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Did You Learn?
05:20
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Everything looks greener on the other side of the wall
So go on you have to have it all
But did you really believe that that’s where happiness resides?
Down inside you’re never satisfied
So you kept taking more and more spoils of your private war
But did you learn, did you learn this time?
Did you learn, did you learn?
Have you learned anything?
You deceive and it don’t matter why You know it’s wrong
Now it comes back and it hurts you, don’t it? You don’t like it
But you strayed like a dog now it’s karma that bites you
But did you learn, did you learn this time?
Did you learn, did you learn?
Have you learned anything?
Did you learn, did you learn this time?
Did you learn, did you learn?
The lessons that you need to know they’re gonna
keep on coming till you get it
Till you get it through your head
Gonna keep on coming till you die and even after
Put it down to fate that’s how it goes it is what it is
Or maybe Mars is in retrograde
But there ain’t no one else that you can blame
For choices that you made
Well we all make mistakes
But baby that’s the breaks now
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Dreary morning, clouds gather
And one by one like tears the raindrops start to fall
So stare out your window or would you rather
Stay in bed and hide away from it all?
But she knows thunder and lightning won’t last long
And she’s already gone
She's out of the door and into the mist
Excitement reflecting in her eyes
Looking for something you shouldn’t miss
Excuse me while I check the sky for rainbows
So sure enough quickly as it started
Sunlight’s peeking through and the clouds begin to part
Look over your shoulder see what she sees
And let her fingerpaint her colors onto your heart
‘cause she knows thunder and lightning don’t last long
And she’s already gone
She's out of the door and into the mist
Excitement reflecting in her eyes
Looking for something you shouldn’t miss
Excuse me while I check the sky for rainbows
oh yeah
And on the greyest days when everything is dull and faded
She’s got a way of seeing every color in creation
‘cause she knows thunder and lightning don’t last long
yeah she knows thunder and lightning don’t last long
And she’s already gone
She’s Out of the door and into the mist
Excitement reflecting in her eyes
Looking for something you shouldn’t miss
Excuse me while I check the sky
She’s Out of the door and into the mist
Excitement reflecting in her eyes
Looking for something you shouldn’t miss
Excuse me while I check the sky
for rainbows
for rainbows
oh yeah
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Early Morning Dream
07:56
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Sunlight slowly dripping down
Translucent amber morning
Swirling clouds of blue
Reflecting in your eyes
No time but right now
No place but here
Misty morning fog
Stay underneath and hide
Take some time to breathe
And feel it deep inside
No words no words
Hold on hold on tight
Hold on don’t want to lose this feeling
Like an early morning dream
Waves of indigo calm
Let the purple river flow right through your head
like the drone of a church psalm
Playing soft and low no one here
No one but me and you
Hold on hold on tight
Hold on don’t want to lose this feeling
Like an early morning dream
And I feel your heart beating
don’t want this moment to be fleeting
Like an early morning dream
And it’s so easy to let the whole world slip into this perfect picture
But when I blink my eyes I see an afterimage of your kiss
Hold on hold on tight
Hold on don’t want to lose this feeling
Like an early morning dream
Hold on hold on tight
Hold on don’t want to lose this feeling
Like an early morning dream
Like an early morning dream
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4. |
Blame Gravity
05:22
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I couldn’t do what you do
Spend my whole life in a room with no view
Watching the world through a pinhole lens
Image inverted
Now I know you refuse to see the sun
Your eyes closed tight, still here it comes
You won’t light a single candle 'cause you’d rather yell
“You stupid darkness!”
And you blame gravity each time you fall
Yes you blame gravity each time you fall
Seen the laws of attraction try to pull you in
to a level of understanding where you've never been
but the forces that you repel are only so strong
and you slip down your black hole
then you blame gravity each time you fall
yeah you blame gravity each time you fall
Now go on and tell me how hard this life is
yeah go on and tell me do you think I don't know?
do you think I don't know?
well it's not easy but you've got to rise above it
just for your own sake
Now this weight on your shoulder is bringing you down
but you're not the only one this world's revolving around
open up and accept the truth now it's all on you
we don't live in a vacuum when that feather drops
it'll take a lot longer to hit the ground than your
bowling ball
andyou blame gravity each time you fall
yeah you blame gravity each time you fall
yeah you blame gravity each time you fall
oh you blame gravity each time you fall
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5. |
Words Fail Me
03:54
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Word fail me every time I try to speak my mind
Word fail me every time I try to speak my mind
My thoughts derailed and twisted
Like the wreckage of my days and nights
Words fail me, brittle pages crumble in my hands
Words fail me, brittle yellowed pages crumble in my hands
and when my meaning starts to fade
I don't think you can hope to understand
sometimes I want to tell you everything
But when it comes to letting it out
ooh that's a whole 'nother thing
'cause words fail me
words fail me, words stuck inside my head
Words fail me, and there's always so much more that's left unsaid
Every time i try to speak my mind, guess the answer's something I won't never find
'cause words fail me
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6. |
Not Meant to Understand
06:39
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I lie awake sometimes at night
Listening to relentless chatter
Numbed and frozen and afraid to hit the light
As if that would matter
Trying to understand what seems beyond my grasp
What’s lurking in the haze
Head spinning swirling swimming in an undertow of chaos
Well that’s my theory anyways
I wait around for sleep while weighty matters weigh upon my head
Waiting for a little lucidity
But the only thing that I see getting any clearer
Is that it’s all an exercise in stupidity
‘cause people way smarter than me
Have tried and failed to see the light
And everybody else is caught up in this web
With eyes, but without insight
Without insight
But I know that it’s my nature to worry about things
That I can’t hope to change
Things that never go as planned
Well I’ve got to just accept it, it's one of those things
Don't it all seem so strange
But maybe I’m not meant to understand
Now we can argue we can fuss and we can fight
Stand by your rationale but you can’t prove it (can you?)
‘cause you can push on this conundrum with your irresistible personality but you can’t move it
Just imagine there’s no heaven, and God is just a concept
Well well well the truth is all I want
But answers to these questions don’t appear to be forthcoming
And I’m more idiot and less savant
But I know that it’s my nature to worry ‘bout things
That I can’t hope to change
Things that never go as planned
Well I’ve got to just accept it, it's one of those things
Don't it all seem so strange
And maybe I’m not meant to understand
Yeah I know that it’s my nature to worry ‘bout things
That I can’t hope to change
Just completely out of hand
Well I’ve got to just accept it, it's one of those things
Don't it all seem so strange
And maybe I’m not meant to understand
Yeah maybe I’m not meant to understand
maybe I’m not meant to understand
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7. |
Miscellaneous Magic
05:08
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She's an attitude addict
Pucci top that stops traffic
Clinging legs pick up static
She's so phonographic
Spells his name in all caps
Wakes a newborn with slaps
Smiles his pearly white caps
Catches mice in nice traps
ooh ooh Miscellaneous magic
ooh ooh Miscellaneous magic
I hear your music and I'm halfway home
She's nobody's fool
Cattle raised, she rattles her jewels
Gradually graduating school
High octane below Biscayne fuel
ooh ooh Miscellaneous magic
ooh ooh Miscellaneous magic
ooh ooh Miscellaneous magic
I hear your music and I'm halfway home
Got a lift in someone's life, to be seen in someone's scene
It's too soon to be or not to be a dream
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8. |
If All I Have is You
04:10
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If the house that I live in should rattle in the wind
And nothing I can do stops me from crying
I would still be satisfied
My eyes would open wide
If all I have is you
Should the door to my heart splinter into pieces
It might not fall apart, love does what it pleases
Nothing to be fantasized, I would still be satisfied
If all I have is you
If all I have is you
If all I have is you
If all I have is you
If the house that I live in rattles in the wind
And nothing I can do stops me from crying
I would still be satisfied, nothing left to hide
If all I have is you
If all I have is you
If all I have is you
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Headin’ down the same old road I’ve been down So many times
And I don’t know if I’m gonna turn off
Any time soon
Well I went down to the crossroads To flag myself a ride
But I just kept on walkin’ straight ahead
Well I know which way it’s headin’
‘cause it’s straight and narrow
but this old road ain’t no friend of mine
I know it’s breaking me down
Well I went down to the crossroads And riding by my side
Were all my fears
But now I hear a voice
Telling me to follow the signs
Yeah now I hear a voice
That says turn at the turning point this time
Well the sign’s there for a reason
Pointing the direction
Now I know they’ve been there all along
I just never paid attention
Well I went down to the crossroads
And down upon my knees
I finally found the key
And now I hear a voice
Telling me to follow the signs
Yeah now I hear a voice
That says turn at the turning point
That says turn at the turning point this time yeah this time
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10. |
Look to Me (demo)
04:10
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Anytime you need to let it go
Anything you need to let somebody know
If there's anything you got weighing on your mind
Girl you've got to know I'll be there every time
Just look to me
When your life seems so complicated
Just rest assured that you won't ever have to wait for someone
Who can come along and take the load from you
Believe me now there's nothing else I'd rather do
Just look to me
just look to me
Look to me when you've got no one and you're feeling so alone
When you feel that cold wind blowing and it chills you to the bone
Well that's not how you're meant to be
And if you need a lover look no further
Look to me
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11. |
Words Fail Me (demo)
03:28
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Word fail me every time I try to speak my mind
Word fail me every time I try to speak my mind
My thoughts derailed and twisted
Like the wreckage of my days and nights
Words fail me, brittle pages crumble in my hands
Words fail me, brittle yellowed pages crumble in my hands
and when my meaning starts to fade
I don't think you can hope to understand
sometimes I want to tell you everything
But when it comes to letting it out
ooh that's a whole 'nother thing
'cause words fail me
words fail me, words stuck inside my head
Words fail me, and there's always so much more that's left unsaid
Every time i try to speak my mind, guess the answer's something I won't never find
'cause words fail me
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Joe Gioglio New York
Singer, songwriter, recording artist, and guitar player (though not necessarily in that order) from Long Island, NY, and all-around nice guy.
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