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Don't Try This at Home

by Acoustic Fingers

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1.
Strength 03:28
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STRENGTH She fights my battles She hides my crimes She give good lovin' any day or any night She licks my wounds And cleans the knife I turn around to find She's always smiling She gives me shelter from all my rain Her strength Can move the Heavens Her faith Can take me higher She never ceases to amaze me with her Strength She'd stop a bullet To save my skin She'd march through Hell or high water then back again She'd take the punches Right on the chin She's got my back Through thick and thin And she's no stranger to all my pain Her strength Can shake the Heavens Her faith Can take me higher She never ceases to amaze me with her Strength She's like a soldier Right by my side Through all our land mines We have survived She's earned my honor Up for the task 'Cause she was built to last Her strength Can move the Heavens Her faith Can take me higher She never ceases to amaze me with her Strength
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Rescue Me 03:23
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RESCUE ME I'm running out of blue sky I'm running out of time Running out of patience Waiting Lord Rescue me I've been stumbling Through these city streets I've been drinking All my ghosts to sleep God please won't you hear my plea? And rescue me From a world full of anger Rescue me From myself going down in flames I'm empty as a soul can be Choking on the smoke Of tragedy God please can you hear my plea? Rescue me From a world full of hatred Rescue me From myself going down in flames So many lives were taken I know my faith was shaken Running out of patience Waiting Lord Set me free Oh lord Rescue me
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Man on a Bridge 03:29
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MAN ON A BRIDGE There's a man on a bridge Standing high in the wind And everybody's wondering who he is There's a crowd gathered 'round Peering into the clouds All waiting to see how he comes down But birds fly In the blue skies Around him Who are you? There's a man on a bridge And he's stepping to the edge And everyone is wondering how this ends Now the roads have been closed Underneath in circling boats The police are preparing for the worst Still birds fly In blue skies Around him Who? Red engines have arrived They raise a ladder to his side The hours passing by Above the flashing lights There’s nowhere left There's nowhere left to There’s nowhere left to go But down Come Down Come Down Come Down Come Down Was a man on a bridge Now they've taken him in And I wonder if we'll see him there again
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Arlene 03:01
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ARLENE Her eyes are alive With a wisdom beyond their own time Her words ringing true In my head I try not to But I can't help but hear Arlene She's one of a kind And she's got my eye Though I should know better Arlene What are we doing here? Arlene You're a rarity She takes me by the hand All the years disappear like magic Though I've been here before And I should know better It's coming so naturally She makes me sing Filling my head with dreams She makes me weak And keeps me in mystery Arlene Where are we going here? Arlene Guess we'll wait and see Arlene She's one of a kind And she's got my eye And I can't resist her No
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Hey Angel 03:09
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HEY ANGEL Hey angel I love you Come fly with me a while Hey angel I'm sorry Can't bear to see you down Let me mend your Ruffled feathers Put your mind to rest Hey angel Don't worry now We're gonna be alright Together We'll find our Way back to the sky Ohhh Through it all We've come so far So wipe your eyes and Realize I'm still here by your side Hey angel I love you You're still my miracle Someday soon I'll get you Back into my arms And heal your wounded heart Ohhh Hey angel Hey angel Hey angel Hey Angel
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Josephine 04:13
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JOSEPHINE Josephine on her trapeze Swings herself into a daydream Up so high she longs to fly Way out of touch Beyond this life Up and down she swings Up and down again Josephine on her trapeze Up above reality She's just like other girls you see But her life is a puzzle Missing one piece Up and down she swings Up and down again She points her toes towards the sky so graceful And reaches up to touch the sunshine A sea of people cheer under her feet And for a moment she's alright Josephine on her trapeze Sits alone imagining Mother watches through the screen Wishes every hope and dream come true For Josephine Josephine You can be Anything that you Want to be Mmm Hmm Up and down she swings Up and down again Up and down she swings Up and down again
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Sweet Misery 04:55
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SWEET MISERY Sister heartache Please don't cry Now wipe the tears from your eyes Life gets better Don't you hide Love is still worth the fight Nothing ever works out the way that you dream When it does it's bound to fall apart at the seams Too good To believe My sweet misery Nothing's as bad as you think My sweet misery My sweet misery But nothing is ever too easy Brother sorrow Please don't start Second guessing your heart Time will show you All you've got Is greater than what you wanted Strolling down memory lane You're looking back again Just turn around to see the present day Is second To nothing My sweet misery Wish I could make you believe My sweet misery My sweet misery That everything here has a reason Even misery So sister heartache Please don't cry Life is still worth the fight My sweet misery Nothing's as bad as you think My sweet misery My sweet misery And everything here's temporary Even misery Sweet misery
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Phoenix 03:25
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PHOENIX Phoenix Phoenix Broken For a moment Into pieces Shattered For a fraction Of a second But I know what I'm after I can see the big picture And I'll wait for my phoenix From the ashes Phoenix Fragile And I'm rattled Been bruised and battered Weathered And I'm severed But I need to remember That I know what I'm after I can see the big picture And I'll wait for my phoenix My phoenix from the ashes Will turn the tears to laughter I'll rise above the dust And fly into the sun… On my phoenix My phoenix Phoenix
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Back to the Garden 04:27
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BACK TO THE GARDEN Does it seem the world Is growing colder? Does it seem our lives are out of order? Overwhelmed and underpaid When did we become such slaves? Where can we be free? Where can we find peace? Take me back to the garden Take me back to the start Take me back where time stood still When we were young and free Take me back to the garden Doesn't seem like anybody's listening Doesn't seem like anywhere is home Can we sit together Face to face Turn off the world Slow down the pace? Where we can all be free To sing in harmony Take me back to the garden Teach me how to love Take me back to the start Where we can live as one Take me back where time stood still When we were young and free Teach me how to love Yea, teach me how to love Teach me how to love Teach me how to love Take me back to the garden Teach me how to love Take me back to the start Where we can live as one Take me back where time stood still When we were young and free Take me back Take me back To the Garden
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Deadhorse 04:18
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DEADHORSE There's a ghost Living your eyes There's a postmortem Feeling inside It's haunting you And stopping you From being in the now Don't wither in the dust Stand up Don't lay down like a Dead horse Show me some life Don't lay down like a Dead horse Everyone's waiting for you now Don't lay down There's a bolt Broken on a rusty chain There's a path To an open gate It's calling you What's stalling you From walking through? What are you waiting for? Wake up Don't lay down like a Dead horse Show me some life Don't lay down like a Dead horse Everyone's waiting for you now Don't lay down There's a willow weeping in the wind There's a tomb that the dust is burying It's not for you It's not your time Don't lay down and die... Don't lay down like a Dead horse Show me some life Don't lay down like a Dead horse Everyone's waiting for you now Don't lay down
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Tightrope 03:31
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TIGHTROPE Under the spotlight I'm out on a limb I somehow find myself up here again I'm closer to heaven Than I’ve ever been But further from guessing how this ends I’m walkin’ on your tightrope It's a balance of doubt and high hope Will I turn around? Will I get across? Or will I fall? It's truly amazing My balancing act I somehow juggle our fiction from our fact Just keeping things straight And trying to reason Reason myself out of pain ‘Cause I’m walkin’ on your tightrope It’s a balance of doubt and high hope Will I turn around? Will I get across? Or will I fall? Tight Tight Rope

about

I write a ton of material... and waiting on a band to fully realize it can take years. Sometimes all you need is a voice and an acoustic guitar to get the song across to the listener. This is a collection of acoustic rock originals stripped down and left in their intimate forms so the focus stays on the melodies, lyrics, variety and soul of each song.

I chose the overused phrase, "Don't Try This at Home" to jokingly imply that nobody should want to make a whole record by themselves. It's certainly better to collaborate with other musicians and create something BIGGER than one person. But this CD was finished on my own by default and after writing a few songs that involved acrobatic visuals, that title just fit too well ...cliché or not.

"Acoustic Fingers" has become a side-project to finish and perform songs on my own that may otherwise just occupy my already cluttered head. ENJOY!

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released June 22, 2012

Rob Roush all writing, recording, performing and mixing.

Mastered by Ed Jones and Rob Roush.

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