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Sweet Today
04:14
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Gather round, all your friends are here
Today, sweet today
Grab a round. Nothing comes for free
When they want something, they won’t take no for an answer
Giving it away for free
But it still ain’t good enough
Look at me, trying to keep up
Everybody wants it, everybody wants it, everybody wants it
Pick up the pieces. Try not to be puzzled
Where there’s a will there’s a way, they say
Make pure your direction
honorable intentions
all I ever wanted was to behave
Everybody wants it, everybody wants it, everybody wants it
you can try to give it up
you’re throwing it all away, nothing left to say
but you still can’t get enough
you’re turned got your back up against the wall
nothing left to do but fall, you can’t go on
so you turn around to watch
A group of people gathering will assemble
And take a stand or try to run away
An empty feeling, doubled over kneeling
There’s nothing left for you to do but prey
Everybody wants it, everybody wants it, everybody wants it
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2. |
Taken for a fool
04:32
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Taken for a fool
Silent lives they can’t hear you
Out late nothing to do
Someone offers and you can’t refuse
So here you are in your own skies
Drifting in the wind with tears in your eyes
Awakened by a scream
Sounds like whispers was it only a dream
Tonight the stars are out in droves
Twisted forms with limbless features
It seems your friends have all outgrown
They say its time to choose
And you can’t refuse
So here you are in your own skies
Drifting in the wind with tears in your eyes
Awakened by a scream
Sounds like whispers was it only a dream
Your friends have all grown up and gone away
Times are tough and life has beat you
The skies once blue have turned to gray
But you know what to do
Take a holiday
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3. |
Dream of you
04:20
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I had a dream the other night when everything was still
I traveled down a road where I had been
you were there and the promised land was in my sights
and I was feeling strong and young again
Well the colors they all were different and the night had turned to day
and the sun shone through your hair like it was gold
My bed was warm the pillows soft and we were wrapped up tight
I’m dreaming of you tonight
I’ll dream of you
Now some time has passed I can honestly say it hasn’t been that bad
You still look to me just like you did back then
Well we both got some miles behind us
but the future’s looking bright
I’m dreaming of you tonight
I’ll dream of you
Way back when, when we were young
before we knew what the real world was
well we’d spend all day in each others arms
we’d stay up all night and we’d make love
I guess now we both look back and laugh
stare in wonder at what we both have
as the real world where we both are settles in
and the next chapter begins
Now some years have passed and we all have changed but who’s to say
what’s better or what’s worse, who’s right or wrong.
Every once in a while I roll over at night and I still think of you
I’m thinking of you tonight
I dream of you
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4. |
The Stranger
02:35
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You pick up your stuff and walk away
You discard a butt but miss the tray you fool
They led you away to center stage
Mixed up your life to keep themselves amused
While they were watching you
You discovered you
That you’d be better off alone
All the while slowly killing you
Keeping in mind to lend a hand
But cautious cause you don’t understand the move
While they were greeting you
You turned you’re back and frowned upon
Reflecting on all the things that they’d done to you
While they were changing you
Something in their eyes
In their minds
All the while slowly cheating you
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5. |
Sweet Sensamilla
04:43
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Lay down your arms, sweet Sensamilla
The stars you outnumber are shining down
And lower your sights, they’ve been resting on me
Complete what you started and set me free
Down near the end of the road, in the bark of a tree
Carved a young boy with roses for Sensamilla
It read the moon is so pale, but your skin it is golden
So drop what your holding and set me free
You shouldn’t mess wit Sensamilla
She’ll tear you up inside you’ll see
And when you reach the end, don’t come back again
She’ll bring you down upon your knees
Sweat Sensamilla, when are you coming down
To a place where you’ve haunted so many for so long
Now that young boy is old, his roses have faded
His whole life he’s waited for you to set him free
You shouldn’t mess wit Sensamilla
She’ll tear you up inside you’ll see
And when you reach the end, don’t come back again
She’ll bring you down upon your knees
Lay down your arms, sweet Sensamilla
The stars you outnumber are still shining down
And lower your sights, they’ve been resting on me
Complete what you started so you can set me free
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6. |
Washed away
04:34
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Lay your head upon the pillow and dream, just like me
And follow all the images that you see
Just like me, they like to be
Held alive in visions as you sleep you’ll see
That if you open up your eyes everything will wash away
And if you leave them closed for long enough
you might get to hear them say
That if you open up your eyes
open them up, and everything will wash away
The curtain drops, the lights come on, you shield your eyes away
Just like any other day
The job is done, the fans have gone, you hide yourself away
Up pulls the motorcade, you step inside
And everything starts to fade away. You’ll see
That if you open up your eyes, everything will wash away
And if you leave them closed for long enough
You might get to hear them say
That if you open up your eyes,
open them up and everything will wash away
You think the day is over but it seems
you’ll have to wait to dream
Becoming all the things you said that you would never be
You’re all sprawled out in front of me
I’m hoping if you’re lying alone again tonight
You’ll try to sleep you’ll see
That if you open up your eyes that everything will wash away
And if you leave them closed for long enough
You might get to hear them say
That if you open up your eyes
Open them up and everything will wash away
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I always loved you’re sweet sunrise
And the way that you stood when you opened you’re eyes
And you left me in a cool state of dreams
I rose with the finest feeling
But don’t close the door, I know this time you’re leaving
But too late this time for saucers of tears
For leaving you hanging for all of those years
And inside the problem it seems
The scars are all revealing
But don’t close the door, I know this time you’re leaving
This is it, I can’t believe..
Without any warning at all,
you just pulled my string and left me down
and I’m finding it hard to breathe
so just put me out, out of my misery
I know this time you’re leaving
I know this time you’re leaving
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8. |
Heartbeat
03:48
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All I need is a day to get what I need
Is a day to make ends meet
So help me find my way through the streets
Help me find my way to a place
just a heartbeat away
on the way to my recovery from the hate
this path of purity that I take
it’s taken me far, far out of my way
I’ve got to turn myself around today
I’m going to a place, just a heartbeat away
can’t you hear the lovers calling
dreamers dream the days away
children laughing as they gather stones
and throw them across the fields of grass
to fuel the heartbeat one by one
All I need is a day to get what I need
is a day to make ends meet
so help me on my way through the streets
help me find my way to a place
its just a heartbeat away
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Something in the weather says the summer is gone
So we lie in wait for autumn, but she never comes
Now what was strange keeps getting clearer,
Yet I struggle to find…
as the night falls on heaven
Getting caught out in the middle, as you’re trying to climb
can make you change your direction.
Just like a day sleep walking dreamer with stars in his eyes
as the night falls on heaven
As the night falls on heaven
When the train rolls out, the weather, like a diamond will shine
Try to keep your attention
But then the whistle breaks the silence,
I hear the city go quiet
and night falls on heaven
As the night falls on heaven
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10. |
CFC
03:58
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He comes from old town, out off the main street
We used to walk out past all those ocean beaches
Out by the fireside, he spoke of days gone by
He told us all of all the things he’d done in his life
He said the hands of time go from town to town
And take without warning before running out
And he said those same cold hands can bring a strong man down
But in my memory he’s still young
He comes from old school, from where the hero’s fell
And in the great world war he served his country well
And he saw the hands of time go from town to town
And take without warning before running out
And he saw those same cold hands tear some strong men down
But in my memory he’s still young
And I’ve seen those same cold hands
tear that strong man down
But in my memories he’s young
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11. |
with John
01:47
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None.........
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