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I Can Fly

by The Revenants

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1.
The Lonely Graveyard of My Mind 04:55
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When I was younger I met a girl I met a girl I loved so bad She blew through me Like a summer storm And in the end it made me so sad I was overwhelmed by how deeply I felt Stunned, numbed, cut down to the core I was obsessed Obsessed with a girl Who wouldn't be back no more Locked in my head with a memory A memory that's left me spellbind Walking, moving but then standing still In the lonely graveyard of my mind This memory it lives with me It lives with me till this very day The whole distant world Is colored with her absence Circles me like a bird of prey No matter what I do I can't let her go Like tar baby and the briar I keep returning Returning to that spot Those precincts of desire Then one day when I got old When I got old it happened all over again But this time I was so weary Weary from doing time From way back when No way would I fall victim Would I fall victim To all that came before But again I got obsessed Obsessed with a girl Who wouldn't be back no more
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Take It Back 04:15
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I make a whole lot of promises And I say a whole lot of things I tell you that I love, love, love you To a swelling of strings Don't blame you if you're angry Or if you're feeling shortchanged I know you let your guard down And nothing, nothing was exchanged If I, if I could take it back Don't you know that I would If I, if I could take it back I would do it if I could Just give me one more chance I hope that you don't hate my guts Even though I know you must I got a problem with my rationale Less sensible than cussed I say a lot of crazy shit In the name of honesty But I wind up hurting you Which is me being stupid me I am a wicked, wicked liar So many lies I can't keep count Wanna make you a believer With my sermons on the mount You are getting kinda leery Of all my tall, tall tales Think of me as your handyman I've made you tough as nails
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Broken Ol' Thing 04:20
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When you see me what do you see Do you see me at all Am I a ghost, am I a phantom A creak hidden behind a wall Do I amuse you, do I make you sick Do you wish I'd just disappear Why don't you want me Why can't you love me There's no need to fear I'm just this broken ol' thing There ain't too much left of me Just this broken ol' thing And I'm in need of some TLC This broken ol' thing When I'm near you what do you feel Do I make you ill at ease Do you wanna squash me like a bug Do you wanna cure me like a disease Do you laugh at me behind my back When I talk about my woes Wish I could hear What's in your thoughts Wish I could get inside your clothes What do you do when you lie in bed Do I pop up in your thoughts Do you let it all go Do you try to force me out Or do you connect the dots If only I could move you Try to make you see Just how deeply I want you If you'd let me in just a little bit I promise I won't haunt you
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Open Road 04:43
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I been moving around Since the beginning of time Never stopped for nothing or no one I had to keep searching So I could find myself Wasn't what you'd call a slow one I'm on the open road And it's taken me from here to there Here to there And I got no plans for settling down I'm on the open road I been moving along Moving along Maybe you will see me When I come to your town From off the open road Seen a whole lotta stuff Some of it cool But a lot of it's been downright strange I have seen kindness And I have seen rage In my search for a home on the range Sometimes you get lonely Wanna settle down But that feeling always felt kinda wrong There was that town And there was that girl But she said no when I said come along
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Oh My God! 04:09
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I can't believe what I am witnessing I mean I must be totally wrong Every single thing I ever thought I knew It has all gone bing bong, bing bong Thought I really felt some kind of love for you Turns out to be a weird rendition The warped and twisted way that I see the world Is all part of my wretched condition Oh poor old me I am stuck with BPD It is something from which I can break free My shitty old PBD You might think that I am delusional Well hell I kinda think that too I thought I knew what I was thinking But now that turns out to not be so true I know that everyone has their take On how the view reality And by being yanked along by a shit storm I have voided my warranty I think you really got me here And there's no how can I turn away Just put me safely in this box And lock it up, lock it up Solid
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You Are My Queen 04:40
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You are my queen You are my princess You are my everything You are my queen You are my princess You are my everything Let me take you on a journey Take you on a trip Let you see the world Baby let you see the world Let me take you on a journey Take you on a trip Let you see the world Baby let you see the world 'Cause you are my queen You are my princess You are my everything You are my queen You are my princess You are my everything
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Back On That Train 04:21
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I am a passenger Sitting in my seat And the guy next to me is manspreading Conductor calls out Sounds like gibberish No idea where I am heading Back on that train Back on that train There is woman She's putting on her makeup And when the train lurches it all smears The guy next to her He is fast asleep And then suddenly he disappears Now I am standing Holding on to the strap And some chick grabs my arm like I'm a pole It's kinda strange But it's I'm used to Whenever I go down into that black hole
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Never Gonna Get Over It 03:53
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My friend Pete He just don’t get it He thinks I’m clearly out of my gourd Well I don’t blame him I think it’s nuts Like I’ve fallen on my own sword On my own sword Never gonna get Never gonna get Never gonna get Never gonna get over it No way, no how Never gonna get Never gonna get Never gonna get Never gonna get over it I and thou My friend Pete He’s kind of pissed He says I need to get my shit straight What can I say I’d have to agree But that shit smell don’t wanna dissipate Fumigate Yeah I know it's messed up But it's better that I've fussed up My friend Pete He says I’ve lost it What in the world could I be thinking Wanna tamp it down Wanna cover it up But it’s not shrinking It’s not shrinking
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Don't Turn Me Down 05:06
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I know what I’m asking I know it’s a lot I’m everywhere you are Johnny on the spot Try to deny me Try to fly by me Down turn me down Don’t let me go Don’t shut me out Like Jericho Don’t turn me down Don’t shove me away Lay down your arms Armistice Day Not wanting for much Barely make a peep I’m right over here Watching you sleep I hear you snoring Truly adoring Lay down your arms of love And surrender to me Lay down your arms of love And love me peacefully, yeah Wish you could love me Like I love you It’s as deep as it gets So deep and so true Open up the gate Check and checkmate
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I Can Fly 03:35
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Pried the bezel off the clockwork To have me a peak inside All the gears were madly spinning All the movements were unified Then I was ticked and I was tocked With wave upon relentless wave I was knocked right off my feet Like a whip on a galley slave I can fly, I can fly, I can fly I can fly, I can fly, I can fly Up to a land beyond the sky Fly away, fly away Had me a crazy dream I was back at my mom and dad's house My bedroom was a vast dirt field My sister she wore a yellowed blouse There were roaches running 'round madly And a changeling sat in grandpa’s chair My mother was slowly drowning Falling victim to mal de mer And I went up, up, up To a land beyond the sky And golden light it called to me Let us fly What if I were a painter Living in a box of paints I’d color the world in Van Gogh ochre And get down with the boondocks saints I’d spread out my canvass Till it touched every corner of the globe Not too bad you must admit For a devout agoraphobe
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We Are Stars 05:58
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We can start tonight We can't stop tonight We can start tonight We can't stop tonight We can start tonight We can't stop tonight We can start tonight We can't stop tonight I wanna know what it feels like, feels like I wanna know what it feels like, feels like I wanna know what it feels like, feels like I wanna know what it feels like, feels like I wanna know what it feels like, feels like I wanna know what it feels like, feels like We are all stars under the sun Touching the sky with our hands up That's who we are won't ever stop We are all stars under the sun It's all amazing what we've done Riding the wave of life as one Taking the time to feel the love We are all stars under the sun
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Say Amen 05:31
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I think I figured it out What makes me want you so bad It's that once you're gone you'll be gone forever You made me feel something Something I've never felt And by never I mean never If I let go then that's it and that's all I know won't ever feel this way again It is something so rare Something so precious Once it's gone I can say amen Say amen I love that look that you have That very look that you have The way your deep green eyes they penetrate me I tell you I love you Way, way too much And somehow you still don't hate me Say amen, amen Say goodbye to that feeling That will never come again Say goodbye and say amen I think I figured it out What makes me want you so bad But that don't mean I can do something about it I can either surrender And never speak the word Or I can thrash around and shout it

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No matter what I do
I can't let her go
Like tar baby and the briar
I keep returning
Returning to that spot
Those precincts of desire

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released October 30, 2023

Cover "I Can Fly" by Eliot Wilder

Songs written and performed by Eliot Wilder

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