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Can't Go Home
03:56
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Can’t go home
Take no prisoners
Stand alone
Make no contact
I’m on my own
I don’t know where I’ve been
Can’t see behind me
And there’s no way in
But I can’t go home
I can’t go home
She took my picture
Off the wall
Threw her ring
Into a drawer
Made another vow to shed no tears
She won’t call me
There’s no love before me
Cause I can’t go home
I can’t go home
I try so hard
To make it through
When I can’t go home
Take no prisoners
It’s what they said
Don’t come back here
Unless you’re dead
But I’m dead inside
And I don’t know how
I did what they told me
Now it’s all too loud
So I can’t go home
I can’t go home
I can’t go home
No I can’t go home
I can’t go home
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Scarecrow Bones
02:56
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Scarecrow Bones
Revel in the scorching rays of an incandescent sun
Shafts of dappled diamond light ignite your fragile skin
Stand quietly alone
Warm your scarecrow bones
Don’t your heart beat madly in your chest rattling its rusted cage?
A dusty, loveless, hollow place bound by senseless rage
You’ve been hoarding your despair
Lay bare those scarecrow bones
No portraits on the mantle
No mementos in the drawer
Now everyone’s to blame
Since you lost Reggie to the war
Black crows’ll steal your memories with a whisper of wings
Smile through parched and blistered lips
You’ll be scattered on the wind
No one left to mourn
Your scarecrow bones
Scarecrow bones
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Two Of Us
04:38
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Two of us
I’m taking my boat, sailing away
Goin’ down the river to see my baby
Gonna take her flowers, take her wine
We’re gonna take hours, gonna take our time
Oh, oh, just the two of us
Oh, oh, just the two of us
When the sun’s overhead, we’re gonna set sail
Just me and my baby, gonna leave behind no trail
Might take us forever, maybe some years
Gonna find us an island
Oh, oh, just the two of us
Oh, oh, just the two of us
Oh, oh, oh, ah
Oh, oh, oh, ah
We’re gonna drop anchor in water so clear
Just me and my baby gonna shed no more tears
Gonna find us an island
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Way Down (where that devil be)
If you go down where the water flows
Way down where the fire glows
Then you’ll know what the rest can’t see
Way down deep, is where that devil be
I have prayed for most everything
And I have paid for my daddy’s sins
But I’ve been lost for so damn long
Now that devil comes to sing my song
I have dreamed and I have toiled
I have tried to make life worthwhile
But I’ll not sleep nor will I cry
When that devil comes is the day I die
Now I’ve got coins for the Maker
It seems my soul is there for the takin’
And my ghosts, they won’t bother me
Way down deep is where you’ll find me
Way down deep where that devil be
Way down deep where that devil be
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Grace
02:44
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Grace
It’s the gift of a small act of kindness
It’s the care I receive from a friend
It’s in a mother cradling her newborn
And the thrill from the touch of your hand
I put my hands together and thank you
Raise my eyes to the sky for this feeling inside
Grace
It’s the smile you give to a stranger
It’s the strength you expose when you cry
How you dance in the car while you’re driving
And the sigh from our lips late at night
I put my hands together and thank you
Raise my eyes to the sky for this feeling inside
Grace
It’s a moment in time when all’s quiet
When our heads and our hearts are as one
And our world isn’t coming undone
I put my hands together and thank you
Raise my eyes to the sky for this feeling inside
I put my hands together and thank you
Raise my eyes to the sky for this feeling inside
Grace
I try not to it take it for granted
Grace
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6. |
Ballad Of The Roses
02:54
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Ballad of the Roses
Your laughing eyes drew me in
The deepest blue I’d ever seen
I grinned and took your hand in mine
We talked all night, telling tales, drinking wine
Said we’d marry in the spring
Red roses, a white gold ring
No one to walk you down the aisle
Cause your daddy’s long gone though you think of him sometimes
I brought you home and you settled in
My velvet rose with the sweet perfume
Before too long it was planting time again
I locked the door and shed my skin
A ruby rose to add to my collection
I thought you’d scream when I cut you down
But you just lay there on the ground, disbelieving
Buried you next to the one before
Your lifeless eyes not laughing anymore
I packed my bag and souvenirs
Knowing I’ll be coming back next year
Gazing at the winding trail where thorny blooms will thrive
It’s yellow roses and a pink gold band
Next time
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Wishful Thinking
03:11
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Wishful Thinking
If I had my way I would take you round the world
And I’d show you just how life could be
We could take in the sights, dine out by candlelight
And we’d live life the way it should be
But then the day bears down and with my feet on the ground
I can see that it’s just wishful thinking
If I had my way we would travel round the world
And we’d live life the way it should be
I would play my guitar and you’d take photos of rock stars
And we’d live life the way it should be
But then the day bears down and with my feet on the ground
I can see that it’s just wishful thinking
Yet I wake every day with hope things’ll change
But maybe it’s just wishful thinking
I really wanna change my ways, and I thought that I could
But every time I stand up tall something knocks me down
Then the day bears down and with my feet on the ground
I can see that it’s just wishful thinking
Yet I wake every day with hope things’ll change
But maybe it’s just wishful thinking
Wishful thinking
If I had my way
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9. |
Cafe Fantasy
04:08
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Café Fantasy
You smile from your toes up
I see you every day
As you raise your coffee cup
But I don’t know your name
We’re just people passing by
On our way to somewhere
If I had the nerve to ask
Would you meet me there?
With that twinkle in your eye
Could you help me find my way?
And are you more surprised at that idea than me?
I really dread the weekends now
I feel like I’m just waiting, waiting, waiting
For Monday to come around
Just to see you again
With that twinkle in your eye
Could you help me find my way?
And are you more surprised at that idea than me?
Here at Café Fantasy
So I’m drinking too much coffee
I can’t get any sleep
I feel like I’m just waiting, waiting, waiting
For a chance to hear you speak
You got that twinkle in your eye
Could you help me find my way?
And are you more surprised at that idea than me?
Here at Café Fantasy
Just a fantasy
I feel like I’m just waiting, waiting, waiting
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A Little Human Kindness
03:02
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A little human kindness
I take my life for granted, seldom making time
I don’t have all the answers and rarely question why
Yet those who don’t get heard, surely they deserve
To put their faith in a little human kindness
I can walk the streets with no fear of violation
When all around the world there’s destruction and hatred
Yet those who don’t get heard, surely they deserve
To put their faith in a little human kindness
I imagine living in a world
Where my loved ones are dying
My children are starving and can’t stop crying
I take a moment to think, to think and be thankful
That I live in this place, this place of beauty and bounty
And those who don’t get heard, surely they deserve
To put their faith in a little human kindness
Just in a little human kindness
A little human kindness
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11. |
Unravelling
03:23
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Unravelling
Unravelling
Threads in the dark
Walk in the park
My mind plays tricks on me
Unburdening
Thinking out loud
Watching the crowd
As it closes in on me
Weaving and winding
Marching on my skin
Thoughts pouring from a broken jar
Ribbons in your braided hair
Reminders of you everywhere
A dragon wearing angel wings
Unwavering
Standing your ground
Burn the house down
Ashes and a silver spoon
Scheming, conniving
You’re drinking it all in
Poison in a paper cup
Ribbons from your braided hair
Reminders of you everywhere
A dragon wearing angel wings
A dragon wearing angel wings
A dragon wearing angel wings
A dragon wearing angel wings
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Way Down Reprise
02:51
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Way Down Reprise
I pray for most everything
I pay for my Daddy’s sins
I’ve been lost, wandering
Now that devil comes to sing my song
I dream, turning time
I fight to make life worthwhile
I don’t sleep and I don’t cry
Now that devil comes to sing my song
There’s a fire raging at me
Reaching higher as it blazes through the valley
Flames are all around me
But the only way I’ll feel them is to burn
I got coins for the maker
Soul for the taker
The price, don’t bother me
I got coins for the maker
Soul for the taker
The price, don’t bother me
When you go down where water flows
Way down where fire glows
Then you’ll know what I know
Way down deep, is where that devil be
That devil comes to sing your song
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Michelle Chandler Melbourne, Australia
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