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Promises
05:27
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Was I hot then cold
Did I force you into my mold
Did I pull you into me
Did I pull you selfishly
So Sing once more
Your voice cuts deep to the core
Your words they betray me
Your words they torment me
I can't turn away
What we built should have stayed
And I can’t speak
Did I force you to promise me something you couldn't keep
I can’t sleep
Did I want you to promise me something you couldn’t keep
Love gets lost
Mere words can’t explain the cost
of losing myself to this
of losing you to all of this
Why can’t we let go
Let sorrow take control
And I can’t speak
Did I force you to promise me something you couldn't keep
I can’t sleep
Did you want me to promise you something I couldn’t keep
I can feel you and you feel me too
we’re not far apart
But we’re far apart
I can't turn away
What we built should have stayed
Why can’t we let go
Let sorrow take control
And I can’t speak
Did I force you to promise me something you couldn't keep
I can’t sleep
Did you want me to promise you something I couldn’t keep
We both made promises we knew that we couldn’t keep
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Remember the moment I saw your face
I lived like a runner but you kept pace
I saw you where the ships are close to shore
Of all the things in life I want you more
We’ll travel round the world till we’re old and grey
Sixty years go by and we’re here just the same
We’ll live and die together you and I
I can’t stay here forever but I’ll try
Time flies by like a kite thats loose in the sky
We’ve run this far so we’ll never say our final goodbye
Maybe today I’ll just pass away into the sea
You’ll stand at the shore and know that there is more for you and me
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Gone
04:08
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I hear the sound of mama crying
I hear the sound of papa trying not to cry
I pretend that I can’t hear
I cover my heart and my ears because I fear
that you’ll tell me that she’s gone
yes you’ll tell me that she’s gone away
My big brother’s so distraught
And all my friends they start to talk but I don’t know why
Because they’ll tell me that she’s gone
Yes they’ll tell me that she’s gone for good
So just don’t tell me that she’s gone
You can’t tell me that she’s gone for good.
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4. |
Less than a Lover
03:24
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We were running through the woods whispering in the night
Jumping in the lake and keeping out of sight
No need for pretense no need for cloths
we were swimming in the water so anything goes
We were painting like Pollock with multi colored paint
our bodies were the canvas our brushes lacked restraint
There were so many colors I couldn’t fear
I was certain but she would disappear
I wish she said it sooner
I wish I had known
That she had other plans
That I’d be on my own
When she said
I was more than a friend but less than a lover
When I see her
She don’t see me
But I want her to see me too
Things are changing but nothing has changed
It was several years later but just one too late
She came to me and said our love was fate
She said she was sorry
that she was all wrong
I couldn't listen for It had been too long
I wish she said it sooner
back when I could feel
we sat in silence for we knew I couldn’t heal
We knew and I said
She was more than a friend but less than a lover
Now when I’m near her I don’t see her
but she wants me to see her
things are changing but nothing has changed
She was married in spring
I in the fall
We saw each other in town and our eyes said it all
We wish that things were different
but we know that just can’t be
we’ve gone down different paths our love could never see
We can never be friends and never be lovers
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5. |
Sickness
04:12
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First I do it to explore
Next I do it for the fun
Then I do it just because
Later I’ll do it to feel better
But I know it won’t
But I know it won’t
I tell myself that I’ll cut back
It might just work for awhile
But I know it won’t
But I know it won’t
This yearnings like a sickness
This sickness causes pain
This pain tears me apart
This yearnings like a sickness
This sickness causes pain
This pain pulls me into the dark
Weak I’ll do it just to feel at all
Last I’ll do it to numb everything
This time it will
And I’ll no longer feel
But I want to heal
Yes I want to heal
This yearnings like a sickness
This sickness causes pain
This pain tears me apart
This yearnings like a sickness
This sickness causes pain
This pain pulls me into the dark
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Wise men say only fools rush in
but I can't help falling in love with you
Shall I stay
would it be a sin
If I can't help falling in love with you
Like a river flows surely to the sea
Darling so it goes
some things are meant to be
take my hand, take my whole life too
for I can't help falling in love with you
Like a river flows surely to the sea
Darling so it goes
some things are meant to be
take my hand, take my whole life too
for I can't help falling in love with you
for I can't help falling in love with you
Falling in love with you
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7. |
Life Moves On
03:33
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I walked with thousands of people
so many people in my day
I sang to thousands of people
but only a hundred did hear
Will somebody care
when the old man dies
will somebody see
the beauty in the old womans eyes
I danced with thousands of people
so many people now gone
I’ll watch as my work gets older
Yes I’m getting older each day
Some young faces will not know
their voices are the last ones
who will say hello
Life Moves On
So I lie here with no one around me
No one around me but God
So I’ll sing my hymns of forgiveness
for everything that i’ve done wrong
Life moves on
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