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Forever Endeavor
04:42
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Inside this house of mine
Came you and I
Two of a kind with a past left behind
But don’t use that chair
Sit over there while I go fix you
Something we both can share
There, up on the wall
A mark from last fall
The Christmas tree barely scraped through the hall
And were once four
Kids through these doors
But two are all grown and have left just to
See what’s in store
And I’ll share this forever endeavor with you
Never expecting what’s bound to come true
It’s always the mystery I’ve come to see
That brings out the best in the you and the me
Now you’re asleep in the sun
With dreams on the run
And hoping to find them when day is done
But they won’t go far
We know where they are
We’ll catch them like fireflies inside of a jar
And I’ll share this forever endeavor with you
Never expecting what’s bound to come true
It’s always the mystery I’ve come to see
That brings out the best in the you and the me
We won’t be here long I know that’s true
But I’ll make this moment forever with you
We won’t say goodbye, no, not tonight
Tonight, tonight
And I’ll share this forever endeavor with you
Never expecting what’s bound to come true
It’s always the mystery I’ve come to see
That brings out the best in the you and the me, the me
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Emelina, Right or Wrong
04:36
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I looked at the sky and just saw stars
I looked at the road and just saw cars
I wonder where in the world you are tonight
I looked in the deep and saw my face
A first mate in the captain’s place
I’m leaving tonight without a trace, o yeah
And these are the paths we all must take
A sleeping giant ain’t nothing to wake
But it wouldn’t be my first mistake, o no
And loving me won’t be your last
But the weeks will all go by so fast
You won’t even know the time that comes to pass
No, you won’t even know the time that comes to pass
Emelina, right or wrong, I love you just the same
But on those lonely nights, just know that I’m the one to blame
Emelina, don’t you go too far
Too far, too far
I’m making my way between the rocks
I’m making my way past all them docks
I got myself a bird that talks, o yeah
I got a crew that calls me king
I got myself a bird that sings
But all that don’t mean anything, o no
All I want is just a ring for you, o yeah
Emelina, right or wrong, I love you just the same
But on those lonely nights, just know that I’m the one to blame
The ghost is gone, I know it’s hard, but I’ll be coming home
So Emelina, don’t you go too far
Too far, too far
Emelina, stay right where you are
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Billy & Anne
03:31
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Billy’s a lawful man
He’s just got a gun in his hand
And he’ll defend young Anne if he must
He says “come hell or high water,
She’ll always know what I taught her”
A good man any good daughter could trust
She says “I for one
Haven’t seen the sun
In days or maybe months”
He said “the storm don’t care
That we were unprepared
But you can walk in my tracks till we’re home”
Virgil’s a tagalong
Singing his grandmother’s song
Though he may get it wrong now and then
She was never much for snow
She told him a long time ago
And only now does he know what she meant
She meant “I for one
Haven't seen the sun
In days or maybe months
But the storm don't care
That we were unprepared
Can I walk with your pack till we're home?”
And I don’t care what you say
The world looks beautiful today
And I don’t know where you’ve been
But I think I hear people singing out
I hear cathedral bells ringing out
And I can’t fall asleep
‘Cause the moonlight’s reflected in the snow
And the moon’s alright
But I for one
Haven’t seen the sun
In days or maybe months
And it’s only fair
That I take you where
That’s not true anymore
When the storm is through
We’ll know what to do
You can walk in my tracks till we’re home
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This Manhattan Man
05:22
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This Manhattan man
Says I miss Manhattan, man
And if you don’t understand, that’s fine with me
But if I could see Manhattan, man
I’d scream Manhattan, man
If I could do it all again, I’d do it here
Before you laid me down to rest, I’d do it all here
I heard someone say
The problem with people today
Is they don’t allow themselves mistakes
But you must not forget
The source of most regret
Is chances you never chose to take
What better place to make mistakes
Than an island already filled with heartbreaks?
Tell me once again about
The dreams you had when we were kids
Tonight might be my night to reminisce
Everyone around is in a rush just to be found
Without ever getting lost
Soon it will be fall
And once I hear you call
I’ll play that Billie Holiday
But the moment couldn’t last
The song goes by so fast
And you’ll be back in school again
Just leave me in this perfect town
Don’t even turn your head around
Just leave me in this perfect town
To stay
Tell me once again about
The dreams you had when we were kids
Tonight might be my night to reminisce
Everyone around is in a rush just to be found
Without ever getting lost
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After All
04:06
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And after all is said and done
Your beauty lost, your battles won
When it is time to rest your head
The clouds your blanket and the world your bed
A kiss for every day you woke
To heal the hearts the world had broke
A song for every sacrifice
That left your broken hands as cold as ice
Between the ones who share your name
Among the folks that felt the same
Above the mountains where they dwell
The world is dancing so you might as well
And after all is said and done
Your beauty lost, your battles won
When it is time to rest your head
The clouds your blanket and the world your bed
Come meet the Angels where they fell
The world is dancing so you might as well
The world is dancing so you might as well
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