1. |
sweetness
04:36
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Sweetness
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I am still as all of night
When she calls from where she lies
And I'm taken with a smile
With an orange and berry wine
Now she's wrapped upon my vine
But my vision still is clear
Sweetness set me free
Where opposites won't hurt nobody
Days I can still feel my will against her skin
I radiate from a familiar place
I wanna be in-your sweetness
When you wear that candy dress
Will you look at this old mess
In the service of your wish
At this moment recognize
I will let you walk inside
But my search is all but done
Pray for this simple release
Pray for this-complicated only by what we hide
Under pink and bourbon skies
Yes she told me with her eyes
As I watched her walk it by
Sweetness set me free
Where opposites won't hurt nobody
Days I can still feel my will
Against her skin
We radiate from a familiar place-I wanna be in
Your sweetness
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2. |
lonely world
03:52
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Lonely World
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How can I be somebody
How can I work this work this
How can I feel so high yet so worthless
Come on and do that
I can't operate on maybe
You were barely listening
I can swear the more i struggle more it
Hate me
I'm forever mystified
Now it's just a lonely world-here am I-I get by
Everybody trippin-everybody
Working- everybody in it
How can I get it-get it
How can I live in service
How can I move with purpose
How can I go beyond surviving and learn this
I can't operate on nothing
You weren't even listening
I can swear the more I struggle more he hate me
Now it's just a lonely world
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3. |
lately love
05:10
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Lately Love
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Some say love is a disappointment
Until now it seems I didn't know it
I could take
Upon a wing and fly away
Won't you you leave this girl just as she was
Lately love-has been going through changes
Told myself I wouldn't disbelieve it
Time may never-remove the scars from my hands
Won't you leave this girl just as she was
She will live-through the tables turning
Bless her faults and all her paradoxes
Won't you leave this girl
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4. |
say the word
05:27
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Say The Word
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In the fading hours of summer she asks me home
Feast for eyes-that lingered long before I knew
She might just say the word
Incandescent as it waxes and wanes-our fire
Bless it with a song
Yes we're free to write
Whatever makes us whole and strong
She might just say the word
Time has taken on a fortunate mark-your breath
Hear me now-when separate hearts accept their fate
She might just say the word
Blessings
And the first shall be the last-this too shall pass
Morning comes and lingers it's shadows upon
But when the sun is full and high
She might just say the word
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Coffee And A Strong Desire
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This morning - this morning - got coffee and a strong desire
Hey there miss o ma - won't you put in my submission
Hey there miss o ma - won't you care for my condition
Got a strong desire
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6. |
girl
03:19
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Girl
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Strung on these three words
That go floating through my mind
It's you baby-it's you baby
Trace the surface of-this old melancholy moon
Go slow baby-go slow baby-I am coming home
Girl you make me feel-so myself
That's how-girl you make me feel
So myself that's how I want-you should know
Hey love-stay love-stay near
I can't stand the silence and you won't suffer fools
Be sure baby-be sure baby
Come and tell me why I should wait another day
I'm sure baby-for sure baby
Girl you make me feel-so myself-that's how
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7. |
sentimentally yours
04:39
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Sentimentally Yours
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I put my faith in human race and social graces
I put my trust in your sweet face and open spaces
I fall in love so easily -why can't I see
I sing your song so solemnly
Sentimentally yours
I woke you thus to whisper this
I miss you deeply
I won't give in til I'm worn thin
This is my weakness
I fall in love so easily
Sentimentally yours
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8. |
miss me
04:07
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Miss Me
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When you were low
Who would hold your fire
Tired and I'm worn
Better to remind
Darling miss me
Don't stay-don't leave-don't fight
Don't hide
Nothing is wrong
Hear my ready lie
Hard head and all
Darling miss me
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9. |
up from the cracks
05:29
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Up From The Cracks
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So far in the rough
I've been called a diamond or worse than that
L-o-v-e-n lovin' every minute of it
I've been overboard I fell so hard they
Left me for carrion
B-e-s-t best to keep it under your hat
Don't you know
I'm up from the cracks-I can see the light
After so many years-don't you know
I'm not going back-gonna see it through
'Til it's all well and good
Save me from myself
I never told you I wasn't a handful
T-e-s-t-i-f testify on every word
Do the camel walk
I walked alone in the desert of my mind
Thirsty to the core
Yet there's water everywhere
Don't you know
I'm up from the cracks
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10. |
silent fire
03:53
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Silent Fire
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I'll forever be your silent fire
The evidence of such beyond compare
I'll forever watch the rise and fall
Of you asleep beneath the shimmering air
Oh my love
Said I worship you the way
Oh my love
Said I worship you the way
All it took to make a moment stay
And there's enough to walk away
Lemon yellow all around your life
Child it took so long to get it right
Oh my love
Said I worship you the way
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11. |
you should know
04:23
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You Should Know
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You say good morning and I give in to dawning
A new day
Maybe something will tell me it's gonna work
I can't help thinking about what you were talking about
You won't remember so I will try to forget
It's hard for me to ignore
Nothing has changed
You should know
I'd say I'm sorry for all the times I said it
But check yourself it couldn't be so hard
To open it up
Too elevated to hurt
But this is something that can't be
Undertaken without you
Givin' it up
I got something I want you
To build with me
You should know
Time after time there are finite minutes left
In this situation can't we disable
What's gone in the past
I'm willing darling but can we both be able
To let each other know that it's alright
For this I will ask
I got something I want you
To build with me
You should know
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12. |
a song for you
05:04
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I've been so many places in my life and time
I've sung a lot of songs
I've made some bad rhymes
I've acted out my life in stages
With ten thousand people watching
But we're alone now
And I'm singing this song to you
I know your image of me
Is what I hoped to be
I treated you unkindly
But darling, can't you see?
There's no one more important to me
Baby, can't you see through me?
'Cause we're alone now
And I'm singing this song to you
You taught me precious secrets
Of a true love withholding nothing
You came out in front when I was hiding
But now I'm so much better
And if my words don't come together
Listen to the melody
'Cause my love is in there hiding
I love you in a place
Where there's no space or time
I love you for my life
You're a friend of mine
And when my life is over
Remember when we were together
We were alone
And I was singing this song to you
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