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Open up your heart
04:00
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There are moments in your life
Where everybody says you're right
When the only thing to do
Is to find your inner truth
So open up your heart
Let the fear come out
That's the only way to heal it
Open up your heart
Let your dreams come out
That's the only way to heal it
There are those who make demands
With empty hearts and open hands
There are those who mothers cry
Never argue, never try
So open up your heart
Let the fear come out
That's the only way to heal it
Open up your heart
Let the laughter come out
That's the only way to heal it
There are places you all go
Full of things we'll never know
There are many lonely roads
Walked by ones with heavy souls
So open up your heart
Let your anger out
That's the only way to heal it
So open up your heart
Let your mouth come out
That's the only way to heal it
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Here
02:53
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it was silky like a magazine
i can smell you through the carmel clean
i was dreaming of lemon drops
and imagine to make the pain stop
here, here
baby stay
lay down on me
come here, here
i'll do anything you want me to
all around you there is blue sky
purple sunshine in my heart inside
through the long grass and the high leaves
i will find you in a flower scene
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Crazy
05:20
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one more song about a life out on the road
one more bridge across the distance
i try to find the words to write about the load that you and i both carry
every day every night every minute every mile i’m away
i wanna be crazy for someone who’s crazy for me
‘cause if you’re not crazy there’s no way i can make you see
and all the times you know i didn’t want to go when we both knew i had to
and all the times you tried to hold it all inside to make it easier on me
every kiss every smile i will miss all the while i’m away
i wanna be crazy for someone who’s crazy for me
‘cause if you’re not crazy there’s no way i can make you see
i hope you understand your love’s an inspiration
i hope you know it and believe it
the leaves are scattered by the blowing wind in autumn
the only breeze i can always find
every day every night every minute every mile i’m away
i wanna be crazy for someone who’s crazy for me
‘cause if you’re not crazy there’s no way i can make you crazy
for someone who’s crazy as me
‘cause if you’re not crazy there’s no way i can make you see
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Waiting for someone else
04:40
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we keep throwing things away but we don’t know where that is
we don’t feel any dismay we think it all just disappears
there are things we’ve tried to change that may help to slow the fall
but it’s hard to pave the way when we don’t agree to follow kyoto protocols
‘cause everybody wants somebody else to save the day
we’re all too busy doing something else to change our ways
the world’s a fancy restaurant where we don’t have to pay
so order up and wait for someone else
we are only thinking from the cradle to the grave
that’s just part of why it’s broken down
we are trained to blind ourselves to messes that we make
if we can’t see it it’s not there ‘cause it’s not there ‘cause it’s not in the air we breathe
everybody wants somebody else to save the day
it’s too hard to face it so we all just look away
superman will take our problems up up and away
so grab a seat and wait for someone else to save the day
we all hope and some will pray that everything is copasetic
that there’s an angel on the way but that’s just too damned poetic
‘cause everybody wants somebody else to save the day
we’re all too busy doin’ something else to change our ways
mother nature foots the bills that no one else can pay
so order up and wait for someone else
‘cause everybody wants somebody else to save the day
it’s too hard to face it so we all just look away
and when we finish up here we’ll strip mine the milky way
so grab a plate and wait for someone else to save the day
there is so much more to say but i worry we won’t get it
we’re ‘round the bend from much too late but we’re so good at forgetting
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So glad I found you
03:42
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i was broken tryin’ to cope and livin’ in the moment
every hour every minute and every precious second
tired of cryin’ i won’t lie i was leanin’ hard on my friends
all i know is i was hopin’ this time would be different
baby i’m so glad i found you
baby i’m so glad i found you
i was jaded never sated abraded into tatters
little pieces (of me) were releasin’ every time i was battered
i was steady ever ready unable to be shaken
but since we connected i need no protection i have reawakened
baby i’m so glad i found you
baby i’m so glad i found you
baby now i’ve found you we will build our life together
baby don’t you know that i’ll be here forever
there’s always someone somewhere sayin’ take your time and wait in line
like they can understand the way i feel
they say he who fights and runs away will live to fight another day
but i’m with you all the way
my philosophy used to be some fragments that i collected
from 10,000 joys to 10,000 sorrows nothing unexpected
i can barely see who i used to be before i met you
i’ve been waiting my whole damned life for you
i’ve been waiting my whole damned life for you
waitin’ my whole damned life for you
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They wont cry for you
03:45
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and so they said it’s not our problem
no one’s getting fed
and to this day they won’t stop it
though it could go away
do you see that
will you see it through
they have proven they won’t follow through
getting near it what am i to do
it’s something i can’t explain
just close your eyes love
do like they all do
why do you cry love
they won’t cry
it’s never done
if it’s working it won’t be for long
and what we find is empty faces and no peace of mind
do you see that
will you see it through
they have proven they won’t follow through
getting near it i feel so close to you
it’s something i can’t explain
just close your eyes love
do like they all do
why do you cry love
they won’t cry for you
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For you I do
02:45
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i can’t promise you that things will be easy ‘cause sometimes they’ll be hard
i can’t promise you that we will have money but we’ll never be poor
i can’t promise you that i’ll understand you but you know that i’ll try
i can promise you i’ll tell you the truth and give you free reign inside of me
for you i do
for you i do
i can’t promise that i’ll never feel unravel or that i’ll never be blue
but it’s my mission to make you so happy that you don’t know what to do
with yourself
i can’t promise you that i’ll never hurt you or that i won’t make you cry
but i can promise that i’ll never desert you i promise you
i promise you i will always stay i promise you
i promise you i will always love you i promise you
i promise you i will always listen
to you i do
for you i do
for you i do
for you i do
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You think you know me
03:25
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all the things i tried to say to you today
all the times i swallowed all my prayers away
all the times i was too weak to tell you the truth
all the days i turned and looked the other way
all the smiles that hid the world behind my face
all the while i was just feigning belief but you couldn’t see
though time will never erase what you did you think it ought to
i am still trying to embrace what i learned when i didn’t want to
you think you know me ‘cause you know my face but that’s all you see
you want me put in my place but you can’t because i’m free
everything i ever said under my breath
every time i counted up to ten and back
every time my heart cracked open there in my chest
for all the people that your actions disaffect
to all those who don’t even know it’s happened yet
for everyone who’s finding the strength to speak up act up now
though time will never erase what you did you think it ought to
i am still trying to embrace what i learned when i didn’t want to
you think you know me ‘cause you know my face but that’s all you see
you want me put in my place but you can’t because i’m free
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Stormy weather
03:45
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get your bathing suit your hot pink hula hoop your floral flip flops and your aviators
the summer’s record highs are claiming many lives
the fantasy from which we must awaken
and i know that we don’t but we should treat her better
and i know that we don’t ‘cause we think it’s all good forever
in stormy weather don’t forget her
the house is on a string the senate flaps it’s wings
the corporations think they’re kinged forever
but their throne will fall they will lose it all
shake those foundations ‘til they break
and i know that we don’t but we should treat her better
and i know that we don’t ‘cause we think it’s all good forever
in stormy weather don’t forget her
the forecast calls for change
there’s so much to rearrange
it wouldn’t hurt at all to fall to our knees and pray to the barometer
this lovely warming trend proceeds without an end though the media said it may not be
the livid august nights so hot the harvest dies
just check the history of the mercury
and i know that we don’t but we should treat her better
and i know that we don’t ‘cause we think it’s all good forever
in stormy weather don’t forget her
in stormy weather don’t forget her
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Show your face
04:08
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for everyone who’s lost a daughter
for everyone who’s lost their way
for flowing streams of holy water
for anyone who ever prays
i want god to show his face to everyone
i want to see to whom i pray just this once
i won’t ask it everyday, but let me see you
do you only hear me when i’m on my knees
for those who’re trying to forget it
for everyone who just can’t cry
for those who lost it when they bet it
but somehow keep their hope alive
i want god to show his face to everyone
i want to see to whom i pray just this once
i won’t ask it everyday, but let me see you
do you only hear me when i’m on my knees
i soak myself in poetry
i bow and bend like a row of wheat
on sunny days i hide my face ‘cause i don’t know what i’m supposed to say
to anyone who’s lost a husband
to anyone who’s lost a friend
to anyone who’s lost the best thing that ever happened to them
i want god to show his face to everyone
i want to see to whom i pray just this once
i won’t ask it everyday, but let me see you
do you only hear me when i’m on my knees
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i was broken tryin’ to cope and livin’ in the moment
every hour every minute and every precious second
tired of cryin’ i won’t lie i was leanin’ hard on my friends
all i know is i was hopin’ this time would be different
baby i’m so glad i found you
baby i’m so glad i found you
i was jaded never sated abraded into tatters
little pieces (of me) were releasin’ every time i was battered
i was steady ever ready unable to be shaken
but since we connected i need no protection i have reawakened
baby i’m so glad i found you
baby i’m so glad i found you
baby now i’ve found you we will build our life together
baby don’t you know that i’ll be here forever
there’s always someone somewhere sayin’ take your time and wait in line
like they can understand the way i feel
they say he who fights and runs away will live to fight another day
but i’m with you all the way
my philosophy used to be some fragments that i collected
from 10,000 joys to 10,000 sorrows nothing unexpected
i can barely see who i used to be before i met you
i’ve been waiting my whole damned life for you
i’ve been waiting my whole damned life for you
waitin’ my whole damned life for you
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The word I wouldn´t say
05:34
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your lullabies were kissing me goodbye when the lazy hazy light broke thru
and the sky that soothed me ‘til i cried turned psychedelic white and wry blue
i endeavor to sever my heart from tethers
i’m only lonely dreaming of you
‘cause you are the word that i wouldn’t say
lingering in my mouth a thousand sunny days
you are the taste that won’t go away ‘cause you made me wise…
with heartbroken eyes
empathize come puncture my disguise do away with wrongs and slights that hurt you
i’m petrified that i’m in up to my thighs as i’m spinning all my life’s a whirlpool
the clever measure our haunted forevers
this dizzy whizzing is all that we do
‘cause you are the word that i wouldn’t say
lingering in my mouth a thousand sunny days
you are the taste that won’t go away ‘cause you made me wise…
with heartbroken eyes
you say i wanted everything but i couldn’t grasp
that you were anything but mine ‘til the last
you were the only thing that i could not get past
it’s not just another foolish thing
it’s love
i arise to soft receding sighs of warm october nights and dark hues
i surmise that all your alibis are like fog that rolls at night in plain view
i never ever put it together
i’m nearer and clearer than i’ve ever been
‘cause you are the word that i wouldn’t say
lingering in my mouth a thousand sunny days
you are the taste that won’t go away ‘cause you made me wise…
with heartbroken eyes
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13. |
Counting down
04:25
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life is full of closing doors
if it ain’t easy it’s worth fighting for
hoping vainly in the dusk if we stay up late enough maybe time will forget us
the good times will come and never will go
sometimes my heart gets stuck in my throat
the seconds will fall inexorable
counting down until the day we say goodbye
i will miss you everyday and i won’t forget your face
kiss me gently tell no lies hold the best of me inside a love so good it makes you cry
miles may come and miles may go
but seeing your smile breathes life in my soul
we’re both running from the inevitable
counting down until the day we say goodbye
and you can’t go and i can’t stay and you can’t win if you don’t play and we can’t quite but it hurts to say goodbye
the good times will come and never will go
but seeing your smile breathes life in my soul
loving you ‘til i’m wrinkled and old
counting down until the day…
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14. |
The path you walk
04:36
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in time everything i ever thought i ever knew has changed
and my reality’s a symphony of demagogues and saints
and when the way to go is fraught with doubt and indecision
i find serenity in dreaming of our ignition
your truth is true
it’s all in you
to say to do the things you choose
the path you walk is always true
from high up i can see your blinding light reflected on the clouds
the air is thin i’m short of breath my eyes are heavy as they scan the ground
and though my body’s in a panic that my consciousness will fade
you are the mantra and the clarity on which i meditate
your truth is true
it’s all in you
to say to do the things you choose
the path you walk is always true
walk your path
don’t look back
my mind is still alive and still remembers everything you said
your sweet electricity is cracklin’ and dancin’ in my head
the merest thought of you is all it takes to carry me away
this isn’t something that i thought would ever even come my way
your truth is true
it’s all in you
to say to do the things you choose
to pave the way just use your shoes
the path you walk is always true
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Austin Willacy Berkeley, California
Austin is an award-winning singer and songwriter creating raucous, tender and comical songs for your soul. In addition to his 6 solo albums and EPs, Austin is a veteran member of The House Jacks A Capella Group, founder of 'Til Dawn Teen A Capella Group, and Co-Founder of WildChoir. ... more
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