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Bring the Color
03:16
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Bring the Color
Love, don’t start a revolution
Love, don’t take my love away
The world will wait for the two of us
Love, don’t start a revolution today
She said "Hello," I said, "I don’t remember my name.”
She said, “Walk a while with me.”
And I never sat still again
I said, “Goodbye,” she smiled and said,
“There’s no such thing.”
I said, “I tried.” She said,
“Tryin’ don’t bring the color back to Spring.”
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Traveling
05:20
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Traveling
So you made your break like a prisoner
Now you’re free with no place to go
So you walk the street with your eyes on your feet
If there’s someplace to be they ought to know
The trouble with having everything
Is you never know what you’ve got, ‘till it’s not
Yours anymore
Traveling is just a metaphor
For screwing things up and getting through it
But you always knew you’d make it back; you’d make it back
Even though you thought you blew it
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I Hate Myself for Loving You
Written by Joan Jett and Desmond Child, ©1988
BUG Music OBO Lagunatic Music and Filmworks
Universal - Polygram Int’l OBO Desmobile Music Co.
Reproduced with permission through HFA.
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Love, Pop Songs & Other Criminal Acts
Your eyes tend to wander in the presence of beauty
I know it’s my fault for letting you see through me
No one said it was easy
No one told you to jump
So here’s to love
And pop songs
And other criminal acts
Here’s to taking
What you came for
And leaving without looking back
Here’s to staying and not regretting it
We’re all the same, avoiding a change
Running different directions in all the same ways
No one said it was easy
No one told you to jump
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5. |
Birds of a Feather
04:32
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Birds of a Feather
I woke to the sun just before it was done
Just long enough to know it was there
The girl on my shoulder reminds me I’m older
But no one said living was fair
Some live to die, others live to try
Some find their solace in wine
One guy I know takes every step slow
He missed a rose once and took it as as sign
That birds of a feather all flock together
So will pigs and swine
Rats and mice will have their choice
And so will I have mine
And so will I
I fell asleep to the moon while it sang me a tune
About a picture that hung on a wall
By floating alone through the lonely ozone
it saw the world and the glory of it all
But some of us hang low from the weight that we know
Despite the wonder of all the places we’ve been
At the end of the day the sun goes aways
And like a picture we long to be seen
Because birds of a feather all flock together
So will pigs and swing
Rats and mice will have their choice
And so will I have mine
And so will I have mine
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6. |
Cross My Heart
04:23
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Cross My Heart
You put it on hold and add it to the list
Of things you never meant to do
You say, “I never found the time, but I wanted to.”
“Yes, I cross my heart...I really wanted to.”
You talk a big game; I hear it’s easy
When you never play
You cast a mighty shadow standing on the head
of the kid who won the day
And I swear on all worth swearing on
I’d give it all away
It’s too much but I wanted to
Of a good thing but I had to choose
Between ‘I want’ and ‘what I have to do’
Side to side ‘till you lose your stride
Smiling wide ‘till your smiler died
I only want the good things when they’re new
But I cross my heart
I really wanted to
You say, “I don’t want to know.”
It’s better in the dark with your feet up off the floor
If you just leave the beast alone
He’s no reason to show
His face here anymore
But you’ve sang that song so many times
It’s too much but I wanted to
Of a good thing but I had to choose
Between ‘I want’ and ‘what I have to do’
Side to side ‘till you lose your stride
Smiling wide ‘till your smiler died
I only want the good things when they’re new
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7. |
Price of Value
04:37
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The Price of Value
Where was your head when the world stopped turning?
Did you stop to make the bed when everything
was burning?
Did you check your hair in the mirror?
Did you finally return the call to your mother?
So you lived your life on what you borrow
So you don’t have to think until tomorrow
And who to be is what you see and how you follow
And what you see was built from what owe
The price of the things of value
Is going to bring it all down in the end
Who will you call on for rescue
When you’ve got nothing left to spend?
If it’s shiny it’s probably in my collection
If it’s new it’s justified by definition
If you’ve seen it played and heard it in action
If it’s guaranteed to be in like new condition
The price of the things of value
Is going to bring it all down in the end
Who will you call on for rescue
When you’ve got nothing left to spend?
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8. |
I'm Still In
03:45
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I’m Still In
Sailing on the train after the bar closed
Two or three worlds away
You said, “Tell me a story. Keep me awake.
Make me believe we’re okay.”
I said, “There once was a boy. There once was a girl.
And they once had a world of their own.
But once upon a time was a harder thing to find
Than either had ever known.”
“But I’ll put my hand in your back pocket
Like when we were kids
You might lead me to trouble,
But if you’re still in, I’m still in.”
Just five more blocks to go until the alley behind you building
Where we first made out
You said, “I can’t go on. I can’t carry this...
It hurts not to say it out loud.”
You said, “There once was a girl, there once was a boy,
And once was a long time ago.”
You said, “I never saw this coming,
But I’m usually less drunk,
And if I don’t get it out I’ll explode.”
You said you’ll put your hand in my back pocket
Like when we were kids
I might lead you to trouble
But if I’m still in, you’re still in
So I’ll put my hand in your back pocket
Like when we were kids
You might lead me to trouble
But if you’re still in, Im still in
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Do It All Again
03:22
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Do It All Again
Wrote this song for a lover, but I play it alone
Gave it all for another, now I’ve got nothing to show
There’s pleasure in the heartache
of the slow, cold fading away
There’s peace of mind in a mistake
When you know you’ll never do that again
Until you do it all again
Made a vow to an old friend, “Im out of the game.”
He said, “Being alone is a wonderful thing...
But you’ve got nothing to sing.”
There’s pleasure in the heartache
of the slow, cold fading away
There’s peace of mind in a mistake
When you know you’ll never do that again
Until you do it all again
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10. |
Rest of Me
07:03
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Rest of Me
Must have been some party to show up looking like that
There’s no use in explaining
There’s no excuse for where you hung your hat
They say, “Now give it time, let it breathe.
There’s so many fishes in the sea.”
But I can’t help the feeling of something more sinister
Your story for a song...Go on now, spin it good
They say,”Now give it time, let it breathe.
None of the good things are free.”
Love, don’t take me for a wise man
Love, don’t take me for a fool
Love take my breath away before you take the rest of me
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When the Work is Done
04:59
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When the Work is Done
Floating away on a riverboat
Tied to the shore
Should’ve walked away so many times before
Waving away the Eastbound train
There’s always a next one
I planned to be so much further from where I’m from
It’s like you said
The sun always sets on the feeling of the afternoon
When the work is done
And all I’m left with is you
Throwing away all the things you loved
Exposing the hardwood
There’s solace in the calluses, and it feels good
It’s like you said
The sun always sets on the feeling of the afternoon
When the work is done
And all you’re left with is you
The price of me and the cost of you
The energy to see it through
You have to wonder...Where’s the value in
Struggling to struggle out
Making never work for now
Do you think
It’s like you said
The sun always sets on the feeling of the afternoon
When the work is done
And all you’re left with is you
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