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Bad Wolf
04:44
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Bad Wolf, red river, turning over what what he's eating
Down here, there's an island, sort of an inlet with deer feeding
He cries, closes his eyes, for miles around they hear
Look high, up towards the sky, as far as the eye can see
Trees and eagles even
At once he wants a great divide
We fall to our knees and cry
This poor old river was
Bad Wolf came biting, rewriting and deleting
Up here it's a hard life, sort of a bad life we're leading
The blame a moth to flame. A farmer can’t tame a beast.
Dead game, you feel the shame. He’s lying it at your feet,
You need it, but you won't eat it
At once he wants a great divide
We fall to our knees and cry
This poor old river dries
It’s poison to the river
It pours into the river
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Window Breaker
03:35
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Turned upon us all, she sees her face on the other side
Once a model wife and mother, now she is certified
You'll come upon a clear wall that once was opaque
You'll wake up and think of a million reasons why it has to break
Talking loud for the benefit of everyone in the crowd
At the window pane to finally see it smash into pieces
It all came down
What is wrong? What seizes her? Just a sudden craze?
Once a model wife and mother, now in her manic phase.
You'll come upon a clear wall that was opaque
You'll wake up and think of a million reasons why it has to break
Talking loud for the benefit of everyone in the crowd
And you feel my pain to finally see it smash into pieces
it all came down
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Back in summer we were bored
Working at the record store
Staring at the door
Like nothing would ever change
That’s when he came wandering in
A parka with a safety pin
And flipping through the bin
Singing I could have written that
He always put his hand on mine
I would take it back in time
Obviously then he stole my heart
But I thought something more
Said he could play guitar and sing
Always kept me wondering
And he never bought a thing
Cuz he could have written that
He always put his hand on mine
I could feel him breathe in time
Always put his head against my heart
Just to hear the sound
(Solo)
He always put his hand on mine
Momentary frozen time
Always put his head against my heart
Just to hear the sound
We can’t go there anymore
Cuz there are no more record stores
Well maybe three or four
But that took a little while
I wondered what became if him
As the lights inside the mall grew dim
And so it was the end
Of I could have written that
He could have written that
Wonder where he is now
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Irvine
03:47
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Oh before the day we left the place was quite amazing
Oh many ways we had to get our dancing days in
We're gonna ride a platinum plane in the sky
Get ready get on now
The future looks so bright.. for you and me
Oh laying on the the lawn
the colors of the day floating like a swan
Oh we hear the geese crow at dawn
Waking up alone in the morning of a fawn
Uh oh, oh we don't know
What they left us here for
Long looks and now it's time to go
We ought to be careful
We're gonna ride a platinum plane in the sky
You'll never believe it
The future looks so bright
Yeah, we're gonna ride a shiny silver tram
Get ready and get on now
Taking off for Tomorrowland, whee!
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Golden Boat
06:10
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Groaning, slowly as she leaves the shore
Getting smaller, until she is seen no more
A north wind is stirring up the foam
And the sun is lowing like an ever burning dome
Oh the glow
setting slow
to rise no more
Growing more than just an overload
With stones and silver, will it then be stolen or sold?
And knowing as the clouds begin to roll
That she's tipping like an un-footed bowl
All aboard, with your horde
to rise no more
to be sure, here's your cure
to rise no more
The story goes, that it only left her wanting more
so heavy with ice into the night she would go
A golden boat, ever-longing it would overflow
then giving her pearls back to the world below
She's waiting.. the ocean is her darkened home
And sparkling fishes now delighted with their own
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Castaway
04:19
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“Visit Ohana!” I saw pictures in a magazine
Flora and fauna, everyday here is a happening
Winter or summer, sitting, sunning in covered chair
On Kanapaali, I would meet you there
I'm here at the Castaway Lounge
Let the ocean sounds wash away your deepest blues
How can it be over now?
I'm still waiting for you by the swimming pool
Coconut, Dolphin, Banyan, Emerald, Aloha
When you arrive in, it’s better diving from the rock
Out on the ocean I could take you on a dinner cruise
Or we could go dancing, how could you refuse?
I'm here at the Castaway Lounge
Let the ocean sound wash away your deepest blues
How can it be over now?
I’m still waiting for you by the swimming pool
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The Fireman at the Well
03:13
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And so I feel this way again
alone in a crowd
wondering out loud “why?”
I hardly can believe it
there's strange grey cloud
but you'll stand proud
We might be doing it just cause we disagree
sounds like work to me
And introducing you with an apology,
sounds like work to me
I'll say it again
I know where you've been
nowhere you've been
Oh no, we’re getting along now
the feeling is right
even when it's wrong, ohhh
No, I've really been thinking
Ships pass in the night
even if they're both sinking
We might be doing it just cause we disagree
sounds like work to me
Introducing you with an apology,
sounds like work to me
I'll never be who you think that I ought to be
sounds like work to me
and overthinking whatever you say to me
sounds like work too
The firemen kneeling at the well
No stone unturned, no tale to tell
the sound of someone falling never landing
the silent dimming of the lights
when all the creatures of the night
strain their ears
for words they never hear
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Baby, Don't You Know?
03:28
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I can hear you saying repeatedly
love is a game for fools and you're not gonna play it.
That there's no one person meant for you
but then you always do look at me when you say it
Oh baby don’t you know
How to me it seems so obvious
the two of us are putting on a show
Baby don’t you know
If there’s something this reminds you of
it feels a lot like what I've heard is love
I'd be just a friend until infinity
if it made you just a little happy
to be watching you from afar
just waiting for the day the bell will ring
When just one tiny thing would make you realize
how perfect that we are
Oh baby don't you know
It’s something bigger than the two of us
It's time for you to learn to trust me
Oh baby don't you know
Baby don't you know.
Whoah. Oh
When you're down I'd be there too
through everything right next to you
And when you fall I'll prop you up against the wall oh
I can carry you so lean on me
why can't you see how it will be tomorrow
And where you go I'll follow forever
I'm telling you I know we could make it together
and one day you will know
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I'll tell you now it was like this
the clouds were red and amethyst
and in your gremlin we did ride
between the bluffs and Riverside
they came here in the night
dark as black wool
the missiles fell in line
I had to leave it on the side of the road
into the ditch, into the mud
the Mississippi, turned to blood
they opened up their metal skin
colors all were were alien
they came here in the night
dark as black wool
the missiles fell in line
had to leave it on the side of the road
and then the sky filled with bright light
a hope from far away
and in a flash it was gone
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Summer Of We Three
05:50
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My love, my love, my love
he was saying with his arms wide
I fell to my knees and cried
as something hit his side
Oh no, oh no, oh no
There's nothing for you to see here
But my eye caught something I fear
I tried to disappear
So like flames on the water
Wine stains on the altar
Gold chains on a beggar
I didn’t belong there
So afraid to get caught there
I stayed too long
Said I like to play the victim
In denial of what was to come
He said you're different one-on-one
You treat me different one-on-one
You better finish what you’ve begun
Cuz you already should have run
And when I see you out there having lots of fun
Are you're ignoring me ? and if I had a gun
no court, I bet no court would convict me
Then he died right here
a grave marker wasn't right for us left behind
cuz of the time, he'll be right here
with his trademark, a strange darkness,
parted by the light of a dove
the summer of we three
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Lost Loon
06:00
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It's sounding different – the echoes now.
We never really know.
One day you see them all, and turn around, another's gone away
It's like they're giving up before they even try
And it all happens under and ordinary sky
Ooh ooh ooh oooh
You hear the boats now under a silver sun
they look for the loon all day
A sad and sorry sound it looks as if the eagle had a good day
It's like we're giving up before we even try
And it all happened under an ordinary sky
Ooh ooh ooh oooh
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Testa Rosa Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Ever glance down at the speedometer and realize those cherries in the rear view really are for you? How could they know that heart-crushing pop music was to blame. Testa Rosa writes songs to make you remember love and forget the speed limit.
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