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Mandobird (For Foon)
02:48
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01. Mandobird (For Foon)
Swollen face
You’ve cried half the day
Found you out
In the song that you make
Stomach in knots
And hard, dirty thoughts
Take their place
In the song that you made
They’re right at home
In the song that you make
I think of you all the time, love
From the bottom of the hole your thoughts have dug
Shaky hands
You try and forget the past
But it’s locked
In the song that you made
Stand tall and still
Crack your back and fight the will
To lose your way
In the song that you make
Don’t lose your way
To the song that you make
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02. Are You There God? It’s Me, Mark
So long
I’ve waited for this one
Just this one
Soft one
I gave it up at once
Ohhhh
Solid and so safe
Don’t make a fuss
Just this once
I know about your ways
I won’t forget your face
Ohhhh
Oh my God, it’s such a shame
Living in this farce
Oh my love, you give me pain
I can’t escape
Oh my God, I can’t be saved
From what you let me make
And oh my love, I won’t explain
That it’s far too late
For this heart to break
I just want to be one of the mindless happy
I just want to be one of the oh so lucky
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03. Masters of Architecture (For Travis)
I’ll take the long road and I’ll be fine
Got all my sticks and stones here by my side
I’m building up so I can cut the sky
I’m building up so I’m not gone when I die
Just try to find me, yeah I’m worth the look
A game of hide and seek all done by the book
And I’m not playing scared, no that’s not my hook
Just come and find me – I’ll bet that’s all it took
I’m still here with my plans
Not holding the hands
Of everyone I’ve ever loved
The master architect
How lonely can you get?
But he can’t even build the one
Climb on up to the roof and watch the view
The oldest tower around’s from 1992
This town gets so hung up on keeping it all new
This town’s just so hung up there’s nothing here to do
I’m still here with my plans
Not holding the hands
Of everyone I’ve ever loved
The master architect
How lonely can you get?
But he can’t even build the one
All I want
It’s all I want
It’s all I want
It’s all I want
And if I hold my tongue I’ll never be lonely all the time
And if I fold my bluff you’ll wait for the only other around
And if I’m old enough then maybe my tower’s all coming down
And if I won’t go up there’s nothing else missing
It’s all been a lie
And if I don’t want to say goodbye
And if I don’t want to say goodbye
And if I don’t want to say goodbye
Then I don’t really even have to try
Then I don’t really even have to try
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TOIL
03:16
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04. TOIL
All the day I wonder what the night will take
Built away – boy it’s work to make you stay
Boy it’s work that calls you in
But is it worth it?
Shouldn’t it be plain and easy instead of toil?
What do you say if just tonight we kept the pace
The longest days – boy it’s work to keep you sane
Boy it’s work that keeps you in
But is it worth it?
Shouldn’t it come so freely instead of toil?
“Light is the task when many share the toil”
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By Lamplight
04:05
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05. By Lamplight
If all the lights in Paris went out
You’d still be there to guide me
If all the songs in my heart died down
You’d still sing there beside me
We walk hand-in-hand down old Rue Daru
Just like them in the movies
In all that will come and all that we’ll do
Paris will always be our town
And miles pass away
Just like the days
We spent here and there
By lamplight
And lines melt away
Right off your face
By lamplight
I love you forever
If all the waves in the river turned brown
It’d still flow like the Seine here
If all of the birds on the hills were shot down
They’d still fly just for us dear
And miles pass away
Just like the days
We spent here and there
By lamplight
And lines melt away
Right off your face
By lamplight
I love you forever
If all the lights in Paris went out
You’d still manage to find me
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Don't Fret, My Pet
03:32
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06. Don’t Fret, My Pet
If I’m making plans to take over the world
Then my plans as such include just one love
And when I realize I’m not made for office
Then we’ll abdicate and leave behind politics
If I’m taking flight without the use of a motor
Then I’m flying blind without a prayer to hope on
But something tells me I’m not destined for failure
It sounds cheesy love, but it’s all down to your affection
If I’m next in line to be the greatest living painter
Then I’ve found my muse, my subject, and my patron
Abstracts, Trompe-l'œils, and even caricatures
These works show my love and sole life obsession
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In The Mountains (First)
01:43
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07. In the Mountains (First)
Please won’t you meet me in the forest?
I’ve had such a cruddy day
And you could save it in a moment
No-one expects us out today
Been living life the wrong way backwards
And every city day’s the same
And there’s no hope in open suburbs
There’s no reason there to stay
So I’m in the mountains now
Been fighting fires
And saving lives
And wrestling bears
And flying kites
But you kept the house
And you locked me out
Guess I’m in the mountains now
To stay
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For Paolo
03:57
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08. For Paolo
In the end I have faith
Maybe this was meant to take
A horoscope which we make
My sole defence the one you break
“You better should just fall asleep
Schatzi please, schatzi please
If you come, I’ll stay
You better should just fall asleep
Schatzi please, schatzi please
If you want, I will stay”
Westbahnhof – a cold Sunday
The streetcar stops, a solo wait
Too many bags, a bike, a weight
You help me back towards the train
“You better should just fall asleep
Schatzi please, schatzi please
If you come, I’ll stay
You better should just fall asleep
Schatzi please, schatzi please
If you want, I will stay”
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Winnebago
02:17
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09. Winnebago
Never want for anything
And all I’ve got
On my back or in my hands
In a bag or in a van
And all along
I’m just totally
Only bound now to me
Just left the town where I was born
Sunday morn
All the sons have gone away
Down the road
Pretend to pray
And now I’m gone
They won’t come for me
It’s unspoken mutually
In some years time I’ll come and see
Just how it’s been
How it’s changed in spite of me
That old house and planted tree
And your sigh
Just maybe we
Can put bygones where bygones ought to be
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10. Music for the Naturally Unhip
Music + Lyric: Mark Andrew Hamilton / Hampus Norén
Needn’t bother to even try
It’s a father to reason why
No real struggle
A golden life
Public dog and a wife
If you go
Go so fast
They’ll never catch your drift
They’ll never bring you back
Overcast afternoon
Paying the rent for his 600 rooms
He’s taking his time
Studying the lines of the landscape
If you go
Go so fast
If you go
Make it last
They’ll never catch your drift
They’ll never bring you back
Packing the things
Filling the gas
Taking his time
Studying lines in the grass
Passes the park on his lonely lost days
Swedish summer is over fast
No real difference from the last
You called it off
You called it off
If you go
Go so fast
They’ll never catch your tail
And they’ll never clear the dust
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85
02:57
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11. 85
I’m 85 and I’m still alive
Found everything I need
In the eyes of my wife
We’ve both slowed down
Don’t really get around
Takes us half the week
To even leave the house
But it’s a good life
I’d do it over more than twice
You’re my only man
The one by which I stand
I bite my tongue against the young
They’ll never understand
Everywhere I’ve been
I know I’ve always seen
Twice over because we see it
Your eyes and mine between
But it’s been a good life
I’d do it over more than twice
Yes, it’s been a lovely life
I’d do it over 100 more times
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12. |
I Want to See You Again
02:44
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12. I Want to See You Again
I want to see you again
Tell me where and when
I’ll be there and then
I want to hold you again
Cuz it’s all gone red
Too much to bear alone
Cuz when we met
I didn’t get why
You would have someone like me
In mind
I want to see you again
And maybe then
Find the way out
Cuz when we met
I didn’t get why
You would have someone like me
In mind
I want to see you again
Tell me where and when
I’ll be there
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13. |
The Way to Happiness
02:03
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13. The Way to Happiness
Music: Mark Andrew Hamilton
Lyric: Mary Cecilia Ryan
“Do not waste your life in worry
Think of joys alone
Count up all the happiness for
You’re the only one
To make life happy, sad or dull
’Tis no choice but your own
You may have sorrows many dear
But they can turn to joy
If you just laugh and hum a tune
People will annoy
Remember that we live but once
So drive your cares away”
Mary Cecilia Ryan
36 Rowantree Road
Newcastle-on-Tyne
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14. |
M.J + P.McC
02:24
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