1. |
River Song
04:34
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Let's crack open a beer
Let's watch the race car chase its tail
'Round the turn they disappear
Wave goodbye to all their friends
'Cause there's children in jail
There's women crying all the time
But I hope you'll stay a while
And you put your armor on
And you built things with your hands
Turn that house into a home
It's a new look for what was there
'Cause we all sleep too much
We miss sunrises all the time
And we never seem to care
Don't you go down the river
Don't you go down today
Tread the water
Until the riptide takes you away
And I saw a shooting star
So I decided to shoot back
Watch it retreat up to God
Where all our wishes stop to collect
And I wondered which one was north
So I could find you all the time
Just by the light you leave behind
And no we can't live forever
Yea we all burn out someday
But I know you'll shine forever
I hope she'll be okay
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2. |
Reminisce
02:38
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I'll remember this
Let me reminisce about it
For a little while then I'll be done
I was so young then
And I'm so young now
Don't know if I can but I'll get older somehow
So will you
I'm still just learning how to live and love
I was so young then
And I'm so young now
Don't know if I can but I'll get older some day
So will you
I'm still just learning how to live and love
I'll remember this
Let me reminisce about it
For a little while then I'll be done
I was so young then
And I'm so young now
Don't know if I can but one of these days I'll grow up
So will you
I'm still just learning how to live and love
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3. |
Happier
04:29
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Oh if I was nineteen again
I think I'd try and live every day
As if it were coming to an end
Put on my shoes and run away
'Cause I'm so lonely
'Cause my friends never stay the night
And oh, I've got a feeling
And oh, I think I'm leaving
And oh, I've got to get off of Long Island
After the gold rush it was purple haze
Dark sides of moons and walls to break
Went to Cassadaga found my place
XO's on my wrist that's a figure 8
But you know that you're not the only
One who got caught inside themselves
And oh, you've got a feeling
And oh, you know I'm leaving
And oh, I'm sorry love but it's time for me to go
You are my bright sky
The starlight that pushes back the night
I wish that I could be the same
But I lost my soul a couple Julys ago
I'm holding on to the moment here
You're all a part of something bigger than I am
But we've got summer love
So anything is possible
You make me happier
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4. |
Brooklyn Heights
02:30
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So why'd you call
If you didn't say anything at all
Were you just bored
And by yourself
Wishing that I had been somebody else
It's such a shame
It's such a shame
Oh would you say
That we're in love
Or is there some word that I am not thinking of
Something more vague
More like your face
Or a feeling that we both can't seem to replace
Is this just a game
Is this just a game
And I met a girl
Walking through the park
With a feather in her hair
And a sleeve over her heart
I said put down your guard
I could be the one
She said you can never know when someone's hiding what they love
It's what I learned that day
It's what I learned that day
So I drove home
To Brooklyn Heights
And I decided that night I was gonna change my mind
But when I woke up
All I saw's the sun
It kept peeking its head from behind a cloud in the sky
But I stayed the same
Yea I stayed the same
I couldn't help
Dream of her eyes
Every boy wanted her yea and soon it was did I
But it was just a lie
So I let her run
They say it's best to make free the hearts of those you love
But it's here I'll stay
It's here I'll stay
(I love you so)
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5. |
Sunsplotches
04:02
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Leaning against the tree with her hip
Smoldering cigarette-born smoke on her lips
Sitting in sand the sun's on my hands
The sun is in my hands and it lights up this land
Sunsplotches dance as light filters through the trees
We like the trees will soon sway in the breeze
And the mountains will melt with the coming of spring
There in the ash lies a beautiful thing
It's how we laugh all day into the night
The light's burning then burned uncannily bright
All coming down, down to the ground
The comfortable ground it feels safe and sound
The cloud's like me float swift through the sky
This gust of wind is mother earth's sigh
But you could not help but to smile around the face
As we return to this magical place
Never again will you have to frown
All coming down, all coming down
All coming down, all coming down
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6. |
Get Real High
04:30
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Lying on the ground with a dried up taste in your mouth
Just sitting there with the wind in your hair and it's beautiful out
Well things fade, yea shit goes away what a shame
Yea things change and then one of these days
When you can't think of any more reasons to live
And you've tired out your brain by thinking about it
And you did so at your health and your heart's expense
And you say to yourself that it will all make sense (well it won't)
But you can get real high
You can get real high
And when you're real high
You'll forget for a while
I never felt so dead or alive at the same time
I never felt so defeated without even trying
I've written too many songs about the same goddamn thing
But that'll never change, yea each day I'll sing
That when you can't think of any more reasons to live
And you've tired out your brain by thinking about it
And you did so at your health and your heart's expense
And you say to yourself that it will all make sense (well it won't)
But you can get real high
You can get real high
And when you're real high
You'll forget for a while
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All of my secrets dissolve in the sweetness
A house in the sun
All of my neighbors have gone to the mountains
To pass through the years
But the diamonds and memories still remain here
In a house on the east southern shore
A house on the east southern shore
I spend all of my days asleep in the hallways
Sinks have run dry
And I ask myself why
I'm alone in such a beautiful place
All of my secrets dissolve in the bleakness
Of hollowed-out walls
Filling with dust and the emptiest feeling that I've ever known
And the rest of my time here is written in stone
In a house on the east southern shore
A house on the east southern shore
I spend all of my nights
Waiting for daylight
Stare at the sky
And I ask myself why
I'm alone in such a beautiful place
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8. |
Turn Out The Lights
05:40
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Don't you move a single muscle
Or you'll scare away the one that you love
Everyone here is meant to be here
So if you are not there then why do I care
The last time you called I was drunk at a friend's
I said I missed you, you said broken hearts mend
Go back inside and enjoy your free time
But you are not there why can't you be there
I woke up with the thought this morning
That I will embrace the ephemeral
Each second spent on you is wasted
I can't control the things you want
I said dad I can't sleep she's stuck in my dreams
She never leaves there it's the last place we share
He said son you'll be fine just give it some time
If she's meant to be there then she'll always be there
But I wonder if she looks out her window
And thinks of my laugh and the way I made her to
She knows I miss her when she wears my T-shirt
But my stomach still hurts, did I do all I could?
And she said if you're hungry then you can eat your heart out
But I want that moment to last a lifetime
It slipped through my hands and now it's gone
Thought you'd return just like the night sky
But no one ever turned out the lights
Now I know you are gone, you are gone
You are gone, you are gone
Where'd you go, come back home
Where'd you go, come back home
You are gone, you are gone
You are gone, you are gone
Come back home
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9. |
Placeholder
03:21
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We keep acting out the play
I guess we were born this way
Two lovers with shaky legs
And always one moment too late
As both our hands entwine
Your heart is crushing mine
I'm waiting for the day
When I will be replaced
All of your pretty lies
In your blood-orange disguise
Tea cups warm your hands
As we sink into the sand
To a place we wish was now
I'll get you back somehow
It's only a matter of time
Placeholder won't you take mine
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