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The Stars Are Always On Our Side
Imagine the sweetest person you know doing the sweetest things
Imagine golden hills and songs and strings
Imagine the fields where the dancers swing and shine
baby, don't you know that you can have it anytime?
and the stars are always on our side.
When the moments of magic are falling around
and every kiss you wish for is easily found
Imagine a love where nobody hides
baby, don't you know that you can have it anytime?
and the stars are always on our side.
When dreamily we walked on those fields we rode
with ukuleles strumming life into silence we strode.
Imagine the sweetest person you know doing the sweetest things
Imagine golden hills and songs and strings
I imagine you'll always be more than a friend of mine
baby, don't you know that you can have it anytime?
and the stars are always on our side.
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I'm Gonna Quit The Band To Dance With You
The wedding's so good
the whole neighbourhood
shows up to be carried away
the nameless make mazes
to the wallflowers faces
afraid of the wrong things they'll say
I play them a song
with a melody strong
enough they can carry the tune.
(chorus)
I'm gonna quit the band to dance with you
I'm gonna quit the band to dance with you
blossoming love just ain't good enough
when it's happening from so far away
I'm gonna quit the band to dance with you.
The waltz is the best
the tango's the test
the cha cha is quite tough to do
I look at the crowd
they seem pretty proudly
dressed to the tips of their shoes
tonight is the night
when everything's right
cheers to the bride and the groom.
(chorus)
I walk off the stage to find my way
where my eyes have been wandering too
the bass player shakes as the violinist takes time
to think this thing through.
(chorus)
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The Path Of Open Doors
03:41
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The Path Of Open Doors
Channel the restless spirits in you
You can change the world around you the way you choose
solve the mystery of living
dreams can't just be something that the dreamers do.
(chorus)
Never waste a day
anytime you stray
from the path of open doors.
away away away away away away away away
away away away away away away away away
all right!
Children dancing in the sun
lovers of the summer fun
and the laughing child
and the starry eyed lovers of the night
wait until the time is right
to kiss the night.
(chorus)
You awake with promises of a new day
forgetting what has gone away
and now time is yours
so carry with you the freedom of dreams
where the negative ghost of schemes
walks on empty floors.
(chorus)
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A Beautiful Friend
03:04
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A Beautiful Friend (Music by Dan Frechette/Lyrics by Tania Elizabeth)
This town's been hard on you
you moved up from the ocean to follow your truth
you never felt like you belonged
Three years later and you've got a scene
full of wounded souls who take what they need
you give them more than a pretty song.
You've been watching for the one way prize
when you gaze into the ghost town eyes that you know
that you know
You're trying to find a beautiful friend
what's the point if you have to pretend
that you know
you know
(chorus)
No one kisses you when they're sober
You give and hoard and prey and whore yourself around this town
No one kisses you when they're sober
Wonder who is gonna love you when the sun goes down?
You're a different person all of the time
raising scandal with the partners in crime
getting high and lonely
Playing tunes just to make a little cash
saving up for a getaway stash.
He sweet talked you and gave you the eye
he said he'd call you with a casual goodbye
but you know
but you know
when the cabbie takes away your money
looks you up and down and calls you honey
you know
you know.
(chorus x2)
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Forget About Me
04:05
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Forget About Me
The trees are waving goodbye
the clouds are crying the blues
the thunder is clapping for an encore
but the sun was shining my walking shoes
But don't you cry like the world does
because I'm so happy to be free
just remember baby
to forget about me.
We had nothing left in common
lovers waited in the wings
we spent our memories talking
but now my future sings.
the heavens are up in the air
you want limbo on the ground
I'd rather fly so high
anytime you came around.
but you don't cry like the world does
because I'm so happy to be freed
just remember baby
to forget about me.
Nowhere I go to find this pain no more
nowhere will I need to say I won't say anymore.
The trees are waving goodbye
the clouds are crying the blues
the thunder is clapping for an encore
but the sun was shining my walking shoes
But don't you cry like the world does
because I'm so happy to be free
just remember baby
to forget about me.
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I Didn't Run
02:09
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I Didn't Run
You got scared, honey, you got scared
I didn't run
You got scared, honey, you got scared
I didn't run
You stole your heart away
and I didn't have much to say
Every night I hope and pray
to love someone.
I only needed love to keep it alive
I didn't run
You'd play around a little while I'd drive
I didn't run
your friends had the dirt on me
but I didn't want to let it be
I couldn't back down from misery
because I was all broke up.
Now the stars above me are not falling all around
I can make my mind up when my heart's still on the ground.
It doesn't matter how my world ended
I didn't run
It doesn't matter who gets offended
because I didn't run
we didn't see eye to eye
because all we'd ever really do was cry
but I'm glad we never said goodbye because
I didn't run.
we didn't see eye to eye
because all we'd ever really do was cry
but I'm glad we never said goodbye
I didn't run.
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Bootstring Boogie
02:30
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Bootstring Boogie
You've got a poor man working for nothing
you've got a rich man gambling for broke
you've got an old man dreaming of dying
you've got a young man looking to poke
(chorus)
They've got the bootstring boogie
all around
They've got the bootstring boogie
and everybody needs their bootstrings on
to be where they're bound
You got the child who's crying for danger
you've got the killer who just got bail
you got the winner with the 400 thread count sheets
don't forget the hellhound on your trail.
(chorus)
Don't tell me that nobody is better than you or better than me
there just ain't no use advertising no damn fool is running free.
I see all walks of people
bending down to tie their bows
they're doing it everyday
what makes you better than one of those?
(chorus)
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Gypsy Mandolin Tune
02:36
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The Bearing Of A Shield
03:47
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The Bearing Of A Shield
My sister told me
nobody's gonna hold me
unless she's an angel
to lift me from the battleground
all all night
all night long.
My sister mentioned
I need somebody fair
who doesn't hold a grudge
who doesn't have a care
all all night
all night long.
If her name is Rosemary
say a prayer for me
that I don't mistake her beauty
for company
if her name is Sherry
tell her big girls cry
she might forgive me
but I don't know why.
It's just the breaking of a heart
the bearing of a shield.
Nobody asks me
where the good lovers hide
you gotta tell her what you want
before she's your storybook bride
all all night
all night long.
If she says, "thanks for nothing"
she got off early
and didn't have the guts to take the ride
if somebody tells me,
"that girl is crazy - you better run for cover
she'll never be satisfied
with the breaking of a heart
the bearing of a shield."
I told my sister
life is good
I don't need nobody
who can't do me any good
all all night
all night long.
I left her house
give her a brotherly hug
she won't be no auntie
over some hole that I dug
all all night
all night long.
all all night
all night long.
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Song For John Denver
02:51
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Song For John Denver
Time came to leave new traces
he played with a deck of aces
so much he gave
his love could run away in the world
He's play for a day in a new scene
LA or Nashville, Tennessee
make a friend and change another life
he was running away in the world
(chorus)
And the summer sun would never seem to fall
his song was a blonde standing six feet tall
well you know he always gave his all
he knew life was hard when he lived it small
he said, "a stranded man will never let you down."
Sunshine was on his shoulders
Watergate didn't save any soldiers
his mission was all to remind
it's all about what you find.
These dreams of love and creation
he arrived on a world of salvation
he didn't try to move on up
he just left that game all behind.
(chorus)
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From A Station
03:49
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From A Station
I'm rolling from a station
with tears like rain
My sweet love behind me
I will be lonely again
She don't get no flowers
no gifts for her lair
not a penny
not a penny
not a penny to spare.
She loves me dreaming
she loves me low
she knows grace has fallen
where the cold winds have gone
I still hold her picture
deep down in my soul
I hang onto memory
they follow me so.
She knows I'm trying
to be there someday
with my faith beside me
my heart on my sleeve
gentle flames flicker
when I lie by her side
seems years have passed
since we held our eyes.
If this country were smaller
I'd find her again
my sweet love beside me
there would come an end
to dry whistling timbers
swaying in the steel so cold
wild mystic memories
of her heart unfolding.
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Something To Believe In
03:16
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Something To Believe In
If I gave back that ring you wore
If I came back and left you no more
I would want a little something to believe in
If you told me that it could never be the same
If I believe you and I'd answer to my name
If I watched you and seen you lying again
I would see there'd be something to believe in
(Bridge)
There's trust that I have knowing you'd deceive me
and going on another roller coaster ride
to the sun and the darkness we will lead our lives
no matter where we're going we're in for a long climb
If I left you all the memories and wounded dreams
would you find me someday in a world we've been
If I held you and seen you taking in the sin
I would want a little something to believe in
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Snake On A Track
04:12
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Snake On A Track
(chorus)
A dollar sign looks like a snake on a track
and baby you know
that he ain't coming back
again
my friend
his angel
wouldn't you know it but life is strange
what you need to live
gonna take your love away.//he'll never know where you've been to - isn't what you mean to me what I mean to you?
A good man would never cheat or lie
he'll keep his secrets 'til the day he dies
but if dreams and silver wouldn't hold him
he'd be walking away aching to your window.
(chorus)
And you'll never see me out on the wind
I won't be spreading my wisdom where I've been
so when he's going around the orange blossom bend
I'd like to make my way to your window.
(chorus)
The reality checks don't pay the bills
he's on the road to high and lonesome thrills
sending you money when he's down the line
honey, don't you want to be a friend of mine?
(chorus x2)
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Before The Devil Knows You're Gone
You've been living hard for days
even though you're getting on
you pray that you get to heaven
before the devil knows you're gone
spend all your waking hours
making friends that you won't know
when someone tells them who you are
they'll tell you where to go
(chorus)
Pray you'll get to heaven before the devil knows you're gone
Pray you'll get to heaven before the devil knows you're gone.
Rumors follow you and down the spines of everyone you've met
the walls they've built with their vibes constitute some kind of threat
but you look for charm in harm trying to drown the pain of silly lies you know
knowing if you told them who you are
they would tell you where to go.
(chorus)
In the checkout aisles you smile while the people turn away
no one ever asks to hear your voice for fear of what you'll say
the children run for higher ground even the blind can tell you're there
silence falls in every place you go
there's a feeling in the air.
(chorus)
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Daisy Wants A New Daddy For Her Angels
Daisy wants a new daddy for her angels
daisy's tired of running around punching time
since the sailor went to sea
she's been bitterly working
to forget his crime.
(chorus)
So she's found herself a daddy for her angels
It's hard to see a mess when you're in love
And for an angel it's easy to spot a devil
Daisy closes her eyes and she thanks the stars above.
The children's memory banks are getting robbed
and replaced by another face that just don't care
Doesn't listen to them when they sobbed
or bring mama home when they wanted her there.
(chorus)
Daisy starts to see the lovelights fading
but her loneliness is beggin her to hold on
his mistakes her beauty for good conversation
and the silences go on until the dawn.
(chorus)
Now the sailor may return to his angel band
but the money and women are better abroad
and she's moved on anyhow who wouldn't understand?
the burning inside can make the coldest hearts thaw.
(chorus)
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G Minor Mandolin Tune
03:08
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So Many Wars
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So Many Wars
He's a spiritual man
but he never plants seeds
his dreams are elsewhere
he lives in the wake of the American dream
he cries for what's out there
(chorus)
So many wars
will never rule me more
than myself.
When we want to live
we worry of demise
the changes upon us.
The televisions beat us with lies they devise
to move us where they lead us.
(chorus)
The spiritual man lets go of his plans
of virtue and of beauty
his prayers are still unanswered
in the world as we know
his prayers of continuity.
He doesn't see how he must leave this world
and the superstars behind
(chorus)
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The End
02:50
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The End
Come and gather 'round my corpse
you've never seen me here before
face down in a box
mortician mistress cut my locks
come and see me in my prime
I'm kind of deaf and I'm kind of blind
I can't speak and I can't think
I can't drink but I still stink.
You can hear me sing this song for you
it's the last one I'm gonna sing for you
I'm really kind of nervous so mind the tune
it's a llttle song that that I wrote last June
(chorus)
I'm gonna miss your kiss
I'm gonna miss your style
I'm gonna miss getting the hang of you now
I've got a list, baby, that runs a mile
saying nothing of what it's like losing you.
Come and gather 'round me then
cast your roses to the wind
try to understand my song
and the reason why I sing it here
It didn't mean much to me then
I never sang it for my friends
Just because it never made sense
but now I'm sure the meaning is clear.
You can hear me sing this song for you
it's the last one I'm gonna sing for you
I'm really kind of nervous so mind the tune
it's a llttle song that that I wrote last June
(chorus x2)
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