1. |
Call My Name
03:09
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Call my name, fast and sweet
Call it out and come back to me
Call my heart, make me unwind
'Cause I've been dreaming of our loving times
Has it really been so long?
Could it be our trouble's gone, long gone?
Let's go running in a sunny daze
Let's remember all the winding ways
Let's go back to the home we made
'Cause I don't wanna let all the memories fade
And I'll be better than before,
You're gonna see this time I'll give you more, so much more
Well I've been here in my dreams
And it was bursting at the seams
I know exactly what it means
If you'll have me, if you want me
So call my name, soft and sweet
Call it out and come back to me
Call my heart, make me unwind
'Cause I've been waiting for the longest time
Yes I've been waiting for such a long, long time
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2. |
If You Don't Want Me
03:00
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You stole my heart, you stole my love
I just lay there and gave it up
Now you're running away like a southbound train
As if I loved you a little too much
Well trust me darling, I don't wanna tie you down
And if you prefer the company of someone else,
Then it can't be helped, but I won't be around
'Cause if you don't want me, then you can't have me
I won't wait here for a sign
If you don't want me, then you can't have me
Don't waste my precious time
You loved so good, but you played so mean
And I just got caught in between
But tell me why would you say you intend to stay
When you just wanna get away clean?
Well trust me darling, I won't let you fool me twice
And as much as I would love it if you chose me
Well I may be lonely, and you may be lovely,
But it's not enough to let you make me cry
'Cause if you don't want me, then you can't have me
I won't wait here for a sign
If you don't want me, then you can't have me
Don't waste my precious time
Don't waste my precious time
Please don't waste my precious time making up your mind
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3. |
What If
02:34
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What if I still lived here
What if you did too
What if we got married
Like they used to think we'd do
And what if we were more than high school sweethearts
What if we had never grown apart
What if we had really broken in each other's hearts
What if we had held on to that spark
What if I still lived here
What if I had stayed for you
What if we had traded in our futures
For something tried and true, instead of trying something new
And what if we were lonelier together
What if we had stayed and grown apart
What if we both wanted something a little better
What if we had settled for a broken heart
What if, what if
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4. |
The Roadhouse
03:17
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I met my darling Annie on the lakeside
I kissed her by the shady willow tree
But someone else was watching from a distance
And he did not mean well for Annie or for me
We went with the boys to the bookhouse
We talked about the trouble in the town
But she and I were blind with our new love
And we did not see the warnings all around
We both went to the Roadhouse
We both went to the lion’s den
We both went to the Roadhouse
And who knows when I’ll see her face again
He took my darling Annie from the Roadhouse
He shut off all the lights and got away
They drove into the woods in the darkness
To the place where the evil spirits lay
I followed close behind them with the sheriff
We trailed them to the ring of sycamores
My lover and her captor both had vanished
Into the whisper of a room without a door
We all went to the Roadhouse
We all went to the lion’s den
We all went to the Roadhouse
And who knows where the road will end
I walked into the gateway in the forest
I went beyond the world of life and death
I found my darling Annie and I saved her
But I could not escape the dark side of myself
Now I am in the land of the shadows
Trapped here when I set my Annie free
Twenty-five years waiting for a doorway
But I fear that I will never be released
Oh, I went to the Roadhouse
I went to the lion’s den
I went to the Roadhouse
And who knows when I’m coming back again
Oh who knows when I’m coming back again
Oh who knows when I’m coming back again
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5. |
Seven Billion Lights
03:18
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Seven billion little lights,
Very few live anything close to your life, such a good life
Peacetime for you is wartime, bitter wartime
In the hearts and minds and daily lives
Of people who never did anything to deserve this strife
They don't deserve to die
Time's a wasting little poet,
Better write something that shows what you care about
Don't you care for anything bigger than yourself?
Love songs are lovely,
But when are you gonna sing a song of love for everyone
And not just the privileged ones?
We live in strange new times
You can make up facts to fit your lies, anyway you like
The truth is a light that tries to lift the wool away from our eyes,
But it's safe inside
Hiding from battles we don't want to fight for other people's rights
Well time's a wasting little poet,
Better write something that shows what you care about
Don't you care for anything bigger than yourself?
Righting wrongs by writing songs is difficult at best,
If not impossible, but you never know
With seven billion little lights to try
Seven billion little lights shining, oh
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