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3 Bridges (12/12/16)
02:14
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When is the last time you dreamed aloud
Cut the cord and lost the crowd
Built a home in your tree or house
3 bridges won't get me where you are
All the riches you have won't help you start
3 bridges will carry me not near nor far
Talk to shadows at the break of dawn
Whispering pilgrims go on & on
We all line up to sing their song
3 bridges won't get me where you are
All the riches you have won't help you start
3 bridges will carry me not near nor far
Near nor far
Before we wash up on the shore
We all should think about 4 on the floor
Before we decide we want more, more
3 bridges won't get me where you are
All the riches you have won't help you start
3 bridges will carry me not near nor far
Near nor far
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Like a million others, I headed west for California sun
Find a boy who found a guitar, I'm gonna make him the one
I've got my eyes on you, twirling on the beach
I'll be yours, forevermore, never out of reach
A salesforce with passports for heaven, I walk away
You've got the songs, the songs that make me wanna sing & pray
In the dark I feel you, we are so near
I need to whisper the words you need to hear
What's all this talk, talk about headlights
Isn't it enough to just hold each other tight
After all we've been through, you & I will be alright
Just know that you are always mine
Have you ever felt anything so true
We lie side by side, there's only me & you
Like a million others, I headed west for California sun
Found a boy who found a guitar, moved from clubs to auditoriums
Blue eyed, side to side, I sway to the tunes
Feel the sand beneath our toes, by the light of the moon
What's all this talk, talk about headlights
Isn't it enough to just hold each other tight
After all we've been through, you & I will be alright
Just know that you are always mine
What's all this talk, talk about headlights
Isn't it enough to just hold each other tight
After all we've been through, you & I will be alright
Just know that you are always mine
Just know that you are always mine
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What do you have to believe in
You don't think that you're leaving -- anymore
Why do you think you've been falling
You spent a long time calling -- ship to shore
You know who & where you are
Caroline, Caroline, at the end of time
Caroline, Caroline, at the end of time
In spite of all that surrounds you
Your ups & downs -- can disappear
In tune with the way that you use it
Your life is music -- to your ears
You know who & where you are
Caroline, Caroline, at the end of time
Caroline, Caroline, at the end of time
What do you have to believe in
You don't think that you're leaving -- anymore
You know who & where you are
Caroline, Caroline, at the end of time
Caroline, Caroline, at the end of time
Caroline, Caroline, at the end of time
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Can't you feel the sunshine in your soul
Building up until you lose control
You could run, and I might try to hide
But we got something that will not be denied
There ain't no heart big enough, no heart big enough
To carry all this love around
Ain't no heart big enough, but I'll do my best to love
Love you 'til the sky falls down
Do you wonder how we all got here
How a minute can turn to years & years
I can't explain the gift you are to me
I could try, but you would never see
There ain't no heart big enough, no heart big enough
To carry all this love around
Ain't no heart big enough, but I'll do my best to love
Love you 'til the sky falls down
Bu the sky ain't falling anytime soon
So I guess it's always gonna be you, me, you & you
There ain't no heart big enough, no heart big enough
To carry all this love around
Ain't no heart big enough, but I'll do my best to love
Love you 'til the sky falls down
Love you 'til the sky falls down
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What if we found a way
A way to make things straight
A way to shake hands with fate
Before the bottom drops out
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And what if we broke the chains
You think we could hold the reins
Of the stagecoach that shook loose and left the plains
As the sun fell down
Every generation thinks that it might be the last
Well, it might be true
Our time might be past
When you stop & you think that feast might be fast
What looks like your treasure
Might be our trash
We wait for the curtain to fall
It's late, but we don't care at all
Do you think that we'll confess or recall
The way it began
---
When the moon begins its descent
We're asleep, but in any event
Don't you know that it's all time well spent
So make your plans
Every generation thinks that it might be the last
Well, it might be true
Our time might be past
When you stop & you think that feast might be fast
What looks like your treasure
Might be our trash
Stop having fun
Just stop & pray, son
Stop having fun
Just stop & pray, son
What if we found a way
A way to make things straight
Every generation thinks that it might be the last
Well, it might be true
Our time might be past
When you stop & you think that feast might be fast
What looks like your treasure
Might be our trash
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Easy there, Koala Bear
You know you are our new au pair
You want to quit, but don't you dare
A herbivore marsupial
Stay out of the swimming pool
Make sure the kids obey the rules
We know how much you love to sleep
But we have kids you need to keep
And we know your pouch is not that deep
So easy there, Koala Bear
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7. |
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I don't remember my first New England Christmas
I don't recall the items on our wish list
The snow, it covered us all
A winter gave way to spring, summer, fall
Even though we were small...
I don't remember my first New England Christmas
I don't recall the items on our wish list
We rode our bikes through the snow
Never once thinking 'bout where we would go
Little did we know...
I don't remember my first New England Christmas
Our first was our last
we grew up so fast
What's gone is well in the past
I don't remember my first New England Christmas
I don't recall the items on our wish list
I don't remember my first New England Christmas
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8. |
Send 'em In (10/24/16)
02:23
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V1:
A quarter mile stretch
Our candy is the best
Send them in, send them in
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You knew we would run out
Five or six times now
But send them in, send them in
Chorus:
But you can't outrace the daylight
In black, from head to toe
When pick up trucks meet six-year-olds
It's time to stop the show
V2:
A real live haunted house
In case you have your doubts
Go on in, go on in
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Amelia in a box
No need to pick our locks
Come on in, come on in
Chorus:
But you can't outrace the daylight
In black, from head to toe
When pick up trucks meet six-year-olds
It's time to stop the show
V3:
We'll drink the wine next door
Cross the lawn for more
Where ya been, where ya been
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A grave in our backyard
The vines, they try too hard
To hold them in, hold them in
Chorus:
But you can't outrace the daylight
In black, from head to toe
When pick up trucks meet six-year-olds
It's time to stop the show
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I've waited to long to sing you to sleep
But when you wake up, I hope you believe
I've been dreaming of you, dreaming of you
I hope you know I believe in you
I'm standing on the outside, I'm looking in
I don't even know how to begin
To say I'm dreaming of you, dreaming of you
I hope you know I believe in you
I've waited to long to sing you to sleep
But when you wake up, I hope you believe
I've been dreaming of you, dreaming of you
I hope you know I believe in you
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I hope that you don't mind
But I have added another heart
'Cause mine is breaking when yours is breaking
And my soul stumbles in the dark
And every little inch of me is being pulled apart
And I might fade away
I might run in place
I know it's now your turn
And I am willing to step aside
From the good times & the bad times
And the ones that will remind
Me of the part of my intention
I was having trouble finding
Before I fade away
Before I run in place
Before the weather trips & turns
The ocean on its head
Until the ups & downs can quench
The secret storms instead
And when the life & times are filled with
Nothing but fear & dread
You will run in place
You will fade away
We'll tighten the locks & wash the walls
With the colors of the sun
The aftershocks & bitter cold have only just begun
We take our marks but we won't wait
For the sound of the starting gun
And we will run in place
But we won't fade away
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Watch me walk, mother trucker, watch me walk
If you're standing out on 7th Street, you might see me talk
If there's a town to be eaten, well, I might eat it all
Watch me walk, mother trucker, watch me walk
Watch me walk, mother trucker, watch me walk
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How many times have we watched the waters rising
How many ways have we said, it's gonna break
And in the backs of our minds we think, what difference does it make
You can't outrun the river
There ain't no way you'll ever believe her again
You can't outrun the river
That's the price you'll pay to be delivered, my friend
When the world spins so fast, it's paralyzing
And the days weave & drag in our minds
We all know it won't last until the end of time
You can't outrun the river
There ain't no way you'll ever believe her again
You can't outrun the river
That's the price you'll pay to be delivered, my friend
You can't outrun the river
You can't outrun the river
You can't outrun the river
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The next time that you come to town
I swear that I won't make a sound, it's true
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And we all watch the bottom line
But we are know when our time is through
And every heart that breaks in 2
Reminds me of me & you
Just because you're think you're right
Doesn't make it worth the fight today
---
I know you're looking for the truth
But you don't want to see the proof, no matter what I say
And every soul that waits in vain
Reminds me why I came
To the conclusion that I'm stuck in the middle again
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v1:
The bliss of a broken heart
The wish for a brand new start
The sunset signals a work of art in your mind
---
We're wondering when she'll return
We're laughing, we'll never learn
Not a minute passes and we get burned a second time
chorus:
Diga me, cerveza
Cuidado, Mariposa
The wine in Santa Rosa will not let me down
Bésa me, amor
We're all waiting for you to come around
v2:
The night falls on another day
The road calls, I'm on my way
We build walls, we think we're safe inside
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We think that we'll meet again
We're weak, so we pretend
We don't mean to push it to the end, but we'll survive
chorus:
Diga me, cerveza
Cuidado, Mariposa
The wine in Santa Rosa will not let me down
Bésa me, amor
We're all waiting for you to come around
br:
We're all looking for good times
Under the sunshine, under the rain
Living 'til we get shot down
My heart ain't on lockdown
So thrill me again
v3:
The bliss of a broken heart
We wish for a brand new start
But the moon sets on the work of art we left behind
We left behind
chorus:
Diga me, cerveza
Cuidado, Mariposa
The wine in Santa Rosa will not let me down
Bésa me, amor
We're all waiting for you
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Diga me, cerveza
Cuidado, Mariposa
The wine in Santa Rosa will not let me down
Bésa me, amor
We're all waiting for you to come around
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Put your flags in the ground
Put your flags in the ground
Taking the time, taking the time to work it out
Wherever your heart lies
There your soul is bound to stay
Until your dying day
Until your dying day
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Wherever your heart flies
And your soul has slipped away
Until your dying day
Until your dying day
Put your flags in the ground
Put your flags in the ground
Taking the time, taking the time to work it out
We're all looking for good times
But they seem so far away
And our hearts begin to sway
Yeah, our hearts begin to sway
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The off-chance of a good rhyme
we wonder, should we pray
Our hearts begin to sway
Our hearts will run away
Wherever your heart lies
There your soul is bound to stay
Until your dying day
Until your dying day
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Wherever your heart flies
And your soul has slipped away
Until your dying day
Until your dying day
Until your dying day
Until your dying day
Put your flags in the ground
Put your flags in the ground
Taking the time, taking the time, taking the time
Taking the time, taking the time, taking the time
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Now I ain't no great man, but I'm livin' my life
And if someone needs help, no need to ask twice
If I stumble & falter, I might cry out
I might reach a hand, I might be too proud
Sometimes I feel useless, don't know what to say
We all go through the dark at the end of the day
Sometimes I feel stronger when I kneel down to pray
But sometimes the angels just get in the way
Sometimes the angels just get in the way
Now I ain't no rich man, but I can't decide
They say gold is valuable, but I say they lied
I got 4 strong walls, a roof & a floor
Without time with your family, tell me what's it all for
Sometimes I feel useless, don't know what to say
We all go through the dark at the end of the day
Sometimes I feel stronger when I kneel down to pray
But sometimes the angels just get in the way
Sometimes the angels just get in the way
I know angels keep watching as I sleep through the night
Even when I do wrong, though I try to do right
When I turn my back, they refuse to take flight
Now I ain't no young man, but I know what I've learned
You can't come back on the bridges you burn
You can't take to the air, you can't grown wings
But you can sure as hell smile when the angels sing
Sometimes I feel useless, don't know what to say
We all go through the dark at the end of the day
Sometimes I feel stronger when I kneel down to pray
But sometimes the angels just get in the way
Sometimes the angels just get in the way
Sometimes the angels just get in the way
Sometimes the angels just get in the way
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Good morning, Capital
Fair warning, animals -- we're coming for you
Wait 'til the heat rises
Take off your disguises -- coming unglued
Everyone says we should steer clear, steer clear, steer clear
of the Beatle wing
Waking on 8 floors
Baking on hot shores -- we're coming to town
Heteros on metros
We won't see the Expos -- so send in the clowns
Everyone says we should look hear, look hear, look hear
as the Beatles sing
What rhymes with museum
And how do we see him -- the man made of stone
Odd times are ticking
The hands that are picking -- the spirits have flown
Everyone says we should not fear, not fear, not fear
the Rites of Spring
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19. |
Rock & Roll (7/18/16)
02:52
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It sounds like broken glass in a thunderstorm
It sounds like butterflies in the sun
The noise of 1,000 weak men
Realizing that they're strong
The painful sigh as the gun goes off
The silent smirk as you fall
The restless scream of integrity
To be genuine, after all
--- This is what rock & roll sounds like
It looks like dinner suits & biker boots
It looks like sunsets in a field
You're digging up dirt in a mini-skirt
Your soul bare & revealed
When you look like you'll fall or hit the wall
You watch your spirit rise
Might be a song, might not last long
Something we recognize
--- This is what rock & roll looks like
It feels like habit or a ritual
It feels like burning down the wire
If you love it, it might get physical
If you love it, you will inspire
Some days you wait for the world to start
You're bracing for the fall
Like feathers in your big brass bed
Or you're racing the wrecking ball
--- This is what rock & roll feels like
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20. |
Take Flight (7/11/16)
02:54
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I never knew you
And I guess I never will
But just to be here
I could say I'm positively thrilled
Friends & relations
I can tell they sense you're with them still
No more laughter
No more tears
We'll take the burden as you start to disappear
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No more sunshine
No more night
We stay grounded, you begin to take flight
You begin to take flight
I never knew you
But I know the ones you raised
A room for crying
I can tell that they're afraid
Did they say their goodbyes
Before you went away
No more laughter
No more tears
We'll take the burden as you start to disappear
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No more sunshine
No more night
We stay grounded, you begin to take flight
You begin to take flight
You'll fly away, oh Glory
You'll fly away
When you die, Hallelujah, by & by
You'll fly away
No more laughter
No more tears
We'll take the burden as you start to disappear
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No more sunshine
No more night
We stay grounded, you begin to take flight
You begin to take flight
You begin to take flight
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When you're there can you see it?
Can you see when you're there, are you near to the time you were gone?
Is it fair that you mean it?
Can you see what it means to be there at the time you were wrong
When the last one falls
You're never the same
When the last one calls
Calls you by name
Are you listening to me?
Are you listening to words that you said in the cover of dark?
Is it glistening through me?
When the whisper screams we all lie down just like down in the park
When the last one falls
You're never the same
When the last one calls
Calls you by name
Just before we all vanish
We all vanish to ashes in need of a safe secure home
There's a blank white-washed canvas
And a stranger who meets a new friend and an army of none
When the last one falls
You're never the same
When the last one calls
Calls you by name
When the last one falls
You're never the same
When the last one calls
Calls you by name
Calls you by name
Calls you by name
Calls you by name
Calls you by name
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Look away, look away
I've got some things I need to say
Some notes I want to play
I'm not sure if you'll like it
Right away, I'm amazed
Learn to roll through the days
Did you notice the many ways
I try to hide it
And the nighttime rolls around
It's hard to make a sound
It's hard to make a sound
For an audience of one
Look away, look away
I've got some things I need to say
Some notes I want to play
I'm not sure if you'll like it
Right away, I'm amazed
Learn to roll through the days
Did you notice the many ways
I try to hide it
And the nighttime rolls around
It's hard to make a sound
It's hard to make a sound
For an audience of one
And the nighttime rolls around
It's hard to turn around
It's hard to turn around
Once you've begun
It's not exactly shyness
It's not exactly fear
It's the same crazy feeling that's plagued me for years
It's not exactly whispers
It's not exactly tears
It's not remotely that I don't want you to hear
And the nighttime rolls around
It's hard to make a sound
It's hard to make a sound
For an audience of one
And the nighttime rolls around
It's hard to turn around
It's hard to turn around
Once you've begun
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v1:
Before we all get started
There are some things that we should know
You never feel quite like you're ready
Before you start the show
v2:
You might act like you're not worried
You can feel like you're prepared
It could be better than expected it could be worse than you feared
ch:
This is just the sound check
Welcome to the dress rehearsal
Wake up to a new day
Open to a role reversal
Welcome to the sound check
Welcome to the dress rehearsal
v3:
If they could make up their minds
Before they see your face
Do you think things would be different
By the end of the day
v4:
I know you'd like a proper trial
It would only seem fair
It may or may not happen
But you should be aware that...
ch:
This is just the sound check
Welcome to the dress rehearsal
Wake up to a new day
Open to a role reversal
Welcome to the sound check
Welcome to the dress rehearsal
br:
You turned a beautiful thing into a boxing ring
You turned a heart of gold into a horror show
v1:
Before we all get started
There are some things that we should know
ch:
This is just the sound check
Welcome to the dress rehearsal
Wake up to a new day
Open to a role reversal
Welcome to the sound check
Welcome to the dress rehearsal
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Inside my mind
The voices are calling, but I don't wanna go
And every time
The engine's stalling, in the middle of the road
The world spins round & round
Nothing left to show
Nothing left to show
I can't slow down
The race has started and I can't fall behind
Slip out of town
There's a sinking feeling that gets me every time
When the day is done, the race is run
I learn that I can fly
When I'm not paralyzed
And when I wake up
I learn that I can be enough
To try to show the world that
I won't stay on my knees
And if I fall down
You know that I won't stick around
I'll figure out what I'm about
I'm shaking this disease
When I feel safe
I know that I should make another choice
Another way
Another route to move beyond the noise
The world spins upside down
Too easy to destroy
Too pleasing to enjoy
And when I wake up
I learn that I can be enough
To try to show the world that
I won't stay on my knees
And if I fall down
You know that I won't stick around
I'll figure out what I'm about
I'm healing by degrees
I've lived through some terrible things, some terrible things
And some of them actually happened
Inside my mind
The voices are calling, and I don't need to go
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Inside my mind
The voices are calling, but I don't wanna go
And every time
The engine's stalling, I just don't wanna know
The world spins round & round
Nothing left to show
Nothing left to show
I can't slow down
The race has started and I can't fall behind
Slip out of town
There's a sinking feeling that gets me every time
When the day is done, the race is run
I learn that I can fly
I learn that I can fly
And when I wake up
I learn that I can be enough
To try to show the world that
I won't stay on my knees
And if I fall down
You know that I won't stick around
I'll figure out what I'm about
I'll finally find I'm free
When I feel safe
I know that I should make another choice
Another way
Another route to move beyond the noise
The world spins upside down
I'll sing my ode to joy
I'll sing my ode to joy
And when I wake up
I learn that I can be enough
To try to show the world that
I won't stay on my knees
And if I fall down
You know that I won't stick around
I'll figure out what I'm about
I'll finally find I'm free
Inside my mind
The voices are calling, but I don't wanna go
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Nowhere to go but up from here
Nowhere to go but up for air
Nowhere to go it's a mystery
Nowhere to go far as I can see
Locked in or locked out
Close to the edge or roundabout
Getting ready for the rebound the rebound the rebound
Nowhere to fall but down from here
Nowhere to fall so let's let's be fair
No one to call, it's a tragedy
No one to call but you & me
Locked out or locked in
Live to love or live to win
Getting ready for the rebound the rebound again
No way out from the thundercloud
You'd better find your way back in
No substitute for mercy when you don't know how to swim
I can rise & fall with the best of them
Won't heed the call like the rest of them
It won't be long 'til I've made a mess again
My weakness put me on my back
The sickness isn't always bad
I'm tried & true, but lies are all you've had
Nowhere to run but to your arms
You're under the gun, but safe from harm
Locked up or locked away
Not too close, not far away
Getting ready for the rebound the rebound
No way out from this lonesome town
Your heart is moving in
Compassion is the only way your soul will learn to swim
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27. |
The Rebound (2/1/16)
02:08
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Nowhere to go but up from here
Nowhere to go but up for air
Nowhere to go it's a mystery
Nowhere to go far as I can see
Locked in or locked out
Close to the edge or roundabout
Getting ready for the rebound the rebound the rebound
Nowhere to fall but down from here
Nowhere to fall so let's let's be fair
No one to call, it's a tragedy
No one to call but you & me
Locked out or locked in
Live to love or live to win
Getting ready for the rebound the rebound again
No way out from the thundercloud
You'd better find your way back in
No substitute for mercy when you don't know how to swim
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