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Music Box
03:37
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2. |
Sea At Rest
05:53
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As we sat to watch the stars
On Anderson's dock
I felt at peace and I
Felt relaxed
Counted shooting stars for hours past
And the moon was full and bright
Casting shadows with its light
I felt a breeze blow from the West
You turned to me and you had said
Can you feel the time slip past?
Do you hear the sea at rest?
The whole world is spinning fast
Too quick to catch your breath
The sea at rest
Every day and every night
We would sit and waste our time
Feel the warmth from the setting sun
And the chill from the morning to come
See it's here where dreams are from
On the sea's horizon
To me you said these words and I grew sad
I turned to you and I had said
Can you feel the time slip past?
Do you hear the sea at rest?
The whole world is spinning fast
Too quick to catch your breath
The sea at rest
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Relax
04:03
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Relax, relax
Take some time to find that place
In your mind, in your heart
I know that you are not this way
Confused, abandoned
In this town that has no face
Relax, relax
Someday, someday
Someday, we'll run away.
Relax, relax
Take some time to find that place
In your mind, in your heart
I know that you are not this way
Confused, abandoned
In this town that has no face
Relax, relax
Someday, someday
Someday, we'll run away.
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The Ocean Is Wide
04:30
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On the great white sea
Out of sight of the land
A spirit came to me
And held out its hand
Not a port of call
At home among the tropics
Out of pocket they fall
And I am helpless to stop it
The ocean is wide
and the land does divide it
The ocean is wide
and the land does divide it
How you shiver Louise
Is there a chill on the water?
I'm at that bar in D.C.
I'm still fighting for your honor
The ocean is wide
and the land does divide it
The ocean is wide
and the land does divide it
The spirit came down
And reached into my jacket
And plucked without a sound
My most detestable habit
How you shiver Louise
At the bottom of the current
Will you be waiting for me
Wondering where the hell I went?
The ocean is wide
and the land does divide it
The ocean is wide
and the land does divide it
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Blue
03:26
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The last time I saw you alive
I mean really enjoying life
You were proud of your accomplishments
We were happy about our friendship
It's not mine, it's not your fault
Communications have fallen apart
Three thousand miles between us now
The bond is hard to keep up somehow
To live again
And to see my friends
To go ten years back, and relive our past
To see my friend
We made promises to ourselves
We wouldn't separate for someone else
We'd be together for fifty years
And revel in the time we've spent here
So, please now, hear my cry
Come together, stop wasting time
You're my friend and I need you here
I hope you know that I miss you dear
To live again
And to see my friends
To go ten years back, and relive our past
To see my friend
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City Lines
02:25
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You should wrap up in your coat tonight
The stores are closing and the world is freezing
Follow the traffic and the Christmas lights
Too late to hurry, ‘cause the world is creeping
Amanda, your heart
You’re nineteen and it’s breaking apart
Beneath the cracks the serpent city sighs
With the heat of its dark breathing
Pacing mailmen on the city lines
Too late to hurry, ‘cause the world is slinking
Amanda, your heart
You’re nineteen and it’s breaking apart
You should wrap up in your coat tonight
Under the streetlights and the fat thoughtful stars
It ain’t no hurry, it ain’t no surprise
The world is hungry and its heart keeps beating
Amanda, your heart
You’re nineteen and it’s breaking apart
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7. |
If We Were Rich
02:41
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I could have waited forever
I nearly missed you by the for sale sign
In magazines and in letters
So overwhelmed by the sureness of your line
If we were rich we’d be married
If we were rich we’d be cut out of the plane
If we were rich we’d be chased into the street
And people would know our names
Send our reports to our leaders
There’s something happening, now, deep down inside
Smile for the press and the camera
Preach to the honey-comb sweet design
If we were rich we’d dump millions
If we were rich we would live like castaways
If we were rich we’d have hearts of gold
And people would know our names
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8. |
Things Will Change
05:01
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Who do you see when you close your eyes?
Am I still the light that shines?
Why must you go when we were so close?
Don't give up on me now?
Where will you find a heart bigger than mine?
Out there it's a cold, cold world
What do you hope you will find in time
That's not right here inside?
Just don't leave me here all alone
Without you
Things will change, I swear
Things will change
Will you please believe in me and you
Things will change, I swear
Things will change
What can I do, what can I say
To make you change your mind and stay?
I can't believe all the things you told me
How can this not be a dream?
Just don't leave me here all alone without you
Things will change, I swear
Things will change
Will you please believe in me and you
Things will change, I swear
Things will change
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Sleep
03:38
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All over the world, there was an act of god
The spreading of a cloud, choking out the life below
Wasting a day, asleep on a balcony
The dark-colored rain soaking into my sleep
And I have always traveled light
I have always travelled light
But, I needed you on that night
The look on your face was a luxury
And the dust will erase all that it meant to me
Choking on the taste of unchecked industry
Peel off my cover and settle into sleep
And I have always traveled light
I have always travelled light
But, I needed you on that night
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10. |
Twink
08:25
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Hey, your honor
There is no crime in loving a girl
One little madonna
Not long for the world
Please, I don’t smoke cigerettes
I’m happy to pay my own fines
My mother has come in the rental car
But, she lost track of the time
There are beasts lurking
In cover of night with lust in their eyes
Maybe tortured as little brothers
Maybe just regular guys
I have seen the path before her house
I have seen them pitch and weave
One giggling graduate
Gripped by a sailor on leave
Hey, your honor
There is no crime in protecting a friend
I live less than a mile away
And I saw that bastard going in
As a boy I collected Christmas lights
I saw them wherever I went
Every star in the galaxy
And my walls held them in
She was a light, she was a light
She wasn’t fooling the night
There is no easy way
To amend when a life is at an end
A birthright crouched in a shadow
Sometimes you can never win
Could you give a note to my mother
Just put it on her windshield
Tell her I have taken a lover
And we’re running away
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Dawn Chorus Greensboro, North Carolina
Dawn Chorus was from Greensboro, NC. Usually it was Andrew, Amy, Will and Zachary, but sometimes there were others.
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