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Kylie I Can't Say
04:31
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On my way back north and I'm already sad
But for what it's worth I'm grateful and I'm glad
For everything we shared everything we had
I need to see you soon I have to tell you that
At the Shelborne Bar just like any other
Saturday so far until there you are
Heaven's child, surfer smile
Sent to me from far-off fantasy
Fateful light of the full moon bright
I wish that I could hold you one more night
Kylie I can't say
On my way home now heavy in the heart
I want to turn around I'm getting near distraught
With everything inside I know this isn't right
You've got my soul untied I can't forget that night
Lit up in the street with my back against the brick
I could feel your heat pouring over me
Heaven's child surfer smile
Sent to me from far-off fantasy
Fateful light of the full moon bright
I wish that I could hold you one more night
Kylie I can't say
I came to clear my head I'm clouded up instead
I've never been less sure of what's ahead
My melancholy mind missed your call today
I miss your soft sunshine it rains here every day
But lying in the lawn we must have left for heaven
We were nearly gone back where I belong
Heaven's child surfer smile
Sent to me from far-off fantasy
Fateful light of the full moon bright
I wish that I could hold you one more night
Kylie I can't say goodbye
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2. |
The Sailor
03:18
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We sailed at dusk from Spain
A kingdom's life to claim
With the world in the rear view
I knew what I had to do
The sea looks down I am going
To bring the crown wealth and fame
This world is round I will show you
To sail around in Thy name
A month or more at sea
The grace of God with me
We found an isle of the Indies soon to be my legacy
The sea surrounds I am sailing
We sing the sounds of Thy name
This world is round I have shown you
This world I found is my fame
And I'm not deserving
No I'm not deserving of you.
I'm a sailor not a savior not a martyr
I'm not a conqueror I'm just a sailor
And a sinner whose dream has run away from me
The sail goes down I am ailing
The king the crown slight my name
This world is round now forever
This world I found is my shame
But I'm not deserving
No I'm not deserving of you.
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When you knew me I had destiny
Pouring out of me
I was on my way to save the world
I still try but it's taking toll
Wearing on my soul
To live each day in self-decay
The way I'm going I can't save another dime
And where I'm going I can't leave another day behind
I'm scared I know and I'm just tangled up in time
I swear I've stolen from the better man I had inside
I adore you so I give you more
My Juliet du jour
Than I would ever offer to myself
And if you see what little's left of me
I think you'll agree
That I could use a little help
The way I'm going I can't save another dime
And where I'm going I can't leave another day behind
I'm scared I know and I'm just tangled up in time
I swear I've stolen from the better man I had inside
I've lied for days at a time
I'm overtired and dead in the eyes
I'm overdrawn and standing in line
Waiting to find myself or a sign
Or something like that
I know I've got so much more to give
A hero's life to live
And love enough to keep my faith in store
So I'll do all that you ask of me
In all sincerity
I still believe there's so much more
The way I'm going I can't save another dime
And where I'm going I can't leave another day behind
I'm scared I know and I'm just tangled up in time
I swear I've stolen from the better man I had inside
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If I may let me tell you a story
Of a man born of tragic descent
Who knows nothing of October glory
But only of loss and lament
I inherit this fate from my father
Like he from his father before
We've a burden to bear like no other
It's a mark we wear forever more
Lift me up, let me down
Start back over again
For I wear the scarlet letter
The shame of my ancestors' sins
I suffer through miserable weather
Just to have my heart broken again
For this B on my forehead's for Boston
But like a modern-day Baseball Revere
When the spring comes around
I'll ride through every town
Sayin hey I think this is the year!
Long ago someone sold out my kinsfolk
It's said we're now forever cursed
Others say it's our way to just crumble and choke
And I can't decide which is worse
I've endured all I can of this heartache
That I've known for too many a year
My impossible dreams turn to heartbreak
Every one strike away leads to tears
For I wear the scarlet letter
The shame of my ancestors' sins
I suffer through miserable weather
Just to have my heart broken again
For this B on my forehead's for Boston
Yeah everyone knows your name here
And the winters are long
But the summertime song
Goes hey I think this is the year!
I'm afraid I will grow to be bitter
Even more bitter than I am now
For each time I see some pinstriped hitter
I just want to throw up in my mouth
Yet I hold out my hope for the home team
Through every conceivable turn
Surely there'll come a day they make good on my dream
I guess that I never will learn
For I wear the scarlet letter
The shame of my ancestors' sins
I suffer through miserable weather
Just to have my heart broken again
But this B on my forehead's for Boston
Yeah for baseball and bleachers and beer
And when spring comes around
I stay true to my town
Singin hey I think this is the year!
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5. |
Gray Blue Morning
04:58
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Nobody's home I'm feeling rotten
I turn off my phone so I can be forgotten
Every moment I feel I'm wasting away
Every moment, every day
Every morning I wake up with nothing to say
Every morning I feel gray
Nighttime is here I feel entitled
To savor a beer a bosom in a bottle
Every night I think I might be living to die
Every night I wonder why
Every morning I wake up thinking of you
Every morning I feel blue
Would it matter more if I didn't care
I could be so sure if I wasn't there
I could settle for your reasonable doubt
Don't you say no more I'll figure it out
Curiously I can see my problems
Staring at me face up from the bottom
Every morning I would try to get out bed
When I could not lift my head
Sleeping to the sounds of words I never said
I should have lived I dreamed instead
But every gray blue morning
I feel my strength returning
Like I might be made of man
And now my blood is burning
With every lesson learned and
I'll do everything I can
To make it matter more if I wasn't there
I could be so sure if I didn't care
Like a metaphor your reasonable doubt
Don't you say no more I've figured it out
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6. |
Ambush
03:38
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I used to see so very little of it
And dare I say I was a happy man
Then you took me right to the middle of it
You left me drowning down in Disneyland
You plugged me into your TV
I saw the world it sawed through me
I don't believe it when you say
I'm better off this way
I don't want to think of all the damage done
It's any wonder I can talk to anyone
I can only think of one thing left to do
Let me tell you now, I'm gonna get Bob Thompson
I'm coming after you
St. Elsewhere scenes, your magic ain't what it seems
Your dirty dreams of Mary Tyler Moore
Hijacked my brain just like a terrorist train
And I'm sending John McClane to settle the score
I think you'll understand my friend
That's just the way it's got to end
Don't you believe in Bad vs. Good?
This is Hollywood!
Your ever-after tales and your nursery rhymes
Well they sounded good until they scorched me blind
You taught my eyes to see but why'd you do it to me?
I'm gonna get Bob Thompson you just wait and see
I met the Man in Amsterdam
He cold-cocked me black and tan
My world is gone like Alderaan
It's blown to pieces kingdom come
My rebel base in outer space
Can't wait to meet you face to face
Your show and tell heartbreak hotel
It taught me well...
I can barely move it's like I'm in a dream
I turn around and you're running away from me
I've done and think it through, I know what I gotta do
I'm gonna get Bob Thompson I'm coming after you
You better watch your back I'm on an ambush attack
I'm gonna get Bob Thompson I'm gonna get you back.
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7. |
La Resistance
04:14
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Long before I ever wrote you off
I could tell I hadn't had enough
I'm a mess don't know what to do
Just want to be with you
Got a girl tomorrow night at ten
And another come the long weekend
But I'm a mess just caught up on you
Just want to be with you
Move to the right get up out of sight
I don't want to stay the night
Come to your head get up out of bed
I don't want to see the light
I don't know what to do I just want to be with you
I can understand your hesitance
Mais ce n'est pas comme la Résistance
It's fair to say and it's all but true
I just want to be with you
I can give you all the space you need
I can honor that and more indeed
Just give me a chance just think it through
I just want to be with you
It's just a shame to waste this
We'd be so good it makes no sense
But I can see where you'd think
I might want more than you can give
But all I want is one good kiss and to be with you
Pretty soon you're going to change your mind
I know you can't resist this charm of mine
You're going to crack and when you do
I'm going to be with you
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Haunted
04:31
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Deepest greens I have seen sitting up in the sky
You and me by the sea all alone you and I
Love the smile you wear the look in your eye
But then that's goodbye
Minutes after I'm gone I get the feeling again
I'm always doing something wrong
It's always too late to mend
One more girl in a song one more memory's end
Wish I could see you again
I couldn't say what I wanted
I got a little tongue-tied to you
Can you see how I'm haunted
By every bit of love I never knew
Golden buttercup fields drops of daisy and dew
The tremble touches I feel running wild with you
All a dream it would seem until I wake to the view
Of my life come true
Seems like every time I pour my heart out
I wake up empty torn and worn out
I'm an honest hopeful seeking shelter
In your long hair, in your arms there
And I get a feeling I'm not going to get it soon
All I can say is you're going to regret it
But never mind I've had enough of all your kind
I'm so tired of playful minds who want to toy with mine
I couldn't say what I wanted
I got a little tongue-tied to you
Can you see how I'm haunted
By every bit of love you withdrew
I can say what I've wanted
And I think I've better things to do
Can you see how I'm haunted
By every bit of love I never knew
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9. |
Song I Wrote for You
04:08
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What's the matter with the world
What did I forget to do
Was it something that I said
Can I make it up to you
When did everything go wrong
Did they ever think that through
I think I heard this in a song
It was one I wrote for you
And I'm hoping that the world don't fall
And I'm holding out for something but
Oh not at all and I'm more or less hopeful
But I can't see the starry sky
Too many sorrys I don't know what to do
But it sure ain't nothing like this
What's the matter with my life
What did I forget to bring
Can you tell me what to do
God I hear so many things
I don't want to end this way
I just want to make it right
I'm afraid to live the day
And I'm scared to sleep the night
And I'm hoping that the world don't fall
And I'm holding out for someone but
Oh not at all and I'm more or less hopeful
But I can't see the starry sky
Too many sorrys I don't know what to do
But it sure ain't nothing like this
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Goodbye Summertime
03:25
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She don't love me anymore
She don't love me that's for sure
Take a picture of my dream
And sold it out to a magazine
Say goodbye my love
Maybe I'm not enough
Tomorrow I'll be high up above
So say goodbye my love
I wish I knew what to do
I wish I could talk to you
But it doesn't matter what I say
I'm still alone here anyway
Say goodbye my love
Maybe I'm not enough
Tomorrow I'll be high up above
So say goodbye my love
I wish I could make you see
The muddy mess you've made of me
I wish I could change your mind
Somewhere back in summertime
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12. |
Streetcorner Song (Live)
04:09
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There's a smiling man singing loud as he can
On the corner of the street
His hands are cold and he's growing old
But he still taps his feet.
He's playing a song he's known so long
It brings him back in time.
He knows some of the words but he's not so sure
So he just makes it rhyme.
His eyes have seen the hardest times
His mother ran away and left him behind
Still he knows how to make you smile
If you just stop and listen for a while
He says, "I've seen it all before
Everybody always wanting more.
Some people wish their lives away
I'm happy where I am today."
A passer-by in a suit and tie
Comes and asks him why he sings
He says, "You got no home and you're all alone
You've barely got anything."
The man just laughs, says,
"What I have is a world of simplicity.
The sun is high and I feel alright
And God'll take care of me.
Don't see no reason for wasting time
Worrying my soul away for another dime
This world around us all can make you want to smile
If you just stop and live it for a while."
He says, "I've seen it all before
Everybody always wanting more.
Some people wish their lives away
I'm happy where I am today."
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Jon Gorey Boston, Massachusetts
Singer/songwriter Jon Gorey has performed in bars, clubs, and cafes all over the world, from Seattle to Stockholm, including packed full-band shows in New York and his hometown of Boston. Some say his 2004 anthem ‘The Scarlet Letter,’ which was played on local radio and at Boston-area bars, helped the historically heartbreaking Red Sox win their first World Series title in 86 years. ... more
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