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there's an old, worn song that no one sings
on a radio to no one listening
it's like a violin that no one strings
on a stage where no one performs
but you my love this room is yours
and you my love this is your song
though i am just a clumsy talk
a scratch upon the vase you bought
desperate on your table to undress
and singing nah nah nah
and if could i'd walk you home beneath this rain
and watch you 'til the morning 'til the world starts to rise again
so take me in your arms, and take me in your heart
beacuse this chance
this chance may never be again
and this song
may never start, start before it ends
so love
look out your window
and love
drive this highway safe
and if you're feeling tired like the world wants you alone
let this song
sing you to your home
and let this song
sing you on these walks i've known
and let this song
sing you to your home
and don't you know i only
came down here to see you
and though it may be lonely
i'd rather be near you
and that's the truth
so sing me to my home
and sing me on these walks i've known
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Punchline Song
04:02
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you say you grew up a punchline
trying not to be seen
did you latch on to darkness
like it latched on to me?
are you aged? are you tired?
are you not what you once were?
but us we're not someone's answers
you're not here to change me
i'm not here to rescue
what shouldn't need to be saved
you say we all need someone
but maybe yours is someone else
and maybe all these currents
are not like we've planned
but you're into gender normative
well then i'll be your man
but if not, well i'll be
whatever you'd like or prefer your lover to be
so lift up your darkness and see
always feel loved and be free
and if you're struggling
i'll try like hell to
pull you from darkness
there's no more need for this darkness
so if it's a mask the smile on your face
or you thought you found someone but the memory remains
in the body, the breaths, the touches of light and dark
well no barren span could make an ocean go dry
and you may feel like a desert but you're good enough to my eye
good enough, to make me want to stay
so lift up your darkness and see
always feel loved and be free
and if you're struggling
i'll try like hell to
pull you from darkness
there's no more need for this darkness
so scatter these fragments and fly
we don't need to leave gronud to take sky
and any true love
won't hold you down
will only pray for you to come back, so come back, and
lift off the gloss from these rhymes
what's a body like yours doing with your mind?
you make me laugh
you make me want to stay, and stay, and stay, and stay
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Sarah Jane
04:42
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so Sarah Jane, Sarah Jane
it's snowing outside it's up to our window frames
but Sarah Jane, Sarah Jane
it's your birthday so I hope you won't complain
the wind is howling
the old folks growling
traffic's stalled and someone's dog is growling
the mercier's a fall'n down
the turcottes a goin' out
we're potholes and mobsters and charter's a goin' round
but sarah jane, sarah jane
i heard a sleepy song from a distant train
that said sarah jane, sarah jane
today can't be so bad if you were born today
so sing la da, da da, da da, da da day
so sing la da, da da, da da, da da da a ay
la da, da da, da da, da da day
so sing la da, da da, da da, da da, la da day, la da day
so sarah jane, sarah jane
you're making me feel like i'm 16 againe
my hands are shaking
my voice is a breaking
and i should leave soon, of that there's no mistaking!
but sarah jane, sarah jane
you're taking my heart like the tracks take trains
and sarah jane, sarah jane
i'd rather derail than play it safe again
so sing la da, da da, da da, da da day
so sing la da, da da, da da, da da da a ay
la da, da da, da da, da da day
so sing la da, da da, da da, da da, la da day, la da day
so sarah jane, sarah jane
this city's just noise without your refrain
the cyclist's are puffed up
my neighbours won't shut up
and everyone's skittering, like there style's being roughed up
but sarah jane, sarah jane
i'm tired of playing cool closing off this game
and sarah jane, sarah jane
been waiting so long to see your face again
and sarah jane, sarah jane
i'm hearing this song from distant trains
that sarah jane, sarah jane
it can't all be so bad if you were born today
so sing la da, da da, da da, da da day
so sing la da, da da, da da, da da da a ay
la da, da da, da da, da da day
so sing la da, da da, da da, da da, la da day, la da day
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St Viateur Lovesong
06:48
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we met downstairs
you took my hand
you signed my wrist
and called me m'am
your hair was wild
like stalks of rice
we talked a bit
you played that night
and though i
cannot say
who you are
or how you'll change
how we'd be
or how we'd pair
i will try
because my heart doesn't care
it's already there
and
and now love can't you see
all of the stars shaped like guitars?
and all the lights shining for you?
so come on
just you and me awhile
so let's try
to climb these walls
so let's let
our barriers fall
so let's sing
each our songs
ring every note
wild and wrong
and though i
cannot say
who you are
and who you play
i know i
must dare to find
to find your heart
if you'll
take this wreck of mine
and
and now love can't you see
all of the stars shaped like guitars?
and all the lights shining for you?
so come on
just you and me awhile
and say what you're struggling to say
if this hesitation
this heartache and hope
is shared
if we're both scared
just us
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5. |
Idiot's Blues
04:26
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and someday
when you end this sleep
you will find your love
whole and near
and she
will rattle all you've made
a song through all your shape
high and clear
but it's like waiting for someone who isn't waiting for you
of idiot songs and god awful truth
the moment you realize there's nothing to do
and the idiot here is you
it's like sitting around nervous hands all days
wondering why the daylights slipping away
and you're a set of red lights but the cars are getting through
and the idiot here is you
yes the idiot here is you
and someday
when your heart falls right
when you find your life
resting near
may they
bandage all your gaps
the ways you've tried and lapsed
through the years
but it's like waiting for someone who isn't waiting for you
of idiot songs and god awful truth
the moment you realize there's nothing to say
and the idiot here won't change
it's like sitting around nervous hands all night
waiting to build a fire until a rainy skiy
but all the kindling won't go and nothing's burning true
and the idiot here is you
yes the idiot here is you
but you can't wait until someday
there's just risks you'll have to take
to try to stand and face and
there's just ways we all must change
so try to believe someday
won't hurt this way
and someday
when you end this sleep
you will find your love
whole and near
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6. |
Billions and Billions
03:15
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you looked the dark
between the stars
the night was quiet
and we both played our parts
you on the steps
the song of the rain
and i
kind of at a loss to say
anything
and i'll be here
wherever you are
wherever you'll go
and i'll be here
whomever you'll become
whomever you'll hold
and i'll be near
wherever you are
wherever you'll go
and i'll be near
whomever you'll become
whomever you'll hold
so could the stars
the fields of rain
the billions and billions of ways to say
on this blue speck
that you're a part
the billionth of a billionth of a chance that
we
would meet each other here
so keep me near and
and i'll be here
wherever you are
wherever you'll go
and i'll be here
whomever you'll become
whomever you'll hold
and i'll be near
wherever you are
wherever you'll go
and i'll be near
whomever you'll become
whomever you'll hold
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A Great Band of Pigeons Montreal, Québec
A Great Band of Pigeons.
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