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On My Way
03:49
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Everything I own is all aboard
Turn off the light slide the key underneathe the door
I look at you, you look at me, we look around and then we realize
There’s nothing left to do
I’m on my way
I’m on my way
Really on my way, somewhere
No one said a word until the parking lot
Take good care of yourself you’re all you got
I said goodbye and so did you when no one moved we looked into each others eyes
And seeing what we see
I’m on my way
I’m on my way
Really on my way
Somewhere
No you won’t go there
But I can’t stay here
You say I never asked you to
Why ask when I already knew
I look at you you look at me we couldn’t see the sky we’re standing in
Still here we are
I’m on my way
I’m on my way
Really on my way
Somewhere
Somewhere
No you won’t go there
But I can’t stay here
No you won’t go there
But I can’t stay here
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Cracked World View
03:34
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We stood to watch it fall
The wall that cut us all
Disintegrates into everyone
The things you felt were real
Impossible to conceal
Fear melts away into joy
So why are we still fighting the cancer
We all know the question follows the answer
And every day I grow a little bit farther from you
And love grows smaller in the din and the hollar of your
Cracked world view
I met a lot of people and people are divided it’s true
But every day’s a reason for a shorter season of your
Cracked world view
The sky turned orange blaze
Gone arosol insane
Like brotherhood swallowed everyone
That’s when we knew we’d been blind
It’d crawled inside our mind and said
“No one loves nobody”
Well we know the love and we know the anger now
Look in the mirror there stands a stranger
And every day I grow a little bit farther from you
And love grows smaller in the din and the hollar of your
Cracked world view
I met a lot of people and people are divided it’s true
But every day’s a reason for a shorter season of your
Cracked world view
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Tokyo Arbor
03:29
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Sunshine, looks like the clouds gave us a break
Dream light, you’re going to burn me with your face
Just another night before days begin to crawl
Just another night before snow banks decorate this house
Another winter time on Tokyo Arbor
To change your ways
Flagstone you’ve got a moss for every mood
Jasmine I’m going to breathe you till I’m bruised
Just another night before days begin to crawl
Just another night before gravity decorates this house
Another winter time on Tokyo Arbor
Twin waterfalls split the icy jade
Snow flakes vanish into blackened water
Another year I’ll wait for you to change your ways
Feline
Supine
In the shade a sundial frowns
Are you going to change things?
Or treat me strangely?
‘Cause it’s going to snow until I drown
Another winter time on Tokyo Arbor
Twin waterfalls split the icy jade
Snow flakes vanish into blackened water
Another year I’ll wait for you to change your ways
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The taste of mud. The taste of silver
I’m still in Catalina, collecting caterpillar
Cleaning room and climbing ladder
I am your friend in the throws of something wicked
I am your friend but does it matter
The sun is sweet and all but
Soon the sweetness dies
Unfamiliar
The taste of mud is not
Unfamiliar
Summer hanging on too long
Unfamiliar to me
And you’ve become
You send no word, all that I can do is guess
About July. You’ve left me everyday since
Memory replays the anger
Feet in the sand and all but
Soon the sea will rise
Unfamiliar
The taste of mud is not
Unfamiliar
Summer hanging on too long
Unfamiliar
You’ve become
Unfamiliar to me
So if you’re well, let me know but not too much
‘Cause it would hurt to hear your laughter… your laughter
The sun is sweet and all
But soon the sweetness dies
Unfamiliar
The taste of mud is not
Unfamiliar
That’s the worst way you could be
Unfamiliar
You’ve become
Unfamiliar to me
Unfamiliar
Unfamiliar
The taste of mud is not
Unfamiliar
You’ve become
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California
04:15
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California’s killing me
She’s outside waiting in a Cherokee
Wasted hours on a Ouija board
I got more friends here than I can afford
Maybe for tonight green lights will align down Sunset
Jumped into a dream and drove
Got to the beach almost
Don’t let the clouds stop us now ‘cuz I adore ya
I wanna fly, I wanna float
So I’m coming down your coast
Trying to breathe here
How come no one warns you, California
Fourteen freaks on a magic bus
That’s not exactly how I pictured us
Hanging out by the golden door
There’s something missing here I can’t ignore
No one understands your circles in the sand like me
Jumped into a dream and drove
Got to the beach almost
Don’t let the clouds stop us now ‘cuz I adore ya
I wanna fly, I wanna float
So I’m coming down your coast
Trying to breathe here
How come no one warns you, California...
Jumped into a dream and drove
Got to the beach almost
Don’t let the clouds stop us now ‘cuz I adore ya
I wanna fly, I wanna float
So I’m coming down your coast
Trying to breathe here
How come no one warns you, California...
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It’s Gonna Be Beautiful
04:55
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Baby, there’s something about you
When my arm’s around you
I’m getting all sorts of high
The first time, we’ve waited so long
Comes along at the right hour
Yeah, well I think it’s arrived
Tonight we’re going to make love
And it’s going to be beautiful
Tonight we’re going to make love
And it’s going to be beautiful
You know me, you know I just want to love you
Don’t want to die before I touch you
In the desert tonight
The sunset and the mountains behind you
The pool of light that surrounds you
You make me want to say, “Come on, come on”
Tonight we’re going to make love
And it’s going to be beautiful
Tonight we’re going to make love
And it’s going to be beautiful...
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7. |
Nothing But Wind
02:54
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I’d like… no I’d love
To be a mistress for a day
To be wanted, then ushered discreetly away
To be needed, not needfull, an hour forgets
It only requires quietly getting undressed
But I’ve got no taste for love held by a pin
To always be happy waiting for nothing but wind
I’d like… no I’d love
To be a forest tonight
Ageless, erotic, a good place to die
Bending no fences to guard my frontier
Pissing on moss marks the end of the year
But I’m not much for parties or these fuckers with saws in their hands
To always be happy waiting for nothing but wind
I’d like… no I’d love
To have a writer’s career
Topping your insults and growing my beard
Giving love on my own fabulous terms
Addressing the dead without waiting my turn
But I’m not much for books and with you I don’t know where to begin
To always be happy waiting for nothing but wind
I’ll always be happy here waiting for nothing
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Ella
02:54
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You kiss my neck and it feels sweet
A thousand circles draw complete
And deep inside this painful world
A love endures
And baby don’t you touch ground
Our paths were never very clear
Our motives might have been impure
But after all this time a love endures
Remember surely
I’ll be there when you’re down
Yeah and baby don’t you touch ground
Cable cars, Manhattan bars, where Sundays last forever
The things that made us sad seem far away
Yeah and baby don’t you touch ground
Flatboard schemes, new human beings, remember once I said never
The things that made us sad seem far away
And so we go following dreams
For good or worse or in between
And who’d have thought that with one little girl
We could change our world
And baby don’t you touch ground
Yeah, Ella b. don’t you touch ground
‘Cause daddy’s here when you’re down
And I’ll be here when you’re down
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Vanilla
03:11
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She said no in the sweetest way
I think I took it well
And then as I walked away
I could tell she could tell
I’m much better off without
That hopeful pang of doubt
‘Cause all I think about’s
Vanilla
Vanilla
Vanilla
So for a while we hide our eyes
Sip our drinks, dip our fries
Think of all those little lies
We can tell, we can tell ourselves
I’m better off without
That hopeful pang of doubt
‘Cause I can’t figure out
Vanilla
Vanilla
Vanilla
You’re melting, and I’m melting
You’re melting, and I’m melting
Until the ice in my Coke melts
Till the CD repeats itself
Until then I can pretend
Pretty well, can’t you tell
I’m much better off without
Your hopeful pang of doubt
‘Cause I can’t think about
Vanilla
Vanilla
Vanilla
You’re melting, and I’m melting
You’re melting, and I’m melting
You’re melting, and I’m melting
You’re melting, and I’m melting
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10. |
Only Losing Me
03:30
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Somewhere in my parallel you lie a little
To what’s left of my middle, that’s your right
Somewhere in four directions
I could fly on a riddle
In your arms, but they’re brittle and I fall
The tricks you got away with make me cringe
That I’m okay with your massive passing fancy finding free
That’s OK, you’re only losing me
Hey, if change is meant to be
And losing was okay
We’d give in and agree
True, we’ll let blame be the sign
That you were never really mine
The way you’d want to see
You’re only losing me
Somewhere by the bedside
I feign that I’m little
When you play noncommittal
When someone so peripheral
Can’t sustain even bliss
Pull, shoot and miss
Then we kiss
All we wish for
Goodbye
The one’s you played a game with
Stitched and staid
I walk away with
A birthdays half-forgotten memory
Puzzle piece,
You’re only losing me
Hey, if change is meant to be
And losing was okay
We’d give in then agree
True, we’ll let blame be the sign
That you were never really mine
The way you’d want to see
You’re only losing me
Hey, hey
True, well love does not unwind
And you were never really mine
The way you’d want to see
You’re only losing me
Hey, if change is meant to be
And losing was okay
You’re only losing me
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Early in the morning when the sun comes through any window
Break the promise that each day is a new early morning, through any window
Blue is the memory of her bedroom eyes
Green as the envy I can’t hide
Red is the color that she lays so bare
In early morning
Sunlight kiss me on my head of gloom in early morning
Glide across the bed then fade at noon through any window
In early morning
Blue is the memory of her bedroom eyes
Green as the envy I can’t hide
Red is the color that she lays so bare
In early morning, through any window
School bus take them far from home
Take the children far from home
Take the children far from home
Soon to see how sad their lives become, through any window, and
Blue is the memory of her bedroom eyes
Green as the envy I can’t hide
Red is the color that she lays so bare
In early morning, through any window
In early morning, through any window
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12. |
I’ll Be Singing
04:12
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You are music to my soul
More beauty than I’ve ever known
I want to sing to you a misty melody
As long as you love me…
As long as you love me…
As long as you love me I…
I’ll be singing
I’ve got a love song on my mind
Your beauty drips from every line
Your lips are harmony repeating
As long as you love me…
As long as you love me…
As long as you love me I…
I’ll be singing
I’ll be singing, yeah yeah yeah
I want to play for you a bossa melody
Remind you of that misty morning when you first made love to me
You are music soothe my soul
How do you do it? I don’t know
Again my ears start to ringing
As long as you love me…
As long as you love me…
As long as you love me I…
I’ll be singing
I’ll be singing, yeah yeah yeah
You are the love song on my mind
I’ve got a love song on my mind
I’ve got a love song on my mind
I’ve got a love song on my mind
I’ve got a love song on my mind
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To lead a better life I need my love to be here...
Here, making each day of the year
Changing my life with a wave of her hand
Nobody can deny that there's something there
There, running my hands through her hair
Both of us thinking how good it can be
Someone is speaking but she doesn't know he's there
I want her everywhere and if she's beside me
I know I need never care
But to love her is to need her everywhere
Knowing that love is to share
Each one believing that love never dies
Watching her eyes and hoping I'm always there
I want her everywhere and if she's beside me
I know I need never care
But to love her is to need her everywhere
Knowing that love is to share
Each one believing that love never dies
Watching her eyes and hoping I'm always there
To be there and everywhere
Here, there and everywhere
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Willie Wisely Saint Paul, Minnesota
Equal parts Minnesotan music scene veteran and Laurel Canyon resident/devotee, Willie Wisely remains that rare bird mixing profound power pop with arena-sized showmanship, a troubadour on an all night rave up, a cold kombucha on a hot California day, a McCartney-ite taking a break from his Japanese import of “Ram” for a quick Canyon run listening to João Gilberto. ... more
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