1. |
The Let Down
02:21
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You are always waiting for
Someone to save you from
Your inclinations
But you fear the let down
Too much to really get down to it
You are whipped around the whirligig again
Flipped into a place where logic’s at its end
Your mind it rips away like velcro or it sticks
To a place it never was intended
Oh, we’re all so offended
Oh, we’re all so amused
And oh, we left your heart flattered and abused
You are always waiting for
Someone to save you from
Your inclinations
But you fear the let down
Too much to really get down to it
You are tossed into the whirlpool again
Looking at the shapes and colors without a sense of when
The pieces, they disappear but then they all connect
In a way you never really intended
Oh, we’re all so offended
Oh, we’re all so amused
And oh, we left your heart flattered and abused
You are always waiting for
Someone to save you from
Your inclinations
But you fear the let down
Too much to really get down to it
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2. |
Wine Moms & Whiskey Dads
03:36
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Between the wine moms and the whiskey dads
This country club's going to hell
I'm packing my suitcases
Erasing all my traces
Wishing you a fond farewell
I pop my collar in the summer breeze
But I don't feel cool like before
I flip my shades up, but I'm not at ease
A jellyfish beached on the shore
Feel like the whole world is jerking my chain
Another soul lost in the rain
Sometimes I think of believing
There's a profit to all this pain
Between the wine moms and the whiskey dads
This country club's going to hell
I'm packing my suitcases
Erasing all my traces
Wishing you a fond farewell
Lounge in the middle a wasted day
Spitting sunflower seeds in the dust
I don't want to need anything
I don't want your kind of trust
Seems like the whole word is itching my brain
Grab a ticket for the midnight train
Sometimes I think of believing
There's a profit to all this pain
Between the wine moms and the whiskey dads
This country club's going to hell
I'm packing my suitcases
Erasing all my traces
Wishing you a fond farewell
Seems my lifestyle's not as free as it was
Has it really whittled down to this?
Sending you a postcard with your I.O.U.
I won't redeem it for your kiss
Seems like the whole world's completely insane
I'm wandering off in the grain
Sometimes I think of believing
There's a profit to all this pain
There's a profit to all this pain...
Between the wine moms and the whiskey dads
This country club's going to hell
I'm packing my suitcases
Erasing all my traces
Wishing you a fond farewell
Yeah, I'm wishing you a fond farewell...
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Something’s stickin’ inside my head
Light as a feather and heavy as lead
Mesmerized by the colors I bled
You looked so alive but you feel so dead
You feel so dead
Ooh, I’m lost at sea
Lighthouse searchin’ for me
Someone’s living inside of me
Someone who I just can’t see
I get a glimpse every now and then
I look behind the where and when
The where and when
Ooh, I’m lost at sea
Lighthouse searchin’ for me
Something’s stickin’ inside my head
Light as a feather and heavy as lead
Mesmerized by the colors I bled
You looked so alive but you feel so dead
You feel so dead
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4. |
Ten Miles to Joshua Tree
03:22
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It's another ten miles to Joshua Tree
The lights are burning low
But I need to see what I need to see
Even if I gotta take it slow
You might say there's no use pretending
That life's more alive than it is
You might say there's no use defending
Your neck from that cold Judas' Kiss
But my old hunting horn is full of the fire
It's leading me on in the dark
And somehow I still feel happy
When I hear a stray dog bark
It's another ten miles to Joshua Tree
The lights are burning low
But I need to see what I need to see
Even if I gotta take it slow
Well, I heard the pilgrims talking
All the versions of the tale
But I wasn't gonna sit there gawking
You know I had to hit the trail
Now the midnight sun is blazing out
Somewhere in the back of my mind
And when I get my chance to be there
I'll draw you a map in kind
It's another ten miles to Joshua Tree
The lights are burning low
But I need to see what I need to see
Even if I gotta take it slow
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5. |
Hound Dog of Heaven
03:01
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"Hound Dog of Heaven"
When I get up
I walk about
But your face keeps rising up
And it burns me out
When I come to
After I fall down
My reckless attitude
Won't turn me around
'Cause I got the hound dog of heaven
On my trail, on my trail
I'm putting on my blinders one more time
I never heard it said that ignorance is a crime
'Cause I got the hound dog of heaven
On my trail, on my trail
I go for a drink
I laugh at a joke
But there's something turnin' round
Stuck inside my spokes
I go to the gym
I have a nice meal
But I'm pretending not
To feel what I really feel
'Cause I got the hound dog of heaven
On my trail, on my trail
I'm putting on my blinders one more time
I never heard it said that ignorance is a crime
'Cause I got the hound dog of heaven
On my trail, on my trail
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6. |
Turn Around Again
03:07
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I’m feeling so sick inside
This worn out museum in my mind
History’s so thick in the hall
Leaving me with no time at all
But I’ll try to turn around again
No matter what fate may send
I’ll try to turn around again
No matter how the road may bend
There’s something so strange in the tide
The moonlight’s taking me for a ride
I’m going wherever you flow
And where that is, I don’t know
But I’ll try to turn around again
No matter what fate may send
I’ll try to turn around again
No matter how the road may bend
There’s something unsure in my stride
My aim on the mark’s set too wide
I want to get back to the shore
I don’t want to drift anymore
But I’ll try to turn around again
No matter what fate may send
I’ll try to turn around again
No matter how the road may bend
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7. |
Break Off a Piece
02:48
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I'll break off a piece of my heart for you
Set a table for one, table for two
Break off a piece of my heart for you
In the end that's the best that I can do
A new crowd's around you now
And I can't get near
Do you remember those days in space?
The stars shone so clear
What played havoc with life and time?
What made it hurt so bad?
I've no interest in sorting it out
Just miss the moments we had
I'll break off a piece of my heart for you
Set a table for one, table for two
Break off a piece of my heart for you
In the end that's the best that I can do
A new style has claimed you now
They change it every year
The light is dimming toward the West
But there's nothing to fear
Every inch that you measure out
They'll repay with care
Your days are numbered and so are mine
Every sand, every hair
I'll break off a piece of my heart for you
Set a table for one, table for two
Break off a piece of my heart for you
In the end that's the best that I can do
I'll break off a piece of my heart for you
Set a table for one, table for two
Break off a piece of my heart for you
In the end that's the best that I can do
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8. |
Wandering
03:20
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I’ve been turned around the table
Like a spinning plate that just don’t seem to fall
I’ve been tuned into all the wavelengths
And heard white noise on almost one and all
Nobody’s luck is as strange as mine
This phantom that won’t recline
Now I’m wandering around
I’m wandering around
You can release me for your love
You can release me for your love
I’ve hitchhiked on all the turnpikes
Restroom stalls and motels all the same
I’ve been lost behind the hedgerows
Rolled the dice in every loaded game
Nobody’s task is as strange as mine
This self that won’t refine
Now I’m wandering around
I’m wandering around
You can release me for your love
You can release me for your love
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9. |
Behind Your Eyes
02:58
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I'm looking at you
But I can't look through
But I think I got a feel
For something part way real
Are you over my head?
Are you under my feet?
Maybe there's a question
You'd like me to repeat?
Just stick with the truth
Don't make it sound likes lies
I just want to know what's going on behind your eyes
I just want to know what's going on behind your eyes
We're not angels
We're not devils
We're stuck somewhere somehow in between
But I really
Really want you
Just to try to help us make the scene
Your eyes, they shine
But is that a sign?
No crystal ball
Just one Great Wall
Are you lifting me up
Are you stealing my seat?
Or maybe there's a question
You'd like me to repeat?
Just stick with the Truth
Don't make it sound like lies
I just want to know what's going on behind your eyes
I just want to know what's going on behind your eyes
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10. |
Turn the Tide
02:31
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I cannot tell the color of her eyes
They seem to change
They rearrange
In January they're looking gray
And then in June
A cloudless day
To turn the tide around
Is too big to attain
You're left there ridin' backwards
On that downtown train
I cannot tell how the hours pass
Like a balloon flies
Into blue skies
When I'm with her
She holds me still
Our cup it seems to always fill
To turn the tide around
Is too big to attain
You're left there ridin' backwards
On that downtown train
I cannot keep my thoughts from tearing on
My memories race
The shadows trace
I cannot fix my mind in one place
But when I'm with her
That ain't the case
To turn the tide around
Is too big to attain
You're left there ridin' backwards
On that downtown train
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11. |
Cold Heaven
02:34
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When every hand that you hold
Feels like your own, feels like your own
And all the lips that you kiss
Taste like your own, taste like your own...
Well, it'll be a cold, cold heaven
With angels of ice and stars burning out through the night
You'll have to wonder why you came -
Was it the gold?
Light shining so bold?
Well, it'll be a cold, cold heaven
With angels of ice and stars burning out through the night
When all the eyes that you glimpse
Shine like your own, shine like your own
And all the words that you hear
Sound like your own, sound like your own
Well, it'll be a cold, cold heaven
With angels of ice and stars burning out through the night
You'll have to wonder why you came -
Was it the gold?
Light shining so bold?
Well, it'll be a cold, cold heaven
With angels of ice and stars burning out through the night
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12. |
Garden Gate
01:44
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I been leanin’
On your garden date
I been waitin’
Though the hour’s late
I been leanin’
On your garden gate
Don’t know if I asked to
Or if it’s just my fate
And there ain’t no compromisin’
Just to try to make it right
I’m a moth outside your lantern
Trying to get inside your light
I been leanin’
On your garden date
I been waitin’
Though the hour’s late
I been leanin’
On your garden gate
Don’t know if I asked to
Or if it’s just my fate
And there ain’t no compromisin’
Just to try to make it right
I’m a moth outside your lantern
Trying to get inside your light
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Sam Buntz Chicago, Illinois
Singer songwriter based in Chicago. Cosmic American Music.
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