1. |
Never Give Up
04:13
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2. |
Forgive Us
03:56
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So they say judgment comes in time
All that we learn
The way we live our lives
Surely with love we realize
You draw the lines and you keep us safe behind them
But no one’s right
It’s a pointless, bitter fight
I hear the sound of the shots in the night
In the morning we wake for the fight
Surely with love we realize
Surely with love we realize
That there’s criminals in the church
Corruption in our minds
Everywhere we look it’s the same old song
We sing every night when we turn down the lights
Asleep in a world that relentlessly fights
Mama forgive us for we know not what we do
The devil’s got your dreams
But has he got you in the light now
Sweet melodies singin’ everything gonna be alright
but I hear the sound of their cries in the night time
now tell me that everything’s gonna be alright
Surely with love we realize
Surely with love we realize
That there’s criminals in the church
Corruption in our minds
Everywhere we look it’s the same old song
We sing every night when we turn down the lights
Asleep in a world that relentlessly fights
Hmmm Mama forgive us for we know not what we do
Hmmm Mama forgive us for we know not what we do
Everyday I feel time slippin by
Closer now than ever to goodbye
That there’s criminals in the church
Corruption in our minds
Everywhere we look it’s the same old song
We sing every night when we turn down the lights
Asleep in a world that relentlessly fights
Mama forgive us for we know not what we do
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3. |
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Intro B C# F#
B F#
Warm nights driving in the car
B F#
All the time we spent not goin’ very far
B F# F/F# (D#m C# overD#m *walk down)
I always had some money and Andy would buy the beer
B C# F#
We’d get drunk on the hood down at the pier
B F#
All night playin’ our guitars
B F#
We always thought one day we’d be stars
B (F# F/F# D#m C# overD#m *walk down)
And when we had the money Oh well we’d get outta here
B C# F#
All the time we spent dreamin on the pier
F# C# B
He’d always count the songs in way too fast
F# C# B C#
So I’d play ‘em slow just to make it last
D#m A#m B
‘Til the sky lights up just like the 4th of July
F# F/F# B
And my heart was on fire fire fire
B C# F#
La da da da la la la
Interlude F# C# D#m A#m B C# F#
B F#
All night playin’ in the bars
B F#
Same old songs they treat us like we’re stars
B F# F/F# (D#m C#/D#m *walk down)
And we still have each other so I guess you could say we are
B C# F#
Just like we dreamed down on the pier
Chorus
F# C# B
He still counts the songs in way too fast
F# C# B C#
So I play ‘em slow just to make it last
D#m A#m B
‘Til the sky lights up another 4th of July
F# F/F# B
And my heart was on fire fire fire
B C# F#
La da da da la la la
B C# F#
La da da da la la la
B C# F#
La da da da la la la
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4. |
Until The Morning Light
02:38
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I’ve seen you in dreams
When lights are low
Following me wherever I go
Smoke filled room whiskey bar
Turn the corner and there you are
Shadows fall across your face
Hiding lines that I can’t trace
Hypnotized by those eyes
Mesmerized by your lies
You’ve fallen down from heaven tonight
Devils and angels dressed in white
Devils and angels laughing tonight
Until the morning light
Until the morning light
Salty lips taste salty sweet
Salty sweet kisses when we meet
But it’s suicide the most awful kind
To think your love could ever be
A bottle of wine in this lonely place
Hearts that beat at a fevered pace
I wanna dance like this so close and slow
To the backbeat playin on the radio
You’ve fallen down from heaven tonight
Devils and angels dressed in white
Devils and angels laughing tonight
Until the morning light
Until the morning light
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5. |
Adelaide
03:58
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Adelaide, don't call me up
I don't want nothin' to do with you
Underneath the stars above
It must have been some kind of restless love
Now your heart is aching for love that's true
And all this rain is falling all over you, Adelaide
Adelaide, don't think of me
Forget about what we used to be
All your love and all your pain
Been dripping down off of every page you write
Minutes pass the hours
Goodbye to you
Walk the avenue like you never knew me, Adelaide
I don't wanna cry when we say goodbye
Cause all we ever did
Was just fall to our knees, fall to our knees
Promising to be what we couldn't be
What we couldn't be
We'd fall to our knees
Now your heart is aching for love that's true
And all this rain is falling
It's falling for you
Adelaide
Adelaide, it's over now
All my love is gone somehow
I'll save the sweetest melody that you ever wrote for me
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6. |
Ghost Of Mary
05:06
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I grew up thinkin' the clouds were
God’s paintings in the sky
Every one a mystery
Now the clouds just pass me by
It’s funny how your perspective changes
When you’re on the other side
Lookin back after all this time
I know why
I was gonna live in faith and love
And never wish for no more
And I promised I’d always believe
I was gonna dream a little dream
And wish upon every star
Then the mountains would crumble at my feet
But when the pavement cracks
I fall down on my knees
And the tears fall down like holy rain
The Ghost of Mary comes back to me again
So awake and so alive
We used to sing when we wanted to get high
Rock n’ roll after midnight
Now those songs just make me cry
It’s funny how your perception changes
When you’re on the other side
But looking back after all this time
I know why
I was gonna live in faith and love
And never wish for no more
I promised I’d always believe
I was gonna dream a little dream
And wish upon every star
Then the mountains would crumble at my feet
But when the pavement cracks
And I fall down on my knees
And the tears fall down like holy rain
The Ghost of Mary comes back to me again
So if in this world I stumble
If I am blind and lose my way
Lift me up to that heavenly place
Where the sky fills with amazing grace
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7. |
Even in January
04:12
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Even in January there are so many things that are colder than the snow
Paler than alabaster in the candle's glow
I skated across the stars
You slipped so far but I held on
to wait for the warmer rays of sun to come and melt your frozen heart
When we started out
All the leaves were falling down
Falling around the town
All the love I thought I'd found
I thought I'd found
We met in the late October
Just before it was getting colder
You waved from across the room
All the pumpkins blazed when I first saw you
I followed you on a dare
You kissed my lips on the bottom stair
And oh I was so surprised to lift your mask and see your face in the light
When we started out
All the leaves were fallin down
Falling around the town
All the love I thought I'd found
I thought I'd found
I thought I'd found a way around the demons hiding in your heart
And the choir was singing Hallelujah through the night
I thought I'd found you.
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8. |
Hallelujah
04:43
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I was walkin wide eyed on the side of the road
Every lonely city’s got to have a ramblin' rose
Movin' mountains
Every time I turned my eyes
Red blue sky burnin’ miles of road behind
But mama don’t you cry
‘cause I’m gonna be
Paintin’ pictures about how it’s supposed to be
But late at night sometimes would you come and sweep me off my knees
Singin’ Hallelujah
Hallelujah
But mama don’t you cry
‘cause I’m gonna be fine
Livin’ everyday lookin for that paradise
Singin’ Hallelujah
Hallelujah
I remember childhood dreams
Floatin' in the summer breezes
Those teenage kisses so sweet underneath the Valley trees
I was a child of the moon and the sun in the sky up above
But mama don’t you cry
‘cause I’m gonna be fine
But I’d trade in all these rusty words if you’d sing me a lullaby
Hey hey my my…
So this is how it goes….
Hey hey my my….
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9. |
Only Conversation (Demo)
04:06
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10. |
Dying To Forget (Live)
02:13
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Words misfire across the wires broken lines
Telephone’s been off the hook
I’ve been calling for days I can’t get through
I think I better
Try to forget you
I wrote a letter in the blue light of the neon sign
All the words that
I erased and re-erased
I just wanted to say that I’ve been doin’ fine, fine,
Fine, I think I better
Try to forget you
Find someone new….
Once upon a time I bought a ticket on a one-way track to you
On the book of matches where you wrote your address
Said I should come and visit soon
Say what’s new
Maybe I better
Try to forget you
Find someone new…
Oh, I’ve been dyin’
To try to forget you…
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