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| 1. |
| 3:14 | 
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Sometimes it’s all too much to say aloud
The sound’s a shroud The meanings crowd Sometimes the words are painful to the ear They disappear and nothing’s clear ‘Til all that’s left to me are aftertones I take them home We live alone But I remember chains of melody It pleases me - this song’s for free Within the memories of our life gone by Afraid to die, we learn to lie And measure out the time in coffee spoons In fading suns and dying moons ‘Til all that’s left to see are aftertones And no one knows Where meaning goes But i remember chains of melody It pleases me - this song’s for free And ooh, I like the sound Of harmony from time to time I really do believe In some kind of tomorrow When it speaks to me |
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| 2. |
| 3:42 |
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Look at me I would like to dance
But I haven't the clothes for romance So I'll stay with the boys in the band I would like to be cool Like the ladies who drool as they advance But I can't get my feet To go where I lead with my toes At the debutante's ball everybody does all they can do to enhance Every corset in town in a gown made specially in France And the men here can tell at a glance I would like to maintain but it sure seems a shame to sit on my hands And I only got into the swim by the seat of my pants Not another woman in the world Who could make a living Pitching the light fandango dancing on the streets of the city Look at me, playing freelance at the ball Catch my entrance to the hall Far from the gilded lily Look at me would you like to dance I've a book illustrating the stance And I can't get my head To go where I lead With my toes I feel solo |
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| 3. |
| 2:17 |
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Love is blind
love is on_ly sor_row love is no to_mor_row since you went a_way Love is blind how well I re_mem_ber in the heat of sum_mer pleas_ure win_ter fades How long will it take be_fore I can't re_mem_ber mem_o_ries I should for_get I've been burn_ing since the day we met Love is blind love is with_out a mer_cy love is now you hurt me now you've gone a_way Love is blind love is no ho_ri_zon and I'm slow_ly dy_ing here in yes_ter_day In the morn_ing wak_en to the sound of weep_ing some_one else should weep for me now it's o_ver lov_er let me be Love is blind love is your ca_ress love is tend_er_ness and mo_men_ta_ry pain Love is blind How well I re_mem_ber in the heat of sum_mer pleas_ure win_ter fades@ |
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| 4. |
| 3:11 |
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She never had too much of money
Friendly strangers were all she knew Nobody ever came to call but you I would not say she isn't happy Though the eyes of a fool will make her blue Nobody's ever seen the tears it's true I guess nobody wanted to We'll have a celebration Ice cream and candy cakes She's very young to go so far away And then there'll be the papers In black and white to say we're through Nobody every loved me quite like you I guess nobody wanted to And there'll be roses In the springtime still I guess there will I wish her roses and song And she'll be older As years go by, and how they fly Will she be lonely without me along? She doesn't make friends easily She's only known a few The incidental stranger passing through On Sundays and holidays I'll take her far away We never tried to save the love we knew I guess nobody wanted to |
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| 4:32 |
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I’m the belle of the blues, and it’s easy to see
If I win or I lose, it’s all one to me I was born on a shelf in the rare books library I reside by myself with my books and my T.V. I’m an old age pension for the fossilized routine Anybody for nostalgia, put a record on and see Here’s a memory of olden days And a heartbreak grown cold All that glitters isn’t gold You get no love for free You live and you die And I’ll probably throw it away But in the end it’s mine And nobody has a right to say “Go down lightly - go down silently” I’ll go down screaming “Give it back - it belongs to me” I’m the belle of the blues - I’m used to mingling With the creme de la creme of higher society I promise them roses, and an eight-by-ten of me But when the party’s over They’re all too glad to leave Their children sing of sorrow It’s the same old routine They’ve begged and they’ve borrowed Someone else’s misery It’s an easy act to follow At least, an easy one for me Give me my tomorrows You can have my memories Souvenirs from an old-fashioned school Plays coquette on the pillow Like an old-fashioned fool Go down lightly Go down silently You go down lonely You go down like me |
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| 6. |
| 3:09 |
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Don't sing me love songs
You know they make me cry Don't bring me any promises You've none I want to buy Don't send me any letters You know I never learned to read Leave them on the doorstep Sit back and watch me bleed Bleeding for the sailors Who never caught the tide And the wind goes on forever Tomorrow never dies And I wave goodbye to morning And stake my life on land I was sitting on the doorstop Watching Satan have his day It was half past morning 'Fore I tore myself away I've never looked beyond the mirrors Of our used-to-be The gilded edges shadow sketches In the light of memory And I found the paint by number With your name across the top And the room began to dance To the spinning of the clock And I waved goodbye to morning But I left the door unlocked Well, the tears flow like wine And the salt makes you blind So you beg a little time 'Cause you're choking on the vine But the words begin to pour And it feels just like war And your face is on the floor And you cannot find the door And I think I found the answer Where you left it on the shelf But it's too late to wonder If I left it there myself And the room begins to rock And the walls begin to steam And the clock won't stop And I'm living in between And I wave goodbye to morning And stake my life on dreams |
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| 2:43 |
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Boy I really tied one on
Spent the night away from home I know you're not to blame if I can't recall your name and I'm sorry if it causes you pain Boy I really lost my head I woke up in a double bed Allow me the pleasure of taking your measure though I'm sure you ain't nobody's treasure And I know it isn't ladylike to do what I've done tonight (chorus) Wake up I've got news for you Nobody's knocking at your door Nobody's gonna pull you through Nobody needs you anymore, yeah yeah Nobody's knocking at your door Boy I went around the bend Thought I'd made a lifelong friend Imagine my surprise when I looked into your eyes and saw the kind of friends you meant I think I'm gonna take the cure I'm going on the wagon for sure I may feel a fool for a Sunday or two but it's better than a Sunday with you And I know it isn't ladylike to do what I've done tonight (chorus) |
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| 8. |
| 2:42 |
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I gave a party
I said you could come You showed up at your door With all your leathers on I said This must be wrong It can't be right How can you make love to me Dressed up for a fight? Pick me up off the floor No more 'Cause you surely can't be mine Religion came almost overnight You were the high priest I was the sacrifice I said this must be wrong This can't be right Take off your stupid robe And put down your knife These ropes are getting tight All right You surely can't be mine I come home half dead Late on a Saturday night You stand on the bed and you tell me you're learning to fly I said Take off your boots Take off your cape Throw away your long johns I ain't no Lois Lane Before I get my kryptonite All right 'Cause you surely can't be mine I was ready for love Big brass bed and all I was ready for love You said Let's talk about the war I said What war? What war? Take off your clothes And don't you worry me no more I ain't no fly by night All right You surely can't be mine |
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| 3:58 | 
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| 10. |
| 4:10 |
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When we grow old
And love grows cold And time runs down Like a river That calls us home The eyes grow dim The light grown thin And time will End here forever Long time gone Then time and the river Must stop in their tracks Or roll on forever There’s no turning back I’ve waiting too long To be left here like this Long time gone Then weep no more The heart is pure These hands are sure Like a river That clings to shore The love we learn The love we burn A love that burns In the darkness Will weep no more Dreams die young |
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