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Global Warming
04:31
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shortly after losing you was when I met my Waterloo I been crying bitter tears who can say how many years some say the seas are rising with polar ice and tidal waves but really it's my crying that'll put us all in watery graves
so better make it just this one on second thought make it a double
who'd have thought my mother's son would be the cause of so much trouble and I go boo-hoo...
politicians wringing hands flooding all across the land Bible thumpers overcome saying may His will be done but it ain't near so noble it's all just man-made for one girl don't blame no ExxonMobil my bitter tears will drown the world
so better make it just this one on second thought make it a double
woe is I have come undone now buried underneath these bubbles and I go boo-hoo...
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Some People
03:41
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she's just your average Jezebel homewrecker a future pillar of salt he's just a run of the mill Irish typesetter no chewing gum when he walks but there was laughter and not so long thereafter the fornicating begins and when there's dancing daylight fast advancing they're going to do it again always late they don't stop just making love around the clock I declare they might be mad must be mistaken
now I'm familiar with feelings of a young love but there's a time and a place and after awhile the sound of pounding above tends to wear on your grace he comes corrected she sings the body electric I heave a sigh of relief then through the floorboards a moaning most untoward as if beyond all belief always late they don't stop just making love around the clock I declare they might be mad must be mistaken
some people here have to work in the morning well wishers near but there's more to blame some people here heed the holy warnings hellfire seers then no more
he comes corrected she sings the body electric I called upstairs to complain she shot me daggers worked up a sweat and swagger and now they're making it rain always late they don't stop just making love around the clock I declare they might be mad must be mistaken.
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Chain Reaction
01:39
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oh don't the moon look lonesome lately so full and far away hung in a dark so still and stately what do you think it wants us to know hanging around by yonder window I can't abide this morbid moonlight not with you oh so near I'd have to lose my senses outright not to reach out and invite you in together we might cause some chain reaction a series of events no motive or intent to be gleaned a chain reaction a domino effect with nothing more to see or be seen meanwhile the moon retreats behind the trees to spiral in the darkness summoning the seas well thank our lucky stars you know I thought he'd never leave...
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Like Sugar
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here comes that look again she's turning me away I thought that I had found a friend or one who wouldn't stray but I can see the signs held up before me the writing's on the wall now watch them walls go tumbling but let me ask you this when we kiss don't it taste like sugar taste like sugar taste like sugar when we kiss
excuse me if I shut my eyes but I've seen this before just tell me when it's time to cry I'll show myself the door well it's lucky all the windows round here got raindrops on the glass cheetah-spotted faces but let me ask you this when we kiss don't it taste like sugar taste like sugar taste like sugar when we kiss
I drew our troubles out in scrimshaw and shout them at indifferent sky but the same thing happens each and every day one heart crossed one broken now let me ask you this when we kiss don't it taste like sugar taste like sugar taste like sugar don't it taste like sugar taste like sugar taste like sugar don't it taste like sugar taste like sugar taste like sugar when we kiss.
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Walk Away
04:14
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Jackie's headed straight for the tomb smoking cigarettes in the doctor room gonna put his heart in a jar falling in love with an open bar then you tell me that's all right that's supposed to be the way you spend your Saturday nights then you walk away.
Terry's gonna ride into the sun on a 747 with a loaded gun I hope Heaven will take him away for if not there's Hell to pay then you tell me don't be scared when it comes to love and war you'll see all is fair and then you walk away.
So what do you see what could it mean to make you turn and walk away, oh no...
It's my image that is his form it sure ain't a suit that I would have worn Lord I'm stuck in a shrinking box with eleven keys and a dozen locks but you tell me never cry a wise man ain't nothing but a fool who survived and then you walk away.
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Handsome Blues
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Well the nurses twisted flowers in the curls of your hair and had you looking like the son of Samson and your babysitters hatched a failed kidnapping plan with no intention of collecting a ransom and while Mother had another seven daughters and sons everybody knew you were the darling young one for every day she'd turn your chin up to the sun and ask you how you got to be so handsome.
Well an education's easy as one two three when the teachers gave you every answer and your bus driver's waiting outside your front door with a first edition Tropic of Cancer and as you grew into a rebel with a gleam in his eye all ten fingers in at least ten pies your principals would simply clap their hands in surprise and ask you how you got to be so handsome.
We get high and we don't fall down we get high never touch no ground we get high never hear no sound we get high...
Well your politics were ruined by a jealous coed with the mistaken notion that you might care she put a bullet in the temple of her blonde-covered head and left a letter that you still keep somewhere and as the dean and the sheriff crept behind closed doors to speak in voices lower than the red puddle floor you look into the mirror like so often before and wonder how you got to be so handsome.
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What's The Word
03:28
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what's the word what is it I'm trying to say I can hear it near as plain as day I'm sure it's gonna come to me what's the word wanna say it starts with L but it still don't ring a bell oh well I'm sure that I soon shall see nobody tell me don't try and help me wouldn't want to jump the gun no more of your theories no further queries it's on the tip of my tongue what's the word maybe I should phone a friend with a dictionaire on hand to lend I'm sure that I soon shall see I'm thinking roses romantic poses the province of the bold I used to use it I couldn't lose it I had it all down cold
when two come together
two halves a whole
two I's a vision
two lives a soul
when two come together
to rise above
falling forever
falling in...
oh what's the word what is it I'm trying to say I can hear it near as plain as day I'm sure it's gonna come to me sure it's gonna come to me surely gonna come to me.
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Not Unlike a Bird*
02:49
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I had a dream last night you were in it I was in it too there was a cold white tiger wearing angel's wings and you were you there was a skirmish then it took a minute but no more than two and when the smoke cleared you had taken all my fears into you but any more talk of this kind and who knows what I'll say one more time and I'll be on my way.
I heard a song today it was the saddest song I ever heard because the way I had to struggle not to cry out loud was just absurd recalling from back in the day you singing not unlike a bird as if you hung your hat on the melody and not the words but any more talk of this kind and who knows what I'll say one more time and I'll be on my way.
And I can lay down...
but any more talk of this kind and who knows what I'll say one more time and I'll be on my way.
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When will I see you again running for a car that's marked just married waving to the friends of friends one eye on the stacks of gifts they carry church bells sound an announcement nephews pulling their collars free rose petals scattered like ashes at your feet but if you change your mind tomorrow call me but if you change your mind tomorrow call me
When will I see you again mimicking the manners of Audrey Hepburn posing for the camera lens glancing at the banners with every half-turn a smile just as wide as the ocean a grand in orthodontist fees a blush like a glass of rosé on your cheek but if you change your mind tomorrow call me but if you change your mind tomorrow call me
and meanwhile the Earth spins around the sun a fact that's lost on everyone and just as the minutes pass away with so much more still left to say
so when will I see you again passing up the chance to taste the champagne begging the old man to dance weeping for the times when you won't see him this dance floor looks like a chessboard with friends and family on their feet and you looking as if this was all you need but if you change your mind tomorrow call me but if you change your mind tomorrow call me.
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I Won't Let You Down
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the Pennebakers had a falling out I hear the husband's sleeping on the couch and word on the street is that he wanted out I can't imagine what goes on behind the curtains always drawn
but I won't let you down I won't let you off so easy sitting here, sipping beer the bottles passed around I won't let you down I won't let you off so easy standing there, I touch your hair and swear we're Heavenbound
the Horowitzes finally hit the skids she never could forgive that thing he did and they seem so young (I worry for the kids) it's times like this that make you think the strongest chains have their weak links
but I won't let you down I won't let you off so easy in the car from the bar not much farther now I won't let you down I won't let you off so easy hit the lights, say goodnight tonight we're Heavenbound
up on this rock stands a mountain you can't see the top of it can't be claimed and from this rock comes the fountain a spring everlasting that'll never be tamed
I won't let you down I won't let you off so easy close your eyes, await sunrise the ties that bind are bound I won't let you down I won't let you off so easy I swear it seems just like a dream just like we're Heavenbound.
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Corinthian Leathers Nashville, Tennessee
Corinthian Leathers is a home recording enthusiast living in Nashville, Tenn. He supports the work of Bandcamp United to make Bandcamp a more equitable place for all.
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