1. |
Simple Kind of Life
04:46
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Why’s it got to be so complicated?
Why you got to make it hurt?
All we ever do is think about it
All we ever do it flirt
All we are a what we say and what we really do
Forget your little plans and what they plan for you
Refrain: All I want is a simple life
Tell me yes or no, give me black or white
But the world gives us shades of grey
And tells us nothing’s wrong
But one thing you’ve got right:
It’s not a simple kind of life
Why’s it got to be anticipated?
Can’t you ever let things slide?
All we ever do is grin and bear it
All we do is run and hide
All we are is what we do and what we really say
Forget your little lines in life’s little play
Refrain
All we are is what we say
And what we really do
Forget your little plans
Forget about me and you
All I want is a simple life
Tell me yes or no, give me black or white
But the world gives us shades of grey
So, we break on through singing come what may
Nothing’s wrong but, baby, one thing you’ve got right:
It’s not a simple kind of life
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2. |
Killing Time
05:35
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I’m a dot on a sphere spinning round a light
In a vast amount of space
It will contract and the light will go out
And the sphere will crash and end it all
Till then, we’re stuck on the face of a place
We don’t know where it came or where it’s going
And the infinite big and the infinite small
Become one and it’s all we’ve got
And everything was is now not
You might believe in something
But you don’t really know
You will be leaving sometime
But where will you go?
I’m a human being, blood is flowing, heart is beating rhyme
I look up at the stars, wondering why, traveling time
I do believe in something, but I don’t really know
I will be leaving sometime, but where will I go?
Refrain: Are we only really killing time?
Is there nothing really that is mine?
I will believe in something, I will believe
I will be leaving some time, I will be leave Refrain
I’m a dot on a sphere but the sphere’s really here
And a dot’s not made of space
Two dots draw a line and a line makes a time
Drawn a line that a dot can trace
We’re all spinning round with these feet on the ground
And it proves that we’re in this place
It is me that is mine and it’s only in time
Will I fade from this body and face, I will believe
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3. |
Dream Song
04:44
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Dream, dream that you’re waking
Smile, though you are faking
Live, all the while aching
For a love you mean to be making
Things can’t really be so bad
Life is what we one day had
Refrain: So dream, dream a little dream with me
Dream a life you want to lead
Dream a place you want to be
Dare to dream, dare to dream
Dream, dream that you kiss her
Smile, though you will miss her
Live life in a picture ‘cause
Love’s now something you wish her
Things aren’t really as they seem
Refrain
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4. |
Where Are You Now?
04:14
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My alarm goes off, hit the clock
Time for another day
I get dressed to look my best
Now I’m on my way
I doesn’t have to be this way, nothing has to be
In control, pay the toll, listening to my music
Look around, no one makes a sound
A profound lack of amusement
I want the same things they do, I want the world on a plate
I want my name on the tip of your tongue, I want my fate
Dreams I had when I was young
Are something you just can’t fake
But, where are you now?
Get to work right on time, going through the motions
Looking down and looking round, no sign of an emotion
I want the same things they do, I want the world on a plate
I want my name on the top of the chart, I want my fate
Dreams I had when I was young
Are something I just can’t make
But, where are you now?
My poor brain, I’m going insane, time to stop the madness
You’d think I’d quit, you’d think that’s it,
Frustration turned to sadness
I want the same things they do, I want the world on a plate
I want my name as the toast of the town, I want my fate
Dreams I had when I had when I was young
Are something to replace
So, where are you now?
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5. |
History of a Boy in Love
06:50
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I am only five, not so long alive
I am coloring with my crayons, ‘cross me sits a girl
She has pretty hair at which I often stare
If I ever talked to her, that would end my world
I am only ten, but I have a friend
She holds my hand and laughs with me,
though it soon will end
Now, she’s with her friend on the jungle gym
I am standing all alone looking at her and him
That was my first time falling in love
Stand in line, brush her hand, fall in love
Not quite time that boys fall in love
But I was bound to do it again
Now sixteen years old, I’ve never been so bold
Driving in my parent’s car, my girlfriend’s hand I hold
Sweet sixteen’s first kiss, oh, how a heart will miss
The flutter of the butterflies is that short lived bliss
I was young but so in love
That was my spring, summer, fall full of love
I fondly look back on it at a time
That will not happen again
Now I’m twenty-one, and I’ve found someone
I take her to my favorite bar where we come undone
But how things will change, we will rearrange
I go here and she goes there, and everything the same
Did it hurt, falling in love?
Was it worth, falling in love?
Was it worse than never having tried to love again?
Now I’m twenty something and if I have learned one thing
That what I’m after isn’t her, it is in the hunting
For she might break my heart and I will act the part
But if you fall from high enough, it’s worth falling in love
It may hurt, falling in love, but it is worse, not having loved
If you fall from high enough, it is worth falling in love
Oh, it’s a curse, falling in love,
But it is worse, not having loved
If you fall from high enough, it is worth falling in love
Now, I’m thirty-two and love’s a different hue
Like a boy with his crayons, I’ve been coloring you
Someone to make me shine, my funny Valentine
And all the verses after this will be hers and mine
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6. |
Sacramento
04:52
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When it’s late and I’m all alone
I ask the empty room, “Where have I gone?”
When I close my eyes, I glimpse my face
But going to a mirror, there’s a boy I’ve replaced
Now, a man stands there who looks like my father
Weighted by the world and what it has to offer
But I must find a way, just like everyone does
Perhaps, what isn’t now is what never was
Looking at you now, oh wow
Refrain: Goodbye, old Sacramento
I will save these tears as a final momento
To all those friends of mine and my family
I am only here because I have to be
When it’s late and the walls are silent
I think of a home which never once was violent
It’s where I was safe ever as a kid
Like glimpsing through my hands, ‘twas a place that I hid
But a boy grows up, but a boy is he
And he feels that there is another place he should be
And all those people there are still waving goodbye
A boy began his life on a plane in the sky
Look at you now, oh, wow Refrain
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7. |
There is a Book
03:30
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There is a book that I keep in my mind
Tear a page out and leave one behind
It will never be satisfied
The pages extend back endlessly far
The later it goes, the deeper the scar
I feel them still and think I always will
Even in my slumber, way down deep I wonder
If that's really me anymore, I'm not sure
Moments collect as with anyone living
Wealth of embarrassment, crowds unforgiving
I count on them to never change
But in trying to prove that I'm less worth
I'm only proving my humor
Isn't it wonderful to be strange?
Even in my shrinking, way down deep I'm thinking
That's not me anymore
Sometimes you cross a line
Sometimes you know from the start
Sometimes you're better off not knowing
Sometimes you know with your heart
Sometimes I know what I'm doing
Mostly, I do what I can
The flaws are what make me human
Pretending I'm fine is what makes me this man
Sadly, I am
But that's not me
Sometimes you know for sure
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8. |
Thanksgiving
03:54
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Turn a corner, turn a leaf,
Turn the other cheek
Turning ‘round and turning three
Take a turn, baby, take a turn with me
Refrain: Words mean a lot
Words mean a little
Words are what you want them to mean
Words can be hot
Words can be brittle
Words can leave something left to be seen
But on this day, let it be clear
Let it be love I want you to hear
On this day, let us be living
Let us be giving thanks today
Burn a candle, burning bush
Burn as bright as me
Burning bridges, burn for beauty
Don’t get burnt, baby, don’t get burnt by me
Refrain
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9. |
The Beautiful People
03:47
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Look at the birds up in the trees
Only the man with binoculars sees
He is willing to give his sight to the blind
Look at the dog, down on the ground
Chasing the bird, but the bird won’t be found
She is owning the leash
and she calls to the hound, only to find
Standing tall, the beautiful people, Look at all the beautiful
Look at the man, his head on the pavement
With a knee on his neck like the chains of enslavement
He calls out for help, crying, “Please, I can’t breathe”
Look at the men standing there cold
They don’t dare to move for fear break the mold
As he calls out for momma, the moms of the world weep
Cast a pall over beautiful people, Look at all the beautiful
Look at the crowd chanting his name
Only justice for him could put out that flame
And to gas up their tears won’t make them sadder
Look at the birds fly out of the trees
Only the man with binoculars sees
That even the birds are screaming,
“Nothing could make us madder”
It’s a wall of beautiful people, Look at all the beautiful
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10. |
Little Boy Blue
04:35
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Lonely heart, half the part
We seem to perfect the art
Little Boy Blue, now it’s just me and you
Life that’s fraught is all we’ve got
We reach out with nothing caught
Friend, I know what you seem to be going through
Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn
Don’t be afraid, don’t be forlorn
Pinkie and her little friend
A bird whose broken wing might mend
But only time will tell if we lived it well
Only time will heal if the feeling’s real
Where is the boy who tends the keep?
Under the covers fast sleep?
Will you wake him? Oh no, not I
For if I do, he’s sure to cry
Don’t be forlorn, come blow your horn
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11. |
At the End of the Day
04:20
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Some have questions, some have faith
Some have answers from outer space
Some go by feeling, others by stars
Some go by words which speak of God
Refrain: If we close our eyes,
We just might find something right
At the end of the day, let there be no more fear
At the end of the day, let this all become clear
Some play it safe, some risk it all
Some never rise, and some take a fall
Some plan for love, some plan disaster
Some plan for happy ever after
Refrain
At the end of the day, let there be someone here
At the end of the day, let there be another near
Close your eyes
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Sunny Knable New York, New York
Composer by day. Songwriter by night.
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