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Sunday Best
02:57
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Well I'm through with bein' true, somethings just don't fit you'll see,
and I kept, my sunday best, hidden from her view, I wore them once but only once,
and Sunday was a long long time ago.
Well I tried my hat on and she laughed, did I wear it back to front?
And that shirt, that I thought I wore with style,
went out of fashion in her eyes,and by the time,
I'd buttoned up, she undid me with her frown,
even though I said I loved her dress,
and it was her one and only favourite gown.
So I'm through with bein' true, somethings just don't fit you'll see,
and I kept, my sunday best, hidden from her view, I wore them once but only once,
and I must have looked ridiculous, she wouldn't say so now I'm asking you.
Well if I try, to wear them once again, could you just be a friend and smile?
If you see a crease or two, dirty, crumpled or too small,
now you'll hear it all fits right, maybe now I'll never have to,
get around without my sunday best.
Dirty, crumpled or too small,
now you'll hear it all fits right, maybe now I'll never have to,
hide away my sunday best.
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2. |
Fallin'
03:18
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Gone away awhile, gone away awhile, gone away a long while,
gone away awhile, gone away awhile,
you've been gone such an awful long while this time,
well I can't help thinking, you were gonna, stick around this time,
can't help thinking, can't blame me for wishing.
Whatever you're doing, whatever you're feeling is fine,
wherever you're singing, the song's gonna be alright, be alright,
don't you know you're gonna be alright?
Yea but I miss you, I miss you, I miss you.
Cause I'm fallin, fallin, fallin, crumbling, turning tumbling down again,
fallin, fallin down, down.
Gone away awhile, gone away awhile,
you've been gone such an bloody long while this time,
shake your shoes off, aren't we going to walk the miracle mile?
Inside I'm leaking, hear nor see no body does, me I'm squeaky clean,
you'll never see a speck of dust, cause I practice to deceive you,
that everything's alright,
play me make believe, and I play me make me play me,
I'm fallin, fallin, fallin, crumbling, turning tumbling down again,
fallin, fallin down,
Yea baby I'm fallin, fallin, fallin, crumbling, turning tumbling down again,
fallin, fallin down, down.
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3. |
Burn a Butterfly
03:10
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Always the last one picked for the team, yea got something,
it's never seen too clearly, you're always the partner nobody needs,
so sometimes your spirit gets mean, sometimes your spirit gets mean.
Burn a beetle my magnifying glass oughta do, tear the wings off a butterflies,
and people I love too, didn't know any better, but now that I do,
still sometimes my spirit gets mean, sometimes my spirit gets mean.
Just ask my lovers,
Pin your heart on someone, christ you were green,
pin the tail on a donkey, is not just a game at some party,
don't they kick like a mule when they kick you free.
Sometimes my spirit gets mean, (repeat)
Just ask my lovers
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4. |
Island
03:01
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Seeming inhospitable, a sanctuary actually, it's laughable,
that I nearly swam away, when all the time,
what kept me from, a girl like you, is hard to find.
My Island, my island you are, my island you are.
Who blew the storm? A whisk from going under, no not to be,
Instead I wake up, wake up here.
Seeming inhospitable, a sanctuary actually, it's laughable,
that I nearly swam away.
Yea yea, my Island, my island you are, my island you are. (repeat)
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5. |
Sorrow
03:00
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I'm gonna sing until my sorrow will subside over you,
I'm gonna love you all tomorrow but today is never through, today is never through.
Chaos cat is in the cage, all their faces red with rage,
after all calamities, will you have the bells to ring...me?
and you all say, 'wouldn't wanna be that way', watch you all behave,
like you never worked a day, like you never worked a day,
So, I'm gonna sing until my sorrow will subside over you,
I'm gonna love you all tomorrow but today is never through, today is never through.
Golden arches in the rain, guns and sirens in decay,
imagine what the spring would say, let's grow the grass back,
blade by blade,
After all awakenings, people rise and do your thing,
after all is said and done, you know you're the future ones,
you know you're the future ones,
So, I'm gonna sing until my sorrow will subside over you,
I'm gonna love you all tomorrow and today is nearly through, today is nearly through.
Gonna love you all tomorrow, gonna love you all tomorrow, (repeat).
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May
02:32
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I have bought a record for you to play, and it sounds like the month of May,
it's just before the winter's here and I'm asking you to come near me again,
Coz all I see without you, are the window wipers fighting off the rain,
I've tried being without you, since you said that's the way it's best to stay,
god not another day.
Could you make me that soap again, the one that smells so good washed on your skin, and I'm asking you to dance that dance that clears the clouds when your fingers click the sunshine in.
Now don't be long it's getting late and I know you've got so many things, you want to do today, either I'll wait for you, and I've done all there's to do , since you've been away, god not another day,
Coz all I see without you, are the window wipers fighting off the rain,
I've tried being without you, since you said that's the way it's best to stay,
god not another day, god not another day, god not another day, god not another day,
not another day without you like today.
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7. |
Beekeeper
03:37
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Rosy rosy will to bloom, breathing burning sun perfume,
stay be keeper of the hour, linger here a little longer, hum to us a little louder, still be guardian for your flower.
Tangle time awaiting, choking choking always yearning, dapple sprinkle by, touch the corner of the circle, rub your eyes and blink a little,
it's just a kiss and try, cling as they cling, cry for their dive,
it's one reach for the others, and one reach for the summer time.
Rosy rosy will to bloom, breathing burning sun perfume,
stay be keeper of the hour, linger here a little longer, hum to us a little louder, still be guardian for your flower.
Stay still, stay still.
See it clearly in the daze.
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Clouds
03:19
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If only for a moment your, cloud comes apart, let what will flicker through,
in light the music must, doubt desires trust, fear fears love, fear fears love.
To here is gold, to there is rust, if your cloud comes apart,
to here is gold, to there is rust, if your cloud comes apart.
If only for a moment your, cloud comes apart, let what will flicker through,
in light the music must, doubt desires trust, fear fears love, fear fears love.
To here is gold, to there is rust, if your cloud comes apart,
to here is gold, to there is rust, if your cloud comes apart, comes apart,
comes apart, if your cloud comes apart, (repeat).
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9. |
Pirate Gabriel
04:18
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Do you remember finding treasure? We went hunting for a feather, no yes or maybe? We went walking to the park.
Do you prefer to swing or slide? Well i like to swing the best, but don't worry when I slide away.
Put your hat on and your patch, your mighty sword of feathers, your cardboard telescope and you'll see all the better.
Well you can find me anywhere, I stray or wander, my pirate in your hot air balloon, my little pirate in your hot air balloon, let's go find some treasure.
Our love will never wander, on and on it rolls,
our love will never stray, on and on it rolls,
our love will never wander, on and on it rolls,
our love will just ride, our love will ride, on and on it rolls.
'I like when you pick me up' he said, 'when you carry me home, so maybe when I'm bigger, I could marry you', hey that's funny has a son and father ever wed? Well you know I like to fly, so let's marry the wind instead.
Let's pedal our bikes all the way to the river,
I hate it when away from you it's time to ride,
but you can find me anywhere, I stray or wander, my pirate in your hot air balloon, my little pirate in your hot air balloon.
Our love will ride (repeat), on and on it rolls (repeat).
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10. |
Bill's Barrel
16:12
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Inst.
Hey, hey (repeat)
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