1. |
Alizée
01:53
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I’m just waiting for the spring winds to blow
I’m just waiting for the tide so I can go
And for the sun to come out
and deliver the warmth of its rays
It might be cold and gray now
but I’m just thinking of the better days
Oh Alizee
Wont you dismiss my cares and stay?
Come Alizee
Fill my canvas and lets sail away
Im just waiting for the spring to arrive
It’s been a long winter
and an awful lonely drive
Oh Alizee
Oh Alizee
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2. |
Pocketwatch Waltz
02:31
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My love,
I won’t be long
Just five more minutes
While I finish this song
My love,
You always wait
While I spend five more minutes
Just making us late
Sorry for the time
I must have lost track
It’s bygone now
There’s no taking it back
I’ll try dear,
I promise I’ll try
To not let these moments
Keep slipping on by
For you
I’ll wear a watch
Although I possess
No fondness for clocks
After all,
You smile at me
Even though I wasn’t ready
Till 7:15
I’m sorry my dear,
It was not intended
I never had regard
For the hour or the minute
I’ll try dear,
I promise I’ll try
To keep track of the days
That keep flyin' on by
Correct,
Twice a day
At least that’s what I tell
Myself, anyway
Darling,
Time isn’t free
So thank you for each minute
That you spend with me
The silver lining
In the clouds it seems
Is that my bad sense of time
pays no one no heed
and my love
it doesn’t wait,
so send death my regards
and tell him I will be late
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3. |
Loose Lips Sink Ships
02:23
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I ran my mouth a little too much
the other day
don’t know what I did
what I said I couldn’t say
I shoulda just keep quiet,
stop saying what I think
Cus when I utter something stupid
everyone stares at me
I swear I meant no trouble did
not intend to be rude
but hindsight’s 2020
shouldn’t’a called your honor dude
I shoulda just kept quiet
Stopped saying what I think
It was just a parking ticket
now I been jailed for weeks
cuuuuus
I ran my mouth a little too much the other day
My boss he sure is angry
I’m suspended without pay
You’d think I oughta learned
It’s the second time this week
But honestly
I thought by now
he’d stop listening
I ran my mouth a little too much
talking to my wife
She asked me how her dress looked
And I saw my life flash by
I should not have been honest
Said her butt did not look big
But the sofa, she is waiting
And my wife called me a piiiiiiiig
I should have just shut up I swear
I know better than this
But I’m lucky I suppose
I still have a place to live
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4. |
Post Script
02:09
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There was a time when I
thought you were mine but
you're never nobodies
truly
like water i tried to
grasp in my fist
you ran through my fingers just
wetting my wrist
the time that we had
are the times that i miss
i miss you but i can’t say
i miss you
‘cause things were a mess
right after you left
when you left me
to go it alone
I don’t hope to see you
but I wish I could tell you
that I hope
that everything well
it’s been six years past
but the time
it moves fast its been
several lifetimes ago
I hate to think of you
and yet I still do
I wonder
do you think of me?
Don’t think it’s sad
That I hope that you do
'cause I wonder
what you are you up to?
I don’t hope to see you
but I wish I could tell you
I love you
Hope everything’s well
I’d write you a letter
if I didn’t know better
it would only
get lost in the mail
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6. |
Exhaust (Out of Gas)
03:53
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I’ve got a pocket full of worries
and it’s getting out of control
I bought a pack of cigarettes
and there’s only just one left
I don’t have anything
left to give at all
I had a car full of gas
and now it’s running on fumes
and all the cares I had to give
are all handed out for the day
they’re all handed out for the day :|
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7. |
Cowboys and Hussars
02:50
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some places have cowboys
some places have winged hussars
every place has their heroes
no matter where you are
some regions have palm trees
other regions sport their evergreens
some regions have oceans of grass
just waving in the breeze
in the tavern of life
we all love and we all grow
to someone across the world
you’re the one wearing funny clothes
so don’t be a turkey
don’t be a jerk
we are all just doing what we can
to simply make our lives work
in some countries they drink wine
in other countries they drink beer
no matter what country you live in
i raise my glass and say cheers
i raise my glass
and say cheers
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8. |
Tell Old Bill
03:04
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Tell old Bill when He Comes home in the morning
tell old Bill when he comes home this evening
tell old Bill when he comes home
he better leave them downtown girls alone
this morning, this evening, so soon
Bill left town about half past eight this morning
Bill left town about half past eight this evening
Bill left town about half past eight
Now come on Bill, don’t you be late
Bill left town about half past eight this morning
Bill’s wife was baking bread this morning
Bill’s wife was baking bread this evening
Bill’s wife was baking bread
When she got the news that Bill was dead
This morning, this evening so soon
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9. |
Pagans Are Rite
02:17
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Come on
dance around the fire with me
do you wanna get higher
don't you wanna feel free
tonight
feel free tonight
come on take my hand
have a little dance with me
let go o control
let your spirit fly free
tonight
feel free tonight
dance under the starlight
with the moon so bright
with the moon so bright
in my eyes
in my open eyes
come with me
come dance around the fire
don’t you wanna feel free
don’t you want to feel higher
oh
come with me
lets get a little higher
as we dance with the stars
and the moon round the fire
come with me
commune with the beat
feel the air in your lungs
and the ground at your feet
tonight
feel free tonight
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10. |
Better Than Me
02:37
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Jack e was a good boy
better than me
Jane she was a nice girl
troubled but free
And though
life may be
challenging
they made a team
a hell of a team
Jack e was a shy kid
his dad liked to drink
Jane e was a quiet girl
But liked when he'd sing
And though life may have
its difficulties
it was a dream
Jack e got sick one day
And Jane grew quite sad
Jack e grew a new fear
That his life'd been had
And though
there was concern
in her family
Jane hitched with Jack
and never once looked back
Jane e found a new strength
that proved them quite wrong
Jack e found adjustment
It didn’t take too long
And though family may be challenging
They overcame
With patience in spades
Jack e loves Jane
To this very day
If Jack e were here
I think he’d like to say
And although sometimes we disagree
You complete me
Complete me completely
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11. |
Down and Out
02:59
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Tell old Bill when He Comes home in the morning
tell old Bill when he comes home this evening
tell old Bill when he comes home
he better leave them downtown girls alone
this morning, this evening, so soon
Bill left town about half past eight this morning
Bill left town about half past eight this evening
Bill left town about half past eight
Now come on Bill, don’t you be late
Bill left town about half past eight this morning
Bill’s wife was baking bread this morning
Bill’s wife was baking bread this evening
Bill’s wife was baking bread
When she got the news that Bill was dead
This morning, this evening so soon
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12. |
Appa's Song
02:54
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My cat thinks he’s a lion
Knows he’s fifty times his size
But if you move behind him
He will turn and flee and hide
He’s really a big coward
I can see it in his eyes
no matter what I tell him,
he still thinks he’s a lion
He claims to be a fighter
but he never backs it up
acts like a little grizzly bear
but really he aint tough
no matter what I tell him
he seems thoroughly convinced
that he is for sure
the biggest lion to ever have lived
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13. |
Jack and Jill
03:42
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Well here’s a little story
about a boy and a girl
decided to take on a hill
to fetch the proverbial water
well Jack and Jill
put on their shoes
and traveled up the hill
to fall down together
I wish I knew what words and lyrics to put here
I don’t even have a melody
it’s escaping me again
Where the hell is your buddy Jacob
when you need him to make up some ridiculous shit
without a bunch of syllables because that’s what I suck at
Why do I try and make things so complicated
don’t you hate it, don’t you hate it
Dennis thinks this song sounds sad
and I aint even feeling awful bad at all
Jack and Jill fell down the hill again.
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14. |
Sun Goes Down
01:35
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Moving in half steps
I wander wherever I please
Oh but no,
oh no
they don’t get me
Formless, young but old
I don’t fit in any mold
I don’t know,
Don’t pretend
anything
High up on a hill
I go to rest my weary head
I can’t breath
I can’t breath
at all
Flowers full in bloom
Pastel colors fill the room
feel the breeze
sweet summer breeze
upon my face
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15. |
Sasebo Fugue
02:05
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16. |
Grandfather Clock
02:22
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Grandfather clock, why do you tick so loud
I’m just trying to sleep and not feel so down
Why do pendulums talk loudest at night
When I just want to be isolated from time
Cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo, coo-cool,
I am cool.
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17. |
Howard's Song
01:21
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Eventually time must claim all
but why, can it not claim my blues
all things come to an end
how to spend your time,
wisely you must choose
winter’s chill comes seeping in
to make room for the warmth of summer’s tomorrow
so sing, says the sparrow, of spring
and fear not, what the future may bring
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18. |
Summer Song
02:57
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Come on feel the warm breeze
live a life of ease
light breakin' through the trees
wearing white tees
all summer long
go take time to smell the daisies
fore you’re under six feet
walk the street
get a bite to eat
because life is not a gratuity
the song that roars where the rocket soars
loose step wooden doors
watch where water pours
can’t take the horse from the voice
no choice don’t ever want a royce
rollin me down the block with a block
from my fellow man
rather be chillin in a van by the river
spendin' my days seeking peace
Come on feel the warm breeze
live a life of ease
light breakin' through the trees
wearing white tees
all summer long
This songs really fun to sing
I got a promise ring
promising a queen
some securities
all we really need
don’t get greed
its the american dream
that needs adjusted cus
it doesn’t pass my muster
upon a close inspection
you will notice an infection
pitting man against man
when we should just be holding hands
dontcha do nobody dirty
cus if karma is true
what goes around comes
back to you
(with the 9 o’clock news)
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19. |
The News
02:25
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Why do people have to care so much about the god damn news
the only things I can see it giving them is the blues
can’t say I care much for politics
everything I hear, it’s making me sick
I just want to be hanging out with my friends
can’t say I care about some prick in
Washington DC dichotomy
Always controlling me and you
Night and day
They can read your mind
They are listening to what we say
I don’t much about the news
Ms Loon is taking a snooze
on a tapestry from Kansas state
but not the place in Massachusetts
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20. |
Anxious for the Airport
01:46
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Tomorrow I’ve got to go
to the airport and I can’t sit still
cus I’m anxious I’m anxious I’m anxious
cus I’d rather be on a boat
crossing the big blue sea
cus the airplane doesn’t have space for me
tomorrow gonna go to the airport
I can’t stop moving cus I’m just anxious
I’m sorry Mr. Henderson
yessir that’s me, I’m tapping my leg again
Tomorrow, I’m going to go to the airport
I can’t slow down no I won’t stop moving
cus I’m anxious yes I’m tapping my leg
I’ve got arrangements made
cus I’d rather be on the big blue sea
a boat suits better for me
oh I’m anxious for the big blue sea
30,000 feet is just a little high for me
tomorrow I’ve got to go to the airport
and I’m anxious and I can’t stop moving
tomorrow I gotta go to the airport and I’m anxious
and I can’t stop tapping my pen.
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21. |
Flow State
01:12
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What goes around
comes around
comes around again
what goes around
comes around
comes back again
I’m on a boat
and the clouds are passing me by
what goes around
comes around again
what flows down
must flow down
must flow down again
what goes around comes around again
water flows water flows
down the hill
rain falls rain falls rain falls
sun rises
rain falls rain falls rain falls
and sun rises
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22. |
Mountain Climbing
01:38
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Mountains are tall
they tower over people
there are things they resemble
like an ancient temple
On a mountain the snow is deep
On a mountain the sides are steep
There are mountains
unable to climb
because they point
straight towards the sky
others you can
ascend right up the side
but don’t try to climb too high
because the air is thin
there is a chance you could die
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23. |
Goodbye my Friends
01:50
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The sound across the sound
a home away from home
eyes looking forward
my heart looking back
good times I’ll remember
cus love, love always lasts
Washington I’ll miss you,
oh Washington friends I’ll miss you
Oh Washington I’ll miss you,
goodbye my friends I’ll miss you
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I’m smoking a cigarette
and rolling next to the phone
crinkle crinckle crinkle crinkle cinckle crinkle crinkle crinkle
grin
Oh my friends
I had an awesome time
I wish I had you
more present in my life
it is what is is
it is what it be
as long as your in my heart you’re with me
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Two fifths in parallel motion
two waves in an ocean
creating exotic melodies in my head
in my head and my hands and my heart
two lives in parallel motion
we crossed a whole ocean
to create a home in a foreign land
in a foreign land far away
two fifths in parallel motion
two waves in an ocean
creating exotic melodies in my head
and my hands and my heart
two lovers in parallel motion
crossing an ocean
to create a home
in a foreign land
in a foreign land far away
like a broken pocket watch
i can’t keep time
i’m feeling just a bit behind
just a bit behind just a bit behind
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Eponymous Sparrow Wrocław, Poland
Eponymous Sparrow is the ongoing musical project of Wroclaw based musician Tyron Byrd.
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