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here when the sun comes out
it comes out blue
you’re that lucky hard to read
looks good on you
how will we talk out here
with all these spies
walking through the parking lot
with all these stars in our eyes
we live in houses made of stained glass
it’s no place to hide from all that dark past
it’s hard to know the truth in black and white
your world is all rainbows
everywhere the pain goes
the floor dances too
scratching on the paper sounds
like x-ray ribs
anything you want from me
you know i’ll give
can you see the skyline now
how far is close
hard to keep the wrong words down
but i won’t choke
we live in houses made of stained glass
no place to hide from all that dark past
it’s hard to know the truth in black and white
your world is all rainbows
everywhere the pain goes
the floor dances too
it’s hard to know your waking from your dreams
your phantom from someone
you’re changing where you see from
615 blue
the sun shines on you
shining on a green sea
our bodies laid across but i
i don’t want to fall in love
with every single thing i see
waves are crushing down down down
it’s hard to know the truth in black and white
your world is all rainbows
everywhere the pain goes
the floor dances too
it’s hard to know your waking from your dreams
your phantom from someone
you’re changing where you see from
615 blue
the sun shines on you
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2. |
Say It Now
03:05
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Sooner or later it’s coming all out
Pieces of paper fall from my mouth
How many sleepless hours I lie?
Sooner or later it’s gonna be fine
Am I here tonight?
If you're gonna say it, say it now
If you're gonna say it, say it now
Hover around the light
Tell me something right
I'm in the water, you're on the land
Silence is fodder for sharks in the sand
change in the weather, holes in my sides
I'm feeling tethered, you're in the sky
Am I here tonight?
If you're gonna say it, say it now
If you're gonna say it, say it now
Hover around the light
Tell me something good tonight
If you're gonna say it, say it now
If you're gonna say it, say it now
Hover around the light
Tell me something right
Oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh
Sooner or later you're out on your own
You're a creator, I'm in the stone
Am I here tonight?
If you're gonna say it, say it now
If you're gonna say it, say it now
Hover around the light
Tell me something good tonight
If you're gonna say it, say it now
If you're gonna say it, say it now
Hover around the light
Tell me something good tonight
If you're gonna say it, say it now
If you're gonna say it, say it now
If you're gonna say it, say it now
If you're gonna say it, say it now
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Fighting Fire
03:38
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gin and tonic sweet and sour
smoke-jumping through these stars
lost some silver found a flower
today is good so far
could it be warm?
how would i know if you’re lying?
come on in the water’s fine
through metal tunnels legs get sore
dislocated hearts and doors
our love is freer than your reins
we’ve river water in our veins
we’re fighting fire in our dreams
just like that the rain did stop
i think our life is charmed
like god reached down and turned it off
with a sunbeam of an arm
could it be warm?
what if i trust you this time
come on in the water’s fine
through metal tunnels legs get sore
dislocated hearts and doors
our love is freer than your reins
we’ve river water in our veins
we’re fighting fire in our dreams
a twist of lime a couple hours
someone else can drive this car
through metal tunnels legs get sore
dislocated hearts and doors
our love is freer than your reins
we’ve river water in our veins
we’re fighting fire in our dreams
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Six Hour Drive
03:49
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i said I've been thinkin' about Memphis
i know you don't like Catfish
we could learn about Elvis
sit back and see the nines roll over
200,000 miles to show for
this old car
this guitar
and this new summer
come on, come on
we'll make a six hour drive through Tennessee
i don't believe the car survived
did it understand my master plan?
to have you next to me
if only temporarily
no work, or place to be
just one last six hour drive
we left about three o'clock Friday
it started getting cooler when night came
along the Appalation highway
it start raining with the windows stuck down
sit back and laugh until the next town
your eyes look nice against the greener ground
yeah
come on, come on
we'll make a six hour drive through Tennessee
i don't believe the car survived
did it understand my master plan?
to have you next to me
if only temporarily
no work, or place to be
just one last six hour drive
yeah, oh
we'll make one last
one last
one last
we'll make a six hour drive through Tennessee
i don't believe the car survived
did it understand my master plan?
we'll make a six hour drive through Tennessee
i don't believe the car survived
did it understand my master plan?
to have you next to me
if only temporarily
no work, or place to be
just one last six hour drive
we'll make one last
six hour drive
one last
six hour drive
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5. |
Emma
02:42
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you’re just a baby
i think i’m crazy
what if i need you
what if i’m sky blue
take off your make up
i wanna wake up
your hair all around me
i’m in a blonde sea
let me hold you emma
i feel so strong with you
i feel so strong with you
let me hold you emma
there’s nothing wrong with you
i feel so strong with you
you say you’re a princess
maybe i’m impressed
you got some blue yarn
i gotta new song
through colorado
incommunicado
for just a short while
you’re making me smile
let me hold you emma
i feel so strong with you
i feel so strong with you
let me hold you emma
there’s nothing wrong with you
i feel so strong with you
oh your scarf wrapped round my neck
so that i won’t forget you
but you’re just a baby…
let me hold you emma
i feel so strong with you
i feel so strong with you
let me hold you emma
there’s nothing wrong with you
i feel so strong with you
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6. |
Roses
04:28
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people are saying
you murdered your ex-wife
did you use a shotgun a rope or a kitchen knife?
i know you better than that
i don't believe it's true.
it was easier for you just to let it go
you're always digging around in the dirt i know
but it was all just talk they couldn't prove it true
i know you better than that i swear to god i do
your backyard's full of roses
is there something you're keeping to yourself
your backyard's full of roses
were you digging a hole for something else?
you're singing hallelujah, hallelujah at Sunday morning mass
will my heart refuse to charge a man of God with the Devil's craft
she's been missing for almost eleven years
it's hard to believe she just up and disappeared
but if it could happen i guess it could happen to you
people are saying "what did you do it for?
is it because she wasn't 22 anymore?"
everybody knew
but they couldn't prove it true
i know you better than that
at least i hope i do
your backyard's full of roses
is there something you're keeping to yourself
your backyard's full of roses
were you digging a hole for something else?
now how would you sleep
how would you sleep
with that voice in your head?
how would you sleep
how would you sleep with that ghost in your bed?
shut it out shut it out to live with what you'd done
when the weight of it really sank in
you'd have to tell someone
you're singing hallelujah hallelujah at Sunday mass
could it be a man of God has his heart in the Devil's grasp?
your backyard's full of roses
is there something you're keeping to yourself
your backyard's full of roses
were you digging a hole for something else?
your backyard's full of roses
is it full of roses
is it full of roses
is it full of roses
is it full of roses
is it full of roses
is there something you're keeping to yourself?
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7. |
100 Pianos
04:21
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michigan lakes
remember we moved a 100 pianos in one day
for some kind of show
my brother was m.i.a.
we met in july
i think we were swimming at the lake when pope paul died
i thought to myslef “you’d make the perfect bride”
if i could make you laugh
if i could make you laugh
if i could make you laugh
if i could make you laugh
would you have stayed when i left?
i can still recall your taste it’s all i kept
that town was such a waste
but you i won’t forget
work was steady enough
when everyone wanted uprights in their basement dens
unfinished houses they were just built right in
my mom and dad
i still think my leaving was the thing that did them in
i came back for the wakes
i never came home again
if i could make you laugh
if i could make you laugh
if i could make you laugh
if i could make you laugh
would you have stayed when i left?
i can still recall your taste it’s all i kept
that town was such a waste
but you i won’t forget
i never could forgot
was it love or just a play
it seems a million years away
sometimes i see you in my sleep
muddy water on your feet
the sun was shining on your hair
i reach your hand but you’re not there
i hope you’re laughing all the time
i hope you still can read my mind
i hope you’re laughing all the time
i hope you’re laughing all the time
all the time
all the time
i think in the spring
i’ll go back and buy one of those pianos learn to play
i’m setting aside a couple of hours a day
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Falling (How Do I?)
03:53
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how do i
walk beside you in the winter rain?
without feeling something in me change
oil colors fading out
how do i
remember how to get to sleep again
how do i act like we're only friends
how will i forget you now
suddenly i'm falling up
i'm somewhere in a summer sky
i struggle just to hold my ground
i'm waving but you walk on by
i just wanna watch you move slowly
i won't say anything
if you only knew
the power you have over me
how do i
not take your memory with me everywhere
waterfalls make up your darker hair
how do i forget to smile
how do i
keep practicing this nonchalance
i can't tell you what i really want
maybe i could make you mine
suddenly i'm falling up
i'm somewhere in a summer sky
i struggle just to hold my ground
i'm waving but you walk on by
i just wanna watch you move slowly
i won't say anything
if you only knew
the power you have over me
how do i
oh
it's like you've got my hands tied
to stay without you just don't feel right
falling in down
i'm somewhere in a summer sky
i struggle just to hold my ground
i'm waving but you walk on by
and i wanna watch you move slowly
i won't say anything
if i only knew
how to get you close to me
how do i
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9. |
Like A City
04:38
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silhouette your shape
like a skyline makes
all the people stare
at your red red hair
she does the best she can
the best she can
murder and mystery
she likes to disagree
i see her angel wings
i see a million things
i’ll never understand
understand
you got the right thing to say but you’re a minute too late
you need a light and a map just to try and navigate
you see her every single day but you’re talking to a stranger
she’s like a city
she’s full of real dark places
spend all your life and never
see all her faces
crazy as cincinnati
suddenly cruel and caddy
she’s got your soul delivered
you swim that river running round
she likes to burn her bridges down
secrets and fantasies
you only wish you’d see
sometimes she thinks she wants
to own a restaurant
the trees are green and brown
they’re green and brown
summer day ice cream
we feed a homeless dream
we see the sun still shines
on a blacktop mind
you wore a long white gown
a long white gown
you got the right thing to say but you’re a minute too late
you need a light and a map just to try and navigate
you see her every single day but you’re talking to a stranger
she’s like a city
she’s full of real dark places
spend all your life and never
see all her faces
crazy as cincinnati
suddenly cruel and caddy
she’s got your soul delivered
you swim that river running round
she likes to burn her bridges down
she’s like a city
i
i search these sidewalks
will a trace
of you lead me home
of you lead me home
will it lead me home?
she’s like a city
she’s full of real dark places
spend all your life and never
see all her faces
crazy as cincinnati
suddenly cruel and caddy
she’s got your soul delivered
you swim that river running round
she’s full of real dark
she’s full of real dark
she’s full of real dark places
she’s full of real dark
she’s full of real dark
she’s full of real dark places
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10. |
Sam
04:00
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i found america in the pennsylvania hills
i found a girl she changed my life i wonder will she be beside me
when i'm mayor of this town
open spaces and an open case of beer
let's keep it simple i'm for getting out of here and trying to find truth
in every shape and sound
one more dollar on the table
the sunday church crowd tips the least
somedays i feel like i'm able
then this shit kills me
there's no realness here
it's all just fake suburban cheer
i'm as hazy blue as Monet
i'll bite and swallow bullets down
til i can leave this town
but i'll be alright
i've got a future on the way
i thought t i'd be into my eighties when i left
they'd take my coffin down through main street
the press would clear the front page
they'd name a high school after me
one more dollar on the table
pennsylvania on my mind
somedays i feel like i'm able
like i've no time
there's no realness here
it's all just fake suburban cheer
i'm as hazy blue as Monet
i'll bite and swallow bullets down
til i can leave this town
but i'll be alright
i've got a future on the way
there's no silence between these walls
i'm spending every night just counting the days
the slow violence of shopping malls
i'm dying 'til i get up out this place
is a revival on the way?
i found america in the pennsylvania hills
i found a girl she changed my life
i wonder will she be beside me
when they forget our names
there's no realness here
it's all just fake suburban cheer
i'm as hazy blue as Monet
i'll bite and swallow bullets down
til i can leave this town
but i'll be alright
i've got a future on the way
there's no realness here
it's all just fake suburban cheer
i'm as hazy blue as Monet
i'll bite and swallow bullets down
til i can leave this town
but i'll be alright
i've got a future on the way
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11. |
Blue
04:14
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Forgive me when I fall
I'm not as strong as you are
sometimes the ending
seems a little too far
remind me when I'm tired
forgive me when I fall
I fear when I arrive
there won't be anything left at all
but I'll keep fighting for you
I'll keep trying for you
there's a peak here somewhere
and I believe that too
so take me feet, hands, soul, sweat,
red, blue, song, sex
I'm not through believing yet.
It's all blue
spinning as wishes come true
in circles as I come to you
open and free cuz you're so
careful with me.
Silhouettes float
against a silver lake
begging for wishes
begging to make
the truth of Lincoln's secrets
echoed in the warmest cold
echoed in my blood
and the power of what we hold
so hold my hand, face, soul, song
one belief that we belong
my skin, taste, this place,
beauty, light, truth, grace
anything and everything
we ever were we ever dreamed
love, truth, light, grace
is right now.
So dance to the silence of a faraway song
dance to the light as the fear passes on
dance for the wishes
dance to the wishes we hold
Everything's blue
spinning as wishes come true
in circles as I come to you
open and free cuz you're so
careful with me.
And you're careful with me
so take my feet hand, soul, sweat
red, blue, song sex
and I'm not through believing yet
i'm not through believing
So dance to the silence of a faraway song
dance to the night as the fear passes on
dance for the wishes
dance to the wishes we hold
And everything was blue
spinning as wishes come true
in circles as I come to you
open and free cause you're so
careful with me
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