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Beyond the Trees "Shoreline"
6/30/2023 | 4m 42sVideo has Closed Captions
Beyond the Trees sing "Shoreline."
Beyond the Trees is an acoustic duo made up of Alek Glauvitz and Arja Niskanen from Minneapolis. Their original bluegrass-folk music strives to blend an urban-feeling beat with a walk in the woods. Here they sing "Shoreline."
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Prairie Public Shorts is a local public television program presented by Prairie Public
Prairie Public Shorts
Beyond the Trees "Shoreline"
6/30/2023 | 4m 42sVideo has Closed Captions
Beyond the Trees is an acoustic duo made up of Alek Glauvitz and Arja Niskanen from Minneapolis. Their original bluegrass-folk music strives to blend an urban-feeling beat with a walk in the woods. Here they sing "Shoreline."
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship(gentle guitar music) ♪ Just another gloomy Monday ♪ ♪ You know I don't want to clock in ♪ ♪ I'd rather be making my way up to the shore ♪ ♪ I always do my best and make them checks ♪ ♪ While working for the man ♪ ♪ But it doesn't make me happy like the north ♪ ♪ With this tree so tall, at the base of it I lie ♪ ♪ You know it's hard to remember what you forget ♪ ♪ Calming waves come crashing on the shoreline ♪ ♪ Can't help but wonder why ♪ ♪ I ever left the place where I'm the happiest ♪ ♪ Oh, I could spend all of my days up there ♪ ♪ And I could live a life so simple and fair ♪ ♪ And I could be so free ♪ ♪ Yes I could ♪ ♪ Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ Why do we wish for, wish for happiness ♪ ♪ Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ Instead of diving in, diving in the bliss ♪ ♪ Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ I don't want no troubles no more ♪ ♪ I don't want no struggles no more ♪ ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ ♪ Throw away all of my worries with every rock I skip ♪ ♪ Across the lake that looks just like the sea ♪ ♪ And like Edmund Fitzgerald, oh that brave little ship ♪ ♪ All my worries could be but a memory ♪ ♪ Lessons learned as I go through this life of mine ♪ ♪ You know, I just tell it exactly like I see ♪ ♪ And like an age old story, just give me my time ♪ ♪ I'll earn my worth and then I'll be set free ♪ ♪ Oh, I could spend all of my days up there ♪ ♪ And I could live a life so simple and fair ♪ ♪ And I could be so free ♪ ♪ Yes I could ♪ ♪ Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ Why do we wish for, wish for happiness ♪ ♪ Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ Instead of diving in, diving in your bliss ♪ ♪ Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh ♪ ♪ I don't want no troubles no more ♪ ♪ I don't want no struggles no more ♪ ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ ♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh ♪ - [Announcer] Funded by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008, and by the members of Prairie Public.
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