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Coral, green and gold
02:27
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She has eyes like lanterns in the night
They guide you even when they're out of sight
For when you cannot find the northern lights
She has eyes like lanterns in the night
She has a voice that calms roughest seas
And pull the tide back out when you're up to your knees
For when the siren's song is carried high upon the breeze
She has a voice that calms roughest seas
And if she had her way
We would sail around the world
In a boat that we had made
And painted coral green and gold
Oh when she touches you with her gentle hand
She brings you right back home from the bitter land
For when you find your feet in sinking sand
That's when she touches you with her gentle hand
And if she had her way
We would sail around the world
In a boat that we had made
And painted coral green and gold
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I thought you were a crow from down below
I heard you cawing in the trees
But when you flew, I thought I knew
You were a prey bird on the wing
But when you sang
My heart it rang
I know you didn't realize, but
you're a songbird baby, sing
Last week of August, babe, I sat beneath a honey locust
Waiting for a sign from you to me
When in a grove of ash and birch, a fox was waiting in the lurch
And right in time I heard your melody
And when you sang
My heart it rang
I know you didn't realize,
but, you're a songbird baby, sing
When you lie awake at night, you try focus all your sight
to see beyond the stardust into light
They say we're meant to travel far, to deeply ponder who we are
But all I did was strum this old guitar
And then you sang
My heart it rang
I know you didn't realize,
but you're a songbird baby, sing
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3. |
Holy land
03:06
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I was a child I was seventeen
But I thought that I knew everything
And New York City was my holy land
The gritty sidewalks were the whitest sand
Of milk and honey I knew only one
A secret number hidden underground
I got confused I thought that windows were stars
And the Empire State was lit up red like Mars
I don't know where we belong
but I do know where I long to be
Somewhere north, somewhere along
Where the ocean song can set me free
I met a girl who told me: Listen here,
Life may be short but it goes on for years
And if you spend it doing more with less
You just might find your happiness
[chorus]
See, I tried to live that city life
But all I saw was the city strife
So I’ve got to go now, I’ve got to leave
Trade in the subway for a lot of trees
[chorus]
So you can keep chasing that pot of gold
But come up empty, tired, sad and old
Or leave behind the madness and the gall
And live like you've already got it all
[chorus]
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Fame and fortune
02:19
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I was heading down the road to fame and fortune
Or so they told me when they sold me the degree
Bust your ass for about a generation
And one day you will have the life, you'll see
But you and I we don't need to make it rain
If we had it our way we'd spend
A little less money and a little more time
Just chasing us some rhymes
So we tucked and rolled off that speeding train
And backed out of that dead end
Threw out the ladder, rolled the dice
Yeah we traded it all for a simple life
I don't know why but when you're on that road
Everyone tries to keep you in the lines
And keep you buying what they have sold
Like you're on the production line
[ chorus ]
But every time that I found myself asking
Is this what living is for?
Will I be satisfied when I'm laying in the casket
Or would I have wanted more?
[ chorus ]
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Mid-march moon
02:23
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It's the ballad of the ocean that keeps us listening to the waves
It's the ballad of a mid March moon -
Not a feeling that memory can save
When you sail into the ocean
You leave everything behind
Watch it meld with the horizon
And send it all off with the tide
It's the ballad of the ocean, that keeps us listening to the waves
It's the ballad of a mid March moon -
Not a feeling memory can save
Nothin like the touch of your hand
Blankets on the sand
Broken shells and promises keep us
Running from the land
I could float
Float away
Every breeze that passes over
Every wave that crashes near or far
Drinking cheap wine in plastic cups
On whitest sand and countless stars
It's the ballad of the ocean, that keeps us listening to the waves
It's the ballad of a mid March moon -
Not a feeling memory can save
Nothin like the touch of your hand
Blankets on the sand
Broken shells and promises keep us
Running from the land
I could float
Float away
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Coat of arms
03:20
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Well she's a beauty alright and she can light up the night
She's got a scent unlike any that you've ever known
She will pull you in close and she will never let go
And she's got secrets to reveal in her glass and steel, in her neon light
New York, you fooled me once
I ran away but I came back into your coat of arms
New York, you fooled me twice
You pushed me out through Brooklyn to the ocean storms
New York, I've got no shame, so
I'm getting back in the game.
You sent me head over heels right into the wheels
Of a fortune I begged for but I'd never steal
You turned a romantic heart into an I-beam of steel
And now the shame's on you if this heart never heals
New York, you fooled me once
I ran away but I came back into your coat of arms
New York, you fooled me twice
You pushed me out through Brooklyn to the ocean storms
New York, I've got no shame, so
I'm getting back in the game.
You turned me into someone that I've never known
I was a rolling stone but the moss has grown
But I'll never really call you home
And I swear one day I will up and go
New York, you fooled me once
I ran away but I came back into your coat of arms
New York, you fooled me twice
You pushed me out through Brooklyn to the ocean storms
New York, I've got no shame, so
I'm getting back in the game.
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7. |
One go-around
03:34
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I want to see the world
The way you see it
From your beautiful eyes
I want to feel it all
The way it feels
Inside your beautiful mind
But all we get is one go around
One time up and then we hit the ground
But all we get is one go around
And all we get is one pair of eyes
You see a sky that’s blue
And I wish I could but
I just can’t see like you
I see a world on fire
And all I want is to put it out
out of my mind
But all we get is one go around
One time up and then we hit the ground
But all we get is one go around
And all we get is one pair of eyes
If we can’t heal the world
Then why do we pretend
it’s ours at all
If all we have is this
We’ll never know what else exists
outside our minds
But all we get is one go around
One time up and then we hit the ground
But all we get is one go around
And all we get is one pair of eyes
But baby you and I
We may look out of two
sets of eyes
But all I need to see
is the world reflected
in your beautiful mind
But all we get is one go around
One time up and then we hit the ground
But all we get is one go around
And all we get is one pair of eyes
But all we get is one go around
And we try so hard to make it count
But all we get is one go around
And all we get is one pair of eyes
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Captain this ship
02:39
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Rain’s pouring down from the sky
But I don’t mind, when I’m looking into your green eyes
We could be washed in the flood
But I’m in your ark, when I’m looking into your green eyes
Though the waters may get rough as they rise
I know your smooth soul will never capsize
So won’t you won’t you dear (Won't you dear)
So won’t you won’t you dear
Captain this ship with me
Storm clouds are gathering round over the sound
Trying hard to bring us down
But we know they're only for show
And there are blue skies hiding behind your green eyes
Though the waters may get rough as they rise
I know your smooth soul will never capsize
So won’t you won’t you dear (Won't you dear)
So won’t you won’t you dear
Captain this ship with me
Let's go look for a rainbow in these gray skies
maybe find a pot of gold
But if that pot’s out of gold let's build a little house
and smile as we both grow old
Though chasing rainbows may lead us astray
I know your smooth soul will show me the way
So won’t you won’t you dear
So won’t you won’t you dear
Captain this ship with me
Though the waters may get rough as they rise
I know your smooth soul will never capsize
So won’t you won’t you dear (Won't you dear)
So won’t you won’t you dear
Captain this ship with me
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9. |
This big river
02:51
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We've got the wind at our back
In our yellow kayak
And we ride as a pack
Into the wind
And if we hit a wave
I will call out your name
And I will swim you to shore
Back to our cave
Because we will run together
We will make our own shelter
We've got everything we need
On this big river
And we'll go chapter to chapter
Like it's just one big adventure
And I know we'll never falter
When I've got you on my side
Let's find our own youth fountain
Let's go climb this mountain
And we'll call out from the top and
Rest assured
That we will find our way down
Even if there's darkness around
Follow the river's sweet sound
Back to our cave
Because we will run together
We will make our own shelter
We've got everything we need
On this big river
And we'll go chapter to chapter
Like it's just one big adventure
And I know we'll never falter
When I've got you on my side
Let the wind and the snow
Bury the whole wide world with cold
Of all the stories that were told
I have no fear
We have a hearth that burns
And I have a heart that has learned
That everything that matters
Is in our cave
Because we will run together
We will make our own shelter
We've got everything we need
On this big river
And we'll go chapter to chapter
Like it's just one big adventure
And I know we'll never falter
When I've got you on my side
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10. |
Way back
02:58
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Way back in New York City
Was a boy looking for a pretty
Girl to walk through this world with him
Little did he know it would be so hard
searching high and low in every bar
And looking through this world for her
To find a girl who knows how to dance barefoot in the sand
And kiss you in the darkness so you know she understands
Who can shake it off to a Taylor song and then put your coletrane on
Who doesn't care about the latest style
because she always wears her smile
But he met enough of them high-heeled
Girls shopping around to find the best deal
To know he had to get out of this town
Maybe if he'd go out to the country
He'd find her sitting there beneath an oak tree
Counting flower petals just for him
To find a girl who knows how to dance barefoot in the sand
And kiss you in the darkness so you know she understands
Who can shake it off to a Taylor song and then put your coletrane on
Who doesn't care about the latest style
because she always wears her smile
late July and right out of the clear blue
She came to say goodbye but that's when he knew
Goodbye's just the time to say hello
He found a girl who knows how to dance barefoot in the sand
And kiss him in the darkness so he knows she understands
Who can shake it off to a Taylor song and then put some coletrane on
And doesn't care about the latest style
Because she always wears her smile
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White sails
03:00
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White sails on a blue sea and
I fell in so deep into
Boats rocking in the harbor and
We're talking a bit softer and
Waves crashing on the shore and
I'm rushing in to your arms and
What else is there?
What else is there?
Trees bending in cold wind and
And I'm sending it all into
Fire burning in a snowstorm and
You make me feel sure that I
Sea smoke rising swiftly but I
Trust you and I don’t need and I
What else is there?
What else is there?
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