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Laura's Song
03:02
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kisses on a public bench
timid spanish stuttered french
we tumbled like an avalanche
to your apartment
a flat mate’s knock upon the door
the neighbors laura keep it low
costumes piled up on the floor
shoes on the carpet
dali cracking jokes in the kitchen
as we made love in the next room
my eyes are red my heart is itchin'
laura did it have to bloom?
audrey hepburn on the shelf
sally quietly mending herself
don talking to rf
we lay in bed till dawn
with your pillow full of pins
the beatles and the little prince
and I sang love on my 4 strings
two policemen looking on
dylan smoking on september
leonard cohen gracing july
it’s friday I’m in love remember?
laura did it have to die?
I left your crooked smile in spain
I’ve walked a hundred miles of pain
and my heart’s discolored by your memory’s stain
like a ghost in natural colors
you went by this stranger’s mind
there’s not a petal left from saturn’s flowers
laura you were never mine
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2. |
Goodbye For Now
02:30
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I was so mean yes
and just as obscene as
a dream that never comes true
I didn't mean to be cruel babe
but I was a fool babe
I thought you'd be the one to get through
you think that I'm crazy
for being so lazy
and I think that you're crazy for that
you just run around and rush
in the end don't do much
except feeding your stupid cat
so slow it down babe
let go of your crown babe
or you'll die soon and that's a fact
when I left my concerns
to sag and to burn
I guess that you just stayed behind
I couldn't bear a shackle
a weight on my back or
someone to cloud up my mind
if you insist babe
I'll give you a kiss babe
but this is all don't ask for more
for I won't be around
I don't want to be around
a clown a snake a bore
so take your heavy bags
your heels and your rags
and don't be shy to take the door
for I loved you
back when the truth was concealed
but the shooting star landed
that dream has ended
and now honey you're just something real
I could love you and hold you
touch you ah kiss you
if you promise that we'll be apart
you ask how we'd do it
honey don't be stupid
we can do it all from afar
so goodbye for now babe
don't cry so loud babe
it won't be enough to change my heart
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3. |
The Sun Rose
03:58
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waiting on the honey hill-tops for the evening sky to fall
to catch the cheshire moon before it dissolves into the sun
a sudden wind blows and send me off the frowning face of the earth
and hurls me to the stars a-floatin' flyin' off a kite of birds
the colors of the ocean sky melt on my eyelids all around
and I unfold the curling edge of the parchment and claim this crown
and it rolls out like a magic carpet reeling out the dust of years before
and I strike the gong with a pastel brush dispatching endless love to every soul
and I wait for a love that is rightful
to show me all the beauty there’s to see
a love I know my heart would die for
but still I am a lonesome as can be
I gather weeping stars and planets and watch thirty sunsets every day
I water a lonely rose and watch its petals call for an embrace
my tears add to the morning dew my sighs rise up to mist the clouds
and the pretty rose beats in my chest and the music wraps around us like a shroud
and just as the stars had planned it
the volcanoes erupt as we run
to the other side of the planet
to climb a rainbow and be swallowed by the sun
the moon tips with silver all the rooftops in the sour streets
where rich men glide on diamond rugs and poor men crawl on crystal dreams
and like broken bits of sparkle the laughing stars shiver in the sky
and it rains down confetti on the land of tears as shadows walk on by
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4. |
Blue Eyes
02:57
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is it loneliness its pathetic cries
or is it love’s honest clutch
the brightness of her ocean eyes
or the lightning in her touch
I told myself I wouldn’t chase
the whimsical winds of my heart
and that I’d learn from my mistakes
but here I am back at the start
falling
falling
all the while I lay with you
I was shivering nervous and scared
I know I should have just kissed you
sorry I just didn’t dare
you see my heart’s been known to split
like a train derailed from its track
now is all I’ve got to give
if that’s alright then love me back
blue eyes
blue eyes
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5. |
Subterranean Love
03:41
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come on sally mae
give me the key to your hidden velvet gate
I'll make you happy for a while
take me by the hand
and I promise that I'll meet all your demands
I just want to make you smile
come on sally mae
tuck the curls of your dirty hair away
I've missed you since we've been apart
blow that candle out
close the curtain start the timer turn around
your eager eyes have slain my heart
I'll tell you now what I was told
the truthful hearts they count for nothing
find your comfort from the cold
in the bright red-colored loving
come on sally mae
show me all the tricks of love you learned today
all you're capable of
don't sit around and wait
honey you know I only got till half past eight
it's not negotiable love
come on sally mae
grant the subterranean thrills that you got saved
your cheap taste of paradise
and if you do your hour
I just might spoil myself and buy you flowers
to go with your muddy eyes
I'll tell you now what I have learned
don't revel in the heart you've captured
the love you give won't be returned
so find a love that's manufactured
come on sally mae
don't you know I'm only here because I paid
see I get lonely too
so do your part my darling
and I promise I won't be here in the morning
if you don't want me to
goodnight love
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