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bookstore crush
02:45
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Oh oh oh
She’s playin’ for the bookstore crowd
and I might fall in love
Oh her slim fingers graceful on guitar strings
Oh and I just might fall in love
I stand at the back of the store
and listen to her voice soar
and I want more
I wanna take her home
I’ve never even kissed a girl
but oh I like the curl of her lips
Our eyes meet and I think that smile’s for me
and I’d love to taste those lips
I think she’s beautiful
and I wonder how it might feel
to run my fingers through her hair
through her sandy hair
Later she says I look familiar to her
Could she have seen me somewhere?
I glance at her shyly from beneath my lashes
but my tongue catches in my throat
If I had the nerve
I’d tell her
that I’m a singer too
I play a purple guitar
But my words they’re
stuck behind my teeth
and all I can do is smile
and shuffle out the door
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2. |
lies
03:02
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The first lie that you told me
was that you'd always speak honestly
The first mistake that I made was to believe you
when you promised you would always tell the truth
The second lie that you told me
was that you were in love with me
The next mistake that I made was to believe you
when you promised that your love was true
It could have ended so much better, not so bitter
if you hadn't made those promises
But now even the memory of what we had together
is tainted with your lies
The final lie that you told me
was the promise you would wait for me
The last mistake that I made was to believe you
when you promised me a future with you
It could have ended so much better, not so bitter
if you hadn't made those promises
But now even the memory of what we had together
is tainted with your lies
'Cause every time you told me that you loved me
and every time that we made love
Every time you promised me you'd hold me close forever
was just another lie
I won't make these mistakes again
I don't know when I can believe again
I'm hard outside and I'm hollow within
This is what you did to me
This is what you did to me
I won't make these mistakes again
I don't know when I'll ever trust again
I'm hard outside and I'm hollow within
This is what you did to me
This is what you did to me
I won't make these mistakes again
I don't know if I'll ever love again
I'm hard outside and I'm hollow within
This is what you did to me
This is what you did to me
This is what you did to me
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3. |
sarah
03:58
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Sarah I’m so sorry that I didn’t let you stay
It’s been over a year now since you went away
Sarah can you understand what I was going through?
Sarah can you understand I only wanted what was best for you?
Sarah can you hear me? Are you out there somewhere?
Sarah are you near me, floating on the air?
Oh Sarah are you on your own
or Sarah have you found another home?
Sarah please forgive me for forcing you to fly
You gave yourself to me and I only passed you by
Sarah can you understand that the timing was all wrong?
I didn’t have what it takes to build you up and keep you strong
Sarah please believe me it broke my heart in two
on that Wednesday afternoon when I said goodbye to you
Do you believe in fate and that some things were meant to be?
And when the time is right will you find your way back to me?
Sarah are you out there somewhere?
Sarah are you floating on the air?
Sarah please return to me
and this time I will give you a home
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4. |
disillusioned clarity
03:07
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I've got three last things to tell you
you're a liar and a cheater and you're selfish as hell
and I don't know how I could be so blind
that I couldn't read between your intimate lines
and when I tried to be a friend to you
you threw it all away because I told you the truth
'cause you don't like what you see
if you can't wrap your mirror in a fantasy
and you don't like what I have to say
but I'm gonna say it anyway
'cause I'm tired of your vanity
and I'm tired of your alternate morality
and I see, and I see
in my disillusioned clarity
it took me awhile to see right through
'cause I just kept making excuses for you
but now your excuses have all run out
and now I see what you're really about
although you claim that you love somebody else
I bet you're too fuckin' busy makin' love to yourself
and I don't like what I see
now that I've woken from my reverie
and I don't like what I have to say
but I'm gonna say it anyway
because I've had it with your vanity
and I've had it with your alternate morality
and I see, and I see
in my disillusioned clarity
yeah I don't like what I see
now that I've woken from my reverie
and I don't like what I have to say
but you know I'm gonna say it anyway
'cause I won't feed your vanity
and I don't buy your brand of morality
and I see, and I see
and I don't like what I see in you
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5. |
recovery
02:43
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Shards of crystal in my heart
slivers of pain
reflecting exquisite prisms
color shimmering like rain
or droplets of morning dew
scattering the memories of you
I gather up the richest hues
violets and midnight blues
(greens of a frothy sea
I draw them in to me)
A heavy snow lingers
but I can taste the spring
The scent of springtime hovers
tantalizing
In the dance and swirl of colors
soon I will join the fray
In the bacchanal of life and love and lust
I will trample down the grey
When April comes I’ll trample down the grey…
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6. |
song for shoe
03:31
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You wooed me with fried tomatoes
captivated me with your boyish smile
Your blue-green eyes looked through me
I hadn't felt this way in quite awhile
but I said, "My heart's been broken,
in fact I think that my heart is dead
and it wouldn't be fair to you." And you said,
"If you need a friend I'm there
I'll be a friend to you
and if you wanna talk about it
I will listen to you"
You held me in your arms
and purgatory fell away
Though I was ready to run
when you kissed me I just had to stay with you
So we fell into this thing
I'm not sure what it is
But we fell into this this thing
and it's beautiful…
I never thought we'd go this far
I love to fall asleep to the sound of your guitar
and wake up next to you
that's all I wanna do now
So if you need a friend I'm there
I'll be a friend to you
and if you wanna talk about it
I will listen to you
Sunsets and the Milky Way
carried us through the summer days
and August came too soon
I had to leave you
But there's no reason to cry
'cause this is not goodbye
and I'll be back before the leaves fall down
And we'll go winding along the Natchez Trace
or flying down the interstate
Naked in a stream, we'll surrender to a dream
Ah, surrender to a dream
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7. |
stay
04:07
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Not one day has gone by that I haven't thought of you
But when you finally kiss my mouth I don't know what to do
I don't know what to do
You take me by the hand and you lead me astray
My brain knows better than this but my body wants you to stay
My body wants you to stay
You take me by the hand and you lead me down
In the silence of a million stars can you hear the sound
Can you hear the sound
of my body screaming aloud
hear my body screaming for you
for you
You take me by the hand and you lead me astray
My words tell you to go but my kisses tell you to stay
My kisses tell you to stay
Please stay
You take me by the hand and you lead me low
I just wanna kiss your mouth but I tell you I gotta go
I say I gotta go
You take me by the hand and you lead me down
In the silence of a million stars can you hear the sound
Can you hear the sound
of my body screaming aloud
hear my body screaming for you
for you
Take me by the hand now and lead me astray
I just wanna kiss your mouth baby, please don't go away
I need you to stay
Please stay.
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8. |
rhythm
02:51
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This is just a passing thing. I know, I know, I know
Just a little passing fancy, I know
This is just a passing thing. I know, I know, I know
My little boy he touches me
but baby you look so good to me
I wonder if you feel this energy…
but this is just a passing thing…
My little boy he makes me sing
but you put the rhythm in my brain
I wonder if you feel the same for me
but this is just a passing thing…
Can’t afford to fuck things up
so I guess I’ll keep my big mouth shut
I guess I’ll keep my big mouth shut
and keep my hands to myself
I know I need to move along
but would kissing you really be so wrong?
Guess I’ll pour my desire into another song
and dance to your rhythm
Not so sure it’s a passing thing. I dunno, I don’t know
Is it just a passing fancy? I don’t think so
It’s not a passing thing ‘cause I can’t shake you offa my brain
and I am addicted to your rhythm
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9. |
sign
03:11
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What if you got a sign?
You’re lying in a sleeper car late at night
Bunks above and below
full of strange men making sleepy noises
In your sleep you hold your passport tight
and your guitar is between you and the wall
and the train rumbles onward through the night
and the conductor is patrolling the hall
And suddenly you’re aware of the light
It’s pouring straight out of your chest
Your heart is burning, aching, expanding,
and bursting with inexplicable joy
There is no voice
There are no words to explain
but the message is perfectly clear:
He is here, He is here
He is here, and He’s always been here
And all that was lost has been found
and all that was missing is here
And in this moment of revelation
everything is perfectly clear
In the morning you wonder
Was it a sign or was it a dream?
Was it really a sign or was it just a dream
Was it just a dream, or should you believe?
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10. |
impulsive one
04:33
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We sit around talking like it’s some kind of play
where we could rewrite the script and make this go away
where the story runs conveniently along established lines
the plot is simple and relationships are well-defined
(well there’s no such thing)
But I can’t write my life in neat and tidy scenes
my relationships are messy and the characters get caught in between
(you know what I mean?)
And it’s very inconvenient to find myself drawn to you
but what am I supposed to do
And despite your best intentions you can’t help but feel it too
I know you do, I know you do because
You missed me more than you expected
Well you shoulda swept me up in your arms when I got home
But you stayed cool ‘cause you’re so damn rational
I’m the impulsive one
And I just wanna kiss you now but you just wanna talk about it
And I just wanna touch you now but you just wanna analyse it
And I just wanna take you to my bed
but you just wanna list the reasons why we shouldn’t do it
Well I could list a dozen reasons but I don’t wanna talk about it
Yeah I could list a dozen reasons but I don’t wanna analyse it
So take the plunge or let’s just forget about it
and make believe that there’s nothing here at all
we can make believe that there’s nothing here at all
You said you missed me more than you expected
Then you shoulda swept me up in your arms when I got home
But you stayed cool ‘cause you’re so damn rational
I’m the impulsive one
But if you wanna kiss me now don’t talk about it
And if you wanna touch me now don’t analyse it
And if you wanna take me to your bed
Listen to your heart and not your head
Come on, be the impulsive one
Come on, you can be the impulsive one.
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11. |
common ground
03:08
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Perhaps I should try to see it from your point of view
But you make no sense to me and I don’t make any sense to you
Your hate is directed at people you’ll never see
And mine is directed at the talking heads on the TV
And it seems we can’t find common ground
‘Cause your head is in the air and I don’t think it will ever be found
There’s a monkey in the White House and he keeps on telling us lies
But for some strange reason you can’t see through the disguise
I love this country at least as much as you do
But waving this flag on foreign soil is not something I would do
And so it seems we can’t find common ground
‘Cause your head is in the sand and I don’t think it will ever be found
For you freedom is cheap gasoline for your SUV
For me it’s a forest stretching out as far as I can see
For you freedom is a solo drive on a 6-lane road
For me it’s a train ride with a view of mountains covered in snow
And it seems we can’t find common ground
‘Cause your head is stuck in concrete and I don’t think it will ever be found
Yeah it seems we can’t find common ground
‘Cause my head is in the clouds and I don’t think it will ever be found.
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12. |
sign (angels mix)
01:36
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Haze & Dacey Richmond, Virginia
Haze & Dacey revel in lilting melodies, tight harmonies, and compelling rhythms that make toes tap and bodies sway.
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