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1. |
Leave The Light On
04:13
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When the fall begins, time will come to take me in.
I’ll be strong, I hope you’ll do the same.
I would stay you know, but my honor begs me go.
Just a pawn lost in another rich man’s game.
Leave the light on for me lady.
So in the darkness I can find my way home.
Leave the light on for me lady.
Let me know that I’m not alone
5 years have passed us by, not one without you on my mind.
Your face is all I ever dream of.
It’s so cold at night, and I pretend that it’s all right.
But I keep your candle burning in the window.
Leave the light on for me lady.
So in the darkness I can find my way home.
Leave the light on for me lady.
Let me know that I’m not alone
It’s been 10 years now since I struck that rich man down
As he tried to take you for his own.
Can you see my light? I pray it guides you home tonight.
Cuz I’m tired of sleeping all alone.
Leave the light on for me lady.
So in the darkness I can find my way home.
Leave the light on for me lady.
Let me know that I’m not alone
Leave the light on for me lady.
So in the darkness I can find my way home.
Leave the light on for me lady.
Let me know that I’m not alone
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2. |
Ain't That Wrong
04:30
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Johnny’s in the background
Sipping on all the things that he saw.
A little bit of Mary
Talking to escapees all night long.
But right now stating correlating all he sees.
All night now, living in a dying trend in harmony
But that ain’t me
Cause I’m on a roll,
Take that home I want to be myself
Ain’t that wrong
Ain’t that wrong I want to free myself
Ain't that wrong!
Sally’s in the corner
Thinking of all the things she wants to be.
Add a little Mary
Travel listen up to his-story.
All right now, end up on the night to be far gone
She might now, turn that shit around this time it’s on, but ain’t that wrong!
Cause I’m on a roll,
Take that home I want to be myself
Ain’t that wrong
Ain’t that wrong I want to free myself
Ain't that wrong!
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3. |
It's a Bunch
04:29
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Fuel
03:12
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This dark and dusty road
Has dreams you’ll never know.
To find them must be clear
I can’t see all of me starting to disappear.
Break your teeth, come with me.
Out of belief, I’ll fuel your curiosity.
Hold tight you’ll fly, don’t wonder why.
Be honestly anything you want to be.
Maybe it’s just too late,
The clowns have all escaped.
This Ferris wheel is real.
Come and take a spin,
It will show you how to feel.
Break your teeth, come with me.
Out of belief, I’ll fuel your curiosity.
Hold tight you’ll fly, don’t wonder why.
Be honestly anything you want to be.
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5. |
Mind's Unchained
07:51
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There’s jazz in the other room
and dishes in the sink.
He’s cleared off the table,
a little more room to think
about snowmen in the desert
and why they wound up there.
Where he never feels home or warm
even with the summer’s stare.
Mind’s unchained.
Put it all down.
Ease the pain.
Soak it in.
He’s not sure he belongs here,
spends some time with the trees.
Wednesday morning phone calls
that bring him to his knees.
Now he’s back at the table
with music in his ears.
The voice beyond the music
says, ‘don’t listen to your fears.’
Mind’s unchained.
Put it all down.
Ease the pain.
Soak it in.
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6. |
Simon & Lilly
03:15
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Climbing branches up to brick red rooftops,
Lilly keeps her. secrets to herself (longing for the low-end)
Hearing nothing much worth hearing,
Till she heard something else.
Locked and waiting for the key.
Watch the morning in to sundown.
What Lilly says is there inside her stare.
Chase the cars across the pavement,
Where the cars are warm and parked inside the lines. (knowing nothing)
Knowing nothing but exactly what he knows, and he knows what’s better.
Up the arm rest, scale to the branches of the olive tree.
Wait until the gradient begins to form.
Simon says to let him in.
Watch the morning in to sundown.
What Lilly says is there inside her stare.
Wait until the gradient begins to form.
Simon says to let him in.
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7. |
All In
08:13
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One look, that’s all it took, to see the ocean heading down my way.
In an instant I broke to blink to find the thing had turned into a storm.
A neighbor stopped to ask for information just a few minutes too late.
As I try to separate myself from this confusion, lost amongst the waves
Coming on like steady crosswinds
Moving moments in slow motion
To find a place out in the chaos
That which you like best…
Pick up the pace to where I’m headed with no plans for looking back soon.
A quick conversation with fallen angels on how devil’s due has got me blue.
Sure footing long ago gave way to flash erosion, I was there to watch it burn.
But never learn. Wash. Rinse. Repeat. It’s got the tide of history locked down.
And we’re all in it for the ride.
Until it ends, hold on tight.
And if we can’t choose the destination, well we might as well drive.
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8. |
Hollywood
05:03
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Well I told myself
These walls are for you
I might have lied
They’re for me too
When I look around
I see things that don’t belong
Empty spaces filled with frames to pass the time
I’m moving on
Stuck right here in Hollywood
I’m moving on
Safe behind the silver screen
Scenes don’t change here
The picture stays the same
Never ending lies, my mind’s in trouble
I’ve got myself to blame
But I can’t be found
I’ve seen it all along
Plagiarize my life, my lines been said before
I’m walking out the door
And i’m moving on
Stuck right here in Hollywood
I’m moving on
Safe behind the silver screen
Well I told myself
These walls are for you
I might have lied
They’re for me too
When I look around
I see things that don’t belong
Empty spaces filled with frames to pass the time
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9. |
The Postman
10:37
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I'm the postman.
Will you remember my mail?
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10. |
When It Falls
04:16
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Falling all over myself to retrace whats left.
Looking back at all the pieces is getting to my head.
Like a thousand tiny footprints buried in the sand…
As if to say, “Things work out this way.”
Watch the water, pour it over my soul.
When it falls, the rocks will scatter my bones.
Let the waves take me out to sea, the tide will have what’s left of me.
And I will find my purpose once again.
I will find my purpose…once again.
Walking out on to a ledge where nobody else could see.
Each choice is leading to the moment, and a chance to let our steps decide the way.
Blindly give up everything, never know or reason why.
Circles fading in to distant skies…
Watch the water, pour it over my soul.
When it falls, the rocks will scatter my bones.
Let the waves take me out to sea, the tide will have what’s left of me.
And I will find my purpose once again.
I will find my purpose…once again.
Watch the water, pour it over my soul.
When it falls, the rocks will scatter my bones.
Let the waves take me out to sea, the tide will have what’s left of me.
And I will find my purpose once again.
I will find my purpose…
Watch the water, pour it over my soul.
When it falls, the rocks will scatter my bones.
Let the waves take me out to sea, the tide will have what’s left of me.
And I will find my purpose once again.
I will find my purpose…once again.
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11. |
Slip and Squander
07:31
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Truckers on the highway, I bet they dream of home.
Children on the playground, I bet they feel alone.
Thinking of everything, maybe even death.
Redirect my focus, every single breath.
A head full of music, but it all sounds the same.
Nobody knows him, but he knows all their names.
Say something once, never say it again.
Say something kind, that’s when the soul strings start to bend.
Down the steps, down the hall, out the door.
Watch her leave,
hold my breath,
while we lay on the floor
Ideas come out and ideas float away…
been this way for years now, four years and some change.
Grab a pretty dress. We’ll head north and then head west.
It’s time to dream now. Hope for nothing but the best.
Either brilliant or completely insane.
Laughter flows freely from this heart, through these veins.
Your mind is running. It’s running fast.
Nothing here was really meant to last.
Down the steps, down the hall out the door.
Watch it leave,
hold my breath,
while we lay on the floor.
Late night morning haze take my hand
through the trees up the stairs to the sand.
Stars start to slip and squander the calm.
Blue tarp, wild eyed puddle in my palm.
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12. |
Todd's Tots
10:41
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I like toys
I don’t like sleeping at night
Dan said I could have a taco
And Todd said I could have a tot.
Who’s got the two cents for my little boy?
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