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Somewhere in the Stars

by The Revenants

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1.
Reasons to Flee 04:43
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Flip of a coin, heads or tails In what way or which way should I go Take the high road or take the low road Hello and goodbye, goodbye and hello Should I stay or should I go Now’s the time to decide Should I stay or should I go I can’t hide, I can’t hide Roll of the dice, unlucky two Still I take my chances and hope for the best But having good luck hasn’t been my thing You could say I’m dispossessed I got me reasons Reasons to flee Au revoir and arrivederci What is fate, what does it mean There ain’t no plan just random chance Wanna find a truth, wanna find a meaning But in the end it’s all happenstance
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No Going Back 05:13
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Those were the days Those happy days Those days of joy Those days of fun I had the time Time of my life But now those days they are done There's no going back No going back Now I have lost Lost my way Can't see the sky For the sun I had the world Square in my hands But now that world it's all gone It's all a dream A dream so strange It is a fading memory I can't explain A goddamn thing It's a million miles Away from me I had it all All I could want Then I pissed it all away And now I cling for my dear life Among the ruins and decay
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My Truth 05:12
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I said hey, hey won't you listen to me I got something to say And then I'll just go away I said hey, hey won't you look me in the eye I got a story to tell I wanna ring my bell This is my truth For what it's worth This is my truth My sole purpose on earth This is my truth My voice in the crowd This is my truth Let me say it out loud I said hey, hey won’t you give me your time No I won’t bore you I just wanna adore you I said hey, hey you’re forever on my mind Can’t stop thinking of you Don’t you know that I love you I said hey, hey won’t you give me your body Just want to eat you alive Want you to feel my sex drive I said hey, hey don’t you try to refuse me No need to resist I’m coming in for a kiss
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Life on the Rooftops 04:02
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If this is heaven it smells bizarre Like dryer sheets and ozone and steaming tar But I come up here to be high above I come up here to this place I love I come up here when I feel lowdown I come up here to be free I come up here to see my town And when I need to be as tall as a tree Life on the rooftops That's where I go The sky's the limit Look out below Life on the rooftops Head in the clouds My own little world Above the crowds I dance with stovepipes and smoky exhaust I look down on the land of the lost I see myself flying up to the stars But my dream is shattered by the roar of the cars I come up here to get my jones I come up to get away from the herds I come up here to ease my mind And when I want to be up, up, up with the birds When this old world starts getting me down And people are just too much for me to face I climb my way to the top of the stairs And all my cares just drift into space If this is heaven, well it's not so pretty All the bricks are tagged and the air is gritty Maybe one day I'll take a leap I mean, who really cares Who will weep Still I come up here for peace of mind I come up here to be aloof I come up here in the stillness of the night Up here, up here, up here on the roof
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Tommy Westphall's Universe 03:53
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What is going on inside his head No one really knows for certain Maybe a door to another dimension Wish we could pull back the curtain He sits all day staring into space And plays with his toy snow globe Rocks back forth like a drinking bird All wrapped up in a torn bathrobe The world goes forward but he's in reverse It's Tommy Westphall's Universe The scene around him is pretty chaotic But he appears calm and cool He moans and grunts to make his point A lesson they don't teach at school Well, people laugh and people die And people vanish and then return If he's the God behind it all He doesn't show much concern The world goes forward but he's in reverse It's Tommy Westphall's Universe It's Doctor Craig and Doctor Samuels They are having a very strange day Is it David Birney and William Daniels And it's not a role that they both play There's Helen Rosenthal and Victor Ehrlich Wayne Fiscus and Bobby Caldwell Luther Hawkins and Cathy Martin All of them did not end up too well The world goes forward but he's in reverse It's Tommy Westphall's Universe
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Hiding Out 03:34
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Had a lotta places I wanted to go Didn't know how I'd get there, no Did not know what I did not know Now I don't really care Just where I am headed All them forks in the road All the needles threaded I'm hiding out I'm hiding out Hiding behind this gray ol' beard I'm hiding out No doubt There were lots of scenes I wanted to be a connected But that never happened Their sovereignty protected Now I don't really care That I'm all I've got Besides most them died Or have turned to rot Had a lotta dreams In my rucksack One by one they faded away Or came under attack Now I don't really care To ever dream once more My dreaming days are done I'm headed out the door
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Lathe of Heaven 05:55
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Stuck my toe in the water And I pulled out a plum Lassoed me a rainbow But I just sat there dumb Can't you hear me humming Hum, hum, hum We grind and grind against the lathe of heaven We grind and grind against the lathe of heaven Grind us all down to dust Unlocked a new dimension Somewhere beyond the stars A door swung wide open And I gripped the handlebars I blew along like cosmic dust And wrote it down in my memoirs Grind, grind if you must Grind, grind down to dust The sun is no more a weak spot In a foul gray sky Aint got no rhyme or reason No what and no why Just like Tommy Westphall It's all in the mind's eye
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See Ya 'Round the Cosmos 02:49
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My ship takes off and heads out into space I'm looking for a newfound land And a newfound sense of place Sick of all the old ways, sick of all the politics Want to add something fresh To the stale old mix See ya 'round the cosmos Hope ya get here soon See ya 'round the cosmos, baby Beyond the dark of the moon I speed past Venus Speed past our galaxy I'm bending time and space just like Einstein's relativity I see me comets, I see me cosmic dust And I feel joy In my wanderlust When I think of this old world Just brings me down All the seas are filled with trash And the green fields have turned brown Wanna find a new place Untouched by hands Where humans act humans And haven't wrecked their lands If you look up at stars with an unobstructed view Maybe you will see me And I'll wave back at you Try to wish me well Think of me now and then Maybe one day I'll return Maybe one day who knows when
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Out of Leftfield 06:33
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Out of left field there came a sudden wind Blew down our well-built fences While the devil grinned We were aghast, the end was here at last Out of left field came a tidal wave Washed away my cousin Ed He was so brave Took away the town Left our lives turned upside down Out of left field came a ball of fire Ripped through our house, it was so dire Got lost in the smoke, thought I might choke Out of left field came a biblical plague Brought us down to our knees To God we did beg Our faith was shaken, why are we forsaken Out of left field came a sickening smell My mother wept, we’re at the gates of hell My sister screamed, this is not a dream Out of left field came a deafening hum The sky turned black, a cloud of locusts had come Looked like an eclipse, a modern-day apocalypse Out of left field, we lost it all Gone was every thing we knew It was terrible squall Our world was blown apart But we never lost our heart
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We Have the Stars 03:59
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We should be satisfied With what we've got But we always long for What we have not When is enough enough Yours, mine and ours Don't let us ask for the moon We have the stars We want what we want, yeah And we want it now And if we don't get it, oh no We have a cow Not talking 'bout settling Or some sort of compromise Just take what's sufficient, yeah It's a word to the wise I can get some satisfaction I can get some girl reaction
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Over and Out 05:03
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Got a lot on my mind but it matters not No it don’t matter at all This is my shitty lot Got to learn to accept it Got no other choice I can scream my head off But no one hears my voice This is it, this is all there is no doubt See you ‘round the cosmos Over and out I strove like the dickens but where did it get me I worked like a dog But then a dog went and bit me Didn’t game the system Even when no one was around I built up a mountain But then it came tumbling down Bye bye You don’t have me to push around Bye bye I’m heading for the underground And when I get there I will drop you line “Things couldn’t be better Yeah, I’m feeling fine” Whatever I wish for I can just forget about it However I’m wired I gotta re-route it No final stand No big encore Sneak through the back In through the out door
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Somewhere in the Stars 05:54
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I listen in for the sound of your voice In the hope it will come to me I am broadcasting at fifty million watts So I can tune in to your frequency Somewhere in the stars Somewhere in the stars All the channels are wide open Come on in, please come on in I have been waiting so very patiently Waiting for the world to begin Somewhere in the stars Somewhere in the stars I turn my gaze up to the heavens And my aperture is open wide Is that you hiding behind Orion’s Belt Stretched out across the great divide Somewhere in the stars Somewhere in the stars I’m all alone here in this broadcasting tower Nothing but me and a busted heart Hoping you will find me some day soon Hope you find me before I depart Somewhere in the stars Somewhere in the stars
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Fearless 07:14
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I unlocked a new dimension
Somewhere beyond the stars
A door swung wide open
And I gripped onto the handlebars
I blew along like cosmic dust
And wrote it down in my memoirs

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released December 30, 2023

Cover "Somewhere in the Stars" by Eliot Wilder

Songs written and performed by Eliot Wilder

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