1. |
The fire
04:05
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Fields of golden and of white
Stars on a lonely night
With no moon
Drunk on memories and cheap red wine
Suffering in paradise
Who dare asks?
Why has she taken us down?!
Why has she taken us down?
& Now she’s spinning us around
The fire
Ghosts of Sunday morning find
There ain’t no denying
What kind of state we’re in
So feeeel ! how ever you feel
You can’t control what’s real
or when she goes
Those are questions for god.
Questions for god
So don’t you treat us like dogs!
Rise up
West where ever you go
That old wind will show you the way
Evening sigh
No more questions why
Just a feeling you can’t explain
That’s why she’s taken us down
She taken us down
And she’s spinning us around
The fire
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2. |
Empty bottles
04:00
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No one wants a sad story
Don’t take offence
We’ve all got our own
And chips on our shoulders
from sacrificing
what we want
for what we need
so cry me a river and drown me an ocean
we’ll build a boat and we’ll ramble on
don’t take me for a fool
but I’ve been known to be foolish
from time to time
on all these crossroads,
the wind on my face seems to know
the story is still being told
when there’s coffee stains on your jacket
and a secret stash in your drawer
don’t be wasting time or money
on pretty little things that don’t make you shine
No one wants empty bottles
Unless they’re collecting them for dimes
You second guess the value of dollars
When the time starts running out
As all steel chains must rust’
& when the rain falls down I know
That everything is connected in some way
No one wants lonely Mondays
or to wake from a dream to an alarm
And then realize that they have forgotten
The life that they were dreaming of
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3. |
Can't go back
05:15
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Hats off , the dust has settled
Same old clock on the wall
Where does time go?
Where does time go chasing
Waterfalls, daydreams,
In truth I’m stuck here just imagining
Because you cant go back
No you can’t go back
I taste the salt, of a silent tear
As irony seems to be the silver lining
As I never chose to stay’
it must be my turn to be broken
or is god just laughing at me?!
It was a cloudy day but her smile
made me feel like it was summer
we sat down, it had been awhile
since we’ve seen each other
where does time go? Where does time go chasing ‘
now I see her lips talk , her hands move
Her eyes look like she’s seen a ghost
I reach for a drink
That isn’t there
Can’t help to think that I can’t go back
You can’t change the past
Now she says she has to leave,
She says she has to go
Standing by the door
I swear that I saw her hiding
A tear on the side
Of her green eyes shinning
You could say I wish it was
And I’d say remember when
But after all these words
We’ll still be asking
Where does time go’
Where does time go chasing …
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4. |
Where you been
02:55
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I’m talking to you, my lover
Where the hell have you been?
Its two days since I seen you
and you stink like sex and gin
I know its crazy the life we live
Sometimes we can’t obey
We gotta bend the rules & break the locks
and throw away the keys
try to forget it, but that’s not the way
to heal a broken heart
one of these days we’ll look back and finally understand
we’ll understand oooo ‘ we’ll understand
that there’s so many ways to tell a lie
but there is only the truth
when its shrouded in your shifting eyes
tell me
what it is
I should do?
What should I do
Oooo’ what should I do?
Try to forgive but now I’ve turned to stone
And just can’t sleep at night
If jealousy is poison
then the cure is hollow pride
I know its crazy this life we live
sometimes we can’t obey
But tell me’ tell me honestly
Where the hell you been? Where have you been, ooooo’ where have you been
As there’s so many ways to tell a lie
but there is only the truth
Rising in your chest sometimes
I see it gets caught in your throat
So how can I believe you if your not even looking my way
And calling me crazy for even asking
Where the hell have you been sleeping Why didn’t you call?!
Where the hell have you been sleeping ‘ why didn’t you call?!
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5. |
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When you find out what you need
And what you want are two different ways
Old desires are swept to side
Like strings too short to tie
a pretty bow around
what’s really real
how do you feel?
Another dream was forgotten today
Another message was lost on its way
Written in sand or spoken a prayer to god the great unknown
Wont you please just
Throw me a sign
Like a bone to a dog
or the wolf that I am
howling at the moon
with an ocean in my eyes
lord knows I’ve tried
To find reasons or to make them to blame
Smiling on top a mountain pain
All that we’ve been thru growing
Knowing that nothing really lasts
And we still find a way to celebrate
Tonight’
All them miles we were riding
high on stars sharing silence
holding each others hands
just because
maybe it was love
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mister bird Victoria, British Columbia
Raised in the old bow valley, and worn out and grown overseas, comes a sound born from fairy tale thoughts and riverside day dreams, whistling along the road with the birds and the bees.
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