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1. |
Ramblings
03:51
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There are many reasons why I ramble on about you.
It’s just part of growing older, basic lively conversation.
I have dreams about us, growing on and older.
Funny how the wheel can turn it don’t leave me feeling so alone.
Being where I want to be, dancing sideways endlessly.
Lost and found forever in my mind.
Out of mind know my own space, eye to eye I see your face.
Nowhere close to over I can find.
I’ve been trying to tell you all about my adolescent poetry,
not as bad as some things but it shows a starting point for how I got here.
Spending time I’m faltering and holding onto your hand.
Living up the fantasies and we are lost together with no way out.
Being where I want to be.
Dancing sideways endlessly.
Lost and found forever in my mind.
Out of mind know my own space, eye to eye I see your face.
Nowhere close to over I can find with you.
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2. |
Safe Passage
05:29
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Tried to walk across the interstate. Racing cars forbade the exercise,
Lively faces passing by in front of me.
Happy thoughts are noticed in their eyes.
Picture my life riding there along with them, Not a stranger just a friend.
On a pilgrimage to understand ourselves.
Don’t anticipate an end.
I have lost a part of me.
But it ain’t no reason to cry.
Something that I dream't away.
Cost me everything I’ve tried,
Dreams of Parisian vacations.
Never taken but imagined still.
In a time of better habits.
Loving all that I could not fulfill.
Life’s a gas but at least it’s fast.
Try to breath, if you can take your time.
Take a note, to remind yourself.
That giving up seldom goes as expected.
Feeling this is how I disappear. Imagining myself in a haze.
Amble on along the interstate. I’ve been traveling for days.
Swarms of cars are moving all around. Never thumbing for a ride.
Countless strangers on a path of their own. Not a single one defined.
There’s no need to salvage sunlight. Afternoons retain what’s good.
Blazing out where memories soar. Spent too much time misunderstood.
Filled with these old dreams of Paris. Someone else to bring me there.
Me a stranger in a strange way. With a lasting chance to care.
Life’s a gas but at least it’s fast.
Try to breath, if you can take your time.
Take a note, to remind yourself.
That giving up seldom goes as expected.
Life’s a gas but at least it’s fast.
Try to breath, if you can take your time.
Take a note, to remind yourself.
That giving up seldom goes as expected
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3. |
Easy
03:35
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Lovin ain’t easy. What ya gonna do.
Loving ain’t easy. Except with you.
Born a million years ago,
Walked the trails alone.
So many miles and miles I went.
Just to find my home.
Spent some time in the city.
Trying just to learn.
Learned I was a man alone.
Praying for a turn.
Lovin ain’t easy. What ya gonna do.
Loving ain’t easy. Except with you.
Three years I slept away.
Another five depressed.
Got my mind racing.
Would I ever have success?
Who did I think that I was?
Was I ever any good?
Like a raving mad man.
I raged against manhood.
Lovin ain’t easy. What ya gonna do.
Loving ain’t easy. Except with you.
Knew you before I could.
Even get your name.
Fell so hard in love then.
Just hoped you felt the same.
Many years I wondered.
If I ever could explain.
That kind of life with you.
Wouldn’t need a rut again.
Lovin ain’t easy. What ya gonna do.
Loving ain’t easy. Except with you.
So many years have gone by, Since you gave me that yes.
Don’t think I ever forget. About the things I must profess.
Ain’t a time for crying. Life’s no longer bland.
Every single evening. We’re walking hand in hand.
Lovin ain’t easy. What ya gonna do.
Loving ain’t easy. Except with you
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4. |
Hanging Round
05:22
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Every road takes a turn, And sometimes you get lost,
Keep moving onward, Even if you come across,
The path that I’ve found, No way to be outdone,
You may run from change But change still comes.
So much for just hanging around,
Time won’t wait for me,
Trying just to keep some control,
Of the memories,
Thinking that it could not be real,
That it was a dream,
Love all of the ones that I have
Though it’s all changing.
I was a small child Like others But just me,
Yes I Am Older but Still just as carefree,
Easy To get lost In thoughts Of happenstance,
Daydreams They teach me The guilt of, A second chance,
Filling My mind up With hopes of all tomorrows,
It can Ease all the Pain of deep sorrows,
You can tell yourself that all things come to an end,
But it all depends on how much you can pretend.
So much for just hanging around,
Time won’t wait for me,
Trying just to keep some control,
Of the memories,
Thinking that it could not be real,
That it was a dream,
Love all of the ones that I have,
Though it’s all changing.
I was A small child Like others But just me,
Yeah I Am Older but Still just as carefree,
Easy To get lost In thoughts Of happenstance,
Daydreams They teach me The guilt of, A second chance,
Filling My mind up With hopes of all tomorrows,
It can Ease all the Pain of deep sorrows,
You can tell yourself that all things come to an end,
But it all depends on how much you can pretend,
There is no need to be outdone,
You can run from change but change still comes.
So much for just hanging around,
Time won’t wait for me,
Trying just to keep some control, Of the memories,
Thinking that it could not be real, That it was a dream,
Love all of the ones that I have, Though it’s all changing.
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5. |
Again Dear Friends
07:30
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Growing older and we’re semi functional,
Age has set up a distracting drive,
Looking back at where we came from,
Just us kids trying to survive,
Started singing with the best of intentions
You grabbed a guitar and made it sound better,
And we’re playing along, Making a song.
Packed like sardines in that basement,
Tried so hard just to make it work,
Swear I can’t remember ever hating it,
But that’s memory in patchwork,
Four kids spending so much time there,
None of it felt like a waste.
And we do what we can, We’re a functional band.
We were killing time and loving life,
We were killing time and loving life,
We were killing time and loving life,
Some sense of order, An adolescent drive.
Here’s to you,
And all the other ones that got me through,
That was everything to me,
All the faces,
Time won’t let them be replaced,
They were my reality.
Months have passed and we were at least adequate,
Showing up for the best of friends,
Rock and roll for the upstart revelry,
Showing off our odds and ends,
Groups of kids screaming for a reason,
Singing back to all my kin.
And we’re are losing control, And it’s keeping us whole.
All those bands and music blaring,
Break us down with the best of plans,
From their hearts they gave us vision,
Never leaving us feeling less than,
A family we cheered for each other.
Long gone but never lost to time.
We were a part of the scene, messed up on caffeine.
We were killing time and loving life,
We were killing time and loving life,
We were killing time and loving life,
Some sense of order, An adolescent drive.
Here’s to you,
And all the other ones that got me through,
That was everything to me,
All the faces,
Time won’t let them be replaced,
They were my reality.
Seems like decades ago now,
And I’ve become someone new,
Still the past has a way of sneaking up,
Reminds me how we made it through it all.
Here’s to you,
And all the other ones that got me through,
That was everything to me,
All the faces,
Time won’t let them be replaced,
They were my reality.
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6. |
A Parade
04:57
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Long ago when I was young,
Full of life but still so dumb,
Grew up as a romantic,
Left alone a statistic,
As a man I crept within,
Yelling out for thicker skin,
What I was and all I knew,
Summed up as a bird that flew.
Easy to get lost in what’s absurd,
Everyday it’s a parade,
Lines of reasoning's become blurred,
Give me truth, something good.
Got caught up in randomness,
Lost again in happenstance,
Made my way, toward better seas,
Most of it felt like a dream,
Who I am is nothing new,
As cliché as my world view,
No more truth when lying works,
Just a fad with all its perks.
Easy to get lost in what’s absurd,
Everyday it’s a parade,
Lines of reasoning's become blurred,
Give me truth, something good.
Give me a look that says you care,
I’ll take it and try not to stare.
Life is like a dream,
Close to true it seems,
What’s real seems so false,
Like a cosmic waltz,
I will hide away,
Hoping for a day,
When I can express,
Everything’s a test.
I’m the same boy I always was,
Fragile ego without much cause,
Wanted so much to be a name,
At the behest of being lame,
Learning how to be a good man,
But there’s so much I don’t understand,
Chaos may strike from outside,
But I’ve got some room to thrive.
I’m growing getting better,
Try to stop me see what happens,
Easy to get lost in what’s absurd,
Everyday it’s a parade,
Lines of reasoning's become blurred,
Give me truth, something good.
Easy to get lost in what’s absurd,
Everyday it’s a parade,
Lines of reasoning's become blurred,
Give me truth, something good.
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7. |
Heart Story
04:18
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Open my heart to the world,
Hoping not to be absurd,
Little tricks I teach to you,
Won’t make us look just like fools,
Hold onto my hopes and dreams,
Nothing can be as it seems.
Nothing ever really ends,
We’re just avoiding amends,
It’s no issue of concern,
No more lessons left to learn,
Everything else might be a mess,
But we’re still doing our best.
We could spend this life together, If you wanna yeah i wanna,
Run around the world forever, Keep on moving, going forward,
Everything else might be chaos, It don’t matter it don’t matter,
But at least we have each other, Us together forever after.
Three thousand plus miles away,
Fell in love like that first day,
Aided by a dram of fun,
Climbing mountains in the sun,
Everything else gets too loud,
Not that we can hear a sound.
Spending hours in a thought,
Taking time to work things out,
Arguing how what I need,
Can’t always help me succeed,
Losing my mind to heartbeats,
And I’m accepting defeat.
We could spend this life together, If you wanna yeah i wanna,
Run around the world forever, Keep on moving, going forward,
Everything else might be chaos, It don’t matter it don’t matter,
But at least we have each other, Us together forever after.
It’s easy to, fall for your dreams,
As simple as, a misplaced scheme,
My hand is there, yours it’s true friend,
Living it up, until the end,
Lost in time with you, Working on a view,
Done with silly things, And the faults it brings.
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8. |
Farewells
06:54
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Yesterday,
When I knew where I stood.
It was clear,
There was a lot of good.
Old friendships,
They cannot always last.
All things end,
And they go much too fast.
All empires have a time to fall,
But they once had their glory days,
Glimmering in the minds of all,
Then vanishing into a haze,
To be considered with kindness,
Retrospect can have an appeal,
But pain of loss hard to avoid,
Impossible not to feel.
Happiness,
With stories we acquire,
It’s all real,
The makings of desire,
What I need,
A step back into time,
To see that,
We were all once so fine.
Piece by piece many things collapse,
Getting back up to start again,
A stranger to what was normal,
Taking it all upon the chin,
The world that I knew has changed,
But it is not really an end,
We are all learning to adapt,
Allowing broken things to mend.
It’s alright we’re ok and getting better,
Nothing lasts forever,
A worthy endeavor,
Moments enough to make you smile
Glad we had what there was,
All worthy of applause.
So it goes,
Faces start to disappear,
Still it’s strange,
When they were always here,
I am fine,
What I have brings me joy,
Retrospect,
Is just hard to avoid.
Everyday better than the last,
But it can’t change where I came from,
The ones that made me into me,
Making everywhere feel like home,
way out there living their own lives
Everything they have I must commend,
Happy for everything we had,
But some good things just have to end.
It’s alright we’re ok and getting better,
Nothing lasts forever,
A worthy endeavor
Moments enough to make you smile,
Glad we had what there was,
All worthy of applause.
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9. |
North Star
05:09
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Lost in the city,
Looking for a friend,
Been searching for days
without an end,
Took some time,
Before I started to see,
I was alone and
no one was looking for me.
Life moves slowly out of time,
Trying to find some peace of mind,
Every day my world is turning, Spinning out leaving me less defined.
Wrecked myself,
Walking into a car,
Got confused searching
for the North Star,
Pictured myself in a place more ideal,
Living in the past,
Never helped me heal.
Life moves slowly out of time,
Trying to find some peace of mind,
Every day my world is turning, Spinning out leaving me less defined.
Getting close to finding, Everything that I need,
Growing older no longer feels like a misdeed,
Found myself living in a town,
No longer alone and never giving into doubt.
Life sometimes moves slowly out of time,
Trying to find some peace of mind,
Every day my world is turning, Spinning out leaving me less defined.
Life’s not always moving slowly, Way, way out of time,
Finally I’m finding some peace of mind,
Every day my world is turning, Spinning out leaving me refined.
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10. |
Travelers
06:03
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Traveling at somewhere way beyond the speed of sound.
I am all twisted up miles from the safety of the ground.
Imagining all of the people that I used to know.
Living their lives somewhere down there among the dense crowd.
There is no time when relativity has become your best friend.
And I am circling and moving beyond everything.
No more good nights with happy ends until my trip is done.
And so we venture into space and search out what can be found.
There is no certainty,
We all try to make do,
Getting spun into a new mindset,
All a part of a breakthrough.
Here we are among the stars,
And everything is expanding,
Every day, we slip away,
holding onto what we can.
Making it back somewhat safely onto the tarmac,
the world seems just the same and yet I am glad to be back.
I can almost recall what other worlds were like.
Cruising around the universe not akin to riding a bike.
There is a part of me that wonders if I’m losing it,
no longer in a box but in a world I cannot quit.
It’s good to see the ones I need and I know that they need me too.
We hold on for dear life and spin around til we turn blue.
There is no certainty,
We all try to make do,
Getting spun into a new mindset,
All a part of a breakthrough.
Here we are among the stars,
And everything is expanding,
Every day, we slip away,
Holding onto what we can.
We were beautiful,
We were together, It was all real.
Here we are among the stars,
And everything is expanding,
Every day, we slip away,
Holding onto what we can.
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11. |
Sap
03:24
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Spend my nights up,
Thinking of how,
We could go out,
Back where we were,
Not long ago,
Across the world,
You told me that,
You could pretend,
To be like that,
There forever,
With our dogs too,
Nothing can stop,
Like from a book,
As the shoes drops.
What’s wrong living like that
Some thoughts go beyond sap,
My life caught in a dream,
Sometimes that’s all I need.
Considering,
Every journey,
That we could take,
With each other,
Picture us there,
Bound by what’s good,
Running around,
Spending time with,
Our fantasies,
Of sleeping in,
A forever,
Starts together,
Things may get rough,
But you’ll be there.
What’s wrong living like that?
Some thoughts go beyond sap,
My life caught in a dream,
Sometimes that’s all I need.
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