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Old Guitar
04:15
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Love me like an old guitar
String me up and play all night
I'll love you like a shooting star
Chase you cross the sky into the night
This time, in this way
It's going to be alright
And I'm looking up at this road sign baby
Won't be long till we reach the light
‘Cos this time, in this way, it’s going to be all right.
Look up here if you want to
It’s not the place to be satisfied
You know the colours that appear behind your eyes
Are on your side
You know it could be true
Love me like a marionette
Move my head and move my heart
I'll love you like a superstar
From the end back to the start
‘Cos this time, in this way
It's going to be all right, all right
I'm looking up at this road sign baby
Won't be long till we reach the light
And this time, in this way, it’s going to be all right
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I’m a soldier but I’m not at war
Just sitting on my backside, feeling bored
I’m a sailor, but I’m all at sea
Just sitting on my porch, looking at the water staring back at me
I’m a farmer, but I got no land
Got no money to buy some, no banker I can make understand
But then again I’m a dreamer, but I got no sleep
Daydreaming's ok you know, but you never get quite as deep
And I said...Sail On Sail On
Well I’m a lover, but I got no love
I want to throw my arms around someone, just like in that song
And I’m a singer, but I got no song right now
Just a handful of notes, stuck in my throat, coming out any old how
And I said...Sail On Sail On
I’m a sinner, but I’ve got no rules
Just lying in my back, looking at the sails on this ship of fools
And I’m a dancer, but I've got no floor
I want to swing my hips and shake my hair out like the wind through a sycamore
And I said...Sail On Sail On
I'm a bottle of good red, on a table of oak
Oiling the laughter and accompanying the smoke
Well the evening is over
The words have all gone west
I'm feeling kind of empty
Kind of hollow in my chest
And I said...Sail On Sail On
You’ve got to be, you’ve got to see and now it’s time to Sail On
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3. |
Live Life
04:53
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If you could live your life again
I wonder who you’d be
If you could play another hand
And trade your history
Walk the high wire cross the wind of no return
If you could rewind to a scene
I wonder where you’d start
And how you’d pause and make a choice
With your head or with your heart
Lose the logic or rely upon your fears
The past is overrated but the present pours the wine
Tomorrow evening could be cruel instead of kind
I’ve got time and you’ve got time
The running of this clock
We’ll march in line, true colours flying
And raise them on our rock
If you could cut away the past
Then who would you forgive?
Climb the precipice of love
See how you want to live
Count the cast of thousands, colour in the lines
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I see you in the corner, you're ten foot tall
I see creatures and features, parading cross the hall
And there’s lovers and shovers on a perfect swell
Caught by their heroes in a comic carousel
And if you want to, want to
You can play with your design
And if you want to, want to
You can leave it all behind
Well the fakers and shakers have had their day
Refining and shining till the silver fell away
And memories fade like a summer storm
Delighted, united at the beauty of this dawn
And if you want to, want to
You can play with your design
And if you want to, want to
You can leave it all behind
It’s a perfect crime
The evidence of common sense will be your alibi
Mansions in the sky
Raining golden invitations to the other side
And if you want to, want to
You can play with your design
And if you want to, want to
You can leave it all behind
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5. |
Whirlpool
04:57
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Into the future unknown
I'm hanging on the end of this glass telephone
Watching and wondering
Which way the wind will blow, do you know?
And I can’t help but see
The river flow
Some places it’s straight ahead
Others places it’s round and round like a whirlpool
I feel like a beetle, crawling cross a rock
I feel for all the world like, nothing could shock
Bird skims the water, banks to the west
I wonder what she likes the best?
And I wouldn't mind to know
If you wouldn't mind to show, you know
I'm shingle mingling with rocks a thousand times my size
But there are more of me, mind you there's lots of them too
I've been eroded by the wind, and there's waves
All over my skin
And I wouldn't mind to know
If you wouldn't mind to show, you know
Round and round like a whirlpool
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6. |
Sun Don't Shine
02:57
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I can’t see you
I’m mystified
I’m left believing
I’m colour blind
Its not that the sun don’t shine
Its fine
I first saw you
With rainbowed eyes
Kaleidoscopic and second sight
Its not that the sun don’t shine
Its fine
Its not that the sun don’t shine
Its fine
Who turned the lights down?
Who closed the door?
I’m left believing,
There must be more
Its not that the sun don’t shine
Its fine
I can’t see you
Though you don’t hide
I’m left believing
I’m colour blind
It’s not that the sun don’t shine
Its fine
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Marian
04:03
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It was 1993
In a backstreet in Bangkok
An Indian came up to me
And said "I know your mothers name”
"And you've got a fortune to behold, and you've got a future to be told”
I said, "What's the deal?"
"How do I know that what you say is real?”
He said "I'll tell you your mothers name, if you listen"
If you listen
A piece of paper and an airline pen
Put the letters together
That spelled out Marian
Yeah, that is my mother’s name
"How did you know?"
Was all that I could say
"How did you know?"
He said, "You've got to pray"
"Your mothers really ill
A hundred dollars should fit the bill
I'll send it to India, where thousands will pray for her, if you listen"
If you listen
We dressed you up in shades of pine
I wish that I could come with you
To make sure that all is fine
I wish that I could come with you
Just for the day
Make sure that everything’s ok
Now you are free again
Now you are free again
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8. |
Half Light
04:04
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Well you took your time
And you had your place
And now I see you standing here, inside this human race
And you look so fine
In your ivory tower
And now I see standing tall in all your glorious power
And you went drifting, through the half light
I went walking to the sea
You went and took my love, held it like a dove
And turned the nightmares into dreams
The nightmares into dreams
Well you took your place
Upon the shore
And I really didn't know what all the fuss was for
And you lived your dream
And you jumped your walls
And now I haven't got a clue what all the fuss was for
And you went drifting, through the half light
I went walking to the sea
You went and took my love, held it like a glove
And the nightmares turned to dreams
You went and took my love, held it like a dove
And the nightmares turned to dreams
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9. |
Like a Storm
03:23
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Just like a storm
You linger on
After the rain
A waterfall
And I know when you are near
‘Cos your memory tastes of lemon drops
The bitter shell that brings a tear
And a wave of sugar breaks on top
To wash away the wonder
Return the river to the sea
Just like a wind
You change the scene
The picture frame remains the same
The colours sing
And I know when you are near
‘Cos your memory tastes of lemon drops
The bitter shell that brings a tear
And a wave of sugar breaks on top
To wash away the wonder
Return the river to the sea
Just like a storm
You linger on
After the rain
A waterfall
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