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Five Days of Rain
03:15
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It’s been five days of rain
and it’s almost summer
I can hear the spring wash away
down the river to the bay
As sure as the day comes
that you’re leaving, you’ll return
As sure as these days drag on
the years will fly by when you’re home
I don’t speak your name
but I know the rhythm
The pace of these days
is unforgiving
Just like the tide pulls
on the water and lets it go
My heart will rise and fall
and bring you safely to the shore
As sure as the day comes
that you’re leaving you’ll return
As sure as these days drag on
the years will fly by when you’re home
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2. |
The Enemy
04:49
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you've got it bad, you don't hide it from the world
you wear the stakes through your heart like precious gold
you tar and feather and you feel justified
you're the saint and they are demons in your eyes
you can't forget
you're living off the pain
the hurt is oh so bad — it's your excuse
but you can't stop the enemy
cause the enemy is you
your heart clenched like a fist, an eye for an eye
you keep on fighting and there's always more to fight
your cigarette's down to ashes, so here's to the burn
of whiskey double down the hatch, then Judas has his turn
you can't forget
you're living off the pain
the hurt is oh so bad — it's your excuse
but you can't stop the enemy
cause the enemy is you
you've got it bad, no you don't hide it from the world
a medal of honor hanging off every word
you rage and you roar, but it don't satisfy
when the bottle's empty and your fists hide your crying eyes
you can't forget
you're living off the pain
the hurt is oh so bad — it's your excuse
but you can't stop the enemy
cause the enemy is you
you can't forgive
you're living off the pain
the hurt is oh so bad — it's your excuse
but you can't stop the enemy
no you can’t stop
no you can’t stop the enemy
cause the enemy is you
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3. |
Another Day
04:58
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through this frost covered window I'm staring at the darkness
waiting for the sun to slide up along the sky
with my soul under cover of tattered expectations
the only thing left counting on is that the night will move along
and time will pass without you
though I know I will never be the same
cause your memory remains here in darkness
with each coming of another day
i've got so many questions cornered into silence
i've never learned to speak out loud with a disappointed heart
it just seemed so much easier to let go of you smiling
than to reveal myself and to admit to all my pain
cause time will pass without you
though I know I will never be the same
your memory remains here in darkness
with each coming of another day
each day's passing is a blessing to the wounded
as long as you live you've got a chance to heal
oh I wish I could see it getting light along the horizon
the only thing left counting for is that the night will move along
and time will pass without you
though I know I will never be the same
part of me remains here in darkness
with each coming of another day
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4. |
Little Mermaid
03:47
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I don't want to leave
tell me I can stay
this time’s gone so fast
soon I'll be on my way
and I count all the reasons why I must go
but part of me wishes to forget them all
if I could be reckless,
i'd tear my ticket in half
i didn't know
what I would find here
things I had forgotten
for a quarter century
every morning when I awake
to church bells ringing in another day
feel so at home
like a long, long time ago
this time and this town
a gift bittersweet
the rain and the snow storms here
don't seem to matter to me
now that the lilac’s in bloom
and swans glide two by two on the lakes
it makes it twice as hard to say goodbye
to you and your little mermaid
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5. |
Sunless Sky
02:55
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here in this sunless sky
there is no water line
there's only you and I
just for a moment I
know how it feels to fly
while holding on
darling there's no goodbye
in between day and night
there's only you and I
here in this sunless sky
above the water line
there's only you and I
letting go
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6. |
Hurry Home
03:06
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when I thought it was forever
I started thinking things in two
when I knew it wasn't happening
I started writing this to you
don't you think that it's a pity
don't you think that it's a shame
if you want to find forever
you've got to muddle through this game
now I'm standing here before you
and all I want to do is breathe
so while you're out there playing stranger
don't forget the love you leave
don't forget to take it with you
take it everywhere you go
if you want to find forever
all you've got to be is home
if you want to find forever
baby you just hurry home
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7. |
Words
03:45
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watching grains of sand slip through my fingers
while the wind has a way of its own
like your words in conversation
playing paper, scissor, and stone
does survival come down to instinct
does a seagull in flight target a goal
like your words in conversation
swooping high and catching low
oh I try not to listen anymore
but the ocean fails to obscure
your syllables wash up to be heard
constant waves of your words
and does time erase everything it touches
like the wind, my tracings in the sand
like your words in conversation
erasing who I am
I try not to listen anymore
but the ocean fails to obscure
your syllables wash up to be heard
constant waves of your words
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8. |
Way of the Heart
04:08
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how do I claim what belongs to me
like wind and sun and rain
how do I take what's inside of me
how do I make myself strong
how do I turn every flaw that I see
into a blossom of spring,
and take to the sky like a bird flying free
and know the way of the wind
how do I toss out the lies that live
among these broken dreams
thoughts and beliefs that constantly shift
stories that will never be
how do I find what is true at the core
what stands when I come undone
and take to the sky like a bird flying free
and feel the warmth of the sun
and when I lie awake at night
how do I reach out for you
how do I tear down the walls that I’ve built
and let myself not be alone
when I see myself through your eyes
your love, it makes me brave
and I take to the sky like a bird flying free
and never mind the rain
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9. |
Making a List
04:04
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making a list for my lover
hoping my car lasts through the summer
the year was still new when we lost our fight
spring finds us raging another
i played for you like you wanted me to
somebody play for me
i took what i had and i crossed over
hoping my car would get me through
midnight and i arrived to no one
spring was preparing us to lose
i played for you like you wanted me to
somebody play for me
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10. |
Women Across the River
04:16
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(David Olney/Hard Ball Music)
Oh, the women 'cross the river
Carry water from the well at break of day
They talk to one another
God only knows what they might say
You might get an education
After years of dedication
You might finally get a glimpse
Of what is right and what is wrong
But the women 'cross the river
They knew that all along
Oh, the women 'cross the river
Work with tools that are ancient and handmade
They plow their fields in perfect rows and then
They rest beneath the shade
Now we have learned to build
Out of concrete out of steel
And our buildings last a thousand years
But then even they are bound to fall
But the women 'cross the river
Never learned to build a wall
Oh, the women 'cross the river
Are as gentle as the dew upon the ground
How I love to hear them laughing in the rain
When it makes that perfect sound
Now a soldier with a gun and a battle to be won
Might kill you with a bullet
And you'd never even know the reasqon why
But the women 'cross the river
They can kill you with their eyes
The women 'cross the river
They can kill you with their eyes
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