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1. |
Days are Beautiful
02:59
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hello darlin please tell me how
can the sky move so slowly when all around the world
the wind keeps on whisperin your name?
didn't you tell me love's forever
didn't you tell me forget it never
didn't you tell me the days are beautiful now
the past is merely a speck of light
the future a sun that shines so brightly
everything feels like any second we will burst into flames
didn't you tell me you're magic power
didn't you tell me the world is ours
didn't you tell me the days are beautiful now
tomorrows tomorrows another day away
lets pull the stops out and make it today ok
let's not wait or hesi tate
your hand in mine together
are the only controllers our own fate
so baby tell me who's got who now
I hear your laughing oh so clearly
I get a sentimental picture oh you look exactly the same
maybe even better than you used to
didn't you tell me love's forever
didn't you tell me forget it never
didn't you tell me the days are beautiful now
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2. |
Baby I Do
03:30
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I never count on the stars shining bright but they do I still keep my windows open at night yeh its true
I’ll be so ready to hold you tight when you
sneak into my room
and when the moments right I’ll lean in
and press my ear up close to your girly grin
you ask me if I’m feelin it too oh baby I do
don’t let a whisper of doubt enter your mind
leave your shoes at the door leave the world behind
we could spend all night
naming every star know its true
when I ask you if you feelin it too
say baby I do
and if only everything was as easy as this
to hold and to touch and to kiss
never listen when they say it can’t be
cuz baby it is I insist
its just as easy as 1+1 = 2
two of us together yeh me & you
you ask me if I feel the same way too
if only love was as easy as this
when you’re close enough to kiss
I’ll keep on giving you all I’ve got to give
as long as I live I insist
don’t let a whisper of doubt enter your mind
leave your shoes at the door let the world unwind
ask ya if you feelin it too say baby I do
ask me if I feel that way too
oh baby I do
you ask me if I feel that way too
oh baby I do
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3. |
Trap Door
03:03
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elijah's back at the old wooden shack
with a jug and his dog and a gun
he says ophelia's gone done ran off again this time
with the one I think used to be a preachers son
think they might have gone just a little too far
now they got no where to turn
it’s only one of the many ways that time
will bend back upon itself and show you
how the spring unwinds
all I ask of you is that you try
all I ask of you is while you're lying on the floor
will you open the trapdoor
my two cents worth of reasons left unspent
on highroads without roof or clothes or bread
and since then I've been floating in the wind
starry skies above the milky sea inside my head
and I might have seen
what other men have thought they saw
the fragile shadow flowers in her bed
it’s only one of the many ways that time
will bend back upon itself and show you
how the spring unwinds
all I ask of you is that you give me more
all I ask of you is while you're lying on the floor
will you open the trapdoor
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4. |
A Girl Who Reads
02:14
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don’t love a girl who reads they’re all storytellers
with vocabularies that can describe
a life thats unfulfilled
there in the library in the window in her room
inside her house of rain
the girl who reads
makes me want to be everything I’m not
but I am weak and I will fail you because
you have dreamed properly
of someone who is better than I am
the girl who reads
will accept nothing less than passion and perfection
and a life that’s worthy of being told
so on your way girl who reads
and take the next southbound train
and take your Hemingway
or perhaps you’ll stay and save my life
don’t love a girl who reads
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5. |
Fearless
03:13
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millions of us got a good reason
to wanna thing that feels alright
someone who can hold their own
hold their tongue or maybe hold you tight
everyone's a mirror only
reflecting our own rules within
you better get this one thing straight
all about beginning
you gotta give it up to get it and when
you start to shine you gonna be right on time
everyone's a mirror baby
reflect the light that’s inside yer mind
talk talk baby don’t say a word
sing me a little song instead
while I stretch out on yer bed
don’t underestimate the power of
you & me together we could fill the world with
fearless love aint nothin we can’t do
you & me together we could fill the world with
fearless love
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6. |
Tortilla Factory
04:50
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They had it good in the afternoons they’d hit the outskirts of town
And get a room at the st el motel have a coupla belts
At the longhorn saloon and collapse into a pile of dirty laundry
They never found that shiny sun of understanding instead in bed
They hid inside each others head
So they wouldn’t have to look truth in the eye
Or take another beating or hear their husbands pleading
I won’t do it again
Everyday they used to meet at that cantina across the street
From the tortilla factory on the eastside of the interstate
She does it good she’s in & out in under 20 for a 10
Then she’s back on 2nd again lookin for a good guy drivin by
with a friendly eye won’t ask for nothin wild
She don’t like no surprises she’s just tryin to get by
She's just tryin to get high
Get out from underneath the clouds that dog her every footstep
she gets stoned so she won’t have to be alone
she’s all business then the business of fuckin men but
she only wants to be with him
the one that broke her heart and stole her innocence
Everyday they used to meet at that cantina across the street
Talkin trash and make it sweet on the eastside of the interstate
Everynight when she sleeps
She dreams they gotta house across the street
From the tortilla factory on the eastside and they’re happy
oh so happy
Everynight when she sleeps
She dreams they gotta house across the street
On the eastside and they're happy
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7. |
You May Want To Remember
02:07
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Find one you like
put it where you're likely to stand up
touch it and feel it
under your fingers under your feet
spinning slowly round
sunlight's constant
it's never down or up
and there's only ever been one day
only ever been one ocean
you may want to remember
there's only one of a lot of things
and that we're all in it together
together together
Find one you like
put it where you're likely to stand up
touch it and feel it
under your fingers under your feet
spinning
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8. |
I Get High
02:56
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I get high
when I see ya walkin down the street every step of your feet
turnin up the summer heat
I can see the radiation in every direction a vacation
I get high
when I see you over there standing naked on a chair
out the window staring at the city down below pointin at the people
and laugh
and when the night comes and I’m wide awake
my thirst for you has got me totally baked
there’s no mistakin
I know you’re in it and on the scene
give me some time I’ll show you just exactly what I mean
when I’m all alone and I got you on the phone
and you’re laughin up a storm and it feels like i’m finally back at home after a long long trip away
I’m the creature in your double feature nothin can beat ya
wanna wash rinse and repeat ya and then do it again every day
triple down on the right here right now
we better get it while we still got that gettin it style
I get high on me n you
on everything we do
on what you got to say
on the promise of another day
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9. |
Cheaper
03:05
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It might have been cheaper to keep her
but I said goodbye
and now I keep on smilin til the day that I die
she took the mansion, all the cash and
the cars and the yacht
yeah she took it everything everything I’m not
I’m in no position to criticize
all’s fair in the vicious art of love and warfare
many fragile flowers have met their demise
on my living room floor
seems like a long time such a long time ago
I was strong not nearly strong enough
I was wrong plenty wrong enough
I played my hand and she called my bluff
It was exciting to fight her
but I’ve lost all my fight
and I’ve been feelin lighter got the future in sight
she’s so bitter I quit her and left it all to rot
yeah she’s taken everything but it’s everything I’m not
call me crazy but I couldn’t care
any more or less than I do about it now
hope she’s happy but it’s not my affair
she’s got her own her own life and mine belongs to me
can’t you see what you’ve done for me
set me free now I’m free to live
It might have been cheaper to keep her
but I said goodbye
and now I keep on smilin til the day that I die
she took the mansion, all the cash and
the cars and the yacht
yeah she took it everything
everything little thing that I’m not
bye bye
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10. |
Quiet
05:29
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She steps onto the platform
Turns around and waves goodbye
Gets on board without looking back
Doesn’t want them to see her cry
Train pulls out of the station
Takin her away from this life
That she’s always known
her family & her home
hopin that where she’s goin will satisfy
face pressed against the window
watchin the world go by
wonderin why everything is so...
quiet
inside she’s screamin why oh why
her thoughts turn towards the shadows
and the way the dust reflects the light
as it floats around and settles down
on the trunk that she packed last night
with her dowry and her wedding clothes
and a single vial of cyanide
cuz the one thing that she don’t know
is whether everything's gonna be alright
face pressed into the pillow
listening to the world go by
wondering why everything is so...
quiet
is this what it feels like to be alive
steps off at the landing
looks around there’s people everywhere
morning full of expectation she thinks
what the hell am I doing here
I belong back in the country
where the water in the river
always stays the same
instead of seeking out a destiny
that’s bound to turn out loveless
then he calls her name
eyes full of promise
and when he smiles the world’s on fire
wondering how everything could’ve been so
silent quiet quiet
is this what it feel like to be alive
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Bruce Hughes Austin
Bruce Hughes - Austin, Texas native - bassist, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer, making records and music that moves.
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