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When I Call Your Name
04:09
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Things run their course
You can’t let remorse take away
What it was when it was
When it was it was so great
Oh my little dancer
I’ll never be the same
Although you never answer
When I call your name
Results are results
Our faraway pulse fades away
Our faults are not faults
They’re not character flaws, just our way
Oh my little dancer
I’ll never be the same
Although you never answer
When I call your name
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2. |
No Reason For That
04:37
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If you’re having second thoughts
You promised when we talked
You wouldn't change your mind
If there’s one thing that we’ve learned
From years of getting burned
The past belongs behind
Someone better call a hearse
For better or for worse
We’ve gone and lost our heads
You can call me morbid, sure
But we’ve been through this before
There’s no bringing back the dead
Here or gone, it’s for the best
Our love has drawn its last breath
So when I turn my back, don’t turn me around
There’s no reason for that, it’s a path we’ve been down
Darling did you dream me up
With a heart too tough to touch
You see I’ve had my doubts
Were we high enough to fall?
Did I know your mind at all?
I can’t figure it out
Here or gone, it’s for the best
Our love has drawn its last breath
So when I turn my back, don’t turn me around
There’s no reason for that, it’s a path we’ve been down
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3. |
I Should Be In Bed
03:58
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She says I, I know you’re not blind
Look a little closer, I don’t mind
She says words with her eyes
Talk a little slower, take your time
I should be in bed but instead I wait for the day to wake
She says you simply won’t do
If you never stop to listen you’ll miss your cue
She says all that is true
If you look for something deeper you’ll miss that too
I should be in bed but instead I wait for the day to wake
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4. |
Whiskey Waltz
03:36
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I can barely believe she's looking at me, sitting right there
A shot of whiskey and she's pinning my sleeves to my chair
She says I must leave temporarily, wait right here
As her hips wind and weave I remember to breathe, what a nightmare
I'm higher than heaven, she's hotter than hell
I'm higher than heaven, I know she can tell
As her teasing proceeds I don't feel relieved
As she prattles my brain battles
She speaks with such ease while I plead absently, I'm rattled
I try to retrieve any words that could seem less like babble
I can barely believe, she sizzles and steams
I'm dismantled, what a scandal
I'm higher than heaven, she's hotter than hell
I'm higher than heaven, I know she can tell
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5. |
Eurydice
03:18
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Left with a kiss by the side of the road
Two glossy lips are the softest I’ve known
I’m calling to you
Lights on and you drive off, I follow suit
Three lefts and four rights and we are on route
I’m calling to you
I’ll think of a number between one and ten
And ask you to guess when I see you again
And I will lie if you don’t guess right
Arriving, we briefly feel a lack of ease
You loosen your jacket, slip out of your sleeves
I’m calling to you
Hand in hand we take our place by the fire
Flames flicker shadows in shapes we admire
I’m calling to you
We might as well take the clocks off the wall
Hours and minutes mean nothing at all
We need no sleep
Tonight’s not a thing we can keep
Eurydice throw me a bone
I never dreamed of you taking me home
Eurydice you won’t sleep alone tonight
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6. |
Erato
03:02
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I have only met briefly
The woman that is chiefly
In charge of images in my mind’s eye
In charge of images in my mind’s eye
Though I barely know her
I can only write for her
Melodies appear unsolicited
Melodies appear unsolicited
Words could never do her
The justice that she deserves
I could never define her
Words have left me at a loss
When I speak it's through camouflage
Hits my wits like a sabotage
If I ever approached her
I would surely feel sulfur
Slip from my lips in lieu of a line
Slip from my lips in lieu of a line
So I’ll keep her at pen’s length
Scribbling sonnets and refrains
Irresistible incidents unrealized
Irresistible incidents unrealized
Words could never do her
The justice that she deserves
I could never define her
Words have left me at a loss
When I speak it's through camouflage
Hits my wits like a sabotage
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7. |
I Could Have Been There
02:12
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You dropped your cig like
You never cared for it
I could have been there to see you off
You picked up the mic
You spit venom in the air
I could have been there to wipe your brow off
You screamed and cried
Like they were your last breaths
I could have been there to hold your chair down
You laid down layers
Til they were drowning in the tones
I could have been there to turn the bass up
You went home alone
To do just what you did
I could have been there to turn the light off
You died in your bed
A needle in your arm
I could have been there to see you off
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8. |
Keep Your Head Up
03:14
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We've been stuck with it since we were kids
Something in the water
No matter what we did, melancholy hit
And we did what we oughta
Keep your head up, we both are fucked
No one gets out in the end
You fit like a glove, down but in love
Don't break when you bend
I dropped out of school and fled, I got into bed
I lived under the covers
Across the country you were hiding too
A distant pair of future lovers
Keep your head up, we both are fucked
No one gets out in the end
You fit like a glove, down but in love
Don't break when you bend
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Jesse Shepherd-Bates Detroit, Michigan
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