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Kari's Gonna Tell Your Mama
Well I thought nothing would happen
I've got nothing to say
I'm looking for some answers
to a problem I had yesterday
(chorus)
Well It's you
and it's true
Kari's gonna tell your mama x3
and I'm in enough trouble anyway/and I don't even get my say.
Oh yeah - should I apologize?
you know how I feel when I look into your eyes
(chorus)
So if I did something that I wouldn't do
I know I'd have to pay the price
you despise everything that I do
and I wouldn't do it twice.
(chorus)
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This Life Is For Me
05:17
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This Life Is For Me (Dan Frechette/Darin Morash/Mark Harvey)
When I left home I was kind of scared
scared I wouldn't find my way out there
Oh yeah
Daddy told me, "take life one step at a time.
Don't rush in your might lose your mind
and you better take care now."
I know what I want
I want it all
I need an offer to take
and a number to call
until then
Well, this life is for me, yeah!
(chorus)
Ah - this life is for me, yeah!
Ah - this life is for me, yeah!
Right!
Get a big job and run high on luck
make a few deals
make a quick buck
yeah
and do it all over again
find a few friends
and maybe a wife
take the shoes out dancing on a Saturday night
yeah
Well this life is for me
(chorus)
Daydream of how it used to be
homecooked meals and living for free
just do what you want all the time
you might get silly might lose your mind.
When I left home I was kind of scared
scared that I wouldn't find my way out there
Well this life is for me, yeah
Well this life is for me, yeah
This life is for me, yeah
This life is for me, yeah
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Chains
02:36
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Chains
His feet were weary dragging chains
Suspended down the valley behind
And now with all this meaningless toil
He thought of what would become of him
An unsought goal was left behind
For today's dream is tomorrow's laugh
A crack of a whip sent him crying in rage
But no one would heed his cry
His feet were weary dragging chains
Suspended down the mountain path
He didn't look back for the sun was ahead
and he was afraid of his shadow
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The Horizon
02:34
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The Horizon
I watch time float away on some vicious cloud
that rains its sorrow over the roads I follow
and someday it'll take a bigger man
who wants to take a bigger chance
and make the moon put on its mask
the sun tucked in the horizon
the horizon
Along the reaches of the wind in places
I can walk and find my friendly faces
out near the bouts of chatter
over the more trivial matters
and the clicking heels of dancers
all along the horizon
the horizon
And chaos turns and looks at you
with you feather, cap, quill and boots
what words does he conjure up in you?
what lies and tales does he spin for you?
while the night will be on its last page soon
and the sun will define the horizon
the horizon
the horizon
the horizon
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The Death Of Vernon Hill
02:36
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The Death Of Vernon Hill
It was driving him crazy
but he didn't want to leave
he had no place to run to
he would just disappear in the morning breeze
if you told him what was wrong
it would just take him by surprise
you could fulfill his damnation
by just looking in his eyes
oh, in the winters night
when the sky was cold and clear
his mind was warm and cloudy
and his body had the smell of fear.
(chorus)
He lost his battles
he fought until he cried
he had no imagination
for any sense of pride
his fight was for his freedom
no one was on his side
he would hide
all night long
Wanted to believe him
but he never told the truth
Couldn't understand him,
but it wasn't any use
it was said that now
his death was around the bend
He didn't have a family, but I was by his side
he would push me away and he wouldn't apologise
I thought he was going to quit
but he went to the extreme
his feelings of guilt just weren't what they seemed.
(chorus)
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Once Upon A Time
02:50
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Once Upon A Time (Dan Frechette/Dale Brown)
I have waited in the darkness to see your sunlight shine
remembing the tender touch you often left behind
but no matter where you're going
who you are or who you'll be
you'll know in your tomorrows
yesterday there was me
oh you'll see it in your mirror
in your eyes and in your smile
our lives touched together
once upon a time.
When it's time for going and for following your dreams
you can look back to yesterday's smiling memories
and whenever the dark corridor seems hazy, hard, and long
you can listen through the evening
and hear me sing your song
you can look back from tomorrow
and see me wave goodbye
our lives touiched together once upon a time.
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Gardeners' Brook
02:13
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Gardeners' Brook
Later last night I jumped into a gardeners' brook
my feet were aching from the fire
I had just declared that I was much too tired to look
while everyone else around me wasn't tired
They stared into the distance as the boats were coming in
and the stars were dimming from the coming dawn
they saw all but chaos as the rays were calmly beating
and they left for they had many clothes to pawn
Later tonight I'll jump into a gardeners' brook
and watch the others scan the sky
and if I do declare that them others are bound to be crooks
please let somebody be my guide
Yonder on highway 10
I'll be walking in a storm
I'll be pierced by the rain
I'll be pierced by the thorns
since my baby left
I've been all alone
but I need her sometimes to ease my lonely mind.
Later last night I jumped into a gardeners' brook
my feet were aching from the fire
Later last night I jumped into a gardeners' brook
my feet were aching from the fire
Later last night I jumped into a gardeners' brook
my feet were aching from the fire
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Anywhere But Home
04:12
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Anywhere But Home
Everyone is broken up
but we've all seen better days
there was a time when the time was right
but that don't matter now anyway.
When the haze sets low
and the night wind blows
it's hard to pretend
but it's only harder to forget.
(chorus)
It don't matter where we're going
we're gonna go anywhere but home
if we're angered
then we'll show it
we're gonna go anywhere but home
oh yeah.
It only gets worse now, my friend
from where we're standing now
like an eagle goes down on its kill
we're at the bottom of the hill somehow.
When the haze sets low
and the night wind blows
it's hard to pretend
but it's only harder to forget.
(chorus)
There's something happening over here
changing the ones who dare
to say if someone is afraid of fear
he'll never go anywhere
things change
and so do we
people stop and stare
it's easy to stop at nothing
when everything is there.
(chorus x2)
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Lady June
03:42
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Lady June
You say you saw something written all over my face
Is that true Lady June?
You wonder how those losers won the race
don't you Lady June?
And you've shown your guilt for things that you don't know
you ask me when I'm near you if I know
what is happening to your helpless mind?
oh baby your guess is just as good as mine
You wonder when the times will show you luck
is that true lady June?
you wonder who will ever pick you up
and be true to you Lady June.
So you're dazzled by the lovely sights you've seen
are you wondering where those lovely sights have been?
the gutter has in the corner has opened a crack
and you know Lady June
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Stone Cold Heart
02:41
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Stone Cold Heart
You said you're coming and you don't say when so I lock up all my doors
You took my money and you call back again saying, "I don't want to live with the poor."
(Chorus)
I've got you on my eye
you're on the loose
and your stone cold heart sure don't pay my dues
and them blues
You have these memories about all your friends saying, "I wish I were in your shoes."
But they would take back everything they said if I revealed the truth
(Chorus)
(Bridge)
What did you love me for? Can you still recall?
I had my back against your wall
You sure don't know much about our love because you took my pride away
You keep your distance and you threaten me saying, "We'll meet again someday."
(Chorus)
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Working On The Line
03:30
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Working On The Line
Well my love it never dies
I've been roaming the same old ground
I've been working on the line
many a year now
(Chorus)
I'm working on the line
working on the line
I'll be working hard 'til the day I die
I wake up at 5 and go to bed about 9
I'm working on the line and my mind ain't mine
Someone left me long ago
someone left me on my own
but now I can do what I choose to do
I'm not clicking my heels in some
other souls boots
(Chorus)
(Bridge)
I've lost all but my loneliness
no one would take a man in debt
and pull him through ooooh
It's hurting myself twice as hard
losing all the hearts I dream to win
Faces I've seen and hearts I've believed
Tired of living all wired and beat
telling me off their restless rage
captured in memory and remembered in vain
(Chorus)
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