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Up Around The Bend (Digital Album)

by Kim Moberg

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1.
The days move slow Yet the years fly by And the more we think we know The more we should ask why Cuz the story never ends What fades away is clear again What lies behind is up ahead Around the bend Well, the seasons turn And the world is spinnin’ round But time she just stands still Never makes a sound Cuz the story never ends What fades away is clear again What lies behind is up ahead around The bend Each moment’s but A memory Awaiting rediscovery The path is curved And the burdens are hard to bear But the lessons we all learn Will get us there Cuz the story never ends What fades away is clear again What lies behind is up ahead around Up around the bend Each moment’s but A memory Awaiting rediscovery Up around the bend Around the bend So wait for me Around the bend
2.
Blood red on her lips Perfume in her hair Tonight she’ll be a sinner Or an angel in despair Staring in the rear view Deciding where to turn If you play with fire You surely will get burned Here Be Dragons Here Be Dragons Well, she always does the right thing And she always keeps her word But this loneliness and heartbreak Have caused the lines to be blurred His eyes call from the border At the point of no return Sparkin’ that old fire She welcomes in the burn Here Be Dragons Here Be Dragons You see this story that she’s weaved It ain’t enough to make believe That her soul won’t bear the cost Of a trust forever lost She unlocks the back door Heads on up to bed But she still can’t help but wonder Where desire might have led Knowing that forbidden fruit Won’t satisfy the yearn Yet the taste of sweet temptation It lingers and it burns Here Be Dragons Here Be Dragons Beware the dragons Slay the dragons
3.
Don’t say a word Don’t be afraid Take hold of my hand and hide Just like our drill Sit quiet and still No one will come inside In the quiet dark she wonders 
How they’ll make it out alive Still she bravely gives them comfort As they hear the bullets fly ABC’s AR-15 Confusion outside the door They hear him walk in “Forgive us our sins” She whispers and then they’re gone Too many times I’ve sat and wondered How we let it go awry How a law meant to protect us Became a place for greed to hide Our right to bear arms Our right to bear arms Our right to bear arms Now is the time We must take action (We need more than thoughts and prayers) Raise up our voices to be heard (We need more than thoughts and prayers) Take back the right our Fathers fought for (We need more than thoughts and prayers) Not the right to kill The right to live She sits on his bed Can’t comprehend Her six year old baby is dead Twenty five more Their blood on the floor The nightmare replays in her head In the dark she numbly wonders How they justify the cost Of the profits they’re defending And the right her son has lost Our right to bear arms Our right to bear arms Our right to bear arms
4.
Staring at your face across from me A stranger where a lover used to be And the words that you are sayin’ Mean my world’s about to shake So the hearing That’ll have to wait When you took away your love so suddenly Didn’t give me time to cry or even breathe The tears will soon be raining Like a crossfire hurricane But the feeling That’ll have to wait Now they say that God don’t give us More than we can take But the pain of losing you I just can’t face Cuz a heart that’s used to lovin’ You know it don’t know how to bend It just breaks This heart may mend and learn to love again I can’t say with who or why or even when As time goes by the bitter fades And goodness shall remain But forgiving That’ll have to wait Now they say that God don’t give us More than we can take The pain of losing you I can not face Cuz a heart that’s used to lovin’ You know it don’t know how to bend It just breaks So forgiving Forgiving Forgiving That’ll have to wait That’ll have to wait
5.
In December 04:44
In December When the darkness falls So early in the day And the stars light up the silent sky Shadows run away The northwind hums a melody It’s solstice lullaby In December I still believe in love I remember The years we shared Christmas’s of past Celebrations Reflected in Each ornamental glass Every snowflake holds a memory That melts away too fast I remember And still believe in love I still believe in Santa’s bells And the angels up above I still believe in Winter’s magic dust I still believe that dreams come true When we wish upon a star I remember And still believe in love Like the ember By the fireside That rose and shone so bright Too soon descending Surrendering It’s brilliant breath of life We couldn’t know that someday comes Much sooner than we planned For the ember I still believe in love I still believe in Santa’s bells And the angels up above I still believe in Winter’s magic dust I still believe that dreams come true When we wish upon a star And In December Even though you’re gone In December I still believe in love
6.
He will walk 21 steps Turn and pause 21 more For the lives that fell before He will walk 21 steps Turn and pause 21 more For the nameless lost at war He walks along the black mat No rank upon his sleeve Silent sentinel, Company E Buff strap on his shoulder Wreath badge upon his chest The Old Guard salutes Those who lay at rest He will walk 21 steps Turn and pause 21 more For the lives that fell before He will walk 21 steps Turn and pause 21 more For the nameless lost at war Three wreaths on the north side Three wreaths on the south A World of Memories, Six Battles fought For you in honored glory In patriotic laud You’re name is known, but only to God He will walk 21 steps Turn and pause 21 more For the lives that fell before He will walk 21 steps Turn and pause 21 more For the nameless lost at war In victor and valor You offered us your life A soldier makes the final sacrifice We know not your name But we remember all you gave In every step and pause the proud guard takes He will walk 21 steps Turn and pause 21 more For the lives that fell before He will walk 21 steps Turn and pause 21 more For the nameless lost at war He will walk 21 steps Turn and pause 21 more For the namless lost at war He will walk 21 steps Turn and pause 21 more Til the day we war no more
7.
Avarice and greed Sell your soul to fill the emptiness Insatiable the need Manipulating, self obsessed Feed the devil on your shoulder Better angels should run for cover Welcome to the madness Narcissistic creed You put me down to raise yourself higher Fake reality Twist the truth to your desire Feed the devil on your shoulder Better angels should run for cover Welcome to the madness A tortured life of rage and insanity Born inside a moment of cruelity Beware: misery loves her company Revenge and jealousy Red with anger, green with envy Lost morality Changing colors in wild hypocrisy Feed the devil on your shoulder Better angels should run for cover Welcome to the madness Avarice and greed You see, it’s all about me Avarice, avarice and greed
8.
The Raven 04:22
Said the Raven to the Eagle Guide me through the night Lead me from the darkness To He Who Stole The Light Answered Eagle to the Raven Seek the Bentwoods three One inside another Carved from Cedar Tree Raven journeyed many miles On mighty wing he took to flight Across the oceans deep and wide Til in his sight A ring of fire Shifted Raven to hemlock needle Floating down the stream The daughter sipped the water Bore grandson to the Chief Then the Raven disguised as human Tricked the greedy Chief Opened all the boxes And set the treasures free Scattered stars that shimmer bright Hung the moon to light the night Rose the sun high in the sky And unto the world Released the fire Raven soared through smoke so high Forever changed To black from white
9.
Lost In Blue 04:10
If colors are emotions And the story’s told within the art There stands an empty canvas Waiting for the brush to start Staring at the palette Too afraid to feel Knowing it will break his heart Empty and abandonded Little boy lost in blue Lost in blue Lost in blue Suffering the demons Of doubt that live inside of you Lost in blue Lost in blue Fading in the sadness Little boy lost in blue Each stroke a truth to feel A gallery to heal The wounds that left you color blind Reflections on the weave Will light the hope you need To leave the years of pain behind Another day is dawning Shrouded in a world of gray Awaiting in the colors The strength to paint the shame away When he begins see them The portrait will reveal He was not the one to blame Lift him from the darkness No longer lost in blue Lost in blue Lost in blue Suffering the demons Of doubt that live inside of you Lost in blue Lost in blue Fading in the sadness Little boy lost in blue May love release the sadness For little boys lost in blue
10.
Your love surrounds me like a blanket So soft and warm From the moment that I felt it I knew where I belong The last sound before I fall asleep The first when I awake Your voice the only one I’ll ever need Wrapped inside your love All that I am and all I will be I give to you With this promise now a family One heart from two The last sound before I fall asleep The first when I awake Your voice the only one I’ll ever need Wrapped inside your love And as we journey toward the twilight Still hand in hand Ever with you right here by my side Through every grain of sand The last sound before I fall asleep The first when I awake Your voice the only one I’ll ever need Wrapped inside your love Your love Your love
11.
Josephine 03:59
A rainy Ozark night a baby girl is born Dent County 1894 Josephine Melinda gave a muffled cry First in a lifetime of countless more Hamp was tall and lean with eyes as black as coal And a dark spot upon his soul Sweet Josie took his name at seventeen years old His four children she soon bore He shot a man for stealing from his water well Or so his story goes Left him there to die on that dusty bowl The judge said “guilty” and the cell door closed So Josie worked the railroad while he did his time Cookin’ up and down that KT Line She heard that Hamp was free and had a family And a wife ‘cross the Kansas state line The orphan’s home the only way to save her kids Their love she’d not forsake She kissed them all, wiped a tear and in their ear Said “I’ll be back, whatever it takes” She stood before the preacher for a second time With Mr. Coffey in ’25 No wedding gown, a union for to save their lives She’d be a widow in twenty years time Oh Josephine Sweet Josephine I miss your spit firin’ smile The third time was to Russ when she was fifty five She loved that man until the day she died Five score and twenty three she smiles at me Lookin’ down from our crooked blood line Oh Josephine Sweet Josephine I miss your spit firin’ smile Josephine Jospehine Won’t you sit for, sit for awhile
12.
There are the ones you call friends There are the ones you call late at night There are the ones who sweep away your past With one wave of the hand There are the ones you call family There are the ones you hold close to your heart There are the ones who see the danger in you And won't understand I can hear your voice in the wind Are you calling to me Down the long road Do you really think there's an end I have followed my dreams Down the long road You are the one that I met long ago You are the one who saw my dreams You are the one who took me from my home And left me off somewhere Somehow I feel that you are here You are waiting in that dream Somewhere down this road we will awake And be at the start again I can hear your voice in the wind Are you calling to me Down the long road Do you really think there's an end I have followed my dreams Down the long road I've got to find you tonight Are you waiting for me I have followed my dreams And I have lived my whole life Are you waiting for me I can hear your voice in the wind Are you calling to me Down the long road Do you really think there's an end I have lived my whole life Down the long road Do you really think there’s an end Do you really think there’s an end
13.
Angels Fly 04:04
In a seat by the window Southbound on I-95 Prayin’ the driver Will get me to you in time The whole ride my mind’s eye Is seeing your life flashing by Angels fly The things I remember Too many to share in these lines More than the markers Of the miles I count rolling by And my heart is breaking Cuz you won’t see 49 Angels Fly More than a sister A daughter, a partner So much more than a friend And though I was older, you were the wiser Cuz you knew that in the end Angels fly I sit by the window Northbound on I-95 The ring on my finger Proof that you walked in this life And now that it’s over I can’t even whisper goodbye Angels fly More than a sister A daughter, a partner So much more than a friend Though I was older, you were the wiser Cuz you knew that in the end Angels fly Angels fly Angels fly
14.
Sun goes down In a town called Little Egg Many miles from home She never thought She’d end up quite this way That morning long ago A child bride In a gown her Mama made To hide the baby on the way And through his eyes She could leave behind the pain From the wounds that never fade Tomorrow’s gonna be a better day Tomorrow’s gonna be a better day Tomorrow’s gonna be a better day Ten years by And the more their family grew The more he stayed away She didn’t cry The day she learned his lover’s name And of the vows he had betrayed Tomorrow’s gonna be a better day Tomorrow’s gonna be a better day Tomorrow’s gonna be a better day But tonight she grieves the dreams that might have been Tonight she weeps for a love that couldn’t win In the dark she lets the tears fall For a broken innocence Tomorrow’s gonna be a better day She prays tomorrow’s gonna be a better day Tomorrow’s got to be a better day Sun goes down In this town called Little Egg Her baby girl is grown A mama now Raising two kids on her own Round and round and round the story goes They say tomorrow’s gonna be a better day You’ll see tomorrow’s gonna be a better day Tomorrow’s gonna be a better day
15.
In December 04:44
In December When the darkness falls So early in the day And the stars light up the silent sky Shadows run away The northwind hums a melody It’s solstice lullaby In December I still believe in love I remember The years we shared Christmas’s of past Celebrations Reflected in Each ornamental glass Every snowflake holds a memory That melts away too fast I remember And still believe in love I still believe in Santa’s bells And the angels up above I still believe in Winter’s magic dust I still believe that dreams come true When we wish upon a star I remember And still believe in love Like the ember By the fireside That rose and shone so bright Too soon descending Surrendering It’s brilliant breath of life We couldn’t know that someday comes Much sooner than we planned For the ember I still believe in love I still believe in Santa’s bells And the angels up above I still believe in Winter’s magic dust I still believe that dreams come true When we wish upon a star And In December Even though you’re gone In December I still believe in love

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released March 21, 2020

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Kim Moberg Massachusetts

Award winning artist & Alaska Native Kim Moberg began playing guitar at age 14 but stage fright kept her from pursuing her dream to become a performer. In 2014 she set out to overcome the stage fright & wrote her first song.

Kim teamed with Grammy-nominated producer Jon Evans to record "Above Ground” & “Up Around The Bend”. Both have received world wide airplay and critical acclaim.
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