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All that I want is to walk in the sun with you
Watch all the stars as they go to bed at night
Please walk with me where the shadows of the setting sun
Kiss the rising moon and light up our dark skies
But the sun went down many moons ago
It doesn't look like it's coming up soon
I sign all my letters, "dear wistfully yours" with an aching heart
Blue notes running through my veins
I want you to know even raging seas find the morning calm
When birds sing sunrise songs
But the sun went down many moons ago
It doesn't look like it's coming up soon
But the sun went down many moons ago
It doesn't look like it's coming up soon
Let’s go on a holiday to serendipity city
Get high on cotton candy, dance in the lilac grove
But you only see silent empty birds' nests
Shake in winter's wind, a prelude to our last hurrah?
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Every room has a beautiful view, all you have to do
Is open up your arms and let the sunrise in your eyes
Let magic moments shine through shadows of doubt
Welcome melancholy, grow a poetic tree, let it blossom in your broken heart
Meanwhile back at the ranch things aren’t going that well
I been sipping too much sadness
Smell the blossoms before you taste the fruit
Dance with the devil before you feel the moonlight smiling through your darkness
Embrace your failure, freely fall in the moment
It's so much better to chase all your dreams than to live a life of regrets
Meanwhile back at the ranch things aren’t going that well
I been sipping too much sadness
Every room has a beautiful view, all you have to do
Is open up your arms and let the sunrise in your eyes
And let the sunrise in your eyes
And let the sunrise in your eyes
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Midnight Sun Tattoo
05:06
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Tonight I tattooed a picture of the midnight sun over my heart
To help you find your way back home
Why is your aria always covered in blue?
I got a Ferris wheel it soars so high we can touch the sky
In the dawn of our dreams we rode the rails of the slow, slow train
While sipping Sake and heading towards the rainbow
We chased the fleeting colors with our open hearts and poetic souls
We were so happy not knowing what we did not know
Midnight sun shines day and night
Midnight sun will be your guiding light
When your mood is out of phase
And you’ve been lost for days
You lament your elusive prose all your coconuts have fled the grove
Oh you feel forsaken by those fruitless trees
And if you want to dance with the poetry of life you must accept
The silence of failure as deeply as the roar of success
When your demons pull on your weaker side and you are left all alone
To face the great divide you must dig down deep inside
I want you to know that me and your lovely smile
Will always wait for you in the shadow of the midnight sun
Midnight sun shines day and night
Midnight sun will be your guiding light
When your mood is out of phase
And you’ve been lost for days
Tonight I tattooed a picture of the midnight sun over my heart
To help you find your way back home
Way back home
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Beautiful Mess
03:09
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She's made of spun glass
But she's got a spine that's
Made as strong as steel
She's a ferocious counter-puncher
But she always finds
Another verse to rhyme
She has the dark soul of a Greyhound Bus
Yet she climbs the mountain
Just to get to the other side
But I remember those days
When she wore her sundress
Oh, her hair fell in a beautiful mess
She's got a short fuse
But she'll always be
The only muse for me
She keeps running on empty
But she sure does savor
Huge swigs of her chianti
She is my dormant lover
Sleeping with her gloom
She lives alone with her doom in her cocoon
But I remember those days
When she wore her sundress
Oh, her hair fell in a beautiful mess
But I remember those days
When she wore her sundress
Oh, her hair fell in a beautiful mess
Oh, her hair fell in a beautiful mess
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Don’t you let the darkness drag you down
Dawn’s early light always comes around
Just take it slow
There’s still a long ways to go
Don’t you burn your candle at both ends
I don’t want for us to be just friends
I’d be so happy
To be so sad with you
Maybe it's all those years
That keep piling up on me
I seem to shed a lot more tears
When the leaves in Autumn disappear
Every life is filled with some regrets
Lots of coffee, lots of cigarettes
I’m not a schemer
But oh I’m such a dreamer
Trying to find my way back to your heart
Baby how about a brand new start
Give me all your frowns
And I’ll turn them upside down
Maybe it’s all those years
They keep piling up on me
I seem to shed a lot more tears
When the leaves in Autumn disappear
Don’t you let the darkness drag you down
Dawn’s early light always comes around
Just take it slow
There’s still a long ways to go
Don’t you burn your candle at both ends
I don’t want for us to be just friends
I’d be so happy
To be so sad with you
Maybe it’s all those years
They keep piling up on me
No I don’t want to be free
I want you to love me
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Blank Pages
04:32
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How many blank pages must I stare at
Before my words start to flow
I been humming this melody
Over and over and over for so long
The music slides easily into the groove
Oh watch those dancers move
But the words are stuck so deep in my heart
Aching for a jumpstart
I’ve seen a million geese fly away from the cold
When the leaves grow old
And the sun turns to gold
The frost takes its first bite
And steals away the night
I long for those days when the words
Leapt onto the page
And the fire in my belly was all the rage
Like a tiger just un-caged
My vision was as clear as the cool night air
And I worked without despair
And the words took a chance and
Danced and pranced all over the page
I’ve seen a million geese fly away from the cold
When the leaves grow old
And the sun turns to gold
And the frost takes its first bite
And steals away the night
The autumn trees shed their dead leaves
And foreshadow winter’s freeze
And Old Lang Syne said I’d run out of time
And my words died on the vine
So let us drink a cup of kindness
For the times that have gone by
How many blank pages must I stare at
Before the words start to flow
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7. |
Kaleidoscope of Maybes
04:28
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Come upstairs where the heat always rises
Come upstairs where the beat is slow and sultry
Come upstairs where the heat always rises
Away from the cold down here
Come upstairs baby, to a kaleidoscope of maybes
Let our passions crush our despair
Under my bed, there’s a secret garden
Oh, when we lie down, our hearts open and blossom
Only love can put out the raging fire
Burning in our dried up souls
Come upstairs baby, to a kaleidoscope of maybes
Let our passions crush our despair
How can we trust rainbows and roses?
Rainbows fade away, roses bow their heads and die
Truth be told we can only feel the sunlight
If we have felt the night
Come upstairs baby, to a kaleidoscope of maybes
Let our passion crush our despair
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8. |
I Don't Know Why
04:03
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She sings as soulful
As a lover’s lament
And as truthful
As a lonesome teardrop
Let's chase the night
Deep into the day
What have we got to lose
But those low down aching blues
Maybe there'll be someday
When your blues will fade away
And all of your todays
Will be free from yesterday
Open your eyes
Say hello to the sunrise
And if you don't ask why
Well, you and I, we can fly
Let's go full throttle
Drink the whole damn bottle
And whatever follows
We'll follow and follow and follow
Maybe there'll be someday
When your blues will fade away
And all of your todays
Will be free from yesterday
Maybe there'll be someday
When your blues will fade away
And all of your todays
Will be free from yesterday
I don't know why
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9. |
Sore Eyes
03:50
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What a lovely sight for my sore eyes
Oh yeah, when I saw you coming around the bend
You were singing softly through your eyes
No need to explain where, oh where you’d been
Let me dream all your dreams, and sweat all your nightmares
Don’t put out the fire, or we’ll freeze to death
We will grow and grow so we’ll never grow old
Oh yeah, then our afterglow will always flow
We will roll and roll, and roll on and on
Oh yeah, we won’t need a pageant or parade
Let me dream all your dreams, sweat all your nightmares
Don’t put out the fire, or we’ll freeze to death
Nothing can kiss the truth as honestly as innocence
Let us vow to die trying, never throw in the towel
How about a little bit of ecstasy for us my dear?
Oh yeah, no, no, no more agony
Let me dream all your dreams, sweat all your nightmares
Don’t put out the fire, or we’ll freeze to death
What a lovely sight for my sore eyes
Oh yeah, when I saw you coming around the bend
Coming around, coming around, coming around, coming around the bend
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10. |
Let Me Down Slow
04:52
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Just think if we could wrap up all our sorrows and ship them out to sea
Just think if we could blow out all the candles and all our wishes would come true
Just think if we could walk around inside of our dreams
Just think if we could guzzle up ten thousand moonbeams
But I understand why you let me go
But baby please won’t you let me down slow
But I understand why you let me go
But baby please won’t you let me down slow
I remember the dark cafés when the soft candlelight
Would wink at us as it danced on our faces and whispered you lucky lovers
Now I just bit into a brand new song, won’t you help me nudge it along
I don’t ever want to be singing in a one-man band
But I understand why you let me go
But baby please won’t you let me down slow
But I understand why you let me go
But baby please won’t you let me down slow
Your kindness can go a long, long way so please stay one more day
And maybe that day can turn to two or three and we can just let it be
But I see distance in your eyes, you already said goodbye
But feed me some lines and tell me some lies, but please don’t make me cry
But I understand why you let me go
But baby please won’t you let me down slow
But I understand why you let me go
But baby please won’t you let me down slow
Won’t you let me down slow
Won’t you let me down slow
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On The Same Day
05:35
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On the same day I lost my lover and my best friend
On the same day my heart simply fell apart
On the same day I cried because I lost
My lover and my best, my lover and my best, my lover and my very best friend, oh
How sad is the night sky without any stars, oh
How sad is the rainbow whose colors have faded away, oh
How sad is the darkness without any hope for light
Without any hope, without any hope, without any hope for light, oh
How sad is the sunset sinking into the sea, oh
How sad is the flower wilting and dying of thirst, oh
How sad is my teardrop with no one to dry my eyes, with
No one to dry, with no one to dry, with no one to dry my eyes
On the same day I lost my lover and my best friend
My lover and my best, my lover and my best, my lover and my very best friend
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How will I ever find the break of day
When you have taken all my sunshine away
Guess I’ll take a deep dive into my soul
Sing a dirge to beautiful loners
Under the stars, I slept with God
Oh, she was so damn beautiful
I poured her a cup of moonlight
We laid down softly in the pines
Losing ourselves in the dark of the night
Slugging it out with our fright
Under the stars, I slept with God
Oh, she was so damn beautiful
I tried so hard, but failed even harder
You cannot put out the fire
If you are fanning all of the flames
Will there ever be a break of day?
Under the stars, I slept with God
Oh, she was so damn beautiful
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It Still Hurts
05:26
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It still hurts me after all these years
Tears still flow, I can’t let go
What, oh what else can I do
Pour myself another drink
When the bravado of youth
Crumbles into middle age
Find a balladeer to give you
The goose bumps you crave
Let yourself hang out at the edge of a cliff
Pull your rip cord with all your might
It is okay if it burns you out
As long as it doesn’t burn you down
When the bravado of youth
Crumbles into middle age
Find a balladeer to give you
The goose bumps you crave
It still hurts me, of course it does
Tears still flow, of course they do
What, oh what else can I do,
Pour myself another drink, another drink, another drink
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14. |
Dreamers Like Me
03:20
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Do you think you
Can help me to lose
All of my blues
You know I’ve paid my dues
Things are so bad
I’m walking around
Looking for my mind
In the lost and found
But dreamers like me
Who live to be free
Can’t really see
The forest or the trees
My life’s on a short fuse
I feel so confused
I don’t like life’s rules
They’re only for fools
But what can I do
But take a romantic view
I know life’s for two
So baby where are you
But dreamers like me
Who live to be free
Can’t really see
The forest or the trees
I know if I sigh
It’ll just make me cry
To myself I might lie
Or else I could die
But I’m not gonna cry
I’m gonna give it one more try
I’m gonna open up my eyes
And see if I can fly
I’m gonna open up my eyes
And see if I can fly
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Transistor Radio and Me
05:46
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Daddy was a bulldozer, mama tried to keep her pride
The only thing I did was try and hide
Way up in my tree house, deep down in my snow fort
Transistor radio and me
Lying on my back, staring up at the sky
Simply trying to figure out why
Oh daddy’s scream and mama's cry
Children shaking in the night oh the silent screams and black and blues
Oh kindred spirit where are you, oh kindred spirit please be true
Oh kindred spirit I feel so blue; let me sing to you
How could anybody steal the magic lantern
Shining in a child’s eyes
Leave them all alone throughout the cold, dark night
Clinging on to their fright
I hear the cries and whispers from a lost childhood
Oh family veins they run deep
And the blood it weighs heavy
It soaks and it stains and it can’t be washed away
Oh kindred spirit where are you, oh kindred spirit please be true
Oh kindred spirit I feel so blue let me sing to you
Oh kindred spirit where are you, oh kindred spirit please be true
Oh kindred spirit I feel so blue let me sing to you
Daddy was a bulldozer, mama tried to keep her pride
The only thing I did was try and hide
Oh way up in my tree house, deep down in my snow fort
Transistor radio and me
Yeah way up in my tree house, deep down in my snow fort
Transistor radio and me, just my transistor radio and me
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Thinking of you and I am so blue
Wondering what the heck I’m gonna do
I woke up this morning and without any warning
You packed all your bags and then you were gone
I got my head in my hands, an empty wine bottle
My mind’s going full throttle, and all of my dreams have been hung out to dry
Yes, and I’m too blue to sigh
Yes, and I’m too blue to cry
Well the days they turned to weeks and the weeks they turned to years
But I was not able to dry all my tears
Then out of the blue there came a note from you
Sayin’ you had settled down with somebody new
I got my head in my hands, an empty wine bottle
My mind’s going full throttle, and all of my dreams have been hung out to dry
Yes, and I’m too blue to sigh
Yes, and I’m too blue to cry
Well I screwed up my courage and I bundled my heart
And I set off to find me a brand new start
I traveled the highways with my mind going sideways
And I covered many miles but I went nowhere
I got my head in my hands, an empty wine bottle
My mind’s going full throttle, and all of my dreams have been hung out to dry
Yes, and I’m too blue to sigh
Yes, and I’m too blue to cry
I got my head in my hands, an empty wine bottle
My mind’s going full throttle, and all of my dreams have been hung out to dry
Yes, and I’m too blue to sigh
Yes, and I’m too blue to cry
Well I was goin’ nowhere pretty damn fast
So I gathered my things and went back to my home
I poured me a stiff one and I lay on my back
And I listened to Miss Peggy Lee sing the blues
And I listened to Miss Peggy Lee sing the blues
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Baby I’m so sorry that your star has fallen down
And all of your dreams have drowned
Maybe you and I can go around one more time
Even though Autumn’s in your eyes
Dusk rolls in, its shadows oh, so grim
Silent wind chimes always make me cry
Nothing’s as poetic as living day to day
Tender is the night that warms us with moonlight
Black and whites they always turn out gray
And the near is so, so far away
Dusk rolls in, its shadows oh, so grim
Silent wind chimes always make me cry
Broken bones they often heal stronger
But broken hearts simply fall apart
Hope does not always spring eternal
For those souls who lost their will to fight
Dusk rolls in, its shadows oh, so grim
Silent wind chimes always make me cry
Baby I’m so sorry that your star has fallen down
And all of your dreams have drowned
Maybe you and I can go around one more time
Even though Autumn's in your eyes
Yeah, maybe you and I can go around one more time
Even though Autumn’s in your eyes
Yeah, even though Autumn’s in your eyes
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Huge Swig of the Now
04:36
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I'm turning the lights down low
All alone watching the late-night picture show
Our love is going, going, going, going gone
I'm the sad character in an old torch song
We used to ride the beat
Deep into the night
But you said I had too much soul
And my passion was out of control
So come on baby and how
Take a huge swig of the now
Stop chewing on your past
‘Cause yesterdays never last
Let’s climb to the top of paradise hill
And swallow a magical pill
Drink a cup of free will
And take a ride on this moment's thrill
So why not give it a go
With your late night bohemian beau
What do we got to lose
But those low-down aching blues
So come on baby and how
Take a huge swig of the now
Stop chewing on your past
‘Cause yesterdays never last
So why not give it a go
With your late night bohemian beau
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Waxing Poetic
03:49
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My passport's expired
And I'm feeling oh so tired
I don't seem to want to
Get around much anymore
I never dreamed that I
Would live a paint-by-number life
A housewife, a couple of kids
A mortgage and a Willie Loman job
And oh how I long for my today's
To become my yesterdays
Now the kids have all grown up
And my wife just said she's had enough of me
So I shuffle around this old house
Alone with my failures and shattered dreams
Making promises to myself not to drink
Until the sun goes down
But these days go by so slowly
And the night makes me wait so long for it to come
And oh how I long for my today's
To become my yesterdays
I don't know why
I gave up the paper and the pen
I should have known better
To follow the voices in my heart
But the canvases in my mind's eye
Never ever came to life
And my words stopped flowing
Many, many, many years ago
And oh how I long for my today's
To become my yesterdays
Now the sun is sinking low
And the whiskey makes me glow
So I wax poetic:
What are hearts for but to be broken
What are hearts for but to be broken
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Your hollow, vacant eyes
Stare into nothingness
Scorching the horizon
With a burning loneliness
You try and steal a kiss
But kisses can’t be stolen
No they can’t be plucked
Like a blooming rose
Even though you wanted to
You could not love
Too many weeping stars
Drowned your youthful hopes
Oh it is the saddest thing
That I’ve ever seen
When my melody maven
Loses her will to sing
After I died you came to know me
Forty-one years too late, my dear
I heard you read my musings and
All of my poems
And now you cry your plaintive plea
You ache to die and it makes me cry
The silence of your scream
Is a thunderous howl
Your bottled-up emotions
Forever tied and bound
Let me break the vacuum seal
That surrounds your lonely heart
Even though I’m gone
I can come home in your dreams
Your hollow, vacant eyes
Stare into nothingness
And scorch the horizon
With a burning loneliness
You try and steal a kiss
But kisses can’t be stolen
No they can’t be plucked
Like a blooming rose
After I died you came to know me
Forty-one years too late, my dear
I heard you read my musings and
All of my poems
And now you cry your plaintive plea
You ache to die and it makes me cry
Your hollow, vacant eyes
Stare into nothingness
And scorch the horizon
With a burning loneliness
You try and steal a kiss
But kisses can’t be stolen
No they can’t be plucked
Like a blooming rose
Like a blooming rose
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Addicted to the Night
04:38
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In the early years we puddle-jumped through life
Skated on thin ice, slept under a blanket of moonlight
You sang me lovely, blue ballads
We were so god-damned addicted to the night
How the hell did we buy into
Oh, that big, bold lie of the Great American Dream
Now the kids have gone, they’ve gone their own way
It's just you and me, a cold, dark night and starless sky
So many regrets, should of’s, and could of’s and would of's
We just shrug our shoulders, our memories snap, they crackle and pop
How the hell did we buy into
Oh, that big, bold lie of the Great American Dream
Embers turn to ashes, and the ashes grow so cold
We are as restless as thunder in a raging summer storm
It's getting close to closing time
Soon we'll sail away with the slow, slow, slow morphine drip
How the hell did we buy into
Oh, that big, bold lie of the Great American Dream
In the early years we puddle-jumped through life
Skated on thin ice, slept under a blanket of moonlight
You sang me lovely, blue ballads
We were so god-damned addicted to the night
God-damned addicted to the night
God-damned addicted to the night
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It is a shame, children have to pay
When daddy had another bad day
All his rage takes center stage
When daddy has another bad day
Sunsets and old photographs always fade away
But never ever bad, bad, bad daddy days
It is a vicious cycle to break cause
Daddy’s daddy had bad days too
Fear runs so deep, children cannot sleep
When daddy has another bad day
Sunsets and old photographs always fade away
But never ever bad, bad, bad daddy days
After the storm when daddy lost his head
Broken children lay frozen in bed
Lying in a pool of fright, another storm tonight
Oh, daddy will have another bad day
Sunsets and old photographs always fade away
But never ever bad, bad, bad daddy days
It is a shame, children have to pay
When daddy has another bad day
When daddy has another bad day
Yeah daddy has another bad day
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23. |
Romancing the Ruins
03:50
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Stop trying to romance the ruins
Of our war-torn relationship
You sift through the ashes of the past
And you try and rewrite all the facts
Of our long and twisted years together
Now you try and surface ancient relics
As a monument to our love
But the old dried up rose
That you pressed between two pieces of glass
Has been dead as long as our love
Open wounds they hurt so much
They are so tender to the touch
Why oh why did you have to lie
When you just could have said goodbye
I cannot sing a song
That’s not been swimming around in my head
That doesn’t drench all of my senses
That doesn’t scream from my body and my soul
That doesn’t take its beat from my heart
I gave all myself to you in love
Just like I do when I sing a song
But you left me all alone for so long
And now my songs have all gone silent
And my heart can’t find its way to the beat
Open wounds they hurt so much
They are so tender to the touch
Oh why oh why did you have to lie
When you just could have said goodbye
Oh why oh why oh why did you lie
When you just could have said goodbye
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24. |
What I Remember Most
04:57
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What I remember most about making love with you
Is not just your passion my dear
What I remember most is how tenderly you held me in your arms
Many moons ago when our love began to grow
We lay down anywhere, anytime
Oh the bugles rang and our love aromas lingered in the air
Do not fear my dear that Winter is so near
Even falling stars still twinkle in the sky
And blue notes cry both bitter and sweet tears
Even doubting Tom’s still dance inside their dreams
Shadows are growing long and we hear the Autumn song
All we have to do is sing along
Do not worry if we can’t dance as deep into the night
The last stop is not the end of the line
As long as poetry is keeping time
Old trees grow new branches and lovers never stop taking chances
Do not fear my dear that Winter is so near
Even falling stars still twinkle in the sky
And blue notes cry both bitter and sweet tears
Even doubting Tom’s still dance inside their dreams
What I remember most about making love with you
Is not just your passion my dear
What I remember most is how tenderly you held me in your arms
What I remember most is how tenderly you held me in your arms
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25. |
Way Before Sunset
04:14
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Babe I’m coming home, way before sunset
Pour me a beer, and let down your hair
Put on your red pumps, with that little black dress
Let’s tear off the roof of this town tonight
Whisper in my ear, we have nothing to fear, hold me tight tonight
Whisper in my ear, we have nothing to fear, hold me tight tonight
Feel the groundswell, hear the freedom bell
Fly away with me from the gates of Hell
Trust that it will end as sweet as it began
Smoke a bowl of hope, hear that swinging Jazz band
Whisper in my ear, we have nothing to fear, hold me tight tonight
Whisper in my ear, we have nothing to fear, hold me tight tonight
Darkness drips its blackness without empathy
The shades of my soul are so tightly drawn
Yet a ray of light is shining in my heart
A quantum of hope is knocking at my door
Whisper in my ear, we have nothing to fear, hold me tight tonight
Whisper in my ear, we have nothing to fear, hold me tight tonight
Let’s go and lose it, but let’s not lose it all
Pack a small suitcase with our big, bold dreams
If the door should close, bust open another
Love is like art, the journey never ends
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26. |
Ode to Eugene O'Neill
05:29
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It's been a Long Day's Journey Into Night
Where there’s Desire Under the Elms, and A Moon for the Misbegotten
Lost souls gather here before The Iceman Cometh
Beyond the Horizon, Lazarus Laughed, life’s a Strange Interlude
I wish that I had the nerve
To shoot for the moon
To ride on a rainbow
To fall in love with my long, lost dreams
A Touch of a Poet in my lonesome heart
A Wind is Rising, and I fear for The Children of the Sea
Ah Wilderness where The Hairy Ape reads The Suicide Diaries
The Long Voyage Home, Days Without End
I wish that I had the nerve
To shoot for the moon
To ride on a rainbow
To fall in love with my long, lost dreams
Marco Millions and his More Stately Mansions
What a Dynamo as he dances in The Fountain under the Moon of the Carribees
The Emperor Jones and The Great God Brown Thirst for Anna Christie
In The Zone where All God’s Chillun Got Wings
I wish that I had the nerve
To shoot for the moon
To ride on a rainbow
To fall in love with my long, lost dreams
It's been a Long Day's Journey Into Night
Where there’s Desire Under the Elms, and A Moon for the Misbegotten
Lost souls gather here before The Iceman Cometh
Beyond the Horizon, Lazarus Laughed, life’s a Strange Interlude
Life’s a Strange Interlude
Life’s a Strange Interlude
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27. |
I'm So Easy to Please
03:43
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Summer skies,
Your beautiful eyes
Baby please,
No more goodbyes
Oh, I’m dancing with the daisies
Playing with the sunshine
And making love
Deep inside my mind, oh, I’m
Whispering to the breeze
I’m making love with the trees
Oh, I am so damn easy to please
I wear my heart
All over my sleeve
Just waiting for someone
To believe in me
But why can’t the light?
Kiss the dark, dark night
And simply melt away
The urge to fight
Oh, I’m chasing all my pipe dreams
Eating chocolate ice cream
And singing to the jukebox with
Elvis and the Jailhouse Rock. Oh, I’m
Whispering to the breeze
I’m making love with the trees
Oh, I am so damn easy to please
Hopeless romantics, they
Bathe in candlelight
To wash away their sorrow
And hope for tomorrow
But even the darkest nights
Find some morning light
Oh, sweet agony
I'm down on one knee
But maybe oh just maybe
Oh, who am I to say?
The sun might shine
In my heart someday, oh, I’m
Whispering to the breeze
I’m making love with the trees
Oh, I am so, damn easy to please
Summer skies
Your beautiful eyes
Baby please
Don’t you say goodbye
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28. |
Rear Window Waltz
04:59
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I can see you looking at me
And you can see me looking at you
You boil some water for your tea
I watch you wipe the sleep from your eyes
We read our newspapers, and sip our tea
Alone and lonely as Edward Hopper’s nighthawks
This rear window romance, it’s got me in a trance
It’s a heady cerebral love yet it fits just like a glove
And we listen to our silent love song
It is a silent love
No intimate whispers, just rear window glimpses
Window shades silhouette our moods
With shades of light and shades of dark
Candlelight means let's lie down
And touch our hearts with our minds
This rear window romance, it’s got me in a trance
It’s a heady cerebral love yet it fits just like a glove
And we listen to our silent love song
You light a candle I put on Chet Baker
My perfume floats across the alleyway to you
You slip off your gown, beam me into your arms
And I hold you tight with my vivid imagination
Yet our bodies tremble with a quiet desperation
‘Til our faraway caresses soothe all our fears
Goodnight, goodnight my love
Goodnight, sleep tight my love
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29. |
Lost in Our Parade
03:52
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I can feel the breeze swirling in the trees
It is so easy to lay my eyes on you
Dreams can come true if you can catch
Twinkling stars in your lover's eyes
Body heat it feels oh, so sweet
Just like walking down Bourbon Street
Oh, it does feel so damn good
To let the day to day simply slip away
And take a walk along the promenade
Sipping lemonade lost in our parade
Body heat it feels oh, so sweet
Just like walking down Bourbon Street
I can feel the beat under my feet
Say goodbye to your silent Spring
Please listen to all the Robins sing
No need to live so deep inside your blues
Body heat it feels oh, so sweet
Just like walking down Bourbon Street
I can feel the breeze swirling in the trees
It is so easy to lay my eyes on you
Dreams can come true if you can catch
Twinkling stars in your lover's eyes
In your lover's eyes
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30. |
After the Dust Bowl
05:01
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Joey loved the rodeo with one arm wavin’ to the sun
The other hangin’ on for dear life
Joey was at the top of his game, the undisputed bronco King
A beautiful wife, three kids, and a pickup truck
Bales of wheat flowing like a rush of gold, square dance halls overflowing
With fiddlers and dancers do-si-do-ing
One day it all came crashing down, black blizzards ravaged the prairie
Turning daylight into darkness
In the graveyard of illusion, don’t expect any exit signs
Lost souls wander in a sea of dust
The whole damn town has turned to rust
Joey’s chip crumbled off his weary shoulder
When the bank foreclosed his house, he no longer has his kids or spouse
Gone is the ocean of golden wheat fields, all that’s left are ghost towns
Howling winds and aimless tumbleweeds
In the graveyard of illusion, don’t expect any exit signs
Lost souls wander in a sea of dust
The whole damn town has turned to rust
Joey headed to the Greyhound station
Bought a ticket to the rising sun, fell asleep with his sunglasses on
Just like Ratso in Midnight Cowboy, the lights went out before Miami
Joey finally found a shred of peace
Joey finally found a shred of peace
Joey finally found a shred of peace
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31. |
Lavender and Love
04:51
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I can’t explain why I still feel the flame
Even though it burned out so many years ago
I still remember your lavender and love
Long before you left me for the dark side of your soul
I found a river that flows in three-four time
Let’s dance on the river, live in the sublime
I love the foreplay of gentle twilight
As it hurtles into pitch-black cravings of the night
Ya can’t enjoy today if you live for tomorrow
Don’t let voices in your head stalk you with your own shadow
I found a river that flows in three-four time
Let’s dance on the river, live in the sublime
Saddle up your sorrow, ride into the light
Let me spin your world, summon the sun for you
Life is just my day job, not my heart’s desire
I could spend my lifetime chasing after your sweet dreams
I found a river that flows in three-four time
Let’s dance on the river, live in the sublime
I can’t explain why I still feel the flame
Even though it burned out so many years ago
I still remember your lavender and love
Long before you left me for the dark side of your soul
I found a river that flows in three-four time
Let’s dance on the river, live in the sublime
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32. |
Supine
03:23
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It feels so fine
You and I lying supine
With our legs entwined
Knocking down a bottle of wine
Oh, yeah it feels divine
Just you and the wine
For a long, long, long time
Tonight, we parked
All of our fears
Wiped away our sad tears
Drank several cups of cheer
And held each other dear
Oh, each sip we savored
‘Til the last drip
Your lovely smile
Keeps me going all the while
Staring up at the sky
Watching the birds fly
Our hearts keeping time
With one another’s rhyme
And everything felt oh, so fine
One, two three
Two, two three
Three, two three
Our dance is a lovely trance
It feels so fine
You and I lying supine
With our legs entwined
For a long, long time
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33. |
Dry Soul
04:02
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After all is said and done, we had a pretty good run
We had our ups and downs but we found some common ground
We wore our fingers to the bone, just to make ends meet
Our life was bittersweet
The mortgage is paid in full; we get by on our pensions
The kids still live nearby and the grandchildren seldom cry
I can still pin the tail on the donkey and finish the three-legged race
At the Topsfield County Fair
But long ago I left home with my book of poems
A bottle of wine and one hell-of-an open mind
In Autumn's early twilight Venus shines so bright
Silent we sit and listen to the night
Sometimes I sigh a little too loud, you turn your gaze to me
It’s too late to be free
At the end of the day, there’s not too much to say
How was your day, not bad, how about yours?
I guess that I’m restless in a permanent way
Sparring with my demons every single day
But long ago I left home with my book of poems
A bottle of wine and one hell-of-an open mind
Yeah, one hell-of-an open mind
What happened?
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34. |
Dancing on the Moon
04:23
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I've been gone oh for so long
And everything it feels so wrong
I miss the honeysuckle and the autumn leaves that rustle
And the lazy hazy days of summertime
The light in the middle of my darkness fades
And I'm left alone to play life's charades
Oh but to live my life without regrets
And get a chance to place another bet
You and I we thought we could fly
To the moon and dance away the night
All of my life I've fought to survive
But oh how I long to thrive
I want to rewind my memories and edit out the bad scenes
And play back the good ones in slo mo
My life's a battlefield yet there is no war
Yet doubt keeps rapping at my door
The powerbrokers muse about their next move
Oh I wish I had something to prove
You and I we thought we could fly
To the moon and dance away the night
Let us jump on oh any old bandwagon
Oh can you just imagine
What have we got to lose
Maybe it'll chase away the blues
Let us go and find a brand new map
Oh, maybe we can find our way back
‘Cause I miss the honeysuckle and the autumn leaves that rustle
And the lazy hazy days of summertime
You and I we thought we could fly
To the moon and dance away the night
You and I we thought we could fly
To the moon and dance away the night
To the moon and dance away the night
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35. |
Frozen Juices
04:26
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The day that you left me you told me to go
Into my studio and paint away my pain
So I picked up my brush and I stared at my canvas
While waiting for my muse to stir my creative juice
But the light went dark and all my juices froze
And all the open doors they started to close
Frozen juices dreams of a makeshift noose,
A psychedelic ghost and a big blank canvas
So I jumped on the whiskey train, as it whistled a lonely refrain
Empty canvasses rolling around in my brain
I’m gonna ride deep into the night
Pass through the tunnel and hope to find some light
But the night did not slip into the day
So I still had nothing at all to say
So I built an iron fort surrounded by a molten moat
To drive away my demons and to keep me afloat
Frozen juices dreams of a makeshift noose,
A psychedelic ghost and a big blank canvas
Last stop, last stop it’s the end of the line
I still can’t find my rhyme and I’m all out of time
So I'll take a walk around inside of my dreams
And hope that life is not what it seems
So I'll take a walk around inside of my dreams
And hope that life is not what it seems
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36. |
Chestnuts and Love
03:16
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Gypsy lady’s all decked out in a
One-bare shoulder dress
Spontaneity’s in her eyes
In a come-hither smile
She came from the badlands where
Nothing grew but the hole in her heart
She's achin’ for salvation to feel love's last mile
Oh my dear, let’s fly our kite into the eye of the hurricane
Gypsy lady told me
It's time to hibernate
To acclimate our souls
To a still life of death
Deep down in our snow cave
Cuddled up with our stash
Of wild berries and nuts and
Tequila-drenched poetry
Oh my dear, let’s fly our kite into the eye of the hurricane
Hark the harbinger
Woodpeckers a drummin’
Robin's singing in the rain
Daffodils sipping sunlight
Our endless sleep interrupted
By the sweet smell of Spring
Another year to forage
Chestnuts and love
Another year to forage
Chestnuts and love
Chestnuts and love
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37. |
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Some these days, gonna miss your honey
Some these days, I am going away
Some these days, gonna miss your honey
I know you're gonna miss me, by my going away
Some these days, you're gonna be sorry
Some these days, I am going away
Some these days, gonna miss your honey
I know you're gonna miss me, by my going away
You will never know what your friend might say, by your going away
You will miss me, upon returning
You will miss me, by my going away
You will miss me, oh lordy miss me,
I know you're gonna miss me, by my going away
You will never know what your friend might say, by your going away
You will miss me, upon returning
You will miss me, by my going away
You will miss me, oh lordy miss me,
I know you're gonna miss me, by my going away
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Bob Davoli Lincoln, Massachusetts
Bob Davoli is a singer-songwriter based in New England. He performs regularly in various venues throughout New England.
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