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Meet Me On The Mountain
05:02
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Sometimes it seems like they toss us human beings
From the frying pan into the fire
Anytime we yelp for a little bit of help
Someone stokes up the flames a little higher
We're hiding in our caves hoping that we might be saved
From the wolves coming in at the door
Sitting on a life raft wishing for a safe craft
To keep us from the sharks below
There's a sad old man on the hillside
And he looks a bit like me
Singing out that he that we're all just foolish
To think that we can be good and free
Yeah I know that I can't listen
I don't want to sing that song
'Cause I think that I know a better one
And I hope that you'll sing along
The future's up ahead
Far above the big machine
Leave our doubts and sorrows down below
As we rise up to our dreams
Meet me on the mountain
Mountain in the sky
Meet me on the mountain
It's gonna be all right
Meet me on the mountain
The mountain we must climb
Meet me on the mountain
We'll all get there in time
You know there's a million voices
Telling me that it's all for naught
Telling me there's never ever any choices
And our hopes should be all forgotten
But you know that I can't believe them
You know I can't do it alone
It's not over yet, we can't lose the bet
And the bears won't eat our bones
The future's up ahead
Far above the big machine
Leave our doubts and sorrows down below
As we rise up to our dreams
Meet me on the mountain
Mountain in the sky
Meet me on the mountain
It's gonna be all right
Meet me on the mountain
The mountain we must climb
Meet me on the mountain
We'll all get there in time
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2. |
Shapes In The Air
04:23
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I don't want to be a big star
With paparazzi tailing my heels
Or read about myself in the Rolling Stone
That's not how I want to feel
That isn't why I started on the path I took
I really just don't care
I want to get together with a band of friends
And play with shapes in the air
Don't wanna work with ego heads and drama queens
I just don't have the time
The divas can go off and do some other things
And leave me to do mine
Pontificating, posing and the posturing
That really isn't anywhere
I want to pick up this old guitar
And play with shapes in the air
Shapes in the air, vibrations in space
So fine and so rare
Why I came here in the first place
Interconnected with the mystery
Being all the things that I was meant to be
Music is the magic that will set us free
Playing, with shapes in the air
I don't want to be on a reality show
With cameras following round
Or win some singing contest
That would only bring me down
I want to do the thing that means more to me
My dreams, my love, my prayer
I want to get together with you tonight
And play with shapes in the air
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This part of the song is where the music stops
You hear the voice of a broken man
He talks about how it all went wrong
Remembers how it all began
A chance encounter in the park
A smile, a look, a meaning glance
The moment when they felt a spark
Beginnings of a doomed romance
After a little interlude
The man starts talking once again
He thinks about the bad old days
When towers tumbled in the rain
An argument across the phone
Connections broken in the night
The times they tried to get back home
The times they tried to make it right
And then the chorus starts
The one you can't forget
The one that sears your heart
With longing and regret
The part that sucks you in
And burns into your brain
But when the chorus stops
You still hear music playing
After the solo drifts away
You hear his voice as things go still
He wonders when he'll feel the same
He doesn't think he ever will
The days go on in shades of grey
As silently he carries on
A secret he can never say
That something special now is gone
And then the chorus starts
The one you can't forget
The one that sears your heart
With longing and regret
The part that sucks you in
And burns into your brain
The chorus doesn't stop
The chorus keeps on playing
And then the chorus starts
The one you can't forget
The one that sears your heart
With longing and regret
The part that sucks you in
And burns into your brain
The chorus doesn't stop
The chorus keeps on playing
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4. |
The Far Horizon
05:34
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She said, do you want to be happy
What do you want to see
Do you want to travel to a place
That could never be
She said, do you want to travel
Outside of time and space
Do you want to live on another world
With another race
The far horizon, the far horizon
That's where we have to go
Into the new world, into the true world
Beyond the shining doors
The far horizon, the far horizon
Out in the crazy skies
We only know that the far horizon
Is where our future lies
She said, do you want to be clever
Do you want to be wise
Do you want to see into the hearts of men
And understand their lives
I smiled, and she smiled, and that was all it took
My whole young life changed
Into my hands she placed the book
The far horizon, the far horizon
That's where we have to go
Into the new world, into the true world
Beyond the shining doors
The far horizon, the far horizon
Out in the crazy skies
We only know that the far horizon
Is where our future lies
The far horizon, the far horizon
That's where we have to go
Into the new world, into the true world
Beyond the shining doors
The far horizon, the far horizon
Out in the crazy skies
We only know that the far horizon
Is where our future lies
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Lucy looks off the edge of the cliff, and she wonders if she can fly
If she can't it's a long way down, if she can she'll be so high
Sometimes it all depends on if you find the right dimension
Where the risk you take can free your mind
She's right at the edge of the world, and she's looking out beyond
Some said she was a magical girl, but they might have been putting her on
Right there at the edge of the precipice, so much more bold than the rest of us
She's willing to take the chance and turn into a song
There might have been bad times before, but it's hard to really say
If there were bad times before, now she's tossed them all away
Took a long time for her to get here
Now that she is, she's just so clear
She's ready to step off into the sunrise all ablaze
Lucy looks off the edge of the cliff, and she wonders if she can fly
If she can't it's a long way down, if she can she'll be so high
Sometimes it all depends on if you find the right dimension
Where the risk you take can free your mind
And we all want to be that high
Yeah, we all want to be that high
Ah, we all want to be that high
That high, that high
Far away in London Town, out amid the urban sprawl
A young boy looks and sees her floating high above it all
Her hands hold stars, or maybe they're jewels
He only knows that it's really so cool
He draws her picture, takes it home and puts it on the wall
Lucy looks off the edge of the cliff, and she wonders if she can fly
If she can't it's a long way down, if she can she'll be so high
Sometimes it all depends on if you find the right dimension
Where the risk you take can free your mind
Where the risk you take can free your mind
Where the risk you take can free your mind
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You know it isn't bad here, but it's starting to get cold
This living as a fugitive is starting to get old
And the people I owe money to are bringing me right down
I think it's time for us to leave this town
The cruise is just a short one, we're in Havana in a while
Our host will meet us at the dock with his trademark charming smile
His beard might have some grey but there's a twinkle in his eye
I think that things are gonna turn out fine
We'll be smoking cigars with Fidel
We'll be smoking cigars with Fidel
On the sunny Cuban beaches, we know all will be quite well
We'll be smoking cigars with Fidel
We'll play a game of baseball, and we'll be sure to let him win
That's one guy you don't want to have his patience running thin
And to his shining city, well, he'll give to us the key
Just as long as we don't try to disagree
We'll be smoking cigars with Fidel
We'll be smoking cigars with Fidel
On the sunny Cuban beaches, we know all will be quite well
We'll be smoking cigars with Fidel
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7. |
The Summer Sun
05:18
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It's far too soon for me to have
To look through all these photographs
I'm still too hurt, it's still too close
I turn the page and see our ghosts
I see a golden afternoon
The children's voices in the breeze
A festival I played in town
And in the foreground, you and me
The summer sun was in our smiles
I can't forget, I never could
These moments come and moments fly
Cast off the bad, embrace the good
The memories preserved in time
The summer sun was in our smiles
And now I'm here so far from home
Sometimes I feel I'm all alone
Adrift in space like some lost kite
I'm floating out into the night
I see the summer fade to fall
Some things once close are far away
But after everything and all
My heart will still reflect that day
The summer sun was in our smiles
I can't forget, I never could
These moments come and moments fly
Cast off the bad, embrace the good
The memories preserved in time
The summer sun was in our smiles
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8. |
Best Phone
05:23
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In a shuttle bus on Highway 49
I'm stuck in traffic and I'm gonna miss my flight
I got this cell phone from some other traveling guy
And I hope that you don't hang up on me
We weren't speaking when you drove me to the station
We got some problems with our communication
I only hope that when I reach my destination
I'm the one that you want to see
I know that there's static on the line
And it's hard to hear, it's true
But it's the best phone in the whole wide world
If it gets me talkin' to you
I didn't hear from you at all out on my tour
No, not one message and I wanted so much more
If I've done you wrong I want to know and that's for sure
And be the man that I wanna be
I know that there's static on the line
And it's hard to hear, it's true
But it's the best phone in the whole wide world
If it gets me talkin' to you
Time is precious
And you know that we could get cut off at any time
We might have some bad connection
But you know that we can get together if we try
If we can just talk a while together
We might just wind up talkin' for forever
Conversations cool, and conversations clever
We don't have to ever disagree
I know that there's static on the line
And it's hard to hear, it's true
But it's the best phone in the whole wide world
If it gets me talkin' to you
I know that there's static on the line
And it's hard to hear, it's true
But it's the best phone in the whole wide world
If it gets me talkin', it gets me talkin'
It gets me talkin' to you
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9. |
Next Time We Meet
03:51
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Next time we meet, it'll all be changed
I'll wear a different face, we'll play a different game
I'll be on the line, you'll be on your feet
And it could all be fine, the next time we meet
Next time we meet, tables will be turned
I'll be the one that shines, you'll be the one that burns
When the evil ends, the pattern is complete
And we can meet as friends, the next time we meet
In the golden rays of the rising sun
We can lay it down, we can get it straight
And the long-time curse, it can be undone
Next time we meet, I can hardly wait
Next time we meet, I'll be singing this song
And if it sounds familiar, you might sing along
And we can sing together, a harmony so sweet
Sing it on forever, next time we meet
Sing it on forever, next time we meet
Sing it on forever, next time we meet
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It sneaks up on me from behind
Like a wolf that stalks its prey out in the night
I'm not sure of anything at all
I don't know why I get up just to fall
Have I played the fool all this long time
Could it just be I lost my mind
Did hope and hubris have their way
I thought I had something to say
I know it's gonna be all right
I know deep down that this is real
If I don't do this, then there'll just be one less light
One missing leaf there on the tree
I lost my confidence it seems
Got disconnected from my dreams
There's days when everything seems wrong
But I know I can write this song
I know it's gonna be all right
I know deep down that this is real
If I don't do this, then there'll just be one less light
One missing leaf there on the tree
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11. |
Second Chances
04:19
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I can get outside if I just try
I need some time out underneath the sky
Spent too much time in darkness locked away
It's time for me to start to feel OK
It's so easy sometimes to forget
You know there's so much sorrow and regret
But life is just so precious and so fine
Go laugh about it, but that's still my line
I know that it might turn around
Bad news might put me on the ground
That black dog might show up and bite my hand
Now I can feel my hopes unfurl
And baby, like the Duke Of Earl
There's nothing that can stop me or my plans
You could make it, I could make it, it could all be great
We get second chances every day
The past can be behind us, and the futures on its way
We get second chances every day
I might take a tumble or a spill
And knowing me, I guess I probably will
But if I walk in sunshine one more day
I'll use that memory to guide my way
I know that it might turn around
Bad news might put me on the ground
That black dog might show up and bite my hand
Now I can feel my hopes unfurl
And baby, like the Duke Of Earl
There's nothing that can stop me or my plans
You could make it, I could make it, it could all be great
We get second chances every day
The past can be behind us, and the futures on its way
We get second chances every day
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12. |
So Well Hung
02:17
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Let me tell you about my dong
It's mighty sweet and it's very long
The girls they come from near and far
Because I'm built like a porno star
I'm so well hung
I'm so well hung
I'm so well hung
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13. |
Colour My World
03:28
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Ichthyologists all agree
What 'cha gonna do about someone like me
Way down here at the bottom of the sea
The Coelacanth swim alone
All by myself in the dark and the brine
Out of the loop and I'm out of my mind
You know I know I'm from another time
The Coelacanth swim alone
Na na na, na na na na na
Na na na, na na na na na
Na na na, na na na na
The Coelacanth swim alone
Don't always care for the latest songs
Not really sure where I belong
I'm right here but they tell me I'm gone
The Coelacanth swim alone
Don't understand technology
Can't even turn on my TV
What 'cha gonna do about someone like me
The Coelacanth swim alone
Na na na, na na na na na
Na na na, na na na na na
Na na na, na na na na
The Coelacanth swim alone
It might be that I'm a fossil
Might be I'm a falling star
Might just be the price you pay
For getting this far
I've got good friends in the Modern Age
Here to help me turn the page
Don't always understand what they're trying to say
The Coelacanth swim alone
They say nothing good can ever last
But I'm still here, there's always that
Building the future out of my past
The Coelacanth swim alone
Na na na, na na na na na
Na na na, na na na na na
Na na na, na na na na
The Coelacanth swim alone
Na na na, na na na na na
Na na na, na na na na na
Na na na, na na na na
The Coelacanth swim alone
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Beowulf Kingsley Grass Lake Charter Township, Michigan
Todd was here before. Perhaps you recognize him from back then. He looked different then, though. If you think he owes you any money, he was probably some other guy. Those other guys are gone now. We think they may be in Guam, or possibly Kansas.
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