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Four Directions

by Eli Lev

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1.
Making Space 02:53
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As our fortunes come to find our hands And our worried bones fall back into place We've been chasing fire and wind for too long Now it's time to make some space of our own Let's make some space Of our own Let's make some space Of our own We could try and change the way things burn Or take a little step outside and stay warm Either way, to me you're my friend I'll see you in the space we've made at the end Let's make some space Of our own Let's make some space Of our own Let's make some space Of our own Let's make some space Of our own Hey
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Go Down 03:06
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Why don't you Go down to find out What it's all about Why don't you Go down to cleanse your soul And wash it out Cause it's a good day to live And it's a good day to die When all our trials and tribulations have been Wrung out to dry Go down Go down Why don't you Dip your head Into that wet Why don't you Holler back at me If it makes you sweat Cause it's a good day to live And it's a good day to die When the words of our beloved have been Held up on high Go down Go down Go down son Go down Cleanse your worried mind Go down Go down Go down Cleanse your worried mind Well I'm starting to feel A little hot under the skin I'm about to put our holy robes And jump right in Cause it's a good day to live And it's a good day to die When we can drown all our sins And come back alive Go down My trials and tribulation The face of my salvation Cleanse your worried mind Those waters won't run dry You can hold my sins my high Go down son Cleanse your worried Go down son Cleanse your worried Go down Cleanse your worried Go down Go down
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Just Tryin to Get Home 03:11
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Well I woke up in a hotel room with my baby on my mind I've been traveling on this lonely road so long I've lost the time She's been waiting and a wondering and a wishing me home I've been staring at her pictures on my phone I'm just tryin to get home to see my baby tonight Yes I marked this day on my heart and soul so many long weeks ago It's true that we chat online sometimes, but it makes me want to see her more She's been hoping and a hurting and a holding on Smelling my T-shirts while I've been gone I'm just tryin to get home to see my baby tonight Well the day has come and I'm on my way to see the love of my life Once I feel her in my arms again, everything's gonna be alright She's been a yearning and a burning and churning inside I've been waiting forever to be by her side I'm just tryin to get home to see my baby tonight We've been texting all day talking bout what we'll do when we meet again My body's trembling and my hearts on fire I can't wait to feel her skin She's been heaving and a breathing and calling my name I said damn baby girl you got me going insane I'm just tryin to get home, to see my baby tonight I gotta catch my plane in Terminal 3 and then I'll be flying high Another five hours up in the air then a midnight taxi ride She's been thinking so hard what she's gonna do I said don't matter honey, all I want is you I'm just tryin to get home, to see my baby tonight Yeah my seatbelt's already off as the taxi rounds that final bend With the windows down and my spirits up, my journey's come to an end Now she's looking at me longingly coming up the road I drop my bags into her arms I go I finally made it home to see my baby tonight Well I tell you my man the loving this woman is giving me is oh so good I just might pack my bags again and hit the road if I only could Cause every time I leave she loves me more The best kisses I get are when I walk through the door I'm gonna head out today and see my baby tonight Yes I'm gonna head out today and see my baby tonight
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Long Way Back to Shonto 03:53
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I got canyon powder all over my shirt Seven dollars to my name Both my boots are filled with dirt And I'm cold as hell It's a long way back to Shonto, but I'm ready to ride I'm gonna eat those miles for breakfast, and chase them down with the wind Nobody knows where I am To tell you the truth, neither do I I haven't seen a single sign of a soul for days It's a long way back to Shonto, but I'm ready to ride Kiss the first face I see if I make it back alive If I could drink the sweat running down my cheeks I would Yeah you know I would If I could eat the dirt clinging to my skin I would You know I would It's a long way back to Shonto, but I'm ready to ride I got the devil nipping at my heels No angels by my side Keep on riding Keep on riding Keep on riding Keep on riding If I could drink the sweat running down my cheeks I would Yeah you know I would If I could eat the dirt clinging to my skin I would You know I would Cause it's a long way back to Shonto, but I'm ready to ride I'm gonna keep on riding these old canyon roads till the day I die Till the day I die
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Growing Up and Growing Down 03:04
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Coming back to my hometown Back to the start of the road Growing up and growing down It's is all I really know As my circle comes to gather round me And my feet find the ground I've been growing up far too long Now it's time to start growing down The same tunes call out from the radio But no one seems to mind All my shoes are right where I left 'em The clocks keep ticking time The world turns but that house stands still That eastern wind still blows Growing up and growing down It's all I really know I've found a million ways to lose myself But here I know my way around I've been growing up far too long Now it's time to start growing down Coming back to my hometown, back to the start of the road Growing up and growing down It's all I really know Yeah it's all I really know This house is all I really know Well life ain't long enough to see it all We've got to find our hollowed ground I've been growing up for far too long Now it's time to start growing down Now it's time to start growing down Now it's time to start growing down
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Water 01:11
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Tell me I got water Tell me I got bread Tell me I've got shelter and a place to lay my head Never been so far out On my own Never felt so high Never been so alone Some days I feel like a motherless child Some days I feel so much joy I could cry Yes, some days I feel like a motherless child Some days I feel so much joy I could Cry
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Treason 05:50
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Well I've been thinking That this is treason What I've been doing with my life My contributions To the system Have been minimal at best There's another power That I'm after It's coming straight from my chest That's why I take my soul down to the river And hold my head up to the sky Take my soul down to the river And hold my head up to the sky Well I've been thinking That this is treason What I've been doing with my life The holy empire and their shiny weapons Have no power here The chutes and ladders The fame and dollars Have all been scattered into the air That's why I take my soul down to the river And hold my head up to the sky Take my soul down to the river And hold my head up to the sky I've been thinking That this is treason What I've been doing with my life There's another power That I'm after It's taken me all this time to realize Why I take my soul down to the river And hold my head up to the sky I take my soul down to the river And hold my head up to the sky Well I take my soul down To the riverside And I hold my head up to the sky When they come asking They ask me why I just hold me head up to the sky Cause I've been down that road before And it goes round and around So take my money and take my car Take my status and take my wage Take my future and take my name I'm gonna keep my heart and gonna take my soul down to the river And hold my head up the sky I take my soul down to the river And I hold my head up to the sky
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See The World 04:02
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Well I'm on a train Going to Chicago Are your big brown eyes Staring out a window Looking out on this big blue sky Looking out on this big blue sky Well I'm on that plane That you see up there Well I got you a ticket And all that goes with it So come on let's fly Oh I'd love to see the world with you Cause I've turned toward the east And I've come back west But it just ain't the same In sunshine or rain I'd love to see the world with you Well I'd love to see the world with you On a highway road all is sacred you know As you move in the hollows of my mind Only the stars know where we'll go Why don't you come with me this time I've been walking these streets In cities and towns But the truth be told It's a lonely road I'd love to see the world with you Oh I'd love to see the world with you Well let it be known I've survived on my own With the only thing carrying me the wind Yet wherever I roam With my makeshift home There's a place for you To be and breathe with me Well I'm leaving today I hope you'll say I'd love to the world I'd love to see the world I'd love to see the world with you too Oh I'd love to see the world with you too Yes I'd love to see the world I'd love to see the world Yes I'd love to see the world with you too Oh I'd love to see the world With you
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One Road 03:20
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I'm feeling pretty good this time I can see the leaves are smiling red into gold The wind starts moving in It's like I'm living in the stories of old Well I can hear the poets Calling out in the forest They're wishing me well Those bards of bygone times Are guiding me on One road I'm traveling on with two friends I'm going round in three worlds Have I been here before and when I'm bringing my sharpened mind But leaving my bag behind It's all in my heart The beat grows in my chest Melodies on my breath I'm ready to start I can hear the poets Writing words about us What a story they tell Those bards of bygone times are guiding me on One road We're traveling on with two friends We're going round in three worlds Have we been here before and when Give me strange lands With songs I never heard sung before Give me warm hands To hold me when I'm feeling unsure One road Two friends Three worlds And four winds One Road We're traveling on with our friends We're going round in three worlds Have we have we been here before and when I know we're always on One Road With our friends In three worlds With four winds
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Oh My Lord 03:53
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Oh my lord It's been quiet on this mountain I ain't seen the ocean for days on end My heart has been hardened By these rocks they've been guarding me And only the sea Can cleanse me again I have wandered through the valleys Been loved by the sky Abandoned by the deserts On those cold starry nights All to find you waiting in the blue sunrise All to find you waiting in the blue Sunrise Oh my lord Please protect me on my journey May you watch over me In days of high and low Let me sleep in safety Wake with all my wits about me Find you in sunrise And thank you before I go Before I go I have wandered through the valleys I been loved by the sky Abandoned by the deserts On those cold starry nights All to find you waiting in the blue sunrise All to find you waiting in the blue Sunrise Sunrise Sunrise Sunrise Sunrise My journey's never over As long as I'm alive You'll see me through the darkness And out to the other side All to find you waiting in the blue sunrise All to find you waiting Just before The sunrise Sunrise Oh my Lord Sunrise Sunrise Oh my Lord Sunrise Oh my Lord Sunrise Oh my Lord Oh my Lord Sunrise Oh My Lord Oh My Lord Sunrise Oh My Lord
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On The Run 03:10
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Yeah we headed out to Nashville Drove straight into the morning Made it there by sunrise Watched the buildings glowing No one ever told us We gotta work for all this fun It's got it's ups it's got it's downs When you're on the run Traffic lights and parking lots Are the only places that we stop Haven't had a full night's sleep In little over a week We'd love to see the country Take time to stay a while But we got to make it to the show That's the way it goes When you're on the run And we're on the run The lights come up, people chant our names It's a sudden rush that comes to us when we take the stage We stomp our feet, clap our hands Got to get the rhythm going now they're singing with the band Singing oh, oh, oh Yeah we headed out of Nashville, Chattanooga bound Gotta make it there by sundown to play for the crowd Singing oh, oh, oh We're on the run Yeah we're on the run
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Chasing Daylight 03:03
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Well there's something about the weather When we're out on our own Something about the path that leads us forever home We don't need a reason, just changing with the seasons Following the feeling in our souls Now that you're with me We're chasing daylight and we're soulfully alive Well I can't believe The world's still turning because we're hopelessly aligned You, me, and the sunrise Well we're miles away From the end of the day And the wind walks by our side We'll fly through the rivers and We'll swim through the sky Nothing can bring us down when it's you and I Now that you're with me We're chasing daylight and we're soulfully alive And I can't believe The world's still turning and we're hopelessly aligned You, me, and the sunrise And oh, this golden road Leads us on, forever home Now that you're with me We're chasing daylight and we're soulfully alive Into the sunrise Letting it all go Cause when you're with me We're chasing daylight, we're soulfully alive Oh I can't believe The world's still turning and we're hopelessly aligned You, me, and the sunrise
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To The Stars 03:38
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Walking Away 03:31
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I never wanted this but now we're here I kind of like it The way you hate me then you love me You're so indecisive Running your fingers through your hair When you've got chocolate on 'em I kind of like it Trying to fall asleep but you're talking to me Buzzing around in the folds of the sheets And it's so easy to fall back into your arms I say hey Now I'm walking away without your love And without your pain I'm feeling a change is coming now We can push and pull forever And we can blame it on whoever I just can't stay So I'm walking away I'm walking away I remember when you made me feel like I was something Someone to hold you and to talk to you until the morning Something to wake you up, someone to lay you down Someone to be the only thing you breathe in and out And you fall asleep next to me Saying my name in the folds of the sheets And it's so easy to fall back into your arms I say hey Now I'm walking away without your love And without your pain I'm feeling a change is coming now We can push and pull forever And we can blame it on whoever I just can't stay So I'm walking away I'm walking away You're the salt and sweet, tongue in my cheek Give and you take till you get what you need But I'll be fine I just got to get you off my mind I fall asleep you're next to me, calling my name I say hey Now I'm walking away without your love And without your pain I'm feeling a change is coming now We can push and pull forever And we can blame it on whoever I just can't stay So I'm walking away I'm walking away
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Anywhere We Can Go 03:11
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Shy Desert Morning 03:49
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My horizons are rising up to see I'm finding out just fine who I am I'm looking out of my own desert home Checking all those creatures passing by As the way back to your heart Widens all the time It's that first soft light Of the shy desert morning That reminds my blood to come alive Don't take me downtown With these worn out shoes There's no place for my bag I'm heading out I don't need no news There ain't no use for that where I'm going As the way back to your heart Widens all the time It's that first soft light Of the shy desert morning That reminds my blood to come alive Don't take me downtown I've been away for too long Don't make my bed for me Cause I'm seeing it through this time In my own company And as the way Back to your heart Well it widens all the time It's the first soft light Of the shy desert morning That reminds my blood to come alive Don't take me downtown Shy desert morning I can see you coming through Your light's gonna shine And light the way to you Shy desert morning And I know you got something to say I've been waiting all night So come on and light up the way Back to your heart It widens all the time It's that first soft light Of the shy desert morning That reminds my blood to come alive Don't take me downtown
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I Wanna Tell You 03:23
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We just turned 23 It was the world versus you and me We were both head over heels Yeah you remember how that feels We thought we would win somehow We're laughing at that now The day it all fell apart It felt like you were holding my hurting heart We swore we'd try again That was the beginning of the end I wanna tell you that I'm different All that time in love was well spent You know we had to learn along the way So we could look back and smile someday And I could say I'm sorry But that wouldn't be true I'd rather say I'm happier And I know that you are too If I'm honest, I'm overjoyed Now I know who I am This is my voice I wanna tell you that I'm different All that time with you was well spent You know we had to learn along the way So we could look back and smile someday I wanna tell you that I'm different Back then I couldn't know what it meant You know I had to learn along the way I wanna tell you, I wanna tell you that I'm different All that time with you was well spent You know we had to learn along the way So we could look back and smile someday
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As It Is 03:32
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The sky is changing From indigo into blue And I am changing too For the first and the last time The earth is trembling And I am trembling too It makes me feel alive It's the only thing I know There's a winding road behind me A straight path ahead Will you come with me To the water's edge We'll sink into the shoreline And slowly disappear Into it all As it always was As it really is There's a wildfire behind me An orchard ahead Will you come with me And taste all of it We'll turn into magpies And fly on the fiery wind Above it all As it is There's a winding road behind me A straight path ahead Will you come with me To the water's edge We'll dance for forever And slowly disappear Into it all As it always was As it really is Into it all As it is
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Happiness Waits 06:41
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Have you seen the sun over the seas All seven call for me But she's in the throes of love And he's a lonely lad Have you walked the hills of a highland trail All my friends are there But she's a comfortable girl And he's already found his chair Still happiness waits In the bridges connecting all the little towns across the world In the stream beds that laugh when no one's looking into their games In the moonlight on its short and lovely journey to its tree top beds In the fallen trunks, around the fields You can find it there Have you held the hand of a summer wind I know it'll guide you well But she's a busy girl And he's forgotten the sounds Of the snow, and the rain Of a cool river breeze and his home Still happiness waits Yes and happiness waits In the bridges connecting all the little towns across the world In the stream beds that laugh when no one's looking into their games In the moonlight on its short and lovely journey to its tree top beds In the fallen trunks on the forest floor Still happiness waits Yes and happiness waits In the bridges connecting all the little towns across the world In the stream beds that laugh when no one's looking into their games In the moonlight on its short and lovely journey to its tree top beds In the shimmering waves crashing on the shore In the crisp cool air of the springtime stretch Yes you can find it there Yeah you can find it there Have you held the hand of a summer wind
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There's a Light 01:54
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There's a shadow on the wall Of an angel come to call And remind me of what I've always known She whispers in my ear The words I can barely hear But the meaning I can feel in my bones There's a peace just outside my window There's a war raging at my door There's a light If I close my eyes And go deep inside I can see There's a light

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After five years of writing, recording, and touring the world, singer/songwriter Eli Lev has completed his epic Four Directions project.

Prior to becoming a full time musician, the Silver Spring, MD native spent three years as an 8th grade English teacher on the Navajo Nation in Northern Arizona. The indigenous traditions he learned during this time are the inspiration for his Four Directions project. Just as each cardinal direction holds unique characteristics in the Navajo tradition, so do each of the albums in Eli’s ‘Four Directions Project.’ Together, the series imaginatively and intrepidly connects spheres and generations within a body of work that is irresistibly uplifting, emotionally resonant, and down-to-earth authentic.

The northern direction in Navajo belief is that of the black night, of reflection, of quietude, of completion, and the stage where we get the highest amount of understanding from events and actions.Therefore, True North, is composed of a series of songs that were written throughout Eli’s musical career. The EP was recorded during sessions with producer Taylor Rigg in a cabin in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley. Rigg’s ability to create sonic landscapes rooted in instrumentation were brought to life and elevated by the riverside setting nestled among the picturesque rolling mountains.

Eli’s releases have earned critical praise from Paste Magazine, Buzzfeed, CBS Radio, AXS, and The Bluegrass Situation, and have received national folk radio support and placement on prominent Spotify playlists. In 2019, Eli Lev won multiple industry awards for his work: his second album Way Out West won a Washington Area Music Award (WAMMIE) for best Country/Americana album, while his single “Chasing Daylight” won a grand prize in the SAW Mid-Atlantic Songwriting Competition.

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released November 30, 2021

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Eli Lev Silver Spring, Maryland

Rising singer-songwriter Eli Lev is making the world a smaller place, one song at a time.

Eli pens lyrics and melodies for everyday enlightenment—songs that resonate because they’re heartfelt, earthy, and offer wisdom he’s gained through lifelong travel and self-discovery.

He's just completed his Four Directions project: four EPs inspired by his time teaching on the Navajo Nation in Arizona. ... more

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