It's Hard for a Rich Man to Enter the Kingdom of God

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1.	Happy Thanksgiving 02:55	lyrics	buy track
Back up against the grey again Back with my noonday enchanter I’m looking through things I’d forgotten were there Hoping for old ways to come back and see me Then you appeared and said, "So many times have I wanted to tell you That things are still beautiful, life is worth living" Spinning in circles around our routines Covering ground while the birthdays get bigger Countdown to keep me in check Is it a matter of time? If there’s a weight on my back Then why is it easier to climb? Lend me decision for two more years Lend me the power to move more deliberately I will return it with twice what it’s worth Time is escaping and that’s why I need it Or if it isn’t true Full of last chances with each waking day Taking up hands, arm in arm, it’s not too late For having you over and sharing a meal Warming the room, stay as long as you want to Countdown to keep me in check Is it a matter of time? If there’s a weight on my back Then why is it easier to climb?
2.	It's Hard for a Rich Man to Enter the Kingdom of God 06:04	lyrics	buy track
Promise me this You won’t tell anyone I covered my tracks There was no one around Did you earn this? Did you follow up with them? What did I tell you about people like that I wasn’t guilty, I was just naive But they never noticed, they never consulted me Now I’m at the spot where we used to meet Covering up carved initials on branches I made You are a lockbox, you are a safe You are the go between Something for me to erase If I’m not sorry It’s just practicing It’s hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of god
3.	I'll Do What You're Doing 06:02	lyrics	buy track
I had a dream I climbed up on The roof of the Morton Salt factory on Elston The slanted part with the picture Of the girl with the umbrella I wanted to climb on the roof and walk around To see how it felt and to see what the picture Looked like up close, would it be what I Imagined from when I was little, from when I was Ten years old in my childhood home Laying in my bed at night Trying to fall asleep and listening To rain on the roof Gentle and steady, drop by drop Hitting the gutters and running off Steady and soft, eyes start to close Falling asleep And I thought the drops of rain sounded like footsteps Pacing around on the roof right above me I knew who it was, turned and saw Her face in the window If the things I love lose their taste, can I just do what you’re doing If the things I love lose their taste, can I just do what you’re doing If the things I love lose their taste, can I just do what you’re doing If the things I love lose their taste, then I’ll just do what you’re doing I’ll just do what you’re doing Back on the roof of the factory I could Hear the noise of the rooms right beneath me Conveyor belts, pencils on clipboards, Large machines running and co-worker smalltalk: “How have you been,” “How are you doing,” “How are your kids,” and “How was the weekend,” “Did you see the game,” “Do you have the time,” “No thanks I’m fine” And I thought of you when you’d work the nightshift Getting up late, sitting in trailers Climbing up ladders and checking on temperatures Staying awake If the things I love lose their taste, can I just do what you’re doing If the things I love lose their taste, can I just do what you’re doing If the things I love lose their taste, can I just do what you’re doing If the things I love lose their taste, then I’ll just do what you’re doing I’ll just do what you’re doing When it rains it pours they say But I don’t think that’s true Sometimes the rain comes slow and steady Sometimes the sun shines clear and true
4.	Tree of Though 07:12	lyrics	buy track
Is there anyone new again in this world? I’ll never trust a handle that won’t turn What was familiar became estranged What we loved so well we gave away Knocking on the door again We never will answer, when we will answer I know who will be there Rather than being owed A new idea could come A Gratefulness, a Tiredness, a Want To — Only for a chance at reaching a joy So incomplete, so common, and so wide Will we go deeper into the song we learned too soon Riding into the morning light And running between us, holding us closer Don’t need to know where we are Running out in the morning I know we’ll never go back No we never will Tree of life Tree of joy Tree of thought Tree of sigh Tree of roots Tree of leaves Tree of end Tree of need Tree of days Tree of ours Tree of though Tree of forward Tree of one Tree of death Tree of all Tree of all — Tree of life Tree of all Tree of one, Tree of though
5.	Why Did Jesus Die on the Cross? 06:19	lyrics	buy track
Birds fly where they want to Blinds open and close Lights go on in the evening Companions come and go Tables shelter their chairs in Shoes get worn out and lost Little ones hide their faces away And why did Jesus die on the cross? Dishes get dirty and done Announcements go out to everyone Getting in and out of their cars — I turned myself in Did you cover the cost? Friends help friends in times of need So why did Jesus die on the cross?
6.	When I Hold You In My Heart 02:08	lyrics	buy track
When I hold you in my heart Love stays like an ember Burning in the deepest place Then it starts to fly from the center Moving past reunion towns Moving over highways And streetlights stretching over our heads Ever like a family tree With its branches growing You’re the one I run to Even when we don’t know where we’re going Looking for a gap to fill Looking for conclusion And streetlights stretching over our heads
7.	Lostant Wings 05:54	lyrics	buy track
Show me how a little doubt can spread Show me how a little doubt spreads its wings Branches over the pavement Feathers over the wound Show me what a wing stretched out can mend Show me how protection forms When you say clearly what mean Say clearly what you want Say clearly what you mean Say clearly what you need Say clearly what you are — Lostant might receive us in the day Take me to the path along the backroads Sign to point us forward Making room for something new
8.	Turn of the Head 05:51	lyrics	buy track
Turn of the head and you’re ready to go Wave of the hand and you know where you’re needed Fall into place in a beautiful way Following now you don’t know where you’re going Following anyone with a light Light we received that night on the water Where will you go to follow the sound? Never allowing and never allowed How is it that you always speak your mind? I believe that we came from the same place Did you take after a more rooted side? One with a clear mind and looking for answers I never wanted to learn all the words I never wanted to learn all their meanings If you understand then you need to decide If you are clear then you’ve made up your mind Turn of the head Wave of the hand Fall into place Following now Where will you go Never allowed Learn all the words Need to decide You understand Made up your mind — I saw you floating on top of the corn Brushing the tips with your fingers and singing Two sisters walking, I made out the song One who fell in and one who got lost Wave of the hand and I’m ready to leave Wish in the well, we threw in our earnings Crack in the wall we stared at for hours Ring of the bell would bring us back out Driving for miles looking for new life Ask me to pull my weight and I will Passing the exits, passing the signs I saw the eyes lit up in the headlights I saw the wind turbines moving so fast Blinking their lights and waving their hands I saw a highway laid out like a line Never arriving and ever alive Turn of the head Wave of the hand Fall into place Following now Where will you go Never allowed Wave of the hand Ring of the bell Crack in the wall Wish in the well Turn of the head Face me instead Awake in the night Dark in the womb Fed at the breast Edge of the room Where will you go? Do you want to?
9.	The Day You Visited Me 02:38	lyrics	buy track
Are you from another world The one I see in my dreams Letters and eyes and wings Let me set down the picture you put inside I know the sisters agree We will go on Memory of memory The day you visited me Turning again, turning Til we can turn no more Tracing our skirts on the floor Then when the era began, the meetinghouse door Fell away like sand through a sieve Mary comforted Eve And I awoke with my sisters and rushed down Recalling what we had seen Letters and lines Manifestation The day you visited me We will go on Memory of memory The day you visited me
10.	Continual Memory 06:28	lyrics	buy track
What more could you ask for? What more could you want? The cup we measure with is full The string gets tighter as it pulls I wish that I was stronger A little less naive A little sharper focus More able to disagree Hope for more to give you Hope for desire Days that blend together Now we’re weaving in and out of thresholds, brushing shoulders, checking clocks, collecting hours, still uncovering our new ways I am singing order I am singing greed I am singing abundance I am singing no need Sing your strong conviction Sing intrusive thought Sing continual memory Sing what you forgot, sing your weight, sing your carelessness, your shape, sing the people that you lost, sing the present, sing the words that your relations formed, the ones that you are not You who saw our faces Rocks between the lake You who formed a pattern on the face Oh you who gave me everything, you old at heart, you silver tree, horizon, Illinois, rows of soybeans linking arms, shadows cast on the ceiling, spinning fans, circling hands, feathered wings — What more could you ask for What more could you want The evening sets itself aright The dread increases with the last light
11.	Permission 05:06	lyrics	buy track
Out of innocence Months don’t pass without their weeks Can I love you more than I love me? Out of innocence Leaves can’t fall without their trees Can I love you more than I love me? Out of innocence If we choose to disagree Can I love you more than I love me?

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released October 1, 2021

Songs by Alec Watson

Performed by Alec Watson, Sam Connour, Kenan Serenbetz, Ethan Parcell, and Jesse Bielenberg

Recorded by DPCD, Doug Malone, and Matthew Pittman
Mixed by Doug Malone
Mastered by Mike Nolte

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