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Bright Star
02:57
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Bright Star
You were a happy boy weren’t you, son
Living rich in your mind
Where the world was just Something you dreamed about
In a land beyond time
Take a look at you now
You’re a bright star
Your a bright star now
I knew you’d make it somehow
You’re a bright star
You’re a bright star now
You never disappoint anyone
‘Cept for maybe yourself
But you always seem to find your way back to it
Unconditional health
Oh and if you ever have to take it all down
To be true to yourself
Then take it all, take it all down
Take a look at you now
You’re a bright star
Your a bright star now
I knew you’d make it somehow
You’re a bright star
You’re a bright star now
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She Goes Out
02:49
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She Goes Out
She’s just a whisper in a tiny yellow dress
She’s a girl, maybe a woman painted slow
She sits beside the window, knees held to her chest
Knowing something deep inside won’t let her go
And she will run to and you will let her in
But then you know
That she's a bird that cannot fly
She reaches up toward the vast elusive sky
She goes out, she goes out, she goes out
She goes out of her mind
She goes out of her mind, she goes out
And now she stands before a door at 2 am, lifts up her hand, changes her mind, then walks away
Lit by a single streetlamp, back into her car, she drives off into the coolness of the bay
And when she runs to you, you’ll always let her in
but then you know,
She is a bird that cannot fly
She reaches up toward the sad elusive sky
She goes out, she goes out, she goes out
She goes out of her mind
She goes out of her mind, she goes out
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Bluest Smile
03:04
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Bluest Smile
Crimson sun and broken cries
The day’s gone dim, so the truth can’t hide
You touch me, then you turn to the night and fly
Skies are full of flying everyday
But wings won’t take us from the words we say
You said something, I can’t get it out of my mind
I'll be the bluest smile you see today
I'll be the bluest smile you see today
Mindless intoxication when you’re near
The closer I get the more I think I hear
Wordless pauses, telling me all I need
You’re gone yet I can still can find you anywhere
Don’t even know you, sense you everywhere
There’s something inside me you found and finally freed
Not even lonely, I can easily say
Not even lonely, I can easily say
I'll be the bluest smile you see today
I'll be the bluest smile you see today
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4. |
It's All Right Now
03:01
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It’s All Right Now
Falls the river from the rocks of time we never spent
Cool the spirits dancing in the fires of our regret
Through the windows, round the corners, shadows wait to jest
Angels, devils, fools of every moment never blessed
It’s all right now
It’s here right now
It’s all right now
It’s all right now
Youth a memory, death a promise, now an answered prayer
Love a glimpse, impossible to hold, but always there
Someone threw a stone into the pool then disappeared
Hearts are open, lines are broken, Everyone lives here
It’s all right now
It’s here right now
It’s all right now
It’s all right now
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A Man Stands In The Mirror
Once a year, I shine the silver buttons on my
father’s hand me down coat
Then I try it on for size, thinking that this might be the time
A man stands in the mirror now
I have a friend, although he was mistaken, thought he saw
The writing on his prison wall
When what he really sees is just the flashing of the keys
A man stands in the mirror now
A man stands in the mirror now
I say yell it to the world
You have nobody to impress
Throwing swine before the pearls
might be your secret to success
Every day I look out from my window at the crowd
Is there anybody there
I guess that in the end
You must become your own best friend
A man stands in the mirror now
A man looks in the mirror now
A man stands in the mirror now
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River House
03:44
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River House
Take me down to the river house
Where the June bugs fly
Where a warm heart quivers
And a cold heart fries
Where the bees are buzzin’
In the sunlight glee
And the frogs are chirpin’
Behind the old oak tree
Take me down
Down to the River house
Where no government stands
Where no righteous fall
Where the truth is no prisoner
Up against the wall
There’s a highway forward
But just a pathway back
It makes a man want water
And a firewood stack
Take me down
Down to the river house
Take me down to the river house
Where the June bugs fly
Where a warm heart shivers
And a cold heart fries
Take me down
Down to the river house
What will it take for us to turn this around
How much longer ‘til it takes you
It takes you down
In the crowded cafes
In the middle of town
There’s a dirty wind blowin’
That will never shut down
There are so many people
Just trying to arrive
But there they’re all stuck in traffic
And they can’t even drive
Take me down
Down to the river house
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Waterline
03:48
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Waterline
The leaves have all fallen
And winter’s set to take the stage
The last gleams of sunlight
Follow me into the shade
I get close to the edge,
But not over that thin white line
I go under the water
But rise to the surface each time
The last time I saw you
You looked like you were in it’s sway
I know how it feels
I deal with it every day
You get close to the edge,
But not over that thin white line
You go under the water
But rise to the surface each time
Chasing that waterline
It’s hard to see the story
When your hands can’t seem to turn the page
You want to numb all your senses
And disappear into the haze
We get close to the edge
But not over that thin white line
We’ll go under the water,
But rise to the surface each time
Holding that waterline
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