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Raw Voice
snow falls like a shadow
cold calls but I don't answer him
I'm dancing alone with the ice queen
nothing to say
ain't that a sin?
everybody, everybody wants some
everybody gotta have that little bit of light
there are places you can go to
and never return, never return
painting on a smile
don't make it right
it's a raw voice that sings to me
and it's my choice to let it be
or set it free
where do you buy this brand of bravery?
I hear a chorus of angels
everybody lies a little bit
everybody has a dark corner or two
when the silence rings far into the night
you can deny
it never happened to you
everybody, everybody wants some
everybody gotta have that little bit of light
where is the will to want to be free
show me the way to make it right
it's a raw voice that sings to me
and it's my choice to let it be
or set it free
where do I buy this brand of bravery?
I'll join the chorus of angels
it's a raw voice that sings to me
it's my choice to let it be
or set it free
just buy me any brand of bravery
I'll join the chorus of
I'll join the chorus of...
raw voices that sing to me
and it's my choice to let it be
or set it free
just buy me any brand of bravery
I'll join the chorus...
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Same Old Story
look out my window, I see you down there
that light in your eyes, your wind blown hair
you're looking at her, like you used to me
it's the same old story
well I'd like to stop watching but I am drawn to the pain
a familiar island in this land of pain
well I'm looking for a sign that you might still turn around
and see me looking down, looking down
'cause you have a way of dancing
you have a way of moving hearts
you have a way of seeing through
you are red sky at evening, soft morning light
a warm summer rain, fire on a winter's night
cool blue clarity just after sun down
you are turning life around
you have a way of dreaming
you have a way of moving hearts
you have a way of seeing through
and I look out my window, I see you down there
that light in your eyes, you push back your hair
you're looking at her, like you used to me
it's the same damn story, it's the same old story
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Sadie's House
Sadie has a house on Wellington Avenue
that she bought and paid for herself
sometimes she stays awake a little too late
and she lays in 'til late afternoon
but she lets anybody in
she lets anybody in
she lets anybody at all in through her door
she says I can let them hurt me but I don't
I can let them hurt me but I won't
I can make excuses but I don't
'cause it's my life, my life
and I'm gonna live it my way
what comfort can be found in a church hall
Michael takes a little bit when he can
he's had the same job for thirty years
and he still goes home to his Momma every night
but he won't ever raise his hand
he won't ever raise his hand
no one's ever gonna make him mad that way
he says, I can let them hurt me but I won't
I can let them hurt me but I won't
I can make excuses but I don't
'cause it's my life, my life
and I'm gonna live it my way
it's my life, my life
I'm gonna live it my way
there are people you can meet they've got gold in their hearts
you won't ever know unless you ask
there's a sea of shimmering, shining souls out there
too soon before the moment's past
it's passing us by
it's passing us by
Sadie has a house on Wellington Avenue
Michael takes his comfort where he can
and downtown the kids are hanging out, they're just wasting their time
repeating all their lines right on cue
they're breaking the bough
they're breaking the bough
they're waiting for the cradle to fall down
they say I can let them hurt me but I won't
I can let them hurt me but I won't
I can make excuses but I don't
'cause it's my life, it's my life
and I'm gonna live it, I'm gonna live it, I'm gonna live it my way
my life
my way
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Night of Her Insistence
she finally understood it
the sadness of her life
the weight of her emotion
the gravity of light
she looked into the back of her mind
to see where she had been
and all she saw was the secret
and she could not look in
all those years of waiting
all those years of trying too hard
all those years of failing
pushed her down too far
she wearies of the geographies
that tell her who she is
she chokes on her philosophies
and all that she has been
when she finally put her foot down
she put her fears down too
she left them by the back door
and through the night she flew
away from her emotions
away from tricks of time
away from cruel devotions
she left them all behind
it was the night of her insistence
it was the day she found her will
it was the dream she'd always harboured
and harboured still
it was the night of her configuration
all the pieces finally there
and in that light of transformation
she....
finally understood it
the sadness of her life
the weight of her emotion
the gravity of light
she looked beyond the back of her mind
to see where she had been
and there she saw the secret
and now she looked in
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Letter From You
well I took a look
at the palm of my hand
it was a whole new view of the lay of the land
well I read the signs
and they all came true
when I got that letter from you
well you had excuses
for the times in question
there were far too many to mention
well I should have known
but I would not see
until you wrote that letter to me
so tell me
what you gonna do, what you gonna do
with your time now
that this deception is over
well I should have known better, should have known better
should have know what you were
I should have known to take cover
well I should have known
well you were so cruel
you were so kind
so hard to resist but so hard to find
your words so sweet
or so they seemed
until you wrote that letter to me
so tell me
what you gonna do, what you gonna do
with your time now
that this deception is over
well I should have known better, should have known better
should have known what you were
should have known to take cover
so tell me
what you gonna do, what you gonna do
with your time now
that this deception is over
well I should have known better, should have known better
should have known what you were
should have known to take cover
what you gonna do, what you gonna do
with your time now
that this deception is over
well I should have known better, should have known better
should have known better what you were
should have known to take cover
we walk the edge together my sweet
we walk that fine edge
but we never did fall all the way in
open the door
it's much more than what side you wear your colours on
let me in, let me in
let's see how far we can feel
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Rain Dance
I love to dance in the rain
even though some people think I'm insane
well I show my sides
I'll travel the rest of my life
I still dance in the rain
You keep breaking the rules
even though some people say you're a fool
well don't pay no mind
you'll travel the rest of your life
you're still playing it cool
it doesn't really matter
it doesn't matter
what they say
you got to keep on going
rolling, moving, grooving
let your hair down
before it's too late
they're still singing their songs
even though some say they're singing them wrong
well I know the kind
they'll travel the rest of their lives
they're still singing their songs
I said it really doesn't matter
it doesn't matter
what they say
you got to keep on going
rolling, moving, grooving
get the lead out
before it's too late
we can dance in the rain
even when some people think we're insane
we can laugh and cry
we'll travel the rest of our lives
we will dance in the rain
we will dance in the rain
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This Ain't Livin'
when I woke up this moring
I thought that I was dead
there were flames all around me
and brkimstone neath my bed
well I knew I wasn't dreaming
'cause the evidence was plain
and the radio said, stay in bed
it's gonna rain, rain, rain
so I took myself a walking
up and down the streets
I saw people wearing rain coats
smoke was steaming round their feet
well the Celestine Propecies might have something yet
I say this ain't livin' it's as crazy a it gets
this ain't livin'
not with your eyes closed
this ain't livin'
this is how it goes
your souls are trembling on a hot high wire
look out
the world's on fire
well it's not what they're saying
it's how it's said
and it's not about justice baby
it's about bread
don't call it dreaming
call it believing
save your hide and take a ride
on the next train leaving
this ain't livin'
not with your eyes closed
this ain't livin'
this is how it goes
your souls are trembling on the hot high wire
look out
the world's on fire
this ain't livin'
not with your eyes closed
this ain't livin'
this is how it goes
your souls are trembling on the hot high wire
look out
the world's on fire
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Borrowed Time
I walk down this highway, I walk it alone
don't have nothing to call my own
all my possessions, all down the line
everything's ticking on borrowed time
sometimes I wonder where I would go
if I had the magic to make it so
if I had a child, would she still be mine
or would she be living on borrowed time
and I dance in a graveyard of carousel horses
I search murky waters for Athena's sources
and I live for the smile on my lover's face
and I dream of quiet
when all of my friends, now they are my pride
each one a poet, deep down inside
well we laugh at religion but we wait for a sign
all of us wishing on borrowed time
and I have a feeling something is holding us back
someone's ambition, some knowledge we lack
well I look in the mirror but what do I find
all of us dreaming on borrowed time
and I dance in a graveyard of carousel horses
I search murky waters for Athena's sources
and I live for the smile on my lover's face
and I dream of quiet
I walk down this highway, I walk it alone
I don't have nothin' to call my own
all my possessions, all down the line
everything ticking, everything ticking...
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I wish I had told you
I wish I had said it
I wanted, I tried
and I surely regret that
the moment slipped by and my voice remained quiet
my heart called out loud but my lips denied it
and now that "I wish" looms like a giant
my voice cries aloud, but my heart is silent
my moments of vision
have come with a price
they pull at my soul
with fingers of ice
I've fled from my fear
I've turned from its calling
too late I have learned
there is freedom in falling
and now my desire looms like a giant
I long for bravery, but no longer find it
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Long Way Home
all of us together were moving so fast
could hardly find our way
suddenly we turn around and there's the past
to draw us back again
but it's a long way home
it's a long way back there
it's a long way home
it's a long way
we've know each other years and years but still I find
I do not know you well
bound in time and family but still undone
by what we cannot tell
and it's a long way home
it's a long way back there
it's a long way home
it's a long way
who knows where the time has gone
it passed by so quickly
or how we grew up all alone
surrounded by the ones we thought we'd known
never saw the path that we were on
if I could take a walk back now through all those years
I'd probably decline
memory is sweeter and far kinder than
the truth I think I'd find there
and it's a long way home
it's a long way back there
it's a long way home
it's a long way
it's a long way
it's a long way
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I Guess It's Alright
chorus:
well I guess it's alright
I guess we've been lucky this far
look what life's taught us, look where we are
and you'd think we would know by now
that nothing's too hard
if we keep our hands on the wheel and we keep our hearts on fire
there will always be days
when you can only feel the weight of it all
when all you can see
is the darkness falling
it is in these days
that you just might find enough
that you just might realize
chorus
I had a friend
who could no longer lift her heart
taking a deep breath felt like making a brand new start
she had no idea that she was more than her sorrow
she had lost herself and her sweet, sweet dreams
on a cold winter day
I went out walking alone
I could see the weight of the air
as it kept me down and slow
I said I am stronger than this
and I just can't live this way
so I turned my face to the wind
and I heard her say
chorus
if we keep our hands on the wheel and we keep our hearts on fire
if we keep our hands on the wheel and we keep our hearts on fire
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