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If Crying Is A Crime
04:12
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If crying is a crime I’m doing my time
If crying is a crime I’m doing my time
Love affairs can seem like a burden
Sometimes it all comes down to the wording
But one thing’s for certain
Hearts weren’t made for hurting
My pride is deserting me this time
If crying is a crime I’m doing my time
If crying is a crime I’m doing my time
I know that we we’ve all had our troubles
It’s like we’re living in a bubble
A little ball of gas
In someone’s champagne glass
and we’re rising really fast up the stem
If crying is a crime I’m doing my time
If crying is a crime I’m doing my time
Your heart is like snow,
Cold, white and frozen
Take a minute and listen to what I’m proposing
A future comprising
Of an endless horizon
And a bright sun rising in the sky
If crying is a crime I’m doing my time
If crying is a crime I’m doing my time
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2. |
I Couldn't Reach You
03:07
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I couldn’t find my way back home last night
I must have headed for the wrong street light
Nothing familiar did I see as I walked through the sleeping city streets
I couldn’t reach you
You must have noticed that I wasn’t there
The dog was sleeping in my favorite chair
The clock was ticking and the telephone was sitting there so silently
I couldn’t reach you
I can’t remember what my house looks like
Will you come looking when I’m out all night?
(Break)
I can’t remember what my house looks like
Will you come looking when I’m out all night?
I couldn’t find my way back home last night
I saw the signs but couldn’t read them right
All of my memories are mixing up with things we said today, oh me.
And I can’t reach you
I couldn’t find my way back home last night
And I can’t reach you
I couldn’t find my way back home last night
And I can’t reach you
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Sailboat
03:02
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Moonlight, starlight, satellites racing ‘cross the sky
slipstream,day dream, sunbeam shining in your eyes
I’m going to build myself a sailboat
Away I’ll float
I’ll leave a note behind
Til I can get you off my mind
Outburst, cloudburst, third verse written out of place
Raindrops, coughdrops, teardrops running down your face
I’m going to tell myself a fairy tale
Some Holy Grail
that I can’t fail to find
So I can get you off my mind
Roadhouse, courthouse, empty house echos off the tiles
Out of state license plate, Interstate, counting down the miles
I’m going to find myself a quiet place
with open space
I won’t leave a trace behind
Where I can get you off my mind
If I could get you off my mind
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4. |
I'm In A Dream
02:53
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I’m in a Dream, I’m in a dream I’m in a sweet dream
Head in a cloud, head in a cloud caught in a sunbeam
I never thought it could happen this way,
Yesterday we were just friends
I never knew that I wanted to be in love again, the end
But now I want to see you again
I see your face, I see your face in every window
I hear your voice, I hear your voice when I hear wind blow
Who ever thought it could happen this way,
Yesterday we were just friends
I never knew that I wanted to be in love again, amen
But now I want to see you again
On my way home, on my way home
I feel my phone, I feel my phone
I’ve got to check, I’m such a wreck…
Did you just text to say you want to see me again
You saw right through, you saw right through, you saw right through me.
You always knew, you always knew, oh how you fooled me!
One day I’m walking alone in the park
Next day I’m floating on air…
I never knew that the world was so bright and alright, ok, it’s true
I just want to see you again
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5. |
Hope Came By Today
02:32
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Hope came today
Been so long now since I watched her drive away
I have always been so fond of her
But she
Is a Wanderer
She reminded me of you
And the hard times that we all went through
When at night we both would lie awake
And dawn
Would never break
Heaven is only in the Bible
Down here, we settle for survival
We hung out for a while
I saw you in the way she crinkles when she smiles
And though I miss you every single day
She chased
My blues away
I hope she sticks around
She sure knows how to brighten up this dingy town
There’s a certain way she radiates
The light
That she creates
Heaven is only in the Bible
Down here, we settle for survivalHope came by today
And left some change upon the table
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6. |
Black Hole In My Heart
03:14
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Black Hole In My Heart
Black hole in my heart, it’s pulling you in
the size of a pin, it’s pulling you in
Black hole in my heart it’s dragging you down
You can’t make a sound, but it’s dragging you down
Black hole in my heart it’s squeezing the light
There’s no way to fight the hole in my heart
Once the night sky above us was covered in light
The moon on the rise what a beautiful sight
But it all came collapsing in on itself
Now no one hears when I cry for help
Black hole in my heart, it’s sweeping up space
It’s gonna erase the whole of my heart
Black hole in my heart it’s snacking on stars
It’s munching on Mars, the hole in my heart
Once the night sky above us was covered in light
The moon on the rise what a beautiful sight
But it all came collapsing in on itself
Now no one hears when I cry for help
Black hole in my heart it’s squeezing the light
There’s no way to fight the hole in my heart
Black hole in my heart it once was a sun
But now that it’s done there’s a hole in my heart
Black hole in my heart
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7. |
Whispering Wind
03:11
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Those August days wound slowly by like they would never end
September found me hiding out and trying to pretend
That time would pause and wait like some old friend
But then I heard the sound of the whispering wind
The whispering wind so faint and far that I could barely hear the sad refrain
That seasons will change, this day will pass and never come again
The golden hour it took so long to finally come around
When all is well it’s hard to tell the only way is down
We try to hold life’s water in our hands
But it leaks and blows away in the whispering wind
The whispering wind says go you know that here you cannot stay another day
All of the summer leaves will turn and quickly blow away
Now that summer morning’s turned to autumn afternoon
I’ll try to heed the warning that was coming way too soon
To live each day and don’t regret what’s been
‘Cause now is all there is says the whispering wind
The whispering wind said winter’s here and nothing ever stands or stays the
same
You might try to bend the rules but you will never run the game
The whispering wind, the whispering wind, the whispering wind
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8. |
A Tune That I Don't Know
03:45
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A Tune That I Don’t Know
Now you’re calling from the blue sky
Just when I had learned to get by,
You said it’d taken all this time just to track me down
Still I don’t know why you would call me
It’s not like I got any money
And you never did a damn thing just ‘cause you cared
It’s strange to hear your voice now in my ears
You’ve been inside my head for all these years
I was your hero back in high school
Now I’m captain of my bar stool
But I’m still the same old fool I used to be
I ain’t worked now in a long time
I seem to lose it at the wrong time
And my bosses, man they bring out the worst in me
I tried to lock away your memory
Now you’re at my door without a key
There’s a highway going both ways
I look up and down it most days
But I know I’ll never leave this town behind
I’m shooting bottles in the graveyard
And the wind is blowing wayward
I’ll keep pulling ‘til it’s gone too dark see
A song is playing on some radio
A stranger sings a tune that I don’t know
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9. |
Feet First
04:03
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Mr. Hitler told his high command
Getting ready for their final stand,
“This didn’t turn out the way I’d planned
But there’s one thing left to say and that’s
Feet First that’s the only way we’re leaving here
Feet First that’s the only way we’ll go”
Pretty Bonnie said to handsome Clyde
before they set out on their final ride,
“They’re got to bury me by your side
That’s the way it’ has to be! ‘Cause
Feet First that’s the only way I’m leaving you
Feet First that’s the only way we’ll part”
Old king Henry standing proud and tall
Looked at the army ‘round his castle wall
Ducked to dodge a passing cannon ball
Said “Boys it’s time to pray because
Feet First that’s the only way we’re leaving here
Feet First that’s the only way we’ll go”
I know a lady getting on in years
Losing her apartment that’s her biggest fear
Standing in the doorway of her home in tears
Here’s what she said to me, she said, “Stevie,
Feet First that’s the only way I’m leaving here
Feet First that’s the only way I’ll go… come and get me!”
Now you tell me that it’s over
And it’s time to say good bye
But lyears ago we made a promise
We said I’ll love you ‘til I die so
Feet First that’s the only way I’m leaving you
Feet First that’s the only way we’ll part
Feet First on a stretcher in the flashing lights
Feet First with a cold and broken heart .. roll me out of here!
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10. |
Sarah
03:23
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I’m a dead man
laying face down in the rain
And the chalk line
is running slowly down the drain
The detectives,
well they’re searching me for clues
The more they find there
the more they find there,
the more they get confused
Occupation,
well it’s kind of hard to say,
but that jacket seems like it’s seen better days
In his wallet
There’s a picture of a child
And a woman
Who looked so happy when she smiled
Sarah, save me from myself, save me from my-
Sarah, save me from myself, save me from myself
I’m a sailor
Out adrift upon the sea
With a busted engine
And the sheets are flying free
When I shipwreck
On some lonesome desert isle,
Please don’t forget me, I may be there for a while Oh
Sarah, save me from myself, save me from my-
Sarah, save me from myself, save me from myself
Don’t give up on me, oh don’t give up on me
We were happy,
But I couldn’t close my ears
To the echos
Rolling down through all the years
But those good times,
Were they really all that great?
I got no right to,
But I’m asking you to wait, Oh
Sarah, save me from myself, save me from my-
Sarah, save me from myself, save me from my-
Sarah, save me from myself, save me from myself
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11. |
Over Too Soon
03:43
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Morning, and I’m singing the blues
Well I miss you, but that’s yesterday’s news
Daylight, a little bright for my eyes
But these teardrops got no place in my life
Ah but listening close I can still hear the tune
Blood on the highway from shooting the moon
And it was over too soon!
Driving, down some star covered lane
Arriving, at a place beyond pain
Drinking, a little more than I should
‘Cause I’m thinking, a little change’d do me good
Well we melted December but we froze up in June
I was out with the dust you swept up in your broom
And it was over too soon!
Maybe, we’ll meet up again
It’s more than likely, we still have the same friends
Someday, we can look back and laugh
‘Cause our time, was worth time and a half
Yeah we blew up this town, I can still hear the boom
We turned up the volume and we cleared out the room…
And it was over too soon
Over too soon,
Over too soon
Over too soon
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12. |
Just A Phase
03:09
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A boulder fell in love with a stream
And he told her you’re the girl of my dreams
As she played in her pool she said don’t be a fool
I’m just here for the day. soon I’m flowing away
You’re just a phase I’m going through
A pine tree fell in love with a bird
She said your sweet song is the best I’ve ever heard
Said the bird to the tree we could never be
I’ve got to fly around you’re stuck here on the ground
You’re just a phase I’m going through
Yesterday you sat me down
Told me you were leaving town
Said you hoped I’d understand
That I don’t figure in your plans no more
And your plane flies tomorrow afternoon
All your goodbyes they still wander ‘round the room
While you move through space I’m stuck in place
This bird has flown I’ve been outgrown
I’m just a phase
I’m just a phase
I’m just a phase you were going through
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Stevie Cornell Santa Rosa, California
Stevie Cornell is a singer songwriter based in Northern California
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