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I can't speak about what drew me to you first
I know you were somewhere else
But I felt you warm and close
It's like dynamite laid out years before and forgotten
I think you always knew this love
Why should I feel sorry when you're gone?
You were not gone so very long
I know you'll leave me someday
I'll be alright
I'll be alright
This time, I'm saying something
But I'm not quite sure what
I think you can hear me now
somehow despite the noise
You and I are really just the same
But, in fact, I'm the one to blame
You cannot leave me
You cannot leave me
You'll never leave me
You are truth and light
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2. |
Stars So Clear
05:00
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There’s a feeling that comes
when you open your mouth
and my words fall out
like I finally have proof
that there’s really a God,
but She says to me:
All hope is lost,
This is a dream,
and you, you love it too much
you love it too much
Even though I’m awake,
I’m still dreaming of you
My breaking heart
says to just go to sleep
but I cannot lie down
With the stars so clear
All hope is lost,
We, too, shall pass
This is just a dream
Thank God, this is just a dream
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3. |
Catching Pigeons
02:40
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I come out tonight with my feelings hurt
already
I'm not what you wanted
But that's OK
I don't need everything to be
Catching pigeons in the breeze
You say you want to go dancing
get ready
well, thank you for asking
that's not OK
What if I never change or improve?
I would go anywhere with you
(instrumental)
I ask you to answer one question
are you ready?
Would it be OK
if I'm not OK
would you be OK
could you be OK, OK?
What if you never change or improve?
I'd still go anywhere with you
I come out tonight with my feelings hurt
I come out tonight anyway
I come out tonight
I come out
I come out
I come out
I come out
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The young men think that they will live forever
even when their fathers die
for no one can tell them
anything at all
and it's true that anything can happen
when you're bracing for a fall
But when you step back
you see that
it's already happened
it's already happened
it's still happening and so
You can't stop it
no matter how you try
You can't stop it
no matter how you try
You can't stop it
The young men wish the old, old men would die
All they want's the money anyway
But old men act like young men
and young men cannot die
unless old men can convince them
that they're dying for a cause
But if you step back
you can see that
it's already happened
it's already happened
it's still happening and so
You can't stop it
no matter how you try
You can't stop it
no matter how you try
You can't stop it
(instrumental, intro)
I'd like to say I'm not like all of that
I'd like to look at them with cool remove
but the fact is – there's only one way to escape
and it's true that anything can happen
when there's nothing left to prove
But when you step back
you see that
it's already happened
it's already happened
it's already happened
You can't stop it
no matter how you try
You can't
no matter how you
You can't
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A Seat at the Edge
03:45
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If I keep playing and you keep singing,
then no one has to go on home
I like to hold my breath and feel for your touch
Why must good things hurt so much?
I put another log upon the fire
pretend to hold back the cold
I could stay with you right here forever
But I would never be that bold
I have a seat at the edge of the world
right at the edge
So if I turn towards you,
will you turn towards me?
But if you don’t I understand
There’s a broken part all mixed up with the beautiful
She only does the best she can
Please have a seat at the edge of the world
Please…
And faithfulness is a virtue,
But faithfulness to whom?
We must admit that good things
rarely happen around here
And honesty is a virtue,
But you can take that too far
so can I pour you one more drink?
Let me pour you one more
And the songs we sing they are all I feel
Because we know it never ends
And the passionate never can say no
will you help me tend the fire?
And I’m overwhelmed by your tender voice
And the magic of the tag
there is nothing like
a beautiful song
there is nothing like
a beautiful
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Did you ever awaken
in a world with new rules?
With conflicts you could never resolve
with your usual tools
Did you ever awaken
in a skin vague with sweat?
you tell yourself you can't stand smoke
then light a cigarette
You trace the blue cloud
as it draws toward the ceiling
and lie there feeling
somehow luminous
Do you faintly remember
some night in some season
A phone call out of nowhere
pleading for a reason
though you never question
why that call came so late
who was lying through their teeth
who was lying in wait
the phone stays silent
like the wood of a table
making you able
to feel luminous
Your palm on your forehead
cool to the touch
well you took what you could
but it wasn't that much
some wounds come sudden
a tap on the shoulder
time, frozen in time
and still getting colder
Have you finally forgotten
when your plans were afloat
you stood to face the turbulence
with your heart in your throat
Is it time to acknowledge
that the wine's turned to blood?
Your life's become some coastal town
in the wake of the flood
But you lift your guitar
and as you finger the strings
a voice lightly sings
sounding luminous
sounding luminous
sounding luminous
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Places
03:58
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You came and went
Like a breeze on a hot summers night
It was all I could do to keep me from stopping you
I tripped hard
Fell into places I could not stay
They were stranger than I could ever know
So here I am
Chasing what I think I should be
It was all I could do to stop you from stopping me
‘Cause I can’t keep
Running and chasing and falling for you
Not the way you want me to
I stand here and you stand there
One look from you and strips my heart bare
Don’t push me back just let me in
Seems like my chances are somewhat thin
But if you’ll be you and I’ll be me
We’ll stop this chase and then you’ll see
You’re on my mind, you’re in my world
You are headstrong
And you are my girl
There you are with a head full of doubt and a heart full of trust
The two tug of war like spoiled children do
I step in, hands held high, surrendering us
But you’re stuck firmly between the two
I stand here and you stand there
One look from you and strips my heart bare
Don’t push me back just let me in
Seems like my chances are somewhat thin
But if you’ll be you and I’ll be me
We’ll stop this chase and then you’ll see
You’re on my mind, you’re in my world
You are headstrong
And you are my girl
So here we are, hands held tight
Deep breath
We both let go, trusting what comes next
I think it’s time we let each other be free
We can be free
We can be free together
We can be free together
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8. |
Am I a Dream
04:26
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Am I a dream that's only dreaming you
Or is this the way insomnia looks in review?
Could you lose those furrows on your brow
or is it a dream to imagine that's possible now
I can't tell you
how to live' I
don't know how to
do it myself
(do it yourself)
I won't ask you
anything that
I know the answer to
Tell me what's true and tell me what's a lie
Am I the Atman or am I just some guy?
If this is fiction, please just show me fact
Am I the headline or only an opening act?
Truth is stranger
than you dreamed it'
fantasy will
set you free
(set me free)
Herrmann Hesse
dreamed a dream of
me wanting you
Om is where the heart is
Om is where my love lies
Om Mani Padme Hum
Om is deep within you
Om, within without you
Om Mani Padme Hum
I'll be the arrow and you can be the bow
if you tell me all that you I'll tell you all that I know
I think that the past and the future are the same
And if I lie, well, it's only that words are to blame
True is false and
light is fading'
destiny will set you free
(set me free)
Who will I be when I grow up?
I wanna be myself.
Om is where the heart is
Om is where my love lies
Om Mani Padme Hum
Om is deep within you
Om, within without you
Om Mani Padme Hum
Om is where the heart is
Om is where my love lies
Om Mani Padme Hum
Om is deep within you
Om, within without you
Om Mani Padme Hum
Om sweet om, om sweet om, om sweet...
Am I a dream that's only dreaming you
Or are you a lake in the moonlight and I'm a canoe?
Can we ever be awake somehow
or is it a dream to imagine that's possible
imagine that's possible now?
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Though I know
things are different now
Still you come
from yesterday
The saddest part
of all those things I did
that we both know
I'll do again
We can't stop ourselves from being alone
We can't stop ourselves
Let's pretend
that there's no story now
Put out the light
and come to bed
and when we wake
the world won't look the same
At least that's what I want
If you were me
If you were me
And so your face
belongs to someone else
but still my heart
belongs to me
I can't believe
in fact that this is life
I guess I'd hoped for more
(Instrumental)
It seems it's time
for me to say to you
the broken thing
that I can't say
The only words
that you could recognize
won't make a difference now
We can't stop ourselves from being alone
We can't stop ourselves from being alone
We can't stop ourselves from being alone
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The crowd is still chanting
We're hoping for one more
You say the King is probably downstairs
Popping pills and heading for the door
Me, I'm not leaving just yet
There still might be one more
I try with all my might to convince you
But I just don't know what for
Elvis has left the building
I guess it's time to go on home
Elvis has left the building
He took care of business
The King sang it full and slow
"Love me tender, love me true,
Never let me go."
I try to be like him
Now what would Elvis do?
He would not just sit here waiting
I think he'd sing a song for you
Elvis has left the building
Maybe it's time to give it up
Elvis has left the building
It's the end of the inning
The winner will take all
Two men out and three men on
And I'm the one who drops the ball
I guess it went all wrong
Long before it went all wrong
I tried and yet that's how I failed
Nothing sad can last for very long
Elvis has left the building
I guess it's time to let you go
Elvis has left the building
(I'm gonna miss you though)
I still believe in Elvis...
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11. |
No More Mistakes
04:29
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Ah
When you said the time had come
I was on my own
There was no looking back
Time to stand up
And that's where you found me,
still in my wedding dress
and that's where you found me
When you said that there would be
no consolation prize
that's when I loved you most
no consolation prize
that's when I loved you most
I know there's nothing wrong with me
that can't be fixed next year
And if I had the answers now
There'd be no fun in standing here
Ah
Sometimes you buy the farm
to find that nothing grows
Sometimes you kick the can
and someone blows their nose
I wish that you could stay
and never tell your mom
I wish that you would stay
Ah, but I will come for you
when the world is fast asleep
I'll buy you a new pony
As you're fading in the deep
Yes, I'll buy you a new pony
Yes, I'll buy you a new
And when they lower my body down
There'll be no more mistakes
And I just want the chance to say
That nothing's wrong when something breaks
I feel a certain stirring
Just when the curtain's closing
the truth is always running
and now the baby's waking
and now the baby's crying
and now the baby's leaving
and now the baby's dying....
ah
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Amy Shelley and Gary Grundei like to make music for you.
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