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Iceland
03:23
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We reenacted the death scene from Titanic
On your last day here I was Jack and you was never coming back
There was nothing I could do, you had your ticket
Just as we were in the thick of it
You took off to Iceland and I hit an iceberg
Nothing felt as real since you left for your homeland
You told everyone you’re related to Bjork
But that’s not why I’m writing this song
The way you tried to belong
The way i knew all along
I wish I hadn’t waited so long
You took off to Iceland and I hit an iceberg
Nothing felt as real since you left for your homeland
You promised that you’d write every day, every night
I got your package of photos (oh no)
But that was almost a year ago
Why did you have to go
Just as we were saying hello (hello)
You took off to Iceland and I hit an iceberg
Nothing felt as real since you left for your homeland
I’ll give you everything I am
If you say I’m yours in that cute accent
That I know you’d never lose
Give me everyone you are and
I’ll forget about the years of torment
I’ve had to suffer losing…
You took off to Iceland and I hit an iceberg
Nothing felt as real since you left for your homeland
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Cleopatra Eyes
03:15
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I didn’t hardly eat a thing all day
Thinking about you and what you’d say
Just to look in your eyes, I could cry, it could all come true
I’ll run away with you
Take my heart Cleo Cleo Cleo
Cleopatra Eyes
Take my heart Cleo Cleo Cleo
Cleopatra Eyes
I must have been sleeping for years and years and years and years - but now
I’m in your arms, I don’t know how
P-p-p-pinching myself, til I welt, did it all come true
I’ll run away with you
I’ll run away with you
Take my heart Cleo Cleo Cleo
Cleopatra Eyes
Take my heart Cleo Cleo Cleo
Cleopatra Eyes
You can take me for a fool, oh
(Cleo-cleo-cleo-cleopatra eyes)
You can take me for a ride, oh
You can take me for a fool, oh
(Cleo-cleo-cleo-cleopatra eyes)
You can take me for a ride
I didn’t hardly eat a thing all day
Thinking about you and what you’d say
T-t-t-touching myself, no one else - til it all comes true
I’ll run away with you
I’ll run away with you
Take my heart Cleo Cleo Cleo
Cleopatra Eyes
Take my heart Cleo Cleo Cleo
Cleopatra Eyes
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Naive
03:02
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Well I was so naive, I didn’t have a clue
I shoulda been more careful, I shoulda been more true
The week we spent in London, I let myself unglue
If I was more successful, I would have made the room
But now I’m just a gypsy, my room don’t have a door
Although I love you dearly, you’re calling me a whore
I wrote you forty letters, you wrote me no reply
But I’d be so much better…
With you on my side
(I was so naive)
With you on my side
(I was so naive)
With you on my side
(I was so naive)
I shoulda been more careful, I shoulda been more true
I shoulda been a lot of things, I should have just loved you
You burned me now we’re even, but love is never fair
If I was more successful, I wouldn’t even care
But now I’m just old man, I’m scratching out my eyes
I wouldn’t wander nowhere, If you were my blind guide
Could take me thirty years, dotting all my I’s
But I’d be so much better…
With you on my side
(I was so naive)
With you on my side
(I was so naive)
With you on my side
(I was so naive)
Now I’m aware of the love waiting there
Oh everywhere….
It’s everywhere….
But now I’m just old man, I’m scratching out my eyes
I wouldn’t wander nowhere, If you were my blind guide
Could take me 30 years, dotting all my I’s
But I’d be so much better…
With you on my side
(I was so naive)
With you on my side
(I was so naive)
With you on my side
(I was so naive)
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4. |
Next 2 U
03:50
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Away from the city
Away from my home
Will I ever find someone?
Could I ever find someone...
I wanna get next to
Can I get next to you?
I thought my loving days were gone
I was throwing in the towel
So can I get next to you?
Is that OK with you?
You look so confident
And it is no accident...
That I'm getting all feely with you
You took my blues away
And I don't know if I should stay
I'm rounding past third base
You're sounding your alarms
You sound like a mom
"This won't ever happen again"
You say with a smile more like a grin
But do you have a sister?
Or how 'bout some friends?
Coz I'm feeling so uptight
And these drugs have lost their bite
So can I get next to you?
Is that OK with you?
You look so confident
And it is no accident...
That I'm getting all feely with you
You took my blues away
And I don't know if I should stay
I'm rounding past third base
But then I saw you
And you were for real
And everything was beautiful
And you looked me in the eye and said...
I wanna get next to
Is that OK with you?
I thought my loving days were gone
I was throwing in the towel
Can I get next to you?
Is that OK with you?
You look so confident
And it is no accident
That I wanna get next to you
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A Billion Odd People
03:27
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I'd be your one and only
But I'd only let you down
I want your love
But I don't know what I'd do with it
'Cause there's a hundred fifty thousand people better than me
No, there's a hundred million people that are better for you
No, there's a billion odd people that are better than me
But you don't know them
And they don't care about you
You don't know them, and they don't care
They don't care about you
So I'll put away my feelings
In a shoebox in the closet
But now the door barely shuts
With so much to hide away
'Cause there's a hundred fifty thousand people better than me
No, there's a hundred million people that are better for you
No, there's a billion odd people that are better than me
But you don't know them
And they don't care about you
You don't know them and they don't care,
They don't care about you
I'd be your one and only
But I'd only let you down
I want your love
But I don't know what I'd do with it
'Cause there's a hundred fifty thousand people better than me
No, there's a hundred million people that are better for you
No, there's a billion odd people that are better than me
But you don't know them, and they don't care about you
And you don't know them, and they don't care
They don't care about you
I'm just scared of falling in love
I'm just scared of falling in love
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CPR
03:00
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Quit saying to me that she sells sea shells by the sea
Oh, no, what’s this?
Are we officially broken
Or could we use some Elmer’s glue
You caught me off my guard
But crying’s not very smart
Oh oh oh
Making love isn’t hard
But it hurts being torn apart
Don’t run too far, coz you know
I need your CPR
Feeling lower than earthworms I picked up my bags and left
You called a cab!
High maintenance and attitude
I sensed it from the start
You shot me in the dark
But crying’s not very smart
Making love isn’t hard
But it hurts being torn apart
Don’t run too far, coz you know
I need your CPR
And if you are really through
How will I even survive without you?
Making love isn’t hard
But it hurts being torn apart
Don’t run too far, coz you know
I need your CPR
Making love isn’t hard
But it hurts being torn apart
Don’t run too far, coz you know
I need your CPR
Don’t run too far, coz you know
I need your CPR
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7. |
So Done With You
03:47
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There are too many things to say
Now that we don't talk to another
To another
I don't miss the way you pulled me down
I couldn't get up, I couldn't get out
I couldn't shake you, so I started to shout
I'm so done with you
I can't even feel my fingers
I would rather die
Than live through this hell again
But I'd rather me than you
Two fuzzy February's have passed
But you're still as clear as May or June or July
And I don't wanna die…
I don't wanna die without love on my side
I don't wanna die without love on my side
I'm so done with you
I can't even feel my fingers
I would rather die
Than live through this hell again
But I'd rather me than you
Who needs the temptation
If we fall, congratulations
I’m in need of a vacation in the sun
Who needs the temptation
If we fall, congratulations
I’m in need of a vacation in the sun
My nails grew short over the summer
But I took it out in writing songs
No one could understand
And I don't wanna die without love on my side
I don't wanna die
I'm so done with you
I can't even feel my fingers
I would rather die
Than live through this hell again
But I'd rather me than you
I'm so done with you
I'm so done with you
I'm so done with you
I'm so done with you
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Warm coke and rum on a fuzzy afternoon
Pre-funk before tonight's big party
I've been laying out my clothes
Throwing up by five, before festivities begin
Too pumped for tonight's big party
I've been calling all my friends
But you don't know it's you that's making me sick
Before tonight's big party
I've been laying out my clothes
Before tonight's big party
I've been calling all my friends
Before tonight's big party
But you don't know it's you that's making me sick
Before tonight's big party
I've been laying out my clothes
Before tonight's big party
I've been calling all my friends
Before tonight's big party
Sobered up by nine, I'm the first one to arrive
You're late for tonight's big party
I didn't recognize a soul
There's Jon E Rock, who'd he bring with him tonight
I'm bummed at tonight's big party
I didn't even say goodbye
But you don't know it's you that's making me sick
Before tonight's big party
I've been laying out my clothes
Before tonight's big party
I've been calling all my friends
Before tonight's big party
I didn't recognize a soul
Before tonight's big party
I didn't even say goodbye
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9. |
Suburbiac
03:34
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Sugar, Sugar don't look now
Your place is falling apart and how
And all I want and all I need is your money, money
So let's make the most of your last 20 dollar bill
And hire a hitman to hit your boyfriend
Kissing you is like getting high on someone else's drugs
Kissing you is like getting high on someone else's drugs
Kissing you
Sugar, Sugar don't you cry
We'll all grow old and then we'll die
And all I want and all I need is your money, money
So let's make the most of your last 20 dollar bill
And hire a hitman to hit your boyfriend
Kissing you is like getting high on someone else's drugs
Kissing you is like getting high on someone else's drugs
Kissing you is like getting high on someone else's drugs
Kissing you is like getting high on someone else's drugs
Kissing you
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Cheer Up Baby
03:41
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You said that we could take full advantage of the weekend
I’ve heard it all before, as I walk out the door, the plans have changed
I only need a day or maybe two could you fit me in
I’ll make it worth your time, I’m hanging on the line, but all you say…
Cheer up baby, Sunday is on its way
Cheer up baby, Sunday is on its way
Cheer up baby, Sunday is on its way
Friday's here (where did you go), but what a let down
Saturday's so sunny (where did you go), but what a let down
And there's only one last hope for the weekend
Oh oh oh
Cheer up baby, Sunday is on its way
Cheer up baby, Sunday is on its way
Cheer up baby
Cheer up baby
Cheer up baby
You said that it would be you and me against the world now
But the days go by, there’s always bigger fish for you to fry
I know you know that I’ve been ready to lay it all out
But I’ll have to try and keep it all inside or say goodbye?
Friday's here (where did you go), but what a let down
Saturday's so sunny (where did you go), but what a let down
And there's only one last hope for the weekend
whoa oh oh
Cheer up baby, Sunday is on its way
Cheer up baby, Sunday is on its way
Cheer up baby
Cheer up baby
Cheer up baby
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11. |
Ready To Fly
02:34
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I'd hardly say I got a thing for you
You're so square
You know you complicate the things I do
You're so square
Well, I'm not sure what you are used to
But killing time is killing me too
I can't stand us going nowhere
I'm ready to fly - bye, bye, bye
When I need some advice from you
You’re not there
When I tell you that I’m misunderstood
You don’t care
Well, I'm not sure what you are used to
But killing time is killing me too
I can't stand us going nowhere
I'm ready to fly - bye, bye, bye
Well I know what it takes to be loved by you
I know what it means to be touched by you
Well I know what it takes to be loved by you
I know what it means to be touched by you
I have to say I kinda love the way
You don’t care
Coz you know why I fell for you,
You’re so square
Well, I'm not sure what you are used to
But killing time is killing me too
I can't stand us going nowhere
I'm ready to fly - bye, bye, bye
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12. |
I Smell A Lawsuit
03:09
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You look like I could use a drink
I never have time to stop and think
Who even owns these songs I sing
It's time we read the fine print
(Who wants to be a superstar?)
They'll tell you the love you
But all they want is money
(Who wants to be a superstar?)
And when they make promises
Get 'em in writing
Sometimes I feel like they all hate music
They'll wine you and dine you, but never put out
And by the time you're in the sack you're already bored
It's time we read the fine print
(Who wants to be a superstar?)
They'll tell you the love you
But all they want is money
(Who wants to be a superstar?)
And when they make promises
Get 'em in writing
I smell a lawsuit
I smell a lawsuit
Who wants to be a superstar
Superstar
(Who wants to be a superstar?)
They'll tell you the love you
But all they want is money
(Who wants to be a superstar?)
And when they make promises
Get 'em in writing
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13. |
Lyin' Hidin' Cryin'
02:12
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I’ve been lying again
I don’t know where it began
Even though I love you I know I’ll find a way to let you down
Good things never hang around
Now I’m hiding again
Don’t know who are my friends
But they’re all gone and I’m crazy for thinking that they’d stay here by my side
While I keep it all inside
Now I’m crying again
I don’t know where it began
Who put this dream of love that will not ever die inside of me
Why can’t it be reality?
Oh why-yi-yi-yi-yi?
Oh why-yi-yi-yi-yi?
Oh why-yi-yi-yi-yi?
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14. |
Ménage Á Trois
03:28
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Who cares what it's about
You say you want it out
Well, I'd treat you good
But you'd only have me
I won't stand in your way
If you need to go away
And clear your head
Of something I've said or done
It all comes down to now
Would you make your mind up somehow
To take me or leave me
I should have guessed it
The stains on your dresses
Well, I'd treat you good
But you'd only have me
It all comes down to now
Would you make your mind up somehow
To take me or leave me
I'd take the weekends over the holidays
I could teach him to know his pace
Tell me, tell me, oh what you saw
In your menage a trois
I'd treat you good
But you'd only have me
It all comes down to now
Would you make your mind up somehow
To take me or leave me
It all comes down to now
Would you make your mind up somehow
To take me or leave me
Take me or leave me
Take me or leave me
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Come on right in and have a seat and mellow out
I’ve been wasting my time
Would you waste your time with me?
I’ve just been thinking about my life and my friends
We'll make it through the darkness
On a whisper and a scream
You know it won’t be long now
I can almost taste it
It isn’t right or wrong now
We might as well embrace it
The things we do to get through
So all in all I’ve been feeling down and out
But I keep you around
Yeah, I keep you around
Coz you can’t make new old friends
You can’t make new old friends
You can’t make new old friends
You can’t make new old friends
Yesterday I went down to the bridge over the pond
And I saw a body floating
I think I recognized his face
Maybe I was sound asleep at home in my bed
But it was kinda weird man
It felt like I had been erased
You know it won’t be long now
I can almost taste it
It isn’t right or wrong now
We might as well embrace it
The things we do to get through
So all in all I’ve been feeling down and out
But I keep you around
Yeah, I keep you around
Coz you can’t make new old friends
You can’t make new old friends
You can’t make new old friends
You can’t make new old friends
So all in all I’ve been feeling down and out
But I keep you around
Yeah, I keep you around
Coz you can’t make new old friends
You can’t make new old friends
You can’t make new old friends
You can’t make new old friends
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Shane Tutmarc Nashville, Tennessee
The music of Shane Tutmarc: Dolour, Solar Twin, and Traveling Mercies.
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