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Fire Hydrant Blues
02:34
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Fire Hydrant Blues
Well my fire hydrant days ain't over
because I got a new dog named Rover
and because I got a new dog named Rover
I've got those old fire hydrant blues
I thought my pet days were numbered
when my old pet boxer died
but as a gift my mom sent Rover
with a "beware of the dog" sign
(Chorus)
I took him to the vet
and they said he was a healthy dog
and they gave him dog tag numbers
just in case he might get lost
(Chorus)
Well I put Rover in the tub
and I washed him nice and clean
and when I walked him he went rolling
all along the old ravine
(Chorus)
My mama called me up
and she asked "how do you do?"
and I said since I got Rover
I got those old fire hydrant blues
(Chorus x2)
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Too Late Now
03:10
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Too Late Now
Well I've only started to think just now
maybe we've been around here for much too long
So those people want to be on the good side
I think they'd rather be on the side that won
(Chorus)
But it's too late now
so we might as well press on
it's too late now
so we all should just press on
Some people are burdened with hopelessness and are
gambling for money that they've never had before
and nothing is gonna stop them gambling
until they've had their share of all that's yours
(Chorus)
We can't stop time we can only watch it
pass beneath our feet
as we travel on a journey to the center of the storm
Well I've only started to think just now
maybe we've been around here for much too long
So those people want to be on the good side
I think they'd rather be on the side that won
(Chorusx2)
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This Ain't No Way To Say Goodbye
(Chorus)
This ain't no way to say goodbye
stopping on the road one day
and saying, "ah man I'll miss ya",
this ain't no way to say goodbye,
sayin', "I'm sorry maybe someday I'll try to visit"
My cousin Ed's a friendly man
real good guy to talk to
never makes you suffer
but after that tangible chat
he'll probably sneak away
a dirty laundry collector
(Chorus)
Thomas is a vagabond
buys the friends big gifts
he's a big money spender
but then when the times get tough
just before he splits
he turns into a beggar
(Chorus)
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Tears Of Laughter
03:40
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Tears Of Laughter
Our shadows will meet in the lonely moonlight
down the highway river trail around midnight
let the evening take a toll on our eyes
let the summer wind carry our laughter
(Chorus)
Tears of laughter
tears of joy
will surrender from our eyes
and time will dry the tears
and leave the past behind
Let's sing the words of writers from the lonesome seaside
with runaway kisses let us find a place to hide
from the moor, and the sailors with their shipwrecked smiles
let the summer wind carry our laughter
(Chorus)
Our shadows will dance in the near dawn moonlight
down the highway river trail around midnight
let the evening take a toll on our eyes
reflecting the winds carrying our laughter
(Chorus)
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Song For An Addict
02:52
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Song For An Addict
Are you tired of the one nighters?
and the messed up stood up folks?
the dangerous deeds of addressing the night
and facing a future alone?
you call yourself a hero
to all the eyes of the young
but I bet that nearly anyone
would want your mind instead of your soul.
There is quite a difference between
what you've lost and what you've won
and there's quite a difference between
what is past and what's to come
you say I let you down, man
but you fell in your trap
and the ones who came before you
are now living in their pasts.
I listened to your story
about how you'd beat the train
but when I saw you last night
I knew you hadn't come a long way
You say I let you down, man
but you fell in your own trap
the search for survivors has begun
we gotta try to bring you back.
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Fantasies
03:24
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Fantasies
How many fantasies are in fairy tales
when you can't go on?
How much advice can a person give
when someone's talent hits the ground?
(Chorus)
You can count on me
everything you see
is just a fairy tale
so look around..
safe and sound.
Everybody has a certain gift
they express in a certain way
yours may mean nothing but
some may sit
and love your talent anyway
I know you
You're fine where you are
Life wouldn't be pleasant without you
I love you for who you are.
How much love can somebody give
and get no loving in return?
Is it right for the man who lives
who's never had a penny earned?
(Chorus x2)
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Any Place In My Heart You're There
(Chorus)
Any place in my heart you're there
Standing around my body and soul
Can't wait to see you again someday
My music she comes and goes.
Any place in my heart you're there
Standing around my body and soul
Can't wait to see you again someday
My music she comes and goes.
Took me sometime to get back on track
the never ending street even has a dead end
I've been pressured for time to get down that road somehow
You came along when my hopes were down
Dead on my feet I couldn't listen to the law
you taught me how to face the future fearlessly
From time to time to time again
I had to hide my thoughts from things
I scared myself laughing for no reason
Endless days and sunlit rays
would plague me when you'd come to stay
then darkness came and persuaded you to go
(Chorus)
When I was young and 25
something happened to my sense of time
I ended up showing a love for living
I had to keep our dreams alive
but then I started giving up on life
for something well I knew it wouldn't be worth taking
From time to time to time again
I had to hide my thoughts from things
I scared myself laughing for no reason
Endless days and sunlit rays
would plague me when you'd come to stay
then darkness came and persuaded you to go
(Chorus)
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Maybe Without You
03:06
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Maybe Without You
The winter grows over the spring
the wounds are frozen and never sting
the streets are on fire in my dreams
the falcons of fear are lost and confused
the abandoned hearts have been refused
everyone's searching in my dreams
(Chorus)
Looks like we're losing in a difficult war
looks like we're losing in our very own war
without you I'm tired of fighting
maybe without you
I'm tired of fighting the war
The dungeons of fortune are locked and concealed
I am more precious than what you can steal
but everything's stolen in my dreams
the guard is poisoned the drawbridge is down
I have no will to be hanging around
the words I weep may still hold true
(Chorus)
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Ode To Her (And Then We Dance Across The Floor)
Your love is like the river
that flows through my heart
your love is like the flower
whose petals never part
your love is like the happiness
a dream come true can bring
(Chorus)
and then we dance across the floor and then
we start to sing
and then we dance across the floor
and then we start to sing
Your face is like the big old sun
that shines when clouds are gone
your eyes are like oblivion
and in them I can drown
your love is like some mountain
that will not ever shrink
(Chorus)
You hair is like the rest of you
it's bright and it shines
your lips speak city languages
much too hard to define
Love is like a castle
equipped with Queen and King
(Chorus)
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The Dust In The Wind
03:30
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The Dust In The Wind
I saw you standing outside of the gates
and sorry that I could not let you in
You started to cry and I started to laugh
tears were a flying like the dust in the wind
As others gathered around the lady at the gate
they gaze through the bars to see what made her cry
they all turn their heads and I laughed and they wept
why do they cry? I do wonder why?
the tears were flying like the dust in the wind
They act without shame as if life's just a game
and everyone gets their chance to choose any man
and if no one complains they'll all play the same game
and they'll all either win or lose in the end
Like ragged old crowns they wear a big frown
because they were destined to live and destined to die
my dreams have been born not thrown out the door
and that is just why I laugh and they cry
and that is just way I live and they die
tears were a flying like the dust in the wind.
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Second Hand Love
03:05
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Second Hand Love
I'm trying to stop now
taking the right
leaving the wrong
I'm getting a new start
a second time shot at second hand love
facing the facts now
reminds me of a dream
reminds me of a memory
and fighting for her love
ain't half as good as I thought that it would be
yeah yeah yeah
got my mind made up
I been wishing on your star too long
Someone is knocking
on my door of life to sell me his shoes
but I'm tired of walking
roads are many and places are so few
I can't say I ask much
but what I can use is some second hand love
get someone to send me
a piece of your passion for a place inside my heart
oh yeah yeah yeah
got my mind made up I've been wishing on your star too long.
I've got my mind made up I've been wishing on your star too long.
I've got my mind made up I've been wishing on your star too long.
I've got my mind made up I've been wishing on your star too long.
I've got my mind made up I've been wishing on your star too long.
I've got my mind made up I've been wishing on your star too long.
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