1. |
Bound to Be
03:50
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You're bound to be
Left alone
If you treat her like this
And go out on your own
She knows how you feel
She knows it's real
But what can she do
Without stealing from you now
You held the door
You don't know what for
You needed her bad
But she's gonna make you sad
And it's alright
It's just one more
Lonely night
And it's alright now
515 14th
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2. |
What Kind of Fool
04:26
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And would you consider please
Not talking with my enemies
And not coming 'round
In the daylight
And are you some special fool
Did you go to some kind of special school
Where they might've let you go
Too early
What kind of fool are you
To do what you shouldn't do?
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3. |
The Storm
02:55
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Move over, let me in
I'm back on my feet again
It's crazy, that we'd let this end
Though it's not easy being friends
But if we stop before
We even begin
The storm will always linger
On the horizon
Can you feel it
The winters here can be a hard time
You've got to prepare your mind
It's hard to admit when you're to blame
It's hard to submit to shame
But if we stop before
We even begin
The storm will always linger
On the horizon
Can you feel it
Move over, let me in
I'm back on my feet again
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4. |
Opportunity
04:16
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Take the opportunity
To believe what you want to believe
If the mountain hides an angry god that's ok
Cause we're all doing the same
Carving out our claim
We don't even really know anything
And I was thinking about you all night
I was thinking about you
Fumbling through the dark
In some city park
Setting sail for shores I've never seen
High on a lonely hill
Higher to go still
Looking for anything I can kill
And I was thinking about you all night
I was thinking about you
Have you heard there's a word
That will open any door
But no one knows that word anymore
Take the opportunity
To believe what you want to believe
If the mountain hides an angry god that's ok
And I was thinking about you all night
I was thinking about you
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5. |
Barbed Wire
03:03
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I assure you your letter has been sent
But I don't know exactly where it went
We have a contract that's binding to be sure
It's like I'm fastened with barbed wire to the floor
I'm waiting on your mother to have you taken away
Tell your brother to come another day
The road is empty, there's nothing I desire
Words and dreams strung together with barbed wire
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6. |
I Can't Pretend
03:58
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I can't pretend
No, not now
There's something else
Required somehow
And I can't pretend
I can't pretend anymore
If you're holding in
Your living breath
You can depend
On an early death
And I can't hold it in
I can't hold it in any longer
For the most part
It's enough
To tell your heart
That life is tough
For the most part
You can get by on believing
But I can't pretend
I can't pretend anymore
And I can't hold it in
I can't hold it in any longer
And I can't pretend
I can't pretend anymore
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7. |
Morning Moon
03:11
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Last night we walked on a road by the river
Love's what she wants, that's not what I give her
But I know that soon she'll be back in my room
Dancing a rhythm in time with the moon
I dreamed that I followed you down to the lake
The fog that surrounds you with each step you take
Leaves me blind in the mist, and jealous of this
I give you this kiss, do as you wish
I wake to the sound of a song I once heard
This time a bird that stands in the door
And she flies through the room, and she changes her tune
To this that you hear of a soft morning moon
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8. |
Another Dreary Dream
02:57
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I wasn't thinking about anything useful
Just another dreary dream
For the ages
There's no reason to be saving all those pages
That already have been turned
And forgotten
Just another dreary dream going rotten
In the streets you see the garbage of last year
And then the news comes again
Another friend reached the end
Today's the kind of day that's neither up nor down
I'm kind of grateful for them now
I could float forever
Just another dreary dream
That doesn't matter
Just another dreary dream...
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9. |
Wood to Burn
06:47
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Don't you feel like I feel
What have we learned
Don't you know the way as well as I do
Isn't it your turn
What have we learned
There's a lot of good wood left to burn
I went out to the road to see who'd gone by
Something to do
I stared at the spot where the water ran dry
Fade to blue
Something to do
Instead of sitting here worrying about you
And I always knew it'd come to this
Only one place left to turn
But a lot of good wood left to burn
And I always knew it'd come to this
Way too much to unlearn
And still a lot of good wood left to burn
Don't you feel like I feel
What have we learned
Don't you know the way as well as I do
Isn't it your turn
What have we learned
There's a lot of good wood left to burn
There's a lot of good wood left to burn
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John Townsend Burlington, Vermont
Burlington, VT - based songwriter, drummer, guitarist. Also of Silver Bridget.
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