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For Blackbirds
02:50
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for blackbirds
blackbirds don’t fly so high
come down now don’t ask why
bring back your melodies and rhymes
that slowed down my fast times
you were an angel once i know
with bright wings white as snow
blackbirds, take up this yard
it shouldn’t be too hard
back then the world was still so new
i played god and you played you
so leave me a feather once you go
or a thousand to follow
now we’re so far from home, aren’t we?
so far from home, aren’t we?
blackbird where is your song? aren’t we
so far from home? aren’t we? aren’t we?
aren’t we?
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you can’t teach trouble to sing
go out fire for a walk
put those flames in a new pool of thought
realize that the hardest thing
is you can’t teach trouble to sing
you can buy your love a meteor
then spend all night on the moonlit floor
you try and try like your mother begs
but you can’t teach trouble to sing
dumbfounded by the indecision you sink and think
how these days your hand doesn’t seem to stop the shake
refuse to believe that this is all
and then you pound your head against the invisible wall
fight and fight but you never win
‘cause you can’t teach trouble to sing
so make the best of what your evening brings
‘cause you can’t teach trouble to sing
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3. |
Break Down
02:33
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break down
build he said, go build for me
build for life and beauty and family
all these things are for you to see
lovely fruit is growing on your tree
just take a little stroll around
looks like you can’t grow up till you can break down
so time the prophet had no time to stay
so his words stopped by and went away
a few of us remembered a few of us played
played through the night straight into day
just take a little stroll around
looks like you can’t grow up till you can break down
just take a little stroll around
looks like you can’t grow up till you can break down
oh life sleep tonight if you make it right
because time he don’t think of you
he took all your laughter and beauty too
left you a message for you to use
for everyone it’s a kind of blues
so take a little stroll around
looks like you can’t grow up till you can break down
just take a little stroll around
looks like you can't grow up till you can break down
looks like you can't grow up
looks like you can't grow up
looks like you can't grow up
looks like you can't grow up till you can break down
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4. |
More
06:18
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more
honey’s sleeping next to you on the floor
and just outside the door your flying horse
you wanted more
you wanted more
you wanted more
breathe in breathe out you’re at the dance
now you’re picked, now you smile, now you laugh
you wanted more
you wanted more
you wanted more
hear the cars rush by the afternoon
gonna make the call gonna make it home soon
you wanted more
you wanted more
you wanted more
you wanted more
you wanted more
you wanted more
you wanted more
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5. |
Your Enemy
03:48
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your enemy
i am a jar
i won’t go far
i won’t go far
i am a jar
just like a star
i help you find where you are
just like a star
i am a jar
spend the days
standing still in line
helping you forget
and pass the time
oh fill me up
i am the sea
you can throw pebbles into me
into me
i am the sea
i’ll set you free
and i can drown your enemy
set you free
your enemy
spend the days
riding waves like sighs
helping you forget
and pass the time
oh fill me up
your enemy
i am the sky
come to me you can fly
i am the sky
you can fly
no need to fight
there’s no need to fight
i am the sky
you can fly
spend the days
high as haze on fire
helping you forget
and pass the time
oh fill me up
oh fill me up
oh
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Monsters, 3:00 a.m.
04:03
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monsters, 3:00 a.m.
when you were four
and the monsters at your door, dear
were looking in
and the morning wiped away fear
circled your house
while you made arrangements for sleep
didn’t make a sound
come 3:00 a.m it’s time
come 3:00 a.m it’s time
you couldn’t tell
if they were friends or foes
imagined or real
they scared away your best dreams
till you grew tired
and finally gave in
you opened the door
come 3:00 a.m. it’s time
come 3:00 a.m. it’s time
come 3:00 a.m. it’s time
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7. |
Little Ghost
03:04
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little ghost
my little ghost keeps on coming back
my little ghost keeps on coming back
my little ghost keeps on coming back
coming back to me in the middle of the night
my little ghost has some more to say
my little ghost has some more to say
my little ghost has some more to say
more to say to me in the middle of the night
she comes comes comes comes comes
in the middle of the night
she comes comes comes comes comes
in the warm candlelight
my little ghost loves the holidays
my little ghost loves the holidays
my little ghost loves the holidays
the holidays with me
the holidays with me
the holidays with me in the middle of the night
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8. |
Old Musician Store
03:37
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old musician store
they’re packing their bags they’re headed for the shore
the old musician store is up for sale
where will the kids go with no musician store
the sales have been slow at the old musician store
the rent keeps getting high always more and more
but they can’t give anymore at the old musician store
the guitars on the wall have seen the best of years
they fought for what was right and sometimes whatever was wrong now the cases are closed
the parking lot’s empty outside the old musician store
the cigarettes all swept away from in front of the door, babe
time to clean up the old musician store
go on inside now take a look for yourself
whether old or middle aged or newly born, the ghosts are all there
now that the sign is hung
in twenty more years will there be musician stores
or will we live all by ourselves with no real music alone in the dark
no need to talk to anyone no musician store
no need to learn from anyone no musician store
no need to marvel anymore no musician store
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9. |
Pretty Feathers
03:18
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pretty feathers
oh mama mama mama won’t you take me down your street tonight
i want to ride this feeling like a ghost under the full moon light
outside the joker’s are wild and irony is still on fire
i wanna say something so serious even the hipsters in brooklyn will be scared to deny
oh hope your pretty feathers
are brushing against us
oh we’ll get better
come on mama come and take me home
i know you’re scared mama everyone’s scared these are dangerous times feels like the world’s getting dim, feels like everybody’s going blind
there are bells in the sky and i’m telling you the clouds are ringing
there’s a child in my life and i swear to you he’ll never stop singing
hope your pretty feathers
are brushing against us
oh we’ll get better
come on mama come and take me home
you’re the chorus you’re the bridge
you’re the music inside of everything
i’m the writer you’re the song
you’re the verses i never could write
i want to sing you every night
oh hope your pretty feathers
are brushing against us
oh we’ll get better
oh hope your pretty feathers
are brushing against us
oh we’ll get better
come on mama come and take me
come on mama come and take me
come on mama come and take me
come on mama come and take me home
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10. |
Lullaby
02:24
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lullaby
beauty across the sky
no need to wonder why
light and the clouds above
are making love
and the sea will merge
with the flight of birds
and the land will sway
and my heart will stay
beauty inside the tree
beauty inside the breeze
beauty inside of me
beauty inside of we
and the stars will shine
in all good time
and the wind will blow
and my heart will know
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