The Dream Is Who We Are

from American Trip by Jared Rodgers Music

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I am a simple man my name is Amos Rose
and lord I’ll tell ya no lies and only what I know
beneath the willow trees up by the old mill stream
there lies a simple stone that’s never borne a name

she had an angel’s soul a girl named eva mae
with eyes as bright as pearls as pretty as the day
and he was strong and true her love for wilfred see
they’d pass the summer days beneath the willow trees

and talk of the dreams of life to come
and sleep beneath the stars
but oh when the days of life are gone
the dream is who we are

and I was just a boy the spring when they were wed
a child within her deep in love the life they led
but too soon by heavy cares they say he fell apart
and found him by his own hand shot dead through the heart

with all those dreams of life to come
he sleeps beneath the stars
and oh when the days of life are gone
the dream is who we are

the devil stole her life and left her spirit broke
within the shadows lost they say she never spoke
and one winter’s day beneath cold water she was found
she’d took her own life in the mill pond where she drowned

with all those dreams of life to come
she sleeps beneath the stars
and oh when the days of life are gone
the dream is who we are

I am a simple man my name is Amos Rose
and lord I’ll tell ya no lies and only what I know
beneath the willow trees up by the old mill stream
there lies a simple stone that’s never borne a name

there lies a simple stone that’s never borne a name

there lies a simple stone that’s never borne a name

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from American Trip, released January 9, 2018
Words & Music by Jared Rodgers

Jared Rodgers – vocals, guitars, bass
David Cohen – piano, organ, pump organ
Greg Schochet – guitars, mandolin
Damon Smith – drums
Darren Thompson- drums

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Jared Rodgers Music Carmel By The Sea, California

Jared Rodgers was a songwriter, musician, philosopher & intrepid explorer. After more than a decade playing bass in San Francisco, he left the music business to become a veterinarian. He never stopped making music though, and in 2015, facing terminal cancer, he headed into the studio to record 17 songs that he had been working on. These are those songs. Jared passed away on January 9, 2017. ... more

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