1. |
Goodbye
03:19
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If I seem a little strange
That's because I am
No one left to blame
I never gave a damn
Friends come and go
Seasons change
But I'll let them know
I won't forget their names
See the years pass me by
No more tears left to cry
Singing songs about the rain
No one got it anyway
So now I say goodbye
Saw a friend the other day
Just wasn't the same
Nothing left to say
It's funny how things change
But life goes on
Growing up
And our faces change
Forever growing old
See the years pass me by
No more tears left to cry
Singing songs about the rain
No one got it anyway
So now I say goodbye
Brian, Michae,l David, Christy, Leslie left their mark on me
Someone's on a plane to someplace I don't think I'll ever see
If I could
Yes I would
Pack my bags
Go on with you
Got my coat
Got my map
On the way
Going with you
See the years pass me by
No more tears left to cry
Singing songs about the rain
No one got it anyway
So now I say goodbye
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2. |
Retail Store
03:16
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met you in the parking lot
of a well known retail store
signs were facing your direction
right outside the door
you held me in your arms
as I held you tight in mine
knowing everything was perfect
everything was fine we knew that
everything would turn out right
everything was out of sight
when I met the met the girl next door
it sent my heartache walking out the door
married on the morning of our
high school senior prom
no one had a clue as we were
dancing arm and arm
nothing was the same
as you proudly took my name
I asked you for your hand and you said
take my heart instead you knew that
everything would turn out right
everything was out of sight
as I met the met the girl next door
it sent my heartache walking out the door
dawn breaks into morning
daylight turns to night
my hands are all but bleeding
everything's fine cause we know that
everything would turn out right
everything was out of sight
as I met the met the girl next door
it sent my heartache walking out the door
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3. |
Letters
04:28
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if you saw me on the street
would you call my name
or look me in the eyes
hang your head in shame
I call your name
hoping maybe you will stay
ask me how my life has been
I call your name
and all the memories flash by
and I will often wonder why
no on called me to ask me whether
they could leave and stay forever
did they ever mention my name
found our letters in a box
thought about our youth
sometimes I'm alright
but often I will cry
I call your name
hoping maybe you will stay
ask me how my life has been
I call your name
and all the memories flash by
and I will often wonder why
no on called me to ask me whether
they could leave and stay forever
did they ever mention my name
then you call me on the phone
it's been a long long time
talked for more than hours
sweetness through the lines
I call your name
hoping maybe you will stay
ask me how my life has been
I call your name
and all the memories flash by
and I will often wonder why
no on called me to ask me whether
they could leave and stay forever
did they ever mention my name
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4. |
L.A.
04:16
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I find a spot here on this couch
as soft drink and a slouch
and try to find away
of moving to L.A.
as I'm heading for the door
I'm wanting nothing more
than to have you by my side
and if you asked me I would say
I'd find a way to stay
and make this place my home
It's getting harder every day
to move from where I lay
to make myself move on
to face another dawn
as I'm heading for the door
I'm wanting nothing more
than to have you by my side
and if you asked me I would say
I'd find a way to stay
and make this place my home
and no my clothes are neatly packed
no reason to look back
I gladly say goodbye
to those who sucked me dry
as I'm heading for the door
I'm wanting nothing more
than to have you by my side
and if you asked me I would say
I'd find a way to stay
and make this place my home
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5. |
Royal Crown
05:10
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your long dark hair
frames a wealth of golden smiles
and I stare
seems to melt away the miles
find another painted sky and I
watch the headlights pass me by
and I have waited long enough for now
I never thought of this til now
and I gotta find a way somehow
to take your youth and tame it
try to make it mine somehow
doing everything to save it
like a royal golden crown
I read your words
I've collected over time
another verse
I can place into this rhyme
I walk into your little world and smile
my shaking hands are getting wet and while
you ask me if I'd like to come inside
I never thought of this til now
and I gotta find a way somehow
to take your youth and tame it
try to make it mine somehow
doing everything to save it
like a royal golden crown
I find the words to say goodbye and I
make and effort not to cry but I
can feel the thunder forcing rain from shine
I never thought of this til now
and I gotta find a way somehow
to take your youth and tame it
try to make it mine somehow
doing everything to save it
like a royal golden crown
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6. |
Disconnected
03:38
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well I call the operator
to connect me to your line
will she tell me all your secrets
gathered over time
I don't know another number
I don't know if one exists
but I know your hearts unlisted
disconnected from your lips
and no one's on the line
it's busy all the time
I don't know the operator
I don't even know the time
but she's got me disconnected
on a phone that isn't
isn't mine
now I'm driving down the highway
just past 59
and I'm looking for an exit
and reading hotel signs
then I drive up to a payphone
with a quarter and a dime
and I ask the operator
connect me one more time
and no one's on the line
it's busy all the time
I don't know the operator
I don't even know the time
but she's got me disconnected
on a phone that isn't
isn't mine
I don't know the operator
I don't even know the time
but she's got me disconnected
on a phone that isn't mine
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7. |
Christmas Day
02:39
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fell into my arms and made me love you
your kisses gave me strength to carry on
no one ever really meant I love you
no one ever really showed they cared
Christmas day
reminds me of the simple way
you love me and you say
you always make today
Christmas day
you left your coat beside the table
and looked at me like you were going to cry
held me in your arms and said "I love you"
stared you in the eyes and wondered why
Christmas day
reminds me of the simple way
you love me and you say
you always make today
Christmas day
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8. |
The Road
02:26
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thinking of a warm summer's day
how I wish I could go
and all the games we would play
out where no one would know
and all the things you would say
while your face it would glow
reading Ernest Hemingway
by the side of the road
and all the times we would kiss
your mouth like a rose
taste of cherry on your lips
little kiss on your nose
and it's those times that I miss
but you know how it goes
when your parents got pissed
and we took to the road
now I'm staring
at these cracks in the road
like our lifetimes
as we quickly grow old
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
hold my head up and laugh
smile and throw on some clothes
fill the car full of gas
stroke some paint on your toes
stand and fold up the map
no one knows where you'll go
leaving on a warm summer's day
as we sail down the road
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9. |
Fire
04:11
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Here I sit to pen this song
holding on to years long gone
nothing left to lead me on
can't help feel that I am done
my fire is out
spark has gone
that lights the way
to the story of my life
don't let me go
I'll let you know
sit down and let you know
the story of my life
slip into this endless sleep
right into this endless dream
life outside my desperate reach
nothing left to comfort me
my fire is out
spark has gone
that lights the way
to the story of my life
don't let me go
I'll let you know
sit down and let you know
the story of my life
I fell asleep
and had the strangest dreams
fell into a pit of raging fire
but it's gone
the spark has died away
my fire is out
spark has gone
that lights the way
to the story of my life
don't let me go
I'll let you know
sit down and let you know
the story of my life
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10. |
Cowboys
04:29
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11. |
The Ocean
04:03
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the waves are crashing slowly
across the sand and me
gonna leave my friends behind me
on the beach
and I'm leaving for the ocean
way across the sea
gonna find you where I left you
I look up from the bottom
the green and rocky reef
I'm running out of air
it's getting hard to breath
and sitting in the ocean
way across the sea
gonna hold my breath and hope you
come and rescue me
cause I'm swimming in the ocean
in the salty sea
watching all those ten foot waves
crashing over me
and I'm fine
now I'm dead and bloated
little left of me
seems like everybody's had
a little piece of me
and I'm getting tired
won't they let me be
just take my one good eye and
hold it up to see
that I'm swimming in the ocean
in the salty sea
watching all those ten foot waves
crashing over me
and I'm fine
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12. |
Ordinary Man
04:02
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take a little look here
at this ordinary man
he is searching for something
that has slipped through his hands
looking out the window
looking in the trees
tripping on the pavement
and falling to his knees
and he hides away
behind his smile and says
how are you
how have you been
it's good to see you
you're feeling well I pray
well don't just stand there
come out and play
It's a beautiful day
for playing silly games
your cares behind you
as we call each other names
I came to see you
when your mother passed away
your face just broke my heart
take me back to the start
take another look here
as he giggles and smiles
he has found a little part of him
that has not come apart
but he's still in the window
looking in the trees
as the world around him tries to
bring him to his knees
and he hides away
behind his smile and says
how are you
how have you been
it's good to see you
you're feeling well I pray
well don't just stand there
come out and play
It's a beautiful day
for playing silly games
your cares behind you
as we call each other names
I came to see you
when your mother passed away
your face just broke my heart
take me back to the start
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13. |
One of Them
04:46
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Julie steps down the hall
casting her eyes towards the floor
moving past rows of her peers
hoping she makes it to the door
without someone staring or looking at her twice
what is it haunting her soul
will no one ever ask her
does no one really care
she's living in an artificial world
she wants to be one of them
she's changing her mind
no one has offered her
what she was looking to find
Bobby is the anti-Christ hero
making his scene at the fair
fearless he makes his impression
as he runs his long fingers though his hair
as he walks through the door
of his trailer in the woods
his father nearly knocks him to the floor
and he has none to talk to
he has none to care
he's fighting civil war here in his home
and he hates every one of them
fearing he'll find
pieces of all of them
leaving their mark on his mind
both of them are growing up
and finding they both have their place
changing maturing
and writing their name on the page
Julie writes a number one novel
Bobby's on tour with his band
and here I sit
with this pen in my hand
as I think of you being a fan
and I'm all alone
and I'm out of place
as I'm making this delicate change
I'm gonna be
the star on your wall
I'm gonna be yeah
I'm working I'm getting back up
Angel threw her coat on the bed
dancing for the lovers in her mind
looking through the words of her heroes
searching for someone with a sign
and she looks through her pictures
of Lennon and The Cure
boys and teen idols with long hair
and she cuts our their faces for places on her wall
one day maybe she will put me there
and then I can be one of them
helping her write
pages of memories
that are much better than mine
now we are one of them
helping her write
pages of memories
someone to turn on the light
someone to turn on the light
someone to turn on the light
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14. |
King of All Things
05:29
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here as I sing my last song
pray my last prayer
then move along
tears that once marked my past
now lead the way
as I pack my bags
step onto the plane and sit back
feel the engines pushing me back
looking out the window and I wave
I am the king of all things
looking down and out onto your house
I am the king of all things
high above a kingdom made of clouds
cause I am
I am the king
king of all
things
now as I look where I've been
things I have done
count every sin
you my brother and friend
give me the strength
to leave you again
step onto the plane and sit back
feel the engines pushing me back
looking out the window and I wave
I am the king of all things
looking down and out onto your house
I am the king of all things
high above a kingdom made of clouds
cause I am
I am the king
king of all
things
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