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Falling In Love With You
03:36
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When I wake up in the morning you’re the first thing I think of
And when I shaving I’m wondering if you’ll notice that little stub
And when I making my lunch I’m wondering if you’d like this too
I guess all this wondering means I’m falling in love with you
When I get to where I’m going I’m looking for your face
I’m looking down the hall, out the windows, all over the place
I just can’t settle in until I’ve found you
I guess all this searching means I’m falling in love with you
Some people need to think and think, until they find something they call clarity.
But that’s not the way it works for me
I came around the corner
And saw you sooner than I thought
My body began to shake,
A smile comes on my face, it didn’t want to go away.
Then I saw you smile
And I knew everything was different, than the way it was before
And although I don’t knew you so well
What could go wrong
What could go wrong
What could go wrong
Well I guess, with love, there’s always a dose of pain
We pray for sun, but too often we get rain
And when it hurts real bad, and you don’t know what to do
I guess all this hurting means I’m falling in love with you.
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2. |
Wicked Hard Day
03:50
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Every heart can break
There’s only so much pain we can take
When the ones we love don’t understand
It’s gonna be another wicked hard day
It’s gonna be another wicked hard day
God knows we tried
God knows we loved, we laughed, we cried
God knows I can’t take any more
It’s gonna be another wicked hard day
It’s gonna be another wicked hard day
It’s gonna be another day to forget
More dumb things I said, that I’ll live to regret
Came to you for help, but got more of the same
Looking for something more, but it never came
Maybe I should have known to leave well enough alone
Talked to myself too much on those long rides home
Why am I so dumb, what do I have to do
To get things back to the way they used to be with you
I launched into space
Thinking it would be a beautiful place
But I was wrong as I usually am
It’s gonna be another wicked hard day
It’s gonna be another wicked hard day
I can’t believe what I did, I threw it all away!
It’s gonna be another wicked hard day.
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3. |
Covidtown
03:04
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I woke up this morning and got out of bed, against my better judgement!
I was praying for sun I got the clouds again, to my disappointment!
There was no surprise, got the message from your frown
I guess I’ll hop the next train out of Covidtown.
I tripped over the cat and cracked open my head, I passed out on the floor!
I didn’t bother cleaning up where I bled, it doesn’t matter anymore!
My love for you is not poetic or profound
But it’s the last thing I got left in Covidtown.
Just one more thing you should know,
Next time I hear that whistle blow, I’ll be on the platform!
Got one more thing left to do,
I’m comin right home to you.
I’ll be on the platform!
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4. |
Don't Ask About Tomorrow
03:54
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Girl please wait up for me
I’m not running from you anymore
Let’s stay together for a while
Or at least until you don’t want to anymore
Wondering down the road
No comfort to be found, yeah
I still remember from the past
And it’s keeping me down…
Oh just don’t ….Just don’t ask about tomorrow
Just don’t ask about tomorrow…
For there’s nothing you can do today that will ever let you say, about tomorrow.
Seems like an eternity
But I guess we really don’t know, yeah
What are we going to say
When we get, to the end of the road?
Dreams they never come true
They just get us through the day, yeah
When you gonna wise up girl
And throw everything away?
Oh just don’t ….Just don’t ask about tomorrow
Just don’t ask about tomorrow…
For there’s nothing you can do today that will ever let you say, about tomorrow.
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5. |
Should I Be Sorry
04:05
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You came home late last night, thought you wanted to talk to me, but you walked right by
Had some supper on the stove, but you didn’t even look there, you went straight to our room
You didn’t make eye contact with me…
Should I be sorry?
I don’t know what I did, but I’ll try to fix it
Should I be sorry?
I wish I knew, how to please you
It seems like I always get it wrong, should I be sorry?
I remember once or twice, when I made you laugh, and it broke the ice
And the smiles that you shared, they filled my heart, I was unprepared
I fell so hard for you
Should I be sorry?
I don’t know what I did, but I’ll try to fix it
Should I be sorry?
I wish I knew, how to please you
It seems like I always get it wrong, should I be sorry?
I guess it’s my fault for hoping too hard for everything to work out
Did you ever want me at all?
I wanted you more, you wanted me less and now here we are
The thought of starting over makes me want to cry
So I’ll give it, one more try, cause I hate losing hope, then you might as well die
I got one more idea left to do, try again with someone other than you
I guess It just ain’t working out,
Should I be sorry?
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6. |
Maureen
03:31
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I’ll keep coming back as long as I can
I love to see you singing with the band
Maureen, Maureen, you can’t feel a love you ain’t ever seen.
Maureen, Maureen, background vocals and tambourine
Think twice
Go slow.
Let your mind work all alone.
I know all you’ve heard are lies
Empty words concealed and disguised
Maureen, Maureen
Thrown out of the house at seventeen
Maureen, Maureen
Background vocals and tambourine
I don’t have to know where you’ve crossed the line
We can take it slow, one step at a time.
Maureen, Maureen
There’s blood on your hands and hope in your dreams
Maureen, Maureen
Come with me to New Orleans
Got friends there
We can hide
You can start healing from inside
You can hold my hand, or let go
We can’t predict tomorrow
Maureen, Maureen
Take a breath and float downstream
Maureen, Maureen
The worst of people is all you have seen
I’d say trust me
But I know
That’s been told to you before
When you don’t look past the day you’re in
It doesn’t matter who you call a friend
Maureen, Maureen
You smiled and wrapped your arms around me
Maureen, Maureen
I guess I always knew you would leave
Maureen, Maureen
Thrown out of the house at seventeen
Maureen, Maureen
Background vocals and tambourine
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7. |
Natalie
03:05
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It’s real easy to give everything when it’s what you want to do
Then you’ll turn your back not throw a scrap to the ones who really need you.
Can’t you see, what you’re doing, Natalie
Can’t you be, someone you’re not, Natalie
To the liars who make things so clear I guess that logic works for you
And the first thing that your body feels, you accept forever, though it’s not true.
Can’t you see, what you’re doing, Natalie
Can’t you be, someone you’re not, Natalie
Love and hate both grow
Which one will you decide to sow?
Drop to your knees and pray
For a higher power to show you the way
Though it might not make much sense at first give it a try see how you do
Cause if someone’s first then someone’s last, did you ever think that it might be you?
Can’t you see, what you’re doing, Natalie
Can’t you be, someone you’re not, Natalie
Someone you’re not, Natalie
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8. |
I Loved You Kris
04:11
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I love you Kris
That’s all I can say
Everything I have is yours
Just ask me
You’ll get no funny stairs from behind my eyes
No surprises
God’s speed
What the hell does that mean?
Inflated images floating in a rain
Getting my hair wet and soaking my brain
Maybe I saw more than I should have seen
But that’s the way I hoped things might have been
I loved you Kris
That was so long ago
No idea where you are now
Never saw you on a game show
I was thinking about you just the other day
You’re forever young
Help me!
I need you so much now
Maybe I’ll be walking on down the avenue
When I see a girl who looks a lot like you
When I think about the words I’ll use to say hello
Well your eyes met mine, and I think you know
I loved you Kris
I loved you Kris
Help me, try to understand
Show me, take me by the hand
Hold me, never let me go
Love me, always let me know
Inflated images floating in a rain
Getting my hair wet and soaking my brain
Maybe I saw more than I should have seen
But that’s the way I hoped things might have been
I loved you Kris
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9. |
I'm Not Gonna Die
04:36
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{Vic}
When you take off, you’re going to fast
I’m wondering how long your luck's gonna last
I know you drink, I know you don’t think, I know you get high
You’re on that boat, that barely floats, you’re probably fried
Don’t worry dad, I’m not gonna die
Don’t worry dad, I’m not gonna die
{Evie}
I’m all set dad, don’t need a ride home
I met a new boy, his name is Jerome
Knows who I am, from Instagram, think he’s ok
Like him so much, we stay in touch, been more than a day
Don’t worry dad, I’m not gonna die
Don’t worry dad, I’m not gonna die
Don’t worry dad, I’m not gonna die
Don’t worry dad, I’m not gonna die
{Joe}
Come right back home, got pancakes on
I didn’t know you’d be gone for so long
I heard a sound, and turned around, nothing was there
Where you once were, my heartbeat stirs, a volume of air
Don’t worry dad, I’m not gonna die
Don’t worry dad.
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10. |
Can't Stand The Pain
03:37
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I shake my head in disbelief,
Another year has passed
What looked so good at one time
Just wasn’t meant to last
Feels like I’ve been here once or twice before
I’ll go insane if I stay one minute more
I took you back this last time
I knew it wasn’t right
every day’s a struggle
seems all we do is fight
I’d like to forget everything you did
It’s just a heartbreak, because
I can’t stand the pain but I don’t wanna go
Being with you is like living alone
No, I can’t stand the pain but I don’t... wanna go
Well every day I wake up,
It’s the same old thing
I can’t believe I fought you
For most everything
I guess my brain was clouded by your lies
It’s just a heartbreak, because
I can’t stand the pain but I don’t wanna go
Being with you is like living alone
No, I can’t stand the pain but I don’t... wanna go
Everything is dying around this place
When I close my eyes I see your face
I gotta get out of here before it’s late, yeah
Well, I can’t stand the pain but I don’t wanna go
Being with you is like living alone
No, I can’t stand the pain but I don’t... wanna go
Everything is dying around this place
When I close my eyes I see your face
I wish you would disappear without a trace
Well, I can’t stand the pain but I don’t wanna go
Being with you is like living alone
No, I can’t stand the pain but I don’t... wanna go
Don’t wanna go!
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11. |
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Human, we are
I don’t have to show you my scars
You know I have them
I know you have them, too.
Feelings, laid bare
Bare copper shining everywhere
I saw a spark jump
Where it wasn’t supposed to.
You drank too much, you swore too much, and now I want to hold out my hand
Congratulations, you made it through the day
Congratulations, you made it through the day!
You went, to bed
So tired you thought you were dead
But you didn’t sleep well
just like the night before
Got up, at five
Cause that’s the only time
That you can think straight
Before you’re overwhelmed.
The kids are crying, your boss keeps lying, but you made it through all the same
Congratulations, you made it through the day
Congratulations, you made it through the day!
I just want to cry, I’m sick of this life
But then you work for an hour, and everything’s’ alright.
And when, you die
God looks you right in the eye
He says you done a good job
Except for now and then
But we’ll let, you ride
Cause basically you’re a good guy
There are no problems here
You might even get bored.
Then a truck roars by, you rub your eyes, and you realize you’re not dead.
Congratulations, you made it through the day
Congratulations, you made it through the day!
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12. |
Lucy
04:40
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You never were like, anybody else
Been this way forever, you learned to be yourself
Never saw you discouraged, always loving life
Especially with your kid brother, spinning 45s!
Oh I said Lucy, how did you know to be so strong when everything was so wrong
Oh I said Lucy, how lucky for me, I met you, you’re my sister #3
Took you round a corner, got up on two wheels
You were no stranger, to how excitement feels
You never gave up, seldom lost your faith
Never turned your back on, number 208.
Oh I said Lucy, how did you know the sounds of the coins when they hit the floor
Oh I said Lucy, you took me up Mouse Mill Road to see your favorite tree!
I love to hear you, singing along
Thanks for being my friend for so long
You’re sister #3!!!
When summer sun is shining, you’ll be catching some rays
Warm winds are blowing, through your long brown braids
Your life is for living, come joy come pain
Your life is for loving, again and again
Oh I said Lucy, how did you know to be so strong when everything was so wrong
Oh I said Lucy, how lucky for me, I met you, you’re my sister #3.
Oh I said Lucy, how did you know the sounds of the coins when they hit the floor
Oh I said Lucy, you took me up Mouse Mill Road to see your favorite tree!
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13. |
Amos Brown
09:59
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Amos Brown, grew up in town, where skin color didn’t matter
No one’s dreams, got burst at the seams, torn apart or shattered
All were treated the same, no matter their name, no matter where they were from
Equality was reverently bestowed upon everyone.
He grew up in a place, where foolishness didn’t rule
The people with enough they weren’t so cruel.
Amos Brown, heard the sound, of a rocket taking off
He knew his place, would be in outer space, he became an astronaut.
So much in store, new worlds to explore, he was smart and brave
All the people came, on blast off day, to wish him well and wave.
They heard a distant sound, from a world in the grand beyond.
He wondered what kind of world he might land on!
Amos Brown, Amos Brown, Amos Brown, Amos Brown
The ship he was in, was built to win, against comets and asteroids
But the team agreed, there’s no guarantee, that it wouldn’t be destroyed
Two weeks in, his trip had been, exactly as they planned
But even in high gear, and a thousand light years, Amos would be an old man
He hopped into his pod, and closed the door on himself
He took the little green pill on the shelf!
Amos Brown had a dream, about a world he’d not yet seen
He imagined it would be better than where he was from
But it goes to show, what Amos did not know
Sometimes there ain’t no place better, no place like home.
Amos woke when the magic smoke circulated through pod.
Brown sneezed and fell to his knees, he and cried thanked his God.
A thousand years and all of his peers are what he left behind
He’d lost control around a black hole and it shot him back in time.
With Jupiter and Mars, well in his rear view
He spotted Earth and hid behind the Moon.
Amos Brown he scanned the ground and was shocked at what he saw
I can’t believe, they look just like me, with two eyes a mouth and a jaw
To end his trip he landed his ship and tested the air he’d breath
He stepped outside and he felt great pride at what his people had achieved.
He couldn’t sleep that night, and he looked up at the stars
He thought this worlds’ as beautiful as ours
Amos heard their spoken word, and he mastered it real fast
He found work as a market clerk and earned himself some cash
The whole country he wanted to see, bought a ticket for the Greyhound
But being black he got sent to back, with the other folks who were brown
He didn’t understand, why the bus was segregated.
Where he came from the races weren’t separated.
Amos Brown, Amos Brown, Amos Brown, Amos Brown, Amos Brown
The bus he was on arrived at dawn at the Union Station
The bus parked, he disembarked, on foot to see the nation
He saw a crowd had gathered round a park with a great lawn
A man spoke of love and hope, and to him Amos was drawn
But when they started to march, the rocks and bricks did fly
The man who spoke the truth was struck in the eye.
Amos Brown looked around and he saw a great city
Buildings high right to the sky but he shook his head in pity
Northern bound it was profound everything they had attained
But looking south he felt punched in the mouth by a world that was in pain
Many things were right, but even more were wrong
Cruelty to some is a crime to all
Amos saw a mob at war with its fellow man
They didn’t care about what’s fair or the hatred that they fanned
Violence ruled and it was cruel, the bullies had their way
They might learn when the tables turn if we ever reach that day
He’d seen enough to know this world had not evolved
He wondered if their problems would ever be solved
Amos Brown realized, what he’d seen with his own eyes
A world where love and hate were still at war
And it goes to show, what Amos did not know
Sometimes there ain’t no place better, no place like home.
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John Araujo New Bedford, Massachusetts
John has been playing guitar since the age of 13 writing songs for his own entertainment and enjoyment. This went for many years until 2020 when John decided to share his songs with Peter Hebda. Peter added drums and percussion and brought in Louie Leeman to help fill out the songs with bass and additional guitar parts. Before long, there was a project of 13 songs and a real album! ... more
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