ll be with you

And we’ll dream away the moon

Lying at your side

I’m afraid to close my eyes

 

 

But I’ve learned to live on

To live on

 

Dream Away the Moon

Waiting one more day

and I know I’ll be with you

And we’ll dream away the moon

Lying at your side

I’m afraid to close my eyes

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Robinhood of Presidents - Michael B. Crittenden

©1996 Mackinaw Harvest Music (BMI)

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When there wasn’t any road

He wasn’t sure which way to go

when they told him to turn back

he couldn’t remember where he’d been

 

are you feeling that way too?

do you know what we should do?

don’t let them bring you down

 

As he pushed into the dark

blinded by a status spark

and when they asked him for his number

he smiled and gave them his full name

 

are you feeling that way too?

do you know what we should do?

don’t let them bring you down

the Robinhood of Presidents

wasn’t making any sense

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are you feeling that way too?

do you know what we should do?

the Robinhood of Presidents

wasn’t making any sense

Promise  - Michael B. Crittenden

©1996 Mackinaw Harvest Music (BMI)

 

There was a time

When I didn’t know you

But I can’t remember the feeling

 

There was a time

I was afraid to show you

Just how crazed I was feeling

 

Now I’ll do anything

I’m giving myself

With the one who sure believes in you

Make a promise

 

There was a time

When I didn’t know it

But you were right there in front of me

 

And there was a time

When the words slipped from my lips

and they forever ran away

 

Now I’ll do anything

I’m giving myself

With the one who sure believes in you

Make a promise

 

How crazy I’m feeling

Now I’ll do anything

I’m giving myself

With the one who sure believes in you

Make a promise

Balance(Anna, darling) - Michael B. Crittenden

©1996 Mackinaw Harvest Music (BMI)

 

I guess I lost my balance

cuz I’m lying on the floor

Excuse me mister

But there must be something more than this

 

Anna, darling

When I woke this morning

over our bed was a cloud concerning

where have you gone

feel like I’ve be awake so long

oh how i need you

i don’t like me without you

 

all I do is work and cry

sit around the house and wonder why…amplified

 

I’m so lost

guess i lost my balance

I’m so lost

There must be something more than this

 

Anna, darling

floating graceful starling

I know I was wrong to be so demanding

we both need to see our own horizons

but oh how i need you

why can’t we share surprises?

 

all I do is work and cry

sit around the house and wonder why…amplified

 

I’m so lost

guess i lost my balance

I’m so lost

There must be something more

 

Anna, darling

Map Song  - Michael B. Crittenden

©1995 Mackinaw Harvest Music (BMI)

 

No morning sun new day no fun

is this the way the west was won?

No silence here for all his fear

Can’t explain to you my dear

He really needs a second chance

Despite the ugly circumstance

 

he’s smiling

as the tears are rushing down his face - he says

 

take me away

gone a little fraction of the day

when I get back, gonna do things better

gonna take her hand and let her be the love of my life

 

No morning sun new day same fun

she still keeps running

no silence here for you my dear

he can’t explain

no phone no lights no motorcars

not a single luxury

despite the circumstance

does he deserve another chance?

 

she’s smiling

as the tears are rushing down her face

he says

 

take me away

gone a little fraction of the day

when I get back, gonna do things better

gonna take her hand and let her be the love of my life

Resolving  - Michael B. Crittenden

©1996 Mackinaw Harvest Music (BMI)

 

the more I get to know you

the more I realize

that there are good people in the world

 

the more I get to kiss you

the less I wonder why

i was put on this earth

 

how I want to feel your naked body next to mine

resolving time

 

the more i get to know you

the sexier you are

and I was thinking back to morning

the more I get to hold you

the less I feel like crying

and it’s beautiful cuz we’re not trying

 

how I want to feel your naked body next to mine

resolving time

 

isn’t it resolving time?

Thirst   - Michael B. Crittenden

©1996 Mackinaw Harvest Music (BMI)

 

The water is weighting down my breath

And I couldn’t seem to squeeze out the right words

A sleepy head upon a breast

Won’t you hold me, cuz I’m still here

 

Why won’t you tell me what I’m thinking?

Cuz I need to know

 

Walking through the garden

Will you look at all the colors bursting

And I’m still thirsting for you

 

The water’s slippin past my shoes

Well my feet could do without the sentimental soaking

Shade of green and crystal blue

It’s such a beautiful thing

Gonna pour myself into you

 

Why won’t you tell me what I’m thinking?

Cuz I need to know

 

Walking through the garden

Will you look at all the colors bursting

And I’m still thirsting

 

Will you meet me in the morning

Is this my last warning?

I’m still thirsting for you.

Poppy Fields(Get it Back) - Michael B. Crittenden

©1996 Mackinaw Harvest Music (BMI)

 

We are always working toward dreams that are so far

Bend over backward oil we forget who we are

Just like a child playing in the yard

Never seem to get enough

 

I keep pushing forward sleeping in my shoes

but every now and then I’m frozen by the sight of you

stopped in my tracks

staring at the sun

can’t seems to get things done

 

And the poppy fields are fading from view

I just need to spend some time with you

 

We love making money we’re so glad to be alive

but there’s more to life than working

and it shouldn’t begin at sixty five

get outside yourself

be with the ones you love

 

And the poppy fields are fading from view

I just need to spend some time with you

 

and for all the times i forgot to say

i love you

I’m so sorry

there’s no excuse for being that selfish

 

And the poppy fields are fading from view

and I just need

i need you

I just need

I need you

I just need to spend some time with you

 

find myself

get it back

make you smile, I’ll make you laugh

just like a child, we’re so young

and our lives have just begun

Forest  - Michael B. Crittenden

©1996 Mackinaw Harvest Music (BMI)

 

There’s a place in the pine trees

Four foot by Four

Where the sun is invading the forest floor

and the needles that lie there

Have soaked all the dew

And overtime I’m there

I’m reminded of you

 

Well I’ve traveled the country

with a bucket of beans

And I’ve seen all the cities

and the country between

Time is best spent in the places you chose

And the place that I’ve chosen

Is this forest with you

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