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There Was Good Lovin' There
It was early in the autumn of his 34th time around
in the coldness of the dawn light he heard the lilting sound
her fiddle strings sang soft nad sweet like rose petals in the dew
he looked into her eyes and the future and he knew
they played a tune before the day dawned light upon the earth
they played so sweet together and it signaled a new birth
the joy in all the people who stopped by to behold
the song of love personified in this new story untold
(chorus)
You could tell by their eyes
there was good loving there
the way he walked beside her
the way she touched her hair
inside was burning passion
could they find a way?
to make this love together
before she'd have to go away?
She was to be leaving back for a northern town sometime down the line
and he was aching and yearning knowing there was no way to stop the time
when they were together time only stopped when they'd play
otherwise it went too fast and there was so much to say
and the people all around them knew something was going on
the love rang deep and mighty and the passion was the song
he held her in the moonlight every time she'd stop to stay
and whwen he'd let go inside he'd promise things he'd never say.
(chorus)
He knew she'd be the greatest kiss they had ever known
she knew he'd keep her up so late they'd never leave her home
there was romance in the twilight and songs only they'd hear
when love was in the air it seemed the sun would shine so clear
and they knew it had to be this way
soon she would be gone
and his heart would be broken because her journey was so long
so they spent all the time together their little hearts could stand
and played and kissed and laughed and talked and held each others hands.
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Rocking On A Stereo
03:20
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Rocking On A Stereo
I don't know, honey, what I've been told
Jesus taught the sinners how to rock n' roll
He put them in a room
cranked up the tunes
before too long they were howling at the moon
all it takes, baby, is some rocking on a stereo.
Listening now there's nothing I crave
Nobody's learning from the greats these days.
They think music started when they hit the ground.
But I have faith the good won't let us down
'cause all it takes, baby, is some rocking on a stereo.
(chours) Rockin me baby on a stereo
takes my mood where we wanna go
Good times and songs and words with wings
something for everyone to dance and sing
Rocking me baby on a stereo
takes my mood where we wanna go
all the people need is a rocking on a stereo.
When I was a kid it was the loners who made it
now it's the homecoming queens and the track stars who take it.
and just because you're cute it don't mean that you sing
popularity means nothing
all that it takes is some rocking on a stereo.
When's the last time you heard a new song
hit the radio waves and it made you sing along?
Made you want to find the record and make the song your own
the song was your friend and you never felt alone
all the people need is a rocking on a stereo.
(chorus)
I'm about to give up on this silly game
playing my songs, trying to get a name
maybe someday down the line somewhere
a melody I made will be ringing in the air
but all I needed was a rocking on a stereo.
Maybe you'll wonder where the tune came from
maybe you'll dance and you start to sing along
but it will be too late to see me in my prime
too late to save all the saints from the crimes
all that we needed was rocking on a stereo.
(chorus)
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Drifting On Our Own
02:52
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Drifting On Our Own
I'm just a guy who's sad because bad love has made me blue
You're a lady who's been through the third degree
I know we'd make a perfect pair and be done the losing blues
but our walls are built from broken memories.
I'd show you how easy it would be to sail the sea
of broken hearts we'd sail eternally.
I've gone to sea only to meet another chance I'd blown.
Heavy hearts won't float
we've missed the boat
we're drifting on our own.
While we drown in all the broken hearts we never wished to be
off in the sunset it is certain there's a storm
It will last the cold long night and still you won't cling to me
We'll try to keep our cold hearts safe and warm
Again the sun will shine upon the sea of broken hearts
and I'll dream I'll find no other heart of stone
So there won't be another night so close yet so far apart
Heavy hearts won't float
We've missed the boat
We're drifting on our own.
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Don't Know Where I Stand
(chorus) Well I don't know where I stand
When you don't know who I am
Once upon a time there were prettty love letters
and walking in the sand.
And I don't know where I stand
but I can give you a man
Who would try to kill his feelings just as fast as he can
when you don't know who I am.
Before things changed we kissed like the moonlight in the European wind.
When my heart waves goodbye like a raven with the tired wings.
Now I stand on the summit of my dream know your love ain't blind
you could see through me baby and maybe this sin of time.
(chorus)
And these guessing games just ain't for me there's only sorrow down the line.
I was in awe of the idea of me being some keeper you'd find
And what a sin it is to have to be so close in order to find
that all of this past we're living is just a waste of time.
(chorus)
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I Didn't Ask For Love
03:08
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I Didn't Ask For Love
(chorus) I didn't know
I didn't know
I didn't know
I didn't ask for love x2
Such a heavy heart with blue burning eyes
I didn't ask for love.
Such a mysterious mind with a soul for a disguise
I didn't ask for love.
I didn't want to care
just be free as the air
that I can no longer breathe
and the fear that's in you is the same fear in me
I didn't ask for love.
(chorus)
From nights of such bliss to this meaningless kiss
I didn't ask for love.
From a schoolkid of dreams to a man of such schemes
I didn't ask for love.
I didn't want to find you and derail a life
So lonesome with pathos and sweet selfish strife
and it's sad to be asked to go under the knife
I didn't ask for love.
(chorus)
There's good in your heart like there's some good in mine
I didn't ask for love
It hurts when you have to care all the time
I didn't ask for love
The sound of the drunk in the falling rain
is the sound of compassion screaming your name
and you can just sit there and dole out the blame
but I didn't ask for love.
(chorus)
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Someday Around The Bend
04:56
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Someday Around The Bend
My faith is running clean
I'm gonna marry the captain's daughter
She can ride my new machine
out on the highway from the slaughter
I'll make music with her body
We can chinwag before and after
Done trying now start flying
Replace the ice now with the laughter
(chorus)
No sense quitting at the end
This old fire could use a friend
with whatever heart I've left to spend
wait someday around the bend.
She'll be unafraid of demons
We'll let our issues dance together.
We won't misuse the time fussing
only sweet peace could teach us better
We'll be busy raising children
Taking time out for sweet weather
the only reason I am singing
Is because I still ain't met her.
(chorus x2)
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Where's My Gloria?
04:03
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Where's My Gloria?
I've been on hold so long
I've forgotten what I'm holding on
I wonder where's my Gloria?
Good luck disappointing me
you can just wear jeans to have a good time.
I wonder where's my Gloria?
Who knows what the future holds
as long as it holds my heart
in the discount bin expired there's a bum wheel on her cart?
I have a crush on you
you don't have to like me back
and you know it's true
I wonder where's my Gloria?
Everyone else it seems
Tells me they've been wishing they were me.
But where's my Gloria?
Free to fly
but I feel I'm so far back in line
Where's my Gloria?
I lost what I was looking for
was she Crystal, Jane, or Jenny?
I'll appreciate what I've got even though I don't get any.
Just some friends, and some empty holes to fill with all the trends.
Where's my Gloria?
Someday the lady will be there in plain view
Until then there ain't too much else left to do.
Is being right so wrong?
When she ain't right I'll tell her in a song
Where's my Gloria?
It's funny circumstance
some make you cry
some make you want to dance?
I wonder where's my Gloria?
I'll be right here to meet her when the luck comes shining through
Everyone will have to understand my point of view
As I discard another heart
who tells me that I'm not worthy of you.
Wonder where's my Gloria?
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The Neverending Song
02:53
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The Neverending Song
You follow the trends
I see through your eyes
nothing ever ends it all just dies within time
you have nothing to show after all these years
I guess you can't grow out of all your fears and it's also clear
(chorus) It takes a lot of time because you don't know what you found 'til it slips out of your hands
and it takes an open mind 'cause you can't grow 'til you found what has slipped out of your hands
It's tough to find somebody to love
the man by your side may not be enough with your luck
no place to hide - no one to blame
been through that but I don't feel ashamed of my fate.
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Another Sunny Day On The Wasteland
If I love you - why don't I trust you?
I have a heart why can't I give it away?
You are lonesome and oh so beautiful
And in your freedom you've led me to stray
(Chorus) It's another sunny day in the wasteland
it's these loving old tears in your arms
it's another rocky day on the flat road
and another lonesome day in your arms
You leave me cold without warning
and I guess that's what I should get
I'm living through my karma of ages
and you're the most dangerous yet.
(Chorus)
You can lose me in the wink of your hearbeat
and never you'll see me again
you don't know how it feels to love you
cause it's some place I never have been
(Chorus)
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Pray The Lost May Be Found
There's a child in my dreams
who never cries
never screams
A child who walks through
every darkenend door.
Who feels the state of the world
knows of the danger unfurled
who creates peace with a song
while the world is at war.
(chorus)
Time is slow
far away in a broken home
Where love doesn't live
only pain in a heart to give.
And the child may grow
in a world comfort seldom knows
May they grow and find their place.
Pray the lost may be found by grace.
A child growing in pain
will search for who can hang a name
on every lie they've been told.
A child growing in love
wants to love the world so much
how do we build a dream unsold?
(chorus)
There's a child in my dreams
who never cries
never screams
A child who walks through
every darkenend door.
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You Can't Make Me Die
03:54
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You Can't Make Me Die
Leaving beats drowning in misperceptions
blown out of proportion lies
dreaming 'til the time comes
when I'm living in your eyes
I'll find a home without walls
out where the cuckoos won't fly
you'll see me on down the road
you can't make me die.
When dawn is spread across the road
and my wheels are turning fast
Away from the dirty, sad world
mythical shadows cast
and all the immune reputations
will have to find
their new fall guy
you'll see me on down the road
you can't make me die.
Hearts with shining eyes
souls who've found their way
path of least resistance
is a world I'm bound to stay.
Some people say redemption
is the straightening of the tale
but I've lately deemed once exemption
being around those who've doomed me to fail
so on the account of those stagnating
I'll use my two middle fingers to fly
You'll see me on down the road
you ain't gonna make me die
You'll see me on down the road
you can't make me die.
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For Leaving Me Here This Way
It seems years since I've felt at home
deep inside I'm confused and alone
and it's all your fault for leaving me here this way
I shouldn't look to you for a shoulder
should have found someone colder or older
it's always me who's left out here this way
(Chorus)
and tomorrow's a year and suddenly you'll appear
like you never left but things change inside
since I best be on my own ground
feeling like a broken heart
You've changed so much I can't count on your face
there's evil in placing too much faith
so I'll let you go for leaving me here this way
(Chorus)
It seems years since I've felt at home
deep inside I'm confused and alone
and it's all your fault for leaving me here this way
and it's all your fault for leaving me here this way
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