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Rooted to a Rock

from Under a Blue Sun by J Roth

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Features one of the better recorded examples of the kind of vocal interplay that was at the center of Kevin Keith and J Roth's street performances.

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Dawn morning noon evening dusk night
Time's noose around m' neck is feeling kinda tight
Dawn morning noon evening dusk night
My life's caught up in the wind like some crazed, swirling kite
Dawn morning noon evening dusk night
With myself doesn't seem like I should have to fight
Dawn morning noon evening dusk night
But something inside me's not sitting quite right

I'm not gonna drink to our health
You won't catch me reaching for any safety belt
'Cause don't you know, don't it show, when I look into my soul
I see I'm rooted to a rock, rooted to a rock, rooted to a rock that just
won't roll

Bliss joy sorrow fear angst rage
I thought I'd be done spinning by the time I reached this age
Bliss joy sorrow fear angst rage
Should I try to feel nothing and become some kind of sage
Bliss joy sorrow fear angst rage
You like to show me the keys that don't fit in my cage
Bliss joy sorrow fear angst rage
Just a puppet doll on a puppet stage

I'm not gonna drink to our health
You just go ahead, you go ahead and reach for that safety belt
'Cause don't you know, don't it show, when I look into your soul
I see you're rooted to a rock, rooted to a rock, rooted to a rock that just
won't roll

Rooted to a rock that just won't roll...

Time's noose around m' neck is feeling kinda tight
Dawn morning noon evening dusk night
My life's caught up in the wind like some crazed, swirling kite
Dawn morning noon evening dusk night
With myself doesn't seem like I should have to fight
Dawn morning noon evening dusk night
But something inside me's not sitting quite right
Dawn morning noon evening dusk night

Bliss joy sorrow fear angst rage
I thought I'd be done spinning by the time I reached this age
Bliss joy sorrow fear angst rage
Should I try to feel nothing and become some kind of sage
Bliss joy sorrow fear angst rage
You like to show me the keys that don't fit in my cage
Bliss joy sorrow fear angst rage
Just a puppet doll on a puppet stage

I'm not gonna drink to our health (that's what I keep telling you)
Not when this car is speeding outta control with no safety belts
'Cause don't you know, don't it show, when I look into our soul
I see we're rooted to a rock, rooted to a rock, rooted to a rock that just
won't roll

Rooted to a rock that just won't roll...

credits

from Under a Blue Sun, released December 7, 2003
J Roth > guitar, harmonica, and vox
Kevin Keith > vox
Cary Trott > bass
Carlos B. Jones > drums

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