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| 7:12 | 
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I was never one for singing what I really feel
Except tonight, I'm bringing everything I know that's real Stars, they come and go They come fast or slow They go like the last light of the sun All in a blaze And all you see is glory Even it gets lonely there when there's no one here to share We can shake it away if you'll hear a story People lust for fame Like athletes in a game We break our collarbones and come up swinging Some of us are downed Some of us are crowned And some are lost and never found But most have seen it all They live their lives in sad cafes and music halls They always come up singing Some make it when they're young Before the world has done its dirty job And later on, someone will say ""You've had your day. Now you must make way."" But they'll never know the pain Of living with a name you never owned Or the many years forgetting What you know too well That the ones who gave the crown have been let down You try to make amends without defending Perhaps pretending you never saw the eyes Of grown men of twenty five That followed as you walked and asked for autographs Or kissed you on the cheek and you never can believe They really loved you Some make it when they're old (Perhaps they have a soul they're not afraid to bare Or perhaps there's nothing there) Some women have a body men will want to see, So they put it on display Some people play a fine guitar I could listen to them play all day Some ladies really move across a stage And gee, they sure can dance I guess I could learn how If I gave it half a chance But I always feel so funny When my body tries to soar And I seem to always worry About missing the next chord I guess there isn't anything to put up on display Except the tunes and whatever else I say Anyway, that isn't really what I meant to say I meant to tell a story I live from day to day Stars, they come and go They're coming fast and they come slow They go like the last light of the sun All in a blaze And all you see is glory But those who've seen it all Who live their lives in sad cafes and music halls We always have a story So if you don't lose patience with my fumbling around, I'll come up singing for you Even when I'm down... |
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| 2. |
| 4:08 |
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Jesse come home
There's a hole in the bed Where we slept Now it's growing cold Hey Jesse, your face In the place where we lay By the hearth, all apart It hangs on my heart And I'm leaving the light on the stairs No I'm not scared - I wait for you Hey Jesse, I'm lonely, come home Jesse, the floors and the boards Recalling your step And I remember, too All the pictures are fading And shaded in grey But I still set a place On the table at noon And I'm leaving a light on the stairs No I'm not scared - I wait for you Hey Jesse, I'm lonely, come home Jesse, the spread on the bed Is like when you left I've kept it up for you And all the blues and the greens Have been recently cleaned And it's seemingly new Hey Jes, me and you We'll swallow the light on the stairs We'll do up my hair And sleep unaware Hey Jesse, I'm lonely, come home |
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| 3. |
| 3:21 |
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I'm leaving by night
I'm leaving alone I'm leaving it lie When you waken I'll be gone I would not beg for me As I would not beg for you Though I'd like to be the one To see you through Every step you have taken Disappears with the tide You're torn up and shaken With changing your mind You haven't got the grace To say you'll finally decide And you haven't got the strength To stay and fight Those people who surround you Only want to see you weak enough to crawl They'll lie for you decide for you And buy up all your rights and all your wrongs And they'll try to stop your singing In the middle of your song For they do not want you free And they do not make you strong But only drag you down In the hole they're coming from They say you are foolish in wanting the sun Say you are selfish in learning to run And they'll tell you that the darkness Is a blessing in disguise For you never have to notice If you're sighted or you're blind And they'll do their best To keep you from the light You're more than beginning You're learning to fly You feel like you're falling But it passes in time I hate to see a friend Go down in flames without a song So I'm waiting by the doorway But I will not linger long I'm leaving by night I'm leaving alone I'm leaving it lie When you waken I'll be gone I would not beg for me As I could not beg for you But I'd like to be the one To see you through |
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| 4. |
| 4:44 |
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I learned the truth at seventeen
That love was meant for beauty queens And high school girls with clear skinned smiles Who married young and then retired. The valentines I never knew The Friday night charades of youth Were spent on one more beautiful At seventeen I learned the truth. And those of us with ravaged faces Lacking in the social graces Desperately remained at home Inventing lovers on the phone Who called to say come dance with me and murmured vague obscenities It isn't all it seems At seventeen. A brown eyed girl in hand me downs Whose name I never could pronounce said, Pity please the ones who serve They only get what they deserve. The rich relationed hometown queen she marries into what she needs A guarantee of company And haven for the elderly. Remember those who win the game Lose the love they sought to gain Indebentures of quality And dubious integrity. Their small town eyes will gape at you in dull surprise when payment due Exceeds accounts received At seventeen. To those of us who know the pain Of valentines that never came, And those whose names were never called When choosing sides for basketball. It was long ago and far away The world was younger than today And dreams were all they gave for free To ugly duckling girls like me. We all play the game and when we dare To cheat ourselves at solitaire Inventing lovers on the phone Repenting other lives unknown That call and say, come dance with me and murmur vague obscenities At ugly girls like me At seventeen. |
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| 5. |
| 2:32 |
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The days are okay
I watch the TV in the afternoon If I get lonely The sound of other voices Other rooms are near to me I'm not afraid The operator She tells the time It's good for a laugh There's always radio And for a dime I can Talk to God, dial a prayer Are you there Do you care Are you there? And in the winter Extra blankets for the cold Fix the heater, getting old I am wiser now, you know And still as big a fool Concerning you I met your friend She's very nice, what can I say? It was an accident I never dreamed we'd meet again This way - you're looking well I'm not afraid You have a lovely home Just like a picture No, I live alone I found it easier You must remember how I never liked the party life Up all night, lovely wife You have a lovely wife And in the winter Extra blankets for the cold Fix the heater, getting old You are with her now, I know I'll live alone forever Not together now |
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| 6. |
| 4:30 |
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I’m the belle of the blues, and it’s easy to see
If I win or I lose, it’s all one to me I was born on a shelf in the rare books library I reside by myself with my books and my T.V. I’m an old age pension for the fossilized routine Anybody for nostalgia, put a record on and see Here’s a memory of olden days And a heartbreak grown cold All that glitters isn’t gold You get no love for free You live and you die And I’ll probably throw it away But in the end it’s mine And nobody has a right to say “Go down lightly - go down silently” I’ll go down screaming “Give it back - it belongs to me” I’m the belle of the blues - I’m used to mingling With the creme de la creme of higher society I promise them roses, and an eight-by-ten of me But when the party’s over They’re all too glad to leave Their children sing of sorrow It’s the same old routine They’ve begged and they’ve borrowed Someone else’s misery It’s an easy act to follow At least, an easy one for me Give me my tomorrows You can have my memories Souvenirs from an old-fashioned school Plays coquette on the pillow Like an old-fashioned fool Go down lightly Go down silently You go down lonely You go down like me |
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| 7. |
| 2:17 |
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Love is blind
love is on_ly sor_row love is no to_mor_row since you went a_way Love is blind how well I re_mem_ber in the heat of sum_mer pleas_ure win_ter fades How long will it take be_fore I can't re_mem_ber mem_o_ries I should for_get I've been burn_ing since the day we met Love is blind love is with_out a mer_cy love is now you hurt me now you've gone a_way Love is blind love is no ho_ri_zon and I'm slow_ly dy_ing here in yes_ter_day In the morn_ing wak_en to the sound of weep_ing some_one else should weep for me now it's o_ver lov_er let me be Love is blind love is your ca_ress love is tend_er_ness and mo_men_ta_ry pain Love is blind How well I re_mem_ber in the heat of sum_mer pleas_ure win_ter fades@ |
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| 3:07 |
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Someone is waiting
over by the window just beyond the stairwell someone's crying Drowning in the words of the prophets that are written for the dead and the dying someone's lying No one's buying Someone is dying Panic in the streets can't get no release someone escaping waiting on a line for the holy revolution parading illusion someone's using Most amusing Will you dance? will you dance? smell of caviar and roses Teach your children all the poses How familliar are we all... will you dance? will you dance? light fantastic in the morning How romantic to be whoring boring though it may be who'll survive if you and I should fall? someone is bleeding crimson in the night strangers, in the light a sudden meeting Greeting one by one every life rund flashing before those dashing eyes Will you dance? will you dance? take a chance on romance and a big surprise? |
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| 9. |
| 2:14 | 
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| 10. |
| 5:12 |
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| 11. |
| 3:25 |
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Party lights
is there anybody here tonight? Doesn't anybody have a light? Party lights Champagne and caviar cocaine and Shalimar Don't push too far your party lights People tell me that I'm fading fast but I can't last the whole night through Everybody now it's closing time I can't find my way to you don't lose your head Remember all those things your mama said but every vampire here appears well-fed You look half-dead They like you, kid Party games somebody pinned a needle in me and I went insane Walking on the edge of the line in the driving rain I felt no pain It's a hell of a game People tell me there's an end to this but one last kiss turns into two Everybody can't leave now i don't know how to make it through Heady wine moving too slow for me can't keep time watching the silent movie for a sign in my prime heady wine You move too slow I'm drowning- don't let go I'm drowning- can't say no keep it low hell of a show People tell me that I'm fading fast but I can't last the whole night trough Everybody now it's closing time I can't find my way to you |
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| 5:07 |
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| 13. |
| 3:06 |
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I'm still in love
though I don't care to let you know there's something there it doesn't show but when you're near silly habits mean a lot I've been alone now for quite some time, it's true but every night when I come home I'm coming home to you I listen for your footsteps Sometimes I even knock Silly habits mean a lot I've been parading and I've led a lot astray Why bother waiting? when you can have it all today You may remember I like my coffee hot Silly habits mean a lot So you go your way and I'll go mine Maybe someday our paths will re-entwine I used to say "I love you" but one day I forgot Silly habits mean a lot |
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| 14. |
| 4:01 |
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| 15. |
| 5:09 |
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Anonymous autonomous will likely get the best of us yet
Before you disappear if you can lend me half an ear, I'll regret If I treat you like a number It's because I can't remember your name, mmm So have another cigarette and help me to forget why I came Run too fast, fly-y too high, Run too fast, fly too high On dark and lonely nights I'm only right when things are bright on the floor Dancin' and romancin', gallivanting with a handsome I score And if you don't believe me you should see me when I'm ready to roar 'Cause I'll lose my concentration with a new infatuation I'm sure You run too fast, fly-y too high, Run too fast, fly to high-igh-igh You got no past, no goodbyes, You run too fast, and you fly too high Would you believe I was once gonna be somebody-y-y-y I packed up my bags and I took what I had to the city-y-y-y Man it was rough to find the best I could be Waitin' for the limit on a colour TV Now I've made it this far, Got a room on the park and a view Brand new, Fly too high Full Boar version ends here, Night Rains version continues: Run too fast, Fly too high, Run too fast, Fly too high Hanging around on the infield, what do you steal But another feel at the top Making believe in the long run, when a shotgun Is the way to get out of the shop Hang tail in a new jail, You can go bail You can dance until you drop 'Cause there's no fool like an old fool, in a new school You just can't stop Run too fast, fly-y too high You run too fast, fly-y too high-igh-igh Run too fast, fly-y too high, mmm-mmm Run too fast, fly to high (fade) |
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| 3:32 |
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| 3:39 |
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| 18. |
| 4:44 |
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