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Hanging On
03:53
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Who cut you down outside the bar?
With a steel blue pipe beneath his arm?
It's been almost thirteen weeks gone by
Who cut you down and left you cold?
Making good on bets that you had blown
Cutting through the flesh they had sewn
It was just last night they checked you in
Wiped you down and threw your blues away
Baby hold on
It's just too much
You hangin' on
Baby don't go
You're just too strong
They had a gun
And now you're done
Watch yourself
the spotlight turns you on
Fly too high, it's sure to bring you down
Wallflowers die someday, you know
But you can wait, you can wait
You can wait a little longer
You were always certain weren't you boy
Who could burn your blue eyes
Bear the brunt
It's been almost 13 weeks gone by
Who cut you down and left you cold?
Baby hold on
It's just too much
You hangin' on
Baby don't go
You're just too strong
They had a gun
Now you're done hangin' on
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Well they told me to write a pop song
One that sounds just like you
So I wrote down this one
Don't you like it?
Tried it once twice shy and true
Aaaaaaa-aaah
Aaaaaaa-aaah
Aaaaaaa-aaah
Aaaaaaa-aaah
Mr. Lucky on the guitar
I saw you score before the show
And now it's time!
Aaaaaaa-aaah
Aaaaaaa-aaah
Aaaaaaa-aaah
Aaaaaaa-aaah
Well they told me to write a pop song
Once that sounds just like you
Aaaaaaa-aaah
Aaaaaaa-aaah
Aaaaaaa-aaah
Aaaaaaa--aaaaa-aaah
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Deadly
04:02
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It's come clear that I have passed a wave
Mediatic crazed sensation
I don't wanna join your soft parade
Sometimes it gets so lonely
AAAAHHHH!
9 to 6 they watch you roast the dead
what's showing on your tele?
radiating mandates through your head
and mine is smashed to pieces, baby
AAAAHHH!
Dead in America
Fucking Deadly
Red in America
Bled in America
And your five and dimes will all collapse
Hang your children out to dry
Here's an honest observation
It's just a lie
Dead in America
Fucking Deadly
Red in America
Bled in America
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4. |
Interlude
00:45
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5. |
Shuttlecocks
03:47
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I'll build the fire
You put out the fire
We exist it's perfect harmony
We'll till the tide
Watch us from inside
Writing out the elogy
You've gone away
Baby took a right turn and she crashed
bringin' you down
don't go mary jane
it won't be the same without you here
you've gone astray
baby took a right turn and she drowned
bring you down
just a stop to unwind
careful what you might find
we brought desire
thought it got us higher
a fix for tired company
shuttlecocks can fly
watch them in the sky
A lesson in psychology
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Kitchen
03:33
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She's in the kitchen
where she likes to go and hide
I'm in a planet on the other side
baby please forgive me
because we're going for a ride
and it's gonna test your patience
wait another day, so far away
will we get the time to find some peace
i'm not trying to turn you off or tell you lies
baby please forgive me
the road, it slipped away
the time, we tried to waste
and I'm a castaway for you
please forgive me
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Everlong
04:12
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When you're gone
I'll smell the sheets
and weep for everlong
it's a fever I would fight for
til your death
and catch my breath
please don't go
You're so gorgeous in the sunlight
you could brighten my horizons
on this gray soggy life we've made
you're love lights, they were waiting
the ones I wore were fading
now you're gone and I could use a change
i might see you, everlong
alibi, you're a pillow when I need a place to lie
so take me in, I need a place to rest
it's not my best
everlong
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Sleepwalking
01:45
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I recall a time when the mood was not so blue
frozen blocks of mine
memories for me and you
go, dear find
make your mind
back when you were mine
I was just sleepwalking
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Lovely Day
02:47
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It's a lovely day for you, girl
Cast aside the weight for a while
You got me running in circles
All I wanna see is your smile
Wipe away the past with a flicker
Just go on and give it a try
I can see the whites of your necklace
As I go by
Could it be love?
Love's waiting
it's just love
When it gets cold
I'll cover up your skin
and we'll get old together
Just before dark
we watch the burning sunset
it's so beautiful like you baby
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Where Did You Go
02:59
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So, pack your bags and go
You're a foolish man with foolish plans you know
All the broken deals
All the washed up reels
and the rubbish in your wake
Where are you going?
Where did you go?
When will find the time is right
spend the night
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Mary Anne
02:56
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Mary Anne is gone now
But she used to paint my lips
and I'd chip away her smile
across the dark miles
Mary Anne was stoned out
but she wore a pretty smile
collecting all the while
she's worth a fortune
but she's gone now
I was dirty you were cutting glass
chronic misfits of the moral class
take the grave stones of the ones I love
You went back home and now you're lonely
Mary Anne was thrown out
but she tore her way back in
while sipping dirty gin
and making babies
but she's gone now
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12. |
Salut
00:26
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14. |
With a Smile (Live)
03:48
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the Vinyl Skyway Cambridge, Massachusetts
The Vinyl Skyway have independently released numerous critically acclaimed records and singles worldwide since their formation in 2003. The music is described as "shimmery pop Americana with killer dashes of CSN harmonies." The band's sophomore classic "From Telegraph Hill" invites comparisons to the Beatles, Pink Floyd, Big Star and Fleetwood Mac. Listen to Long Cool Journey, now available! ... more
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