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In spite of everything you know
You still go on believing
You say what you think can make it so
Even if what's so is so deceiving
It is a wonderful life
Everything is all right forever
It is a wonderful life
Everything is all right forever
You say that you think you know what's true
And you say it without blinking
But all your library books are due
And your boat is slowly sinking
All those wasted years
All the fights and tears
It must have been for a reason
Just when I thought it would last
Down drops the oxygen mask
While the headphones play "Time of the Season"
In spite of all your doubt and fear
You're off in a new direction
Maybe you'll be back in a year
Or maybe you'll find a new connection
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The Harvest Moon
03:08
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Well I sat down by the wishing tree
I wish I may I wish of thee
Then a lonely leaf fell at my feet
Suddenly I heard a tune
As bright and full as a harvest moon
About a girl that I might hope to meet
It went, love is like the harvest moon
Looks so close it will make you swoon
But it's really a million miles away
Drank some brandy from an old tin cup
Up fell down and down turned up
Found my lot with a band of unholy thieves
We tramped around in the underbrush
Till mom and dad told us to hush
Then we made our bed amongst the leaves
But what about the girl that I had hoped to find
I knew I'd would not find her running 'round blind
Come the morn the birds were tweeting
A bright, sweet song that kept repeating
Goodbye moon, hello sun
Packed my bag and got on my way
Didn't want to lose another day
All my childhood things are now done
Saw my girl at the top of the hill
She was singing a song that I remember still
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When you're in pain, I feel your pain
I'm right behind you all the way
When you feel down, I feel down
Just want to make everything OK
'Cause you mean everything to me
Everything in the whole wide world
You mean everything to me
You're my love, you are my girl
When you're lonely, it breaks my heart
I know just how that feels too
When your friends
Don't act like friends
I hate what that does to you
The world can be such a lousy place
Who do you trust and who do you know
But when the world is such a lousy place
Well you know just right where to go
When you cry, it tears at my heart
You know I hate to see you so sad
Wanna make you laugh
Wanna make you sing
Want you to know that it's not so bad
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Sometimes when I think about it
I don't believe that it's real
And maybe, just maybe it's not
It all happened so long ago
In a place I barely recall
In a time, a time I've nearly forgot
We ought to write it down in a book
And put it on our shelves
'Cause the past is just a story we tell ourselves
I could make it all fanciful
I could make it seem more cool
I could make sound absolutely divine
I could change the narrative
I could change the way that it ends
I could make our hero work things out just fine
They say that history is written by the winners
And I guess that much is true
Well I guess that for the rest of us losers
We're gonna have to do our best to make do
Sometimes when I think about it
It all seems so vague
Like maybe my whole life is but a dream
And everyone I've ever known
Is a figment or a ghost
Which means no one is quite what they seem
Through it all I keep pinching myself
To remind me I'm still alive
Maybe I should just relax and float downstream
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You Don't See Me
02:56
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You don't see me
But if you look real close you'll see something like me
You don't see me
But just go right ahead and stare a little harder
You don't see me
I'm so sorry if you walk away so empty-handed
The clock on the wall says you should be going
Leave here now and leave here never knowing
What you need
You don't see me
Still I think you might kind of feel my presence
You don't see me
A wisp of smoke and a turn of the doorknob
You don't see me
But what's that sound underneath your staircase
The clock on the wall says you should be going
Leave here now and leave here never knowing
What you need
I am here, oh so near
Have no fear
You don't see me
But that doesn't mean I'm not there like a spirit
You don't see me
But I could be hiding just around the next corner
You don't see me
Perhaps that is just the way that it should be
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Daydreams and Moonbeams
04:36
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Who are we and where are we going
And can we get there from here
I'd like to know 'cause I'm on my way
But I've got lost I fear
Tell me gentle stranger
Make it perfectly clear
We're just daydreams and moonbeams
When the day is done
We're just daydreams and moonbeams
Floating 'round the sun
Why must we always fight each other
Why must we maim and kill
What does it do and what does it solve
Is it all for the thrill
Tell me gentle stranger
I am waiting here still
Who searches for the moonbeam
Who was last seen
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7. |
Forget Me Not
04:27
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Was it ten years ago or maybe fifteen
My mind is foggy now
Don't know what it all could mean
You made it to the top
You got quite a view
Still you can't see me now even when the sky is blue
I am one of those guys
You might've forgot
Forget me, forget me not
You might not know my name
I was no one you'd know
I lived just down the hall and I shoveled your snow
You drove a Cadillac and you listened to Bach
You let me feed your fish
Gave me the key to your lock
You were always the center of attention
I was always barely worth a mention
You boyfriend was a jerk and he beat you to a pulp
One time I kicked his ass
You jumped back with a gulp
Then you disappeared
Moved out to LA
Starred on "Melrose Place"
Life is one big soiree
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Stay Gold, Ponyboy
04:48
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You and I we seen such highs
We seen such crazy deals
Time wounds and never heals
You and I go way, way back
So long in fact I can’t keep track
Stay gold, Ponyboy
Ride 'em high, ride 'em high
Stay gold, Ponyboy
Hold my hand and keep me close
Need you to be near
Don't want you to disappear
Please hold my hand and don’t let go
Funny how life slips away
It's gone in a day
Can you hear me now
Am I coming through
Didn’t mean to wake you up
Didn’t know what else to do
This just couldn’t wait
Having a deja vu
You and I we got past
We have a have a history
It'll always be a part of me
Make the call and I'll be there
Or don’t you call, I don’t care
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You and I up go up to the sky
Together we fly away
But we are not birds and these are just words
And words are always in the way
I reckon I got to light out for the territory
Ahead of the rest
Somewhere out there I will find me
My own house and home
A place that suits me best
Do you want to come away with me
Do you want find a new way with me
You and I up go up to the sky
Together we fly away
But we are not birds and these are just words
And words are always in the way
We are just two lost souls
But with our hands on the controls
Together we can take flight
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Brutal Beauty
04:23
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Toss your hair back and forth
Stir up a hurricane
Paint your lips bloody red
Drive the men insane
Take advantage of what you got
Consider it God's gift
Just so you know who comes first
Never get short shrift
All this brutal beauty
It's such a shame
It’s a doggone shame
All your life you had a dream
Wanted to obtain
Had no doubts, no not a single one
Never had to feign
You took a path, the choice was clear
No prisoners got took
You did just what you had to do
Didn't care if you got forsook
You will never ever know defeat
You will never ever know retreat
You will never ever feel the pinch
You will never change a single inch
A change of heart is possible
But not when it comes to you
You remain cold and sharp
They're all a bunch of bums to you
What would it take to shift your mind
See from another point of view
That would be too much to ask
And that would not be you
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Dry Season
05:06
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Got big old desires that just won't be slaked
Got wants and wishes that can't be faked
No they can't be faked
Got a big old hunger that won't be satisfied
Don't matter how much you eat
You still feel deprived
You got a thirst
You want it quenched
It's your only reason
Now that you're living in the dry season
Got a deep old wound and nothing's gonna heal it
And every time you go for a walk
There's no way to conceal it
You kick up a fuss and you get no reaction
But then you make it too personal
And you get dissatisfaction
Got a big old pain, hurts down to the bone
No one knows about it
You're completely alone
Want a little loving, would settle for a little like
But every time you try askin'
It's "Go take a hike"
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12. |
It Might Have Been
05:49
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I wander 'round from place to place
Everywhere I go I feel an empty space
There are faces wherever I go
But I can say there's not one I know
I'd like a friend but there're none to count
Right now I'd settle for any amount
If you're out there
If you hear me
I would very much like you near me
Of all sad words of tongue or pen
The saddest are these
It might have been
It's a sin
I live in a world where idiots rule
And I must say that I am one with a fool
I make dumb choices and say shitty things
I am no angel waiting 'round for his wings
How I would love for a second chance
And show you that I've learned myself a whole new dance
If you're out there, if you trust me
If I'm wrong then you can bust me
Ah, well! for us all some sweet hope lies
Deeply buried from human eyes
And, in the hereafter, angels may
Roll the stone from its grave away
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"It was hell," recalls former child.
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