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High Above
03:23
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She's got bright eyes that recognize me
The right mind when she criticize me
And I don't need to worry where she's been
She's got long legs and a look about her
I still don't know how I live without her
I don't know how we meet and I sure as hell don't know when
Cause it's been far too long and I'm far too unafraid
But please dont' get me wrong, I'm over worked and under paid
And I need love
Right now I'm feeling risky, got a whole new vibe from a 5th of whiskey
And when I die I hope the world will miss me, but I still need time
I've let loose and I'm paying for it
Got a new idea and nowhere left to store it
I gotta get things right before it gets too outta line
Cause it's been far too long and I'm far too unafraid
But please dont' get me wrong, I'm over worked and under paid
And I need love... Some one to hold me high above the rest
And if the rest of my life I'm walking alone
I know the road that got me here will get me right back home
Where the one I love, who I never see
Will always be up waiting just to welcome me
She's happy that I made it and ready to roll
To get the kids to bed and jam that "Youthful Soul"
It's clear she's gonna miss me, she never wants to let me leave
"Baby, please come home to me. Please come home."
Cause I'm heartbroke and a little hungry
I got no love and I got no money
The only thing I'm worth is my time to spend
So, little Miss America won't you please
Pick me up off my knees and show me you can be a better friend to me
Cause it's been far too long and I'm far too unafraid
But please dont' get me wrong, I'm over worked and under paid
And I need love... I need love...
Some one to hold me high above the rest
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All this talk of forward motion
Found me stuck in somewhere I don't wanna be
I don't need no institution
To decide what my life has to say for me
You may laugh like it's a joke, say I'll end up just like my folks
Shackled to prosaic wages, even raises leave me broke, and that's okay
Cause when I beat the odds it won't mean a damn thing anyway
So, when I find that perfect minute, some mental space, I'll put you in it
Though there may come a time when I just want to be alone
Watch my life take the Coda, break more hearts to meet the quota
Internalize a war of everything I've ever known to be love
It isn't all that Sleeping Beauty got you into dreaming of
The "Illusion of Control" will not satisfy my soul
So the only thing I'm striving for is not to have a goal
No, no, no I'll miss out on nothing cause all I know is now
Won't you take me to reality and check me in somehow?
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3. |
Youthful Soul
03:25
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It seems like just last night you were with me
We were sitting alone in my car
Getting a feel for each other
Describing in words the roots of all that we are
I knew that I wanted to hold you
You knew what you wanted from me
I couldn't get my mind around you
When you said I could be everything I wanted to be
Ooo I got the touch to be strumming a Breedlove
Ooo babe, you know that I'm in need of you
I can feel my freedom in your youthful soul
Cause I got nobody else and nowhere else to go
I'm finally living up to a dream I knew
Falling for somebody, falling for you
Oh, I know you love keeping me waiting
I'm hanging out in the sun on the line
You know a dreamer can't stop his daydreaming
You know it's this fairy tale of you in my mind
Ooo I got the touch to be strumming a Breedlove
Ooo babe, you know that I'm in need of you
I can feel my freedom in your youthful soul
Cause I got nobody else and nowhere else to go
I'm finally living up to a dream I knew
Falling for somebody, falling for you
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4. |
Stunning Seducer
05:13
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When they met it wasn't nothin' new to her
Just a provision, an objective cued to her
Stunning seducer with a list of tricks up her sleeve
He was a socialite looking for an attraction
An inmate bound by the chain of her reaction
Yea, he'd accuse her... and then he'd beg her not to leave
"Baby, please!"
She said she don't need no other lover
Cause she ain't found no one like me
But the things she does when undercover
Makes me believe that she means nothing that she speaks
And I'm dealing with the issues of a girl I never misused
I let her get around on me... Yea you get around.
She's messin' with my love, messin' with my mind
Messin' with the words that make me so defined
She ain't careful and she don't care about dreams
Spendin' all my money, tryina tie me down
Wouldn't be the first if I ever caught you messin' around
Tryina take me for a sucker, babe, is that what you see?
Is that what you see?
Yea, she's alive as long as she's on lockdown
Breaking ties and giving me the runaround
Holding me to everything I say... everything I say.
When she cries I can't find a good reason
To dwell in any single thought I have of leavin'
She needs a lover and baby, that's just my way
And I made believe her grievin' when I told her I was leavin'
I let it go back to bliss... ooo baby, like this.
She's messin' with my love, messin' with my mind
Messin' with the words that make me so defined
She ain't careful and she don't care about dreams
Spendin' all my money, tryina tie me down
Wouldn't be the first if I ever caught you messin' around
Tryina take me for a sucker, babe, is that what you see?
Is that what you see?
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5. |
With You
05:38
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I was flipping through "the book" to see what all my old friends were up to
Laughing at their crazy styles, photographs of drunken smiles,
But what's new?
The kids who grew up on my street, they all got up on their feet
And now they're seeing what the world wants them to do
I made it through two senior proms and all the bando dads and moms
That got through... and then I saw you.
You were raising that wine glass in the air
Running those fingers through your bleached-blonde hair
Doing everything you swore you'd never do
Closing in a lighter to a cigarette, sitting by the fire with a marine vet
And all my life I'll try to find the love I had with you
So, now I got through life, not the youthful easy ride, but I get by
It's love that shuts you out and life that shuts you down, but I still try
I've been moving on, but I've been hanging on to you
I've been moving on, but I've been hanging on to you
And then I saw you
You were raising that wine glass in the air
Running those fingers through your bleached-blonde hair
Doing everything you swore you'd never do
Closing in a lighter to a cigarette, sitting by the fire with a marine vet
And all my life I'll try to find the love I had with you
Now I'm growing old and my heart is growing cold
And the one I love can't tell me what to do
It seems that all that's left is to sit and shake
And stare off light years into space cause I miss you
Baby, don't you come back, just bring me home to you
Baby, don't you dare come back, just bring me home to you
Bring me home....
So, we can raise those wine glasses in the air
Run my fingers through your jet black hair
And I can finally love you like I used to
Baby, light me up like a cigarette
You be my candy girl, I'll be your world war vet
And all my life I tried to find the love I had with you
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6. |
Move Along
03:23
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Don't hold your love above me, girl
I know what I gotta do
I keep looking, finding nothing, no
That won't lead me back to you
Your friends, they find a way to get you longing for something else
Yea, you know there's no one better, girl
But they just can't help themselves
I've got gear, I've got clothes
I'm all set and ready to go
So, why do I keep hanging on to the only thing that I know
I love change, to be free, I love living and being me
So, why do I keep hanging on like there's a-whole-nother part of me?
Don't let your reputation get ahead of this love in store
Don't ask me how I know, guess I've just seen it around before
Yea, some folks seem out of touch with the world we're all livin' in
And I know where it's coming from and this time I'm not giving in
I've got gear, I've got clothes
I'm all set and ready to go
So, why do I keep hanging on to the only thing that I know
I love change, to be free, I love living and being me
So, why do I keep hanging on like there's a-whole-nother part of me?
I guess that I'll just have to learn from you
And if practice makes perfect, it's the least I could do
Tell myself I'm still young and all your games have been fun
But I must move along
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7. |
Daisy Song
04:00
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When I am walking down a dreary road my fair lady comes to me
With a pocket full of rainbows, shining light where I cannot see
She brings me up out of my sadness, oh, my sweet angel from above
Would you dare to bring the fire to ignite this life of love?
Ooo no thing I would not do
Ooo to bring it all home to you
To a dreamer you're a lifeline, keeping straight this head of hope
Begging daisies to lie dormant as you barter time to cope
Not a moral soon forgotten, though most words come rearranged
Until I find love's just imagined, of you my view will never change
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8. |
The Love I Have In Mind
03:24
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I've got time to kill and a mind that's ill with a want for what I can't find
Cause I'm so easily fooled when you break all the rules
When it's finally time to decide
I hope the night goes on forever and the daylight never comes
So, take me back where I hadn't a care and you had not a hold on me
Back when it wasn't a crime so as to tell you that I'm
Just as good as I'll ever be
I hope the daylight brings good reason to hold my head back high
And if good love comes with the season, then why do I even try...
To get you alone and alongside me, baby
Bring it right to your home for a night with me
Maybe you can finally get to know someone this time
Cause livin' the high life as low-life lovers
Is never enough for the magazine covers
Funny how I always see the signs, ignore them and go back to redesign
The love I have in mind
I'm always saying goodnight as the morning light is moving in to
Distinguish me
And all this fallin' apart I should have learned from the start
Is the hope that'll set me free
I hope the daylight brings good reason to hold my head back high
And if good love comes with the season, then why do I even try...
To get you alone and alongside me, baby
Bring it right to your home for a night with me
Maybe you can finally get to know someone this time
Cause livin' the high life as low-life lovers
Is never enough for the magazine covers
Funny how I always see the signs, ignore them and go back to redesign
The love I have in mind
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