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Paul Weller
03:37
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It’s for real, This thing that we feel
For me and you, The story’s oh so true
Every day, you seem to find another way
To make me see that you’re the only one for me
If I had a great big mansion
Full of cars and diamond rings
I’d give it up without a thought
Just so you could be with me
We could be so happy
We could be so happy
We could be so happy
Oh so happy, you and me
It’s for real, This thing that we feel
For me and you, The story’s oh so true
Every day, you seem to find another way
To make me see that you’re the only one for me
We could be so happy
We could be so happy
We could be so happy
Oh so happy, you and me
I wouldn’t give a second thought
To giving up all I’ve got
If you’d just agree to
Spend all of your days with me
We could be so happy
We could be so happy
We could be so happy
Oh so happy, you and me
It’s for real, This thing that we feel
For me and you, The story’s oh so true
Every day, you seem to find another way
To make me see that you’re the only one for me
The only one for me
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Imitation
03:20
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If imitation is flattery sincere
Then you should feel quite flattered
And if you find that you like what you hear
Hopefully that’s all that matters
I want to sound like you do
But not exactly like you do
I want to do what you do
But not the same way you do (what you do)
If imitation is flattery sincere
Then you should feel quite flattered
And if you find that you like what you hear
Hopefully that’s all that matters
When I sing like you do
I try to sing a little differently
And when I play like you do
I hope there aren’t too many similarities
If imitation is flattery sincere
Then you should feel quite flattered
And if you find that you like what you hear
Hopefully that’s all that matters
I have ideas of my own
It’s just that sometimes I take things on loan
Come up with a tune that’s catchy and fun
Without realizing what I’ve just done
If imitation is flattery sincere
Then you should feel quite flattered
And if you find that you like what you hear
Hopefully that’s all that matters
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Love Genie
03:08
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The bird and the bee are here for you to see
Full of nonsense and non-sequiturs
You turn yourself around, wonder which way is up
And worry about expenditures
So you try to play it off like you think you can
But you’re too young for Sugar Hill Gang
So you slip through the fingers of an ape called Kong
Just like Jessica Lange
I’m the love genie, I make things happen
Do your bidding when you summon me
I’m the love genie, the man of the hour
Come unlock my magic power
Two roads diverge in the woods
And you decide to take the third path
This may not be your best decision
As you struggled with seventh-grade math
So you take to the ocean like Magellan
Circumnavigate with me
Come upon the rocks in Trinidad
And we all sing “Under The Sea”
I’m the love genie, I make things happen
Do your bidding when you summon me
I’m the love genie, the man of the hour
Come unlock my magic power
Tony Nelson was a lucky man
Tony Nelson was a lucky man
He never knew just what he had
Tony Nelson was a lucky man
I’m the love genie, I make things happen
Do your bidding when you summon me
I’m the love genie, the man of the hour
Come unlock my magic power
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Catalog Artist
03:26
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5. |
The Way It Always Goes
03:16
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Undone by the kitchen sink, taken down by the simplest task
Lying here on the floor, wondering how long this will last
Complete defeat at the hands of simplicity
Isn’t that the way it always goes?
I’m lying here, I’m trying to hear, hoping for an escape
It’s possible I’ve gone too far and have finally sealed my fate
I’m trying to do what you want me to
I wonder if you know
That’s the way it always goes
That’s the way it always goes
That’s the way it always goes
You can try to change things
Try to rearrange
But that’s the way it always goes
There’s so many things I’ve wanted to say, If I could only find the way
But once again I’ve missed my chance, I’ll save it for another day
So here I am, biding my time
I only hope it shows
That’s the way it always goes
That’s the way it always goes
That’s the way it always goes
You can try to change things
Try to rearrange
But that’s the way it always goes
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This Memory
03:06
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She rolls over, holds her pillow tight
Thinks of all the times she cried
All those fated faded memories
Of oh so many nights
She’s still in love with him she knows
And she hopes that she can hold on to this memory
Skipping stones and holding hands
Feels just like yesterday
If she could just see him again
She knows just what she’d say
She’s still in love with him she knows
And she hopes that she can hold on to this memory
They say it’s easier given enough time
But that’s hard for her to see
She only knows she can’t turn back time
But she can hold on to this memory
She can hold on to this memory
She rolls over and turns out the light
Thinking of goodbyes
But for now she’ll keep this memory
At least for one more night
She’s still in love with him she knows
And she hopes that she can hold on to this memory
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Mabel
03:08
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Shut Your Mouth
03:58
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Stop the words before they get away (shut your mouth)
Stretch you reach, stop the things you say
Got to hope that no one’s there to hear you
Sharpened words are so hard to undo
Why can’t you just shut your mouth?
Control the things you say
Why can’t you just shut your mouth?
Keep it to yourself
Check your watch, hope to turn back time
That’s mostly theoretical
Duck for cover, hide out from the shame
Your mouth is quite heretical
Why can’t you just shut your mouth?
Control the things you say
Why can’t you just shut your mouth?
Keep it to yourself
Hoping to undo the damage
Try reversing course, if you can
If only you could find a way to manage
Taking back the words
Why can’t you just shut your mouth?
Control the things you say
Why can’t you just shut your mouth?
Keep it to yourself
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Get To The Point
01:59
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You wander around aimlessly
Adrift like you’re lost at sea
You have something to say
If only you can find a way (to)
Get to the point,
Get to the point
Stop the chattering and
Get to the point
Wasting time on words and phrases
Lose your way in so many places
Take too long and lose attention
Still there’s things you didn’t mention
Get to the point
Get to the point
Stop the chattering and
Get to the point
You don’t have to agree with me
I know you don’t and I can see
You’ll lose the room before you start
And say they don’t understand your art
Get to the point
Get to the point
Stop the chattering and
Get to the point
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10. |
This Trip
04:03
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Wander through the night
Calling out your name
Searching for the words
You didn’t say
Still I hold out hope
I’ll escape the maze
We can make it happen
We can find a way
Looking out just over the ledge
Should hope that you don’t fall
Into yourself, Embrace the lightning edge
You hear the Siren’s call
Lost at sea inside you
Not sure how to be
Does the cage surrounding you?
Can you break free?
Still I hold out hope
I’ll escape the maze
We can make it happen
We can find a way
Looking out just over the ledge
Should hope that you don’t fall
Into yourself, Embrace the lightning edge
You hear the Siren’s call
And still you walk away
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Letter Seventeen Norcross
Whimsical indie pop from a one-man band. Except when other people help. Which is quite often. So it's not like a one-man band at all.
Oh. And there are songs about donkeys.
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