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Lauren
02:37
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Lauren sits so close to me, writing out Spanish Poetry
It feels like she’s a million miles away
I’m not supposed to make requests this something I acquiesce
But there’s so much to her I’ve got to say
So much more that can’t afford to wait
Lauren, oh Lauren where did you come from? Where are you going?
Is this for real or just killing time with me?
Lauren, oh Lauren you just bat your eyes and a stone is thrown
You broke the ice but I’m still wondering
She tells me she can’t sleep at night can’t keep closed those pretty eyes
She’s out at 9 but awake again by 1
So I hold her close and keep her warm pull the covers up, turn off her phone
Play her songs and curse that damn alarm
But restless girls are always quick to run
Lauren, Oh Lauren where did you come from? Where are you going?
When you slip away in the middle of the night
Lauren, oh Lauren you just bat your eyes and a stone is thrown
Hoping for a better ending every time
Lauren oh Lauren where did you come from? Where are you going?
is there room in your heart for a broken man like me?
Lauren, oh Lauren you just bat your eyes and a stone is thrown
Hit me hard and fast like lightening
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2. |
On And On
03:02
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Look out girl, we threw caution to the wind
since we took a chance at breaking our hearts again
Cirrostratus coming at us is was time to cut and run
Turning from all those shadows towards the sun
Grab that little dial, find songs that make you smile
Turn it up, we’re better in stereo
Tonight we’ll sing along, to all our favorite songs
And wonder without each other how we got along
We’ll stay up for hours, talkin’ over whiskey sours
and drink to me and you going on and on
It’s been so fun learning all our little ways
Waking in each other’s arms every day
I find myself getting lost with you
Wherever we go whatever we do
Lie here on my chest where you love to rest
And we’ll dream of all the places we’re gonna go
Next to you is where I wanna be
Doing those things for you, you do to me
So tell me one more time, about those butterflies
And how I stir them up for you inside
I’ll play my guitar, we’ll sleep beneath the stars
Aligned for me and you going on and on…
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3. |
The Lost Years
03:08
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I awoke another year older, the weight of it all on my shoulders
Thinking of you in a state of urgency
With a smile or a look from those devilish eyes, I never felt more alive
Then when you drew in as if by great design
Take things nice and slow baby, it’s the only way to go, baby if we ever hope to get it right this time.
How badly I wanted this, into you since our first kiss
I’ve waited half my life for you to come
I want to buy back those empty years and spend them all with you
We could fill them girl with the crazy things we do.
Take things nice and slow baby, it’s the only way to go, baby if we ever hope to get it right this time.
In know it drives you crazy, sometimes you want to hate me ,
Can’t change your past any more than I can mine
Darling, you know it’s going to be alright
We’ve got each other, I think we figured it out
If we finish our days and come home when it’s time to close our eyes
The years we lost won’t matter any how...not now.
You’re exactly what I’d hope to find, when I’d given up, resigned
To a life of empty lovers who would come and go
I believe in you, I believe in us, I guess it’s time to trust
We’re all in now, so baby, don’t you fold
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Little Pills
02:57
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“I don’t feel right” she said
Something ain’t sitting right in that pretty little head
A handful of pills she keeps in a Ziploc by her bed...
are going to bring her back from the dead
You can’t fix this don’t you try
I don’t need your help, didn’t ask for your advice
All I need right now is you standing by my side
I’ll come back to you in time
Oh whoah, oh, whoah...these little pills
Wait for you is all I can do
I’ll be here baby when you pull through
I can’t pretend to know that kind of hell
Morning brings a brand new light
Don’t let monsters take you tonight
Go do what you’ve got to do to get well
If I were a poet for a day
Would you write me all the things
You’re too scared to say? I fell in love with you
And I see us going grey. Oh I hope you feel that way
My angel comes alive when demons subside
Hold on to who you are inside.
Go do what you got to do to get well
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Chemestry
03:05
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Steady this pen to write her something sweet
I’m shaking like it’s going to go dry
It takes both hands to sweep her off her feet
She won’t fall for an ordinary guy
Strike that spark, add to cart, save this punch drunk heart
Let this shiny triumph catch her eye
I’m up against it channeling James Dean
Her leather jacket melting into mine
I’m riding off with that girl next to me
Strike that spark, add to cart, save this punch-drunk heart
From this crazy little chemical she stirs in me
Weakening these legs of mine
I’ve got one shot to make my darling fall for me
No time to breathe or think twice
Let these words pierce her velvet ear
Crawl their way through the darkest part
I can sense her soul searching for the clear
In the pain she left in a January fog
Strike that spark, add to cart, save this punch-drunk heart
With this crazy little chemical she stirs in me
Weakening these legs of mine
I’ve got one shot to make my darling fall for me
No time to breathe or think twice
If love’s supposed to be so empirical
How come I feel so blind?
Been going round like a spinning top and all
I want...is her tonight
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Lorelei
02:45
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Every time you come to me it’s there, electricity
Like power lines popping in maple trees, I get burned
When you go it fades with you, slowly at first like sunsets do
Left at dusk, I don’t know where to turn
Lorelei, Lorelei, I hate to watch you leave
Lorelei, Know that I, wait for you to miss me too and come home to me
Damn it all little girl, I’ve got the way but can’t find the will
To close the door on those autumn eyes of yours
And when I see your pretty face, all I ask is stay
Let me love you like it’s the last we’ll ever know
Lorelei, Lorelei, I hate to watch you leave
Lorelei, know that I wait for you to miss me too and come home to me
Lorelei, Lorelei, I hate to watch you leave
Lorelei, know that I can’t sleep alone when the love we’ve known is only a memory
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