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That's Why We Walk
04:28
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Hey, brother
take a walk with me
I know the night is falling
But we're as ready as we'll ever be
We'll make a stop
for your sister
your mother and your father will see
how we wake up the neighbors and take to the streets
cause the future ain't what it used to be
That's why we walk
we walk when we need to believe
That's why we walk
sometimes it takes a group to lead
Hey, sister
take a walk with me
I know the light is fading
but it won't always be
We'll make our way
through the country
and we'll sing to keep good company
then we'll go to the city and take to the streets
cause the future ain't what it's used to be
That's why we walk
we walk when we need to believe
That's why we walk
sometimes it takes a group to lead
The road is long for everyone
mothers, fathers, daughters, sons
And I know, I know that you are with me
And I see the ones who came before me, lining up
Hey, Everybody
take a walk with me
I know the sun is rising
And shining right through the trees
The crowd is growing
in front and in back of me
so let's walk together and take to the streets
cause the future ain't what it's used to be
That's why we walk
we walk when we need to believe
That's why we walk
sometimes it takes a group to lead
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You're always doing whatever you've been told
staying quiet and under control
you're still repeating every cliche
keep trying to find yourself instead of looking the other way
Be not simply good, be not simply good
It's hard to quiet down each and every voice
it's easy to feel like you don't even have a choice
but maybe the answers are not inside your head
maybe they're circling round outside instead
Be not simply good, be not simply good
You better be good for something
something better be better than you
You better be good for something
something better be better than me
Sometimes it feels like everything's a fight
everybody's telling you you better pick a side
you can't solve the problems of the world in a day
but don't they know no one's a world away
Be not simply good, be not simply good
You better be good for something
something better be better than you
You better be good for something
something better be better than me
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Waiting for love
that's a stupid thing
a stupid thing to do
Like it would come and look for you
Don't hold your breath
life is life or it's death
so what you living for?
don't make a long story short?
Stop wasting your time
with love songs that rhyme
stop wishing upon every star
Don't be a wreck
try recklessness instead
Stop whimpering at the door
Stop wearing holes in your floor
Tell everyone
that you're done playing dumb
you're better than that
you're done (with) feeling trapped
Stop wasting your time
with love songs that rhyme
stop wishing upon every star
Don't you sit there and talk to me like I'm some wretch
like my chariot keeps swinging right over the fence
Let's go for a ride
We're two of a kind
I might not be the one who you see in your dreams
I'm coming apart at every seam
and what's falling out
this glitter & doubt
Get on with it, man
as soon as you can
stop looking for the door
not everything's a metaphor
Wear your heart on your sleeve
gotta give to receive
it's as simple as that
everyone of these cliches are facts
Stop wasting your time
with love songs that rhyme
stop wishing upon every star
Can't you see, it's written all over my face
a moment of clarity, not a charity case
you see it, too
it's mirrored in you
I know you don't need no rescuin'
you don't need a tower to jump out of your skin
but if you do
then I need it, too
so let's not be the ones who are so faint of heart
that they crash and they burn before they ever start
my heart's on my sleeve
and it's looking at me
so I won't wait for love, not for anything
No voice from above, no chariot swing
I've waited enough,
I'm not waiting for love
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4. |
Shot in the Dark
03:54
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I shot myself in the foot,
playing Russian Roulette
I shot a couple messengers,
delivering regrets
I've been shooting at the moon
each and every night
I shot a dirty look
at the dawn's early light
Well, I know, I know
it's a long shot for your heart
but there's little light
for this shot in the dark
Every ricochet
from every parting shot
feels like a flimsy Western
filmed on the back lot
There's no fish left in the barrel
none for me to shoot
my Wanted poster's fading
just an unwanted brute
Well, I know, I know
it's a long shot for your heart
there's a ghost of chance
Well, I know, I know
it's a long shot for your heart
but there's little light left
for this shot in the dark
I'm always shooting first
and asking questions later
I'm such a fool to think that I
could be your narrator
the only shots I've called
are the shots at the bar
I'm shooting for the moon no matter
what the chances are
Well, I know, I know
it's a long shot for your heart
there's a ghost of chance
Well, I know, I know
it's a long shot for your heart
but there's little light left
for this shot in the dark
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Wild Accusations
04:57
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When I was a young
I held my words close to the vest
and practiced every line
All of them cued up and waited
for the right time
But when I saw you
nouns made way for verbs
and the huddled up like birds around the house
And when you looked back
the words took flight
struck out for the night
and hastened on
and they made wild accusations
later that night
they found shelter
atop a white pine
the house below
still is shuttered
nothing uttered there for so long
but if you and me
find the stone, find the key
it's ours until we die
I'll carry you right up the stairs, girl
and pull down the blinds
and we'll make wild accusations
black an blue can turn shiny and new
in a room with view for a while
birds and words will sing in thirds
their song will carry on for miles
I'm sure the sunlight will confess
and profess and confess, shining through your dress on the line
But I'm done with these beautiful guesses
now that you're mine
and we'll make wild accusations
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Went for a walk
down Franklin St.
turned at the park
where we used to meet
Made it to town
But no one was there
I said your name
but it hung in the air
cause Saturday Night Has a Lonely Sound
Nothing to see, Nobody's around
I can't believe
the sun goes down that far
Got in the car
and just drove for a while
the map says an inch
should feel like a mile
I checked in the mountains
I looked by the sea
but every shadow cast
looks just like me
cause Saturday Night Has a Lonely Sound
Nothing to see, Nobody's around
I can't believe
the sun goes down that far
there's no songs on the radio
not even static between stations
not one bird has been heard
please help this heart find one vibration
cause Saturday Night Has a Lonely Sound
Nothing to see, Nobody's around
I can't believe
the sun goes down that far
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My love, next to your love
leads to our love
just you wait and see
But their love, needs more of our love
to grab a hold of
it starts with you and me
And his love, next to her love
is more aware of
the love all around
in spite of
the way of
those that spite us
(you know who you are)
just stop your looking for signs
love is here all the time
open your heart to the world, little girl
little boy find some joy
find it wherever you can
My love, next to your love
leads to our love
just you wait and see
There's no would of
and no could of
and no should of
it's just meant to be
cause some love's
better than no love
what are you scared of
can't you let it be
just look up
to the sky, love
it's not unheard-of
it's all around you
just stop your looking for signs
cause love is here all the time
open your heart to the world, little girl
little boy find some joy
find it wherever you can
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the storm is coming
from far off of the shore
started by a sunken, drunken commodore
it's spinning like a top
and eyeing up the land
nothing will ever escape its command
I'll batten down the hatches
you run out to the store
we'll head down the basement
and declare a war
open up a bottle of some wine
the wind will knock the needles off the pine
we'll drink and stack the bottles like a shrine ---
we'll pop the champagne; we're riding out this hurricane
now its made landfall
and the birds have flown away
nothing could change our mind
we're here to stay
there's flooding in the streets
the cars are floating by
we're counting all the flashes
lighting up the sky
I feel it closin' in--
the eye of the storm
there's only you and me
to keep each other warm
open up a bottle of some wine
the wind will knock the needles off the pine
we'll drink and stack the bottles like a shrine ---
we'll pop the champagne; we're riding out this hurricane
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9. |
Every Time
03:51
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I hear what you're thinking
each and every line
I keep hoping you'll figure it out this time
But I'm not holding out much hope
your lowest even has a line
We're used to how you think of yourself every time
Maybe you should call your folks
up on the line
I'm sure they'll finance your movie
at the scene of the crime
I have trouble figuring out what's worse
your dirt or your shine
you're living proof that a good man is hard to find
Wake up
can't feel a thing, I'm numb all over
Call it off
everyday is a hangover
Shut Your mouth
before you fall down any lower
You keep saying that you have some great design
but every step is a leap backwards for mankind
the only thing you're making great again's the curve of my spine
there's no body left on the sidelines
Wake up
can't feel a thing, I'm numb all over
Call it off
everyday is a hangover
Shut Your mouth
before you fall down any lower
Stop it all
all this indecent exposure
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10. |
Saving Face
04:37
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A lie from a friend
or the truth from a stranger
is the same in the end
You're always in danger
of finding out something you knew was true
But what if I'm both?
I'm the friend and the stranger
and nothing I say,
nothing will change her
She'll tender an offer not so tenderly
blacken my eyes
hold my face in your hands for a while
there's no disguising
there's no saving grace in saving face
steady your heart
with your steady hand
steel your nerves
and all you command
and brace for the shudder that's coming on
But what if my heart becomes fist
and starts shaking
what if my hand can't unmiss
what it's breaking
I'm not letting it go, I won't let go
blacken my eyes
hold my face in your hands for a while
there's no disguising
there's no saving grace in saving face
all the rest
drops to the ground
my eyes fall there
and don't make sound
sometimes seeing ain't believing
when love is blind
watch my ears
fall like ash to the ground
they settle in a corner
my teeth come unbound
and they chatter on the floor
like a bag of dimes
blacken my eyes
hold my face in your hands for a while
there's no disguising
there's no saving grace in saving face
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11. |
Blanche DuBois
05:53
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It's the middle of a long July
there's not a cloud in the sky
on my way down south to see you
got your letter memorized
my heart's capsized
I'm lost at sea without you
I drove all night
I drove all day
and every song on the radio
pulls me close, closer to you
Won't you be my Blanche DuBois?
We'll dance our way through Mardi Gras
I'll shield the light from your eyes
Let me take you by the hand
we'll twist just like an ampersand
and dance across the boulevard
you're my little sweet dream
a paper doll behind the screen
a moth that's drawn to the flame
I feel the change in the air
the rain feels like a prayer
I've finally found my way to you
Every night
Every day
You don't have to rely on the kindness of strangers
any more
Won't you be my Blanche DuBois?
We'll dance our way through Mardi Gras
I'll shield the light from your eyes
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I've stood right here for a hundred years
in the sun and the snow and the rain
Cut from a rock and forged in a storm
like some Southern Charlemagne
A perch for the birds, a shade for a child
A symbol, a shame, and a curse
I finally know what it's like to serve
a master whose heart is perverse
There's two men here, the one that once lived
and the one that they've cast in their hearts
But neither of us is worth all the fuss
cause neither’s a great work of art
It's a foolish man who gives into hate
who thinks torches can light up a shrine
Light a candle instead and pray for the dead
Change the world one heart at a time
There's two men here, the one that once lived
and the one that they've cast in their hearts
But neither of us is worth all the fuss
cause neither’s a great work of art
Well, the night has come and the stars are all out
and I'm carrying my hat in my hand
Don't blame my horse, it's my own remorse
No statue can forgive a man
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Ben Smith West Chester, Pennsylvania
West Chester, PA songwriter Ben Smith's songs sound good in both your front parlor and your back barroom---all Tin Pan Alley piano and a fading choirboy voice.
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