I left home when I was seventeen
I just grew tired of falling down
And I'm sure I was told 
The allure of the road
Would be all I found

And all the answers that I started with
Turned out questions in the end
So years roll on by 
And just like the sky 
The road never ends

(Chorus:)
And the people who love me still ask me
When are you coming back to town
And I answer quite frankly 
When they stop building roads
And all God needs is gravity to hold me down

(Chorus:) 
And the people who love me still ask me
When a...

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I set my orange flowers in a boat and send them off to heaven.
I feel heaven raining down in drops of orange-scented love.
--Gabby Turner

This song is meant to be sung with the first line repeating 8 times, followed by 8 repetitions of the second line. That form is inspired by the singing I've been doing at the Kirtan and Meditation I go to twice a month. Devotional singing/chanting does not need variety, so much as devotion! The meaning is not lost through repetition, it is transcended, so that...
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