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the next stop i make
03:43
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the rivers were running
before i was walking
the canyons were calling to creatures unknown
and i have been watching
these wonders alone
the next stop i make is my home
the eagles were crying
before i was cooing
each frozen image
is there in the stone
frequent reminders
that we’ve never flown
the next stop i make is my home
the next stop i make may mean something to someone
but it doesn’t matter to me
i’ll walk ‘til i’m dry
or hitch a few rides
wherever
is never the wrong place to be
and the order was caught up before i was thought of
the winds and the oceans
were forces full blown
and while i have admired these fires i’ve owned
the next stop i make is my home...
...the next stop i make may mean something to someone
but it doesn’t matter to me
i’ll walk ‘til i’m dry
or hitch a few rides
wherever
is never the wrong place to be
and the rivers were running before i was walking
the canyons were calling
to lovers unknown
and i have been watching
these wonders alone
the next stop i make is my home
i said the next stop i make
is my home
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3. |
keep away
04:38
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i think i love you
a little more than i tell you
i keep it hidden when you’re around
‘cause if i reveal it,
i’m afraid you’ll start running
you’ll be frightened by phantoms
you still haven’t put down
and there’s something in my heart that says
i better hold back
each letter i start, i throw away each day it’s something new
you flash that wicked smile
and in a while
i lose my point of view
and i wonder baby,
maybe if i should
keep away from you
keep away from you
you’ve had me sighing
you’ve had me singing
you’ve been bringing laughter back into these days
but i think i love you
a little more than you love me
now i have to decide if,
if i can take it this way
and there’s something in my head that says
i better stay clear
but then instead i climb the walls while my call’s going through
and you use that certain tone when you pick up the phone
and i lose my point of view
and i wonder baby,
maybe if i should
keep away from you
keep away from you
i think i love you
a little more than i tell you
‘cause if i reveal it, baby
‘cause if i reveal it, baby...
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4. |
leave me out of the loop
03:03
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the lines are jammed,
that’s how busy i am
millions of wishes and prayers
would you consider an alternate
i’ll redirect your call somewhere
it has nothing at all to do with you
i just need a day to recoup
i love you dearly
but see, if buddha is busy —
leave me out of the loop
leave me out of the loop
you know i feel
like we’re brothers and sisters
we’re cut from a similar cloth
but even i need some down time, mister
i really need a day off
you know i do
i know you mean well
and you’re looking for light
as you search for that hidden truth
but i’m unplugging the phone
if only for one night
leave me out of the loop
oh, i love my work,
there’s just so much of it
i’ve just gotta fly the coop
maybe mohammed
can pick up the slack
i’m gone for a while
i’m not sure when i’m back
maybe i’ll pop in on dad
and the old group
but please just for one day
if only for one day —
leave me out of the loop
leave me out of the loop
leave me out of the loop
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5. |
but i'll learn
04:33
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that’s not exactly
the ending i expected
‘cause i never saw us ending at all
so now i suppose i stand corrected
that’s not how
tomorrow’s gonna fall
i’m not built to adapt
to this so easily
you’re not sure
if or when you’ll return
all of this sadness
makes no sense to me
suddenly,
the worst case is confirmed
well, i don’t know
how to let you go —
but i’ll learn
i thought this was going to be
our world together
all our efforts
seemed to lead to here
then you turned your back on forever
once you chose,
you froze up with fear
i’m not able to forget you
with this set of skills
i still hear your voice at every turn
but i don’t intend
to spend my time like this until
finally there’s a cause for concern
no, i don’t know
how to let you go —
but i’ll —
take courses on the internet
i’ll buy books that fit the bill
i haven’t found forgiveness yet
but someday soon
yeah, someday soon i will —
i’m not built to adapt
to loss so easily
so i may struggle
as i try to slow the burn
and all of this sadness
will leave eventually
but i’ve only just begun
to come to terms
no, i don’t know —
i don’t know
how to let you go —
no, i don’t currently know — but i’ll learn
baby, i’ll learn
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6. |
storyville
02:39
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no cryin’ here, no senseless greed
there’s someone home
for those in need
wait a while to pay your bill
here at storyville
say you need a dime
for thunderbird
here’s one of mine
with a friendly word
it’s after hours but stay until
we close down storyville
behind these doors
is what you’re looking for
plenty of time no need to rush and king joe’s wailin’
on the first floor
he knows the score,
he’s got the touch
sit down, relax and have a drink
the show starts soon in ten, i think
lulu does her song with lil
here at storyville...
...this world’s insane
but why complain
we’ve got our own forms of escape
when jackson and morton
start stormin’ again
some yell sin for heaven’s sake
we’re all smiles here,
all cheek-to-cheek
we live our lives so easy-speak
and laughter flows
from seymour’s still
here at storyville
it’s after hours but stay until
we close down storyville
we close down storyville
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7. |
stifler's mom
04:37
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she treats me like i’m her guy
she looks at me like i’m a god
not like those high school girls i tried
i’ve been all in
since she gave the nod
i prefer to spend my time with her
why would any man
not drop the bomb
open the bay ‘cause i’m on my way
for an evening with stifler’s mom
look at those legs on stifler’s mom
look how i beg for stifler’s mom
out on the ledge with stifler’s mom
the edge of the bed with stifler’s mom
my parents still haven’t a clue
i’m meeting her after the prom
it’s amazing when we’re together
it’s how i always dreamed it could be
she breaks out the corsets and leather
and specialties she keeps just for me
i know you’re gonna ask about age
well, granted,
the difference is steep
but if we don’t care
then that’s good enough there
the connection is just that deep
look at that face on stifler’s mom
the animal grace of stifler’s mom
out on a limb with stifler’s mom
more than a whim with stifler’s mom
my parents continue to not have a clue
how long it’s been going on
with stifler’s mom
(hit it!)
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8. |
long lake
03:36
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9. |
is this how edison felt?
04:24
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sometimes i miss the lab and the silence
sometimes i miss the lab and the silence
with the success of the folding home
these days i write my own ticket
a man in demand, that’s who i am
celebrity inventor that’s how they pitch it
the eskimos love my atomic sled
the japanese my 3d games
oprah and dave and barbra and jay
all wanna know what comes out of my brain
but sometimes i miss the lab and the silence
and the solitude most of all
these charity affairs
where i fly through the air
one of these nights i just might fall
and there’s such a thing
as too much success
enough heat makes anything melt
as good as it is, it’s still a mess
is this how edison felt
is this how edison felt
everyone loved the dehydrated sub
but the press said i’d done it before
the particle hammer and mr. richter
hit after hit, score after score
and the women, the women
they come out of the walls
and that part’s a little bit strange
me, i’m the same as i always was
no mountain of money is gonna make me change
but sometimes i miss the lab and the silence
and the solitude most of all
these charity affairs
where i fly through the air
one of these nights i just might fall
and there’s such a thing
as too much success
enough heat makes anything melt
as good as this is, it’s still a mess
is this how edison felt
is this how edison felt
‘cause i wanna know
is this how edison felt
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10. |
it wasn't love
03:24
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it wasn’t moonlight on the water
it wasn’t champagne by a fire
i wasn’t in my right mind
i could’ve been aiming higher
she wasn’t exactly an angel
sent to me from above
i’m not sure what the hell it was but
it wasn’t love
it wasn’t roses in the doorway
it wasn’t long and lovely sighs
it was more like sort of an accident
i swerved and met her eyes
we weren’t so precious together
no, no diamonds in the rough
i’m not sure just what it was but
it wasn’t love
i’ve seen the real thing happen
and it didn’t resemble this
burlap compared to satin
i should’ve known
from the first kiss...
...it wasn’t butterflies inside us
it wasn’t all bad, i admit
and yes, i was down on one knee
but i’d been drinking quite a bit
i think we gave it a good shot
but it was never quite enough
now and then it was lovely
but come to think of it
not that lovely
i’m not sure just what it was but
it wasn’t love
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11. |
or so it seems
03:32
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that’s me there on the pay phone
trying to score a gram
look how fidgety i get,
see how sad i am
i’m a junkie on a budget
a dreamer without dreams
three times a week,
that does it, i’m fine
or so it seems
that’s my car in the darkness
waiting for a cue
i just need a bit of something,
a hit to get me through
i’m a junkie cutting corners
a man who’s lost his way
another night among the mourners
staying up to lose the day...
...that’s me there in the mirror
convinced i heard a sound
look how paranoid i act
when no one’s around
i’m a junkie on a budget
a dreamer with no dream
five times a week,
that does it, that’s right
or so it seems
maybe everyday i’ll do it
‘cause i’m fine —
i’m fine
or so it seems
or so it seems
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12. |
i bet you get that a lot
03:28
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you luminous thing,
you glow in the dark
i continue to sing
even while we’re apart
watching you smile
is like staring at sunspots
but i bet you get that a lot
the way the words fall,
that remarkable face
i’m in love with it all,
i bow to your grace
you knock me out,
believe it or not
but i bet you get that a lot
the way the trees bend,
doves gather and coo
the way the moon
seems to shine just on you
a mercurial world that shifts on cue
i bet you get that a lot,
don’t you
for the rest of my days
i’ll be following bliss
and looking for ways
to duplicate this
surrendering to the beauty you brought
discovering every dream i forgot
and i don’t mean to put you on the spot
but i bet you get that
i bet you get that
i bet you get that a lot
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13. |
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another note left on a pillow
it’s happening once again
betrayal and grief,
my recurring motif
oh, what a maroon i’ve been
i had a perfect pigtailed girlfriend
back in my teens
we were made for one another,
we had a jillion dreams
but of course i looked to someone else
maybe once or twice
i just can’t keep anything nice
and then a few years later
i fell head over heel
with the sweetest girl you’d care to know,
she had that sally field’s feel
and yet, i let her slip away,
i took my bad advice
i just can’t keep anything nice
always the same story,
i’ve lived in a loop
how many times have i said
i’m sorry
and still never told the truth
i’ll most likely make a future
where all good things turn
eventually, it goes south
‘cause god forbid i learn
and i’ll go through the motions
and later pay the price
i just can’t keep anything —
i just can’t keep anything —
i just can’t keep anything nice
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14. |
if i get to be with you
04:20
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it seems like several lifetimes
we’ve held out for this romance
watched the skies,
searched for signs
of when we’d get a chance
now the universe is spinning
it’s a big bang built for two
we’re back at the beginning
with a panoramic view
and i stand before a mountain
and i’m clear it’s quite a climb
but that’s just another detail
to be dealt with down the line
i will take you to the summit,
we’ll rest when this is through
i will risk it all to fall —
if i get to be with you
i can’t believe we’ve re-met
the cosmos has been kind
we haven’t even kissed and yet
i’ve made up my mind
now, i think there’s no going back
creation’s come unfurled
there’s no denying it’s a fact
this world is our world
and i stand beside our ocean
and i’m in for quite a swim
but i’m so moved by these emotions,
i’ll be diving in again
i will make that sweet horizon,
we’ll meet beneath the blue
i will risk it all to fall —
if i get to be with you
we hover, holding on at last
unfolding as we rise
we’ve found a way around the past
within each other’s eyes
and i stand before a mountain
and it’s clear i’ll face a test
but love, it’s just another detail
and i’ll proceed, a man possessed
i will take you to the summit,
we’ll sleep when this comes true
i’ll erase this space and time
so that we might start anew
i will risk it all to fall —
if i get to be with you
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15. |
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david p. murphy Omaha, Nebraska
David P. Murphy is a songwriter, pianist and producer of eight albums. They are: Henry Perry's "Effortless," Camille Metoyer Moten's "A Simpler Christmas" and "Classic," Beth Asbjornson's "Gratitude," Sharyn Shay Poston's "His Love Makes Me Sing," as well as three collections of his own songs, "Shining in a Temporary Sun," "My Fraudulent Memoirs," and his brand new album, "The Lesser Gabors." ... more
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