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Fool's Gold

by Broken Compass Bluegrass

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1.
Fool's Gold 04:12
FOOL'S GOLD written by KYLE LEDSON Red light, happens only at the wrong time Makes me wish I took my bike You know I've got somewhere to go Looks nice, how do I know if the dogs bite I don’t really feel right Can I just say no Fool's gold, Maybe that’s just what I’ve been sold Cuz I’ve seen the edge of rainbows And it’s nothing quite like this Lose touch Cuz I’ve never really done much And I don’t really know what I should’ve of done instead Smoke screen, let me speak let me be seen Let me breathe let me reconvene Into you arms again Fool's gold Over and over that’s what I’m told How am i supposed reap If there’s nothing that I’ve sown Refrain, you’re coming at me like a freight train I guess I never really was that sane What does that tell you Wrong turn, I’m sweating like I’ve got a fever Believe me and believe her We don’t know what to do I know What I’m holding it ain’t fool's gold Cuz I’ve seen the edge of rainbows And it’s exactly like this...
2.
GHOSTS (ON THAT TRAIN) written by MEI LIN HEIRENDT You promised me forever with you Then you turned around and made me blue And now I can see right through The man I thought you were wasn’t true The day we finally said I do You really made my think that I loved you On your hand one day I saw, so fine A shiny new band that wasn’t mine Ghost is still wearing your hat on his head Ghost is still bearing that ring painted red And no matter how far it runs away There’s still a ghost on that train You snuck away in the middle of the night Leaving me without one goodbye I’d like you to know I didn’t cry ‘Cause all you ever told me were lies That train you hopped on had something wrong I knew it wouldn’t take it very long For my loosened bolts to come undone and catch Steering you liar off the tracks Ghost is still wearing your hat on his head Ghost is still bearing that ring painted red And no matter how far it runs away There’s still a ghost on that train As that lonesome locomotive began to fall I didn’t regret it at all I believed it was written in the stars Your actions shouldn’t get you very far That train it never really stopped It’s like you refused to get off Your soul was stuck to your sin You never guessed the danger you’d be in Ghost is still wearing your hat on his head Ghost is still bearing that ring painted red And no matter how far it runs away There’s still a ghost on that train..
3.
NEVER REALLY GONE written by DJANGO RUCKRICH Staring through the shadows of myself I left here I see the same old day that took so many of my years A red sun burns through the eastern sky As the nightbirds cry in the morning light I’m going but I’m never really gone Trying to find something I had all along I lost my beliefs but I found some to doubt I found a man they said knew what life’s all about His head stole his heart and he lived in a lie Me I just follow what I feel inside I’m going but I’m never really gone Trying to find something I had all along Starlight shines Upon the broken doorway All my dead dreams live as ghosts Of lifetimes I’ve betrayed Now I’m lost to the world but I don’t really care I know I belong I just don’t know where I’ll spend my life searching and at least I’m sure Well if I die first I had something to live for I’m going but I’m never really gone Trying to find something I had all along I’m going but I’m never really gone Trying to find something I had all along Going but I’m never really gone..
4.
TAKE A LOOK AROUND written by MEI LIN HEIRENDT There’s a woman Sitting on the side of the road She’s holding a battered sign There’s shame in her eyes There’s a young man But his face looks aged and tired Empty bottles at his feet No job that he could keep You could keep on walking but the road needs blocking You gotta find what needs to be found You’ll never know how much it means To do just one little thing So take a look around There’s a mother With a baby in her arms She’s picking up bottles and cans This isn’t what she had planned There’s an old man Sitting alone in the cafe There are tears in his eyes No one left in his life You could keep on walking But the road needs blocking You gotta find what needs to be found You’ll never know how much it means To do just one little thing So take a look around There’s a busy nurse Working day and night She’s saving precious lives But she’s never satisfied There’s a singer Pouring his heart out in the lines But no one’s listening Cause they’ve got other things on their mind You could keep on walking But the road needs blocking You gotta find what needs to be found You’ll never know how much it means To do just one little thing So take a look around So take a look around..
5.
Lost Year 06:28
LOST YEAR written by KYLE LEDSON I put all my apples into one big basket I come home and you’re astray I skimmed through the lines of words on the page and I Signed my life away And I’m drowning Like the rain is collecting And I’m surrounded There’s just something not connecting I’m trapped in the lost year I’m just trying to forget her I’m trapped in the lost year I’m just trying to forget her Before I go insane We watched and waited as the Fireflies replaced the light We’ve come to know as the day As we stumbled through the warning signs and Cut off all our other ties Maybe that’d be enough to stay And I’m tired Of pretending not to worry If it means I’m Living my whole life In a hurry I’m trapped in the lost year I’m just trying to forget her I’m trapped in the lost year I’m just trying to forget her I put all my sorrows in a tight-knit fist Punching holes that only hurt my hands There’s no need to fight it now I can’t stop it anyhow And should I if I can? Im just a-rambling’ Through a dark part Of the journey Past these crossroads There ain’t nothing That’ll hurt me I’m trapped in the lost year I’m just trying to forget her I’m trapped in the lost year I’m just trying to forget her Before I go insane..
6.
REFUGEE OF TRUTH written by DJANGO RUCKRICH My footsteps break through the ice dead laughter in the breeze Alone in the night a prisoner of love’s mortality There’s a house somewhere Two strangers that share my name But home is a memory and it’s one I never can reclaim A drunk man couldn’t tell my daddy’s face from mine There’s a hole in the mirror where his iron rings and his rage align I was 13 for 6 years, captive of fear refugee of truth On my 19th birthday my hair, turned gray and I lost my youth Hollow eyes stained With the hues of heartbreak Running like a dream Flees from hope’s decay I always knew it’s wrong I just never knew what’s right It’s hard to win when you don’t Know what to fight I thought she’d be the one to help me rise above But her words were smoke that hid the ashes of our love There’s a ship crushed by the sea One storm ends but another comes I tried to get out But to my past Was just the way I knew how to run There’s flaming signs lit up in twilight streaks of hate They burn out or they burn you down on pain’s crusade There’s a new day not the dark Or the light somewhere in between It’s the best I can do to not give in To the shards of my shattered dreams..
7.
END OF THE WORLD written by KYLE LEDSON I’ve been around now Heard the sounds now I know the ins and outs I know game I grew the garden I gave it water And I know how quick they take it all away The sun is rising But I can’t see it Behind the smoke like a blanket in the sky The end is nearing Please warn the captain I know that I’m too afraid to die As the sky changes Out it’s old hue To a shade I’ve never seen As I look on now From a distance At least the end of the world looks pretty It smells of sorrow Like some old war zone It hurts my head It hurts my eyes Brother it’s too late now Grab what you can now We’re already losing time As the sky changes Out it’s old hue To a shade I’ve never seen As I look on now From a distance At least the end of the world looks pretty Do you remember When we were kings here We reaped the land Down to bone Now it feels like This could be the last time We could ever call this place our home As the sky changes Out it’s old hue To a shade I’ve never seen As I look on now From a distance At least the end of the world looks pretty And as the sky changes Out it’s old hue To a shade I’ve never seen As I look on now From a distance At least the end of the world looks pretty..
8.
YOU COULD NEVER UNDERSTAND written by MEI LIN HEIRENDT When you walked in through those jail room doors I was shackled all in chains I had treated life so poorly Like it was all a game I could see how much I’d hurt you When I looked into your broken eyes When they told you how much this time You said your last goodbye You used to rock me in your lap And hold me oh so tight You’d tell me all your childhood tales And tuck me in at night You’d race with me Through grassy fields And always let us tie And you’d hold my hand While I said my prayers ‘Til the moon lit up the sky I just want to see your smiling face But I know it will never be the same I’ve tried to do the best that I can But I know you could never understand As I sit here in this emptiness I can picture oh so well Countless empty needles Hiding on that shelf I never meant to go this far Trust me I’ve been through hell You looked at me in the eye Said you thought that you could help You never thought you’d lose me But there’s where you went wrong I tried to resist and struggled I simply wasn’t strong The more I used the more I more hurt And I just wanted to die Now when I look into the mirror I can’t help but cry I just want to see your smiling face But I know it will never be the same I’ve tried to do the best that I can But I know you could never understand But I know you could never understand..
9.
The Poet 06:16
THE POET written by DJANGO RUCKRICH My fame is an echo of the evening sun Now I’m where I was 10 years ago A failed poet lying in the gutter Thought I could be more now I don’t know Five miles east of the sparkling river Is a place I’ve never been and I never want to see But if I have a shot at becoming something It sure ain’t here where the wind can see right through me Tomorrow already happened twice My rain-washed clothes are falling off my back Time is all I have but it’s running out My words ain’t worth the cost of a paperback A hazy shadow drifting through the crowd Shone through the night like a note without a chord As the fire flickered and the sparks that flew Lit up her face well I grew bored Tomorrow already happened twice My rain-washed clothes are falling off my back Time is all I have but it’s running out My words ain’t worth the cost of a paperback I slipped through the gate to the Court of Miracles And I woke up 3 days later with the rising sunset The blind man painted in the light of the burning rain And the circle of thieves told me I was in their debt Tomorrow already happened twice My rain-washed clothes are falling off my back Time is all I have but it’s running out My words ain’t worth the cost of a paperback The King said all my empty years just delay my death If I’m trying to make them more well it’s not working She was there as the daylight faded away He turned his head and I ran to keep on searching Tomorrow already happened twice My rain-washed clothes are falling off my back Time is all I have but it’s running out My words ain’t worth the cost of a paperback..
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WALK BESIDE ME written by DARRELL SCOTT & TIM O'BRIEN Put one foot in front of the other Steppin' into the here and now I'm not sure just where I'm goin' But I will get there anyhow I got this far with no direction Followed my nose to where I stand My heart's still strong, I know I'll make it Sit right down in the promised land Sister come and walk beside me, until our pathways do divide Nothin' much but love to give you, even less have I to hide When you left me in the spring time So many questions in my mind Summer came and left me waitin' Not one answer could I find I see you in the Rocky Mountains I feel you on the great North Sea It's a lonesome road I have to travel But you will always be with me Brother come and walk beside me, until our pathways do divide Nothin' much but love to give you, even less have I to hide I hear laughter in the thunder I feel comfort on the wind I see hope in hopeless faces Someday they will love again People come and walk beside me, until our pathways do divide Nothin' much but love to give you, even less have I to hide..

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released March 31, 2023

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Broken Compass Bluegrass Grass Valley, California

Broken Compass Bluegrass has been recognized for their tight arrangements, tasteful playing, & distinguished songwriting.

BCB includes Kyle Ledson, Django Ruckrich, Mei Lin Heirendt, & Sam Jacobs. Though still youngsters, they are no strangers to the music industry. All four are seasoned performers, multi-instrumentalists, songwriters, & singers.
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