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You got the moves, you carry the cachet
Always used to having thing going your own way
Queen of the castle, you can hear it when you talk
All the eyes they follow you everywhere you walk
You can’t lock me away
You know you need me more and more each day
Don’t you lock me away
It’s time to give up the games we play
Don’t tell me you love me, don’t tell me you love me if I can’t come back
Don’t tell me you love me, don’t tell me you love me if I can’t come back
You can’t lock me away
You know you need me more and more each day
Don’t you lock me away
It’s time to give up the games we play
I’m the one trying, I’m the one dying, dying to come back
Back where I belong right by your side
Don’t tell me you love me, don’t tell me you love me if I can’t come back
Don’t tell me you love me, don’t tell me you love me if I can’t come back
I’m the one trying, I’m the one dying, dying to come back
Back where I belong right by your side
We can make it happen, I can see it in your eyes
Tonight and then tomorrow and for all time
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New Melody
03:08
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Can’t stop falling down
Can’t stop falling forward
Whenever you’re around
I struggle for the right words
The first time’s a mistake
The second time it’s jazz
The third time we’ve found our new melody
Searching for the right notes
Improvise to the same beat
I stumble with myself
Every time our eyes meet
The first time’s a mistake
The second time it’s jazz
The third time we’ve found our new melody
Words tumble out, You understand my meaning
And we find out, We have our own beginning
A time to reveal, What we’ve been concealing
And have a chance, To unlock all these feelings
The first time’s a mistake
The second time it’s jazz
The third time we’ve found our new melody
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Falcon Payments
03:08
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Time to self-assess
You still want to be so cool
To fill that gap in your life
To live your inner truth
You’ve tried a sports car
And magic’s not for you
So you bought yourself a falcon
And now you’re that dude
No one mentions the lifespan of a falcon
And all the payments that are due
When this becomes your new chosen lifestyle
It turns into just the bird and you
It seemed like such a great idea when it started
Training birds to hunt for sport
But now the kids all run when they hear the sound
Of falcon heading for their b-ball court
No one mentions the lifespan of a falcon
And all the payments that are due
When this becomes your new chosen lifestyle
It turns into just the bird and you
Mighty hunter from the sky
Lightning strikes of doom
Stealth attacker on the wing
With mice for food
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Hotel Lobby Soft Rock
03:04
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How many times will we keep repeating the same old story
Telling each other the same lies that didn’t work before
Who did what first
Who said the last words
Who bought the flowers
Who wrote the last verse
The one about the sadness in your eyes
So many times we have tried
So many times we’ve failed
But now we’re back here and we’re repeating the same old story
It will be different than before, or so we say
I’ll stand up first
I’ll use my last chance
I’ll wait for you
Saving the last dance
To Save A Prayer just one more time
So many times we have tried
So many times we’ve failed
But if try one more time
This could be the one that’s real
I saw you standing by the wall
You were whispering my name
And I could see in your eyes
This time it will not me the same
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Defusing My Dreams
03:35
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Keep it quiet kids,
I’m writing this novel,
later on Jiu Jitsu
with a Russian named Pavel
Signed up for a marathon,
New shoes, you bet
The race is next week
Should I start training yet?
so what! if I want to drive a red miata
so what! if my jeans don’t fit like that oughtta
Got a bad reputation for trying too hard
T-shirt, sport coat to mow my yard
I’ve taken up sourdough
You want to see my starter?
I’ll share it on the Gram
After pictures of my lager
My home brew kit
Is pumping out the bottles
I’m watching it ferment
As I read Aristotle
so what! if I want to drive a red miata
so what! if my jeans don’t fit like that oughtta
Got a bad reputation for trying too hard
T-shirt, sport coat to mow my yard
Defusing my dreams
like explosive devices
why can’t you just let me
have my mid-life crisis
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Quincy
03:13
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Maybe you were a kid once
Wondering what to do
Whole wide world for you to explore
Every door was open for you
Do you remember what it was like?
The sense of wonder and awe
Sometimes that’s forever ago
Other times it’s not so far
You can still go back there
It’s really not that hard
To reconnect with what you were
To remember who you are
When you were a kid once
The world was waiting for you
To show them all just who you are
And all that you can do
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Birds Aren't Real
02:45
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They’re watching you
They know your every move
They know where you go
Birds aren’t real, Birds aren’t…
They can find you
Even if you try to hide
They’re watching everywhere
Birds aren’t real, Birds aren’t…
Whisper when you speak
And watch your chosen words
They’re always listening
Birds aren’t real, Birds aren’t…
Birds, birds
Birds aren’t real
Birds, birds, birds aren’t real
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Flying
03:44
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Seems like I’ve known you for a thousand years
Can’t think of a memory without you
I never want to say that you have gone away from me
It’s like I’ve known you for a thousand years
Stand beside me
We can take on all the world wants to throw at us
Side by side we’ll
Stare down the trouble and chase all the madness
Away we’re flying
Higher and higher we rise through the atmosphere
Far above it all
We find that we’re the only ones who are still here
We can be together for all time
Making our new memories every day
Know that it’s serious only the two of us standing here
It’s like I’ve known you for a thousand years
Stand beside me
We can take on all the world wants to throw at us
Side by side we’ll
Stare down the trouble and chase all the madness
Away we’re flying
Higher and higher we rise through the atmosphere
Far above it all
We find that we’re the only ones who are still here
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Lightning Rods
03:24
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I’m planting lightning rods and hoping for a storm
I’m planting lightning rods and hoping for a storm
I’m planting lightning rods and hoping for a storm
I’m planting lightning rods and hoping for a storm
Clouds are rolling in, seven stories high
Thunder rolls two miles away and at least again that wide
Man on the TV says to hide away from harm
But I’m planting lightning rods and hoping for a storm
I’m planting lightning rods and hoping for a storm
I’m planting lightning rods and hoping for a storm
I’m planting lightning rods and hoping for a storm
I’m planting lightning rods and hoping for a storm
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It started off so nice
A time for you and me
Taking the advice
Just how it should be
And I know the magic in the air
Guided us where we belong
Looking back all those days ago
I wouldn’t change a thing
With straights and curves you see along the way
The journey’s the whole thing
And I know the magic in the air
Guided us where we belong
And I’m thankful every day
Lucky things turned out this way
If I had a chance to go back in time
I wouldn’t change a thing
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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.
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