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When I Arrived
03:29
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When I arrived
I found I'd gone nowhere
My baggage got lost somewhere on the way
It was a lousy day
Everything not going my way
And yet I had to smile
Because every day is beautiful, you know?
When you've got your peace of mind?
You really have arrived
I traveled so far
And wound up going nowhere
A smile on my face
After running in place
It's just another day
Every day’s really quite okay
No need to worry
Where’s that smile?
Because every day is beautiful, you know?
When you’ve got your peace of mind?
You really have arrived
Yet once in a while I feel it.
I feel it too much.
I get so out of touch with what is right and good and fine.
… and so I need to realign.
Hey it’s a sunny day.
Why would you get in your own way?
When you can wear a wise man's smile?
Because every day is beautiful, you know?
When you've got your peace of mind?
You really have arrived.
I'll lay it on the line ...
There's nothing more you'll find.
You've got your peace of mind?
You really have arrived.
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2. |
Lock and Key
03:17
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Well I don't know what to tell you
Maybe I ... I just haven't thought it out
I have never had a knack for this
... and paid hell for it
But sometimes, I just can't express my feelings
So I've gotten pretty good at mincing words
But it's all locked up inside of me
Under Lock & Key
(Don't fear ... don't fear dear you can talk to me)
But at time it often happens
I'm made aware of my disguise
And so I have to hide things secretly
Under Lock and Key
Don't ...
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3. |
The Ride
03:44
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Out on the shore
The windswept waves roll across the water
And in the background sound of gulls
As passerby passes time
In quiet
The sidewalk hums
As the city goes about its own routine
While in the shadow of an alley light
A passerby watches life,
Alive in disquiet
Up in the sky
Nature goes about its own routine
And I'm a tiny part of everything
Just a passerby ... passing time
... and floating on its tide
Just floating on time's tide
Floating on
... the ride
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4. |
Pretending
03:22
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I have studied all the love scenes in the movies
Watched for all the hints and clues to show me
But after all ...
They're just pretending.
Your eyes speak to me
They tell me that you love me
They dream of all the things that our life could be
But you could still be just pretending
I have this sleeve
I've worn my heart on more than once before
I want to believe
Bitten once, now I just can't be sure
You talk to all your friends
You tell them all about me
You take the silly love tests in the magazines
I think you think I'm just pretending
(Instrument)
Better to have loved and lost, than
Never to have loved at all, they say ...
Pain is the cost of love
You have to take that leap of faith some day.
We will
Have to take our time
To find out whether
We will fall apart
Or grow together
And then we'll know we're not pretending
And then we'll know we've got the real thing
And then we'll know we've got the real thing
And after all, It's not pretending
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5. |
Blame
02:51
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As you grew
Not quite right
While we watched youth disappear quietly
But we grow as we will go
… So I can’t really blame ya
Well I’ve seen
All the spies
How they look at you with desire
They don’t know that something’s off
… But I can’t really blame them
But I …
Knew all along
I tried
To deny everything
For I hurled the words
Saw the echoed hurt …
And revelation in your eyes
And I know that it’s too late
… But I can’t really blame ya
But I …
Felt it was wrong.
I tried
To take back everything
You can’t un-ring a bell
And I just can’t tell
If that’s my sadness in your eyes
But I know that it’s too late, and I can’t really blame you.
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6. |
Stepping Out
03:57
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Steppin’ Out
Hey old lady … have you had enough?
Now don’t say, “Maybe.”
Or I’m going to call your bluff
Well, I can’t see it
Nothing gets that good
Be a sugar baby
Yes, I know that you would
At least if you could
You see? We’re steppin’ out
On our own
Somewhere I think somehow wires got crossed
It just seems lately somehow we got lost
Yeah I can’t see the daylight in the dark
Yeah sometimes I think you’ve got to walk the walk
… and not talk the talk
Yes we’re steppin’ out
On our own
When heads go spinning all around the room
Yeah … ya gotta go soon
Yeah … life gets crazy ‘round and ‘round it goes
And a-when and a-where and a-how it stops?
Nobody knows
That’s just how it goes
And you know what else shows?
We’re steppin’ out
On our own
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7. |
Sees Me Right
03:19
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All Those Lessons We've Forgotten
Yeah I don’t find
There’s any shorter welfare lines
Yeah I don’t find
They just no difference after all
A wall’s a wall
... and they’re all the same
Watch the rich keep getting richer as a wider chasm grows …
Yeah you think we'd all know better
All those lessons we've forgotten
Piraticians making money
... as we reap all that they sow.
Sometimes symptomatic surface
belies sycophantic service
Why assert "We are deserving"
When in fact you stole the show
Yeah I don’t find
There’s any difference after all
Both take their tolls
And we wind up the same
It don't matter who you vote for because money bought their souls
Yeah you’d think we’d all know better
All those lessons we’ve forgotten
Just in case you fell asleep
The Inner party’s in control
Current symptomatic problems
Stem from sycophantic service
Starting wars can be distracting
When in fact you stole the show
It’s gotta stop
Oh yeah, it’s gotta stop
Oh, whoever thought they'd be so bold
Who's on a roll?
Who's on the dole?
Who stole the show?
Turn on the light when it hits home ...
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9. |
Trip To Nowhere
03:12
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The Road to Nowhere
Mama wants a divorce
Daddy wants one too
With all this love surrounding
It’s a wonder we got through
And Mama’s in the kitchen
Yeah, she’s cooking with the Soaps
Meanwhile Daddy’s at the office
While us kids are smoking dope
We’re on a trip to nowhere
Wonder what we’re going to do?
On a trip to nowhere
Maybe I will go with you?
Yeah, I’ve seen it all the time
Loneliness confounds
Folks remaining strangers
Hiding hearts in deeper grounds
And somewhere in the back of my mind
I’ve seen this all before
People always running
Never knowing where they’re going
Yeah, they’re on a trip to nowhere
Wonder what they’re going to do
… and maybe just surviving
Really counts for something too?
Yeah, it’s true.
It’s true.
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Well we gave everything we had to give
To promises untrue
But you tried to burn the whole place down
So we now know now not what to do
Yeah you always said you could
Then it seems you never do
So it sad to say but you can rot in hell
For we’ll never trust another one like you
Well they say to lead’s a lion’s heart
We all used to feel that way
But we learned it takes much more than that
So there nothing much much more to say
Yeah you always say you will
But you played some folks for fools
So it’s sad to say that you can rot in hell
For we’ll never trust another one like you
Oh no, you’re really such a liar
A complete bald faced denier
A faker. A loser. We’re through with you.
On no, now it seems you’re getting busted
Proving you can’t be trusted
That time is long overdue (yeah it’s true)
Because you always say you will
But we all know you're for you
Yeah and it’s sad to say but please go rot in jail
For you can never trust a demagogue like you
No we’ll never trust another one like you
We’re all so tired of your misbehaving
There’s just no way that you could not have known
That nothing was ever stolen
You’re just putting on a shit ass show
So as we round another corner
With you asking for another chance
It's so great you’re gonna make us happy
When we decline to dance your dance
Cause always say you can
But it’s up to us to choose
Yeah we’re so pleased to see that you’re getting screwed
Cause we can never trust a demagogue like you
Yeah we’ll never trust another one like you
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