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GENERALS
02:31
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Gotta keep marching on
Like General Washington
Or the winter gets you 'fore the war's done won.
Gotta keep it rolling on
Like Ol' Napoleon
Even when you're lost and all your plans proved wrong.
Fortune favors the bold
You're worth your weight in gold
If you can keep it burning when the wind turns cold.
Gotta cross the Rubicon
You, me and everyone
If we're gonna get to Xanadu like Kublai Khan.
Like Atilla, King of Huns
We can't fear anyone
Alexander Macedon was Great 'cause he was strong.
Fortune favors the bold
You're worth your weight in gold
If you can keep it turning when the rest all fold.
Nothing is impossible
Said General Hannibal
If we're gonna stand up to the might of Rome.
Life is short, ephemeral
Can't fear your funeral
Either way you're gonna end up far from home.
Fortune favors the bold
You're worth your weight in gold
If you can keep on earning when the world gets sold.
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NIGHT LIGHT
02:39
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I was a wolf in borrowed clothing
Skinning my own hide
I was wounded like a lion
Separated from his pride
Then south went my plans
Like a house on the sand
With no family, no band
Just alone, just a man
But then you came along
And your bounty was fine
And you wrung out my heart
Hung it up on a line
What did I ever do to deserve finding you
You are the light in my night
I was burned out as my roaches
Washed out like laundry
I was creeping with no sleeping
Like a one man zombie army
And the less I'd feel
The more I could stand
The higher I'd fly
The less I'd have to land
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HEAVEN
02:53
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Don't look down
But don't go anywhere
Heaven is a town that won't go anywhere
Visions make no sound
But anyway
I don't have to see you around; you're everywhere
In my mind there lies a fear
I could blink or turn away and look
And you might disappear
But in my heart I know for sure
I just gotta love you
I don't have to worry anymore
I'm all awakened to it now
I'm all awakened here
I been taken there
All awakened to it now
Hold my hand
But don't go anywhere
Fists slip through like sand, or better yet
Let go, flow
Like water over sediment
Coasts to Oceans are irrelevant
In my heart I've learned by now
Tides are ever turning
And you couldn't learn 'em anyhow
But in my soul I swam through the clouds
And Heaven is a daughter of the water
Like they spoke about
I'm all awakened to it now
In my time I've learned enough
To know when I've been stalling
Now I'm crawling, fallen all in love
And in my time I'll find a place
Where I can close my eyes and though I'm blind
Sign kisses on your face
I'm all awakened to it now.
I'm all awakened here
I been taken there
All awakened to it now
All awakened to it now
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4. |
SUNRISE
03:21
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Slow as a sunrise
I'm gon' love you all the day
Long as a skyline
Till the skies have all gone gray
I'm gonna take my time
Late in the night time
When there's nothing more to say
Cool as the moonlight
When you look at me that way
I'm gonna take my time
And I reach my arms out toward you
Cause I'd deal my heart out for you
Burning like moonshine
Are our bodies on the floor
I'm gonna love you the whole night
Till the sun is at my door
Warm as a sunrise
Red as the light
Noon round to midnight
When our love is out of sight.
I'm gonna take my time
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5. |
210
02:10
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Pale as the snow
For I stand all on my own
And I'm thinking that maybe a tan is order
I'm borderline famished for sun
Or that someone
When skies covered up
By the grays, to burn it all off
And my days are Alaskan, more like Scandinavian
Take me and lay me on down
In the sand
Baby, I fell on out of my winter
Right into your summer
No wonder the sun's always near you
You're warm as a tropical storm
Is it possible you were never born
But came down from the clouds?
You were never born
You came down from the clouds
Winds ever blown
By the world turning water and stone
And my sails are a flutter my heart is all cluttered
By lovers I've known
And see go
But it seems that the skies
That I've seen in my dreams have arrived
And I know it's the weather
That keeps us together
I'm thanking the heavens that blow
Baby, I fell on out of my winter
Right into your summer
No wonder the sun's always near you
You're warm as a tropical storm
Is it possible you were never born
But came down from the clouds?
You were never born
But came down from the clouds
You were already formed
And came down from the clouds
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6. |
ALL MY LIFE
03:18
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I been laying low
You been on the go
In and out of love since I've known you
At night you find the one
By morning you'll be gone
I want to get to know, not to own you
We won't have to wonder
If we're going home alone
You don't have to wander
And I won't have to roam
It's like I've known you all my life
And now we're gonna start anew
And even if you take your time
I'll wait in line, I'll play the fool
And if you have to change your mind
And one day walk away, that's cool
The music's right, and all these lights
And I just want to spend tonight with you
You been gone for days
Another holiday
Baby far too many to mention
Running round the maze
Trying to find your way
Maybe in another dimension
We won't have to worry
If we're going home alone
I won't have to hurry
And you won't have to go
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7. |
GET YOU BACK
02:43
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Gotta get me to the border
Gonna lay me in the sand
Throw my body in the water
Get me to another land
Cause I been in a living nightmare
Since you put me in the past
On a road that's going nowhere
Sinking low and dropping fast
Said I been running from the hangman
Cause he gunning for the damned
In a county with a bounty
I'm a haunted, wanted man
So now I'm making for the border
I'm a' break out like a rash
It's getting darker in the corners
And yo I gotta make a dash
Yeah I been living out in exile
I been banished to the past
Been in prison for a good while
And it's time to take a stand
So I'm a gather all my forces
While I'm planning my attack
All I pray is that my way to you is true, girl
Cause I gotta get you back
I'm coming
I'm gonna get you back
I gotta get you back
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