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Die Stadt Muzikanten
03:46
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they’re the stadtmusikanten / and no-one here forgot ‘em / they chased all of the bad guys away / for years got on without ‘em / but time has come / they’re wanted / it’s far too late / and no-one will play / and it’s hard to see that you’re all on your own / but it’s harder to say that you’ll go it alone / we closed our eyes and thought it / our jaded ears had caught it / but no-one came / it all stayed the same / but the stadtmusikanten forever not forgotten / we’ll try our best / and hope it’s ok / but it’s hard to see that you’re all on your own / and it’s harder to say that you’ll go it alone / shut out the world and just notice the sound / for as long as we sing / we’ll still be around / around
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don’t back down / though you know there’s more of us around / we’re gonna take you down and out / it’s been coming ‘round / there’s no room for both of us in town / we’re gonna show you what we’re on about / can’t you tell we’re not afraid? / don’t think now you’ll get away / I’ve gotta buck up / I’ve gotta defend / and once it’s all done / no you won’t come back / you’re sorry now / no trace left, no, you’ll never be found / won’t even know you were ever around / sing it high and loud! / waging war with a harmony sound / yeah, we’re taking on the mighty owl / can’t you tell we’re not afraid / don’t think now you’ll get away / I’ve gotta buck up / I’ve gotta defend / and once it’s all done / no you won’t come back / won’t you come to me / down by the armoury / back away from the company / it’s time to leave / I can’t help to believe / that to fight is just to deceive / the love we both need / it’s crazy / these days will come to be / the start of our victory / that don’t matter much to me / oh baby, please! / won’t you come to me / down by the armoury / back away from the company / it’s time to leave
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since you came / I don’t know what / way is up and where I stand / or where I can / words take on / a different plan / you’re showing off / you’re not a man / don’t give a damn / and I thank god for you but / I don’t care / if we make it there / I won’t be alone for long / and I’m leaving soon / no I don’t have room / and I’m so damn sorry, love / I’m a long way from dying / I’m a long way from home / now you’ve left / I’m looking back / should’ve known right off the bat / you’d leave me cold / but that’s just fine / and I’m ok / never should’ve asked to stay / so long, so low / and I thank god for you but / I don’t care / if we make it there / I won’t be alone for long / and I’m leaving soon / no I don’t have room / and I’m so damn sorry, love / I’m a long way from dying / I’m a long way from home / I’m a long way from giving up / I’m not getting up / thank god for you but / I don’t care / if we make it there / I won’t be alone for long / and I’m leaving soon / no I don’t have room / and I’m so damn sorry love / oh I don’t care / if we make it there / I won’t be alone for long / and I’m leaving soon / no I don’t have room / and I’m so damn sorry love / I’m a long way from dying / I’m a long way from home
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Morningside
04:01
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all day you lay / on the bottom of the oak / you hide in shade / I tried to wait / for the answers in a truth / I couldn’t take / all I made / gestured in the old unfamiliar way / you wouldn’t take / another darn word / it was far too late / once you’re crying / I’m two times lying / there’s no use trying / to stay the same / in three years’ timing / for what? I’m shying / away from my only one real pain / it doesn’t pay / to follow someone ‘round / who won’t give in / I’ve never prayed / but someone’s gotta tell me / just why you came / once you’re lying / I’m two times shy / and there’s no use I / can find to wait / in three years’ crying / for what? I’m trying / to make up time I threw away / and once you’re crying / I’m two times lying / there’s no use trying / to stay the same / in three years’ timing / for what? I’m shying / away from my only one real pain / I won’t take off alone / I won’t take off, oh no / I won’t take off alone / I won’t take off, oh no
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My Denial in Argyle
03:47
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caught in the middle and there’s no escape / given the chance I wouldn’t run away / I never know why I try to stay / taking off time I know I shouldn’t waste / I stick around in a hopeful way / that you’re not found out / and all that’s becoming’s coming off any day / bought a ticket to our one-act play / I should’ve walked but I’d already paid / another hour, another day / it’s not a bother, I don’t mind to wait / I’m counting down to the big “OK / I guess I’m found out” / and all that’s becoming’s coming off any day / you’re my denial all dressed in argyle / and I’m a fool to stay / make me wait far too long / drag this out on and on / the stubborn kinds are quickly gone / feeling bad for you son / I knew we’d end up un-begun / I’m only giving up one last song / maybe I’m wrong / this is not what you want / caught in the middle and there’s no escape / given the chance I wouldn’t run away / I never know why I ever stay / taking time I just don’t want to waste / I sit around in a hopeful way / that we’re not found out / and all that’s becoming’s coming off any day / you’re my denial all dressed in argyle / and I’m a fool to stay / and all that’s becoming’s coming off any way / you’re my denial all dressed in argyle / and I’m a fool to stay
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Enchantée Janvier
02:59
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I don’t want to settle down / I just want to play my music / in this cold and empty house / I don’t want to stay / I got too much in here going on / it’s driving me insane / I gotta go / would you even know? / it all comes back to me / it all comes back to me / photograph my heavy heart / right outside Versailles / and I filled my notebooks up with wandering prose / drinking too much wine / I’ve spent too much time on my own / I just want to die / I’ve gotta go home / would you even know? / it all comes back to me / it all comes back to me / it all comes back to me / it all comes back to me / if angels live in heaven homes / I don’t want to try / dodging airplanes headed east unknown / there’s no much place to hide / I am all these things / I don’t need no wings / I am all these things / all the pigeons sing! / oh, enchantee janvier! / oh, enchantee janvier! / oh, enchantee janvier! / oh, enchantee janvier!
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Such a Lucky Girl
07:01
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Hold up, make haste / I’m not gonna wait / around anymore / tipping toes across the floor / all along I knew / you wouldn’t want the thing we grew / and now I’m stunned / and it feels like nothing’s come / don’t you fall asleep / don’t forget the words you keep in / I’m done, I’ll wait / it’s gone and I’m too late / fight off the chill from the wind that’s blowing still / across rooms, straight-faced / stray-tongues, a darkened place / it’s where we’ll go and it’s all we’ll ever know / can’t say, impatiently fall / right up the stairs / on the edge of something I’ll regret / don’t you fall from me / don’t deny my only need in / two horns and five days / too long, a shadow play / I’m holding out / think I know what you’re all about / I thought I’d make you come out and say / the thing you hold / what you hope nobody knows / I’m gone off, turned grey / let down and turned away / I want it all / but you’re only giving up / don’t you want to see? / don’t throw away my only feeling / I’m wrecked, can’t see / the damage done, a winter sleep / you’ve made a world / and she’s such a lucky girl / don’t you have somewhere else to be? / don’t you have someone who’s just like me? / don’t you have something else you need? / don’t you have somebody else? / and it’s all gonna work out alright / and it’s all going to work out right / and it’s all going to work out alright / and it’s all gonna work out right / don’t hold your place for me / all of these lines fall off as you leave / won’t call you out in need / all of these things I’ll do for me / can’t say I won’t believe / all that you want us all to see / you’ve lost your hold on me / all that we’ve got is blown to seed
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Snow falls / mixed paint / love stalled / fixed rates / boxes full / tapes erased / how long does this take? / and no-one knows / the words we said / and no-one sees / the rain ahead / it’s all gone white / and mixed with grey / in paper skies / you ran away / wind comes / melts away / footprints / when you strayed / just because / the rent was paid / we’re better off this way
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Duck Duck Goose
04:21
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Turn away from all that we knew / somewhere new for me, new for you / when we first caught the sight of it all / couldn’t tell it apart at all / and it all looks the same / from miles away / and nobody’s changed / and we’ll both change our names / just walk away / and never explain / if it all comes down to it / we’ll kill the past of the people we’ve been / and once the path grows silent / they’ll let us be / and soon they’ll forget / and it all looks the same / from miles away / and nobody’s changed / and we’ll both change our names / just walk away / and never explain / if what goes up / must come down / then all that floats / is not made sound / we’ll load our boat / and leave from town / they’ll find it sunk / no-one around / if what goes up / must come down / then all that floats / is not made sound / we’ll load our boat / and leave from town / they’ll find it sunk / no-one around / and no-one will know / that we got away / no-one will know / that we got away / and no-one will know that we got away / and it’s all gonna be OK / no no no / no no no / no no no / turn away from all that we knew / life don’t make much sense without you / some things in life you don’t get to choose / the game of love’s just duck duck goose
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Spirehouse
04:27
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Don’t you hide / there’s true love there inside / I don’t mind / and no-one knows your will / it comes in time / the shadows where you’ll find / a jagged line cuts through to you to me / and oh, I’ll miss you most / you’ll never know / and oh, kiss my throat / I won’t say ‘no’ / so won’t you try / the life outside the lie / and don’t you mind / they know it all and still / I can’t quite fight / you off and let it die / I can’t quite hide / this true love there inside / but oh, I’ll miss you most / you’ll never know / and oh, kiss my throat / I won’t say ‘no’ / I won’t say ‘no’ / but oh, don’t give it away / the spire on the hill / the words and the will / the miles left until / the warmth and the still / on the way from Who Knows When / down the road from Never Been / on the way and moving in / found the spot where love begins
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Redbeard
03:49
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When you sailed off on your way / I swam to follow you / I don’t rely on satellite / I’ve got to see this through / you stole and burned most everything / the life that I once knew / but through the flames / your eyes explained / you didn’t mean it true / I braved the waves for days / and finally caught on a view / grabbed to the bow / and sternly vowed / I climbed on board for you / sleeping tight / crept to your side / revenge had come for you / your waking eyes – oh paradise! / love at first sight true / I can’t explain my vanished pain / you freed me then I knew / I spent the night by your side / since then it’s me and you / but age it came and took / the redbeard that I knew / but that’s ok / in here today / the grey it suits you too / the grey it suits you too / the grey it suits you too
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I’m not all the things you say / I’m not anybody’s hag / I’m not going out that way / I’ve got it all down / can’t you just let things be? / still you just hang up on me / I’m not anybody’s safe / I’ve got it all down / your breathing doesn’t say / dial tone is here to stay / I know you called today / street noise giving you away / I’m not looking for a way / I’m already gone to stay / far enough to keep it sane / I’ve got it all down / can’t you see the things you need / don’t much matter now to me? / I’m taking off the blame / I’ve got it all down / your breathing doesn’t say / dial tone is here to stay / I know you called today / street noise giving you away / your breathing doesn’t say / dial tone is here to stay / I know you called today / street noise giving you away
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Capsized by a wave / brought down by the reef / don’t say, “home is so far away!” / it won’t help anyway / try to breathe! / cold winds blow away / all things closing in / don’t say, “god is so far away!” / he won’t help anyway / try to stay / don’t lose sight of me / don’t fall into the deep / don’t say, “hope is so far away!” / that won’t get you saved / hold to me / that won’t get you saved / hold to me / that won’t get you saved / hold to me / hold on to my bare hand / always I’ll be your man / hold on to my bare hand / again we both shall stand / hold on you’re slipping fast (I’ll save you and bring you home) / all this will come to pass (don’t leave me all alone) / hold on and swim to land (the water’s as cold as stone) / you’ll live, my one demand (the grey is turning gold) / hold on to my bare hand / always I’ll be your man / hold on to my bare hand / again we both shall stand / hold on you’re slipping fast (I’ll save you and bring you home) / all this will come to pass (don’t leave me all alone) / hold on and don’t look back (the water’s as cold as stone) / your ship has come at last (the grey is turning gold)
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Take a walk out alone / all the way home / and the further you go / find me / while I’m waiting I’ll know / every stone you throw / break every little bone / every little stone / didn’t think I could see / I will give you almost everything / they’re not holding anything / you don’t want to be the same as them / too late, you belong to me / did it all on your own / no-one helped at all / and you’re so fully grown / finally! / for a pocket of stones / everybody knows / ain’t worth a bag of bones / it’s worth a bag of stones / now you want to be free / I will give you almost everything / they’re not holding anything / you don’t want to be the same as them / too late, you belong to me / I’m not making no new plans / I’m not making no new fans / I will give you almost anything / if you’ll be my everything / all these houses built in rows / all they’re standing for is false / I’m not turning blinded eye / I’m a complicated guy / all you really need from me / is the truth I barely see / so damn hard in here to speak / so clearly / all these houses built in rows / all they’re standing for is false / I’m not turning blinded eye / I’m a complicated guy / all you really need from me / is the truth I barely see / so damn hard in here to speak / so clearly / all these houses built in rows / all they’re standing for is false / I’m not turning blinded eye / I’m a complicated guy / all you really need from me / is the truth I barely see / so damn hard in here to speak / so clearly / be near me / just hear me
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All I want to know / is if I go / would you even know at all? / would you even take note / that I’m leaving you alone? / it’s not that I don’t want this / it’s not that I don’t care / I’ll be honest with you though / I don’t want you to go anywhere / baby, all the things we made / running off like so much rain / in my final verse / all I got is two more words / that I won’t sing lightly / “don’t go” / “don’t go” / you don’t need to worry / I’m not packing yet / it used to be my style / but something changed in me the day we met / baby, they say love does fade / but in this case I’d say / rules change / baby, all that’s left to say / is I think you’re really great
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The songs of Mark Andrew Hamilton. Montréal, Québec.
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