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Clocktower
03:42
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We took our time
We were walking a thin line
Through fields of flowers
All gold in the morning
The clocktower rings
From a balcony somebody sings
And I've heard this song before
Through fallow fields
We felt our way
The difference between night and day
Never felt so real
The clocktower rings
From a balcony somebody sings
And I've heard it all before
In the grey of gridlock
I studied your face
I know we cannot replace
All that talk of better days
The clocktower rings
From a balcony somebody sings
And I've heard this song before
I've been alive
Now, for 35 years
I'm on the long dive down
To find the bottom of this well of tears
The clocktower rings
From a balcony somebody sings
And I've heard it all before
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2. |
Left Too Late
01:53
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I tried to leave
But I left too late
I had to get away
I couldn't concentrate
We went out west
Tried to gain a few hours
Unrolled my bed
Under meteor showers
Why are you running?
Where are you going to?
Why not an easy answer
For the questions aimed at you?
I had to get away
I couldn't concentrate
I tried to see a friend
But I left too late
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3. |
Light In Your Eyes
03:43
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You're out there in the sun
Out there having fun
I don't do
That kind of thing anymore
You went out with your friends
Friends until the end
I can't think
That far ahead anymore
And I don't know if I'm able
To go where you want me to
But I have no regrets about
The way I've treated you
And though the cards on the table
Have got me hypnotized
I would blindly follow in
The light that's in your eyes
Ba dum dum da da da, etc.
And I don't know if I'm able
To go where you want me to
But I have no regrets about
The way I've treated you
And though the cards on the table
Have got me hypnotized
I would blindly follow in
The light that's in your eyes
If I believed in angels
I'd be sure that you are one
And likely born before
The first rising sun
And in this life I've known plenty
To take me by surprise
But nothing could prepare me for
The light that's in your eyes
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4. |
I'll Be Here
03:36
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I'm sitting in your back yard
The memories are coming home
I didn't know I'd come this far
Just to be here all alone
So many people around
But when it all calms down
I'll be here
I'm hoping I'm helping
It's the only thing I want to do
I'm finally forgetting
What kept me so far away from you
So many people around
But when it all calms down
I'll be here
Sitting with the one you held dear
She's wondering if
You're the only chance she'll get
And how to forgive
Herself for what she hasn't felt yet
So many people around
But when it all calms down
I'll be here
Sitting with the one you hold dear
It's natural to wonder
How long I can stay
Help me forget that
Help me push that thought away
So many people around
But when it all calms down
I'll be here
I'll be here
I'll be here
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5. |
Adjustment (Pastures)
01:15
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Out on the water
Birds touching down
A mile through the woods
You'll catch the road into town
In the green days of summer
When the meadows fill with light
And the stars in the evening
The warm blanket of the night
Am I still dreaming
Of an age that used to be?
When I looked out over pastures
And they opened up to me
Am I still dreaming?
Am I still dreaming?
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6. |
Joe
03:19
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I'm scared of the day
When your voice drifts away
But for now, you're where I need you
I can hear you whenever I need to
Please stay
i was wondering how we can laugh
When you're not here to laugh back
But I know now it's because we knew you
And because it's how you'd want us to
Get on
I love you so
We miss you Joe
It's hard not to cry
Not to stop doing, not to ask why
But that doesn't help
Take the picture down off the shelf and smile
I love you so
We miss you Joe
But I know you know we do
You could hear me
I can hear you too
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7. |
Me & You
04:24
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I want you to know the way
I want you to see
I need you to feel the same way
Way about me
Nobody will show us how
No one's done what we're gonna do
But we'll figure it out somehow
As long as I'm good to you
So I had to let you go
There was little else to do
It was the only way to know
That I'm still in love with you
The last two years
So much heartache and strife
But in time, becoming clear
Is a new kind of life
And I had to let you go
There was little else to do
It was the only way to know
That I'm still in love with you
So I had to let you go
Not an easy thing to do
It was the only way to know
That I'm still in love with you
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8. |
Adjustment
01:03
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Transhumance
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9. |
Green Hills
04:49
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It's not about you
It's not about us
It's more about whether I'll ever
Find the time to adjust
And I must confess
There's something I'm thinking about
How all that I want
Is a home
In the green hills of Vermont
I saw the photograph
I keep up with the news
The punchline where everyone laughed
Only gave me the blues
And I could lose
Myself if I wanted to
But all that I want
Is a home
In the green hills of Vermont
This city's on automatic
The captain's not in his chair
Been looking all day long
And I can't find him anywhere
And there's the wheel
Steer us wherever you please
And all that I want
Is to be home
In the green hills of Vermont
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John Townsend Burlington, Vermont
Burlington, VT - based songwriter, drummer, guitarist. Also of Silver Bridget.
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