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Can't Go Back
03:30
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Lyrics:
Driving down the road with that man of mine
When he started to give me a really hard time
Told me about some girl that he recently met
He had already started up with her
when we weren’t done yet
When he said to me “ I can’t go back”
I felt as if I’d have a heart attack
I told him – what makes you think you can put an dend
To something you never had the backbone to begin
“Can’t go back to where you never been”
Can’t get out before you come in
Won’t shoot straight ‘til you been around
Got to get lost before you can be found
Won’t know good ‘til you had bad
You can’t lose what you never had
Well, I parked the car and as we went upstairs
I realized that he’d never care
So, I took a good long look at what I was givin’ up
And I figured that it didn’t amount to much
So I packed my things, trying not to cry
Never even looked over my shoulder to say g’bye
“Can’t go back to where you never been”
Can’t get out before you come in
Won’t shoot straight ‘til you been around
Got to get lost before you can be found
Won’t know good ‘til you had bad
You can’t lose what you never had
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Lyrics:
i wanna see you in your birthday suit
all your friends say it's so damn cute
i bet that we could start an institute
come on and show us your birthday suit
i bet you've got some pretty private parts
i wanna see exactly where they start
i bet that we could make a whole lotta loot
come on and show us your birthday suit
you're always ironing the wrinkles out
but everybody knows without a doubt
there really isn't any substitute
out of the closet with your birthday suit
you can't get to heaven with your clothes on
even though many people try
you can't get to heaven with your clothes on
now everybody knows why
i wanna see you in your birthday suit.......
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3. |
Georgie
02:54
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Lyrics:
Been more than a bit distracted
At the news going on round the world
try my best not to get too over reacted
When the red white and blues get unfurled
Why keep looking across for the answers
Side to side, to when it’s time to move on?
Do you choose not to know what direction the dance is
When we’re telling you the Right is wrong?
Chorus:
Aw Georgie – why’d you have to go and be so mean?
Don’t you know, that the sun has the power
To wash the purpose for this madness clean?
Verse:
See no reason for reason, when killing is in season
Just because you’re too headstrong
While we plant the seeds that will fill the needs
Cause it’s been going on for much too long
Green is more than the money in your wallet
It’s a crude crude way of life
Don’t you think when you point that rocket
Your hittin a mother a sister a wife?
Chorus:
Aw Georgie – why’d you have to go and be so mean?
Don’t you know, don’t you know,
That what shines from above has the power
To wash the purpose for your madness clean?
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Sometime
04:50
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Sometimes I feel so empty inside
Like a vessel no one can fill
Alone in this world
In the dark, cold and still
With nowhere to hide
Cause I’ve seen this place before
Wall and windows locks and doors
Sometime sometime
Will you give me some time
When we can walk maybe talk
And just be together
For some time Sometime
Sometimes it feels so empty in here
Like nobody knows my name
Unaware of my place
On the edge lost and lame With nothing to fear
Always something in the way
Left with so much more to say…
Sometime sometimes
Will you give me sometime
When we can walk maybe talk
And just be together
Sometime
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5. |
I Can't Get Next to You
03:45
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6. |
Crosscut Saw
02:58
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7. |
You Got Me Hummin'
02:57
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My Brother's Smile
05:44
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My brother’s smile
Come walkin’ through the doorway
in a tight black t-shirt and a pair of jeans
My brother’s smile
In the habit of appearin’ halfway through
sippin' one of Mr.Cardy’s egg creams
As he finds his way down Union to Prospect street
A skip in his stride, light on his feet
In the middle of doin’ nothing
Ah - so good to see
My brother’s smile
lighten up the darkest of my days
My brother’s smile
cheer me up in oh, so many ways
I don’t know about you
But I don’t know what I would do
without my brother’s smile
At twenty two
No one’s really sure ‘bout what he did
mixing liquor and pills and messin’ with a gun
And that .22
was enough to make a mess of that kid
We prayed that he’d make it
but the damage had been done
We made our way down Union to Prospect street
Grandma’s head hung down, Pop was draggin’ his feet
Sorrow came on so sudden
To think I would never see
My brother’s smile
to lighten up the darkest of my days
My brother’s smile
to cheer me up in oh so many ways
And I’ve got to tell you true
I don’t know what I’m gonna do
without my brother’s smile.
Bridge:
And with almost twenty years gone by
A friend let go of a long held secret as he started to cry,
“Cant hold this in any longer -- I think it’s time you got to meet your brother’s daughter”
I watched her walk down Union to Prospect Street
The light in her eyes made my heart skip a beat
I stood there staring in wonder
My mind flooded with memories (of)
My brother’s smile
to lighten up the darkest of my days
My brother’s smile
to cheer me up in oh so many ways
My brother’s smile
would lighten up the darkest of my days
My brother’s smile
could cheer me up in oh so many ways
Now I can’t believe I’m sitting here
Across the table from my brother’s smile
No I can’t believe I’m sitting here
Across the table from my brother’s smile
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Mari Mack San Francisco
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