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Hey you, what’s new
how do you do?
It’s been so long since I last saw you
we were so young and we had so much fun
how are you?
Even though it was long ago,
I’ll never forget the minute we met
at the guitar store, you were still unsure of yourself back then
now I’m a different kind of a girl and you’re kind of a man
Chorus:
You were a son of a gun, I was a kid on the run
I wonder if our love could’ve ever held up
to it’s size in my eyes, I’ve begun to realize
I’ve been looking for another lover just like you
in a long line, all of this time
Even though it was so long ago
I’ll never forget the very first kiss
on my bedroom floor, never felt that before or again
and we were dumb and we were poor so I let you move in
Chorus
You know, I was pretty good to you
Ya I spoiled you through and through
but I was just 19 and I could be really mean if I wanted to
now you’re walking up to me at this party in slow motion
and it’s killing me to think that I don’t know you at all anymore
and I remember when I thought I would die
if you ever walked away
and it hits me like sand in my eye that maybe I was right
cuz I was never the same once you cut every last string
you had tied to me
Chorus
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Charade, Charade
03:36
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Blue feather, heather gray
Shirley temple, chardonnay
Flicker, glow
Sparkle, fade
If it’s less than yes it’s no
and it’s a shame
Charade, charade
I hope you know I know
I’m a little game you like to play
I collect the diamonds, throw clubs away
you don’t have a heart at all
you have a spade
Charade, charade
You become the villain that you pretend to play
and I have let him take the lead of this pitiful parade
and I have watched him burn for me bright as day
and I have watched him turn on me with that very flame
Charade, charade
Blue feather, heather gray
Shirley temple, pink champagne
if it’s yes come on let’s go
make my day!
but if it’s no then just say so
charade, charade
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Paradise
03:57
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What went wrong my little one?
you said you missed the mid-day sun, well here he comes
with your sweet name on his pink tongue
I don’t ever want to wonder how far we could’ve gone
if only we had just kept on
So we sailed away for paradise
cuz we are free to lead our lives wherever we would like
As we sailed away we waved goodbye
We built the whole world on a single song
found a friend or two to sing a long
the light of pleasure casts a shadow long
where time has gone, where has time gone?
But we sailed away from paradise
cuz we are free to change our minds a million times
As we sailed away we waved goodbye
Where did you go when you left San Francisco? I don’t know
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4. |
After You
04:28
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I cannot yet say what it was that has made this different
than what I have let myself become used to
I know you’re gonna do whatever you gotta do
no matter what I should say to you, and you ought to
Cuz I’ve fooled myself before
but this time I can tell it’s entirely true
There’s something here, I’m sure
could easily break my heart into
the parts that came before and after you
But it’s not my job to push and shove
somebody who ain’t yet ready to be loved
and I know you’re gonna do whatever you gotta do
no matter what I should say to you, and you ought to
Cuz I’ve fooled myself before
but this time I can tell it’s entirely true
There’s something here, I’m sure
could easily break my heart into
the parts that came before and after you
I’m gonna let it ride, I’m gonna let it be
gonna let it come on naturally
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Today I'm Gonna Miss Ya
03:18
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I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel
by dawn we were out of our minds
we crept up the stairwell to the suite past floor 12
got kicked out, but we still had a pretty good time
And we rode the train back to Brooklyn
watching each station roll by
Ya we rode the train back to Brooklyn
don’t look a commuter clean in the eye
If yesterday is really gone for good
we gotta greet tomorrow like we should
(with bells on)
if yesterday is done and gone for good
we better treat tomorrow like we should
but today I’m gonna miss ya
We rode the train back to Brooklyn
wiping the sleep from our eyes
Ya we rode the train back to Brooklyn
don’t leave me alone after sunrise
If yesterday is really gone for good
we gotta greet tomorrow like we should
(with bells on)
if yesterday is done and gone for good
we better treat tomorrow like we should
but today I’m gonna miss ya
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Wild Ego
04:26
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Could there be an ocean deep enough
the wild ego could go drown?
If you feel you’re on the edge again
you gotta learn to go lie down
And are you such a little shell
they got you buried under sand
so maybe no one will discover
all the power in your hand
but you can’t prove what don’t exist
just because you lost touch with
you lost touch with it, the feeling
the chords are the colors
light pink and blue and green
the notes are the lovers
like you and me
and when they get together
they’ll make you sing
until you remember the feeling
you lost touch with it, the feeling
but you can’t prove what don’t exist
just because you lost touch with
you lost touch with it, the feeling
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Eulogy
02:55
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The decorations are falling down
the party favors are trampled on the ground
that lampshade makes a sorry crown
no one’s laughing with you now
But you don’t wanna go to bed
you’re really not that tired yet
you wish this party wasn’t dead
the kids these days are soft as lead
I just have to laugh when you try to insist
rock n roll will never fade
you prefer your girls on the list
never on the stage
I just have to laugh when you try to resist
naturally the sea will change
but you prefer your girls drawn on the cover
never writing on the page
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Don't Die
03:45
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Spiders were swinging from the window
the last time I visited you
I don’t want any part of the party
that probably will be the end of you
so please don’t die tonight
Roses were crawling up the stairwell
of the castle you disappeared into
I don’t want any part of the part where
you get the rules to bend again for you
so please don’t die tonight
Do what you like, just don’t die
Stained glass reflections along the ceiling
are shaking in the afternoon
honestly I’m relieved
someone new is there to take care of you
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Last Life
03:53
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Boil a storm, pour it in a teacup
magazine torn, pages are curled up
eating pomegranate seeds in the tub
on a Saturday night
I wanna do right by who I once was
in my last life
All along, constellation hidden by the sun
burning up the oxygen for fun
fall across the galaxy in spite of everyone
Last night in my dream
a woman in a painting was chanting so upset
the veil is too thin for my humid skin
but I won’t give up yet
promises and threats
enemies and best friends
All along, constellation spinning in the sun
burning up the oxygen for fun
alive in the memory of no one
In the summertime you were on my mind
January brings me down
In the middle of the night you called
from the forever lost and found
“The end will always shape whatever came before” she said
“I know there’s an escape I just can’t seem to open it..
But it ain’t over yet, not even in death”
All along in the sun it was fun
and now a badly faded photograph
has captured us all wrong
all along
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10. |
Promises I Kept
04:29
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After the heaven and after the hell
of all of this living, of all life itself
I’m nothing but the promises I’ve kept to myself
the promises I’ve kept to myself
After the heaven and after the hell
of all of the lessons from a life lived well
I’ve nothing but the secrets I keep to myself
the secrets I keep to myself
So I don’t care what you have to say anymore
It’s a pretty nice day, I will never complain again
I don’t care what you have to say anymore
sun and rain on my windowpane and a knock on my door
I don’t care what you have to say anymore
It’s a pretty nice day, I may never return again
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Al Harper San Francisco, California
Your local soft rock specialist.
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