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A Beautiful Way
03:27
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I never met anyone like you
You've got a smile for everyone
But also a tear
You never talk down
Even when you're joking or messing around
There's never a time that you're ever unkind
Trying to do something good in the ocean
Trying not to only makes you laugh more
And a head full of clouds
Slips away to the sea
Now we're down on the boardwalk
And we're whirling around on the rides
And we're walking along
And they're still singing the songs
We used to sing all those nights
Down at the Riptides
I remember those days
How I almost let you get away
But you shouldered the pain
And a head full of rain
Never turned your back on me
You've got a beautiful way
You've got a beautiful way about you
You've got a beautiful way
You do
I never met anyone like you
Oh no
You've got a smile for everyone
But also a tear
You never talk down
Even when we're joking or messing around
There's never a time that you're ever unkind
No
Trying to do something good in the ocean
Trying not to only makes you laugh more
And a heart bound with chains
Breaks away and I'm free
Because your kiss on my mouth
Is what's turning the key
You've got a beautiful way
You've got a beautiful way about you
You've got a beautiful way
You do
I never met anyone like you
I never met anyone like you
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Don’t look me in the soul
If you don’t want my truth
Unravel me a crayon
Slap you in the face blue
Don’t you smile so wide boy
I might not know it’s you
Fifth string of a rainbow
Slap you in the face blue
You will be a friend when my head learns to distort
Get your paws off of my back
My breath is getting short
You know the party’s over
When you’re passed out on the floor
April’s out the window
You don’t have a clue
Soaked in your umbrella
Slap you in the face blue
And by the time you get it
I’ll be living in a shoe
Breaking in the converse
Slap you in the face blue
Who’d have thought my company
Would turn out such a bore?
Running through the same routine
We don’t know what for
You know you’ve got to walk
When you’re not dancing anymore
I wake up in the morning stuck with this tattoo
If you don’t come around soon brother, God knows what I’ll do
Slap you in the face, slap you in the face
Slap you in the face, slap you in the face
Slap you in the face, slap you in the face
Slap you in the face
Blue
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3. |
Concussion
02:42
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I pushed until you pulled away
It’s no surprise at all you didn’t stay
You even told me but I did it anyway
Bruises on my brain
I read our texts the other day
Sometimes I can’t believe the things I say
And now I’ve lost a year
Because I couldn’t wait a day
Bruises on my brain
You say don’t curse
Don’t f’n tell me what to do
That girl was smiling when you walked in the room
I’ll swing this hook so hard
That she’ll be seeing two of you
Concussion
Still feel your heart beat into mine
The only thing that seems to keep in time
These memories rattling my head
Have got me out of line
Maybe I’m insane
You taught me love
You taught me what it is I hate
You taught me patience
You’re so good at being late
You taught me everything
Except for how to wait for you
You say don’t curse
Don’t f’n tell me what to do
That girl was smiling when you walked in the room
I’ll swing this hook so hard
That she’ll be seeing two of you
Two of you
Look what you do
Look what you do
Concussion
I pushed until you pulled away
It’s no surprise at all you didn’t stay
You even told me but I did it anyway
Bruises on my brain
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4. |
Letter To Ex
03:26
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Sometimes at night
I wonder where you are
Turn out the light
Walk out to the stars
Are you living right
Driving round in some fancy car?
Tell me how are you doing
In your new way of life?
It's hard to imagine
You're someone else's wife
I guess I don't understand it
It just didn't work out for me
And you
It's true babe
Oh I reminisce
'Bout the times that we had
The simple kiss
Was enchanting
Was enhancing
Yeah
Do do 'n do do
Ah
Sometimes at night
I wonder where you are
Turn out the light
Walk out to the stars
Are you living right
Driving round in some fancy car?
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And The World Goes Round
04:27
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Hawk of a man with a bill in his hand
Sucking all the good seed out of the land
And the world goes round
And the world goes round
Chopping down trees in the dirty breeze
Dropping down a deep freeze overseas
And the world goes round
And the world goes round
And I’m in love I'm in love
And I want to stay alive
Want my children’s children to survive
I’m in love I'm in love
I'm in love I'm in love
Peeping Tom with a CD Rom
Learning how to make his own atomic bomb
And the world goes round
And the world goes round
Talk is at an all time high today
Still nobody knows exactly what to say
And the world goes round
And the world goes round
And I’m in love
You say the sun is a she
I must say indeed I do agree
Giving all the light she can
She’s too warm to be a man
You say the earth’s her sister
I want the men who’ve twisted her
She’ll still be coming around
Long after they’re all in the ground
And the world goes round
And the world goes round
And I'm in love I’m in love
I'm in love I'm in love
And I don’t care if it’s naïve
To give your heart and still believe in love
I'm in love I'm in love
Oh
Awed by the size of a baby’s eyes
She smiles at her daddy and he’s hypnotized
And the world goes round
And the world goes round
Bigger than the name
Bigger than the game
Bigger than the bang from which everything came
And the world goes round
And the world goes round
And I’m in love
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Still Dark
04:24
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Does that song make you think of me?
Do the words play on your heart?
When you sing along do you ever long
For all our time and all our love?
Taking care of your mind and body
Has never been easy for you
All this time we’re taking apart
Is breaking this heart I can’t give to someone new
Last night I saw you
The lake frozen over
Your eyes still glassy with moonshine
Bruises you’re listing
Truths you keep twisting
Proudly insisting that you’re fine
But you’ll be the star
On your new guitar
Play them The Wall again
No one will know who you are
You’re still dark
Has that house on the lake made you happy yet?
Is it better now that he’s home?
Did it make you a kid again?
Feel like you’re fitting in?
Why’d you just tell me you’re so alone?
It felt like that song made you think of me
As you played for all of our friends
Yes it said he would let her in
If she came back to him
You look away again when it ends
Turn off the light now
Keep the lake frozen
How deep do you drill till you drown there?
There’s nothing like you and me
Search the entire sea
Only more space to be found there
But you’ll be the star
On your new guitar
Play them The Wall again
No one will know in your heart
You’re still dark
Your new guitar
My broken heart
Will always be haunting me
Knowing wherever you are
You’re still dark
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7. |
Don't Look Back No More
03:55
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There’s a river outside this cabin
Rolling through the woods
I figured heading north for mountain air
Might do some good
And it did ‘cause there’s a clarity
I've never had before
I can see the road in front of me
I don’t look back no more
Let me be just like that river
Flowing right outside my door
And the sunrise will deliver me
I don’t look back no more
The past don’t owe me nothin’
And regrets just weigh a ton
What’s the use in stressin’
Over somethin’ said and done?
I’m swinging in the moment
And I’ll play it where it lands
The future’s still unwritten
But the present’s in my hands
Not too much left here now to bank on
Don't you look back
Still one thing I know for sure
Don't you look back
Sister, all has been forgiven
I don’t look back no more
Sunrise, deliver me
I’m a river to the sea
I’m a phoenix eagle flying
I’m a newborn baby crying
I’m the dawn of a new day rising
Over the line of a blue horizon
I’m the light from a distant sun
I’m a journey just begun
On my way and feeling fine
All I’m taking is what’s mine
I’m gonna be just like that river
Streaming onward evermore
And each sunrise will deliver me
I ain't lookin' back no more
Ain’t gonna be like my friend Edith
Don't you look back
When she left Sodom and Gomorrah
Don't you look back
Wasn’t nobody’s fault
Woman just turned to salt
I ain’t looking back no more
Sunrise, deliver me
I’m a river to the sea
I’m a phoenix eagle flying
I’m a newborn baby crying
I’m the dawn of a new day rising
Over the line of a blue horizon
I’m the light from a distant sun
I’m a journey just begun
On my way and feeling fine
All I’m taking is what’s mine
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River To The Sea
03:22
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Where you lead I will follow
Ocean rain and clearest mountain air
You show me the way
Through straight and narrow paths
And I will follow you there
Where you're going to
I will go
For you know
You are everything to me
Point the way and I will follow you
Through and through
Like a river to the sea
Where you lead I will follow
You can have me every single day
Hungering for you here is a heart so hollow
I know for me there is no other way
Where you're going to
I will go
For you know
You are everything to me
Point the way and I will follow you
Through and through
Like a river to the sea
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