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Marisa's Song
03:01
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Keep a book by your bed, Keep a song on your shoulder
Some times that's all you need
Keep in touch with a friend, Keep a charm in your pocket
Delight in little things
There is no bottom to what we don't know
There are no depths to which we won't go
There is no bottom to what we don't know
You are the keeper of the light
Feel the noise, find the music, face the sun, catch the wind
Launch on to every wave
Be very still, plant a garden, be very kind, when in doubt
You'll find a better way
Chorus
Keep a thought for your dad, Don't think twice about leaving
I'll always be with you
Chorus
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2. |
I Wanna Be Like Man Ray
02:25
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I wanna be like Man Ray, I wanna be like Man Ray
I wanna change my name and go to France
Run around in my underpants
Like Man Ray, I wanna be like Man Ray
If I can be like Man Ray I can rule the world
I wanna be like Man Ray, I wanna be like Man Ray
I wanna grow my hair and act real freaky
Get a muse and call her Kiki
Man Ray, I wanna be like Man Ray
If I can be like Man Ray I can rule the world
I'll grow a big mustache, Make a lot of cash
I'm gonna play around with light and shadow
Hang around some guy named Pablo
Get a movie deal, gonna be surreal
When I can finally tell the world just how I feel
I wanna feel like Man Ray, I wanna be like Man Ray
I wanna change my name and go to France
Fuck with pomp and circumstance, like Man Ray
I wanna be like Man Ray
If I can be like Man Ray I can rule the world
I'll go to Hollywood, I really think I should
Gonna start a movement call it Dada
Grab the whole damn enchilada
I'll be a bon vivant, I'll date a debutante
And I will finally discover what I want
I wanna be like Man Ray, wanna be like Man Ray
I wanna change my name and go to France
Make a little love, Do a little dance
Like Man Ray, I wanna be like Man Ray
If I can be like Man Ray I can rule the world
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3. |
Kindness
04:02
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I pulled out of El Paso, Headed for Houston, Hoping for I don't know what
Highway was baking, Heart was broke down, Stomach tied in a knot
She said it was over, I was running for cover, Needing for someone to fight
I looked in the mirror, I was caught like a deer, Trooper had me in his sight
I rolled down my window, He asked for my license, I timed you at 90 he said
My eyes started tearing, the fight up and left me
He stared and he nodded his head
I could write you a ticket that would go on your record
That's what I usually do, But something inside me where I was once broken
Imagines what you're going through
Chorus:
It's kindness sustains us when boundaries restrain us
When hearts are broke down and a lump in your throat
The secret to life is in bridging the distance
We must never forget we're all in the same boat
Thirty years later I remember his wisdom, how he let me drive off in the night, I can't help but wonder with all that I know now
How lucky I was to be white.
And I still think about him and what led him to see me
How he knew just to leave me alone
I can count on one hand all the magical moments
When I truly felt truly known
Repeat chorus
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Finished
02:43
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Well I thought I was finished, no more love for me
Down for the count, More misery
But you came to the rescue with a lifeline or two
And I'm not close to finished with you
I thought I was finished, No more songs
Thought I was finished, I was wrong
The drought is all over, Rain has broke through
And I'm not close to finished with you
Sometimes the world is a desert, Where nothing can grow
Sometimes even in the desert, A rose is a rose is a rose
I thought I was finished, Thought I had my fill
Feeling diminished, Over the hill
You came to my rescue with a new point of view
Now I'm not close to finished with you.
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Churchyard
03:58
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From the time they were ten, Danny knew back then
Danielle was the one, She made everything fun
The Sunday school where they first met in Old Town,
He used to walk her home
Chorus: From the churchyard to the graveyard, I'll be yours for all time
From the churchyard to the graveyard, if you'll be mine
Graduation day, their friends moved away
They stayed in Old Town to put their roots down
Her father thought that they were just plum loco
When Danny bought the ring
His mother pleaded wait until you're older
But then she heard her son sing
Chorus
A couple of kids, some bumps and some skids
They always bounced back, bought a big Cadillac
The time that Danny slipped and fell at Christmas
The summers at the shore
Danielle retired teaching kindergarten when Danny sold the store
Chorus
The end of the day, their hair turning gray
They're still having fun though they're slowing down some
Grandkids, t-ball, all those graduations and other family things
Danny continues his infatuation
To Danielle he still sings
Chorus
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Lubbock Texas in a dream, Buddy Holly in a time machine
Imagine if he heard the Beatles play
What would he think, what would he have to say
I think it's great, it's got my beat, But does this make me obsolete?
She Loves You is a song I understand
I'm not so sure about Sgt Pepper's Band
Taxman, Girl, and Yesterday, they just might make me Fade Away
Amazing what a few more years can do
When I Get Home I'm telling Peggy Sue
The Guitars Weep, the crazy chord from Hard Day's Night
to My Sweet Lord, I need to know my legacy is secure
I worry I won't Matter Anymore
Now it's 1999 and I've been gone for quite some time
So many unfamiliar, magic sounds
It's strange that no one let's me hang around
But somehow at the end of day when crickets chirp and Oh Boy plays
The apple doesn't fall far from the tree
I'll be returning home triumphantly
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Waiting Out the Night
03:22
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I'm waiting out the night, Waiting out the night
It's like an invocation
Waiting out the night
I'm wondering can love last, Wondering can love last?
Gonna try and end it graceful
Wondering can love last?
I've got a dream to ride, A fire inside, Ring around the moon
Miles to go before I sleep
Shadows lifting soon
I'm waiting out the night, Waiting out the night
The promise of tomorrow
Waiting out the night
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8. |
It All Comes Back
04:07
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Ten years since I've been with you, Six years since we spoke
Nothing there to be repaired, If it's broken, leave it broke
But yesterday I saw you, It tightened up my throat
Swore that I was over you, til that sleeping beast awoke
When trains rush by the highway, there's nothing left but track
I just have to see your face
It all comes back
Amanda used to sing to me at the dimming of the day
I never felt so safe and sound, And then she went away
I shut down like an engine that lost its driving wheel
Fifty-five years later I discover how I feel
When trains rush by the highway, there's nothing left but track
I just have to hear that song
It all comes back
The rustling of the dogwood, the sweet smell of the pine
What is it about memory, the ghosts we leave behind?
We bury our emotion deep below the frost
And when we least expect it, we're reminded of the cost
When trains rush by the highway, there's nothing left but track
I just have to feel the breeze, it all comes back
Yes I just have to hear your name
It all comes back
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Song for John Herald
04:55
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Bad day for music in the Times, Bluegrass boy has taken leave
Lives built on rhythm and on rhyme don't always turn out as dreamed
He suffered the sweet plague of love I'm told
Fragile misfortunes of fame
Remainders of records all unsold
The end of a long, lonely day
Well Stewball was a racehorse, he played crowded fairgrounds
While you were performing downstage
Searching for something sincerely profound
Footnote on someone's back page
Noone deserves that back page
Can't explain this feeling in my heart, Can't find the passion to engage
Something to do with love and art
Something about memory and age
Well Stewball was a racehorse, he played crowded fairgrounds
While you were performing second stage
Searching for something sincerely profound
Footnote on someone's back page
You didn't deserve that back page
Nothing to do but move on, No need to pause and reflect
Whenever you hear "Roll on John"
Think of your friend and connect
Well Stewball was a racehorse, he played crowded fairgrounds
While you were performing downstage
Searching for something sincerely profound
Footnote on Dylan's back page
Noone deserves that back page
The end of a long lonely day
The end of a long lonely day
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peter zeldow Chicago, Illinois
Songs that hover around folk, rock & country genres with a mostly gentle, acoustic guitar-based mid-60s sound. The themes are universal: love (Jerome, You Are True), loss (Go), desire (Hunger), memory (It All Comes Back), aging (Golden Years), empathy (Kindness), & gratitude (Grateful). The delivery is understated, but the storytelling packs an emotional wallop that rewards careful listening. ... more
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