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All I Need
05:21
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ALL I NEED
Well they came and shut me down
On a bright and sunny day
I was tryin’ to walk a tightrope
They took the tightrope away
So I turned up my collar and I turned to the East
And shook that dust right off my shoes
Funny when you take everything away from someone
They start actin’ like they got nothin’ to lose
All I need is your love
All I need is your love
All I need is your love
To get through
Never been in with the in crowd
Never knew what the special code was for
I never got the secret handshake
Never got in on the ground floor
All I need is your love
All I need is your love
All I need is your love
To know what for
Ain’t goin’ back down to the village
Ain’t nothin’ left there worth pursuin’
And anything that has to be done by today
Well, to me just ain’t worth doin’
Swarms of sparrows in the sunset
Swoopin’ and flyin’ through the sky
I could walk from here to forever
And never match what’s right before my eyes
All I need is your love
All I need is your love
All I need is your love
To get by
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Stoplight Moon
03:50
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STOPLIGHT MOON
Stoplight moon above me
Come on over here and love me
I’ve been standing in the dark too long
With my blinkers goin’ off and on
And a stoplight moon above me
I’m as ready as I’ll ever be
You’re the one to set me free
No protocol to learn
Nothing to set on fire and burn
Leave it all behind, let it be
You took me on as a bet
I took you on to pay a debt
Took a lot of kickin’ around
A lot of thrashin’ around to sleep sound
But you never let me down yet
I wandered along from universe to universe
In search of a love that’s true
But somehow or other I never could find it
Till I saw that love could only be surrendered to
Caution light sun before me
The distance between us only bores me
Got to close it up someday
I could think of a couple of ways
If only you were here to show me
Stoplight moon above me
Come on over here and love me
I’ve been standing in the dark too long
With my blinkers goin’ off and on
And a stoplight moon above me
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3. |
Restaurant of Love
02:48
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RESTAURANT OF LOVE
I’m goin’ down to the restaurant of love, gonna beat the rush
I’m goin’ down to the restaurant of love, gonna beat the rush
I’m gonna get there early so I don’t get caught in the crush
Gotta get me somethin’ I can sink my teeth into
Gotta get me somethin’ I can sink my teeth into
Look out now pretty mama, maybe it might could just be you
I’m gonna stride right in, no need to wait to be seated
I’m gonna stride right in, no need to wait to be seated
If I can’t sing for my supper well you know I know how to sit right down and eat it
I ain’t too hard to please, not high-falutin’ or airy-fairy
I ain’t too hard to please, not high-falutin’ or too airy-fairy
All I want is the whole menu and a maraschino cherry
Here comes the waitress with the bill, I won’t duck out before she comes
Here comes the waitress with the bill, I won’t duck out before she comes
Maybe we can come to an agreement where I can just owe her some
I’m goin’ down to the restaurant of love, gonna beat the rush
I’m goin’ down to the restaurant of love, gonna beat the rush
I’m gonna get there early so I don’t get caught in the crush
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4. |
Old Hippie
02:55
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OLD HIPPIE
You’re an old hippie
And all your ideas are wrong
You’re an old hippie
You thought the meaning of life was in a Beatles song
Now your hair is fallin’ out
And you’ve grown rather stout
In your fanny pack and your tennis shoes
You don’t know what it’s all about
You’re an old hippie
And you still believe in peace
But only as an abstract concept
Meanwhile you got some property you wanna lease
You got your villa in the sun
You got your .38 calibre gun
‘Cause even in your gated community
Society is being overrun
Ever since 9/11 you’ve been lookin’ over your shoulder
When you should have been lookin’ right in front of you
You’re an old hippie
And the ranks are growing thinner
Of the ones who remember the good old days
The memories are growing dimmer
Soon you’ll be the only one
To remember all the joy and all the fun
Then, old hippie,
You’ll be gone
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5. |
Anniversary Song
03:27
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ANNIVERSARY SONG
What would I know?
What would I see?
Were would I go?
What would I be?
Without your love to show the way
There’d be no light, there’d be no day
How would I hope?
Where would I stand?
How would I cope?
Where would I land?
Without your love to see me through
I’d be lost without you
Take me to your heart
Take me to your breast
Let me know that I’m yours
Help me know that I’m blessed
Without your love to help me see
How would I know, how could I be?
Just your touch
Is all I need to know
To take me from this fear
To where I need to go
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6. |
I Hurt
03:13
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I HURT
Thinkin’ of my father, I felt that old familiar pain
Runnin’ through my body like a neverending stain
And though the years wash over me, they never seem to wash away the dirt
Or the voice from the past callin’ out to me –
I hurt, so I hurt
It comes most unexpectedly and soon I find myself givin’ into
The thing that makes me say the things he’d say,
do the things he’d do
Without thought of any consequence, it’s not the kind of darkness with which you should flirt
Even when the voice is screamin’ in your head:
I hurt, so I hurt
I’ve run out of excuses and I’ve plain run out of uses for this urge
‘Cause it’s not the kind of feeling you can heal it’s the kind you got to purge
As I look around and see a world that’s shattered and shaking on the verge
With one thought on everybody’s mind,
I hurt, so I hurt
Another day begins, to my loved ones I try to make amends
For all the things I thought I’d never do, yet still can’t say I’ll never do again
Everyday I get another chance, and I try to stay alert
To the forces trying to trap me into
I hurt, so I hurt
The ghost that tries to sabotage our love
I hurt, so I hurt
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7. |
Where the Spirit Resides
05:09
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WHERE THE SPIRIT RESIDES
It’s in the eyes of the mother lookin’ at her baby lookin’ back
It’s in the kisses of two lovers walking by a railroad tracks
It’s in the smile of the storekeeper makin’ up the lack
That’s where the spirit resides
It’s in the steps of the dancer dancin’ to an unheard tune
It’s in the young girl seein’ magic in the sprinkling of the moon
It’s in the voice that cries for justice, in the hand that tends the wound
That’s where the kingdom arrives
It’s in the petals of the rose, it’s in the muscled thigh
In the song in the throat of a bird, in icy deserts up on high
In the dreamy night of sorrow, and in the cry of why
That’s where the spirit resides
It’s in the one who asks forgiveness, in the one who offers it
In the last one to make trouble and in the first one to get hit
In the ones who reach across, absorb the loss, and never quit
That’s where the kingdom arrives
It’s in the calming voice of reason, it’s in the gentle hands
Of peace so hard to come by across these broken lands
It’s in the one whose thirst to know is equalled by the thirst to understand
That’s where the spirit resides
It’s in the ones who live a lifetime every single day
In the wonder of the innocent, in the ones who laugh and pray
And in the thousand unknown faces who save the world in a thousand unknown ways
That’s where the kingdom arrives
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8. |
Still Learning
03:48
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STILL LEARNING
We brought you home from the hospital in a brand new baby car seat
In a dirty old taxi cab that we hailed
Although it might as well have been a rocket ship you travelled in
From across whatever galaxies you sailed
Now you’re only two feet tall and you can hardly see at all
And you don’t understand much of what you do
Excepting for your size and for the colour of your eyes
There’s not much difference between your old pa and you
But we’re still learning, we’re still learning
I got to say I always planned to have a little more well in hand
Before the arrival of someone like you
But now you’ve made your entrance I guess we’ll stick with the tradition
Of somehow just muddling through
No I haven’t made much money and though it might seem funny
Probably wouldn’t know what to do with it if I did
Each task I’ve tried to undertake I always seemed to learn the hard way,
Guess the same’ll go for raising you, kid
But I’m still learning, I’m still learning
And as you’re lookin’ ‘round
There’s so much more to be found
On the way to where you’re bound, but for now
You got to be carried around –
Now you’re hungry and you’re cryin’, one would almost think you’re dyin’
Listenin’ to the noise that you make
But one thing you’ll never know is how you’ve caused this love to grow
In these two hearts with new morning you awake
You’re like the fireflies on a summer night, you’re the red ribbon first prize
You’re like a neverending sunrise to me
You’re a waterfall, you’re a windfall, you’re a bright light in a dark hall
And I still can’t say all the things you’re gonna be, because you see-
I’m still learning, I’m still learning
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9. |
Growing Pain
03:49
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GROWING PAIN
When your sky is full of rain
And you can’t look up again
And you don’t know if you’re mad or if you’re sane
Think that in the coming years
All your sorrow and your tears
May be revealed to be merely
Growing pain
To see what’s been unseen
To be where you have never been
Can make you uncomfortable and strange
You don’t know what’s in store
You’re feelin’ what you never felt before
Could be you’re only knowin’
Growing pain
When you’re going through hell keep goin’
To see what the new day’s showin’
To love is to be growin’
Though sometimes it’s painful too
The temptation might be strong
To numb yourself to what goes on
And to never risk your heart or make a change
The things that force us to be strong
Don’t always mean there’s something wrong
Could be your only knowin’
Growing pain
Maybe we’re merely knowin’
Growing pain
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10. |
Miss You When You Go
03:59
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