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"the enemy" lyrics
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The Enemy I dont want to try to blame you for everything I dont want to try and blame you for me I dont want to get to living in a memory I dont want to face the enemy I walk through a strange house to a strange room Where all of the walls...all...close in on me The enemy The enemy I rolled out of bed into a waterf...
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On to me
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On to me February 13, 2007 Waiting for the morning hour Desperate for a good nights sleep In dreams I do not have the power To open up my mouth and speak Got a date with fifty two cards Divide by seven nights of the week Two for family two for our children Two for you and one is split by three I have been sinking I...
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It’s funny what an old photograph can do - pure nostalgia
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The Raglin Street FairVerse 1I'm sitting alone and I'm shuffling memoriesand the photograph faces just roll back the yearsTo the long faded voices that I've kept inside meand I'm laughing out loud and I wish you were here. Verse 2Look at this picture from the Paul's garden partyand the gold of your...
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It’s funny what an old photograph can do - pure nostalgia
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The Raglin Street FairVerse 1I'm sitting alone and I'm shuffling memoriesand the photograph faces just roll back the yearsTo the long faded voices that I've kept inside meand I'm laughing out loud and I wish you were here. Verse 2Look at this picture from the Paul's garden partyand the gold of your...
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These are my principles. If you don't like them ... I have others.
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Mr Cheney's dream A morphine addled darkness covered Baghdad through to Andrews In a flash of white the sirens fled down Georgia Avenue The liberator's welcome wasn't all that we had hope for The victory wreaths that waited, less impressive than they seemed. An olive branch from the wrong end of an AK...
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It's all a matter of making it N-M-P (Not-My-Problem) Anymore
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Lighten up and have some fun! Song is there 
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N-M-P Saw my tall Texas drawling sexy ex the other day He said Hi, I said Hey, we didn’t have much to say He looked smug and mentioned he was seeing someone I thought, dust off your Nikes, girl, y...
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Words We Never Say Lyrics
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I have just uploaded this song in the Listen and Rate section. These are the lyrics. The Words We Never Say You know and I know the reason, though a glance or a smile may be proof. Its a simple, unspoken concession, but you know and I know the truth. Theres no promise, just captured emotions. Were together...
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San Marco Blues with chords
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San Marco Blues Verse 1: C F I took a shortcut to San Marcos C and I by-passed the canals. F C Am I saw someone and I thought that it was you. Am ...
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San Marco Blues
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San Marco Blues I took a shortcut to San Marco and I by-passed the canals. I saw someone and I thought that it was you. The forum is filled with faces but I am walking on my own. And its so long since the last time I saw you. And I miss you. God I miss you I miss you so bad These old San Marco Blues have got to be the ha...
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A new gray
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04/11/2007 I saw Jesus just yesterday Only had a simple thing to say "Can you watch out for my children Teach them how to play, While I'm gone You can show them the way" You can show them the way" I saw Jesus at a local cafe He asked, "What can I bring you today?" I thought about th...
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My almost award winning song
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Those of you who read and enjoyed my lyrics to a song in a post I called 'A slightly silly song' might be interested to know that it won third place in the lyrics category of the 27th Australian Songwriters Association awards last week. Our songs won first and fifth places last year. The lyrics to this yea...
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A Cruel Shade of Blue - Definitely the last changes
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A cruel shade of blue Intro I can't give my love to you Love is just another shade of blue Verse I can see you alone in the spotlight with the weight of the world on your mind. You were wearing your hair like a shield from the words and sang "Your Path Is Brighter Than Mine". Verse Its midnight and...
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Owed to Leonard Cohen - reworked
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Thank you to those who gave me feedback either through here or through the myspace site. I have had another go at making it a bit less pretentious. Feel free to tell me I failed. A cruel shade of blue Intro I can't give my love to you Love is just another shade of blue Verse I can see you alone in the spotlight w...
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Owed to Leonard Cohen - put away your razorblades
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A cruel shade of blue Intro I can't give my love to you Love is just another shade of blue Verse I can see you alone in the spotlight with the weight of the world on your mind. You were wearing your hair like a shield from the words and sang "Your Path Is Brighter Than Mine". Now it's midnight and t...
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what about these lyrics?
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We went to Thailand last winter for vacation. There, we met a woman that was in the Tsunami and lost her husband. She described how she felt, the crash of the waves, the loss of her "other half". The lyrics pretty much wrote themselves.
Any comments are very welcome...
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Killin' Time
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Howdy y'all! I'm a newby here. Working on a new song, thought I'd toss it out here at see what you think of the words. Happy to have you tear it apart! Give me that constructive criticizism to help me grow as a writer! Killing Time (Oh, Oh, killing time) Back in the last millineum I sang a young mans song Didn...
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Something new - reviews welcome
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The End of the Affair Once again, I've made the same mistakes that I swore that I would never make again. Our lives are not our own; but in the recesses of my mind you've always been there. I need a prophet with the right words for this hollow sinking feeling and I can't let go of moments still so new. Who'd ha...
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A slightly less silly song
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Between the Lies Verse The waitress looks over to see how we're doing. Two shadows on the fringe of her life. You havent touched your coffee and mines almost cold in a silence you could cut with a knife Verse Weve been here an hour and weve barely spoken. Things have somehow just got out of hand. Now truth i...
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A slightly silly song
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It's not just my heart that you've broken The rains falling heavy on King Street And the rhythm is the perfect disguise for the memories of love all around me and Angelines sad lullabies This house is so cold since you left here Ringing echoes of the harsh words weve spoken Time heals all wounds, so Ill ge...
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MY (almost) AWARD WINNING SONG
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A just-for-fun song I wrote for some of our local central FL fishermen - then entered in a state folksong contest and got 4th out of a hudred or so entries - no money, only the top three got money, but will be in a couple of folk festivals this spring.....things been awful quiet around here....everybod...
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Thank God and the love of St George (Preview)
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This is my first attempt at posting lyrics so please forgive me if things go wrong or if I am not playing by the rules. I am relying on the better informed to tell me where I go wrong. AP Thank God and the love of St George Theres a stench of indifference that hangs in the air as the free world is battered and to...
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Me And Joe
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Oh, me and Joe Just the other night We went for a walk We just talk old times Me and Joe Oh, look at all the pretty senoritas life's short
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Ronnie
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My Son's Ears
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my son's ears words and music by brad roll jonathan was born on Thursday into a silent world. the doctor said genetics caused an undeveloped nerve. I hold his mama's hand, we cry - are we the ones to blame? he's at a disadvantage and he never had a say. our son can't hear his mama's tears. in my son's ears...
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I Know What I Said
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...and YOU know how this scenario goes.....looking back, having been on both sides of the breaking-up-is-hard-to-do table (but sometimes such a relief to get it over with) I know What I saidWas a time I was getting right tight real fast with this guy The closest I’d known to that so-called love at fir...
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As the crow flies....
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As the crow flies July 31, 2006 Boy gets a job starts making plans Thought of California where the stars hit the sand He wants a family wants a piece of land He knows the time of the common man Better outrun the daylight running as the crow flies Better outrun the daylight running as the crow flies Forget ev...
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Lyrics for the Learning Curve
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The Learning Curve Lyrics When nobody knows what side you’re on,No one knows and no one really caresIt’s like an ocean floats around your head and the pressure builds, You can feel it everywhere And it’s crazyYour gonna have to rip out their hearts before they even know it,Your gonna have to tear...
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I will cover you
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This is another one from the "Dead dying or doing time" project. BC and Steve Hanlon were good enough to get me focused on these lyrics, thanks again. I will cover you October 29, 2006 Pieces of the sunrise Go mostly unseen Working people struggle With lines they live between Have nots and th...
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(Swing)Into the fall
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12/28/2006 Ashes to ashes And dust to dust A long time living Leads a man to rust You can smell the sickness Feel it come to call Take your leading hand and swing Into the fall Swing into the fall Gutters and backstreets Or a penthouse fall Caution lights flashing No caution at all Nothing you can do When yo...
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Look Homeward Angel (for Jeff, a song about going to songwriters Heaven)
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Well, the end is about going to songwriters heaven; the rest is just about people who went to heaven. It is uploaded, here for someone who really seemed to love the time he spent on this site. and has nothing to do with ratings or the contest. (My friend who recorded it is clapping at the end, sorry, I...
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SharonO
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The Biscayne bay Waltz
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This is primarily written for one of the FL state folk songwriting contests, but I think it has enough potential universal appeal to post it here.... intentionally old-fashioned...a throw back (attempt, anyway - it's uploaded - thanks for any reactions/comments) The Biscayne Bay Waltz The...
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