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1. |
Make Us Bright
03:15
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The wind is warm
And life is good
I breath it in just as I should
And I wake up
Just to spit out the night
I live for the morning's light
ooooooooohs (chorus)
How we are worn
Down to the bone
My darlin' may I hold you close?
For I've come know
In love we grow
But selfish words will leave you alone
(chorus)
So make us bright
And make us breathing
All lovely flesh we swallow whole
And make us right
And make us living
In some god's form we've come to roam
(chorus)
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2. |
Hold the Line
04:11
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How are you
I miss those eyes
For them there is
no compromise
I lost my sight
in northern heights
Thoughts of songs
I'll never wright
But I'm okay
I'm just fine
I'll be alright
Just kiss me or leave my mind
I must say
It's no surprise
The trouble I find
Still on the grind
It's come to pray
For another life
I drank away
Several months behind
But I'm okay
I'm just fine
I'll be alright
I'll hold the line
(x2)
I'm okay
I'm just fine
I'll be alright
I'll hold the line
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3. |
Airport
02:16
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Got a red eye flight so late at night even the moths refused to show
Just you and me with a place to be overdressed and underclothed
For heaven's sake we made the gates
There's not too much farther to go
Four crossings bound they counted down the others had lost their way
To another scene in a limousine that none of us could pay
And there's no steady wait for the high this drug can make
Just don't forget a tip for the valet
And so you in your veil and I in my coat tail
Watch the city become like flecks of gold
Just spare the blouse the drinks are on the house
Seems like there's far too much time for growing old
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4. |
Evil
03:28
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Evil
It seems like Evil
To me
And people
Will be callous
Will be grudging
Will be evil
And my life
In good standing
Is burning
Is Evil
It seems like Evil
To me
But I will be
All that is good
And I will see
You as I should
In loving
In loving
Where I am Evil
and in my Evil
I am good
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5. |
Berlin
05:38
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Lord, send me back to Berlin
Oh how I want to be there again
I can't wait another day
So please just send me on my way
I want to walk those streets
See the boats as they float the river Spree
I'll drink absinthe in the bars
And I'll find a girl to break my heart
(chorus)
Oh Berlin, I'll see you again
If only it weren't so long
I don't know where I am anymore
I lost myself somewhere in you
And I want to roam and wander
From KaDeWe to Lola's and farther
From the Reichstag to the Gardens we'll go
And in Prenzlauer I'll find a home
Right down the road from the cafes
On the street where they drink away the day
We'll converse with women of the night
The city's alive in lamplight
(chorus)
Put me on a plain
Fly me away
Please just get me past the gates
Fly me half way
I'll find myself a train
Please just don't make me wait
Lord, send me back to Berlin
To the bars, the lights, and the women
I daydream of Hackescher Markt
And the music we made in the dark
(chorus)
I lost myself somewhere in you
I lost myself somewhere in you
And I found myself somewhere in you
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6. |
I Find No Peace
03:03
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I find no peace in the thought of your love
And I find no rest in your kiss
So darlin' can you tell me why I crave
The taste of your bitter lips
Well I know it must be wrong but my heart is yours to take
And for that kiss we were there and gone could you feel my heart break
So baby, let the whiskey do the work and please tell me truth
As I held you close was your heart breakin' too?
Take from my cup a final draw
Take my heart and break my jaw
Grab my arms and bend them to the floor
So I may dream
Of holding you
No more
I find no peace in the thought of your love
And I find no rest in your kiss
So darlin' can you tell me why I crave
The taste of your bitter lips
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7. |
Our Last Page
04:50
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It was two weeks and we were lovers
Three months and left for others
Babe, I've been dying for so many years
Except now I have the comfort
Of Bourbon to hold above her
And I've been calling on all my petty fears
(chorus)
Maybe there's a place another time another day
Where we will find the trace of where we left off our last page
and the words say
"I love you"
I've been writing love letters
Address marked return to sender
And these are the only words you'll ever hear
They say, "Remember how we watched the writer
The night we walked downtown together and
I was too afraid to make a move.
We saw the parks this city over
Making laughs and punching shoulders
And me holding tightly onto you
Then the last night before you left me
Back arched, arms out, lookin' lovely oh
What were you thinking as I gazed at you?"
Was it?
(chorus)
It was two weeks and we were lovers
Three months and left for others
Babe, I'm still holding on to every kiss
We don't have time for eachother
You go your way and I'll recover
But I'll always be haunted by your perfume
(chorus)
"I love you"
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8. |
The Day I Close My Eyes
03:05
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Will I wake and hear the ocean
On the day I close my eyes
Below my body ring the fog bells
and above a thin grey sky
And we wake into a tangle
Like the day we met our eyes
That simple gift was our to handle
It's funny how things fall aside
But looking back through the window
I see just how we never learn
Strange to see it standing human
Naked and proud for what it's worth
Now it seems a distant memory
Like all the things we said we'd do
The words were taken right from me
Never Learned how to follow through
But I never forgot how to love you
I only learned not to care
Your warm breath was once above me
My fingers locked into your hair
But I remember summer rain
It felt like glory and it felt like fame
In a German house built for three
Where you proclaimed that you never loved me
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9. |
One In A Million
03:04
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I once said you're one in a Million
But honey, now I've come to see
That all that talk ever said is, "Yippee!
There's more out there for me!"
(chorus)
Cause there's nine of you in Paris
At least one of you in Rome
Three-hundred seven in the United States alone
Three of you in Berlin
Four in Toronto
Twelve of you in Beijing
Twenty Eight in Tokyo
And I'm gonna be okay
I said I'm gonna be okay
I'm gonna wander on my restless feet
And see every one of you there is to see
Well in Trevi there's a gal serves food that's never cold
There's a blonde on the Seine in my arms I'd like to hold
Down in East Berlin they go walking in the rain
Then party in the platz where they take away your pain
And for all we twisted and turned
My darlin', my lesson is learned
It's looking nice in Manhattan today
But I'd rather be flirting on the Champs-Elysees
And of all these girls I loved you first
Can't say you're the best but you sure could be the worst
(chorus)
And I'm gonna be okay
I said I'm gonna be okay
You're one in a million and the world's got seven billion
I think I'm gonna be okay
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10. |
Villain
04:26
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Hey there bright eyes, how ya been?
How I fear that old flame's still burning
The wax burnt down but the wick doesn't dare to find it's end
Oh I can firmly say I am lost
I loved you but baby at what cost
Took my heart and like a pitcher struck a pose and tossed
You swung and I was smitten
The first one flew into the stands
But what a perfect game you were hittin'
Never back into my hands
Well my brother finally up and left the farm
Leaving you my only, my greatest harm
But through all the mistakes I never once saw the cause to raise alarm
And you go down so bitter sweet
Like the drinks my old ghost bought me on the street
Guess it's the trouble that comes from the place where we meet
And oh I swear your like a villain
Where we are I fight to hard
But know you're my favorite kind of woman
You hit me hard
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11. |
Alone
06:25
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My, my baby she never walks alone
Cause we, we go the same way home
But we will bend, will twist, and bow
And my, my baby will walk home alone
And I, I will always will forever be alone
Locked inside of my one my only living home
But I, I've come to be quite old
And still, I will always will forever be alone
And they will judge us for being alone
For letting our hearts grow distant and cold
and our minds now bitter to what they know
To err is human so learn to let go
And my, my baby should never walk alone
And I should open my heart and my home
But my, my baby walks alone
All because we never learned how to let go
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12. |
Berlin (Master)
05:37
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Lord, send me back to Berlin
Oh how I want to be there again
I can't wait another day
So please just send me on my way
I want to walk those streets
See the boats as they float the river Spree
I'll drink absinthe in the bars
And I'll find a girl to break my heart
(chorus)
Oh Berlin, I'll see you again
If only it weren't so long
I don't know where I am anymore
I lost myself somewhere in you
And I want to roam and wander
From KaDeWe to Lola's and farther
From the Reichstag to the Gardens we'll go
And in Prenzlauer I'll find a home
Right down the road from the cafes
On the street where they drink away the day
We'll converse with women of the night
The city's alive in lamplight
(chorus)
Put me on a plain
Fly me away
Please just get me past the gates
Fly me half way
I'll find myself a train
Please just don't make me wait
Lord, send me back to Berlin
To the bars, the lights, and the women
I daydream of Hackescher Markt
And the music we made in the dark
(chorus)
I lost myself somewhere in you
I lost myself somewhere in you
And I found myself somewhere in you
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Mt. Joy Boise
Mt. Joy is a songwriting project imagined in 2009 as a space where Mt's songwriting can meet with the talent of local musicians and friends.
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