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| 1. |
| 4:57 | 
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China gets broken
And it will never be the same Boats on the ocean Find their way back again I am weaving like a drunkard Like a balloon up in the air I am needing a puncture and someone To point me somewhere I'm gonna keep my head on straight I just hope it's not too late Open up the gate I go straight on, steady on Steady on! I was feeling imploded A wooden smile, a wooden heart Then things exploded Like rockets in the dark Now I'm pulling out splinters And off to hibernate somewhere For the nuclear winter Of another love affair 'Cause he seemed like a miracle I ate it up like cereal But it was something like shrapnel Steady on! It's like ten miles of two-lane On a South Dakota wheat plain In the middle of a hard rain A slow boat or a fast train I'm gonna keep my head on straight I'm gonna keep my head on straight I'm gonna keep my head on straight Steady on |
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| 2. |
| 5:00 |
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As a little girl I came down to the water
With a little stone in my hand It would shimmer and sing And we knew everything As a little girl I came down But in a little while I got steeped in authority Heaven only knows what went wrong There is nothing so cruel than to bury that jewel When it was mine all along I'm gonna find it You're shining I can see you You're smiling that's enough I'm holding on to you Like a diamond in the rough Every now and then I can see that I'm getting somewhere Where I have to go is so deep I was angry back then and you know I still am I have lost too much sleep But I'm gonna find it You're shining I can see you You're smiling that's enough I'm holding on to you Like a diamond in the rough Like a diamond in the rough In my dreams I go down by the water With a little girl in my arms And we shimmer and sing And we know everything In my dreams I go down You're shining I can see you You're smiling that's enough I'm holding on to you Like a diamond in the rough Like a diamond in the rough |
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| 3. |
| 5:02 |
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I'm riding shotgun down the avalanche
Tumbling and falling down the avalanche So be quiet tonight the stars shine bright On this mountain of new fallen snow But I will raise up my voice into the void You have left me nowhere to go I love you so much and |
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| 4. |
| 4:44 |
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Here we go again
Another round of blues Several miles ago I set down my angel shoes On a lost highway For a better view Now in my mind's eye All roads lead to you Chorus: So wherever you go You better take care of me This time If you're gonna go Remember me and all This time We had our bitter cheer And sweet sorrow We lost a lot today We get it back tomorrow I hear the sound of wheels I know the rainbow's end I see lights in a fat city I feel love again Chorus All this time I been makin' deals Shades if black and white On a Hollywood reel All this time I been missing Something so real All this time I been a face in the crowd Now I'm living in color And laughing out loud All these names For just foolin' around It's a new breakthrough It's an old break down We smoked a lot of hope We did our cryin' , too We're finally waking up To what real love can do Down a lost highway Under the twilight moon A chorus in your eyes Another round of blues Chorus We had all This time We had all This time |
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| 5. |
| 5:49 |
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Polaroids
S. Colvin Please no more therapy Mother take care of me Piece me together with a Needle and thread Wrap me in eiderdown Lace from your wedding gown Fold me and lay me down On your bed Or liken me to a shoe Blackened and spit-shined through Kicking back home to you Smiling back home Singing back home to you Laughing back home to you Dragging back home to you I was so wary then The ugly American Thinner than oxygen Tough as a whore I said you can lie to me I own what's inside of me And nothing surprises me anymore But forests in Germany Kids in the Tuileries Broken-down fortresses In old Italy And claiming his victory Shrouded in mystery He went running away with me Back in our home New York Walking these streets forlorn We all in our uniforms Black and black Doing that slouch and jive The artist must survive We've got all we need we cried And we don't look back Thinking we had it made Poised for the hit parade Knee deep in accolades The conceptual pair But ever the malcontent He left without incident Vanished into thin air Now I am always amazed Words can fill up a page Pages fill up the days Between him and me But the vows that we never keep From bedrooms to business-speak Make me remember how cheap Words can be And the letters I wrote you of Were those of the desperate stuff Like begging for love in a suicide threat But I am too young to die Too old for a lullaby Too tired for life on the ledge But I had a dream last night Of lovers who walked the plank Out on the edge of time Amidst ridicule They laughed as they rocked and reeled Over the mining fields Coming to rest on this ship of fools But he just took polaroids Of her smile in the light Of the dawn of the menacing sky And before they went overboard She turned and held up a card And it said Valentine |
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| 6. |
| 4:37 |
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I don't know why
The sky is so blue And I don't know why I'm so in love with you But if there were no music Then I would not get through I don't know why I know these things, but I do I don't know why But somewhere dreams come true And I don't know where But there will be a place for you And every time you look that way I would lay down my life for you I don't know why I know these things, but I do I don't know why But some are going to make you cry And I don't know how But I will get you by, I will try They're not trying to cause you pain They're just afraid of loving you I don't know why I know these things, but I do I don't know why The trees grow so tall And I don't know why I don't know anything at all But if there were no music Then I would not get through I don't know why I know these things, but I do I don't know why I know these things, but I do |
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| 7. |
| 3:17 |
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Though i've tried before to tell him
Of the feelings I have for him In my heart Every time that I come near him I just loose my nerve like Ive done From the start Cause every little thing he does is magic Every thing he does just turns me on Even though my life before was tragic Now I know my love for him goes on Do I have to tell the story? Of the thousand rainy days Since we first met Its a big enough umbrella But its always me who ends up getting wet Cause every lil thing he does is magic Every thing he does just turns me on Even though my life before was tragic Now I know my love for him goes on I resolve to call him up A thousand times a day And ask him if hell marry me In some old fashioned way But my silent fears have gripped me Long before I reached the phone Long before my tongues tripped me must i always be alone Cause every little thing he does is magic Every thing he does just turns me on Even though my life before was tragic Now I know my love for him goes on Cause every little thing he does is magic Every thing he does just turns me on Even though my life before was tragic Now I know my love for him goes on goes ongoes on |
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| 8. |
| 4:02 |
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Home
Is where I want to be Pick me up and turn me 'round I come home Born with a weak heart I guess I must be having fun But the less we say about it the better Let's make it up as we go along Feet on the ground Head in the clouds I'm okay I know nothing's wrong Hi Ho - Got plenty of time..... Hi Ho - Got light in your eyes..... And you're standing here beside me I love the passing of time Never for money Always for love Cover up and say goodnight , Say goodnight..... Home Is where I want to be But I guess I'm already there I come home You lifted up your wings I guess this must be the place Because I can't tell one from another Did I find you or you find me? There was a time before we were born If someone asks this is where I'll be Hi Ho - We drift in and out..... Hi Ho - Sing into my mouth..... And out of all those kinds of people You've got a face with a view And I'm just an animal looking for a home To share the same space for a minute or two Will you love me until my heart stops? Will you love me until I'm dead? You've got eyes that light up Eyes that look through Cover up the blank spot Hit me on the head Say goodnight..... Say goodnight..... Say goodnight..... |
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| 9. |
| 4:24 |
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Sunny came home
to her favorite room Sunny sat down in the kitchen she opened a book and a box of tools Sunny came home with a mission she says days go by I'm hypnotized I'm walking on a wire I close my eyes and fly out of my mind into the fire Sunny came home with a list of names she didn't believe in transcendence it's time for a few small repairs she said Sunny came home with a vengeance she says days go by I don't know why I'm walking on a wire I close my eyes and fly out of my mind into the fire get the kids and bring a sweater dry is good and wind is better count the years You always knew it strike a match Go on and do it days go by I'm hypnotized I'm walking on a wire I close my eyes and fly out of my mind into the fire light the sky and hold on tight the world is burning down she's out there on her own and she's alright Sunny came home Sunny came home |
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| 10. |
| 4:06 |
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by Shawn Colvin & John Leventhal
Hold me down to anything Anything that you see I should walk away right now I'll be there, so never mind I'll be the one to fall Waiting for you to look up at me Oh I love you the most Always giving up the ghost In your own private conversation You're a sweet mystery There is nothing in between You and the Mona Lisa Nothing in particular And everything in between This is what you mean to me Only you and only me Climbing in the right direction On the way to everything We were walking up high And no one thought to try But I was the one to blame And it was just a mirage So I hid in the garage 'Til somebody called your name Oh I love you the most Always giving up the ghost In your own private conversation You're a sweet mystery And there's nothing in between You and the Mona Lisa Nothing in particular Just you and the Mona Lisa... |
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| 11. |
| 4:16 |
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Go jump in the lake, go ride up the hill
Get out of this house It's a house of your making, it's a house of ill will Get out of this house Go listen to Buddha, go listen to Joe Get out of this house If anyone asks, you tell them you don't know Get out of this house I spent eleven long years in a hot house zone I spent twentynine more trying to get home Well I never got home, but I did what I did And I got myself this house and you can't come in I'm the queen of my castle, I'm the king of my room Get out of this house I got more than I need, more than I ever could use Get out of this house I spent seventeen years trying to save my soul I spent twentythree more down in the hole Now my soul is alright but I might get found out I got myself this house now and I can't get out If I see you again it will be in my head at the end of a cloud If you see me again it will be in your head telling you to get out You act like a baby, you talk like a fool Get out of this house Go back to your mama, go back to high school Get out of this house Go jump in the lake, go jump out the door Get out of this house I've had all I can stand and I can't stand no more Get out of this house Get out of this house |
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| 12. |
| 5:24 |
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Jimmy is married and he lives down south His wife lives somewhere colder He sees another woman in a badlands town And she cries upon his shoulder Jimmy thinks that he's a helpless man He thinks about love in a vacuum And he won't remember that talk you had When you were walking into the bedroom He'll say I don't know why we met The simple truth is always the best C'est la vie - what's done is done And there's somebody for everyone Jimmy has debts and Jimmy has ties That he can't get out from under If you look far enough into his eyes It'll rock you just like thunder Jimmy broke locks and Jimmy broke bolts Just to get himself out from under When you feel like you're lying in a prison cell It'll kind of make you wonder He'll say it's destiny we met The simple truth is always the best Don't you see what's done is done And there's somebody for everyone I used to get drunk to get my spark And it used to work just fine It made me wretched but it gave me heart I miss Jimmy like I miss my wine Jimmy as if you didn't know by now Let me tell you a thing or two Everybody might have someone But everyone falls in love with you... He'll say you get just what you get The simple truth is always the best Don't you see what's done is done? And there's somebody for everyone S.C. - vocal John Leventhal - guitars, keyboards, percussion, horn arrangement Lyle Lovett - harmony Michael Rhodes - bass Shawn Pelton - drums Larry Farrell - trombone Bob Carlisle - french horn Tony Kadlek - flugel horn Rick DePofi - bass clarinet, Mel 1996 AGF Music Ltd./Scred Songs, admin. by WB Music Corp. (ASCAP)/Lev-A-Tunes (ASCAP) All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission |
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| 13. |
| 4:01 |
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You have the right to get down on your kness
You have the right to make yourself believe You don't know my name But I don't care You can do it Cuz you have the right To shake the loneliness and shine the light Take all your tears save 'em for a rainy night Go and wish on every star that's fallen Shake your head and wonder when it's all to good to be true Like a whole new you So don't lose the way You can do no wrong And don't spend your days just trying to be strong When you don't know your name You know it's okay, you can do it Cuz you have the right To shake the loneliness and shine the light Take all your tears save 'em for a rainy night Go and wish on every star that's fallen Shake your head and wonder when it's all to good to be true Like a whole new you It's too good to be true Like a whole new you Shake the loneliness and shine the light Take all your tears save 'em for a rainy night Go and wish on every star that's fallen Shake your head and wonder Shake your head and wonder baby Go and wish on every star that's fallen Shake your head and wonder when it's all to good to be true Like a whole new you It's to good to be true Like a whole new you |
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| 5:07 |
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I've been thinking
About you and me Maybe I was just Seeing what I wanted to see You can call me crazy But you know this time I swore That I wouldn't run But I can't do that anymore I can't find a way to stay And I can't see my way to go But I can't give up without a fight. I can pack myself up in a matter of minutes, Leave you all far behind All of my old world and all the things in it are hard to find If they ever were mine You've been trying And I know it's been hard And I'm afraid of All this blood in my heart If there's one thing certain It's there ain't nothing for sure And I want to run But I can't do that anymore I can't meet you half way And I can't have it my way And I can't give up without a fight I can pack myself up in a matter of minutes, Leave you all far behind And all of my old world and all the things in it are hard to find All of my old world and all the things in it are hard to find Like they ever were mine I could count the good times we had On one hand All the rest was A sort of means to the end Well not it's done And I can never Go back to where I was before And I wanna run... I can get myself clean in a matter of minutes And get it wrong every time All of my whole world and all the things in it are hard to, hard to find Everything change in a matter of minutes And nothing was saved in time All of my old world and all the things in it are hard to find But they never never never were mine |
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| 15. |
| 3:41 |
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You know it you break my heart,
I’ll go but I’ll be back again, ‘Cause I told you once before good-bye, but I came back again I love you so - oh, I’m the one who wants you oh, oh. Yes, I'm the one who wants you oh, oh, oh, oh You could find better things to do, than to break my heart again, This time I will try to show that I’m not trying to pretend I thought that you would realize, That if I ran away from you, That you would want me too, But I’ve got a big surprise oh, oh. Oh, you could find better things to do Than to break my heart again, This time I will try to show that I’m not trying to pretend I wanna go, but I hate to leave you, You know, I hate to leave you oh, oh, oh, oh. Oh, you if you break my heart, I’ll go, But I’ll be back again. |
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