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We’re in the third house on Second Street, the first bell on the right
In a town of big blue houses and yellow back porch lights
You say you’re feeling distant, I can easily agree
Lost inside your loneliness so far that you can’t see
For so long I thought that you knew
Yes, Darlin, I get lonesome, too
Church bell anthems fill the street, Sundays come and go
Reminders of our self-deceit, white pickets in a row
Now I’m making this confession,though I’ve thought it all before,
I’m not the patron saint of broken hearts, I’m just the troubadour
I guess I thought that you knew
Yes, Darlin, I get lonesome, too
Bridge:
We have so much more to say and too much time alone
Restless nights and August days our bed’s dry as a bone
Our hands won’t shape the clay and our hearts have turned to stone
And all the time I thought that you knew
Darlin, I get lonesome, too
And all the time I thought that you knew
Darlin, I get lonesome, too
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Send Me Back To You
02:54
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Baby, I get lonely when I’m gone
I sit around singing the blues
No taste for life or living
No desire to wear my red shoes
And I know when I’m come home
Kisses warm me to the bone
So, come on, Baby, don’t leave me alone
How do you cure bad water?
Send it back to the river
How do I cure bad habits?
Send me back to you
I will lay down at your feet
Swim the oceans for what I adore
You’re the path to my silver heaven
You’re the pat to my golden shore
And I know when I’m come home
Kisses warm me to the bone
So, come on, Baby, don’t leave me alone
How do you cure bad water?
Send it back to the river
How do I cure bad habits?
Send me back to you
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Another Orion
03:24
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Grab your coat and hat bundle up your ears
Hands in mittens ‘cause it’s cold out here
Under the night sky, Baby, Under Orion, Baby
There’s a light in the bar, there’s a light in the sky
There’s a light that comes from the look in your eye
Another bright light, Baby, Just like Orion, Baby
Moving along as best I can
Working through this life with a hole in my hand
Nothing can stop me from trying
Tonight is just another Orion
Come out with me and take in the view
Let the darkness come and put a grip on you
Under the night sky, Baby, Under Orion, Baby
I want to fall in love,
I want to fall with you
I want to be together ‘til our days are through
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Going to the Country
03:18
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Babe, I know you’re tired, you don’t have to weep
I’m making plans to get out of town so we can get some sleep
We’re going to the country, Baby: A feather bed and a willow tree.
Goodbye City Living and all the hipsters on the scene
I know talk is cheap, Sweet Honey, and I’ve said this all before
I’ve promised to get us out of this town and your bag’s still at the door
Let’s go out to the country, Baby, while we’ve got a mind to go
Goodbye City Living – grab your pillow and the hoe
Let’s build our peaceful palace on a ridge among the pines
Windows open and doors unlocked and we’ll all be sleeping fine
We’re going to the country, Baby, blanket of stars for our bed
Goodbye City Living, hit the gas before the light turns red
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Somewhere deep inside your mind
Is a fear that you’ll be left behind
Why don’t you come on in, Baby, the water is fine
Even though you’ve got so much to gain
It’s clear you’ve got a load of pain
You can find your heart in a new terrain
You think you’re not prepared for what lies below
Take a deep breath and ring the diving bell
I’ll be your guide, my own true love
Beneath the surface of the well
In ancient times you had no say
You’d go through this world in a single way
There was no rock ‘n roll for the office grunts, no paying to play
Just because you can, do you think you should
Either way you’ll be misunderstood
The water is cold down there, but I swear it’s good
Rain falling, rain falling, filling up your shoes
Tears coming down in shadows of greens and blues
Chorus
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Some Kind of Mystery
03:22
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Bah – ba –bum –bahm
Bah – ba –bum –bahm
Bah – ba –bum –bahm, Bah…
The way you look at me I get the news
And I can’t bring myself to look the other way
Your eyes are bright and I’m picking up the cues
I’m glad to tell you I feel the same today
Now I’m happy as a man in his right mind can be
When you’re standing right here in front of me
We could ride a bike or ride a car
We can ride all day to see how far
To the Village Green or old Hong Kong
We could ride this feeling all year long
And how two people like you and me become we
Is some kind of mystery
Bah – ba –bum –bahm
Bah – ba –bum –bahm
Bah – ba –bum –bahm, Bah…
Bridge:
There’s a thousand reasons why I love you so
And there’s just one thing I want you to know
In a way I wasn’t looking out for you
But I knew once you came into my dreams
Now all at once the world is flashing by
And it looks nothing like the world that I had ever seen
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Watching the towers fall about me
Watching the crumbled visage fall
I am a man of great ambition
Now I’m learning how to crawl
Praise my mother, keep those wheels a-rollin’
I love my brothers – they keep me fine as I can be-e-e-e
Now my father doesn’t hear the bells a-tollin’
So what’s gonna happen to me-e-e-e-e?
The truth she just seems to fly away
Far too fast to hold
Leaves me standing in darker days
Like my soul has been sold
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Fair Retreat
04:04
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I’ve been livin’ on the buttery wind, sunshine and a little Hi-C
Nothing finer than connecting with you, no one so bitter-sweet
All the praises lauded on you
And the sanguine air you breathe
Won’t compare to the slightest moment
In the temple of your fair retreat
Come up empty, I come up dry, I come in from far away lands
Along the shoreline your heart provides, wherever waves wash up on the sand
- Chorus -
Feels my life has been riding on rails but my sun’s been going down
Gypsy songs veil my sodden shoes, my feet are roots in the ground
Won’t compare to the slightest moment
In the temple of your fair retreat
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Somebody Talk to Jesus
03:41
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Somebody talk to Jesus and tell him what’s on my mind
Somebody talk to Jesus and tell him what’s on my mind
There’s trouble in this world and I wish he’d make it right
Folks are running ‘round saying, I gotta get down and pray
Folks are running ‘round saying, I better kneel down and pray
With little more effort from me, some of the bad things go away
And if you’d convince me I could make things better with a prayer
I would fall down on my knees and never go anywhere
Life could be much sweeter life could be so fine
If you decide to talk to Jesus, won’t you tell him what’s on my mind
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Is It Ever Okay
03:42
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Guess I caught you walkin’ on the B-side
A little light in a night so strong
Feelin’ woozy like I might pass out, Baby,
Hopin’ it don’t last me too long
Is it ever okay to sit down and cry?
Is it ever okay to let go?
Will I ever stop seeing clouds in my eyes?
Will I ever stop feeling so low?
Voices calling from the room next store, Baby,
Wondering where the hell you’ve been
Guess I’ll never be too far from you
I’ll think about you now and again
Is it ever okay to sit down and cry?
Is it ever okay to let go?
Will I ever stop seeing clouds in my eyes?
Will I ever stop feeling so low?
Death is not a razor that cuts you
It’s not a lovely snooze in the park
More like an ugly stranger that finds you
Walking home alone in the dark
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