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Coffee Song
02:18
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We've all got our problems and we feel so alone but somebody's walking through the same thing underneath there toes
Our problems seem so big and we seem so small and I want to find a way to solve them all
Why is there love? Why is there hate? Why can't we all just negotiate?
Why can't people just all get along we all are different but we can sing the same song
I look up
and I see the sky
I look up
and get lost in my mind
I look up
and I see all the answers to my questions right in front of me
I wish I could use all the words in my head to make something that will make me feel better again
The word love is used almost all the time in every song, every book, every rhyme
Is the feeling that good even though the words so small or is love just used to fill the gaps in a song?
I wish I could finish all the questions I start but all the knowledge in the world can't heal your broken heart
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2. |
South Central
03:45
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sitting by the grand fountain
near south central
hear the trickle of water just growing old
take a walk through the lit up park
and stroll by the creek
I've been living by myself
the past 93 weeks
Waltzing in an empty apartment
never paying the rent
can't say I've been feeling lonely but
nothing is free
Just in time for the last show
Wilde's "Dorian Gray"
Beautiful sets and pretty lights
Lead the way
And then I saw her face brighten up the dark
Shining eyes and curly hair
Voice singing of a lark
Waltzing never felt so empty
Won't let it get to me
Think I should find some friends before
I meet my end
Driving home late at night I can't believe my eyes
Slow down pull up to the fractured curb
"Hey, are you lost or just passing by?"
She smiles and laughs as she takes her seat
Driving by the city lights all night
Never thought I'd pay my rent at least I wasn't to late
Wake up to sunshine every morning
Even on cloudly days
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3. |
Protector
03:44
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I'm your protector
I'll keep you safe
No one is going to harm you today
I love you baby
this I know
I'll guide your heart, mind, spirit, and soul
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4. |
Walkin'
03:13
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Walkin' down the street
Stumbling over my feet
You picked my off the ground
I was lost but now I'm found
and everytime I try
to find my way I get lost
in this starry night
like a moth
Walkin' late at night it just feels right I loose myself in the silent rhythm of the city lights
Buzzing sweetly in my mind
Wish I could do this all the time
Listen to the beat
let it guide your feet
make a beautiful sound
follow your heart ad stay above the ground
waking up is hard to do
it'll be alright
I promise you
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Raining
and there's smoke coming from the corner
Cops sitting in a car all alone
Wishing he was home
There's a river on the sidewalk and orange boats sail down
Just some of the things I catch
When I look around
Singing songs that soothe my aching soul
The wind brushes your face and the moon paints its glow
Don't care that it's so cold
Don't care that it's so cold
It feels like home
Sitting in a leather chair
Feels like I've always been there
Here the saxophone playing
and laughing at things I am saying
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6. |
Insomnia
03:23
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Can't seem to find sleep tonight
Lots of things left untied
My mind is on the edge
Can't get the thought of you out of my head
We used to laugh we used to sing
We used to dance happily
Then things got just a little mixed up
Don't want to dwell on that stuff
That's why I'm singing
Ba, Ba, Ba, Ba, Da, Ba, Ba, Da
Don't know what I was going to say
Can't catch those words they just slip away
Don't know what I was going to do
but I'm better off without you
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Frozen shut not a take or a giver
Life is so sweet but to live it is bitter
and you disagree
but you won't crack a smile and you don't seem to pleased
So what's this advice you've been given me?
It could be a ten out of ten you see
So use it yourself or you're gonna seem
Hypocritical
Never decided you're always in pain
Feels like a bubble bath in your veins
The sewers the gutters
"Hey look there's your brain!"
If I am so crazy then what makes you sane?
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The sun burning in the sky
Casts its rays
It forms a sheet of wamth
Over my frostbitten face
It stays up in the sky
'till the break of dawn
'till the gleaming stars shine
it won't be dark for long
The brittle branches are leafless and sharp
Soon the snow will fall
Like the music of a harp
November casts out
The warmth of day
The frail flowers are spent
Warm thoughts have withered away
Goodbye beaches where we could lie
the fires heat won't suffice
the wind comes in and it chills
Excitment of all existing thrills
No rain dance
Could calm this lacking romance
The best thing that you could do
Is make it fast and you'll get through
So come and be done
You're taking a lifetime
The children they scowl
"This warping weather is foul"
Anticipation bursts for leaves to return
I have an aching thirst for the heat I yearn
I've heard it said
That nothing lasts forever
In hope I trust these words
It seems the colds ceasing never
The days soon will be bright
With inspirational forces
Celebrations ignite around this solstice
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Hiding your face under that umbrella
You gotta stay fine for that fella
Don't want the rain to smudge your makeup
You're afraid he wants to break up
You've been clinging to long you see?
It's time to set your heart free
Free up your mind
Free up your life
Free up your mind
It's time to make it right
You've waited around for him before
He left you tired and broken and poor
Don't think he really cares about you
Left your heart in two
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10. |
Train Song
02:09
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Sitting on a train all by myself
Don't know where I'll go
Don't got a destination but I go to every station
On the wind I'll blow
A two train tour riding through your sewers
Let me show you around my home
Silent laughing and I'm just passing a timeless time zone
I've got no time to leave I can't stand the hour I've got nothing up my sleeve
Humming joyfully hope that I never leave
Care free nothing to do
Humming tunes in the afternoon
Looking out the window and I'm staring at the sky
Smiling at passersbys
I ware four different shirts all smiling yellow and I can't help feeling good
Halfway to Seattle getting there's half the battle
Doesn't ruin my mood
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11. |
These Old Footprints
04:07
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12. |
Tropical Nowhere
03:18
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Sittin' on a beach of a tropical nowhere
Sand in my shoes and the wind in my hair
They say the worlds ending I can't say that I care
Unwind I feel fine 'cause the weather's looking fair
Been working too long been working too hard
Try to say the right thing and play the right card
Always trying to get too
a mystical somewhere but I'll unwind feel fine 'cause the weather's looking fair
Black clouds roll in as I lay my head back down
The sun shines in my mind and the raindrops fall around
Thunder rumbles and lighting splits the air but I'll unwind feel fine 'cause the weather's looking fair
Wind picks up and crashing waves are getting higher
Lights around are going out my sunlight won't expire
Close my eyes to sleep life or death is not my affair
But I'll unwind and feel fine 'cause the weather's looking fair
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