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High school
Bonfire
Under the trees
Peach fuzz
Beer buzz
Homecoming Eve
Football
Baseball
Who really cares
We''re here
To cheer
The girls in the sweaters
Doing flips in the air
We knew the truth
Was hiding in plain view
We tasted
True freedom
Red leaves
Gold leaves
Pile in the road
We speed
Between
Blowing up clouds
As the music explodes
Drive home
Stoned on
Maxell cassettes
Bootlegs
Live Dead
Haven't stopped listening yet
Outside the windows
Neighborhoods uniform and old
Inside this ride
Every thought sounds so new
just like it's never been told
just like it's never been told
We knew the truth
Was hiding in plain view
We tasted
True freedom
You told me truth
When I relied on you
You showed me
True freedom
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You have a way of being kind
To guys who might be by wasting time
And you have a way of wasting time
on guys who might not be so kind
Any day, any day, any day now
You're going to find me for sure
Think about your good friend
And how I've been by your side
You have a way of saving face
for guys who might be wasting space
And you have a way of wasting space
on guys who won't be saving face
Any day, any day, any day now
You're going to find me for sure
Think about your good friend
And how I've been by your side
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3. |
Faking It
03:53
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When you were faking it
But you still weren't making it
Did the wheels go round and round?
You needed confidence
But you had no competence
To get your motor off the ground
And the wheels go round and round
Was this your destiny
Or just some mess you made
On another side of town?
And in your bed at night
Looking up at orange light
Did your soul feel underground?
The wheels go round and round
The wheels go round and round
The wheels go round and round
The wheels go round and round
Can you make believe
You're chosen to receive
Both the scepter and the crown?
Can you act as if
You can climb the highest cliff
And come floating gently down?
And the wheels go round and round
The wheels go round and round
The wheels go round and round
And the wheels go round and round
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Little grey creatures
Came into our house
And took my older sister
They shone a beam of light
She floated of the bed
And vanished through the window
They thought they were the rulers
But they didn't know
Not to mess with Older Sisters
They got her in the ship
But nothing after that
seemed to go there way they wanted
She talked their little ears off
Organized their gear
And had them fly her straight home
Ooh wee ooh
The one they returned
The one they returned
Ooh wee ooh
The one they returned
Back to
Back to Mother
Mother Earth
A couple months later
She hooked up with a guy
I think he is an alien
She used used to have a cat
Now there is no cat
I think he might have eaten it
Ooh wee ooh
The one they returned
The one they returned
Ooh wee ooh
The one they returned
Back to
Back to Mother
Mother Earth
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He picks her up on his cherry red Vespa
Heading for the pickleball courts
He's wearing neon green 'cause he likes to be seen
She wears a matching purple tank top and shorts
He's making heart healthy lifestyle decisions
She isn't worried that she's not in his will
With a prescription for grass
He's got a full tank of gas
And a pocketful of little blue pills
'Cause they're sixty-six going on sixteen
Yeah, you've gotta give 'em their due
Sixty-six going on sixteen
And you know they're having more fun than you
TTFN to her daughter and grandkids
"Meemaw's getting back on the horse"
She's gonna meet her new flame after the Mahjong game
She likes them widowed, but she'll take 'em divorced
If you doubt it
Think about it
Age is just a number, it's true
You can decide
To play the B-side
Just remember who's zooming who
Sixty-six going on sixteen
The love you take equals the love that you make
Sixty-six going on sixteen
Put sixteen candles on that R-rated cake
Sixty-six going on sixteen
Yeah, you've gotta give 'em their due
Sixty-six going on sixteen
And you know they're having more fun than you
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6. |
Debesėlis
03:15
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"Be cool"
Jesus says
in my head
as I lay
in a stream
watching clouds
disappearing
Filigree vapor curls
And dissolves into blueness
What was the word I learned
Long ago
Debesėlis
Lift me up
Take me away
Debesėlis
"Be cool"
Jesus says
Like the birds of the sky
You'll survive
By the grace
Of the Father
Can we escape the heat
Of the sun like a furnace
Water to gas again
And return
Debesėlis
Can I release the fear
that I feel like a harness
Lift me up, take me away
Debesėlis
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7. |
A Long Way Coming Back
03:39
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When you wake and you rub your eyes
And you remember what you did last night
Was it someone else, or was it you?
These days you don't know what is true
You're losing your way
Losing your way
When you put yourself down down, down
You're losing your way
Losing your way
When you put yourself down down, down
As you ran down the beach in the darkness
Away from those angry words that you said
Did you think loving arms would find you
Or your mother would put you down too bed
Down, down safe in bed
You're losing your way
Losing your way
When you put yourself down down, down
You're losing your way
Losing your way
When you put yourself down down, down
In the fresh light of morning
With the sun sparkling on the sea
Is it almost like there's still hope left in this world
If you could lift this thing
And maybe you'd be free
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Hardly Workin'
01:48
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Always set an alarm to wake up on time
(I'm on it)
Learn to cook a few nutritious meals
(I'm on it)
Practice regular exercise to stay healthy
(I'm on it, yeah)
Plan for the future
Take out the trash
(I'm on it)
Track your monthly expenses for budgeting
Make good choices
(I'm on it, I'm on it)
Keep your financial house in order
(I'm on it, yeah)
Put the toilet seat down
Navigate complex tax codes while high
(I'm on it)
Satisfy me
(I'm on it, yeah)
Remember the Golden Rule
(I'm on it, I'm on it)
Drop the kids off at the pool
(I'm on it, I'm on it)
Achieve world peace through pickleball diplomacy
Never let them see you sweat
(I'm on it, yeah)
Decode the secrets of time travel for efficient scheduling
(I'm on it, I'm on it)
Create a color-coded filing system for your snack wrappers to better
understand your dietary habits
(I'm on it, I'm on it)
Unlock the secret To teleportation, but only to reach the remote control from the couch
Schedule quarterly meetings with your houseplants to better understand their growth aspirations
(I'm on it. I'm on it, yeah)
Materially and psychologically provide for your children while living a healthy, well-balanced life together with a faithful, loving partner
(I'm on it. I'm on it, yeah)
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Sugaring
03:24
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You're a snowy Sunday
I'm a Thursday night
We can get together
If the moon's just right
You're a homemade doughnut
And I'm a pickle spear
We need some maple syrup
To get it into gear
Maybe it's time
Maybe it's past time
Before the bears have wandered out
The mud's coming down the mountain
And the sugar's in the trees
So maybe it's time we thaw ourselves out
You're a frozen dinner
And I'm a hungry dog
Once you're out of the box
I can't wait too long
You're a Fraidy Cat
And I'm a Wild Hog
You can sit in my lap
While you're sawing logs
Maybe it's time...
Maybe it's time
Maybe it's past time
Before the bears have wandered out
The mud's coming down the mountain
And the sugar's in the trees
So maybe it's time we thaw ourselves out
Maybe it's time
Maybe it's past time
Before the bears have wandered out
The mud's coming down the mountain
And the sugar's in the trees
So maybe it's time we thaw ourselves out
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Touch Down Before Home
04:03
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In command of a Falcon
Underneath Northern Lights
We are five hours from touch down
I feel so near yet so far
Past the nav screen display
Underneath countless stars
Green fire flickers atop clouds
And I picture your eyes
The moving map in slow rotation
The final segment before home
We begin to be vectored
In the dim light before dawn
I can see where you're sleeping
By the shimmering sea
On the radio slide
To a frost-covered tarmac
As the dark Earth approaches
I concentrate on you
The white lights guide us to the runway
The final touch down before home
Half the world I've flown before you
And still so far before I'm home
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Cry If You Want
03:51
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Cry if you want
It happened much too fast
Why won't the feeling last
Cry if you want
It's different than before
It's never about you anymore
Cry if you want
You blew the big event
The hours and hours you spent
Cry if you want
You gave it all you had
But still it turned out bad for you
Cry if you want
Cry if you want
Until you surface
On this river of time
Cry if you want
Cry if you want
Let it all out
Until you run out of tears
Cry if you want
They got inside your head
And now you're seeing red
Cry if you want
Cry if you want
Let it all out
Until you exit the maze
Cry if you want
Cry if you want
Let it all out
Until you need to return
Cry if you want
Cry if you want
Let it all out
Until there's nothing but now
Cry if you want
Cry if you want
Let it all out
Until you run out of tears
Let it all out
Until it all disappears
Let it all out
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12. |
Undying Love
03:06
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In the morning
When you descend
From our bedroom down the stairs
With your soft eyes and
Sexy bedhead
Rocking t-shirt and underwear
I want to hold you close
And whisper in your ear
You are my rising sun
How can I make it clear?
In the corner
Silver and cool
Mr. Coffee caught your eye
Now we both know
He's really hot
How can I compete with that?
I try to play it off
Act like I shouldn't care
But we can't deny the truth
You're taking him back upstairs
Ours is a higher love
Ours is undying love
I try to play it off
Act like I shouldn't care
But we can't deny the truth
You're taking those beans upstairs
Ours is a higher love
Ours is undying love
Ours is undying love
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Richard Peter Morris Highlands, New Jersey
Multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter Richard Peter Morris creates music that draws on the past and looks hopefully
toward the future.
As a member of the bands Kül d'Sack and M Shanghai, he has contributed to thousands of joyful live performances.
He worked for several years as a mastering engineer at Sterling Sound and Masterdisk, and he has mixed and produced dozens of recordings.
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