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This Little Town
03:31
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This little town ain't so little anymore
You can sit and watch the houses all come down
If the rain don't take 'em first the floods will come
Take the wood and steel back where they're from
Little town you're not so little
Little town look how you've grown
Workers pouring concrete where the roses used to grow
Little town I used to play in
Little town you've lost your fight
Say hello to skyward towers
Say goodbye to little lights
This little town ain't so little anymore
Lost it's heart and soul and it's charm has gone
The little road's a highway
Even Main Street 's reached the sky
Oh little me, little I, how it's grown
Little town you're not so little
Little town look how you've grown
Workers pouring concrete where the roses used to grow
Little town I used to play in
Little town you've lost your fight
Say hello to skyward towers
Say goodbye to little lights
This little town ain't so little anymore
Traded in their wagon lanes for tolls
The little piece of heaven that I used to call my own
Has spread it's wings so far oh how it's grown, how it's grown.
Little town you're not so little
Little town look how you've grown
Workers pouring concrete where the roses used to grow
Little town I used to play in
Little town you've lost your fight
Say hello to skyward towers
Say goodbye to little lights
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Run
Out the door
Down the stairs into the night
Pick out a star hanging out in the sky
One for you, One for you and I
Slow Down
Look right into the night
Pick out the darkest cloud in the sky
And find yourself a silver lining
Lean in darling Whisper
The Universe is listening
The Secret is, Whatever you are wishing.
Don't forget the stars are for wishing on
Down
Like the sun as you sink in your bed
Swirling around in your head
Thoughts of you, thoughts of you and I
Lean in darling Whisper
The Universe is listening
The Secret is, Whatever you are wishing.
Don't forget the stars are for wishing on
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3. |
Time's a Liar
04:10
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Kicking up dust
Digging up dirt
Throwing sand in the ashes
Rubbing salt in the wound
Telling whole truths
About little white liars
Time ticking by
Throwing gas on the fire
Sitting at the table
Rubbing old hands
The clock ticks for old loves gone by
Time’s a liar
Time’s a thief
Speeding us up as we get older
Time’s a liar
Time’s not true
If I know one thing, time ain’t wasted on you. (Instrumental)
There's a light at the end of the hallway
Buzzing with old memories
Tales of fond times
Sitting at the table
Rubbing old hands
The clock ticks for old loves gone by
Time’s a liar
Time’s a thief
Speeding us up as we get older
Time’s a liar
Time’s not true
If I know one thing, time ain’t wasted on you.
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Main Street
04:07
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Main Street
There was a fire on the corner
They roped off the street
I was in bed when the messaged came in
Are you alright my dears
Are you alright
And i said yeah - We’re alright
Burn it down said the flame
To the ground said the wind
Everybody stared at the firemen
Burn it down said the flame
To the ground said the wind
As the fire had it’s way with Main Street
There was a place to feel ‘Cozy’
On the corner of Main
All those years taken for granted
The ashes fall slowly like
Memories rain down
The back alleys and the gutters of the town
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5. |
Eyes like the Moon
04:03
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Eyes like the moon
Don't come to me with your eyes like the moon
Your heart full of holes
Where the arrow shot you
Don't come to me with the world on your shoulders, your hands in your pockets and your head down low.
Oh.. I can't buy my way into your smile
Oh.. when you're down the whole world isn't right
Don't come to me with your face at your feet.
Stained with the tears from your aching heart.
Don't come to me shaking your head
Your smile turned ‘round at the floor
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6. |
Taking all you can
02:34
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Wise man’s got his life left to live
He’ll just sit back and let the world happen
Taking nothing into his own hands
Living life in somebody else’s lane
Way to go old man
Taking all you can from me
Wise man’s taking it for granted
Breaks the rules when he plays the game
So sure he’s got it all figured out.
Can’t carry your debt with you when you leave
Way to go old man
Taking all you can from me
It’s no one else’s fault you’re on your own
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Carousel
03:39
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Carousel
My guitar could tell some tales about the walls in this apartment
Could tell the world that I ain’t seen nobody in days
‘Cept the boy that’s wrapped around my heart - just like a carousel
Words we flung across the room, did nothing for our egos
Flee the scene and leave me here to pick up all the pieces
And the boy is wrapped around my heart - like a carousel
Woooooooooooooooooooo - like a carousel
There’s ‘bout two hours in the day when everybody here is sleeping
I can write my feelings down and hope to Hell there’s meaning
For the boy that’s wrapped around my heart - just like a carousel
Woooooooooooooooooooo - like a carousel
Take your pennies to the store and cash ‘em in for some quarters
So I can wash the clothes that you’ll be wearing when you leave me
And the boy is wrapped around my heart - like a carousel
Woooooooooooooooooooo like a carousel
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8. |
Smoke and Mirrors
03:47
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Smoke & Mirrors
The ashtray is a bucket filled with water in the dark and the stars are smoke and mirrors just like me.
The hiss snaps through the night like broken glass under my feet and the sky is smoke and mirrors just like me.
Simple as we seem,
Keeping up appearances
We never say the things we mean
We never reach the dream
The smoke is dancing delicately, circling my face and the night is smoke and mirrors just like me.
The light's extinguished carefully and leaves a single plume
I am smoke and mirrors but I can't see.
Simple as we seem,
Keeping up appearances
We never say the things we mean
We never reach the dream
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Chase Your Blues
When the crops are picked and the sun casts
The longest shadow on the town
Scattered twilight dances so gently
Until every bit of it goes down
We split the olden trees
Of fallen yesterday and
Place them on the fire
Chase the cold away
I ain't gonna call it a night babe cause
I’m gonna chase your blues away
I’m gonna chase your blues away even if it takes all night
I’m gonna chase your blues away gon' start a fire in your heart
In your heart
When I see you smilin’ with the sun rise
and every bit of sadness gone
only then will satisfaction
be had with the job that I’ve done
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10. |
Lead You On
03:09
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Lead you on.
Eat, sleep and drink some rum
Pray that you’ll find love at the end of the bottle
Rinse, repeat, until you’ve had about enough
Fight, flirt and round it goes, like vinyl tends to do
Well I say let’s put me and you into the grooves - oh
I will lead you on
I will lead you on and on and on
Til the end of the road
Til the love is gone
Walk through the puddles with wet socks
The sky opens up the gates to a flood
Wishing you were here
Dancin’ in the rain oh
I will lead you on
I will lead you on and on and on
Til the end of the road
Til the love is gone
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