1. |
A Good Day For Me
02:51
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She makes me smile in a bad way She makes me cry in a sad way But all in all, it's a good day for me
She takes me down to the subway She makes me buy just a one-way But all in all it's a good day for me
And I am under no illusions that this fusion of the good and bad being happy when I'm sad is always...the way it must be
It's a good day for me.
She makes me walk on a hot day She makes me say what I should say But all in all it's a good day for me
She gives me life when she heals me She gives me hope when she sees me So all in all that's a great way to be
And I am under no illusions that this fusion of the good and bad being happy when I'm sad is always...the way it must be
It's a good day for me.
She makes me smile in a bad way She makes me cry in a sad way
But all in all, that's a good day for me
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2. |
Another Lesson In Life
03:41
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I said it once I'll say it again
It's a better thing just to do without I said it twice I'll say it again
It's a better thing just to do without
Do you wanna break out? (Yes, I wanna break out)
Well if you don't try, you'll never know why that you need to break out (Yes I need to break out) So do it now and maybe you will find
It's just another lesson in life
I did it once I'll do it again
Such a noble thing to have done your best
I did it twice I'll do it again such a noble thing to have tried your best
Do you wanna break out? (Yes, I wanna break out)
Well if you don't try, you'll never know why that you need to break out (Yes I need to break out) So do it now and maybe you will find
It's just another lesson in life
Oooh oooh oooh oooh oooh
Do you wanna break out? (Yes, I wanna break out)
Well if you don't try, you'll never know why that you need to break out (Yes I need to break out) So do it now and maybe you will find
It's just another lesson in life
It's just another lesson in life It's just another lesson in life It's just another lesson in life It's just another lesson in life
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3. |
Love In A Circumstance
03:06
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I can see you everyday there's a sky so blue You can see me every night as a star for you
You gave me a second chance
In a world of true romance showing me Love in a circumstance
You can pretend we can amend circumstance all day
And when we can be together again that's when faith decrees
You gave me a second chance
In a world of true romance showing me
Love in a circumstance, love in a circumstance
Go to all the places that we've been to Do the silly things we'd always do Until I'm there with you
Oooh...
I can see you everyday there's a sky so blue You can see me every night as a star for you
You gave me a second chance
In a world of true romance showing me Love in a circumstance
Love in a circumstance
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4. |
All This Hurt
02:53
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(All this hurt) as I fly closer to the sun to get myself dry
(All this hurt) as I drive closer to the edge to get myself high
Ooohhh...it makes us do the strange things Ooohhh...if only to survive
Ooohhh...if only we could get this right
(All this hurt) as I dream longer so this world can't rush me around (All this hurt) as I lie waiting for the answer that cannot be found
Ooohhh...it makes us do the strange things Ooohhh...if only to survive
Ooohhh...if only we could get this right
(All this hurt) as I fly closer to the sun to get myself dry
(All this hurt) as I drive closer to the edge to get myself high
Ooohhh...it makes us do the strange things Ooohhh...if only to survive
Ooohhh...if only we could get this right
All this hurt All this hurt All this hurt All this hurt
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5. |
To Be That Child Again
03:16
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When the dawn comes 'round
I will breathe a sigh for another day in this crazy life May the milk boil over and the papers not arrive Once I see your smile
I can be that child again
When the dark descends
I can close my eyes on another day of my silly life
May the wind wash in the rain that always seems to fall Once I see your smile
I can be that child again
I'm ashamed to be a replication of the man you once desired
When I was young and evergreen, I needed you before I burnt the wires
As a lonely day meets a lonely night
I can't tell a lie even if I tried
And the dark becomes the enemy of all the good inside Then I see your smile.
I can be that child again.
I'm ashamed to be a replication of the man you once desired
When I was young and evergreen I needed you before I burnt the wires
Oh...
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6. |
Take Your Time
02:50
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Every conversation turns to revelations why?
Maybe what came naturally was all you could supply.
Take your time, to decide To be mine, take your time
Staring at the sun and daydreaming away this life This is no rehearsal one take and it must be right
Take your time, to decide To be mine, take your time
Is it procrastination or is it hesitation?
This kind of vacillation is really just a play for time Baby take your time
Take your time, to decide To be mine, take your time Take your time, to decide To be mine, take your time
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Everyone back in the water
Everyone get off the land
Everyone leave your belongings in the sand
Everyone run to the mountains Everyone walk to survive
Everyone mosey together and stay alive
See, what we thought that we knew wasn't right and the dreams that we had fell apart on us overnight
We messed up the plan
And sat on our hands
So strike up the band
Gather the sons and the daughters
Give them the key to the land
Let's see if they can do better than we have
Everyone back in the water
Everyone get off the land
Everyone leave your belongings in the sand
See, what we thought that we knew wasn't right and the dreams that we had fell apart on us overnight
We messed up the plan
And sat on our hands
So strike up the band
Everyone back in the water Everyone get off the land Everyone back in the water Everyone get off the land
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8. |
Born Of Kamchatka
03:02
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Born of Kamchatka
Born of the sun
Born of Kamchatka, the special one
Born of Kamchatka
Born of the black golden sand
Born of Kamchatka, with beauty at hand
She flew away lived her days like forever She knew a way to turn pain into pleasure The special one
Born of Kamchatka
Born of the moon and the stars and the sun Born of Kamchatka, the special one
She flew away lived her days like forever She knew a way to turn pain into pleasure The special one
"Sladkoye slovo Kamchatka..."
From half a world away
She came from home to play
"Sladkoye slovo Kamchatka..."
"Ya ved s Kamchatki..." (Kamchatka...) "Ya ved s Kamchatki..." The special one.
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9. |
Man Lies Down Again
02:35
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How'd you crawl? How'd you fall?
Never thought you'd survive
Serves you right and well, it was your fight and then you expected to thrive
Man lies down again...
I do try every time
But it's hard to define winning lines in my mind Rivers flow, bells will chime
Grapes will grow for the wine
Then one day it's your time
Man lies down again Man lies down again
It's a game that has no sentiment and doesn't follow rules Entices all to play along then plays us for the fool
Man lies down again Man lies down again
Man lies down again Man lies down again
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10. |
This Is My Fortress
03:19
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We're all back in the iron age surrounded by walls and warriors
Wattle and daub and a fireplace with a cauldron of meat after daily chores
Rats in the gorse says This is my fortress Worship the horses This is my fortress
Growing the crops and the vegetables with a goat and a pig and a flock of sheep Let's offer up to the spirit God's some wood in the shape of a sword to keep
Rats in the gorse says This is my fortress Worship the horses This is my fortress This is my fortress
A E I O U, El Burro sabe mad que tu A E I O U, El Burro sabe mad que tu
Ohhhh...awwwwwww Ohhhh...awwwwwww
Shall we forget all life's regrets and feast with a night of decadence? Loving the ways of a simple life for the sun may set eternally
Rats in the gorse says This is my fortress Worship the horses This is my fortress
This is my fortress This is my fortress
Ohhhhhhh
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11. |
We Knew
04:09
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One of these days I'll cry 25 years went by
Gone in a winking eye We knew...we knew.
Thinking about that time Days full of fluffing lines Love couldn't be a crime? We knew...we knew.
Well we just couldn't say all the wrong wasn't right. How we looked in the dark for a flicker of light
So sad but yet so true...we knew.
(Solo)
Well we just couldn't say all the wrong wasn't right. How we looked in the dark for a flicker of light
So sad but yet so true...we knew.
Now that you've gone away Sailing the astral plains
Is it so wrong to say that we knew We knew
We knew...we knew We knew...we knew.
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