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We're In Love
01:07
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I'm not a saint or a machine, I'm not a hero on the TV screen
I'm just a man, You're just a woman
We're in love
Ain't got no class, I'm just a clown
Sometimes I'm up, sometimes I'm down
I'm just a man, You're just a woman
We're just in love
Well once upon a time I was useless and forelorn
Poison, full of envy, full of ridicule and scorn
Blinded by desire and devoured by the hate
All that disappeared the day I took you on a date
You're not an angel, You're not a queen
You're not too fat, you're not too lean
I'm just a man, You're just a woman
We're in love
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Harmless Flirtation
02:39
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It's a harmless flirtation, just a moment in time
Though we shared a connection, we committed no crime
We both know nothing happened, we were both disinclined
There were secrets exchanged, there is no one to blame
For a harmless flirtation
Just a harmless flirtation, just a passing remark
Yes we shared an attraction, just the tiniest spark
With the best of intentions, we walked into the dark
There were secrets exchanged, did I mention her name?
In this harmless flirtation.
I woke up at daybreak, fever dreams filled my head
Told you I have to go, walked away from our bed
Never thought I would leave, can't believe what I said
When you're wearing a ring
Then there is no such thing
As a harmless flirtation
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Jerome
04:38
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Gina's hair was purple, she stood 'bout six feet tall
Never felt no kinship with the children of the mall
She tried her hand at art school, Chasing visions far from home
When her bubble burst, she simply headed for Jerome
Denny was a dropout, a high school deportee
Hitchhiked to Sedona all the way from Kankakee
His dreams were big as canteloupes, his prospects they were dim
Thought he was a drummer, His timing did him in
Hearts that keep on beating, Scarred and incomplete
Searching for union, then silently retreat
Most of us we stumble, We take the long way home
Some of us get lucky, like two lovers in Jerome
She found work in a gallery, she nursed her private loss
Denny worked on Harleys for a crazy biker boss
Their meeting was by accident, their love was by design
Spotlight of affection, A cosmic valentine
Fifty-five years later, old man gets up out of bed
Brews a pot of coffee, bakes his wife zucchini bread
Each of them delights in all the THINGS THAT GO UNSAID
Unlikely happy ending in Jerome
Hearts that keep on beating, Scarred and incomplete
Searching for union, then silently retreat
Most of us we stumble, We're afraid to die alone
Some of us get lucky, like two lovers in Jerome
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Words and Music
03:34
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There's nothing so beautiful as voices in song
In close harmony and affection
When the words and the music connect to your soul
It's as close as we get to perfection
There's nothing so pure as that high lonesome sound
With no traces of amplification
And nothing so sweet as the birth of a song
In that strange moment of its creation
There's nowhere on earth that I'd rather be
Then with you surrounded by the sound
Of the songs that we love, as we chase our destiny
Is there anything else more profound?
There's nothing so fine as two guitars in perfect tune
When each string vibrates in union with its neighbor
And nothing brings more comfort than an old country song
At the end of a day of your labor
There's nowhere on earth that I'd rather be
Then with you surrounded by the sound
Of Fire and Rain and Mystery Train
Is there anything else more profound?
There's nothing so beautiful as voices in song
In close harmony and affection
When the words and the music connect to your soul
It's as close as we get to perfection
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Go
02:41
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Now's the time for us to part, Break my heart and go
I have loved you from the start, Break my heart and go
The night is large, the dream is done
All that is reduced to one
I was blinded by the sun
Break my heart and go
Close your eyes and slip away, Break my heart and go
I'll survive another day, Break my heart and go
How I'd like to make you stay
How I'd like to make you pay
Movies never end this way
Break my heart and go
Break my heart and go
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Angel Town (Cover Song)
02:31
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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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