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Paris
04:33
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Voices drifting through the night.
Voices drifting through my open window.
The Paris streets are full of light.
So let’s get out of here and take the metro.
Let’s not make a single plan.
Let’s not plan a single destination.
Let’s try all the food we can
at the étoile of this constellation.
You’re not here.
It’s only me
and it feels like a scene from Amélie.
I close my eyes, reach for your hand
But it's only me and this empty river Seine.
Let’s try this patisserie
while I imagine all the ghosts of the ages.
All this countless history
and you and I are still just passing stages.
Order me a creme brûlée.
I’ll smile and nod and act like I’m not a tourist.
You know, your French is bien parlé.
But here I go again, right back to the chorus.
There’s an element in me and it won’t let me be, an endless constancy,
a need to wander.
I will miss you while I’m gone.
I won’t be gone too long.
Leaving you feels wrong.
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Dan's Song
03:44
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Mom stayed up all night
thinking you were dead.
You didn't leave a note
just an unmade bed.
With your pack and Kerouac
you're gonna ride the rails.
Who does that anymore?
Hope you find yourself.
Do you see where it ends?
There's always more around the bend.
It's all too much to comprehend.
So ride
Like it's all that you need.
Like the freedom and speed
could be your air and water.
Go blow with the wind.
To where you've never been.
But please come back again.
Your bed's the desert sand.
Your ceiling's the stars.
Who needs a home
when you've got boxcars?
But you're a stranger here
in a world of train men.
You know you don't belong
cause you ain't one of them.
Cause for you there is an end.
Home is just around the bend.
It's not too much to comprehend.
CHORUS
BRIDGE
CHORUS
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Butterfly Effect
04:07
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It could have been
a better job.
It could have been
a four year degree.
or even the cold and the snow
might have kept you from me.
Pre-chorus:
it could have been
any number of things.
The beating of hearts
or butterfly wings.
If you had stayed in the valley of stars
or never left the sea.
There might have been a different path that led you away from me.
But I think God knew that I needed you.
It could have been
traffic lights.
It could have been
another love.
or even my stupid mistakes
might have been enough.
Pre-chorus:
It could have been
any number of things
the beating of hearts
or butterfly wings
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You Elude Me
03:30
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You drift like a breath through my mind.
Your form dissipates and I find,
You elude me
Struggling to find air.
I surface and find you there,
But you elude me.
In the dark I feel your hands reaching out to me,
But my fingers slip through your grasp.
I’m forced to see—
You elude me.
Called in by the sound of your voice.
Its echoes compound my choice.
You elude me.
A mirage is all you seem,
But I’ll never give up this dream
Though you elude me.
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Subtraction
03:56
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Subtraction and you’re gone.
Just like that.
In seconds flat.
Reaction. I had none.
No more to add.
Gone from have to had.
June passed by so quick.
The timid talks and my lipstick.
July just wasn’t enough.
In my plans it was never this rough.
Math is not my strong suit.
I don’t know pi from a square root.
But I know Subtraction.
Subtraction. We’re gone.
All of the trust
has turned to dust.
Distractions. They were wrong.
No more to say.
Last look. Walk away.
I read this in a book.
They said pages in one look.
But I saw just one thing.
I knew the meaning.
CHORUS:
Bridge:
You say two can care
And still not make a pair
And I say love just ain’t fair.
LAST CHORUS
Love is not my strong suit.
It never seems to take root.
And I know Subtraction.
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Time
02:39
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Some cynics like to say
that there's no life in space
They only see stars through their telescopes.
Out on the ancient seas
mythical, scaly beasts
drove sailors to abandon all their hope.
CHORUS:
You've asked the questions
but the answers can't be found.
It took us ages
to see that Earth was round.
So put it all on the line
Then give it time.
Some cynics like to say
You'll never leave this place
They only see that name tag on your chest.
You know you're meant for more
Than the Fridays you're living for.
But it's hard to see past the schedule on your desk.
CHORUS
Bridge:
Of all the critics that you've met
Seems like the worst one's in your head.
Let them presume and postulate
'til their noises fade.
CHORUS
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A Hymn Revival: Volume 3
by The Lower Lights
An organic, vibrant collection of songs that brings out both the reverence and celebration of the hymns. Part vigil. Part revival.
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Highway Lines
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Alt country tunes that will break your heart and then mend it again.
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The Blue Heart Revue
by The Blue Heart Revue
A take on Americana favorites that is at times dark and brooding, other times irreverent and rollicking but always searching for what's true and resonant in American folk songs.
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Gorgeous acoustic Americana from North Carolina, stripped-back and sublime.
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THAT PASSED
by Patrick Regan Band
This collection of '90s work from folkie Patrick Regan and friends will appeal to fans of Fairport Convention and Pentangle.
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