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Sutures Loose
02:44
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I never get my fun with a girl who couldn’t rough it
Posing in bed like she’s selling perfume
Life is full of pain and she’s got to rise above it
My future shouldn’t swing from a noose
Keep my sutures (loose)
Keepin’ it (cool)
To this I will be true
Keep my sutures loose
Lots of love don’t come when you really really need it
Lots never came in my early career
I hate my rock and roll when I know where it’s going
I’m keeping our sutures loose
Keep my sutures (loose)
Keepin’ it (cool)
To this I will be true
Keep my sutures loose
solo
Give me something weird
Kind of thirsty on destruction
All I want is some flesh on the bone
Don’t fill my ears with the should of, could of, would ofs
Let’s bring our future home
Our home is the great unknown
You’ll never get your fun if you’re too afraid to rough it
I’m partial to the dreamers, and that’s the hard truth
Life is full of pain, HEY! let’s rise above it
Keep our sutures (loose)
Keepin’ it (cool)
To this I will be true
Let's keep my sutures loose
Talk about the future loose
Let's keep our sutures loose
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Cut Your Groove
03:35
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I never made a threat I can't keep
I didn't talk tough to hear myself speak
I said what I feel was real
And that's all
So don't be frightened when you acquiesce
When we plant the bomb in your dress
Searching for a fuse we can use
To blow minds
I'm gonna cut your groove right on time
I'm gonna cut your groove baby every time
Right on time now
I come on like clockwork girl
With a word I'll change your world
If I cut your groove you're gonna move right now
To people never ever doing what they say
Who sleep at night thinking that's OK
Thinking we're fooled. It’s not cool
And that's all
So don't be shy when I'm behind your lines
Feeling things nobody finds
Things about you we will use
To feel good
I'm gonna cut your groove right on time
I'm gonna cut your groove baby every time
Right on time girl
I come on like clockwork girl
Without a word I'll change your world
If I cut your groove you're gonna move right now
I'm gonna cut your groove right on time
I'm gonna cut your groove baby every time
Right on time girl
I come on like clockwork girl
Without a word I'll change your world
If I cut your groove you're gonna move right now
I'm gonna cut your groove right on time
Baby, baby, baby
I'm gonna cut your groove baby every time
Yes I am
I come on like clockwork girl
Without a word I'll smoke your world
If I cut your groove you're gonna move right now
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I Can't Sleep
04:11
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Sleep is all I need
It should come naturally
I’m lost when I’m awake
I’ll toss this way and that
Stare at where you slept
And think of bitter sweet
I can’t sleep
Knowing I’ll never sleep beside you
I can’t dream
No ‘Cause my dream’s to live my life around you
There’s no peace, no, no peace for me
Sun down fills up with dread
A pill to fix my head
I’m carrying that weight
I can’t sleep
Knowing I’ll never sleep beside you
I can’t dream
No ‘Cause my dream’s to live my life around you
For me there’ll be no peace, no, no peace for me
Sleep
Then suddenly a footfall, on a floorboard
In a staircase, post haste, no!
You leaving without saying goodbye
No goodbye, no good, then why’d
You gave me your love
You gave me love
You showed me your love
I wish I could sleep
Knowing I’ll never sleep beside you
I’ll never dream
No ‘Cause my dream is to live my life around you
For me there’ll be no peace, no, no peace for me
My head may never rest
Till I feel your caress
And you whisper sweetly sleep
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Illumination
03:41
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She's not what you'd find in the magazines
Born to the ordinary world
I've had my share of the shinier things
But finery don't make this girl
Such beauty she shines on me
She doesn't turn heads with a toss of her hair
Moves in diminutive ways
Says that she feels like a brown paper bag
And can't understand why I stay
Such beauty she shines on me
So bright naked eyes can't see
Blink and you’d walk right by
Illumination
She doesn’t take cues from the televee
She don’t want what everyone has
She says close your eyes if you want to be free
And see all the beauty I have
Such beauty she shines on me
So bright naked eyes can't see
Blink and you’d walk right by
Illumination
Shine on
Shine on
Shine on
Illumination…
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No Surprise
03:10
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Now I can’t understand why you treat me like you do
I’d re-arrange the stars
Mine becomes ours
And I can’t comprehend these amazing stunts you pull
You leave me with a thrill
But I know what’s coming next
No surprise
No surprise
No surprise
No surprise
What’s wrong now?
I hate that look in your eyes
You just say the word and I’ll be out of your life for good
That’s not what I want to do
But I know what’s coming next
No surprise
No surprise
No surprise
No surprise
What’s wrong now?
I hate that look in your eyes
You say the word, I’ll be out of your life for good
That’s not what I want to hear
But I know what’s coming next
No surprise
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6. |
It's Better Not To Care
03:55
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u keep that saying that you’ll call
but I’m no longer on your shortlist
If I ask you why you’d act like you don’t know
truth is I’m petrified
You’ll never really say goodbye
& then my heart gets broken nice and slow
• Oh I spend too much time
• Wondering why
• All in love’s not fair
• Come to the conclusion
• It’s better not to Care
I’d make every day your birthday
Sing you songs like Monday Monday
And cook you dinner by the sea
If you’d only put your books down
Stop telling’ me the world’s round
Lift your eyes and notice me
Oh I spend too much time. Wondering why
All in love’s not fair. Shoulda seen signs
There were So many signs. Sayin we never had a prayer
I spend too much time. Pretending you’ll be there
• Come TO the conclusion. It’s better Not To Care
⁃ (Then I’d be) Someone who can flick a heart switch
⁃ Turn it on and turn it off so easy
⁃ Someone who can resist the urge
⁃ And quit it when they’re in it so completely….
Well I guess I’ll let you go
It’s gettin late and you have no idea
I don’t want to go through this again
Maybe we’re just better off as friends
• There’s just no solution. It’s Better Not To Care
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7. |
Fall Inside Your Eyes
03:23
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As I look across the room at you
Our eyes are joined for just a breath or two
I never finish what I mean to do
I start to trail off when I'm halfway through
And I fall inside your eyes
And I'm drowning in your love
But I cannot bring to my mind
What it was that I was thinking of
I can feel each sigh with my back to you
As though this sigh were mine and I'm attached to you
It’s deep inside your eyes that I'm attracted to
Like a moth towards a light I can't stop my headlong flight
And I fall inside your eyes
Oh I'm drowning in your love
But I cannot bring to my mind
What it was that I was thinking of
The sounds inside the room seem to fade away
But I don't think that I was listening anyway
I know I can't explain just why I feel this way
But just one look from you and there's nothing I can do
And I fall inside your eyes
And I'm drowning in your love
But I cannot bring to my mind
What it was that I was thinking of
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8. |
Invisible In Love
05:30
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You moved to Manhattan
Like a moth toward light
Dreams gathered around you
But something didn’t look right
You were one in a million
But then millions of people made plans
They make it look so easy
From the outside looking in
I’m invisible, you’re invisible, did we stare at the sun for too long?
We watched our best years disappear
Now we’re invisible in love
Watching you unpack boxes
And putting all your stuff on shelves
If we’d have looked in the mirror
We wouldn’t have recognized ourselves
‘Cuz I’m invisible, you’re invisible, did we stare at the sun for too long?
Oh a hundred years, all but disappear
Now we’re invisible in love
I’ve got a solution
To keep love strong
To keep us both turned on
A cocktail of delusion
Meets skin on skin
To keep the walls from closing in
You said it wasn’t electric
Just something you turn off and on
But, here comes the unexpected
It was fading all along
I’m invisible, you’re invisible, oh it’s criminal what we’ve become
Nothing's right or clear, like was it ever here, did a tree fall in the woods alone?
Oh I'm invisible, you're invisible, it's a poison we don't drink alone.
You can't taste or hear it just disappears in a bright white flash and it gone.
‘Cuz we're invisible, we're invisible, we stared straight at the sun for too long.
We watched as our best years, vanished to thin air, now we’re invisible in love
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Face the sun
Taste the rain
Savor heeling
Touch your pain
To take the middle road
Is to live, not at all
You'll know love
Once you feel it all
Ride the wind
Sink in the sea
Holler rage
Practice peace
To take the middle road
Is to live, not at all
You'll know love
Once you’ve lived it all
Have no fear
You'll find love…
Be together (Be together)
Be alone (Be alone)
Walk in circles (Walk in circles)
Seek the unknown (Seek the unknown, the unknown)
To take the middle road
Is to live, not at all
You'll know love
Once you feel it all
You'll feel love
Once you've lived it all
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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
Willie Wisely recommends:
Poppy Seeds
by The Corner Laughers
Wonderful twee psyche-pop from San Francisco!
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Kelly Jones & I sing lead vocals on this fascinating popster album by Steven Fox, w/Linus of Hollywood, Roger Joseph Manning Jr, and others. BLOG POST ABOUT THE SESSIONS ~ http://bit.ly/WWSecretFriend
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Her voice is a miracle. Her writing timeless. I love it!!
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supported by 11 fans who also own “Face The Sun”
already listened to this album a million times, and probably will listen a million more times. top shelf. love it.
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The Two Sided Face
by The Supahip
supported by 7 fans who also own “Face The Sun”
There's some kind of magical mischief that rises thick in the air when Michael Carpenter and Mark Moldre get together to write and record. I don't know what it is... something about the Beatles and whisky. Whatever it is, I heard it in the Supahip's first album and I hear it even drunker and faster in this one. Well done, gentlemen. You've done it again. ~ R
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Record Dealin' Dick EP
by THE MONA REELS
The Mona Reels take on record clerk mansplainers with catchy power pop on this lively new EP.
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