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Sylvia Sylvia
05:00
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Sylvia Sylvia
The sky was falling the day that we met
That look in your eyes I will never forget
Oh Sylvia, Sylvia
The sky's not falling anymore
But those dark clouds are moving in
Let me show you what these arms are for
There coulda been trouble
Or maybe there shoulda been
You turn your back on the world
When the darkness is your friend
Oh Sylvia, Sylvia
I'm not waiting anymore
And those dark clouds are moving in
Let me show you what those lips are for
You taste like promises
Like every promise ever made
Yesterday is long gone
But tomorrow looks okay
And history is silent
On the love we coulda made
The sky was falling the way that we met
That first kiss I will never regret
Oh Sylvia, Sylvia
The sky's not falling anymore
But those dark clouds are moving in
Let me show you what these dreams are for
Yes those dark clouds are moving in
Let me show you what all this is for
02-20-2014
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2. |
Look at Miss Ohio
03:26
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3. |
The Radioactive Kid
05:19
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4. |
Walk Away
04:30
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Walk Away
I know that you’re no longer in love with that someone else
I can tell by the way you’re fooling yourself
You’re counting the days until you can leave
So I’ll just hafta say it delicately
I know you’re gonna walk away…
So walk away with me
I know you get tired of being so cold
Payin’ the rent and living like a ghost
The sun could be shining and how would you know
if you don’t open your eyes
I’m standing right here baby and I’m wearing no disguise
I know you’re gonna walk away…
So walk away with me
I’m gonna buy you a marching band
March you down the street and hold you by the hand
Take off your shoes when we get there
Kiss away your blues all the way up the stairs
Take your photograph at midnight in the middle of the road
Wearing a cowboy hat and a petticoat
We’ll wake up in the morning and make a pot of coffee
And I’ll pray that I’m not dreaming
I know you’re gonna walk away…
So walk away with me
02-15-2012
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Look Up at the Moon
04:41
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Look Up At The Moon
I walked across the river last night
Don’t ask me how
Don’t ask me how
But I still couldn’t find you
Anywhere
Anywhere at all
Now I’m traveling from Whitehorse to Yukon
On the back of a wind
That could go anywhere
Hoping to land somewhere
I can start over
Don’t ask me why
You already know
Just ask yourself
What have I done
I’ve got a heart too heavy
To carry all by myself
I’ve got a heart that’s beating
But not for long
From here I can go anywhere
On the back of a wind
On the back of a wind
Now I’m standing on the moon
Watching you
Watching out for you
You walk down the stairs
A cigarette in your hand
Cigarette in your hand
You light the candles one by one
And then you dance
Oh, how you dance
All alone in the room
With just the beat of your heart
To guide you
You pull a book off of the shelf
And then you toss it aside
Like you always do
You’ve got a heart too heavy
To bury all by yourself
You’ve got a heart that’s beating
But not for anyone else
And as I blow you a kiss
All the candles blow out
All the candles blow out
All across the world
I can see the look on your face
As you run outside
And look up at the moon
04-11-2011
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Old Crow
04:32
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Old Crow
She had a hard hard life of her own choosing
But the decisions were never that easy
Dark clouds crowd her horizon
Like a flock of trouble that’s escaped
She can rise there
Above the storm
She can scare it all away
I’m just an old crow
I don’t scare so much these days
You can’t scare me away
The best part of sorrow is what she’s forgotten
When she looks the other way
Birds circle the sky above her
Birds talk amongst themselves
She can lie there
With the truth
Knowing she could fly away
I’m just an old crow
I can barely fly these days
I can barely fly away
Clenches her fists
Shouts to the heavens
All I wanna do is live
Reckless endearment is
All I’ve got left
All I’ve got left to give
She waits there
For the sun to rise
Is it enough to light her way
I’m just an old crow
And it gets darker every day
Darker every day
Until the sun and this old crow
Both look the same
11-30-2011
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7. |
Broken, Too
03:38
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Broken, Too
Well you didn't look at all like a modern girl
With your hair piled up so high
And the way you licked the whiskey off your lips
So sly
I am not an honest man I won't lie to you
But you know I like to keep my stories straight
Oh baby are you badly broken
Are you hoping, thinking that I'm broken, too
That I'm broken, too
Tell me baby
Are you broken, too
I got into some trouble a little while back
And ran out of friends that I could call on
But when you licked the whiskey from my lips
I could tell that you've been callin' too
That you were broken, too
Tell me baby
Are you broken, too
DA DA C#E C#E
Oh baby are you badly broken
Are you hoping, thinking that I'm broken, too
That I'm broken, too
That I'm broken, too
Tell me baby
Are you broken, too
03-13-2016 9 pm
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8. |
Back to You
03:47
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Back To You
I've been driving away from you for days
Didn't stop until I hit this red light
Only gonna close my eyes until the light turns green
More than long enough to dream a new life
The sun is high in the sky
The snow is melting into clean cool water
All the birds in the trees
Are singing songs about your laughter
And then the light turns green--
The car pulls itself to the side of the road
I have no choice but to follow
The moon watches as I kill the lights
And chases me into what's waiting
I run for cover when the clouds shut the moon's eye
And all the stars fade into ghosts
They mislead me with all their suggestions
And their truth only leaves me cold
And so I run--
I've been running back to you for days
I'd chase the sun if only it would show its face
I lose my way every time I hear your voice
The shadows from the trees creep silently towards me
10-2008
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An Ever Darkening Sky
03:29
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An Ever Darkening Sky
I think it might rain today
But will it wash all this pain away
When the clouds all roll away
We will see
If anything has changed
You know things are going my way
But then those skies all fill up with grey
Above the clouds the sun still shines
But you can't see its face
And I can't read your mind
Unless everything has changed
I could open up this chest
Scare these thoughts away
I could tear open my heart
Chase these birds away
Let them beat against my ribs
Until they all escape
And they will blanket the sky
Unless you reel them in
And if the rains don't come in time
It'll be an ever darkening sky
I think it just might be today
Been waiting all my life for this rain
And when the darkness rolls away
We will see
We will see...
12-26-2013
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10. |
Not Enough Mermaids
04:55
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Roy Peak Jacksonville, Florida
Roy Peak has played electric bass in more bands than he cares to remember for more years than he can
remember.
He wrote the theme song for the radio show "Hey You Kids, Get Off My Lawn" on WPNR-FM.
His debut album, All Is Well, has been called "A punkish folk-rock tromp through twelve songs about love, death, and birds."
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