1. |
Just Getting Good
03:56
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some things take a while
to be ready for the world to see
you gotta wait for the wine
to take its time to get fine
just like you gotta wait for me
time stands still for no one
but don't tell me that I'm running out
with every passing day
I'm more out of my own way
getting rid of my last shadow of doubt
I'm just getting good
just getting good
not gonna stop 'cause some statistic says I should
I'm just getting good
just getting good
now I stand my ground where before I never stood
I'm just getting good
philosophers and whiskey
paintings and redwood trees
gotta be on this earth
long enough to have worth
and then get better by degrees
this life would not be so funny
without the little laugh lines by my eyes
and the patience I've learned
from all the times I been burned
has made me just a little bit more wise
I'm just getting good
just getting good
not gonna stop 'cause some statistic says I should
I'm just getting good
just getting good
now I stand my ground where before I never stood
I'm just getting
good enough to not waste time
or to gladly suffer fools
good enough to call the shots
and to know there are no rules
good enough to realize
there's nowhere I can't go
and good enough to understand
just how much I don't know
I'm just getting good
just getting good
not gonna stop 'cause some statistic says I should
I'm just getting good
just getting good
now I stand my ground where before I never stood
I'm just getting good
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2. |
Level Up
04:05
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so come out.
you have been waiting long enough.
you’re done with all the talk talk talk with nothing on the table.
it’s time to come on out.
there will be no sign from above.
you’ll only hear the knock knock knock of your own heart as signal.
if you are afraid, come out.
if you are awake, come out.
come out and level up.
begin again.
dynamite the dam on the flow.
your body feels the tock tock tock of time as it hammers.
lord we are all cinders
from a fire burning long ago,
but here it is the knock knock knock of your own heart that matters.
if you are afraid, come forth.
if you are alone, come forth now.
everybody here has loved and lost,
so level up and love again.
call it any name you need.
call it your 2.0, your rebirth, whatever –
so long as you can feel it all,
so long as all your doors are flung wide.
call it your day #1 in the rest of forever.
if you are afraid, give more.
if you are alive, give more now.
everybody here has seams and scars.
so what. level up.
let your faith die.
bring your wonder.
yes, you are only one.
no, it is not enough
but if you lift your eyes, I am your brother.
and this is all we need.
and this is where we start.
this is the day we greet.
this is the day, no other...
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3. |
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let us pause in life's pleasures and count its many tears,
while we all sup sorrow with the poor;
there's a song that will linger forever in our ears;
oh hard times come again no more.
'tis the song, the sigh of the weary,
hard times, hard times, come again no more
many days you have lingered around my cabin door;
oh hard times come again no more.
while we seek mirth and beauty and music light and gay,
there are frail forms fainting at the door;
though their voices are silent, their pleading looks will say
oh hard times come again no more.
'tis the song, the sigh of the weary,
hard times, hard times, come again no more
many days you have lingered around my cabin door;
oh hard times come again no more.
‘tis a sigh that is wafted across the troubled wave,
‘tis a wail that is heard upon the shore
‘tis a dirge that is murmured around the lowly grave
oh hard times come again no more.
'tis the song, the sigh of the weary,
hard times, hard times, come again no more
many days you have lingered around my cabin door;
oh hard times come again no more.
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4. |
If You Believe
04:43
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painting pumpkins in the autumn forest
dripping dewdrops in the summer glade
making sure that every tree gets sunshine
making sure that every tree gets shade
and every blade of grass can grow
weaving winter white among the branches
frosting over every oak and pine
sprucing up the springtime watercolors
accentuating nature's grand design
where you will find your place
if you believe in who you are, who you were always meant to be
if you do what you love and you set your spirit free
in the twilight of winter you can find the heart of spring
you can make
wondrous things
if you just
spread your wings and fly
taking what has washed up on the shoreline
making something wonderful and new
recognizing what you take for granted
is what the world needs most of all from you
it's simple - to thy self be true
within you where it's been forever
set it loose and let it guide you
to believe in who you are, who you were always meant to be
if you do what you love and you set your spirit free
in the twilight of winter you can find the heart of spring
you can make
wondrous things
if you just
spread your wings and fly
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5. |
So in Love with You
04:53
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now I'm so in love with you
and there's nothing I can do
you're my everything
and you make me sing
that I'm so in love with you
every time you fall
you know I will be there
there to take your hand
and I, I'll be there to hear
all you've got to say
I will understand
for I'm more alive
when you're nearby
and I don't know why but it's true
that I'm so in love with you
and there's nothing I can do
you're my everything
and you make me sing
that I'm so in love with you.
and every time you cry
you know I will be there
to kiss away your tears
if you're frightened in the night
I'll turn on the light
and help you face your fears
for I'm more alive
when you're nearby
and I don't know why but it's true
that I'm so in love with you
and there's nothing I can do
you're my everything
and you make me sing
that I'm so in love with you.
you, you make me crazy
with your insatiable demands and your never-ending energy
you, sometimes you slay me
yeah you drive me to distraction then you look at me so tenderly
you, you really bug me
with your temper and your tantrums and your yelling and your running wild
but then you come and hug me
and all I feel is so in love with you
my child
now I'm so in love with you
and there's nothing I can do
you bring me joy
my darling boy
and I'm so in love with you...
(countermelody)
oh I am yours forever more
oh never felt like this before
so in love, so in love with you
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6. |
Larger Than Life
05:16
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wanna be reckoned with, not pushed aside
let every opinion loom
a crazy misfit, makin' some mischief
takin' a big bite out of the room
oh, let the sparks fly, look you right in the eye
unafraid I might offend
can't wait a lifetime, this life of mine
'bout time I begin again
just not one more day, no not one more day
not another day like today, 'cause
deep inside, there I stand
larger than life
no, I ain't gonna cry for help, this time I'll help myself
leavin' all my past behind
gonna take my aim, stake my claim
be larger than life
just not one more day, no not one more day
not another day like today...
deep inside, there I stand
larger than life
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7. |
Thaw / Irish Lullaby
04:43
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all of my strength, all my pride, these two eyes of blue
everything I call my own first came from you
age five: I ask why the ice melts - is it alive?
you smile and talk to me as we drive
you say everything changes when winter's gone
ice melts and water flows on
I looked around
at the snow on the ground, and I saw...
the sun growing hotter, the ice cracking free
clear rushing water as it raced toward the sea, past me
then came the silence, the fury, the wars that we'd wage
our house was colder than hell, heated only by rage
I grew tall
and stopped asking why 'cause I knew it all
the ice thick between us, a solid wall
you tried with fire and you tried with steel
only to reveal
nature's strange design
warmth can only come in time
now the sun's growing hotter, the ice cracking free
clear rushing water from you to me
mother to daughter, the ice cracking free
clear rushing water from you to me
over in Killarney
many years ago,
my mother sang a song to me
in tones so sweet and low.
just a simple little ditty,
in her good old Irish way,
and I'd give the world if she could sing
that song to me this day.
"too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, too-ra-loo-ra-li,
too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, hush now, don't you cry!
too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, too-ra-loo-ra-li,
too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, that's an Irish lullaby."
now the sun's growing hotter, the ice cracking free
clear rushing water from you to me
mother to daughter, the ice cracking free
clear rushing water from you to me
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8. |
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so I call god up,
and I'm kinda nervous
but I call god up,
I get his answering service,
so I take a breath,
make my voice all steady
take another breath,
and I think I'm ready,
and I say on the line,
could you tell the divine,
that I'm here down below
and I really wanna know:
have we turned the corner?
have we gone right 'round the bend?
is it the end of the beginning?
or the beginning of the end?
have we crossed the border?
can we get back home again?
is it the end of the beginning,
or the beginning of the end?
and I don't hear back,
but I'm in no hurry.
but I don't hear back,
and I start to worry,
'cause the days fly by,
with no confirmation
and then years fly by,
and a desperation
settles into my soul.
I feel out of control
so I hit redial
and I wait and wait a while,
and I wait and wait a while,
and I wait and wait a while,
and I wait and wait a while,
just when I'm thinking that I oughta let it go now
somebody picks up on the line and says, "yeah what?"
I say "hello, sir, there's some things i'd like to know now,
I open doors, I walk on through, and then they shut.
I wonder if I shoulda tried another door, now
did I choose right? and what's the future gonna bring?"
he says "you little people always wanna know the score, now.
you want a hint? well I will tell you just one thing:"
he says:
"you don't get to know.
you don't get to know.
you don't get to know.
you don't get to know."
then he drops the phone
and he's disconnected
and I'm all alone
and I'm all dejected
yet it gives me hope
not the way he said it
but it gives me hope
yeah, I think I get it:
choose a door
and you're done.
if your door
was the right one,
you won't know.
and that's wise.
it would ruin the surprise.
have we turned the corner?
have we gone right 'round the bend?
is it the end of the beginning?
or the beginning of the end?
have we crossed the border?
can we get back home again?
is it the end of the beginning,
or the beginning of the end?
you don't get to know.
you don't get to know.
you don't get to know.
is it the end of the beginning,
or the beginning of the end?
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9. |
Coming Home / Rocket Man
05:22
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I'm low as a crater and filled with dust
I feel like a traitor to the thought of us
I hardly remember the heat of your hand
memory fails me and crumbles like sand
oh, hey ah, hey ah
now my heart grows fonder
through all these long long nights alone
oh, hey ah, hey ah
now my faith grows stronger
soon I'll see your face
I'm picking up the pace
I am crossing land and sea and space
I am coming home
your voice sounds so distant on the line
we chase every minute with a dollar sign
all that I want is to comfort you
my voice is my body… just without the view
and I think it's gonna be a long, long time
'til touchdown brings me 'round again to find
I'm not the man they think I am at home
oh, no no no
I'm a rocket man
rocket man
burnin' out his fuse up here alone
and I think it's gonna be a long, long time
I'm not the man they think I am at home
Mars ain't the kind of place
to raise your kids
in fact, it's cold as hell
and there's no one there to raise them
if you did
and all this science
I don't understand
it's just my job
five days a week
a rocket man
rocket man
and I think it's gonna be a long, long, time
'til touchdown brings me 'round again to find
I'm not the man they think I am at home
oh, no no no
I'm a rocket man
rocket man
burnin' out his fuse up here alone
and I think it's gonna be a long, long, time
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10. |
Little Bird / Blackbird
06:24
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I look up to the little bird
that glides across the sky
he sings the clearest melody
it makes me want to cry
it makes me want to sit right down
and cry, cry, cry
I walk along the city streets
so dark with rage and fear
and I, I wish that I could be that bird
and fly away from here
I wish I had the wings to fly away from here
but my, my I feel so low
my, my, where do I go?
my, my, what do I know?
my, my, we reap what we sow
they always said that you knew best but
this little bird's fallen out of that nest now
I've got a feeling that it might have been blessed so
I've just got to put these wings to test
for I am just a troubled soul
who's weighted...
weighted to the ground
give me the strength to carry on
till I can lay my burden down
give me the strength to lay this burden down
down, down, yeah
give me the strength to lay it down
but my, my I feel so low
my, my, where do I go?
my, my, what do I know?
my, my, we reap what we sow
they always said that you knew best but
this little bird's fallen out of that nest now
I've got a feeling that it might have been blessed so
I've just got to put these wings to test
***
blackbird singing in the dead of night
take these broken wings and learn to fly
all your life
you were only waiting for this moment to arise
blackbird singing in the dead of night
take these sunken eyes and learn to see
all your life
you were only waiting for this moment to be free
blackbird fly, blackbird fly
into the light of the dark black night
blackbird fly, blackbird fly
into the light of the dark black night
blackbird singing in the dead of night
take these broken wings and learn to fly
all your life
you were only waiting for this moment to arise
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