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WHITE HORSES
02:40
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Once upon a time there were many more people
They covered the Earth half a mile deep,
And the world couldn’t breathe and its fever increased
But that was long ago it doesn’t matter anymore,
We are fewer now and we search for the shore
On the crest of a wave.
Everyone’s eyes search the horizon
Your brown eyes are a memory of the earth now drowned.
Our black ship bakes in the eye of the sun
My eyes are the blue to which we’re bound
On the crest of a wave
Do you hear them in your dreams, my beloved?
Do you hear them in the night, when we pray?
Have you ever seen the wild horses running
Only to wake to see manes turn into white spray
On the crest of a wave.
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DRIVE BYE
03:25
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We heard, the neighbors said,
and the radio repeated the news
And if I hear it one more time
It will pass without a word from me
I’ve heard enough.
Eddie shot up Robbie
When he was high one night
Robbie’s friends brought the gang around
And they went for a ride
To the neighborhood of Eddie’s gang
They shot while they drove by…
We heard, the neighbors said,
And the TV repeated the news
Lead turns into bullets
Bullets into guns
Guns go into foolish hands of
Men on a murder run
But if she’s outside watchin’ cars —
A shot as they drive by…
See you keep her off the street
She loves to watch the cars
See you keep her off the street
She loves to watch the cars
Drive Bye
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LONG DISTANCE CALLING
02:53
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So here I sit
I think of you —
Do you still wonder about me too?
Well if you do
Please let me know
Long Distance Calling
You know it makes me high when
I sit & think of good times
Guess you’ll know just why then
I still wish you were mine
Oh why can’t that be?
It seems no matter how long
I wait for the right time
It never comes
This side of life
When time is done
When it’s all over you are the one
If in a dream
It’s me you see
Long Distance Calling
You know it makes me high when
I sit & think of good times
Guess you’ll know just why then
I still wish you were mine
Oh why can’t that be?
It’s true no matter how far
The distance between us
I’ll always call you.
Long Distance Calling
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SAILING FROM AMERICA
02:53
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We’ve built our ship and now we’ll sail it
No Southern Cross will cross our bow
To the North Northeast we’ll make it
Hasten from the sun somehow
We are homeless, lost and hopeless
Everything I’ve tried has failed
My good luck was your misfortune
The wind begins to touch the sails.
One last time please let me tell you
The stories you believed were true
Love and trust and hope will heal you
And innocence will be renewed.
But twin swords of faith and science betrayed us
Our dreams will lie as a veil
Over our eyes until the stars fall
And the restless wind fills the sails.
After painting the sky with a poison sunset
The engines have hammered their last nail
The children are scattered now dust in the sky
And the wind fills the sail.
The heat of the open sea at nighttime
The hiss as the stars sink into the dark
The light in your cool eyes is fading
As you fall asleep on our damned ark
And I watch you as I strap the tiller
So when I close my eyes we’ll sail true
We have no idea of our course now
But I’ll sail on faithfully with you.
Sailing from America.
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5. |
(NEVER SAY) GOODBYE)
02:00
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I was laughing at a joke I don’t remember just now
When my heart gave out & I fell asleep
And when I woke up, I saw you there
You laughed & said you expected me.
You wiped the tear from my eye
As I heard about you, & your high-powered car, & the last turn on Mulholland Drive.
Now we are fatally attracted
You gave me the two-dollar tour of nowhere
We enjoy it here, said hello to old friends
The last time I saw them I said
Goodbye
Never say goodbye again
Goodbye
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BEAUTIFUL BAZAAR
02:00
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Take my hand and let’s go down to the Beautiful Bazaar
You won’t need your walking stick, it isn’t very far
You were made to be a Beautiful Bazaar star
The moment that they dig you they’ll know just who you are
The motherless attraction, captured lightning in a jar
All this and so much more at the Beautiful Bazaar.
Maybe if we’re good they’ll let us stay
Beautiful Bazaar
We’ll live in a little house
With a little yard
Drive a little car
But not very far from the
Beautiful Bazaar
We’ll wake up to a Wurlitzer and then we’ll spend the day
Any way you want dear heart down the broad fairway
Then dinner just for two along with frabjous repartee
Your dress will look divine and we’ll dance to Cab Calloway
You’ll never get ill again and they can’t take you away
It’s Beautiful Bazaar and we’ll always be OK.
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GOOD NIGHT
02:58
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At the end of a long hard day
A blanket of stars to take you away
Everyone loves you now you’re all right
The moon wheels around you the world vanishes in the night
Happy to leave it all behind
Close your eyes and dream.
In the morning you’ll be new and strong
You’ll forget all about this dreamtime song
Brothers and sisters welcome you home
As you look around you you know you’ll never be alone
Until we live in God’s mind
Close your eyes and dream.
Good-Night
Good-Night
Good-Night
Good-Night.
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